Straits Echo, 9 February 1916

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  • 37 1 Straits Echo i. 6A,L CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCLCATING THROUGHOUT THE SWAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATE!» AND THE FAR EAST GENERAL VOL. 14. $24 Per Km\ia PENANG, WEDNESDAY, 9th FEBKUAKY, 1916. Siatle Com, 10 tra u. No. 30
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    • 1228 1 It NATUi^ < BANKS. > For Cars on Hire Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. EMPIRE "The Lillie Arhtacfoi Cali at or 'phone (No. 694) to Georgetown Motor Garage INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. £1.200.000 £1.800,000 7 A Penang Road. Just Unpacked A New Shipment of Motor and Cycle Accessories.
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    • 21 1 milk lteTS 1 fOR WANTS OIttJOKOJ co»tf Which best IS THE N* W iy^5 c TlONS FO* USC-f s&* ‘saS' 'SS
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  • 1886 2 In the course of an excellent and eminently thoughtful article entitled 1715 and 1915” the Times Literary Supplement says So much for France; but Germany might deny that she is exposed to any of these revolutionary dangers. German absolutism is not that of a prodigal Sovereign,
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    • 705 2 < ui tA a ui oc u hi 0. (A (A Z < z < X u o (A SCOTCH WHISKY UChANANS SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT’ BlACK^sKV,j N soow* BLACK&WHITE ALWAYS THE HIGHEST QUALITY Sole Agents PENANG AND KEDAH. By affuntmtnt It U M Ttu KING. ‘ROYAL HOUSEHOLD’ SCOTCH WHISKY
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    • 81 2 Bcwirc of Colds. Children are mnch more likely to contract the contagions disease when they hare colds. Whooping cough, diphtheria, scarlet fever and consumption are diseases that are often contracted when the child has a cold That is why all medical authorities sav beware of colds. For the quick cure
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    • 47 2 A Clear Head a hearty appetite, sound sleep and good digestion are sure to follow an occasional dose of the tiny laxatives. Gentle as nature Do not gripe Of all chemists, 50 cents per phial, or post free from the Dr. Williams’ Medioime Co., Dept, le, Singapore.
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    • 661 2 JN$ m !i< /7 T > > -wo i Vj o V; i .1 m zcl LitUe Lectures by Nurse Wincarnis. [Lecture No j.) “Nerves” Our nerves are similar to an intricate network of telegraph wires. Controlled and nourished by a portion of the brain —known as the nerve centres
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  • 1704 3 Dissatisfaction in Singapore. It isjdifficult (Hays the Strait* Time* in a leading article) to draw the line just now between legitimate expressions ot opinion upon the administration of the local military forces, and mere grousing by individuals who would only wake up to the fact that we
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  • 366 3 The undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by Messrs. Allen Dennys Co., by auction sale yesterday and during tilQ Smoked Ribbed Sheet $156 to $164 Plain $150 $157 No. 2 Smoked Sheet diamond $149 $151 Unsmoked Sheot $150 $155 No. 2 Unstnokod Sheet $145 Crepe Fine
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 645 3 fire insurance. ri >HE undersigned having been appointed I Agents for THE UNION INSURANCfiSOCIETT of. CANTON, LIMITED (incorporated in Hongkong) are prepared to injure properties against FIRE at current ALLEN DENNYS A Co. Penang. No. 6, Beach Street. 58 NOTICE. NOTICE. Penang Auction Mart. BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE, TO
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    • 353 3 Ffi a r; S/ C -i-'VIi 'v'>.- 0 ,r y- Fabrique de =^j> CSGARcTT&SEGYPTIENNES XF <• ‘.4 *$i i •V-Jl V '■%ij PI r»e-»:at)t r«<* yv,A5r>£<fo Frebes L t0 w«m,« > m SB 2 Ai EGYPTF FELUCCA FBMES gf& fABRiQUC P A r MASPERO FRERESLro DANS UU« AAANUFACTUPC AU TO-NIGHT
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  • 97 4 Plbliahod daily (except Sunday* <u*d pvkiia holidays) AT TK* OEITEEION PRESS. Lto. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang Fnion. Daily Local 924 per aannra Omtatation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Poat Froo) $17.50 OABLB ADDKBSS ECHO—PENANG." Telephone Not. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 N 4,— All b-jolaeea eoteteunioatioao ahoald
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  • 1176 4 Mr. Robert Young, one of Penang’s best citizens, who has rendered tbe Settlement lasting service in various capacities and not least as a journalist, will be saying a final farewell to Penang this Spring. At an appropriate time an opportunity will no doubt be afforded, by means of
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  • 15 4 The s.B. Malwa left Suez at 10 p.m. on Sunday, 6th instant.
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  • 115 4 To-day's Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $86.25, buyers no sellers, in Singapore (refined) at $86.75, business done (100 tons sold), and in London at j£l79 10s. spot and .£179 ss. three months’ sight. A special wire to the Eastern Produce Exchange gives the following
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  • 703 4 When the mail left Eugland Mr. Arthur Thornton was still in traiuing at Pembroke Dock. Earl Kitchener's private secretary writes that the report of the engagement of Earl Kitchener to the Dowager Countess of Mmto is absolutely untrue and without foundation.” From Monday’s Malay Mail Dr. Sansom
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  • 33 4 Feb. 7 By Balance $1,340.14 8 Mr. and Mrs. P. Mitford monthly subscription 25.00 O. B. Pike, 13th contribution 25.00 Feb. BBy Balance 1.390.14 Amount previously acknowledged 22,216.50 Total $23,606.64
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  • 135 4 Alor Pongsu Rubber Estate, Ltd. 23,276 lbs., Brieh Rubber Estate, Ltd. 15,107 lbs., Merbau Rubber Estate, Ltd- 9,261 lbs., North Perak Rubber Estate, Ltd. 1,351 lbs., Ayer Kuning Rubber Estate, Ltd. 8,140 lbs Temerloh Coconut and Rubber Estate, Ltd. 7,978 lbs. The Chief Justice of Hongkong has
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  • 998 4 A Suggestion. That firms of engineers an d tendering for contracts for publio Wo .l Government supplie* in the Colonv F M.B. should be compelled by lew close the identity of all their partner, active aud sleeping. ***** A Fine Old Soldier. Field-Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood i, 7*
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    • 307 4 It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience." Avoid risk of life by using Hammock Chain fitted with Patent Holdfast. The hook on the cross bar is so arranged that even if the chair is not properly adjusted into the notches the hook will grapple the first cross-bar it
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  • 620 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. french operations. London, February 7, 4 45 p.m A Pari» communique states that there is nothing to report London, February 8, 1.15 a.m. A Paris communique states that our artillery effectively bombarded the trenches before Steenstraete. Our artillery fire iu Artois caused big
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  • 534 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. IN THE RIGA REGION. FIERCE ARTILLERY DUEL. Petrograd, February 8. A Petrograd communique reports an intense artillery duel on the Riga front* Russian scouting parties successfully explored parts of the region of J&cobstadt beyond the enemy’s wire entanglements and repulsed the enemy. The
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  • 268 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. AUSTRO GERMANS ARRESTED. Ottawa, February 7. Three Austrians and Germans have been arrested in connection with the fire at the munitions work at Hespeler. Mr. Redmond's Sympathies. London, February 7. Mr. John Redmond has telegraphed to Sir R. L. Borden to the effect
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  • 229 5 Thi Mabsa-Matbuh Action. Allahabad, 28th January. The Pioneer’s Cairo correspondent writes. Information given in my last letter with regard to the treacherous killing of AngloEgyptian officers is now officially confirmed. All this is an unmistakable indication of the direction in which the sentiments of the Egyptian nation
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  • 288 5 Says the writer of Round the Town in the T.0.M. A question pretty freely asked round the town at the moment is Who is going to be our Chaplain? “Gup” has practically settled it that the Rev. E. A. Hone is to go to Taiping, and, while I
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  • 568 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. THE LUSITANIA” OUTRAGE. SETTLEMENT IN SIGHT. Washington, February 7. Officials here declare that mere words will not be permitted to stand in the way of the success of the Lusitania negotiations between the United States and Germany. The United States will not insist
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  • 772 5 (Reuter Service). Copyright Telegram. REBEL DEFEAT. Peking, February 7. It is officially stated that the Government 1 troops defeated the rebels lb miles north--3 east of Suifu, capturing important positions and killing and making prisoners of 300 5 rebels. Government troops are marching on Suifu. A Hongkong
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  • 518 5 FROM DUTCH SOURCES. The following special telegrams are from the Sumatra Pi>st of Monday, February 7. HOLLAND AND THE WAR. A Mine Explosioa. Great damirtfcjgvas caused by the explosion of a mine ai Westkapelle. Debate ia Parliameat. During the discussion of the Foreign Estimates in the First
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  • 106 5 Messrs. Kennedy Co., as Secretaries 4 to the Malay Peninsula Agricultural Association, inform us that they have received the’ following subscriptions which have been forwarded to the Central Fund E. M. R. Callard (Parit Estate) L2JX)' Chersonese Estate Staff 113.91 C. O. T. Powell
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  • 81 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages: Page. 2. —The Future of Germany. 3. —Local Military Service. News from Egypt. Penang Rubber Auction. 6. —Compulsory Service. Japan and Britain. Legal Notes. Municipal Commission. Police Court Cases. P. C. C Tennis Tournament. War’s Chances. 7. and Decadence.
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  • 719 6 Alleged Breach of Tract. Kboo Teong the son of Khoo Khay Bang, I a well-known Chinese Towkay of PenaDg. 1 was this morning charged before Mr. E. E Colman in the Second C >urt with criminal breach of trust in raepoct of jewellery to the value of
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  • 99 6 The following ties have been fixed for Friday, 11th instant: Mixed Double Handicap A. Mr and Mrs B Martin vt Mr and Mrs H'H Everest. Mix'd Double Handicap B Mrs C M Henderson and Aurely vt Mrs Sinclair and W McK Young. Championship. F N Byer wFC
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  • 966 6 Its Constitutional Precedent. Tbe lutruductioa of compulsory military service, on however limited a scale, is some- thing apparently that is foreign to the modern mind in this country. We have j been bo long accustomed to tbe voluntary I system that the adoption of compulsory methods is resented
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  • 1212 6 A British Comparison. In its issue of 31st Dtcember The Japan Advertiser published a special article by Mr David Fraser, the Peking correspondent of The Times, entitled la Japan Superior It is a sort of general reply to Japanese I attacks on the diplomacy, army and navy
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  • 842 6 Thr Law In 1915. London, January 1. One of the most momentous years in the world’s history was not altogether an uneventful one in the legal community. Rarely, indeed, have there been so many changes of special interest to lawyers, some of them, it ia true, being directly
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  • 1355 6 SPORTING WITH PATE on the RUSSIAN FRONT. From Brrnard Parrs. Russian Front, Nov. General —is one of these who made a reputation in the Japanese War. More than once he and his cossacks made daring thrusts on the Japanese positions. All his officers speak of him only by
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  • 526 6 More Small-pox Cases. The fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Commission was held at the Municipal Office yesterday afternoon. There were present Mr. W. Peel (President), Mr. P. T, Allen, Mr. Teoh Guan Seok, Mr. A. F. Goodrich and Mr. J Mitchell with Mr. L M. Bell (Municipal Engineer)
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 37 6 A Forty Years’ TestCh&mberlain’s Cough Remedy has been curing coughs and colds for the past forty years and has gained in popularity every year. What better recommendation is required P For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 11 6 For Chronic OhMt Complaints, Woods’ Orsat Peppermint On re Is, id
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    • 79 6 Wbat an anxious time has the mother with a growing family to look after. Generally one or the other if filing, has caught a chill, or if fereriih. ""With a -bottle of WOODS' GREAT PEPPERMINT CORE in the medioine chest the worry is much diminished. A dofe or two of
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    • 35 6 Ticklinf in the Throat. Even the slightest tickling or hoarse 0 in the throat may be the .forerunner ot dangerous illness. Stop it at once Chamberlain's Cough > Rapedy. F° rJ4 by all Dispensaries and Rfcalera.
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  • 1202 7 When Heine declared that his motive for walking in a crowd on the pavements of Hat is was to hear the pleasant apologies of the passer who knocked against him, and thereby measure the abyss which separated Prussian barbarism from Parisian civilisa I lion, be gave a
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  • 677 7 j The German War-Book, it will be remem--3 bered, expressly sanctions the exploiting 3 of assassination wherever it offers itself as a T means of injuring the enemy. And German practice has notably outrun German precept 3 in applying the doctrine to neutral as well i I
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    • 139 7 ■MX8., r 3 K /S& #5^ ■TO 2? N 4 m «n ■c s* n 85 i\ \t*> s8* w r*sr; MP*| I v.-iS'-v* if, :.V. vj&7 LARGE REDUCTION IN PRICES SEE 1916 PRICE LIST. SOLE AGENTS: ADAMSON, CILFILLAN i CO., LTD., (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) PENANG, SINGAPORE AND MALACCA. p°i
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