Straits Echo, 15 March 1916
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Title Section35 1916-03-15 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE SPRaITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR BAST GENERAL VOL. 14. $24 Per Annum PENANG, WEDNESDAY, l&th MAKCH, 1916. Single Ugy, 10 dots. No. 60.35 words
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Advertisement1144 1916-03-15 1 i&D mim For Cars on Hire B AN K S EMPIRE "The Little Arisloet'ti'' Call at or 'phone (No. 694) to Georgetown Motor Garage 7 A Penang Road. Just Unpacked A New Shipment of Motor and Cycle Accessories. Repairs of Motor Cars and Cycles undertaken by expert Mechanics. Largest Dealers1,144 words
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Advertisement18 1916-03-15 1 l£’S 5 MILK* for infants 5-r^ which 3DT me <*EO 6»« ?'«ec use tions i >•s?* as '-.i18 words
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Article2029 1916-03-15 2 Americans are accustomed to smile at the seriousness with which we tuke our news- < papers. But it is a smile which perhaps I we need not resent very much, for after all < the criticism which it is intended to imply < may hit the American Press2,029 words
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Article173 1916-03-15 2 The debility and depression following an attack of Malaria mean more than a fancied disorder. This condition is a form of neurasthenia or nervous exhaustion that usually develops alter Malaria and its seriousness is recognised by all medical writers. Lowering of nervous tone, with increased irritability, is173 words
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Advertisement221 1916-03-15 2 J. W. &T. CONNOLLY, Ltd., LONDON, ENGLAND. Tyresmiths, Patentees. Manufacturers of COLXD RUBBER TYRES AND WHEELS FOR JINRICKSHAWS. CARRIAGES. MOTOR LORRIES* Ac. CONNOLLY TYRES BEST AND LASTS LONGEST! MARK 444. fr THE TYRE WITH A FIRST-CLASS REPUTATION! To be obtained from all first-class Dealers. WHOLESALE ONLY FROM QUAH BENG KEE221 words
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Advertisement43 1916-03-15 2 Trouble Averted. That little cold and sore throat of yours must be checked at ouce or it may develop nto something worse. Take a few doses of Chamberlain’s Cough Bemedy and your troubles will soon vanish. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.43 words
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Advertisement11 1916-03-15 2 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods* Orest Peppermint On re 1*. id11 words
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Advertisement407 1916-03-15 2 DAVID CORSAR g SON'S Well-Known Extra lavy Canvas, No. 0. SANDILANDS. BUTTERY g Co ESTABLISHED 1874 THE ORIENTAL Government Security Life Assurance Company Ltd Incorporated in India. BRANCH OFFICE, SINGAPORE J. R. Macphbrsov, Secretary 8.8. and F if.S. Total Assets exceed $28,000,000 Claims Paid *26.000.000 LOW RATES. LIBERAL CONDITIONS Apply407 words
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Article1008 1916-03-15 3 It is apparently only iu one distinct of the Federated Malay State» that active objections have been raised to the system of training camps which the M. S. V. R. authorities have introduced. Iu the 01 dors of March we read regarding the camps that the1,008 words
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Article382 1916-03-15 3 The annual general meeting of the St, George’s Girls’ Home was held at the Home yesterday evening with Mrs. Ebien, the President, in the Chair. The others present were Rev. F. W. Haines (Visitor), Mrs. GilmaD, Mrs. Vonles, Mrs. L. C Biggs Mrs. Sproule, Mrs. Souter,382 words
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Article81 1916-03-15 3 To-day. Aing Thye, for Alor S'ar (Kedah) 9.30 a m. Lian Choo, for Alor Star (Kedah) 9 30 a.m. Fultala, for Negapatam, Madras and Dir btD, 11.30 a.ui. Will 0' the Wisp for Deli, noon. Jin Ho, for Belawan and Asahau, noon. Yatthing for Calcutta and Duibin, 1.3081 words
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Article92 1916-03-15 3 The following were the scores made by the P. L. R. C. at Kampong Bahru on Monday, the 13th instant Handicap Total 150 yds. H’cap. Mrs McLernon 26 33.29 Mrs SLepard 23 32.96 Mis Frayne 26 32.93 Mrs Sproule 25 32.9> Miss Matbieu 29 32 0092 words
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Article78 1916-03-15 3 The undermentioned price» ware realised f,r rubber sold by Messrs. Allen Dennys and Co at their Auction Sale tc-day ahd during the week ending to day Smoked Ribbed Sheet 8174 to 8181 Plain 8162 8163 No. 2 Smoked Sheet diamond $l6O $165 Unsmoked Sheet 8156 $167 Crepe78 words
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Article147 1916-03-15 3 To-day, at Dato Kramat Gardens, Stia Persenangan and J&mathol Horea meet in the replay, in the first round of the Cup. There will be a change of programme at the Electric Polyscope to-night when A Message from Mars,” 4 reel?, and Saved by tbe Enemy” will be147 words
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Advertisement524 1916-03-15 3 J < UJ I/I ti o Id QZ 1 SCOTCH WHISKY J < O UJ 0. I/I I/I w z < z < X u D ID BLACK &WHITE X WHlSKV •X X r _r SCOTCH X es buchaka* <2r: JAME .Lw 4 tONDON X OlASOOWfJ “SOMETHING TO CRCW ABOUT524 words
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Advertisement372 1916-03-15 3 <s <5? < o E^i ££T£s eg •v r-g-y wm e—? Fabrique de Cigarettes Egyptiennes FRERES r;:. m 1 Bouton ki i iFA*HJQU« O o /AaSPERO FRtRES L t «> o*«»Lfu« ma*»jwactu*« *ii iY8 mmmms? W FELUCCA SroTE I I FRERES W2 FaBBIQUC Pa, r MASPERO FRERES Lid 0*"S l£UR372 words
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Article, Illustration98 1916-03-15 4 Published daily (except Sundays aad public holidays) AT THI CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang Faxon. Daily Local 924 per annua. Ontstation... Postage Extra. Kail Edition (Post Free) 917.50 OABLB ADDBBSS t ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Noe. Echo 586 Printing Department 393 tf A Al! hoaiaaaa aaatauniaatioaf98 words
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Article552 1916-03-15 4 Our Singapore contemporary the trait» rimes seems to hope, we observe, that the lefeat of the Central Powers iu this war vill mean a revolution in Germany and the end of the House of Hoheczollern. Such hopes, wo feel sure, are doomed to di.£Germany will be defeated all552 words
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Article795 1916-03-15 4 Sometimes when we have just read our .private mail from borne aud have learned of fresh instances of bow certain classes of the population in England—especially those who live on their investments—are suffering through the war and of the voluntary sacrifices which others are iu posing upon795 words
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Article866 1916-03-15 4 Mr. P. Z Creet of ipoh is ou a visit to Penang. The Bishop of Singapore is at present visitiog Malacca. Mr. R. S. Jarvis, of MeßsrF. Huttenbach Bros., w ll be leaviug for Home very shortly. The Hod. Mr. R. Young and Mrs. Young are expected866 words
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Article1022 1916-03-15 4 Humour in Tragedy. There is a humorous side to evervfkso it would seem, If we only know wh thin,? r£ k for ,T hu in cable ““«rcicTtl” Chinese rebellion we read Chunking Sz-’chuin ha« neutrality, thereby creating a |2 Cod situation, B d lud,Cr ou» That is rather1,022 words
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Advertisement128 1916-03-15 4 Styles that bear all the essentials of good taste. The well-known Ellwooi’s Double Terai L 7 at, superb quality, colours Fawn or Steel, Price $7.50. New Fashi n Single Terai, silk ribbon, bow at back, Price $25.75. An ideal hat for evening wear. r-Or^ New Solar Hat covered Alpaca Silk128 words
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Article609 1916-03-15 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. GERMAN CLAIMS. Disquietude at Berlin. London, March 13, 1.10 p.m. A telegram from Amsterdam states that the Berlin communique claims that since t j ie beginning of events in the Meuse ,i strict the Germans have captured 130 ofiicers, 26,240 men, 189609 words
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Article718 1916-03-15 5 (Reuter Service). Copyright Telegram. ATTACK ON ENEMY POSITIONS. Obstinately Contested Battle. London, March 13. General Smut?, in a telegram datsd March 12, said that an action which commenced on the morning of the 11th against, the German prepared positions at Kitovobill! westward of Taveta resulted in a718 words
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125 1916-03-15 5 The local Manager of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China has received °Sbled advfcs from his Head Office in Lonto the effect that at the approaching Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of fJr Bank the Directors will recommend, after paying a125 words
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Article672 1916-03-15 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. feeling in constani inople. Vcerisf Towards Peace. Athens, March 13. A letter from Constantinople states that a numerously signed memorial begs the Heir I Apparent to urge ths Sultan to change the form of Government with a view to concluding a separate peace672 words
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Article438 1916-03-15 5 (Reuter’s Service) Copyright Telegram. PROTEST MEETINGS. London, March 13. Large protest meetings of the attested married men were held in Coventry, Leices ter, Sheffield and Wigan yesterday. A resolution was adopted demanding that all the single men becalled up before the married men are summoned. It is438 words
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Article249 1916-03-15 5 Chew Mah Ting waa this morning sum- o moned before, Mr. V. G. Eiiechiel at the 44 instance of Mr. F. T. Ellis# Superintendent, 0 Governmer.t Monopolies, for supplying a c requisition 1 which was false and removing g dutiable 'liquor for transhipment otherwise e than249 words
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Article1005 1916-03-15 5 The usual fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held at the Municipal Offices yesterday afternoon sud there were present Messrs. W. Peel (President), Lim Eow Hong and Quab Beng Kee with Mr. L. M. Beil (Municipal Engineer) and Mr. L. A. C. Biggs (Secretary,) in attendance. The1,005 words
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599 1916-03-15 5 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Dear Sir, It is to be hoped that the Government will throw into the waste-paper-baskot the resolution of the Central Perak Planters’ Association that Government be asked to hold weekly or fortnight y camps,’ as reported in599 words
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Article59 1916-03-15 5 To-day’s Quotatioa». Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to*lay at $92 75, business dono, in Singapore (refined) I at $93.75, business done (75 tons sold) and in London at j£!92 spot and 191 three months' sight. A special wire to the Eastern Produce Exchange gives the following prices59 words
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Article220 1916-03-15 5 The following articles will be found Od our outside pageB: Page. 2. —Newspaper Government. 3. F.M.S. Affairs. St. George’s Girls’ Home. P.L.F.C. Penang Rubber Auction. M. F. A. 6. —The Expeditionary Force in E »ypt. Woman A Chinese View. Chips* What Italy Thinks The Yunnan Rebellion. The Great Naval220 words
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483 1916-03-15 6 A Camp By thb Coast of the Mediterranean. The Press Association has reoeived the following news of the Expeditionary Force in Egypt 1 Imagine a narrow strip of land not much I more than a mile in width, consisting one long ridge of sand dunes,483 words
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Article503 1916-03-15 6 To the Editor of the Straits Echo Dear Mr. Editor, Will you please allow space in your wellappreciated newspapers the following extract from a book. Writing on the Emancipation of woman," the author remarked, "Woman” I contended, “is not a slave, for she and her children503 words
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Article1042 1916-03-15 6 EXPENDILURE OF 30 MILLION DOLLARS. Views of Feng Huochaho. The P»-k correspondent of the NC, Daily News writing on Februaiy 22 states:— News ot the military operations in Szechuan and elsewhere conrinue to be conspicuous by absence. Official reports mention minor victories on the northern Kueichow border,1,042 words
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Article947 1916-03-15 6 Why She Has Not Declared Wak On I Germany. Rome, February 1. Englishmen have insistently asked of 1 late whv Italy has no done n ore to help the hard-pressed armies of the Allies in the Balkans, and why, when she has denounced L the Triple Alliance947 words
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Article1300 1916-03-15 6 Bt Thb Shellback. There was, I think, some passing reference in one of my turnovers to Chips, t; e •hip’s carpenter —a Hun of the Huns. The time has come for Chips to be more fully dealt with. Al hough it is many years since I sailed with him,1,300 words
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Article971 1916-03-15 6 Mr. James Douglas’s theory in the Daily 1 1 News that the Germans may have a great I naval surprise for us in the shape of a 17-1 in. gun squadron will make the navy keep a 1 sharp look out, but I do not find971 words
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Advertisement64 1916-03-15 6 tibarp «track* of colic are very prevalent in this trying climite, and it ia well to know whit ahou'd bi taken to overcome the trouble. Here is the knowledge to act on Get a bottle of WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE. and take a teaspoonful every three hours. Speedy relief will64 words
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Advertisement646 1916-03-15 6 FOR SINGAPORE, HONGKONG, SWATOW AND AMOY, The s.s TTong Moh; Captain G. King h A rn, is expected to arrive here from Rangoon on Wednesday, the 15th instant and will leave for the above porta on Thursday, the 16th instant, at 4 p m For Freight or passage apply to646 words
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Article3111 1916-03-15 7 There are people wuo grow angry if you say that the Germans a e a comic people. Like the Germans themselves th'y must take the war and everything about it s> riously perhaps to laugh iu the face of such horrors would seem to them heartless perhaps3,111 words
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Advertisement52 1916-03-15 7 Best Medicine Made. A. better medicine can not be made than Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It relieve the lungs, opens the secretion?, aids expectoration and assists nature in restoring the sjBtem to a healthy condition. Beside?, it contains no opiates and is perfectly safe to take. For sale by all Dispensaries52 words
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Advertisement75 1916-03-15 7 A Family Necessity. Every family should be provided with Chamberlain's Pain Bairn at all times Sprains may be curved in much lees time when promptly treated. Lame back, lame shoulder, pains in the side and chest and rheumatic pains are some of the diseases for which it is especially valuable.75 words
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Advertisement48 1916-03-15 7 Rub It In. A good many people think rheumatism and not be cured without taking nauseous medicine. Chamberlain’s Pain Balm mas* saged thoroughly into the skin has cured far more rheumatism than any internal remedy in existence and gives relief quicker. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.48 words
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Advertisement1970 1916-03-15 8 p. B. I. AND APCAR LINE. (Incorporated in England.) Mall and Passenger Services. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. MAIL SERVICE. Outward (for China and Japan.) Due Penang Steamer. Connecting with Mar. 20 Apr. 2 Apr. 15 Apr. 29 May 13 May 27 June 10 June 24 Nagoya Namur Nankin Novara Malta1,970 words
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