Straits Echo, 20 December 1916
1916-12-20
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Title Section35 1916-12-20 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 14-* $24 Per Annum. PENANG, WEDNESDAY, 2(ith DECEMBER, 1916. Single Copy, 10 cents No. 298.35 words
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Advertisement1113 1916-12-20 1 r < lljjUSju It lH Ml) m FOR (Chinese New YlM Send your Motor Cars and Carriages to us for painting and varnishing. An expert painter has been engaged from Hongkong. Torpedo body or Motor Vans built to order A Fleet of English and American Cars for hire day and1,113 words
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Article1315 1916-12-20 2 Br THI S H HLLBA.CX. Jack Donovan and Bert Huggins were two of the best, able-bodied seamen aboard the old hooker, but, like most good seamen, they had the microbe of continuous change freely cultivated in their blood wherefore, when we were anchored almost a mile from1,315 words
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Article496 1916-12-20 2 Not long since Mr. Ernest Weekley issued “The Romance of N*mes,” by way of sampling his projected Dictionary of English Surnames.” He now pu»s forth a second offshoot in Surnames (Murray, 6s. net), which, compared with the former book, is as a treatise to a primer.”496 words
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Article210 1916-12-20 2 [To the Editor of the Straite Time» Sir, —The great topic of War Taxes is being freely discussed by everybody everywhere in Singapore and but for the few extra rich,” everybody seems to me to be in favour of Income Tax.” Income Tax,” I think, is the210 words
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Advertisement407 1916-12-20 2 WHITEAWAY'S X'MAS BAZAAR. r. BRITISH-MADE DOLLS. DRESSED DOLLS. All Dolh are as rear perfection as possible. Designed by expert Doll makers. We have an immense stock of all descriptions. Prices: 95 cts., $l-35, 1-50, 1-95, 2-35, 2-50, 2*95, 3-50, 4-25, 4-95, 5-50, 6-95 $B-50. UNDRESSED DOLLS. Ranging from 9 inches407 words
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Advertisement776 1916-12-20 2 A Cure that Cures There are men and women in ever* locality who are being racked to death with Rheumatism. Many of them hare tried electricity, liniments, Turkish and mineral baths, massage, ete„ while others hare fc<* n doctored until they have lost all hone an*l patience, Little’s Oriental Balm776 words
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Article496 1916-12-20 3 The s.s. Speelman bound for Acheen Ports is due to leave this port at 2 p.m. to-morrow. The s.s. Sappho will leave for Tongkah to-morrow at ter noon. She brought 1.033 bags of tin ore. The s.s. Koemai, rhich arrived here yesterday, is scheduled to sail for Belawan496 words
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Article168 1916-12-20 3 [To the Editor of the Straits Echo.] Dsar Si r May 1 crave some space in your valuable paper to briDg to your notice the proceedings at the meeting of Ponang Hindus which was held ou Monday evening at the Penang Hindu Sabba Hall. The meeting unanimously168 words
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Article126 1916-12-20 3 The following programme of music will be played at the Esplanade histevenin from 6 p.m to 7 p.m.: 1 Selection La Traviata Verdi 2 Polka The Two Postilion Wieland 3 Walti Grand Valse de Concert Mattei 4 Cake Walk Bunch O' Blackberries M&ckie 5 March Übique Elliott126 words
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Article605 1916-12-20 3 9 W a have to thank the Chief Secretary for bis statement about the increase of passenger fares on the railway system of Malaya i A weaker man might have kept behind the ramparts cf bis official position. Yet the general public certainly appi scute recognition of605 words
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Article76 1916-12-20 3 Tho next General Meeting of this Association will be held at 11 a.m on Wednesday, December 27, at Kua’a Lumpur to transact the following business 1 Minutes 2 Quarantine Camps a At Port Swettenham 6 At Penaig 3 Toddy 4 War Relief 5 Rubber Tbefta 676 words
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Article197 1916-12-20 3 Inspectors’ Petition Grafted, It will be remembered that some time ago the Inspectors of the F.M.3. petitioned H E. the High Commissioner in a body setting forth certain grievances, for which they asked redress. In their petition the Insp r cto r s pointed out the hardship197 words
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Advertisement572 1916-12-20 3 I I: i < ui P Pi J 4 N 0 w a Z < z < s 0 3 p a» score WHISKV -<\ 44 SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT" %ssfes» H. KA WHITE ALWAYS TiiF HLOHESi QUALITY 0) O OB > r r *TJ 50 Z o *t3 >572 words
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Advertisement631 1916-12-20 3 WILLS MEDIUM MILD r owiy 'JToi CAPSTAN yi-L STPf NGTH 4 HOWl^ p. IONO°*J FULL iiznu r SHOWING FRIDAY, 22 nd DECEMBER, 1916. Uuiveisal Great Circus Seiiil Photoplay The adventures of Peg O'The Ring In 30 reels. The S j !sition of the Picture World. > To-night! THE To-night! jpLECTRIC631 words
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Article, Illustration99 1916-12-20 4 j Published daily (except Sunday* and public holidays) AT TH« CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. Ho. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Pric* Daily Local $24 per annum. Ontftation... Postage Extra. lfa.il Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CAB LB ADDRESS ECHO —PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343 S.B.— All business99 words
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Article845 1916-12-20 4 In Greece the situation remains obscure and, it must be conceded, unsatisfactory and menacing. Ia one cable we are told that King Constantine and his Ministers have accepted all the demands of the Entente in the next we learn that M. Venizelos, who is closely bound to the845 words
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Article440 1916-12-20 4 Any more fatuously foolish and wickedly wasteful manner of raising funds for charity than that which has been adopted by the Adelphi Hotel in Singapore we cannot conceive. It is giving a masked ball (itself an expensive business) on Boxing Day with five valuable prizes (which nobody should440 words
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Article841 1916-12-20 4 Mr, Lloyd George, speaking for the British Empire, baa formally rejected the German Chancellor's peace-proposals and the whole Empire will endorse the Prime Minister’s decisioo.lt was never, we are convinced, the hope or the intention of the German Government that the Allies would accept its overtures, and841 words
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Article857 1916-12-20 4 Captain W. Hamilton is much b etter Langkawf, £ck£K/" gOi S Mr. Justice Ebden and Mrs. Ebden win be at “Bellevue” for Christmas The Adviser of Kedah and Mrs Hall w jn spend Penang Hill, Lt,-Colonel A. R. Adams takes over the duties of Chief Censor, Penang,857 words
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Advertisement173 1916-12-20 4 Acceptable Presents for Old and Young. s/ V/yfi Id 4» J d. Hcre’are presents that are sure to be "appreciated, they are not merely good to look at, but eminently serviceable. Waterman’s Ideal Fountain Pen 5.50 Child’s Tricycle, Price 15.50 Perambulator 24.50 Watches from $1.75 each. Books, games toys in173 words
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Article1987 1916-12-20 5 [Reuter's Telegrams] BRITAIN'S REPLY. STATEMENT IN .THE COMMONS. Memorable Meetiag. London, December 19. A record attendance is expected at to-day’s memorable meeting of the House of Commons. Mr. H, H. Asquith will probably be present. Mr. Lloyd George was working yesterday H nd is likely to speak1,987 words
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Article332 1916-12-20 5 Criminal Misappropriation. A Chinaman, named Lee Peng Seng, was this morning placed in the dock before S. H, Langston charged with criminal misappropriation of $2OO, the property of Tan Ah Wi, at the Railway jetty. The accused pleaded guilty, upon which Court Inspector Nicol stated that the332 words
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Article283 1916-12-20 5 GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMY. Warning to Departments. In conutction with the issue of printed copies cf the Estimates of Expenditure for the ye ir 1917. showing the sums voted to each Djpartment for the year, the Chief Secretary desires that it may ba distinctly understood that any expenditure incurred283 words
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Article615 1916-12-20 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Impossible Silnlin, ithecs, December 18. The situation here ia uncertain. The Entente diplomats are exchanging vi ws regarding their second N te. The Press now describes the siiuatlon as impossible and urges the Government to adopt vigorous measures to terminate it. New Ultimatum. London, December615 words
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Article70 1916-12-20 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Pages. 2. —The Overland Route. The Origin of Surnames. 3. —Shipping News. Hindu Advisory Board. FMS.R. Passenger Fares. Planters’ Association of Malaya. F.M S. Police Department. Tonight’s Band Programme. 6. —Russia in 1916. The Submarine Menace. The Libel Law.70 words
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Article1001 1916-12-20 5 [Reuter's Telegrams] Gounmtil Measures, London, Dtoember 19, In the House tf Commons Sir R Winfrey, Parliamrntary Secretary to the Bond of Agriculture, announced that the Governj ment intended to guarantee a fixed price for wheat during the season 1916-7, Government Control ojt Supplies,— Sir L<o Chiozza1,001 words
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Article846 1916-12-20 5 Filliig Up Tke Cop. feioce the war broke out the of Malaya have been subjected to s m*nr i harrowing experience! that we imagined t there could exist no bitterness tbev bad not vet tasted. However, a notification in the Government Gazette shows t iat advautage is to846 words
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Article65 1916-12-20 5 lin (unrefined) is quoted bore to-day A 0 0 d,jn0 io ««02-pore (refined) at $47.07,, business done (125 toDs L LondoD at X[B2 15a «Pot and -Mol 15s. three months’ Mght, Messrs. Buustead Co. inform us that tb« were tbe quotation. received tc-day for Rubber on Spot65 words
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Article26 1916-12-20 5 (From Our Oicn Cbrrr^ndenf,) Losdon, De* inter 10. Tue prices in the London Kubb.r Alarket to-drtjr are Pale Creje 3/0^ Diamond dmoked fyt/i26 words
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Article960 1916-12-20 6 Etephbb Qeaham - A SPIRIT OFbTEADY RESOLUTION. (By Etephbb Qeaham I was in Russia at tbe beginning of the war and during the first months of conflict, and I witnessed tbe superb enthusiasm wiih which she rose to fight. Again, I was in Russia last year, when, owing to the960 words
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Article1076 1916-12-20 6 Problems ox Admiralty. What sort of mm, asks |tbe Westminster Gazette should the First of the Admiralty be Possibly, as Plato says, the pattern is laid up in Heaven, for, if we may believe tbe critics of this department, it is desperately bard to find on earth.1,076 words
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Article1026 1916-12-20 6 AN ARTILLERY DUEL ON THE CERNA. (From a Correspondent with the French Forces.) The Macedonia* Front. December. I slept last night in Krivolak Station on a heap of straw. There was a froat of 20 degrees outside, inside 15. With daybreak, sparse rays of sunshine fell1,026 words
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Article989 1916-12-20 6 In modern warfxre, the ten minutes preceding an infantry attack bold for both sides the most intense strain that human nerves cm withstand. To crouch in shelters through hours of intense bombardment, to be fully conscious during that suspense of what is coming, and finally, when the989 words
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Article1279 1916-12-20 6 Before the amendment to The Libel Ordinance, 1915, is passed we wish to point out that, although it looks remarkably innocent, the amendment proposed at the instance of the Secretary of State for the Colonies strikes away nearly the whole of the security for the press which1,279 words
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Article662 1916-12-20 6 In the course of a leading article the Malaya Tribune says: “There is need for «very man and every woman to consider in what way he or she can bring that service or that help within the purview of the State. It is therefore quite662 words
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Article109 1916-12-20 6 Wednesday, December 20. Penang Volunteers—Recruit Drill, Fort Cornwallis 5.30 p.m. Jewiah Holiday (Hauncab). Penang Golf Club, Ladies’ Spoon Competition. Licensing Justices Meeting, District Court. Town Band, Esplanade. Thursday, December 21. Penang Volunteers-Ambulance Co. Drill, Fort Cornwallis, 530 p.m.; Battalion Drill, Esplanade 5.15 p.m. St. Thomas. Penang Golf109 words
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Advertisement10 1916-12-20 6 Fur Chronic Chest Complaints, Wood»’ Great Peppermint Core 1». t>d10 words
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Advertisement12 1916-12-20 6 For Children's Hacking Cough at Night. Wooda’ Great Peppermint Cure. 1*. 6d.12 words
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Article1346 1916-12-20 7 •’A HUMAN COCKTAIL.” Bt On* who Knows Him Wili.. King Constantine of Greece is one of the strangest phenomena of the present time. Hardly three years ago he was the idolised hero-King of the united Greek nation, and now——> King Constantine’s character is brusque and obstinate; he is to1,346 words
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Article485 1916-12-20 7 Their Part in the U. 8. Election. The Women’s Party, as it turned out, was not able to deliver the votes of the suffrage States. So fir as can be determined, the result of the election was not much different from what it would have been it485 words
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Article223 1916-12-20 7 Pbkabb, Dbobmbbb 20. 8 P. Tapioca $B.lO sellers. If P. Tapioca 8.75 'tilers. Gold leaf 64.40 Pepper (W.Coast lb. ft $l6 1/2 buyers. Black Pepper 25.00 buyers Waits Pepper 42 00 sellers. Trang Pepper m no stock. Mace $llO nom. Mace Pickings 59 sales Cloves 40 sailers. Nutmegs 110«223 words
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Article199 1916-12-20 7 Penan*, 20th December 1916. Beef— el». Soup per citt? 16 Ko'jst 24 Cteaks 24 Stew or Curry Meit 18 Hump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 40 Tongue 50 F. et 25 Heart 40 L ver per citly 35 Tork Pork per catty 40 Pig’s Haul 18 Feet 22199 words
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Advertisement259 1916-12-20 7 HAVE YOU TRIED THE FAMOUS SLOT BRANDY MADE IN FRANCE. ONE, THR®E SIX STARS? ON SALE EVERYWHERE. G. H. Slot Co. ‘Phone 453. SOLE IMPORTERS. Telegrams: SLOT. ►♦OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO^ NEW MOTOR CARS. 4 o HUPMOBILE. EMPIRE. DODGE BROTHERS passenger Towing and SAXON 2 setters JUST ARRIVED AND NOW ON VIEW AT259 words
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Advertisement53 1916-12-20 7 Ganccesury Words Why waste words and advertising space in describing the many points of merit in Chamberlan’s Cough Remedy The moat fastidious are satisfied when we state that it cures colds and coughs from any cause, and that it contains absolute!? no narcotics or injurious substances. For sale by all53 words
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Advertisement68 1916-12-20 7 Sufferers from Indigestion will find speedy and permanent relief by taking a course of WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE. This medicine has been proved by genirations of English Colonists throughout the world to be the best for family u§°. It is a true corrective and preventive. Millions of people rely upon68 words
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Advertisement113 1916-12-20 7 To Correct Constipation and Biliousness, clear the complexion of blom'shes and -weeten the breath, uso the dainty laxative EMiisaa 7 hey gently assist nature and will help to keep you well. Tiny but thorough, do not gripe. Of Chemists, 50 cents per phial, or post free from the Dr. Williams’113 words
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Advertisement1696 1916-12-20 8 I. AND APCAR LINE Incorporated in England.) Mail and Passenger Services. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. MAIL SERVICE. Homeward (for Europe.) Outward (for China and Japan.) The above elites are only approximate. t Proceed h direct to Marseilles A London. •from uondon direct, ft Proceeds to Marseilles and London via Bombay.1,696 words
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