The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 10 September 1914

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  • 21 1 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. $17.50 Per Annum. Single Copy, 40 cents Vol. 12. Penang, Thursday, 10th SEPTEMBER, 1914. No. 3».
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    • 449 1 I /4?- j CONTENTS. I 1 LI!ADI!RS: paoe. Miscellaneous (Con'd.): page I 1 Whipping for Criminals 1,259 Tsingtau’s Defence. 1,268 I M U f B aB X /"v. F.MS. Prisons 1268 I I National Neutrality 1,267 War and Trade I RSS&. :::S IX I RSSF* •»*-> Police Dogs 1,282 On
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    • 192 2 4 Ti lll: I iTHE STRAITS E< 110 1 MAIL EDITION. -.<«-» II ej Published the day prior to the departure of «ach mail I cl for Europe, and contains the latest local and States I 5 news originally published in the daily issues, as well as I 0 all
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  • 19 1259 Bfrn’e— On August 30, at No 72, Piiosep Street, Singapore, to Mr. and Mrs. J Byrip, a son.
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  • 485 1259 Apart from the humanitarian point of new that punishment should not bo vindictive, we are inclined to agree with Mr. Justice Woodward that Hogging is not a deterrent and that the use of the cat has not made one criminal the less. And niB because we believe
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  • 428 1259 I .mre has boon for some years past, quite a h\ely amount of speculation as to who wouij be successor to Pius X. Generally speaking, popi ar belief has hung midway b tween Cardinals Vanutelli and Merry del ,1 J b( latter is half-Engliah and his oh
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  • 605 1259 Mr. E. A Voretz ch, the G-im m C m-nl at llongkiag, who was going to Bangkok by th» Sin jiporecut, altere I his p’ans a" the list minute, and arrived there by the Vivat ou August 25. Amongst those Britishers who have gone home, from these parts, to
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    • 103 1259 733 rtf 9, 9 A fobbed <ki y r ml public holidays) AT THE CRITEKION 1' iS<? 3 Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. I’l. iv t. p,,! Local f- 1 |w annum. Outstation... I'o-t.igo kitia. V|il Edition (Tost i’ie<‘) ‘«i/.ub CABLE A DU RESS “ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586
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  • 304 1260 The Germans have evacuated Diest. Holland has amnestied all deserters from her foices German warships have been seen recently between Madura and Pali The attendance on Sunday at the Semarang Exhibition totalled 25.000. The Heligoland forts took part in the recent naval action against the British fleet. The
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  • 184 1260 The German Admiralty have always made so much mystery about their submarine flotilla that few details can be given of Ul5 —the boat which has been sunk during an attack upon a British cruiser squadron—beyond the facts that she was launched in 1912 and that, according to the
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  • 227 1260 To the Editor Times of Malaya. Sir,—Having been asked by several people for the information regarding the calibre of the rifles of the various armies, I thought perhaps this note might be of interest for your paper just now. n Loading Sigh‘ed Country. Rifle. Calibre. System. to"
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  • 128 1260 Under this caption the Malaya Tribune announces that Mr. Yau Tet Shin, one of the best known tin-miners of Ipoh, has decided to reduce the rent of his houses in Ipoh, Menglembu and Sungei Siput owing to the present crisis We also learn from the Malay Mail
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  • 115 1260 {From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, September 3. In answer to a local letter bearing on the question of sending a Malayan contingent to the front General Reade replies that he has sent out a circular in order to find out how many men are prepared to go
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  • 245 1260 the Foreign Offi 2e p itW b l Legations abroad for the bs a J° tV M lie, appears the following August 22, and forwarded* t« ,k d n papers by the British Legation «se capital :-Following “2 situation at present—The W- lt7 inl Germany has been
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  • 286 1260 Held up at San Francisco. San Francisco, August 5. Because of the European strife the German freighter Serapis of the Kosmos fleet, which arrived from Mediterranean ports via the West Coast, Honolulu and San Pedro, will remain here indefinitely. It is likely that Captain Calsorle and the officers
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  • 1324 1261 GALICIAN CAMPAIGN. REMARKABLE RUSSIAN VICTORIES. THE BRITISH CASUALTIES. A CAVALRY ENGAGEMENT. BRITISH VICTORY. [By Submarine Telegraph] Received 3rd of Sept, at 915 am. The Galician Campaign. Russian Victory. Copyright Telegram. Petrograd, September 2. An official ann um Tinont states that the Russian’ have had a notable success on
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  • 13 1262 (Reuter.) The Blackpool-Manchester express became derailed near Manchester. Many were injured.
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  • 120 1262 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Sir, Rumour has once again shown herself to be a lying jade as it has been reported to me that at a dinner given by some German gentlemen at my hotel a few days ago the health of the Kaiser was
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  • 300 1262 We have learned from a semi-official source of the scheme for an attack upon Tsingtau, which in the hands of the Germans presents a formidable obstacle to the progress of trade in the Far East. In our columns a few days ago we stated exclusively that
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  • 296 1262 There are too many vested interests involved for China to be able to make a clean ■weep of the whole machine the balance sheets of the Provinces would be reduced to even greater chaos than that in which they now find themselves if this source of
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  • 353 1262 10-day i 3 tha 263rd battle of Worcester, when tU S’? of «>• which came to England J n.,was defeated'b anmversary last year a meS h the a bronze tablet (with m X| b M! was uuveiled in Worcester n ?P° rt ™it) second Duke of wounds received
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  • 175 1262 An Amtneaa Loan. New York, Aug. 14. The French Government has asked Messrs. Morgan and Co. to undertak the flotation of a French loan o 8100 000 000. Mr. Pierpont Morgan na asked the United States Go”™* 1 whether he can do so without viokUng O principle of
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  • 3048 1263 Half-Yearly Meeting. u nites of the Ordinary Half-Yearly and MID hnarv Meetings of the above-named “n ieldat tL City Hall. Hougnoon on 22nd August, 1914. 1 fhe Ninety-eighth Ordinary Half Yearly nJsral Meeting of the Shareholders of the nLkong* Shanghai Banking Corporainn was held ou the
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  • 105 1264 T.O.M. Outbreak in Batu Gajah Gaol. An outbreak of cholera has occurred at Batu Gajah gaol, but it is not of a virulent nature. So far there have been twenty-four cases, and four deaths. The disease started last Friday with a mau who had been sentenced to
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  • 119 1264 1 0 n tot 11 b T«iw 1913 amounted to 939 181 ?gUu nageof 1,323,247 tons ers and 1,291,388 tons ta t 77 year. Th e German fl 1R heaL?k the Japanese and British taking 9 third place; as regard. ed is a good second. There L*
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  • 159 1264 Description of the Start. London, August 20. A long Belgian con.muniqui has been issued, describing, in necessarily vague term?, the nature of the great battle which is now beginning along the line from Bale to Diest. The communique says that after losing much time, men and material,
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  • 168 1264 At the Penang Chamber of Commerce Rubber Auction yesterday, 45,384| lb of rubber were offered for sale and 21,/99 lb. were sold at the following prices: Smoked Sheet I 81 to S 93 Plain Sheet $B7„ I 96 Unsmoked Sheet 74 I 84 Plain Sheet 172 IJH
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  • 1209 1265 ~S. T. 'niRECTOK EXAMINED IN THE DIB supreme COURT. Admissions. arranged on Friday, the examination n 9 tlian Chin, one of the diiectors of Yikßank (in liquidation), was tbe O q Tuesday morning before Mr. Sproule, in the Supreme Court, been some discussion as to the Jet
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  • 860 1265 Half-Yearly Report. The following is the report and accounts for the half year ended December 31, 1913, of the Penang Harbour Board. We are informed that the delay in issuing the report was due to certain adjustments having to be made in the Capital Account. Members of
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  • 219 1266 The fund opened by Mrs. Watson, as a branch of the Prince of Wales’ Fund, has been begun well and over 519,000 has already been acknowledged in the Malay Mail, says that paper. In connection with the lists so far published, the contribution from the members
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  • 105 1266 Messrs Guthrie Co., in their weekly report dated Tuesday, September 1, says The Auction held this morning saw larger quantities of Rubber on offer but demand was poor as compared with last week and of 67 tons offered only 38 tons were sold, prices being lower all
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  • 158 1266 A modest estimate of the total mileage of the battle fronts of Eirope at the moment would be 1,000 miles. On the Franco-German frontier there is one of 250 miles. On the Russo-Austrian Frontier there is one of 225 miles. There is another enormous battle front on
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  • 536 1266 That Germany will be beat )n in th. a wo do [not think even the IJ German will care to deny but n.T" 01 hand, that the German L ’is a fighting machine we Chauvinistic Frenchman will agree "ut us be just to our foes, f or to
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  • 77 1266 Dfedh, Fe.roa; agid49year s P e Ann,, Death. O’Keeffe. —At Bangalore, on the 21st August last, Alberta, the wife of Dr. S. A. O Keeffe. Obituary. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, September 7. Hector Ritchie, Manager of Chenderiang Tin Company, died suddenly to day in Batu Gajih Hospital from blackwater
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  • 576 1267 F though the participation of England nrMflnt European conflagration was riolation by the German army of 1 u neutrality, there ia no d >ubt that station does confer distinct advanD6Utra nacialiy 0° small 3tates Switzerland neutral for more than a b* B re ao ji a 1815 the
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  • 406 1267 YESTERDAY'S OPERATIONS. lt J!i e t’ o oaug Volunteers c< mprising “A and H an,, i i'p i’ C m P luioB the Max in s a id the bikh I olice were engaged yesterday atteinoon m a li Id opera ion. “C” Company and the Sikh Pdi™
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  • 173 1267 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Sir, Is it uot time that the authorities put some check on the charges of the FoodVendors in the markets These human sharks make the absurd excuse of the War for raising the prices of vegetables, fish, meat etc,
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  • 472 1267 SEAT OF GOVERNMENT TRANSFERRED. OFFICIAL EXPLANATION. IRELAND’S LOYALTY. [By Submarine Telegraph] Received 4th of Sept, at 9-10 a.m. The British Victory. Further Details. Copyright Telegram. London, September The Press Bureau in confirming the British capture of ten guns says that the Btitish force pushed back the eiiemv.
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  • 35 1268 Cardinal Della Chiesa Eleeted. (Reuter.) Rome, September 3 Cardinal Della Chiesa has beau ekctel Pope with the title of Pope Benedict XV. [Cardinal J della Chiesa is the Archbishop of Bologna, Italy.]
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  • 136 1268 The Secretary of the Penang Turf Club asks us to intimate that he has been advised by the Singapore Sporting Club that a Special General Meeting of the Members will be held on 10th inst. to decide whether the Race Meeting advertised for the 6th, Bth and lOth
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  • 230 1268 Naudin Ten Cate Co. Mr. G. J. M Keulemans informs us that he has received telegriphic information from his Head Office in Medan regarding the above bank to the effect that the application for suspension of payment has been definitely granted by the High Court at Batavia. This suspension of
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  • 312 1268 THE CHINESE NAVY. (From Our Own Correspondent Peking, August 16. The Ministry of Navy his telegraphed to the Commander-in Chief Admiral Li Tin<'hsin at Shanghai to the effect (h it in view of the war preparations at Tsiqgta", Vladivostok and Weihaiwei, it is n-'cessary to keep a
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  • 204 1268 Barbed Wire and M aes. There appears to have been plenty of activity at Tsingtau by way of improving the defences. The 20,000 coolies on the earthworks and the trouble they have caused have already been referrel to, as also accounts of prodigious quantities of stores and coal
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  • 295 1268 r ber3 A 1913, there were i 53V” from banishment, and 75 were Ls for relapsing into crime long-sentence prisoners remaining other prisons inthe FMQ t\ 8 3l. l 9l S Sl xhadpXlUn I “’t ed against them, and four were sentence for returning from hsni.k” 1 he
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  • 173 1268 Oue of the finest and most startling of animal pictures is on show now st trow Cinema, Chulia Street. It entitled The Adventures of Kathlyn"; he story it* is so wholesome, so natural, sotr best impulses of tbe human heart filled with the spirit of one
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    • 39 1268 Remember the Name. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem dy is the best known medicine for diarrhoea, dysentery, colic, eitmps or pains in the st miach. Vou way need >t some time For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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  • 1534 1269 WHAT THE GREAT authorities HAVE TO SAY. rnr POSITION OF AN ENEMY'S TH£ FU3II SUBJECTS. Jo the Editor of the Straits Tinies. Sir (1) I *****0 rea(l ti!e l ea d lu art icle in to-nighc’s (Tuesday) issue of ibeSfruiz, «L., with the greatest interest. [Tne article
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  • 245 1269 Bri ish Admiralty** Rights, In reply to Mr. King, who a few weeks ago asked the First Lord of the Admiralty over how many merchant ve.-.sels there was a right of preemption or hire as armed cruisus or transports; and for what number of yea s the
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  • 55 1269 lbs. Gobi Kalumpmg Rubber Estates, Ltd 73,827 C >lumbi i Rubber Co Ltd. 21,300 Rubber Est ds of Kriau, Ltd. 19,200 Padaug Rubb r Co, Ltd. 15,700 •’"ii-> >l,d i 1 Rubber Ent iles, Ltd... 12,9'0 Padang Jawa Rubber Estate, Ltd..» 11,660 K iran Rubber ('<>., Ltd.
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  • 1434 1270 We do not want to do any wet blanket business at the present juncture, but uncomfortable rumours reach us from the baz tar. e are told that in the Dutch East Indies and elsewhere the word has gone round to keep as much cash in band as possible,
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  • 571 1270 m4B hour,,and to reduce aXt f*r as possible. Cheque, received hT” were not permitted to be casbedXkX' drafts existed, but were raid and only cheque, were te be fe ordinary expenses of living and Telegraphic transfers and draft, X bills ot exchange were temporarilv .a
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  • 742 1271 T 11 except the very meanest of maniDiall exc y Cor tam gift of herokind flitters a man to find that there worship- 1 caa do something or endure isBome° ue betore be came upon soui etblllg g we h a d thought, beyond tboBCene r of’humanity, and
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  • 299 1271 Situation Satisfactory. Tropes that the price of tin would soon reach $7O have been dashed by the rapid tall during this week to only a unit above $6O, says the TO M. Although the fall has caused some fears to be expressed that the situation is
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  • 237 1271 To tub Editor of the Straits Echo, Sir, I notice in your issue of yesterday that the French Jack Tar” asho ehas difficulty in obtaining his customary Absinthe Pernod. The Absinthe Pernol is not only kept at “The Bodega” and at this Hotel but some years ago
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  • 51 1271 Clarke-Thomson—On Sat,, sth Sept., at the Pr esbyterian Church, Northam Road, by the Rev. W. Cross, Guy Cuthbert, youngest son of Lieut Col. T. S. and Mrs. Clarke, Smdown Lawn, Cheltenham, ta Maude, 2nd daughter of the late Jam s Paton Thomson of Cambridge, Auckland, N. Z. and Alloa,
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  • 562 1271 At the end of a month of war let us try to balance the losses and gains. And in this connection it is as well to leave out the small items and take only into consideration the substantial losses and the equally substantial gams. The outstanding feature
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  • 285 1272 Dr. J S. Webster arrived here this morning from long leave. We understand that Mr. Justice Sproule is shortly going home on leave. According to a private letter from England to-day Mr and Mrs. W. Evans have been staying at Windsor Castle as the guests of Prince and Princess
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  • 256 1272 Ismail was charged this morning in the Third Court before Mr. G. R Sykes with using criminal force to Ahamad in the Chowrasta Market on the evening of the 14th ultimo. Mr. Crabb Watt, who was ft r the pros cution, said that about 5 39 on
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  • 590 1272 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, September 4. A circular signed by Capt. ElliottCooper, inviting members of the Malay States Volunteer Rifles to subscribe towaids a battilion present of plate to the ward room of H. M. S Maliya has been lying for some two months at the Perak
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  • 317 1272 At a Council Auuust 31, the fol! 0win g **l. Messrs. F E Mair ip eBent < chainK P Brash (Vice p r S O,) '1« Dawbarn, J H. Rich, F Vaughan, G. W. Wilson I Mr Eu Tong Sen and’tha A C J. Towe’s) Corpor.iiw,
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  • 147 1272 There was an eclipse of the night. It was observed in Penang a a quarter to nine and in the« Chinese quarter of the town there was loud beating fc wM toms to scare away the dragon swallowing the moon. thus Our Bukit Mertajam correspondent describes the
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  • 752 1273 OCCUPATION OF LEMBERG. GERMAN ASTUTENESS. [By Submarine Telegraph] Rbceived sth of Sept, at 9-10 am. HE GALICIAN CAMPAIGN. In the East. Lembe g Captu ed. Copyright Telegram. Petrograd, September 4. The Rasmus have occupied Lemberg Later. Many thousands of Austrians were killed at Limberg and au enormous
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  • 606 1273 BRITAIN’S DUTY. The Tinies New York correspondent interviewed Rear-Admiral Alahan on the war aud that well-known naval tactician expressed himself as follows “In my judgment a right appreciation of the situ a ion should detei mine Great Britain to dec lire war at once, otherwise
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  • 328 1274 GREAT SEIGE BEGUN. Says the China Press of August 25 Tsingtau has been cut off from the world except by wireless since eirly Sunday morning when the Chefoo cable was cut. The Shanghai cable had been cut twelve hours previously and no messages have reached the
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  • 25 1274 (lienter.) London, September 4. An International Cnnmissi.m is arranging for the insurgents to enter Durazzo. The commission assumes the control of the government.
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  • 185 1274 The F M.S. G ivuram mt his drafted an enactment to make better provision for the protection of women and girls and for the suppression of brothels in certain cases In May, 191 0, there was signed at Paris an International Convention, to which Great
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  • 363 1274 Sir John French’s Appo'n'mcnt. The London Gazrt e of August 4 announces that Field-Marshal S.r John DP Fiench G.C B G.C.V.O K C.M G„ is to be In-spector-General of the Forces. Dated August 1. The undermentioned officers are to be appointed to the personal staff of FieldMarshal
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  • 163 1274 The Tiiping correspondent of the T.0.M., wiring to the Ipoh paper yesterday, says; A timber truck, loaded with machinery ami attached to a goods train, was derailed last night and a steam crane is now clearing the line The passengers are being transferred across the obstacle
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  • 196 1274 War-Ne w Style. Th' war th e ‘««iamoortrato one eurioJ'S’* <***> 1 ot th« tremeudon, which science his mado in t? p,neQ, conrnilni catious, says t hft n/ i tlO -piGity with'wKet T < flished round the world h/ ***** 1 incumbent on belligerent it complete control o f all
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  • 157 1274 1 Jib agitation against the life sentence for returned banishees has borne fruit, for in the last issui of the F.M.S. Government Gazette is the draft of an amending Enactment the purpose of which is explained in the following objects aud reasons”:— The penalty provided by law
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  • 178 1274 England I where the sacred flune Burns b-fore the inmost shrine, Where the lips that love thy name Consecrate their hopes and thine, Whore the banners of thy dead Weave their shadows overhead, Watch beside thine arms to-nigbt, lh ay that God defend the Kight. Think that when
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  • 1865 1275 T Ninth Instalment of these No T s Appeared in the Echo of August 29 1 ribald remarks do not matter, o£ 10 I am as n oarl y impervious to ‘Se as a man can be. But I confess the .UTmrt uplift me, and cheer me,
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  • 166 1275 lbs. Bakap Rubber Plantation®, Ltd. 21,823 Bitu Matang Rubber Plantations, Etd. 9,293 Jong Landor Rubber Estates, Ltd... ?6.621 Kedah Rubber Co Ltd. 26,002 A case of gang-robbery is reported to have taken place at Padang Serai, Bindings, on the 28th ultimo, in which a Chinaman was fatally
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  • 582 1276 During bis long and distinguished political career we doubt whether Mr. Asquith has ever uttered so clear a eall to the people of the British Empire as the great speech which he delivered at the Guildhall on Friday last. The note is one of confidence, supreme confidence in
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  • 549 1276 Mr. Cheah Kee Ee is at present on a visit to Singapore, whence he returns to via the F.M.S. at an early date. The arrival of Mr. Heki, the new Japanese Minister to Peking, at his post is announced in Shanghai exchanges. The Rev. H. G. Marshall having left
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  • 316 1276 ciarke—Thomson ..t A .r ry n Pre tty weddi was 16 Presbyterian t ad \v°°r SatUrday ri i. CrOSB Mr. ftt > Clarke, of the Asiatic Petroleum n Cuthbert youngest son of LianUn o Ua 0 Coin -d Mrs. Clarke, of ham, was united in the mouy to
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  • 196 1276 "B” Company at Home. The Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and men of B. Company gave a most enjoyable "At Home at the Town Hall on Saturday evening when a large number o guests were present. This function wm ar ranged to take place on the lawn opposite the residence
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  • 1839 1277 SIX DAYS' BATTLE. BRITISH vs. GERMANS. A fight to a standstill. BRITISH TRAWLERS SUNK. [By Submarine Telegraph] Received 7th of Sept, at 9 a m. BRITISH TROOPS ENGAGED. A FIGHT TO A STANDSTILL. lIILLUNT ACTION AT COMPEIGNE. Copyright Telegram. London, September 6. Tbe Press Bureau, in a comprehensive
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  • 16 1278 (Reuter New York, September 6. Ouimet has won the American Amateur Golf Championship.
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  • 20 1278 (Reuter.) London, September 5. His Holiness Pope Benedict XV has appointed Cardinal Ferrata as Secretary of State.
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  • 181 1278 In the House of Commons, on August 9, Mr. T P. O’Connor drew attention to the unreasonable delay in the transmission of l?ress cable messages abroad, owing to the inadequate assistance given to the cable office censors. Mr. Reginald McKenna (Home Secretary; agreed that it was
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  • 2422 1278 [By Submarine Keceivek sth OF Sipt ~J DDVUirrvr c. 3j Copyright Telegram Mr a -.l Loado "-Ssptemb wl f 4 s < l uit 'b, in addressing a <> reat mg of citizens at the Guildhah atgatll er. magnificent ovation He did patriotism of the
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  • 556 1280 Small pox has broken out in Medan. The German Socialists have held 27 meetings in Berlin. A third asylum for interneds has been established at Opsterland. Captain Van Doorn has successfully organised a Rifle Club at Langsa. German spies have been arrested at Bergen op Zoom
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  • 45 1280 (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, September 7. His Excellency the Governor Sir Arthur Young returned yesterday and was received at the wharf informally by the Acting Governor, the Hon. Mr. R. J. Wilkinson, and others who afterwards drove to the Government House.
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  • 52 1280 (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, September 7. At a meeting of the Sembrong Rubber Estate Limited, Mr .Times Snodgr s«, who took the Chair, severely criticised the past management of the estate which, he said, had been shamefully neglected. The cash in the Kwong Yik bank was
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  • 225 1280 (From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, September 7. At a meeting of the Mergui Rubber Estates it was not considered advisable to make extensions as it would take roughly $31,000 to bring the planted area into bearing. $50,000 was placed to reserve. The estate had been run very
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  • 503 1280 Penang f““tiL™“ th supplement to the cur e ‘t; ‘rnment Gazette. ISBUe the fil, a “d tftt ,o expenditure for the reveQ ue and «3.885,1.94. expenditure, revenue exceeded that of 1912 h L TI there being increases under all the exceptions of fines and forfem g 8
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  • 1263 1281 tt nF THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. A Busy Year v tn Mr Lewtou Brain, F.M.S Agriculture, lie year 1913 was tOr a memorable in the history of glflost a 1910 "J'LCpV interested the cr p ad Mo8t rail in the price eventually to a lower fi B urd
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  • 641 1281 .M.T X Sketch of his Career. The name of Monseigneur della Cbisa, the new Supreme Pontiff, is indissolubly connected with that of Cardinal Rampolla. brom 1883 to 1903, that is to say during 20 years, Monseigneur della Chiesa was continuously the intimate associate, first of the Nuncio
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  • 233 1282 The George Town Cinematograph have made arrangements for a Great Patriotic Night on Friday, the 11th instant, when the whole of the money taken for admission will be devoted to the Prince of Wales’ Fund. The Resident Councillor and party and Major H. B. de Hamel have
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  • 284 1282 The P.L.R.C. met this morning, the range being unavailable during the afternoons at present. There were some very good scopes made, the best being Mrs. Liston’s possible at 100 yards (3 inch bull). Members will be notified as to the hour of next Monday’s shoot in the course of
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  • 480 1282 Probably the most significant fact of the great catastrophe that has befallen us is that the peoples of the Empire realise their national unity and draw from that ideal an inspiral ion to common endeavour. From East and West and the Antipodes the evidence is forthcoming. The recognition
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  • 97 1282 This moi ning’s telegram that the Russians are gradually surrounding the groat fortress of Pizemysl shows that the Russian advance from the East in the Galician Campaign has almost completed its task. Przemysl lies due south about 100 miles —of the Lublin-Kholm (or Chelm) line which, according to yesterday’s
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  • 284 1282 We are not surprised that n t General has found the Uctory as a detectrve. Vh M g u, lerner was first enrolled as a toree we expressed a deubt a J would prove as efficient m Wuet her I» Pretty bad detective, the sort o V’* according
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  • 217 1282 Lord Kitchener when asked by thousands of enquirers how best to help those of our ones serving in France, aud against such ’taifol odds, said simply: “Look after their wives, children and dependents and you will render them the best service that you can War
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  • 718 1283 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, September 3. Thirtf s ,ven new members enrolled in the uaVB last nontb Aga st th,s f< J u Mictions and one death are recorded. DalY, of the Volunteers, r'tiwi tU M S.V.K.; and Serge.nt »“Xd Corporal Upton, of the M.S
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  • 155 1283 Before Mr. V. G. Ezechiel, the Coroner, yesterday afternoon the hearing was commenced of the inquest into the death of a Hindu named Naraiuan. Inspector J. T. Whitham conducted the enquiry. Karrupen, a quarry coolie, residing at Waterfall Road, stated that on August 22 at 11 a.m.
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  • 69 1283 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Septemb ir 6. A meeting of the Scotchmen of Kinta, held in the Ipoh Club to consider whether the usuil St. Andrew's Dinner should be held this year, decided that it should not be held but that a subscription list be opened
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  • 56 1283 lb®. Sumatra Consolidated Rubber Estates, Ltd. 23,681 Bukir Mertajam Rubber Co, Ltd... 30,893 Taip ng Rubber Plantations, Ltd. 35,975 T 1 e Austrian town of Banialuka, which is situated on the River Verbas, a tributary of the Save, does not seem to possess a very appropr.ate Malay
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  • 141 1283 APPEAL TO SAINT XAVIER’S OLD BOYS. In response to the appeal of Mrs. R. G t Watson, the wife of the Chief Secretary F.M.S, the undersigned has directed that collections in aid of the Prince of Wales’ Relief Fund be made in all
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  • 157 1283 An Unusual Situation. Says Monday’s T.0.M.: The cholera at Batu Gajah Gaol has necessitated the postponement of Ipoh Assizes, since the prisoners cannot be brought out of the gaol for trial. To-day was fixed for the opening of the Assizes but the Deputy Public Prosecutor
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  • 128 1283 At the Penang Chamber of Commerce Rubber Auction 39,592 lb ware offered for sale and 21,532 J lb. were sold at the following prices Smoked Sheet 78 to I 81 Plain Sheet 73 78 Unsmoked Sheet Plain Sheet 63 67 Pale Crepe 80 95 No. 1 Dark
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  • 497 1284 GERMANS ADVANCING. DISPOSITION OF THE FORCES. THE GALICIAN CAMPAIGN. [By Submarine Telegraph] Received 7th of Sept, at 4-15 p m. German Losses in Belgium. Copyright Telegram. London, September 7. The Germans lost 3,0C0 men in a terrific encounter at West Malines. Montenegrin Victory. Copyright Telegram. The Montenegrins beat
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  • 323 1284 Peking, August 3. Our Peking correspondent says Ihe Tsaichenpu h-«s issued the following notice concerning the total receipts of the various Provinces fr »m Jmu try to end of with tin exc-pti m of Maritime Customs and s.»lr revenues: Kiangsu $6,287,119 Kiangsi *2,402.098; K.nsu $2,591,045; Feagtieu $4,887,135; H»m.n
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  • 600 1284 Ihe modern Major Q enftrn i part of his military curricdm paper men i n the field battl «’s. Kitchener is a notpd are school of army Tn XT.,’?* war correspondent to he T the army, and he is more di t the methods than were the r
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  • 603 1285 T HE MONTENEGRINS. London, August 14. serins are attacking the Ausfbe M° Qte S f ro nts. The north-eastern hiaos with 1 Hired Metokia, in Herzegovina, force the Servian frontier, and aD d Siewi tz hei hfcB> while the western the surrounding d near Cattaro A forceb a
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  • 577 1285 Manila, August 15. Steaming south under forced draft and making about 15 knots, the North German Lloyd liner Princess Alice, which cleared for Shanghai, was sighted at 8.20 on Friday morning a short distance out of Corregidor by the U. S. Army transport Meiritt. Speculation has been
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  • 628 1285 SLEEPING ON DUTY. Lah, P. C. 413, was this morning charged before Mr. G. R. Sykes in the Third Court at the instance of Sgt. Mjr. Awing with disobeying orders by not having his gun with him and being found asleep whilst on duty. The accused pleaded
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  • 1105 1286 The Story in Cables. Following are further cables sent to Australian papers: The North German Lloyd’s vessel Sckleisen, from Brisbane, has been captured and taken to Plymouth. A mine destroyed the oil-tank steamer Sanwilfred, near Cuxhaven, yesterday. A message from Constantinople states that the steamer Craigfort struck a
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  • 552 1286 Oflicial advices received in 8k UB |2 1 ■on.Japam.se sources state Division of Infantry and Artill. 019 from Kakura. Kyushu. await mg o r d erB to Bai JJ. «d gram was despatched. Tb e eou 8 .sts of 16,000 men and i, will send to assist the Allie»
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  • 587 1287 British pacifists, dictated by the The briu t r ltislu an d busiinto hue, rai in Parlia““'Xfew months ago the question of the “'h.reoi P rirato property at sea. In the “Li„t events it is interesting to read ‘«“AX over again. One of the argutM* f„ rwa
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  • 443 1287 Ihe advent of the flying machine and motor vehicle has played a very prominent pait in revolutionising warfare. Rapid advances such as have been made by the Germans on Paris are only possible with the aid of motor mounted artillery and motor conveyarces to bring up quickly
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  • 327 1287 In France and Germany it has been made a criminal offence to make a corner or attempt to raise to an artificial standard the prices of tbe necessities of life. In times such as we are pissing through instances may arise where an enhanced price is necessary, for,
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  • 428 1287 (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, September 9. At the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Auction held yesterday 143,845 lb. were offered for sale and 60,731 lb. were sold. The demand, excepting that for one or two grades, was very poor and the prices recorded were lower all
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  • 998 1288 THE GALICIAN CAMPAIGN. LARGE AUSTRIAN LOSSES. FURTHER RUSSIAN VICTORIES POSITION IN FRANCE. GERMANS FALLING BACK. [By Submarine Telegraph] Received 9th of Sept, at 9-20 a.m. British Casualties. Copyright Telegram. London, September 7. The British casualties were altogether 15,141: Officers. Killed 63 Wounded 162 Missing 230 I Men. Killed
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  • 105 1289 Acer's Special Service.] Bec!I vsd 9th of Sept at b 35 P effecton shipments. London, September 9. cUnninz Agents complain that freight higher than circumstances warr,tL nl 1 hare resulted in the stoppage 7 o n utature and shipment of many of goods. One shipper had
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  • 80 1289 A SIGNIFICANT ARTICLE. GERMAN OPINION IN NEW YORK. London, September 9. Tbe well-known New York German paper Stoats Zeitung contains a significant article urging that tbe time has come to stop the war. It says Germany can wall afford to rest content; Britain can point with pride
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  • 97 1289 Probable Starters and Jockeys. (Reuter) London, September 7. The following are the probable starters for the St. Leger (I mile 6 furlongs) which will be run next Wednesday Brakespear (H. Jones) Orangeman (F Bullock) Black Jester (Stern) Dan Russel (liickaby) Glorvina (Prout) Evansdale (W. Huxley) Troistemps (Clark)
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  • 65 1289 Reuter.) In ft w London, September 7. on tha 6 d r 8 Smiling Chimpionship feat P course. Barry was 21 m lengths. The time Minutes 28 seconds. An^fe 6 ’■“«nnoitriuir at Tsingtau and Fvnai. C 1 the Japanese Fiejt H i° airy F rCe a PekiQ
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  • 232 1289 A meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held yesterday afternoon at 4 pm. There were present: Dr. G. W. Park Deputy President, F. Duxbury, Esq., Yeoh Guan Seek, Esq, and Mr. L. A. C. Bings •secretary. 1 he minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. The
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  • 160 1289 The aim of the Germans in advancing their Fourth Army along the Argonne ridge, which runs parallel with the R. Meuse, at a distance of about twenty miles to the West and is to the rear of Verdun, would appear to be to diive a wedge in
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  • 181 1289 A correspondent writes Can the Chines i join the Volunteer Corps? is a question which all the loyal Chid< se -British subjects—of this Settlement e .gerly seek for an answer in the affirmative. Most of those Chinese, who have joined the Corps, have been put in the
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  • 533 1289 (From Our Own Correspondent). Canton, August 25. Iho Cantonese are willing to stand by the Central Government through a liberal subscription to the proposed domestic loan but they are at the same time demanding something in return—the eaily reopening of Parliament. Among the agitators for an early
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  • 153 1290 WE MADE A MISTAKE Brussels, August 16. In a letter to his wife a German officer, who was taken prisoner at Haelen, states:—“The march to Haelen was difficult, owing to the enemy having destroyed the bridges. Haelen was covered with dead and wounded and the scenes were
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  • 111 1290 Mr. and Mrs. Wright-Motion are arranging an entertainment to take place at the Town Hall on Wednesday, the 21st October next, (Trafalgar Day) and the following Saturday. The proceeds will be given to the Prince of Wales* War Fund. All those who are able and willing to
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  • 71 1290 The American Government has issued orders calling the attention of the San Francisco newspapers to the fact that they committed a breach of the United States neutrality by sending representatives on board the German cruiser Leipzig, and giving information of the whereabouts of the British
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  • 154 1290 lbs. The S rails Rubber Co.. Ltd 206,1/00 The Penang Rubber Eslat» s, Co 122,000 The Rubanaßubbei Estates, Ltd... 46.000 The Tali Aver Rublur Estates, Ltd. 40,000 The Batak Rabit Rubber Estates, Ltd 18.250 The B>gan Ser<»i Co Ltd... 17,500 Our Klang correspondent writes: On hriday list
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  • 575 1290 Peace-Preservation Police of Peking. (From Our Own Correspondent Peking, August 20. By ordor of the President, the Police Headquarters have organized a special Peace-Preservation Force for the maintenance of order in and outside the Inner and OuterjCities of Peking, part of which will be used inside the
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  • 590 1290 ,‘7‘” M. oung, K.U M G., returned to S? on bunaay by the P and 0 He was welcomed unofficial- a?®,?’ P. and O wharf bv a small including the Hod R j wot Batherin g. and the Hon J. A immediately left for GoverntLJ'n His Excellency
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