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Title Section21 1914-10-08 1372 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. $17.50 Per Annum. Single Copy, 40 cents Vol. 12. Penang, Thursday, Bth OCTOBER, 1914. No. 42.21 words
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Advertisement446 1914-10-08 1372 s X //////////iff fffff/ff/ffffffffffi CONTENTS. x Leaders: page. Miscellaneous (Con’d.): page. Ghouls 1 374 A Correction 1,381 x Lord Roberts 1,374 Contraband of War 1,383 x Underground Sewers 1.380 The Confidence Trick 1,383 v Mr Wells’s Map 1,386 A Singapore Romance 1,386 x The Kaiser’s Latest 1.392 Prize Court Rules446 words
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Advertisement171 1914-10-08 1373 1 THE j STRAITS lie;Hi) I J MAIL EDITION. ■■■—■iim—. I| Published the day prior to the departure of each mail J for Europe, and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the daily issues, as well as 9 all important news from various parts of the171 words
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Article476 1914-10-08 1374 It is an ugly theme this of the ghouls who desecrated the Poincare family’ vault, but it will point a moral if it does uot adorn a tale. It goes to prove that Berlin is not so far removed from Tiinbuctoo (though we recognise it is an insult to476 words
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Article242 1914-10-08 1374 The eighty-second birthday of Lord Roberts finds our greatest soldier Colonel-m-Chief of the Overseas Forces, in a prosperous health, and endowed with an energy that still makes him in the fullest sense a leader of men. He is the pioneer of a cause, the true significance of which242 words
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Article11 1914-10-08 1374 totals $4,208, wires our Singapore correspondent.11 words
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Article16 1914-10-08 1374 are affecting those mines in Kinta which have not up-to-date pumps.16 words
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Article42 1914-10-08 1374 conside- that Chinese vernacular schools are conducted under insanitary conditions. A bill has been framed to vest in the Secretary for Chinese Affairs inspecting and controlling powers in respect of the sanitation of such schools.42 words
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Article94 1914-10-08 1374 A considerable amount of business awaits the members of the Legislative Council who are summoned to meet on Friday next after a recess extending from July 31 last. At this meeting, the Supply Bill for 1915 will be introduced and this gives the opportunity for His Excellency94 words
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Article46 1914-10-08 1374 announced on August 13 that it was su-pmding publication, probably till October, owing to the difficulties which war conditions hive imposed on printers, pap j r mikers and journalism generally, combined with the stigaation of markets and tho temporary withdrawal of important business.46 words
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Article486 1914-10-08 1374 Mr. A. Bruyns, of the P.W.D, proceeds to the Bindings to relieve Mr. F. J. G. Aeria, who is transferred to Penang. Dr. 1 ravers’ services have been accepted by the War Office, and when the last mail left England he expected to leave fn- the front486 words
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Advertisement95 1914-10-08 1374 733 5333 L llgp* fejliihed daily (except Sundays and pibho holidays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59. Beach Street, Penang. rsicE. D,ily Local »24 per annum. Outstation... Postage Extra. K>il Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLE ADDRESS t ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 Mf-All bu«ine»« communications should95 words
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Advertisement44 1914-10-08 1374 Treatment for Dysentery. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy followed by a dose of castor oil will effectually cure the most stubborn cases of dysentery. It is especially good for bummer diarrhoea in children. Fq C Ba f Q foal I Dispensaries and Dealers44 words
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Article1674 1914-10-08 1375 BATTLE OF THE AISNĔ. GERMANS’ CRITICAL POSITION IN EAST PRUSSIA. (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegrana. Received 30th of Sept, at 8-15 a.m. EVENTS IN FRANCE. STATEMENT FROM BRITISH HEADQUARTERS. London, September 28. A descriptive statement issued from British Headquarters and dated the 25th instant says: —For four days there1,674 words
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Article346 1914-10-08 1376 A lecture was given by Mr. K. Mohamed Ariff on The Kikuyu Conference” at 4.30 p.m. on Saturday, the 26th instant, at the Young Muslim Union. There was a good attendance, and among those present were Mr. Syed A. H. Burhan, Mr. H. G. Sarwar, Mr. Hibbard346 words
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52 1914-10-08 1376 Mr. W. J. Hodge, Hon Treasurer, sends us the following further list of contributions to the above Fund, forwarded te the Chartered Bank, Penang: Sept 28 By Balance $8,892 20 29 Drawing at Straits Cinema on 24th and 25th inst.... 311.15 Balance Sept.52 words
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Article612 1914-10-08 1376 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, September 28. Mr. McLean, sitting as coroner in the Court at Kuala Lumpur, of which he is the senior magistrate, had a very busy time of it on Saturday morning when he had to preside over no fewer than seven enquiries612 words
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Article1283 1914-10-08 1377 More German Spy Troubles. “Take your holiday as usual, and so help by preventing distress among those who live by catering. Resorts present normal conditions.” buch was the burden of newspaper advice. Officially, that is, municipally, East Anglia was widely advertised as open as usual,” and visitors were1,283 words
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Article368 1914-10-08 1377 SeWMe 4 pra 'Uwe were present:- 11 and Quah Beng Ifce. Esq, with J Esq., Municipal Secretary, Md w Esq acting Munic.pa! Engineer The minutes of the l Mt me b o read and confirmed. WtWg An application for the refund >. a plan fee of $lB was368 words
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Article267 1914-10-08 1377 Half-yearly (From Oar Om Correipondal-) Kuala Lumpur, September 30. The Selangor Chamber of Commerce their half-yearly meeting to-day.. Chairman, Mr. H. C. the Chamber on the trade of the affected by the war. He .a. effect had been the storagr> Wh i C ItroZXat the gratitude267 words
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Article512 1914-10-08 1378 If one word has been in everyone’s mouth during the past week it has been Emden, The German quasi pirate has sent a thrill of excitement through our phlegmatic populace and brought the fact nearer to many, than have Reuter’s telegrams, that there is war going on and512 words
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Article151 1914-10-08 1378 Mr. T. Marsden, wireless operator in the light cruiser Gloucester, writing to his mother at Wist Hartlepool, gives the following vivid account of a chase by that vessel of the Germiu warships Goeben and lheslau: Ike Gloucester opened fire upon the Breslau, but her first151 words
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Article167 1914-10-08 1378 The three sunk cruisers did not meet their fate for want of anti torpedo guns I hey all had a very miscellaneous assortment of guns, namely, two 92, one fore and one aft; no less than twelve six inch quickfirers, a broadside of six fourteen twelve pounders167 words
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Article138 1914-10-08 1378 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, September 30. At the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Auction held yesterday 176.739 lb were offered for sale an 1 126,453 1b were sold. The following prices wore realised Sheet smoked fine ribbed 395 to $lOO per picul Sheet smoked good ribbed138 words
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Article403 1914-10-08 1378 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Peking, September 12. The Ministry of Communications has received a telegram from the Chinese Telegraph Office at Huanghsien a little ovei ten miles from Lungkow) to the effect that after the landing of Japanese troops at Lungkow, stiict censorship over telegrams was established403 words
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Article55 1914-10-08 1378 Remit of Competition. (From Our Own Correspondent) m Ip°b, September 30. Pho scores in the Walker Ciiallenge Shield CurnpaUtion for 1914. which i, opßn to atl La.hos ILile C.uba in Malaya, resulted as follows Selangor 457 Singapore 4 q 5 -r. Perak a k Kinta Negri terubilau55 words
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Advertisement63 1914-10-08 1378 Rheumatism. Hive you ever trlol Chamberlain’s Pain burn for ilieum.tism? It not, you are wastlag iiue as tlu longei this disease runs on i i.u uurder it is to cure. Get a buttle to-day upp:y it with a vigorous massage to the all cted puts and you will be surprised63 words
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Article1935 1914-10-08 1379 EASTERN UNITED CORPORATION MEETING. The First Report. The first annual general meeting of the Eastern United Assurance Corporation, Ltd., was held on Saturday at the registered offices of the company, Banque de I’lndo Chine Building, Singapore, says the Straits Times. The Chairman, Mr. Tan Chay Yau, presided, others1,935 words
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Article369 1914-10-08 1380 akicess Killed. Wounded on Missing. y jawing are further lists of casualties j re 'i out to India:lulled:—'The following have been viiJl—Major E England, R F A; CapSins Ĕ Bradbury, R 11 A, Vandakur, Essex igunent, A S Williams, R A M C; Lieut«nants Champion de Crespigny, Queen’s369 words
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Article180 1914-10-08 1380 d’Hhrie Co., in their weekly Th U6S(^a y» 29th September, say Je improved demand noted in our last imnrA ffia j ntalQe< and prices again Jr i e mate rially, advances ot from S 2 to abouf recir(^ Of 85 tons catalogued drawn t° ns were s180 words
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Article432 1914-10-08 1380 Ov. r eighteen months ago a coinprebensive underground siwerage scheme, drawn up ly the Municipal Engineer, was submitted for the consideration of the Commissioners who very wisely agreed “that R should be deferred for the present.” Ihe system, according to the Engineer’s «i^AA WoUld ro( uire 500 »000432 words
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Article68 1914-10-08 1380 Train Service Uis >rganiaed. (From Our Own Correspondent Ipob, 1 st :tobf-r. Landslip? have occurred on the railway between Bukit Gantaugand P.id mg engas caused bv a cloud burst, They have occisiouf’d greit disoig mis ri m in the train services. Trains are held up at68 words
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Article559 1914-10-08 1380 Mr. A. Bellamy Brown, joint editor of the Malay Mail, has returned trom have. The engagement is announced between Mr. Bred D. C. Aeria, of the Resident Councillor’s Office, Penang, to Miss Beatrice XVinnified Mathews, eldest daughter of Mr J. E. Mathews, of Batu Gajah, F.M S.559 words
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Article643 1914-10-08 1381 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taipinj, September 29. As a rule it is difficult to secure a room at the Taiping Rest-house. Yesterday, however, there were eight rooms vacant, only two being occupied. Mr. W. E. Siddons, Assistant Revenue Auditor, Perak, wh had to return to Taiping, owing to643 words
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Article277 1914-10-08 1381 Before Mr. R. Syke-, this morning, Mr S. R. N lidoo, toe Confect imu., was summone 1 for r ding a motor cycle in a manner so rash as to in iica e a due want of regard for the safety of others. Mr. W. H. Thorne, in277 words
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50 1914-10-08 1381 Mr. W. J. Hodge, Hon Treasurer, sends us the following further list of contributions to the above Fund, forwarded to the Chartered Bank, Penang: Sept 29 By Balance $9,203.35 30 O. B. Pike 50.00 Mrs. G. S. Evans 30.00 Balance Sept. 30 $9,283.3550 words
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Article68 1914-10-08 1381 Our Kuala Lumpur correspondent, in bis report of Mr. C. J. Foot’s lecture, which appeared in our issue last M »uday, erroneously said that Mr. Foot was invalided from active service and th it he belonged to the Royal Horse Artillery. Mr. Foot was not invalided out of68 words
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16 1914-10-08 1381 for the week ended S ptember 27 was 14) piculs.16 words
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51 1914-10-08 1381 —Th 're is n iturally very much inte- rest evinced as to what his to bo recorded of events in Srraits and China waters So far we are not permitted to know, and patience must be exercised here as in other51 words
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101 1914-10-08 1381 Judging from what the Cen- sors at home allow to trickle through they must believe that we are thoroughly imbued with the truth of the old adage. “No change Position satisfactory and T he enemy has made furious attacks101 words
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Article680 1914-10-08 1381 >e inquest lnto th 9 I CbnwuMu named I» I pocked o‘.vn by a trio t 6at "kC, I b w a >ieiatbi SßOr X 5, CII W I hzAchi.l. the Curoner. 8 Wore I Rimasamv. Tram»™ t I t brat on September 26 TO I**' "‘W680 words
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Article1253 1914-10-08 1382 ANTWERP FORTS BOMBARDED. THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE. TSINGTAU, (Neuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Rbcbived 30th of Sept, at 4-35 pm. l EVENTS IN FRANCE. Paris Communiques. London, September 29. A Paris communique received to-diy |a y 9 There is no notable change in the Woevre region, Lorraiae or Vosges.” Received1,253 words
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Article115 1914-10-08 1383 The following notification is, by command of His Excellency the Governor, published for general information in a Government Gazette Extraordinary, dated September 29 With reference to Notification No. 1095, published in a Gazette Extraordinary on the 17th September, 1914, it is hereby notified that by a Proclamation115 words
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Article160 1914-10-08 1383 Last evening a Chinaman visited the Sea View Hotel and interviewed Mr. F Hui me Sharp with reference to a visit to the Hotel of three Chinese ladies who were to stay there for a week The terms agreed on were $BO for the week. D was160 words
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58 1914-10-08 1383 II e Pek ng Jih Pjo is informed by the Ge.man Legation tint the Prussian armies b ive occupied Dijon, Marseilles, Toulon, an 1 fo his made hersalf mistress of the Medicrranean. Franc i would be exhausted a: d would have58 words
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Article1662 1914-10-08 1383 Before Mr. G. A. Hall in the Di str ch Court yesterday morning the b.a-irig was commenced* of the case in which G D. McLran was charged with criminal bieach of trust in respect of SIOO and criminal misappropriation of $lOO aid 1/200 guilders, the property1,662 words
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Article35 1914-10-08 1384 at. the Manama Kovil at Klang the Chetty community terminated their 45 days of special services of intercession for the success of British arms in the war, there being a large gathering.35 words
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Article48 1914-10-08 1384 Head of tbs Preventive Service, Government Monopolies, a Chinaman named Ng Mooi Hiaug was summoned before the third Magistrate yesterday on a charge of permitting intoxicating liquor to be sold by retail without 4 licence. The hearing was postponed until to-morrow.48 words
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Article67 1914-10-08 1384 have been sent up from Shanghai to get as near as possible to the scene of operations by the Japanese gainst Tsingtau, but neither the Ge rmans nor the Chinese will permit them to remain any where near the warzone. Evon residing within a tew miles of67 words
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80 1914-10-08 1384 All says. 8-» 0 iV? Reserve of Officers or the J/ Cla R“" rv e of Officers not in GovernjeinP'.°yniQnt sluuld return to the that? i U 'dom forthwith and report “pelves at the Vyar Office. ofsJ^° rtot departure giving the80 words
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Article3125 1914-10-08 1384 THE HALF-YEARLY MELTING. I he Situation President’s Cheery Outlook. '1 he half yearly meeting of the Singapore Chamber ot Commerce was held on Aloud ly at the Exchange, the President (the Hon. Mr. C. W. Dai bishire) in the chair, ami there was only a moderate attendance3,125 words
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Article20 1914-10-08 1385 has arrived in London from his cruise in Norway, and is staying at the Siamese Legation,20 words
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Article46 1914-10-08 1385 will be held on Oct. sth at the Town Hal), Singapore, for the purpose cf taking measures for the appointment of a Committee to collect I B aid of the Prince of Wales’ Be hef Fund His Excellency the Governor will take chair.46 words
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52 1914-10-08 1385 Golt Clublastnignr. iui- the who presided, declared t a g| u b balance carried forward las y as bad a balaucs in baud of b agreed to spend $6OO in repairs to be bouse, wires our52 words
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Article59 1914-10-08 1385 Tbe Ladies’ Working Pi,t for \Vrefef engaged in making garmen the War of distress in Great t al f Cburcb, will meet in the res 7 at 10.30 a.mNortbam Riad, on S^ urd J dwc a It is hoped there will b a aurt „ill be59 words
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Article290 1914-10-08 1386 «hit sentiment.* 1 reads a paragraph Francis to Chronicle of Augt. 13, C ou>uie“ cei: By the shore o£ the ff k lCb s ei ou the wide verandah of the *"11! Hotel in Singapore there began two K'H 1 o a romance which reached its chyears290 words
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Article195 1914-10-08 1386 The following proclamation by His Excellency the Governor (Sir Arthur Young, kc.mg), was issued on Monday as a Government Gazette Extraordinary Whereas the Rules hereinafter set out were made by His Majesty in Council in pursuance of the Prize Courts Act 1891 on the fifth day of195 words
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Article88 1914-10-08 1386 Shipload Waiting at Port Swettenham. The repatriation of Chinese still proceeds Uia Lumpur, applications being dealt 1 Q as received by the Protector of Chinese, umbers are now much smaller and on D a y a batch of fifty represented the total C p d collected during the88 words
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Article29 1914-10-08 1386 Taipim» t* 18 e 7. a^tern oon and night in x 9 ra u g aQer ally comes d)wn in rmu between 3 and 4 p.m.29 words
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Article411 1914-10-08 1386 Roll up the map of Europe, and of Asia too, for whichever way the war ends the old boundaries are going ta be shifted and new ones substituted tor them. Most of us are agreed as to which wav the war will end and it is good411 words
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Article19 1914-10-08 1386 of the New Tambun Mines, Ltd., for the month of September amounted to 18 pikuls 56 catties.19 words
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Article40 1914-10-08 1386 is said to have packed up all his British uniforms and sent them to the King at Buckingham Palace directly war was declared. It were a small bit of gratuitous rudeness quite in keeping with his character.40 words
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Article49 1914-10-08 1386 of dividends and the trans- fer of shares to “enemies” having been forbidden, and the rule presumably app’ying here, it is suggested, says the 8. F. F., that all dividends accruing to enemy shareholders should be paid into a Government Department, connected with, say, the Official Assignee.49 words
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Article29 1914-10-08 1386 (From Our Ouju Correspondent) •Singapore, October 1. The Chinese Commercial Bank reopened at ten o’clock this morning. By noon its receipts exceeded its payments by 527,552.29 words
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Article367 1914-10-08 1386 M. Isvolsky, the Rjssian Ambassador in Paris, finding it impossible to rejoin the Russian army, decided to serve with the French colours. On Tuesday evening W. Bro. W. Craig was installed as Master of Lodge St. Michael, by the District Grand Master, the hon’ble F. M. Elliot.—N.A'.P.367 words
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Article15 1914-10-08 1386 of Rahman Hydraulic Tin, Ltd, durjug ths month of September was 450 pikuls.15 words
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Article64 1914-10-08 1386 The Chines e Government has paid the Boxer indemnity to the end of August deriving Th. 300,000 from the Mintime Customs and Th 2,900,000 from the Salt Gabi lie, after which the Customs retain Th 3,000.000 to meet other obligations, whilst the Salt Administration have handed over to the Chinetie64 words
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Article106 1914-10-08 1386 by some ot the soldiers at the front throw an interesting sidel-ght on (bo situation. For a sergeant writes The Germans seem to have put thou wo, st troops in the firing line in Belgium, under the impression that anything was good enough to boat the Belgians106 words
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Article1184 1914-10-08 1387 LAST NIGHT AT THE TOWN HALL. Tremendous Enthusiasm. It was a happy idea on the part of Mr. and Mrs. Wright-Motion to have decided upon a Cafe Chantant in aid of The Prince of Wales’ War Fund it was a happier idea to have commandeered the best vocal,1,184 words
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Article134 1914-10-08 1387 The Russian wires on Wednesday reveal another movement of the Germans, care* fully concealed up to the present, as was the thrusting of the German and Austrian army into the Warsaw district. This time the attack is from East Prussia into the Province of Grodno, which lies to134 words
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Article120 1914-10-08 1387 Election or Office-Bearers. The Moslem Association, Singapo its half-yearly general meeting a t P wises, 91 Selegie Road, ontbe when the following office-bearers ed for the current Session .j. President, Mr. Syed Vice-Presidents, Mr A. M. 8 > Mr Mr. Shaik Mohamed Mane >“ t Mr S120 words
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Article1224 1914-10-08 1388 ANTWERP BOMBARDED. FIERCE ASSAULTS. ITALY AND AUSTRIA. [Reuter’s Service.] Copyright Telegram. Received 2nd of Oct. at 8-35 a m. Paris Communiques. London, October 1. Ad official Paris communique issued at eleven o’clock last evening says “The general situation is satisfactory. There is no perceptible change on the front1,224 words
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318 1914-10-08 1389 Mr. W. J. Hodge, Hou Treasurer, sends us the following further list of contributions to the above Fund, forwarded to the Chartered Bank, Penang: Sept. 30 By Balance 89,283.35 Oct. 1 The Warren 100.00 Anglo-Chinese School 30.00 J. Mac A Russel 50 00318 words
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78 1914-10-08 1389 —The Doily Telegraph's New York correspondent states that leports received in Washington indicate that the Kaiser begged and prayed the Sultan of 'Fuik *y to draw the scimitar on behalf of German cu ture, but the Sultan intimated that the inducements78 words
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Article808 1914-10-08 1389 China’s Neutrality Gambling MonopMy— Poor Cantcn—Let There be LightWees of the Of icial— Vcc ferous Beggars. (From Our Own Correspondent). Canton, September 10. To prevent the possibility of violating neutrality, the Kwangtung Government, on September 6, detained a vessel full of coal which it was intended to808 words
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Article317 1914-10-08 1389 INTERESTING IPOH CASE. Who Lost the Bullock? The problem of who is responsible when a bullock, that has been attached for debt, is lost came up again at the Supreme Court, Ipoh, yesterday, says the T. 0. M. Thirteen bullocks belonging to Nadasan, of Sungei Siput, were317 words
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Article2069 1914-10-08 1390 p M TRADE and the war. The Chairman’s Address tbe bait' yearly meeting of the I A Chamber of Commerce, held m la l g Lumpur, on Wednesday, the Chair- j E ua L H G.E- Zrcharias, gave an address I a in/with the trade of the2,069 words
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Article416 1914-10-08 1391 (OSTASIATISCHE LLOYD War SERVICE.) Peking, September 17. The Peking Jihpao reports that six thousand Japanese have lauded at Kinkiakou, sixty kilometers north of Tsingtau. The Japanese have cut all telegraph lines east of Kiaochau and have occupied the railway station there. President Yuan Shih-k’ai is firmly decided416 words
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Article872 1914-10-08 1391 Modern conditions, says the Straits Tint's, have made the whole woill to a quite extraordinary degree one lam- v not a pirdculnly hippy or harmonious family, truly, but yet one in th sense that stagnation m one nation io acts upon all others. Isolated trades or businesses872 words
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Article379 1914-10-08 1391 Before Mr. G. A. Hall in the Di», tr.ct Court this morning the bearing was resumed of the case in which G. D. McLean was charged with criminal breach of trust in respect of $lOO and criminal misappropriation of $lOO aod 1,200 guilders, the property of379 words
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Article482 1914-10-08 1392 The Kaiser is “splendacious.” To use au Irishism, this unaffected, undetected, wellconnected warrior never opens his mouth without putting his foot in it. His latest utterance* about “General French’s contemptible little army is like all his fulminations against England since the war began; they betray a chagrin482 words
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70 1914-10-08 1392 was to have paid ff at pl 1 w (1,3 LU LiitVu pd lU 11 dL c* P ri r recommissioning f< r the I S °f the light cruiser Fox, on the East of ation, but owing to the out70 words
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Article83 1914-10-08 1392 in? th Dlock ading squadron is busily iweepe wafers outside Kiaochau for mines, the t° P° r t Arthur dispatches to erorl *k l ’the work is considerably himpoffieer«‘ V i^ 0 seas rUDp i n Both and ti i men are verv keen on the woik,83 words
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Article587 1914-10-08 1392 The Revs. E. W. L. Martin and W. Featherstone arrived in Hongkong recently, the former to join the staff of the C.M.S., at bt Stephen’s College, and the latter to act as Chaplain to the Bishop of Victoria Mr. Justice Earnshaw is expected to arrive in Singapore587 words
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25 1914-10-08 1392 Mr. Loke Yew’s Manager had distributed 391 sacks of rice in Kuala Lumpur among Chinese women and old people.25 words
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Article248 1914-10-08 1392 1915 PROVISION BILL. Erom Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. October 3. In the Legislative Council, the Hon. Mr. R. J. Wilkinson spoke lengthily on the 1915 Provision Bill, mentioning the increase in the Post Office Vote which was occasioned by a strengthening of the staff. It was resolved to248 words
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107 1914-10-08 1392 The Prince of Wales War Relief Fund. Mr. W. J. Hodge, Hon. Treasurer, sends us the following further list of contributions to the above Fund, forwarded to the Chartered Bank, Penang: Oct. 1 By Balance $11,082.35 2 Amount collected by Messrs. Quah Beng Kee, Lim Seng Hooi and Khoo Heng107 words
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83 1914-10-08 1392 Export or Rubber Prohibited. A Government Gazette Extraordinary, dated October 1, notifies that the prohibition of the export of raw rubber notified in Notification No. 1058 in a Gazette Extraordinary issued on September 9, 1914, is rescinded and that the export of raw rubber from any place83 words
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Article574 1914-10-08 1393 ANTWERP. POSITION IN FRANCE. RUSShN PLANS DEVELOPING. (Renter's Senice.) Copy.ight Telegram. Received 3rd of Oct. at 8-45 a m EVENTS IN FRANCE. Paris Communique. London, October 2. A Paris official communique issued at eleven this evening says :—There is nothing in particular to report except in the lioye574 words
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Article348 1914-10-08 1393 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Dear Sir, I have seen in your paper this week that it has been reported that Penang was disqualified in the Walker Shield Competition, and as no facts are published in regard thereto, I feel that it is my348 words
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Article16 1914-10-08 1393 hopes to be able to open the College of Tropical Agriculture by January Ist, 1915.16 words
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Article6147 1914-10-08 1393 Address of Hth p Governor, g IR ApTnrT E i LENCT th» K.C.M G, at the Meetin* O f lative Council yesterday THk Honourable Members of THb t Ith., rn TIVE Co uncil: LbGlBu< it has fallen to me to add re. amid circumstances that history of6,147 words
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20 1914-10-08 1396 during the month of September was 731 pikuh Mill, 400.95 Tributes, 330.09.20 words
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Article2016 1914-10-08 1397 [The Thirteenth Instalment of these Notes appeared in the Echo of September 26 Two very sore toes determined me to rest at the first really suitable camp, and this I found at a quaint, old-world village called Cley-near-the-sea. It is not so near as it used to2,016 words
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Article306 1914-10-08 1398 T 0 Pubchase an Up-To-Date Motor Ambulance. meeting of the Municipal Commission 4 hajd on Wednesday afeernoon, the President, Mr. F G Halifax, presiding. Ofhnrs present were Messrs. Clung Keng Tau Kbeam Hock, Leong Man Sau, Cb a Ke'-'g Chin. T Ball actin Municipal Engineer) and J.306 words
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Article44 1914-10-08 1398 lbs. The Straits Rubber Co Ltd. ...203,000 Hie Penang Rubber Estates Co., Ltd. ...122,500 The Rubana Rubber Estates, Ltd. 44,500 The Tali Ayer Rubber Estates, Ltd. 40,000 Ibe Batak Ribit Rubber Estate, mL Ltd. 17,500 The Bagan Serai Co., Ltd. 18,50044 words
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Article35 1914-10-08 1398 The following was the September output 0 th o Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Co. Drelge Hours Pikuls No. 2 84 74 m 3 618 589 4 619 420 5 345 161 1,666 1,24435 words
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Article73 1914-10-08 1398 .—lt is officially pvv-UUCI ICLII. It 13 Vi-ilVldi i J s a ed that the following dispatch has been received from Vi e-Admiral Kato, commandthe Seeoud Squadron: “On September th, we recoi noitred by seaplane over 'aochau Bay and di opped bombs on the 1 !ps in73 words
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87 1914-10-08 1398 MR. A. C. DAVIES ACQUITTED. (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, October 3. Mr. A. C. Davies, late of the Singapore I oultry and Dairy Farm, who was recently airested in Penang on a Singapore wairant and charged with criminal breach of trust with regard87 words
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Article183 1914-10-08 1398 At the Bukit Mertajam District Court, before Mr. R. Scott, yesterday, in an Interpleader Summons Case in which a Kling, named Ana Naina Syed Lebai, claimel lour goats, two kids and a cow s> ized by the Court Bailiff as the property of two judgment debtors, named183 words
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Article58 1914-10-08 1398 London, October 1. A Royal Commission of Enquiry anent the gunrunning affrays of the 26th July has unanimously found that the police and military wore illegally employed and that Assistant Commissioner of Police Harrell was alone responsible, but it blames General Cuthbert for complying with Harrell’s call58 words
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38 1914-10-08 1398 ended on the 29th September reads as follows: —28 vessels coaled; 3487 tons bunkered the nationalities of the vessels were as follows 6 Dutch, 16 Netherlands Indian, 4 English and 1 German.38 words
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Article49 1914-10-08 1398 found Germans dying of mysterious symptoms. Post mortem examinations have shown that their stomachs were full of raw beetroots still covered with earth. Evidently the beetroots had been torn from the fields and eaten just as they were to satisfy the cravings of hunger.49 words
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Article83 1914-10-08 1398 is being offered by the police for information leading to the arrest of one or more of the gang of robbers who entered the bungalow of a European recently at Sungei Gau, says the Malaj Mail The robbers, it will be remembered, visited the house while83 words
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Article613 1914-10-08 1398 H. E. the Governor, in bis Annual Address, says that probably the greatest educational weakness of the Colony is the comparative lack of interest in female education shown by the Straits Chinese and the Malays. It is inevitable perhaps that in an Asiatic community female education should lag613 words
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Article18 1914-10-08 1398 has been demanded for the editor of the Nederlandsche Financier for insulting the German Emperor.18 words
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Article2235 1914-10-08 1399 MINE-LAYING. FIGHTING AT ANTWERP. ESCAPED GERMAN CRUISERS. [Reuter’s Service.] Copyright Telegram. Received 4th of Oct. at 9 a.m. EVENTS IN FRANCE. Paris Communiques. London, October 2. A Paris communique says The Germans tried to throw a bridge over the Meuse near St. Mihiel but it was destroyed last2,235 words
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31 1914-10-08 1400 The Hon. William Howard Hearst, Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines, sue* ceeds the late Hou. Sir James Pliny Whitney as Premier of Ontario.31 words
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Article73 1914-10-08 1400 London, October 2. The Stock Exchange has resolved that Consols bought on August, September and October accounts should be settled for on November the 18th. The November account will be settled on the Ist December. Ordinary accounts up to the 14th October are to be settled73 words
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Article52 1914-10-08 1400 That Holland is much upset over the detention of so many of her steamers by the Britishers. That the British Ambassador at the Hague has acknowledged that the bombs in Maastricht were thrown by a British aviator and that thus the neutrality of Holland has been violated52 words
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Article461 1914-10-08 1401 Mr. Hastings Rhodes has left for Home. Leave has been granted to Mr. P. J. Sproule, puisne judge, for twelve months. Mrs. E. F. Stovell is returning to Singapore within the course of the next few weeks. Lieut. J. S. Schaefer, r n., is appointed asst, to461 words
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Article27 1914-10-08 1401 according to a paragraph in in a Dutch newspaper, has succumbed to an acute attack of pneumonia subsequent to an accidental fall into a stream.27 words
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Article29 1914-10-08 1401 especi- ally commends in his report tbe introduction of carpentry at the Victoria Institution as part of the scheme for hand and eye training.29 words
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Article34 1914-10-08 1401 Mr. St. V. B Down has been granted the sole privilege of making and selling and using an invention for "Down’s spring prime mover” for fourteen years from September 9.34 words
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Article555 1914-10-08 1401 (From Our Oivn Correspondent.) Taiping, October 3. The activities of the light-fingered gentry in this district appear to have received a check owing to the large number of arrests that Inspector Doel and his lieutenants have been successful in making of late. In Avgust, the withdrawals from the555 words
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Article23 1914-10-08 1401 a special committee has been formed to publish the names of persons or firms performing transactions which endanger the Dutch neutrality.23 words
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Article568 1914-10-08 1401 -a m two Cafes Cbautauts at the T M g tke must have indeed room f J Toko Hill tions both from chwitlf,!?“T 1 standpoints at the result endeavours. 0 their patriotic about P 7 pm. h aud y had'kot'T’ "J”* Wl the Town Hall was cramuWu"568 words
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Article2388 1914-10-08 1402 September 23. The following is from 'Che Madras Mail. This morning the Germm Cruisir Emden which has been creating such havoc among merchant shipping at the mouth of the flooghly and on the Burma Coast, is still at large in the Biyof Bengal, as the citizens2,388 words
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Article104 1914-10-08 1403 Unsatisfactory Results.” The results are not satisfactory so far, and there appears to be no advantage to be gained in increasing the number of schools while the supply of trained teachers is inadequate even for existing schools, says the acting Chief Secretary in his report for 1913, speaking104 words
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Article399 1914-10-08 1403 At the Council Meeting of the F M.S. Chamber of Mines, held on Monday, the 28th September, 1914, the following were present Mr. F. E. Mair (President), in the chair, the Hon Mr. Eu Tong Sen, the Hon. Mr 11. F. Nutter, Messrs. 0. S. Dawbarn,399 words
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85 1914-10-08 1403 Mr. W. J. Hodge, Hon. Treasurer, sends us the following further list of contributions to the above Fund, forwarded to the Chartered Bank, Penang: Oct. 2By Balance ...$12,432 35 3 Amount received by Messrs. Quah Beng Kee, Lim Seng Hooi and Khoo Heng85 words
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Article1499 1914-10-08 1403 IUKI HER LIGHT ON Ptnav I transaction^'^™ l Accused Discharged. The hearing was continued afternoon, in the second police court case in which P V W k Albert C. Davis with rust, on two counts involving XG.lOaud «50 The tr.nl 8 ’"”"«1 to have taken phee TsT1,499 words
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Article224 1914-10-08 1404 Simla, 20th September. The following is an extract from a private letter His Highness the Maharajah and H. H The Maharaja Regent of Jodhpur left for Bombay en-route for the Front on Tuesday, the 15th September. There was a large gathering of European ladies and gentlemen and224 words
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Article60 1914-10-08 1404 The output of the Tongkah Harbour Tin Dreding Company for the week ended September 3 was sixteen tons. The Manager of Deebook Dredging, Rcnong, reports that during September the dredge ran for 543 hours and treated 40,070 yards for 638 pikuls of ore. The output of the Ulu60 words
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Article301 1914-10-08 1404 The residents of Aboo Sittee Line and Rangoon Road have been in great anxiety during the last few days. It appears that on Saturday morning a scrap of paper was found in Aboo Sittee Lane, purporting to be a warning to the residents that the neighbourhood w u'd301 words
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Article203 1914-10-08 1404 Whatever else emerges from the Emden's career in the Bay of Bengal, one fact is certain, and will be admitted by all; and that is that the Commander of the Emden is a thorough sportsman. On Friday when the Dovre was stopped the officers of the203 words
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Article93 1914-10-08 1404 In response to wishes expressed by several sympathisers who are desirous of subscribing, Mrs. John Mitchell, wife of the Consul in Penang for France and Belgium, has opened a Belgian Relief Fund.” The Hon. The Resident Councillor has started the fund by a subscription of 150, which93 words
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Article1198 1914-10-08 1405 Chinese and Foreign Protection. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Peking, Sept. 12. The unexpected war at the German leased territory of Tsingtao has called forth considerable comments in Chinese journals in Peking and other cities as to the foolishness of wealthy Chinese officials and merchants who, at signs1,198 words
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Article249 1914-10-08 1405 from one of the home trade quote the following and comm® to Apropos the reduction of sahripa h, hrius on account of the war, I quoted 1-Mng from a speech by*Mr Messrs Swan and Edgar, Ltd, st. m °Z oi employers recently: It was the assistants249 words
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Article102 1914-10-08 1405 Hie Gula-Kalumpong Rubber Estates, Ltd. The Rubber Estates of Knau, Ltd... 21.00 New Columbia Rubber Co.. Ltd. 20,5 Padang Rubber Estate Co., Ltd. Consolidated Rubber Estate Ltd. Padang Jawa Rubber Estate, Ltd... Karan Rubber Estate Co., Ltd- The Samagaga Rubber Co, Ltd. Sumatra Consolidated Rubber Bstales, Ltd.102 words
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61 1914-10-08 1405 Of whiskies there are a g White Some are better than 0 them a ]l, for R Horse Cellar is nLd Medal attbe has been awarded the Gold M Anglo-American Exhib t ne wB, recently. That ts q« for the fksbed over the61 words
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Article4552 1914-10-08 1406 «NATION OF NEW TOSI'S IN CBEAT^ oVERN;v]ENTj Colon* Finances and the War I Member» »f the Leg.slat.ve Couue.l re- on Friday afternoon when the aaseinb (I ustoin iry annual stateGovernor re proge His Excellency Jrnor. (=ir A. II Young. K C M G.), %v Ce llencv the General4,552 words
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Article107 1914-10-08 1408 ford Our Own Correspondent rpi D Ku da Lumpur, Oct. 5. nil'» 0 lC9 have arrested pirt <f the &re 0 have committed robberies and k a Q e IQ2f the Bentong district. J bey ainmn r v° the Volunteer rifb and L roul Mr. Greeusill’s to107 words
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Article558 1914-10-08 1408 In this war in a fog outlines are necessarily blurred and when det ids, generally a week old, are vouchsifed us they only add to the murkiness of the situation. For instance, this morning Rent t sprung upon us this surprise, dated Constantinople, October 5 I he558 words
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Article256 1914-10-08 1408 Mr. JDmy Arthur Phipps, who recently won the King Edward VII Scholar ship tenable for five years at the Hongkong University, leaves fir Hongkong to-moriow. He intends studying medicine. Mr. B. W. Adin, Asst Superintendent of Police, who arrived from Singapore last Friday, relieves Mr. N. A.256 words
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Article152 1914-10-08 1408 Our Klang correspondent writing on October 3, savs .-—lnspector Worton prosecuted a Chinaman for theft ommitted in three houses, before Mr. Beech. He was sentenced to three months' rigorous imprisonment. Fourteen Tamil coolies belonging to Bukit Raya Estate were sent to gaol for a week for not putting152 words
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Article27 1914-10-08 1408 lbs. Bakap Rubber Plantations, L*d 25,718 Bitu Matang Rubber Plantations, Ktd 10.235 Jong Landor Rubber Estates, Ltd... 20 001 Kedah Rubber Co Ltd. 27,22227 words
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Article15 1914-10-08 1408 light wing has been surrounded, says a Mol.in Exchange to hand this morning.15 words
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Article19 1914-10-08 1408 of the Menglembu Lode Syndicate Ltd, for September was 275 pikuls of th* estimated value of 19,770,19 words
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Article992 1914-10-08 1409 THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE. GERMANS DEFEATED. Received sth of Oct. at 4 p m. (Reuter’s Service.) Co; yr’ight Telegram. EVENTS IN FRANCE. Paris Official Announcement London, October 5. A Paris official announcement issued at eleven o’clock last evening says Ou our left wing the battle is in full progress992 words
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Article191 1914-10-08 1409 Employees Salaries. To the Editor of the Straits Edo. Sir, Wo would like to ask you to ba bo good as to give publicity to the following complaiut which is a very real one and one which affects us very materially. There ate certain firms who are in no way191 words
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Article42 1914-10-08 1409 f has been raised A subscription of o f the among the masters an p COD tribution Chinese School, at Kb Tbeamo uat to the Prince of Wale rh tt<J red Bank has been paid into the <*« wre42 words
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396 1914-10-08 1410 M yV J Hodge, Hon. Treasurer, sends Allowing further list of contributions the b <” e Fua l forwirdeJ t 0 th Chartered Bank, Penang: Apt 3 Bv Balance $12,857.35 *5 Staff of the Dispensary Ltd., Penang 50.00 A Birthday Present 10.00 Amount396 words
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Article85 1914-10-08 1410 (Frowi Our Own Corresponded.) Singapore, October 6. Iho I i moo of dies It *liof Kund inpotmg was 1 irgely attended. H.E. the Governor, Sir Aithur Young, presided and announced that the Government of the Colony was contributing <£ 10,000 sterling. The Hon. lan Jiak Kim85 words
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Article239 1914-10-08 1410 Russian spies have been caught and shot in Dautzie. A the nas broken out in the Dutch mint at Utiecbt. A Dutch Priest was shot during the sick of Louvain. The British steamer Strathalan is aground in Bali Straits. Prince Henry of Holland has visited the British239 words
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78 1914-10-08 1410 An F.M.S. Gazette Extraordinary, dated October 2, says For the period from the 9th to 15th Oc-ol er, 1914, inclu-:vp, the va'uj of the highest gr;de of rubber is fixed at two bindings and thre) pence per lb, and the dutytu cultivated ruobor on which expoit du yis leviable on78 words
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Article891 1914-10-08 1410 Ba.dils St 11 Active —The P.esident’s Birthday—The Detective Bureau. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Canton, September 17. 1 he bandits and pirates in Canton Delta have not yet announced to the public their suspension of activities, in spite of war having taken place in Chinese territory for the891 words
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Article79 1914-10-08 1411 Direct American Shipments Inadvisable. (From Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh, 6th October. The Council of the F. M. 8. Chamber of Mines has decided that nothing can be done at present to ship tin direct to America. They contend that existing high quotations are no79 words
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Article97 1914-10-08 1411 To THE Editor of the Straits Echo. Dear Sir, I shall, as usm 1 ask you to kindly publish the full accounts as soon as I can complete them. In the meantime all these who so generously supported the entertainment may be pleased to know that the amount97 words
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61 1914-10-08 1411 his appointed Mr. Harry Britain as chairman and general director of a special overseas committee with the object of being of service to the overseas troops and other citizens of the Empire in England The Hotel Me to pole has pl; ced the61 words
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72 1914-10-08 1411 the excess of assets over liabili- ties of the Colony on Dec. 3 st, 1913, was $12,809,000, but there is no note taken in this of the loans for ba'b’ur improvements. There was nearly 4 million dollars in cash, and $5,666,000 in72 words
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Article769 1914-10-08 1411 [By Tom Wright I haven’t even the satisfaction of knowing that my despatches are reaching you. Perhaps it doesn’t matter. Ou this side Suf-z, Mirs thrusts marginalia out of sight. It is guilty of other home thrusts too numerous to mention. War is a nuisance. If we were769 words
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Article140 1914-10-08 1411 Burglary Scare.” The paragraph headed a Burgl* r y Scare,” which appeared in our issue yesterday, was sent in by our reporter in the ordinarv wav and we had no reason o believe that it was an exaggerated account of what actually did take place. It is clear now that140 words
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Article14 1914-10-08 1411 The Children’s Aid Social? for general subscriptions, wi pore correspondent.14 words
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Article10 1914-10-08 1411 Our Singapore correspondent todsmallness of the entries-10 words
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Article34 1914-10-08 1411 The Perak tin export for fi O ore September, excluding PP 22 katiei; U» was block tin, w P' k Tbe ore, 30,428 pik«‘s 7 0 paid amounted to ♦218,466.94.34 words
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Article1336 1914-10-08 1412 followioK is an extract from an article .h« EniUsh entitled Psychology Motires." written by Mr. Austin of militarism upon modern 10 bjen—and there is no other it—the b utilisation of the fiu»r /’L, of hnma ity. Based on a misread- Nietzsche, Max Stirner and egocentric thtries of the1,336 words
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Article129 1914-10-08 1412 The following were the scores made by the P. L. R. O. yesterday morning Deliberate Firing 200 yds. Mills’ Trophy. Mrs Wright-Motion 3b* Mrs Maclean 27* Mrs Liston 26* Mrs Webb 23* Miss Mathieu 23* Mrs Johnson 21* Mrs Hirt 18 150 yds. Mrs Liston 32129 words
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Article93 1914-10-08 1412 At the Rubber Auction held by the Chamber of Commerce today, 42.912 lb. were offered for sde and 27,146$ lb. were sold at th« following prices Smoked Sheet 5 74 to 8 82 Plain Sheet 8 75 Unsmoked Sheet 8 74 8 78 Plain Sheet 8 6293 words
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Article34 1914-10-08 1412 was accidently and fatally crushed yesterday afternoon while pulling a cartload of corrugated iron through the courtyard situate between Messrs. Tiang Lee Co’s. Offices and Messrs. C A Ribeiro Co’s.34 words
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Article46 1914-10-08 1412 in fl e Kuala Kangsar district. We hear that Mr. Ellerton, the District Officer, motoring along the road to Grit had to return to Kuala Kangsar owing to the damaged condition of the roads caused by the fljuds —T 0.1/.46 words
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Article97 1914-10-08 1412 Where's Japan asked the young woman studying the European war map in Fleet strict “I don’t see Japan anywhere!” Her husband cune to her assistance, rubbed bis chin, thought “Oh, its a silly map he s»id “they’ve left out J-ipinjcome along” And they wont off with the belief th it97 words
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Article790 1914-10-08 1413 In r viewing the recently-published Memoirs of Erancesco Crispi, Mr Holbrook Jacksun discusses inteiestingly Italy’s piesent attitude towards the Triple Alliance. Crspi was the friend of B.smarck and Italy’s most determined upholder of that Alliance and, weiehi living, Mr. Jackson thinks that he would have in790 words
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155 1914-10-08 1413 Mr. W. J. Hodge, Hon. Treasurer, sends us the following further list of contributions to the above Fund, forwarded t) the Chartered Bink, Penang: Oct 5 By Balance ...114,025 35 6 N D. Mudie 50 00 Three Musketeeis 45 0 R M. Lwinge155 words
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Article35 1914-10-08 1413 has re- ceived inti'ration from H. E. the Vice oy that three cr lisers are in pursuit of the German cruiser Emden, states an Ootacamund telpgiaui of September 2435 words
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44 1914-10-08 1413 to the National War Retief Fund inaugurated by the Prince of Wales are the following: Selangor Rubber C <£los Heawood Im and Rubber Estate, <£s2 10s; Changkat Silak Rubber and Tin. Ltd, <£s2 10s.; Erdmann and Sielcken (Java), Xsvo Ex.44 words
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Article496 1914-10-08 1413 solemnised at St. Mary 1 Lumpur, on Saturday. f Major A. C. R. D Arlill.ry, who w, l 8 iS 1 brath rfM* number of his tr ends 1 It is rumoured that Herr P T.’.k who is well-known at Tandy®., P m he is the Manager496 words
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Article637 1914-10-08 1414 POSITION IN FRANCE. FIGHTING IN EAST AFRICA. TSINGTAU. (Reuter’s Service.) Received 6th of Oct at 3-30 p m EVENTS IN FRANCE Paris Communiques. C pyright I elegram. London, October 5. A Paris communique says The battle oo our left wing continues violently to the North of the Oiso.637 words
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Article99 1914-10-08 1414 New Appointment. (Ken ter.) London, October 6. Sir Matthew Nathan has been appointed Lnder S cretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. [Lieutenant Colonel Sir Matthew Nathan, G.C M G., has been Chaiiman of the Board of Inland Revenue since 191 I. He is alsj a member99 words
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Article184 1914-10-08 1414 Copyright Telegram. Received 7th of Oct. at 2-4 pm. Heathen Japan. Sir Claude Macdonald's Champion-hip. London, Octolwr 7. The Rt. Hon. Sir Claude Maxwell Macdonald, K. C. 8., ex-Ambassador at Tokyo, has witlen a lei ter to the Times which refers to the recent protest by184 words
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Article225 1914-10-08 1414 Profetsor's Interesting Experiments. Among the passengers oa board the P. a»d 0. mail Morea which left Colombo for London on September 3, is Prof Hrdman, who is a member of the British Medical Association party who are returniog from a visit to Australia, t-ays the T!mes of Ceylon225 words
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Article382 1914-10-08 1415 FIRST DAY’S RESULTS. {From Oar Own Correspondent Singapore, October 7. There was a small attendance on the opening day of the Singapore Races; among those present were H. E the Governor and H H. the Sultan of Johore. The results were as follows: 1. The Malay States Purse.382 words
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Article123 1914-10-08 1415 is the manner in which the German fleet has skulked behind the security of its North Sea bases. It was thought that after all the vapourings of the Kaiser and his naval officers that the German Sea Fleet, would make a bold dash123 words
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Article916 1914-10-08 1415 SCARE POSTERS. IMPORTANT QUESTIONS IN PARLIAMENT. Mr Llewellyn Williams asknd the Prime Minister whether he was aware that the Times on August 31 published dispatches from two cone pondeutg in which it was announced that the British troops had met with defeat and disaster, and916 words
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Article95 1914-10-08 1415 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, October 7. At the Singapore Chamber of Rubber Auction he’d yesterday Hr were offered for sale and 182,184 b we sold The following prices were reaiwea. Sheet smoked fine plain 76 B4 Sheet smoked good plain 84 87 Sheet unsmoked nb- sg(95 words
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49 1914-10-08 1415 Eight Chinese and a C 1“ j D^ oie the W ere\his morning Jfr X Third Maeistrateat theuni Samuel for om.ttmg fob pf bir tb. vaccinated within r aD< costs, e* ce P They were all toned ftD< j one defendant who wa49 words
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Article272 1914-10-08 1416 Twenty thousand Belgian families have token re fae in IMterdum. A specially formed railway brigade has been sent from England to France. A Prau containing ten cases of machinery was bu nt out in Soerabaya Harbour on the 3rd instant. The Germans state that they took 8,000272 words
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Article213 1914-10-08 1416 Shanghai and the Emden.” Says the North China Daily News, Shanghai:—Though all Britons ardently desire the destruction or capture of the Emden, they certainly will not withhold the admiration due to her plucky and successful raids. That at least, so far as we can gauge it, is the feeling of213 words
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Article81 1914-10-08 1416 who was for very many yyara connected with the British India earn Navigation Co., has dted at home, unng the two years he commanded the ttwera he had honour of taking the U 'eand Duchess of Connaught and the from Singapore to Rango in, nin V- 8 naturali81 words
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Article325 1914-10-08 1416 ■-inging Harry Lauders Songs to the Bursting of Shells A corporal and two privates of the Black Watch, all wounded, who have arrived in Lond- n from the front laet month, were sui rounded by a c»owd of admirers and loudly cheered in Leicester Squire. Two325 words
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229 1914-10-08 1416 Wounded Captain Rescued Under Fire News has reached Chester of an act of bravery performed by the Duke of Westminster while he was with r apta n Grenfell and Lieutenant Percy Wyndham, son of Countess Grosvenor, in a hot. engagement at the front. Captain229 words
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Article73 1914-10-08 1416 from the Summer Palac\ Peking, which was presented bv the Emperor of China to the late Sir Halliday Macartney. K.C M G and which his son sold for the benefit of variou® war relief funds was inclu led in a sate hv auction held on Sept.73 words
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Article138 1914-10-08 1416 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Sir, It is mv daily privilege, or otherwise, to pass along Beach Street in th« early morn ing before eight o’clock S-veral times I have had to bring out mv handkerchief when rass’ng bv the c >rner of Union and Beach138 words
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Article150 1914-10-08 1416 It is with deep iegiei that we announce ♦he death of Mr. H. C. Borrer, of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, which t> k plice it 4 o’clock this morning, at the Eistern Extension Quarters, Northam Road Mr. H C. Borrer, who was a son of150 words
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Article144 1914-10-08 1416 Suggested Employment as Treneh Diggers. The Military correspondent, of the Times, who regards the situation on September 4 as not brilliant, but not bad suggests the u e of British navvies at the front The German Armies, he says, have the strategical offensive, and are thereby144 words
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Article108 1914-10-08 1416 suggests that in the Civil Service there must be hundre Is of young fellows longing to go to th i front. In existing circumstances they cannot be spared. He suggests those who are able to do so should volunteer to ta e up such duties as would set108 words
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