The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 22 October 1914
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Title Section21 1914-10-22 1 THE STRAITS ECHO, MAIL EDITION. $17.50 Per Annum. Single Copy, 40 cent» Vol. 12. Penang, Thursday, 22nd OCTOBER, 1914. No. 44.21 words
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Advertisement423 1914-10-22 1 I I X S j CONTENTS. X X X 5 X X Leaders page. Miscellaneous (Con'd): page. Five foot Wavs 1.446 Loot! Match Supply 1,456 The Grouping of the Powers 1,446 Methodist (Penang District) Con- x s Germany and Her Rulers 1.45'1 ference 1,459 To Correspondents 1.451 St George’s Church423 words
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Advertisement178 1914-10-22 2 tj THE STRAITS ECHO I J MAIL EDITION. Published the day prior to the departure of each mail J for Europe, and contains the latest local and States i news originally published in the daily issues, as well as all important news from various parts of the Far East, S178 words
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Article481 1914-10-22 1446 The caption is a misnomer, because they are not 5 ft. bro id nor are they generally med as footways. Perhaps that is why they are called five-foot ways. Their restricted utility was discussed at the meeting of the Municipal Commissioners on Tuesday when a tenant applied for481 words
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Article557 1914-10-22 1446 Bismarck was a very fair political prophet but he Went pretty wide of the mark when he excluded from possibility a combin it ion of the European Powers in which Great Britain would stand side by side with I rance. The rapprochement had* its origin557 words
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Article362 1914-10-22 1446 Major 11. B irry de Hamel, ChDf Police Officer, is at present in the Bindings, on inspection duty. Colonel Caldwell, Master of Corpus Camb.idge, died on Septembir 8 from injuries received in a motor-car accident in Aberdeenshire. Colonel Walker, of the M. S. Guides, and Colouel Lumsden,362 words
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113 1914-10-22 1446 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 15. In the Supreme Court at Singapore William McNeill Co. appliel for the appointment of a reedver of the assets of the General and Electrical Engineering Co. who had failed to satisfy a judgment of $3,589 against them, while113 words
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Advertisement98 1914-10-22 1446 B® Di)» So > 3L w i»t ww •sOf? V •.bliihed dtily («««P* .nd r nbl><holidays) AT THS CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59. Beach Street, Penang. Feicf. Dli y Local ...524 per annum. Outstation... Postage Extra. Klil Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLI ADDRESS I. ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing98 words
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Article745 1914-10-22 1447 TSINGTAU. POSITION IN FRANCE. THE GERMAN CASUALTIES. (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 14th of Oct. at 6 p.m. EVENTS IN FRANCE. THE BELGIAN MINISTRY AT LE HAVRE. London, October 14. The Belgian Ministry has reached Le Havre. They were received by the Minister of Marine and other distinguished(Reuter's Service.) - 745 words
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Article44 1914-10-22 1447 (Reuter.) Bukbarest, October 14. King Ferdinand, the new King of Rumania, took his accession oath before Parliament. He had a very cordial reception. The passage in his declaration “I will serve my country as a good Rumanian was especially cheered.(Reuter.) - 44 words
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Article113 1914-10-22 1447 (Reuter.) Rome, October 14. Cardinal Gasparri has been appointed Papal Secretary of State. Messrs. J. L. Campbell 81 CO. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 15. The Chief Justice, sitting in the Supreme Court at Singapore, ordered th. Liquidators of Messrs J. L. Campbell 4 CoLtd., who(Reuter.) - 113 words
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Advertisement49 1914-10-22 1447 It Never Fails. Chamberlain’s Colic, Clt rhoea Remedy is all its nam ,P cures diarrhoea and y violent children or adults, and tho gtomacb cases of cramp colic or pain m mo dicine. give way to a few doses of this Safe, sure, always cures. For Dispensaries and Dealers.49 words
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Article965 1914-10-22 1448 Returned Emigrants- Questionable Order— Liberty of the Press Christian Ik ion. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Canton, October 2. infirm, unemployed, and destitute Phinese who are being forced to return to C utun from the Straits Settlements beAuse the war is affecting trade and agriculture there will be965 words
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75 1914-10-22 1448 Mr. W. G. Peter, Hon. Treasurer, sends us the following further list of contributions to the above Fund, forwarded to the Chartered Bank, Penang: Oct. 13 By Balance 816,139.35 14 Mr. and Mrs. G. D N. MacCunn 100.00 Amount collected by Messrs. Quah75 words
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Article77 1914-10-22 1448 Mr. W. G. Peter, Acting Manager of the Chartered Bank, advises us that the following amounts have been received by him for the credit of the Belgian Relief Fund opened by Mrs. John Mitchell: Oct. 13 By Balance 8864 57 14 Gapis Estate Staff 50.00 Mr. and77 words
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Article500 1914-10-22 1448 New Ricsha Lamps. i Au ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held yesterdav afternoon at the Municipal Office. There were pre?ent Messrs. W. Peel (President), P. T. Allen, Lim Eow Hong, J Mitchell, Quah Beng Kee and Yeoh Guan Seek, with Messrs W. S. Dunn (Municipal Engineer)500 words
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Advertisement62 1914-10-22 1448 Sunshine end Common Sense. Don t doctor your blood for rheumati m Use an external application of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. In a few days it will get you up and out into the sunshine, then nature will,restore the rich nd blood to your veins and soon rid the system of62 words
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Article1353 1914-10-22 1449 WELL-KNOWN CHINESE IN COURT. Before Mr. G. A Hall in the District Court yesterday afternoon the bearing was commenced of the case in which Gan leong Teik was charged (1) that he on October 1 at Ayer Etam did put Gan Ngoh Bee in fear of injury by1,353 words
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Article564 1914-10-22 1449 Before Mr. Hall three Md„, J rooming cuarged with breaking thls Municipal Offices. 8 lnto 1 hey all claimed trial and Court Tn Nicol prosecuted. loUrtlD W Kasim Sahib, P. C I<K 4 30am on the 3rd he was onr P c ii a T 1 WAS564 words
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Article812 1914-10-22 1450 /from Onr Own Correspondent) 1 Kuala Lumpur, October 12. u r William Wood who recently resigned L- nnsition as Superintendent of GovernhlS plantations in Perak and left GovernmeQ Service has taken over the manage®ea o f Kepong Rubber Estate, which ®I“L to Mr. Kia Peng. He arrived812 words
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Article174 1914-10-22 1450 Before Mr. G. A. Hall in the District Court this morumg L>k Pow, a Chinaman, was charged with the robbery of a r.fl» from Pte. Louis David, of the Bearer Section. Pte. L. D tvid stated that on the night of October 4 at 830 p.m174 words
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Article219 1914-10-22 1450 Chinamen Put to the Torture. On Thursday, the inst., five Chinese broke into a Kedai at Bentong and held up the proprietor, a Chinaman. Failing to discover the whereabouts of the cash b >x, the ruffi ms lighted c mdles and applit d them to five different219 words
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Article583 1914-10-22 1450 Meteoric has been the rise of PrussoGermany and meteoric is likely to be the downfall of the German Empire. Two hundred years ago, Frederick the First, the first King of Prussia, ruled over 1,500.000 people, and Berlin, his capital, bad only 20.000 inhabitants when, in 1688,583 words
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Article124 1914-10-22 1451 We welcome correspondents. We welcome them even when their views do not coincide with ours. Especially do we welcome them when they try to explain their point of view calmly and dispassionately, as in the case of the Chinese young lady whose letter on the Gambling Evil” we124 words
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Article137 1914-10-22 1451 General Meeting. (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, October 16. A meeting of the Mandai Tekong Rubber Estate, Ltd., was held yesterday, at which Mr. Koh Han Thin presided. The profits of the year’s working amounted to $16,291 as against a total of $25,015 for the previous year.137 words
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46 1914-10-22 1451 Mr. W. G. Peter, Hon. Treasurer, sends us the following further list of contributions to the above Fund, forwarded to the Chartered Bank, Penang: Oct. 14 By Balance $16,439.35 15 A. A. Anthony Co. 500.00 Balance Oct. 15. 16,939.3546 words
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Article153 1914-10-22 1451 Mr. W. G. Peter, Acting Manager of the Chartered Bank, advises us that the following amounts hive been received by him for the credit of the Belgian Relief Fund opened by Mrs. John Mitchell: Oct. 14 By Balance $1,036.57 15 W. J. Hodge 50 00 W. Peel153 words
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Article380 1914-10-22 1451 Mr. D. McLeod Craik, who is a lieutenant in the Singapore Engineer Volunteers, has been gazetted Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers at Home. Cardinal Pietro Gasparri, who succeeds Cardinal Ferrata as Papal Secretary of State, is sixty-two years of age and was a member of the Supreme380 words
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Article177 1914-10-22 1451 It is really hard to understand some of the tomfoolery that gets official toleration, says the Straits Times. Here is a statement on unquestionable authority from Penang: The Penang Volunteers have not received a single cent of pay since they were mobilised, and in consequence those men who177 words
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Article835 1914-10-22 1451 A good deal of mutter^- U l9ll w th ‘bo hospitable ■‘Hen enemy i 9 treated within w|llcll tte be Heard in non-offiX?” 7 “ever mutter) in Kuala Tn <*«h ease within my oth6r W yoar i«/i a young man nf »go joined the British Me cantihv835 words
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Article325 1914-10-22 1452 On Monday morning the Chinese Minister designate to the Court of St. James, with bis family and staff, arrived at Singapore by the Japanese mail, says the Free Press. Dr. S. K. Sze was a brilliant student at Cornell University, U. 8 A, and after a325 words
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Article317 1914-10-22 1452 Confucius, the ancient Chinese Philosopher, the 2165th anniversary of whose birthday is being celebrate 1 to-day by the Chinese community by a gay display of bunting in many of our streets, sought (unsuccessfully) to remedy the degeneracy and oppressions of his time and to secure peace and prosperity317 words
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Article231 1914-10-22 1452 Mr. M. Rodesse, the newly-appointed Mirshall under the Rules to be observed in Prize Proceedings, wont on board of the steamers Cho o Tai, Qaarta nn l R tnee on Friday, taking with nirn original writs issued by the Attorney General against the owners and parties231 words
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Article830 1914-10-22 1452 Increase in Imports, Decrease in Exports. The official report on the State of Perak during 1913, compiled by the British Resident, the Hon. R G. Watson, c m g is full of tacts relating to administration, given in too great detail to allow of reproduction here, but830 words
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Article369 1914-10-22 1453 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Sir, I feel somewhat nauseous at any discussion about the above subject, owing to the Government’'» continually turning a deaf r*ar to idv advocacy that might be fo ward for ndvociting the suppress! m of this evil How ver, as369 words
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Article1225 1914-10-22 1453 POSITION IN FRANCE. THE TRUTH ABOUT VERDUN. FIGHTING ROUND LILLE. Outer's Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 15th of Oct. at 6 pm. EVENTS IN FRANCE. PARIS COMMUNIQUES. London, October 14 The Paris communique issued with reference to the cavalry fighting in the north of France adds: Tua German CavalryOuter's Service.) - 1,225 words
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Article398 1914-10-22 1454 (After Mr. Kipling.) I went iuto the talkin’ shop to see about the Bill; The Premier ’e ups and says We’re waitin wanin’ still The Tories grinned, and Balfour strung our gamble Haman-hi o h, I outs into the street again, and to meself sez. I: 0 it’s Paddy398 words
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Article2670 1914-10-22 1454 A NONIA 0.4 THE QUESTION. To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Sir, Rarely, if ever, since the downfall of our first mother. Eve, have her daughters been so lutblessly maligned as in the sevoral correspondences appearing in the columns of your j mrnal under the heading2,670 words
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Article621 1914-10-22 1456 An extraordinary commentary on the heaval caused by the war is the fact that Cardinal Pietro Gasparri’s appointed a 9 Papal Secretary of State passed Lost unnoticed. And yet, it is a great event in its way, one which is likely to have far-reaching effects on European621 words
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Article997 1914-10-22 1456 Dr. Ferguson, formerly of Shanghai, has been awarded the decoration of the Third Order of Kawo. Mr. J. Bentley, of Messrs. Robinron and Co., Singapore, lias left for homo by the mail, on holiday. Mr. R. M. Skinner and Mr. A. W Just are returning to the997 words
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Article150 1914-10-22 1456 -S.T. Following upon lively interviews with tuans and mems mysterious whisperings have recently been heard from the precincts of smoky cookhouses. Allegations appear to have been made against the honesty of menials responsible for purchases at local markets inasmuch as charges for matches have advanced upwards of-S.T. - 150 words
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Article236 1914-10-22 1457 To the Editor of the Straits Echo Sir, The enclosed which is just to hand from Home should do much to make those amongst us who have sympathy for the German put on their thinking caps. Says the Pall Mall Gazette We have received the following, headed “German236 words
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Article352 1914-10-22 1457 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Sir, As I addressed a letter to you some time ago suggesting the formation of a Civic Guard for Penang, I think that the following cutting bears out the fact that my suggestion was quite a feasible one.352 words
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Article976 1914-10-22 1457 POSITION IN FRANCE. H.M.S. “HAWKE" TOR.EDOED. FIGHTING NEAR WAM. [Reuter’s Service.] I Copy, ight Telegram. I Received 16th of Oct. at 6p m. NEARING THE BELGIAN BORDER. PARIS OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. London, October 16. A Paris official announcement issued at 11pm. states There have .been further gains to-day at[Reuter’s Service.] - 976 words
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Article45 1914-10-22 1458 (Reuter.) p London, October 17. "nncess Mary has opened a fund ot Provide Christmas gifts fur every soldier. 0 gifts will take the form of embossed oxes, containing tobacco, cigarettes and Fpes, while the Indian soldiers will get 00X66 of sweets, etc.45 words
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Article70 1914-10-22 1458 Rumoured Big Amalgamation. The London correspondent of th 3 Malay Mail, wiring on October 14, says Mr. Baumann, Chairman of the Rubber Share Trust, forecasts a rubber glut shortly. He has receive 1 proposals for obviating a surplus. The amalgamation is rumoured of the Arbuthnot Trust and70 words
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Article878 1914-10-22 1458 To the Editor of the Straits Echo Dear Sir, I have read the various letters in connection with the above, appearing in the Echo for the last few days, with interest and deepest sympathy for the husbands whose wives are addicted to a certain extent to this878 words
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Obituary498 1914-10-22 1458 Received 17th of Oct at 12 Noon. Obituary. Marchese Di San Giuliano. (Reuter.) Rome, October 16. The death has taken place of the Marchese di San Giuliano, the Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs. Paterno Castello, Marquis of San Guiliano, was born in Catania, Sicily, on December 10, 18'2. He belongs498 words
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Article269 1914-10-22 1459 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Sir, I haven’t seen the previous copies of your paper in which the parties carried on the controversy. Of the three letters appearing in your issue of the 16th inst., I think that by “A Budding Nonia” is the269 words
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241 1914-10-22 1459 At the invitation of Bishop W. P. Eveland, and Dr. J. R. Denyes a Social Gatheiing was held on Friday, at “Hill View” when over 100 Workers of the Mission in this District and their friends assembled and became better acquainted with the Leaders who are241 words
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Article182 1914-10-22 1459 The Sultan of Cheribon a- instant. ou died on the Four Belgian Generals Colonels have committed suicide' 6 kil ogratnines of wheat k been obtained in America for Holland The wounded from Ghent k«at Ostend. They have been X land, as have the German prisoners The Batavia182 words
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75 1914-10-22 1459 Mr. W. G. Peter, Hon. Treasurer, sends us the following further list of contributions to the above Fund, forwarded to tbe Chartered Bank, Penang: Oct. 15 By Balance ...$16,939.35 16 Mr. and Mrs. WrightMotion Proceeds of Cafe Chantant 1,415.91 Amount collected by Mr75 words
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Article74 1914-10-22 1459 19th Sunday after Trinity, Oct. 18. Festival of St. Luke the Evangelist. 800 a m. Matins 8-30 am. Holy Communion 5- p.m. Sunday School 6- p.m. Evensong Hymn 268 Ye Servants of the Lord Psalm XCIII Ouseley XCIV Gray Magnificat Hopkins 50 NuncDimittis Foster 60 Hymn 26174 words
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Article69 1914-10-22 1459 Services will be held in the Presbyterian Church, Northam Road, to-morrow at 9 a.m. specially for Children, at 6 p.m. Public Worship for all. Subject of Sermon at evening Service by Rev. William Cross, m.a., The outcry of evil.” Hymns (frtfm Church Praise) 223, 328, 533, 242,69 words
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Article53 1914-10-22 1459 We are informed that on the evening of the 14th instant at about 10 p.m. three Chinese, armed with knives and pistols, entered the chandu shop at 273, Chulia Street, and hold the place up. They got away with a sum of $274-81 and a53 words
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Article35 1914-10-22 1459 S STSI” SS* opened by Mrs. John Mitchell. Oct. 15 By Balance 50 00 16 G. A. Hall 50 00 Dr. A. L. Hoops ldO Q Capt. D. Scott Balance Oct. 16.35 words
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Advertisement24 1914-10-22 1459 (hamberhins Fam Balm There is nothing so goo of rheumatism, sprains, lamenes the muscles, bruises and like J Chamberlain s Pamß other tr eatme“24 words
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Article2387 1914-10-22 1460 T Fif tesnth Instalment of these L IB Notes appeared in the Echo of October 10th T notice how scrappy, jerky, my notes are 1 u r and bopi you folk will excuse it. How and artistic roundness oi Tem mm's travel books now tempts me to2,387 words
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Article346 1914-10-22 1461 —M.T. A situation calling for immediate decisive remedial action on the part of the Indian Government has been exposed by General Sir O’Moore Creagh. In a letter to the Times be suggests—and lightly suggests that the action of Indian law courts be suspended during the war as regards proceedings—M.T. - 346 words
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Article751 1914-10-22 1461 A Government Gazette Extraordinary, dated Oct. 15, publishes the following notification: It is hereby notified that by a Proclamation by His Majesty the KING issued on the eighth day of October, 1914, the provisions of The Trading with the Enemy Proclamation (No 2) which are set751 words
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Article331 1914-10-22 1461 Provision for Mkitino Excns Expenditure. In the current issue of the F.M.B. Government Gazette, there is printed the draft of an enactment to make final provision for the public service for the year 1913. It reads as follows: Whereas by Enactment No. 16 of 1912 a331 words
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Article598 1914-10-22 1462 Turkov the Allies require a plain J ro or “No” Nothing more and Y ess> Upon her decision depends n tb D she will he treated as a neutral or ,b6t .„X When the Goe&en and the jX sou-’ht refuge in the Dardanelle s D i was598 words
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Article711 1914-10-22 1462 Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Wei ham left England for Penang on October 3. Mr G. C. Valpy is appointed an assistant Official Assignee for the Settlement of Singapore, with effect from the Ist inst. Messrs. Candy, of Puchopg Estate, and W S. Forrester, of Castlefield, are leaving711 words
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151 1914-10-22 1462 The Prince of Wales 1 War Relief Fund. Mr. W. G. Peter, Hon. Treasurer, sends us the following further list of contributions to the above Fund, forwarded to the Chartered Bank, Penang: Oct. 16 By Balance >20,555 26 17 Dr. T. H. Jamieson 200 00 Balance Oct. 17. >20,755.26 In151 words
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Article53 1914-10-22 1462 Mr. W. G. Peter, Acting Manager of the Chartered Bank, advises us that the following amounts have been received by him for the credit of the Belgian Relief Fund opened by Mrs. John Mitchell: Oct. 16 By Balance >1,226 57 17 One P. V 50 00 Balance53 words
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Article125 1914-10-22 1462 Some little amusement was caused in the Bankruptcy Court, Singapore, on Friday afternoon in the course of the examination of Mr. Abraham Frankel, a witness in the Ho Yang Peng bankruptcy proceedings. Mr. Cooke-Yarborough drew his Lordship’s attention to a slip in a newspaper report whereby125 words
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Article202 1914-10-22 1463 The export from Holland of kerosine etc has been stopped by the Dutch Government Officials of the sanitary services have established a commission to prevent epidemics breaking out amongst the refugees in Brabant. In order to assure the return of the refugees new agreements with Germany are202 words
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Article209 1914-10-22 1463 At 7-30 on Siturday evening whi'e the occupant of No. 471, Chulia Street, commonly known as the Bird Shop, was having makau with his wife there came a knock on the door. Ou it beincr opened three Macows came in and stated that they wanted209 words
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Article62 1914-10-22 1463 The Times, of September 15, to hmd by yesterda’y mail says: The Press Bureau authorities press to state that there is no truth in the rumours that Russian soldiers have landed in or passed through Great Britain on their way to France or Belgium. Statements that Russian62 words
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Article63 1914-10-22 1463 Rengasamy, a Tamil living in a compound off Barrack Road, last night in a fit of jealousy fatally attacked his paramour and her child Three others who came to render assistance wete also attacked with the bloodred hatchet ai d terribly cut about and are now inmates63 words
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Article2143 1914-10-22 1463 GERMAN DESTROYERS SDK, AN OFFICER’S DIARV. FIELD MARSHAL FRENCH’S REW. (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 18th of Oct. at 6 p.m THE BORDER FIGHTING. Paris Communiques. Loudon, October 17. A Paris communique says The German troops in Western Belgium have not passed the line of Ostend, Ihourout, K(Reuter’s Service.) - 2,143 words
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Article566 1914-10-22 1465 NEW “DELHI GATE” FEAT OF THE ENGINEERS. The Twelfth Man.” September, 17. In a graphic message dispatched via Havre, Mr. A. J. Rorke, the Central News special correspondent, says: All the north is ringing with the tale of British gallantry Gaston Bossies private in the 6th Cuirassiers, known566 words
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Article116 1914-10-22 1465 (From Our Own Correspondent) The Rubber Duly. Ipoh, October 19. A meeting of the Planters’ Association of Malaya was held yesterday at Tai ping. Mr. E. Macfadyen was in the chair. An emphatic protest was raised against the refusal of the Government to aUw the system116 words
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Article82 1914-10-22 1465 (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur. October 18 At the Selangor Turf Club Meeting held last evening Mr. Noel Walker presided. He said the Club had a bank balance of 94,000. They had come through a year wherein there bad been little racing very Well. The82 words
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Article139 1914-10-22 1465 The following was the result of .the shoot this morning. 300 yds. Mrs Liston 31 Mrs Wright-Motion 28 Miss Mathieu 4 26 Mrs Hart 22 Mrs Webb 12 150 yds. Mrs Liston 82 Mrs Wright-Motion 29 Miss Mathieu 29 Mrs Webb 28 Mrs Hart 28 100139 words
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Article83 1914-10-22 1465 A correspondent writes —The above festival, the commencement of which was noted by the firing of crackers, was celebrated by the Hindus at Penang yesterday. Some of the kedais, owned by Hindus, were gaily decorated with bunting and paper-flowers, and lit with Chinese lanterns and gas83 words
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Article1193 1914-10-22 1465 MEN OF THE DARING “Fuhr Says Saturday’s Malay into Sca“X“ a wHhS W e of war on Friday evening w&E** 1 niauy of them belonging g t 0 Navy, passed through on the rail»?'?* 0 I euang to be interned at Singapore T tT comprised a Lieutenant1,193 words
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Article3251 1914-10-22 1466 M.T. To the Editor of the Striit» Echo. Sir, I believe some of my kinsmen are controveiling on the above subject without the least idea of what others are trying to put to abolition. Perhaps, the women gambl-rs will find difficulties in answering (nut in finding answers)M.T. - 3,251 words
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Article1953 1914-10-22 1468 l narticularly interesting book recently Jjwbed. “The World Sat Free” by !r G Wells, contains the author’s prediction of the *ar which has now become deplorable reality. The book deals with tbe world in the later part of the twentieth century, during the great revolution in all1,953 words
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Article946 1914-10-22 1469 I.—S.T. ACTION TO PREVENT FUTURE IMI TA LIONS. A Rubber Curing Apparatus. Before the Chief Justice,• Mr. Buckni l, K.C., in the Supreme Court, ou Thursday afternoon, there came up for bearing an action in which Mr. Walter Jackson sought to restrain Tan Moung The from infringingI.—S.T. - 946 words
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Article216 1914-10-22 1469 Suggested Haven of Refuge. The following letter, written by Mr. Tung Swee Long. 152, High Street, Kuala Lumpur, a hires-cd to Messrs Cheong Yoke Choy, Sin Ah Wing, Yap Tai Chee, ami Liew Wong Cnee, has btei sent to the Malay Mail for publication bits, —Might216 words
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Article419 1914-10-22 1469 Attack, on Udim s Tbobovohvab, 1 Sijs Friday-, S trai( r With impunity. in a large J’ 11 1J coolies who, out of w ur k j p», des po. a'e and. as facts llill source of dancer Tn/ aver v three fresh iustaoces to be 1 esteiday419 words
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Article130 1914-10-22 1469 No Fear or a Shortage. Tbe doings of the German cruisej o j says the Ceylon Mail, havei froffl seriously hampering our supply o(t(j0 Calcutta, but the timely interve Government in ut lls g th the threatens! route to transport ric Ho<eW tba shortage has been aver130 words
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Advertisement104 1914-10-22 1469 Diphtheria- How It May Be Avoided. Diphtheria is usually contracted when the child has a cold. The cold prepares the child’s system foi the leception and development of the diphtheria germs. When there are cases of diphtheria in the neighbourhood children that have colds should be kept at home and104 words
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Article587 1914-10-22 1470 T Qt bo mue column of The Times of Wemb0 rl4 appear two letters, both on f di,i and the War and both provoked by a written by Sir Valentine Chirol two Ls previously/ The first is by Sir Frank gwe’tpnham. who «ays: With reference to his admirable587 words
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Article618 1914-10-22 1470 on th Turks are putting their money deer u horse; they have finally the i discharge the German crews of Qe-n, 06 an d the Breslau. Apparently an influence has been at work in not for nothing was Von r G'OjJz Pasha head of the Turkish armv. Dut618 words
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Article787 1914-10-22 1470 RESUMED HEARING. The resumed hearing of the cise brought against Gin Teong L’eik who is charged with putting Gan Guoh ee in fear of injury on Octobet Ist by pointing a revolver at him. ar. Ayer Elem, aid (I I) trespass, was taken in the District Court787 words
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57 1914-10-22 1471 Mr. W. G. Peter, Hon. Treasurer, sends us the following further list of contributions to the above Fund, forwarded to the Chartered Bank, Penang: Oct 17 By Balance $20,755 26 19 Anonymous 20 00 Hon’ble A. T. Bryant 100 J 0 A and57 words
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Article54 1914-10-22 1471 Mr. W. G. Peter, Acting Manager of the Chartered Bank, advises us that the following amounts hive been receive 1 by him for the credit of the Belgian Relief Fund opened by Mrs. John Mitchell: Oct. 17 By Balance $1,276 57 19 Dr. J. Kirk 50 0054 words
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Article187 1914-10-22 1471 The machine gun is about the only arm in which the Germans hive given evidence of superiority to their in the present campaign, says Tru h. The evidence of this superiority comes from all fei<le* Our wounded men constantly speak of it Our cavalry have learnt it187 words
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Article80 1914-10-22 1471 At the Penang Chamber of Commerce Rubber Auction 32.318’- lb. were offered for sale and 17, 101 J lb. were sold at the following prices Smoked Sheet iNo 2) 75 to 90 Plain Sheet $BO 85 Unsmoked Sheet S 77 Plain Sheet 65 82 Medium Pale Crepe80 words
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Article1217 1914-10-22 1471 THE "GOEBEN” S -BRESUO”, TURKEY’S REPLY. JAPANESE CRUISER SUNK. (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegr -m. Received 19th of Oct. at 1 30 p.m. Paris Communiques. London, October 19. A Paris c immunique says In Belgium the enemy has bom warded without result on the front at Nieuport The allies(Reuter's Service.) - 1,217 words
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Article748 1914-10-22 1472 {From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, October 18. Amongst those who hive responds! to the call to serve their King and Country ire two young Perak planters, M essrs. J. Hargreaves and M. H. White who are leaving for the front. Subscriptions are coming in steidily for the Prince748 words
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Article287 1914-10-22 1472 Accused Found Guilty. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 20. Robert Davidson and G«orge D Neubronner. the accused in the Volunteer C'oth Case, have been found guilty on both charges and sentenced to 6 months* imprisonment on each charge, the sentences to run concurrently. Neubronner has287 words
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62 1914-10-22 1472 Registrar’s Decision. {Front Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, o‘tober 2<L The Registrar has found that Marshall Guest, the Liquidator of the Singapore Dairy and Poultry Farm, should hold ***** of the Company’s money Mr Page moved that Guest’s action be adjudged as contempt of court The62 words
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Article51 1914-10-22 1472 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, October 20. A P. Williams, < f A P. William* A Co., Shipchandler* of the Arcade. Singap re. now in bankruptcy who had liabilities of 334,500, in examination stated that half his losses had been incurred during the rubber boom. The examination51 words
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Article420 1914-10-22 1473 Babies Without Milk. Rom*. «Sept* mber 14. The dearth of fool iu Germany is rapidly assuming a position of the extr.'inest gravity. Famine prevails in Hamburg The situation there is merely an example of the conditions prevailing all over Germany. The immense store houses in Hamburg have420 words
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Article163 1914-10-22 1473 One of the things that are never likely to be the same after the present war, says Truth, is the Press censorship. All the other doings of this novel authority pale before the fatuoui stupidity of the suppression of the dispatch of news to America and the (olonies,163 words
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Article1283 1914-10-22 1473 [BY TOM WEIGHT. J Jersey, Sept. 15. lam back in my island. It, was a bit of aj >b getting h»'te. Closely to paraphrase Stevenson ou his similar experie: ces at Maubouge, I was suffered to go mv way indeed, but not until I had been humiliated by1,283 words
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Article1849 1914-10-22 1474 ‘half YEARLY MEETING. The half yearly meeting of the Penang J m berof Commerce wai held yesterday C ?diu Thro were present Air. J. u t’hfill of Messrs. I*. Barker (Jo. (in rtchair) and Messrs. II A. Low (Adamson flilfillan Co. Ltd), A. S. Anthony (A1,849 words
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27 1914-10-22 1474 The Board have declared an Interim 1 ividenl of payable on 21st September in respect of the year ending 31st Decemter, 1914.27 words
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Article21 1914-10-22 1474 The railway line from Bukit Mertajim to Pinang Tuugg d, Kedah, was opened for traffic on the 19th inst.21 words
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Article583 1914-10-22 1475 To the Editor of thb Straits Echo. Sir, It is not uninteresting to read all (he correspondence in your several days’ issues regarding the Gambling Evil controversies. Of all the suggestions laid out for the suppression of the evil, I have no hesitation to give laurel to583 words
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Article679 1914-10-22 1475 The anniversary of Trafalgar must always be one of the most hallowtd of red-letter days m our national calendar. This year it is made even more memorable because we are at war aud because, as in the days of Nelson, the Navy still remains Britain’s surest shield. It679 words
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Article190 1914-10-22 1475 about the story of our TaZX ent to the < ffoet that, shoulLk 0 arise, the FM S I Deceit. ">e Darios 4 never yet looked upon theX» We hl competitive c id’’—the °J orn,n v ‘t as a H. G. Wells’, peopuXaft'; ll here Tor their health," as190 words
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53 1914-10-22 1475 Mr. W. G. Peter, Hon. Treasurer, sends us the following further list of contributions to the above Fund, forwarded ti the Chartered Bank, Penang: Oct 19 By Balance 120,975.26 20 4 Planters Bagan Serai Mrs R. Weber 25.00 A. O. Cautley 190.00 Balance53 words
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Article104 1914-10-22 1475 Mr. W. G. Peter, Acting Manager of the Chartered Bank, advises us that the Mio mg amounts hive been received y the credit of the Belgian Relief Fund opened by Mrs. John Mitchell: Oct. 19 By Balance 20 DS. Barclay Mrs. L. P.Wolferstan Mrs. R. Weber “Neutral”104 words
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Article1278 1914-10-22 1476 “ENEMY’SCRAZYATTEMPT.” VICTORIOUS DESTROYERS AT HARWICH. TRAFALGAR DAY CELEBRATIONS. (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 21st of Oct. at 8 30 am. POSITION ON THE BORDER. London, October 20. A Daily Mail correspondent in France ga yB:—“The enemy’s crazy attempt to rush to the Straits of Dover is rapidly approaching(Reuter’s Service.) - 1,278 words
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Article562 1914-10-22 1477 Colot el D- Ridout, Commandiug Royal Engineers, S.S., with Major C. W. Sprigs. R. E, passed through Ipoh by the mail train y esterday on their way to Penang. General Barrand, a member of the Counseil de Defense de I’lndo China, commanding the artillery in Indo-China, has562 words
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Article829 1914-10-22 1477 (From Our Own Correspondent.) K. Lumpur, October 19. The scene at Kuala Lumpur Station on Friday evening when the German prisoners of war came in from Penang and had to wait a couple of hours for the Singapore train was a very remarkable one. The happy little829 words
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Article385 1914-10-22 1477 Important Suggestion». Mr. B. J. Eaton, of the F. M. S. Department of Agriculture, writes as follows to the Times of Malaya: With the possibility of a shortage of acetic acid, which has been discussed recently, the following methods of coagulating latex are suggested and may eventually385 words
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Article653 1914-10-22 1478 claim for damages. Tn the District Court this morning before Vr G. A. Hall. District Julge, the case r L itanhens Raja Rai vs. A M. Abdul ffar and K. M. 8. Seeoi Tamby, the Pro•fnrs ©f the Janopakari Daily News, prl g begun. The plaintiff alleges653 words
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Article688 1914-10-22 1478 JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF WEIHSIEN. {brom Our Own Correspondent.) Peking, October 3. The following is a translation of the official despatch from China to Japan concerning Weihsien: When Japan declared war against Germany, it was clearly mentioned in her Ultimatum that the sole object of the Japanese Government688 words
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Article168 1914-10-22 1478 y.-N.T. On Sunday morning tbe Pontoporos, one of tbe Emden's colliers, whose capture off Sumatra was reported the other day, was brought into Singapore. A group of naval, military and civil officials awaited her arrival and went on board when she came alongside in the Lagoony.-N.T. - 168 words
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Article124 1914-10-22 1478 —P.D.N. During the last year of the now defunct Ching Dynasty, the proposal of reorganising the navy was made and the Ching Government ordered the construction of several warships in Italy. These vessels are said to be completed now aud tbe Government has been asked to—P.D.N. - 124 words
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Article187 1914-10-22 1478 A daring robbery took place on Sunday night between eight and nine o’clock in Chamberlain Road. Mrs. Light and her daughter, Mrs. Mathews, who live in a bungalow house near the corner of Jalan Datoh, were sitting sewing on the verandah when three Chinamen rushed up187 words
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Article656 1914-10-22 1479 The Nelson Touch. The purport of Nelson’s Memorandum to bis officers previous to the Battle of Trafalgar may be briefly summarized as follows 1. The order of sailing was to be the order of battle, so that no time might be lost in preliminary evolutions. When the656 words
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578 1914-10-22 1479 There has never been a ship of the British Navy officered as is the Iran Dulce, the flagship of Admiral Sir John Jellicoo,* the Coinmander-in-Chief of the Home’ Main or Grand Fleet, or whatever name the Admiralty may have decided to apply to our578 words
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Article520 1914-10-22 1479 To the Editor of tb Dear Sir, S aii &A Another Nonvi Durably y ou Javo nT/™' squarely on the head Wtl J «i kind, a thorough discussion ot “.“""W in your paper should ba enton,» I l who -'-JIM season, a s a harmless andVocemm, 1520 words
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Article972 1914-10-22 1480 What it is Costing Germany. a has been expressed in some out of a total of 2,400 ships q^ oooa tons gross owned by Germany, H i about 250 of less than three"oD£m of a million tons have been or detained by the Allies, the w b«iog either972 words
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Article349 1914-10-22 1480 Sir Maurice de Bunsen’s contribution ot the now voluminous literature of the origins of the war gives startling confirmation to the view—already strongly supported by other evidence —that Germany precipitated the war for her own ends, and without reference to the merits ot the Servian ques349 words
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Article565 1914-10-22 1480 THE AUSTRALIAN SUBMARINE. A Mystery ok the Sea. Exactly how Australian submirine AE 1 was lost will probibly never b* known, but the appended fa ts f the sa l occurrence, so far as they were known, are taken from Australian papers of September 19th The Minis’er for565 words
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