The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 17 December 1914
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Title Section21 1914-12-17 1 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. $17.50 Per Annum. Single Copy, 40 cent* Vol. 12. Penang, Thursday, 17th DECEMBER, 1914. No. 52.21 words
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Advertisement412 1914-12-17 1 I I 5 CONTENTS. j j Leadebs page. Public Opinion (Correipondence): page 5 X t ho ar 1.722 Chinese New Year 1,724 x x mJ 10 7 r ora 1.722 Aliens in Local Business 1,729 x The Navy and the War... 1,729 Penang St. Andrews’Society 1,735 x Admiralty of the412 words
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Advertisement174 1914-12-17 2 1 THE j STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. 1 M 5 Published the day prior to the departure of each mail Ifor Europe, and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the daily issues, as well as all important news from various parts of the Far East, including174 words
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Article1059 1914-12-17 1722 Not without a certain satisfaction we have noticed during the pit few weeks a change in th attitude of Penang towards the recruiting question. The place is literally swarming with strong, healthy and sturdy young bicaelors, many of them without binding ties of any sort1,059 words
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Article397 1914-12-17 1722 Now that Beyers has found a w.tery grave in the Vaal and De Wet has been captured, Finis may, we think, be definitely written to the short chapter of history which records the outbreak and course of the abortive rebellion in South Africa. Whether it397 words
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54 1914-12-17 1722 Dec. 8 By Balance ...834,119.19 9 A. B. Voules, 2nd Donation 190.00 Balance Dec 9. ...$34,219.19 Fund. Dec. 8 By Babm'O $1,167,06 9 M. M Noordin 100.00 Pritchard A. Co. Weighing Machine Box 11 90 Balance Dec. 9. $1,278 96 Amount previously acknowledged54 words
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Article122 1914-12-17 1722 —TOM. Mr. I’ K Nambyar, who was recently elected a member of the Prince of Wales fbfiiei Fund Committee, is, in co-operation with Messrs. 11. G Sarwxr and T. Isaac Tambyah, convening at the Chinese Town Hail on Saturday, the 12th instant,at 2 pm. a meeting—TOM. - 122 words
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Advertisement110 1914-12-17 1722 tfas svaajirs ssaa. Sa *s'. 4b? t ?>*'*’- > £r V fwbiuhcd dady Gciont Hiadays aid j abij holidays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS. Ltd No. 59, Beach Street, Pena. ruler. Duly Local $24 per annum. Outstation... Pc -iage Extra. M»d Edition (•’< »t l' re $17.50 CABLE ADDEISS ECHO —PENANG.”110 words
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Article1151 1914-12-17 1723 Copyright Telegram. Received 9th of Dec. at 435 pm. (Reuter’s Service.) ALLIES’ GOOD PROGRESS. London, December 8, 6 20 p in. According to a Paris official communique, the Allies made progress to-day between Labas and Vermelles, and in the Argonne. German Bombs on Rheims. German airmen have(Reuter’s Service.) - 1,151 words
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Obituary205 1914-12-17 1723 Received 10th of Dec. at 8-30 am. Obituary* Mr. William Rockhill. London, December 9. The deatii has occurred the well-known American dip Rockhill. Mr. Rockhill was on his W Peking to act as Adviser to Presiaen Yuan-Shi-Kai. [Mr. William' formerly U.S. Mini&tei t p j n j in 1854. He205 words
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Article770 1914-12-17 1724 Received 10 th of Dec at 1-20 pm. Interviewed by Reuter, London, December 10. The Hon. Mr. Alfred Sze, the new Chinese Minister in London, interviewed by Reuter, statad that there was general couti lence in the present Chinese Government and in the President. The Government continues770 words
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Article383 1914-12-17 1724 (Hague Telegrams <ftc. of Dec. sth— 7th.) Captain Volz and his fourth Officer, who were recently sentenced for endangering Dutch neutrality by using a wireless telegraphic apparatus on the German vessel Pre Mien at Sabang, have appealed. The Medan Court has decided to send the matter to383 words
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Article394 1914-12-17 1724 Mr. B. B. Griffin, of the Singapore office of the Strait- 'Trading Compr y, who recently went home, has joined Lord Kitchenei’s Army.— S. T Mr Arthur Thornton, of I’enang, has two brothers serving at the front; one ii a doctor in the R. A. M. C. and the394 words
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Article156 1914-12-17 1724 'To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Dear Sir, A Serendonian is either misinformed of ignorant with regard to the Chinese New Year Festivities, or otherwise he would not have written such a letter to the press and make a fuss of himself 1 should advise him156 words
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Article1437 1914-12-17 1725 Coroner’s Inquest. The inquest into the cause of the death of Khoo Sit Hoe, who was alleged to have been shot on the evening of November 27, was held in the second court yesterday afternoon before Mr. V. G. Ezechiel, the coroner. The accused was present at1,437 words
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Article330 1914-12-17 1725 At the Bukit Mertajam Police before Mr. R Scott. on TueXv T the frontage of his house no n n Street, Bukit MerUjam, ’l in wri,in f nf ei i U B W T Kent «nced to p»y, hue oi $1 and costs, which was paid At.330 words
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Article113 1914-12-17 1725 A Press note at Bombay, dated Novein 27. announces the Secretary of Sta approval of the Bombay ooTe p XI that the Upeml e contribute one lakh of rupee Jeddah, repatriation of Hajees strands provided a like sum >s on medans throughout India within a lea113 words
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Article291 1914-12-17 1726 A telegram has been received by the penang Agents of the Deebook Dredging Co., Renong, recording the fact that Lee Ron pah, the clerk to the Company, has been found dead From another source we have baen given the following alleged details. Lee gon Fab was291 words
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Article135 1914-12-17 1726 It is with regret that we announce the death, which took place at the Butterworth Hospital, at 9 o'clock this morning, of Mr. H. A. Meredith, proprietor of Genolan Estate, from wounds received in the murderous attack on him near Kulim two weeks ago. Despite the135 words
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Article115 1914-12-17 1726 We regret to have to announce the death of Marian, wife of Mr. Charles Nelligan, Managing Clerk of Messrs. Wreford and Thornton, which took place at 12-30 o’clock this morning after a relapse. The deceased lady, who was 66 years old, leaves her bereaved husband, two115 words
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Article1197 1914-12-17 1726 mohamedan kathi charged WITH ABETMENT. The preliminary enquiry into the case agiinst Syed Omar, a Mohamedan Kathi, who was charged with abetting the offence or going through the ceremony of unlawful marriage, was commenced yesterday afternoon m the Second Court before Mr. V G Ezechiel. Mr C1,197 words
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Article24 1914-12-17 1726 Taipeng Hydraulic Tin, Ltd., outputs March 125 piculs April 119 May 188 June 133 July 83 August 148 September 128 October 19524 words
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Article1412 1914-12-17 1727 FIRST CASES HEARD IN SINGAPORE. An Enimy't Right to Appear. What is probably, says the Straits Times, the first Prize Court to be held in Singapore or the Straits Settlements, was opeued in the Supreme Court, Tuesday on morning, before the acting Chief Justice, Mr. L. M.1,412 words
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Article553 1914-12-17 1727 I Reported Loss of HM Q<> a I’ress f lloWiag 18 ta^en from the China I» a m 1’1,„ nt to k pl^e 011 Octob «r 27 at 6 n P ,c that happened to be •it that time 20 nautical mile? from tte northern coast of553 words
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Article1151 1914-12-17 1728 Business DJI -R.bs’s and Soldi rs-A Quse P lie: Law—Ambling M nopoly-A Gruss me Spectacle-Re-wadi g Rtbei-Huntefs. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Canton, N v< mber 27. The Government has now come to know that all the bomb-throwers are not rebels as at first beLeved. The bomb thrown1,151 words
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Article253 1914-12-17 1728 To the Editor of the Tinies of Malaya. Lear Hr,— l encl se herewith copy of a letter I hive received in answer to enquiries I have made at the Admiralty, Your readers and the whole of the FMS. community will nodoubt hear with jride and satisfaction that253 words
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153 1914-12-17 1728 Doc. 9By Balance 19 10 G. Smith Steinmetz monthly subscription 20.00 Municipal Staff, 2nd instalment 100 00 St. Audrey’s Soc etv Subvc iptiom, 11,622.99 Proceeds of Concerts 1,377.01 3,000 00 TalanceDec. 10. ...137,389 19 Belgian Relief Fund. Dec. 9 By Balance $1,278.96 10153 words
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Article1181 1914-12-17 1729 Among: the m>st useful and interesting of the excellent seiies of pi inphlets on the war issued by the Oxford University Press is one with the title which we have taken as the caption for this article It is from the pen of Professor J.1,181 words
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Article493 1914-12-17 1729 Some yers ago the Kaiser, voicing the naval pretensions of the Ban-Gurmaus, seat a congratulatory telegram to the I’sar in which the Admiral of the Atlantic” saluted the Admiral of the Pacific”. H w hollow those pretensions were is pro ed by the lesult of the493 words
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Article302 1914-12-17 1729 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Sir. With rrf oence to the N-*w Alien Enemiei (Winding up) Ordinance 1914 which was pis-ed ar the Legislative Council on Friday last, it is rumoured that a numb-ir of aliens Tin kish sul j ct in Penang are302 words
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Article601 1914-12-17 1730 Bangkok papers sav that Capt. G i Ru'hton. of the Kuala, is relinquishing coinmiud < f that steameI', 1 to tike up piloting in Singapore. There is a prospect of Mr Staniforth Sm’tb, whose name has w 11 kn »wn in counfict'oa with the a»lm istration of Papua, revisiting601 words
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Article965 1914-12-17 1730 Copyright Telegram. Received 1 th of Deo. at 5 35 p.m (Reuter’s Service.) PROGRESS OF THE ALLIES. Loudon, December 9 5 p.m. The official communique states that there ’ave been artillery duels from the sea to Lys. There is nothing to report in the region of Ar(Reuter’s Service.) - 965 words
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Article429 1914-12-17 1731 Copyright Telegram. Received 11th of Dec. at 1-30 p.m. [Reuter's Special War Service.] Accomplished Without Loss. Petrograd, December 11. A Petrograd communique ridicules the assertions of enormous Russian lasses during the evacuation of Lodz. It affirms that the Russians retired at midnight on December 5 and[Reuter's Special War Service.] - 429 words
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1594 1914-12-17 1731 THREE GERMAN CRUISERS SUNK. OTHERS IN FLIGHT. (From A Correspondent.) London, December 10. The Admiralty announce an important engagement between British and German naval forces iu the South Atlintic. On Tuesday, December 8, a British squadron unier Admiral Stuidee the composite German fl iet1,594 words
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Advertisement47 1914-12-17 1731 The Children's Colds. Watch the children’s colds and cure before they weaken the vitality. Use Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy free'y. It is perfectly safe. It has been tested by chemists and pronounced free frnn iijurious substances and costs but a trifle, for salt by all Dispensaries and Dealers.47 words
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Article4133 1914-12-17 1732 AT COCOS ISLANDS. A Special Account. tl2\ Q |i UV rec lved a correspondent tn tl a cc °unt of the Emden's visit o the Cocos Islands and her defeat bv the ney. It is a little belated, but the personal touch makesit highly interesting. Lt reads as4,133 words
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Article675 1914-12-17 1734 ANSON ROAD TRAGEDY. The hearing of the inquiry into the attend D S the death of Shoo th on»h 1 T llßged t 0 haTO be shot “'ough the head on November 27, was Srthf ea erd "y e v ening in the Second Court before Mr. V.675 words
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Article553 1914-12-17 1734 [To the Editor of the Times of Malaya j Dear Sir, —A great deal is being eaid and written about the German cruiser Emden, and some people who speak and write about her “daring and gallantry” apparently quite lose sight of the fact that she has really553 words
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Advertisement48 1914-12-17 1734 Bid Taste ia the Mcuth. If you havj a bad taste in your mcu.h in the ij orning, your stoma ;b is’not in proper oider. Chamberlain’s Ta :b'ts reguloe tins and i ive you a relish fjr your in ;al For salt by all Diapauui ai wd Dotaia.48 words
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Article761 1914-12-17 1735 (From Our Own Correspondent.") Taiping, December 8. The Library fee of 50 cents a month, which members of the Perak Club had to pay hitherto for using the Club Library, has dow been discontinued. I am told that duriaus have never been as cheap as they have been761 words
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Article472 1914-12-17 1735 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Sir, To day you are announcing, among the contributions to the Prince of Wales’ War Relief Fund, the result of the special effort made by St. Andrew’s Society. /The Committee desire to take this opportunity of expressing their cordial472 words
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Article523 1914-12-17 1735 GINTING SlMpah. second bungalow' of tbat Hill Club, which it was ‘1? to build, is now anT y occupation, thus bringing the Jot accommodation to 14 10 in fk available low and 4in the old the W b WThe Club has been form.ll. and523 words
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Article201 1914-12-17 1736 The Bangkok correspondent of the Straits Tinus writes to that journal: Statements emanating from Penanglately fo the effect that the railway from Singora to Kedah will be opened in about a year are laughed at by the officials who really know. •Put it at between two and201 words
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Article380 1914-12-17 1736 Losing no Time, A letter received from one who left Kuala Lumpur a short time ago for the purpose of offering his services to the King, shows that though the fifty men on board the homeward bound steamer are roughing it considerably they are no380 words
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Article1546 1914-12-17 1736 're F »ilXXTwhe?weX d7 iC3 Cr7i g j «W “fX S? ««SS •?u ho7 t v7 iniDg Tl 9 ul in authority from whom w 8 ev er got any en couragement was Mr. R. N. Biand. Ho was tried t bUS aStOn BUb i' ot uJ o1,546 words
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Article118 1914-12-17 1737 Penant Towkay's Splendid Donation. Penang’s contributions to the Prince of Wales’s National Relief Fund received a splendid lift this morning when Towkay Heah Swee Lee handed in a cheque for 110,000. This is by no means the first occasion on which Mr. Swee Lee’s public118 words
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Article98 1914-12-17 1737 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, December 12. At an extraordin iry general meeting of the shareholders of the Tingkil Tin Company Mr. Van der Stadt who p eside 1. siid that the credit balance stood at §19,000. The profit during the first half year was $40,382 (net98 words
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Article79 1914-12-17 1737 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipob, December 11 Speaking to-div at the prize-giving of the Anglo-Chinese School, the British Resident supported the suggestion of the Rev Mr. Horley, Principal of the Schod. that there was a necessity for a Straits University College, simdar to the one at79 words
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Article193 1914-12-17 1737 Shaikh 1 a. the ruler of the Bahrein I'l.m 1 fine contributed 5 000 rupees to the Prince of Wais’* Fun Bahrein is situated on the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf and is the centre of the pear] fishery, an industry which perhaps has suffered193 words
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Article592 1914-12-17 1737 Mr. L. Raym m is gazetted assistant D. 0., Pekan. Mr. S W. Jones is now assistant District Officer, L pis. Mr. J. Laird has been appointed assistant Warden of Perak. Mr. Hewlett, of the Municipality, will be leaving for the front at an early date. Mr. 11. M.592 words
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Article1582 1914-12-17 1737 S,.*, P Copyright Telegram J W '.kceived 11th op Dec. JR Congratulations from the London, December 11 His Majesty the King k., L congratulation, to Vice Adm; and his officers and men on uJe J oH? naval engagement in the South Ati\° I Field-Marshal Sir JohnMT*'’ aS,.*, P Copyright Telegram J W '.kceived 11th op Dec. „ JR - 1,582 words
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Article684 1914-12-17 1739 Copyright Telegram. Received 12th of Dec. at 12 10 pm. (Reuter’s Special War S:rvic London, December 12. Lord Kitchener has been appointed Colonel-in-Chief of the Irish Guards in succession to Lord Roberts. Notes oa the War. The Traitorous Consul. —Reuter told us yesterday that Ahlers, the German(Reuter’s Special War S:rvic .) - 684 words
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Article565 1914-12-17 1739 In the King’s Bench Division in mail week Mr. Justice Bailhache and a special jury concluded the hearing of an action brought by the Chenderiang Tin Dredging Compiny, Ltd against Mr. Aithur Neil, member of the London Steck Exchange, to recover £229, money alleged to be due565 words
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Article289 1914-12-17 1739 roin Our ()m h Before Mr. JustieeV Supreme Court, the heari^’2 W 'V of an action which Mr J M o M conc >«d4| against Dr. J. W. Noble i brou gS. agreement entered into between’th?* “L* I pcott was for the plaintiff Mr o ein V--for the289 words
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Article289 1914-12-17 1739 The hearing of the case against Inspector Liwrence, who was summoned on a charge of voluntarily ciusing hurt to Mr. Emile D’Oliveiro, anitary Sub-Inspector, and of criminal intimidation by pointing a revolver at. the complainant was concluled yesterday afternoon bifore Mr. G. A. Hall in th® District289 words
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Article328 1914-12-17 1740 PRELIMINARY ENQUIRY. The preliminary enquiry into the case against Khoo i bun, who was allege 1 to Jjave ,caused tho death of Khoo Sit. Hoe at Anson Road on November 17, by shooting him/ 2& s commenced this morning in the Thitd Tourt before Mr. L. V328 words
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Article314 1914-12-17 1740 To the Editor the Straits Echo. Dear Sir, I think your article of yesterday is more than a little hard on the young men out here, fur I am sure the in ijority are only too anxious to go if their employers will only let them.314 words
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Article1343 1914-12-17 1740 f?. lte V,lt W, U ap l >sir tblt tbn with .T J ll are not -It.M-ther pleased 11» attitude of tbeir erudite an I affable w u or 3B iruoa At the 1 ettar iu the conesp mdence Ti,l> S Ce 9 l n W,,uld Eeem o1,343 words
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Article659 1914-12-17 1741 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Dear Sir, I have read your two leading articles of yesterday with interest. In both of them you made the mistake of claiming the command of the sea for Greit Britain, which is hardly correct so long as659 words
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Article1735 1914-12-17 1741 THIS TIME WORTHY THE ATTENTION OF SERIOUS STUDENTS. [By Tom Wright People who want to talk, or write, about things connected with the War, are hereby notified that it is sometimes quite a help to know what they are talking about. To show that I know that they1,735 words
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Article78 1914-12-17 1742 Ladies' Prcsgr.ive Spoon for Dec, 1914. Result. Mrs Ebden 1 duWn Mrs Kirk... 3 Miss Heim, Mrs Liston, Mrs Crichton, Mrs Clarke,Mrs CD D Hogan, Mrs Hoefeld, Mrs Samuel, Mrs S F B Martin, Mrs Dunn, Mrs Rose, Mrs Powell, Mrs Neubronner, Mrs Maciutyre, Mrs J Crabb78 words
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Article1922 1914-12-17 1742 Annual General Meeting. mJ i An c nUtll General Meeting of the Penau Cricket Club was with M h \v Üb Pavilion yeaterdav evening d t Tt W Duan in th! chair. There uere present Mr. R. T. Reid G E Wri gbt-Motion a r < Po1,922 words
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Advertisement42 1914-12-17 1742 Bad Taste ia the Mouth- If you have a bad taste in your mouth in the morning, your stomachisnot in priper Or d>r. Chamberlain’s Tablets regulate this aQ d give you a relish for your meals» tor Ub by ah and Dealers.42 words
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Article1279 1914-12-17 1743 By an Anglo-Indian. The world has b;en entertained for weeks by a comedy that has had a most successful run. Its hero is a Captain Muller, commander of the Germ in cruiser Emden. Muller is a native of Blankenburgh, in the Dutchy of Brunswick. Here1,279 words
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Article1258 1914-12-17 1744 Mr. IL W. Firmstone, lately Acting Commissioner of Trade and Customs in the F.M.S., who left for Europa on vacation leave last week, is, we understand, the last Government servant in the Native States who will be allowed to go in these conditions till the end1,258 words
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Article571 1914-12-17 1744 Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Duncan, cf Ckenderiang, are on a visit to Penang. Mr. R. N. Holmes, of Messes. R. T. Reid and Co., hopes to go home early next year and join the New Army. Capta-.n P. Boyce, Adjutant, Penang Volunteers, and Staff Officer, Troops, Penang, returned from571 words
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Article2531 1914-12-17 1745 Copyright Telegram. (Outer’s Service.) THE SOUTH ATLANTIC VICTORY. Poor Comfort for the Germans. Loudon, December 12. The German Press laments the loss of the cruisers in the South Atlantic battle but takes comfort in the skill they displayed during four months of activity without suffering any loss. Received(Outer’s Service.) - 2,531 words
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Article112 1914-12-17 1746 Another Marauder Captured. We hear on good autboii’y that another of the German marauders from which sone trouble might have been expected in tbe.-e waters has been captured by a British vessel who,e name we ar j not at liberty to divulge. Another German-manned vessel is, however,112 words
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Article1030 1914-12-17 1747 From official quarters wo have received au intimation asking us to note that instructions have been received that you should not mention names of British war vessels engaged or supposed to be engaged anywhere unless such are included in Press Bureau Bulletins.” We feared that we were letting1,030 words
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Article307 1914-12-17 1747 A bill is to ba introduced into the Legislative Council on the subj “t of the registration of d‘eds. Tub objects and radons stole This bill c insolidves ten ordinances and at the same time amends a few of the provisions ot these ordinance*. The chit f307 words
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Article513 1914-12-17 1747 were p reßen t: Mrs. Litton Tl “"> Hart, Mrs. Hilton, Mrs Mr >- Mathieu Mrs. Webb and M w M Motion (Hon. Secy. andTreasi Wnghtlhe minutes of the last a Meeting and those of two E?? Meetings were read andXtr In proposing the adoption of513 words
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Article915 1914-12-17 1748 i.— Malay Mail. The gradual coming together of m> n to form village communities and tha inevitable growth of boine of these into townships i s always accompanied by a certain amount of moral wastage, a wastage out of which arises most of the difficult sociali.—Malay Mail. - 915 words
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Article431 1914-12-17 1748 Holding Back News. Singapore would appear to have been treated in a very cavalier fashion in regard to the news of the Naval Victory in the Atlantic. That much at least may be gathered from an indignant article in the (Straits Times which says At noon yesterday431 words
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Article1412 1914-12-17 1748 We (Straits Times) ure to s ime extent, perhaps, responsible for the decision to deduct 20 per cent, from open suLcnptions to the Prince of Wales’ War Relie: Fund in order to meet local distress caused by the war. It seemed to us that it1,412 words
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Article1250 1914-12-17 1749 Indian and Ceylonese Action. At the instance of Messrs P. K. Nambvar H. G. Sarwar and T. Isaac Tambyah, a meeting of the representatives of the Indians and Ceylonese iu Penang was convened on Saturday afternoon at the Chinese Town Hall. The object of the meeting was1,250 words
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Article197 1914-12-17 1750 It is notified that, by an Order of His Majesty the King in Council bearing date the twenty-eighth day of November 1914 the Rules and Orders made in pursuant of the Prize Courts Act 1894 on the fifth day of August, 1914, and proclaimed in this197 words
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Article432 1914-12-17 1750 The following new books have been received at the Library:— Men Around the Kaiser, The Makers of Modern Germany, by Frederic W. Wile. Why We Are at War, Great Britain’s Case, by Members of the Oxford Faculty of Modern History. Oddsfish, by Robert Hugh Benson.432 words
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Article1904 1914-12-17 1750 Daitn wr J ari T OUB pha9os ofthe cam nama Bntish Em P ire in the waXi, and civilißa tion, is now Haho Prussian militarism none deserves to be prosecuted with greater gour than the war on German trade. It fn *k peouhar ’y one1,904 words
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Article905 1914-12-17 1751 Among those who declared that we must send a British team of athletes to Berlin in 1915’’none was more emphatic than the Duke of Westminster.. The conditions are now considerably altered but the Duke, who has shown conspicuous gallantry in the firing-line, is doing his level best to905 words
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Article251 1914-12-17 1751 Demobilisation Postponed. Instructions were received from Headquarters yesterday postponing the demobilisation of the Penang Volunteers originally fixed for to-day for another five days. We are, of course, unaware of the military considerations which have dictate! this step, but we trust that the competent authorities may still be251 words
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Article2110 1914-12-17 1752 Copyright Telegram. Received 14th Dec. of at 4-20 p.m. (Reuter’s Service.) SUCCESSFUL RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE. Petrograd, December 13. An official communique issued at Army Headquarters states We successfully concluded our offensive movement on the whole front in the Mlava region; wo captured the enemy’s position at Przasnysz and(Reuter’s Service.) - 2,110 words
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Article1245 1914-12-17 1753 (Contributed.) It was inevitable that Japan’s entry into the great international war should be regarded with serious misgiving on the part of various nations interestsd in China. From the very beginning of the trouble Japanese statesmen have therefore deemed it advisable to endeavour to still by all1,245 words
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Advertisement10 1914-12-17 1753 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, Is. 6d.10 words
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Article628 1914-12-17 1754 Suffering in Kwanjtung— Corrupt Officials—The Gambling Monopoly. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Canton, November 2 Hundreds among the innocent in Kwangtung died in November as the result of bomb outrages in Canton, or from the wild shots of the bandits and soldiers, or in the unsuccessful risings which628 words
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Article285 1914-12-17 1754 c Quoits Tournament. Ouoks t OWIDg are the handicaps for the th p under the auspices of the Penang Cricket Club T T Championship. J Ingram i W Houston A S Hail < J S Rose f J D Fettes GE W Motion Sr j H A285 words
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Article172 1914-12-17 1754 Pmsoravb Cup for Dicbmbbb, 19U. Result. R R Turner 1 down RE H Oliver 1 do D M Millar 2 do G B Fitzgerald 3 do CTBeath 4 do J R Bennett 7 do Messrs R T Reid, J T Nicol. C B Redway, J G Anthony,172 words
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2370 1914-12-17 1754 a guess can be hazarded.— Agrieultnra Bulletin. By M. Barbowclifb. 1 aper submitted to Batavii Rubber Congress. As yet practically no attention baa been paid in Malaya to the question of the fertilising of rubber, the prevailing view amongst planters being that the «oils, beinga guess can be hazarded.—Agrieultnra Bulletin. - 2,370 words
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74 1914-12-17 1755 Dec. 12 By Balance 14 J R. Brown let Donation Madame Chong Put hloi Madame Cheah Lean Gin Mrs. Chong Yoong 2500 Hian Balance Dec. 14. Belgian_ReHef Fund Dec. 12 By Balance 1,M0,46 14 N. Walker Keiu> JOW Taiping F. A. Vanrenen, Taiping74 words
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Article360 1914-12-17 1756 Before Mr. L V. J. Laville this morning a Kliug named Ana Maidin was charged with cheating in respect of $l6, the property of one Hussein Sahib, on Novem her 20. On the accused pleading not guilty the complainant stated that on November 19 the accused was in360 words
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Article203 1914-12-17 1756 -S’.KK Handicap Shoots. The Rapid Competitions arranged for Saturday afternoon did not take place owing to the continuous heavy rain. Members will please note that this will entail the following alteration in the issued programme Boxing Day 7 a.m. Short Ranges Do 3p m. Rapids. Sunday morning’s Long Range-S’.KK - 203 words
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Article653 1914-12-17 1756 After oyer four months of war the Germans are in occupation not of Paris but of n the r Elsteru Army is fighting tro^rid but to repel the invader q Masui.an Lakes, while the High Seas licet instead of carrying out its muchadvertised pr gramme of bombarding653 words
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Article471 1914-12-17 1756 Despite the fact the the late Emden,” as one cf cur Chinese friends persists in calling her, committed the supreme crime against civilisation of sinking a vessel that was carrying not only a shipment of printing paper for one of our contemporaties but also a471 words
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Article159 1914-12-17 1756 -OX Determined to fight to the last and, as a prominent French statesman ktely su’d, to hold or die, T rance has made a new amt supreme appeal to the patriotism of her children. Iho French Consul in Singapore, Comte de Bondy, has just bee-OX - 159 words
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Article833 1914-12-17 1757 There would appear to be a shipping boom locally as well as in England for we read in the Singapore morning paper: There is a big demand for tonnage homeward for Straits produce. Ono large chartered steamer filled up between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Friday—good booking833 words
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Article247 1914-12-17 1757 -S,T' To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Dear Sir, —I beg to give below a full list of contributions. I wish to publicly thank all those who kindly subscribed, and Messrs Charles Grenier and Son for printing posters free of charge. Hon. Mr. Oliver Marks $lOO-S,T' - 247 words
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Article370 1914-12-17 1757 Liter's Special Copyright Telegram I'SCBtVED 16 TH op jy AUSTRIAN COMMUNIQUE Amsterdam, December 16 heavy Weat al o£ C X” U Serbians. It says: We encoum ’a 9 the east of Valjevo a greatly superior the enemy who not only stepped our but compelled us to iakemeXLiter's Special Copyright Telegram I'SCBtVED 16TH op jy - 370 words
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Article742 1914-12-17 1758 Copyright Telegram. Received 16th of Dec. at 845 A M (Reuter s Service.) ALLIES TAKE THE OFFENSIVE. London, December 15. The Press Bureau states that, after a period of comparative qu iet> (i llti Flanders has commenced again. A combined attack by the Alb s was made(Reuter s Service.) - 742 words
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Article336 1914-12-17 1758 GERMAN FINANCIERS IN LONDON. House of Lords and Espionage. London, November 18 Mr. Reginald McKenna, Secret try for Home Affairs, in reply to questions asked in the House of Commons, stated that Baron Bruno von Schroeder, senior partner in the banking firm of J. Henry336 words
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Article884 1914-12-17 1758 annual general meeting. I ho Annual General Meeting of the member. of the Penang Volunteer R fl j Club was led 1 at the Drill Hall yesterday evening. There were present Lieut. H. A Neubronn«r, S.‘gt C. 19. 1). Hogan, Sgt. G.E. Wnght-Motion, Mrs. Wright-Mot ion,884 words
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Article230 1914-12-17 1759 EXTREMELY SATISFACTORY.” SINGAPORE. Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, December 16. Messrs Guthrie <fc Co.’s Weekly Rubber Report says The auction must be regarded as extremely satisfactory. A large quantity of rubber was on offer but in spite of a heavy fall in the London values the prices averaged only230 words
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Article593 1914-12-17 1759 DISPUTED HAND PURCHASE. (From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, December 15. Mr. Justice Earnshaw delivered judgment in the Supreme Com t yesterday in the case in which N. S N. Pillai, one of the executors of the will of N. C. Chellappa Pillai, claimed 8133.550 from the593 words
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Article539 1914-12-17 1759 To tub Editor of Ir Dear Sir, HB Echo. I wish to endorse absolnuu i.ivo said in your paper ou Jou local recruiting for the front a feeling uf unjustified nntim- ere 18 such unless the m Ur i, w people most closely the young mon539 words
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Article1444 1914-12-17 1760 Singapore Free Press. Unnecessary Local Restriction We have good scriptural authority for the statement that no man by taking thought can add a cubit to his stature. To that it might be added that no Government or individual by indulging in vain imaginings can create outSingapore Free Press. - 1,444 words
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Article508 1914-12-17 1760 Charge Against A European. A European, named John Spittle, was this morning charged before Mr. V. G. Ezechiel with cheating in respect of $180.25 cents, the property of Mr. R. N. Brunel Norman, of the Hotel Norman. The accused pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against508 words
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