The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 31 December 1914
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Title Section21 1914-12-31 1794 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. $17.50 Per Annum. Single Copy, 40 ett Vol. 12. Penang, Thursday, 31st DECEMBER, 1914. No. 54*21 words
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Advertisement357 1914-12-31 1794 I I ///////✓//✓ZZ/Z/ZZ/Z//ZZZ/ZZZ//Z//ZZZZZZZ/ZZZZZZZZ/ZZZZZZZZ/ZZZZZ/Z/ZZZZZZZZ/ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ/ZZ/Z////Z//Z/////// zzzzzzzz zzzzzz Z/Z/A CONTENTS. 5 x Leaders: page. Sport—(Conf.) page. s War Thoughts for Christmas 1.796 The Roll of Honour 1,805 1.812 x 5 The Volunteer Scandal 1,805 January Race Meeting 1,823 j J The Campaign in Poland 1,814 Penang Races 1,821 Arma Virumque 1,819 Hockey 1,824357 words
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Advertisement193 1914-12-31 1795 II W j, 1 THE STRAITS ECHO I MAIL EDITION. tj Published the day prior to the departure of each mail I for Europe, and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the daily issues, as well as I all important news from various parts of the193 words
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Article1413 1914-12-31 1796 It has been very properly laid down that the Censorship has a double function. Its business is to ensure that no assistance is given to the enemy through the publication of news, and to help in maintaining the courage of the nation.” The same may ba1,413 words
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Article80 1914-12-31 1796 From Tuesday’s Free Prow Mr. Eric Reid, late of the Siam Obeerrer and formerly of the Consular Service, loft by the French mail steamer last night for Colombo Rivl probably Home—unless the Indian Army detains him. J At a meeting of the Visiting Justices held yesterday in the Council Chamber,80 words
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Article76 1914-12-31 1796 of the Pro- m fheu8, who had contracted an attack of dvgentery, ha* died while the «hip was a day away from Bangkok on her voyage from Hongkong. The remains of the deceased wore landed and interred in the Protestant Cemetery, the Rev. Dr. Hillyard officiating. The76 words
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102 1914-12-31 1796 can make the j roud boast chat they are the only body of men a* the front who have a bishop for their chaplain. This is the Biabop of Kalgoorlie, and he is accompany* ing his troop» to the war. Dr. Golding Bird has102 words
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Advertisement93 1914-12-31 1796 03 STiUlTS 832$. Mi» JO ofiW’ s > published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59. Beach Street, Penang, micr. Daily Local $24 per annum. Outstation... Postage Extra. lfa.il Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 583 Printing Departncnt 343 jf93 words
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Article962 1914-12-31 1797 A curiously double meaning accompanies the Christmas card, which iu its modern meaning is scarcely more than half a century old. For even to-day many people who play cards at no other time, think it no evil to play them at Christmas. Unconsciously they are following the law962 words
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60 1914-12-31 1797 of Mr. Edwin Miurice Vandeu Prison to Mins Joan Catherine Scully, daughter of Mr. M. M. Scully, formerly Usher in the Police Couit, Penang, which has been fixed to take place at the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Kuala Lumpur. After the ceremony60 words
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Article86 1914-12-31 1797 Mr. L. Hervey, late of Kepong Estate, has received a commission in the Mechanical Transport, A.S.C., and hs by this time proceeded to the Front. Dr. O’Flynn, of Kuala Pilah, is in Kuala Lumpur for the Government Examination in Malay. We understand that Miss O’Flynn has86 words
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Article120 1914-12-31 1797 has died at Guntock. The sad event was entirely unexpected, as His Highness had been in excellent health He only succeeded to the guddi a few months ago, having been summoned back to Sikkim from Oxford, where he was prosecuting his studies when his father died.120 words
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651 1914-12-31 1797 >e presented at the GenwffZ’ L iUd to “t the Chamber «I' ‘«to December 30 Conferee oa Directors Hon P v D. A M. Brown. Esm HoI°T W. Duncan, Esq. 1 A Adams, G entlemen, Your Directors have 1U i submit their Report and651 words
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Article230 1914-12-31 1798 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Sir, Iam afraid I cannot see eye to eye with the writer of the article on Civil Service Leave which appeared inthe Malay Mail and was reproduced in your columns yesterday. It is alleged that the wholesale stoppage of leave230 words
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Article59 1914-12-31 1798 who was charged with criminal misappropriation of three gold and diamond krosangs valued at $5,500, was this morning dischargjd by the District Judge as there was no proof of misappropriation forth coming—her discharge amounting to an acquittal. Messrs. Wright-Motion and Samuel appeared for the59 words
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Article100 1914-12-31 1798 Labour Member for Sheffield, chose to make bis first appearance in the House of Commons, in May, 1909, wearing a bright red tie; and from that circumstance, as well as from the fact that Mr. Keir Hardie was one of his introducers, it was at100 words
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Article269 1914-12-31 1798 [Reuter’s Special War Service.] Copyright Telegram. Rkc eived 23ed op Dec at 62o p m INTERVIEW with the CHANCELLOR. COST OF THE CAMPAIGN. Loudou. December 23. the L l Ojd Oeor e Chancellor of a newsnar.1 ler a3^ra ntedan interview to of the wan repre3entatlT e269 words
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Article318 1914-12-31 1798 (Reuter's Senice.) Copyright Telegram. Received 23rd or Dec. at 6-45 p.m. DESPERATE FIGHTING REPORTED. 23, 4.10 a m. An official communique issued in Petrograd states that there was desperate fighting on December 21 between the Lower Vistula and the River Pilica. The German attacks were repulsed. Two318 words
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Article401 1914-12-31 1798 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 23ud of Dec. at 4-30 p m PROGRESS OF THE ALLIES. London, December 22, 1-30 a m. The official communique iuued in Paris last evening says: T° the north of Puissaleine and south of Noyon.the enemy on Monday evening made vio ent401 words
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Article31 1914-12-31 1799 Received 23rd of Dec. at 4-30 pm. London, December 23, 5-15 a.m. An airman dropped some bombs on cue of the suburbs of Strassburg and did some damage.31 words
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Article32 1914-12-31 1799 Received 24th of Dec. at 12-30 pm. London, December 24. Their Majesties the King and Queen have gone to Sandringham for Christmas. An enthusiastic crowd witnessed their departure.32 words
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Article51 1914-12-31 1799 London, December 24. The Portuguese Chamber has adopted a resolution of confidence in the Government, who will continue to defend the Republic vigorously and expedite arrangements for the military defence of the colonies, and also preparations for intervention in the war by the side of Great51 words
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Article513 1914-12-31 1799 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Teh-gran). Received 23rd of Dec. at 6-45 p m. POST FOR ADMIRAL CALLAGHAN. London, December 23, 5.15 a.m. Admiral S r George Cal’aghan has be m appointed Commander in-Chief at the Nore in succession to Admiral Poore The Times commenting on the appointment stites513 words
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Article143 1914-12-31 1799 F.M.S. People for the Front. Quite a number of F.M.S. people are going Home by this mail, or early next month, says Tuesday’s Malay Mail. Mr. L. A. Rusack, of the Straits Trading Company, goes on leave to-day. He will probably receive a commission and be leaving for143 words
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Article21 1914-12-31 1799 have become very rare in Kuala Lumpur of late, and a Limine threatens for Christmas.21 words
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25 1914-12-31 1799 has offered the Imperial Government for the Indian Loops 500,000 lbs of rice grown by East Indian colonists.25 words
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Article40 1914-12-31 1799 have detained fifteen river boats with cargoes of grain and other kind of goods, apparently wnr booty, which the Germans t»ied to transport along that the Scheldt. The Germans intend to prove these cargoes are private property.40 words
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Article107 1914-12-31 1799 Gang Robbers in the F .M.S. Two days ago a number of Chinese entered a house at Rasa belonging to a Chinaman, and demanded money and other property. They were attacked by the occupants and one of the robbers is said to have been mortally wounded. The rest of them107 words
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Article568 1914-12-31 1799 Nearinq the End, of which e Wa to our shores, the Derby A* penet, »ted November Handicap, both of P v" d ‘be frequently resulted in the nt.u ba ’e ■Utrepid punter and likely enoLfr tof tb so again. J enough haved one The Liverpool Autumn Cm.568 words
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Article386 1914-12-31 1800 SECOND PROSECUTION Fails. Mr. J. Heim, attorney of Messrs. Hu Co., appeared befora the .District Judge this morning in response to a summons issued against Messrs. Hug Co., for being in possession of daggers without a licence from the Licensing Officer and dealing in daggers without386 words
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Article45 1914-12-31 1800 Received in Audience. (Ueuler.) London, December 23. His Majesty the King gave an audience to Mr. Alfred S/.e, the new Minister for the Chinese K j publi>* at tbe Court of St. James, and Mr. L *w Yuk Lin, the outgoing Minister45 words
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44 1914-12-31 1800 Dec. 22 By Balance $51,665 50 23 K 50 00 Pritchard Co, Weighing Machine 10-1 The Warren, 2nd contribution Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Heim 50.00 o. Moulusa Marican oO.OO Mrs. Stephen Anthony Balance Dac. 22. ...SM.843./ 144 words
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Article889 1914-12-31 1800 THE GF PENANG. ie ocal Golf C lampionship Las been an unusually interesting sp rt ing event. It has once more illustrated .the impossibility <’t an accurate forecast of the event, and the proveibial uncertainty of the game. Few people would have predicted that neither Mr. I). A.889 words
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Article315 1914-12-31 1800 The Chinese Ministry of Interior has wired to the Taoyin of Shanghai ordering him to look after a loquacious man named Kuo Chao-kiu whois a Cantonese and calls himself a representative of the Chinese restdents in the Straits. In the year of 1911 when the late315 words
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Advertisement49 1914-12-31 1800 The Children’s Cdds. Watch the children’s colds and cure them before they weaken the vitality. Use Chamber!.! n’a Cough liemedy freely. It is perfectiy g tfe. Ithobwi tested by chemists ind pronounced iiee from injurious sub- Uman 1 costs but a trifle. For halts by albbi ns.inei and lUaler».49 words
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Article1426 1914-12-31 1801 EUROPEAN CONVICTED. The hearing of the case against John Spittle, who was tharged with cheating in respect of $180 ‘25, the property of Mr. R. N. Brunel Norman, ptoprietor if Hotel Norman and the Bodega, was commenced yesterday afternoon in the Second Court, before Mr. V.1,426 words
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Article502 1914-12-31 1801 German Demand for R ubber Unirma Control or Surplus. London, November 24 1he urgent demand for e man military requirements mar t by tho efforts that have been atn it. through devious e^auue^ obtime, it is believed, some of .1 Per a ceeded. British merchants uuwitthX m have supplied rubber502 words
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Article142 1914-12-31 1802 (tier’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 25th of Dec. at 9 AM FROM THE KING AND QUEEN. TO OUR BRAVE DEFENDERS. London, December 24. Every soldier in the trenches, every sailor in the North Sea and ail the wounded in hospitals will receive to-morrow a personal greeting from the142 words
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Article118 1914-12-31 1802 Centenary of Peace. London, December 24. To-day is the centenary of the Treaty of Ghent between the United States and Great Britain which inaugurated a century of peace between the two peoples. The English newspapers in the editorials which they devote to the occasion point out that although118 words
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Article71 1914-12-31 1802 A Hasty Departure. London, December 24. The Press Bureau stitei that a German aeroplane appeared over Dover at eleven o’clock this morning and di opped a bomb which fell in a garden and exploded, but did no damage. The aeroplane, which was only scon for a few71 words
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Article29 1914-12-31 1802 Parliament and Credits. London, December 21. The French Parliament-Smite and Chamber of Deputies —after voting unanimously and with cheers war credits exceeding <£341,000,600, adjourned indciiuittly.29 words
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Article54 1914-12-31 1802 Received 26th of Dec at 9 a.m. London, December 24. A Paris official state m mt announces that the German cruiser Dresden, which escaped from the fight off the Falki tud IsiaaJ», has reached Punta Arenas (Chile, capital of the territory of Mig coaled at that54 words
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128 1914-12-31 1802 Received 2 th of Dec. at 9 a.m Paris, December 21 It is officially anne unced tbit an lu-t-ian submarine launched two torpedoes at a the Straita of Otranto. ra«X hB Ad t!C auJ tlla MediterIt 0 <lia° f v ,h9 tor P eiloes >*‘t128 words
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638 1914-12-31 1802 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 25th of Dec. at 11-30. a m. London, December 21, 5.50 a m. A Paris communique says:— 1’ rom the sea to the River Lys wo advanced by sapping in the dunes. We repulsed an attack before Lombartzyde. We carried638 words
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Article104 1914-12-31 1802 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 25th of Dec. at 8-15 a.m. GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED. Loudon, December 24. An official telegram from Petrograd states that the operations on December 21 were generally favourable to in n n all fronts and e=pebdly on the Rivers Nidi and Diuaj -ts104 words
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Article352 1914-12-31 1802 iReuter’s Special War Service.] Copyright Telegram. Received 2Cth of Dec. at 9 a m. Petrograd, December 25. A I brogra 1 ofli rial ‘•‘ab-mont announces The Gorman vanguard again atterr pH f 0 cross the frontier in the direction of Olav.i The German losses as a result352 words
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Article76 1914-12-31 1803 -NO QUESTION OF WARSAW FALLING." Petrograd, December 24 General W. A. Sukhomlinoff, the Russian War Minister, has cabled to an American ■paper to the effect that all the German reports of a so-called victory in Poland is a ■beer invention, the enemy exhausting himself in vain efforts76 words
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Article229 1914-12-31 1803 (Reuter's Senice.) Copyright Telegram. Received 25th of Dec. at 9 a.m. Au«tr:an Tjplanations. London, December 24. An official communique issued in Vienna expiring the Austrian defeat in Serbia says that sufficient attention was not paid to the difficulties to be encountered. Bad weather made it. impossible to229 words
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Article30 1914-12-31 1803 Received 24th of Dec at 4-30 pm. London, December 23, 8.40 p.m. It is officially anncuncel tbi t the London Steck ExcLaige will ie-open ou January 4th-30 words
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Article214 1914-12-31 1803 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, December 25. The following were the results of the racing at Seremban yesterday: Race I. Faugh au Ballagh, Walker 1 Rifleman, 2 Weribee, Dickson 3 Six ran. Time, I min. 29’ sec. Race II. Accel era'or, Walker 1 WeewondeUa, Gonette 2 Margin,214 words
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77 1914-12-31 1803 A London cablegram dated Dec. 16th states: Mr. Bonar Law yesterday said that on 2nd August when the Government decision was still doubtful, a letter, on the joint authority of Lord Lansdowne and himself, was sent to Mr. Asquith saying that they thought it fatal to the honour and security77 words
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Article1035 1914-12-31 1803 Tom WriqHt-i irn . -J - LBy Tom Wriq Ht -i irn -J Human Nature in P r.-® Wallas, is a book that has hil’’'? 7 Qtall »m "uml off mere wur-tulk fc 1 Urly understood, party po X tlC9 popu’ 1 have discarded. It sut, M up a scientific full-hand pton “>U on1,035 words
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Article209 1914-12-31 1804 In the Chancery Division on 26th ult. the action of Sir Paul Chater, of Hongkong, and Guthrie and Co, Ltd ,of Singapore, against Mr. Harry Seymour Foster was to have been heard by Mr. Justice Astbury. Plaintiffs asked for specific performance of an agreement of Aug.209 words
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Article552 1914-12-31 1804 A Satisfactory Year. thJ' h abo™ r o and 3tatemeBt of account, of factory state of affairs. mSH terr,*;; wa8 re i9 ‘ered on 22nd S’ the u co r >buting share, having three times. Having for th. Ll" nP t 0r 1C 8 f a London markBt552 words
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Article296 1914-12-31 1804 A German Officer’s Dismissal. A Bangkok correspondent of the Singapore evening paper sends an interesting account of th® sudden discharge of Dr. Boehmer, the chief surgeon of the Siamese Navy. Dr. Adolf Boehmer, he savs, had hitherto been most unpopular with the German community here and296 words
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Article150 1914-12-31 1804 [To the Editor of the Malay Mail,} Sir,-—It has been stated that many ot our younger men are going off to the Front no doubt this is so, but one can hardly believe it. I am trying to get a billet on a lubber estate, and on150 words
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Article24 1914-12-31 1804 of the Council of the Rival Colonial Institute Mr. Eric Stuart (Federated Malay States) was. amongst others, elected a Non-Resident Fellow.24 words
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75 1914-12-31 1804 before crowded galleries, the President, M. Paul Deschanel, who was frenetically cheered, paid a tribute to those who had died au champ d' honneur." Two hundred members of the French Parliament had joined the colours, many of them as private» and four bad been75 words
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Article53 1914-12-31 1805 Clayton—Hare.—Nov 21, at London, L. II Clayton, of F. M S. Civil Service, to Eva Haro. Tennent—Wallace.—On Christmas Day at the Presbyterian Church, Penang, by the Rev. Win. Cross, Ma. J. Hall Tennent, m b Ch b. Acting Medical Officer, Kulim, South Kedah to Florinda, daughter of James Wallace,53 words
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Article373 1914-12-31 1805 Dulce ci decorum est pro pat ria mori t and what finer or more shining example can we holdup to the young Britons of military age in Malaya than that of the first victim which the war has male among the residents of this Settlement. M.373 words
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Article405 1914-12-31 1805 London pipors to hand by the last mail contain some properly vitriolic comments on the conduct of the Lambeth Boaid of Guardians who, in order that the unfortunate children in the poor law institutions under their jurisdiction might be made to realise the gravity of the national405 words
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Article18 1914-12-31 1805 publishes the text of the order in Council notifying the Annexation of the island of Cyprus.18 words
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Article18 1914-12-31 1805 of the Tougkah Harbour Tin Dredging Company for the week ended December ‘26 was twelve tons.18 words
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30 1914-12-31 1805 all sampan men, had a free fight at Weld Quay. A Chinaman and a Kling were injured.30 words
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Article36 1914-12-31 1805 the plan for The Grotesques” who are showing at the Town Hall on Januirv 11 and 12, will be open at the Robinsen Piano Company at nine o’clock to-morrow morning.36 words
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Article68 1914-12-31 1805 Editor of the Cey'on Morning Leader, was on Decembf r 19 sentenced to one mouth’s simple imprisonment for contempt of con t in publishing articles casting reflections on the bona tidf s of the magistrate at Nuwara Eliya. The case was heard by a full court68 words
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66 1914-12-31 1805 travelled to Kedah on Friday, the 25th iost, to try conclusions at soccer with the Sir Lindongan Bulan Football Club, the leading sports Club of Kedah. Th* match, wh’ch ended in a goal-less draw, was played at Bakir Bata on Saturday, the66 words
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Article188 1914-12-31 1805 From the Singapore Free Press It will be a relief to I he numerous friends of Capt. A L Prince, late of the Malay States Guides, formerly of the Manchester Regiment and now of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, to see the telegraphed correction of the casualty list, in which188 words
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Article429 1914-12-31 1805 The leave of ’«fortbra, iu tb8> J 8>r Ed ward and Lad.n. h'avo Loudon on oi l0 ®liWn wen. Straits. 0B Chrl8t Er, Mr. H v t Mr Wright.Mo^l% ,h 1 S of Penang. on a Mr. E. Cheers, police n, k v passed his final examTnatiou^'429 words
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Article639 1914-12-31 1806 (Reuter s Special War Service.) copyright Telegram. Received 27th of Dec. at 9 a .m VIVID description OF THE FIGHT. GERMANS OUTWITTED. London, December 27. Despatches from Montevideo, which have been received at New York, describe the naval battle off the Falklands which resulted in639 words
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Article345 1914-12-31 1806 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 27th of Dec. at 10 a m. RUSSIANS WINNING. Petrograd, December £6. A Petrograd communique states: The general position on the left bank of the Vistula shows no important change in the fighting between the lower Vistula and Pilitza, except in the345 words
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Article212 1914-12-31 1806 iRculer s Special War Service. Copyright Telegram. Received 28ih of Dec. at 9-50 am. London, December 27, 10 p m. A com mu >iquc issued in Petrograd siys lhere has been mostly an artillery duel in the region from the Rawka to the Bzura. 1he German attacks212 words
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Article572 1914-12-31 1806 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 27th of Dec. at 1-10 p m. THS ALLIES ADVANCE. London, December 26, 1.35 a.m. The Paris official communique issued last evening says: “We made a sli b ht advance from Nituport. An attack by the enrmy on Notre Dame de Lorette572 words
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Article298 1914-12-31 1807 [Reuter's Special War Senice.] Copy, itfbt Telegram. Received 10th of Dec. at 10 a.m London, December 25. The Eye-Witness, at Headquarters describes the continued activity of the British who are co-operating with the French troops. He says that on Friday, the 18th inst., our centre made progress. Our298 words
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Article68 1914-12-31 1807 Received 27th of Dec. at 1-10 pm. An Attack on Sheeraess. London, December 25, 11-55 p.m. The War Office announces that a hostile aeroplane was sighted at 12.30 in the afternoon flying very high from east to west over Sheeruess. British aircraft ascended in pursuit and68 words
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Article90 1914-12-31 1807 Received 27th of Dec. at 11-45 a.m. A Deal in Big Guns. Washington, Decembdr 26. The Japanese Embassy here has received official advices to the effect that Russia has ceded to Japan its half of the island of Sakhalin in return for heavy guns. The other half90 words
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Article26 1914-12-31 1807 Received 27th of Dec. at 9 am. Tokyo, December 26. The Diet has rejected the proposed increase to the Army and has been dissolved.26 words
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Article55 1914-12-31 1807 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 27th of Dec. at 1-10 p.m. Russia’s Huie Total. Petrograd, December 25. Accoiding to official figures issued here, the German prisoners in Russia on December 23rd were 1140 officers and 131,737 men. The Austrian prisoners in Russia on the same date were55 words
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Article171 1914-12-31 1807 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 28th of Dec. at 11 am. SUBMARINES, CRUISERS AND AIRCRAFT. London, December 27, 10 45 p.m. The Admiralty announces that seven naval seaplanes at daylight on Christmas Day attacked the German warships lying in the Schilling Roads off Cuxhaven. The British aircraft171 words
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Article213 1914-12-31 1807 [Reuter's Special W»r Senia.] Copyright Telegram. Rkchived 28th or Due. at 9.50 a.m. INCIDENT WITH AMEB1C4. Washington, December 27. The Secretary of the Navy has telegraphed .to the captain of the United States cruiser North Carolina asking whether threats of violence have been made by l urks in213 words
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Article435 1914-12-31 1807 Received 28th of Dec. at 1-10 px London, December 28. A regiment of Bersagliere will tad at Valona to-morrow, replacing the bluejscke there. Note. o. the W»r. Ships Named-The Ths the first battle cruisers tc. be Jy. type is a cruiser edition of combining great offensive qua435 words
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Article115 1914-12-31 1808 A performance of the Gilbert and Sullivan Opera, H.M.S. Pinafore, will be given by the above Society early in the new year, iu aid of the War Relief Fund. Members and others who have copies of the vocal score are requested to lend them for the rehearsals,115 words
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Article142 1914-12-31 1808 A Re grading Scheme. A re-grading of the Federated Malay States clerical service has just been initiated, says our Kuala Lumpur contemporary, and on the whole the gradations have been so arranged that in future promotions from one class to another need not necessarily be by crude142 words
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47 1914-12-31 1808 (f zx the Staff College, Camberley, and of the East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly of t e 35th Sikhs, who died Sept. 21 last of wounds, youngest son of the late Sir William Maxwell, KCMG, left unsettled estate ot the Talue of «£3,629-47 words
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Article458 1914-12-31 1808 dirStoJ’for’ue p-l’t half "’"J f the for the ,T Ur n W Ubmit tbe 1914 bei„! f n 8ar endl r’ 30,b September, jear? 1914.%B 8 half of tb Umesl Ciation anil .I V Af er WrltlD K °ff ‘lepredoubtful debt 1 tho l )rovi910r for bad458 words
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27 1914-12-31 1808 to leave the camp at Pulo Jerej ik Ahmat, P. C. 602, was fined >10 by the Magistrate this morning.27 words
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Article30 1914-12-31 1808 of the Chinese Legat on in London, has been appointed Secretary to the Foreign Office at Peking. Mr. Tsao has been made Second Secretary in London.30 words
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Article60 1914-12-31 1808 a former mem- ber of the Ordnance Committee, has died at Clevedon, Somerset, at the age of 61. He entered the navy in 1865, and was lieutenant of the Charybdis during the operations in the Lingi and Lukat Rivers against the Malays, in the Straits of Malacca,60 words
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55 1914-12-31 1808 gathered bv the Hon Mr. R. J. Wilkinson, C. M.G., and Mr. R. O. Winstedt has been printed in book form by the Methodist Publishing House in the Malay Literature series, which is issued with the assistanca of the F.M 3. Government. The55 words
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Article1012 1914-12-31 1808 I'Epokt of the Directors the Directors of this Company— Sir E W. Birch (Chairman) and Messrs. 8. H B Blandy. W. J. Payne and C. V. Stephenssubmitted to the Shareholders at the meeting in London on December 7th the following report of the Company for the1,012 words
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Article54 1914-12-31 1809 dresser from the Medical Department of Perak, has been appointed to be Sanitary Inspector at Kuala Kubu in addition to Mr. J. F. Nunis, whose transfer is to take place from next month. Mr. V. Chinniah, a Selangor dresser, is to proceed to Kajang a< Sanitary54 words
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Article59 1914-12-31 1809 took place at Batavia, on December 12th, by W. R. D Beckett, Esq, CM.G, H B.M.’s Consul-General, and afterwards at the English Church, by the Rev. P. N. Hunter, of Kenneth Ruthven Coullie, of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, to Ellen Margaret Terry, daughter of59 words
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Article876 1914-12-31 1809 Yesterday was the 189th anniversary of the death of Thomas Guy, the wealthy book-seller who founded Guy’s Hospital. He started the wo»k at the age of seventvsix, and lived to see the building nearly completed. It cost him £18,793, and he endowed it with £219,499. To-day has been876 words
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Article35 1914-12-31 1809 took place in mail week in Scotland of Mr. D. W. Gilmour, formerly manager pf the Chartered Bank in Penang and Kuala Lumpur. We understand that Mr W. S. Goldie was best man.35 words
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Article44 1914-12-31 1809 of the Standard Oil Company, is expected back from furlough this week. Mr. E. L. Bieber, who has been manager during Mr. Tracy’s absence, will return to the company’s head office in Batavia, Java, previous to taking charge in Sumatra.44 words
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Article50 1914-12-31 1809 R.T has been given the D.S.O. for gallant con* donduct in bringing up his guns at Le Cateau, although twice wounded and in great pain. The gallant officer is brother of Mrs. 0 M Kindersley, formerly of the Straits, and is now invalided Home with dysentery.50 words
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Article64 1914-12-31 1809 the death of Mr. Tan Kim Whatt, at the age of 53. Deceased had been ailing for some time and passed away on Thursday night at 5, Peck Sean Street. He leaves two sons, Messrs. Tan Chin Lock and Tan Chin Siew, six daughtors and several64 words
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Article44 1914-12-31 1809 The engagement is announced between Murchison Fletcher. Assistant S. cretarv, Hongkong, son ofD* George Fletcher, of Highgate, and Per J second daughter of Lieutenan olon Mrs. Rogers-Harrison. of Ken Pittvile Lawn, Cheltenham. Them will take place quietly early in Jan44 words
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Article60 1914-12-31 1809 The marriage arranged between Minna, younger daugi er Conybeare, uf e Richmond Shakegranddaughter of n Landon, of spear, C B., and Mr. Mal>y Cluny Estate, Slim K v 'p' r c< )U rt Palmer States, third son o Essex, and Landon, of the Lodge, S Jfunro, grandson of60 words
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Article2408 1914-12-31 1810 .«THE WIFE OF SIR ISAAC HARMAN.” (Special Review) The last book by Mr. H. G Wells marks a turning point in his thought, and as the mental development of Mr. Wells has become a national possession we should feel a national concern in2,408 words
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Article88 1914-12-31 1811 The mortality returns lor Singapore issued by the Registrar of Births and Deaths show that, during the week ending December 12, there were 210 dea.hs (L r 5 males, 55 females), giving a ratio per mills of population of 33.16 Malarial fever accounted for 19 deaths, phthisis88 words
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Article25 1914-12-31 1811 still occupied by the enemy on Doc. 14th was 20,1000 kil m?tr s, or 84 per cent, of the wh< !e.25 words
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49 1914-12-31 1811 Amongst recently announced subscriptions to the National Relief Fund are the following —British subjects in S urd ava (Java),£80; Kuala Lumpur R ibbor Ct mpany, Ltd £100; Stall, Eastern 'In'ejraph Company, Foreign Stati ns, £91 8s 3i. British Residents at Nii.gpo, Chtfu (per H.B.M- Contul General), £81 7e, IL49 words
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Article1040 1914-12-31 1811 We are pleased to see in the last issue of the (i\iz tie a draft of the New L bel Law Bill, for which, if we mistake not, the press of Malaya has to be specially grateful to Sir Evelyn Ellis The Bill originated in a feeling1,040 words
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Article232 1914-12-31 1811 An Ipou Triumph. A crowd of enthusiastic spectators gat berod on the Esplanade on Friday evening to witness the football match between tbo Penang Cricket Club and Ipoh. The visitors, who were well represented, managed to secure a victory almost at the last moment by two goals to232 words
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Article273 1914-12-31 1812 Ivies’ Monthly Medal for December, 11/1 Result. Mrs Brereton Martin 38 39=77 7=~Q Mrs Samuel 35 35=70+ l= 7i Mrs Crichton 38 44=82-10=72 Miss Barnett 51 42=93— 20=73 Miss Brown 39+40=79- 5=74 Mrs Park 48+40=88-14=74 Mrs Ebden 38 +41 79— 4=75 Mrs Edwards 48+38=86-10=76 Miss Mahler, Mrs273 words
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Article50 1914-12-31 1812 Following is a copy of a telegram received by the Naval Commander-in-Chief, China Station, from London, on December 24 The Queen and I send the officers and men of the Navy our hearty good wishes for Christmas and the New Year. George E. and I.”50 words
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Article63 1914-12-31 1812 should benefit considerably as a result of the special dinner given at the E. 0. Hotel on Thursday night. There was a good attendance, an excellent menu ond particularly pleasing table decorations, among which figure a number of novel and handsome ta elamps specially made to63 words
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Article245 1914-12-31 1812 Handicap Shoots. On Boxing Day morning the ranges shot at were 200, 500 and 600 yards, a sighter and 7 counting shots at each range. Result. C ap t R L Cuscaden H’cap .34 m 4 de 96 42 oergt Motion 99 95 99 Batt QMS245 words
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Article82 1914-12-31 1812 Second Day’s Results. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, December 27. The following were the results ou the second day of the Seremban Races Race I. Faugh au Ballagh 1 Weribee 2 Race II. Cheri 1 Margin 2 Sandstone 3 Race III. Stella 1 Barnabas 2 Race IV.82 words
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Article44 1914-12-31 1812 British Vice-Consul at Samarang, has recently remitted home as a first instalment (amounts collected by him) £250 to the Prince of Wales’s Fund and £250 to the Red Cross Fund. Mr. Campb 11 is collecting further sums by monthly subscription.44 words
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Article379 1914-12-31 1812 A Former Singaporean in ths Field. 1 here are som« ptssag s in a let h r from Lieut. S. H. L. Woods, Army Veterinary Corps (No. 2 Section, Veterinary Hospital. Expeditionary Force) that bis friends in Singapore might like to see. He dates from France,379 words
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Article273 1914-12-31 1812 < F rotection foe New papsm. The Government Gazette publish?* the tpxt of a bill to tie introduced *horfly to amend the law of libel. The obj cts and reasons are given as under, 1. The main object of this Fill is to extend protection273 words
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Article400 1914-12-31 1813 Action of Singapore Chamber of Commerce. The Secretary of the SingapMe Chamber of Commerce forwards a copy of a letter sent to consignees of cargo on board Gerin in and Austrian vessels interned in neutral ports, with a request that we publish ths same. The letter reads400 words
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Article71 1914-12-31 1813 late of Kajang, and now in chirge of the Camp Hospital at Diyaltalana, Ceylon, writes to a friend at Kajwg saying her husband has amongst oth«r patients some of the crew of H M. A. 8. Sydney, and three others ure being sent up71 words
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132 1914-12-31 1813 on Boxing Night when a (tuner was held for the benefit of the fund n w being raised to relieve the distress a nong the Belgian refugees in the Nether1 ends The toast of The King was proposed by Mr. Kerdyk,132 words
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Article398 1914-12-31 1813 Perverted Hero-Worship. (To the Editor of the Globe) Sir, I hope you will allow me to utter a word of protest against the torrent of extravagant laudation that is being poured out upon the captain of the Emden. So far as I can gather, he398 words
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96 1914-12-31 1813 -Mr. W. A. R. Wood is appointed Consul at Chiengmai; Mr. W. N. Dunn, Consul at Singora; Mr. J. Crosby, Vice-Consul at N.ikon Lampang (nominally) Mr. F. G. Gorton, Vice-Consul at Bangkok (nominally) Mr. J F. Johns, Vice-Consul at Puket.96 words
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Article142 1914-12-31 1813 who to day com- pletes his forty-sixth year, shares with Lord Reay the distinction of holding a Dutch title of nobility. Lord Clancarty’s ancestor, the second earl, was British Ambassador to The Hague just a century ago, and was created Marquis of Hensden in the Kingdom142 words
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Article503 1914-12-31 1813 The GambUnt KwWuu-Pri MMn Sm Plight—A Canton Tragedy, (From Our Replying to the attach ment for again permitting th ®po*era. pro-official element states the annual deficit of between fiv e to > dollars to be met, and that there h l a way to procure this sum503 words
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40 1914-12-31 1813 Tbe LieutenanbGovernorat Bangoo“ 9 h suppressed a leaflet eni c o wen and Territorials,” issued y fission printed at the American Baptist Press, as having a tendency tobn-* Government into contempt. It aea the social evil.”40 words
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Article772 1914-12-31 1814 The second invasion of Poland by Genera! von Hindenburg has fared little better than the first, and the big battalions of the Tsar after luring the invading army to the Bzura, which looked ominously near Warsaw, poured in reinforcements, brought the invaders to a standstill and772 words
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Article228 1914-12-31 1814 Local Catholic Celebration. On the desire of His Majesty King George V, Sunday, the 3rd January, 1915, has been chosen b,-all the Creeds ot the United Kingdom as a Day of General Interoession and Public Prayer for the success 0 168 and 111 memor y of228 words
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Article147 1914-12-31 1814 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Dear Sir, Referring to your leader Dst night anent the non-payment of pay due to Volunteers I would like to point out that, apart from any formality that may be necessary to ba oEserved by Govern ir ent’ befoie 8»147 words
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Article14 1914-12-31 1814 Rinderpest has ceased to ex st r mong t ie cattle in Penang.14 words
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Article17 1914-12-31 1814 Saigon has been declared an nfected port owing to an outbreak uf cholera.17 words
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Article575 1914-12-31 1814 Mr. E Cheers, Police Probationer. Las passed the final examination in the Hokieu dialect of Chinese 3he 1 eninsuiar and Oriental Company announces that Sir Thos. Sutherland has resigned and that Lord lnchca[>e will replace him, says a special Times of Ceylon. cable dated London, Dec. 17th.575 words
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Article165 1914-12-31 1815 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegiam. Received 28th of Dec. at 2-50 p.m. Attack 01 Cuxhaven. London, December 28. Commander Hewlett’s wrecked machine was observed about eight miles from Heligoland. [Reuter’s Special War Service.] Copyright Telegram. Received 28th of Dec. at 3-45 pm. The Admiralty announcement regarding the British165 words
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Article535 1914-12-31 1815 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Receivld 2Sth cf Dec. at 2-50 pm. The Admiralty announcement adds Oil 'Ihursday Squadron Commander D.tv.i s visited Brussels and dropped eight bombs on an airship shad which was reported to contain a Parseval airship Six bombs are believed to have hit the535 words
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Article155 1914-12-31 1815 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 29th of Dec. at 9-30 a m. Allies Still Advancing. Paris, December 28. A Paris communique says We continued our advance west of Lombartzyde and reached the foot of the dunes on which the enemy had established his line of resistance. We155 words
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Article638 1914-12-31 1815 [Reuter's Special War Service.] Copyright Telegram. Received 29ni of Dec. at 10-30 a.m. Enemy's Trench Taken. London, December 29. As a result of five days’ continuous work of sapping and trawling the Belgians have captured 2,000 Germans near Lombartzyde by an attack on the flank638 words
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Article628 1914-12-31 1815 [Reuter’s Sptcial Service.] CopyrightlTelegram. Received 29m of Dec. at 10-30 AM. Fighting in Poland. London, December 29. The character of the fighting inPoland» illustrated by the attack on' the river Ravka. As the Ge the Russians succeeded in lightm o and a wood in their rear. ea8628 words
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Article43 1914-12-31 1816 (Reuter's Senice.) Copyright Telegram. Received 29th of Dec. at 3-10 pm. London, December 28. The London Gazette contains the following announcement: The temporary Brigadier-Generals Richard Cyril Byrne and F. C. Shaw have been promoted Major-Generals for distinguished conduct in the field.43 words
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Article40 1914-12-31 1816 A message from Peer says —At the order of the German Authorities a proclamation was issued in all churches in Belgium forbidding the singing of a Te Deum on the name-day of the King. This prohibition has aroused general indignation.40 words
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43 1914-12-31 1816 draw up regu- larly a circular letter for the 1,000 soldiers from the town now with the army relating in detail everything which has happened in the home district inclu ling newj from wives children.43 words
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Article934 1914-12-31 1816 bvA v'7 “p 1 B01d r r r’’ 80ng ha8 been Wri D fjllowi- Le68 Tbe ChOrU 1 Ene b n 1 bred such a. Gordon, Nohon, Drake ft y 6 0 01 who fought for England’s sake b ‘W t »<l then in rpiich and Jellieoo And934 words
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Article208 1914-12-31 1816 Lait lit *hMhe Members of Loslgei Royal Prince ot Wales held their Annual Installation Meeting at tho Freemasons’ Hall, Noriham Road. Wor. Br >. R. Young, who was the Installing Master, was ablv assisted by Wor. Bros. A R Adams, J. G. Allan, etc. The Wor. Mister208 words
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Article18 1914-12-31 1816 Tuan SLujuu, i- ’■offering from paralysis and it ifd!xpec‘(>d hj will tender hia resignation.18 words
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Article1893 1914-12-31 1817 FULL TEXT OF PROPOSED NEW ORDINANCE. Protection for the Local Press. The following bill about to be introduced in the Legislative Council is published in the Government Gazet e for general information Au Ordinance to amend the law relating to Libel. It is hereby enacted by1,893 words
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Article568 1914-12-31 1818 ACCUSED STILL AT LARGE. Evidence was taken yesterday afternoon by Mr. V. G. Ezechiel in the case against a Chinaman, named Chan Kong, who is alleged to have murdered one Low Chee on August 30, and who is still at large in spite of the attempts568 words
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29 1914-12-31 1818 Mr. J. Lonie, of Messrs. Boustead Co, xur. j. nonie, or i and Mrs. Louie will be going home ei.ly next year, probably by the Onentil ou January 21.29 words
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Article484 1914-12-31 1818 PRELIMINARY enquiry. aoainst P k*h Q11Qa M{ eDf l uir J into the case against Khoo Phun, who is allied tn An7onP3 ed the N ath f Kh0 Sit Hoe at him w 1 dOUlS(OVember27 b J shooting e8terdav afttrnoon in M^ bl d M°Q rt bet484 words
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Article33 1914-12-31 1818 who severed his connection with the Peking Guzetl 1 1 when that journal came under German influence, has now assume! the editorship ul the Peking and Tientsin Times.33 words
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Article159 1914-12-31 1818 which furns part cf the crest of the 14th (King’s) Hussar», and which is sa d to lead to the cold-bl <oded murder of any wearers who are captured by the enemy, was adopted a few years over a century ago, in honour of the Princess Frederica,159 words
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Article381 1914-12-31 1818 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bukit Mertajam, Decemlier, 28. News Las been received to the effect that J’. nokb r darin K gang-robbery took place on the 23 rd instant at Mengkuang, in the District of Bukit Mertaj im. It is alleged that at about 10 p m.381 words
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Article42 1914-12-31 1818 set-kirg whom she might destroy, we should have suspected b'*r of cutting the cables between Bombay and Penang, for only two wires, signifying nothing in particular, have leached us (2 p. tn.) since 4 p. m yesterday.42 words
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Article204 1914-12-31 1818 who has just been promoted full general for distinguished ‘■erv coin the fb Id, graduated regimentally in the 7th Hussars, and in his earlier soldiering days wis chbfly renowned for his polo p’aying. After passing through the St .ff College he was given the post of204 words
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Article1209 1914-12-31 1819 Seeking the bubble reputation, even in the cannon’s mouth.” The most conspicuous “failure” of the war up to the present has been General von Moltke, who, despite his great name, as Chief of the German General Staff is evidently but a poor shadow of his uncle, the emaciated1,209 words
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Article58 1914-12-31 1819 The undermentioned prices wore realised for rubber sold by Messrs. Allen Dennys Co bv auction and private tender yesterday, 42.236 lbs. were sold Smoked Sheet GT'cd to $108 No. 2 $85 »105 Unsmoked Sheet 70 86 No. 1 Crepe $101 »> 2 $70 4 S57 $65 558 words
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Article483 1914-12-31 1819 Captain Fatow has been of the naval division and chief Mr. R. W. Blair, Government cL.-. eavi.tg Tla Pen Chemut.1, hopes to proceed toUe frontt-Jf.M*’ Md g The Hon. Mr. J. B ar i ne a 011 u H.M. the Emperor of Japan has Brigadier-General Btrnardiston with483 words
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Article176 1914-12-31 1820 (Reuter’s Spec al War Servir.) Copyright Telegram. Received 30th of De j. at 10-33 a m FURTHER DETAILS. Harwich, December 30. Farther details of the combined raid of sea-planes, submarines and cruisers on Cuxhaven, show that the British destroyers by swift, circling, movements round the cruisers176 words
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Article158 1914-12-31 1820 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 29th of Dec, at 3-50 pm. Telegraphic Communication Interrupted* London, December 29. A hurricane interrupted telegraphic communication between England and the Continent. Received 29th of Dec. at 4-45 p m. Damage and Lots of Life. London, December 29. The wettest December158 words
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Article54 1914-12-31 1820 [Reuter’s Special War Service.] Copyright Telegram. Received 3Cth of Dec. at 8-5 a.m. London, December 29. The German Press reproduces the British accounts of a raid by a German aviator m the Thames Valley but does not mention his name, from which it is assumed that t54 words
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Article53 1914-12-31 1820 German Plans Upset. London, December 29. Reports from various sources tend to con firm the accounts that depression an i content are widely prevalent in Gonstan nople and that this is causing disquietude in T, T*? clrcles whicb apprehend that the urkish nationdist movement will destroy their53 words
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Article82 1914-12-31 1820 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyri s ht Telegram. Received 29th of Dec. at 3-50 p m. ENEMY’S PRECIPITATE BmiAT. Petrograd, December 29. A Petrograd communique states: The German attacks in Central Poland have everywhere been repulsed with heavy loss, the enemy retreating precipitately. In the Carpathians 5,000 prisoners were82 words
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Article372 1914-12-31 1820 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 29th of Dec. at 3 50 p.m. Eye-Witness’s Account. London, December 28. The Eye-witness, continuing his statement, declares: Fighting on the 21st continued with determination. Our efforts were directed to the lessening of a small gap in our centre. The Germans were372 words
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Article110 1914-12-31 1820 Reuter’s Special War Service.] Copyright Telegram. Received 30th of Dec. at 8-5 a m. London, December 29. A message from Boulogne says that the number and condition of the wounded arriving at the bise hospitals established in that town bear witness to the fierce nature of110 words
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Article70 1914-12-31 1820 Received 30th of Dec. at 10-35 a.m. An Independent Report. London, December 30. A Philadelphia banker, who toured Belgium, has been asked to make an independent report to the Relief Commissions. He says that the people are dying from want of proper food, which cause dysentery and70 words
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Article285 1914-12-31 1820 (Reuter's Service) Copyright Telegram. Received 30th or Dec. at 12 Noon 1 U.S. NOTE TO GREAT BRITAIN. Washington, December 30. The United Spates Government has sent a long Note to Great Britain, insisting upon an early improvement in the treatment of American commerce by the British285 words
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Article54 1914-12-31 1821 Received 29th of Dec. at 445 rm. The Status of Belgium. Washington, December 29. Germany has formally notified the United States State Department that the American consuls in Belgium must be persons acceptable to the German military authorities and that it is desirable that some of the54 words
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Article610 1914-12-31 1821 [Reuter's Special War Service.] Copyright Telegram. Received 30th of Dec. at 8 5 p.m. The Sakhalin Report. London, December 29. Denying the report which emanated from Washington that Russia had arranged to cede its half of the island of Sakhalin to Japan in return for big guns,610 words
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63 1914-12-31 1821 Dec. 28 By Balance ...$54 267 81 29 Teik Chin Co., Ld. 21X00 K. Pachee 300.00 Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce 100 00 Coolies of Lee Kang Kin, Bukit Tambun 25.00 A. C. Hardouin and Brothers 50.00 Yeo Boon Wan 50 00 G.63 words
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Article40 1914-12-31 1821 Dec. 28 By Balance 412.08 29 Miss Allan 20.00 Anglo Chinese Girls* School 55.85 English and Chinese Methodist Mission Sunday School 12.03 G. T. L 20 00 Balance Dec. 29. 519.96 Amount previously acknowledged 6,613.33 Total 17,133.2940 words
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Article222 1914-12-31 1821 Oda of our Hongkong contemporaries evidently entertains a flitteiiug opinion of the S ngapore Chinese, for it says: In our General News column yesterday, we published a suggestion, recently made at Ipoh, that a university be founded at the Straits, in memory of Sir Stamford Ralll »s.222 words
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80 1914-12-31 1821 was given at the Johore rest-house on Christinas evening at which H. H. the Sultan presided. Over fortv people, principally planters, attended and dancing was kept up to the early hours of the morning Speeches after dinner were numerous and the Sultan’s remarks were80 words
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Article274 1914-12-31 1821 Excellent entries, as will k hsts we publish on page 3 f '»m the receded for the PenVg been be held in the 7th and 9th h C ra to Given favourable weather thLT highly satisfactory meetin? hould be a that all sections of the^cnm” 11 W8tr ««t274 words
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Article254 1914-12-31 1821 The hearing of the case against the nineteen Tamils, who were charged with being members of an unlawful society, was called this morning before Mr. V. G. Ezechielin the Second Court. Mr. S. F. Brereton Martin, who appeared on behalf of all the defendants, said that he254 words
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Article23 1914-12-31 1821 The Officers, Non-Comm'^ d c °®0 and men of the anM reminded to send in Q or nwain« gg*« of stores»23 words
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Article965 1914-12-31 1822 December 30 has two literary associations On this day fitty-five years ago Macaulay died suddenly in his armchair at Holly Lodge, Kensington, and on the same day six years later, Rudyard Kipling was born at Bombay. Gradually,—far too gradually for our liking—the Penang list of contributions to the965 words
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Article378 1914-12-31 1822 Motion For A Receiver. Before Mr. Justice L. P. Ebden in the Supreme Court yesterday afternoon morning was resumed the hearing of the suit, Attorney-General and Yeoh Paik Tatt (relator) vs the Trustees of the Seh Yeoh Kongsi, for a motion for an order to appoint378 words
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Article672 1914-12-31 1822 In a leading article the Shanghai Mercury says it has seen enough of correspondence between oversea and home Chinese to be convinced that the former take not only a great social and business interest in what goes on in their mother-land, but are also keenly interested in672 words
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Article660 1914-12-31 1823 The Entkies. The following are the entries for the January meeting of the Penang Races: FIRST DAY. Thursday, 7th January, 1915. 1. The Opening Stakes. Value. $500. A Handicap for all Horses to be entered at a stated value of $600. Rules of Racing Nos. 187, 188660 words
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Article17 1914-12-31 1823 have bean arrested and executed for complicity in a bomb conspiracy in Yunnan and Tonkin.17 words
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Article42 1914-12-31 1823 has addressed a te 1 egram to King George, thanking him for his assurance of the co operation and protection of Great Britain and expressing bis resolution to devote himself to the progress and well-being cf his people.42 words
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Article137 1914-12-31 1823 is a fine sample of the ingenuity of the German liars who, we hear, are still in Calcutta. It was said that owing to a mutiny among the Indian troops Lord Roberts was sent for to deal with them and he was shot by one137 words
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131 1914-12-31 1823 for ti e half-year ended September 30 was Yen 4,798.785, which, after deductions for depreciation, etc., leaves a balance of Yen 3,248,279, including Yen 974,639 brought forward from last account. The Directors now propose that this surplus be appropriated as follows Reserve131 words
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Article179 1914-12-31 1823 shot by a companion whilst Sa time when Vhey Xne Ut a doer which they folio»?? 0traclf8 animal was seen through Z\ UDtil distance awav. The V e0s 8OQ10 ate in order to approach^!? 10 from different angles th0 !5 Uarr 7 who carried Ba 4. right and179 words
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Article169 1914-12-31 1823 Returned Banishes Charged. Su San Poh, a returned banishee, who is under remind at the civil prison pending his trial at the next Assizes, was this morn* ing charged before Mr. V. G. Ezechiel in the Second Court with escaping from legal custody, to wit, from the169 words
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100 1914-12-31 1823 as a gastronomic expert with C'olouel Newnham-Davia, the new of Town Topics. Both through book “d articles in the Press he has teen unwea M in placing his researches 1 t t h’P l9 Tbe of the table before a grateful pub gallant soldier100 words
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Advertisement41 1914-12-31 1823 Unnecessary Words. Why waste words and a mer it in in describing the many p The ffloa t Chamberlain s Cough ,t fastidious are 8atistled an ycau«> curescolds and coug 1 narcotic’ 0 that it contains injurious substances, pensaries and Doalexi»41 words
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Article708 1914-12-31 1824 “Cling ever to the sunnier side of doubt,” sang an early Victorian poet, and bis advice is well worth following these dismal days. The gigantic upheavals and wide spread disturbances caused by such a war as we are now witnessing, produce a whole crop of Doubting708 words
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Article189 1914-12-31 1824 The hockey match which was played on the Esplanade yesterday evening between the Penang Cricket Club and the Chinese Recreation Club, although it, resulted in favour of the P. C. C. by a broad margin of nine goals to two, proved to be a very fine and well-contested game.189 words
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Article17 1914-12-31 1824 have contributed £100,000 for the relief of the Belgians in Belgium.17 words
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Article13 1914-12-31 1824 and Druham miners 40,000 have joined Lord Kitchener’s army.13 words
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30 1914-12-31 1824 will heve the effect of raising the price of whisky by 35 cents a bottle, while hotel drinks will be raised 5 cents and 10 cents.30 words
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26 1914-12-31 1824 of her Birthday the Queen Mother of S ain gave Tcs, 10,000 to the Royal Medical College and Wang Lang Hospital.26 words
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Article38 1914-12-31 1824 has written to the editor of the Ringoon Times, expressing his warm appreciation of the editor’s efforts in raising a contingent in Burma for Lord Kitchener’s army, and enclosing a cheque for Rs. 1,000.38 words
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40 1914-12-31 1824 records a merchant captain captured by the Emden. It reminds us of the old story of the actor who, being asked if he hud had any breakfast, bitterly replied, Not a drop.”—B.T.40 words
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77 1914-12-31 1824 in re- spect to his visit to Berlin and pro German statements there. In view of his public portion as late British Consul-General in Brazil, imnv peop’e demand that his pension fmm the Foreign Office shall be77 words
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Advertisement551 1914-12-31 1824 ElKBlIiaSKIIIIMIIIHIIIIIII n Plain Crutbs on the subject <>f Health nre the only JJ jg acceptable pronouncement*. ExhrM r<* rated statement* end by convinc- g ing no one rather do they create *11*- M picion, and Rive ri«e to doubt. But you may safely listen to universal Jj opinion. The public551 words
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