The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 26 August 1915

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  • 5 1208 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION.
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  • 1656 1208 In the course of the leading article regarding the Singapore Mutiny and cognate matters which we have taken f rom the Singapore evening paper and re produced elsewhere in this issue, reference is made to the charge's of pro-Germanism among Government officials in this Colony Our contemporary opines
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  • Page 1208 Advertisements
    • 89 1208 Ptbliihed daily (except Sundays and piblio holidays) AT THZ CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59» Beach Street, Penang. pBICB. Daily Local 124 per annzun. Outstation... Postage Extra. Kail Edition (Post Free) 117.50 CABLI ADDRISS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 Xrf.—All bu.in.s. ccnitn’jnicatlons should ba addraaeed U THE MANAGER.
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  • 616 1209 Mr. G. S. Schneider has been appointed to act as Solicitor-General of CVylon with effect from August Ist in succession to Mr. B W. Bawa, who reverts to the Bar. Mr. A. F. V. Stephenson, assistant Engineer, Irrigation, P.W.D F.M.S an l late Corporal, M. S. V.
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  • 894 1209 We thought that Germany had already done her worst to Belgium. We were wrong. New» comes now that she is proposing to rebuild Louvain as a modern city.” Reuter’s story of the fighting in the Caucasus and the Russian victory over the Turks appeared in the Sumatra papers
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  • 126 1209 -M.M. Aug.l7 By Balance $31,805.08 18 Contribution by Idris Club 125.00 Commander D. C. Macinty re 18.30 Balance, Aug 18 31,***** Remitted to London a <£lo,ooo on 24 2 15 85,618/3 Total subscription to date ...1117,567.1 Belgian Relief Fund» Aug.l7 By Balance 4
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  • 879 1210 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. •stubborn resistance, increasing in intensify. Amsterdam. August 17, 7.50 p.m. «.man war cjrrespoudenta describe t Zsian resistance as increasing m 9 nearer the Austro-Germ in front approaches to the Russian area of the base line of which lies along railwar from Brestlitovsk to
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  • 72 1210 QFrom Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, August 19. At the Singapore Rubber Auction 210 tons of rubber were offered for sale and 122 tons were sold at the following prices Smoked sheet $126 to $l2B per picul fair... $l2O $125 plain $ll6 $124 Unsmoked $ll2 $ll9 crepe $129
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  • 347 1210 (Reuter’s Senice.) Copyright Telegram. SOME SMALL SUCCESSES. Ljadou, August 18, 5 35 p.m. The Paris commun q’ie says There have been artillery actions in various sectors. Our bombardment of Linge destroyed two heavy batteries and blew up several ammunition depots. The Germans made two violent counterattacks at
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  • 109 1210 Abo her Chinese Craft. Mr. Alma Biker is to bo congratulated on the results up to the present of his strenuous efforts to present the War Office with a Malayan Air Flee* while the Singapore Chinese deserve thanks for the practical patriotism they are displaying in this
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  • 472 1211 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. LANDING AT SUVLA BAY. F£W CASUALTIES London, August 17. An account of the now landing in Gallipoli at Suvla Biy, which Im hi er received from Athens, says that it was effected on the foreshore in front of Salt Lsko, which was only a
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  • 696 1211 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. Enthusiastic Scenes. Athens, August 17. Indescribably enthusiastic scenes were enacted at the opening of Parliament. Immense crowds greeted the legislators and the Chamber of Deputies was crammed, but Royalty was not represented. After a religious ceremony, a supporter of M
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  • 302 1211 The Siam Observer states It will ba remembered that, in January last, H. R. H. Prince Damrong suffered from such illhealth that he had, on the advice of bis medical advisors, to ask for six months’leave of absence from the duties of bis post, which leave was
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  • 944 1212 in Canton Business Outlook M #wry Lu-Two New Hospitals—- nkw Mwy-IHsgnced Journalists. Our Own Correspondent,) rom Canton, August 3. worst than the flood is being Something recen t devastation of fear«d r f orC ed suspension of trade kri*. in the interior have turned d '±pl into
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  • 225 1212 To the Editor of the Free Press. Sir, On the occasion of the Hari Raya Puasa, I received several cards and telegrams from friends wishing me the compliments of the season, and among them I am surprised to find that there are some, including one from a
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  • 714 1212 A Gaming Hous Question. The Full Court of Appeal, consisting of Mr. Justice Bucknili (Chief Justice), Mr. Justice Earnshaw and Mr Justice Edmonds, opened u Tuesday. The first appeal heard was that of Chekah who appealed against the decision of Mr. G. C. G. Muller in
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  • 345 1213 To the Editor of the Straits EchoSir, May I be allowed to put iu these few lines in your valuable paper for your readers to judge the difference between black and white. I am now employed in a cartain Public Office under the management of Europeans. I sent
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  • 145 1213 To the Editor of the Strai s Echo. Sr, We are very much satisfied with the intelligent remarks passed by you on the complaints of Jaffneese, regarding the censoring a r .d late deliveries of their home tetters in your valuable jmmal of the 16th instant, and we
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  • 597 1213 A FINANCIAL*TEMPTATION. The Gambler’s Throw Human nature is built on a mars of inconsistences. In ordinary business dealing a man generally exercises the utmost care before he launches out into a venture that calls for financial expenditure. With the average man any business proposition placed before
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  • 940 1213 —Straits Times. There is, we regret to materially wrong in tbe Singapore and London What Ween uot pretend to know, but a dJX* 4 impression is created bv the t,?“ nl>l J'»d which Imperial ignorance with reference to event. Jvf could have been brought to their the
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    • 30 1213 Keep It Bandy. Immediate relief is necessary in attacks of diarrloei. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diar fleet Remuly should nlvvaya be ou hand. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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  • 266 1214 The following were the results of the ties played off yesterday Single Handicap A. Everest beat Linton 8-6;6-l. Single Handicap B. A W Harries b at E A Swan 6-3; 6-3 Dr Sayers beat E Reimann 3-6, 6-3; 6-4. The Governor of British North Borneo t gra
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  • 1192 1214 King Constantine has been forced to ask M. Venizelos to form a Cabinet. How will the ex-Premier and the most outstanding figure in ail Greece at the present moment decide? M. Venizelos long had to reckon with the machinations of a malignant clique, composed of a
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  • 578 1215 Sir Hugh Clifford, who is Home on leave, is probably returning to the Gold Coast in October. The highest academic honour of Dublin University has been confeired upon Sir F. H. May, K.C.MG Governor <f Hongkong. The wedding of M r VG. Ezicbiel, Second Magistrate, to Miss
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  • 1068 1215 It has been pointed out to us that, whereas we reported Mr. Justice Earnshaw as saying I do not consent to a motion by Mr. Adams in the Court of Appeal asking for leave to extend time for appealing, in the suit M Kopalsamy vs 0 T. M.
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  • 231 1215 A SIAMESE KILLED. MAGISTRATE’S IMPORTANT RULING. At the Bukit Mertajam Court House, yesterday, before Mr. G. A Hereford, O 18 trict Judge and Senior District Ofnccb Province Wellesley, an inquiry was held touching the cause of death of a ia ee mm, name unknown, who is
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  • 476 1216 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. SHARP FIGHTING. Rome, August 19. 2 45 a.m. issued in Rome, records AOO fighting on the whole front, the sbar P the trenches in the Italia^ 8 P Tyrol and the Trentiuo the trenches in the Montenero e and the Santa Lucia ■bills
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  • 414 1216 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram SIR JOHN FRENCH’S REPORT. “NOTHING IMPORTANT.’’ London, August 19, 12 40 a m. 1 ield-Marshal Sir John French reports that nothing important took place since August 10, when the recaptured position at Hooge had been consolidated. Our trenches had been subjected to occasional
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  • 932 1216 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. DIVIDED OPINION. Memorandum to the Chancellor. London, August 18. Another Memorandum of the German Intellectuals to Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, the Imperial Chancellor, to which is appended a list of 82 signatures, including those of Herr Delbrueck, Herr Dernburg, and Herr Harnack, protests
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  • 521 1217 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegra». ENCOURAGING reports. Malta, August 18. Several hospital ships hive recently arrived with wounded soldiers on board. These describe the recent fighting as being of a very de->p3ratj character, but the most successful si far in Gallipoli. The wounded soldiers are much more optimistic regarding
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  • 443 1217 Neuter’s Senice.) Copyright Telegram. fall of kovno. German Version. Amsterdam, August, 1« c r A Berlin communique states Kovno with all the fori B and a a “L hlt .lock of war material, including 0, “»> rune has been occupied by (he Gsrm* The town was taken
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  • 32 1217 Malayan Aircraft F und (From Our Oivn Respondent,) Siugaporc, August The Singapore Cinue=e appealing tor a third m u bsTl sg ChoouGuin and Lun u. ne pud $11,150 for the seeond mach
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  • 326 1218 Sd.ool.irl»' Generous Gift. E I Sellers, headmistress of JfloXeit air)B’ School. Penang we together «th the of 846 b, the following letter To tbb Editor op the Strath Echo. Sir, i Aa( d sum of S4S has been given by ThB e -k of this school towards
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  • 240 1218 Before Mr. V. G. Ezechiel in the Third Court this morning a Malay chauffeur, named Hussein, was charged with rash/’’mg. On the application of Inspector McLernon the accused was remanded for a we bail being allowed in the sum of $lOO. p 17 a PP 0ared that this
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  • 988 1218 A Hongkong Opinion. It would seem trom our Singapore correspondent’s wire on Saturday that compulsory service is well on the road to becoming an accomplished fact, as far as the Straits is concerned and we should hear without inordinate surprise that a like movement was incubating in
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  • 91 1218 Aug.l 8 By Balance $31,948 38 19 11. D. Sharpin, monthly subscription 25 00 Amount collected by Lower Perak Club: J. Henderson, 11th payment 10.00 F. A. Sugden, 11th pivraeut 10.00 J. W. Manington, 11th payment 10.00 J. N. Sheffield, 10th payment 10.00
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  • 41 1218 Aug.lB By Balance $4,173.19 19 The European Staff of the Malakoff Rubber Co., Ld., and the Malakoff Plantations Co ,Ld monthly subscription 105.00 A. L Jumeaux 5.00 Balance, Aug. 19 $4,283.19 Amount previously acknowledged 13,457.11 Total ...$17.740 30
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  • 286 1219 Says the Straits Times: Evon at this moment there are few of us who are not guilty of trading with the enemy simply through our ignorance of the ramificati ins of German trade. T. here are few men in Malaya who do not smoko, and it
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  • 215 1219 ♦At the Bukit Mertajam Police Coud, before Mr. G. A Hereford, on Wednesday, Ong Teng Khiang, of Junjing Mati Estate, was convicted cf selling one picket of chandu without a licence, and sentenced to pay a fine of $25 or undergo rigorous imprisonment for the term of
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  • 33 1219 BiLiiA.ni) Tournament. The following were the results of the ties played eff yesterday Single Handicap. A W Browne beat C E Robless (250-223) C A Williams Lent J S Reutena (250-M53)
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  • 1085 1219 The publication of the recent proceedings in the House of Commons, and chiefly Mr. Gershom Stewart’s interpellation over the matter of the Singapore Mutiny, with the confessed Irek of information on (he part of the Imperial Government five months after the incidents of the Mutiny, indicate
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  • 191 1219 Reserve Fores and Civil Guard Ordinance. For the benefit of those who will be aff cted by the Reserve Force and Cml Guarl O.dinance it may be as w f explain exactly how matters stand at present. The Ordinance has now come into force, inasmuch as the week
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  • 1312 1220 V nontrals nor the Allies will, we deceived in the slightest German peace-talk or the **dtthe question of annexation has X. sp‘>t U»g the leaders of the rJnle Wnatever they may think 8 e Sr“o EoglanJ. and France, Russia, and W 1 (Lrhia and Mentenegro are all firmly
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  • 534 1220 Mr. C.J D. Carmichael, C I.E inspectorgeneral of police, Madras, died at Ootacamund on the 9th inst. The rkja of Jhamkhandi leaves shortly for the front with ambulance motors. Ha is the first Brahman chief to go. Dr. Macaskill, medical officer, Kuala Kang ear, has been awarded
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  • 408 1221 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. FALL OF NOVOGEORGIEVSK. BERLIN VERSION. Amsterdam, August 20. A Berlin communique states that Novogeorgievsk has been captured and over 20,000 prisoners taken. The Kaiser has arrived there. Germaa Claims. Another Berlin communique claims that thirty officers and 3,900 men were captured at Kovno.
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  • 55 1221 Mr. W. E. Andrews. (From Our Own Correspondent?) Kuala Lumpur, August 21. News has b en received h *?e of rhe in action of Mr. W E Andrews, Assistant Comrnisti oner of «\4icp, who went home on h ave last Augub* and obtained a C mmistion in
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  • 986 1221 Center’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. VISIT TO THE FRONT. PRAISE FOR THE FRENCH ARMY. Paris, August 20. It is officially announced that Lord Kitchener paid a visit to the French Army on Monday and Tuesday. h e inspected the British Army with M, Millerand (F ench War Minister) on
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  • 1467 1222 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram white star LINER sunk. roIPEDOED WITHOUT WARNING. London, August 19 The Write Star liner Arabic has been fnrnedoed without warning. Mr £Tteet list of those on board shows there were 132 second-class passengers, Siteerage, and 243 crew. There were ample boats on the
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  • 44 1222 Obituary. Ca r din>l Vaaautelli. London, August 20. The death hasttarnk r n place of Cardinal Sera lino Vannutelli. [*Jaid nil Serafi io Vannutelli (Italian) wa.i tie Bp-Lop of Port) aud 8. Rufina. He wis loin in 1831 and created a Cardinal in 18o7]
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  • 496 1223 (Reuter's Service.) Copyr. la t Telegram. SIR lAN HAMILTON'S REPORT. London, August 19. General Sir lan Hamilton reports that recent operations in Gallipoli consisted of attacks on the enemy positions along the southern and Australian and New Zealander lines. Fresh Landing ia Foree. They include a fresh landing
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  • 772 1223 FROM DUTCH SOURCES. The following special telegrams are from the Sumatra Post of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Holland and the War. A telegram from Amsterdam to the Locomotief states that the well-known Dutch footballer Heyting, who was serving in the French Foreign Legion, has been severely wounded
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  • 219 1223 Says a London p iper to handby this morning’s mail: For some time past there have been rumours that certain revolutionaries ar® planning another rising in China. Only recently Yuan Shih-kai warned his countrymen against the machinations of these misguided men, who under the pretence of patriotism
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  • 201 1223 A Home Opinion. Although the Bill to provide for registration of certain residents in Singapore for t e purpose of military training may no actual legal terms be a Bill for providing or the compulsory military training of a e’• gible British men, Reuter’s Singapore co respondent
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  • 780 1224 V G. Ezocbiel io the Third Before M r p yi, shames was O»" rttb !jfo 0 r r disobejin« the lawful order ii!O a'f d, r ffi io uniform engaged m ‘JS ffi. ™> “T* 7tor h BaXl S prosecuted and Mr. B SnUe defended
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  • 350 1224 Previously acknowledged §1,***** COLIECTED BY MRS RO M KINDERSLEY. Mrs F B Gough (3 months) 600 Mrs Diummoud Hay (3 months) 3.60 Mrs RU M Kindorsley (3 mouth,) < .00 Mrs E M S.hwabe (3 months) 15.00 Collected 1 y Mrs Ritchie, Geddng Estate,
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  • 1082 1224  -  (I,Y Tcm Wright.) Paui Bourget has two strong interests for me, a maj >r and a minor, quite peculiar to himself He once made Mark Twain lose hib temper, and this is a teat like that of writing the Loid s Prayer on a threepennybit and as a
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  • 182 1225 The f Lowing is the p-ogramme of the Gymnastic Di-plav to ba held at the Tek Soon Theatrical Hall, in aid of the Canton Flood Rolief Fund, to-night by the members of the Anglo-Chinese -School Union, the Penang Health Culture Leigua and the 11 u Yew Seah
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  • 1312 1225 data, we shall ba aiding tuem. ra iit which is curs as well as theirs. Times. Civil or Military Responsibility. Looking over again the very interesting discussion which Uok place in the House of Commons recently, it has struck us that a good deal of the Singapore
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  • 1251 1226 hare never been among those who W hr sedulously to foster the imt perhaps but mistaken we Winced that the educated lud.au safely eliminated trom the scheme a'thout m auy way interfering he smooth working of the machinery *f Government m Ind.». And our conv.c--0 confirmed
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  • 513 1226 .—M.T. Mr. Oliver Marks, Secretary to Resident, Perak, returned to Taiping to-day. Mr. W. Peacock, Protector of Chinese, has come to Penang on inspection duty. Inspector Riley, from Kuala Kangsar, is now in charge of Lower Perak District. Mr. A E. G. Coveney has been appointed Chief
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  • 1191 1227 s— Ex. In a Singapore contemporary the Nippon Yu eu Kaisti-i’s advertisement states that .1 service h maintained between Yokohama via ports to Marseilles, London and Antwerp” It that is true, then our Japanese Allies must be “trading with the enemy with a vengeance. In a note appended
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  • 446 1227 Alleged Ganwßobr»»» Before Mr. EE. Colman l Court this morning five Chin Lan Ah Kan L.n' Ah’cfe*? Yip Peng and Goh Lip, ar M a cLar g e of committing robbery on a hinese worn*/ iQ Chuan Lane Ou the J 0 Inspector McLernon the hearing to
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  • 92 1227 Billiard Tournament. The following were the results of the ties played off on Saturday and Sunday Championship. A. A Jeremiah beat S A Nicholw (200-151)-Single Handicap. R A Monteiro beat M Theseira (250—190) P P Aeria beat A W Browne (250- 218) K Magness beat P M Langa
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  • 1322 1228 (Riuters Service) Copyright Telegram. FURTHER DETAILS. tradition of the SLA. London, August 20, 8.35 pm. Tha magnificent bravery of the crew of JXS is another glorious record in fbedr fl 1C thQ sea That such an tbo b in< number should have been saved '“miouto was little Bhr
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  • 496 1229 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyn hi Telegram. WHOLESALE CHANGES. Paris, August 21. The Chamber of Deputes has leassembled aud debated the estimates for new Dud rSecretaries for War. M. Millerand, Minister of War, replying to criticisms of the Medical service, admitted that it was incomplete at the beginning of
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  • 474 1229 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. NOVO GEORGIEVdK, Berlin Account. Amsterdam, August 20, 8 5 p.m. A German communique states that Novo Georgievsk fell after a stubborn resistance. It was the enemy’s last bulwaik in Poland. Au enormous stock of war material was captured. The Kaiser went to Novo
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  • 911 1229 eutcr s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Artillery Duel, I a p Pdrl8 a W2I. The enemy in Artois, after a i artillery action aul three counter ak/k Thursday night, succeeded footing iu the trenches which we on Wednesday on tbe Ablaut •AngrJrS He suffered appreciable loss. Act.vu mine
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  • 31 1230 Sabrul Jamil T Points from q ’n 011 isaturda y, secured two the To/ 1 riQlu the First Division sibrun M ere che Puteb. «“>n»l Jamil, 8 Sri Penang, 0.
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  • 266 1230 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. DECLARATION OF WAR. London, August 22, 12.25 a.m. Italy has declared war against Turkey. Italy’s Reasons. For Declaration of War, London, August 22. The importance of Italy’s break with the Turks, measured by the probable influence on the Balkan situation, is this. It
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  • 224 1230 The Ipoh correspondent of the Malav Mail writes: fhe drop in tin prices a week ago caused some anxiety here. There is no wish to meet a $6O mxrket again, for, with the exception of one or two water power concerns, no mine here can work
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  • 139 1230 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram IN THE GULF OF RIGA. Petrograd, August 21 uaval’battla continues. Loudon—Later. Fleets uX‘ prated by Berlin communique admits that th German torpedo boats were sunk but claims that two Rn OO mineB one torpedo boat were gU boats aud Serious German Losses. Petrograd, August
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  • 48 1230 AUJ 'I? By glance $32,1 15.8« J. R. Brown, August subscription 25.00 St George’s Ball for Home Relief Fund on, y 800.00 Balance, Aug 21 ...32 940.88 Remitted to London <£lo.ooo on 24 215 85.618 73 Totil subhcrip ion to-date ...$118,559.61
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  • 150 1230 Aug.l9 By Balance 831.20 21 Bridge wipning 1.00 W. O. Hastie 10.00 Balance, Aug. 21 892 20 Amount previously acknowledged 16,859.10 Total ...$17,751.30 By rec mt an end meats of the Courts Ordinance 19j7 provision is made for (a) All or any of the Judges of the
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  • 1173 1231 FROM DUTCH SOURCES. The tollowing special telegrams are from the Sumatra Post of Friday and Saturday last Holland and the W. r. The Soerabaya Hande>sblad states the Government of Netherlands India is keeping a close watch on those foreigners icsioent in the Colony regarding whom it has
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  • 630 1231 DISMISSAL FOR RESIQN IIfo WITHOUT leave N NG G rave Lebeuctiok or Durr The f 11. wiog circular dwn«o.i. by His Excellency the GoVXfe Secretary ot State for the Colonie,, hshed fur general luiurmation:— Downing Street, July 16, Sir, —I have the honour to inform that it
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  • 1162 1232 Controversy in Singapore. I.*» COtt^ va ri” i lt‘? d tbe g du t y C of‘aß Subie:t/of pure Europern descent Bntlsh Straiis Settlements, between the a es i “,‘iB,8d55.t B d55.tu re^ t r '*■•<• V 3 »<t C.vil Guard O.'diuauca oefoie tM XVy.' Al u Army, Navy,
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  • 24 1232 Billiard Tournament. Taa following was tha result of tha tie played eff jesterday Championship. A A Jeremiah beat P P Aorii (200-168).
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  • 525 1232 To the Editor of the Times of Malaya. Sir, —1 should like to know how you'regard tne removal of all restrictions from the immigration of Chinese coolies. One is told that it is because of a shortage ot labour, but can this bj supported by tacts? We are
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    • 71 1232 You Going ca a Journey rhcei 8 Cholera and Diar m luS r uld b 3 p icked ia Ca *ogau?wAo/ aU BJ U Oa a j°uraoytend to nr i ui6 aa d temperature all Miciuj cin hawel trouble, and this train o r 8 IJo 81 °ured oa board
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    • 55 1232 Supplied by AU Chemists. Physicians prescribe Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Rimedy because it relieves cramps ia the stomach and intestinal paini quicker than auy preparation they can compound. It can be bought from auy chemist. A bottle will keep tor years, and no home is complete without it. For
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  • 344 1233 To TH® Editor of the Straits Echo. Sir, With reference to the letter of A Jaffneie” commented upon by you in the Echo .qI the 16th inst, please allow me to say a few words. My fellow-countryman claims for us an Exemption from the general
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  • 306 1233 -M. M. The time is appro ichuxg when the r .Mb. Budget for 1916 will be discussed and settled It is hoped that there will be no increased or additional taxation. Reasonable economy should ba the order of the day. Large outlay on Public Wor! s can stand
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  • 732 1233 rr .““‘""TOllble We were once guilty of the suggestion that if the Crown Colonies were as careful in their choice of men for posts in their Civil Service as is the Government of India, the general public of those Colonies would be better
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  • 351 1233 MIXED FOURSOMES. A Popular Victor, The following was the result of the ph, for the Mired Foursomes. The final Played and won by M-s Denny, u DAM Brown,, who beat Mrs Ebden and C C Rogers 2 up I RELIMINARY ROUND. •Mrs Samuel and Maclntyre (2) fat
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    • 72 1233 Teething Children. Teething children have m^ 0 or J e8 Living rtoea, which can ba control e 7 arr bcei Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and V Remedy, All that is necessary i of the prescribed dose after eic P 6 the bowels more than natura a aO d tor oil to
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  • 1601 1234 XT .hftM will the satisfaction at the victory in the Gulf of Riga complete and unalloyed than m which has watched and Kedher gallant Ally’s heroic struggle tabs East with unstinted admiration and to the full the priceless services S Russia has rendered to the
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  • 44 1234 Aug.2l By Balance $32,940.88 23 Contributed by Mrs Tan Choo Lian through District t flficer, Dindings... 5 00 Balance, Aug 23 32,945 88 Remitted to London £lO,OOO on 24-2 15 85,618 73 Total subscription to-date ...$118,564 61
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  • 101 1234 Aug.2l By Balance 892 20 24 H. W. Thomson, 9th contribution 10.00 Mrs. Tan Choo Lian through District Officer, Dindings 5 00 Balance, Aug. 23 907.20 Amount previously acknowledged 16,159.10 Total ...$17,766 30 His Excellency the Governor of Ceylon has commuted the sentence of death passed by
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  • 580 1235 The friends of Mr. Lee Soon Nji, of the Perak Revenue Audit Office, Taiping, wil be interested to learn of his marriage which is to take place at Taiping on the 19th September, 1915. The report that Mr. Treub, the Minister for Finance, had been designated Mr.
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  • 1092 1235 It is very rare for a British officer to receive the Order of St. George, with which the Tsar has decorated Commander Max Horton, who commanded the submarine which sank the German cruiser Pommern in the Baltic. One of the few other Englishmen who wear the Order is
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    • 67 1235 Are You Going on a Journey T Chamberlain's Colic, Choler your rhoei Remedy should be p j ourn eyhand luggage when going “'tore all Change of water, diet, and F this tend to produce bowel board the medicine cannot be 80CUr gave much train or steamship. H ni barfl it
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  • 1202 1236 (Reuter’s Senice.) Copyright Telegram. Treat Russian victory. BRITISH SUBMARINE'S FEAT Petrograd, August 23. eDemy Petrograd—Later. hasiezing the Admiralty to CW rt« latent news of the blow inflicted ‘‘“thsGermans which is of such gravity “Ll. the enemy ti revise the plan be "ee“ bis land and sea
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  • 373 1236 Smugiliag a Letter iato Priaoa. Before Mr. V. G. Ezcchiel in the Third Court this morning a Chinaman, named Wong Man Sin, wh) is undergoing three months* rigorous imprisonment for criminal breach of trust as a carrier, was charged with conveying a letter into the criminal prison.
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  • 415 1237 (Renter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. CHANCELLOR COUNSELS PEACE. STORY OF A SECRET SITTING. Amsterdam, August 23. The Telegraaf learns from Gen iva that Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, the Imperial Chancellor, convoked a secret sitting of the Ministers, leading politicians and publicists prior to the sitting of the Reichstag The Finance
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  • 411 1237 (Reuter’s Senice.) Copyright Tel.cr.rn. “WILFUL MURDER.” SCANDINAVIAN INDIGNATION. Copenhagen, August 22, 3-55 p.m. The Danes who witnessed the attack on the submarine El 3 say that the crew showed unexampled bravery. man was very calm and regarded the German shooting with contempt. They refused to leave the submarine.
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  • 136 1237 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright TBlßgrtn. NAVAL GUNS ASHORE TURKISH COMMUNIQUE. London, August 23,7.15 am A Turkish communique .how, that U. fighting is m progress on the seen. fresh British landing in Gallipoli It tions the landing of naval gun, A» i 21. after which the enemy (Briti.h) 4 S
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  • 244 1237 A meeting ha® been arranged for Saturday, the 18th September, by this Club, to which mon are invited. It will bs a handicap shoot at 200 and 150 yards ranges with *3lO rifles. Two prizes are off red—lit ind 2nd—-for the two best aggregate scores with
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  • 1265 1238 decisive changes which the about m the mental habit ",‘7 Polish people is that it has given tb E “X attitude towards their present Before the war many Englishmen fi'oftbe struggles between some seck anf the Russian peopie and the GoXt Which have burst into sporadic time
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  • 612 1238 Dr. T. Hill Jamip-00, of Penang, has been elected a member of the Royal College of Surgeons. Mr, and Mrs. G. U. Farrant returned to Singapore from home by the P. and 0. mail steamer Sardinia. Many in Malaya will be very pleased to bear that news
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  • 1219 1239 When M. Venizelos assumed the Premiership in August, 1912, he was Prime Minister, Minister of War and Minister for Foreign Affairs. Now General Danglis is at the head of the Greek War Ministry, while M. Venizflos retains the portfolio of Foreign Affairs, a combi >ation which should prove
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  • 1026 1239 (Reuter s Service,) Copyright T.l. grwa THE LATEST LIST. London, August 23 The Victoria Cross has been onnL, the following U «erred on Captain J. F. Butler, o f the r Rifles, attached to the Gold Coast Eegiment’ for very conspicuous bravery j n T' Cameroon* onNovember
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  • 422 1240 (Reuter’s Senice.) Copyright Telegram. ZEEBRUGGE BOMBARDED. ARTILLERY SILENCED. London, August 23, 10 p.m. A telegram from Amsterdam reports that a German communique says Early to-day an enemy fleet of some forty vessels appeared off Zeebrugge, but it disappeared to the north-westward after it had been attacked
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  • 518 1240 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. RUMANIA THREATENED. WAR S IRIT IN GREECE, London, August 23, 8 50 p.m. A telegram from S fn states that it is feared at Bukharest that Germany is about to send an ultimatum to Rumania on the question of the transit of munitions for
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  • 534 1241 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. holt liner sunk. CAPTAIN KILLED ON THE BRIDGE. London, August 23. The Holt liner Diomed. of 4 600 tons has been sunk. The crew lauded to diy The captain was killed on the bridge and several of the crew were injured London— Later.
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  • 600 1241 FROM DUTCH SOURCES. The following special cables are from the -Sumatra Post of Monday, the 23rd inst. Peace Talk. Vatican circles are convinced that the Pope will tako the initiative in bringing forward peace proposals and that, now that all the neutral countries have abstained from intervention,
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  • 214 1241 Hng Ah Yang was this morning charged before Mr. R. Scott, District Judge the theft, of a hairpin at a house 8 of ill fame in Cintra Street. The accused claimed trial and Court Inspector Nicol prosecuted. The complainant stated that the accused came to the house on the
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  • 177 1241 Aug. 23 By Balance $32,945 88 24 G. Smith Steinmetz, August subscription Home Fund 20.00 Balance, Aug 24 32,965.88 Remitted to London eC 10,000 on 24 2 15 85.618/3 Total Gub-cripiion to-date ...$118,***** Clinton Flood. Toa U nang Chinese ~~Chamber of Commerce has
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  • 347 1242 VERDICT AT INQUEST. Our Own Correspond**;) Singapore, August 25. At the inquest into the circumstances .tending the death ot the two victims who °precipitated forty feet down mto tho X’» Dock by the snapping of the gangS B on August 19, the Coroners jury Itnmed a verdict
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  • 48 1242 (From Our Own Correspondent,) Singapore, August 25. °F the Automobile Club shows inc^ ember8 hipon March 31 was 110, against 98 last year. H>Z r n OP iL Bal9 will be made at the meeting to tion 9 h 0 eidr<iuce Fee and annual subscrip-
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  • 92 1242 f»t Th rXt erm u t L° ned priMB wore realised 4 C ob7 ln d by MesarB Allen Dennys He week 810 y M »rfay and during Sheet 3124 to «129 N ’-2 BmokS%A #125 No. 2 u 8 h “t »117 M »119 C T
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  • 435 1242 India and the Straits. To the Editor or the Free Press, Sir, —With reference to your footnote to Secretary’s letter in your issue of this morning, the matter of the relative cost of living in the three principal cities of India and in Singapore is one I
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  • 972 1242 CAUTIOUS POLICY NEEDED No Shortage or Labour. The Ipoh Coir spndent of the Malay Mail writes -Although I would not say that there is anything like a feeling of pessimism, it is fairly generally held here that the Chinese immigration policy must be pursued very cautiously. Speaking in
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    • 56 1242 Supplied by All Chemists. Physicians prescribe Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy because it relieves cramps in the stomach and intestinal pains quicker than any preparation th?y can compound. It can be bought from any chemist. A bottle will keep for years, and no home is complete without it. For
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  • 242 1243 Frightful Street Scenes. Towards eleven o’clock last night (says the Malay Mail of Monday) a Chinese, armed with two large clasp knives, appears to have been taken with a sudden desire to kill all and sundry people he met. He commenced work in Petal mg
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  • 311 1243 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, August 24. Medan is gay with bunting to-day in honour of the newly-promoted Governor of the East Coast of Sumatra, Mr. van der Plas, our late Resident, who has returned from Java. The Governor does not intend to hold a reception, but
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  • 208 1243 From early spring until July is the tine that St. Vitus’ dance usually develops and nervous children should be carefully watched during that time for symptoms of the disease. Iri liability is one of the first signs noted. Thu child frets, is quarrelsome, cannot be amused and does
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  • 470 1243 The Revenue of the F M a i (the Malay Mail points out) Jeir 37 million dollars, but about 7 u er than the previous year important to remember is that, in war, the 1914 Revenue v M more P millions in excess of that collected
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    • 45 1243 Sick Tc-day, Well To-morrow. If you feel du'l and stupid, are bilious and constipated, take a dose of Chamberlain’s Tablets before going to bed. They are iust what you need, and you will be all rig® to morrow. For sale by all Dispenlariw and Dealers.
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    • 86 1243 Teething ChildrenTeething children have or rlcea. which can be control e 2- b(B4 Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and D an Remedy, All that is necessary re W B q{ the prescribed dose after each P* nCM the bowels more than natura an tor oil to cleanse the system. J aD g
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