The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 18 November 1915

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  • 5 1650 THE STRAITS ECHO MALL EDITION
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  • 1778 1650 Prussia is in a measure solving the problem of what we are to do with Germany after the war by the casualty lists she is piling up. Taking it that one in five of the Prussian casualties is a death, the 2,099,454 losses now recorded for that State
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  • 536 1651 The funeral of the lite Mrs. Ng Pak San will take place on Sundav morning. Mr. H. W. Oxenham is going on satisfactorily after his recent operation w Mr. Brindley, of Johore, has obtained a commission and has been sent to the Mediterranean. The Right Rev. C. J. Ferguson-Davie,
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  • 946 1651 Men at the front in France are still pretty confident of the war being over in the comparatively near future. One we know of has just bet his sister in Penang a pair of gloves to a pipe that next January will see the the end of actual
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  • 198 1651 (From Our Own Correspondent) x Singapore, November 11. At the Singapore Rubber Auction 287 tons of rubber were offered for sale and 247 tons wore s >ld at the following prices: Smoked sheets $137 to $143 per picul fair $136 plain $l3O $lBB Unsmoked plain $125 $l3O
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  • 424 1652 (Reuter Service) Copyright Telegram. VIOLENT GERMAN BOMBARDMENT. London, November 9, 4.30 p m. A Paris communique states that a reciprocal fusillade took place at Loos, while further south patrol-fighting took place to our advantage. Violent German bombardments took place in Champagne and also at Beuvraignes. French Successes.
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  • 463 1652 (Reuter’s Service.) dooyright Telegram. BULGARIAN LOSSES. Paris, November 9. The Serbian Legation in Paris announces that the Bulgarian losses at Kralievo were 80,000. Italian Participation. Paris, November 9. According to a telegram from Rome it is semi-officiallay stated that the Bulgarians, by threatening Albania in order to reach
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  • 484 1652 (Reuter’s Senice.) Capyright Tai-gram. FURTHER SUCCESSES. P trograd, N ivember 10. A Petrogra J c >maiUu<que states that the Russians scored further successes along the whole front and occupied the Kemmern district in Courland, capturing much material which the fleeing Germans abandoned. The Russians stormed villages near
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  • 462 1653 (Reuter Service.) Copyright Telegram BY AUSTRIAN SUBMARINE. HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE. Ferryville, Tunis, November, 10. At one o’clock on Monday afternoon the Ancona, bound for New York, wa* sunk off Cap Carbonara by a large submarine flying the Austrian flag. The submarine fired a hundred shots at
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  • 991 1653 (Reuter Service.) Copyright Telegram. TRIBUTE TO LORD KITCHENER BY MR. A. J. BALFOUR. London, November 9. At the Guildhall Bmquet, Mr. A. J. Balfour, amid ringing cheer*, paid a tribute to Lord Kitchener’s genius for raising armies. He emphasised that the calculations of the Central Powers had never
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  • 301 1653 (From Our Own Correspondent.') Singapore, November IL Messrs. Fraser and Co’s weekly report states that rubber shares show su advances all round The markedgradually widening and there room for substantial profits on but it is a matter of that are not allowed to sell sterling s Stock
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  • 177 1654 Nov. 8 By Balance 51,900.66 10 The employees of Caledonia Estate for October: Mr L V Lowe 17.86 Mr L F Smith 15.00 fv rW B Wilson 50.00 Mr W M Miller 28.57 MrJMKydd 21.43 Mr A Forsyth 13 39 Mr G H Sargant 11 61 Mr
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  • 179 1654 (From Our Own Correspondent Singapore November 11. The celebrations in honour of the Coro nation of the Emperor of Japan were very successful. In the afternoon Mr. Minoru Fnjii, the Japanese Consul received his nationals, and the Japanese cruiser in the harbour fired a salute. Subsequently the
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  • 182 1654 Province Company. Yesterday the Malay Volunteers of Province Wellesley, having, after a patient time of waiting, received the long-expected official authorization, executed their fiist official Recruit Dull in front of the Darul Mohibah Club,” beside Butterworth Jetty. Seigeant S A.M. Noor, the military organizer of the movement, took
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  • 57 1654 Nov. 9 By Balance ..,$41,166,11 10 W. B Wilson of Caledonia Estate, October Subscription 50,00 Hon. A. E. Adams monthly subscription 100.00 Eastern Smelting Ltd. Employees Datoh Kramat Works, Oct. subscription 173.65 10 h Balance, 41,489.76 Remitted to London .£lO,OOO on 24-2 15...
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  • 501 1654 -S.FP< FROM DUTCH SOURCES. The following npeciil telegrams are from the Sumatra Post of Monday, November 8 Holland and the War. The steamer Dotteres (?j on her arrival at Rotterdam from Loadou reported that she was attacked near the North Hanger by two seaplanes with bombs and
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  • 777 1655 Tailor Charged and Acquitted. B-foie Mr V. G. Ezecbiel in the Third yesteiday afternoon Abdul Hamid, a tailor employed by Messrs. I’ritchard Co Ltd., was charged with being in possession of tivo packets of bhang. The accused, who claimed trial, was represented by Mr. C. D. D
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  • 500 1655 Old Offender Charged Before Mr. R. dcott in the District Court this morning a Malay, named Mohamed bin Kassim, was cuarged with thett of two pdecat sarongs, valued at $3.20. at Tye Sin street on October 30 The complainant Pakiri Pillay, a Government pensioner, stated that at
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  • 462 1655 ARRIVALS AND DEPARTim™ Payment of Recruiting A Meeting of the r. di L LoWai,c lB. Committee was held at Penan 100 November. There were Con’roller of Labour (Mr J R The Principal ModJ L Su.som), the Hou’ble -m V?! Young au .j Mr W. Duncan t u,L
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  • 674 1656 Directors’ Report. The following is the report of the directors of Fulau Bulang Ru .ber and Produce Co, Ltd., a summary of which our Singapore correspondent wired yesterday. Y' ur Directors submit herewith a duly audited Statement of the Accounts of the Company for the year ended
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  • 249 1656 Record Seizure at Singapore, Mr. J. Bryne, Acting Head of Preventive Service, with the assistance of Supervisors J. Listerman, C. V. Ganno, G. Nunn and F. J. Elms, and about 30 Revenue officers, ooarded the s.s. Cyclops, a Blue Funnel ship, as sne came alongside section 8 on
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  • 158 1656 Penang Women’s Work. Amount previously acknowledged $705 20 Mrs. Me Hutchinson Taiping 10.00 Mrs Walker-Reid 10 00 The Rev. A. B. Champion 200 Mrs. Magill 1-00 Mrs. Jacques 100 Mr E. B. Williams 1 00 Mrs. A. B. Voules (3rd Donation) 8.80 Mrs. Trengrove (3rd 5,00
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  • 625 1656 Much interest attaches to the official statement published in our columns regarding the flotation of the Fourth Year Domestic Lorn, from which it is apparent that a sum of nearly two millions dollars was subscribe 1 above the twenty four millions dollars, the amount required. The rusuit must
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  • 2192 1657 Fire Brigade Men Charged. Iq the District Court before Mr. R Scott yesterday afternoon two members of the Fire Brigade, nam d Loke Chew Kee and Lim Eng Beng alias Dolßh, were charged with theft of certain articles of jewellery from premises No. 112, Magazine Road,
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  • 550 1658 PROPER IRONY OF THE DAILY NEWS.” ‘The Captains. Depart.’ “By general desire,” began the war correspondent in the Russo-Japanese war, but the Japanese Censor was too quick for him. You are mistaken,” he said! there is no general of that name.” The story has usually been regarded as
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  • 681 1658 One way and another it would seem rather as if the position of the Allies in the Balkans bad undergone a considerable change for the better. Unofficial statements as to the number of French and British troops that have up to the present been landed at Salonika must
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  • 502 1658 Besides the British community in Sumatra, many Dutchmen have been shucked to see how long certain English rubber companies, while the Empire is engaged in a life aud-dealh struggle with Germany, have allowed their estates in Netherlands India tu remain in the charge and under tne
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  • 602 1659 We are glad to say that the condition of Mr. H. W. Oxenham is continuously improving. 6 Mr. R D Mehta, C. I E., who was on a visit to Penang returned to India yesterday by the ss. ara. J Mr. Justice L. M. Woodward, Senior Puisne Judge, leaves
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  • 1261 1659 Reuter, often abused but none of the less indispensable, has been treating us quite handsomely in the matter of news lately. Occasionally we get items in the cables of little interest locally or from the point of view of “worldpolitics.” But that is became the Malayan papers, in
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  • 476 1660 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. BRITISH LINE ADVANCING. MORE FAVOURABLE outlook. Salonika, November 10, The British line, which has been considerably reinforced, is pushing north, thus greatly facilitating the operations of the french whose flank movement tends to relieve the pressure on the Serbians in the Babuna Pass. Important
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  • 441 1660 (Reuter’s Senice.) Copyright Telegram. ANOTHER RUSSIAN VICTORY. 2,000 PRISONERS CAPTURED, London, November 11. 1 50 a.m. A Petrograd communique states that there is a lull in the fighting in the Courland and Dvinsk regions, but on the southern front there was desperate fighting. North of Yoiki the
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  • 431 1660 (Reuter Service) Copyright Telegram. FRENCH MAIL BOAT SUNK. Romp, November 11. A German submarine on Sunday torpedoed and sank the French mtil boat France The crew were saved and have landed at Cazliari. The France was a 4,000 ton Marseilles steamer which was returning from Salonika where
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  • 1021 1661 (Reuter Service.) Copyright Telegram. SURVIVORS AT BIZIRTA. Paris, November 11. One hundred and sixty-one survivors from the Ancona have arrived at B zerta, in Tunis, and have been admitted to hospital. The Aacoaa's" Assailant.* London, November 10. The Italian newspapers are convinced that the assailant of the Ancona
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  • 408 1661 (Reuter Service.) Copyright Telegram OUTRAGE AT SHANGHAI military governor ki Uib Shanghai, November 11 Admiral Tseng Ju Cheng, tha itary Governor, who was motor-car to the Jan mes/ P 8m a attend the coronation assissinated by two antifired eignteen shots from Who The AdanrrU-a SecretaryJ wounded. 8,8
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  • 802 1662 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. IMPORTANT statement BY THE PREMIER. London, November 10. Mr. H. H, Asquith, in explaining the constitution of the War Council to the House of Commons, said that M. Briand and he hoped that before long British and French Ministers would sit in a common
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  • 216 1662 From Dutch Sources. The following special telegrams are from the Sumatra Pos and Deli Courant of Tuesday and Wednesday, November 9 and 10: la The West. The Germans are preparing a new offensive in Alsace and Lorraine. The French are taking energetic counter-measures. The Eastern Theatre. Near
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  • 1048 1662 A Letter to the Members. We gladly publish the following letter from Mrs. Ferguson Divie. It was written to the Hon. Secretary of the Singapore C. W. A-, who has forwarded it to Mrs. Dennys, Hon. Secretary of the Penang C. W. AFrom Mrs. Ferguson Davie,
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  • 260 1663 Preliminary Enquiry. The Preliminary Enquiry into the case against Yap Boon Ki, charged with cheating Mr Quah Beng Kee and forgery by forging the signature of Mr. A. Van Tooren for the purpose of cheating, was commenced this morning io the Second Court before Mr. E.
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  • 1935 1663 A truce to “Metropolitics”. I have reason I d n’t want to seem a coxcomb, (a contemptible male thing th it fancies itself) but I'he Bex in Lend' n was too come-omsh”, ano after giving an imitation of the horse in the pasture who sees with one eye
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  • 950 1664 —S.F P. ORDINARY MEETING, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12th Present. H.E. the Governor (Sir Arthur Young, K.C M G.) the General Officer Commanding the Troops (Brig Gen. D. Ridout, c.M g.) The lion. Col. Sec. (R. J. Wilkinson, c.M g.) Attorney-General (G A. Goodman.) Col. Treasurer (A. M. Pountney.) Col.
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  • 35 1664 Nov.lo By Balance ...$41,489.76 11 F. C. Ebbels, November subscription 25 00 11 Balance, 41,514.76 Remitted to London £lO,OOO on 24-2 15... 85,618.73 Total subscriptions to date ...$127,133.49
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  • 104 1664 Nov 10 By Balance $2,196.23 11 F. C. Ebbels, monthly subscription 15 00 11 Balance $2,211.28 Amount previously acknowledged 18,558.21 Total ...$20,769.44 The Sumatra. Po»' publishes the fret that an old assistant of the (Jaited Langkat Estates, on Sumatra’s East Coast, has been granted tin distinguished service
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  • 1346 1665 The item of most interest to the European community of the Federated Malay States on the agenda for next week’s meeting of the Federal Council is, of course, the Reserve Force and Civil Guard Bill, which is intended M to provide for the registration of certain residents
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  • 146 1665 -T ‘'Heines, A bill is to be introduced in the To tive Council to amend the Life A L^leU Companies, Ordinance 1914 amendments contained in this hili chief following(a) All th. securities deposited with th o a 0,8 General and p*aid to th depo 6 n U
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  • 498 1665 Trengganu, November 8. Our new British agent, Mr. Humphreys arrived this morning by the Malacca and was met at the Government jetty by Mr. Maxwell, and some of tne principal residents. Mr. Humphreys was accorded a hearty welcome to his new sphere of action. Kemaman, November 7.
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  • 16 1666 Qawthorne— On 14th November at Greenhill, Penang, the wife of Jos. Gawthorne, &lt;f a daughter.
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  • 1253 1666 Among the Straits papers which have since the war broke out demanded the dismissal of all Germans employed on Bii ish estates none has been more conspicuous than the Straits Times. Its editorial and coriespoudence columns have during the past year contained many scathing
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  • 593 1666 iu hue mi —ST. Iho d it a is announc d in England of Mrs. Glyr. B.rlow, wife of the editor of the Madras Times We are glad to learn that Mr. H.W. Ox nham is making excellent progress towards recovery. Towkay Tan Kim Bee, of Kuala Kubu, has,
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  • 1286 1667 The attitude of the Vatican to the war is the theme of two articles in the Nineteenth Century Canon Moyes justifies the silence of the Pope upon the atrocities of the war by the rather strange p’ei that the facts are outside the cognisance of his Holiness, while
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  • 1936 1667 (Reuter s Service.) Copyright Telegram. FIGHTI &gt;■«« wiping th 6 Kralievo-Kragujevatz -Patrovat e portant Serbian forces coming f!?’ Mitrovitza have leached the Kan, 10 11 defile and occupied the to which the ay Btatl °n wuicu tne Bulgarians en route from Uskub to PrfS The operations extending on
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  • 466 1669 (Reuter Service) Copyright Telegram. RUSSIAN SUCCESSES. Petrograd, November 11. The Russian operations to the west and south-west of Riga are developing very successfully. Russian warships in the Gulf of Riga shelled the German reservists scattering them like sheep.” Many Prisoners Taken. Petrograd, November 11 Later. The official
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  • 515 1669 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. THE TSAR AT THE FRONT. A Visit to Riga. London, November 14. 7.15 a.m A telegram from Petrograd reports that the Tsar and the Tsarevitch arrived at Reval last Wednesday. They visited the naval fortress, reviewed the garrison and boarded a transport
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  • 497 1669 (Reuter s Service,) Copyright Telegram. A PECULI AR POSITION t n tt London, November II In the House of Commons in i U queehou by Sir J o m R “«Pljto, Member for Nottingham, Sir said that the warning to th o ernment, that if it
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  • 459 1670 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram Successful Mme Fighting. London, November 12, 5 p m. A Paris communique reports reciprocal bombardment in the sectors of Loos and posse de Cxloune. The French artillery silenced the enemy batteries in the region of Bus and Artois. Successful mine fighting took place
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  • 992 1670 (Rerer’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. END OF THE “SOUTHLAND." A Tale of Heroism. London, November 13. A splendid story is told of the sinking of e transport Southland. When the torpedo struck the ship the vessel reeled. The order was given to aband m ship There was never
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  • 545 1671 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. London, November 12. Mr, Winston Churchill, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, has resigned. The Reason. London November 13. Mr. Winston Churchill’s letter of resignation to Mr. Asquith shows tivat he resigned owing to his non inclusion in the War Council of the Cabinet.
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  • 325 1671 (Reuter Service.) Copyright Telegram. FURTHER PROGRESS. London, November 12, 2 40 a m. Ihe Rome communique says An attack by the enemy in theCampele Valley, supported by numerous guns which had been hauled to adjacent peaks, was repulsed “We continued our vigorous pressure against the mountainous ridge
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  • 205 1671 A Feast of M usic. Mu sic lovers in Peuing and the theatregoing public generally will learn with great pleasure that the members of the Italian Grand Opera Company, which has won such high encomiums in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, have arrived in Penang and will
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  • 505 1671 from dutch sources Holland and the War. Dutch soldiers took po SBes nn captive-balloon which came a f 4 Biggeskerke. Cam 9 d &lt;&gt;wn at Shares in Netherlands Indian n are to benefit by special roa.w c m P a nieB to ths new Du4?:x o n
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  • 898 1672 uiu apiu —T.O.M.' a recent meeting of the Kapar Planters Association the Secretary reported that he had received a pamphlet from India entitled the Anti German League,” and suggested that a similar league should be formed in the F.M.S. We do not have the slightest idea
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  • 395 1672 To the Editor of the Malaya Tribune. Sir, —May I be permitted space for a few lines on the subject of your leader of the 3rd inst. As an old planter out here, I feel sure that sugar days are done and gone for in this country. Work and
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  • 658 1672 Woon OOKKR A very pr-ttv iittle welding was solemnizud on wondav. th-» 15 h N &gt;v*mber, by the Rev F W, II nn-&gt;«. B A Colonial Chaplon, Penang, the contracting parties being Mr. R O Wood, Manager of Henrietta Estate, Lunas, Kedah, and Miss Dorothy Mary
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  • 691 1673 The Monarchical Movement—Curious Election" Methods—Muzzling the Press—Arrests on Suspicion—A Chinese Airman— Paddy Crop Failure—Unemployed as Brifands. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Canton, November 12. Canton is in favour of a constitutional monarchy and electing Yuan Shih Kai to be first ruler under the new regime at any rate,
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  • 554 1673 i I Funeral Ceremony. The funeral of the late Mrs Ng Pak San I took place on Sunday morning when her I remains were removed from her residence in I Penang Street to the family burial ground I at Mount Erskine. There was a large
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  • 480 1673 is lor so —B. T. I Previously acknowledged I Collected by r. *1979.75 Miss de Morns,, f Velge. Sept. 50 cents; A Friend”? Mr cents; Mrs Charter, Sept SI d 50 Collected bt Mbs. R C M. K Im D Mrs Drummond Hav Sent
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    • 53 1673 A Favorite Rub Dowa. The golfer, the foot bill round athlete know the value o lain’s Pain Balm. It is just the thing rub down after a hard game. All disappears like a^*c than by ings are cured m one-third less p ig&gt; apy other treatment. lor Ba e 7
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  • 32 1674 Wood-Hooker—On the 15th Nov., 1915, at St. George’s Church, Penang, Reginald 0. Wood, Manager of Henrietta Estate, Kedah, to Dorothy Mary, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hooker of Sanderstead, Croydon, Surrey.
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  • 1184 1674 Writing from Loudon in mail week, a correspondent who goes about the country a good deal has some interesting remarks on the recruiting problem. The contrast between the conditions in the large towns and those prevailing in the rural districts is, he says, very striking. In
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  • 574 1674 Mr. J. Lonie, of Messrs. Boustead A Co., returned from leave by the mail yesterday. Mr. G. McCall, of Sitiawan, has been in Penang to meet Mrs. McCall, who came out by the mail yesterday. A brother-in law of Mr. R R. Turner, of Penang, was injured in the
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  • 1002 1675 Letters from England received by the mail yesterday tell graphic tales of the last Zeppelin raid on London and the Eastern Counties. The feeling in favour of reprisals seems to be very strong though it is generally acknowledged that, as the submarine campaign has proved, we are hopelessly
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  • 142 1675 ntenced to T. O. M. “Il Trovatore”, which was first produced at Rome in 1853, shares with Rigoletto” and “La Traviata” the distinction of being the most popular of Verdi’s operas. The treatment Loth of voice and of orchestra is masterly, while in imaginative power and musical beauty
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  • 772 1675 (Reuter Service.) Copyright Telegram. REVIEW OF FRENCH operations. BULGARIANS THROWN BACK London, November 14. The review of the recent French open tions in Serbia continues as follows The Bulgarians opened the operation, b, attacking in considerable force but wa? unable to withstand the tornado of th! French artillery
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  • 413 1676 (Reuter’s Senice.) Copyright Telegram. ENEMY ATTEMPTS FRUSTRATED. London, November 15, 2 50 a m. A Petrograd communique states that the German attempt to resume the offensive in the Ixhull region has been repulsed. Fierce fighting continues near Tchartovysk. Our fire frustrated the enemy attempts to advance in
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  • 396 1676 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. GERMAN SURPRISE ATTACK. London, November 15, 2.5 a.m. A Paris communique states that in Artois the Germans launched a surprise attack on the Labyrinth penetrating one of our first line trenches, from which they were immediately ej *cted. The enemy left all their
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  • 31 1676 Obituary. Lord Seafield. London, November 15. The death has taken place of Lord Seafield from wounds received in action. Mr, Booker Washington. The noted Negro educationalist, Mr. Booker Washington, is dead.
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  • 385 1677 (Reuter’s Senice.) Copyright Telegram. POPULA E REASSURED. Petrograd, November 15. A Teheran telegram, dated the 12th inst, states that the decision of the Shah to remain at Teheran has reassured the populace. Clergy’s Restraint. The Mussulman clergy are showing great reserve in their Moharram sermons. x Russia’s
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  • 608 1677 Thejt at Railway Station. A Chinaman named Song Eow Lim was thia morning arraigned before Mr. V. G. Ezechiel in the Third Court, charged with theft of 50 cents at the Railway Station, the property ot oneCheah Eok Guan. The complainant, a shop keeper living at 142,
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  • 98 1677 Ou.- Own Ip°b» November 1r A letter has been received f Sub- Lieutenant Nicholl by Mr *7“ o i?ht Mr Nicholl states that he Malaya No. 3, presented by Mr^ 01 Baker wxth Which he has been under nuous fire from the Germans for ho r lha
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  • 47 1677 Nov. 11 By Balance $***** 7« 12 Contribution by Parit Buntar Chinese S cho 100.00 Municipal Staff, 13th instalment ***** Penang Band, 11th instalment 1890 12 Balance 42,022.87 Remitted to London &lt;£lo,ooo on 24-2-15... 85,618.73 Total subscriptions to date ...$127,641,60
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  • 240 1677 Nov. 11 By Balance $2,211.23 12 The Parit Buntar Chinese School 100.00 12 Balance $2,311.23 Amount previously acknowledged 18,558.21 Total ...$20,869.44 Our Singapore correspondent wires that Jenkins, lately Third Engineer of the 8.8. Krian, pleaded guilty to theft from a cabin of a cash box containing scrip
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  • 1201 1678 The decision of Mr. Donaidson, the Kuala Lumpur magistrate in the Cibo of Tne State vs Murugasu on the 4th instant, referred to in ihe Straits Times uL Saturday, disposes of a point ot great importance! to the puoiic. 1 he facts ut the case
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  • 578 1678 The Hon. Mr. A. R Adams is in Ipoh on business. Mr. W. M. Millington is appointed to act as district officer, Lipis. Members of the Hu Yew S«ah will soon bo losing the sei vices of Mr. Yeap Khean Hoon, for many years night cla-s teacher at that
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  • 1225 1679 Perhaps when we got the full report of the Federal Council proceedings we shall learn why no piyment on behalf of the Malaya is included in the Budget. Meantime, it is highly gratifying to note that amid all the alarums and excursions of war-time the important matter of
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  • 365 1679 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. FRENCH ADVANCE Bvls.rU. Attack Re M ed r ?arl8 Number IS but wore reputsad OUS. Closer Connection Established. Pans, N ovember 16 Au intermittent cannonade took place on Novembur 13 m th. d.euict of the direction of Kiivolak. 0 1U h A Jt" 0
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  • 420 1680 (Reuter Service.) Copyright Telegram. RUSSIAN CAPTURES. The Total for the Past Moath. Petrograd, November 16 A Petrograd communique states that the Russians during the past month captured 49 874 Austrian and German prisoners, twenty-one guns, and 118 machine-guns. The Russians continue the pressure on the Riga front
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  • 2123 1680 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. POWERFUL SPEECH IN THE COMMONS. A SUMMARY. London, November 15. Tne House of Commons was crowded when Mr. Winston Churchill made a powerful speech explaining his resignation He said that his letter to the Premier gave fully and truthfully the reasons for his resignation.
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  • 470 1681 FROM DUTCH SOURcf. The following 6pecUl BCtS from the Sumatra P 0 We November 15: r 0 Monday, British Coal Output. It is reported from London th,, n. put of coal for the year no tn th h&lt;&gt;&lt; November was produced up to November in War Profits
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  • 1089 1682 BUDGET SPEECH. 1916 ESTIMATES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, November 16. At the opening of the Federal Council mention was made in the introductory speech of the projected formation of a Malay Volunteer Corps. Council w&lt; u'd, be asked to sanction a vote of $50,066 for
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  • 626 1682 It is a far cry from Covent Garden to Penang and a season of Italian Opera, unprecedented we think in distant pre-war days, is a notable event in our musical histiry. It is much to be regretted that Signor Cirpi’s really excellent Company should have been
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  • 95 1683 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Dear Mr, Ib v to inform you of the receipt of the following further contributions to the Serbian Relief Fund Previously acknowledged ...$3,859 83 The Hon’ble Mr. M icfadyen, Kuala Lumpur 100 00 Mr. E W Hodgeland, Taiping *2u.00 Mr.
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  • 313 1683 Nov. 12 By Balance $2,311.23 16 The European Employees of the Malakoff Rubber Co. Ltd. and the Malakoff Plantations Co. Ltd. monthly subscription 110.00 Amount collected at Grand Hotel, Ipoh 15 00 16 Balance $2,436.23 Amount previously acknowledged 18,558.21 ToAl ...$20,994,44 The opening of the new Methodist
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  • 198 1683 Under the auspices of the Penang Ladies’ Rifb Club another shod, in which all Volunteers and Veteran Co. are invited to take part, will be held on lhe range at Kampong Bharu on Saturday, the 27th inst at 330 p m The ranges shot at wdl
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  • 369 1683 The following are the outputs from the following companies for the first half of November: Kamunting Tin Dredging Ltd. I'icuis 450 Hours run 312 Chenderiang Tin Dredging Ltd. Dredging Piculs 300 Hours run 305 Hydraulic Elevators. Piculs 50 Total output (Chenderiang) 350 pels. The terms of sections 21
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    • 371 1683 Muscular Backache. The muscles of do th* t work of the body. When they he "J worked or ill-nourished they scha.A O’wwho are looking for trouble begin to about their kidneys. g t 0 Worr y Backache may be due to lumbago k is rheumatism of the muscles o f
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