Straits Echo, 4 July 1916

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    38 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVEN1S, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES ANO THE FAR EASY GENERALI 4 Vl I uj£~ cj VOL. 14. $24 Per-Annua. PENANG, TUESDAY, 4th JULY, 1916. C*»f, II «all. No. 184.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      1077 1 AI Two second-hand two-seater MOTOR CARS for Sale. MORRIS OXFORD AND SWIFT. In good running order, complete with accessories. Intending purchasers can have a trial run and full particulars obtained from The Georgetown Motor Garage 7 A Penang Road. Tel. Address: Hokimteik, Penang. ’Phone No. 694. Mortor Car Importers and
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    Affairs In China.
    2111 2 Ik Thk M «lti.no Pot. It almost looks as if the whole constitu tion were!* oing to be thrown again into the melting pot. It is quite certain that nobodv knows where he stands constitutionally. The only certain fact is that Li Yuanis for the time being
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      97 2 JEFFREYS v V i\ MiO^TTLSRTr/ WttSHr i -o tkur ixOTA H SOLE AGENTS: ADAMSCN, CILFiLLAN GO., LTO. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) PENANC, SINCAPORE MALACCA. COMING! COMINGTT COMINGTTT WOLF MOTOR CYCLES MODEL 1916 SINGLE CYLINDER, Free engine clutch; three speeds; Kick-Starter. Model “C M 2!. H.P. Fitted with J.A.P. Engine. Model D
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      89 2 CtambtfUin's Pain Balm. A touch of rheumatism, or a twinge of neuralgia, whatever the trouble is, Cham* birlaiu’e Pain Balm drives away the pain at once and cures the complaint quickly. First application give* relief Woen a bottle of it is kept iu the house the pain of burns and
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      430 2 A Clear Head a hearty appetite, sound sleep and good digestion are sure to follow an occasional dose of siiiX the tiny laxatives. Gentle as nature. Do not gripe O' all chemists, 50 cents per phial, or post free from the Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co., Dept. 1«, Singapore. Another Miracle.
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    Training Notes.
    388 3 There «u a fair attendance at tbt Race Course this n orniog to watch the training of the local candidates for the forthcoming summer meeting The going was a bit heavy owing to the ram. Tne outer track of the course proper was used. The first to be
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    Eastern Produce Exchange.
    100 3 At the Eastern Produco Exchange Rubber auction yesterday the following prices were obtained Diamond Smoked Sheet from $ll2 to 114 D amond Smoked No. 2 68 96 Diamond Unsmoked Sheet 96 102 Plain Unsmoked Sheet 96 102 Pale Crt pe 116 Scrap Crepe 70 83 Bark C
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    Caledonia Golf Club
    94 3 Gold Medal. The above competition was held on Saturday and Sunday last. Eight members entered, being those who had won one or more Monthly Medals during the Club year 3otb June. 1916 The proved to be Mr, J. E. Scolt Brown with a nett score of 78
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    The Penang Star and Garter Building Fund.
    52 3 June By Balance $2,532 51 Mrs. Lim Cheng Teik 100 00 D. C. Macintyie 100.00 Haji Osman 5.00 Syed Salleh Alsagoff 5.00 H J. V. Sinclair... 8 57 G. S. Evans 15.00 Khaw Joo Cboe 25 00 Gray 25 00 June 30 By
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    Tin Outputs.
    63 3 The output f r June of the KatooDeebook No. 2 Dredge was 570 piculs represent irg 61,361 cubic yards treated and 579 hours’ work. The output of The Rahman Tin Co., Ctd-, during the month of June was 786 pikul». (pis. 426.24 Mill, pis 359.57 Tributes.) The output
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    June Rubber Crops
    25 3 The Kuala Sidim 19.096 lb, Perak River Valiev 10,078 lb, Juru 12,525 lb, Kong Lee (Perak) 700 lb. and Semanggol 7,352 lb-
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    P.C.C Bowls Tournament.
    38 3 The following are the ties to be played on Thursday the 6tb inst: Double Handicap. F. N. Syer r W. K. Sharpe. C*pt. W. Brown w H.E. HuIsod. Championship. H. Btarr v W. B. Housten.
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    Shipping News.
    522 3 The N.Y.K. liner Hitachi Maru is due at Singapore from Europe on the Bth instant. The s.s. Toesta which is due here tomorrow from Negapntam and Madras bound for Singapore has 210 tons of general cargo to discharge The P. A O extra steamer Somali is ex pected
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    Mail Notice.
    341 3 To DAY Ds Ko?k, for D> li and Lings», noon. Cornelia, for Port Swettenham, Malacca and Port Dickson, 12.30 p.m Jin Ho, for Asahan, 2 p.m. Mary Austin for Asahau, 2 p.m. Hel nus, for Port Swettenham, Singapore and Japan, 2.30 p.m. Trang, for Trang, 3.30 p.m. Hebe,
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      969 3 Methylated Spirits. (QUALITY GUARANTEED). Retail Price: 35 cents per quan bottle. $7 per tin of 4 gallons. OBTAINABLE AT CHEAHKEE ee&co., 66, CHINA STkLLl, PENANG, The Eastern United Assurance Corporation Ltd. Head Offioe: 8INOAPORE. Tbe undorsignod has b**m appointed Agent for the above Corporation, and is now prepared to accept
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      398 3 Sweet C/iestnuj! 7b Sacco Because of its delicate aroma and sweetnessof flavour Sweet Chestnut Tobacco assures that pleasing contentment. THE CRITERION OF QUALITY. 4 Ail V A ir m ft To-night! To-night I! The Electric Polyscope Co., Lyceum Theatre, Argyll Road. Present Pathes Gold Rooster Play. (For Three Nights Only,)
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    95 4 hHhbi dally (except Sundays and poblit hoiidaya) AT THI OBITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street Penang. Fbicb. Daily Local M $24 per annum. Outstation... Postage Extra. Unil Edition (Poet Free) $17.50 OABLB ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 N.B.— All business communication* should
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    TAXATION AND PROPERTY.
    738 4 It i 6 ttated, apparently oa good authority, fbat a number of Penang property-owners ntenl raising the rents paid by tbeir tintnts in (he event of the income-tax proposals of the unofficial members of Council being carried into (ffc 1 So that the unhappy householder w:ll pay
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    THE SOUTHERN FRONT.
    1475 4 We are most of us Westerners to-Jay in the sense that we expect the decisive blow to the enemy to come from the Western front. That was not always so, for at the beginning of the war we looked to Russia to crush her way relentlessly to
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    Homeward Mail Steamer.
    32 4 The s.«. Nyanza, is expected to arrive here at daylight on Sunday, the 9th iDstant, and to sail for Colombo and Europe at about 5 p.m. the 6ame day,
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    M. A. P.
    950 4 Capt. J. P. Swettenham ia appointed to command B” Company, M.S.V.R. Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Harrison, who have been spending some weeks up the Crag, returned to-day to Somerset Estate, Teluk Anson. Second Lieutenant B. W. B. Powell, of the Penang Volunteers, whose promotion was gazetted
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      135 4 TRADE ENEMY MOW ON SALF, Sufuk(sA THE BRITISH SUBSTITUTE FOR GERMAN ODOL. F rice 85 cents per bottle, THE GEORGE TOWN DISPENSARY, LTD., Penang, Taiping and Ipoh, ANDREW USHER Co.'s Vu RESERVE E Sandifands, Buttery Co.,, Soli A gin's for P£NAN!G Os’ ;LR*-K 3saaEB^ f fi^ t M x i
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    THE GREAT OFFENSIVE.
    1547 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. SIX THOUSAND CAPTURED. Besides Gums tid Materiel. Paris, July 3 A communique reports:—The fighting was continued in our favour all day north of the Sotnine and in the region of Hardecourt and Cuilu. We captured a fortified quarry east of Curlu. We gained
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    Ayer Hitam Rubber.
    124 5 AtftUtl Gcitral Meeting. (From Oust Oxen Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, July 4 At a meeting of the shareholders of tie Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate at Klaug Mr. Sauder, who presided, announced a final dividend of 24% making 54 a with the dividends already declaied. Messrs. Sander and Cumming
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    A LOAFER IN INDIA.
    1081 5 I Dear 8ir, 11 Tou may like to hear a little more about life in Kashmir. The last month or so we I have spent in camp on the banks of I various trout streams. Unfortunately, so far as the weather was concerned, the season has
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    ALLEGED ILLEGAL GRATIFICATION.
    867 5 REVENUE OFFICER CHARGED. In the Third Court before Mr. V. G. Ezechiel this morning Lan Ah Fan, Revenue Officer No 18 was charged with receiving an illegal gratification of 20 cents as a public servant The accused claimed trial and Court Inspector Nicol prosecuted. Seenivasagen, a shop
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    Outside.
    69 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages:— Page. 2. Affairs iu China. 3 —Training Notes. Eastern Produce Exchange. Caledonia Golf Club. The Penan? Btar and Garter Building Fund. Tin Outputs. June Rubber Crops. P. C. C. Bowls Tournament. Shipping News. 6. —The Flagship Talks. The IncomeTax.
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    INCOME-TAX.
    599 5 i [To the Editor or the Straitt Echo I Sir, I suppose •'Citixan” in jour issue of Saturday is only one of thcss cheap critics who behind a shield of amnymity sit and snfter at those who try to do, but I will giro him a chance of coming
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    Local Wedding.
    111 5 HAMMOND—STEPHEN. A quiet wedding was solemnised at St. George’s Church yesterday afternoon by the Rev. Mr. Greenbow, the contracting parties being Mr. John Htmmond, of Messrs. Guthrie A Co, son of tho late Mr. Albert Hulme Hammond, and Miss Constance Ida Stephen, daughter of the late Mr, Juhn
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    London Rubber Market.
    27 5 (From Our Own Corretpondent,) London, July 3. The prices in the London Rubber Market to-day were as follow Pale Crepe 2/3* Diamond Smoked 2/3
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    Tin and Rubber.
    63 5 To-day's QioUtien. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at 182.50, buyers no sellers, in Singapore (refined) at 983.62£, business done (100 tons sold) and in London at £‘l72 10«. spot and £173 three months’ sight, Messrs. Boustead iC>. inform us that the following is the quotation for
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    988 5 Youtk will W Served. Quite the youngest general in any Army f List must be Major-General Barry of tba l cited States, whose age is giren by a contemporary as It».' A Forlorn Hope. Sir Roger’' Casement’s appeal can only be in the nature of a very forlorn
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    The Income Tax.
    1219 6 Bmo4*om» Ortmon. We fe*l sure that nearly every one. whofe I opinion ii worth anything, it in favour of I tat suggested income-tax for the proposed contribution to the Imperial war chest. It it not necessary to say anything, therefore. I on the reasons that have led
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    The Week’s Events.
    527 6 Tuesday, July 4, Town Baud, Golf Club. 6 pm. IVnang Volunteers —Bittalion Drill, Race Ceun-e, 5.15 p.in. Recruit Drill, Chinese Company, Fort Cornwallis, 5.30 p.m. Chamber of Commerce, Committee Meeting, 2 30 p m. Chamber of Commerce. Winsou Company, Drury LsneTbeatre Hall, 9 p.m Straits Cinema, Penang
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    Military Matters.
    1019 6 London. May 27. j It is gratifying to find that the Timet I and other papers have taken up thia week I the suggestion of a badge for those who have served in the trenches The argument ia the same which has been urged in theee notea —that
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    “The Wooden Part of it.”
    1077 6 Br David Tlckham. There is a certain island where, according |to an old anecdote, justice was in the past [dispensed bj judges of varying nftionalties On one occasion an Englishman appeared as a witness in a case which was being tried before a German judge.’whoae
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    The Flagship Talks.
    1116 6 Oo board our battleship if a small group of officers on the upper bridge, which is onlv ten feet or so bro;id and extends across the entire breadth of the ship, ported on strong steel pillars high above other and from fifty to silty fee* above the
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    P. L. R. C.
    741 6 Thg following was the result of the shoot for the McGregor Challenge Cup. Rapid Firing. -S S» a ►> o o ’<s 5 •So k o -*2 Q<M p* •Miss Matbieu 25 24 29 78 •Mrs. Liston 28 19 28 75 •Mr*. V Thomas 23 23
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      49 6 Row«l IB Children. During the summer months mothers should watch (or auy unnatural looseness of the child’s bowels. When given prompt attention at this tune serious trouble may be avoided, Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea tieinedy can always be depen* ded upon. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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      49 6 people are often afflicted with that distressing ailment, windy spasm», they seem to cut like a knife. Sufferers should get a bottle of W00K’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE. The very firat dose will bring relief and prore its value. Sold bv Dispensaries and Stores everywhere at 80 cents per bottle.
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      40 6 Something Dependable Diarrhoea is always more or «less prevalent during this weather. Be prepared or it. Ghamberlaiu’s Colic, Cholera and L> arrhoea R-medy is prompt and effect»*]. It can always be depended upon. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers
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    Mexican and American.
    1272 7 Like,cat and dog it the right phrase for the feelin t between Mexicans and Americans. I heir dislike is at once national and personal and it is hard to saj in which shape it shows more bitterness. Nationally the Mexicans hate the Americans because the latter, being
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    The Jutland Battle.
    426 7 Admirable Action of the “Warspite.” A story is told of a splendid piece of action on the pait of the Warspite in an attempt to save the IVarrtor When Admiral Jellicoe observed that the IVarrtor had been so badly damaged that she could no loDger fire her
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      53 7 Safe. Sore. Always Cores Do not suffer from cramp colic or pain in the stomach when Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and DiarAioea Remedy goes to the right spot and gives immediate relief. You cannot afford to be without it if you are subject to attacks of this kind. For sale by
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      1615 8 P. O—B. I. AND APCAB LINK Mail (Inookpokatbo in England.) d Pi PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. MAIL 8EEYICE. Hoacvard (for Evrote.) Outward (for Ckina and Japan X Proofed* direct to Marseilles A London •from London direct. INTERMEDIATE DIRECT SERVICE. Homeward for Europe. Outward (for Ckina and Japan.) s.s. Somali Aug.
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