Straits Echo, 14 July 1916

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  • 36 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES ANO THE FAR EAST GENERALI VOL. 14. $24 Per Annan PENANG, FRIDAY, 14th JULY, 1916. Silt It Coy, II cents. No. 108.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1070 1 ..;£*AID 1 HlSdna 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*. Penang Road. 4 BANKS. >— JUST UNPACKED Tel. Address: Hokimtcik, Panang. ’Phone
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    • 10 1 Lfi'S MILK roßinwuiTsain** 3 «ica ismtier «bTs 3 59 •art*
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  • 1273 2 (From aw Irith Correspondent) i In spite of the restraint necessarily exercised by the Press, the weeks that pass sinoe the outbreak in I eland bring with them some instruction. We probably understand better than ever before the aims and ideas of a number, perhaps all,
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  • 755 2 Tmi RmcaifOH Of Thu Admibalty. So far as the "live” side of naval operations is concerned, the authorities are far more recticent now than they were in the early months of the war. After the Heligoland fight of August 28, 1914, the newspapers were flooded with letters written
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  • 223 2 Nerves are fibres running from the brain to all parts of the body, like the wires of a telephone exchange. Some of them give ns the sense of touch and feeling; others convey messages to the brain and the will to our muscles and enable us
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    • 58 2 BUm Type Not Nternary Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy needs no gl&riug h< adline to attract the public t ye. Tho simple statement that all chemists sell it >a sufficient, aa every family knowa ita value. It has been used for forty years and ia just what its name
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    • 348 2 MUNICIPAL NOTICE ALL persons claiming refund of assessment in respect of dwelling houses vacant for any portions of the half-year ending 30th June, 1916, are hereby reminded that such claim must be sent in to the Commissioners on or before the 31st day of July, 1916. Forms of petition may
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    • 42 2 LIQUID FUEL Diesel and Semi-Diesel Engines, Smelting Furnaces, Boilers, etc. KEROSENE FOR KEROSENE OIL ENGINES. SOLAR OIL. LARCF STOCKS ALWAYS on HAND. For particular, and prices, apply direct to THE ASIATIC PETROLEUM CO., (S.S.) LTD.. (Incorporated in England.) 0 WELD QUAY, PENANG.
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  • 1477 3 j Fubthbr Pbocbkdinos. 1 The hearing wa9 resumed yesterday afternooa before Mr. V. G. Ezechiel in the Third Court of the Case in which Incbe Jan binti Md. Abdul Cader summoned her hus- and, Wanchee Ariffiu bin Mohamed Ariff s claiming maintenance from him as his Jaw- 1
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  • 157 3 I From Dutch Sources. The following telegrams appeared in Sumatra Post of Wednesday, July 12 HOLLAND AND THE WAR- The Freedom of the Seas. The Germans have torpedoed without cause a Schevening trawler and have taken the crew prisoners. Army Medieal Reforms. A special committee has been
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  • 368 3 The following was the result of the tie played off yesterday Teams of Four. VV. Hamilton, A.. Lindley, R N. Gjoiwin and Terzano. beat Fitzgerald, W. Houston. J. Dick and E. R Henderson 21—13 A petition is being prepired in the Fiji Islands for submission to the
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    • 829 3 WANTED, An EXPERIENCED CLERK with knowledge of printing preferred. Sultry according to qualifications. Apply to BOX; 5. c/o Straitt Echo. WANTED AT ONCE. a CHINESE ASS1S I’ANT in a V Mercantile House in Kuala Lumpur. Knowledge of Bookkeeping and one with previous experience of Wholesale business preferred Apply X. T.
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    • 395 3 Messrs. LAMBERT S BUTLER, ±5+ PACKED v O /M D A |IN IB-.il' "■‘r;::: VERY 0} FOUR I f> r ll -V' At* HIGHW OUNCE CLASS IHn* t? AIRTO SMOKING Wl Re TIGHT -I/ f MIXTURE tJS.7 n TINS H I M y LAfl OBTAINABLE AT ALL THE LEADING STORES
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  • 95 4 MbM daOj (except Sunday* and public holiday*) at nn CRITERION PRESS, Lm. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Fuoi. Daily Local $24 per annum. Outetation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Port Free) $17.50 otßLn addxsi*: ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Not. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 K.M.—AH bgiliw communication» should bs sdiissasd
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  • 1366 4 During the past week we have been so closely occupied with the Aoglo-French offensive in the West —which really does appear from Mr. Asquith’s remarks on munitions to be the beginning of the real thing —and the income-tax. proposals in the Straits that we have perhaps
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  • 929 4 Captain Cochin, the eldest Bon n o^ o French Minister of State, M. Denys Cochin, was killed during the battle of the Somme, j Mr V G. Ezechiel leaves for the Dmd- *7 ’this evening by the s.s. Fangkor to X the there 7 He will return
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  • 1036 4 A War Peaee.” Those pacifists who judge by somethin, deeper than words will concur with Profs#, sor Patrick Geddes in his crisp estimate of our present circumstances, Peace i# bette than war when it is a real peace, But the state of things that prevailed up till two
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 200 4 HUTTON’S 41 PINEAPPLE Mil MS. SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE Co., Ltd.. Singapore Kuala Lumpur Ipoh, Penang Telegrams :Storag€. Telephone No. 602« The In Peace Most Popular Drink in the East. In War MAS WON THE GPAND PPIZE AT the: Anglc-Jiip^n EihibitioD, 1910 ASAHI LAGER BEER, SAPPORO BLACK BEER& CITRON WATER The
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  • 669 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. BRITISH OPERATIONS. Cost of Night Attack. London, July 12, 11.30 p.tn. General Haig reports that the day has been marked by sharp local fighting in certain areas. We recaptured Mametz Wood and all the ground lost last night. We now hold the whole
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  • 709 5 (Reuter’s Service). Copyright Telegram. Mr. Redmond's It4i|utioi. London, July 12, Mr. John Redmond, in a manifesto issued in reply to Lord Lansdowne’s speech yesterday. says that he regards the speech as a gross insult to Irelaud. It amounts to a declaration of war on the Irish people and I
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  • 201 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Paris, July 13, 1.10 a.m. A Paris communique states that the German attack on Fort Souville was made after fierce artillery preparation. The infantry, at ten in the morning, debouched from Fleury village, Vaui, and Chapitre Wood notwithstanding the violence of massed assaults made
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  • 600 5 [To the Editor of the Straits Echo.'] Sir, Syntax” in his letter of yesterday raises some very interesting points regarding the suggestions in your leading article of the 12th inst., and it seems to me no mattes what forms of taxation are eventually decided upon, a lot
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  • 1144 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. Fierec Fightiag Coatiauca. Petrograd, July 12, 10 p.m. A communique reports that fierce fighting J continues on the Stokhod. The enemy’s attempts to re-cross the river again have been defeated, The Caucasus. Further Russia» Progress. Petrograd, July 13. The Russians are progressing appreciably west
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  • 94 5 C From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, July 12. The Rubber Auctions are unfinished Standard crepe fetched $129, Sheet reached $126, Medium and lower grade crepes show advances of about $lO. The prices fluctuated. Singapore, July 14. At the Singapore Rubber Auction 395,253 lb. of rubber were sold
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  • 45 5 (From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, July 14. Messrs. Fraser Co’s weekly report states that the feature of the week was the advance of Straits Trading Company shares. Local rubber shares returned to the levels of a fortnight back. Mining shares stand still.
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  • 27 5 (From Our Own Correspondent,) London, July 13. The prices in the London Rubber Market to-day were as follow Pale Crepe 2/3f Diamond Smoked 2/3\
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  • 85 5 To-day's Qootatioas. Tiu (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $81.90, business done, in Singapore (refined) at $82.50. buyers no sellers, and in London at £l7O ss. spot and £l7O 15?. three months’ sight. The rainfall for the twenty-four hours ended 9 a.m to-day was 0.3 inch as registered by
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  • 462 5 (Reuter's Service) Copyright Telegram. Threat bb to Food. London, July 13. Lord Robert Cecil, in the House of Commons, said that Germany denied that she did I not recognise her obligations to feed the prisoners in the Ruhleken camp, and threatened to prohibit parcels and reduon the
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  • 47 5 N«»r Ttiping. (From Our Own Correspondent,) Ipob, July 13. It is reported that coal has been discovered at Enggor, oi the ma n railway line between Ipoh and Taiping. Nothing definite has boen reported yet but the Govornmeit geologist is understood to be investiga<iag.
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  • 68 5 The following articles will be fennl on our outside pages Page. 2. The Mood of Ireland. N»val Notes. 3. Maintenance Case. P. C. C. Bowls Tou r namet. Late War Items. 6 i Pr ce Uninterned Enemies. The Weeks Event-. Shipp,ng News. 2L he Income Tat. B(dgb n Ch
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  • 830 6 The s.s. Benton Maru which ia doe here to-morrow from Singapore has 250 tona of cargo to discharge. The a.a, City of FteiMia will call at thia port to load for London. e The a.a* Rotorua and the s.a. Kodak brought 1,831 and 2,B<f baga of tin ore
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  • 302 6 Lama iron air Anzac. Corporal H D. M’Kenzie, formerly a solicitor in Sydney» writes to his mother. Mrs A D. M’Kenxie. of Globe Point:— We are billeted in Pranoe in a big barn belonging to a farm-house. Food is plentiful and good, and cheap compared with prices
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  • 558 6 London, Jnne 30. Mr. Herbert Samuel stated in the House of Commons that there were 22,000 unin- terned enemies here After excluding 10,000 women, 4,000 unredeemed Italians, Czechs, Poles, Armenians and other nationalities, forcibly held under enemy lu’e, and 1,500 aged over seventy, the remainder had all been
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  • 241 6 [To thb Editor or thi Straits Echo Sir, I enclose a copy of the accounts in connection with foods raised for Belgian children by the efforts of the School children of Penang, who either by acting or by buying tickets, took part in the Concert. The total
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  • 47 6 July 11 By Balance $5580 53 13 Collected by Miss Macdonald 15.00 Collected by Miss Gilroy:— Mrs. Gilroy 15.00 M Owen 500 L. G. B 2 00 M. L. 2 00 D R. 1.00 Miss J. A Brown 5,00 $5625 53
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  • 494 6 The following prices, were realised at the sale of various grades of rubber at Eastern Produce Exchange auction yesterday Diamond Smoked Sheet from $lO9 to $ll7 Plain Smoked Sheet $lO5 Diamond Unsmoked Sheet $lO5 to $lO7 Plain Unsmoked Sheet $lOl to $lO6 Scrap Crepe from 76 to
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  • 696 6 Friday, July 14 Town Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m. Penang Volunteers—Battalion Drill, Esplanade 5.30 p.m. Recruit a mil, Maxim, Fort Cornwallis, 530 p.m. Ambulance Co. Drill, Fort Cornwallis, 5.30 p.m. Ministering Children's League Meeting, Frej Bchool, 4-30 p.m. Penang Race Entries close, 5 p m. Cadet Drill, (A.
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  • 1467 6 In the course of a leading article on the income tax the Singapore Free Prett says:— What the (Government and the public have therefore to consider, amongst other points, are those (1) Is the inpome tax the best form of tax to gather in what is intended to
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  • 461 6 To- DAT. Penoa for Deli and Asahan, 10 a.m. Oolobaria, for Singapore, 10 30 a.m. Mary Austin for Trang, 1 30 p.m. Perli9 for Trang, Tongkah and Pang Nga, 1.30 p.m. Alma, fort Swettenham and Teluk Anson, 2.30 p.m. Hebe, for Bagan Datoh and Teluk Anson, 3.30 p
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 70 6 Ctn You Afford the Risk Were you ever se r*l with a severe attack of cramp, colic cr diarrhoea without a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in the house? Don’t take such risks. A dose or two will cure you before a doctor could possibly be called,
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    • 54 6 Cramp Colic. No neod of suffering from cramps in the stomach, or intestinal pains. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy never fails to relieve the most severe cases. Get it to day, there will be no time to send for it after the attack oomes mu For sale by all
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    • 41 6 Cavses and Cure for Diarrhoea. Overeating, a change in the temperature, unripe fruit, and impure water, are some of th“ e*u3oq of diarrhoea. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cures these bowel disturbances promptly. For sale by all Diepeusaries and Dealers,
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  • 1055 7 The illness of Mr. Runciman is unfortunate in that it necessitates the selection of another representative in his place to attend the Paris Conference. Who that will be it is not announced at the time of writing, but the suggestion that it might be Mr. Harcourt
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  • 909 7 Joseph Conrad- By Hugh Walpole. Niabet la. net. Of all the acute things that Mr. Walpole his aaid in his brief, atimulating book, the beat is that Mr. Conrad has brought back into the English novel the zest of creation, of which his paasion for romance is but
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  • 166 7 When you have that obstinate, lingering cough which will not be shaken off. There is no cough at any stage, whether old or young, but what needs attention. A cough soon wrecks a strong constitution, soon makes one helpless, in fact a cough is a very
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    • 94 7 Pon t Neglect Your Family. When yon fail to provide your family with a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy at this season of the year, you are neglecting them, as bowel com* plaint is sure to be prevalent, and it is too dangerous a malady to be
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    • 526 7 NOTICE. LABOUR CODE, 1912, F.M.S. “Indian Immigration Fund Ordinance, 1911.” Employers of Indian labour are hereby reminded that assessment returns for the preceding quarter must be sent to the Oflioe of the Deputy Controller of Labour, Penang, during the months of April, July, October and January. Forms for the return
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