Straits Echo, 18 July 1916

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVEN1S, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST G8NERALL VOL. 14. $24 Per Annua, PENANG, TUESDAY, 18th JULY, 1916. Si&lie Coy, 10 cents. No. 166.
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      1179 1 fCr NH4&S*AI]] a a Up nature 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. Tel. Address: Hokimteik, Penang. ’Phone No. 694.
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    The Fabian Society.
    1969 2 That an association be formed whose ultimate aim shall bo the reconstruction of Society in accordance with the highest moral possibilities.” This, it appears, was th» resolution that gave birth to the Fabian Society. The original stimulus had been given by Thomas Davidson, the wandering scholar,” an
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      617 2 The Afltcieat Torturers i eould have dev led nothin? more cruel tlan the frightful twinging pa ns of Sciatica. Modern M< dio .ne can devise nothing mori effective than i Little's Oriental Balm wherewith to combat this terrifying affliction. It does its work and deei it well All pain immediate’/
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      47 2 A Clear Head a hearty appetite, sound sleep and good digestion are sure to follow an occasional dose of PINKErm the tiny laxatives. Gentle as nature. Do not gripe all chemists, 50 cents per phial, cr post free from the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Dept, lc, Singapore.
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      123 2 f X* f. ;*> r > if r t*i fl) t\V .•V v 4 > V iM M t *.f < 4 V V* v ",Va- O S r f U I 'i »4LARGE REDUCTION IN PRICES. SEE (916 PRICE LIST. SOLE AGENTS: 3 ADAMSON, GILFILLAN Go., Ltd., (INCORPORATED IN
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    EXCHANGE.
    126 3 Pbwano, July 18. (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) 'I London, Demand Bank 2/4’ h 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 11/16 3 Credit 2/4 7/8 3 Documentary 2/4 7/8 Calcutta, Demand Bank Ru. 174J 3 days’ sight Private 176£ Bombay, Demand Bank 174» Moulmein, Demand Bank 173* m 3
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    The Assizes.
    1541 3 1 The fourth session of tbe Assiz is opened Iyesterday in the First Divisional Court be- I tore Mr. Justice L. P. Eoden. There were altogether seven cases for trial, one being (for murder, which has bean fixed for next I Thursday. Withdrawn. The first case called was
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    Mail Notice.
    106 3 To-day. Ban Lee, for Langsa, 11 a.m. Be Eo:k, for Deli and Largsa, l p.»n, Agamemnon, for Port Svettenbam and Sing pjre, 1.30 p.m. Omapne, for Tongkah, Kopab, Renong, Victoria Point, Mergui Tavoy and Monltrein, 2.3 J p.m. Hong M(h, for Singapore and China. 3.30 p.m. Ilebi j,
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    Eastern Produce Exchange.
    111 3 At the Rubber Auction yesterday the following prices were obtained Diamond Smoked Sheet from $lO3 to $l2O Diamond Unsmoked Sheet $lOl to $lOB Plain Unsmoked Sheet $lOl to $1( 7 Smoked Scrap Sheet 77 Scrap Crepe from 62 to 91 Brown Crepa s9lto 97 Blanket Scrap Crepe
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    Tin Outputs.
    61 3 The output of Kam pong Kamuntiog Tin Dredging, Ltd., for the first two weeks, ended July 10 was No. 1 No. 2 Dredge. Dredte. Hours run Nil. 282 Cubic Yards treated 45,600 Total Piculs 291,24 Realised on site $14,471.72 Repairs to No. 1. Dredge are nearing completion aid
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    P.C.C. Bowls Tournament.
    91 3 Tne following ties have been fixed for Thursday the 20th icst. Single Handicap. W B Hoacton vt G M Ter zmo (2) R II Raid vt B E Mitchell (3) E R Henderson vs H M Cantrell (1) To-night’s nrw features at the Straits Cinema are M*n
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      863 3 "W ANTED A N EXPERIENCED CLERK with JjL knowledge of printing preferred. &ilatv according to qualification!. Apply to BOX 5, c'o Strait» Echo. TO LET. N\ 23, Wbld Quay, on 15th July, 1916. Good for office and godown. A pply to II ENG SANG Co., 20, Church Street. 334 TRANSLATION.
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      399 3 Messrs. LAMBERT 8 BUTLER, VERY O 'AI A m t HiGn- l* v Li J> v- x J N-• «>7. CLASS <sr** SMOKING gWv*-o*vi MIXTURE fS\\ m r l AS BiiTl OBTAINABLE AT PACKED IN FOUR OUNCE AIRTIGHT TINS ALL THE LEADING STORES IN PENANG. Enormo#s Supply cf Powerful Subjects!
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    98 4 MkM dft3j («xoept Susd*yi tad pvbii* Wtiday.) AT ID CRITERION PRESS, Lr». No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Pacos* Daily Local m* IW per aanum. h OwUUtion... Postage Extra. Mail Edftfoa (Port Free) 117.50 OASLI ADDRESS r ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Noe. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 jr.e.-AU Vailim eMiMualMtiosa
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    FALSE PREMISES.
    2192 4 Fignree, as the merest tyro knows, can be made to prove anything and there ia nothing particularly ingenious about the manner in which the Straits Times manipulates the statistics of the Cjlony’s resources and income in the article “Whit Can We Pay F” reproduced on page 6 of
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    998 4 Mudlark». If the rains continue the going for tho forthcoming meeting should bo on the soft side, in which case it would be good policy to make a note of the mudlarks.” That old racer Prince George was a horse of this type. Ho was at least a
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      81 4 CAPTURE TRADE ENEMY SERIES THE ORIGINAL BRITISH BRAND, < &alq^7te Beware of Inferior and Cheaper Imitations. Ask for the SUPERgBRAND. THE GEORGE TOWN DISPENSARY, LTD. TH 2 LEAD NG CHEMISTS. Penan Taiping and Ipoh. ANDREW USHER Co.s SPECIAL RESERVE ITJr Sandilands, Buttery Co., Sole Agents for PENANG PERAK. a EP»
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    THE GREAT MOVE.
    1563 5 (Reuter's Service). Copyright Telegram. BRITISH OPERATIONS. Germ»» Admission. London, July 16, 7.20 p.mA very significant announcement is made in the semi-official Cologne Gazette wten it say? that it is of little use publishing maps giving the lines of their position because they are so elastic, and repeatedly
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    FRENCH FRONT.
    827 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. RUSSIAN TROOPS. > Get Baptism of Fire. I Germans DumbfoundedParis, Joly 16,10 p ro. The Russian troops have received their baptism of fire on the Western Front, when they attacked the enemy’s trenches aod took prisoners, who were dumbfounded to be in the bands
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    RUSSIAN FRONT.
    1845 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. ENEMY FLEES. Guas Abaadoaed. Petrograd, July 17, 3.20 a.m. A communique says that southeast of Strumigki and west of Lutsk the enemy attacked in masses at many points and was driven back. The Russians crushad desperate resistance in the sectors of Oshoff anl Goubine,
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    ITALIAN FRONT.
    56 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. StTir* Hud-b-Hitd Figktiag. Rome, Jalj 17. A communique states that a heavy enemy attack in Uppt r Posina, supported by eoaceutrated artillery, was entirely reptaleed by a counter-attack after severe hand-to-hand fighting. Kitchener’s Memorial* As Proaisiag F«id. London, July 17. Over £18,000 have been
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    Sultan of Perak.
    42 5 Coroiiliot Celekratioaa. C From Our Oun Correspondent Ipoh, July 17. Elaborate preparations are being made for the coronation of the Saltan of Perak which is fixed for Saturday, September 9th. The festivities are expected to extend over several days.
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    The Income Tax.
    83 5 Singapore Opiaioa. j CFrom Oust Own Correspondent) Singapore, July 19. J Tha members of the E Ho Hean Club j have adopted a resolution to the effect that 1 an income-tax on a reasonable soale ii the j best form of taxation, failing which they suggest an
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    London Rubber Market.
    32 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) I London, Jnly 14. I The prices in the London Rubber Market to-day were as follow J Pale Crepe 2/3$ j Diamond Smoked 2/3 1
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    Tin and Rubber.
    77 5 j To-day's Quotations. I Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day 1 at $78.50., buyers no sellers, and in Singa- 1 pore (refined) at $79 75, business done (75 1 tons sold) and in London at £166 ss. spot 1 and j 6 1 67 5-». three months'
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    Death of Mr. Noel Walker.
    203 5 (From Our Own Correspondent I Kuala Lumpur, July 18. I I The death haß taken place of Mr. Nod I Walker, Deputy Public Prosecutor, F.M.8., I I after injuries received while riding on thi I race course this morning. I [Mr, Henry James Noel Walker
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    Outside.
    238 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages:— Page, 2, —The Fabian Society. 3, The Assies. Eastern Produet Exchange. P. C. C. Bowls Tournament. Tin Outputs. 6 —Small Holding». The Inoome-Tar. Electricity Supply Department.’ Penang Star and Garter Building Fund. Pe’giin Relief Fund. Wbat can we Pay?
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    Conference of Ministers.
    565 6 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. FiiAtcui tk« W»f. London, July 15. It ia officially reported that Mr. Reginald McKenna (Chancellor of the Exchcque*). together with the Finance Ministers of Ftenoe, Russia and Italy hare conferred in London in conjunction wich the AngloFrench Ministers of Mttnithn and the Chief
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    Penang Star and Garter Building Fund.
    57 6 July 14 By Balance $5,623.53 17 Misses Counter 4 00 Mr«. W. H. Thorne 10 00 J-ily 17 By Balance 15,639.53 Belgian Relief Fund. July 12 By BiUnce ...$1,054 56 17 Employees of United Engineers Ltd., monthly subscription 40 00 July 17 By Bilance
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    Electricity Supply Department.
    879 6 We give below thi annual report by Mr. O. V. Thomas of the Electricity Department for the year 1915 This Department completed its eleventh year on the 31st Decembe;, 1915, the Supply having been inaugurated in July, 1904. Maiwtbkancb. —The machinery and plant in the Generating and
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    The Income-Tax.
    979 6 Singapore Opini.n. It is quite true (says the Malaya Tribune) that some years ago the Govern- < ment under Sir John Anderson had to < withdraw the Income-Tax Bill, based on the 1 Indian pattern, on account of 1 hi deter min- I ed opposition of the public.
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    Chap Ji Ki Gambling.
    407 6 [To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, —Some years ago you were good enough to allow me to make use of the columns of your valuable piper to call the attention of the authorities to an evil which then played havoc arnoDg the nonhs of
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    Shipping News.
    213 6 The s 8. Men tor is due here on the 21st instant, to leal. The p.s. Ktt Sing is due here from Singapore on the 20.h instaDt, The Eilerman liner City of Vienna wa3 despatched <o-day for London via ti e C *pa of Good II pe. The
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    Goldenberg & Co. Sued.
    321 6 Goldenberg Co. Sued. In the Supreme Cou-t before Mr. Justice P. J. Sproule this morning the bearing was commenced cf tie suit instituted by Messrs. Btij lenstorn Co. against Messrs. M. Goldonborg Co. to recover tho sum of $14,865.80 from the defendants as acceptors of a bill of exchange for
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    What can we Pay?
    1174 6 Some opinions expressed in cur presence the ether day left us convinced (says the Straits limes) that there are still a good many people who do not realise the gigant.c war burden that is being borne by the United Kingdom without a murmur, and realise still
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    Small Holdings.
    900 6 Room for Improvement. Increased Prosperity. The Chief Agricultural Inspector makes the following genoral rcmirks on the inspection of small holdings during 1915 Throughout the year the supervision exercised over the Sub-Inspectors has been closer than it wa3 in the past and improved work has baeD done, A very
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      53 6 Cramp Colic. No need of suffering from cramps in the stomach, or intestiual p*ias. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Homed/ never fails to rolieve the most severe cases. Get it to da/, there will be no time to send for it after the attack comos on. For sale b/ alii
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      10 6 For Chiidran’i Hacking Covgh at Night. Wood»* Groat Poppormidt.Oorr, U-J}
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    The Princes of India.
    911 7 A writer in the Times Empire Day Supplement puts in a plea for the introduction into the Indian Government’s relations with the Ruling Princes of a logical element which is at present sadly lacking The broad principle that the position of the Ruling Princes rests on
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    The Command of the Air.
    912 7 f The debate in the House of Commons during the Mail week on the British, posib tion as regards aerial achievement and aerial t prospects was a very remarkable one and, 3 it will be strange if it does not radically 3 alter the popular
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      379 7 c o A G U L A T E X "Necmeiiy is the Mother of Invention n l j TRADE MARK CO AG U LATEX. "'A Boon and a Blessing 99 to Planters A MW discovery for Coagulating Rubber, Superior (o Acetic Acid. CKerper than nay recognised Coagulant. Guaranteed free
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      40 7 Causes and Core f?r Diarrhoea. Oreroating, a change in the temperature, unripe fruir, and impure water, are some of the causes of diarrhoea. Chamberlain's Colic, Cbo’era and Diarrhoea Remedy cures these bewel disturbances promptly, For sale by all Dispensaries andDaalere
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      215 7 The Eastern Produce Exchange 27, Back Street, it the corner of Beach Street and Church Street Ghaut. CAPITAL $120,000. Auctioneers and Brokers The Forty-ninth Auction Sale WILL BE HELD On Thursday, the 20th July, 1916. Sales or Purchases negotiated by Private Treaty or by Public Auction uniting Sellers and Purchasers
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      1688 8 P. O.—B. I.' AND APCAR LINE (Incorporated in England.) Mail and Passenger Services. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. MAIL SERVICE. Homeward (for Europe.) Outward (for China and Japan) f Proceeds direct to Marseilles A London *from London direct. INTERMEDIATE DIRECT SERVICE. Homeward for Europe. Outward (for China and Japan.) b 8.
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