Straits Echo, 16 August 1916

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    34 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENIS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRUTS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL* $24 Per Annua PENANG, WEDNESDAY, I6lh AUGUST, 1916. Sii|le Ctpy, 19 anti. No. 190.
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      1069 1 It i!ZED NATO 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. ■< BANKS. >- !just unpacked Tel. Address: Hokimteik, Pdnang. ’Phone
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    The War Map.
    1014 2 The announcement made in the Coloqne Gazette that “it is of little use to publish maps giving lines and positions because they are so elastic and are repeatedly changing in detail,” indicates a very remarkable J change in the German attitude. Hitherto the German newspapers have revelled
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    Hypnotism for Shell Shock.
    1041 2 How Soldiers' Memories Return. By A. thysician. Not the least surprising of the many changes in medical and surgical practice resulting from the great war is the sudden raising of hypnotism into the position of an orthodox and accepted met! od of healing. A generation or
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      12 2 For Children's Ilackitg CtUgh at Night, Woodb’ Great Pepperuiiut Cure la 6d
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      164 2 THE GOVERNMENT ADVISE YOU TO PRACTISE ECONOMY Whitemy Laidlaws i 1 V r> B it GREAT SALE will help you to do so. The Opportunity is yours to supply Future Wants at a Decided Saving. SALE ONCE «•rr ‘wpff r> A mmB Ij m HE rS uj mm, YEAR >
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      57 2 Supplied by All Chemists. Physicians prescribe Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Kerned y because it re<ieves cramps in the stomach and intestinal pains quicker than any prepiration they can compound. It can be bought from any chemist. A bottle will keep for years, and no home is complete without it.
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      523 2 Driving Pain Have you a paio any .he, i„ tour M Is it a l.ttle pain or a big p*j n n y torture a s'ngle rerve < r does it grind'!! mck our entiie being a an< Is A it foo'ish then to be driven by or acles, big
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    Fatal Motor Cycle Accident.
    1759 3 Yibdicy of Mwadthttv*». The inquest into the. circumstances Attend* ing the death of Mr. Bennett Edward (Eddie) D’ Aren jo, who was killed aa the result of a motor cycle Accident on the B«y»n L°pai Road Dear the junction of Batu Mau Road, wai held yesterday
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    The New Cirque.
    323 3 Rkallt Good Show, Toe New Cirque, which is paying its second visit to Penang, opened at the Dato Kramat Gardena Ust night under vciy favourable conditions. Tbe show is an excellent one and aeveral new items weie included in the splendid programme prea< n‘el last night. The
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      183 3 SP c DOC DC DOC DC u JUST RECEIVED NEW SHIPMENT OF n TRIUMPH CYCLES. \J Pitted Pitted with o r\ with Bind Dunlop Brekn. Tmv 5 r~\ TRIUMPH Prices, from $7O to $125 nett. V.' 0 PEDLEY TYRES. n pedloy Oxford Cyole Covers, Prioe *3-60 each Podloy International Covers,
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      363 3 r mm CIGARETTES TTJBEISH BLEND. x SPECIALS 60s. PLAIN “A. A.” 60s. do. do. 60s. STRAW TIPPED do. 20s. do. "do. 100 s. GOLD TIPPED PACKED IN AIR TIGHT TINS. ALL DEALERS. COMING! COMING!! COMING!]! Oar next great serial Neal of the Nary ”in 28 parts—an innovation in serial pictures.
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    98 4 NMbM drily (tzoept Sundays aid pwblii kobdayi) at m CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Frigs. Drily Local m* >24 per annum. OsUUtion... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Port Free) >17.50 OABLI ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” a Telephone Noe. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 Jf.e.-AU ba.la.M cemmunicAtlon» should
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    THE ORIENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL.
    1444 4 There can be no two opinions as to the 1 1 ‘mportance of that School for Oriental Studies which has baen set up at Home. We like the comprehensive word studies.” I [t suggests that something more than mere I languages are to be taught, and
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    M. A. P.
    668 4 Mr. W. G. St. Clair, late of the Singapore Free Press has a scathing letter in the j Daily Mail headed “Toe Trespassing of Lord Haldane.” i Mr. Tan Soo Hock, J. P., M C., has left Malacca for Batavia on a holiday tripe and he will
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    Tin and Rubber.
    66 4 To-day's Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at SB2, buyers no sailers, in Singapore ei) at $B2 87£, business done (ICO tuns sold) and in Loudon at .£172 spot aud .£173 ss. three months’ sight. Messrs. Boustaad Co. inform us that the fo lowing were thequotations
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    London Rubber Market.
    27 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, August 16. The following were the prices in the London Rubber Mirket to-day Pale Crepe 2/2^ Diamond Smoked 2/2|
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    Shippers' Liability.
    66 4 A Singapore Case. C From Our Own Correspondent.") Singapore, August 16. Ia an action at the District Court Pitchary Co. v$ Messrs. Patersou, Simons, claiming $362 for damage to cargo from Singapore to London by the Fushimi Maru, the Magistrate held that a bill of lading did not
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1041 4 P*pal»ri*iwg Qaitiat. The advertiiiog poster has already ita way into the wilds cf Assam, as Jr the more settled parts, and the p 0lt authorities of the province have given their benediotion. To the advertising D is attributed the growing popularity quinine, whioh in Assam, as i a
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      346 4 Are you interested in saving money? if so, the Bargain Lines offered to-day will prove irresistibly attractive N t /V O S' f/A 91 w i N X > x: The well-known Britannic Cycle, with special Metal Gear Case, comfortable saddle, special powerful brakes, with lamp, bel 1 tools complete.
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    BRITISH FRONT.
    814 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. No Chaage. Loudon, August, 14 General Sir Douglas Haig in bis communique reports that the position is unchanged IID the whole of the British line. The Gkeat-810w —Mr. John Buchan, in 4 hpeaal despatch sent from the British Headquarters some time ago, referred to
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    FRENCH FRONT.
    635 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. UNFAVOURABLE WEATHER. Vandalism at Rheimt. London, Aug, 15, 1.20 a m. The Paris communique stys Had weather hampered operations on most of the front. There was a sharp artillery south of the Somme aud east of the Meuse. Elsewhere there was intermittent cannonading. Oar
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    RUSSIA’S “PUSH.”
    815 5 (Re uter's Service). Copyright Telegram. CONTINUED PURSUIT. Village* Stormed. London, August 14, 6 p.m. The Russian official report says “lathe Upper Sereth the enemy bss retired to the west to a fortified position behind which he checked our a dvance at some points. We continued to pursue the
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    DUTCH EAST INDIES.
    942 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Compulsory Service. Hague, August 15. A Bill has been introduced into Parliament to enable the introduction of general compulsory service amoDg Europeans and natives in the Dutch East ladies. Problem of Dutch East Indian Defence. Obligatory military service for natives was the subject
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    ITALY’S SUCCESS.
    648 5 (Reuter’s Service) Copyright Telegram. THE CARSO FRONT. Lord Northcliffe’t Description London, August 14. Lord Northcliffe, in a despatch from the Isodzo dated August 13, says that tte Austrian trenches in the Carso region were blasted and drilled inti the rock with machinery similar to that used in the
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    Outside.
    56 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages: Page. 2. —Hvpnotism for Shell Shock. The War Map. 3. —Fatal Motor Cycle Accident. The New Cirque. 6. —Trafalgar and To-day, Shipping News. The Week’s E*pnte. Penang Cricket Club. In the Days of Flintlocks and Detonatere. Kelemak Rubber Estate
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    AN EXCITING VOYAGE.
    821 5 By tho courtesy of the Master of the Eastern Shipping Company’s steamer Perak which arrived here this morniDg from Moultnein after being several days behind her time, we are able to give an account of the voyage of the ship from the afternoon of the 7th instant,
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    Belgian Relief Fund.
    80 5 Aug. 12 By Btlance $1,350.01 15 Employees of Caledonia Estate CumSections, “July subscription.” W. B Wilson 50.00 F. C. Marples 25.00 A 8 Evens 25 00 W. M. Miller 28.57 J. M. Kydd 21.43 G. Phillips 20!00 G- H. Sargant 12.50 K. M. McLeod 18.00 A F.
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    Trafalgar and To-day.
    1049 6 There is so much of contrast between the war conditions of the Trafalgar period and I of to-day that the essential points of simi* larity are all too easily overlooked. The Victory, for instance, is a mere puff-ball n J comparison with the Iron Duke or the
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    Kelemak Rubber Estate Ltd.
    1054 6 Tb. annul general aentinf a* Kelemak Rubber EsUts, Ltd., wae held a* the registered offices of the Company French Bank Bai 'diogs, S ngapore,on August 9. Mr. U Mile» preside!, end the others present were Messrs. P. M. Robinson, Tan Kb earn Hock, P R Hill,
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    In the days of Flint-locks and Detonators.
    1193 6  -  Bt Hoba.cs Hutcbibsob. "We shoot oar birds in the heed; oar fathers used to shoot tbim ia the tail»” That is a dictum which holds quits as much of the troth of the matters! it is reasonable to expect in any general and
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    Shipping News.
    278 6 Thr* s s Dtmodocus from Liverpool is quo hue on the 24*.h instant. The f.s Alcinous outward bound is due ti arrive here on the 19fch instant. Tue B.s. Benalder and the ss. Benarty are duo here some timo «luring this month. The s.s. Pangan on her homeward
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    The Week's Events.
    151 6 Wednesday, August 16. Moonlight Band, Esplanade, 9 p.m. Penang Volunteers.—N.C.O.’s Drill, Fort Cornwallis, 5.30 p.m. Recruit Drill, Fort Cornwallis A. 30 p.m. Thursday, August 17. Penang Volunteers—Ambulance Co. Drill, Fort Cornwallis, 5 30 p.m. Recruit Drill Chinese Company, 5.30 p.m. Football—PCC vt. P.R.C. Esplanade. Friday, August 18
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    Penang Cricket Club.
    68 6 P.C.C. Tennis Tournament. The following ties have been fixed fer Thursday, the 17th inst. Single Handicap A, R J Saunders m.FN Syer (Unfinished.) C C Rogers (—4) vt. W H Threlfall (—6O) Championship, A W Harries vt. R K Prentis. Bowls Tournament. The following ties have been
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      11 6 For Ohrom: Chest CoropUmt», Wood»’ Ore it Peppermint Core 1». id
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      69 6 Arc Too toiit on a Journey T Chamberlain's Colie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy should be packed in your hand luggage when going on a journey. Change of water, dirt, and temperature all tend te produce bowel trouble, and tbit medicine cannot be secured on board. the train or steamship. It
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      80 6 One test of WOODS' GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE would prove to you ita solid worth aa a preventive medicine that should be in every family medicice chest. Sold all over the world its popularity is increasing every year and. as you will know, it is not possible to keep selling a
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      608 6 Splendid success of the opening program To-night! AT 9-30 PM. 0 nt ght AJND FOLLOWING EVENINGS THE BEST CIRCUS The most brilliant asiambly of Artistes ever brought together Afternoon Performance to-day Wednesday, leth a..., at S.30 p.m. Au w Children Hall Price to all parts. IN THE ESTATE Of MAMNASAH
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    Racial Poisons.
    1698 7  -  THE TASK OF* PREVENTIVE EUOENIC8. By Pb. C. W. Saleebt. A certain few of the ills thst fl ab is heir t> hold a sinister anl special place in that they may injure not merely the transient individual but aho his or her offspring. Measles is a disastrous
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      401 7 I* p '5i -r srp m IV srVi i® 8n R -N S»! r *7 KShB i ft 8 Here is New Health New Life for the Ailing. If you who are Weak. Anaemic. Nervy' or Run-down’ could real,ze what a short course of Wincarnis* would X can to you-you
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      29 7 Keep It Handy. Immediate relief is necessary in attacks of diarrhoea. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy should always ke on hand. For rale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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      110 7 A Master Remedy. Cbambarlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is master over cramp colic, dysentery, and all intestinal pains. One dose relieves, a second dose is rarely necessary to tfftctacure. For sa'e by all Dispensaries and Dealers. PENANG SIN POE." Chinese Daily Newspaper. IF you want to make your goods
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      23 8 DRINK i f RECOGNISED BY CONNOISSEURS the LEADING BRAND ON THE MARKET. SOLE AGENTS: KATZ BROTHERS, LTD., (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements.) PENANG.
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    Loyal India.
    1807 9 Lord Hikdixor Intbrvikwbd. Lord Hardinge of Penshurst, who was appointed Viceroy of In'ia in 1910, and returned to England in April 1916 after an administration which is commonly described as a highly successful continuation aud development of the liberal policy initiated by Lords Morlev and Minto, disclosed some
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    Study and Exercise.
    208 9 Sludy does not usually hurt a child at echoed unless the s‘udiea occupy time that should be spent in out doer-fX3rcis3. Overstudy and lack of exercise mike thin, bloodless children. It is a combination that provokes St. V tus’ Dance; especially in the Eist. If your boy
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      105 9 GOODRICH R -<v j •>\ 111 ft S j > ■v <**f.-*X s LARGE REDUCTION IN PRICES. SEE 1916 PRICE LIST. SOLE AGENTS: ADAMSON, GILFILLAN GO., LTD., (INCORPORATED IN ENCLAND) PENANG, SINGAPORE MALACCA. JUST ARRIVED. WOLF MOTOR CYCLES MODEL 1916 SINGLE CYLINDER. Free engine clutch; three speeds; Kick-Starter. Model “C
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      74 9 Teething Chi'dren Teething children have more or less diarrhoea. which can ba controlled by giving Chamberlain's Colic, Choleia and Diarrhoea Remedy. AH that is necessary is to give the p-escribed dose after each operation of the bowels mo. e than natural and then cas tor oil to cleanse the system.
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      491 9 NOTICES. Is hereby given that I hive from this day establ'shed myself a* WATCH DEALER ■it prrmises N>. 838, CHULIA BIREET iod that have no connection with tie busioess carried on by Mr. M. Ktkucbi on (he same premises. M. P. HONDA. 381 A N EXPERIENCED CLERK with knowledge of
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      1709 10 P. O—B. I. AND APCAR LINE (Incobpobatbd in England.) Mail and Services. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. MAIL SERVICE. Homeward (for Europe.) Outward (for China and Japan.) fProcneds direct to Marseilles A London. •from London direct. INTERMEDIATE DIRECT SERVICE. Homeward for Europe. Outward (for China and Japan.) a.s, Somali Aug. 25
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