Straits Echo, 31 August 1916

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    34 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONiCLE OF EVEN'iS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND TUB FAR EAST GBN6RAILY VOL. $24 Per Annum PENANG, THURSDAY, 31st AUGUST, 1916. Static C«»y, II ualLt No. 203.
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      1266 1 i USd natUEe motor cars for Sale. JUST RECEIVED one NEW 5-SEATER (BANK S. JUST UNPACKED Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. 1916 MODEL. Fitted with two extra Dickey seats, and complete tools. Two second-hand two-seaters morris oxford AND humberette In good running order, complete with accessories. Intending purchasers
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      25 2 DRINK Kir m i m m iwm BY CONNOISSEURS AS THE EADING BRAND the MARKET. SOLE AGENTS: BROTHERS, LTD., (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements.) PENANG.
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    The Deadlock in Ireland.
    1697 3 Ms W, M. Mcbpht and thk Irish Breakdown. [From an Iritk Correspondent.] Owing to the severity of the censorship and the fact that all Sinn Fein leaders are dead, deported or i in the penal cell, the only open Nationalist propaganda with which the Irish Parliamentary
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      349 3 INVICTA MOTOR CYCLES Two Strokes H. P. SiDgle Speed NO VIBRATION Price complete with Lamp, Horn and Tools $375.00. CYCLIC AND CARRIAGE CO., j( Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Penang 6? Singapore. Jxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Necessity is the Mother of Invention. I PAPL hfmm TO* t. COAGULATEX. MARK A Boon and a Blessing to
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      10 3 For Chronic Chest Complaint?, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure Is. 6J
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      831 3 dreadful eczema Cured by Dr. Morse’s Indian Root Pills. That torturing and disfiguring disease has its cause in an impure condition of the blood. The impure condition of the blood often arises from a diseased condition of the stomach and allied organs of digestion and nutrition. When digestion is imperfect
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    A Paris Letter.
    921 4 FRENCH PRAISE FOR BRITISH SOLDIER. A Little Misunderstanding. Paris, July 27 The British advance has created a joyful renaissance of enthusiasm in French hearts. It must be admitted, however unkind it may seem, that England’s long inactivity on the Western front was frequently —if not generally—the cause
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    Man’s New Sphere.
    979 4 War Work and Woman’» Opportunity. S me of us, looking on into tbo future, foresee a growing peril to men in the daily widening of women’s sphere in the industrial world. What will be the pesition when the war is over Fired by one of the most
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    THE CRITERION PRESS LIMITED.
    333 4 NOTICE 13 HEREBY GIVEN Extraordinary General Meeting 0 f i n 10 pany will bo held at the cffioe of tL p C Shipping Co.. Limited, 43. Bearh a 8rn Penang, on Friday the 1st Sorter^ 8 at 3 o’clock. ter-ber 1915 agenda 1. To cons'der
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      179 4 THE WORLD’S GREATEST DOST GATHERER, THE O’OEDAR- MOP. J the OCeds! V’> Itofete cRW- Wring h tv- focr :n Jfcier Wars i'* «6* out*. ,/G r As a Floor Mop it is unequalled. Cleans Wood, tile floors, etc. PRICE $3.50 O’CEDAR POLISH cleans as it polishes. O’Cedar does more than
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      253 4 THE BODEGA. BAR AND RESTAURANT The resorc ol Epicureans and those who appreciate value and cleanliness without swank. That the Bodega is the only British Bullet is, of course, a detail, but it is an incontrovertible fact that its name is a GUARANTEE of QUALITY also that its catering is
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    Alleged Theft.
    1319 5 FURTHER PROCEEDINGS. In the third Court b-fore Mr. V. G. Ezecbiel yesterday afternoon ihe bearing was 1 of the case against Ooi Kim Cbeng, Mohamcd HassaD, and Tambyab, wbo were charged with theft of a la e of cloth, valued at $3OO, from a godown of the Swettenham
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    Queen Mary's Needlework Guild.
    244 5 Penano Wi men Workers. Amount previously acknowledged $2,708 00 M'S. Heim (12th Djn 5.C0 Total $2,713 00 From The Times, 21st July, 1916. Our appeals are exactly double ia s'ze and quantity since the great advance—ono appeal akn« is for 2,000 dressing gown 9, 2,000 nightshirts,
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    The Motor Ambulance Fund.
    180 5 July 28 By Balance of Penang Ae ro p 1 a n e Fund transferred 137.82 V G 2’ O.CO B?d Cross 100.00 29 F G Ponny 100.^0 E S Manessah of Singapore 100.00 N P Pinckney 100,00 Aug. 2 Lim Chin Chong of Bangoon 1,00
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    Belgian Relief Fund.
    92 5 Aug 28 By Ba’ance ...$1,635.53 30 Rev. A. Auve and the Tamil Christ ans cf Nibong Tebal 3C‘ 00 Aug 30 By Balance $1,665.53 Amount previously acknowledged $27,308 22 Total $28,973 75 According to a message frem Amsterdam tte Germania, a Berlin newspaper, discus- bing the 1
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      395 5 WESTMINSTER CIGARETTES. TURKISH BLEND.’ 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!!! Our next great serial Neal of the Navy ”in ‘JB parts—au innovation in serial pictures. TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    99 6 MftM duly (axoopi Bwadays tad ydhlit kottdaya) Aim CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. mo. Daily Loatl M »W per annum. Owtetation... Postage Extra. Mail EdMoa (Pod Pra) «17.50 H GAB LI ADDiIM ECHO—PENANG” Telephone Not. (Echo, 986 Printing Department 343 JT.J.—AII kiitira enuunioattoM ahonM
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    GOVERNMENT AND THE JUDGES.
    1404 6 When we wrote in a leading article a few days ago that neither the Bar, the Legislative Council nor the Chambers of Commerce had move I or protested against the Government’s successive encroachments upon the independence of the Straits Judiciary we were quit3 correct in our
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    M. A. P.
    1031 6 Mr. and Mrs. H. Waugh leave for Europe by the s.a. Atiula Maru this evening. y i Mr. F. J. Gore and Mr. 8. Halford, of Selangor, are in camp at the Sngineer I, Officers School, Sydney, with quite a number < of men from Malaya. <
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    993 6 "Titkoaea." Auguit 31 >• a da, cnrion.l, with grasshoppers. Upon this in 1476, according to an old cbroo 22' grasshoppers, and the rising of a ri»r spoyl Poland” worse than the On the same date in 1742 great dama Ke done to the pastures of England, particular around
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      174 6 CAPTURING TRADE ENEMY SERIES NOW ON SALE. FORMALIN THROAT TABLETS. of British Manufacture. To take the place of German Formamint. For Sore Throats Tonsilitis Quinsy and Ulcerated Throat. Price cents. THE GEORGE TOWN DISPENSARY. LTD., THE LEADING CHEMISTS. Penang, Taiping and Ipoh. ARRIVED ITT New Shipment of the well-known "JOOCOCLES"
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    THE NEW ALLY.
    748 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. fibst engagement. Rossi»»* LondoD, August 30, 4.45 p.m. ba assumed that Russian troops Jt .«oo--ell into Rumania. Amlriaa Attack.. Tbe Titer* correspondent at Bukharest that Austrian monitors and batteries [iSrJed tbe town» of Verciorora, Tamu fe.er.ee. 0iurgeT Bombs o» Bukk»rs»t. LondoD, August 30,
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    AT SALONIKA.
    695 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. Coatiaved Progress. London, August 29, 8 35 p.m. A French official report from Salonika states that nothing fresh took place on the Struma front. There was lively artillery activity in the region of Lake Doiran and the banks of the Vardar. Continued progress was
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    Outside.
    61 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages P^gQ 2 —The Deadlock in Ireland. 4 Paris Letter. Man’s New Spherr 5— Alleged Tbeft. Belgian Relief Fund. The Motor Ambulance Fund. Queen Mai eedlework 8 —Prosperous Malacc be Weak Events. Penang Cricket Club Shipping News. Kwong Yik Bank.
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    BRITISH FRONT.
    332 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. ABTILLERY ACTIVITY. Two Moatka' Capture». London, August 30, 12.41 a m. General Sir Douglas Haig’s eommuuique reports considerable enemy artillery at various parts of the front. The only infantry engagement besides the usual trench-bombing encounters was the approach of a small force towards our
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    London Rubber Market.
    27 7 (From Our Own Correspondent,) London, August 30. The following were the prices in the London Rubber Market to-day Pale Crepe 2/1# Diamond Smoked 2/2$
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    Singapore Rubber Auctions.
    43 7 (From Out Own Correspondent Singapore, Aug. 31. The rubber auctions are unfinished. Seven hundred and forty tons were catalogued for sale and there was a good demand at about last week’s rates. Large quantities of rubber were withdrawn from sale.
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    Penang Rubber Auction.
    76 7 The undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by Messrs. Allen Dennys and Co. at their Auction Sale to-day Smoked Ribbed Sheet to $11« per picul, Smoked Plain Sheet $lO7 No. 2 Smoked Sheet $ll2 $ll4 Unsmoked Sheet... $lO2 $lO7 Crepe fine pale thin and blanket $ll6
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    Tin.
    63 7 To-day’s Qaotstioas. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $Bl.BO, business done, in Singapore (refined) at $82.50, business done (125 tors sold), and in London at JEI7I ss. spot and £172 three months’ sight. The homeward mail steamer s.s. -N r is due to arrive here at 2 p.m.
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    GERMAN COMMAND.
    50 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. IMPORTANT CHANGES. Ckicf ol Staff Diaaaiaacd. Copenhagen. August 29. It is officially announced 'n Berlin that the Kaiser has dismissed General von Falkenhayn, the Chief of the Great General Staff, and appointed Field-Marshal von Hindanburg as his successor. General von Ludindorff becomes First QuartermasterGeneral.
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    P. A. M. Meeting.
    328 7 Altcratioa of Lakour Cods. (FVww Oust Chon Correspondent.') Kuala Lumpur, August 30. Mr, W. Duncan presided at tbe P. A. M. meeting which discussed at length the question of the alteration of the Labour Code, throwing the onus in cases of the prosecution of planters employing
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    War Levy.
    126 7 8. C. B. A. Proposal. (From Cher Oisn VotrespondenL) Singapore, August 31. The Straits Chinese Biitish Association has adopted a resolution in favour of a Government war levy, based on profits, for the prosecution of the war, provided that no inquisitorial methods were employed. Mr. Tan Jiak Kim,
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    Red Cross Fund.
    142 7 ••Oum Day” it» Sinoatore. |t C From Char Own Correspondent 1 Singapore, Aug. 30 Singapore’s Our Day in ail of the Red Cross has been fixed for October 28 on a big scale. Subscription lids are open at all offices and the programme includes a gymkhana at
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    OUR RESOURCEFUL NAVY.
    181 7 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. tackling the submarines. Surprise* For tk* Gifu»»»* London, August 29, (Copyright 1916 by Alfred Noyet.) Mr. Alfrtd Noyes in bis second article dealing with the British methods of oping with German submarines tells of one submarine’s disagreeable surprise. It ordered the crew of
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    Shanghai Opium Scandal.
    829 7 Miaister of Justiee Iavolved. Evidently public opin on in China has been deeply stirred by the Shanghai opium 8 scandal. We find the following leading article in a Peking paper Vl A great sensation has been created by the disgraceful actions of the Yunnan F M.P.’s and
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    U. S. RAILWAY STRIKE.
    228 7 (Renter's Service) Copyright Telegram. TROUBLE AHEAD. Preside»!'» Prop3»*l«. London, August 29. A great railway strike is threatened in the United SUtts on September 4. President Wilson is trying to avert it and will recommend Congress to legislate to that end. He stated that be will propose
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    Mecca.
    713 7 Mecca, the Grand Shereef of which has just proclaims 1 Arabian independence of Turkey, has from time immemorial been a “holy place.” LoDg before the time of Muhammad, Mecca was well established in this capacity, and also as a great commercial centre. In the heyday of the prosperity of
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    Shipping News.
    477 8 The Attuta Mam dm beie today baa 13 tons to discharge tor this port. The M.M. liner Paul Lecat, outward bound, is due at Smgapore on the 2ud proximo. The ».8. Hitachi Maru is due here at noon to-morrow and will leave for Europe at midnight. The P.
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    Penang Cricket Club.
    326 8 Tennis Tournament. The following were the results of the tits played c ff yesterday Cha mp ic nth ip. U E Mason beat A S Hall 2 -6, 6—3, 6—3 C C Rogers beat C Cunradi 3—6, 6—2, 6—3 Single Handicap A. R N Byatt beat F
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    Prosperous Malacca.
    1658 8 We tike the following excerpts from the administration report of Malacca for 1915 which is signed by Mr, L. E. P. Wolferstau REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE. The revenue for the first time passed the two million mark. Figurea for the last three years are:— 9 1913 1,893,396 1914 3,636,689
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    The Week's Events.
    115 8 Thursday, August 31. Penang Volunteers—Ambulance Co. Drill, Fort Cornwallis, 5.30 p.m. Recruit Drill Chinese Company, 5.30 p.m. Football—P.C.C vs. C.U.A.C. Esplanade. Friday, September 1. Town Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m. Penang Volunteers—Reciuit Drill, Maxims, Fort Cornwallis, 5.30 p.m. Ambulance Co Drill, Fort Cornwallis, 5.30 p.m. Criterion Press Ltd.,
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    Kwong Yik Bank.
    919 8 SECOND YEAR OP LIQUIDATION. m Debts Dui from Directors. Messrs. Chia Heng aad W. j tber Kemp, liquidators of the Kwong Yik Banking Co., Ltd, io liquidation, have issu3d their report and statement of 1 accounts for the second year of the liquids* tion, from December 18,
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      864 8 The Straits Trading Co., Limited. (INCORPORATED IN SINGAPORE In connection with the proposed increase of the Company’*! Capital the holders of bearer share warrants desirous of claiming an allotment of the bonus shares aro notified that they will be requite! to exchange their share warrants for registered share certificates, and
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      321 8 Mail Notice. To-morrow. Hebe, for Bagan Datoh and Teluk An«on 3 30 p.m. Hitachi Marti, for Colombo, 4 p.m, Hitachi Marti, for Durban and London 5 p.m. 2nd Proximo. Wore, for Ceylou, Australasia, j n dj 4 AdeD, Mauritius, Egypt and Europ 9 etc 10 &.m. Mr. and Mrs H.
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    Politics at Home.
    1364 9 Th* Contemptible Little Cabinet. Some nervous people are afraid that the Government will not last very long. What makes them anxious is the fact that on matters so diverse as ballot-boxes under bombardment, bandages in Mesopotamia, dugouts in the Dardanelles, and cabbagepatches in Wales, our illustrious rulers
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      323 9 1? v v > Little Lectures by Nurse ‘Wincarnis. ,-e4, (Lecture No. 4.) Weakness Every movement of thebody uses up a definite amount of vitality. When you overtax yourself, or your vitality is undermined by illness, your whole system becomes too exhausted to recover its lost vitality without assistance. Your
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    In Mesopotamia.
    1439 10 SIDELIGHTS ON ADMINISTRATION. A Military Court on the Euphrates. Nasiriyah when we first cccupitd it during the flx)d season last year was more than a physical island; it was an island in an abstract sense, a small cosmos isolated in Chaos, but a cosmos that was always extending
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    What is Militarism?
    2404 11 We havd all boen talking for a long time about militarism, especially Prussian militirism; but it is not even rov too late to ask what we mean by it, because many people seem to think th it it cannot be separated from its epithet Prussian in fact,
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