Straits Echo, 28 February 1916

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE Of fcVicfiTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE TRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERAL VOL. 14. $24 Per Annum PENANG, MONDAY, 28th FEBKUAEY, 1916. Single Copy, 10 c«sti. No. 46.
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    The New Viceroy and the Future of India.
    1867 3  -  A CANDID INDIAN SURVEY. By J 8. In these days of rapid change and shifting scents people have no time to look backward and realis i the change which has come over India. Little more than a hundred years ago thero wa9
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      82 3 Beware of Colds. Children are much more likely to contract the contagions disease when they have colds. Whooping cough, diphtheria, scarlet fever and consumption are diseases that are oft u contracted when the child has a cold. That is why all medical authorities say beware of colds. For the quick
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      53 3 To Correct Constipation and Biliousness, clear the complexion of blemishes and sweeten the breath, use the dainty laxative They gently assist nature and will help to keep you well. Tiny but thorough, do not gripe. Of Chemists, 50 cents per phial, or post free from the Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co.,
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      571 3 is a feeling of weariness, depression, fatigue, which affects equally men, women and children, and it is most important that these signs of a run-down condition be not neglected. Neglect may easily lead to more serious ailments. Therefore if you are feeling exhausted, slack and depressed, don't delay, start taking
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    The “Malayan” Air Squadron.
    653 4 fund organized under direct authority of the war OFFICE. The Smallest complete Aik Squadron is composed or 16 Aeroplanes, 12 Reconnaissance and 4 Fighters 14 Aeroplaao Presented to Date, And No. IS partly Subscribed. The F.M.S. Service “Gun Biplane” completes the four Fighters.” One more Reconnaissance
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    Britain's Great Task.
    962 4 MR. LLOYD GEORGE AND PRESENT SITUATION. Tee Two Gebkanys. Me. Lloyd George, iu a recent iuterview has given his impressions of the great task now lacing Great Britain. Asked whether he now thought that Eugiand was really putting her whole weight into the war, the Minister of
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      251 4 DOC ALLfc..* DENNYS CO.. Penang. PROPRIETORS OP THE PENANG RUBBEJ? AUCTION ROOMS. SALES HELD EVERY TUESDAY RUBBER bought or sold bj PUBLIC AUCTION or PRIVATE TENDER. FORWARD SALES ARRANGED. RUBBER transhipped and insured to any PORT at minimam rates. RUBBER SALE ROOMS at No. 7. UNION STREET. 9 o~; DOC
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    German Raider’s Bag.
    675 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. FURTHER DETAILS. London, February 25. The German ship Hochenfeldt (P Hoohfeld) escaped from Madeira on Tueaday night. A telegram from Madrid state* that the Weetbum waa captured when six day» from Pernambuco. Tke Latest Victims. Teneriffe, February 25. The Mowe’e lateat victims were
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    Penang Free School.
    305 5 Cbntbnaby Calibration Postponed. A meeting of past and present pupils of the Penang Free School took place at 5 p m. on Saturday at the school premises for the purpose of discussing the advisability of celebrating the Centenary of the sohool which falls on October 21 this
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    P. V. R. C.
    108 5 The fortnightly handicap shoot took place on Saturday afternoon. Owing to a strong and variable wind the scoring was poor. with h’cap. made. Pte G S Evans .50 98.50 Pledger .72 94.24 Coy QMS Weber .70 94 20 Pte Kinder .55 90 75 Padday •«>*> 90
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    Municipal Commission.
    94 5 Following are the Agenda for to morrow’s meeting of the Municipal Commission 1. Minutes of last meeting to be read and confirmed. 2 Any special business the President may bring forward. 3 Questions. 4. Some bills to ba passed. 6. Application to join Provident Fund. 6 Applications for
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    The F.M.S. War Loan.
    187 5 Regarding the F.M.S. War Loan, “Throgmorton” writes to the T,0.M.: There are probably a good many people who are unable to take up any large amount of war loan at once, but who would be able to invest a few hundred dollars monthly. Would it not
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    Singapore Golf Record.
    95 5 Playing one afternoon last week at the Racecourse Mr. C. E. Winter did the 2nd hole in one Btroke. This, we (Straits Titnet) telieve, constitutes a record, no other hole on the Racecourse ever having been accomplished in 1, and the second green oan only be reached
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    92 6 Fabluhed daily (except Sundays and pvUie holidays) AT THB CBITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang Fuel. Daily Local 124 per annna. Omtstation... Postage Extra. Hail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CAB LB ADOBBBS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Not. Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 ffS.—AW buelMH amauniMtioa* abouM be
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    Birth.
    16 6 Michell —On February 26th, at PenaDg, the wife of Walter C. Michell of a son.
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    WOLFRAM FROM BURMA.
    1553 6 Our excellent contemporary the Rangoon Times Lad a leading article in its issue of February 19 in which it deplored the decision of tbe Government of India to allow wolfram to bo exported from Burma to the Straits- Our contemporary actually appears to think that there is
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    M. A. P.
    814 6 Mr- A. Sirkies has returned from his visit to Rangoon. Mr. Caldicott has returned from leave, and will be stationed for the patent at Seremban. Mr E. Bradbery, of the Straits Trading Co, Kuala Lumpur, is shortly going on transfer to Seremban. Mr. H. L. Sumner, Inspector
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    901 6 Lunatics and the War, Dr. Robertson, the Dhvsician dent of the Morningside Asylum burgh, describes in his annual w. D effect of the war on his patients An! of them imagine theSselves to Kaiser, which, says the Doctor, i> J surprising a development as micht for before the
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      171 6 11 If naiure put not forth her power About the opening of the flower, Who is it that could live an hour No garden can produce crop3 yeara r ter year without becoming impoverished and starved unless compensation be made in the shape of regular ard generous manuring, any more
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    P. & O. LINER SUNK.
    686 7 P. O. LINER SUNK. (Reuter Service.) Copyright Telegram. .•MALOJA" MINED OFF DOVER. Loudon, February 27. Tbe I*. 0. liner Maloja, carrying passengers and mails, was sunk off Dover. It is believed that she was mined. Tbe Mtloja was a vessel of 12,800 tons gross. Passenger List. Tbe passenger list of
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    IN PERSIA.
    629 7 (Reuter's Service) Copyright Telegram. ANOTHER RUSSIAN VICTORY. Petrograd, February 25. A Petrograd communique states that after a series of battles in Persia the remnants of the enemy concentrated in the Kermanshah region, where the Germans and Turks had fortified two mountain passes. The Russians stormed the Budesurkh Pass
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    THE WESTERN THEATRE.
    2030 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. BATTLE OF VERDUN. Mtiiilude of Gcrmaa Dceigas. London, February 25, 5.10 p.m. The great four-days’ attack north of Verdun is at present ebbing in intensity but the moat eminent authorities do not minimise the magnitude of the German designs. Consequently the minutest precautions
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    AFFAIRS IN CHINA.
    196 7 (Reuter Service). Copyright Telegram. Yuan Shi Kai'i Enthrosemeat Postponed. Peking, February 27The enthronement of President Yuan Shih Kai has hea postponed owing to tho revolt of the Yuunaceso. Air Raid Casualties. Final Figures. London, February 26 An cffioial announcement states that the final figures of the ca
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    Tin and Rubber.
    361 7 To-day's Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $9O 65, business done, and in Singapore (refined) at $91,50, business done (250 tons sold). Messrs. Boustead Co. inform us that the following is the quotation for Rubber on Spot in London Plantation Ist latex crepe, 3/6, An
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    Outside.
    78 7 The folio wing articles will be found 00 our outside pages: Page. 3.—The Now Viceroy and the Future of ladia. 4—The French Soldier ana Citilian. A Teutonic Miscalculation. 5. —Penang Free School. The F. M. 8. War Loan. Singapore Golf Record. P. V. R. ,C. 8. —Erze'um. Crick, t.
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    Cricket.
    1480 8 P.O.C. vs. PLANTERS. M !< East Victory por Home Team. J< On resuming after the tiffin interval G. C. Clarke (31) and Ezechiel (3) took their stand at the wickets against the bowling of Maokajr at the sea end and Wilson at the Light Street end. Ezechiel secured a
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    Mail Notice.
    475 8 To- DAT. Aing Tkye, for Alor Star (Kedah) 9.30 p m. Alma, for Deli, 2 p.m. Hong Kheng, for Singapore and China, 2-30 p m. Un Peng tor Pulau Langkawi, Perlis and Setul, 3.30 p.m. Flying Dragon, tor Port Weld and Taiping, 4 p.m. To uoxiow. Itola, for
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    Erzerum.
    1328 8 Key op Akmrnxa. The following account from the Daily Telegraph is of particular interest now “Eizerum” means “the fortress of Rome.” In the days when a European Empire governed Asia Minor, when Rome or Constantinople kept the peace from the Euphrates to the Atlantic, Erzerum was the great fortress
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    Penang Visitors.
    691 8 Beaten in Finely Contested Football Game. Says Fiiday’s B.T. There must have been several thousand spectators gathered around the S.CC. football ground on the Esplanade last evening 1 when the members of the Penang Chinese 1 Kerreation Club met a local team captained 1 by R. W. Sinclair
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    Education in the F.M.S.
    801 8 [To thk Editor or thi Times of Malaya Sir, —The Times of Malaya gives its readers articles of special value specially written for its columns. Articles on momentous questions are its daily specialty, The reader may well feel fortunate in having access to clear, bold, unbiased
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      12 8 For Children’s Hacking Congh at Night, Waods’ Great Peppermint Cere, la. 6d.
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      37 8 A Forty Yean’ TestChamberlain’s' Cough Remedy has been curing coughs and colds for the past forty years and has gained in popularity eyery year. What better reoommendation is re* euired P For sale by all Dispensaries and
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      104 8 When a child develops one of those nasty hacking coughs which keep the family awake at night it is annoying for them, but far more serious for the child, because of the strain thrown on its undeveloped bodily organs. Rupture is often caused by a straining cough. WOODS' GREAT PEPPERMINT
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    The French Soldier as a Civilian.
    1074 9 By Sia Thomas Barclay. When we are on the eve of falling into line with Continental States and adopting the principle of compulsory service, it may be useful to know how compulsion affects the Frenchman as a citisen There was a time when French
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    A Teutonic Miscalculation.
    839 9 In all Allied countries measures are being discussed with great sest with the object of 1 rendering the peoples of those countries independent of the Central Empires, if they still exist as such after the war. Movements are on foot which might never have been started, and
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    How Thin People can put on Flesh.
    286 9 A Niw Discovkt Thin men and women—that big, hearty, filling dinner yon ate last night, What became of all the fat producing nourishment it contained You haven’t gained in weight one ounce. That food passed from your body like unburned coal through an
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    The Bogey of Stalemate.
    1551 10 Winter has imposed deadlock upon the main fronts as a seasonal necessity. Is it more than thatP Are the fronts unbreakable P Germany would like us to think that they are. She has made nearly all the oonquests that her military advisers can expect. She would
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    “Chapel Folk.”
    472 10 “My People.” By Caradoc Evans. (London Melrose.) 5s- net. Wales, for all her Eisteddfod “bards,” is singularly barren of anything to which a place of consequence in current literature can be assigned. Here at last is a book which has undoubtedly significance, and yet we may be pefectly
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    Ruling The Waves.
    2100 11 THE TWO TRADITIONS. By E. B. Osborn. There is much talk in the German newspapers of the freedom of the seas,” but it would seem that the phrase means anything or nothing—all the Germans even are sure of is that the destruction of the British Navy must
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