Straits Echo, 31 March 1916

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT Tliii STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAS BAST GENERALLY. VOL. 14. $24 Per Aon(t», PENANG, FRIDAY, 31st MARCH, 1916. little Coy, ID uati. No. 7*.
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      1284 1 U4L**AID P NATUKfiI Oil TYRES. (BRITISH MADE). Try A help British Trade. You will be confident, if you try ROM TYRES, of their superiority in quality, reliability and durability. AGENTS; Georgetown Motor Garage 7 A Penang Road. (TELEPHONE No. 694.) Motor Car Importers and Stockists of various kinds of Tyres.
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    Tolstoy’s Secret Thoughts.
    1579 3 His Views on Women—Wild Oats of His Youth—Reflections On Marriage. Among Tolstoy’s papers were his personal diaries in which the great Russian thinker jotted down from day to day his ideas on all sorts of matters just as they occurred to him. M. Tschertkiff, Tolstoy’s friend and
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    Music At the Front.
    336 3 Few things have given greater satisfaction and pleasure to our men fighting in Flanders than the military bands which have lately been sent out from home. It is difficult to describe the enjoyment which the soldier experiences in good music, and for that reason the innovation
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      360 3 I HEADACHES. The Cause and Remedy. Sick and Nervous Headaches are hut the symptoms of other ailments to which they are merely sympathetic, such as Indigestion, Biliousness, Constipation, or some other irregularity of the system. Many women habitually suffer from Headaches, which make life a daily purgatory. Indeed this complaint
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    Enemy Trade.
    1169 4 We are sorry that our virile contemporary, the Straitt Echo has seen fit to support the < attitude of the President of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce regarding enemy trade. It may, or it may not be, that we < have a good deal of enemy trade to
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    Teluk Anson Rubber.
    635 4 15 Per Cent von Tnn Yea*. The sixth yearly report of the directors of the Teluk Anson Rubber Estate, Ltd is as follows s Your directors beg to submit the company’s accounts for the year ended Decernber 31, 1915. The profit for the period after making full
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      562 4 WANTED. FITTER to run motor-boat and stationarv pumping set in Pahang. Salary $40 per month. Only men with thorough knowledge of repair work need apply Good prospects for competent man. Ex— MARINE SERVICE man preferred j Reply enclosing testimonials direct to MANAGER, Sblborni Plantation, j 151 Kuala Lipit, Pahang, j
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      72 4 Digestive troubles. What a world of misery those words represent, and yet the disorder can quickly be corrected by a course ot WOODS' GFEAT PIPPERMINT CURE. a medicine that is particularly efficacious in cases of indigestion, flatulence, acidity of the stomach. If you are affected in this way, buy a
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      159 4 R m e c Vs :^v <• v Sf J 5 u v< J X to X -•;> x 4T <> Y, 4; J y A 5 1 SILVER BULLETS. I WAITED X X X IS YOUR NECESSARY EXPENDITURE ASSISTING THE OLD COUNTRY? REMEMBER THAT 902 of our materials comes
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    Boy Scouts.
    925 5 PENANG FREE SCHOOL TROOP. Inspection by the Resident Couwcillob The Hon. the Resident Councillor inspected the Penang Free School Troop of Boy Scouts yesterday afternoon at half-past four. Tho weather conditions were most unfavourable as there was a heavy downpour of rain but nevertheless the Troop succeeded in
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    334 5 Passengers Outwar». Per P. and O. steamer Kashgar. From London March 4.—To Singapore: Mri and Mrs. Polglase, Mr. Sweney, Mr. Archer, Mr. Kenney, Rev. E. M. Greenhow, Rev. Dudd, Mr. Taylor, Mr. S. L. Payne, Mr. G. L. S. Grant. To Penang r Mr. 8. E.
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    Malaya and the War.
    350 5 We learn from the Malay States Information Agency that between seven and eight hundred Europeans, for the most part British, have come from the Malay States to serve ia H. M. Forces. They are of different occupations—some were planters on rubber and coconut estates, some were
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    Penang Swimming Club.
    264 5 The April Monthly Medal Competition viz. 440 yards handicap will be held at the Swimming Club ou Sunday, 2nd April, 1915 at 11.1 > am Entries will bo received up to within half-an-hour of the start of the race and a list of the handicaps can be
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      230 5 NOTICE. Owing to the enhanoed prices of Whiskv Brandy and Gin and difficulties of getting Z?Z nt n r d after lst A P"' d -tn urther notice, the prices of Stengahs and Pahits consumed at the “E.& O. and "Crag > Hotels wili be increased by 5 cents. SARKIES
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    90 6 Fmblishftd daily (except Sundays and pwk- a holiday*) AT Til CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang Fbiob. Daily Local M >W per aantz Outetatioa.M Pottage Extra. Mail Edition (Poet Free) «17.50 CABLS IDDIIII ECHO—PENANG." Telephone No». Echo, 58« Printing Departnent 343 Jft All kuiii«M MVißuniMtioai
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    EDUCATION IN MALAYA.
    1345 6 There are points of unusual interest in the annual report of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce and not the least of these is the scheme for making Singapore a local centre for the holding, under the London Chamber of Commerce, of examinations in commercial education. Figure* dealing
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    M. A. P.
    914 6 Pte. Carmichael o£ “A. Company has been promoted a Lanc6 Corporal. General Gallieni’s resignation has not surprised Paris, says a London cable. An operation will probably be* necessary. A London cable to the Times of Ceylon dated March 17th states Mr. Jack Carey, eldest son of Mr.
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    984 6 An Anniversary. Bronte lovers—and they are legion-will remember to-day the sixty-first of the death of Charlotte, which followed J dote upon the marriage that had promised so much happiness. Though the eldest and only thirty-nine at her death, Charlotte was the last survivor of tie famous trio of
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    THE WESTERN THEATRE.
    636 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. IN THE VERDUN REGION. Freaeh Offensive Move. Paris, March 29. A French offensive move in the Verdun region is the feature of the communique to-day. The Germans did not attsmpt further infantry attacks west of the Meuse but the bombardment was intense on
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    THE SUBMARINE WAR.
    536 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. MORE STEAMERS SUNK. london, March 30, 1 he following steamers have been sunk Lavinia Westoll, Kilbride. On the ’attar steamer one was killed and three injured. Dutch Steamer Suak. London, March 29. The Dutch steamer £.xiveland has been sunk. All aboard were saved.
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    STRICKEN BELGIUM.
    426 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. FRESH AND URGENT APPEAL. FUNDS IMMEDIATELY NEEDED. London, March 30. Reuter has been requested by the National Committee for the Relief of Belgium to publish a fresh and urgent appeal for more funds. Tbe Signatories. The appeal is signed by the Lord Mayor of
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    Pahang Planters Association.
    62 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, March 30. At a meeting of the Pahang planters at Raub on March 26 it was decided to form a District Planters Association. Mr. Staples of Shanghai Pahang, was elected Chairman and Mr. P. J. A. Williams of Karak, Secretary. Mr.
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    Serendah Hydraulic Co.
    28 7 (From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, March 30. The meeting of the Serendah Hydraulic Co. passed a resolution reducing the capital from $850,000 to $170,000.
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    Farewelling Mr. Nutt.
    36 7 (From Our Own Correspondent, Kuala Lumpur, March 30. The Selangor staff of the Straits Trading Company gave a farewell dinner to the Hon. Mr. W. F. Nutt last night. Mr. Frank Adam presided,
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    THE RECRUITING PROBLEM
    370 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. MINISTERIAL STATEMENT. Lord Derby’s Suggestioas Adopted. London, Maroh 29. ln the House of Commons Mr. Walter Long, President of the Looal Government Board, in a statement on recruiting, said that the Government was able to adopt nearly all Lord Derby’s suggestions. Revisioa of
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    A Complaint.
    133 7 To the Editor of the Btraits Echo. Dear Sir, Why on earth don’t the P. A O. Steamer come alongside the wharf in Panaug Their practice of lying right out in the harbour is one which passengers very much resent and when normal conditions of competition are restored
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    Tin and Rubber.
    81 7 Te>dty'i Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $93.50, buyers no sellers, in Singapore (refined) at $94.12*, business done (75 tons sold) and in London at £200 spot and £194 158. three months’ sight. Messrs. Boustead Co inform us that the following is the quotation foi
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    Outside
    68 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages: Pag®. 3. —Tolstoy’s Secret Thoughts. Music at the Front. 4. —Enemy Trade. Teluk Anson Rubber. 5. —Boy Scouts. Passengers to the Straits. Malaya and the War. Penang Swimming Club. 8. —F. M. S. War Loan. M. F. A. 9.
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    THE EASTERN THEATRE.
    835 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. THE SPRING CAMPAIGN. Petrograd, March 30. The Spriog campaign on the northern front is expected to bagin in earnest after the opening of the Gulf of Big’', approximately at the end of April, when it is believed that Field-Marshal van Hindenburg will be
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    THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN.
    776 7 (Renter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. DISASTROUS AUSTRIAN FAILURE, Air Raid Completely Defeated. Rome, March 30. The Austrians failed disastrously in a great strategic air-raid aimed at paralysing the supplies and creating havoc behind the Italian lines. Seventeen aeroplanes and twelve seaplanes participated in the operation and only succeeded
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    F.M.S. War Loan.
    5219 8 FEDERAL COUNCIL DEBATE. A Full Report From the Malay Mail of Wednesday we take the following account of the historic debate in the Federal Council on the F M S. War Loan Bill: The Wik Loan. The Legal Adviser, introducing the War Loan Enactment, 1916, on a
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    Mail Notice.
    153 8 Today. Gregory Apar, for NegapUam and Durbir, 10.30 d.tt. P Madras ioioir r ,or Abr sut loiolm* 00 tor A r S ,r <■*<**) Brandan for Deli and Asaban 11 a Hok Canton, tor Port Swettenham and Singapore, 12.30 p.m. and Fultala, for Port Swettenham and Singapore, 2.30
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    M. F. A.
    115 8 Cup-Tub. Tanjong Tokoug and Mutbibol Abzin have nrw reached the Semi-final», and should Hutton Lane win as expected against Jaraatbol Horea on Suuday, the fomth Semi-Finalist will be either Crescent Star orJamathol Moslem, who meet on Saturday. Neither Tanjong Tokong nor Jamathol Moslem have previously attained the
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      502 8 The list will h* closed on or before April 29th 1916. FEDERATED MALAY STATES GOVERNMENT. SIX PER CENT. WAR LOAN. 1921. Issue of $6 000.000 Debentures to Bearer, part of $15,000,000 authorised by Enactment No. 1, of 1916. The entire proceeds of the Loan will be placed at the disposal
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    War News and Gossip.
    3117 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.') The Verdun Battle. Belfast, March 3, The success of the Germans—if it may be called a success—this w< jk at Yerdun cost them 180,000 killed, wounded, and prisoners, not to mention the Brandenburg battalions which were caught like rats in a trap,
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      449 9 WARNING. All persons are cautioned against making unauthorised use of Reuter's Service of News, and any person or persons found infringing the Copyright Ordinance of the Straits Settlements will be strictly dealt with in accordance with the provisions of that Ordinance. REUTER. P«uan§, For Sale. SHARE TRANSFER FORMS PRICE: 5
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    The Salonika Deadlock.
    980 10 E*t» Pasha Dissatisfied Budapest. Uneasiness prevails among military circles in the Monarchy, as well as in Turkey, regarding the position at Salonika. Military critics assert quite openly that they are unable to conceive what is going on in the minds of the Higher Command regarding Salonika, and
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    The German Press.
    893 10 SOCIALISTS ASSERTING iHEMSELVES. Aim» Fbrtherbd by a Long War. Influential German politicians are discussing the suggestion that, in view o£ the fact that it has supported the Government by voting the credits for the present war, the Socialist Parly shall be regarded, when peace returns, as being
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    The World’s Financial Centre.
    1056 11 In bis recent address to the shareholders of the London City and Midland Bank Sir Edward Holden emphatically expressed the opinion that after the war London would not lose its position as the world's financial centre. He went even further in declaring that, far from losing
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    The German Press.
    830 11 VIOLENT ATTACKS ON M. POINCARE. Aims of Frajtok. A speech delivered by the President of the French Republic seems greatly to have perturbed the Germans. The occasion was a matinee organised at the Palais du Trocadero in honour of the soldiers now in France who have been
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    Cold and Rheumatism.
    178 11 The long spell of wet weather is now having evil effect on a number of people, and the tortures of rheumatism are disabling many. Victims of this malady have every reason to fear the first dull aches in the limbs and joints, followed by sharp pains through
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