Straits Echo, 11 April 1916

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    36 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS. THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR BAST GENERALLY. VOL. 14. $24 Per A noun. PENANG, TUESDAY, Hth APRIL, 1916. C *n. It «ah.; No. 83.
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      1146 1 &ed natuM I BANK (BRITISH MADE). Try 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\ Penang Road. (TELEPHONE No. 694.) Motor Car Importers and Stockists of various kinds of Tyres. Largest Dealers in
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      12 1 L£’s MILK ft* IfWHTS o**S >v nar *u« niM 0*« Ssr *flBT
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    Chinese Marriage Customs.
    1074 3 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Sir, Wi'l you please publish in your valuable paper the views of an unfledged bird ou Chinese marital affairs, which has been the topic of discussion throughout the previous month, and I shall be very much obliged if the reading
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    The F.M.S. War Loan.
    479 3 Thi Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —With reference to the war loaD, touching the question of the issue being in the form of bearer bonds, which has been raised by critics, and replied to through the Malay Mail, by the Chief Secretary, may I be
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    Eastern Produce Exchange.
    73 3 At the Eastern Produce Exchange Rubber A uction held yesterday 27,915 lb. were sold out of 46,880 lb. offered. The following prices were obtained Diamond Smoked Sheet from $l6B to $177 Diamond Unsmoked $163 $167 Plain Smoked Sheet $164 Plain Unsmoked Sheet $155 $l6O Brown Crepe $145
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    P.C.C. Tennis Tournament.
    225 3 The following ties have been fixed for to-morrow. Championship. E. H. Everest vs S. F. B. MartiD. Double Handicap B H. Sinclair and J. E. Smith vs A. F. Goodrich and Crabb-Watt. C. T. Smith and Wemyss vs Adamson and Fell. Many interesting rarities were offered at
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      417 3 "Westminster" Turkish Cigarettes. Airtight Tins of 50s. Plain and Straw Tipped. For Sale by all Dealers. TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT t! EXTRAORDINARY ATTRACTION Two Serials in one Programme The Electric Polyscope Co., Lyceum Theatre, Argyll Road. Kalem’s Sensational Detective Serial 40 parts THE GIRL DETECTIVE 50##0 ket A series of the most
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    99 4 Pcbllshed daily («cent Sun lav* k ad holiday*) AT THI CRITERION PRESS, Ltd, No. 59, Beach Street, PenaDg Pbicb. Daily Local $24 par AAiius. H Owtetation... Postage Extra. ICaLI Edition (Port Froo) «17.50 CABLI iDDIIII M ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Not. Echo, 583 Printing Department 343 S d. —All
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    OUR WAR LOAN.
    615 4 That the F.M.S. War Loan is going to be i great tuccoss seems already to be pretty well fissured. As wo have declared on evoral occasions, and will never weary of repeating, such an investment with such a lecurity is never likely to be offered again o
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    ARMAGGEDON.
    1604 4 For more thin seven weels now the noise of battle has rolled a’ouad Ve.dun anc aloDg the heights of tue Meuse. Tc-day, despite the horrible hecatombs piled up for miles round the fortress, the conflict sBoms to be raging with greater fury than ever and a world which must
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    946 4 Slaag. Dr. Henry Vizeteliy has been deploring the spread of slang both in the United States and in England. We honestly think there is small cause for bis concern. Seventy years or so ago Dickens, in Oliver Twist,” and Ainsworth, in 4 Jack Sheppard,’’ made thieves’ argot fashionable
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      160 4 The George 't own Dispensary, Limited. 37, Beach Street, Penang. MCAL BOOS WE BALI. British Pharmacoepia $6.50 Martindales Extra (vol. 1 8 2) 10.00 Squires Companion to B. P. 9.00 Mauson’s Tropical Diseases 7.00 First Aid to Injured .75 Ship Captain’s Medical Guide 1.50 Planters’ Medical Guide 2.50 (r 3
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    THE WESTERN THEATRE.
    770 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. VIOLENT BATTLE RAGING. New French Line. ;London, April 10, 3 5 a m. A Paris communique states that west of the Aleuse a violent battle was fought all day along the whole of our front from Avocourt toCumieres, extending even to the Eastern
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    GERMANY AND THE WAR.
    532 5 (Better’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. MUZZLING THE PRESS. Wild Scene» in the Reichstag. Amsterdam, April 10. The German newspapers are not allowed to publish the report of the proceedings in the Reichstag last Saturday when wild scenes were enacted. A Changed People.—A Berne correspondent says that various
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    Germany’s Lost Colonies.
    153 5 Mr. Bonar Law states that the estimated area of the German Colonies conquered is as follows Square Africa Miles. South-West Africa 322,450 Cameroons 300,000 Togoland 33, <OO Pacific. Samoa 060 Upolu 340 Kaiser Wilhelms-Laud and Pacific Islands 70.000 Bismarck Archipelago 22,640 Caroline, Pelew. Marianne, and Marshall Islands
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    INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.
    716 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIA. London, April 10. Although the Industrial Commission does not assemble until October Sir Reginald 8othern Holland, who will arrive in Bombay errly in May, will arrange for a prompt and business-like investigation. "rimes" Commest. This is desirable, says the Times not
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    COMFORTS FOR THE TROOPS.
    301 5 To the Editor or the Strait$ Echo. Sir, —I shall be glad if you will publish the attached balance sheet showing the disbursement of certain sums collected for the benefit of the Malay States Guides and other British troops. I regret that, owing to difficulties of
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    P. C. A. D. C. Entertainments.
    46 5 Contribution to British Red Cross, (From Our Oxen Correspondent O Singapore, April 11, The net proceeds of the entertainments given at Singapore by the Penang Chinese Amateur Dramatic Company in aid of the British Red Cross Fund amounted to $9,909.
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    Tin and Rubber.
    320 5 To-day’s Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at 1196.35, buyers no sellers, inj Singapore i refined) at $97, business done (100 tons sold) and in London at £204 10s. spot and £198 109. three months’ sight. Messrs. Boustead Co inform us that the following is the
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    AFFAIRS IN CHINA.
    1897 5 THE PRESIDENTS POSITION. We have received from a valued I correspondent a communication, not intended for publication, in which he sets forth what I he believes to be the feeling of a considerable I body of the Chinese mercantile community, I with whom he comes in daily
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    Outside
    66 5 The following articles will bo found on our outside pages: Pago. 3.—Chinese Marriage Customs. The F. M. S. War Loan. Eastern Produce Exchange. P. C. C. Tennis Tournament. fi. —The Ilun Spy. The Married Shirker. America and the Philippines. Cambridge Local Examination. Bukit Mertaj un Cases. 7. —China’s Op°n
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    Cambridge Local Examinations.
    773 6 PBEANO SoOCESSES. We append the list of the suooessful candidates at the recent Cambridge Local Examinations. Again the Penang Schools bare done exceedingly well. Mr. Ng Cbeoug Yew, of the Penang Free 8cboo), baa our congratulations on obtaining First-Class Honours. SENIOR BOYS. Students under 19 years of
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    The Hun Spy.
    871 6 MACHINE-LIKE SY8TEM IN AMERICA. Thcos and Exports. In long article on the German spy system iu America the New York Sun says that Germany’s Intelligence Office bad foreseen the p sition before the assasination of the Archduke Ferdinand set Europe in a blaze. Accordingly, plans were ready,
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    The Married Shirker.
    1084 6 The following letter seems worth thinking about at tbe present time One cannot help wondering what the Germans, with their far-seeing, ever calculating minds, think of oar Army of unmarried men- They must be perfectly conscious of the fact that while they are spreading their casualties evenly
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    America and the Philippines.
    927 6 The great world-war naturally relegate* to the back-ground many problem* within the region of Far Eastern politic* which would otherwise evoke interest aud discussion. .Amongst them may be mentioned tbe question of the future of the Philippine Islands, about which very little has been heard of
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    Bukit Mertajam Cases.
    366 6 (From Our Own Correspondent,) Bukit Mertajam. April 11. At the Bukit Mertajam Police Court before Mr. G. A. Hereford, yesterday, J. S. Mutu Kumaru, the Ceylonese Magician was brought up on a charge of cheating one Low Chin Seng in respect of $2OO. As the offence was
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    Mail Notice.
    500 6 To-day. Baud, for T. Semawe, Segli, Sabang Olehleh etc., Padang, 10 a.m. De Koch, for Deli and Batu Bahra, 10 a.m. Cornelia, for Port Swettenham and Port Dickson, 12.30 p.m. Benoa, for Langea, 1 p.m. Trang, for Trang, 2.30 p.m. Perak, (E. S. Co.) for Port (Swettenham, Malacca
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    EXCHANGE.
    121 6 Phhakq, April 11. (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4$ 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4$ 3 Credit 2/4» J 3 Documentary 2/41 Caloutta, Demand Bank Rs. 174$ 3 days’ sight Private 176 Bombay, Demand Bank 174$ Monlmein, Demand Bank 174 3 days’ sight Private 176 Madras
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      305 6 WARNING. All persons are cautioned against making unauthorised use of Reuter's Service of News, and any person or i persons found infringing the Copy. right Ordinance of the Straits Settle. ments will be strictly dealt with in accordance with the provisions of that Ordinance. i REUTER. Panama, PENANG SIN POE.”
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    Saving our Soldiers’ Lives.
    1465 7  -  By Dr. C. W. Selebby. No higher task than saving our saviours’ lives can fall to any of us to-aay. Tbe task is partly ours and partly theirs. Here let me select, with such dogmatism as makes for brevity, the most useful points, as they seem
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    china’s Open Door.
    378 7 A prominent engineer in China has been expressing himself in a pointed manner on British aud German trading methods as adopted in that country. Great Britain’s opportunity is here and now, and yet we, as a nation, do not seem to realise that a systematic trade crusade
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      196 7 E. rO. Hotel. ■:o:« SPECIAL TIFFIN EVEIY WEDNESDAY S’ SATURDAY. TIANG JOO CO-, PENANG Just Received a New Shipment of The JOOCOCLES" Guaranteed British-made Throughout From Frame to Pedal From Tyre to Saddle Filled Complete with DUNLOP Tyres, Lamp, Bell. Isflator 8 Tools. $55-00 JMett. 1 lANG JOO Go., Solejmporters.
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    A Grand Fleet Chaplain’s Note-Book
    904 8 T&mch-Partim. From the point of view of the War-of-the-Future Novelist, present events have proved a vindication of many of the ingenious imag- 1 inings committed to print during the last few years. All the amazing developments of modern warfare ranging from the superscientific to the
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      350 8 The Eastern Produce Exchange m offering their nervicen.to the public, beg to announce that they also undertake to negotiate Loaun, do General Agency business and act as Brokerr and uctioneere of Landed and Moveable Properties The Twenty-second Auction Sale WILL BE HELD On Thursday, the 13th April, 1916. NOTICE. The
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      92 8 The Forty Year Tot. An artic'e must hare exceptional merit to survive for a period of forty years. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy was first offered to the public in 1872. From a small beginning it has grown in favor and popularity until it has attained a world wide reputation. You will
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      594 8 F.M.S. SIX PER CENT. WAR LOAN. NOTICE. THE GOVERNMENT of the Federated Malay States has made arrangements with the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China for the Bank to accept payment in full with applications for Bonds in the Federated Malay States War Loan, in cases where applicants desire
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    Venereal Diseases.
    839 9 FINAL REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION. Rroommrmdatioms Mass. The Royal Commission on Venereal Diseases, over which Lord 8ydenbam presided, issued their final report in Blue-Book form in mail week. Thirty-four recommendations are made, which may be summarised thus Arrangements for the confidential registration of the causes of death.
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    “Potsdam Princes.”
    908 9 There is no end to the light that is being thrown on the domestic life of the Kaiser and his family. The latest book on the subject bears the title, Potsdam Princes” (Methuen, 6s. net), and is by Miss Ethel Howard, who was English governess to the Kaiser’s
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