Straits Echo, 29 April 1916

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    Masthead
    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED HALAY STATES AND THE FAR BAST GENERALLY. VOL. 14. $24 Per Aonvit. PENANG, SATURDAY, 29th APRIL, 1916. Sii|l< Coy, It trail. No. 98.
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      1162 1 IL HO NATURE TYRES. (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 A Penang Road. (TELEPHONE No. 094.) Motor Car Importers and Stockists of various kinds of Tyres. Largest Dealers
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      17 1 11 £*s milk to* »w*n c*u*& 7 *H.Oi IS ft* but r.oR iV 4 W6 J ESS
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    A Grand Flect Chaplain’s Note-Book.
    852 3 Karxi iXD Ratixob. I lave been asked for the elucidation of a mystery which seems to hare a perennial interest for naval offioers— namely, the relative ranks, duties, and positions of officers of the Church. I have many times been called upon to explain these
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    The Passing of the 'Chantie.'
    388 3 Memory tonight is busy With those Hell boot pooket days When the Seven Beas” were vibrant With hoarse throated chantie” l%ye Whether down the Roaring Forties Off the Plate” or Rrnud tbo Horn” Those wild nights the chahtie” lightened Our black marches up to morn.
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    New Merchant Ships.
    403 3 Fkw Additions Expected this Year Much as new tonnage is needed, it does not appear probable that there will be any speedy accession to the British merchant fleet. It is true that arrangements have been made with certain builders to push on with unfinished vessels —practically all
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      210 3 TIANG JOO Co., PENANG. Just Received a New Shipment of The JOOCOCLES Guaranteed British-made Throughout From Frame to Pedal From Tyre to Saddle Fitted Complete with DUNLOP Tyre». Lamp. Bell. Inflator 8 Tool». $55-00 Nett. TIANG JOO Go., So,€ Importers. r P D o P P I D P P
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      329 3 ans AhK to see THIS NHW TVPB TMB Wat (limdl| SELF-FILLER Fountain Pen j\ LEVER POCKET Of up-l, Filled in a monvept from any ink supply. -4aU Si Huxett anj filers rverys^iitre. JUST UNPACKED. Inviota 2 Stroke Motor Cycle 2} H.P. J.E.S. MOTOR 070 LE li HP. BICYCLES. 8.5. A..
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    France's War Minister.
    1008 4 Am Bohb Otbm Military Fiouans. Paris, March 19. General Roqnea baa tbia in oommon with General Gallieni, that he is extremely thin. Also, be haa a pent a large part of hia life abroad, and waa in Tunia and Cambodia, and other coloniea and pro lectors tea
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      775 4 <r doc JUST RECEIVED NEW SHIPMENT OF TRIUMPH CYCLES. Fine* F.ttei with vitk ftind tornlo* Tyres. Bakes u TRIUMPH Prio«B, from $7O to $l2O nett. PEDLEY TYRES. u O Fedley Oxford Cyole Coven, Prioe S3>oo «sob Fedley International Coven, Frioe 2-50 ««oh Fedley Red Cyole Coven, Frioe 1-50 each q
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      10 4 Far Chronic Cheat ComplaiaU, Weeds* Greet Papperaiat Omit la. M
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      730 4 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. Fenang, NOTICE. LABOUR CODE. 1912, F.M.S. Jshn Bazley
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    Conscience or Cowardice?
    1110 5 (Bt Tom Wright.) Mr. Lloyd George ha> expressed an opinion in the House of Common* which I put forward in an Echo article a week o£ two ago, to wit, that some men were suDmitting Conacientioua Objections that were mere cloak* for cowardice. If we are right,
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    Chinese Marriage Customs.
    624 5 To tbb Editor or the Straits Echo, Sir, I have watched with keen interest the heated controversy in the columns of your admirable journal on the above subject, and, now that you have made up your mind not to publish any more articles on the subject unless
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    Fillis' Circus.
    284 5 There was a good attendance last night at Fillis’ Circus, seventy five per cent, of the higher-priced seats being occupied. The show, taken all round, is good and a few turns are sensational enough to draw good houses in any town east of Suez The turns, though not
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      338 5 ''Westminster" Turkish Cigarettes. Airtight Tins of 50s. Plain and Straw Tipped. For Sale by all Dealers, j TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT I! The Electric Polyscope Co., Lyceum Theatre, Argyll Road. Present Pathe’s Wonderful Detective Serial THE EXPLOITS OF ELAINE 72 PARTS. 72 PARTS. The world’s longest detective serial—l 4 miles of detective
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    94 6 Pmhliskftd daily (except Sundays and pokli* holidays) AT TMB CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang fuoa. Daily Local M 124 psr uacit Ontstation... Postage Extra. Hail Edition (Post Fms) 917.50 CilLI ADD BBSS ECHO—PENANG Telephone Not. Echo. 569 Printing Department 343 All k«la«M OTctaußiMtiM* sk«aM
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    MEN AND MANNERS.
    1452 6 Our contemporary, the Straits Times had rather a stirgiug little note the other day regarding some visit >rs to a home of entertainment who appear to have made their presence felt and heard more pronouncedly than is either necessary or seemly. It lias, somewhat regretfully, to be
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    M. A. P.
    889 6 Tbe Dutch ex-Mimster of War, M. SnbroD, is seriously ill. Mr. and Mrs. S. Codrington and thfair children are staying up Penang Hill. Mr. E. J. Falgar leaves for Kuala Lumpur to-day to join the firm of J. A. Russell Co. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Brown aud
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    898 6 Just a Hiat. The company which runs the expr<* 4 from Chicago to New York pays every passenger compensation for every rmmito the train gets in late. Perhaps if one of tbe unofficial member* of the Federal Council hinted at the po*sibility of instituting this system on the
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    Tin.
    34 6 To-day's Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day $96.76, buyers no sellers, in Singapore (refined) at $97.50, business done (176 ton* eold) and in London at .8197 spot and «£196 three months' sight.
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      243 6 SUPER-QDOL. THE BRITISH SUBSTITUTE FOR GERMAN ODOL. Preserves the Teeth 8 Sweetens the Breath. A Delightful Liquid Dentifrice and Mouth Wash which imparts a feeling of Cool Freshness that no other Dental Preparation gives. I: BOTTLES 85 CENTS. Manufactured and Sold Only by The George Town Dispensary, Limited. THE LEADING
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    BRITISH BATTLESHIP SUNK
    739 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. majority or crew saved. London, April 28. It ii officially announced that the battle•bip Rurtdl has been sunk by a mine in the Mediterranean. Twenty-four officers and 676 men were w red. About 124 are missing. The Ru»»*U was one of the oldest
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    Outside
    78 7 &e following articles will be found on n ur ou tside pages: •-“A Grand Fleet Chaplain’s Note-Book. Passing of the Chantie.’ New Merchant Ships. War Miu'ster. 8 rcue Chinese Marriage a Customs. Conscience or Cowardice? Cuuiate, Character and Custom. The German Failure at Verdun. Small.Pox Prosecutions. The >> eek’s
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    THE WESTERN THEATRE.
    1466 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. .GERMAN LOSSES AT VERDUN. Aa Eioraosi Total. > London, April 27. French estimates place the German losses 1 at Verdun at at least 280,000. Artillery Activity, London, April 28, 1.60 a.m, A Paris communique states that on the left bank of the Meuse
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    THE TROUBLE IN IRELAND.
    196 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. STATEMENT IN THE COMMONS. S«»reki»g I»e«iry Promised. j London, April 27, 5.30 p m. In the House of Commons, Mr. H. 1 Asquith said that the Government after a 1 careful investigation was satisfied that the force despatched to Ireland is adequate
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    Legislative Council.
    292 7 TRIBUTE TO MR. ROBERT YOUNG. Harbour Board Vote. {From Our Own Corresponds Singapore, April 29. At the meeting of the Legislative Council yesterday the Hon. Mr. A. M. Pountney, Colonial Treasurer, moved: That this Council approves the loan from Colonial Funds, from time to time during the current
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    The Crisis in China.
    150 7 LIANG CHI-CHIAO NOT DEAD. Corrected Story. Reuter’s Shanghai office have sent out the following with reference to the assassinations at Canton The message dated Canton April 13, accidentally read ambiguously. Liang Chi-chiao was not assassinated. It was Tong Kok-tun (representing Luk Yinting and Liang Chi-chiao), who
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    MILITARY SERVICE BILL.
    541 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. INTRODUCTION IN THE COMMONS. Atotker Poitpouactl. London, April 27. In the House of Commons Mr. Walter a Long, President of the Local Government e Board, introduoed the Military Service Bill, o carrying out the Government’s recruiting t policy of April 26. He admitted
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    Evacuation of Gallipoli.
    124 7 General Moaro's Despatch. London, April 11, In a despatch, which has been published General Sir Charles Monro describes the evacuation of Gallipoli and the work of the 10th Division in the Balkans. On bis arrival in Gallipoli he found the Allies holding a line possessing every military
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    LATE WAR ITEMS.
    312 7 FROM DUTCH SOURCES. The following special telegrams are from the Sumatra Fott of Thursday, April 27 HOLLAND AND THE WAR. Traffic with Belgium. Traffic with Belgium is seriously interrupted owing to the continual passage of t enormous quantities of artillery and munitions and numerous troops for the
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    The Penang Relief Fund.
    61 7 April2o By Balance ...910,246.18 25 Amount collected at Caledonia Estate from W. B. Wilson March subscription 50,00 Amount collected at Caledonia Estate from Chinese contractors March subscription 9.00 Pupils of the Penaug Free School 19.27 26 Amount collected by Mr. J. H. Phipps for March from
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    Plague at Kuala Lumpur.
    34 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, April 28. Four Casos of plague have occurred m Kuala Lumpur. The Health Department has taken the necessary measures and no aDxiety is folt.
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    F.M.S. War Stamps.
    32 7 An Official Issue. (From Ou? Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, April 28. The F.M.S. Government has issued war stamps iu four colours for the different funds at ten cents each.
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    F.M.S. War Loan.
    225 7 "Eatirely Satisfactory-" (From Our Oun Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, April 28. The Malay Mail is officially informed that the subscriptions to the F.M.S. War Loan are entirely satisfactory." t Towkay Loke Tew has subscribed for a million and a half dollars. Oversubscribed, Kuala Lumpur, April 29. It is
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  • Obituary
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    12 7 Obituary. London, April 27. The death is announced ot BrigadierGeneral Richard Eenfield.
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    Climate, Character and Custom.
    926 8 To ts> Edit©» of Biraits Woho. Dear Bir, Are we sufficiently advanoed in civilization to Uke to higher education and to be yield- mg and obedient to virtuous laws F It may It* questioned whether the authorities that < be, nave not walked up the road
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    Small-Pox Prosecutions
    502 8 Before Mr. E. B. Column in the Seoond Court this morning a Chinaman, named 'l Teoh Linn, was summoned at the instance of Mr. W. A. Ward, Chief Sanitary Inspector, for failing to report a case of small-pox in time. Mr. Wsrd stated that on the night of
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    Gula-Kalumpong Rubber.
    197 8 According to the report of the Gula-Ka-lumpong Rubber Estates for 1915 it is shown that the total output of dry rubber was 1,053,185 lb. The gross sale price was 2s. 4d. per lb. Cost of production “all in” (excluding war charges) was 10 15/16d. per lb., the net
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    St. George's Church, Penang
    53 8 Ist Sunday aptbr East». April 80. 8-00 a.m. Matins. Hymn 32. 8-30 a.m. Holy Communion. 5- p.m. Sunday School. 6- p.m. Evensong and Sermon. Hymn 140. Response' Roberts. Psalms CXLYII’) CXLTIII Marsh. CXLIX CL Humphry*. Magnificat Attwood 46. Nunc Dimittis, Foster 60, Hymns 136, 302, GOD
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    Penang Presbyterian Church
    37 8 Presbyterian Church, Nortbam Road tomorrow:—9 a.m. Children’s Service,’ 6 p.m. Public Worship. Preacher. Rer’ Donald J. Ross, Service of Devotion and Intercession on Friday evening at 6.80. Hymns .—No*. 806, 238, 687 and 242.
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    P.C.C. Tennis Tournaments.
    25 8 The following were the results of the ties played off yesterday Prf/aaai+n Patra. Martin and 9»rries Rogers *»d Puan. 6-4, 6 «4.
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    The German Failure at Verdun.
    1356 8 At the stage which the proceedings around 1 Vardan have now reached there are two j assumptions, or rather prophecies, which may be made with a very considerable degree of 1 confidence. One is that the great German offensive bas definitely failed and that neither
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    The Week's Events.
    239 8 Saturday, April 29. Fillis’ Circus, Dafco Kramat Gardens, 9.15 p.m. Matinee, 5 p.m. Town Band, Golf Club, t* p.m. Straits Cinema, Penang Road, 9.15 p.m. The Electric Polyscope Co., Argyll Road, 9.15 p m Kuala Kangsar Plantations Co., Ltd. General Meeting, 12.30 p.m. F M.S. War Loan,
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    Mail Notice.
    98 8 To-day. Laieang, for Singapore, China and Japan. 1.30 p.m. Perlia, for Trang, Tongkah and Pang Nga, 1.30 p.m. Trang, for Trang, 2.80 p.m. Kedah, for Bagan Datoh and Teluk Anson, 2.30 p.m. Rotorua, for Tongkah and Renong, 2.30 p.m. Ipoh, for Port Swettenham and Singapore, 3.30 p.m. Olenogle
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      633 8 Mr. A. G. Anthony bai been Admitted a Partner in oar Singapore and Pen«M fir»* a* from the lat day of January, 1916. HTJTTHN1AGH BROTHERS A Co. 211 WAOTBD. AT ONCE FOR PENANG. SHORTHAND WRITER an© TYPIST. Applications with copies of teat» momal* to be aent to B. H. W.
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      50 8 Bovd Complaint ia Children. During the summer months children are subject to disorders of the bowels and should receive the most careful attention. As soon as any unnatural looseness of the bowels is noticed Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy should be give*. For •ale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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      75 8 The moment a man does bis beat bit of quick thinking is when attacked by a violent pain in the stomach. His thoughts immediately fly to WOOM’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE, The wish for a dose of that famous medicine is uppermost, a wish founded on solid experienoe, because he knows
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      473 8 Col. Frank Fillis' Circus, Menagerie and Wild West Show. Last Nifkt. To-night at 9-JO p, m Col. Fillis presents Carson’s Wild W** Sketch entitled For the Lore of a Cowboy in 5 f lrts The Plot is well connected, the acting j quite strong, while the actual production indicates grasp
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    Religion in China.
    955 9 Writing on the subject of religion in Chine, the Her. Lewie Hod us, in the course of an article in tbe Chinett Recorder, points out that one of the outstanding facts in the religious life of the Chinese is the dissatisfaction with present religious ideas and practice.
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      339 9 CONSTIPATION. The Cause of much Suffering: When the Bowels are clogged the waste matter decays and ferments and enters the blood, and is earned to all parts of the body, producing Headaches, Biliousness. Sleeplessness, Heartburn, Lom of Appetite, Indigestion, Neuralgia, Rheumatism and various other ailments disturbing the Heart and Nervous
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      577 9 As you love your Baby you must protect him against Summer Diarrhcea, which becomes epidemic in hot weather and carries off thousands of infants in a few weeks. "The Medical Officer of Health for Manchester reports that during the past week 48 deaths of children were due to diarrhoea. 26
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    The Crisis in China.
    867 10 Thb Tbiumvzbatb. The event? of the past few months have brought into prominence three names already well enough-known to those who take the slightest interest in Chinese affairs :Li Tuan-bung, Vice President of the Republic; Hsu Shih-Chang, Secretary of State; and Tuan Cbi-Jui, Minister of the
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    The Position of Neutrals.
    931 10 So far as neutrals are concerned Germany’s indiscriminate submarine policy has developed a situation akin to that whioh was created by Napoleon's Berlin Decree. When the British Government retaliated on that Decree by the famous Orders in Council of 1807, neutral nations complained, not to Paris,
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    The Coming Sea Fight.
    1884 11 GERMANY’S LAST DE8PIRAT! GAMBLE. Bt Jambs Duke. Rotterdam, March 12. Germany’s canal-bound fleet is preparing to move. For many weeks I have been receiving information, and now I am able to state that the vaunted High Sea Fleet is to make an attempt to justify its
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    SHARES.
    1129 1 I I Nnm ber of Shares j issued. 131,340 75.600 70,000 300,000 24,000 500,000 76,770 500,000 70,000 390,000 200,000 £O,OOO 172.600 50,000 6 ',OOO 100,« Oe 33,000 205,000 850,000 40,000 400,000 1.500,000 60,000 70,000 26,750 74,3(H) 610,000 50,000 100,000 1.688.285 68,000 3,150,000 2,250,000 500,000 100,000 60,000 700,000 105,000 136,600
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