Straits Echo, 4 May 1916

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 14. $24 Per Annvi». .PENANG, THURSDAY, 4th MAV, 1916. Siajlt Coy. 10 ccnti.* No. 102.
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    The Omniscience of Foreigners.
    920 3 QamMA.ir ow LnamATuma. We in England always suppose that foreigners know all about their own country and a great deal about ours But foreigners do not suppose that we know all r about England on the contrary, they usually tell us much about it that we
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    The British Fleet.
    840 3 Air Axuicam Opinion. Shadowy ships of the German fleet are often seen by enthuaiaatio German correspondents coming out of Kiel Harbor or cruising in the Baltic or the North Sea. They are looking for the British, who avoid a fight. Joy fills the heart of the home
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      427 3 OUR FICTION LIST. COLONIAL NOVELS. A Tight Corner by A. W. Marchmont flu j and Pauline by Crompton Mackenzie The Fortune» of Garin by Mary Johnson The On* Girl in the World by C. Garvice Saltation Sal by Harrace W. C. Newte The Lost Prince by F. H. Burnett Looking
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      382 3 A GREAT FEMALE MEDICINE eviah-girlhood through ere is no Throughout the many stages of womanV life, from pc womanhood, motherhood, to the declining years of old age. there is no Letter, milder, or more effective medical companion to women-folk than Dr. Morse’s Root Pills. Ihey promote a healthy and regular
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    German Internal Politics.
    1222 4 The internal politics of anj country are always a very difficult study for a foreigner, and the German observers hare made a sad bash of ours. No Englishman, however, cranky his views, ever imagined that Irish politics would affect our attitude in the war, yet there is
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      756 4 A HUGE CONSIGNMENT OF ENVELOPES OF ASSORTED BIZE9 Just Unpacked ex Merionethshire Inspection cordially Invited. Criterion Press, Limited. -"TTT y %tLittle Lectures by Nurse Wincarnis. r EUROPEAN AGENCY. WHOLESALE Indents promptly executed at lowest cash prices for all ttinds of British and Continental goods, including:— Books and Stationery, Boots, Shoes
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      49 4 A Good Rule for the Home. Make it a rule of your home to always keep on hand a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a safeguard against bowel complaints. It always cures promptly and no household h safe Z b ZL. For f e by
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      653 4 Just look, Mary, at those Robinsons. Three months age they were as thin as yon and I- And Robinson says all they hare done is Take Sargol and grow fat.’ HOW THIN PEOPLE MAY PUT ON FLESH We believe the thinnest man or woman can fill out,” become plump —yes,
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    Chinese Marriages.
    379 5 JtrD«MBNT iif an Important Case. Judgment wai delivered in the Supreme Court yesterday morning (says Tuesday s Straits Times in a case heard at the last Court of Appeal in November and December of last year. The case was that of Ngai Low Shia alias Low Hong Bian
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    Queen Mary’s Needlework Guild.
    169 5 Penang Women Workers. Amount previously acknowledged $1,875.28 Golf Thimble Competition, April entries 10.05 Mrs. Ebden 10.00 Miss Harding 2.00 Toal 1,***** Hospital garments for soldiers ready cut out for workers will be given out on Friday mornings from 9.45 till 11 o’clock —or they may be
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    Mail Notice.
    314 5 To-day. Kutsang, fcr Calcutta, 10.30 a.m. Malacca for Tongkab, 12.30 p.m. Ban Whatt Soon, for Deli, Ipm. Trang, for Trang, 1.80 p.m. Fookeang for Singapore and China, 1.30 p.m. Ban Fo Soon, for Bagan Datoh and Toluk Auson, 2.30 p.m. Padang, for Trang, 3.30 p.m. To-mobbow. Brandan, for
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    Singapore Chamber of Commerce.
    441 5 Enemy Not Wantmd. In the Singapore Chamlfer of Commerce yesterday (says the Malaya Tribune of Tuesday a general meeting was held to pass two rules which will finally exclude enemy subjects from association with the Chamber Mr. F. L. Tomlin (Adamson, Gilfillan Co.) deputy chairman, presided.
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    The F.M.S. Loan.
    336 5 We congratulate Government on the fact that the F.M.S. Loan has been oversubscribed. The Government were well advised to move cautiously with the experiment. There was no precedent to hark back to, and while there was no reason to doubt the loyalty of the populations, a local
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    April Rubber Crops.
    182 5 Ayer Kuuing 39.400 ib., Chersonese 47,957 ib, Brad wall 16,541 lb, Dennistown 41,500 lb-, Highlands and Lowlands 85 753 lb., Klabang 14,223 lb, Krian 21,556 lb., Sungei' Krian 49,000 lb., Sungei Way 36,115 lb, Sungei Gettab 4,042 lb. and K. M. S. Estate 8,297 lb. One pleasing
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    97 6 FaMiahtd daily (txeepi Soadayi ud pnElii kolidaya) AT Til CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street Penang. Pbxcd. Daily Local 124 per auvt Omtitatioi Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Port Free) 917.50 CAB LI ADDBIBS ECHO—PENANG." Telephone Nos. Echo, SSC Printing Department 343 ire.-AU liilmh MouMaiMiisa. ihanM k*
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    OUR MOVE.
    1400 6 Episodes like Kut and Dublin, the bombing of a quiet countryside, the bombardment of an unfortified port impinge to such an extent on the popular imagination that it is necessary to repeat they have no real bearing on the remit of the war. Knt may fall and a
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    M. A. P.
    879 6 Court Inspector C.H. Nicol has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute. Mr R E Gordon Walker is to succeed Mr. Nathan as D O. at Raub on his return from India. The Rev. Br;ther Gilbert, Director of St. John’s Institution, has returned from Colombo.
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1024 6 Who Wat Lord Verdua(T) A problem for Shakespearean students Who was ‘‘Lord Verdun of Alton up your Henpy VI., Part I, Act iv„ Scene 7, and set j our wits to work. Good News. A Dutchman recently in Germany reonrt* that the Germans are getting thinner' If they
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      228 6 SUPER-ODOL. THE BRITISH SUBSTITUTE FOR CERMAN ODOL. Preserves the Teeth U Sweetens the Breath. A Delightful Liquid Dentifrice and Mouth Wash which imparts a feeling of Cool Freshness that no other Dental Preparation gives. IN BOTTLES 85 CENTS. Manufactured and Sold Only by The George Town Dispensary, Limited. THE LEADING
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  • Obituary
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    17 6 Death. Gilfillan. —Oa May 2nd., 1916, Samuel Gilfillan, Director of Adamson, Gilfillan A C<\, Ltd, (By Cable).
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    THE TROUBLE IN IRELAND.
    766 7 (Renter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. SITUATION AT DUBLIN. Retvrniaf to Normal. London, March 2. Dublin to day is rapidly progressing towards normal although the military are •till firmly holding the streets in the dis- I affected areas. Those Sinn Feiners still at liberty appear to,have hidden their
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    THE WESTERN THEATRE.
    719 7 Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. AERUL SUPREMACY. London, May 2. During April seventy-six aeroplanes, of I which forty-eight were German (including a number of Fokkers), were accounted for I on the western front. The British lost only four, while they brought down eleven German. Brilliaat Frcaek Success. Paris,
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    PREMIER ON RECRUITING.
    508 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. SPEECH IN PARLIAMENT. London, May 2. l I In the House of Commons Mr. Asquith announced that the Government to-morrow would introduoe a measure ‘dealing with the whole recruiting problem. Tke Empire's Effort. Mr. Asquith, in explaining the Government’s position as regards recruiting,
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    Husband and Wife.
    221 7 Toh Eng Swee, a well-known Chinese Baba of Taiping, was this morning summoned at the instance of his wife Goh Hooi En to shew cause why he should not be committed to prison for default in paying the sum of $9OO for the maintenance of his lawful
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    MESOPOTAMIA.
    495 7 (Reuter’s Service) Copyright Telegram. THE SURRENDER OF KUT. Australia* Opiaioa. London, May 2, The Rt. Hon. Sir R C. Munro Ferguson, Governor-General of the Common wealth of Australia, has sent a cable to H. M. the King expressing on behalf of Australia profound sympathy with the gallant garrison of
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    The Social Evil.
    152 7 Befora Mr. W. C. Michell in tha District Court this afternoon a Chinaman named Tan Bah Chee was charged with living wholly or partly on the proceeds of immorality. Court Inspector Nicol stated that Chief Detective Inspector Kirke, on receipt of certain information, put a detective to
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    Tin.
    98 7 To-day'* Quotatioaa. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $97.50 buyers no sellers, in Singapore (refined) at $98.25, business done (125 tons sold) and in London at j£2ol spot and ,£199 ss. three months’ sight. The Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China has done splendidly from the standpoint
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    THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN.
    297 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. PRISONERS AND MATERIAL CAPTURED Rome, May 2 A communique reports mountain fighting in which the Italians captured a strong position at a high altitude, with prisoners, machine-guns and other material. Farther Success. Rome, May 3. A communique stites that the Italian Alpinists in
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    Belgian Relief Fund.
    38 7 May 1 By Balance $2,147.06 3 H, Da Z Lancaster monthly subscription 25.00 M. Maude monthly subscription 15.00 Teoh Cheow Cheang monthly subscription 2 00 3By Balance 2,189.06 Amount previously acknowledged 23,913.74 Total $26,102 80
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    Singapore Rubber Auction.
    47 7 (From Our Own Correspondent 0 Singapore, May 4. The Singapore Rubber auction is not yet finished. It opened with a fair demand but fell away. There was practically no competition and the majority of the parcels were bought in. Fine pale crepe declined 18.
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    London Rubber Market.
    58 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) LondoD, May 2. The prices in the London Rubber Market are as follows: Pale Ciepe 2/11J Diamond Smoke 2/10* Oar Kuala Lumpur correspondent wires that at Messrs. Morgan A Co.’s Rubber Auction 14,000 lb. were offered for sale and 3,600 lb were sold.
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    Roll of Honour.
    52 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 4. The death book place in London from septic pneumonia of Mr. R. S. Preeston, formerly of the Straits Trading Company, who saw service in Egypt and Aden with the H. A. C, battery. He was invalided home a few
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    Outside
    75 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages:— Page. 3. —The British Fleet. The Omniscienceof Foreigners. 4. —Trade After the War. The Serbs are Singing AgaiD.” 5. —Singapore Chamber of Commerce The F. M. S. Loan. April Rubber Crops. Chinese Marriages. Queen Mary’s Needlework Guild. B.—Ayer Panas
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    THE SUBMARINE WAR.
    625 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. THE TU8ANTI CRIME. A Liaer it Exehaage. Amsterdam, May 2. The Handelsblad states that Germany has agreed to give a Hamburg- Amerika liner to replace the Tubantia (which was torpedoed in the Nord Sea). Sigaifieaat. The Hague, May 2. It is officially announced
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    Death of Straits Merchant.
    153 7 It is with regret that we announce the death, which took place in London on May 2, of Samuel Gilfillan, one of the directon of Messrs. Adamson, Gilfillan, <fc Co. Mr. Gilfillan’s name first appears in the commercial records of Singapore in 1854 when both he
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    Ayer Panas Rubber.
    1949 8 Question or Directors’ Fiis. The annual general meeting of Ayer Pan&s Rubber Estates Limited, was held yesterday at the registered offices of the company, Mr. W. M. Sime presiding. Otfiere present were Messrs. E. R. LlewellyD, A. W. Bean, Lee Chow Guan and E. Kong Guan, directors,
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    Coalition and Opposition.
    1242 8 The School ro* Stbatmt. Experts like Maude and Pollen and Repington would, I am sure, write with even profounder wisdom than they do if they oould be put through a session or two at Westminster, which is rapidly becoming as excellent a school for strategy as it
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    The Week's Events.
    599 8 Thursday, May 4. Town Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m. Straits Cinema, Penang Road, 9.15 p,uo. The Electric Polyscope Co., Argyll Road, 9 15 p.m. Church Work Association Meeting, St. George’s Girls’ Home, 10 a.m. Penang Volunteers. —N.C.O.’s Drill, Fort Cornwallis 5.30 p.m. Friday, May 5. Town Band,
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    EXCHANGE.
    115 8 Penang, Mat 4. (By courtesy of the Chartered R an L London, Demand Bank 4 months’ sight Bank 2 ii 3 ,i Credit it( 24»» it 3 Documentary J.A' Calcutta, Demand Bank 4Tf 3 days’ sight Private Bombay, Demand Bank p Moulmein, Demand Bank p 7» 3 days’sight Private
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      638 8 WANTED IMMEDIATELY COMPETENT CHINESE TYPIST. Willing to travel if required. Good Salary to good mao. Headquarters —Medan, Sumatra. Apply in writing to HADOW PINCKNEY, F.M.B Railway Buildings 88-4 210. Penang. GOVERNMENT OF KEDAH. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. ALOR STAR. WANTED AN EXPERIENCED CLERK OF WORKS for building and road construction. Salary
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      62 8 Nothing in this world is equal to a mother’s tender care for her children. She, knowing the danger following an attack of Colic, or kindred stomach trouble, is never without a bottle of that famous preparation, WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CORE. in her medicine store It is good for the whole
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      318 8 NOTICE, Mr. A. G. Anthony has been admitted Partner in our Singapore and Penmg fi rni as from the 1st day of January 191»; HUTTENBACH BROTHERS 4 Co. NOTICE. LABOUR CODE. 1912, F.M.S. “Indian Immigration Fond Ordinance, 1911." Employers of Indian labour are hereby reminded that assessment returns for the
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    “The Serbs are Singing Again.”
    1056 9 I read those words m a newspaper paragraph some few days ago, and felt like singing too. For, amoDg the sadnesses witb which this autumn in Serbia was filled, not least was the brooding quiet which hung over this mußic-loving people. It was as though
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    Trade after the War.
    945 9 Fabian Tactics. If we might adopt a military metaphor, the political Free Traders are fighting a i rearguard action with the object of delay, t Their Allies the Qerman importers have r been considerably weakened by the war, i but they are expected to return in
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      600 9 I As you love your Baby you must protect him against Summer Diarrhoea, 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 4i! deaths of children were due to diarrhoda.
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    German Loan Result.
    1261 10 Even if we accept aa accurate the official fig urea, the fourth Qerman War Loan baa not been a huge success. It is stated to have brought in £530,000,000, but that ia £78,000,000 leas than the amount raised by the third loan, inued in Bjptember8 j ptember
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    Serious Charge Against Salesman.
    485 10 ALLEGED DEFALCATIONS IN IPOH FIRM. Says Tuesday’s Something in the nature of a sensation in Ipoh occurred last week when alleged money shortages in the town office of the firm of the United Engineers, Ltd., led to the Police being called in on Saturday and the
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      81 10 This diaease is ao dangerous and ao rapid in its development that every mother of young children should be prepared for it. It is very risky to wait until the attack of croup appeara and then Bend for medicine and let the child Buffer until it can be obtained. Chamberlain'a
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    The Crisis in China.
    1999 11 Thi Halt. The willingness of the insurrectionary leaders to oall a baL is a fact of prime importance- It means that they are uncertain about two thiugs, their resources and their further success. It has been known for a long time that their resources were not
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