Straits Echo, 11 May 1916

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    36 1 Straits Echo v->- DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS. THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 14. $24 Per Annuo. PENANG, THURSDAY, nth MAY, 1916. Siule Cot. I* «ad. No. 108.
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      1167 1 LKMAI IUSdna m I 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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    New York City.
    1314 3  -  Byu Cecil Chestertom. I wonderjhow many poopl* have noticed the curious complexity of characteristics seems usually to attach to a national capital. It is difficult to define it except by contradictions. A capital is nearly always ultra national; and yet, as compared with other cities, it is
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    Indian Opium.
    483 3 It’s use foe Medicinal Purposes. For several years past the Imperial Institute authorities have been inquiring into the prospect of obtaining regular supplies of Indian opium for British makers of alkaloids. According to an authority there is a big outlet for ludian opium in London and a considerable
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      363 3 The World’s Family Medicine qumbUe*. Between th. n»»T»<jW c«r M for digerthr. didder, and this wonderful remedy there fa a wide gulf. The undoubted euperiority end efficacy of Beecham’s Pills reetupon th. faetthatth.y.re «cientifically prepared from tbc fine,» remedioa existing in tha vegetable kingdom for tbe cure of disorder, of
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      606 3 Indian Root Pills. A «[.SEAT FEMALE MEDICINE Throughout the many stages of woman s life, from peevish girlhood t! < t'gh womanhood, motherhood, to the declining years of old age. there is no i<.tter, milder, or more effective medical companion to women-folk than E» S 1 hey promote a healthy
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    Municipal Commission.
    375 4 Official Mnmi. Minutes of a meeting of tke Municipal Commissioners held on Tuesday, the 25th April 191« Present. W. Pael Eae Praaidant. P. T. Allan Eeq. Quah Bang Kae Esq. Ab-ni A. F. Goodrich Em. Taoh Gnan Seok Esq. John Mitehall Esq. Lim Eow Hong Esq. 1. The
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    Casement—-and Others.
    989 4 Son» Bams* Tmaizona. One does not lightly oall a fellow-country-man a traitor; but there are Britons abroad who are openly and deliberately playing Germany's game on Wednesday says an Exchange. For thirty pieces of silver” they have turned against their Motherland and besmirched her fair name. They are
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    AND THEY USED TO BE SO THIN.
    269 4 Get in the Game—Sargol Make* Puny, Peevish People Plump and Popular. Perhaps you yourself have enived the rounded beauty of such figures as these graceful, well-developed, splendidly healthful—you see them at all public places—admired by all. Perhaps you dread to don your street
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      402 4 Are You Crumpled Up with rheumatism Then these words art jour salvation Perhaps jou have been told that jou can- < not be oured. There are thousands who have been told that before jou. They tried I.ittls'e OrisaUl Balm rubbed it on to the aching parts, the swellings, the twitching
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      265 4 Methylated Spirits. (QUALITY GUARANTEED). Wholesale Price $7.00 per tin of 4 gallons. Retail Price 32 cents per quart bottle OBTAINABLE AT CHEAHKEE EE&CO., 66, CHINA STREET, PENANG. Medicines Just Unpacked. Menthol. Potassium Iodide. Iodoform. The Anglo-Japaneso Dispensary, S93 <ft 395, Chulia Street, Penang AGENTS FOR S. S. A F. M.
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      214 4 LIQUID FUEL Diesel and Semi-Diesel Engines, Smelting Furnaces, Boilers, etc. KEROSENE FOR KEROSENE OIL ENGINES. LARCE STOCKS ALWAYS on HAND. For particulars aad prices, apply direct to THE ASIATIC PETROLEUM 0 CO.. (S.S.) LTD., (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) WELD QUAY, PENANG. 0 The National Review is a weekly Journal that provides
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    A Governor’s Record.
    316 5 What Mb. Ibbbbubb bas Accokflishid iir Java. DiscussiBg the work of the ex-Governor-General of Netherlands India, the Nieutoe Rotterdam!chi Courant writes Governor-General Idenburg has transferred his office to his suooessor and has left the country. An important period in the India’s history ended with his departure; a
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    A Veteran Retires.
    320 5 It will be of interest to his many friends to hear that Mr. Tan Boon Chin has retired from the employ of the firm of Messrs. Guthrie A Co., Ltd., after a continuous service of 43 years. He was educated at the Baffles Institution which he left
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    Queen Mary’s Needlework Guild.
    105 5 PINANO WoMBN WOBBBBS Amount previously acknowledged $1,897 33 Mr?. Samuel (2nd Donation) 2.00 Mrs. Powell (3rd Donation) 2.00 Mrs. J. A. Brown 1.00 Mr 6. Heim (Bth Donation) 5.00 Mr?. Trengrove (9th Donation)... 5 00 Mrs. W. R. Armstrong (2nd Donation) 7.10 Mrs. Stephen Anthony (2nd
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    The Greek Crisis.
    125 5 From Bad to Wobsb. Allahabad, April 19. The Daily Newt Athens correspondent states that since 9th February when M. Skouloudis accused the Allies of endeav- ouring to coerce Greece into abandoning. her neutrality, things have gone from bad to worse. The neglect to famish a fur-, ther
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    Mr. J. T. Lloyd.
    503 5 Prbbmxatiok nos Staff of Mass as. Powbll Ajrn Co. One of Singapore’s oldest business men, who is retiring after nearly fifty years in the Colony, received a tribute of esteem from the members of bis staff on Saturday afternoon, when a handsome silver cabinet and a
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    Singapore Rubber Auction.
    68 5 (From Our Own Correspondent O Singapore, May 11. Tbe following prices were obtained at the Singapore Rubber Auction: Smoked Sheets $l4O to $149 per picul. Good $135 $l4O Plain $135 $l3B Unsmoked $137 Plain $ll7 $135 Crepe $l5O $159 Good $139 $l5O Fine brown $125 $135 Good
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    P.C.C. Tennis Tournament.
    20 5 The following tie has been fixed for to-morrow Pnfettion Pain, Bells and Threlfall. vt Martin and Harries.
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    April Rubber Crops.
    254 5 Sumatra Consolidated, 31,502 lb., Bukit Mertajam, 50,494 lb., Taiping, 44,827 lb, Sungei Siput, 9,950 lb., Sungei Reyla, 9,020 lb. Several members attending the second annual engineering congress which will be held in Bombay paid a visit on April 22 to Parsik tunnel works on the G. I.
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      408 5 a o e(A o a 9ft *5 CfT£S EGtf2 The Egyptian Favourite amonx those who have sufficient knowledge of the essentials of a perfect Egyptian Cigarette is one or other of the brands known as Bouton Rouge and Felucca W Egyptian Cigarettes 3^ Until you have smoked them you really
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    98 6 Pvbliahftd duly (except Sundays and public holidays) XT T*l CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street Pdnang. Fares. Daily Local m. 934 per uav. Omt«tatiom. M Postage Extra. Mail Editioa (Post Free) 917.50 CABLB aDDKBSS ECHO—PENANG." Telephone Nos. Echo, 580 Printing Departnent 343 tf a —All kuilMM
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    THE AMERICAN NOTE.
    1348 6 There have boon severe critics of American policy towards the war, and for brutal candour we need only turn to leading influential organs of public opinion in that couatry where the suggestion has been made that the American Government, by its vacillating policy, has added to the
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    M. A. P.
    953 6 The Rev. H. G. Peile who went home at the end of last year, is going to France a» a chaplain to the Forces. r H. E. the Governor will to-day present the insignia of the G. C. M. G. to His Highness the Sultan of Johore.
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    951 6 Aa Anniversary. To-day a hundred and one years i 0o born the second Earl Granville tho and witty statesman upon whom feW burden of the Foreign Office durin* ik Franco-Prussian war of 1870 Or -i, became Foreign Secretary for the II* 1 j time, in July, 1870, when
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      202 6 THE ORIGINAL BRITISH THE Bowaro of Inferior and Cheaper Imitations. ASK FOR THE SUPER BRAND. The George Town Dispensary, Limited. Penang, Taiping lpoh. NOTICE. We beg to give notice that for the present the products of the Bernese Alps Milk Company will be imported by us under the BEAR’* Brand
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    THE WESTERN THEATRE.
    507 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. BOMBARDMENT OP HILL 304. London, May 9, 4 25 pm. A Faria communique states that the German offensive continues at Verdun. The enemy violently bombarded all night long Hill 304 and then attacked at 3 o'clock in tbe morning. They were completely repulsed.
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    London Rubber Market.
    27 7 (from Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 9. The following are the prices at the London Rubber Market P&le Crepe 2 10| Diamond Smoke 2/9|
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    Tin and Rubber.
    84 7 To-day'» Quotatioaa. at in* unre ne d) is quoted here to-day •> 3.90, buyers no sellers, in Singapore Waned) at $96.50 business done (75 tons ‘V &n<i in London at iCI9B 10s. spot ■Rl9< 10s, three months’ sight. Messrs. Boustead Co. inform us that be following is
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    THE EASTERN THEATRE.
    929 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. BsUeritg Ike Ikskull Bridgehead. Petrograd, $tay 9. A communique states that the Germans continue to batter the Ikskull bridgehead. Towards Bagdad. Petrograd May 9. The Turks delivered stubborn attacks on the Russian positions at Erzindjian, but these were stopped in the evening after
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    NAVAL STRENGTH.
    626 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Mr, Balfour's Views. London, May 10. A most reassuring statement as to tbe I British naval position is contained in a letter by Mr. A. J. Balfour, First Lord of the Admiralty, to the Mayors of Lowestoft and Yarmouth. After pointing outj that tbe
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    ELIGiBLES ABROAD.
    661 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. To Retar* to E*gl**d. London, May 9. Sir George Cave, Solicitor-General, in the House of Commons said that the married eligible* abroad usually resident in Great Britain must return forthwith and report I for military duty. Military Service 81 Ireland. Debate i* tbe Cobbobi.
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    LATE WAR ITEMS.
    528 7 FROM DUTCH*SOURCES. The following special telegrams are from the Sumatra Bost of Monday, May 8 Prussian Casualties. The last ten lists of Prussian casualties give a total of 38,860 men lost. Submarine Warfare. The steamer Clan Macfadyen sink two submarines by gun fire in the Biy of
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    Outside.
    243 7 The following articles will be found on r our outside pages:— l Page. 3. —New York City. Indian Opium. 4. —Alcohol and Work. 5. —Queen Mary’s Needlework Guild, i A Veteran Retires. The Greek j Crisis. A Governor’s Record. Singapore Rubber Auction. April Rubber Crops. M. F. A. Belgium
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    ONE OF 300,000 ANZACS.
    1144 7 After twenty-eight 1 mg years of mono* tonous evil-living leavened by weary ones of teetotilism and bright ones of insobriety I met him again. He was older of course, but full of buck and very grey. He told me bow be got hurt at Suvla Bay.
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    EXCHANGE.
    123 8 Pbnano, Mat 11. (By courtesy of the Chartered Bomb.) London, Demand Bank 2/44 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4% 3 Credit 3 Documentary 2/44 Calcutta, Demand Bank B». 174 f 3 days’ sight Private 176 Bombay, Demand Bank •ee 174* Moalmein, Demand Bank •ee 173* 3 days’ sight Private I7fcf
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    Impassibility of a Draw.
    2434 8  -  By Hilaire Belloo. The ultimate end of all war is peace, and the terms of peace are the fruit of war. < Upon what terms of peace the present great j war concludes will depend the whole of our future and that of our children in
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    Secretarial.
    386 8 With tired flat voice and disillusioned air, Wearing a frown that clips a monocle And gorgoniaas with a stony stare Some senior guiltyof untimely zeal; Enthroned, by day, before a table vast. He scrawls the Note shall make a District groan; Strikes, with pert pen, .Commissioners aghast, And scares
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    M. F. A.
    71 8 Cvr FmJLL. A gene»l meeting having ratified the registration of Mr- Cbo Pain. the following will represent Crescent Star on Saturday at Dato Kramat Gardens —Vasl: K. M. Noor (Captain); Back»: Che Pain and Naina Mahomed; BaJjMxselw: -Syed Mahomed, S. M. Shafee, M. Ghous Fqw §ardr. Abdulla,
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    Belgian Relief Fund.
    27 8 May 8 By Balance 42,457.36 10 Mr. and Mrs. P. Mitford, monthly subscription 2AOO 10 By Balance 2,482.38 Amount previously acknowledged 23,913.74 Total 526,396.10
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    Mail Notice.
    59 8 To-BAT. Thonguta, for Negapatam and Madras, 10.30 a.m. Malacca, for Tongkah, 12.30 p.m. Ban WhaU Bonn for Deli, Ipm. Ban Fo Soon, for Began Datoh and Teluk Anson, 2.30 p.m. Fadang, for Trang, 3.30 p.m. Hauroto, for Rangoon, 4 p.m. To-Moa*ow. Benoa, for Deli and Asahan, 10 a.m.
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    The Week’s Events.
    523 8 Thub»dat, Mat 11. Town Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m. Ambulance Drill, Fort Cornwallis, 5.30 p.m. Straits Cinema, Penang Road, 9.15 p,m. The Electric Polyscope Co., Argyll Road. 9 15 p.m. Football—Esplanade *A Coy. vs •B Coy. Fuidat, Mat 12 Town Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m. Penang Volunteers —RecruitDrilJ,
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      411 8 WANTED FOR OFFICE IN MEDAN. Experienced Shorthand Typist. Apply in person to THE A8IATIC PETROLEUM Co., (8.8.) Ltd 220. Weld Quay TYPIST WANTED. Wanted an Experienced Typist for Commercial Office. Apply, stating wages required, age and experience, to Box No. 10, 228 c/o Straitt Echo. NOTICE is hereby given that
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      10 8 For Chromic Cheat Complaint*, Woodo* flhrmot Feppermimt Omto la, «4
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      51 8 A Good Rule for the Haas. Make it a rule of jour home to always keep on hand a bottle of Chamberlain's Colip, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a safeguard agaiast bowel complaints. It always oures promptly and no household is safe without it. For sale by all Dispensaries and
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      454 8 Howe No. 225, suitable for family Moderate. Apply 223 R«t or TELEPHONE No. TRANSLATION. THE UNDERBIGNED undertake translate any document from Eneli.i! into Chinese and vice versa. Alio CbLl! accounts into English. Fees according to the following BC *io (1) For translation for iuiertiou in tZ Straits Eehoor thePinang Sin
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    Alcohol and Work.
    875 9 Akbbioab Expibibhsi. A workman for the Illinois Steel Company in Chicago recently secured a better job in Pittaburg, and before he left bis fellow workmen gave him a banquet at a hotel with twenty-five foremen and clerical workers as guests. There was a cocktail at every plate.
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    A New Call Upon Doctors,
    963 9 There is considerable truth in the old quatrain which says that the doctor 1« adored when sickness comes and slighted when health returns, for there is no class of men, not even actors, who give so much ungrudging professional service in the cause of charity
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      199 9 PENANG LIBRARY. (Opposite St, George’s Churoh.) Comprises some 20,000 Volumes, including the valuable Logan Library of Literature dealing vntli Malaya and the Eastern Archipelago. Entrant Fee: $2-00. Sukmivtion: Books: $1-50 per quarter. Newspapers and Magarines: $1-50 per quarter. Visiting Subscribers $1-00 per month without Bntranoe fee. Farther particulars oan be
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      11 9 For Children's Hooking Ccngb t( Night. Woodp* Orrot Peppermint C«r» id.
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      45 9 Now b the Time. For rheumatism you will find nothing better than Chamberlain's Pain Balm. Now is the time to get rid of it. Try this liniment and sea how quickly it will relieve the pain and soreness. For tale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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      578 9 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 report* that during the past week *8 deaths of children were due to diarrhoea. 16
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    German Submarine Policy.
    952 10 Admiral Ton Capelle has lately been telling the Reichstag in secret assembly the true about the progress of the submarine campaign. Unfortunately, we are not likely to hear more of his statement than is vouchsafed to us through the notorious wireless,” for while versions are bound to
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    Who Invented the Kinema?
    841 10 In what did the invention of the modern moving picture consist This depends on whether an invention is the origination of an idea, or the perfection of something that enables us to put that idea into practice. If the latter is the fact, he who devised
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      81 10 Croup. This disease is so dangerous and so 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 appears and then send for medicine and let the child suffer until it can be obtained.
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      54 10 To Correct Constipation and Biliousness, clear the complexion of blemishes and sweeten the breath, use the dainty laxative PINKETTEJ 1 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 theDr. Williams’ Medicine
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    Why Britain Must Win.
    2262 11 Th« Conquest or ixa Sea. Do the British people even to-day realise what they have done to Germany asks Public Opinion f So vast has been the activity, of our Army end Navy, so widespread their sweep, that it is not easy to keep in focus
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    The Question of Clothes.
    697 11 One of the latest volumes iu Methuen’s Health Series is devoted to “The Heilth of the SkiD,” and is written by D»*. George Pernet. Among other subjects deilt with is that of clothing Man (sajs Dr. Pornui) arc usually everclad women, on the other band, are
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      52 11 Alwiys Rccommrni It. In almost every community there is some one whose life has been saved by Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Such persons seldom miss an opportunity to recommend it, and these recommendations and its never failing qualities aocount for its great popularity. For sale by all Dispensaries
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      78 11 With tbe distressing moist heat of this tropical climate one is apt to get body chill, always m< st dangerous because the liver or kidneys are affected, and with either out of order a diseased condition may be set up. WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CORE is the finest corrective of a
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