Straits Echo, 16 May 1916
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Title Section35 1916-05-16 1 Straits Echo OAILV CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR BAST GENERALLY. VOL. 14. $24 Per Annuo» PENANG, TUESDAY, 16th MAY, 1916. Sin|le Cw, 19 ccnti. No. 112.35 words
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Advertisement1074 1916-05-16 1 JLHIIVIAI NATO TVIES. (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. 694.) Motor Car Importers and Stockists of various kinds of Tyres. Largest Dealers in1,074 words
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Advertisement11 1916-05-16 1 S§£ aim It fr* r 3 Si W& ffi w >-n11 words
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Article1281 1916-05-16 2 ABOUT PHALANXES. Stratrst and Economics. The Tim*» Military Correspondent writes: The failure of the German Army, after a month of frensied effort, to oust the French from the cotes de Meuse, is recognized all over the world as a triumph for French arms. Even were the Germans1,281 words
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625 1916-05-16 2 i An Old Mancunian now serving as a lieu tenant in East Afrioa sends to the Man Chester Guardian the following lively sketch i of campaigning in the bush > We are still at the old game out here—a i perpetual game of hide-and-seek.625 words
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Advertisement35 1916-05-16 2 9 w' t x «CHOP KOTA SOLE AGENTS: ADAMSON, GILFILLAN GO., LTD., (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) PENANG, SINGAPORE MALACCA. One, Three Six Stars. ON SALE EVERYWHERE. TRY IT G. H. Slot Co, Telegrams SLOT 'Phone 453.35 words
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Advertisement81 1916-05-16 2 Cm». 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.81 words
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Advertisement35 1916-05-16 2 Your Morning Headache will disappear after a dose of ?INKETTE> the tiny laxatives which do not gripe. Of chemist*, 50 cents per phial, or post free from the Dr. William*’ Medicine Co,, Dept. 6c, Singapore.35 words
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Advertisement406 1916-05-16 2 Have you a Rheumatic Friend Toll him about Littli’s Oeiixt Ram, a modern emancipator from teaches and pains of the human body v mere relief, but permanent freedom from th tortures and deformities of rheumatism The cure has been achieved not once not a few times, but thousands of ’tim*406 words
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Article1020 1916-05-16 3 PREVENTION WORK IN THE F.M.8. IN 1915. > Damaob Nbglioiblb Mr. F. W. South, in the current issue of the F.M.8. Agricultural Bulletin gives the following report on looust work during 1915:— In Selangor there have only been from one to five flying swarms present at any1,020 words
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Article452 1916-05-16 3 L Successful Raid oe the Ga’at DyaksOn April 1 His Highness the Rajah of Sarawak left Kuching in the Zihora accompanied by the Hon. H. B Crecker and Mr. Lang and on the same evening arrived i at Lundu, the journey from the mouth of i the river452 words
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Article133 1916-05-16 3 To-day. I Benrinnert, for Port Swettenham, i 9.30 a.m. Benten ila.ru, for Singapore, China and Japan, 10.30 am. De Kock, for Deli and Batu Bahra, noon. Cornelia, for Port Swettenhm, Port Dickson and Malacca, 12.30 p.m. Atjeh, for Lings*, Edi, T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh and Sabang, 2 p.m.133 words
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Article81 1916-05-16 3 At the Eastern Produce Exchange rubber auction yesterday 27,570 lb. were sold out of 54,508 lb. offered, at the following prices Diamond Smoked Sheet from $139 to $147 Plain Smoked $133 Diamond Unsmoked $l3l $135 Plain Unsmoked $129 $134 Diamond Smoked No. 2 $125 $133 Pale Crepe81 words
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Article144 1916-05-16 3 The undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by Messrs. Allen Dennys and Co. at their Auction Sale to-day Smoked Ribbed Sheet $137 to $145 Plain $132 No. 2 Smoked Sheet diamond $127 $136 Unsmoked Sheet $lB2 $134 No. 2 Uusmoked Sheet Crepe Fine Pale Thin and144 words
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Advertisement361 1916-05-16 3 ASSISTANT with knovrJui ledge of Rubber Manufacture for Estate in Perak. Applj to G. J. M. KEULEMANS, 4 F M.S. Railway Buildings 232 Penang. TRONOH MINEC. LIMITED. (Incorporated in England) DIVIDEND No 42. A Dividend of Is. per share less Income Tax (4s, 6d. in the has been declared payable361 words
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Advertisement569 1916-05-16 3 The usual monthly sale of Pawnbrokers’ forfmted pledges for sums exceeding 10 will be held punctually at 11 o’clock a m. on Monday, Tuesday and ednesdav, the 5th, 6th and 7th proximo respectively at Mo. 42, Beach St eet. The above forfeited pledges may be viewed at the sale room-569 words
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Advertisement410 1916-05-16 3 The Egyptian Favourite among 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 Egyptian Cigarettes f Until you have smoked them you really have not realised the perfection to which the manufacture of410 words
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Article, Illustration90 1916-05-16 4 Pmklukad daily (axoept Sud*ji ui poklu kohdays) AT Til CRITERION PER38. Ltd. No. 59, Boacb Street Penang. Puoi. Daily Local 134 par annia» OnUUtiom... Poataga Extra. Mail Edit»» (Port Ft*») $17.50 CABLB iDDKBtt ECHO—PEN AUG.** Telepkone Nob. Echo. 583 Printing Departaaent 345 jf au mmm m—mnam tVo«w90 words
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Article879 1916-05-16 4 China is working out her own emancipation. Foliciea are once more in the crucible, crises hustle one another, but still the c mntry emerges slowly from the opaque night of ignorance to the glow of the dawn of progress. The latest information which reaches us emphasises the879 words
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Article1212 1916-05-16 4 Occasionally Reuter retails items of news that are meant to b 3 “grateful and comforting” and, so long as these do not lull us into the belief that Germany is already accounted for, no great harm is done. It is well, however, always to examine carefully every rumour1,212 words
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Article448 1916-05-16 4 Mr. F. Y. Hamilton, Assistant Mm&pp,Vald’Or Estat\ Bukit Tambun. left f, Home this morning by the N. Y. K 4 Hirano Maru. Mr. 8 C. Hellinga, of the staff 0 f th* Dunlop Rubber Estates, Malawi, pmf ,j through this port on the s.s. Hirano Mar,, Lo.noward448 words
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Article292 1916-05-16 4 To the Editor or the Straits Echo. Dear Sir, Please find space in your valuable pap’r to insert the following particulars re the Smoker held in the Town Hall on Wednesday, the 26th April,§l9l6. Tie Concert was a financial success as will be seen from tho accounts292 words
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Article23 1916-05-16 4 Total Subscriptions. (From Our Own Correspondent?) Singapore, M*j !*>• 1 he total of the subscriptions towards the Malacca fighter” is 112,150.23 words
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Advertisement160 1916-05-16 4 MPJG SERIES The “Super” Brand were introduced about a year ago to take the place of similar German have been well received by tho Public and on account of their intrinsic merit enjoy a large and increasing Snlo. Our Customers are well sahsfied and the articles do what n claimed160 words
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Article611 1916-05-16 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. A SECOND ACCUSED. Bow Street Crowded. t London, May 15. extraordinary interoat was manifested at tw opening of the Casement trial. Thera we re largo lines of people, many of them distinguished personages, who had waited for hours at Bow street. Only a few611 words
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Article26 1916-05-16 5 (/ron Our Own Correspondent O T London, May 15. P m the London Rubber Market U follows Crepe t 2JM Esmond Smoke 2/1$26 words
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Article40 1916-05-16 5 Tin (uni. Q«oi»tio»«. 195.25 l tine, o i« quoted here to-daj at fined)\ t U J!“ oe8 doBQ in Singapore (re•old) n j UBineBB done (50 tone IlfK it lu Loudon at £197 npot and 15 tnree month»’ aight.40 words
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Article149 1916-05-16 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT IN CANTON. Fiaaasial Pnnie Averted. London, May 15. The Timet correspondent states that the Peking Government has agreed to hold a conference of the delegates of the loyal provinces at Nanking to mediate between I the north and south and discuss the149 words
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Article847 1916-05-16 5 The Chinese Cabinet is now constituted I as follows I Secretary of State and (concurrently) Minister of the Army Tuan Chi-jui. Minister of Foreign Affairs: Lu TseogHsiang. Minister of Communications: TsaoJu-lin. Minister of Finance Sun Pao-chi. Minister of Agriculture and Commerce Chin Pang-ping. Minister of the Interior:847 words
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Article156 1916-05-16 5 List of Sakserfpitoa. Cheques should be made payable to the Manager, Chartered Bank, crossed and and endorsed Penang Aeroplane Fund” or to Lt. Colonel the Hon. A. R. Adams, Commander Macintyre, Mr. Jules Martin or the Editors of the Pinang Gazette or Straitt Echo endorsed in the156 words
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Article186 1916-05-16 5 Judgmeat, Mr. W. C. Michell Distriot Judge, delivered judgment this afternoon in the suit in which Wanchea Ariffin bin Mohamed Ariff sued the Municipal Commissioners claiming the sum of $341.50, t being money had and received by the defendants to ths use of the plaintiff, the particulars186 words
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Article161 1916-05-16 5 Tek Bok Pan was this morning brought before Mr. V. G. Ezeohiel in the Third Court to explain why he attempted to do away with his life by hanging himself in the Civi'. Prisons. The accused admitted the charge. He said he had been falsely arrested and falsely161 words
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Article136 1916-05-16 5 The following were the scores made by the Penang Ladies Rifle Club at Kampong Bahru yesterday Dl. Fir. Rd. Fir. f 4 4 |j 11 is HO 5 3 fh CO Mias Smith 31. 26. 10. 67 Mrs. Venning Thomas 33. 27. 4. 64. Mrs Sproule136 words
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Article461 1916-05-16 5 FROM DUTCH SOURCES. The following special telegrams are from the Bumatra Pott of Friday and Saturday, May 12 and 13 Tka Tvkaatia." Wolff’s Bureau contradicts the statement that Germany will give any ship in exchange for the Tubantia, which was torpedoed. The Dutch Department of Marine states461 words
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Article104 1916-05-16 5 Lawn Tennis Tournament. The following ties have been fixed for Thursday the 18th instant: Men’t Double Handicap B. Millar and Anthony—4/6 vs Goodrich and Saye—ls Benson and Blackatone—3/6 vt Syer and Sharpin—ls Crabb Watt and Watson —15 vt Nicol and Harvey—4/6 Mixed Doublet Handicap. Mrs. Armstrong and104 words
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Article76 1916-05-16 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages:— P*K®. 2. —The German Attack. Hide-and-Seek in the East African Bash. 3. —Eastern Produce Exohange. Penang Rubber Auction. The Locust Pest. Sarawak Expedition. 6. —Greek Neutrality Discredited. Herr Professor Revealed. Statesmen on the Stage. Rubber Notes. The Week’s Events.76 words
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Article28 1916-05-16 5 This Fund now has in band at th 4 Chartered Bank, Kuala Lumpur, nearly four thousand dollars ($3,700), the result of two mouths’ work.28 words
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Article994 1916-05-16 5 A Slabbing Cite. 3 The hearing was resumed yesterday afternoon in the Supreme Court before Mr. Justice L. P. Ebden and a common jury of the case against Goh Ki, who was charged t with attempted murder of one Si Moi by stabbing him with a knife at994 words
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Article1000 1916-05-16 5 ITke Latest Kisd of Memory. I An advertiser in the Personal” eolurnn lof the Timet has bit upon a fresh adjective Ito describe his feelings. Little lady,” he Isays, "during all these months thoughts (entirely with you, treasuring up unI bleaching memory of happy hours spent I together.”1,000 words
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Article902 1916-05-16 6 At the Royalty oue tees the first aerioua attempt to put a modern British statesman on the stage. It is truly charact3ristic of the English spirit that, while our politicians hare been fair game to the scoffer and the caricaturist, they have hitherto escaped the indignity902 words
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Article1050 1916-05-16 6 Tee Budget xko Plantation Rubber —Recant Reports I'rosfects of Sungei Batu and Jugba Estate. There being nothing inimical to th® plantation rubber industry in the new Budget proposals, the market has put on a more confident air since investment buying has been renewed The increase in the excess-profits1,050 words
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Article897 1916-05-16 6 M. VINI2«LOS’s Bittbr Indibtmbnt. The Time»' correspondent at Athens, writing on April 9, says In this weeks’ issue of the Kirin M. Ytnizelos continues his reply to the statements contained in the alleged interview with King Constantine recently published in the Berliner Tageblatt The ex-Premier in the897 words
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368 1916-05-16 6 Willing to Accept Nomination. Washington, April 6. Mr. Roosevelt, in a statement given to callers at Oyster Bay, seems at last definitely to have thrown his hat into the Presidential ring. He is willing, he intimates, to become Republican candidate against Mr. Wilson if the368 words
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Article506 1916-05-16 6 I Used Bt Italians. 3 The naval critic of the Corriere della Sera publishes interesting information con- cerning a new method employed by Italian I destroyers in dealing with enemy submarines off the Albanian coast. A recent official 1 communique reported that two Austrian i submarines which attempted506 words
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Article1325 1916-05-16 6 Sir James Yoxall, M. P - By Sir James Yoxall, M.P. Not imaginary is the Herr Professor I 6eem to sar 1 sitting with pipe, beer and newspaper m his stifling little flat near the High College of Philology at J.na, Heidelberg, or Erlaugen, as the case miy be; not. altogether imaginary is1,325 words
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Article296 1916-05-16 6 Tuesday, May 16, Town Band, Golf Club, 6 p m. Singapore Races. Penang Volunteersßattalion Drill Race Course, 5,16 p.m. Recruit Drill, Chinese Company, Fort Cornwallis. Btraits Cinema, Penang Road, 9.15 p. m The Electric Polyscope Co., Argyll Road", 9.15 p m. Wednesday, May 17. Town Band, Esplanade,296 words
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Article155 1916-05-16 6 Post-Wan SweeiiTioirs. Mr. B. R. Wise, Agemt-General for Ns» South Wales, in the National RtmWi suggests that the Allies should imp»» surtax on all imported German good», the proceeds to be paid into a common fund, to be utilised for defence. He points out that if a 5155 words
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Advertisement64 1916-05-16 6 For a lame Back. When you have piins or in the back bathe the parts with Chamberlain’s p a.n B»lui twice a day, massaging with the palm of the baud for live minutes at each application. Tteu dampen a piece of flannel slightly with this liniment and bind it on64 words
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Advertisement45 1916-05-16 6 Now Is 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 see how quickly it will relieve the pain and soreness. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers,45 words
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Advertisement12 1916-05-16 6 For Children’s Hacking Coagh at Night. W*oda* Ore*i Peppermint Care, I*. 6d12 words
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Advertisement9 1916-05-16 6 P”' Chronic C w n*f Complftiota* V* Qru( o»ri9 words
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Article891 1916-05-16 7 Accounts of the linking of British and neutral merchant vessels are now a daily commonplace. The object of the submarine policy of the Germans, in addition to any military value, it may or may not hare, is manifestly to destroy as much British and other shipping as891 words
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671 1916-05-16 7 Thb Colobbl’s Lbao. The publication is authorised of one of tba finest bits of description of an old fashioned cavalry charge whioh the war has produced. In the campaign against the Benussi, in Western lgypt, the mounted man Lad his chance and availed himself671 words
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89 1916-05-16 7 San Francisco, April 11. A well-laid plot to assassinate John Pier pont Morgan, the financier, Colonel Roosevelt, Charles M Schwab, head of the steel trust, Thomas W. Lamont, the well known banker, and other prominent American citizens has been discovered in this city The plot89 words
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Article83 1916-05-16 7 Pressman Abbbstbd. Mr. Middleton, correspondent for the Daily Mail, was remanded in custody for a week at a police court. He was formerly in the Boyal Naval Air Bervice, and came to Dover on April 13. He invited two officers to lunch, saying “he had come83 words
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Advertisement317 1916-05-16 7 WHALLEY'S SANITARY FLUID COMPANY London, England. Suppliers to HU Majesty’s Households, *nd to The Corporation ol the CMy of London. SOLVBL- DISINFECTANT FLUID. S rf WHAU£YS FUHD"d*.UJ a tt»t dnmfectant *^Ml»r lT*. mtc* T m m V s HouuhoUl *nd frw«rful.B«t end Che3P*** FLUID. Avenue, London* h/ "ON POISONOUS NON-IRRITANT.317 words
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Advertisement379 1916-05-16 7 The Eastern Produce Exchange 27, Bock Street, at the corner of Beach Street and Church Street Ghaut. CAPITAL $120,000. Auctioneers and Brokers The Thirty-first Auction Sale WILL BE HELD On Thursday, the 18th May, 1916. Sales or Purchases negotiated by Private Treaty or by Public Sellers and Purchasers TO THE379 words
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Advertisement1409 1916-05-16 8 AND APCAR LINE (Incorporated in Enoland.) Mail land ]Paß»enger>;Serwioei PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. mail service. I ‘Wks? fifti s.s. Novara INTERMEDIATE DIRECT SERVICE. Homeward for Europe. Outward (for China and Japan.) a s. NyaDza May 8.8. Somali June Aug. 24 22 28 The above dates are only approximate. Wireless Telegraphy1,409 words
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