Straits Echo, 26 May 1916

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  • 34 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENIS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THF STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR BAST GENERALLY. VOL. $24 Per Adavb. PENANG, FKIDAX, 26th MAY, 1916. tittle Coy, II out]. No. 121.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1213 1 r. EDN I TYRES. (BRITISH MADE). Chartered Bank of Iniia, Hongkong 8? Shanghai Australia and China, j Banking Corporation. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND BY (Inoobporatid in Hongkong.) ROYAL CHARTER.) Try help British Trade. You will be confident, if you try ROM TYRES, of their superiority in quality, reliability and durability. AGENTS:
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    • 16 1 s MIIiK lrakis auug* "■“•vwca is mtKsr k Ult r2«TitUW MUL 0 Jg 3BL Esa > i
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  • 1470 2 Fnaa God amd Tamm Youb own Pa*t.” It ia impossible for an Englishman not to feel warmly grateful to Mr. Roosevelt for his vigorous espousal of the Allied cause and—even more important—for his clear discernment of what that cause is, says the Wethnintter Gazette Again
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    • 206 2 1a the Matter of the Alien Enemies (Wiadini op) Ordinance, 1014, nnd In the matter of Behn Meyer and Company, Limited, an Enemy Company within the meaning of the said Ordinance. AUCTION SALE Or VALUABLE LANDED PROPERTIES BITUAT* AT OOLLYEB QUAY, DE 80UZA STREET. PRINCE STREET, RORERTOON QUAY, KANISAH MARICAN
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    • 81 2 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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    • 93 2 A Good Role for the Home. Make it a rule of your homo to always keep on hand a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a safe-guard against bowel com plaints. It always cures promptly and no household is safe without it. For Bale by all Dispensaries
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    • 442 2 The Mirror Shows Plainer Than Words What a Wonderful Improv# May Be Realised by a Gain of Even 10 or 12 Pounds. meat Sargol makes Puny, Peevish People plump and popular," If you are tired of being called Skinny,” Bean-pole or any of the other torment ing names shouted at
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  • 395 3 Chinese Committed foe Teial. The preliminarj enquiry into the cate against Tan Tua Chang, Oog Tan and Tan Hock who were charged with being in possession of implements and materials for making counterfeit coins and possession of counterfeit coins, was concluded yesterday when all the accused were oommitted
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  • 144 3 Says Messrs. Guthrie A Co.’s weekly Rubber report, dated May 24. At the usual weekly Auction held to-day the demand was better than has experienced for some time and considering the lower values advised from other markets prices realised are satisfactory. Fine Pale Crepe fetched the
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  • 81 3 At the Eastern Produce Exchange auction yesterday the following prices were obtained: Plain Smoked from $124 to $129 Plain Unsmoked $124 $126 Diamond Smoked $l3O $l3B Diamond Unsmoked $125 sl2< Diamond Smoked No. 2 $125 $129 Scrap Crepe $Bl $lO5 Brown Crepe $lO5 $lO6 Bark Crepe 84
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  • 78 3 The undermentioned prices were realised for rubber Bold by Messrs. Allen Dennys and Co. at their Auction Sale yesterday Smoked Ribbed Sheet $133 to $l3B Plain $l2B No. 2 Smoked Sheet diamond $ll5 $l3O Unsmoked Sheet $126 $l2/ No. 2 Unsmoked Sheet $125 Crepe Fine Pale Thin
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  • 105 3 The outputs of the Renong Tin Dredging Co. Ltd., from Ist to 15th May 1916 are as follows: No. 1 Dredge 190 piculs. No. 3 Dredge 256 No. 2 closed down for repairs, expected to start end of May. Bells of Death”, a war drama in 8
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  • 986 3 Loyal Examples is the Straits Settlements, Says the Evening Standard of April 25 Germany denounces the Allies for having brought black and ooloured men into the field against her. But the black and coloured men came willingly, recognising that the danger of Germany to them wsa not less
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    • 1062 3 WANTED. rt FNIOR EUROPEAN ASSISTANT for .Rubber E.t.te in Ked.b. A know i e of factory as well as held work Arable Write, stating terms etc to GUTHRIE A CO, LTD. 1 enang. 18 242a WAN A N XPERIENCED CLERK for Rubber E tite in Enggor. Healthy lC0 and free
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    • 525 3 ss V* c o Q <b m SKS The Egyptian Favourite amont 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 /f Egyptian Cigarettes Until you have smoked them you really have not
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  • 95 4 Published daily (except Sundays and publis holidays) AT THB CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street Penang. Fbicb. Daily Local $24 per annum. Outstation... Postage Extra. Hail Edition (Post Free) 117.50 CABLB ADDRBSS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Departnent 343 N.B.— All bu»i*»s* ccmmunicAtion* *hould b«
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  • 1397 4 The tapping of hminan reservoirs of fighting forces was the theme of Mr. Winston Churchill's speech in the House of Commons, and his words will burn into the minds of all men who desire to see peace restored and the military domination of Germany ended. He
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  • 884 4 It is understood that Mr. A, Y. Brown will shortly be appointed as legal adviser to the Johore Government. The King has been pleased to approve of Sefior Don Anibal Puccioas Consul for Peru at Hongkong, and Mr. Harry Alfred Neubronner as Consul for Siam at Penang.
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  • 1008 4 Qvto Mary. TVd.yi. the Q.aan'. birthday, and over the Empire rt will be honoured homage and affection. The ..nice, wb f her Majeaty ha. rendered to the J .race the war began have won urn.»,.., praiee. Yet they hare been no more th. the continuance and intensification of
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 229 4 ILUROPJEIAK ACETIC ACID 99% G dvanizcd Iron Latex Pails Pans. ASAHI LAGER BEER The most popular brand In the East* X “CHANG YU” PORT WINE 5 The best wine ever distilled in China. The Eastern Trading Co., 35, PITT STREET. Telephone No. 554. Telegrams: Pinchong, Penang. X The Eastern Produce
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  • 672 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. STRUGGLE ROUND MORT HOMME. Partial Eaemy Success. London, May 34, 5 20 p.m. Tbo battle at Verdun continued with unditninished fur/ in the night. A Paris communique states that the Germans attempted a powerful offensive to the east of Dead Man Kill. intense
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  • 1622 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. ANNIVERSARY OF DECLARATION. Home, May 25. King Victor Emanuel, in an order to tbe and Navy on the anniversary of the declaration of war, says:—“ You havo 1)0311 victorious in a hundred battles with the ideal of Italy in your heart, but
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  • 337 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. GOOD LEGISLATIVE PROSPECTS. London, May 25. Mr. John Redmond, speaking at a luncheon given in honour of the Premier of Queensland in the House of Commons, said he hoped the result of events in Ireland would not only ba good but unexpectedly good, though he
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  • 195 5 FROM DUTCH SOURCES, The following special telegrams are from the Sumatra Post of Tuesday, May 23rd:— Gerau Story. After artillery preparation the German front on the south-west and south of Mort Homme has been advanced. They took 31 Frenoh officers and 1.315 men as prisoners, 16 mittrailleuses,
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  • 147 5 May 25 By Balance $4,846.60 R. M. Richards 50.00 Amt. collected by Penangite on 25-5-16 5 00 Bhall Singh J. P. 500.00 George Marshill 75.00 Edgar Lewis 50.00 Goh Boon Ho 25.00 Goh Taik Chee 100.00 Lee Toon Tock 500.00 May 26 By Balance 6,151.60 The following
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  • 457 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. CELEBRATIONS IN RUSSIA. Moscow, May 25. Russians joined the Britons in an enthusiastic oelebration of Empire Day. The Rt* Hon. Sir George W. Buchanan (Ambassador to Petrograd) and Lady Buchaoan came specially from Petrograd to participate. The Ambassador, speaking at the banquet, emphasised that
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  • 27 5 (st'rom Our Otvn Correspondent London, May 25. The following are the prices to-day at the London Rubber Market: Pale Crepe 2/8f Diamond Smoke 2/7^
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  • 154 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page. 2. —Mr. Roosevelt and His Countrymen. Burmin Troops. 3. Alleged Count Guthrie’s W ,kly Rubt :r Report. Eastern Produce Exchange. Renong Tio Output. Penang Rubber Auction. Biitish Chinese. 6. —Penang Golf Club. Penang ve. Perak. Germany’s Giant Plsd.
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  • 930 5 ANGLO-CHINESE READING ROOM CASE. All Accused Discharged. The hearing was concluded this morning before Mr. Y. G. Ezechiel in the Third Court of the case against the thirteen Chinese, named Gun Ah Lam, Teh Chong Bi, Lim Pek Seng, Ong Kiat, Kai Leong, Lok Kuan Ni, Cheah
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  • 52 5 To-day’s Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $92.75, buyers no sellers, in Singapore (refined) at $93 50, business done (150 tons sold) and in London at £192 15«. snot and three months’ sight. Spurious small coin is in circulation in Pensng, As usual, some of it comes
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  • 569 6 The Java China Japan line pays a dividend of «even per cemf. y The 8.1. s.a. Fazilka from Negapatam it due to arrive here on the27ih instant. The s.e. Kaga Marti is expected here on the 2nd proximo bound for the European porta. e The Taujong Priok Dockard
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  • 324 6 Following is the report of the committee of the Singapore Automobile Club to bo submitted to the annual meeting to be held at the Tanglin Club to-morrow evening. It is signed by Mr. W. A. Sima, the hon. secretary The committee have pleasure in presenting their report
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  • 155 6 Tun Perak Team. For the important cricket match, Penang versus Perak, to be played in the Northern i Settlement during Whitsuntide, a strong i team has been chosen to represent Perak as may be seen from the following li*t of players, all of whom are certain starters
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  • 220 6 Ladies’ Spoon Competition Mat, 1916. The following was the result of the play for this Competition: Mrs. Duxbury 4up) y 0 Miss Brown 4 5 Mrs. Winfield all square. Macintyre 1 down Sprouts 2 Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Sellar, Miss Evans also played, but made no return. Lawn
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  • 281 6 To*day. Aing Thye, for Alor Star (Kedab), 9.30 a.m. Benoa, for Deli and Asahan, 10 a m. Kutsang, for Singapore, China and Japan, 1.30 p.m. Anjou, for Langkat and Pangkalan Brandar, 2 p.m. Jin Ho, for Asahan, 2 pm. Thongwa, for Port Swettenham, and Singapore, 2.30 pm. Alma,
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  • 939 6 Shrimps and the Classics. In a sketch of life in a bomb-proof shelter at Verdun Mr. William Philip Simms. < correspondent of the United Press of I America writes In the steam-heated corridors 100ft. from ,< the surface, the defenders of Verdun, off duty, are eating
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  • 385 6 Mr Hector C. By water, writing in the Naval and Military Record on the armament 1 of cruisers, remarks that from the nature of 1 their work in manesuvres it was clear that < the German light cruisers were intended to act in the dual capacity of soouts
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  • 360 6 Friday, May 26. Town Band, Esplauado, 6 p.m. Penang Volunteers —N. C. O.’s Lecture Fort Cornwallis 5 30 p.m. Recruit Drill, Maxim, Fort Cornwallis, 5.30 p.m Ambulance Co. Drill, Fort Cornwallis, 5.30 pm. Cadets Drill, (P.F.S.) 4 15 p m. Straits Cinema, Pouang Road, 9.15 p.m. The
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  • 1333 6 Poor old skipper! Hib number’s up, i sure enough. A nice soft job ashore is all j he’ll ever want again, and he’ll need a lot 1 of patching to make him fit for that much.” j This is what they said of Captain Bobert on 1
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  • 523 6 Scheme to Recover Lost Mariet* A great and ambitious German scheme, by which it ib hoped to recover immediately after the war the whole of her foreign trade is outlined by the Stockholm correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Co, who has interviewed M. Heckskjold, a Danish business
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  • 132 6 A Government Gazette Extraordinary issued on Tuesday gives amended list* ol firms with whom trade is prohibited i'i f* 5 Netherlands, the Netherlands Eist Indie*. Portuguese East Africa, Greece and Morocco. The names added to the list for the Netherlands East Indies are Gumprioh i*n. Strauss,
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    • 45 6 Now h 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 quiekly it will relieve the pain and loreneas. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 54 6 MOTHER’S FRIEND—So effectual is that wonderful medicine, WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE in correcting tne ailments of children, that it has b:en truly christened. Children’s coughs, colds, whooping cough, croup yield to it like a charm. Never be without a bottle in the house Sold by dispensaries and Stores everywhere at
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    • 62 6 For a Lame Back. When you hare pains or lameness in the back bathe the parts with Chamberlain’s Pain Balm twice a day, massaging with the palm of the hand for five minutes at each application. Then dampen a piece of flannel slightly with this liniment and bind it on
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  • 1343 7 Griffin writes in the Rangoon, Gazette Bight at the end of the Civil List, protected by veteran volunteers on one side and by the guns of Shah chieflings on the other, you will find the warrant of precedence. Tucked away modestly in an appendix, these four
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  • 814 7 According to the latest returns available, Japan has now nine vessels of the Nippon Yusen Ehaisha on the regular Calcutta line and ten vessels of the same company employed on the Bombay line. The aggregate tonnage of the vessels on the Calcutta line is 44,551 tons, and
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  • 413 7 There will be more than local interest taken in the item of news regarding the project to raise from among the old military class of Burmans a battalion for the Military Police numbering 113 rank and file. The suggestion is one that has often been made, but has
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  • 199 7 Every woman knows from experience tho debilitating effect this Climate has upon her health, and difficulty she has ia keeping her strength up to par. Men, who go out of the house to work, and feed themselves better than women, are far has liable to suffer
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    • 64 7 MACKA Y’S LIQUEUR (THE ORIGINAL BRAND AS SUPPLIED TO THE House of Lords AND House of Commons, SOLE AGENTS: ADAMSON, CILFILLAN Co., .jL, Ltd., (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) PENANG, SINGAPORE MALACCA. For COPENHAGEN Via Suez. Thes.s. “INDIEN" 4199 TONS HAS VACANT 5 Ist CLASS BERTHS. Sailing from Penang on the 30th
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    • 10 7 Far Chronic Cheat Complainta, Wa#d«’ Great Peppermint Omre li, Id
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    • 220 7 You can do it yourself. If you know any one who suffers, if you suffer yourself in the relentless grip of rheumatism, if your joints are stiff or swollen, your muscles weakened, or your limbs drawn out of shape, if you suffer from headache, neuralgia, sciatica or other bodily tortures,
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