Straits Echo, 31 July 1916

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    34 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT TH2 STRAIT;’, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND Tile FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 14. $24 Per Annum PENANG, MONDAY, 31st JULY, 1916. Cajy, 10 cents. No. 177.
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      973 1 If 1 lijZtD NATUEai Two second-hand two-seater MOTOR CARS for Sale. MORRIS OXFORD AND SWIFT. In good running order, complete with accessories. intending purchasers can have a trial run and full particulars obtained from The Georgetown Motor Garage 7\ Penang Road. Tel. Address: Hokimteik. Penang. ’Phoce No. 694. Mortor Car
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    India of the Rajahs.
    960 3 The loyalty of the Indian rajahs and rulers, from the earliest beginning of the present war to their suzerain the KingEmperor is in some degree a reward for the foresight by which he secured their personal acquaintance and friendship at the Coronation Durbar at Delhi in
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    A 2 Minute Battle.
    1028 3 Shill asd Tobpido. i I shall tell yon all about it. I went np cn the platform at my watch. My battery of six guns was down bdow all loaded with high explosive shell weighing 100 lbs. each. All tbe gunners wore standing ready for anything
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      52 3 Cramp Colic No of suffering from cramps in the ibom&cb, or intestinal pains. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy never fails to relieve the most severe case». Get it to day. there will be no time to send for it after the attack comes on. For sale by all Dispensaries
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      53 3 Middle-age 1 people are oft an afflcted with that distressing ailment, windy spasms, they seem to cut like a knife. Sufferers should get a bottle of WOODS' GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE Ths very fi at dose will bring relief and prove its value. 8>ld by Disperaaries and Stores everywhere at 80
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      416 3 Lassitude is a feeling of weariness, depression, fatigue, which affects equally men, women and children, and it is most important that these signs of a run-down condition be not neglected. Neglect may easily lead to more serious ailments. Therefore if you are feeling exhausted, slack and depressed, don't delay, start
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    Mutual Providence.
    467 4 THE F.M.S. ASSOCIATION. Annual Rnpokt. The report of the F.M S. Mutual Provident A ssociation, to l e presented at the annual* meeting to be held at 5 pm. on Wednesday, August 9th, states Eight committee meetings were held during the year under review, and the members of
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    Siam's Foreign Trade.
    509 4 War has Rbmarkablt Littlb Effjcct. Commenting on the Siamese Government’s report on the foreign trade of the port of Bangkok for the year ended March 31 last, the Bangkok Timet says ;—The most striking fact brought out by the figures is that the war has had remarkably
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      253 4 DCZ)C=ZDOC=ZZ^Z)OCDC CHINA AT LAST I A NEW SHIPMENT OF Sweet Claret, White and Red Port m The Chang Yu Pioneer Wine Co, Ltd., t 1 of Shanghai And Chefoo. The Oldest and Largest Distillers ever established in China, Suppliers by Special Appointment to H. E. The President of China, The
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      69 4 LIQUID FUEL FOR Diesel and Semi-Diesel Engines, Smelting Furnaces, Boilers, etc s KEROSENE FOR KEROSENE OIL ENGINES. SOLAR OIL. LARCE STOCKS ALWAYS on HAND. For particulars and prices, apply direct to THE ASIATIC PETROLEUM CO., (S.S.) LTD.. (Incorporated in England 0 WELD QUAY, PENANG. 4 7 V'/Zw/r 3 r\ iW**
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    An Income Tax.
    947 5 i F. M. 8. Onwroir. i We have published several letters recent- the subject of an income tax. The proposal to introduce that last resort of a bankiupt administration” in the Straits Settlements naturally led to speculation as to whether a similar step would be taken in
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    P. V. R. C.
    28 5 Membes are reminded that there is a bardioap ehoot to-morrow me romp (Twsday) commencing at 7 a m. RiDges 200, 500 and 600 yards,
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    Fatal Motor Cycle Accident.
    422 5 It is with deeptngret that we announce the death of MnB. E. d’A ran jo, Laboratory > Assistant, Straits Trading Company, Butteri worth, eldesthscn of Mr. Bin. E. d’Aranjo, i which took pUos yesterday evening on the i Bayan Lepas ftoad as llw n suit of
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    Weather Permitting.
    197 5 [To tub Editor or thb Stiaifs Echo.] Dear Si', M*y I be permitted to U9e a small column in your valuable paper to call the attention of the committee appoint d to carry on the celebration of the second anniversary of the war wth Germany. I notice some
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    Municipal Commission.
    107 5 Following are the Agenda for Wednesday's meeting of the Municipal Commission 1. Minutes of last meeting to be read andcocfirnel. 2 Any sjecial business the President may b iog forward. 3* QuestioLs 4. Motions by the Hod. John Mitchell (i) Amendment to Provident Find Rules. (i Ei'onsion of
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    The Sultan of Johore.
    97 5 Very gratifying is the news to-day that the popular Sultan of Johore his presort ed the Imperial Government with arquadron of fight ng sii planer. H. H. Ibrahim is following aviation almost as keenly as be did motoring—he is a member of the Royal Automobile Club,
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    Penang Swimming Club.
    77 5 The July Monthly MecUl Competition, 200 yi rds handicap, was held at the Swimming Club on Sunday mornirg with the following result: Stirt. 1st S. A. Yell Scratch 2nd C. A. Padday 20 s cs. 3rd O. M. Tcrzano 2 There were six starters and Mr. Yell
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    91 6 NAM daily («Mp4 Bndija aal yMi MM) Aim OBOTBION PRESS, Lrw. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Tmsom. Ifefly Lsnal mH4 per uiu OMiHw,m Postage Extra. Mail E4Mm (PM Free) $17.60 N oabli asdmn ECHO —PENANG.” T«Ufko>< No». (Echo, 5M Printing 349 jr.J.-An HriMM muuii«*tl «korsM to wMtmmĕ
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    THE RUSSIAN STROKE.
    575 6 The swiftness of the Russian stroke is comparable only to ita anccsaa. Here, there, and everywhere along the whole of the Eastern front the Tsar’s troops ate advancing with giant strides, there while the position here is being consolidated and everywhere with an irresistibility that most be
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    M. A. P.
    871 6 Mr. A. M. Sellar, who has been on a business visit to the F.U.S. is expected to return this evening. Bsoond-Lieutenant H. A. Forrer has been placed on the Reserve List of Officers, Singapore Volunteer Corps. It is rumoured that Mr. G. A. Hereford will succeed the
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    Legislative Council.
    31 6 The only nominee proposed for the vacant seat in the Legislative Council caused by the retirement of the Hon. LieutCol. A R. Adams, is Mr. 8 F. Brereton Martin.
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    979 6 Tk lt l will'b« l 2o2 jein to-morrow, (neglecting the alteration in the calendar) mneethe House of Hanover came in and George I was proclaimed at about 5.0 a.m., so romantically described by Thackeray in the last chapter of Bamond. Queen Aonediedin Kensington Palace. Horse Guards with their
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    FRENCH FRONT.
    725 6 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. Craters o«e«pi«J. Paris, July 29, I.K) p,^ A communique states There baa b*, n mice fighting in the Argonne. The French have occupied two craters, after a bomb fight progressed on the right of the Meuse. West of the Thiaumont work we repaid two
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      368 6 SALE PROCEEDING. Perhaps you doVt believe in Sales, just compare cur foods and the prices asked, the result must onvnce the msst sceptical of the fenviie character of our reductions. This is not a Sale of Cheap Goods but Good Goods Cheap. I I fev Gent’s Swede Leather Belt, with
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    THE GREAT “PUSH."
    683 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. British Operations. THIEPVAL PLATEAU. Higksit Pc:mt Captured. Londoo, July 28, 1 5 p.m. Tho Timet correspondent at Headqaartera ■tatea that the Britiah hare captured a windmill north-east of Pozieres, cloae to Hill 160, which is the highest poiut of the Tbiepval plateau Loafueval
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    RUSSIAN FRONT.
    1546 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. ENTIRE ENEMY FRONT BROKEN, Niue Tkouseed Prisoners. Petrograd, July 28, 11 p.m. The Russians have also broken the entire enemy front westward of Lutzk. The enemy was routed. Niue thousand men, two Generals, and forty-six guns were captured. The enemy was vanquished on the
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    BRITISH CAPTAIN SHOT.
    1455 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. I Trial at Breiae. London, July 28, 8.25 p m. I Captain Fryatt (of the Great Eastern J steamer BruseeU) was court-martialled at 1 1 Bruges for attempting to ram U33 on the ,128th of March. The charge is said to be founded
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    Outside.
    97 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page. 3. —A 3 Minute Battle. India of the Rajahs. 4. —Mutml Provident. Siam's Foreign Trade5. —An Income Tax. P.V.RC. Fatal Motor Cycle Accident. Weather Permitting. The Boltan of Johore. Penang Bwimming Club. Municipal Commission. 8. —Penang Raoes. Gang
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    BURMA'S PRODUCE.
    508 7 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Buss Aaalysad. London, Jnly 30. An analysis of the Tepary beano grown in Bnrma baa been made at the Imperial Inatitnte and it indioatea that the beaaa poaaeaa a high food valna. It ia atated that they should hare a ready a vie in
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    Tin and Rubber.
    169 7 To-Say*» Qootalioas. Tiu (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at 181.75, business done, and in Singapore (refined) at 983.10, business done (200 tons sold). Messrs. Boustead A Co. inform us that the following are the quotations for Rubber on Spot in London:— Plantation 1 et latex crepe 2/31
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    Raid on East Coast.
    669 8 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. Soaks Dropped. London, July 29. It uffieially reported that German Aitships raided the east coast early to-day. j 'he number is As-yet unknown. Report» received from Yorkshire and Lincolnshire state that bomba were dropped. NO CASUALTIES. Asti-air Craft Gvat Used. London, July
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    PENANG RACES.
    1785 8 CONCLUDING DAY’S RESULTB, Saturday brcu<ht an intereatirg meeting tr a close. The''weather, which had kepi fine on the two previous race days, was not •o favourable on the third day; end a heavy* downpour juet bt ford the Ladies’ Cup threatened to min the latter part of the
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    Gang Robbery.
    964 8 SENSATIONAL RAID ON CHEMOR. Tow» Besieged and Houses Sacred. Says Saturday’» T.O A€.*.— The di turbing state of affairs in Perak early this year when a bewildering series of ga&g robberies-’took place in various small mining towns in Kinta had subsided to such an extent within the last
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    H.M.S. "Malaya’s” Bell.
    494 8 Got) Blv fe Th!8 6hip and all Wm Sail in Her. Whitechapel has a Bell Foundry, f ann throughout the world for over three 00°* turiee. Thererby Fieldgate 8tieit some 0! the greatest belte on earth were cast, th» re the birthplaces of many noted Cathedr'l peils.
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    Sir H. Tree on the Cinema.
    267 8 Macbeth in Pictures at His Majesty’s. A new chapter in the romance of tbs cinema ended with the installation of Macbeth at Hiß Majesty’s Theatre, on tbs afternoon of June 22. For the making of these pictures Sir Herbert Tree spent two months in
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    Crime in the F.M.S.
    142 8 From the report on the administration of the F.M S. police force for the year 1915, it appears that seizaMe offences reputed totalled 8,897 af compared with 9,897 in 1914. Non-seizable* offeocos reported decreased from 56.778 to 50,702. The effect of repatriation is most striking; reports
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      413 8 The i. Hong Wan l Captain L. Victor Van Egdom is expected to arrive here from Singapore and China on Tuesday, the 1 t proximo and will leave for Rangoon on Wedneaday. the 2nd proximo, at 5 p.m. Regarding freight or passage apply to V- MESSRS. CHTN HIN CO., r
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      10 8 Fdr Chronic Chest Complaints, Wood*’ Great Peppermint Cure 1«. 61
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      69 8 Can You Afford !b< Risk f Were yon erer seized with a severe attack of cramp, colic cr diarrhoea without a bottle of Chamberlain’* Colic, Cholera and r rboea Remedy in the house? Don’t take such risks. A dose or two will cure you before a doctor could possibly be
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    War News and Gossip.
    2031 9 The British Offensive (From Oter Chen CbtrqpondeniJ London, June 30. Wbil&t it is well known that big tliiDgs are transpiring on tbe Western front —the advance party of tbe great offensive so long talked about—Russia is giv ng tbe world something to talk about.. The advance
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    Shipping News.
    470 9 I The Glen liner Qlentraa passed Suez on 1 the 24th iustant. The S'S. Leun Shinj will be despatched for Rangoon to morrow. The M. M liner rolynetitn will sail from Singapore homeward bound on August 16. The motor 6hip Toughing is due here from Singapore homeward bound
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    The Week’s Events.
    278 9 Monday, July 31. Town Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m. Penang Volunteers —Battalion Drill, Esplanade 5,30 pm. Rycruit Drill, Chinese Company, Fort Cornwallis, 530 p.m. Ambulance Co. Drill, Foit Cornwallis 5.30 p m. P.L.R.C. Shoot, R fle Rmge. Straits Cinema. Penang Road, 9 15 pm. The Electric Polyscope Co.,
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    Thin People Can Increase Weight.
    277 9 I Thin men and women who would like to increase their weight with 10 or 15 pounds 11 of healthy stay there fat should try eat-», ling a little Sargol with their meals fora. I while and note rosults. Here is a go< d (test
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    Loathing of Food.
    205 9 If you feel a sudden distaste for food—if the sight aud smell of wholesome food being cooked .aiisgusl 8 you—then uature is telling you tkat all is not well. If after a night’s rest you have no appetite fer breakfast, your digestion requires attention. If your food
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      41 9 Causes aod Cure fir Diarrhoea. Overeating, a change in the temperature, unripe fruit, and impure water, are some of the causes of diarrhoea. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cr.o’era and Diarrhoea Remedy cures these bowel disturbances promptly, For •ale by aTI Dispensaries and Dealers.
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      279 9 TRANSLATION UIE UNDERSIGNED undertake* to JL translate any document from English into Chinese and vico versa. Also Chioeso accounts into English. Fees according to the foil wing scale:— (1) For translation for insettiou in tho Straits Echo or the Pinar.g Sin Vos or to bo printed by the Jobbing D
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    The Old Piracy and the New.
    1027 10 {Captain Lovat Fraicr’t Picturetqus Record Tub Submaeine Pirate Captain Eid is the best knowo of all pirates to British readers, and when we consider the crimes of German submarines such as the sinking of the Faloba and Lusitania, it is well to remember that
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    Our Power To Stay.
    922 10 Britain Supreme. London, like other credit centre’, waa unprepared for the crisis wt ich sccompanied the outbreak of war. Whatever may have been the case in Berlin, English bankers at least had no foreknowledge of the calamity that waa to strike Europe in August 1914 But
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      69 10 Cio You Afford the Risk T Were you ever seised with a severe attack of cramp, colic cr diarrhoea without a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera aod Diarrhoea Remedy in the house? Don’t take such risks. A dose or two will cure you before a doctor could possibly be called,
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    Fateful Years in the Centuries.
    1297 11  -  By Edmund G. Gardner. The knowledge of thingt pent it the key of thingt to come Joachim or Fl^ba. William Morn?, in the Hill of Vena»,” has retold the legend of men awaiting with dread the coming of the y«>ar 1000, aa bringing with it
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    The Real Blockade.
    599 11 New Yobk Dutch Trad» Almost Extinct. According to the weekly record compiled by the Foreign Trade Department of the National City Bank, the total export from the port of New York during the week ended May 27 last were valued at 61,473,185 dols ,as compared with 26.457,310
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      94 11 Don’t Nefiect Your Family. When you fail to provide vour family with a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhcea Remedy at this season of the year, you aie neglecting them, as bowel complaint is ture to be prevalent, and it is tro dangerous a malady to be trifled with.
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      469 11 A Knife Thrust f would be welcome to dhdj with the vicious shootin", sUbbmg ptins of Sciatica. Yet these are the mao who h ;va not he ird about Little's Criental Balm and the min*culou* r« lujf it brings to the tortimd «ciat c Derr a. Just rub a little
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      1774 12 P. 0.—8.1. AND APGAK LINE (Incorporated in England.) Mail and Passenger Services. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. MAIL SERVICE. Homeward (for Europe.l Ootward (for China tad J»»n> J Proceeds direct to Marseilles London •from London direct. INTERMEDIATE DIRECT SERVICE. Homeward for Europe. Outward (for China and Japan.) i.s, Stmili Aug. 25
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