Straits Echo, 24 August 1916

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    36 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. l^* $24 Per Annul» PENANG, THURSDAY, 24th AUGUST, 1916. S atie Cw, 19 centiii No. 197.
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      1188 1 LKMAI 5sed nahjeSs motor cars for Sale. JUST RECEIVED ONE NEW 5-SEATER 1916 MODEL. Fitted with two extra Dickey Beats, and complete tools. Two second-hand two-seaters morris oxford AND humberette In good running order complete with accessories. Intending purchasers can h&ve a trial run and full particulars obtained from The
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    The Sultan of Perak.
    1883 2 Am Historic Event. With the advance of the years there has come a change over a scene where, formerly, the history of the rulers of Perak and their peoples was interwoven with interminable strife within and dangers from without In this respect, of course, it did
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      383 2 Whiteaway’s Sale Friday next, August 25th, REMNANTS AND ODDMENTS SOLD AT HALF THE MARKED PRICES. MOSQUITO NETS. BOLTON TWILL SHEETS. NOW is your time to buy Mosquito Curtains. We offer all sizes at reduced prices. The manufacturers are increasing their oost and it is likely that we shall have to
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      62 2 THE OFFICE MAN leads a sedentary life; his brain grows sluggish—so does his liver His ■.-alth suffers so does his business. PINKETTE,' the tiny laxatives gently stimulate the bowels thus toning up the system and nerves whioh lead to sparkling good health. Do not gripeOf chemists, 50 cents per phial,
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      490 2 WANTED. N EXPERIENCED CLERrknowledge of 5-f lth Salary according to qualification/ Ted Apply to BOX 5, c Strait» Echo. 388 PORSALE. Para For Rubber Seeds and Stump,. r particular a and prices Apply to KHOO KIM Manager, Ban Joo Cbeang Estate bungei Patani. notice. IN THE ESTATE OF MADINASAH All
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    Full Court of Appeal.
    1007 3 Echo or Tin Cabs. In the Supreme Court befira Mr. Justice L. P. Ebden some time back Kboo Guat Cheng, one of the defendants in what was known as the Tin Case/' sued Lim Boon H«w another defendant, claiming the sum of $3,289.10 paid as dividends,
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    Sikhs and the War.
    598 3 The speech of the Maharaja of Patiala to a representative gathering of Sikhs will be welcomed by Englishmen for many reasons. There breathes in every line of it a chivalrous loyalty founded not merely on the long association of thn Phulkian Sikhs with the British raj,
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    Shipping News.
    396 3 The s?. Hop Sang from Singapore is due hire on the 26th instant. The s.s Togo Man* which is lading for Hongkone will bo despatched to-morrow. The s.s. Kirin Mam is expected here on Sunday from Singapore, bound for Rangoon and Calcutta. The O. S. K. ss Shinkoku
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      651 3 HORSE and victoria. WANTED order. Apply 447* SECOND-HAND in good No. 77. do Straitt Echo. the CRITERION PRESS LIMITED. NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that an Fitraordinary General Meeting of the Comu v w ,n tin bald at the cfficj of the Eastern Si pome Co.. Limited, 43, Beach Btreet, jYulng,
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      438 3 WESTMINSTER CIGARETTES. TURKISH BLEND. SPECIALS 60s. PLAIN PACKED IN AIR TIGHT TINS. ALL DEALERS. The concluding Episodes of the Universal Modern Serial "GRAFT AT THE STRAITS CINEMA; 'Phone No. 628. Empire Hail. Penang Road* THE PREMIER SHOW IN PENANG. To-night To-night The Last 2 Episodes of OH A FT, Episode
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    100 4 NAM duly (sxoept Sundays and poblis kobdays) at m OBTTBSION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Faxon. Daily Local m* 984 per Annum. Ontstation.., Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 f j f OABLI ADDBISB J ECHO—PENANG.” t Telephone Noe. (Echo 586 Printing Department 343
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    ALLIED UNITY.
    773 4 As a general rule, the Russian Govern* ment deals rather tenderly with the excesses cf its extremists of the Right. That, when tbeir activities are limited to domestic matters such as the organisation of pogroms and recruiting for the Black Hundred,” is Russia’s own affair. But when a
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    THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE.
    1345 4 At this turn of their affairs subjects of the Allied countries may vary well be tempted to go a little fuitber than Mr. Lloyd George went yesterday and to follow the example of the German Chancellor and estimate their prospects by a comparison cf the position held
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    M. A. P.
    936 4 Mr. and Mrs. R.C.M. Kinderslev staying on Penang Hill. y aro Our Singapore correspondent wire. death of Captain Joseph Gray Messrs. A. G. Morkill, M. C H.* C. A. Vlieland have become passed cadet^ d the F.M S service. CadetB 10 Tbel Hon Mr. A. K. E.
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      149 4 CAPTURING ENEMY TRADE SERIES NOW ON SALE. FORMALIN THROAT TABLETS. cf British Manufacture. To take the place of German Formamint. For gore Throats Tonsilitis Quinsy and Ulcerated Throat. Price cents. THE GEORGE TOWN DISPENSARY. LTD.. THS LEADING CHEMISTS. Penang, Taiping and Ipola. ARRIVED ITT New Shipment of the well-known “JOOCOCLES"
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    THE SEA AFFAIR.
    754 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. german admission. Berlia Statement. Amsterdam, August 23. itatement issued in gerlm admits that the battleship Wettfalen, ahicb is of tho Nauau class, was hit by a torpedo on August 19, but says that the damage can he repaired. The statement declares that battleship
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    Singapore Rubber Auction.
    40 5 {hhrn Our Own Correspondent Singapore, August 24. tufiber auctions are unfinished. Six anfi eighty tons were offered for there was a good demand at placed prices. Fine pale crepe fetched r smoked sheet SI 17, and unsllo.
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    AT SALONIKA.
    606 5 (Reuter’s Service) Copyright Telegram. fresh developments. Wh, Bulgaria Attacked. London, August 22, A ablf from Salonika says that the Bulgar.au attaok is intended to restore the moral of the Bulgarian a-my and stave off the intervention of Rumania. The Bulgarian occupation of Fiorina is absolutely without importance as
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    BRITISH FRONT.
    1424 5 (Reuter’s Service). Copyright Telegram. TACTICAL SUCCESSES. Eaemy Gun Potitioaa Mastered. London, Aug. 22, 1.50 p.m. Keuter’s correspondent with the Britsb 1 j Headquarters states ”VVe are everywhere maintaining our gains despite heavy bombardments and counterattacks, This is very satisfactory, considerI ing the difficulties of consolidating the exI posed
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    GALLANT GUIDES.
    193 5 Isdisa Honours Awarded. The folic wing extract from the Gazette of j I India under "Army Department,” d.tcd, Simla, the 4 h August, 1916, will b 9 read i I with pride and pleasure by the friends of tl e I Malay States Guides in this country. I
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    Penang Rubber Auction.
    72 5 The undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by Messrs. Allen Dennys and Co. at their Auction Sale to-day j Smoked Ribbed Sheet $ll3 to $ll6 per picul. No. 2 Smoked Sheet $9B $lOB Unsmoked Sheet... $lOl $lO5 Crepe fine pale thin and blanket $ll4 $ll7 Good
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    London Rubber Market.
    27 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, August 22. The following were the prices in the London Rubber Market to-day Pale Crepe 2/4 Diamond Smoked 2/3J
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    Tin.
    37 5 To-day’s Quotations. Tiu (unrefiued) is quoted here to-day at 181.30., business done, in Singapore (refined) at $Bl.BO, business done (150 tons sold) and in London at J 0169 10s, spot ad JJI7O 10s., three months’ sight.
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    Outside.
    413 5 The following articles will be foucd on our outside pages Page. 2. —The Sultan of Perak. 3. —Sikhs and the War. Full Court of Appeal. Shipping News. 6. —After the War. The Week’s Events, The Russian Phoenix. Local Treasury Bills. Taiping v. Ipoh. Sultan of Perak. Penang Cricket Club.
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1012 5 1 A Breach cf Failh. We notion tl at the mitchieTotn i lea of i* federating British Malaya”, that is to say, J uuiting the Colony and the Native States, is again being mooted io one of the Singapore newspipers. 15 is doubtful wl ether the writer who
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    Local Treasury Bills.
    976 6 The value of Malayan imports from Great Britain is less than the value of Malayan exports to Great Britain. This means that 1 Great Brifc.ia baa to pay Malaya more mo: ey then MaUye baa to pay Great Britaio. In normal times this is not a mitter
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    The Russian Phoenix.
    662 6 An American Vibw. Wbat Russia is doing now she would have done a year ago but for wbat is the most horrible firm of treachery to the flig graft in time of war. The stoidy contractors of the North were far viler traitors to the Uoion that
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    The Week’s Events.
    218 6 Thursday, August 24. Penang Volunteers—Ambulance Co. Drill, Fort Cornwallis, 5 30 p.m. Recruit Dtiil Chinese Company, 5.30 p.m. Golf Club —Lidias Spoon Competition. Football—P.C.C. vs. M.R.C. Esplanade. Lodge Scotia 9.15 p.m. Friday, August 25. Town Band, E-planade, 6 p.m. Penang Volunteers—R»ciuifc Drill, Maxims, Fort Cornwallis, 5.30 p.m.
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    Taiping v. Ipoh.
    1054 6 Ipob, August 19 The old question of the centralisation of all the State offices at Ipoh has been raised once more. As far as Ipoh alone is concerned the idea may be a good one, and Ipoh doubtless will fiad time to get up a little agitation
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    In Mesopotamia.
    1063 6 Mr. G E. Hubbard, the Secretary of the International Commission which, when the war broke out, was completing the delimitation of the Turco-Persian frontier, has published an interesting account of his travels in the form of a volume entitled “From the Gulf to Ararat.” Had the war j
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    Submarine Warfare.
    686 6 DEMANDS FOR RENEWAL. By *Kari. H. von Wieoasd. (Staff Correspondent New York World). Berlin, July 5 (via London, July 6.) With terrific battles raging on the fronts east and west, an internal conflict is raging beneith the surface to force the Government to resume rigorous submarine war against
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    Penang Motor Ambulance Fund.
    45 6 Commander D. C. Macintyre informs us that a sum of £4OO has been telegraphed home from the Chartered Bank here to Lord lucbcapo, London, to be handed over to the proper authorities. A full list of subscribers will be published shortly.
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    Penang Cricket Club.
    83 6 Tennis Tournament. Tbe following were the results of the ties played eff yesterday: Mixed Doubles B. Mr and Mrs F T Kinder beat Mrs Sinclair aDd W McK Young 6—2; 4—6, 6—2 Miss Campbell and F B Rickett beat Mrs C M Henderson and G Savage 3-6,
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    The Sultan of Perak.
    561 6 INSTALLATION Ae*AlOßm«Kts. We have been supplied with r A n details regarding Z prog™ tivitios to taka place at Kuala the occasion of the Installation 0 f n Highness the Sulan Abdul J*m Na.rL? 11 Makhtaram Shah. Mn| U»i On Monday, tbe 4th of September »w
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    Duty of the F.M.S.
    425 6 I la the course of a leading article the i T. 0. M. says b Let us in the F.M.S. follow a course of r self-examination and seek to ascertain whe* i ther there are not new fields to conquer in i our war contributions, whether
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      74 6 When a child develops one of those maty lacking coughs which the family awake at night it is annoyiog for them, but f»r imre serious for the child, because of the strain thrown on i‘s unde ▼«loped bodily organs. Uuptme is often caused by a straining cough. WOODS’ CRE\T PEPFERYN
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      29 6 Keep It Handy. Immediate relief is necessary m attacks of diarrhoea. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy should always fc« on hand. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    A Russian on the Australians.
    1412 7 A Biwiloibimo Pioplb The ManchĕtUr Guardian publishes the following translation of an article in the Novm Vremya One of our party, a councillor of Btate, impulsively stretched out his hand to the cook, and the cook majestically gave him two fingers. The cook was very
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      535 7 Prevent Malaria Dysentery Dr. Cassell s Tablets Increase the Resisting Power of the Body and Fortify Yon against Attack. 4! m > V* K trTnttt. Ure f S^ Pr0te tion a inat malarial fever, ague, and dysentery is vital c s}stem. When the vitality is reduced, in other words when
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      190 7 THE London Directory (Published Annually.)' Enables traders throughout the World to communicate direct with English Manufacturers 6? Dealers in each class of goods. Besides being a complete commercial guide to London and its suburbs, the Directory contains lists of Export Merchants with the Goods thej ship, and the Colonia and
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      377 7 t WANTED. 2 COMPOSITORS for the N#*«P*P*? I Office. Good salary to competent omc* Apply to FOREMAN. e/o Strait» Wib* The primary object of life manMM is PROTECTION aid policies of the CHIIfA MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE Co,. Ltd. GIVE THE MAXIMUM AT MINIMUM COST. A BRITISH COMPANY incorporated under the
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    A Visit to Jeremy Bentham.
    1542 9 Among those mat bora who are not now much in demand who ooold never expect to find themselves among the best sellers," as thej are called who would never cause Mrs. Barclay a tremor of inquietude, deprive Mr. Jack London of a wink of sleep,
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    Municipal Minutes.
    477 9 The minutes of a meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held on Wednesday, the 2nd August, 1916: Present. W. Peel Eeq President. The Hod. John Mitchell. Quah Beng Keo Eeq. Yeoh Guan Seok Esq. Absent. P. T. Allen Esq. A. F. Goodrich Esq. Lim Eow Hong Esq. 1. The
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    Haunted by Pain!
    104 9 Are your waking and sleeping hour* haunted by the awful dread or the worse reality of bodily pain Headache, backache, toothache, neuralgia, sciatica, rheumatism, sore throat, and other external ache a and pains are quickly soothed and cured by Little’s Oriental Palm Simply rnb it in where
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      12 9 For Children’! Hacking Cough at Night, Wood»’ Great Peppermint Cure 1» 6d
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      615 9 GOVERNMENT OF KEDAH AUCTION SALE OF TOWN LOTS AT SUNGEI PATANI. Fortj five town lots for third class shop* houses and five lots for second class shophouses at Sungei Patani will be put up for Auction Sale at SuDgei Patani commencing at 10 a m on Saturday. 26th August, 1916
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      1730 10 P. O B. I. AND APCAK LINE (InCOEPOBATBD IN ENGLAND.) Mail and Services. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. MAIL SERVICE. Homeward (for Europe.) Outward (for China and Japan) Due Penang Steamer. Sept. ft Oct. Not. Dec. 2 Nore 16 Malta 30' Namutf M Sardioiat 28 Novara 111 Noret 25, Nyanzi 9,
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