Straits Echo, 1 September 1916

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  • 36 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EYENiS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY -4 VOL. 14* $24 Per Annvi», PENANG, FRIDAY, Ist SEPTEMBER, 1916. Siafle Coy, 10 centu No. 204.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1212 1 iiZED NATUia motor cars for Sale. 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 Georgetown Motor Garage 7\ Penang Road. Tel. Address: Hoklmteik, Penang. ’Pbote No. 694. Motor Car Importers and
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  • 895 2 Black Hundreds Again on the Move. 1 etrograd, July 24. It must be admitted tbit the Duma baa not done much. This in quite freely pointed out in the Russian Press, but one thing it has done: It has passed the Bill establishing permanent prohibition of the manufacture
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  • 954 2 Ark th* Resources or Civilisation Exhausted j 1 rublic indignation concerning the murder I of Captain Fryatt is growing rather than waning as time goes on and the facts of this detestable crime are seen in all their naked barbarity. Behind that indignation there is a very
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 40 2 A Waster Remedy. Chamb3rlain s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is ru.»ster over cramp colic, dysentery, and all intestinal pains. One dose relieves, a second dose is rarely mces&atv to effect a cure. For sale by all Dupensaries and Dealers.
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    • 177 2 THE WORLD’S GREATEST DOST GATHERER. THE O’CEDAR MOP. err V3 tie OCedar feSish Wajr As a Floor Mop it is unequalled. Gleans Wood, tile floors, etc. PRICE $3.50 O’CEDAR POLISH cleans as it polishes. O’Cedar does more than polish —more than give a high, dry lasting lustre to furniture. It
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    • 72 2 Teething Children. Teething children have more or less diarrhoea, which can be controlled by giving Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. All that is necessary is to give the prescribed dose after each operation of the bowels more than natural and then castor oil to cleanse the system. It is
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    • 498 2 WANTED QOMPEIENT BOOK-KEEPER 3iUr; Apply to CYCLE <fe CARRIAGE Co Ftnaiuj 422 "VV ANTED. A N EXPEKffiNOED CLERK lth J\. knowledge of printing pre( t h Salary according to qualifications P d Apply to BOX 5, c/o Straitt Echo. WANTED. 1 WO COMPOSITORS for the N„ Office. Good salary to
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  • 463 3 Chin Seng Co. Ltd. Position Improving. The seventh ordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the above cimpany was hdd at 41, Farquhar Street, yesterday. There were present Messrs. H. A. Neubronrer (in the Chair) J. G. Allan, A. Sarkies, Cheah Seng Yean, Quah Choo Huat, Khaw E we Lay
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  • 360 3 The 8.8. Colombo Maru is expacted to triive here from Calcutti on the 14th t ii t. The s.s. Rotorua which arrived here yesteiday discharged 3,900 bags of tin ore a'occsi le the wharf. The f.s. Pin Seng brought 1,740 bags of tin ore, 1,726 bags of which
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  • 75 3 The output cf the Kampong Kamunting Tin Dredging. Ltd. for the month ended 24th August, 1916 was No. 1 No. 2 Dredge. Dredge. Hours run 649 556 Cubic Yards treated 110.00 J 80,000 Total Piculs 1,168 Realised on sale $56,373.42 Toe Electric Polyscope will put on the screen
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  • 810 3 CLAIM AGAINST MERCHANTS’ f ASSISTANT. 8 Custom and Luatm, In the Sapreme Court, yesterday, says Wednesday’s Straits Times, Mr. Justice > Earnshaw reserved judgment in a case of r great interest to local firms and their assist- ants respecting passage money and leave and the interpretation of agreement.
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  • 160 3 At tte Eiatern Produce Exchange yesterday the following prices were obtained Diamond Smoked Sheet from $lOB to $ll5 Diamond Unsmcked $lO7 Plain Unsmoked Sheet slootosiol Diamond Smoked No. 2 $lO7 to $lOB Scrap Crepe ssBto 72 Browa Crepe 84 Rolled Scrap 70 Blanket Crepe from 41 to
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 671 3 for sale. Io Bibbington Avenu**, very desirable pjKCE OF BUILDING LAND. Fur full particulars apply No (b, 430 «/o trait t Echo. FOR SAIiE. P,ira Rubber Seeds and Stumps. For particular and prices Apply to KHOO KIM HUN, Manager, Ban Joo Cheaug Estate, Sungei Patani. FOR SALE. TWO LARGE STEEL
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    • 703 3 WESTMINSTER CIGARETTES. ft 9 i TURKISH BLE2TD.I r i SPECIALS 50s. PLAIN do. STRAW TIPPED do. GOLD TIPPED PACKED IN AIR TIGHT TINS. ALD DEALERS. COMING! COMING! I COMING!!! Our next great serial Neal of the Navy in 28 parts—an innovation in serial pictures. TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT The Electric Polyscope Co
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  • 96 4 rrftffrlml duly (except Sunday! and pwklie holidays) at ni CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, BcacU St.eet, P^ua::g. Faxcn. Daily Local *24 per annum. OuUtation... Postage Extra. Edition (Port Free) $17.50 rj CABLI ADDRESS **®CHO —PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 N.B.— All bust nest communication*
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  • 1463 4 The greatest struggle will come after the war. Lke the measles it is tie ecque’ae of the war and not the disease itself which g ve j cause for anxiety- At present wo are spend- j iag something 1 ke six millions sterling a diy to
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  • 865 4 Miss Wilson leaves for home by the s.s 1 Hitachi Maru to night, Mr aDd Mrs J. Crabb-Watt go home by the e.s Nore to-moirow evening. Mr. A. Q. Watson, of Messrs Paterson, j Simons Co. Ltd, will be having for a short trip to Japan some
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  • 105 4 As will be seen by an advertisement in our columns The Howitt-Phillips repertory compiny —who ate passim? through Penang len route to Singapore—will give a parfor at the Town Hall on Monday next when they will present oDe of the latest London successes, A Little Bit
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  • 1022 4 Ckt»|it| Asia. An American lady has opened a publ.o stenographer and typist’s office in Bangkok “Our Day.*’ Mr. P. 3. James is a gentleman of m U rK “pu>h and go and it may be taken for I granted that he will make “Our Day” ln Singapore a
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 290 4 Last Week of Sale. Coed News for Motorists. cj D e nd otter of I9'6 Pi turn. Coach Bu It, Biita. me Sip Our Erai.uvm.v. Car, with attachment to lit all makes of Motor Cycle R on v, comfortable and sDoi g, upkoVcred in best stylo, Uglily coacb finite 1
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  • 537 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. WILL INSIDE HUNGARY." 3« v«r»l Tow»» Occupied. London, August 31. That the Rumanians are well inside Hungary appears from admissions in an A u.tnan communique which says, “We repulsed Rumanian attacks on the heightp, north-east of Orsova; otherwise our ,iranced troops have been withdrawn
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  • 380 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. BULGARIAN CROWN. Rsaaopkilc Plan. London, August 30. Dr. DilloD, cabling from Acqu*, Piedmont, says that the Bulgarian plan, in the eventuality of defeat, is already prepared. The Russopbiles will make overtures to the Entente to depose Ferdinand and make the Heir Apparent, Prince Boris,
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  • 28 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, August 31. The following were the prices in the London Rubber Market to-day Pale Crepe 2/2* Diamond Smoked 2/2 4
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  • 65 5 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $81.25, buyers no sellers, in Singapore (refined) at $82, business done (100 tons sold), and in London at £170 5«. spot and £171 10s. three months’ sight. Messrs. Boustead Co. inform us that the following were the quotations
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  • 463 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. USEFUL WORK. Our Li»» Extended. LondoD, August 31, 1.5 a.m. General Sir Douglas Haig in his com--1 munique says i—“Between tbe Ancre and tbe Somme there was artillery activity on both sides. The weather continues to be adverse. We extanded our lines south of
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  • 785 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. Tkc Cause. London, August 30. A Hague tel°gram attributes the fall of General von Filkenhayn, Ca'e? of the German Staff, to th 3 intervention of Rumania, causing the Kaiser to side with Marshal von Hindenburg against General Falkenhayn’s view that, as the western front
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  • 1098 5 Well-Known Uaji Charoid. Before Mr. J. C. Sugars in the D strict Couit yesterday aftornoon the hearing was p commenced of the case against H»j' Mobamed Kassim, who is batter known ly the name of Haji Colombo. The charge against him was that he on July 18. 1916,
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  • 418 5 We regret to announce the death of Mr. Kboo Cheow Teong, J. P, the well knowa philanthropist, which took place at his residence 24, Light Street, at 3 o’clock this morning after an illness of some two months. Mr. Cheow Teong leaves behind him two widows, two
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  • 89 5 The following articles will bo fjund on our outside page- Page. 2* —Alcohd-Free Russia. The Murdering Huu. 3. —Local Arrangement». Chin SeDg Co., L*d. Shipping New?. Tin Outputs. Eastern Produce Exchange. 6 —Golf Notes. Duffs The Illunon of Verdun. August Rubber Crops. The Educat’oabl Revival. Penang Cricket Club. The
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  • 301 5 Obituary. Mr. J. S, Cunaiaxhitn. It is with deep rrgiet that we announce tfce death from malaria of Mr. James Stuart Cunningham, of Messrs Cunningham, Cl irk A Co which took place at 11.20 a.m. to-day at his loidence iu Clove Hall Road. His suuden dim 98 will come as
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  • 604 6 Further Increases In Imports And Exports. The official return of imports and exports of the Straits Satthmen's for the quarter ended June 30, baa been issued and shows that the trade of the three Settlements continues to increase. The figures for the quarter, as compired with the
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  • 146 6 Tennis Tournament. The following was the result of the tie played off yettirday: Single Handicap B. J J L Haivey beat W A Fell o—6, 6 —4, 6—4 Bowls Tournament. The following tie was played off yesterday with the result as below: Championship. W B Houston beat
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  • 914 6 THE BRIDGE ACROSS THE MEUSE. Bt Hrnrt D Davrat. Do y°u think the Huns will really take Verdun What answer can be made to this irritating question, which is put to ore twenty times a day in a tone of touching solicitude and from people who
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  • 959 6 Nearly a vear ago we wrote, in The Times Educational Supplement, that if we are to tace the future with any confidence after thie exhausting war, we must face it as an educated people. We shall not be able to aff rrd to waste the efficiency of
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  • 32 6 Straits Rubber 229,000 lb., Penang Rubber 179 500 lb. Tali Ayer 85,000 lb. Rubana 62,000 lb.Bagan Serai 33.000 lb. Batak Rabit 29,010 lb. S. 8. (Bertam) Rubber 100,000 lb.
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  • 368 6 ATTRACTIVE BUILDING IN IPOH. Fresh Si«n or Enterprise The Camese Hock Kean community of Perak, which is an influential one in business circles, can be congratulated on the flue new building they have put up aa a club house for themselves in Ipob, says the local
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  • 280 6 The President and Dr. Sun. Dr. Sun Yat sen received the following telegram last night (says the China Press of August 18) from President Li Yuan-hung, engaging him to be the High Adviser to the President. Dear Dr. Sun.—lgnorant and incapable, Yuan hung has been appointed to such
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  • 189 6 Friday, September 1. Town Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m. Penang Volunteers—Recruit Drill, Maxims, Fort Cornwallis, 5.30 p.m. Ambulance Co Drill, Fort Cornwallis, 5.30 p.m. Criterion Press Ltd., Extraordinary General-Meeting, Eastern Shipping Company’s Office 3 pm. Saturday, Siptember 2. Town Band, Golf Club, d p.m. The Wagon —Pacbaung Wolfram
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  • 1468 6 How To Hit. [This is one of a series of articles that Francis Ouimet is writing Ouimet teas the American open champion in 1913 and the amateur champion in 1914, and ranks as one of the greatest golfers ever developed. Just at present he has been declared ineligible
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  • 633 6 “Duffs. Evidently the affairs of the Duff Deva. lopment Company, so long an impsrium tmperto in the State of Kslantan, are bocoming more and moro complicated received by the mail say 44 The question of tho direction of the mam line of tbe Kelantau Kailway hu considerably interfered with the
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 25 6 Keep It Handy. Immediate relief is i n attacks of d.arrhma. Chamberlain’* Colic, Cholera and iXatrjoca It majy should always be oa Deat. aU and
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    • 68 6 Are You Going on i Journey? Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy should be packed in your hand luggage when going on a journey. Change of water, dirt, and temperature all tend to produce bowel trouble, and this medicine c nuvt be secure! on board the train or steamship, It
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    • 9 6 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure l
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  • 1294 7 Nobmaw Anqell’# Questions. “Why ora thete elementary objection* to the whole tcheme not voiced more vigorously than they are by British newspapere and public men at a whole J “One may hear objections in plenty expreseed privately by men of standing and authority but for the most
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  • 742 7 General Chano's Indionation. General Chang Hsun has forwarded the following telegram to ex-Viceroy Teen Cbun- 1 hsuaa accusing him for bis ambiguous J attitude: “To Mr. Tsen of Sbaocbing,—Tbe situation of tbe country is extremely critical, and this is tbe time we can discover tbe I sin
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  • 210 7 We do not give much thought to our nervous system wbeo it is working all right, but whon it goes wrong nature has a way of calling our attent'oi forrib y to the trouble by something we cannot ov rlook—pain. When you try to reach
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 178 7 f #l.l\ m am k .r < r is i m 1 *J 4 r. 4 ii. 4 Al 'T'.~ LARGE REDUCTION IN PRICES. SEE 1916 PRICE LIST. SOLE AGENTS: ADAMSON, CILFILLAN GO., LTD., (INCORPORATED IN ENCLAND) PENANC, SINGAPORE MALACCA. LIQUID FUEL FOR Diesel and Semi-Diesel Engines, Smelting Furnaces, Boilers,
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    • 535 7 Are you a Slave to pain Do You Ever Rest Or is your life a perpetual bur Jen —a wakeful, restless, fevered tortured existence D) you start and c y out from twitching neives or darting pains Are you robbed of your nights of just repose and tranquil sleep Then
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    • 1395 8 P. O.—B. I. AND APCAR LINE (Incorporated in England.) Mail and Passenger Services. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. MAIL SERVICE. Homeward (for Europe.) Outward (for China and Japan.) tProceeds direct to Marseilles A LondoD. •from London direct. INTERMEDIATE DIRECT SERVICE. Homeward for Europe. Outward (for China and Japan.) ■.8. Somali The
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