Straits Echo, 13 September 1916

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  • 33 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL- $24 Per Aanum PENANG, WEDNESDAY, 13th SEPTEMBER, 1916. Si&ile Coy, centi.i No. 214.
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    • 1107 1 lISd mtvM motor cars for Sale Two second-hand two-seaters morris oxford (BANKS. JUST UNPACKED Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. AND HUMBER ET.TE 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.
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  • 888 2 A CURIOUS SITUATION. T«« “C»i Chuw Tboop* i» Koa.wotuh«. The natives of Kuangtuog are alarmed at the newa of the demands of General Lung Cbi-kuang to retain hia two Divisions of Chi troops in that province, as exposed by the telegrams of ex-viceroy Tsen Cbuohsuan and the
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  • 662 2 A CoiCFASIKOF. The contrast between dress in London end Paris ia atill marked. Both cities wear their August and war-time Bonification», bat each weara them in a different w*j. The women who make up society in the ordinary year» are not Been about tbepuks and
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  • 360 2 [To THE Editor of the Straits Time».] —The judgment in the recent action of Boustead and Co. v Johnson ehiuld prove of great inte est to the nnj irity cf men in the emplcyment of firms in Singapore. The judge decided that the agreement between the
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    • 44 2 Treat meet for D)sente?y Cbamberlaiu’d Colic, Chile ra and Diarrhoea Remedy followed by a dose of caa'or oil will «fftctuklly cure the moat stubborn cases of dysentery. It is especially good for aummtr diarrhoea in children. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers. I
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    • 73 2 ANOTHER DELIYERT JEST RECEIVED. 1 TSirsmifOED" SUMS!MHMJT THE STRATFORD SET l if TBE Stratford Dinner, Tea, and Breakfast set made of white Simi- porcelain ware, decorated with apple green, and leaf design St. Regent shaped as illustration. Very strong and serviceable. Breakages can be rc placed at any time. WHITEM7,
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    • 802 2 Kill Pain Before Pain Kills you Attacka of neuralgia, constant the dread of the sudden .hooting a continual wear and «train on the force* of the «offerer. tJ n esi rfr I UI obtained a breakdown i. sure to follow** Little'a Oriental Balm bring. certain and speedy relief to all
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  • 1096 3 Speaking at a banquet in conmc’ion with the lns'a Uticn of the Sultan of Perak, at Kuala Kangsir, last week, Sir Arthur ouog expressed bis regret that Malays ware neghe’ing general forms of economic agriculture for the culivation of rubber. In doing so, says the 8traitt
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  • 688 3 Inspection it the Qovb&nor There was a record tarn oat of the Penang Volunteers, the Cadet*, the Sikh and Malay Police, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel, the Hon- A. R. Adams, Officer-Commanding Troops, Penang, on the Esplanade yesterday evening for the inspection by His Exoellency the Governor, Bir
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  • 369 3 Well-Earned Praise. J We have received fiom Mrs. A. R. T. Dewar, who has tikei over from Mrs. R. P. Phili ps the honorary of the Mi isb-ring Cbildreu’s League, the following extract from the Countess tf Meath’s repor»j: Again the war has rendered it impossible for
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    • 737 3 NOTICE, t .t o 'Application* for public house A L f t jjp v ear 1916 to be considated at liseoc** of ttlB Board of Licensing tbe !L on Wednesday, the 27th September, J #,t v be seen on application at the Chi»** e Protectorate during the usualiffice bourn. p
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    • 426 3 AMULET SMOKING MIXTURE QUITE NEW PACKED IN TINS OP l4 and 1/S lbs. FOR SALE BY ALL PRINCIPAL DEALERS. SHOWING FRIDAY, 15th SEFTEMDER, 1916, Pathb’s most successful serial “Neal of the Navy” in 28 parts an innovation in serial picture». TO-NIGHT I TO-NIGHT The Electric Polyscope Co., Lyceum Theatre, Argyll
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  • 93 4 MBiM dafly (troefi Sadtji ud fdMia at ns CRITERION PRESS, Lrs. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. ruos. Drily Local $34 par annum. Ovtrtation... Pottage Extra. Mril Edition (Port Free) $17.50 OABLB iDDKIM ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Not. (Echo, 986 Printing Department 343 JV.F.—AII kniMM MBuanoiMtioM »hm»W b* dtowi to
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  • 1337 4 Mr. John Mitchell gave a very interesting red instructive review of the half-year at the meeting of the Ch unbar of Commerce vcs'erday. Perhaps the principal impression ha left on bis hearers was the inconvenience, or tbe impropriety, of one person holding the tv?o offices of Chairmm
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  • 583 4 His Eicellencv the Governor and Lady Evelyn Young have graciously signified their inteution to be present at the "Musical Evening at the Town Hall to morrow. Mr. Allen Dennys has been in poor health since his return from India. Mr. S. E. Misso has b:en appointed to
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  • 378 4 liquiry Open. C IYom Our Own Correspondent Singapo e, Sept. 12. The inquiry into the fire on board the Qlenartney his opened. Questiens arose as to the not calling up of the town Fire Brigade earlier. Mr. G. B. Seth, Deputy Public Prosecutor, is conducting the enquiry.
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  • 1027 4 Pest Bsllum Trad*. There are su e to be many who will not agrei either with the premises or tbs conclusions of Periscop” who open, to-d«y in our columns a short series 0 f articles on the subject of trade with Q er many after the war Bat
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    • 303 4 Our Policy is to supply goods of undoubted smartness at the lowest possible margin of profit. A huge stock of Iron Bedsteads now on view in our New Show Room. r. T MISSIVE IRON BEDSTEADS as sketch brass rings and Spindles, Size Price 4-i by 6J' pillars $32-50 5' by
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  • 599 5 (Reuter’s Service) Copyright Telegram riOHTING AT GINCHY. Pritoacra Take*. London, September 12, 12 15 a.m. GfD eral Haig, in a communique, states tb0 |itua ion south of the Ancre is unl* Fierce hand-to-hand fighting took < cbanj?® 0 place at Gmcby. Fcur officers and a hundred-and-one 1 were
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  • 634 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram satisfactory progress, Hclimkar Occupied. Lmdon, Sept. 12, 2.56 a.m. A Bukbarest communique savs I The enemy continues to retreat in the I Ola Valley. The Rumanians have occupied I Helimbar. Enemy attacks west of Merisor I were repulsed. The Rumanians assumed I the offensive
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  • 704 5 (Reuter's Service). Copyright Telegram. A Seriows Lou. Rom», 9«ptember 11. Particulars are published of a fire and explosion on board the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci on August 2 as the result of which she saok Twenty-one officers and 227 men we e lost. There are hopes of
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  • 2207 5 (Bt “Paaiecor*.”) L A little over two year» ago a party of German militarists, headed by the Kaiser, rendered Germany an ill-service by plunging her into a war about the outcome of which there can be but one opinion. The gospel of Tne Day had been preached
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  • 198 5 FROM DUTCH SOURCES. The following special cables art from the Sumatra Poet of Monday, Septembtr 11: HOLL ND AND THE WAR. Aerial latruders. Dutch anti-aircraft guns on the island of Schiermonnikoog in the North Sea fired at a Zipp’in which was probably wrecked AlTuube came duwa at
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  • 54 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages: Page. 2. Dress in L >udon and Paris. Leave and Half Pay. Affiirs in China. 3 —Agriculture in the F. M. S. Penang Volunteers. Minibtjring Children's League. 6 —Chamber of Commerce. 7. —The Population Q testion, Chamler of Commerce.
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  • 28 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. September 12. The following ware the prices in the London Rubber M irket to-day Pale Crepe 2/31 Diamond Smoked 2/3{
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  • 255 5 Latest Quotation. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $Bl.B bus ness done and in Singapore (refined) at $B2 25, buyers no seller?. Messrs. Bjustead Co. inform us that the foibwing were the quotations for Rubber on Spot in London yesterday Plantation Ist latex crepe 2/3 J
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  • 7072 6 THE PAST HALF-YEAR. Chains»*'» Rtvicw. The half-yearly meeting of the members of tbe Chamber of Commeioe was held at tbe Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon with the Hon. Mr. J. Mitchell in the Chair. The others present were A. R. Adams, Hod. A. R. Adams, (ExOjficio); C.
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  • 1891 7 The National Council of Public Morals has done a great public service. The Commission which it appointed nearly three years ago—made up of bish ps and ministers of religion of all denominations, medical men and statisticians, women and legislators has produced the most candid, the most outspoken,
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    • 315 7 A yr 5 •'Z l Ws J i > •V J >* v, 4 v LARGE REDUCTION IN PRICES. SEE 1916 PRICE LIST. SOLE AGENTS: ADAMSON, CILFILLAN Go., Ltd., (INCORPORATED IN ENCLAND) PENANG, SINGAPORE MALACCA. powerful MiPik/nJb iVI .%ufwfifwtfiAittd Mwt Vciuabli JtcrmacfticA and Weak, Jaded Women. The Cure That Gives
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    • 146 7 Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. This remedy has no superior as cure for colis, croup and whooping cough. It has been a favorite with the mothers of young children for almost forty years. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy can always be depended upon and is pleasant to take. It not only cures colds and
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    • 68 7 •The Declining Birth Rate, it» Cause» and Effects, being the Report and the Chief Evidence taken by the National Birth Rate Commiasion, instituted with official recognition, by the National Council of Publio Morals for the Promotion of Race Regeneration, Spiritual, Mornl and Physical. Chapman and Hall. 10s. 6d. net. Papulation
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    • 33 7 NO LAXATIVES are so gentle and effective as PINKETTES (hat's why children can safely take them. Oi chemists, •>') cents per phial, or poet free fomr the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Dept-, 6c, Singapore.
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    • 1800 8 P. O.—B. I AND apcak line (Incorporated in England.) Mail and PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. MAIL SERVICE. Homeward (for Europe.) Due Penang Sept. Oct. Nov. I» Dec. t Jan. Steamer. Connecting with 16. Malta 30 Namurf 14 Sa'diniaf 28 Novara 11 1 Noret 26 9 23 6 Nyanza Malta tNankin
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