Straits Echo, 4 October 1916

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  • 35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR BAST GENERALLY. VOL. I*. $24 Per Anavn. PENANG, WEDNESDAY, 4th OCTOBEK, 1916. tittle Coj, II uiitivt No. 232.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 954 1 tKMAI m K li&D NATH motor car for Sale. I One second-hand two-seater morris oxford 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. ’Phone No. 694. Motor Car
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    • 8 1 I Pi •woiiaa^ ato it* iwi in* IHIIW
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  • 969 2 Two nutters might have been exprc'ei to bavo influenced tbe Rubber Share Mirket. Though tie pricj cf rubb» r has been now declining (or a considerable period, ard tbe subject of the ext nt to which tbe Excess Profits Tax may affect a Urge number of tbe Plsntatijn Companies,
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  • 883 2 I A ColTTBAST OF F*MIIfIWl SlMFLIOITT. We hear a great deal about economy in dress nowaday*, but why, asks Maud Churi ton Braby in the Daily Hail, it it all directed against the attire of one sex only P Those who imagine that
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    • 38 2 Remember the Name. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoca liemedy is the beat known medicien for diarrhoea, dysentery, colic, cramp» or pains in the stomach. You may a.ed it ►ome time. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers, I
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    • 305 2 Whiteaway, Laidlaw 8 Company. Limited. Offer Special Value in Table Damask. :~r« No. 4049 Bleached Whi'e Damask Table Cloth. New De-igD. Bias 70 by 60 iccb<s 70 by 80 70 by 105 Price $5.50 each. m $6.60 »7.50 at Cf -v T <3> v 5h V -5L --f S* /C2?
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    • 50 2 Chronic Diarrhoea. 47::% f a o “rt°d di rrhoas? J*<f PO«iWe, be careful of vour^T 1 ‘5 take Chamberlain’s Polio ni, ur rboea Kerned, TM, V nd Diar ea.ee of chronic diarrhea that 1“ Cured bare tailed on, and it will „V P h J*>eiaa« •>7 all Di.pen. .ri«»d‘DXr- le
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    • 425 2 Fire Insurance written at lowest current rates. Absolute security given by the Company we are agents for Union Insurance Sooiety of Canton, Ltd. A share of yosr business solicited. ALLEN DENNYS 8 Co., 6, Beach Street, Penang. Phones 395 9 412. The Chinese Steamship Co. FOR SINGAPORE, HONG KONG, AMOY
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  • 340 3 Musical Evb.mns Account. We give below the accounts of the two Musical Evenings arranged by Mrs. L. P. Ebden and Mr. V. G. Ezachiel in aid of the Officeis’ Families Fund. Receipts. By sale cf tickets $52 7, By sale of programmes 490.90 cts Total 9)17.90. By
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  • 204 3 Penang 2 and Penang Motor Ambulance. The following letters have been received by Captain D. C. Macintyre Achnacarry, Spean I3i idlge, Inverness-Shire, olst August, 1916. Deir Captain Macintyre, Oa 15th instant 1 received from the Chartered Bank on our behalf cheque for .£ICO for a Motor Ambulance.
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  • 156 3 [To the Editor of the Straits Echo,] Dear Sir, It is to be legretted that religion has tern left out o' reckoning in the matter of Our Day rfforts to get in money. Without rant or cint, peimit me t) mako a suggestion to the persons
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  • 112 3 The following lelt>r has been received from the Organising Secretary, British Women’s Hospital, L radon —dated 30tb August, 1916 My Committee gr.a’ly appreciate tbc gem r >us gift of £690 from the Women cf Penang to build and equip tiro roon s in the
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  • 304 3 The s.B Teesta is fixed to sail at noon on October 8 for Madias and Negapatam. The N Y.K s*. Kitano Mourn is due here on the 13th instant homeward bound. Messrs. McAlister A Co. advise us that the City liner City of Norwich is expected here on
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  • 85 3 Wednesday, October 4. Penang Impressionist Art Club, Anuual Exhibition. Thursday, October 5. PkniDg Impressionist Art Club, Annual Exhibition. (Rociu'.t Drill Chinese Company) 530 p.m. Fort Cornwallis. Saturday, October 7. Singapore Races, Eotries close noon. Jewish Holiday, of Atoceinoot.) Lodgo Kinta, Ipob, 6.15 p.m. Sunday, October 8. Sixteenth
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  • 104 3 B k p 27 400 lb. Bafu Matang 12,475 lb, Joag Lnndor 57.073 lb. Parit Perak 7,810 lb, N°w Columbia 32.531 lb, Consolidated 39,797 lb, Krian 36,400 Ib, Pad mg Jaw i 18,693 lb, Gula KalumpoDg 108,783 lb, Samagaga 15,00 l lb, Padang 25,300 lb, Karan 11,368
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  • 285 3 New Minaret Opening. Tho Committee of Managemfnt of the C-ptain Kling Mosque cordially inv.te all Mohammedans to the Captain Kliog Mo que on Saturday, October 7, st 4 30 p.m to witness the inauguration ceremony of the Minaret by the Resident Councillor. The public are informed that
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 528 3 Postponed Notice. B r order oFthe mortgagee The rROPEBTY belonging to Teeua Mydm bin Teina alias Nal a advertised for sale on Monday, the 2nd October, 1916 at 2 30 p.m. at Jslutcng Hdaob Penang, has been po tponed to Monday, 9tb October, 1916 at the same time Ind nlace
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    • 523 3 ♦♦nnnnnnnaanoaannnnnnnannnna♦♦ PENANG IMPRESSIONISTS AMNUAL EXHIBITION AT THE OLD Engineers' Institute, g OCTOBER 4th sth g ENTRANCE: 50 cents, s REFRESHMENTS FREE. DODD □□□□□□□DEIEIDD AT LAST!!! THE RETORN OF THE FAVO RITE! THE POPULAR Jaya Opera Co. OF MUAR. With a grand addition of bewitchingly I fascinating actresses with melodious voices
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    • 329 3 THREE NUNS TOBACCO THERE CAN BE NONE NICER. This is an entirely new departure in the Manufacture of Tobacco. PACKED IN AIR TIGHT TINS of 1/4 lb. FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS. TO-NIGHT TO NIGHT I! The Electric Polyscope Co., Lyceum Theatre, Argyll Road. 4 Parts FILM PART'S MASTERPIECE Parts
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  • 101 4 Published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59. Beach Street, Penang. Price. Daily Local 124 per annum. Outatation... Postage Eitra. Mail Edition (Post Free) 117.50 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 34«> Jf B. —AH budr-M cif—mnicatiom •taou'd
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  • 19 4 Pow*ll.— -At King Edward a Hospital, Penang, on September 30th, to Mr, an Mrs. Basil Powell, a son.
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  • 28 4 Wilson —Anthonisz. —Aug. 31, at Richmond, Cadet W. F. P. Wilson (late of the London Scottish), to Sheila Mary, daughter of J. 0. Anthonisz, C- M. G.
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  • 1260 4 At this stage of the controversy regarding the income-tax proposals it is hardly I necessary for us to reiterate thi objections j that have been raised to the introduction of such a far-re ching fiscal change at the present juncture of the Colony’s affairs. Suffice it to
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  • 864 4 Mr. Alien Dennys is going on well at the General Hospital. Dr. Jesnr Coof*. of Oula. returned from home by the mail yesterday. Mr H. Langham Carter, District Jndg«, Singapore, has been paying a short visit to Penang. Mr E C- Lawford, of Sabrang Estate, went home
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  • 1049 4 TI *We bave recently come ac i, 088 tw0 P ur V izent references to the Stock Exchange. A fecturer on the subject said Imagine four men hi a railway carriage, plajM* of cards. To the accompaniment of a good deal of tobacco-smoke, profanity and drinking, money will
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 220 4 A BIRD IN A CAGE IS WORTH TWO IN THE CHASE. Just received a large assortment of latest pattern Bird Cages. All have strong solid metal cornerpiecea, impossible to break away. They are a bright open cage, that display the bird thoroughly and give it plenty of light, Every cage
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  • 912 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. IMPRESSIVE SPECTACLE. Graphic Details. London, October 2. The bringing down of the Zeppelin at Potter’s Bar was a very impressive spectacle. It was visible from a'.l the northern suburbs on tae outskirts of London. Spotted. The airship was picked up by Beirchlights shotly
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  • 615 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. ROUND and about eaucourt. Fleree ri t kti M London, October 3, 1.15 a.rn. General Haig, in a communique, states: SeTOrQ fi ghting took place in and about Eaucourt where the enemy succeeded in regaining a footing in the buildings. We improved our positions
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  • 371 5 (Reuter's Service). Copyright Telegram. SPLENDID SUCCESSES. Oa All Froat*. Bukharest, October 3. An official announcement, issued at Bukharest, states i **On the southern front we crossed the I Danube between Rustchnk and Turtukai. "On the northern front we made 511 prisoners in the Tuhurtuhuil and Harghitzei I mountains
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  • 290 5 We are asked to point out—which we readily do—that the Tea Boon Tean, trustee of the Seh Teoh kongsi, whose arrest we reported yesterday, is an elderly man and carries on the business of a draper, and that he is not the Teo Boon Tean who
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  • 331 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. I STRIKING SERBIAN SUCCES9. A Bulgar Defeat. Salonika, October 2. I An announcement from Salonika, dated I October 1, states that the Serbians scoreci 5 lan important snccess in the Kajmakalan I region yesterday, After a violent artillery I preparation, creating fightful havoc in
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  • 257 5 Last week, says a London paper of September 6, a further rise in fine hard Para to 3s. 4d. per lb., while the price of plantation grades remained almost stationary, again emphasised the extreme artificiality of the market position. The Brazilian product reached, in fact, a premium
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  • 158 5 Latest Quotatioas Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $84.10, business done, in Singapore, (refined) at $85.62|, business done (160 tons sold) and in London at .£175 10s. spot and three months' sight. The Magistrate’s Court at Taiping was crowded with Malays a few days ago when the Penghulu
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  • 416 5 (Reuter's Service) Copyright Telegram. DISAFFECTION SPREADS. lisurgeita Attacked. Amsterdam, October 2. Three brigades attacked the insurgents in Sumatra inflicting losses. > Trouble ia Flores. London, October 3. The Dutch Rosident of Timor telegraphs that the rebels attacked the Dutch troops io the island of Floros. A
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  • 163 5 Verdict of Accidental Death. An unanimous verdict of accidental death, without any blame attaching to the syce, Mun, was returned by the Coroner’s jury at noon to-day at the inquest of the death of a Tamil, named Munusamy, which took place on the 16th instant as the
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  • 324 5 From Over Ou-n Vorrtsp&ndenL) London, October 4. The following were the prices in the London Rubber Market to-day Pale Crepe 2/4} Diamond Smoked 2/4 New Advts :—Mr. H. A. Neubronner invites tenders for the erection and completion of the additions and alterations at the Runymede Hotel Annex;
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  • 808 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. Germ»* Crow* P<U«« Interviewed. London, October 3. The German Crown Prince, obviously with the object of furthering mediation, in a statement to an American corieipondent, wept c ojodtle tears, deploiiog the terrible loss of life. He said that the German generals deplored the necessity
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  • 77 5 The following articles will be fjund on oor outside pages: Pages. 2 —Why Do Men Wear So Many Clothes 3. —Captain Kting Moequ a S»ptemher Rubber Crops. Shipping News. The Week’s Evert*. Penang Sfar and Garter Building Fund. Officers’ Families Fund. Ai "Our Diy” Suggestion. 6—" The Huntiog D
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  • 1152 6 very valuible and interesting discus* sion took place at the mooting of tne Lagislaiive Cauncil afw*r the delivery of the Governor's speech on Friday afternoon. We congratulate our new C «Ionia! Secretary on tbo high tone of his remarks in preseutiug the estimates, says the
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  • 867 6 The article on Local Aff aii a" which we reproduced from the Ma'ay Mail a few days ago brought <>ur Kuala Lumpur contemporary a protest ag.iist its *’jiremud from a correspondent who signed himself Obadiah.” •’Jeremiah” bow sends an amusing rejoinder from which we take
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  • 81 6 Sept.21 By Bilmce $2.117.67 j Got. 2 “Auooyuious” month- w y n 2o.oo 3 Mrs Pedley 5(H) W. B Gibs.n 5^00 Oct. 3 By Balance $2 192 67 Amt. previously acknowledged 27,310 72 Tail $29,503 39 The G:rmin Press bis bjen betraying anx.e'y in regard to tha
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  • 1012 6 When tracking down U- boats tho hunting dogs work perspicaciously. Anyone unfamiliar with their mathode, who watched I them beating over a patch cf grey and I apparently empty ser, might think they were nosing about rather aimlessly, when the truth would ba that they were hot
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  • 1031 6 Th) ssconl Bill referred to contemplates la European and native conscript army, though it only goes so far as to empower the authorities to in roduce these drastic I reforms. It is wiso'y proposed to Btart with European coueeription, yielding a tew thousand m(n. The idea is,
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  • 1803 6 A pplieatio* for Coaaitattt. Iq the Supreme Caurt bjfoie Mr. Justice L P Eoden vesterdvy the hearing was rei sinned of the application of Mr, E.E. Col* man, Assistant Official Assignee, for a commitment order against Chej Kok Foo, a l Government pensioner, under section 107 a i
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  • 116 6 Th. f_li T mS Toi7fcI,AMBN T. Played t» and G Savage j X Nicol and J J hkmiy bmt Dn p Gt ****pion»hip. KEPrenti■ tea# F C (Jnjgson 6—4, 6-1. SVn tu Pr °f 9 io Pair». B «d A W Harries bmt E H Byer and
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 82 6 Th' sudden cbae*r B of temptriture tbst occur t w trds eve Dina are liable to .produce tt at nasty sne zin*: and kocwa as a cold io the bead. A swift and certain remedy for this disorder is WOODS’ PEPPERMINT CORE. A dote iininid.*tel f tbo trouble > h
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    • 25 6 Tratmest for Dysentery ChambeMain’s Colic, Cholera an.l ?v dC! r f «£< w».ofdT«nt*rT 17i., m ubb «o r--» ssa ,o “s%r.r by all Dispensaries and Dealer».
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    • 8 6 For Children's Hacking Cough at Wood.' 0«, hftSSoiflSSi
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  • 2066 7 ZEPPELIN SAID. (From Own Own Correspondent London, September 8. Thirteen airships are believed to have taken part in the raid on London aod the eastern counties on Saturday night. Three of them approached the outskirts of London. Within the London police district th ir 1 bombs
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 59 7 to ISLE OF SKYE WHISKY 12 U P, Strength QUALITY UNEQUALLED. PRICE MODERATE. OBTAINABLE AT ALL STORES. Teleg SLOT. G. H. SLOT CO. 'PhoDe 453 SOLE IMPORTERS. MARSEILLES f mm ,<-v v-a 4 S II SWAN BRAND. «9 ASBESTOS-ROOFING SLATES “COCK” BRAND. WEATHER-PROOF. ARTISTIC AND INDESTRUCTIBLE. -E ACENTS: iENTS: ADAMSON,
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    • 87 7 Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. This remedy has no superior as a cure for colds, croup and whooping cough. It has been a favorite with the mothers of vouDg children for almost forty years. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy can always be depended upon aod is pleasant to take. It not only cures colds
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    • 666 7 liilul Relief for FLATULENCE H«irtk«r> ud Wiidy Sfim* The efficacy of Dr. Cassell’* lostant Relief in these complaints will ba a revelation to those who have hitherto trusted to bismuth or soda mixtures, or to old-fashioned liver pills and salts. The trouble is due to gas in the stomach or
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    • 1401 8 P. O.—B. I. AND A.PCAR LINK Incorporated in England.) Mail and jPaisentfer i pT'*3i Ho PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. MAIL BEBYICE. nrard (for Etrepc.) Outward (for Ckioa aid Ja»ia.) KONINKLIJKE PAKETYAART MAATBCHAPPIJ. (ROYAL PACKET S. N. COMPANY.! f Proceeds direct to Marseille* A London. *from London direct. intermediate direct service.
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