Straits Echo, 6 October 1916

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED HALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 14. $24 Per Annul» PENANG, FRIDAY, 6th OCTOBER, 1916. Single Cipy, 19 «fits No. 234.
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      986 1 JUiMAID «1 1 &i I Iled NAiuEa FOR SALK Oue new 1916 and 2 second-hand 1918 Model HUPMOBILE CARS BANKS. FOR SALE Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. in good running condition. One second-hand two-seater MORRIS OXFORD In good running order, complete with accessories. Intending purchasers can have a
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    After the War.
    1079 2 What will you do when the wai’a over P inquired Mrs. Copp. Same a» now, work, answered Mrs. Dmdy, Are you tbinkiu’ you’ll see mo step into me motor and b-i drove away by a chaffer with a collar over bis ears acd the expression of a
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    A Paris Letter.
    799 2 HAIL RUMANIA! A Modern Machiavrlli. Pans, September 6. To bet that Rumania’» intervention wail with .ntbu.ia.min P.ri. to pat it very mildly, for the good however, wa. not wholly unanticipatedcreated wild jby. The Rumanian blue yellow, and red tricolour floated gaily »»de by aide with the French
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      41 2 Treitmnt for Dysentery Chamberlain’s Colic, 'Cholera and Diar-rbi-ea Remedy followed by a dote of castor oil will fftctually cure the most stubborn cares of dysentery. It is especially Rood for summer diarrhoea in children. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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      201 2 ALWAYS GIVING HIGH QUALITY YET CHARGING LOWEST PRICES. FANCY GOODS OF GREAT UTILITY. r 1 V Neat Inexpensive Wristlet Watch with Strong Leather Strap Complete. PRICE: $6-50. The “Seven O’clock” Safety Razor The only Razor under $9-00 that can be stropped without removing blade. OUR PRICE IS $4-50. 0 A
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      38 2 throne Diarrhoea. bed if possible, be careful aayB J. reat in Mses of chronio diarrhoea that; 6 nh* Ure< hare failed on, and it will cuS youf by til Ditpamarits and Dnaltri* o*’ 0 F r M 8
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      479 2 TENDERS are invited for the erection and completion of the Additions and Alteration* at the Runnjmede Hotel Annexe Plan* may be *een and particulars obtained at Mr. H. A. Neubronner’s Office., 33c, Beach Street, during the usual office hours. 502 PENANC TURF CLUB. A SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the Member*
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    Malaya and the War.
    943 3 A SUPER-TAX. F M 3. Opinion. Personal recrimination and Wtier in* nctiTe.lorm no argument.” Abuse is not the ball-mark of the patriot The Phansee u hardly moBt rac^iT character in the Bible. Intemperance of language defeats ita own obj-ct It seems a thousand pities that the
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    Belgian Relief Fund.
    45 3 Oct. 3By Balance $2,192.67 O.t 4 M. Maude ‘monthly’' 15.00 Teoh Chrow Cheang monthly 2.00 H. de Z Lancaster monthly” 25.00 Staff of the Malaysia Robber Co. Ltd. 40 82 Oct. 4 By Balance $2,275.49 Amt. previously acknowledged 27,310 72 Total,,, $29,586.21
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    Police Court Cases.
    730 3 V 4«le»t Pot Sinthaoam, a Tamil employed as a motor car cleaner in tbe Conservancy Y)epaitment of tbe Penang Municipality, was this morning arraigned before Mr. V. G. Et'cbiel, Third Msgis*rate, charged itftb being in fraudulent possession of p*if of Chinese silk trousers which be had tried
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    Amok in Acheer.
    307 3 A Sigli correspondent writes On entering a shop, a skenadunese soldier intended to buy a pair of socks, instantly received a pierce right through bis abdomen, and fe’l heavily to the ground, A murder!” suddenly called out of a stentorian tone by several shop-keepers, while they caught
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      543 3 WANTED AT ONCE. AN experienced JiuliDg Machirem&n on temporary service. Apply to THE MANAGER, Criterion Press, Ltd it OUR DAY.” i* «I Fiei Gifts tor the Bazaar in aid-of tbo ibore may b3 sent on WEEK DAYS 10 30 a m. to 2 p.ra. 3 p.m. to 5 p.na. SATURDAYS
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      254 3 THREE NUNS TOBACCO THERE CAN BE NONE NICER. This is an entirely new departure in the Manufacture af Tobacco. PACKED IN AIR TIGHT TIN|S of 1/4 lb. FOR SA Ta BY ALL DEALERS. ELECTRIC POLYSCOPE LYCEUM THEATRE. ARGYLL ROAD. To-night! CHANGE OF PROGRAMME. To-night!! Pathc'a Latest and Most Wonderful Serial
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    94 4 Published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) aT TH* CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59. Beach Street, Penang. Pbic*. Daily Local 124 per annum. Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABI.I ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG." Telephone Nos. (Echo) 588 Printing Departnent 343 SB —All bu»i.i«a* communication» «hould b»
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    ALTERNATIVES.
    2046 4 Now that the Federal Chamber of Commerce has expressed its views on the subject of income-lax, there can hardly rema n a representative body in the country which h|s not condemned the proposal to intro* duce this form of taxation during the war. As a matter of fact, there
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    M. A. P.
    708 4 Mr W Acton leaves to-morrow by the 8.8. City of Norwich bound for London. We hear that Messrs. J. 8. Haycroft, W. H Elkins and M. L. Anderson, of the M. 8- V. R., are receiving commissions and will shortly leave this country on war service M-M,
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    Singapore Rubber Auction.
    158 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 6 At the Singapore Rubber Auction 653,456 lb. were sold at the following prices; per picul Smoked Sheets $l2O to $124 Good 113t 0 120 Fine plain 105 to 118 Unsmoked fine 109 to 113 Good 106 to 109 Fine 105
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      204 4 A BIRD IN A CA6E IS WORTH TWO IN THE CHASE. Just received a Urge assortment of latest pattern Bird Cages. All have strong solid metal cornerpieces, 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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  • Obituary
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    54 4 Dutki. Ctterib.— Oa October 2, at Neidpatb, Hampstead, Andrew Currie, late of Singapore. Bbbtt. —Oa October 3, at 2b, Race Course Road, Singapore, Agnes Mathilda, beloved wife of H, C. Brett. CLA.EBB.-Oa October 4, at 8, Queen Street, Singapore, Francis Leonard Marcus Clarke, dearly beloved son of M r and
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    BRITISH FRONT.
    1314 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. Hostile Artillery Activity. London, October 5, 1.10 p.oo. Qeneral Haig, »n a communique, reports ,h.t the hostile artillery i« aotire. especially m the neighbourhood of the Zollern It ’doubt and between Fueu de Court Eaucourt l'Abbaye. An attempted bombing attack by the enemy in
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    United Engineers Meeting.
    93 5 Singapore, October b. (From Our Oicn Correspondent At the meeting of United Engineers, Ltd.. J Mr- V. V. Lemberger, who presided, in a very lengthy review of the position and replying to the criticism of Glasgow shareholders, maintained that the directors had conserved, improved and increased st
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    CRISIS IN GREECE.
    1004 5 (Reuter's Service) Copyright Telegram. Wky tks Cabinet Resigned. Athens, October 5. The Government resigned because it was unable to get into touch with the Entente representatives and the settleme it of national questions was consequently hamperel. Probable Premier. Athens, October 4. It is believed that M Dimitracopoulos
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    RUMANIA’S RECOVERY.
    395 5 (Reuter's Service). Copyright Telegram. GAINS ON TWO FRONTS. Priaoacrt Captured. Bukharest, October 4. An official announcement issued in Buk-1 harest states: On the Transylvania front we defeated I the enemy in different regions and over two 1 thousand were made prisoners. M In the Dobrudja we conquered a
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    Singapore Share Market.
    294 5 (JPrfftn Out Own (Jorresp ondenuj Singapore, October 6, Messrs. Fraser A Co’b weekly report states that steady improvement continues in local I rubber shares. Mining shares |are quiescent and there were small transactions in industrial shares, excepting the F.M.S. War Loan dealings in which took place at
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    JAPANESE CABINET CRISIS
    156 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. FALL OF MINISTRY. Owiag to Ckitft Problvtn. Tokyo, October 4 Count Okumt, Japanese Premier, is resigning, it is stated, owing to infirmity. He recommends Viscount Kato, formerly Foreign Minister, to succeed him, but it is understood that the elder statesmen are in favour
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    Telegraph Muddle in Perak.
    379 5 Petkil Service Cut Off The telegraph service from Penang to Perak has always been a source of the utmost concern to business people owing to breakdowns and delays of abnormal length, says the Ipoh paper of last night. Indeed, so unsatisfactory has the seivice been becoming
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    Tin and Rubber.
    41 5 Latest Quotations Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $85.50, done. Messrs. Boustead Co. inform us that the following were the quotations for Rubber on Spot in London yesterday Plantation Ist latex crepe 2/4*. Smoked sheet 2/4 J.
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    Outside.
    290 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages: Pages. 2. —After the War. A Paris Letter. 3— Malaya and the War. Belgian Relief Fund Police Court Cases. Amok in Ach r en 6— Women at Work. Shipping News. The Singapore River. Eastern Pi o luce Exchange. S-ptember
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    982 5 A Fatiful Date for Poliiiciaas. October 6 has become a momentous anniversary in modern politics. On this date in 1881 Mr. GUdstooe made his famous speech at Leeds warning Parnell that the resources of civilisation ate not exhausted.” It w»s on the same day ten ye*r< liter that
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    Women at Work.
    600 6 In a seriss of inumnit halls, one of tbe most picturesque kinds of women’s war work takes place, where a troupe of girls in masculine-attire of blui trousers and shirts are engaged on airship construction Work takes plaoe both inside and outaide tbe gasbags, which lie itfUtod
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    Shipping News.
    418 6 Tbe hllerman Limr City of Norwich> which is loading tor London, is due to sail to-morrow. The s.s. Thongux, which arrrived here to-day from Negapatam and Madras, discharged 450 tons of general carg> alongside the wharf. The B. 1. s.s. Tsista. which is expected to arrive here ou
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    The Djambi Rebellion.
    962 6 Weltevreden. 8ep, 29 Tbe 8o«r. HandeUblad understand! that i repo ts have been received by the Governi meet that tbe Djimbi insurrection really broke out at Tambeci before its appointed time. It has been proved beyond doubt that plana existed for a rebellion over a much larger
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    Will there be a Long Peace?
    549 6 In bis graphic way Mr. David Lloyd Gecrge remarks that the nfppera are gripping and before long we ahatl hear tbe crack,” and be I say that we shall see that there will not ba another war in onr day.” When Mr. Lloyd George
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    The Romance of Rubber.
    414 6 It was during Columbus's second visit*to the New World that bis sailors observed the natives of Haiti playing with a ball of gum which possessed extraordinary elastic quali. ties. Many years later when it wa* discovered that this gum could be used to rub cu l
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    The Singapore River.
    741 6 Country Life in a recerit ntudber baa a capital reproduction of a view of the Singapore River, crowded with boats, and the appended text. A Swatjhot rbom ran Stba.its SrmixiKTs. e I Sir, —I enclose a snapshot of a portiota of congeited river traffic at Singapore. Tbe
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    Eastern Produce Exchange.
    60 6 At tie Eisb'rn Produce Exchange Auction yesterday tbe following prices were obtained: Diamond Smoked Sheet from $109 to $121 Diamond Unsmoked Sheet $105 to $111 Plain Smoke! Sheet $108 H* ,t^« m0ke l St eet *102 to »10« Sejoked ScrepSkeet 81 to B.ik Crepe 55 Loose Scrap
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    September Rubber Crops.
    122 6 1 Alma 25 000 lb. Bukit h j 15,029 lb, Shanghai KlebaDg 12 800 llf ***** lb Ci hH 15,449 lb, Chemor United 18 741 ih qi,,,, Uai Mala, 20.361 lb S2S 36 636 lb, Elian Kail» 21' h T trT| n P,a ls 774 ">• Old
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    Local Naturalisation Law.
    1181 6 In the special waP legislation wbictr has engaged the aUtsiion of the Legislative 1 1 Council of the Straits Settlements during [the last two years there is one important mat'er that seems to have escaped the attention of the authorities, for th* quite plausible reason, perhaps, that
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    The Week’s Events.
    199 6 Saturday, October 7. Singapore Races, Entries close noon, Jewish Holiday, (Day of Atonement.) Lodge Kinta, Ipob, 6.15 p.m. Football—P. C. C. tr# Birch Club, Esplanade 5.15 p.m. Penang Golf Club, Men’s Monthly Medal Competition. Captain Kling Mosque, Inauguration of Minaret, 4.80 p.m. Bunday, October 8. Sixteenth Sunday
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    The Japanese Press.
    243 6 CSTJE» iBTnPlUSjlS 4 Defence of the Realm Act Such a restriction i. normal in Japan .„5 question of what may not te» d *5? seems to lie almost entuelv in thJT 1 *T 0< J the police. For Cteace °f Yamamoto became Premier* «no”!?»*, S? 00 nese
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      43 6 Treatment for dysentery. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea E-medy followed by a dcse of castor oil will effectually cure the moat stubborn cases of dysent. ry. It i. «specially K ood for summer diarrhoea in children. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealer».
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      14 6 F °W b^ H C ri1 11 Wigbt, Wood. 0>»»t Peppermint 0«« 1. 6d,
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      55 6 Ckrotic Diarrhoea. Are you subject to attack. of diarrhoea? quiet for a few day*, rest in bed if possible, be careful of Tour diet take Chamberlain** Colic, Cholera and DU* rhoea Remedy. This medicine ha. cases o chronic diarrhoea that physicians bare faded on, and it will cure you. For
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    When Enemy Meets Enemy.
    1387 7 SERB8 AND BULGARIANS FACE TO FACE. FlOHTS IK THI MOUKTAIKS. V. M. Tovanovitch formerly Eyewitneee with the Serbian A rmy, has received from Salonika the following description by a Serbian officer ef the earlier fighting ln *>kich the Serbians have taken part against the Bulgarians, and
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    Shipping After the War.
    576 7 There is no subject which needs mere careful watching than that of the arrange-' meats now being made in Germany for tte resumption of trade after the war. These are already being taken in baud, and the 1 German press has discussed them freely j during
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    A Word to Mothers.
    194 7 No mother should allow nervous weakms* to get the upper hand of her; if she does, worry will mar her work in the home, and torment her in body and mind. Day after day spent amid the sime surroundings is enough to cause fretfulness and depression;
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      61 7 There is a reason for everything. Therefore let ns tell yon that the reason why WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE is so popular throughout the Indies is, that it fully carries out what it professes to do—cure chills, dysentery, and complaints of tks chest and stomach. One bottle will confirm this.
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      320 7 MUNICIPAL NOTICE The municipal commissi eesno of George Town, Penang, hereby invite separate tender* for the following for one jeer from the lit d»j of January, 1917. f 12, Lease of Kulim Line Theatre known aa No. 27, Kulim Lane. 13, For the privilrge of collecting fee* for sale of
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    The Harvard Peace Kite.
    1701 9 Among the advoc ites of Germany in the United Statea there ia one who cocapiea a place of apecial intellectual eminence—Hugo Muasterberg. He ia, aa most people know bj thia time, Profeasor of Psychology at Harvard University. During the jeara im* mediately before the war he
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    The Pope's Attitude To The War.
    272 9 Dafeaee By Cardiaal Gasparri. Paris, Aug. 31. The Journal publishes a report of a con* yeraation which it states its special correspondent in Rome has had with Cardinal Gasparri, Papal Secretary of State, the text having been tubmittid to and approved by his Emin3EC\
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    Neuralgia Soothed Away
    115 9 bj Little i Oriental Balm To all who suffer the desperate twisting agonies and epistns of Neuralgis To all who are acquainted with any of the sufferers: To all who have never suffered yet who wish t j ba on the safe side: Here’s news: Little's Oriental
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      10 9 For Chronic Cheat Complaints, Wood*’ Great Peppermint Care la. odi
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      37 9 Remember the Name. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is the best known medicien for diarrhoea, dysentery, colic, cramps or pains in the stomach. You may need it some time. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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      606 9 MUNICIPAL NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the books containing the Annual Valuation of and rates imposed on all buildings and lands situated within the Municipality of George Town, Penang, for the year 1917 are open to the inspection of Ratepayers at the Municipal Office daily on week days between
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