Straits Echo, 17 October 1916

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    38 1 Straits Echo i f -r DAILY CHRONICLE OP EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. I*. $24 Per /nnum. PENANG, TUESDAY, 17th OCTOBEK, 1916. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 24-3.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      1004 1 HIMAI IiISD NATU^a FOR SALE FOR SALE One new 1916 and 2 second-hand 1913 Model HUPMOBILE DABS in good running condition. 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
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      10 1 fcfi’S MILK fORINTA/ITSCm*** w >"«<emsnnitxT ?*tc l\C «‘On* ro* SEs
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    Our Financial Position.
    1093 2 At the last meeting of the Legislative Council, the Government presented detailed figure* is to the revenue and expenditure of the Colony for 1917, giving further comment* which seem to justify the assumption that, as the worst, after all our extraordinary commitments, the financial position would probably
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    How we are Taxed.
    1102 2 If the Hon. Mr. C. W. Darbishire is not responsible for certain statements which have appeared ss to taxation in the Straits, Hongkong, and Ceylon, he has merely to say so and we will apologise. Our present information is that he ia responsible, and that is
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      545 2 THE SIGN of SATISFACTION. ENGL A/V0 rTS.F0B4o $9 #EX 4 W' THE "REX" BRAND. 'WHITEAWAY LAIDLAW& C!l. We have some particular customers who desire a strong and sturdy boot which will stand up, and hold its shape in everyday wear, and yet is an extremely soft and easy wearing boot*
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      450 2 FOR SINGAPORE, HONG KONG, SWATOW AND AMOY, The 8.8. Hong Wan I, Captain L. Victor Van Egdom it expected to arrive here from Rangoon on Wednesday, the 18th initaat and will leave for the above port* ca Thursday, the 19th instant, at 4 p.m. Regarding freight or passage apply MESSRS.
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    Story of a Watch.
    536 3 Jewellers’ Assistant Charged Fernando, book-keeper and assistant to Messrs. Ismail and Raheem, Jewellers and Diamond Merchants, appeared before Mr. J. C. Sugars yesterday charged by the Police w.th criminal breach of trnst as a servant in respect of a watch which was entrusted to the firm
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    Tin Outputs.
    115 3 The output of Kampong Ktmuntingfor the half month ended October 10 was: No. 1 No. 2 Dredgo. Dredge. Hours run 316 282 Cubic Yards treated 46,000 42,000 Total Piculs 585.14 Realised on sale $30,192.95 The outputs from tbs following companies for the first half of October were:— Kamunting
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    Rubber Investments.
    255 3 While tho investor has during two years of war been compelled to stind by and watch the majority of his securities going on the down-grade in more or less easy stages, his holding in Rubber shares has been one of the few to which be could turn in
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    M. F. A.
    623 3 All the officials, including the Raja Bmdhara, and Tunku Kasiim and Tunku Ietnail of Keiab, attended the M.F.A. dinner on Saturday evening at the Moslem Mahajana Sibab, who lent their premises for the day. After the Penang President, Mr. K Mydinsah had congratulated the Singaporeans on behalf
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    Eastern Produce Exchange.
    362 3 At the Eastern Produce Exchange Audi >n yesterday the following prices were obtained: Diamond Smoked Sheet from SI 15 to $125 Diamond Unsmoked Sheet Sill to $115 ?lain Smoke 1 Sheet $113 to $115 Plain Unsmoked Sheet $108 to 12 Diarnmd Smoked Sheet No. 2 $112 Scrap
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      165 3 J < to Id (JS J N 0 u A (fl cO Z z O CO 0 (0 j. < SCOTCH WHISKY x X X; X “SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT' JAMES ONO°“ BLACK&WHITE rr*++*?v >••■ JisKjft'f&jtj' ALWAYS THE HIGHEST QUALITY L 0) o r Q m < Z o *3
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      284 3 v O Virginia CIGARETTES 3 WD D GH O Wills Bristol a londo^ .--a c»v» WZ% fc£M wz% te: zm Tf Do you know that each tin contains a coupon and that the coupons will be redeemed by the British American Tobacco Co. (Straits) Ltd., at Penang, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    96 4 Plbliibld daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT THI CRITERION PEE3S, Ltd. Ho. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Paicn. Daily Local 124 per annum. Cutatation... Postage Extra. Ifa.il Edition (Poat Free) $17.50 CABLK ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone No». (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343 tf.B. —All bu«in-#a communication» .hould b.
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    AN UNSATISFACTORY ENDING.
    1420 4 A case in which a great deal of interest has baen taken not only by Government ser?ants and those more immediately con* corned but by the public generally came to wbat can hardly be regarded as an altogether satisfactory conclusion yesterday when Mr. A. A. Sarin, Acting
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    DOMESTIC SERVANTS.
    830 4 DRAFT OF A REGISTRATION BILL. Principal Provisions. A supplement to the F.M.S. Government Gazette contains the draft of a Bill about to be introduced in the Federal Council by the Hon. Mr. Arthur N. Kenion entitled “An Enactment to provide for the Registration of Domestic Servants.” “Master” is
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    London Rubber Market.
    26 4 (Frtm O™ °vn Vbrr&ptfndent.) rrri London, October 16. «-day were 9 L nd n EubbBr Mwk Pale Crepe > 25 Diamond Smoked 2 'i\
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    965 4 KlpHas aad Cooraga, it pulled me ’.through the bad times,’* said Colonel Elkington to an interviewer. The Colonel was referring to a copy 0 f Kipling’s “If,” the present of a friend, which he had carried in his pack on many a long march through France. There are
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      135 4 G.TD. SERYIGE. Penang and Perak Premier Pharmacies THE 6eorga Town Dispensary, Ltd., 37a, Beach Street. Penang. 18, Main Road, Taiping. 27, Station Road, Ipoh. ANDREW USHER Co.-s SPECIAL RESERVE O.V.G. WHISKY Sandilands, Buttery Co., Sole Agents for PENANG S’ PERAK. B BECAUSE OF the Fleets’ success ii> limiting t!:e activities
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    CRISIS IN GREECE.
    1669 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. Officialdom Basy. Athens, October 16. Officialdom is ver y busy again. M. Quillemen had an interview of an hour and a half with the Greek Premier and Foreign Minister. The Premier was very retioent but it is declared that the conversations were To
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    RUMANIA’S CAMPAIGNS.
    204 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. 3 Fierce Figktisg. Bukarest, October 15. A Bukharest communique states that ii the Cali man region wa fell back to thi j frontier. Desperate fighting is proceeding along the entire northern region. Th« Rumanians are holding up the enemy. J Day and night fighting
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    Outside.
    59 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Pages. 2. —Our Financial Position. How we are Taxed. 3. —Story of a Watch. Tin Oatputs. Rubber Investments. M. F. A. Eastern Produce Exchange. 6, Affairs in China. F. M. S. War Taxation. At Random. P.L.R.C. The Week’s Events.
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    THE SKEFFINGTON CASE.
    955 5 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. Inquiry Committee Resort. London, October 16. 1 1 The report of the Committee of inquiry I mto the shooting of Mr. Skeffingtoo, the I journalist, during the trouble in Dublin, > I "»ys that apart from insanity there was no I excuse for
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    ALLEGED ILLEGAL GRATIFICATION.
    1198 5 MAGISTRATE'S DECISION. In the Police Coart yesterday afternoon before Mr. A. Cavendish tbe hearing wa« returned of the case against Mr. A. A. Sarin, Chief Clerk, Poliee Courts, who wai i charged with receiving a gratification of $3 which was other than legal remuneration. Mr. R. D.
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    Ceylonese and “Our Day.”
    519 5 A Substantial Contribution. On the initiative of Mudliar B P. da Silfa, the well known Singhalese j dweller of 8 ngapore, Mr. Justice P. J. Sproule presided over a meeting of a large and representative gathering of Ceylonese at No. 1, Bishop Street, yesterday evening to
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    Fatal Motor Accident.
    260 5 Jubt's Vkrdict and Ridbb. The adjourned hearing of the inquest into the circumstance? attending the death of a Jawipekan, named Mohamad, who succumbed to injuries received as the result of a motor collision betw. ei two cars at the junction of Transfer Road with Hutton Lane, which
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    Tin.
    34 5 Tc-Jiy’» Quotation, (unrefined) is quoted here to*iay at $87.50, business done, ia Singapore (refined) at $BB, business done (170 tins sold) and in London at 4179 10s, spot and 4180 three months’ sight.
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  • Obituary
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    224 5 Obituary, M. Filipeseu, Bukharest, October 16. The death has taken place of M. Filipescn, who was strongly in favour of the Allies. Russian Front. PERSISTENT FIGHTING. Situatioa Reviewed. London, October 16. A Russian official announcement states that in the region of Koromzezo and Kiolibaba the enemy made fieroe attacks without
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    Affairs in China.
    829 6 THE VICE-PRESIDENCY. Towo S&ao-Yi's Position. Peking, October 2. Tong Shao-yi will probably accept tbe post of a bigb adfisor to tbe Government, which has been offered to him. He will draw tbe salary of a Minister of State and be can stay either at Peking or BbaDgbai.
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    F. M. S. War Taxation.
    1116 6 At the present time tbe whole F. M. S. budget for next year—and possibly for several years to come—is in the melting pot. Little more can be done within the limits of short articles tb&n draw attention to various facts and figures, and to outline
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    At Random.
    1158 6 Mr. Well’s estimate that (be war will end next June is rather ehorter than that of meat well-informed people, but events may justify him. Much depends on whether Germany is, in a military sense, a nut to be cracked or an orange to be peeled, Probably she is
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    P. L. R. C.
    175 6 The following was the result of the shooting at Ksmpong Bahru yesterday:— Del. Firing. d> fe &D 3B O Cl. a oo< a 6,0 Mrs. Liston 31 23 33 87 Mrs. V. Thomas 25 27 32 84 Miss M. Pritchard 29 19 32 80 Miss Matbieu
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    The Week’s Events.
    291 6 Tuesday, October 17. Siogapore Bacas. Peuang Volunteers—Battalion Drill, Race Course 5,15 p.m. Recruit Drill, Chinese Company, Fort Cornwallis, 5.15 p.m. Wednesday, October 18, Penang Volunteers—Recruit Drill, Fort Cornwallis 5.30 p.m. St. Luke. Concert by Convent Children, Town Hall, 5.30 p.m. in aid of Our Day Fund. Thursday,
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    EXCHANGE.
    118 6 Punano, October 17, {By courimy of the Chartered Bank London, Demand Bank 2/4 3/[g 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 5/8 3 Credit 2/413/16 3 Documentary 2/4 27'$ Calcutta, Demand Bank Rg. 174 3 days’ sight Private 173 Bombay, Demand Bank 174 Moulmein, Demand Bank 3731 3 days’ sight Private
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      437 6 WANTED. A TEMPORARY Boarding Officer for tbe Marine Department, Penang, •alary at 9100 per month, A man with local experience preferred. HARBOUR MASTER, 626 a. Penang, WANTED. ASSISTANT Land Bailiff Land Office Penang. Salary 9300 per annum by 924 annually to 9480 per annum with 9120 per annum bicycle allowance.
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      52 6 It Nrer FaHj. ChunberUin’s Cjlic, Cholera and Burrhoea E.medjisa 11 its narna implies. It cures diarrhoea and dysentery in either children or adults, and the most violent cases of cramp colic or pain in the stomach (five way to a few doses of this medicine Safe sure STRST For !a,e
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      32 6 Children t Colds. let the children rack their lifHo bod.ee in such a distressing man*! IkJ L~ilT cure thl cofcTUh bottle of Chamberlain’s C*«nr*v« r> For sale bf all Dispensaries and Dealers,
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      491 6 WANTED. APPLICATIONS will b0 received at the Harbour Master’s Office Penang, up to noon on the 31st October, 1916 for the appointment of 2nd Boarding Officer Marine Department, Penarg, Salat j XI80 per annum rising by annual increments of X10 to X230 with a duty allowance of X50 per annum
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    Russia's Tyrant Governors.
    1088 7 HIGH HANDED ACTION. Ra-asTABLisHiNo Serfdom Petrograd. As is wall known, there is at the head of each Russian proviace a Governor, with very large powers. For instance, they have the right to send men without trial to Siberia, and that this right is sometimes exercised was recently
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    Dyak Affairs.
    663 7 Th 9 Raj ill of Sa-awak has issued the fol--1 iwing, which is pub ished iu the Sarawak Gazette Tbie 30th day of September I wish marked as an important epoch in the history of Sarawak for I have to-day .handed over the control of the Dyaks of
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    Band Programme.
    42 7 Wednesday, October 18 t 191 b. Esplanadb 6 to 7 p.m. 1 Selection The Geisha Jones 2 Quadrille Tho Yeomen of the Guard Bucalossi 3 Waltz Ferryman John R'der Polka Are you Engaged Hewitt 5 March The Raiment’s Comrade Lehnbardt
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      275 7 01* ji O l all Chemists Mi Lung Troubles Coughs, Bronchitis, Consumption. For any weakness of throat or chest, or any tendency to tuberculosis; for a troublesome cough, bronchitis or any chest affection, the standard approved treatment is a course of Angler's Emulsion. It heals and strengthens the lungs, promotes
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      379 7 m EMPIRE MOTOR CARS. Twelve of these new 1916 models electric light self-starter H with high tension magneto, good appearance and powerful in M fl hill climbing —cars due to arrive by s.s. KARONGA about M B 20th October, 1916. The public wanting a good and reliable W B car
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    Useless Learning.
    2070 9 Lord Bryce and a number of other public men have ieaued during the week a manifesto in favour of the humanities” in I education. Tbie ie a good sign. Many people who hare come under the spell of Germany during the war, and who regard German organisation as
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      472 9 ASK FOR IT White Port No. I. GOLD LABEL YELLOW SEAL. White Port No. 2. SILVER LABEL RED SEAL. MEDOC CLARET a M QUALITY UNEQUALLED Obtainable at all retail stores. G. H. SLOT 8 Co., TRANSLATION. THE UNDERSIGNED undertakes t translate anj document from Englisl into Chinese and vice versa.
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      59 9 Sunshine ini Common Sens*. Don't doctor joar blood for rheum-itism, Use an external application of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. In a few days it will get you up and out into the sunshine, then nature will restore the rich red blood to your reins and soon rid the system of this
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      59 9 Harsh Purgatives, Salts and Castor Oil, are old fashioned remedies more drastic than safe. PINKETTE> V the tiny laxatives ensure the same results, but in a perfectly natural manner. They do not upset the stomach, nor gripe, but gently assist nature. Of chemists, 50 cents per phial or post free
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      625 9 °f Knife-like Paint. r- Ti *e l *rp, «booting P*«n«, the intent* tb of Scmtict, often tnakd death preferii 6 The fiery dart a that mo from r0 hip to heel, the aleepleaa nights, the cheerless f, f* why not stop all this and get back to j e health
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      1806 10 P. o. AND APCAR LINE (Ihcobpoeatbd in England.) Mail and PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. MAIL SERVICE. Hoi Ovtwtii (for Ckina ad J»»a I KOHINKLIJKE PAKETYAART MAATSCHAPP1J. (ROYAL PACKET S. N. COMPANY.) (Inoobpobatnd in Holland.) Fob Intbndbd to Sail. Stbambb. Langsa, Telok Semawe, Segli, Olehieh, Sabang, Padang, Benkoelen and Batavia. (Billiton).
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