Straits Echo, 24 November 1916

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 14. $24 Per nnum. PENANG, I'KJLDA*, 24th NOVEMBER, 1916. Single Copy, 10 cents. No 276,
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      992 1 mSsJia m&ku er.'vs K 89 Si for sale One new 1916 and 2 second-hand 1913 Model EUFMOBILE CARS (BANKS. 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 trial run And
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    Destroyers at Jutland.
    3131 2  -  THE NIGHT HUNT. Bamming an Enkmt Cruiser II (By Rudyard Kipling.) As I said, we will confine ourselves to some’h ng quite sane and simple which dees not involve more than half-a-dozan different reports. When the German Fleet ran for home, on the night of May 31,
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      443 2 TOWELS FACE m l V k *>w TOWELS BATH TOWELS The "DRY WELL" Towel. Fringed Honeycomb Towel, 8ize 21 by 40 ins. Face towel size Price 50 cents [each. •w /V m The SHAM- ROCK r t .-•■-1 Towel. The O, K.” Towel. Splendid value face towel Very hard wearing
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      67 2 A Favorite Rub Dawn. ronmf e oot ball player and the all round know the value'of Chamberruh l Pa,Q r Ba,m Xt is i uat the thwg tor a difiamJ* 11 M er a a ame AH soreness inL^ arS *j 0 magic and sprains and swell* anr r CUf
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    EXCHANGE.
    122 3 Penang, November 24 {By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4 3/16 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 5/8 I, 3 h Credit 2/413/16 3 I, Documentary 2/4 27/32 Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 174 3 days' sight Private 176 Bombay, Demand Bank 174 Muulmoin, Demand Bank 1734 3
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    Penang Cricket Club.
    809 3 e Report tor 1916, The followiog is the r. port of the Committee to be preseated at the general meettog oo Dec. 1: Your Committee beg to submit to you i their Report and Statement of Aecounts for the jear ended 31st August, 1915. The average monthly
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    Penang Golf Club.
    60 3 Golf Competition. Men’s Foursomes Match play 18 holes on one dav Paitners to be drawn for handicap f the of difference of joint handicap Entries close —Saturday, 2nd Dec., 1916. Ladies’ Spoon for November Winner Mrs. G. C Clark', 3 up A. M. Sellar, all square S.
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    Penang Swimming Club.
    75 3 The November Monthly Medal Competition, viz. 200 yards handicap, will be held at the Swimming Club on Sunday, the 26th November at 11,15 a m. Entries will be received by the secretaries up to within half an hour of the start of the race. The programme set
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    Police Court Cases.
    957 3 A Dishonest Servant. Before Mr. V, G, Ez *ohiel iu the Third Court this morning Gopal, who was formerly employed as oook at the St. George's Girls’ H ->me, w iB charged with theft as a servant r of one gold ring, valued at 1200, a gold
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    Tin.
    38 3 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $93, buyers no sellers, in S ngapore (refined) at $93.75, busin(s« don (125 tons sold) aod in Londou at £l9l 15a. spot acd £193 10s. three months' sight.
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      549 3 NOTICE. FHO BATE 1916 No. 383 IN THE ESTATE OF Lilian Mary Hallifax deceased. I)URSUANT (o (he Trustees O.ditauce X 1914 Section 26 Notice is hereby gmu that all cridFois aud other persons living any claims aud demands against the Estate of Lilim Mary Hilhfii deceased wifo of Fredeiick Owen
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      495 3 WANTED. A SECRETARY with a good knowledge of English. One who has a knowledge of Chinese characters will be preferred. The Penang 611 Chinese Chamber or Commerce WANTED. An experienced Bill-collector, Security $2,000. Salary according to qualifications. Apply to BOX 725 CO “STRAITS ECHO. ONE H P. Free Engine Kudge
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      195 3 TURKISH'.' BLEND A particularly good cigarette at a very moderate price. GOLD, PLAIN AND STRAW TIPPLD. Packed in Air Tight Tins. ALL DEALERS. Corning! Coming!! Coming!!! Cnailee Chaplin in Tillie's Punctured Romance compdy in 6 puis To-night! To-night!! ELECTRIC POLYSCOPE MJ LYCEUM THEATRE, AIGYLL ROAD. JL/ Present Thaohouser’s Sensational Dotettive
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    96 4 Pabliihad daily (except Sundays and pnblic holidays) AT THI CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. ITo. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Prick. Daily Local $24 per annum. Outftation... Postage Extra. Hail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLB ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343 S. B. —All business communications should
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    THE TRAGEDY OF EXTRAVAGANCE.
    1407 4 Even in ordinary times it has always seemed to us that the Christmas and Mew Year menus of the great London hotels such as thi Berkeley, Claridge’s, the Ritz, the Carlton and the Savoy constituted a direct incitement to a breach )f the peac*' 1 Your
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    M. A. P.
    909 4 Mr. Loke Chow Kit, of Kuala Lumpur, is on a visit to Penang. He arrived here by the s.s. Ipoh this morning. Mr. B. Stockdale, the jockey, is at present in Egypt doing his bit. From a letter received by a friend here he is keeping very
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1050 4 Tcftaysoa’s Chief Reliance." i One who would 6urely not ha r regarded the official drink regulation 9 in England with complacency w the immortal author of those “Idyll/" which were so loved by that long-dead aunt of King George, Princess Alice, mother 0 f p among others, the
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      478 4 St. ANDREW'S DAY under the auspices of THE PENANG ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY I be follow 'DR programme baa been arranged for 30th NOVEMBER. 1916. r»-15 pm. at tbe Esplanade Football Match ENQLAND SCOTLAND 8 p.m. at E AO. Hofi 1 DINNER and CONCERT Tbe Penang Pipe Band will play at
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    BRITISH FRONT.
    1401 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. fight for the trenches. Eatmy Attack. London, Novemebr 23, 12 41 a.m. General Haig reports: <* \fter a heavy trench mortar bombardDt v sterday night the enemy raided the front south-west of Part f the first-line trench was obliterated and weD ty six are
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    London Rubber Market.
    251 5 (From Our Onn Correspondent London, November 23. The prices in the London Rubber Market to-day were: Pale Crepe Diamond Smoked 2/9J The TTesf Cocut Spectator, aS. Indian paper, in the course of the comments on the appointment, with which it is disappointed, of the Hon Mr. Ahmed
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    TORPEDOED “BRITANNIC.”
    758 5 (Reuter’s Service). Copyright Telegram. FURTHER DETAILS. Some Lives Lost. London, November 22. The hoep.til ship Britannic which was torpedoed in the Aegein Sea was the new White Star liner of 48,000 tons. Athens, November 22. The Britannic was apparently from Salonika. She lowered all her boats numbering thirty-five.
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    CRISIS IN GREECE.
    293 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. ALLIES’ DEMANDS. Ceaecraiag War Material. Athens, November 23. Admiral Fournet's recent demand for the surrender of war material included eighteen batteries of fiaid artillery, sixtsen batteries of mountain artillery, 40,000 Mannlicher rifl‘B, fifty motor vans and a considerable quantity of war material. Admiral
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    Another Planter Shot.
    60 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Novemb*r 24. Mr. L. H. J. Wilson, Manager of Mengkibol Estate, was found shot yesterday afternoon. He is being buried in Singapore. The decease^arrive! from England a month ago. No further details have been received. Mr. L. H. J. Wilson was shot
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    Singapore Wedding.
    387 5 Burae--T«racr, (From Owr Own Correspondent). Singapore, November 23. The wedding was solemnised at St. Andrew’s of Dr. T. W. Burne, Surgeon, General Hospital, to Miss Turner, M D. Tbe Bishop of Singapore and the Rev. Mr. F. G. Swindell officiated. The Rev, Mr. Burne gave aw iy bis
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    FOOD ECONOMY.
    926 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. MR. RUNCIMAN'3 APPEAL. Co»f«r«*ee wi k Hotel L ndon, Norember 23. A a official announcement states that Mr. Walter Runciman, Preiilent of the Board cf Trade, conferred with the hotel keeper* on the question of economising food and subsiqueatly with the c infectiooers regard*
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    FRANCIS JOSEPH I.
    248 5 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. L)li| 1« Stats. Amsterdam, N jvombsr 23 A telegram from V.enua states that the Empeior Fraucis Joseph will ba buried iu a Capuchin Mausoleum on November 30, '1 he body li.-s in State at the II fourg on Novemb r 28 and 29
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    Outside.
    340 5 The following articles will bo fjund on our outside pages Patios. 2. —Destroyers at Jutland. 3. Penang Ciieknt Club. Ponung Golf Club. Penan? Swimming Club. Poke Court Ciscs. 6. —Norman Angell's Stroke. Products cf Malaya. "Our Dry.” Chinese Labour Chinese and the War. War Economy. To morrow’s Bind Programme.
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    304 5 Obituaries. Sir George White, London, November 23. The death has taken place of Sir George White, the pioneer of electric street tractioD. Jack Loado*. L mdor, November 23, The death has tak:n plica of the w«llknown Am rican novelist Mr. J*ck London. [Jack London was born in San Frnnc.i8CO in
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    Shipping News.
    235 6 The Government steam launch Penguin boa gene to dock for repairs. The SB. Karonga will be here either on Sunday or Monday be and for London. Tbe p.s. Tydeus from Durban may be expected here on the 7th proximo outwarc. bound. The 8.8. Eurymsdon from Shanghai is due
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    Singapore Rubber Auction.
    131 6 (From Our Otjji Vomrpondcnl.) Singapore, November 23. The Rubbor auctions are not yet finished* The demand was good. Fine pale crepe increased 34 as also standard sheet. The arnouut sold for the day was 233,187 lb. Singapore, November 21. At. tho Singapore Rubber Auction 736,531 lb were
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    Eastern Produce Exchange
    82 6 At tbe Eastern Produce Exchange Audi m yesterday the following prices wore obtaiued: Diamond Smoked Gocd from $140 to $146 Diamond Smoked Fair $137 to $139 Diamond Unsmoked $126 to $136 Plain Unsmoke 1 $124 to $129 Diamond Smoked No. 2 $128 Sheet 90 S?rap Crepe 83
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    Penang Rubber Auction.
    77 6 Tbe undermentioned pricers were realised for rubber sold by Messrs. Allen Dennys aud Co. at their Auction Sale yesterday Smoked Ribbed Sheet $l4O to $147 per picul. Smoked Plain Sheet $132 fl $133 No. 2 Smoked Sheet $135 $l3B Unsmoked Sheet $124 $127 Crepe tine pale thin
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    The Week’s Events
    108 6 Friday, November 24 Penang Rural Board Meeting, Lind Office, 3 pm, Town Band, Esplanade 6 p.m. Saturday, November 25. New Moon. Penang Golf Club, Men’s Monthly Medal Competition. Sunday, November 26. Twenty-third Sunday after Trinity. Church Parade A Company and Veterans Fall in Esplanade 5.15 p.m. Penang
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    Norman Angell’s Stroke.
    560 6 A fine tribute to what Mr. Norman Angell recently did in the United States is j paid by thit it fluential New York j review, The New Republic. He induced President Wilson to declare that “no nation cqn any longrr remain neutral as against any wilful disturbance
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    War Economy.
    239 6 To the Editor or the Free Pres».] Dear Sir Sylvia’s letter iu your issue this morning is welcome as it draws attmtioo to tbe appeal for funds for staging the forthcoming theatrical perfer mances by the A. D. C. The otj cts of the entertainments might be summaris
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    To-morrow’s Band Programme.
    55 6 The following programme of music will be played at the Golf Club to-morrow evening from 5.45 p.m to 7,15 p.m.: 1 Overture The Eclipse Williams 2 Polka Irene Badgood 3 Selection A Chice-e Honeymoon Talbot 4 Waltz B'ue Dinubo Strauss 5 Old French Dance Vandervell j 6
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    “Our Day.”
    222 6 A CONTRIEUTION FROM PuKKT. The following has bean forwarded to a? for publication To The Honourable the Resident Councillor, Penang. Sir, A short time ago it came to my notice that tbe Chinese British Subj cts in Puket, many of whom are intimately aisociited with Penang hy family
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    ''OUR DAY” RED CROSS FUND.
    413 6 Amount collected by Caeah Kee Caan, Clerk to H B. M. Vice-Consulate at Puket. Name Tcs. Sin Kee (Go Sia Chum) 200 BidHid Guan 50 Sia Gim Hong 20 KoeyHoeySioh 15 Swea Thong 10 Goon Siah Cheng 10 Tnye Seag Lcoag 10 Lung S ng
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    Products of Malaya.
    962 6 Our Eo«s an» Our Baskets. The Selangor Coconuts Company has reach?d the parting of the wiya. For five years, says the Singapore Free Frets, it has had one long struggle” m opening up its large estates. It has called up practically all its capital, has borrowed money
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    Chinese Labour.
    1275 6 THE NEGRI SEMBILAN SCHEME. Bbport Rejected. A well-attended general meeting of Negri Sembilan Planters’ Assoc ation was held in tbe Sungei UjoDg Club, Serembau. on Saturday morning, says the Malay Mail. Mr. J. Bruce was m the chair and tne following members and representatives were presentMessrs. H. J.
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    Chinese and the War.
    734 6 The campaign of calumny coutmuei throughout China, says the Shangki Times. Not a stone is left uuturned by the Huns in order to villify the Allies a Ĕd to impress the people in this part of the world that the great war is priceediDg entirely favour
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      10 6 tor Chronic Cheat Complaints, Wood*’ Great Peppermint Cnre Is. 6d.
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    The Ship’s Dog.
    769 7 A Rummy Littli Beg«a.b.” Writers who praise Terr justly the crews of those thousands of steam, trawlers and drifters which are now auxiliary to the British Navy have generally ignored an indispensable part of each vessel's com* plement—the ship's dog. This neglect may be due to a
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      166 7 The Eastern United Assurance Corporation Ltd. Head Office: SINGAPORE. The understood has been appointed agent for the above Corporation, au 1 is now propared to accept MARINE V FIRE RISKS at current rates QUaH BENG KEE, 43. /JawA Street, THE London Directory (Published Annually.) Enables traders throughout the World to
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    The Eastern Fronts
    1278 8 AN AMERICAN SURVEY. SOMB INTERESTING REVEL ATIONi iVD "Comments. All tbe experts have assured us that the Tital iaaua is being debated on the Westarn Front and that there, and there alone, can the struggle come to its final determination. And yet, remembering the proverb that outsiders
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    Rheumatism’s Pains.
    171 8 There are many things that are still unknown about rheumaUßin. Most treatments of tbe disorder sr| Tar from satisfactory, and though doctors realize this, nobody is more painfully aware of it than the sufferers themselves. A tendency to rheumatism once eet ibliehed, the acute pains are liable to
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      445 8 For Sale. SHARE TRANSFER FORMS. PRICE 5 CENTS EACH OR $1.50 PER HUNDRED. The Criterion Press. Ltd. 59, BEACH 8TBEET, PENANG. He primary object of life insurance protection £nd pol'cics of th> u mm LIFE INSURANCE Co,. Ltd. GIVE TEE MAXIMUM AT MINIMUM COST. A BRITISH COMPANY incorporated ucd>r the
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      464 8 FOR SINGAPORE, HONG KONG, iWATOW AND AMOY. The 8.8 Hong Moh, Captain J. Mason, is expected to arrive here from Singapore on Saturday, the 25th instant, and will leave for the above ports on Monday, the 27th instant, at 5 p.ru. Regarding freight or passage apply to, MESSRS. CHIN HIN
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    Germany and Rumania.
    447 9 The progress of the enemy in Rumania, aoopled Wl,h tha ,lownei9 of our i own in the west, ought to teach the Britiih public how far Germany is still f in being beaten, and how futile it is to iipect that result from anything but long _d
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    To Suffer or Not to Suffer
    108 9 There is only one answer. Little's Oriental Balm has forever banished the need to suffer. Rheumatism, swollen, painful joints, weakened muscles, the most unbearable aches and pains disappear at the soothing touch of this renowned remedy. Just rub in LITTLE’B ORIENTAL BALM (applied externally)
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    Self-Condemned.
    472 9 d The Germans defend the execution of Cap* >1 tain Fryatt on the ground that be had no >* right to attack a sacred submarine even in i* self-defence. Toe manual on the rales of warfare at sea, Dot Steknegtrochi, written by_ assessor Dri Hans Wehberg, of Diisseldorf, a
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    Languages and Trade.
    470 9 Ati interesting sign of the timea ia to be found in the fact that a Chinese language school haa been opened this month in Hong* £°ng under the aegis of the Chamber of Commerce. It ia the third ef the kind, the Chambers of Commerce at Shanghai
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    Hongkong’s Constitution.
    377 9 Mr. A. B mar Law, the Secretary (or the Colonies, hat rejected a petition for the amendment of the Constitution of Hongkong. The petition, wh eh was prepared by Mr. H. E. Pollock, K. C., requested that the number of uuoffioiai members on the Ex* ecntive Council be
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