Straits Echo, 8 February 1917

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    36 1 Straits Echo 1 DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 15. $24 Per /nnum. PENANG, THURSDAY, Bth FEBRUARY, 1917. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 31*
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    Some Light on the Greek Tragedy.
    1700 3  -  er De. Charles Sarolea) J or twenty-eight months public opinion has been bewildered by the Greek imbroglio and has been deceived by a double conspiracy of silence and a conspiracy of lies. Ignorant Press correspondents have rushed to hasty conclusions and have indulged in
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      359 3 \J Y# VM w < fevp'-f*’ i-Sjr*' V- \*3V >*v<\. 2 i -2 ;J -M- J Jit f/l '4p£. W fc!±fc*=r V €k'r Ĕ I Summer Days Are Flesh Building Days Gain Healthy Flesh—lncrease Your Weight From Ten To 1 hirty Pounds—By Taking Sargol Thin Mm acd Women ray "I’d
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      123 3 t Q THE RECOGNISED STANDARD m EAST. H i 1 {1 ti 11 i i I i i j f i i r 11 II II 6 I I J ‘l9 ra *r- T. rca i mfaiirt,. it.-(SUN-BRAND) BEER Winners at Several of the WORLD’S EXPOSITIONS. Japaa-British Exhibition, 1912. Japan
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    The War Tax Bill.
    2081 4 A contributor write* a* follow* to the Singapore Free Prete On Friday, January 12, the proposed legislation for the collection of income tax was published in a Oaeette Entraordinary That Bill is of vital importance to this Colony, but as the average man here has no
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    PRODUCE.
    177 4 PiFAse, Fiaaeiav 7 «old leaf J. 3 wl Pepper (W.Coast 9 lb. »o«j*.sl« j/• l Black Pepper b ’J»n. Whit. Pepper Traag Pepper Mm. JK Mace Piokiugs l® 011, OUT.. 6 b ’J'n «fife jg° (.Basket ti* Capra Bundri.d t00., 7 T.bb.. ir* V Rambong Mo. to Sacked Sheet
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    Market Prices.
    168 4 Paimr«, 8th Fisecait 1917. Bm— (i,, Soap per catty Boast 14 Steaks M 14 Btew or Curry Meat 13 Bump Steak 14 Ox Tail t»oh 40 Tongue 40 Feet II Heart 40 Lirer per catty 11 Pom— Pork per catty 40 Pig’s Head 11 Feet II Tongue II
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      259 4 New Models in Stylish Ladies’ Footwear. cant give you the best possible value for money. We are constantly adding new styles of Ladies 9 Footwear, but we trust that the specimens shown in this page will Interest you. j: m :v mf V LADIES' BLACK DERBY LACING SHOE. PRICE Fitted
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    Big Gambling Haul.
    637 5 Numerous Chinese Charged. The hearing was commenced yesterday afternoon in the Second Court before M r S. H. Langston of the case against the 58 Chinese who were arrested on the 30th of last month for playing in premises No. 103, Cintra Street, which was kept as
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    Eastern Smelting Company.
    252 5 The following report of the directors was J presented at the general meeting held in London on December 29 The Directors submit the Report aud Accounts for the year ended 31st August, 1916. The net profit for the period under review amounted to £21,395 19s. lid. After
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    Queen Mary’s Needlework Guild.
    186 5 Penang Women Woreers. Amount previously acknowledged $4,002.88 Mrs. TreDgrove (18th Don) 10.00 Mrs. Jamieson (19th Don) 10.00 Mr Pritchard (9th Don) 10.00 Mrs Allen Dennys (7th Don) 3.00 Mrs. Wflham (2nd Don) 5 00 Goh Hooi E a u 10.00 Mrs. G. S. Evans 5.00 Mrs.
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    To-morrow‘s Band Programme.
    51 5 The following programme of music will be played at tha Esplanade to-morrow evening from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.: 1 S-lection La Petite Mademoiselle Hare 2 Polka Wot Cher Crook 3 Waltz Dins Tes Yeux Wildteufel 4 Gavotte Gluck'9 Bidding 5 March The Stars and Stripes Forever
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    January Rubber Crops.
    70 5 Kuala Sidim 25,700 ib, Alma 26,900 lb, Bukit Toh Alang 18,191 lb, ShaDthii Klebaog 11.500 lb, Kota Bahroe 39,625 lb, Pungei Dari 20,700 lb, Chemor United 21,733 lb. Shanghai Malay 21,040 lb, Cluny 21 500 lb, Kamuntir-g 22,358 lb, .Kinta Kolias 46,174 Ib. Klian Kellas 7,015 lb,
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    P.C.C. Tennis Tournament
    35 5 The following wore the results of the tits played off yes‘erday Championship. H Waugh beat F D Hind ey 6—2, 6—o. Singles B. L O Hargrave beat E J Bennett 6-3, 6—l
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    Tin Output.
    341 5 Tho output of The New Tambun Mines, L*d. for the month of January 1917, was Piculs 25.14|. Messrs. Lewis and Ptat’s estimate of the world’s rubber supply in 1916 is 202,000 tons. They state that consumption practically equalled production. The Pope has written to the German Emperor, requesting
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      210 5 PviOLIN STRINGS. FRESH SUPFLIFS ?VfRY MAIL. Ig or Ist Acribelle Silk cts. 30 3 leDgth ■A or 2nd Best Gut M 30 2 jQ or 3rd „30 2 M I {J or 4th cohered with heavily plated wire J on Dampproof Silk M 25 1 0 M I Send One
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      305 5 1 1 1 i QUALI TY is the point which is necessary in an enjoyable Cigarette. a m u 1//J A I 6 a X' 2 2 xl 2 2 g A A A A A A A A A A A A A That’s why “EMBASSY j VIRGINIA No.
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    101 6 M&M daily (except Sundays and pwblie holidays) iT TXI CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. V*. 59, Beech Street, Penang. V,- f Paice. i «W Dafly Local •m $24 per annum. Omkrtatiow... Postage Extra. Mail E4aßen (Port Free) $17.50 OABLB ADDBBSB •ECHO—PENANG” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343 If
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    REPARATION AND GUARANTEES.
    1409 6 The note of sustained confidence and resolution which is perceptible throughout the King’s Speech is not the less satisfactory because it was expected. The speech is something more than an echo of that earlier declaration of His Majesty at the beginning of the war. Reparation and restitution
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    M. A. P.
    982 6 Tbe rra r riage of Mr. Lim Chin Kbeng, headmaster of the Anglo-Chinese School, Klaog, with Miss Wee Siew Inn (Dolly Wee), second daughter of Dr. and Mrs. K. C. Wee, of Klaug, is announced to take place at Singapore, on Saturday, February 24. Amongst the list
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    WAR ON SHIPPING.
    625 6 [Reuter's Telegrams.] AUSTRIA'S ATTITUDE. Important Pronouncement. Amsterdam, February 7, A pronouncement on Austria’s attitude towards the new submarine policy was made by Count Tisza in the Hungarian Parliament who justified the use of the new weapon on the ground that the adversaries of the Central Powers were
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      275 6 Super Preparations have responded to the call and stepped into the breach caused by the disappearance of German Preparations from the field. They are All British and are obtainable only from the George Town Dispensary, Ltd. SUPEK-ODOL— The only dentrifice which girei that delightful feeling of cool freshness to ths
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    OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.
    1291 7 [Reuter's Telegrams.] V SCENE IN THE COMMONS. An Illustrious Assemblage. London, February 7. The openie» of wa. .horn of the cuit° luar y splendour but wa, «..mated ,t»rn and practical spirit appropriate ’’’he critical time.. The throne, were ihrouded in -Into ol1 I t sepulchral, from beneath
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    Tin and Rubber.
    51 7 Latest Quotstioss. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $94. buyers no sellers. Messrs. Boustead A Co. inform us that the following, received on the Bth instant, are the quotations for Rubber ou Spot in London on the 6th inst.:— Plantation Ist latex crepe 3/lf Smoked Sheet
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    London Rubber Market.
    103 7 London, February 6. The prices in the London Rubber Market to-day are:— Pale Crepe 3/1 f Diamond Smoked 3/11 The Czech Press Bureau says:—The rumours that Austria-Hungary would be ready to conclude a separate peace must not mislead public opinion in England and prejudice the ideals for
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    GERMANY AND AMERICA.
    1332 7 [Reuter's Telegrams.] SEEKING A LOOPHOLE. Ai I»»pired Message. i Loudon, February 7, 2.10 p.m. The British Admiralty has intercepted and issues a remarkable, admittedly inspired, wireless message from a Washington cor* respondent to the Koelnitche Zeitung for general dissemination. Tbe correspondent sayß that President Wilson’s attitude must
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1104 7 The Principles of Peace, > Lord Esher baa written a paper for the Garton Foundation in Paris on the principles t on which peace should be based. “Reparation and Preparation” are the two principles, In France there is a tendency to divide the terms into two distinct portions
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    British Front.
    500 7 [Reuter's Thlkorams.] A NIGHT ASSAULT. 1 Oermas Poailioaa CipttriJ, London, February 6, Dos bribing the first night-time assault in the Ancre region on February 3 as distinct from raids, Reuter’s corresponds with the British Headquarters states that the moon waa nearing full and was shining brightly. The ground
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    Outside.
    82 7 The following articles will be found on oar outside pages t Pages. 3. —Some Light on the Greek Tragedy. 4. —ThB War Tax Bill. 5. —Eastern Smelting Company. Big Gambling Haul. Queen Many's Needlework Guild. Tin Output. To-morrow’s Band Programme. P. G. C. Tennis Tournament. January Rubber Crops. 8,
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    Italian Naval Command.
    438 8 [Reuter's Telegrams.] R 'm?, February 7. The Duka of Abruzzi has been relieved of the command of the Fleet at his own request for roasone of health. Vioe*AdmirBl Thaou Direval, Chief of the Naval 3taff, succeeds him. In Germany Now. Huagcr Demonstrations at ix-la-Chapelle. Amsterdam, February 7.
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    Selangor Races.
    150 8 Successful Lotteries. Kuala Lumpur, February 8. Tho lotteries which were held at the Selangor Club last night were most successful. The best prices were as follows Race I. Moment, (240), Taman (200). ll.— Mystic (260) (130), Krong Lim (260) (110). lll.— The Earl (550), IV, —(First Lottery) Glorify
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    The World's Wheat.
    432 8 Oelt 91 Per Cent, or the Five Years’ Average. Says a London paper of January 3 1 According to the International Institute of Agriculture, Rom a the world’s yield of wheat so far as is knowo at present from sixteen countries in the northern hemis- pbere and
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    America, Germany and Peace.
    425 8 The Nineteenth Century— and After,” The German Chancellor’s paaca proposals and President Wilson’s peace Not" have the place of honour iu the Nineteenth Century.” Dr. Arthur Shadwell deals with the first of the two subject?, not as a serious contribution to the settlement, but as an
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    The Army Scandal.
    261 8 Petticoat lefluenee. London, Jam 5. The report of the official inquiry into the caso of L eu'eaant Birrett—who was alleged to have been promoted throueh the influence! of Mrs. William Cornwallis-West, and after-1 wards harshly treated because he would not I accede to that lady’s wishes—does not
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    The Week’s Events.
    102 8 Thursday, February 8. S.langor Races, Friday, February 9. Town Band, Esplanade. National Mission, Public Meeting, Town Hall, 5 p.m. Saturday, February 10, Town Band, Golf Club. North Kedah Our Day Celebrations. Selangor Bices. Perak River Valley Rubber Co. Ltd., A.G.M. Chamber of Commerce, 12 noon. Sunday, February
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      943 8 WANTED. WANTED a Maluy D.imarcator for liLiog new clearings. Please apply stating salary expected and previous experience, THE MANAGER, [Rbcter’b Telegrams.] British Front. Li*e Advanced, London, February 7. General Haig reports r I of We advanced our line in the neighbour-1 re< hood of Grandcourt where a thousand yards Padang
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    Faith and Reason.
    1087 9 T*i Niw Rblioious Enaaar. (Frm Cirrtipondent The moat hopeful fact about religion now the flow of intelllgenca into it. A genera- \*o intelligence, when it conoerned 1 lfmth religion, usually took the form “Hr of learning or of apology. Th.t i. to CI t was occupied rather
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    Is Victory Possible?
    946 9 Niid je Tim* Limit. (By a Military Corretpondent.) We hare shown that anj peace based upon the present military situation would enable Germany to set up Poland as a buffer State between herself and the dreaded millions of Russia, which would enable her to turn her undivided
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    Elephants and Rubber.
    1032 10 Mr, B. H. P. Barnard, writing in the Agricultural Bulletin for December says In recent years complaints have frequently been made to the Government on the subject of the injury caused to property by wild elephants. The complaints have come principally from the owners or managers of
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    Affairs in China.
    1013 10 PuilfO A*D TMK PkOTI Veil, Tho motive which inspired the V President and the Tuchun. and GovPrn of the twenty-two provinces to send sensational advice to tho Preside,» u Premier and Parliament .om„ tin,. been d.eciowd hj the V,oe-P,e„d (I ,Ue inter,lew with the Preeident of the
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      10 10 For Chronic Cheat Complaint», Woods' Great Peppermint Cure la. 6d
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    Snippets.
    1308 11 Except a f> w fol icu p'rp’e who refuse to ba informed or even interested by anytbiDg too abort to bo called a treatise—we all like snippets. Personally I have the! tasta so strongly that if 1 find a copy of j Answers or Tit-Bits in a railway carriage
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    Rubber in 1916.
    552 11 Investors in Rubber shares have every reason to be satisfied with the course of share pr:e*9 in 1916 The year begin, it will be remembered, with p'antation rubber fel ng at 4i. l£d per lb., and it cl:sed with the price just under 3?. per lb. During
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