Straits Echo, 3 March 1917

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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. IS. $24 Per /nnum. PENANG, SATURDAY, 3rd MARCH, 1917. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 51.
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      1063 1 nsi R lAH O s^7>. FOR EIRE day and nicht A Fleet of English and American Cars. BANKS £1,200,000 £1.800,000 £1,200,COO PLEASE CALL AT The Georgetown Motor Garage 7\ Penang Road. Tel. Address: Hokimteik, Penang. ’Phone No. 694. Motor Car Importers and Stockists ot various kinds of Tyres Largest Dealers
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      22 2 Outside Irnu MANGALORE V V^rycm THE BEST —atn CJinrar at*p.*,-^±rj9, THE COOLEST FOR PARTICULARS APPLY TO (INCORPORATED IN THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.) PENANG.
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    The "Fate of the Irish People."
    1354 3 The Fate of the Irish People." (F»ok Aji Irish Cobb.iBpo*©*jit.) The Sinn Fein and the Nation League Jem and representation for Ireland at the Peace Conference, and the Cork County j Council, following the fashion.of the Mighty, has recently addressed a Note to Pro* dent Wilson and the Pope. Even
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    Orgies and Ordeals.
    424 3 A gloomy American called on us this morning. He is impressed, and very properly impressed, with the magnitude and the gravity of the crisis which the American Nation is now facing, and he is gloomy because he has been reading magazine accounts of the wild competitions of
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      317 3 THE eastern produce exchange. 27, Beach Street, at the corner of Beach Street and Shttrch Street Ghant. CAPITAL $120,000. Auctioneers Brokers. The 112th Auction Sale of Rubber WILL BE HELD On Monday, the sth March, 1917. Auction Sales of Rubber held twice a week, on every Monday and Thursday. of
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      387 3 Look at this Bonnie Baby QHE how strong and sturdy he is, how well-de-veloped arc his limbs, how weilnourished he is. His strong bones are not covered m »-.X: s*#■■ '*>** m m ij m with flabby fat, but with firm, solid, healthy flesh. This is because he has been
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    Chinese Labour.
    938 4 (To the Editoe of the Straits Times Sir, —At the moment when the question is being considered as to the minimum European supervision on estates a matter for equal consideration is the question of labour. Although digressing from the subject of my heading it may be ot interest
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    The Outlook for 1917.
    497 4 Winter has pat a stop to the big campaigns, but the time is rapidly approaching when the struggle will be resumed on the largest scale. The German attack on Verdun last year began in February. How are the two opposing groups of Powers facing the coming
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    Rubber in British Malaya.
    437 4 Rubber in British M al ay a. Up till a few years ago, writes Singanoro correspondent to The Times in a review «5 the year, priority in an annual rev,ew n Malaya was given t 0 tin, and while it "tU remains a fiue, solid asset of the pen.nsn U
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      567 4 V1k' tp. im fit A-. V\ 3Y &ii£3&k Dr. CasselS’s Tablets are the Proved Remedy. Take them for a!i Ridley Urinary Troubles. In these trying complaints Dr. Cassell’s Tablets are of proved value. They restore perfect efficiency to the kidneys by nourishing the nerves which control kidney action, and thus
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      64 4 Sharp attacks of colic are very prevalent in this trying climate, and it is well to know what should be taken to overcome the trouble* Here is the knowledge to act on Get a bottle of WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE and take a teaspoonful every three hours. Speedy relief will
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      54 4 For Children's Hacking Cough at Night Woods’ Great Peppermint Care U 6d THE RECOGNISED STANDARD w the EAST. j i (sun-brand) BEER Winners at Several of the WORLD’S EXPOSITIONS. Japan-British, Exhibition, 1912. Japan Taisho National Exhibition, 1913. Panama Pacific International Exhibition, 1915. y Obtainable Everywhere. SOLE AGENTS,': The EASTERN TRADING
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    Adversaria.
    1861 5  -  [By Tom Wright] A thing that used to amaze me in Pemog was this, that men there, men otherwise quite intelligent, used to feel bored, and even to admit it. Sometimes they drank J more than they thirsted for, played games J they were tired of, or engaged in
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    Penang Relief Fund.
    28 5 Jan. sBy Balance $4,184.34 Feb 24 W. B. Wilson for Dec and Jau. 100,00 Mar. 2 R. Scott for February and March 50.00 4,334 34
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    Our Day Fund.
    42 5 Tin following telegram, dated February 21, has been received by H E. tbe Governor from the Marquis of Lansdowue:— Please accept our grateful thanks for the further generous contribution and kindly convey to Kedah and all concerned our gratitude.”
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    Rubber Crops.
    118 5 Gula Kalumpong 108,428 lb, PadaDg 25,300 lb, Karan 8,740 lb, Samagaga 11,700 lb. New Columbia 28,684 lb, Ni llnny 3.93} lb, Rmtau 4,100 lb, Consolidated 35,202 lb. The French Senate has unanimously passed the bill decreeing tbe general confiscation of all goods and properties belonging to French deserters
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      278 5 c SCDOCDC DCDC 0 FOR ESTATES. NE W SHIPMENT OF Danish single-bladed ploughs Danish double-bladed ploughs for Estate cultivation arriving shortly. FOR PARTICULARS APPLY TO The Eastern 8 Pacific Trading Co., Ltd. 'CDOCOCZ DC r DCDC DO e -mu .'wr^ri/mroortL/: empire business manager thos. h. shafto. attractions extraordinary M H
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      193 5 GARRICK CIGARETTES h 0£ Ul ffi 2 < A S/1 ft IA 3 CD m ARE UNSURPASSED To-night I To-night l! ELECTRIC POLYSCOPE MJ LYCEUM THEATRE, ARGYLL ROAD. JL/ PRESENT PATHE’S LATEST AND MOST POPULAR SERIAL pS, THE IRON CLAW P J?„ featuring the popular artistes from The Exploits of
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    101 6 Pafciiahtd daily (except Sunday and public bobdays) ax THU CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. V«. 59, Beach Street, Penang. -t* Price. DaOyLeeal $24 per annum. Obketation... Postage Extra. Mail* Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO —PENANG.” I. Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Depsitment 343 I M.B. —AH business
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    THE KLANG CASE.
    1226 6 After a patient and car, ful hearing, lasting fire days, the unsavoury Klang case which has aroused intense interest all over the country concluded at Kuala Lumpur yesterday with the discharge of both accused. Sir Thomas Braddell who tried the case is the most experienced and respected
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    Tin and Rubber.
    70 6 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $92.75, business done, ia Singapore (refiaed) at $94 25, business done (50 tons sold), and ia London yesterday at w£2oo spot and three months’ sight. Messrs. Bousteal Co. inform ns that the following are t're quotations for Rubber
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    London Rubber Market.
    25 6 (From Our Oum Corrgspande/il.) LondoD, March 1. The prices in the London Rubber Markei to-dav were Pale Crepe 3/3 Diamond Smoked 3/3
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    M. A. P.
    887 6 Mr. Ong Boon Tat, of Singapoie, has been proposed for election as a Fellow of the < Royal Society. His Highness the Rajah of Sarawak has arrived home from his State, having been a passenger on the N. Y K, steamer Katori Maru. Captain Cyril Peel, who
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1021 6 The Resident Councillor. Ia ordinary time, a great deal i. not qurred or expected of the ItMKUnt-CoMcil of Penang in the way of work, an d even present except now and again at long in t* »af. there re but little p, M(or brllet i, e eery pleasant
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      121 6 NYAL’S COMPOUND |1 (i ;^5 v JM THE BLOOD AND NERVE TONiC A VALUABLE MEDICINE FOR THE RELIEF OF NERVOUS DISORDERS AND BLOOD DISEASES. tonES UP THEDBY>TEM. IMPROVES THE APPETfTE. AIDS DIGESTION, Price per large bottle $1.70 Full directions for use. T i. PENANG. ANDREW USHER Co.'s,| SPECIAL RESERVE V.G.
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  • Obituary
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    36 6 Death. Spkedt —Jan. 28. at Berkhamsted, suddenly, of heart failure, Cornelia Mary, widow of Capt. T. C. S Spaedy, formerly on the staff of Lord Napier of Magdala, and ifterwards British Resident at Larut, aged 75.
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    BRITISH FRONT.
    619 7 [Reuter's Telegrams.] FURTHER progress. Sir Douglas Haig*» Report. London, March 2. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports .«We made 2,133 prisoners in February, Including thirty-six officers. The enemy continue* to retreat, We advanced northward of Miraumont t 0 a distance of 600 yards on a front of one-»nd-a-half miles.
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    ARMY ESTIMATES.
    863 7 [Reuter's Telegrams.] REVIEW OF THE SITUATION. Story of tke Gtriau Retreat, London, March 1. In the House of Commons Mr. H. W. Forster, Financial Secretary to the War Office, in introducing the Army Estimates, stated that for the last two or three months our operations on the West
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    U. S. A. AND GERMANY.
    639 7 [Reuter's Telegrams.] THE INCRIMINATING DOCUMENT. Some Seeret History. New York, March 1. Germany’s promise to Mexico is contained in a document now published textually and dated January 19. It is signed by Herr Zimmerman, the German Foreign Minister, and was actually sent through Count Bernstorff,
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    MESOPOTAMIAN CAMPAIGN
    645 7 [Reuter's Telegrams.] PURSUIT CONTINUES. Official Announcement. London, March 2. An official announcement regarding the operations in Mesopotamia states that the pursuit was continued on Wednesday. The Turks, who were thrown into a great confusion on Tuesday, passed through Aziziyl. Tke Booty. We are systematically clearing the battlefield and
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    SUBMARINE WAR.
    967 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams TORPEDOED DUTCH SHIPS. Rt(ardii| Tke Insurance, London, February 28. It is stated that the owners of the torpedoed Datch steamers declined the offer of the London underwriters of ten guineas per cent, war risk, but accepted eight guineas from German underwriters. Hence the steamers sailed with
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    KLANG CASE.
    344 7 Judge's Verdict. (From Our Gun Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, March 2. The trial was concluded at the Supreme Court, Kuala Lumpur, to-day before the Chief Judicial Commissioner, (Sir Thomas Braddell) of Edward Icnes Bothwell and Kenneth Logan Airth, both planters of the Klang district. The first accused wae charged
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    Outside.
    556 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages i Pages. 3.—The Fate of the Irish People.” Orgies and Ordeals, 4 —The Outlook for 1917. Rubber in British Malaya. Chinese Labour. s.—Adversaria. Penang Relief Fund Our Day Fund. Rubber Crops. B.—Sequel to a Motor Collision, Church Services. Rural
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    Sequel to a Motor Collision.
    2746 8 Claim for Damages. In tho District Court before Mr. R. D. Acton yesterday afternoon the hearing was resumed of the suit instituted by Mr. E. A. Manasseh against Mr. Harold Huntsman, au advocate and solicitor of Ipob, claiming the sum of $4% being amount of
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    St. George's Church, Penang
    110 8 March 4, 2nd Sunday in Lent. 8*00 a.m. Matins. 8- a.m Holy Communion, 5- p.m Children’s Service. 6- p-m. Evensong. 1st Verso National Anthem. Responses Roberts. Psalms XXII Camidge. Ps. XXIII Lloyd. Magnificat 47 Nunc Dimittis 61 Hymns 277, 186 and 184. After the Blessing Psalm
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    ST. ANDREW'S. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, NORTHAM ROAD
    84 8 9 a.m. Children’s Service. 6 p m. Public Worship The Sacrament of the Lord’s Suppir will be dispensed. Preacher Rev. D. J. Ross, m a. Hymns 690, 270, 277, 274, 516. Annual Meeting. The Annual Business Meeting will be held in the Church on
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    The Modern Pepys.
    380 8 tiro are a couple o£ extracts from the diary of The New Pepys,” which is such a capital feature of Truth nowadays. January 22 To warr-work, where Mr. Cripps mentions a certain colonel of foot that sups with him yesterday, wbat be did relate of bis regiment
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    Paul Dufault.
    223 8 The booking plan for the reserved seats for the Paul Dufault Concerts at tho Empire Theatre on Thursday, March Bth, aud Friday, tho 9th will open at the Empire Theatre at 11 a.m. next Monday sth March. As the repoits of tho tremendous success scored by Paul Dufault
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    Tin Outputs.
    93 8 Mr. Khaw Joo Tok advises ns that the outputs from the three following Companies for the month of February, were Tongkah Habbour Tin Dredging Cot. N. L 87 tons. Katoo Deebook No Liability. Cubic yards ,*H 43,020 Hours 346 t Piculs 265 Debbook Dredging No Liability. Cubic yards
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    The Week’s Events.
    121 8 Saturday, March 3. Cricket, Esplanade. Town Band, Golf Club. St Matthias, Pemugßisley—Wantage, Bapids 200 yds. and 500 yds. and Thornliebank Challenge Cup, 2.30 p.m. Sunday, March 4, Second in Lent. Penang Bisley—Penang First Stage and Short Rarges Haiwlictp, 7 a.m. Team Bricks and Platoon Bricks 3 pm.
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    Rural Boards and Their Revenue.
    323 8 A Question of Principle, A moat important principle was raised at the last meeting of the Malacca Rural Board regardiog the Board’» control over its own revenue. We take the following report from the Times of Malaya u The Chairman of the Malacca P. A.,
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    692 8 Per P, and O. eteamer Kaitar i-Hind ■From London.—To Singapore: Mr. and Mrs. Mclver, Mr. Grant, Mr. Wood, Mr 3. Carmel. To Penang Nur«e Simmons, Mr. and Mrs. Carter, Miss Trengrouss. Per P. and O. Steamer Mooltan From London.—To Singapore Mr, Fraser, Mrs, Oldman, Mr. K*
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    P.C.C. Tennis Tournament.
    144 8 The following ties have been Wednesday, the 7th inst. 0 for R N Byatt F C Grogson VS. on RE Prentis E H Everest (i) A S Hall A 0 C Rogers Vi S H Langston F R Sayers (5) Ladies Doublet. Mrs Souter k Miss M
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    EXCHANGE.
    125 8 Pbwano, March 3. (By courtesy of the Chartered London, Demand Bank 4 months’ sight Bank 3 f i Credit 3 Documentary Calcutta, Demand Bank R g 3 days’ sight Private... Bombay, Demand Bank Monlmein, Demand Bank 3 days’ sight Private Madras Demand Bank 3 days’ sight Private... Rangoon, Demand
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      46 8 Rub It In. A good mauy psople think rheumatism not be cured without taking nauseous medicine. Chamberlain’s Pain Balm massaged thoroughly into the skin has cured far more rheumatism than any internal remedy in existence and give relief quicker. For sale by all dispensaries and dealers.
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      281 8 Motor Car for le.Sa HUMBER, 12 H.P. five-geiter in first class condition, electric lights, electric horu and self starter, large number of spares, to be seen at the E.& O. Hotel. No, 3, cfo Straits Echo, GOVERNMENT NOTICE. Strait! Settlements 6 per cent. Wit Ui. HOLDERS of Provisional Receipts in
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    SHARES.
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    America’s Foreign Policy.
    915 10 Aixiancb or Isolation The Uuited States has no foreign pui.oy except that which bu been determined by popniar approval of executive decree. The policy of isolation was defined by Washington’s Farewell Address to bis Friends and Fellow Citizens.” The Monroe Doctrine was enunciated in a message that
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    A Grand Fleet Chaplain's Note-Book.
    966 10 Ci.LBNBA.KS. Now comes id the time o* the year when Calendars begin to peer, bursting sheaths and burgeoning forth one fc f- Pr another as each successive post brines t annual tribute from expectant traded Every officer tries now to secure one for his cabin
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      75 10 A Family Necessity. Every family should be provided with Chamberlain’s Pain Balm at all times. Bprains may be cured in much less time when promptly treated. Lame back, lame shoulder, pains in the side and chest and rheumatic pains are some of the diseases for which it is especially valuable,
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    A Vagabond in the Trenches
    1308 11 The Sentimental Boche Boches are not really nice people. Of course, at the front wa think better of them than people do at home, because we see them as they really are and the homefolk only as they are represented in the cheap newspapers, which
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    Christianity and Liberty.
    797 11 0 Mr. March Phillipp’s thoughtful and B thought-provoking Europe Unbound 0 opens and closes with the apparently 7 paradoxical statement that Christianity t stands for liberty.” Now, everyone knows f that Christianity, as represented by the t Churches, whether of Borne or of Eogland, 1 supports all
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