Straits Echo, 19 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, MONDAY, 19th MAKCiI, 1917. Single Copy, 10 cents. fo. 64-.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1081 1 i-tivr i a vl The Georgetown Motor Garage 7\ Penang Road. I’d, Address: Hokimteik. Penang. ’Phone No. 694. FOR SALE. COMMONWEALTH PARTIN-PALMER MOTOR CARS 1917 MODEL. Onn 5-passenger Touring Car. Two 2 Roadster. A car that matches every automobile desire at a price that cannot be resisted. One second-hand 2-seater
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    • 26 1 W 7 m r //> ZB j ft» lIW, fi t iuili t o l iffimdz *!< sIS an ~S'o 5,ss e TWK .A A*£l% c. >v ir
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  • 284 3 Danger Years of Youth. B»V8 and girls after reaching the age of 14 »re verv prone to develop a debility that orediiPOBes to consumption- debility has ofteu ended in eonsninpti r n nd for this rea80D ifc i8 hi 8 h, J desirable to cure a bloodless condition. Whenever the
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  • 5997 3 t COMMISSIONERS' REPORT. Condition it Malaya[Continued.] We Rire below the full text of the section relating to the Malaya Peninsula of the reM xrk N :E D Ma^oribaQkB 10 S ThuX?’ sha“.5 ha Bihi(lur A K. G. Ahmad Thambi the special officers appointed by the Government of Madras
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    • 386 3 WANTED. A Malay Inspector for the North Kedah Police Force. APPLICANTS must be Of trood character, between the ages of 18 and 26 and will be required to satisfy a Medical Officer is to their physical fitness. Ao applicant taken on probation will receive $480 per annum, free quarters, uniform
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    • 12 3 For Children's Hacking Oomgh at Night. Wood*' Great Peppermint Cere la. 6d,
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    • 688 3 *<* A V t (S' JL 83 VL i3 1 Y«t in tk« ««a* —Sarto! makes Puny, Peevith People P amp n J Pofo1^% SARGOL, the concentrated food that puts on stood, heait iy fl sb, sometimes -hi rate of a pound a day, builds up the thin and weak,
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    • 247 4 The Leading Penang Brot Store. Value Unequalled. Ever Increasing Assortment. Newest Styles Shapes. THE “IMPERATOR'’ BRAND, 'iMPERATOEr THE “IMPERATOR" BRAND. In Black Box Calf L wing Boots, oxford fronts, medium or bread toes, and extra wide fittings, every pair of Boots is guaranteed to be English Made, and cannot bo
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    • 40 4 Rub It In. A good many people think can not be cured without taking medicine- Chamberlain’s Pain saged thoroughly into the skin has <? u more rheumatism than any interna in existence and give relief quicker, by all dispensaries and dealers,
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  • 51 5 The following programme of music will be played at the Esplanade this evening from 6 t 0 7 P m 1 Selection The Bohemian Girl Balfe 2 Two Step The Teddy Bears Picnic Saddler 3 Selection Hibernia Gready Waltz Dream of Autumn Joyce l Zeh Dublin Biy
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  • 826 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] J PRESSING FORWARD. Miaor Operations. London, March 16. r A trench communique Bays: Our fight r [detachments occupied points in front of oar I between the Oise and the Avre taking a tjscor jof prisoners. 6 L Ther was fairl ,ivel y artillery firing in the
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  • 1606 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] advance continues. Sir DoatUs Haig's Report. London, March 17, r leld-Msrsbal Sir Douglas Haig reports that our advance northward of the Somme has been continued. We hold nearly the wi.ole of St. Pierre Vast Wood, also trenches extending for a thousand yards southward *ncl two thousands
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 640 5 Best Medicine Made. A better medicine can not be itade than Cb imhcTlam’s Gough Remedy, It relieves the opens the secretions, aids expectoration und assists nature in restoring the gygtem to a healthy condition. Bosides, it contains no opiates and is perfectly safe to take. Fur 6#le by all dispensaries
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    • 692 5 Penang Sales Room. GRAND AUCTION SALE OF CURIOS, EMBROIDERY Etc. 1 JUST RECEIVED A Urge consignment of viluable very j old curies consisting of bronz s, vases etc, i e'e which will be sold by PUBLIC AUCTION At the above Sales Room At 38 Beach Street, ON THURSDAY, 22nd MARCH,
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  • 102 6 Published daily (except Sunday* and pnblio holidays) > AT THI 1. CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. Nfe 59, Beach Street, Penang. i* Pmc*., 1 Jl f Dafly Local $24 per annum. Ovtetation... Postage Extra. Edition (Post Free) $17.50 cabli addbbss ECHO —PEN AN G.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing
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  • 2239 6 Readers of tha Straits Echo will have been in a measure prepared for the dramatic 3ventB that have taken place in Russia in he course of the past week. During the 1 last month or so we have published a 1 number of at tides on Russian affairs
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  • 599 6 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Londan March 17,1 a.m. An official announcement states that hostile airships attacked the south-eaete™ countries yesterday night and Z 1 bombs on Kent. The rafd is progressing^ London, March 17 Accounts of the Zeppelin raid in w states that the first machine was hpard others
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  • 227 6 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to- J $96.50, business done, and in 0 too, (refined) at $97.25, business done (1W sold.) Khoo Bang Hock, the Cbta-cbe» s.s .Pangkor, on the arrival ofthM» the Dindings on her last trip, was' h of a most cowardly assault as which
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 144 6 The pen is mightier than the sword. M> sf A fountain pen is no more a luxury. It is a necessity with every business man and woman, and with every school boy and girl. The ink always flows freely -without clogging—a virtue which will not be found in any other
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  • 7181 7 [RUUTRR’s TlLSQBAJfS ARMY WITH THE PEOPLE. London, March 15, 10 5 a.m. In the House of Commons Mr. Bonar Law announced that the Tsar had abdicated and that the Grand pnke Michael AlexandrOYitch (the Tsar’s brother) had been appointed Rigest. Duma President is Coatrol,
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  • 161 8 At thk Empire Tonight. At tLe Empire Theatre to-night the management present the world famous Fredric Villiers in hi 9 Unique illustrated i war talk entitled, With J. ffre and French.” Mr. Villiers was specially invite! by the French Military Authorities to join the Army of the Republic
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  • 2117 8 A Study of the Autoceat of all the Ru-sias. [The following study of the Tsar was written so lately as August last year]. Emperor and Autocrat of all.the Russias, of Moscow, Keeyeff, Yladeemir and Novgorod, with five separate titles of Tsar, seventeen grand Duhedoms,
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  • 405 8 By the deati of Inspector John Fr a, the General Hospital yesteiday the S Sfemaats Police Force loi 0. 8 oldest and most experienced Inspectors i a very popular man. v 8 aud Deceased, who was 43 vp was formerly ia ihj R. G A Singapore
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  • 368 8 Brighter Than ever, Harmston’s Grand Circus opcnel on Saturday night at the D .to Kr, mit G.rdsna to one of tbe biggest. audiences that ever assembled in Penang. The applause was continuous ard several rema-kad that the *how was bettor than the last best, Comfort is the first
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  • 209 8 Yesterday’s Field Operations, 1 The idea of the fidld operations yesterday 1 morniog waa similar to that on the a* occasion,- in fact, it took the shape of final stages of the attack on the last occasionThe C idsts were supposed to have c*P tur Ayer Etam vflhge,
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  • 1818 9 0 Dividend. w a Number of o. 1 .o *.2 Capital Shares Name. g E IS i 2 P issued. 7Ĕ last finan- for current J o Cjj J cial year. year. RUBBER—DOLLAR SHARES. I cts. cts lononn 120 090 11 65 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate, Ltd. 3.80 4.00
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 397 9 the eastern produce exchange. 11. Bench Street, it the corner of Beach Street and Church Street Chant. CAPITAL $120,000. Auctioneers Brokers. The 117th Auction Sale of Rubber WILL BE HELD On Thursday, the 22nd March, 1917. 4action Sales of Rubber held twice a week, on every Monday and Thursday, Sales
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  • 1045 10 The Book of the Machine-Gun.” By Major F. V. Longstaffe, late sth Battalion (Territorial) Eas f Surrey Regiment, and A. Hilliard Atteridge, late Captain London Irish Rifles. (Hugh Rees, Ltd.) Bs. 6d. net. This is the most complete text book on the machine-gun, and machine-gun
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    • 191 10 I >■ i k h SUPERIOR TO ALL.” LIBBY’S Ox Tongues. Lunch Tongues. Breakfast Tongues. Boneless Chicken. Tomato Catchup. Large Asparagus. Vienna Sausages. Bacon in Glass LIBBY’S Corned Beef. Queen Stuffed Olives. Ham Loaf. Beef Loaf. Chicken LoafOxford Sausages. Spaghetti. LIBBY’S Soups Tomato Oxtail -Mock Turtle. FRESH STOCKS HAVE NOW
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    • 45 10 Trouble Averted. That little cold and sore throat of yourp must be chtckid at once or it may devtl >p into something worse. Take a few dosts of Chamberlain’s Cough B medy and your troubles will soon vanish- For sale by all dispensaries and dealers.
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    • 531 10 Swellings Disappear when you rub in Little’s Oriental Bain, The pain goes right away and tbeiw e dasif disappears with a few ap D |ic*tin«? It is utterly useless to suffer. It j s il 'il «0 p.T big do*.,’. bills and th n^M Houle 0? b3t,er «SJ Little's Oriental
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  • 931 11 Solutions in Thiobt. Lieutenant Rene Puaux. fortrerly editor of the Temp», and now attached to General Foch'e Staff, writes The month of January is drawing to a close, and we are approaching the period when decisions will hare to be made in both camps. Last year the
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    • 223 11 IY A Preserves A ut/fYes 3 tpyODWORK, from the ravages of Weather, Inseet Fungoid Life. 'fc!v av 2?K rtPSBtw p--p--rgtt 7p-_y '"t /</. 45^:^ Supplied in Drums k Barrels Light, Medium S'Dark So/e Agents tor Penang, Federated ALoiqy States. Sumatra &<Jeivh G.H.Slot St Co.. Penang (A SOME I REASONS WHY
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    • 89 11 THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY. THERAPION No. 1 CURES DISCHARGES. EITHER SEX.WITHOOT INJECTIONS. THERAPION No. 2 Cures blood poison, bad legs, skim eruptions THERAPION NO. 3 Cures chromic weaknesses, drains, lost vigor. Ar SOLD BY LEADING CHEMISTS. PRICE IN ENGLAND. SO. SEND STAMP ADDRESS ENVELOPE FOR I 1' FREE BOOK TO
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    • 218 11 kk i STELAST1C” I TYRES| r i he only Tyres holding the R.A.C. certificate for 5,000 miles without cuts or punctures. BRITISH AND MADE IN BRITAIN AGENTS FOR PENANG, The Eastern 8 Pacific Trading Go., Ltd. (Incorporated in Straits Settlement:.) K 0 i a i Q it c&here’s Parity and
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 1811 12 P. o.—British India AND APCAB LINE (Companies Incorporate* in England.) Mail and Passenger Services. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. (UNDIR CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY’S GOYKRNMKNT) For Singapore. China, Japan, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports and London. MAIL LINES. Hombward (for Europe Outward (for China.) INTERMEDIATE DIRECT SERVICE. Tie Intermediate
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