Straits Echo, 29 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 /onam. PENANG, THURSDAY, 29th MARCH, 1917. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 72.
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      1034 1 111 Mkl 'U i i NiffiNAniEa The Georgetown Motor Garage 7\ Penang Road. IK Addreasi Hokiatcik, Penang. ’Phone No. 694. FOR. SALE. COMMONWEALTH PARTIN-PALMER MOTOR CARS 1917 MODEL. One 5-paesenger Touring Car. Two 2 Roadster. A car that matches every automobile desire at a price that cannot be resisted. One
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      23 1 m FOR iS THE BEST »*r >y i?fe s**« C TIONS FO«t vs£ W Wfls FD sLST' A«.«ky S» N 3 CSS S*S5
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    A Macedonian Fete.
    1443 3 Village Hospitality, (Froma “Times” Correspondent at Salonika.) It is perhaps the only advantage of being at S-lonika that you can spend two separate Christmases there. Thus it happened that, 13 days after we had eaten our own plum puddings in the mess, we rode away roman tically
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    The Vatican and Germany.
    371 3 Milan, February 7. The Corriere della Serra says that there is reason to believe that the Vatican has already presented a remonstrance to the German Government against the new submarine policy. I am able to state on good authority that Mr. Wilson’s action in severing relations
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      312 3 ifirestone! I B I I I A A TYRES. I MORE MILES LESS TROUBLE I I i AGENTS: BRINKMANN Co, Singapore. THE WATERHOUSE CO.. LTD. (INCORPORATED IN THE U.8.A.) Muar, Malacca and Kuala Lumpur. a I I I I I batstfi R. T. REID Go., Penang. yXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX I X y
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      515 3 Be Fat- Not Funny L i uf oa Firm, He Ithy Flesh Where Every O nce Wil! Count. If women and men only knew the pity, the gibes anl the ridicule, that pinched cheeks scrawny chests and scarecrow figures make, they would certainly do something- to add fW, il their
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    Perak Motor Union.
    1851 4 Annual Meeting The first annual general meeting of the resuscitated Perak Motor Union which has rece- t’y secured the support of members of all classes of the community, was held in the rooms of the Perak Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Hale Street, If oh on Monday.
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      242 4 WHITEAWAY'S ALL BRITISH bOO S AND SHOLS. PENANG EXCEPTIONAL VALUE IX UP-TO-DATE CANVAS FOOTWEAR,, f. /V V THE “BELSOLE BRAND, White Canvas shop, derby front, Broad toe with thick chrome sole, smart shape, and strong- footwear. Price $0-05 per pair. h J- "-Saffl ;^¥i c THE CANVAS KING” BRAND. White
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      10 4 For Chronio Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure It. 6d
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      172 4 MARTIN'S &STEEL. PILLS A French Remedy (or all Irregularities Thousand» Ladies keep a box ol Martin's hills in the house, so that on the t Sii-ti of any Irregularity of the System a timely ilose may administered, those »ho use them recommend them, heme th enormous sale. At all Cheiuhts
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    Rubber Companies Accounts.
    1566 5 (Messrs. E. S. SIEWART AND F. C Ebbels' Book). [To the Editor or the Straits Echo. Dear Sir, We bare read with much interest the Article published in your paper of the 24th icstant under the above heading, and the pressure of work has prevented us from
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    Queen Mary’s Needlework Guild.
    94 5 Penang Women Workers. Amount previously acknowledged J 4.952.48 Mrs. Darby, Eedab 5.00 Mrs. Sinclair (Further don.) 1.00 Mrs. J. A. Brown 1.00 Tennis 100 Total $4,960.48 Hospital garments for soldierp, ready cut out for workers, will be given out at the Town Hall on Friday at
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    Over-Seas Club Tobacco Fund
    26 5 (Mrs Stephen Anthony’s A Mrs, L. P. Ebden’s March List Amount previously acknowledged $446 00 B idge W. S. G. 500 $451.00
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    To-morrow’s Band Programme.
    154 5 The following programme of music will be played at the Esplanade to-morrow evening from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. 1 Overture Juanita Williams 2 Polka How I Live My Lu Boettger 3 Selection Sinnambula Bellini 4 Waltz The French Maid Kiefert 5 March King Carnival Ritey. The
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      777 5 VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE. By Order of the Liquidator (Mr P. R. Hill UNDER THE Alien Enemies (Winding up) Ordinance 1914. TO BE SOLD BY Public Auction On Monday, the 21st day of May, 1917, AT 11 A.M., JT LOGAN'S BUILDINGS PENANG. The Well-known, Commodious and Highly Valuable TENDERS INVITED.
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      482 5 i t W D. H. O. WILLS 99 N°77 VIRGINIA CIGARETTES DON’T FORGET ALL THE COUPONS PACKED WITH THESE CIGARETTES WILL BE EXCHANGED FOR VARIOUS HANDSOME PRESENTS BY British-American Tobacco Co. (Straits) Ltd. (Incorporated in England) 7 CHURCH STREET GHAUT, PENANG, To-night! To-night!! ELECTRIC POLYSCOP MJ LYCEUM THEATRE, ARGYLL ROAD.
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    99 6 duly (except Sunday» and public bobdays) a* ran CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. gu. 59 Beach Street, Penang. r I 1 Pbicb. Sally Local M $24 per annum. Oufeotation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Port Free) $17.50 OilLl aDDBUSS ECHO —PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Pnnting Department 343 tf.B. —All
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    PENANG AND COUNCIL.
    1187 6 Colonel Adams has rendered the community lung and faithful serrice in the somewhat thankless post of member of the L9gslative Council. When he goes on leave io the near future it will be uecessiry for the Chamber of Commerce to nominate a successor to him, at any
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    The Allied Push.
    64 6 According to a cable from Batavia, printed in leaded type by our Sumatra contemporary, the Nieuws van den Dag learns that the Government (of Netherlands ladii) has received telegrams which indicate that the Germans at St. Quentin received a more severe blow than at the Battle of
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    Tin.
    26 6 Latest Quotations. Tin (unre6nv) is quoted here to-day at $102.50, burfiripaa dm e, sod in Singapore (rtfiaed) at $103.25, bus loss done (1/5 tons sold).
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    M. A. P.
    1053 6 Mr. J. M. Wilson has just returned from -i a trip to Burma. Our Singapore correspondent wires news of the marriage of Dr. F. B. Croucher to j Miss Cameron, who was acting Matron of the Singapore General Hospital in 1916, Mr. W. Duncan is going to
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    992 6 The Persistent Pessimist. The war pessimist is at the very top of his form. You can’t disturb his gloomy complac ncy by any conceiv tble method. A few months ago he was in the depths because the Germans hadn’t retreated in the West. Now that the) are retreating
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      80 6 NOW ON SALE CHELTENHAM APERIENT WATER. Strongly Recommended by Medical Profession. The only British Natural Spring Water that can take the place of the Austrian waters HUNYADI JANOS AND APENTA 1 B 0, PENANG. ANDREW USHER Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE O. V. G. WHISKY Sandilands, Buttery Co., Sole Agents for PENANG
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    FRENCH FRONT.
    642 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] artillery duel. Steady Advoae*. London, March 27, French communique states yv 0 continued our advance south of the q iß6 jd the Lower Forest of Ooucy of which occupy the entire northern portion. «The enemy has been driven beyond the Bjrms-Servais line. •'A uitfht attack brilliantly
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    BRITISH FRONT.
    598 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Further Progress. London, Maaeh 27. Reuter’s correspondent withithe British Headquarters, wiring on March 27, states that the British occupied the large village of Longavesness, the possession of which, greatly improves our line between Boise l and Nurlu, also the small village of Equancourt on the Tortille
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    RUSSIA’S REVOLUTION.
    495 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Greed Dukes ssd Ike New Goverumest. Petrograd, March 27. Nice of the principal Grand Dukes acd three of the Princes have associated themselves with the views expressed by the Grand Duke Michael in his act of abdicatim and surrendered their appanages to the State. They expressed
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    Interesting Shipping Case.
    79 7 From Our Own Correspondent Alleged Breaek of CoatraeL Singapore, March 29. In the Supreme Court Mr. Justice Sproule is hearing an interesting shipping oase, K.P M. versus The Ellerman, Becknall, Steamship Co. and Messrs. McAlister and Co. (tbe local agents) for damages for $lB,OOO for failure to
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    A HUN "ACHIEVEMENT.”
    666 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams] HOSPITAL SHIP TORPEDOED, Casualty List. London, March 27, The Admiralty announces that the British Hospital Ship Asturias, steaming with all her navigation light* and all her distinguishing Rod Cross signs b illiantly illuminated, was torprdoed without warning on the night of the 20th instant, The
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    U. S. A. AND THE WAR.
    338 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] AMERICA S FIRST AR 4ED LINER. Safe Through the Danger Zoae. Lor d n. March 27. The sti amer St Lou t, the fvst Aajoricau armed line-, b?s arrived at L’verpool. The p.itecgers included four ladies and five j mmalists. No German
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    Singapore Share Market.
    46 7 {From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, March 29. Messrs. Fraser Co.’s weekly report states that the tendency is irregular. There are no special feature* in the retail nurket—nearly all (business) being in local rubbers. There is a p rssibility of mining shares de ▼eloping»
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    Pensions for Clergy.
    300 7 Speaking at tha met ting of tie Singapore Diocesan Association which was held at Ipoh on Tuesday the Bi-hop of Singapore referiel to the question of pensions for clergy who had spent a long period in the country. He said Ihat it wi-s necessary for men coming
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    AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS.
    214 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] MR. HUGHES AT BENDIGO. Aa Eloquent Appeal. Melbourne, M ireb 28. Mr. W. M Hughes addressed three thousand people at B indigo. The au lier.ee was most enthusiastic, waviug flag®, singiDg the National Ant hem and cheering the Allir s. The announcement of Mr. Hughes that
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    Eurasians & War Service.
    31 7 Eurasians War Service. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, March 26. Official instructions have beeu received from the War Office th»t Eurasians may enlist for general service with British troops in India.
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    Germany's Problem.
    234 7 Effect of Turkish Reverse. The Westminster Gazettes military critic an arncie to the tffect of the Mesopotamia successes on other fronts. “It is agreed, he says, that throughout the East the political tffect of Turkey’s reverse will be profound. This imposes upon Germany tte nec.saity for a new
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    Outside.
    287 7 The following articles will bo found on our outside pages Pages. 3. —A Macedonian Fete The Vatican and Germany4. Perak Motor Union. 5. —Rubber Companits Accounts. Qieeu Mary’s Needlework Guild, Over* Seas Club Tobacco Fund. Tomorrow’s Bind Piogramtnp, 8. —Water Rights Case. A New Era. Rintau Rubber Company, Penang
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    Water Rights Case.
    1028 8 MR. R. P. BRASH S EVIDENCE Views ok JmnsoF*A.T Minb. When the above case was resumed on Monday afternoon in the Judicial Commis■ioner’a Court, Ipob, Mr. R. P. B ash. of the firm of Messrs. Brash and Smith, looh, was called for the defence, says the TOM.
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    A New Era.
    847 8 A REVIEW AND A FORECA9T. I (By the Rt. Hon. W. F. Massey, M.P. c Prim? Minister of New Zaaland.) j Wars, it has been well said, are the birth- pangs of new eras. The truth of this dictum seems likely to be strikingly verified in the
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    The Week’s Events.
    48 8 Thursday, March 29. Football—P.C.C. vs. H.L.F.C., Esplanade. Larat Licensing Beard Meeting, Taiping Friday, March 30 Town Band. Esplanade. Saturday, March 31. P. V, R. C. Shoot, 3 pm, Sunday, April 1, Palm Sunday. Monday, April 2. Town Band, Esplanade. WbdnkBday, April 4 Town Band, Esplanade.
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    Rantau Rubber Company.
    1040 8 Statutory Meeting, The Stitutory Meeting of the members t of the Rmtau Rubber Company Limited.it pursuant to 3‘ction 65 of the Companies t Ordinance, 1915, was held at the offices of Messrs. Kennedy Co. yesterday afternoon. J There were present Messrs. F- Duxbury, in I the Chair,
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    Penang Nursing Association.
    216 8 The final general meeting of subscribers to the Penang Nursing Association under the presidency of Mrs. Ebden was held at the Town Hall yesterday at 5.30 p m. After the adoption of the Report and Accounts for the year 1916, a communication from the Colonial Nursing Association
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    Empire Theatre,
    107 8 To night at the Empire Theatre a very special change of programme i? promised. The tv«rgrrea and popular Charlie Chaplin appears for the first time here tonight in another irresistible absurdity iD two long acts entitled "Charlies’ Night Out.” This picture is two reels of real scream®. The
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    Penang Rubber Auction.
    330 8 The undermentioned prices ware realised for rubber sold by Messrs. Allen Deunys aud Co at their Auction Sale to-day Smoked Ribbed Sheet $154 to $157 per picul Plain Sheet 127 do No. 2 Smoked Sheet Diamond 135 153 do Unsmoked Sheet 127 do No. 2 Unsmoked Sheet
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    EXCHANGE.
    119 8 Pbna.no, March 29. (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4} 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 11/16 3 Credit 2/415/16 3 Documentary 2/4 31/32 Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 165 ''j 3 days’ sight Private... 171 Bombay, Demand Bank 165 Moulmein, Demand Bank 164} .g 3 days’sight Private...
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    Legislative Council.
    1057 8 War Tax Bill Passes thi Third Beading. I A meetirg of the Legislative Council was held on Monday afternoon. His Exeellency the Governor (Sir Arthur Young, G.C.M G.) presided, and the other members present were:—H. E the General Officer Commanding (Major-General D. H- Ridout, Cytf.G.), the Colonial Secretary
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    The Window Glass case.
    237 8 Charge Withdeawn. In the Second Court before Mr. S. H. Langston this morning the prosecution against the Handel Maatacbappij l) 6 ij. Abjeh was withdrawn by the SolicitorGeneral, who stated that a telegram had been received from the Secretary oi State to the effect that the
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    P.C.C. Tennis Tournament.
    145 8 The following were the results of the ties played off yesterday Doublet A. Stewart 4 Sayers beat Saunders N’eubrouner 6-3, 6—4. Profession Pairs. Dewar A Threlfall beat Rogers A Hall 6-3, 6—l Mixed Doubles. Mr A Mrs S F B Martin w.o from Mr and Mrs B
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    Municipal Commission.
    261 8 Ovficax Minutes- Minutes of a meetiog of the Municipal j Commissioners held on Tuesday, the 27th February, 1917. Present. r W. Peel, Esq, President. F. Duxbury, Esq. Quah Bang Eee, Esq. 1 Chee Wor Lok, Esq, > Absent. A. F. Goodrich, Esq. A. M. Goodman, Esq. i Yeoh
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      43 8 Trouble Averted. That little cnM and sore throat of yours must be checked at once nr it may develop into something worse. T«ke a few dotes of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and your troubles will soon vanish. For sale by all dispensaries and dealers.
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      12 8 For Childrens Hacking Covgb %t Night. Wood*’ Great Papperuiat Oin. U, M,
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    SHARES
    2307 9 I Dividend. a Number of J" o, 2 *c.2 Capital. 8hares j Z, O N»m« 5« issued. i last finan- for current I E 3 i J l c r r~ r f =1 1 t CQ oq Or RUBBER—DOLLAR SHARES. cts. 9 cts ,aaa 1-0,000 J co’aa2 J
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      155 9 THE EASTERN PRODUCE EXCHANGE. 27. Bench Street, it the corner of Beich Street ond Church Street Chut. CAPITAL $120,000. Auctioneers Brokers. The 120th Auction Sale of Rubber WILL BE HELD On Monday, the 2nd April, 1917. foction Sales of Rubber held twice i week, on every Monday and lhunday. Sftlos
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    O. Henry.
    1012 10 0. Henry A Biography. By C. Alphonso Smith. (Hodder and Stoughton. 10s. od. net.) If you had asked who Henry was three years ago nioety-nine LaglLh readers out of a hundred would have said they did not know and the hundredth would have replied a policeman.” He was
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    A Military Miracle.
    1053 10 Secrets of the Creation of our 5,000.000 Army. Our New Armies are now so perfectly organised and fitted out that we are apt to lose sight of the grandeur of tbeir very creatioD. Let us, in justice and pride, bear in mind the unexampled difficulties that had
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      61 10 A Life Saver. It is safe to say that Chamberlain's Colic, ClioWa and Diarrhota Remedy has Baved th« lives of more people and relieved more suffering than any other remedy in existence. It iB known all over the civilixed world for rts speedy cures of cramps in the stomach, diarrhoea
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      73 10 i' r. V- s*2>. '&msam U£vs F CABLE FAME ARE ALL BRITISH. MANUFACTURED FROM SPECIALLY Toughened-H übber CARS OWNERS You Must Try Them, They are very Good Cheap. GII nATC) A SOLE AGENTS FOR H. SLOT e Co., p s e l a A tra perak 65 »2 X J
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      48 10 Rub It In. A good many p°ople think rheumatism can 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 dealer* 1
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      506 10 Swellings Disappear when you rub in Little’s Oriental Balm. The pain goes right away and the swellmg itself disappears with a few applications. It is utterly useless to suffer. It is useless to pay big doctor’s’ bills and then to hud yourself no better. For 1 Re. you can buy
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    Honour in Eating.
    2021 11 It id only natural that, in millions of households this week, Lord Devonport should have vied with President Wilson as the man of the moment; and that a request to eat less meat than we can affor 1 to pay for should have excited even more personal
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