Straits Echo, 31 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. 16. $24 Per nntnn. PENANG, SATURDAY, iilst MARCH, 1917. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 74.
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    Slumber Songs.
    837 3 Lullabies or Saxon and the Gael. Perhaps the perfect lullaby has not yet been found, but it has probably been more nearly reached in the Erse and the Gaelic than in the sibilant English. It is pre-emi-nently a thing cf sound rather than of intention, and English does
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    A Grand Fleet Chaplain’s Note-Book.
    916 3 Colour Classical scholars inform us that the ancient Greeks had no word to denote with precision the colour blue, and that the word so frequently used in Homer to descrire the s=a not to be translated blue,” but steely.” Which just shows what a silly
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      429 3 99 I I R CjJJm 4 B H I I I a a i i a i 8 I i i a THE TYRE THAT SATISFIES I I R I “First on the Road” a Last off the Rim e R a i s AGENTS: fa I BRINKMANN Co., Singapore.
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      37 3 3NT OTICE. i LENDERS are invited for the supply of cothus to the District Hospital, Penang. Specification an 1 further particulars may be obtained at the Chief Office, Pi nan/. !J. OKAY, Chief Medical Officer, 2dQ Penang,
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    SHARES.
    2414 4 4> 1 B Dividend m Number oi ■a Os O e .2 Capital. Shares > P for current Name E g i 3* issued *8 2 last fln&n3 02 1 a? M m &< cial year. year0 m I RUBBER—DOLLAR SHARES. ct S. ctl 8. 120,000 500.000 450,000 200,000
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      196 4 REBUILT TYPEWRITERS everything new but the frame, AT HALFJHE COST. REMINGTONS OLIVERS ROYALS SEE AND TRY THEM. “MIAMI” Lightweight Motorcycles H.P., free engine, automatic lubrication, silent fast light but strong, runs 100 miles on one gallon Petrol, weighs 119 lbs, PRICE $325. J. HEIM, 2, Railway Building. To Let on
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    Bush Books.
    1256 5 (Bv Tom Wright-) The noise came from a little hut in the bush. If there bad been no noise, I should still have remarked the hut for its lonesome look. I was out after rock wallaby, a small sort of kangaroo whose tail makes beautiful soup and. the
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    St.George’s Church, Penang
    82 5 St. George’s Church, Penang Atril 1, Palm ounday, 8-00 a.m. Matins. 8-30 a.m. Holy Communion, 5-00 p.m Children’s Seiv cp, 600 p.m. Eveeson?. Hymn 99. Responses Roberts. Psalms VI Brown Smith VII Cooke VIII Corfe Magnificat Barnby Nunc Dimittis Goss Hymns 198, 98 and 256. During the week: Monday,") Tuesday,
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    Tamil Methodist Church Dato Kramat.
    35 5 9-00 a.m. Sunday School. 10-00 a.m Divine Service and Holy Communion. Preacher: Rev. B J. Baughman. 6-00 pm. Divine Service. Mr. Samyayah Lyrical P.eacher. Special Services every day]of the week.
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    ST. ANDREW’S. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, NORTHAM ROAD
    447 5 9 a.m. Children’s Service. 6 p.m Public Worship." Preacher: Rev. Donald J. Ross, ma. Service of Devotion and Intercession on Friday evening, at 6.30. Choir Pract C’, on Friday evening, at 7. The Pan-German party has subscribed thrre million ma r ks and purchased
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    101 6 M&kti daily (except Sundays and ptblio V kefcdays) i as ran CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. 59 Reach Street, Penang. V ,T f Pnicn.i v JJißy Laaal $24 per annum. m OoMation... Postage Extra. Mail BMH— (Post Free) $17.50 GABLE ADDEBSS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343
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    THE SITUATION.
    1347 6 Letters to baud by the last mail from England and the Western front, written in the one instanoe by an elderly business man who has never been amoDg the shallow optimists and in the other by an officer who has spent over two years in France, breathe a
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    M. A. P.
    508 6 Dr. A. L- Hoops is on a visit to Penang. M', D Beatty arrived here to-day from Deli whence he went from Tavoy. Mr, W. H. R. Allen, Chemist of the Straits Trading Company, who went to ludii on a holiday has returned. The Roll of Honour
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    Dutch Cable Items.
    89 6 The Tijd, a clerical paper, states that according to reports received in London America will shortly declare war against Germany. It is reported from Zurich that the Germans are about to evacuate Mu'house in Upper Alsace in order to entice the F»encb, who occupy the heights in
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    London Rubber Market.
    25 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, March 23. The prices in the London Rubber Market to-day were:— Pale Crepe 3/1^ Diamond Smoked 3/.|
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    Tin.
    225 6 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) i» quoted here to-day at $lO2, buyers no sellers, and in Sineapore (refined) at $103.25, business done (150 tons sold). Owing to the late arrival of the boat by which they are travelling, Chung Ling Soo, the famous Chinese illusionist, and his company will net
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1001 6 A Thought For the Day, A nation is not worthy to be saved if in the hour of its fate it will not gather up all its jewels of manhood and life n d K 0 down into the coofliot, however bloody and doubtful, resolved on measureless ruin
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    REICHSTAG DEBATE.
    649 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] the REVOLUTION in RUSSIA. Germany*» Attitude Defined. London, March 30. Dr. ron Be'bmmn-Hollweg, the Imperial ChinoellOr, in a speech in the R.khatap, referring to Germany’* attitude towards rront events in Russia, stated that the time-honoured friendship between the two countries ended with the deith of A'ezander
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    BRITISH FRONT.
    538 7 [Reuter's Telegrams.] GERMAN EXAGGERATION, Ur. Philip Gikk’i Report. London, March 30. Mr, Philip Gibbs, writing from Head- quarters, states that the Kaiser had recently 1 been to the British frjnt It was he who ordered villages like Roisel and Lagnicourt no he abandoned without fighting, hence probably the
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    RUSSIA’S REVOLUTION.
    234 7 [Reuter's Telegrams] M. TCHEIDZES SPEECH. Soldiers Demonstrate, London, Maroh 30. A telegram from Petrograd states that the speech of the Labour leader M. Tcheidze was addressed to a great demonstration of soldiers who marched to the Duma carrying banners inscribed Hurrah for the Republic War to a Finish
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    Russian Communique.
    619 7 Monsieur P. Mitioukoff, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Provisional Government. issued the following Declaration to the Legation at Bangkok. The telegraph has already announced the events of the last few days and the downfall of the ancient regime in Russia. The lamentable collapse of the regime was
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    F. M. S. Chamber of Commerce.
    406 7 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, A Satisfactory Year. (From Our Own Correspondent^ Kuala Lumpur, March 31. At the first general meeting of the F.M.S. Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Clodd who presided, referring to the continued decrease of tin production which to the end of February this
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    Outside.
    61 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages t Pages. 3. —Slumber 8 mg*. A Grand Fleet Chaplain’s Note-Book. s.—Bash Books. Church Services. 8. —Fatigue. Week in Germany. The War T.x. Y.M.C.A. War Work. Empire Theatre. Peninsula Railway. Tbe Week’s Events, 9. —A Peking Scrap Book. 10.—What’s
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    SUBMARINE WAR.
    658 7 [Reuter's Telegrams.] ItUrtniai Admiralty Figures. London, March 30, Dr. T. J. Macnamara, Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, states that the British ships submarined and mined daring the first eighteen days of the following months were:— December 30 January' iti 26 February 66 March 55 These figures do not
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    POUNDING TURKEY.
    575 7 [Reuter's Telegrams.] THE EGYPTI ‘N VICTORY, r Far-Reaching Effects, i Loudon, March 29. Coming after the capture of Bagdad General Sir R.H. Murray’s succass iu Palestine makes bad reading for Berlin. It is hailed here and iu Pat is aa justifying relentless and persistent pressure against Turkey which
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    THE WAR TAX.
    498 8 [To the Editor of the Straits Echo Sir, For the benefit of the public I shall be obliged if you will insert the following in- formation relative to War Tax returns in the columns of your paper. Form W/ll should be applied for at once by employers
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    Empire Theatre.
    175 8 There will be a special matinee this afternoon at 5 p m., for ohildren at the Empire Theatre and prices for admission will be from 5 to 50 cents, To-Dight’s programme, which is much above the avsrage, will include The Ghost Club, Charlie Obapiio’s Night Out, Topical War
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    Week in Germany.
    985 8 Austrian Press Denounced. Amsterdam, February 14. If leading articles in German pipers represented the news of the moment one would say that the topic of the day is the rupture of diplomatic relations with America, but a glance at the news and other columns of the journals
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    Fatigue.
    1123 8 A Private’s Point of View. In England they called them fatigues; m France they call them working parties in a vain rfforc to make them sound less disreputable. We infantry den’t refer to them by either of those names. I have always supposed that some highlyplaced gentleman saw us
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    Y. M. C. A. War Work.
    2064 8 AN INTERESTING REVIEW. Luncheon at Chinmbh Consui*ate. On the invitation of. Mr. Tye Phey Yuen, Consul for Chins, no less than sixty guests sat to luncheon yesterday afternoon at the I Chinese Consulate, 45, Green Hall, among whom were Mr. J. J. Virgo, (London)
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    Peninsula Railway.
    276 8 Says yesterday’* T.€.M Anthon y. General Manager the M. S. Railways, Mr; P H il .haw, Mi. Mr E. H. Bilke,w Bre iD this morning, having come through from Alor Star to Prai last night -> n ,i aT th 4 fi^ 9t traiQ this corning Along with
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    The Week's Events.
    294 8 Saturday, March 31, P. V, R. C, Shoot, 3 p m. Football—P. R C. v«. C. R. C., Victoria Green, Cricket— ‘B’ and 'D' Compani is v$. The Rest. Sunday, April 1. Palm Sunday. Monday, April 2. Town Band, Esplanade. WHDNK8DA Y, APRIL 4. Town Band, Esplanade.
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    EXCHANGE.
    121 8 PsWAKO, MjLBCH 81. {By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4| 4 months’ sight Bank... 2/4 11/1® H 3 m Credit 2/4 29/32 3 Documentary 2/415/16 Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 165 3 days’ sight Private... 171 Bombay, Demand Bank 165 Moulmein, Demand Bank 164 f .3 3
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    A Peking Scrap Book.
    2544 9 Chinese Folk-Lori and Ghost Stories. Mr. Rodney Gilbert, whose description l of travel in China’s wild north-west” have attracted attention, has contributed another interesting series of artiole to the North China Herald (Shanghai) under the title fo Peking Sorap Book.” He writes One of the first
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    What's Wrong With Church?
    1015 10  -  THE TEST f JIME OF WAR. Bv Rita.” (Mrs. Desmond Humphreys.) The Church and the War —these ere the two engrossing topics of the day. Tbe one has stirred the minds of tbe people to severe critioism of their spiritual leaders, the other to an equally
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    Mining Enactment
    930 10 SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS Government Urged to Give Wa> In viaw of the annual general meoim,. the P M. 3 Chamber Mi nea reproduce the following f rom the f Journal ya Tin and W! It must not be thought from our edi. t >rial under the heading of F
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    The Last Lap.
    2233 11 I The Cambridge History of English Literature, which bas been in progress for about years, has now been completed by the issue of two volumes* on the Victorian Age, an a2e of great and very various production. It comes almost up to data. No living author is
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