Straits Echo, 8 June 1917
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Straits Echo
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Title Section35 1917-06-08 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. SOli. IS. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, FRIDAY, Btli JUNE, 1917. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 132.35 words
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Advertisement1123 1917-06-08 1 b IAI»0 f V}| »uS fs'V HIJ ItfDNAT® The Georgetown Motor Garage 7a, Penang Road. fal Address; flokimteik, Penang* ,al ’Phone No. 694. jr»oH SALE. XWO ONLY 2 SBATER COMMONWEALTH PART1N-PALMER cars TWO ONLY 2 SEATER MKLl-RMRE 1W0 STROH motor cycle a Fleet of English and American Cars lor hire1,123 words
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Advertisement17 1917-06-08 1 MTLgj s it °t wineais •««Of IW Nm use c TlOnt *a* JQ *s3^ 833 •'>* E 3317 words
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Article1807 1917-06-08 2 There is lying in hospital in England at this moment a rather senior < fficer (second-in command of bis Battalion) who bad the bad luck to be shot, clean through one knee-cap whilst trying to do a good turn to a wounded Boche in a village just1,807 words
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Article388 1917-06-08 2 Of whom precisely, asks a writer in the Daily News, are the advocates of an English marriage for the Prince of Wales thinking P The Stanleys, the Talbots, and the N* Tills are the three greatest Eoglish families from the genealogist’s point of view ard the Stanleys388 words
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Advertisement226 1917-06-08 2 100 dozens JUST UNPACKED dozens 100 COTTON CKEPE TENNIS SHIRTS. With Collar and Pocket as in illustration The Crepe cloth is a medium weight, splendid wearing qualities, stocked in all sizes from 13 up to inches. A real good shirt at a Low Price. ONLY ft I 1? J *1.50226 words
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Advertisement10 1917-06-08 2 For Chronio Cheat Complaint?, Wood!’ Great Peppermint Cere la. 6d,10 words
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Advertisement591 1917-06-08 2 Have you a Rheumatic Friend» TbII him about Littaln’o Bairn, a modem em dIJCIp buman bod! acbes and pain» of tbIT.IT L f > th, mere >e ief, but permanent f.eedomf N,J tortures and r ro and dtformitiea of J rK* Ir th Tbe cure has been achieved not oZ"**'591 words
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Article343 1917-06-08 3 POSSESSION OP RITUAL BOOK A Chinaman named Cbor Tui, alias Chor Ah Tone was tbi w morning arraigned before Mr. R D. Acton io the District Coart at the instance of Mr. A.M. Goodman, Assistant Protector of Chinese, charged with being in possession of books relating to343 words
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Article315 1917-06-08 3 Croei Murder of a Ckiaamaa. Another murder, it is alleged, was committed last nigh* the victim in tb s case being a Cbicaman named Liu Tam, says the Ipoh paper of Wednesday, p. has been reported to the Police that the scene of the outrage was315 words
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Article170 1917-06-08 3 Shortly after 12 o’clock last night a violent I thunderstorm swept over Penang, followed shortly after by a heavy downpour. The gauge at Fort Cornwallis registered a rainfall of 75 millimetres. The lightning was most vivid and the thunder, which was the most violent experienced in Penang170 words
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Article161 1917-06-08 3 Damaob ho Geounds, Tbe big storm which caused so much damage on Tneaday night seems to have bad one of its subsidiary centres in tbe vicinity I of Mr. F. E. da Paula’s residence in Gopeng Road, the grounds surrounding which are one of the prettiest and161 words
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Article1010 1917-06-08 3 The Straits Times in an editorial under the above caption says There are landlords and landlords, and not all of them are rapacious. Our own impression is tbat a great part of the housing evil is due to what Mr. Braddell has described as the professional sub-letters'1,010 words
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Advertisement412 1917-06-08 3 W A3VTEI>. ~i sr AND general clerk f j 1 Qjalifi••‘tioo* Htd 8 Dry expicted tc 1 No. 33, 176 e/o Straits Echo, ranted, nFCOND bard wooden barrel» in good S ccndition must tot bawa been used t, picking t.r or >pp!. v q Q ntlt y and P r412 words
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Advertisement410 1917-06-08 3 H 'jia 'z v K tVSYfl it«/a D a o f f N°77 9 .r1/ivzu&W' //••9 Vip>g]mia i cigarettes BRISTOL Sc LONDO-'"*-E MPIRE THE ATR Phone 628. Business Manager Phone 628. Thomas Shafto E NOT THE OLDEST But Unquestionably the Cleanest and most Modern Picture Palace in the East. THE410 words
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Article, Illustration96 1917-06-08 4 ftMfabad daOy (except Sundays and pnblio baidays) as m CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. K*. 59 Beach Street, Penang. Pnica. *»i Dafljr Leeal 924 per annmn. OnMatkm... Postage Extra. IW1 rfctiir (Post Free) «17.50 CAB LB ADDBBSS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343 If.B. —All business communications96 words
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Article1427 1917-06-08 4 For some little time past, although there has been plenty of pounding and a good deal of “nibbling” at the “Hindenburg line”, the Allied offensive in the west has not made much progress. No doubt Colonel Repington, of the Times, is right when he ascribes this1,427 words
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Article855 1917-06-08 4 Dr. Gilmore Ellis, P.C.M.O., is again in Penang on inspection duty, t Mr. Isaac Tambyah baa gone to theF.M.S, i to appear in a case there. t Mr. E G. Broadrick, Resident of Selan- gor, ia going home on short leave in the near r future. Mr.855 words
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Article64 1917-06-08 4 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to day at $lO3, in Singapore (refined) at $lO3 50. business done. (100 tons sold), and in London at £137 spot and £234 10s three months. Messrs. Boustead Co, inform us that the following are the quotations for Rubber on64 words
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Article25 1917-06-08 4 (.From Our Own Correspondent.') London, Jane 6. The prices in the Loadon Rubber Market to*day were: Pale Crepe 2/10i Diamond Smoked 2/10j25 words
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Article964 1917-06-08 4 At the Cinema. There is what is known as a Pmk p 0 in connection with the movies in the U.B.A. Thi, o trtl aoatr p t „V”C; 0 yoeegrte.. shall not be admitted to though dad and mum may be 1 not blue? But wh J The964 words
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Advertisement150 1917-06-08 4 Our singlet will not itch, but our price will tickle you. at A 0 Just unpacked a large stock of Gent’s SiDglets. Pure Lisle Thread, suitable for tropical wear, extra long body, very strong, highly recommended by every wearer. Makers Thomas A, Hill Co., Ltd., Nottingham, England. SLEEVES OR LOXG.150 words
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Article875 1917-06-08 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS. All Objective* Gaiaed. London, June 7, rep0r tS /7,. We successfully completed the operations ojenced yesterday night to the north of Tt"» r p e ,nd gained a11 our objectiTer We captured positions on tbe western 0 f Greenland Hill on a front of875 words
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Article837 1917-06-08 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] FIERCE FIGHTING. Vigorous Eaeajr Attacks. London, June 7, 1.15 a.m, A French aommunique reports i "After a bombardment the Germans delivered several attacks at different points between Ailette and the Laon Road and to the north-weßt of Braye-en-Laonnais. Our fire immediately smashed two attempts against Mortier837 words
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Article744 1917-06-08 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Further Drtails. London, June 6. It is stated at an east coast port, where seven German sailors (the survivors of the enemy torpedo boat which was sunk by Commodore Tyrwhitt’s squadron) were landed by tbe Light Cruiser Squadron that the recent action in tbe Channel744 words
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Article355 1917-06-08 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Admiralty ssd Germaa Vcrsioa, London, June 7. The Admiralty, referring to the German oommuDique regarding the Ostend bombardment, (alleging that a number of Belgian civilians had been killed) says that the photograph obtained by our aviators shows no damaged house at all other than buildings355 words
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Article281 1917-06-08 5 Tbe following artioles will be found on our outside pages Page. 2. Kultur Let Loose. The Blood Royal. 3. Triad Society Case. Another Tragedy Near Ipoh. Last Night's Storm. Ipoh’s Big Storm. Houses and Rents. 6. —Tbe Need to Win the War Outright. Eastern Produoe Exchange The Ex-Csar. Week281 words
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Article682 1917-06-08 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams]. Fieree Fitktieg. London, June 6. Renter’s Agency has received details through the Itilian Headquarters of the tremendous battle which has been ragtag in the C-irso. The Austrians violently oounter-attacked on a ten-mile front on June 3 from Faiti, just north of Castagnavizza to the sea,682 words
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Article795 1917-06-08 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] QUES 1IO V IN THE SENA E. Premier's State meat. Paris, June 7. Ia the Senate M, Regis Manset introduced an interpellation inviting M. Ribot, the Premier, to dtfine the general policy of France. He said that the Senate was unanimously indignant when seven Frenchmen proposed795 words
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Article894 1917-06-08 6 FRANCE AND INDIA COMPARED To the new number of the Indian Medical Gasetts Colonel Giffard, who was in command of the hospital ship Madras in tbe earlier and less happy stages of the Mesopotamian struggle, and was invalided Home, contributes the first instalment of a comprehensive study894 words
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Article742 1917-06-08 6 “FRENCH TREACHERY.” Amsterdam, April 21. The Bheinitch Westfaslische Zeitung pretends to bare made a discovery which, if it were not for the malicious purpose t f the pretence, might be treated as too ridiculous for comment. The Berlin correspondent of the paper fabricates the story that in742 words
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Article149 1917-06-08 6 The following programme of music will be played at the Golf Club to-morrow evening from 5-45 p.m. to 7-15 p.m. 1 Selection La Fille du Regiment Ajonizetti 2 Two Step Lurabrin Luke Jolly 3 Selection A Country Girl Monckton 4 Waltz Destiny Baynes 5 The Mosqu'to’s Parade149 words
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Article597 1917-06-08 6 HIS DAILY LIFE. A correspondent of the Bonne Gazette gives some interesting details of the present life of the deposed Emperor and bis family, who are confioed to the Palace at Tsarskoe Selo. The ex Emperor’s chi.dren are all ill; they are suffering from complications following measles. The597 words
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Article239 1917-06-08 6 i. Friday, Junk 8 Town Band, Esplanade. I Ministering Children’s League meeting, Penang Free School, 4.30 p,m, e Saturday, Junr 9. Cricket—P. C. C- vt. Planters, Esplanade, a 11.30 a.m. Sunday, June 10. j I 1st after Trinity. Monday, June 11. Town Band, Esplanade. St. Barnabas. The239 words
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Article822 1917-06-08 6 CROWN PRINCE PLOTTING AGAINST KAISER. London, April 26. Internal dissensions in Germany are rapid* ly growing more acute and the German Crown Prince is openly antagonistic to the Kaiser. Wfi§t are the Germans fighting Cor? is the subject of a serious discussion between the Liberal and822 words
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772 1917-06-08 6 George A. B. Dewar - VIEWS OP THE ARMIES. By George A. B. Dewar There are two eohoola of thought to-day on the war, two views as to how it should be finished and it is important to distinguish and decide between them—for ultimately it will make all772 words
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Article211 1917-06-08 6 11 At tbe Eastern Produce Exchange Auction I yesterday the following prices were obtained. 5 1 ppr picul. Diamond Smoked Good from $147 to $l4B Diamond Smoked Fair 136 to 140 i Diamond Unsmoked 12$ to 130 Plain Unsmoked 117 to 120 Brown Crepe Fair 95 Sorap211 words
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Article252 1917-06-08 6 THann Mbn Abmstbd ob Suswc Iolf Smce the brutal murder w Edmonds last i Saturday r John attention has been 0„ crime, and developments are h*i th 'I »«iW. J-tefcjEiSVff Police are by no means inactive in Th o of the fb.ct that they cannot «7 7252 words
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Article113 1917-06-08 6 This show, which has been drawing crowded houses recently when showing the first few episodes of The Crimson Stain”, announces a very good programme to night’wben episodes 5 A 6 will be continued. This Detective Serial is growing bigger and stronger with robust and effective acting the113 words
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Article34 1917-06-08 6 May 21 By balance $1,727.96 June 5 V. Ryves 20.00 H. rie Z Lancaster (monthly) 25.00 Teoh Cheow Cheang (monthly) 2.00 By balance j $1,***** Amount previously acknowledged 30,727.73 ...932, »02.6934 words
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Article97 1917-06-08 6 A second and final presentment of Shakespeare’s Othello or the Moor of Venice.” will, by leave of the Commandant, Major J. Sellar, be given at the Theatre Halim Kuala Kangear Road on Thursday night the 14th instant, for the Red Cross. The critics of the first performance were97 words
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Article31 1917-06-08 6 The following was the result of the tie played off yesterday i Double Handicap. B E Mitohell and W B Houston beat J Dick and A Lindley 21—1131 words
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Article122 1917-06-08 6 PlNANG, JtTlfB 8. (By ccmrtety of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4 j n 4 months’ sight Bank... 2/4 11/16 v 3 Credit 2/413/16 m 3 Documentary 2/4 27/32 Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 3 days’ sight Private... Bombay, Demand Bank -5 Moulmein, Demand Bank .2 3 days’ sight122 words
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Advertisement29 1917-06-08 6 PINKETTESprei/ent morning I cure biliousness and constipation i headaches, BO ctati n> Phial at your druggist's or direct bp mail on receipt ol price lromDß. WILLIAMS' MEDICINE COMPANY. SINGAPODE.29 words
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Advertisement9 1917-06-08 6 For Chronic Chest CX'Mpleiat», Woods’ Orest Care 1« 6d9 words
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Advertisement84 1917-06-08 6 It is <but a short step from a chilled condition of tbs b:dy to Pneumonia, and unices tbe chill be dnren off that second serious condition is reached, sometimes in les9 than 24 hours. Apply this warning to yourself when you feel out of sorts with a ooid. Take a84 words
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Advertisement100 1917-06-08 6 THE MEW FftENOH REMEDY. THERAPION NO. 1 CLRESDISCHARGES.EITHER S*TX.WITHOUT INJECTIONS. THERAPION NO. 2 EURE3 BLOOD POISON, BAD LEGS. SKIN ERUPTIONS. THERAPION NO. 3 H«°H ,C WEAKNESSES. DRAINS. LO*T VWK>R. AC LEA DINQ CHEMISTS. price in englani .29 BEND AT A li P Ar.noirer A CURE SEND STAMP ADDRESS ENVELOPE FOR100 words
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Article1027 1917-06-08 7 Novelists who know Germany and the Germans, writes Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick in the Star, will have a great advantage in futurp, because every angle of the relationship between two races fighting bo bitterly and fiercely will have a high light on it. At the beginning of the1,027 words
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Advertisement244 1917-06-08 7 DEBT 1 t A i ’Vf m 5 -X I I ■V* x®lj\ ■SE ■<:> kV; 19 ins. by 19 ins. by 24 ins. by ins. WRITE FOR POTATIONS TO Ibuttenbacb 3Bro$. AND COMPANY, PENANG. KI Stocks of the following always in hand: Rioktha Lanterns, Wire Netting*, Belting*, Ricksha Tyre*,244 words
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Advertisement49 1917-06-08 7 Bowel Complaint in Children. During the summer months mothers should watch for any unnatural looseness of the child’s bowels. When given prompt attention at this time serious trouble may he avoided. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy can always be depended upon. For sale by all dispensaries and dealers.49 words
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Advertisement300 1917-06-08 7 THE BODEGA. THE place for a quiet drink T'HE place for a quiet meal THE place for guaranteed quality of your drinks. THE only Bar under the constant supervision of an Englishman and consequently the place for the guaranteed quality of your drinks. Comparison invited. Private Bars at Ordinary Prices.300 words
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Article1159 1917-06-08 8 I was glad enough, writes Archibald Marshall in the Daily Chronicle, to accept an invitation from the French Navy officials to visit Toulon and Saint'Ra; bael, and to see something of what is going on in the Mediterranean. I like sailors, and the company of sailors, and I1,159 words
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Advertisement142 1917-06-08 8 T"ZE2 I MR fill •U" m /V ARE :k GOOD NEWS MOTORISTf >. V t f i r F r Jj f.» >- > m. mm i&£ ALL BRITISH AND Specially Toughened W. T. Healey Telegraph Works Co., Ltd. Of submarine cable world fame, is the best guarantee that Henley142 words
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Advertisement92 1917-06-08 8 Chamberlain's Pain Balm. A touch of rheumatism, or a twinge of neuralgia, whatever the trouble it, Cham* berlain’s Pain Balm drives away the pain at once and cures the complaint quickly. First applic%t oo gives relief. Wben a bottle of it is kept in the house the pain of burns92 words
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Advertisement117 1917-06-08 8 8 Rose Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN SCOTLAND). LONDON. EDINBURGH. CLASCOW. Contractors to H.M. Government, Admiralty, and War Office. H&nufactar»» of Faints, Oils ft Vsmidas. BEST! CHEAPEST!! MOST ECONOMICAL!! lo be obtained from all first-class Dealers Wholesale only From OUAH BENC KEE 41 43. BEACH STREET, PENANG. the SELANGOR GENERAL STORES, HIGH117 words
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Article1706 1917-06-08 9 When the darkness of the Midd io Agee. I was breaking into the lagged lights which heralded the modern world of democracy, sewiog machines and policemen, America loomed large and wonderful oat of the seas of high adventure. The tropic luxuriance about the waist of the new continent lured1,706 words
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Article398 1917-06-08 9 Viscount Dillon writes to the Daily Express I believe it is generally admitted that the 52cd R giment when coming down country from tbe Punjab at tbe time of the Mutiny was the first regiment to wear khaki having its American drill Bummer clothing dvpd to398 words
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Advertisement700 1917-06-08 9 If you are Run Down from overwork, suspense, anxiety, illness; if anDetite ami tonic ther® r impaired and lhe nervous system need of a of Anim?! so generally successful as a coura! strenafhens m al OD It promotes appetite, soothes a™ an H k 0^ 5 °L d, estion overcomes700 words
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Advertisement271 1917-06-08 9 UMdbiax*tfer.rw> Afc This is ths Pen ■for Active Service because it stands the racket. The “Swan,” like a rifle, is made true and sure. I he ink magazine is ample and, at command, the pen is ready for duty immediately. There is no misfiring, and there are no parts liable271 words
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