Straits Echo, 23 June 1917

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    34 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 16. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, SATURDAY, 23rd JUNE, 1917. Single Copy, 10 cents. I*s.
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      1231 1 mSM Win%<(*Fa<L Vafflfes NATUR^ The Georgetown Motor Garage 7a. Penang Road. •fal. Address > Hokimtcik, Penang. ’Phone No. 6$4. for sale. TWO ONLY 2 SEATER COMMONWEALTH partin-palmer cars TWO ONLY 2 SEATER MODELE-DE-LUXE 1W0 STROKE MOTOR_CYCLE A Fleet ot English and American Cars tor Aire day and night. Motor repairing
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    RELIGIOUS “BOOST.”
    1868 3 Everyone knows how quick Americans are to take* on new notions, almost irrespective of their intrinsic worth, in business, in politics, in art, education, and religion. This is commonly imputed to a restlessness and love of novelty, supposed to be characteristic of a young, civilization in a stimulating
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      285 3 r 9 I IS R XT* 3 I i e a FRESH STOCKS! JUST ARRIVED MORE MILES IAGENTS I I I I a jR. T. REID Co., Penang.j I I BRINKMANN Co, Singapore.* I THE WATERHOUSE Co., Ltd. I I a H (incorporated in the u.s.a I I ha Muar,
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      316 3 Grossmith's “Golden Still 1 Eau de Cologne Wonderful freshness, invigorating quality and delightful odour, cl.ctinguish this really high-class Eau de Cologne, which is undoubtedly the finest production of its kind. It is manufactured from the purest ingredients and blended with the knowledge derived from nearly one hundred years’ daily practice.
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    WAR NEWS AND GOSSIP.
    2370 4 C From Our Own Vdrrszpoitde/d,} L May 4. Haig's Third Thrust. Before he completed the obj ctive of his i second thiust into the c lebrated Hmdenburg line, Sir Douglas Haig began his third one this week and so successfully (hit it was ct mp'eted by
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      163 4 NEW SHIPMENTS JEST UNPACKED. CRETONNES. An entirely new collection of the choicest Cretonnes is now being shown and intending purchaser* are respectfully invited to inspect the quality and compare the value before placing orders. New Season’s Patterns Forwarded Post Free. 29 INS. 50 cts. v 55 cts., WIDE 85 cts.,
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      94 4 [OE ESTABLISHED 1872. UNDER THE MOST DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGES JF H.R.H.the Duka of Connaught. T.S. 8 R.H. tKe Prince 6 Psincess of Teck. H.M. the King of Siam. H. H. the Sultan of Johore. B. P. de. SILVA jjjft diamond merchant and manufacturing JEWELLER OF SINGAPORE q O HAS OPENED A
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    Alone Again.
    1067 5  -  [BY Tom Wright. The droving season has begun, and my mate (“cobber") has left me. I would gladly have gone with him, but having seen me in the saddle, he declined responsibility 8o. r n the kerosene tin that sits on a stump at the side of the
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    Sequel to a Collision.
    482 5 CLAIM FOB DAMAQES. In the District Court bafore Mr. B, D, Acton this morning the hearing was resumed of the suit instituted by Mr, C. E. W. Hogge, Agency Manager, China Mutual Life Ininraoce Co„ Ltd against Dr. C Francis, claiming recovery of 9815 a* damages
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    Stopped by Censor.
    300 5 Mr. A H. Pollen and the Admiralty Critic. The Naval Censor h»s stopped an artiole by, Mr. A H. Pollen, which was to have been published in hand and Water» Discussing the matter with a Daily Chronicle representative Mr. Pollen said My article contained my judgment as
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    Javanese Gang Robbers.
    200 5 Bio Haul at Tuluk Anson. A mtn a y lender of Teluk Anson, Karutban Chetty by name, had the unpleasant experience of being victimised by gang robbers in the early hours of Tuesday morning, leaving him the poorer by nearly $1,400, It appears that he was slumbering
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      488 5 WE LEAD-THE FOLLOWERS AT PENANG’S—POPULAR—PLAY— HO SE—WHERE EVERYBODY GOES. TO-NIGHT! Compute Change TO-NIGHT! theatr|7 Manager Thomaa ShaftoJj^J THE EMPIBE ALWAYS SHOW THE BE3T BUT This Program Beats our Best THE DIAMOND THE SKY With popular IRVING CUMMINGS and the one and only “LOTTIE PJCKFOBD playing lead?, ALL NEW PICTURES—COMPLETE CHANGE
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    96 6 Published daily (except Sundays and public k holidays) at ran CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. Ho. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Pricr* Daily Local $24 per annum. Ontstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 GAELS ADDKBBS ECHO—PENANG” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Pnnting Department 343 N.B.— All buS.ness communication, should
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    THE ALLIES AND GREECE.
    1400 6 For nearly three years the Allies handled the Qreek situation with hesitation and timidity, so that it continuously and progressirely developed to their manifest disadvantage. Now at last they are displaying energy and resolution and the result is eminently satisfactory. Constantine has gone, hooted and hustled
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    M. A. P.
    1018 6 The Prince of Wales oeLbrates his twenty- third birthday to-day, having been born at the White L:dge, Richmond Park, on June 23. 1894. e e e The engagement is announced between Ethel Mary Havelock Stevens, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hildebrand W. H. Stevens, of Bydney,
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1018 6 A Sunday p.per Urt “‘««fMted joke, r .to*,, 11 mutilated iu tranumimon—hi. M» sent over the F. M. S. Q n t,le 8 r *nii lines. It overlooks the classi^ 001 l4ad which, of course, relates to wbo. when at a diuuer part, B ®< mau let fall
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      170 6 ♦♦OOOOOOOCOOOOOOC* IF I m 5 ssss WANTING YOU ARE IS FIRM. WE are the largest purveyors of drugs in the Straits Settlements Doctors. Managers of Estates and Mines have long since recognised that drugs issued by us are of absolute purity and of full potency. We hare a unique knowledge
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    THE BRITISH THRUST.
    647 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] AROUND LOMBARTSYDE. Ea tmy Raid RcpuUcd. LoDdoD, June 22, 12.15 a.m. Sir Douglas Haig reporta Oar fire repulsed raiders to the south of the B*p*Q —Cambrai Road and to the sail of La Ventie. also in the neighbourhood 0 f Lombartsyde where another enemy party
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    ITALIAN CAMPAIGN.
    566 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] FIERCE BATTLE RAGING. Heavy Artillery Fire. Amsterdam, Jane 22. The Cologne Oaeette says that the new f batt,eon the plateau of Bette Oommuni. I exten <iing from Sngaoa Valley to Asiago, has assumed extraordinary dimensions. All r the mountains of Tyrol are echoing all night long
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    GREEK SITUATION.
    582 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] THE KING S PROCLAMATION. Prompt Retraction. London, Jane 21. r In view of the satprise and indignation aroused by King Alexander’s first procla- matioD, in which he expressed bis detertail nation to carry out his father’s sacred i mandate,” it is noteworthy that the King has
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    Shares.
    200 7 The following are the alterations in Messrs. A. A. Anthony A Co.’s share list to-day i Ayer Molek Robber Co. 92.20 buyers and $2 40 sellers Ayer Panas Rubber Estates $10.50 buyers and $ll sellers; Glenealy Plantations $2.15 buyers and $2.30 sellers Kedah Rubber Co. $4.20 buyers and $4.35
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    GERMANS AND CROWN COLONIES.
    419 7 [Reuter's Telegrams.] BRITISH POST-WAR POLICY, j Qacatioa ia tkc Coaaaoia. London, Jane 21. In the House of Commons Mr. G. Stewart I (Unionist Member for the Wirral division of Cheshire) asked whether the proposal of the Hongkong Chamber of Commence that Germans should be excluded from
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    Outside.
    156 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page. 3. —Religions Boost.” 4 —War News and Gossip. 5. —Alone Again. Sequel to a Collision. Stopped by Cdnsor. Javanese Gang Robbers. 8. —The Position in Germany. Austria's Plight. Tbe Third War Budget, Vital Statistics. Church Services. The Weak’s
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    WAR OFFICE CRITICISED.
    842 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Debate ia tbe CoDaoii, London, June 22 Tbe reply of Mr. J. L Micpherscn (Parliamintary Uader-Secretary to the W*r Office) given ia the Hiuse of Commons yesterday regarding re-examinations of discharged and rejected men was made in the coarse of a debate raised by Mr.
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    WEATHER CONDITIONS IN GERMANY.
    267 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] SERIOUS DROUGHT. Crop* Ruiacd. Amsterdam, June 22, Tbe Frank further Zeitung states that lightning exploded the munition works at Foerde, in Westphalia and destroyed the worksheds. Two workers ware killed and four injured. Eleven farmsteads ware burned down at Gross Scbo nbrunn in Bavaria.
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    Semanggol Rubber, Ltd.
    210 7 Eighth Aaaual Meetiag. The eighth annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Semanggol Rubber Company, Limited, was held at the Chamber of Commerce at noon to-day and there were present Messrs D. A. M. Brown (in the chair) G. Stothard, J, McNeill, B. E. Mitchell, A
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    London Rubber Market.
    274 7 (From Our Own Oorreppondent.') London, June 22. The prices in tbe London Rubber Market to-day were Pale Crepe 2/6f Diamond Smoted 2/6 [The Market R-port of Messrs, Aldena* Successors, Ltd, dated Loudon, May 10, says:— “The market has been quiet during tbe past wtek with a firm
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    Tin.
    42 7 Latest Quotations. Tin (unr. fioed) ii quoted heie to <l*y at $lO9, business don», iu Singapore (n fined) at $110.40, bunted don», (100 tons sold) and in London at JC246 1 5i cp.>t an 4 X 2 14 ss. three months,
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  • Obituary
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    29 7 Obituary. Sir Joacpk Lyoaa. London, June 22, The death has taken place of the wellknown caterer Sir Joseph Lyons, head of the firm of J. Lyons A Co. Ltd,
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    The Position in Germany.
    944 8 SMALL PROSPECT OF A REVOLUTION. Feom Si* Frank Lascelles, P. C„ o. o. B. (Formerly British Ambassador in Berlin) Revolution in Gumany would have •pieired an inconceivable event in B?rlin in 1908, and to day, as far one is able to judge from the fragmentary information
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    Austria's Plight.
    809 8 NO PRO3PECT OF A SEPARATE PEACE. Bt Professor Thomas Maparyk. I’ Lately Leader of the Progressive Party in the Auttrian Parliament), Of the many mistakes which find a certain currency, there is none greater than that which detects symptoms of Austria’s soccasion from the German grip. Austti* provoked
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    St. George’s Church, Penang
    134 8 Junk 24, 3rd Sunday aftbh Trinity. 8*00 a.m. Matins 8*30 a.m. Holy Communion 5- p.m. Sunday School 6- p m. Evensong > Hymn 291 Responses Roberts «•JSKSS* Magnificat 134 Nunc Dimittis 67 Hymns 595, 437 and 259 On Friday Peter a ir. 8 00 a.m. Holy
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    The Week’s Events.
    75 8 Saturday, Junb 23. Prince of Wales’ Birthday (1894). Penang Volunteers Field Operations. Semangeol Rubber Cj., L‘d A. G. M., Chamber of Commerce, 12 noon. Sunday, Junb 24 3rd after Trinity. S'. John Bsp’ist. P. V. R. C. Shoot 7 a.m. Penang Swimming Club, Gibbon's Cup Competition. v,
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    P.C.C. Bowls Tournament.
    32 8 The following was the resalt of the tie played off yesterday Championship Pairs. W Houston and G B F Southam beat G B Fitzgerald and W H Threlfall 21—19
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    Tin Outputs.
    407 8 The particulars of tbe output of the Renong Tin Dredging Co., Ltd. for the first half of June, were No.'l Drelge 203 Picnls, No. 2 Dredge 209 Picnls. No, 3 Dredge 368 Piculs. Ths Hues are beginning to worry, qaite unnecessarily, about the difficult position which their representatives
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    The Third War Budget.
    230 8 We have previously had two War Budgets in which tbe revenue and expenditure were colossal, and they have paved the way for tbe preseDt one with ita larger figures. That the eXffcnditurr'' for tbe current year is estimated at 2,290$ millions, or some 92 millions in
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    Vital Statistics.
    597 8 The following is the health statement of the Penang Municipality for the week ended June 9,1917 IMale 43) 80 Female 32 J Death rate 39.36 per mill# per annum compared with 38-37 in the preceding week and with 36.28 in the corresponding week of last year. Nationality, M.
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    The Rubber Market.
    368 8 Thi Freight Difficulty, For the rubber market to exhibit decided strength in the face of the 'increased Profits Tax ii something of a surprise, eren to the optimists. What weakness there remains is chiefly in the shares of companies that will obviously be affected by the advanced
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    Empire Theatre.
    54 8 A special and entirely new change takes place at the Empire to-night headed by the famous Universal mrsterpiece “love’s Battlefield and strongly supported by six new parts of The Diamond from the Sky a big two red Triingle Keystone Comedy and the latest official War Gazette, making a
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      12 8 For Children's Hacking Comgh at Night. Wood*’ Great Peppermint Oira 11. 6d.
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    PENANG TURF CLUB. Summer Meeting, 1917.
    980 9 (Under S. R. A. Rules of Racing.) RACE DAYS: FIRST DAY Tuesday, 17th July, 1917. SECOND DAY Thursday, 19th July, 1917, THIRD DAY Saturday, 21st July. 1917 FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 17th July, 1917, 'S 7. Planters* Vase, Plate AND PuRBE Va’u* $4OO, $6OO and
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    AUSTRALIA IN WAR TIME.
    1906 9 EXTRAORDINARY PROSPERITY, From an Austrian Correspondent. Travelling about Australia during the past year it has been diffiou.t to believe that of a population of scarcely 5,100,000 some 300,000 of the best manhood are actually engaged in war. Soldiers in khaki are to be Been in the
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      242 9 Entries Close Z nt J 1 1917 U —In all Handicap Races for Horses or Special Coalition Regarding Haadleap a»*” fommiltee divide the entries r«*, the Official H.udicapper may, with the coM»t »f thc Commate. a ‘“to more or less Classes than advertised and each Class will be separately w
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      10 9 For Chronio Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cnre Is, 6d,
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      66 9 Sharp attacks of colic are very prevalent in this trying climate, and it is well to know what shou’d be tiken to overcome the trouble, Here is the knowledge to act on Get a bottle of WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CORE, and take a t a aspoonful every three hours. Speedy
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    HOW TO PAY WAR DEBT:
    1353 10  -  EXPLOIT THE DEPENDENCIES.” (By John H. Habbis.) “The Empire Resource* Dovelopment Committee has come into existence with the laudable and attractive object of providing the British public with an easy method of paying the war debt; it is no exaggera* tion to say that unless
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    SPRING AT THE FRONT.
    772 10 NATURE AMID DESOLATION, tFY.m a At last Franco has some tmta < Until within two days of tha end of a the weather continued bitter wX i Apn| of driving snow and sleet a. a. f 9 •52 th whenthe Undioate and ribbed with white drifts
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      4198 11 by order of the administratrix OF THE ESTATE OF mohamed ariff deceased. TO BE SOLD BY Public Auction On Mon., 9th July 1917at 11 a.m following days, (SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS ft 1 PUBLIC HOLID AYS EXCEPTED) the Archway of Logan s Buildings. Beach Street, Penang. in Grant No. 73 1905 and
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