Straits Echo, 25 July 1917

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR AST GENERALLY VOL. 16. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, WEDNESDAY, 26th JULY, 1917. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 172.
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      1174 1 gpH^Aig The Georgetown Motor Garage (BANKS. 7 Af Penang Road. Tel. Address: Hokimteik, Penang. ’Phone No. 694. pOH SALE. TWO ONLY 2 SEATER COMMONWEALTH partin-palmer cars TWO ONLY 2 SEATER MODELE DE LUXE TWO STROM MOTOR CYCLE A Fleet oi English and American Cars tor hire day and night. Motor
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      13 1 ®f Which is me t -■>• >■'- LQfO^ it**! ?'*ec r< use TJONB ■Si BS
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    Brains and the Fleet.
    1326 2 It is now more than six months since Si r John Jellicoe was brought down from th e I Grand Fleet to succeed Sir Henry Jackson 1 as First Sea Lord, and nearly as many I weeks since Sir Edward Carson announced a i number of
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    In a Blockaded Port.
    755 2 SHIPS AND GOOD3 FROM AFAR. A Sight foe the Hun. It is one of the ports which the enemy has best reason to wish to close; a port, not in the British Isles, through which, j since the war began, there has flowed a cjntinuous stream
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    Another Miraole
    158 2 Th« miracles performed by Little»! Orl. ental B»Im are almost couoiL 8h Men h women who bave become cripple b 8 k horrible eg >nies of Rheumatism tr0 tbr mg away crutche., ernes. and bandag,, walking free with elastic step. Rlenm tism in the back or shoulders, in
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      62 2 Reserve your Purchases Jc G m B n WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW Co., Ltd., ANCE Commences Monday, July 30th BARGAINS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS. Whiteaway, Laidlaw Co., Ltd., Penang. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) 9 *2 m /A V/ <o ~-z~ 5$f H S3 Hi ss: 1 HAQC. IK o //A 'MEG'?' it SLOT A
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      10 2 For Chronic Cheat Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure Is. M.
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      402 2 THE BODEGA. THE place for a quiet drink 1 HE place for a quiet meal THE place for guaranteed quality of your drinks. THE only Bar under the con. stant supervision of an Englishman and consequently the place for the guaranteed quality of your drink?. Comparison invited. Private Bars at
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    Police Court Cases.
    105 3 UNFIT FOR FOOD. Lie Cheng Chan, a fishmonger in the Palo Tikus Market was tbia morning brought up before Mr. 8. H. Langston, charged' with selling or exposing for sale fish whioh wasuufit for human consumption. The accused claimed trial stating that the fish was kept ipja
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    THEFT OF A FOWL.
    154 3 A Tamil P. C, named NsgapeD, who was 2® duty J e *te r duy, was walking along Dito Kramat Road whan his attentiw w c a drawn tl a Caimman strewing rice on pidang. Soon three fowls began ti fetd, Suddenly the .man suz>d oce
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    CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
    115 3 At the instance of Mr. A. W. B. UauiiltoD, Superintendent for the Priten tion of Cruelty to Animals, Poanamal and Naira Mohamed were summoned for cue!ty to cows by neglect. They pleaded guilty, l M r Hamilton stated that PonnamaPs cow bad a fractured leg and the
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    THEFT AT A MILL.
    123 3 Yeoh Kooi appeared before Mr 8 H Lacgs f on this morning on a eba-ge of theft of an i on girder valued at 340. For the prosecution it was stated that a Ma’ay mmed Coembee saw the accused about the oil mill in Sun;ei Pining
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    TWO OTHER OFFENDERS.
    86 3 Long Ah Poh was found guilty of sra’ching a chain iff the person of a little girl on her way to school. Court Inspector Nicol stated that but for the two schoolboys who saw thi theft and arrested the accused, be would have escaped. Accused was sentenced
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    Penang Volunteers.
    339 3 Field Day OPEBATrOhrs, 28th July, 1917.11 The Penang Volunteers less A. Coy have I been detailed for out-post duty by night tor provide protecti n for a main bed? at rest I in Ayer Etatn Village and whose obj ective is I the Treasury. The out-po9t line of
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    Current Coin.
    980 3 A Local Scabs” Explain id. Says Tuesday’s T.>o- M A large section qf the public, not entirely confined to the uneducated class, has been greatly per tut bed ovdr a recent proclamation forbidding tbe melting down or breaking up of current coia on pain of a fine or
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      335 3 r'l\ )fO ■>|if Empire theatric Business Manager Shafto Jul to-nichti to-nichti LUBIN PRESENTS CONFEDERATES IN CRIME. 1 thrilling and sensational detective photoplay COMEDY COMEDY JED’S LITTLE ELOPEMENT. A "NESTOR” SCREAM CHARLIE CHAPLIN- NINE FATHOMS DEEP A p c'ure teeming with photographic marvels uo qu3 in conception superb in setting mystic
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      330 3 'll <$> o AND \*j&\ i" <? < t' 'P. 0 v- V bontier 3S i r i i .i fi i. *r.: MIXTURE. i 0=. Stocks of the following always in hand: Rioksha Lanterns, Wire Nettings, Beltings, Hurrioane Lamps, Brass Gauges (mesh 50 St 60), Paints (all oolours), Rubber
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    96 4 FiUiahtd daily (except Sundays and public t holidays) ax ran CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. Ho. £9. Beach Street, Penang. Price* Daily Local m $24 per annum. Outatation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 543 N.3.— A1l butmeas communications
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    OUR SHARE IN THE COST OF THE WAR.
    1166 4 War expenditure has now surpassed all the limits of real notation, for it is useless to pretend that the majority of us can link 'P a s .'m like .£5,290,000,000—the present aggregate of the successive Votes of Credit —with our workaday arithmetic.
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    Perak Water Rights Case.
    99 4 In this case in which Messrs, van Cuylenberg and Graham sued tbe Government of Perak for one and a half million dollars damages for wrongful cancellation of a water license over the River Dipang, and the trial of which lasted over 50 days, a telegram has
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    M. A. P.
    691 4 Mr. A. S. Evens, of Caledonia Estate, P. W. t is an inmate of the General Hospital, Penang. Mr. F. S Physick baa been elected President of the F. M. 8. Chamber of Commerce, and Mr. J. A. Russell VicePresident. The following passengers arrived here to-day from
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    Rubber Rising.
    24 4 {From Our Own Correspondent London, July 24. Tbe prices in the London Rubber Market to-day were Pale Crepe 2/7| Diamond Smoked 2/7
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    Tin.
    153 4 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to day at $107.25, business done, in Singapore (refined) at $lO3 25. business done, (75 tons sold), and in London at £238 10s. spot and at £236 three months. We read in a London paper of June 9 We may claim that
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1043 4 Mr. Balfour, To-day Mr. Balfour completes bis B ixt T ninth year. Wdether people do or do Jt aprea with bis political acts or his phil,. sophio outlook is hardly the question > 0 considered. What wa have to do is t 0 c n ■ider and appreciate
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      245 4 GRAND ANNUAL SALE. NOW ON Perhaps you don’t believe in Sales, just compare our goods and the prices asked, the result must coavince the most sceptical of the genuine character of our reductions. This is not a Sale of cheap goods, but good geods cheap. Rusfell Brand Shoes, 1 British
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    FRENCH FRONT.
    819 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] ON A LARGE SCALE. Enemy Attacks, L melon, July 23, 11.50 p m. Krliter’s correspondent at the French gV quirt -rs, the fresh attack on CbpmndeH Dimes cn July 7, si/b that the enemy has fi‘ ven babt e on a r e scale nctiCilly every
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    BRITISH FRONT.
    649 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] SUCCESSFUL RAIDS. Sir Douglaa Haig'» Report. London, July 24, 12.20 p.m. Sir Douglas Haig reports “la this morning’s raid to thesouth of Avion we penetrated the enemy's positions on a front of six hundred yards and to a depth of three hundred yards. We inflicted heavv
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    COST OF THE WAR.
    638 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] DEBATE IN THE COMMONS. Huf* Vote of Credit. London, July 24. Mr, Bonar Law will move in the House i of Commons this afternoon a vote of credit i for £650,000,000, the largest hitherto, making the total war credits £5.290,000,000 Mr. D, M. Mason,
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    Outside.
    64 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page. 2. —Brains and the Fleet. In a Blockaded Port. 3. —Current Coin. Police Court Cases, Penang Volunteer s 6. Tbe Allies’ War Aims. Mr. R. P. Brash. Penang Automobile Club Three Years Ago. Huttenbach’s Sued The Week’s Events.
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    RUSSIA IN TRANSITION.
    680 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] M. KERENSKY INTERVIEWED. Stera Meaaure* witk Traitor*. Petrograd, July 24. M. Kerensky, the Russian Premier in an interview, said that th 9 Government would save Russia by blood and iron if appeals to reason, honour and conscience failed. Whatever happened the pre-Revolution legime was impossible.
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    GERMAN VERSION.
    659 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] I» ike West. London, July 24. A wireless German official announcement states:— “An artillery duel took place in Flanders all day loDg and all night long with unprecedented intensity. The enemy’s thrusts are increasing. The French again attacked unsuccessfully at Chemin des Pamee, We repulsed twenty-one
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    FEDERAL COUNCIL MEETING.
    767 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] HIGH COMMISSIONER'S STATEMENT. Further Vote aa War Gift, (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipob, July 25. At th8 meeting of the Federal Council at Kuala Kangsar His Excellency the High Commissioner announced that he would at tbe next meeting atk for a further vote aa a
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    The Allies’ War Aims.
    1149 6 Mr. Speeder, in one of bis admirable Letters to the Antipodes” in the Westminster Gazette, bis tbe following on tho War Aims” of the Allies ft From both «ads of the Alliance east and west simultaneously comes a sudden insistence on the ideal aims of the
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    Mr. R. P. Brash.
    245 6 APPOINTED TO FEDERAL COUNCIL Mr. Robert P Brash has been appointed a member of the Federal Council, owing to tfce absence of the Hon. Mr. A. Payne Gallwey, and is attending the meeting of the Federal Council in Kuala Kangsar to-day. The appointment of Mr. Brash
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    Penang Automobile Club.
    681 6 [To the Editor op thi Straits Echo I Sir. The gross proceeds of the Club’s Gymkhani on Saturday, July 14, in aid of the British Red Cross Fund amounts to $721.85 Some deay has unavoidably been caused iu publishing this owirg to th 9 intervention of Rice
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    Three Years Ago.
    1037 6  -  HOW THE WAR CAME TO VIENNA. (By L. M. Davidson.) Krieg 1 Kritg!” I was in Vienna on July 25, 1914, when these words (War War!) rang the knell of Peace, which loosed tbe war-dogs of tbe world. It wsb on a Saturday evening at 7-25 that
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    Huttenbach’s Sued.
    1241 6 M .,h -Sfi" Mb John Hands' Case. In tbe Supreme Cogrt on Thursday and Friday last, before Mr. Justice Earnsbaw, the Civil Suit—John Hands (plaintiff) versus August Huttenbach, Alexander G. Anthony and Francis James Hill (defendants) was partly heard and is being continued, says the M-M. Plaintiff, until
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    The Week’s Events.
    74 6 Wednesday, July 25. Town Band, Esplanade. St. James. P. C. C. Lawn Tern is Tournament entries close. Friday. July 27. Town Band, Esplanade. War Anniversary Demonstration, Executive Committee Meeting, Chamber of Commerce, 4.30 p m. Saturday, July 28, Penang Volunteers, Field Operations. Sunday, July 29. Bth after
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    To-night's Band Programme.
    531 6 j The following programme of music will be played at the Esplanade this evening from 6 p m. to 7 p.m.:— >4 >»l 1 Selection Of English SoDg V«rdi 2 Lancers The Gondoliers Bucales6i 3 Wal<z Hesperus Klacge Gung’l 4 Polka Camarade Waldteufel r 5 M rch
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    EXCHANGE.
    113 6 Pbnanq, July 25 (By courtety of the Charted Bank) London, Demand Bank 2 41 J 4 months’ sight Bank 2/41.„ Credit 2/413/!* Calcutta, Demand £2""*£ 3 days’sight Private Bombay, Demand Bank Moulmein, Demand Bank i 3 days’ sight Private... s Madras Demand Bank 3 days’ sight Private Rangoon, Demand
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      41 6 Causes and Cure for Diarrhoea Overrating, a chtnge in tba temperature, unripe fruit* and impure wa'er are sonn of the caus39 of diarrheas. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cures these bowel disturbances promptly. For sale by all dispensaries and dealers.
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      75 6 The scourge of a tropical country u dygi. entory, but every trouble has its antidote and for dysentery the medicine is. WOODS’ CHEAT PEPPERMINT CORE. It is a medicine that will provide quick relief and cure. Those who have to get away into the out portions of this couotrvl should
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      339 6 WANTED TO LEASE. WANTED by professional man cffiae i B central position about 600 squira feet. Apply to K. P. c/o Strait < Echo. i/VAKTTED. A COMPETENT CHINESE CLERK to translate Chinese Accounts into English. Preference will be given toons with previous experience in a legal firm Applications stating salary
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    Berlin To-day.
    1241 7  -  WAR-WEARY BUT '‘STILL ALIVE” ‘‘U”-Boa.t Film Hobbobs. (By F. Sefton Delmer Although the fact has never been publicly proclaimed, everybody knows that a major of the General Staff gathers the newspaper editors together once a week and tells them what they are to talk about in their newspapers
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    Fighting Disease Germs.
    217 7 1 1 There is a popular idea that most sickness > I is caused by a germ of the disease finding I entrance to our bodies through the food we eat, the water or milk we drink or the air I we breathe. This is true as
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    Medicines Just Unpacked.
    42 7 The Penang Rubber Stamp Co, beg to announce to their patrons and many interested customers that they have now received a large fresh shipment of medicines from The Swaathya Sahaya Pharmacy, Calcutta, and cordially aolidt their further esteemed «dan.
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      602 7 WRITE TO DAY to MASTERS, RYE, for LIST GOOD ENGLISH !Bct. GOLD GEM RINGS Q*> Luminous Wrist Watches bilver, 40'Gold, £3 to £lO 25 Tbrpe < 2j? U KnrtleSs Love hing No. f 9 One Ruby Four Pearl» £6 Diamond 60/- or £lO Two Diamond* 5 0/. WHITAKER'S “WHO'S WHO
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      317 7 Instant Relief for LIVER TROUBLE Torpidity and Food-Sickness. No liver sufferer can fail to benefit from tbe ace of Dr. Cassell's Instant Relief. Its action is natural as Nature, sure as science. It is altogether different to ordinary liver stimulants and moning salts. These weaken tbe liver by forcing it
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    General Pershing.
    879 8 AN IMPRESSION. (Bt a Special America* Correspondent.) Lieutenant-General Pershing will find a place to break through the German lines,” quietly remarked a friend of the American recently. And when he has found it', he and bis m9n will back an advance into Germany, He will not sit about
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      93 8 Don’t N «gleet Your Family When you fail to provide year family with a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy at thia season of the year, you are neglecting them, as bowel complaint is sure to be prevalent, and it is too dangerous a malady to be trifled
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      454 8 Tf SMArJH? .^L, *T“1 fe -Sk |< Assured by the Occasional Use of Dr. Morse’s Indian Root PHls. To reach a green old age and enjoy good health can only be obtained by the care of the system. It is from the little irregularities of the system that the common
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    Labour and the War.
    2216 9 Temper op the Workshop. With a good deal of ccaxiag, some threats, and no end of vague assurances which it will be difficult to quote as promises, the engineers have been got back to work, and the strikes have been got out of the news» papers.
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      51 9 PINKETTES I are an ideal laxative for Wnm Ptf Tkey correct Coaatipatloa. elcar tke ikia of pimples aad w cn klrmiikea, aad give tkc krigkt eye of keallk* ISO cento par phial at roar draggiat'a or direct br mail on receipt ol price Iron DB. WILLIAMS 1 MEDICINE COMPANY. SINGAPORE.
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      361 9 Penang Sales Room. By order of the administrators of the Estate of C. A. MACINTYRE. Deceatcd, TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION Well kept Household Furniture. COMPRISING Iron Beds f eids, D easing Tables, A'miraho, Bentwood and RitUo Furniture, Limps, E. P. Warp, Gla?e, Crcckeiv, Etc., Etc. AND A Collection
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