Straits Echo, 3 December 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. vor. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, MONDAY, 3rd DECEMBEK, 1917. Single Copy, lO cents. No. 28i.
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      12 1 MILK s u^T to"Bn •tv E CTlo*tg oje 35f X M ess
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    Chinese Editors Discuss The Japan-America Agreement.
    1162 3 Ch inese Editors Discuss The Japan-America Agreement. Local Chinese editors are devoting much space to the recently conclude! agreement between the United States and Japan In tbeir efforts to fix the blame for the unsatisfactory position in which China finds herself, several of the editors point the accusing finger at
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    Eastern Education.
    582 3 THE NEW TEACHER IN JAPAN. Moray. Instruction. If we want to know what the new generation in Japan will be like, we have first to find out what its teaohers are like, says the New East. Every year the Department tf Education has a series of examinations for
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      186 3 M 4 JEFFREY’S BEER k w Bf? <<; 4 s&s -'T T bat: <> e> o 'N it* It it* it* t Et* st* it* t fr ti CHOP KOTA SOLE AGENTS ADAMSON, GIlilLlAN 8 CO., LTD. Hi (I NT OR 5 OLA F»0 IN E.NCL AND) PENANG, SiNGA OhE
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      57 3 rnn« anai SSDDi You Clean Outside Inside aaoca^ k«t wkit a vm wiiww aWout your 11 to k i... EbSmtSX 8 D. tV. kow.l., ik«t k««pl.l Ik. ebUk ..1 kclthy SO «cats Mr *hlal at rnt MtfWa ar «reel ki «ail oa raeaiat ol ariaa 1 fra M. WILLIAMS* MEMCIHE
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      393 3 oc DC Dnczmc DC DO PA LE WOMEN Many a woman who had a good colour at Home grows pale and sallow when living in the Tropics. Wh?n the fading colour in cheeks and lips is accompanied by a Iocs of brightnew ill the eyes and an increasing heaviness in
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    Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson.
    1149 4 Sir Henry Rawlinson was ben on Ff brn- ry 20, 1864; tb6 eldest eon of M* j u.General Sir H. G RiwiiusoD, Bi*t. He was j educated at Eton and Sandhurst, and in February, 1884, entered the 60th Rifl s. After acting as A.D.C, for four
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      443 4 Violent Methods Are unnecessary to conqu°r that bitter memy of civilization Rheumatism. All it forma, including Rheumatic Gout, can be cured permanently, aafely. and inexpensively by Little s Oriental Balm No matter how much pain your Rheummariam is causing you. No matter if you have tried a dozen oila, oiutmeuta
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      551 4 notice I, tin undesigned Y-oh Peik K*at herehr kir« notic» th.t I retired from the fi m T'«* c>. Peo.n* Dd K ".u oiT'., tt rom ,hB Ut d "J ot *917. and that my interest and response/* o that him baa ceastd as from that date. J (Sd.) Yboh
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    Scottish Corporation Luncheon.
    690 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Freedom of the SeaLondon, Not. 30. At the Scottish Corporation luncheon at the Criterion Restaurant Mr. Andrew Fisher, High Commissioner of Australis, presiding, Mr. J. D. Macpherson, Under Secretary for War, said that much had been said at present about the nebulous phrase of the
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    Penang Polo Club.
    813 5 A Successful Gymkhana., The postponed gymkhana under the auspices of the Penang Polo Club organised io aid of Our Day” Red Cross Fund which was held at the Polo Ground on Saturday afternoon was an unqualified success and reflects great credit on the organisers and those who
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    Eurasian J.P.
    285 5 [To the Editor ot the Strait t Echo.] Bir, It appears to me that some person or Dersons of the Eurasian community in Penang, think or consider it is necessary for the Eurasian community of Penang to have one of their members appointed a Justice of the Peace-
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    Shares.
    219 5 The following are the alterations of Messrs. A. A. Anthony Co.’s Share List to-day Ayer Kuning Rubber Estate $1.35 buyers; Ayer Molek Rubber Co. $2 80 buyers and $2 90 sellers Bukit Katil Rubber Estates 0.70 buyers and 080 Bellers; Cbangkat Sedang Estates $9.20 buyers and $9,50 sellers Glanealy
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    Empire Theatre.
    114 5 The management will show to-night “The 1916 Pendleton Bound Up whioh was taken at the seventh annual round up at Pendleton, Oregon, of all the contests for the Championship of the world. Here is a chance for those interested in sports, The Broken Spur,” an exciting drama of
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    Electric Polyscope.
    166 5 Of great special announcement is the showing of Mothers of France” in five solid reels at the above show to-morrow night. When this patriotic film was screen ed in Singapore every man forgot that he was in the theatre. The applause became so thunderous that the music was
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      405 5 0P* GH 8H 6fr0t— SSH Sf6r* (Sr8H* SH f* C 8H 8f8H •4? Still Pulling with Tiemzndous Power. PROGRAM PAR EXCELLENCE AT THE EMPIRE THEATRE Business Manager Thomas Shafto. Extraordinary costly attraction for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 3rd, 4th and 5th December, 1917, mr FOUR GREAT REELS IN THE SECOND
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      69 5 Sufferers from Indigestion will find speedy and permanent relief by taking a coarse of WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE ThiB medicine has been proved by genera tions of English Colonists throughout tb* world to be the best for family use. It is a true corrective and preventive. Millious of people rely
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      396 5 WANTED JUNIOR CLERK for a Mercantile £x. firm, App'y tc: No 558, c/o Straitt Echo. WANTED. FOR AN ESTATE in Kedah a first rate Tapping Conductor. Must be sb’e to speak Tamil end M*Uy. None but re,.lly fir-1 class men need apply. Wages $7O per month and free unfurnished quarters.
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    95 6 hUM Mr («w*f4 Sundays and pnUio OBUKOX PRESS, Ltd. ■a, 69, M Street, P«uf. Pfexoi 1 OaOj Iml mi 984 p*r unm OMIMh. Poetege Extra. IBhI MMm (Poafc Era*) 917.60 fIABU iBDBMI: ECHO —PENANG" Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343 A. 3. —All buainiM communication* ihiuld
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    WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING AGAINST.
    1349 6 It ii proverbially difficult to define an elephant, though quite easy to know one when you meet him. And anj belligerent when talking to neutrals, especially to neutrals who lire far removed from the scene of war, finds himself in a similar difficulty. We all
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    M. A. P.
    889 6 Mr. D. St. L Parsons has joined up. Mr. A. J. Graham Denney is now M«jor in the Royal Engineers. The Bishop of Singapore has left for Java for his annual visitation of the chaplaincy. Mr. Justice Earnshaw and Mrs. Earnshaw leave Kuala Lumpur to*day on a
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    ITALIAN FRONT.
    628 6 [Reuter's Telegrams.] wav «I Intense Artillery Activity. London, Nov. 30, 3-40 p.m. An Italian official announcement states There was intense artillery duel particularly at Melette in the middle and lower Piave plain, A British monitor scored a direct hit at a bridge and boats near Passarella." BOMBARDMENT OF
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      201 6 Our Shoes make life's walk easy. BEST BRITISH MADE THROUGHOUT. •< m.» if Gent’s Box Calf Shoes or Eoots, Btout leather soles. price $6.90 Lady’s Box Calf Bar Shoes, elegant design, $5 50. Ditto, white oanTas, $3,50. m Wkfi Patent Leather Pumps, very stylish, $6-50* Children's Bar or Strap Shoes
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    BRITISH FRONT.
    1220 7 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Enemy Attacks Repulsed Londor, December 1, Sir Douglas Haig reports After a violent bombardment bj the |D e®y. strong ,orc9B at eight this mornin f? 'ttacked on a wide front to the sooth of brai between Yendhuile and Crevecoeu-. Shortly afterwards heavy attacks also developed against
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    London Rubber Market.
    25 7 (.From Our Own Correspondent^ London, Deoamber I The price, in the Londo» Eebber Mark.» to-day were Pale Crepe J' Diamond Smoked Sheet
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    Tin and Rubber.
    37 7 Latest Quotations. Tin (..refined) i. $136. buyer, no llerß Mn ,pot and at u. that Ueure. Bou.tead for Bobber i« W?'Louden» *he 30th ultimo r eiT pUnU^u d nt'latex orep. 8/61 Smoked sheet 2/4$
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    FRENCH FRONT.
    561 7 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Lively Artillery ActivityLondon, November 30A French communiqol states The artillery was fairly active north of Chemin-des-Dames on the right of the Meuse.” Increased Artillery DuelLondon, December 1. A French communique states: “The artillery duel increase! on the right bank of theMeusoand at Boaumont Bo;s in the
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    RUSSIAN CHAOS.
    554 7 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Russia’s New Generalissimo. L ndon, December 1. The correspondent of the Daily Chroviele at Petrograd states that General Dukhonin has invited General Tchirbatchtff, Commanding the Rumanian front, to become Generalissimo. Situation Not Impossible. London, D cember 1, A telegram from Paris stat's that General Eliescu Head
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    THE LANSDOWNE LETTER.
    1266 7 [Reuter's Telegrams.] German Newspapers’ View. London, Nov. 30. German newspapers give prominenea to Lord Lansdowne’a letter bailing it with great satisfaction as a semi-cffiaial feeler,” Newspapers are of opinion that it shows that England is beginning to get < •■e-sonab’.e.” I Government not Consulted- London, November 30,
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    Outside.
    119 7 The following articles will be foend 0» our outside pages Pages. 3. —Chinese Elitors Discuss Japan* American Agreement. Eastern Education. 4. —Sir Henry 8 ivmour Rawlins >n. 5- —Penang Polo Club. Eurasian, J P. Telegrams, Electric Polyscope. E mpi te T heatre. Shares. B —Police Court N->wh. “Our Diy.”
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    Police Court News.
    283 8 Road Obstkuction. Lee Aik was charged bfore Mr. G. C. G. Mailer with obstructing the publio road. Defendant said be did not know whether be was guilty or not; be was selling durians on the aide of the road at the junction of Ohina and Qaeen Streets.
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    Tin Outputs.
    187 8 Mr, Ehaw Joo Tok advises us that the outputs from the following four companies for the month of November, were Bangnon Valley No Liability—Cubic yards 75,000 Hours 547 Piculs 365, Deebook Dredging No Liability—Cubic yards 56,000 flours 559 Piculs 255, Katoo Deebook No Liability—Cubic yards 38,000; Hours 516
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    Britannia Opera Company.
    137 8 As is usual on all week-end night’s entertainments the Kuala Kangsar Theatre Hall was packed to its utmost capacity ou Saturday night when tbe Britannia Opera Company staged Zulmi Azalam.” The play proved to be really very interesting and kipt the audience in roars of laughter from
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    Housing Question.
    130 8 State Buildings in Barrow. Government schemes are in hand fur the provision of 500 semi-permanent and 500 permanent houses at B*rrow-in-Furness, where there is a great dearth of accommodation. It is expected that the semipermanent houses will begin to be ready by Christmas, and will probably be finished
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    Accident in Harbour.
    116 8 A rather serious accident ocourred on board a British steamer which arrived in harbour yesterday morning y necessitating the removal of a member of the craw to the General H spital for treatment. It appears that the man was chipping iron on the side cf the bridge
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    Ampang (Kinta) Tin Mines.
    696 8 The sixth ordinary general meeting of the above Company was held in the offices of the Secretaries, Messrs Barker and Co., Singapore on Tuesday when there were present Messrs. H. Robinson (chairman), V,V. Lemberger, W. Lowther Kemp and Oog Soon lee (directors), J. McKenzie and G.
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    Sale Of Food And Drugs.
    161 8 The amending Bill, published in the Gazette, has this statement of objects and reasons,— The Bill empowers (a) the Governor in Ceuacil to nuke regulations (i) prohibiting the importation of epscifi'd articles which are either dangerous or unsuitable as articles of food or medicine j
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    To-Day's Band Programme.
    39 8 The following programme of music will be played at the Esplanade this evenine at 5 o’olock. I Overture Carnivalia Williams Siamese Parade Philips 3 Selection L’arlesienne Bizet 4 Waltz Margarite Burns 5 Marob The Picadore Sousa
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    “Our Day.”
    583 8 VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT IN TAIPING. Topical Hits Taiping, Friday. A very successful variety entertainment, in aid of Our Day fund was given by the teachers and pupils of King Edward VII School, Taiping, in the Bchool hall last night. There waa a large attendance, and the sale of tickets
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    Smuggling Tungsten.
    131 8 It is officially announced in New York that a plot for the exportation of tungsten from the United States on board the Scandinavian American liner United State», in violation of th e> Espionage Act and of President Wilson s embargo proclamation, has been frustrated by the arrest of
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    Our Six Percents.
    85 8 The Gazette announces that the total subscription to the Straits 6 per cent, war fo* n r^ 8 J£ 2 063 70 The Colony raised »37,540.000 (Singapore 34.184 000; MaUcca 465.400; P«nang 2.890,700). The F o B^sl BCnbed 4 384 300 (Kuala LumTbe non fe derated states
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    Electric Ships.
    383 8 A Comin« Ruvolutioh iw Naval Enoinukuino. The electric ship is no longer a dream but a reality; and I should not be surprised to find, within a few years of the close of the war, every new vessel of any size driven, steered, stopped, reversed, or turned merely
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    The M. V. I.
    315 8 LIEUT. JORDAN’S DEPARTURE. A Farewell Dinner. On the eve of his transfer to Ipoh Lieut. A. B Jordan. Officer Commanding Chinese Platoon, M.V.1., was on Wednesday night entertained to a farewell dinner by the non-commissioned officers and men of his Platoon at Mr, Choo Ki* Peng’s
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    Imperial Service Awards.
    240 8 At 8 o'clock on Friday morning the Governor’s Daputy, the Hon’ble Mr F, 8. James, 0. M. G., who was accompanied by Capt,Smith, M- G, attended at the General Hospital where he presented the Imperial Service Medal to Mr. James Sebastian Klass and Mr. Joachim Simon Monteiro,
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    North Manchurian Plague Prevention Service.
    1744 8 Summary cr Fifth Annual General Report, 1917. Harbin, October 6, 1917. Dr. Wu Lien Teh sends ns the following To His Excellency, The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Peking, Sir, 1 have the honour to submit a brief summary of the Fifth Annual General Report of
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    F.M.S. Rubber Export Duty
    73 8 For the period from December December 13, inclusive, the value highest grads of rubber is shillings and sixpence per lb., t} on cultivated rubber on which exp** is leviable on an ad valoren b*»accordance with the rules under the t J Duties Em>otment, will be j
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    Municipal Commission.
    1556 9 Further Debate On Assessment Question. A meeting of the Municipal Commissioners w»i held on Friday afternoon says the S.T The President (Mr. F. J. Hallifax) was in the chair, and the others present were Dr. Veerasamy, Messrs. E. Se9 Tiong Wab, M. A. Narnszie, J. A. Elias, W.
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      514 9 PENANG TURF CLUB. t I NOTICE. r he ANNUAL general meeting A °f the Members of the Pc-naoe Tarf Uub will be held >n the Chamber G Comz?:**™;** lbe 5h DeMmb9r BUSINESS. 1. To confirm the minutes of the half yearly General Meeting held on 30th April, 1917. and the
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    Walking Popular Again.
    1011 10  -  Bt J. C. F»i*tow Nobli Walking one of the healthiest, pleasantest, jolliest of recreations, is in fashion again, thanks, of course to the war. Every where the countryside is dotted with tourists here they come— singly, in twos, in threes, in numbers, with their packs on their
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    Malaka Pinda.
    1612 11 THE ANNUAL MEETING. Company's Sound Position. The seventh annual general meeting of the Malaka Pinda Bobber Estates was held on Wednesday atNos 64-66, Market Street. Mr. Tan Cheng Lock (Chairman and Managing Director) presided and the others present were Messrs. Chi Kang Cheng, Tan Wi Yan and Cboa
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    When Germany Arbitrated.
    412 11 Theodore Boosevelt has at last given bis version of tbe secret conferences held with tbe German Ambassador in 1902 relating to the occupation of Venezuela by Germany, an incident that then threatened to bring on a war between Germany and the United State s. Colonel Boosevelt told
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