Straits Echo, 7 December 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. 18* $24 Per Annum. PENANG, FRIDAY, 7th DECEMBER, 1917. Single Copy, IO cents. No 288.
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      23 1 0f Jjflttca is ih£ tiL±) Mi*IS &MT fc Hum. W Si, a^ Ct 'oh« por utt S? «s^S whw *t 111 ?s >^ss=a
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    R.F.C. Bazaar.
    1455 2 HO3PITAL SIBTER3’ EFFORT. Thu Ungka Minstbuls. The H B star, in aid of the Royal Flying Corps Hospital, which was held in the Town Hall, Kuala Lumpur, on Situ day, proved a decided success. As a s )ci»i event it was delightful, and from a fiuancul point of
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    Rent Assessment Board.
    634 2 A Landlord’* Falsi Ricurrs. The Bent Assessment Biard met at the Muoicipal offices on Toesday, there b* iog present the hon’ble Mr, 0. J. S*utd <r* (presiding), and Messrs, 8. Tomlinson, H (Jarpmael, Gaw Ehek Eniam, M. M ytr, 8. Te6SBnsohn and A. M. 8- Aogniia. 245
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      271 2 tXXXXXXXXXXX>O<XXXXXXXxXXXXXXX>©<XXXX>©<XX XK WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW CO., LTD. PENANG. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) TAIPING THE FAMOUS TUSCAN CHINA WARE. Thi« Ware is at ouoe distinguishable from iti many imitations, each piece in all designs has that clean elegant finish which always decides anyone on the look out for Artistic China Ware. English Porcelain
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      509 2 Violoxit H&otliods Are nnu«c«MA.y to Conner that k u of cW.H,u oq Rh?a« t ji a?* forme, including Rn*umAtic Q m 4111 »t •nr«H tW, MD d mi.*! C by Little s Oriental Halm No mauIl'S* ucb v u yuai Kaeuumuiiin a. N matter if you tuy* tned d ils,
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    Anglo-Chinese School.
    312 3 Littli Folks’ E»t«ktainm*ht, The Aoglo Chinese School was the scene of large gathering of those int* rested in ths School tb s morning to witn c ss an enter* tairment by the little scholars of the lower standards and primary clas-e 3 also to ex*m ine the samples
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    Breach of Trust Case.
    195 3 ACOCSKD AcqUITTKD. The Casa brought by Png Ah Seng, a timber merchant, against Cheah Cbye Seng, a local Biba, in the District Court, yesterday, for criminal breach of trust in respect of $1,468.55, alleged to have been committed on the Ist October last, was concluded yesterd
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    Shooting Accident.
    154 3 A shooting accident occnrrfd vesterday mortiog at the reeidence cf M'<\ Boyle in Leith Street, Penang, resulting in bar niec°, Mias Wilhelmina Nicholas, being shot through the cheek, somewhat seriously It appears, from what we have been able to gather, that Mrs, Boyle’s daughter, Henrietta, was engaged in
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    Fighting Malaria.
    151 3 The report of Dr. P.S. Hunter, Municipal Bacteriologist, on the work of the antimalaria commitee during the year 1916 1917 shews that a considerable amount of work was done. Now drains were carried ont at a cost of over eight thousand dolLrs in the Tione B.hru, Dalvey road.
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    To-morrow's Band Programme.
    53 3 The following programme of music will be played at the Golf Club to-morrow at 5 45 p.m. 1 Selection Three Little Maids Rubens 2 Two Step Weary Willia Neat S Selection The ON from Kay’s CU'yll 4 Walts B-1U Nita Trotere 5 Mumblin Moss Thurban 6 March
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    Railway Slip.
    856 3 SERIOUS INCONVENIENCE TO PASENGER3. Extbwt or Abba Avssctid, The railway slip which occurred near Kuala Kubu in the early hours of Tuesday morning appears to be a much bigger thing than maDy anticipated, and the inconvenienca caused to passengers gives rise once again to the question as to
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    Britannia Opera Company.
    134 3 The audience at the Kuala Kangsar Road Theatre Hall was so large last night to witness the play Hurray Arab” by the Bombay members of the Britannia Opera Company, that the ticket offioe had to be doted for fear of congestion. Unfortunately we have no knowledge of
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      472 3 ub no A sparkling entertainment of thrills, laughs and mystery There’* n° in Penang like (be Empire:—TTer*-’s a splendid ALL FEATURE program > e f r Thursday Friday, Saturday and 8unday, 6 b, "t", 8th and 9th December, 1917. EMPIRETHEATRC Business Manager Thomas Siiafto. FIRST SHOW AT 8 PM. THE
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      259 3 To keep in touch with Mercantile firms j in China and the Far East YOU MUST HAVE THE CHINA DIRECTORY 1917 A USEFUL AND RELIABLE BUSINESS GUIDE PRICE $7.50 «"PH POSTAGE EXTRA. i The Criterion Press Ltd., PRINTERS STATIONERS. NOBEL’S EXPLOSIVES. MAGAZINES AT PENANG AND 1P0H i Stocks always on
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      644 3 KEDAH MEDICAL DEPARTMDNT WANTED 0<ie Tni»d G r ade Dreiser. Apply to The S»“ Surgeon. Alor Star Kedah NOTICE. I, Ih 1 Y rh P.ik hereby give notio-* tb.t I retmd from the fi'in of if Tung L c 4 Ci. P<ning and Kuala Lumpur as from the l-t d«y
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    98 4 PritfUhaA duly (except Sunday» and pnVie koiidey») at nn CRITHRION PRESS, Ltd. fo, bj, Batch Street, Penanf. PmionDaily Im 1 M 914 per annum. OeAetatk»... Postage Extra. ma EdMan (Poe* Free) $17.50 OAILI AODMII H ECHO—PENANa Telephone Nos. (Echo) 588 Printing Department 343 N.B.—A U business communications
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    CULTURE AND COURAGE
    2297 4 If we read nothing but newspapers we might be under the mpression that the modern world was eternally in the grip of some unseen destructive monster. But just as it is in the nature of newspapers to give prominence to shattering and melodramatic happenings, which are more
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    M. A. P.
    784 4 M% O. D Sister has returned to F Ba i Lumpur Lom Australia, 4la News to h»nd from Mr. Alan M a formerly of Malaooa Pl.ntstions satisfactory. He is in Mesopotamia 72 keeping very fit. aD(I e Mr J Navill Stevens of Ipoh has to Eastern Sumatra
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      238 4 s*MOSAIC TILE IDE BEST THING FOR YOUR FI.OOR CHEAP ANdILPSTING /md ARTISTIC IN APPEARANCE. IMPROVE WITH USE. A room 10 in lies by 10 inches with only require 225 Tiles. We can lay them for you at moderate prices. Hundreds of pa terns to choose from. WE SOLICIT YOUR INQUIRIES!
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      55 4 IN AID OF THE RED CROSS FUND. Owing to the demand for tickets IN THE PENANG LOTTERY The Committee have decided to postpone the closing date for oatstations till Dec. 31st. Tickets can be obtained from the Secretaries in Penang, ap till Jan. 3rd. 1918, and the drawing will take
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    THE WEEK’S SINKINGS.
    572 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Admiralty Returns Lmdoo, Deoember 5. The Admiralty reports that the arrivals during tho week numbered 2174 and the sailings 2138 Total 4307 Sixteen vessels over 1,600 tons and one under that tonnage were sunk. Eight vessels were unsuccessfully attacked. Poor fishing boats were suuk, [Tb
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    BRITISH FRONT.
    586 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Successful Aerial Work London, December, 6. Sir Douglas Haig, in bis report on aviation, (states “Our airoraft yesterday dropped 118 on an aerodrome to tbu north of Douai, villages and machine gun emplacements on the battle area. They fired several thousand rounds on troops, None of
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    RUSSIAN CHAOS.
    624 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] General Dnkhonin Killed. London, December 6. The Daily Mail correspondent at Petrograd states“ General Dukhonin was entering a train bound for Petrograd when he was surrounded by a band of sailors and killed. Eorniloffi Escape Described. General Korniloff's escaped in the following manner:— An officer in
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    ITALIAN FRONT.
    532 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Strong Enemy Attacks London, D oember 5. An Italian official announcement states: The enemy with a formidable array of 1 artillery and increased forces attacked yesterday on the Asiago Plateau. We firmly held up the first assault The enemy gained some of the positions but did
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    London Rubber Market.
    27 5 (From Our Own Correspondent London, December 5 The prices in the London Rubber Market to-day were: Pale Crepe 2/5 Diamond Smoked Sheet 2/4| Unchanged.
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    Tin.
    35 5 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $136. business done, in Singapore (refined) at $136 50, buvers no sellers, and in London at £294 10s. spot and at £292 ss. three months.
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    MESOPOTAMIAN CAMPAIGN
    643 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] British and Bussian Forces. London, Dec, 5 Reuter learns that the British Army in l Mesopotamia, continuing the policy of strik* 1 ing out from their central position wheni ever they get a chence, have got into touoh with the Russian forces who are assisting in
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    THE OPIUM CASE.
    798 5 Counsel ys Supbrintbndint, Before Mr. S H. Lingston, 8econd Magistrate, yesterday, Mr V. G. i Assistant Superintendent of the Government Monopolies, made another application for a postponement in which two Chinese— Pong Yi and Ah Kin are alleged to be oonected with importing opium into the Colony.
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    Outside.
    72 5 The following articles will be found ou our outside pages Pages. 2. —R.F.C, Bazaar, B<nt Assessment Board. 3. —Anglo-Chinese School. Breach of Trust Case. Shooting Aooilent, Fighting Malaria, To-morrow’s Band Programme. Railway Slip. 6. Hong Wan” Enquiry. The Week'a Events. Customs Duties. The Planters’ Association of Malaya. French Consular
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    "Hong Wan” Enquiry.
    856 6 Muni Couax Finnur*, The Court of Enquiry, ooneiating of Mr. Ralph Scott (District Judge) assisted by Commander B. A. Gator, R. N. (Maater Attendant), and Oaptaina A. Snow and H. J« Henderson (maater marinera) aat m the Marine Court on Wedneaday afternoon to deliver their flnding regarding
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    The Week's Events.
    46 6 Fbidat, Dbcbxbbb 7. Penang Rtorptttion Club, Annual General Mettiog. 6 p.m. Satueday, Dbobmbbb 8, General’»lnspection of Penang Volnnteers, Bubdat, Dbobmbbb 9. 2nd in Advent. General's Inapt c ion of Penang Volunteers. Monday, Dbobmbbb 10. Town Bind, E*pUnade, Wednesday, Dbcbmbbb 12, Town Bind. E-p’anade.
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    Customs Duties.
    496 6 SERIOUS OFFENCE ALLEGED. Cniwusn Fuss Cuaueun. A very interesting oase was commenced in the Kuala Lumpur Polioe Court on Saturday last, when the D.P.P., M.r. McCabe Reay, appeared for the preliminary bearing of a charge preferred against eight Chinese wholesale liquor merchants, heads of different chops as follows
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    The Planters' Association of Malaya.
    109 6 A General Meeting of this Aasooiation will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, the 19th inat., at the Meeting Boom of the Asaociation, No. 12, Market Street, Kuala Lumpur. Aeurna i 1. Minutea of Mueting of Ootober, 80. 2. War Relief. 3. Labour. a.
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    French Consular Telegrams.
    202 6 By Cotbtbby of tmb Fbbncb Consulate Faria, Deo. 3, 6.10 p.m. The French 3 per oent. bonds are aft francs 59,50 and tbe 5 per cent, at 87,95, We repulaed thrusts in the region of St. Quentin, and in the Bois dea Fosses The artillery was active
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    Coconut Preservation.
    957 6 It will be a matter of some difficulty to persuade the ignorant Malay villager that the new Ordinance ii not meant to prevent him from enjoying the large profit that be anticipates from planting op bia holdings with rubber, and oauaing a depreciation in prioe owing to an
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    Eastern Produce Exchange.
    61 6 At the Eastern Prodnoe Exchange /Auction Sale the following prices were obtained I per picul. Diamond Smoked Fair from 964 to 80 I Diamond Unsmoked 18 to 65 I Plain Unsmoked 56 to 65 Brown Crepe 60 Scrap Crepe 34 Loose Untreated Scrap 81 71,018 lb. of
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    Japanese Participation in the War.
    1263 6 The question of Japanese participation in the war in Europe continues to weigh on the Japanese editorial mind. L itest editions cf the Nippon newspapers disclose un que absorption in this issue. In f*ct it would appear that the Jipanese editors are devoting a majir
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    Child Labour In China.
    791 6 An icquest was recently held by the Shanghai Mixed Court Magistrate, Mr. Euan Chuo, and the British Assessor, Mr. C. F. Qarstin, on the body of a workman who died as the result of injuries sustained in one of the local cotton mills. The Magistrate and
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    The Importance of Poland.
    801 6 £om« Rksults sr th R cggu RavoLUTioir. Ths importance of tha future n 0.,, Polanl is apt to be overlooked in 00 though it is fully realisedA* 000,,tr 7. President Wilson has ju*WediS ruination to see Polaud unUed Th. following »rti«l«, thV “.fo T" 1 1
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    Tin Output.
    23 6 The output of tin ore from tbe Ngow property of the Siamese Tin Syndicate Limited lor November was 1 87 piksls-
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    Scottish Letter.
    2172 7 SING AND STANDARDISED SHIPS PUBLIC IN VEiTIIURE. Honouring Birois or Tortiooid Ciiwj. Edinburgh, S-pt. 25. The tour of H M. th<j K ng through the Clyde diatr ct.—>hi» third visit in little more then three jeers,—-was a greet popular success. He spent four strenuous days in the most
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