Straits Echo, 18 April 1918

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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. 16. •30 Per Annum. PENANG, THURSDAY, 18th APRIL, 1918, •Ingle Copy, IO cents. No. 90,
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      30 2 OF EVERY Momi Cases. Acetic Acid. English Tapping Knives. Changkols. Wire Nails. Cat (Brand) Axes. Box Strapping. Sodium Bi-Sulphite. Green Mosquito Wire Gauze. 9 (Incorporated in Straits Settlements.) PENANG. LTD
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    Essays on Education.
    660 3 Montaigne's scorn tor pedants generally, and schoolmatters in particular, was bred of the kind of education current in his day We are four or fire years to learn words only, and to tack them together into phrases as many more to put larger masses of these into
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    “The Most Distressful Country.”
    852 3 T never could understand why somearbitrary catchphrase like How s your auntP” ir Who's jour hatter?" which sounds to *very one «bat it is, a benseless irrelevance when first uttered on a mu-ic hall stage, should need only to be repeated a dozen times over to
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      514 3 Here 13 “A case for ‘Wincarnis’ Everyone who needs new strength, new biood, new nerve force, orjiew vitality is “A case for Wincarnis,’ because ‘Wincarnia* gives New Health to all who are Vti. finale The wonderful results of' Wincarnis’ in cases of Weakness, Anaemia, Nerve TrouLles. and that Hun-down condition,
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      359 3 Cambridge Essays on Education. Edited by A. C. Benson, C. V. O., L. L. D. With an Introduction by the Right Hon. Viscount Bryce, O.M. (Cambridge, University Press, 7s. 6. net.) Three centres have been started by the Y.M.C.A. in Holland for interned prisoners of war. One, intended for officers,
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      608 3 Cl GUARANTEED” UNDER THE PURE FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. On every bottle of Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills sold in tbc United States of America there is placed an extra label, bearing a number and the word Guaranteed which denotes that the proprietors of Dr. Morse
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      49 3 Wfaj It BellaChamberlain's Coi/h Remedy ia the selling ccagh medicine in the world to-day because it doea exactly what a oongb remedy ia sepponed to do- It atopa the oo« gh by cmring the oold, and doea it apeedily and efleoteally. For aale by all dii* pemaris? a*d d*a!*ri
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    The Hidden Plague.
    487 4 [To Thb Editob of Thu Timet Sir, —The on veceral diseases ia likely to be futna unless a few elementary faotu are recogmz d. (I) It is certain that veneral diseases oan be abolished, or, at least, greatly redaced, by very simple means. In two msianc-s within
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    Interned Germans.
    466 4 The Bangkok Timet baa been shown some letters from enemy *ubj cts exported f r om Siam and now interned in ludia, Mrs Frankfurter writes to a lady in Bangkok t I am glad to report I am again with my husband and we are having a very
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    Indian Officers in the Army
    514 4 lam glad to bear (says a writer in a Hope paper) that th« nine young lodiana who were gives tbe King’s commission in their army «boat a year ago are going strong, sod catching up tbe ways and habits of their •aider British brethren-in-arm*. We
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    Grand-Duke and Democrat.
    361 4 About tan daja ago (says a mail paper) copious obituary notions appeared of the Grand Duke Nicholas Nicolaievitch, the late Coinmander-in-Chief of tbs Russian Army, who was stated to bare died 11 under mysterious oircumstanoes ”at Tasbkeud, in Central Asia. The announcement was curious, as ■he Grani
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      12 4 For Children’! Hacking Cough at Night Woode’e Great Peppermint Cnre la, 6d.
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      281 4 WL CARRY LARGE STOCKS OF CHINA GLASS WARE. Imp rial White Dinner Ware QUEEN'S WHITE FLUTED CH NA lE* 8 B3EJKFAST WARE JUiT UNPACKED. Made of finest Engl eh bon*» Chit a, VVestr ngly recommend this ware lor use in Planter’s or Miner’s Bungalow, stock pattern. Tea set for 6
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      92 4 Chamber Iain’s C« M h Remedy. When you have a bad cold job want a remedy that will not only give relief, bnt efre°t a prompt and permanent care, a remedy taat ie pleasant to take, a remedy that conta.ns nothing injurious. Chamberlain'. Cough Remedy meets all tb3«e requirement. It
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      633 4 Penang Sales Room. TO BE 80LD BY PUBLIC AUCTION High class Household furniture Piano Horse and Trap etc. Single aod douoie iron bedims, tsak wardrobes, Drying tables, almir.he. nlarbl. top washi Btacds, dinning table, R*tt*n and bentwood furniture, glass, orcoktr, aB J E R ware cooktng stove, tennis net and
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    Penang Library.
    342 5 Niw Rooks. The following books n*va bean reoeived I*t the Library j The DwiHiug Pf*o3 of Light, by Winston Cbarohill; The Milky Way, by P T. Jesse; I Christine, by Alice Cbolmondeley; I I The Man From Egypt by Headon Hill; INo Man’s Land, by Sapper IThe Red
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    Lawn Tennis Match.
    402 5 P. R 0 vs. S. X. R. C. A good number were at the Penang Recreation Club grounds yesterday evening tor the return tennis match between the •bove clubs. On the last occasion the R. C. scored a victory by two doubles matches to one, bat yesterday
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    Kangany Recruiting.
    187 5 As will be seen from the advertisement of the Secretary of the Immigration Committee, the Government of Madras has issued orders that no adult males below the age of 25 years may, for the present, leave India. Henoe it has been rendered necessary to refuse recruiting licenses to
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    St. George’s Day.
    211 5 [To thu Editob of tub Straits Echo.] Bbau Six, A« all thi subscribers to "St. George" were not present at the Annual G neral Meeting on the 8th instant, I respectfully request you will be good enough to publish the attached letter from Sir Arthur Pearson, Chairman
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    Queen Mary's Needlework Guild.
    123 5 Pairi.NO Womb* WouKuma. Amount previously acknowledged *****.62 W. Duncan, Esq. 25 00 Mrs. Hyme 10 00 Mrs. Mitford 10.00 No. 86 2 60 Jules Martin, E»q. 25.00 Two oases of olotbing, books, etc., were despatched to the Mesopotamia Hospitals last week. The two oases mentioned above
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    Malay States Guides.
    222 5 Everyone in this country is glad to know that the Malay States Guidos, the Corps in which the late Colonel R, S, F W.lker took such pride and brought to a high state of tffieency, has more than made good "in the hinterland of Aden, which has
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    Penang Rubber Auction.
    101 5 The undermentioned prioes were realised for rubber sold by Messrs, Allen Dannys A Co. at their two Auotion Sales held this w*ek t Smoked Diamond Sheet No. 1 sBBto 93 per picul Smoked Diamond Sheet No. 2 70 86 do Plain Smoked Sheet 52 do Unsmoked Sheet
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    National War Bonds.
    79 5 The first series has been olosed. Tbe seoond series is now being issued on tbe same terms as tbe first series, but the Bonds are repayable on Ist April, 1922, 1925 and 1928. Ce'ebratioos on a Urge soale have been going on in oonneotion with the dcdioition
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      479 5 WANTED A CHIEF CA38IER for loci Cbiu-«<e B*nk. F«ir koowltdge o English and Cji ut88 tss mti*!. Secure j squired. Apply to H.H., 227 e/o Strait» Echo W^JNTTEX). CONTRA C TOR to erect post and barbed wire fence total le-gth 600 fee' and three lengths wire required Posts of good
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      537 5 C»1 I or CWNER COINC HOME. WYLUS-KII6HT OVERLAND CAR, In first class condition, ovcr ban'cd lew hood, tyre* and painting What offers Apply to owner, G. M. WILLIAMS, Jar it B untar. NOTICE. OUR OFFICE for the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay Slates, is located at 34, Robinson Road Singapore.
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    The Straits Echo.
    100 6 PUBLISHED DAILY (Except Sundays and paklle helldays.) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, LIMITED, 99, Beach Street, Penang. Price t Dally Local $BO per annum. Outctatlon Poetagre Extra. Mall Edition (Post Free) $lB per annum. Cable Addreee: ECHO'PBNAHG Tslsphons Noe. (Kobe) Printing Department S4S, N.B.—A 11 buimM communication» thou
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    WORK FOR THE POLICE.
    1344 6 Daring tha past week we kite bad aooess to s nsmber of documents connected with the fire at the Khle Heng Bee Bioe Hill, the enquiry held by thi Muuioipal President and the subsequent prosecetion of Mr, Lim Cheng Teik on a charge ef arson. The
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    Tin.
    24 6 Latest Quotations. Tin (en refined) is qsotsd here to-day at Hit 74, bmyers no sellers, in Singapore (reined) it 1144, beyen no seller*.
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    M. A. P.
    1055 6 Mr. J. D. Ritohie*B >u«a passed tbrcmgh < Penang yesterday an ronfej for Kedah, f Mri. 0. R Samuel and children have J gone to Colombo on a holiday trip» j I The King ot Siam has not been veiy well lately and ii taking a briel
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1013 6 Courland. Qjurleud, where the Germans are nowpraotically the men m possession, was a Mmi. independent dukedom until 1795. and on« of its last rulers played a roman l la p« r t iQ Russian history. Tbii was Eruoit d« Biron, Dake of Courland, who won the favour of
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      80 6 rrrms BRASS O EW DESIGNS RAY A VISIT TO OUR New Showrooms 1 PRITCHARD Co., Ltd., COMPLETE HOUSE FURNITURES Union Street, PENANG. t? 9 lA C) .THORPE BRITISH MANUFACTURE v- f j MINOR CARS STOCK—RECENTLY ARRIVED ONE ONLY 2 SEATER SPORTINQ MODEL q 10/12 Horse Power 4 cjolinder Filled with
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    THE GREAT BATTLE.
    1324 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Control of the Coast. Defemive Momum London, April 17, 7 20 *.m. It if point'd out Ib.t tbe Alli«* Uotio. of C.O.. b. P'««d m.oh longer .a the g,rmeo loocceie* now tbrooteo not nt.rel, Z Tore, aeotof but tbe control of tbe oom’. Jt it
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    DUTCH SHIPPING.
    731 7 [Burma's Tiluouams America’s AttitudeLondon, April 16, 7 85 p.m, Toe Press Bureau aonounoes that the Amerioan Saoretary of State in a statement to the Dutoh Minister at Waahiogton, regarding the taking over of Dutoh ships, and referring to the Dutoh Governmuat’s contention that the exeroise of the United
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    THE EMPEROR'S LETTER.
    475 7 [Reuter's Telegrams] Strong German Criticism. London. 17, 12 15 s.ro, A oable from Amsteidam says that tbe Ktelniich* Volkt Zeitung severely criticising the Emperor Karl, refers to the highly painful impression made in Germany. It says that the Berlin Foreign Office was ignorant of the existence of
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    Havas Service.
    295 7 THE MAN OF THE MOMENT. Gtnsrsl Foch s CursorParis, April 15, 7.15 p.m. Yiolent fighting is still proceeding in Flanders. British fro op* hold tbe line strongly and with sd nirable oourag°. The oertainty still prevails that the joint efforts of the Frenoh and British troops directed by
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    THE IRISH CRISIS.
    1536 7 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Conscription and Homo Bui*. London, April 16. 9.25 p.m, la the House of Commons, in the report stage of the Man-Power 811, Mr. John Dillon moved the omission of the clans? relating to Consoription in Ireland, and pressed theGjVjrnmmt to state its real plans as
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    Outside.
    102 7 The following aruutm will be fetnd ol oar outside paces 3—E «ays on Education, “The Moat Diatreaafot Country.’* 4. «The Hidden Plague. Indian Offloeri in the Armr. Grand Duke and IMmoorat, Interned Germans. 5, B*. George’s Dty. Qjeen Mary's Needlework Guild Malay States Guides. Pe ling Rubber Aaotion. N
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    Exit Bolo.
    980 8 [Reuter's Telegrams.] THE FINAL 8CENE. End cf a Traitor-L-indoo, April 17, 3-45 a.m. A message from Paris states that the supplementary enquiry that followed Bolo’s disclosures has been concluded. Bolo will be exeouted this morning. London, April 17, 12-15 p.m. Bolo has bran exeouted. The seoond week of
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    Plague in Ipoh.
    259 8 Tuesday’s Timet of Malaya regrets that owing to the retic-nce of tbe Health Officer it is unable to publish reassuring news with era d to the plague in Ipob. Two ytars ago, Btys tbe piper, tbe Heaitb Officer did not shelter himself behind General O der 104
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    Coliseum.
    670 8 The Coliseum presents at to-night’* grand change of programme three of the oki p warful maaterpiecta ever put to screen. Toe earlier show bewius with the firat two eptsodea of the Saarltt Banner,” a really fioe aerial with each episode a oomplete story, and in every episode a Dew
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    The Rubber Position.
    574 8 Tbe statistics just published show that the London impor of pl«n*ation rubber during January amounted to I 336 tons, «gainst which tbe deliveries reached 2,132 toes, thus reducing cbe stocks by 796 tone. Commodity pricat have b»en helped by tbe fact that one of the vr-esjla sank
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    F. M. S. Man-Power.
    368 8 [To rrnn Editor of tmr Timee of Malaya Sir,— that compulsory examination of all tbe Europeans in tbe F.M.S. is an accomplish! d fact, should cot the examination be oondneted on lines which will ensure a fair examination and a fixed standard of fitness, or tbe
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    The Week's Events.
    878 8 Friday. April 19, Town Band, Esplanade Saturday, April 20. Tbe Pet-j m Ruot»°r Estates, Ltd, Statutory M 3 tt og, Kennedy A Co, Semanggol Robber C Ltd., Annual General M etirg. 9 U don Btreet, noon. Cricket. —P C C. vs. P R.C Esplanade. Sunday, April 21.
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    Parit Perak Rubber.
    1365 8 O*DIIfUtT Gbiterai. Miriis, The B‘cond ordinary gece*al meeting of the Pant Perak Bubbar Company, L united, wa« held at the Chamber of Comm*roe today. There were present Messrs, H. Waugh (in the chair), W. E. Clearer, 0. Trim Johnson, A A. Craigen, L. M. Evans, M K.
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    The Share Market.
    571 8 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. A, A. Anthony and Company’s share list t Yesterday. To-day, Bubber. 5 3 =3 ►•S3 0 t o*l PC CG PC CQ Ayer Panas 9.50 10.25 10.00 10.50 Mining. Deebook 11/6 12/3 11/5/ 12/6 Kampong Kamunting 41/- 46/- 44/-
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    The Pa} etiology 01 Iniects
    660 9 A sane and profoundly religious friend of rcine is convinced that the insect world is so ely of the devil s creation Ibis faith is founded as well M I could understand, upon her trruble with the present cockroaches in her kitchen and of caterpillars
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    French Consular Cables.
    218 9 Paris, April 13, The German aeroplanes tried to fly ovet I the capital; two only reaohed the Paris I rjgion, killing 26 persons, wounding 72. We pushed back the enemy in the region lof Hangard en Banterre and recaptured I this Tillage, making prisoners, including I three
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      86 9 “The Wonders of Instinot” Chapter» in the Psychology ef Insects- By J. H. Fabre with 16 Platee from Photographs by Paul H. Fabre. Translated by Alexander Teixeira De Mattos and Bernard Miall. (T. Fisher Unwin. 10s. 6d net,) Accidents Will HappemIt may be impossible to prevent an aocident, bnt it
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      700 9 Government Notification. TENDERS will be received up to the 4th May for the supply of 2 inch broken granite and spawls to the Rural Board, Malawi for the years 1918, 1919 <fc 1920 at the rate approximately of 48 000 cubic yards 2 inch metal and 9 8 0 cubic
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    The Government of the Army.
    1575 10 [FROM CORRR8PONDBNT Every community is divided into tbr government and the governed. Ia cvei) community the governed regard the govern ment with a varying measure and mixture ol distrust, envy, and dislike. Ia the community that we call the Army the government is the General
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    War News and Gossip.
    2491 11 C From Char Chan (hi respondent,} First Lord on the 17-Boat, London, February 14. Lord Jalliooe was in a communicative mood the other day when he visited Hull. Mi* Lordsh’p told his hearers—and the Empire generally—a few home truths ou the. subject of IT-boat warfare, and
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      133 11 Are yon a Slaveto pain Do You Ever Rest? Or is your life a perpatual burden-» wakeful, restless, fevered tortured existenoe? Do you start and cry out from twitohing nerves or darting pains? Are you robbed of your nights of just repose and tranquil sleep? Tnen there is hope for
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