Straits Echo, 5 June 1918

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATEC MALAY STATES ANL THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 16. $3O Per Annum. PENANG, WEDNESDAY, 6th JUNE, 1918. Single Copy, lo cento. No. 128.
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      1407 1 CONDENSED MI Milkmaid Brapi^ tjih* SWISSCONDE» '•S^ltaerUnd; and LO Prices that’ll tempt slim purses. (BANKS. > This Season’s Newest Hats are here to-day. For Gentlemen, Ladies Children, Why not come and secure first choice tf these fbso'utely f ew Goods. silk Gent’s Al. Quality Felt Hat, band, silk lining inside,
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      13 1 V-*: li 5SMILK* cc^ WB««a SJT IhL *fCT USC On* itjS 0 Es
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    Fun Nights.
    1048 2 Somewhere in France. The padre of our battalion has built up quite a reputation as an entertainer. When the battalion is out resting he takes charge of the spare hours of the men, and in case there are others who might like to have a f t w
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      563 2 TEA 6t DINNER SERVICE. Crockery is getting scarcer and dearer. Get your requirements while the price is right. it THE STRATFORD” Dinner, Tea and Breakfast Set made of white semi-porcelain ware, decorated with apple green leaf design. St. Regent shaped as illustration. Very strong and serviceable Breakages can be replaced
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      680 2 TO LET. Furnished bungalow in good Iccali’y. App'v Box 88, 367 c/o Straits Echo Public Auction Sale Of a oomfort.bla 5 s«ater 4 cylinder, 12/16 B. H P., 1915 Model ST0NELE1GH MOTOR CAR The undersigned are inetruotad to sell the above on Fridty, 7th Jnn§, 1918 AT 8 P.M. SHARP
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    Food Prices.
    732 3 Btatrmrht bt tbs Mbrchants, [To thb Editor of thb Strait» Time».] i Sir,- —Since your correspondent, C. H. C., has hit the right nail upon the right spot by sajing that before steps are taken to govern the local rice market, I suggest that tbe Food Control Committee
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    Weight of Bomb at Point of Contact.
    200 3 Commenting on the safety of air t raid ■belters, Firs saya almost any house or building is proof against shrapnel splinters, but "it is qaite obvious to engineers that floors of ooaorete, whether reinforced or not, will not withstand the kinetic energy of
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    Teluk Anson Notes.
    455 3 C From Our Ovm Correspondent?) The following cases were heard by Mr. i B’ack. Magistrate, at Teluk Anson, last weeki Jadil bin Jahil, a Berjaree of Bagan Datob, was sent to jail for three months for having been in possession of a largo quantity of olothiug reasonably
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    Man-Power.
    110 3 Conscription for Honokono, The Governor of Hongkong has received a telegram from the Secretary of State for the Colonies stating that the proposals of the Colonial Government with regard to oonscription are generally approved but that the age-limit is reduced to 40 and the men conscripted are to be
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    He Got Up At Night.
    337 3 "There was told in the United States Senate the story of a member of the Illinois Legislature who noticed that he was carrying a pencil marked Made ia Germany.’ He out off the marked part before he went to bed, but was not mentally at
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      471 3 nr. TTTTTWTTTTWWTmWWWTTWTTTTWTWmmWTT* i Hi THERE ARE JH UM V» 4- fM (>• SOME STARS 3 In the East NOWADAYS. MONDAY TO WEDNESDAY. MARIE WALCAMP BOBiY MACK LARRY PEYTON in VI “RED Episode A CE” Frankiyn Farnum ignes Vernon ‘THE CLOCK” A Blue Bird Romantic Story of An—Odd— Inheritance a Christi.
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      819 3 FOR SALE. SECOND HAND FORD CAR. in me a few months onlj, almost as good as new. Price 12,200 or near offer. Apply, X, e/e Straitt Etho. FOR Rubber factory and plant at Nos. 27/28 Station Road, Bakit Mertajim. Apply for fall paiticaUrs to A. B. C., e/o Straitt Echo.
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    The Straits Echo.
    97 4 PUBLISHED DAILY (Except Saadays and pnbllc holidays,) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, LIMITED, 99, Beach Street, Penang. Price: Dally Local $BO per annum. Outstatlon Postage Extra. Mall Edition (Post Free) $lB per annum. Cable Address: "ECHO PENANG.' Telephone Noe. (Eoho) 980. Printing; Department 303* N.B.— All business communications
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    BIRTHS.
    39 4 Hill —On Jane 2, st tbs General Hospital, Singapore, to M-. and Mrs. T. Hi 1, s daughter. Misso —At the Maternity Hospital to-day to Mr. acd Mrs. Eloy C- Misso, a daugbt r. Oylon papers please copy.
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    LOOKING EASTWARD.
    1276 4 Tbe eoarcity of news from the Western battlefield affords an opportunity to :efer to the state of things which in its inoeptic n made it possible for tbe Western Front t) be made the scene of tha decisive military action of the w»r. Had not Russia been shattered
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    Tin.
    31 4 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to*dsy at $162 business done, in Singapore (refined) at 9162.50, buyers no sellers, in London at 9353 spot and at £958 three months.
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    M. A. P.
    951 4 Mr. W, van dir Woods has assumd tbe management o! the Netherlands Handels M iatsohappij. Tbe following passengers arrived here to-day; Mr. Moßrlen, Mr, Cbua Beng Quae and Mr. J. W. Machan. Mr. Justice L. M. Woodward and Mr. Justice P J. Sproule leave on Batucday for
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1068 4 Commons and Curlew. The Gilbartian possibility of thg R of Commons under the present u Hcq regime are admirably 0^ pious hope expressed by the p th •b» B„„d ol Tr.d/ 01 curfew order will not apply t 0 ;t h that the House, and all pablio (W;
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      202 4 Pritchard Go., LtL Outfitting Department. THE GOOD8 IN THIS DEPARTMENT ABE UNRIVALLED FOR QUALITY, VARIETY, AND PRICE. HANDKERCHIEFS. Gents’ Hemstitched Handkerchiefs all pure Linen Price $7 75 and 18-75 dozen. Gents’ Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs, Hemmed Price 16.75 dozen. Gents* White Cambric Handkerchiefs Hemmed Trice $2.75 and $3.75 and $4 75
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    BATTLE OF RIVERS.
    775 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Enemy Progress Slackening. London, Jane 4 French communique t —The battle was resumed with great intensity during last night and to-day the Oermans with freab foroes attacking between the Oise aDd Ourcq with redoubled violeno*. North of the Aiene the attacks were directed against Mot
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    SOME WAR NEWS.
    243 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Haig’s Raids. London, June 8. Sir Douglas Haig reports» —Tbe Frenoh t repulsed raids north of Bailleul. The total i of prisoners taken in the successful operation of the 2od June south-east of St. Buaeele > is 288. There were also osptured sn anti1 tank
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    General Wire News.
    454 5 General Wire News London, June 8. The Admiralty announces tbat between Thursday and Sunday our Naval aircraft oarried out night and day raids on Bruges dock, Zeebrugge and Ostend. Several tons of heavy bombs were dropped on the objectives with good results. Photographs confirm the great damage to a large
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    IRELAND’S SHARE.
    371 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] WHAT FRENCH ASKS FOB. London, June 4, 2 a.m. 1 Lord Frenoh has issued a proclamation 1 as follows i In pursuance of our pro- mise we now make au tffer whioh if successful will ensure that Ireland shall play her part fully aud freely in
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    Victim of A German Raider.
    296 5 Omen's Exfibibnobs ou thi ‘’Wcl»” Major Flood said tbat be sailed from Australia in tbe Maiunga in July, and they met what they believed to be a Japanese tramp steamer. They were overhauled* however, and compelled to abandon their vessel. They found themselves prisoners on
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    Outside.
    89 5 Thu following articles will be found J our outside pages 1 2. —Fun Nights. j 3. —Food Prioes. Teluk Anson Notes. Man-Power. He Got Up At i Night. Weight of Bomb ot Point of Contact, i 6.—U S. War Energy, America at f War. Conditions in a Government Hospital,
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    DARING DAYLIGHT ROBBERY
    419 5 CONSIDUBABLU PbOFUBTT M188IWO. I A very daring robbery toek place yester- day morning at 14, Church Street, the E r e*idenc3 of Mrs. Churg Thye Phia (Nonia 1 Kboo Joo Bee) when two Hylams, one of i them a oook in the household, effected an entry into
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    Dutch Shipping Matters.
    240 5 Batavia, May 24.—The Netherlands East Indian Government received a report frcm the Consul-General in Manila that the Philippine Government had stated that no difficulties would be placed in the way of Dutch ships in Philippine parts, so that Dutoh vessels eould safely come to those islands. The
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    Working Women Too Hard.
    288 5 Several months ago it was reported from Germany that special efforts were being made by the milrtary authorities to induce women and girls of the educated and better situated classes to do their bit for their I country by entering the munition works ss i employes
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    ALLEGED FORGERY.
    1536 5 FURTHER EVIDENCE. On resumption yesterday afternoon of the preliminary enquiry by Mr, S. H. Langstou in the Police Court into the charge of using 5 as genuine a forged dooument against l Mohamed Ismail and R*ja Bee (bis wife the following evidence was led. A Solicitous Evidence. i
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    His Majesty King George’s Fund for Sailors.
    119 5 The Hon, W. C. Miohell $100 Behr A Co. 250 Kinloss 50 Per Penang Chamber of Commerce Adamson Gilfiilan A Co. Ltd. 150 Sandilands Buttery A Co. 150 Kennedy A Co. 150 Pritchard A Co. Ltd. 150 Sime, Darby A Co, Ltd. 150
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    Penang Swimming Club.
    85 5 The June Monthly Medal Competition, 100 yards hard cap for ''A” Cass and 50 yards handicap for B Class, was held at the Swimming Club on Sunday morning with the following result A Class. 1st R A. Hunt 12 secs. 2ad S. A. Tell Scratch. 3rd C.
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    Tin Outputs.
    86 5 Mr. Khaw Joo Tok advises us that the oatputs from the following two companies for May, were:— Djebook Dredging No Liability—Cable yards 52.000; Hours 564; Pikuls 460. B ingnnn Valle? No Liability—Cubic yards 65,000; Hours 604; Pikuls 450. Kramat Pulai —M*ne 302 pikuls, trlbutors 285 Dikult; total 587
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    May Rubber Crops.
    35 5 Perak River Valley 16,881, 3emanggol 13,697, Jura 9,000, Kong Lee (Perak) 1,000, K. M. S. 15,089, Sumatra Gonaoli* dated 43,000. Bukit Mertajim 48,867, Taipiog 50,794, Suogei Reyla 10,544, fcjuogei Siput 15,004, lb,
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    Sandycroft Rubber.
    973 6 Output Ruducbd to Pruvunt a Glut. The fourteenth masting of the 8andyoroft Rubber Co, Ltd, was held on Siturday at Singapore. There were present the HonMr. F, M. Elliot (presiding) Messrs. W. Lowther Kemp and W. A, Sims, (directors,) A. E Baddeley and H. B. Egmont Hake (for
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    Conditions in a Government Hospital.
    442 6 In the Bapreme Coart, Kuala Lumpur, on Thursday, before Mr. Justice lanes, Acting Chijf Judicial Commissioner, F.M.S. and Mr. Justice Earnshaw, with Mr. M. B. Shelley, d p.p of Perak to support the conviction, the appeal was beard of Hassan bin Kechil, who at the
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    Late War News.
    331 6 Thu Lull biporr thb Storm Allahabad. May 9. > The rioneer’t special cable, dated London, May 7, says; A correspondent on the Bitish front writes that the Germans may be assumed to have spent the lull in I preparing new attacks. He expresses the belief that the
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    Restless Austria.
    171 6 M Only Lacks Lbadbr. New York, May 2. II 1 I According to a despatch received from a I district near a part of the Austro-Hungarisn I frontier, the feeling in Austria baa now reached a high pitch. The oountry is seething with discontent and a rebellious spirit.
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    U. S. War Energy.
    653 6 Neutral Obshrtuu’c Testimony. Washington March 21. I have concluded an investigation of America at war, seen the heads of the Administration, financiers, commercial, industrial and Labour leaders, people of all clasaes, all over the oountry, and prominent men of Scandinavian origin, such aa Senator Knute Nelson
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    The Week’s Events.
    130 6 Wednesday, Junu 5. Trwn Ban**, Esplantde. Prince of Wales Lodge, 9 p.m. M. C. L. Entertainment, Town Hall, 5.39 p.m. Thursday, Junu 6. Sumatra Coconuts, Limited (in Liquidation), General Meeting, 9 Union Street noon. Penang Chamber of Commerce, Speoial I General Meeting, 2 30 p.m, Friday, Junr
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    America at War.
    1440 6 Military Effort. i Outside thousands of houses in Amerioa < to-day baogs a fl»g—a white flag with a red 1 border. Upon the white ground you will see i black stars. A great banner sprinkled with i two or three hundred such stars, displayed i outside a
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    Mails Will Close.
    48 6 Foa Bt Stiabbz At To-morrow (Thursday), Port Swettenham and Singapore U-8Q a m Port Swettenham and Singapore Krian Ipm. Moulmein 2-30 p.m, Port Swettenham, Port Dickson, Malacca and S ngapore Perak (S S. Co.) 3-30 p.m, Rangoon and Calcutta (Merguiand Moulmein via Rangoon) d p.m,
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      450 6 m m m -V •^1 §c £3 iS> <>} 5$ I rm.I' 59k NOTICE is hereby given that Chop Sin Joo Leong of 148 Beach Street are the aole proprietors of the above Trade-Mark for matches sold by them. Any person who without authority of the said Chop Sin .Joo
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      50 6 Why It Sells. Chamberlain's Coagh Remedy ia the largest selling coagh medicine in the world to*daj became it doea exactly what a cougl remedy ia «apposed to do. It stopa the oeagh by oaring the cold, aad deea it apeed'ily and efectaally. For sale by all di« peasane* aad dealer*
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      47 6 Aeeident* Will Bappes. It may be impossible to prevent an accident, but it is not impossible te be prepared for it Chamberlain's Pain Balm ia net beyond anyone’s parse, and with a bottle of his liniment yoa are prepared for alma.l nything. For sale by all dispensaries
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      353 6 ChaMtorUiB S (ongt Itonedy When you hare a, bad cold you want a remedy that will not only give relief, but ef* feot a prompt and permanent cure, a remedy that ia pleasant to take, a remedy that con* tains nothing injurious Cnamberlain’i, Cough Remedy meets all requirement», It acts
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    SHARES.
    2299 7 0 JJ Dividend I 1 Nnmbe «f «8 m. i a pi Capital. Sham to Ham. 1 i s llllll. T* lut flansfar surreal S I If m 3 As •ial year. 7*« 5* m 1 1 1 1 I ERBRKR—RRLLAR SHARES. f ete. f cts 1909 J 120,098
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      269 7 I I a f i i i s l l Illnass and infirmity is due to poor blood in the system DOG3HEAD” brand Stout possesses special qualities of forming rich good blood, thus eliminating diseases. Appetising Stimulatin Invigorating y E V. as T festS] .'5s Suitable for 2 men women
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