Straits Echo, 18 June 1918

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENfS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THB STRAITS, THB FEDERATED MALAY STATES ANL THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 10. 930 Per Annum. PENANG, TUESDAY, igth JUNE, 1918. Elncle Copy, lO cents. No. 139.
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      1407 1 Sensed m Sit ■WX-KMAID BRA#* S^mcoSdl Sw tt**rUnd; *itd I I I I FOR SALE. One <2-3) stater ‘bcripps Booth Motor Car J,at*.t 1917 model se f eta;t**r and Pyn>mo L siting in excellent condition or.'y iun 9G0 mi es owner le»ving h' ma. App’y to lh* undermentioned garage. IF
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      9 1 !d~s milk* faRW/uirscmutf! •tncaumtaar •v, ec TIONS U»C CS
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      56 2 BE m m 2S a <er a a kwJS > i *r W xV K "1J vir> a a CM; OF EVERY t Momi Cases. Acetic Acid. English Tapping Knives Changkols. Wire Nails. Cat (Brand)j Axes. trapping. Sodium Bi-Sulphite. Green Mosquito Wire OTHERS, (Incorporated in Straits Settlements.) PENANG. LTD I
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    The Voice of the Charmer.
    1034 3  -  [Bt Tom Wmioht J I expect to get follow up letters from Florida land sharks for a long time,to oome, t especially as I ignore most of them, Sjme J of them are too tempting, however. Not in i the sense of tempting to buy.
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    Teluk Anson Notes.
    534 3 (.From Our Own Correspondent) Inspector Gowlsnd prosecuted the following last week, before Mr, Black, Murugan aged about 18 was cent to prison for one month for theft of a pineapple and sugar cane at Telok Buloh Estate, while two Telugus, Muthalu and Appalssamy, were each awarded a
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    Taking A Holiday.
    435 3 The restrictions on women and ohildien travelling imposed by war necessities have brought home to ns the need of a pukka hill station for Malaya. Had Gunong Taban been discovered a few years earlier, the jjided dweller in the Tropics would have been mnoh better off to-day.
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      455 3 pTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT?TTTT?TTT?TTWT?fTT??1?Tf?Si AT THE EMPIRE THE ‘MILKY WAY” OF STARS. STARS' whose Brilliance is a Light to the Imagination aDd an Uplift MONDAY'S CHANGE OP PROGRAMME First House JACK MULHALL A GREAT STAR AND FAVOURITE IN Mr. DOLAN OF ITE'W ‘STOH32, SOMETHING QUI’E NEW 7 Second House King Baggot the Idol
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      272 3 t if 3 ♦*?<*> «MeoeH» M* 4SM t 7 1 0-night! To-night! AT 9 PM. T HE PARSIEMPIR THEATRICAL Co. E OP BOMBAYPresent at the Drury Lane Theatie Hall, I AHH-E-MAZLOOM Translated from Reynold’s Renowned novel. The Mysteries of the Court" full of mechanic scenes and artistic sceneries, most costly
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    The Straits Echo.
    98 4 PUBLISHED DA XLY (Except Snndays and public holidays.) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, LIMITED, 99, Beach Street, Penang. Price: Dally Local $80 per annum. Outatatlon Postage Extra. Mall Edition (Post Free) $18 per annum. Cable Address: "ECHO PENANG.* Telephone Nos. (Eoho) 586. Printing Department 343. M.P.—AU buiinMi communications
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    TWO FRONTS.
    1359 4 Much depends on the result of the present Austrian attaok on Italy, whioh commenced on Saturday and is as yet bat in its preliminary stage. So far, the Italians, aided by French, British and Amerioan Allies, and perhaps with the assistaroe, for tbe moral effect, of a few
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    2077 4 Yesterday’s Council. Our wire of the proceedings of the Legislative Coned does not even mention tbe question of the conscription of A Class men for servioe outiide tbe Colony, and it seems as if many people in Penang have been fashing” themselves over mere rumours, It would not
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      146 4 f Pritchard Go., Ltd. The goods in Pritchards outfitting Dept, cannot be equalled for quality anywhere in the Colony. GOOD GOOD VALUE mm QUiLII i Townends white “Straits” Topees. Similar-to illuitation. Good Quality and Value. Price 9.50. Pith Planter’s Solar Topees, covered Khaki DrillVery Light and Thick. Round shape, Prica
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    WAY TO ROME.
    706 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] BARRED BT ALLIESThe Italian Account' L >ndoD, Jane 16. An Italian communique states i —A great battle has been in progress ainoe Saturday. Tbe artillery preparation was exceptionally intense. Tbe enemy's masses of infantry began tbe expeoted offensive against the eastern sector of the Asiago
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    WEST FRONT FIGHTING.
    440 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] British FrontLondon, June 16, Reuter’s correspondent at ilritieh head--1 quarters (June 16) describing the success- ful operation north of Bethure on tbe r night of the 14 r .b, mentioned in the oomf muniques, says that the attsck was pushed 5 to depth of five
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    Straits Legislative Council.
    160 5 Railway Transfer Bill* (From Our Oxen Correspondent Singapore, June 18. In Council at yesterday’s meeting, replying to the Hon. Mr. Agnew, the Col. Secy. Hoc. Mr. F. 8. James said that the Government had sanctioned the opening of oinemas in Singapore on Sunday evening, for the exhibition
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    Mails Will Close.
    52 5 Fob By Stum» At 20th instant (Friday). Madras taking mails noon for Europe etc., vit Regt. up to 11 a.m. Bombay Mail B Parcels 10 a.m. The mail E dosing on Friday will oonneot with the s&me vessel as tbe mail B whioh left Penang on the
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    THE PARLIAMENT OF MAN.
    491 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Labour Member's Proposal. London, Jane 16. A telegram retransmitted from New York says that the Labonr Member of the War Cabinet Mr, George Barnes, apeaking at Dartford and referring to hia proposed con* ference of the Allies for the purpose of inaugurating a League
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    Accident to the kasuga.
    103 5 A Bblatbd Rbpobt, An offioial announcement issued by tbe Japanese Navy Department on the 26 h ult. says i—“ The warship Kasuga, whiob stranded off the coast of the Dutch E*st Indies some time ag~, was got <ff on May 15th last at 10 42 pm,
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    Tin.
    55 5 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to day at 5153. busiooss done, and in Singapore (refined) at $135 50, sold 125 tons. Nbw Advbuti'BXßnts i—Mr. A. Stephen Antbooy notifin tbe u-ual monthly sale of Pawnbrokers’ forfeited pledges; Box No. Q I.P. wante a Bungalow from Ist July at
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    CAPE COLONY LABOUR.
    539 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Capetown, June 17. The minister Mr. Men's, said that tbe government appreciated the attitude of some of tbe labour leaders who had shown a sense of responsibility in tbe present anxious time. Yet there were some who were trying to cause trouble by underhand work.
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    Parsee Theatre.
    255 5 Tbe Paraee Empire Theatrical Company I of Bombay staged a Hindustani drama I entitled Asir-i-Hirs last night at tbe I Drury Lane Theatre Hall. Toe story has a moral to tbe affect that right, though temporarily trodden down by might, does at I the end overcome and the
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    OPIUM SEIZURE.
    965 5 Fukthbb Pbocbbdinos. In the Police Cou*t before Mr. 8. H. Langston yesterday afternoon the hearing > was resumed of the case against Obeng 8ui I P.u. Ng Yan Plan aod Neow Seong who were charged with being interested or con* cerned in the unlawful importation of 1 opiam
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    WORLD DOMINATION.
    772 5 Mr, A 1 o>a B.ker has writes the following letter to nan-combatants of Australia i We are cent- mporanes during tbe greatest crigis in our history, when the very foucdatiocs of our Empire end our existence as a free p-ople are threatened, Tbe German Empetoi’s long-plmced scheme for
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    The Share Market.
    57 5 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. A. A. Anthony and Company’s •bare list t Yesterday. To-day, C d Mining. j 3 j iJ 5* t! S’ Mot Mot Deebook 15/- 15/6 15/3 15/9 Katoo Deebook 5/- 4/- 4/- 31Ulu Piah 1.55 1.57* 1.50 1.55 General.
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    Outside.
    46 5 The following articles will be found oa our outside pigrs t—The Voice of the Charmer. Teluk Anson Notes. Taking a Holiday. 6. —Tbe Jews and Palestine. Japan and China The Transport Problegi. Quinine and Malaria, Chinese Labour Corps Fights. Penaag Bisley7, —Meaning of an Armistioe,
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    Penang Bisley.
    582 6 Aookoatb Championship Results. Thi Planters’ Challenge Cup.”— 'Moving F gure, Up'" 8 at 400, Bubbicg Dick and Rtpids at 300. L/Cp! Heab SngHye(Winner)... 71.70 Pte J Meldrum 67 25 t Lim Teik Soon 66 38 L/iargt C C Rogers 65 20 Pt* J Webb 64.37 E Bennett 63
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    PRODUCE.
    78 6 Pbwajto, Join 18. S. P. Tapioca $7.50 sailers. M. P. Tapioca 9.00 sellers. Gold leaf 72 sellers Pepper (W.Coast S lb. I os).sl6s buyers. Black Peppsr w 26.00 bujere White Pepper 40 nominal Trang Pepper no atock Mace $BO nom. Maoe Picking! 68 sellers lovo eeason over Kutaaegs 110«
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    Serbia's Position.
    567 6 Statement of Her I rime Minister. “I rejiioe at the position which public opinion io your country is tak ng up at the present time,” Baid M', P«shitcn, Prime Muds'er of Serbia, recently in the course of an interview w>h t represettative of the Corriere della Sera. Serbia,
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    Biggest Minefield As Ever Was.
    440 6 I The announcement made by the British l- Admiralty regarding a new prohibited area 1 in the N.irtb S?a may batik-n as another > indication of the extension of the general i ff-naive plan against the submarine. The I three main elements of this plan
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    Chinese Labour Corps Fights.
    567 6 New York, April 23.—“1 was baok of the British lin j B when the German broke through a* Montdidter,” said an Amerioan Army officer on arrival at an Atlantic port yesterday. It was thick fog. A delaohment of British oavalry suddenly came galloping from the direction
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    An Old Indian State.
    399 6 Tbe B->gnm of Janjira, who is on her way to New York, is tbe consort of the ruler of a State wbioh has played an interesting part in history. The founder of the State is supposed to have been an Abyssinian, and he and his defendants
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    Japan and China.
    348 6 Tokio, May 30. Tbe Foreign Offioe has issued a statement regarding the Chino-Japaneae Military agreement accompanied by the Notes exchanged between the two Governments. A oovering explanatory note states t Having regard to the steady penetration of hostile influence into Russian territory, jeopardizing the peaoe and welfare
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    German Sneers At U. S. Troops.
    229 6 Bpoetsmun, But Not Soldiues.” The German special correspondents on the Western front are repeating tbe methods they employed in the early days of the wsr in regard to British troops in their reports on the oharaoter of tbe Americans, Dr. Osborn, the Vottische Zritung’t
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    Kuhlmann and Czernin.
    329 6 Cmarors ov Immoral Brmavioub. i. A Brlio official eti.Lmmt, repeated from it Amsterdam, says that prooeediogs have been instituted against the Doutocho Zeitung tor stating that the i( immoral behaviour of a Herr von Kuhlmann and Count Csernin, f, when visiting Bucharest, was debasing,” t The paper
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    The Jews and Palestine.
    456 6 Jewi the world over will be greatly interB'ted in the Jewish mission to Palestine which is referred to in the reoent cables’ and they will be deeply pained to read that whilst waiting for deliverance by General Allenby’a troops, Jerusalem lost two -thirds of its Jewish
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    The Transport Problem.
    517 6 A correspondent writing in the Now I Statesman f mentions some of the diuiIculties encountered by the attackera when advancing after a successful bombardment of the enemy’s line, The essence of i war,” eays the writer, lies in the conveyance of a certain mass of men and
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    Quinine and Malaria.
    318 6 Quinine and M a l aria Yet another medical author!»* k. ed hia opinion ag*i oa t ybM use of quince. M.j Jr ii 8 s I °P h 7 I »ctio lecture io the. iffioer, of" iL H, Hospital, Secunderabad, P W r new number if ltle i ndi
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    Dangers in Home Waters.
    247 6 The- lot of the commander and crew of a British submarine ia far from pleas.nt. Apart from the ordinary inoonvoaienoas necessarily attsshed to life on board an under-water Vessel, and apai t alio from the particular risks associated with operatoni m confioed waters, the British suomarinei
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    The Week’s Events.
    290 6 Wudnusday, Jana 19, I Town Band, Esplanade. Residency At Borne” 5 p m. Licensing Justices Meeting, District Court, 2.15 p.m. Feidat, Jaw a 21, Town Band, Esplanade. Saturday, Jus a 22. Tbe Eastern Shipping Co,, Ltd,, General Meeting, 3 p.m, Penang Bisley. P. V. and P. V.
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      11 6 For Children’s Hacking Ceaghat Night. Woods'. Great Peppemiat Care I*. 6d,
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      50 6 Accident* Will Happen It may be impossible to prevent an accident, but it is not impossible to be prepared for it. Chamberlain's Pain Balm is net be* 1 yond anyene’s parse, and with a battle of this liniment yoa are prepared far almest aad dealers bj M dil P ttu
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      51 6 Why It Sells. Chamberlain's Cough Bemedy is the largest aelliDg oosgh medicine in the world to-day because it does exactly what a oongt remedy is supposed to do. It stops the cough by curing the oold, and dees it speed It and •factual!?. For sale by all dis-j isasanes and
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    Meaning of an Armistice.
    556 7 The word armistice (in case anybody h»s forgotten bis Latin), is derived from arma meaning obviously arms," and suto I stand still; so that an armistice is or should be, a cessation of hostilities* Tba twe armies sit down and look at each other. That at
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    How the Huns Hate.
    181 7 Ovbbbiding Religious Pkbcupts. From an official source ia West Afrioi details have been received of an inoident which is un'qua in the history of the Roman CUtholio Church, It having been found necessary to deport from Lome, in Togoland, tbe German members of the Roman Catholic
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    Defiant Rumania.
    150 7 "Whole Population Fails to Buooguisu Dutbat” Zurich, April 3, The Bukbarest correspondent of the Munioh Zeitung strongly protests against the proposal for withdrawing troops from Rumania before tbe oonolusion of a general peace. Tbe correspondent deolares that M. Marghiloman’s support of tbe King and Qaeen of Rumania is
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      84 7 COLISEUM. EVENING 8HOW S to 7 p.m. DAILY DAILY •XXX*X*XXXXXXXXXXXXX XX XXXXXXX+ X x X X X K 14 LACTOGEN TUB X X X NATURAL MILK FOOD FOR Infants and Invalids Jr. X Obtainable at all tbe leading Dispensar es. Nobels Explosives MAGAZINES AT PENANG AND IPOH. 8TOCKS ALWAYS ON
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      515 7 A Stubborn Foe To conquer an obstina e enemy require* persistence and perseverance. It is the same with Rheumatism the dread foe of mankind which ranks forem st in stubborn ness. To eradicate it from the system you must use the right weapon. Littli'b Obiintal Balm ia the on y
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      298 7 FOUR NIGHTS ONLY T. DANIEL PRAWLEY, PRESENTS: THE FRAWLEY COMEDY. CO. PRICES $3 and $2. Plan now open at Robinson Piano Co., Ltd. COMMENCE AT 9.15 P.M. THE EASTERN PRODUCE EXCHANGE. 27, Beach Street, at the corner of Beach Street and Church Street Ghaut. CAPITAL $120,000. Auctioneers Brokers, The 245th
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