Straits Echo, 28 June 1918

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THB STRAITS, THB FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 16. 980 Pep Annum. PENANG, FRIDAY, 28th JUNE, 1918. Single Copy, lo cento. No. 148.
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      1566 1 fENSED Milkmaid ft, FOR SALE. I Ose (2-3) seater ‘Scripps Booth (BANKS L«tett 1917 model ae)( starter and Dynamo LgbtiDg in excellent condition only ran 900 mild owner leaving for hr me. Apply to Tht undermentioned garage. I IF YOU WANT Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. (Incorporated In
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      13 1 fi’S n*MswirsUW*s snußur l ec Tl® Nt DIS u< *3hi a MNH s?
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    Tree-Worship in Borneo.
    1368 2 It ia natural that a tropical country, snob aa this, covered by denae jangle and inhabited by pagan tribea should furnish considerable evidence of tbe existence of tree warship, bat relatively apeaking v this is not ao. The following extracts, the major* ity of which are originally
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      244 2 Whiteaway s FOR CHINA AND CLASS WARE. rr 99 Dinner, Tea and Breakfast Set made of white semi-porcelain ware, decorated with apple green leaf design, St. Regent shaped as illustration. Very strong aid serviceable. Breakages can be replaced at any time* *Q, mi '3S m 3 m r z r
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      592 2 EXPERIENCED TYPIST. 18 PREPARED to undertake the typing of documents of any description, Clean and ao curat© typing guaranteed, at moderate rates (Coolies a ill be supplied on a short notice.) Apply to The STRAITS AUCTION ROOM, 32, Beaoh Street, Penang, W ANTED. N EWBPAPER COMPOSITORS Onlj experienced men need
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    The Late Mr. D.G. Campbell.
    366 3 The funeral of the Ute Mr D O Campbell took place at Singapore on Tuesday last from the General Hospital with military honours, the procession being met near the c metery by a oompaoy each of the Malay States Guides, Johore Military force and Middlesex
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    The Frawley Company.
    398 3 “A Successful Calamitt." A very fair house was present at the Town Hall last evtning when this pleasant little comedy was staged. It is short but quite enjoyable ocmedy dealing with the desire of i millionaire to escape the trials of life in h;s position in society.
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    War Relics.
    213 3 How Thet Wiki Saved. France, May 8. It may interest Australians to know that when the Garmans attacked Armentierrs a recently collected portion of the magnificent list of trophies and relics which is being gathered for war museums in Australia was still in Baillea), awaiting transport to the
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    Queen Mary’s Silver Wedding Gift Fund.
    255 3 Fifth List. Amount previously acknowledged 12,221,40 Mrs Hori Shinoko 25, Mrs B M Connolly 25, Mrs Welham 20, Mrs H G Brown 10, Mrs B N Goodwin 10, Mrs Simpson 25, Mrs Biggs 10, Mrs B E Boss 15 a Mrs D J Mathews
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    Singapore Rubber Auction.
    120 3 C From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, June 28. At the weekly auction the following prioes were realised Fine ribbed smoked sheet 8 69 to 8 73 per picul Good ribbed 62 68 do Crepe pale thin €6 70 do Good pale thin 54 65 do Good blanket
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    Wedding.
    136 3 Vtneb—Dalt. The wedding of Cspt. O. Vyner, of the Johore Military Foroes and Miss Vers Helen, youogest and only unmarried daughter of C*pt. Daly and Mrs. Daly of Dalydene, Singapore, wss celebrated quietly on Tuesday, no invitations being issued, but many of the friends of the bride and bridegroom
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    Mails Will Close.
    72 3 Fox Et Stbahix At To-moirow (Saturday). Port Bwettenham and Singapore If oh 8-80 p.m. Singapore and China 3-30 p.m. Dindiogs and Sitiawan Qhirhi 2*80 p.m. Trang Trang t-30 p.m. Colombo and United Kingdom Mail H 4 p.m. 1st proximo (Monday). Madras taking mails 11 a.m. for Europe
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    To-day’s Band Programme.
    41 3 The following programme of music will be phyed at the Esplanade this evening at 6-00 p m. 1 Overture Prometheus Beethoven 2 Polka Minuit Waldteufel 8 Selection The Contrabandist» Sullivan 4 Waltz Daddy Buoalossi 5 March Cadetten Sousa
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    Empire Theatre.
    240 3 Those who go to the Empire Theatre to-night will not only be helping a good cause but will get a really good evening’* entertainment for the third change of programme will be given. The Wager,” a Metre film will be screened in the first ■how and the following
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    PENANG TURF CLUB. Autumn Meeting, 1918.
    988 3 RACE DAYS: FIRST DAY Tuesday, 23rd July, 1918. SECOND DAY Thursday, 25th July, 1918. THIRD DAY Saturday, 27th July. 1918. FIRST DAY. TUESDAY, 23rd JULY, 1918. Sc 7. The George Town Plate and Purse, Value and $50 to esch Second Horse. A Handicap for
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      301 3 8jjfWWTWW?wm?fromwmfwrowiWTTi fc •H E s m v i. THEATRE. •H s C 1 CHURCH ARMY RECREATION TENT WEEK We Arc Going To Do It!! WHAT?? Send the Boys another Tent from PENANG. Everything Depends on what YOU do-Thursday. Friday «V Saturday. Stupendous Attractions Rightly See Handbills. Each Right Under Distinguished
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      363 3 at 5 p.m. on Friday, 12th July, 1918’ Handicaps for tine First Day will be pablished on or before Wednesday, the 17th July, 1918. Special Coaditloa Rtfardiag Handicap Races —In all Handicap Races for Horsea or Ponies, the Official Handicapper may, with the consent of the Committee, divide the entries
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    The Straits Echo.
    99 4 PUBLISHED DAILY (Except Sundays and public holidays,) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, LIMITED, W, Beach Street, Penang. Price t Dally Local 980 par annum H Outatatlon Pout&re Extra. MaU Edition (Poat Free) #lB per annum. Cable Addreea: ECHO PENANG.’ Telephone Noa. (Coho) SB6. Prlntln* Department >43, A. A—4ll
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    STRAITS EDUCATION.
    2117 4 We published a few daji ago the 1917 reealte of the looal eohoola in the Cambridge Local Examination», These examination! are taken by all the aohoola in the Colony and Government Soholarihipa are awarded on their results. They are important beoamae they form the olimax of stndy in
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    Tin.
    21 4 Latest Quotations. I n (unrefined) is quoted hers to-day st 156, business done, in Singapore st $166, buyers no sellers,
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    963 4 A Naughty Girl, Y uog Amenoa develops* to maturity pretty early and, to be rather ooarse, there are no fiiei on the American young gentleman or lady. The oolumne in American papers in wbioh Aunt Mary or Mis* Love «newer the intimate questions of youtbfil minds are al
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    Penang Hunt Club.
    41 4 A Hint Club ride bat been died for Sunday morning 80th lost; meet at the Residence of Mr, Hesh Bwts Lee in Oreea Lane at 7a m where the owner will be At Home" to riders and friends,
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      154 4 Pritchard Co., Ltd. (Tvcobpobatid in thh Stbaits SaTTLMBVTt) The goods in Pritchards outfitting Dept, cannot be equalled for quality anywhere in the Colony. GOOD GOOD VALUE QUALITY. Townends white “Straits” Topees. Similar to illustation. Good Quality and Value. Price 9.50. Pith Planter’s Solnr Topees, oorered Khaki Drill. Very Light and
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    WESTERN FIGHTING.
    645 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams] London, Jun< 26 I p.tr. Sir Douglas H»ig rf po* t-i W« took» few p'isoneva and captured a m cbine-gun in raid» and patrols in the neighbourhood •f Stilly la seo and west of Merrill*. Hostile artillery was sotire in the neigh* bourbood of Ville anr
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    GERMANY’S TONE CHANGING.
    675 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams] ALLIANCE CANNOT WIN. Th# Question of BelgiumLondon, June 25, 5.50 p-m, Continuing bis apeeob in the Reiohs’ag BtronKuehlmann said that the absolute integrity of the German Empire and its allies was a necessary pre-rqeit.iteocnditlon of any peace discussion. All ether questions how- ver might be
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    THE IRISH PROBLEM.
    1434 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams] GERMAN PLOT BEYEALID. Chief SecrtUry’i Speech London, Jnne 85, 6 45 p.m. In the House of Commons the Irish Secretary, Mr. Edward Shortt, stated that oircumstancea in Ireland to-day were complicated and anxious. When the Premier early in April explained the Government's Irish polioy there
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    THE MILITARY SITUATION.
    529 5 ATTACK IMPENDING IN THE WE3T I London. Operations (cr tbe week ending Jane 20: —ln France the Croyn Prince’s < ff-msiv* ’b tbe Aisne and Ose area bad reached definite stability by last Thursday. Three local operations hare taken plaoe shoe that date. Throughout tbe week-end the
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    The Trials of Hotel-Keeping.
    144 5 [Ta Thb Editor or thb Straitt Echo Sir, Mr, Gibson and Mr. Sargent as well as myself, could, I am sure, testify to the truth ot "C»ve*s” letter, concerning the way British hotel-keepers have b ea imposed on by their own countrymeD, and, I think that
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    Another China Loan.
    92 5 Piking, June 5. The Quadruple Group, after lengthy negotiations, has agreed to lend China a further i81.0C0.000 secured by the Salt Revenue. Tbia raises th» Second Reorgania ationLtan to £3,000,000. Tbe ptevious £2,000 000, though intended for th« reform of tbw currency, were entirely apent for military
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    Outside.
    57 5 The following artioiea will be found on our outside piges 2. —Tree-Worship in Borneo. 3, Tbe Late Mr. D G. Campbell, Tbe Frawley Company. Qmen Mary’s Silver Wedding Gift Fund, 6, B‘*-ach of Tiutt Case. The Late General Lsoitd id, C*p r Han. cock’s Gallantry. R A F, To-day.
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    M. A. P.
    939 5 Mr. 8 H. Moat, ot Messrs. Derrick Co., Singapore, ariived in Ipoh on Monday from Per aag, We bear that Inspector D, Killourhy will ba leaving for horns in the near future to j)io ur. Mr. H A. Liw, of Messrs. Anderson Gi fillan and Co., Penang,
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    BREACH OF TRUST CASE.
    2206 6 GOVERNMENT SERVANT convicted: In the District Court before Mr. R. D. Acton yesterday the was resumed of the oaas against A. S;nnatamby fortha» he being entrusted with the sum of $169 82 in the cipacity of a public servant did oommit breach of trust in respeotof
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    The Late General Lumsden.
    289 6 The mail which arrived on the 24th June brought the London Oasetto of the 19th April, whioh records that the late Brigadier- General F. W. Lumsden, V.C. D S O at one time General Scaff Officer in the Straits Settlements, had won a third bar to
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    The “Anjou” Explosion.
    279 6 The “Anjou Explosion. Coroner's Enquiry, The enquiry into the circumstanees attending the deaths of two Hjlim firemen, who succumbed at Singapore on Sunday afternoon on beard the as Anjou as the result of the explosion of the boner was concluded in the Coroner’s Court on Wednesday another Hylam, who was
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    Capt. Hancock’s Gallantry.
    263 6 Following is an extract of a letter Messrs. Sime, Dub? and 00. bad from the Colonel nf the 13th Norfolk regarding Cspt. Hanoock D. 8.0., of their Malacca staff:—On the 21st, A. Co. made a magnificent counterattack on the Boche who were driving back the Sherwood Foresters.
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    The Week’s Events.
    84 6 Feiday, Juki 28. Town Band, Eeplsnade. Frswley Comedy Co. Town Hall, 9.15 p m. Satu an at, June 29. St, Peter. Frawlsy Comedy Co. Town Hall, 9.15 p.m. Cricket—P.C.C. os I R.C. Esplanade. Sunday, Juirn 30. Fifth after Trinity. Penang Catholic Benevolent Association, General Meeting, Parish Hall,
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    Hun’s Friends in England.
    940 6 Our Futuru Policy, Sir George contributes to the April number of the Nineteenth Century and After an article that should be widely read, The c weapon of Peace: Germany’s Friends in Eagland,”and Brigadier-General F.G.Stone 1 another on the National Party, which, by a <■ happy coincidence,
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    Wallenberg Goes.
    458 6 Swedish Minister Was Recalled, Ptkitg, June 5. With refernoeto theoase of uaoeutral oonduct connected with G. O. Wallenberg, the Swedish Eavoy Extriodinary md Minister 1 Plenipotentiary to China and Japan, 1 learn on exoilient authority that his recall home was due to the request of Y.soount Motoao ia
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    German Propaganda.
    273 6 How A Trust Controls The Films. Frederick Burlingham, an American cinematographer who has returned from Switserland, said in New York that he had laid before the American Government a plan of combating tbe propaganda Germany is carrying on in neutral countries by means of motion pictures, Mr. Burlingham
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    Opium Growing.
    138 6 Rumours have for some time been current that the growing of opium in Sbeesi would lead to foreign intervention, and this has now become a fact, for it is reported that tbe Central Government has received a protest from tbe British Minister at Peking stating that be has
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    R. A. F. To-day.
    1020 6 Tan New Abu's Traditions a*d its Future. To-day the Royal Air Foroe has coma into b„og Tn. Kjj.lP.jiog Oorp. od the Koyal N aval Air Service are amalgamated under one control. The Interests of both are served by the Air Mioistry with a single thought to
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      51 6 Accident*» Will Happen. It may be impossible to prey nt an accident, but it is Dot impossible to be prepared for it. Cb&mberlain’s Pain Balm is not be* yond anyone’s parse, and with a bottle of this liniment yon are prepared for almost anything. For sale by all dispensaries asd
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      79 6 With the distressing moist heat of this tropical climate one is apt to get a body chill, alwajs most dangerous bacauae the liTor or kidneys are affected, and with either out -of order a diseased condition mas be set up. 3 WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE is the finest corrective of
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    A Great War Correspondent.
    735 7 Pucival Phillips And His Won a. Every one has been talking about the Tivid war despatches of Percival Phillips, the Daily Express war correspondent on the western front. These despatches have not only stirred nverv reader with pride in the men who are facing the German
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      340 7 Dr. Cassell’s Tablets Cure Pains in the Stomach Windy Spasms and—• Indigestion Dr. Cassell’s 1 ablets cure Indigestion because they strengthen your stomach and make it able to digest the food you eat. 1 hen all your pain and weakness cease, your lx)dy is properly nourished, and soon you are
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      220 7 NOTICE In the I state of Joseph Manock Anthony deceased. Fnrsnant to the Trustee Ordinance 1914 Section 26. NOTICE is hereby giv n that all creditors and other persons having any claims or demands against the Estate of Joseph Manook Anthony Esq., J. P. late of Penang merchant, who died
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      455 7 There is Nothing to Joke about in a It may be serious, particularly with women. In all events it ia lire to handicap yoer activities at work or at play. There ie no need to softer. Speedy relief ia foand in LITTLE'S ORIENTAL BALM The sovereign care for all external
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