Straits Echo, 3 September 1918

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THB STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAV STATES AND THE FAR jEAST GENERALLY VOi» 16. «SO Per Annum. PENANG, TUi£SJL>AI>, *rd SEPTEMBER, 1918 Single Copy, lO cent*. No. 200.
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      1484 1 nestles THE BEST FOODiFOR YOUR BABYl! 11l 90] cts. PERfI lb TIN, BANKS chartered Bank of India, charl Australia and China. corporated In England by Royal Charter.) (loi *1,200,000 *2,000.000 *1,200,000 flid np Capital geierveFuud g^er?e Liability of Proprietors Head Office t *oJB, BIBHOPBGATE, LONDON, E.C, Agencies and Branches. Bangkok
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      13 1 BRAND BWEETENED CONDENSED $20.50 OASC. I jf BTA|NABLE8 T A|NABLE eVEKYWHEr r r---'±r
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      170 2 THE SAVER OF INFAN IS ABSOLUTELY STARCH-F JL LIF if mothers who cannot nourish their own babies would give them the Mellin Diet from birta we should hear less of infant mortality Mellin’s Food with cow’s milk will do more to bring your baby safely through infantile health-dangers than any
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    KEDAH NOTES.
    671 3 -.from fhcr Own Correspondent.) Alor Star, September 2. The aecond Cup-tie between the Foliee and the L 8.F.0. waa played off laat Saturday on the Buka Bata ground in the presence of a large crowd including a good many visitors from Penang, The game wu one of the
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    Bukit Mertajam Notes.
    185 3 (.From Chur Own Chrrespondetd.') On Saturday last Mr. Tye Pi Nyen, Chinese Consul of Penang, paid a visit to the Bukit Mertsjun Chinese (Mandarin) School to settle a dispute between some of the inhabitants and the Trustees of Hok Tek Cheng Bin Temple. Mr. Tye Pu Nyen
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    Tin.
    23 3 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefioed) is quoted here to-day at $156 25, business done, in Singapore (refined) at,sls7/-, business done, sold 250 tons.
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    August Rubber Crops.
    53 3 Straits 200,000, Penang 196.000, Tali Ayer 70,500, Rubana 60,000, Bagan Serai 29,500. B*t*k Rabit 30,000, Sungei Patani 22 5 0, K.M S. 16 530 lb. ande Stiawan 13 €74, Padang Jaws 18,688, Krian 33,000, Samsgaga 17,800, Padang 25,000, Karan 8.700, New Columbia 25,855, Gala Kalimpong 80,800 end
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    LOTTERIES.
    538 3 [To THH Eoitob o» Thu Straitt Echo Bir, The thanks of your readers are due to Mr. Tomlinson for his able letter condemning lotteries ss morally reprehensible. lam not one partial to lotteries, I take no interest m them and I hold no brief for lotterypromoters. Yet, in fairness
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    Chinese In France.
    552 3 Appreciation or British Kindness A geutlem&n who has had the opportunity of seeing sou e of the letters written by members of the Chinese Labour Force now in France has been greatly impresse 1 by their ton*; of cordial friendship for the Allies and their warm expressions
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    The Straits Echo.
    103 4 PUBLISHED DAILY (Except Sundays and public holidays,) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, LIMITED, 59, Beach Street, Penang. Price: I Dally Local $SO per annum. Outstatlon Postage Extra. I Mall Edition (Post Free) $18 per annum. I Cables Address: “ECHO PENANG.' Telephone Now. (Eoho) sae. Printing Department 343. fl.B.—A
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    PACIFISTS AND WAR AIMS.
    1349 4 Of coarse, it bed to come. No sooner I' does Fcch b gin to threaten the I, Hindcnburg Line sod the ostlcok fori the Germsos start to look somewhat I gloomy than the British pacifist gets busy and exerts himself to avert the possibility of just
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    M. A. P.
    775 4 Messrs Ohuah Sin Kab, Lee Hong Teik, Lim Eng Hae, Lee Tiang Keng and Mustafa bin Osman left to-day for Singapore whence jthey will proceed to Hongkong University. We hear that Mr. Firmstone handled the Education Conference at Kuala Lumpur with great taot and ability, besides showing
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    The Share Market.
    115 4 The following are the alterations m Messrs, A A, Anthony Co.’s sharo list to-day i Yesterday. To-day. Mining. js J cq co ca co Bangnon 2/- 1/- 2/6 1/6 Deebook 23/- 23/9 23/3 23/9 Ratrnt Basin 25/- 25/6 25/- 26/Trong 21/6 22/6 21/- 22/Rahman Tin 14.00 15.00
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    380 4 yesterday S MEETING. THE °OVEENOE_D EFgl(DKD Lottery Lo^iUmj UYo« Our Own Corrap^ At the I*g,.l.t| Ti Coeueil Hon. Mr. F. 8. J* meg| VhQ g tb replying to the Hon. Mr, Q H that Government had receded cable of the Secretary 0 f q UIm bl r "*>“
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    SINGAPORE PERSONALIA.
    281 4 GOVERNOR OF CEYLON (From Our Own Correspond Singapore, S.-pt, Mr. F. W. King, manager of the Harbo« Board, has left for Japan cn a short bolidij. H. E. The Governor, the Hon, Mr."James, Commander Cator, the Hon. Elliot and Mr Bean stnt wreathi the late Mr. Hudson’s funeral.
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    THE ALLIED ADVANCE.
    1959 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] pgO3K ES3 IN IHE BINIRB. Ealls 10 Australian8 m \m Sept 2, 12 15 a.m. n u »UsH»'* reports*—The Austial3lf L,u.ed P ’tonne- After beating cona ter-attack« *t Moot St. iS eDf eiterday evening, tbe Australians morning renewed their advance •«notion with the Et gliih
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    TWO YEARS AGO.
    923 5 THE BRITISH PUBH OF SEPTEMBER 1916. Two years ago to-day, at 12 noon, S r Douglas Haig launched h’s general attack against tbe German front, of which the centre was Ginohy. On his right was the French Army, on his left was General Allenby’s Army; bis attacking
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    Outside.
    37 5 The following artie'ea will be found ou our outside pages i 3,—Lotteries. Chin&se in Fracoe. Eedah Notes. Bukit MerDjam Notes. 6._S*6tern Smelting Co.'s Case: An Officer’s Marvellous Escape. 7_M»layan Politics, The Opium I Revival in China,
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    RANDOM NOTES
    1022 5 La Republique Franc&iae At a time of political ferment io other European countries it should not be forgotten that to-morrow is the 48th anniversary of the existing French Republic, oommemorated, according to kcal oustom, by the Rue de Qaatre Septembre, olose to the Paris Bourse It had cot
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    DEATH OF LENIN.
    221 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] REPORTED AT COPENHAGEN* London, September 1, 9 30 p.m. A telegram to Copenhagen from Patrograd says that Lenin has snocumbed to hia wounds. LABOUR AND THE WAP. BRITISH TRADE UNIONS' ATTITUDE; No Patohed-Up PeaoeLondon, September 2, The Trade Union Congress has met al Darby. The
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    Late Mr. Loke Chow Kit.
    263 5 The funeral of the late Mr. Loke Ohow i took plaoe in the reform style” this morning. The remains were conveyed to the Mount Erskine Cemetery for interment. ’he funeral wae attended by a large number of relatives and friends, many of them from the
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    Tin Outputs.
    199 5 The output of Raamaa Hydraulic Tin, Ltd,, during the month of August was 200 pikuls. The output of The Bthman Tin C j 9 Ltd., daring tbe month of Augait wss 506 pikuls. Mill Pis 219 64,|Tributes Pis 286.56. Messrs Sime, Darby A Co., Ltd. advise particulars of
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    EASTERN SMELTING Co.’s CASE.
    5401 6 ALLEGED FRAUD. The hearing of very interesting casp, touching the discovery of an al eged fraud on the oomptny through a very ingenious trap, w»s begun in the District Court bafore Mr, G. A. Hereford yesterday when two Chinese named Kboo Teck Cbye, a dealer in
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    The Week’s Events.
    43 6 WIDKMDAT, SkPTNMBEB 4. Town Bas 4, Esplanade* Thubsday, Seftbmbeb 5, New Moon. Feidat, Septembbb 6, Town Band, Esplanade. Satuedat, Sbptimbib 7, Jewiah New Year. SUNDAY* tSIPTIMBBE 8. Fifteenth after Trinity. P. V. Field Operation!. Monday, Snptucsbb 9, Town Band, laplanade,
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    AN OFFICER’S MARVELLOUS ESCAPE.
    408 6 Brigadier” writes to the following account of the e 9 c*D the British Officer in left for dead and found UoatL w 26 hours later. Having b-tn J* kt r l Q ?ott °h for the incident wn'?!' place at Sanna.yat on April lift 10 British
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    The Cinemas.
    275 6 Empibu Thhatbe. The Empty Quo,” now being soreened at the above theatre, is drawing orowded houses during its short stay in Penang, The story is full of excitement and relates to a father and daughter who, in their queit of gold, meet tbe fate of othere preceding them
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      162 6 BLOOD SPITTING. BRONCHITIS and Weak Cheat Cared by VEVO’3 LIGHTNING COUGH CUBE You can cure an ordinary coue 24 hoars with Veto's Ligh'nrog Cure. You can cure any bronchial trouble with Venos t a curable at all—and the fact that® means have failed is no eridence that will fail. Veno'a
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    MALAYAN POLITICS.
    1048 7 We read in the Analects o* Confucius: Tzu Kung asked for a definition ofgoocl government. The Master replied: ‘It consists in providing enough food to eat i* 1 keepin enough soldiers to guard the State and in winning the confidence of the people 1 And if one of
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    THE OPIUM REVIVAL IN CHINA.
    940 7 8ome few weeks ago we mentioned that the Chinese Government had carried out a deal regarding the opium stocks held in bond. The latest news- regarding this is that the *nfu Club which is a political organisation run ty the Northern Militarists has taken over
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      85 7 Croup. This disease ii so dangerous and so rapid in its development that etery mother of roung children should be prepared for it. It is very risky td wait until the attack of croup appears sod then send for nudcina *r d let the child ssff-r until it c*o be
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