Straits Echo, 10 September 1918

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  • 36 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THB STRAITS. THE FBDERATBC MALA' STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY fOl» lti 430 Per Annum. 4 DNAN* AUfSSUAY, utui SEPTEMBER 1918 Nlnglt; Lop;, 1C» cents. No. 300.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1526 1 f NESTLE’ S lIUJOOD BABY,! SO'cts. I 1 i PER'l'lb. ffi JlVj yes e=&='* BANKS Bank of India, Australia and China. .^orated In England by RovalCharter.) y,|ij ap Liability of Proprietors Head Office» 5o |8 BISHOPSOATB. LONDON, E C. Agcrcica and Branches. jiritur BaiigkoK M‘T Cjjcotto die ton Ceba Colombo
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    • 13 1 MILKMAID BRAND SWEETENED CONDENSED MUUL $20.50 OASE. B t A|NABLF. everywmcr mcr-i- 3c
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  • 1437 2 COMMODITY 8 KE SPINO QUALITIES Nkcesb et Conditions Tbe Secretary < f the F M. 8. Chamber of Commerce for *rds following iatere ting communication fr. m Mr. Sidney Morgan as to the stora e of rub er. Writing from the Kesench Laboratory t etaling, on Aug
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 247 2 cc "x —>< nOQQCDOCDOC DCDC DO NEW COTTON DEBS MATERIAL! O TOOTAL PIQUE TOBRALOO '^OBRAI-CO TOOTAL GUARANTEED COTTON FABRICS. Y.rrA d u o n u o •Q 0 U <■»A» 4 TOOTAL* CUAftANTM IT Tor a reallj distinctive white pique frock or suit the quality of tootal pique is essential.
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    • 183 2 Penang Sales Room. TO BE OLD BY FIT “SLIC •A.TJOTXOIT At 38, Beich Street, On Wtdnesday. ll*h Septembsr 1918 AT 11 AM One handsome Scottish built dogcart with new rubber tyres and in excellent order. One set L nulish ha* ness, one English saddle and Bridle The above will suit
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    • 325 2 9 THERE IS NO doubt nm n ATICO Th 9 bast for B 6C '.So quickly rraoTM all Dr. Mendes de Larm j°i“r H Boerha e «’iwT*; Amsterdam, m l;- p oologicl TWawatics J a this combiaatioa work. 1 brill,a o tl y with resZ Jn formly successful, that he
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  • 723 3  -  (By Tom Wbiomt^. A weii-wora Caiuesa *4<tga **ys that after three d*ys without study a man’s oonversati. n becomes insipid. N-w we know what was the matter witn those fellow passengers of Brother Wclbam whom he loued unintertsting They bad been three dlys (or more) without studying anyihicg.
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  • 91 3 Mr. A. Sarkies has kindly consented to organise an Our Day subscription daces and other attractions at tbe Town Hall on the evening of Our D*y Saturday Ootober 26tb, 1918, further particulars will be published later. A Children’s Flay. Mr. L. A. 0. Biggs has kindly
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  • 67 3 Mr, N. D- de Silva has kindly presented the following to tbe Oar Day’’ Tank*— (1) One gold expanding watch bracelet value $75/(2) One pair silver mounted Imperial size photo frames value $25/(3) One silver ladies waist belt value $lB/Messrs. Paterson Simons A Co„ Ltd-, have very
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  • 54 3 Balanoe of 1917 Fund brought forward 247.40 Surplus of 1917 Lottery account transferred 28,637.30 Police Court fine received 5.00 Amount received, from Mr. DF. Bostock, stakes won at Penang Autumn Meeting 1,200.00 Willison’s Circus, 25% of gross takings on opening night 175 00 Subscription Lim Boon Tba 200.00
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  • 1103 3 (From Onr Own Correspondent- Alor Star, September 9, Yesterday was a great day for the Indians and Ceylocesa of Alor Star on account of the opening ceremony of the new hall of the India-Ceylon Association in Jalan Laoggar. There was a large gathering of members and gue*tg among
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 296 3 TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT I I 0H I EMPIRE THEATRE I j THE PRbMIF.R OF THE COLONY. Ih Special visit of the famous Cowboy 4 HI CAPTAIN GEO. ASH I AN EDDIE POLO I* REAL LIFF Hi .-a 4 4 -4 AT 9-30 P.M. Giving Exhibitions in Lassoing, Shooting—and the Pro ess
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    • 730 3 r Instant Relief for FOOD-SICKNESS and Morning Nausea When you get up in the morning with s distaste for jour breakfast, when your stomach revolts at thesight of food wheny* u have a nasty taste in your mouth, and your brea h is not all it might be your stomach
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  • 97 4 PUBLISHED DA ILY (Except Sondays and public holiday»,) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, LIMITED, 99, Beach Street, Penang. Price: Daily Local >3O per annum. Outstation Postage Extra. Mall Edition (Post Free) $lB per annum. Cable. Address. ECHO PENANG.’ Tslephone Noe. (Eoho) »88. Printing Department 343. All bu.ineM communication,
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  • 1321 4 There is still both in England and abroad a certain not very large but not altogether unimportant body of opinion to whioh the essential, underlying fact of this war has not yet become apparent. There are, that is to say, a good many people who do not
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  • 22 4 Latest QuotationsTin (lnrefined) ia quoted here to-day at $160.125, bneinesi done, in Singapore (refioed) at 1160,874 bieineu done, told 260 tone,
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  • 487 4 Mr. and Mrs, Piatt are leaving Singapore for Penang on a short holiday to the Crag. e e e v Mr. EMo Maulf-Fmcb, reoently of the Malay Mail staff, Kuala Lumpur, hks been killed in action. e e e Mr, C. D. La Brooy, Financial Assistant, P.W
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  • 189 4 The following Government Notioe, regarding discharge of labour by employers of agricultural labourers, has been sent to us for publication!— 1. "All employers of agricultural labourers who propose to reduoe their labour forces, more especially those who are about to discharge tapping coolies, are requested tj
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  • 62 4 GOVERNMENT’S TEMPORARY MEASURES. Suflptnslon of Duty and War Tax CJ i hyrn Our Own Correspondent£ Kuala Lumpur, September 9. It is officially announced that on the recommendations of the Rubber Industry Protection Commission, Government has deoided as a temporary measure to suspend the collection of the export
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  • 44 4 Ci’kons Our Own (torespondmU) Kuala Lnmpur, September 9. Mr. Eno Mouieffinoh has been killed in notion. The Siamese Minister of Publio Instruction has a warning agjiiust foolish tales by which children and stupid Decnle may be Ud astray. Mow-, Mr. Piiasteoe,
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  • 864 4 The Pious Hohensollerna was sixty-one ve&r* Aliiano. *m££2p**> ft, Ut Berlin, The member. ltl •iUieJ visit the King Of Prussia J*'* bop, that the penod o| '4r« H might be as that of the dul I0| *«Hrn first day of Pemeoost." T plei «tor taking the family touch.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 100 4 FINE OLD SCOTCH. J. R. 0. SELECTED QUALITY BLENDED AND BOTTLED BY John Robertson Sons SOLE AGENTS FOR S.S. F.M.S., Pritchard 8 Co., LIMITED. (iNCOBPOKATED 11« STRAITS SKTTLIME NTS rmvm 'c !»tnnnnnr SOLIGNUM IS /V USE OS ALL THE LEADING ESTATES AS A COMBATANT OF BLACK THREAD AND FOR APPLICATION
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 1315 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] As You Were-” London, September 8, 10.50 p.m. tt pougl»» Hai re P° rU Q the 80mth 8 ortloo of tbe battle front we have er F entere d the area of our defensive constricted prior to the German lilrch offensive. The enemy is offerincreased
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  • 1008 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Testing Mum# 1914 Tadics London, September 9, 7.15 a.m. To-day's news leaves no doubt that the German command hae finally deoided to turn upon the pu-suirs or at least to settle down on what remains of the Hind-nburg Line and challenge the Allies to ejeot
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  • 182 5 Information from the Intmj* London, September 2. A oable from Amsterdam states that writing in Vorxoaertt its FUndere oorrespon* dent points out that of 82 strong Amerioan divisions only nine have been employed in the big fighting and ten have not yet been en gsged at
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  • 686 5 COBONE R’8 ENQUIRY. Acoused Confess#* C From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, September 10. In the Globe Hotel murder enquiry tbe Chicuse boy has been found guilty by the Coroner, Acoueed said Yea. I com* mitted the orimu Mrs. Qalderwood, late of the Penang ?ower Station and lister
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  • 419 5 [Reuter's Telegrams] American Front. Xnimy Short of Ammunition.! London, September 9, 2,15 p m. Renter's correspondent at Americo headqiarters, telegraphing on the 8 h, says that lepeatcdlj daring the pist week, even when German infantrj were very hotly pressed, the German artillery had not provlded anything like the
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  • 87 5 The followiug are the alterations in Messrs, A. A. Anthony Oo.’s share litt to-day 1 Yesterday. To-day. Mining. I t J 3 ~m n *3 I co co mm Bangnon 2/- 1/- 1/6 6d Deebook 23/- 21/6 23/6 24/6 Kampong Kamnting 55/6 56/6 56/- 57/* Katoo Deebook
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  • 133 5 Tbe following articles will ba f undo& oar o«t»id<3 pages 2 -Storage of Rubber, 3—K°dah Notes. Hamta Torto'ees. Penang Oar D»y 1918. 6, Military Service. Divorce and tbe Cbaroh. Tbe Chinese Bolah-v k A London S.atou in 1918. 7. Luxemburg Betrothal. Tbe Oxford of To day. Bays a writer
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  • 188 5 A British Foreigo Office cable d*tid I August 30 says The German press shows signs of great uneasiness by beginning to ontioise the High Command, Von Ardenne, one of the military oritios, says in the Berliner Tageblatl Dot only that the Germans bad «Beamed in
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  • 224 5 Prilimikary Enquiry. In the Polios Court before Mr, G. C G. Muller this morning tbe prelimiuarr eiquiry Liras begun into the case against Oag Toon, Teh Neo Yin, Tab Ah Chong, Lnn Ab Heog »nd Ltm Ah Hey who are charged with •ommitting gang robbery in the
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  • 527 5 Statement of accounts to 4th September:— Aug. 2 By Balance 2 00 Sept. 8 Teoh Obeow Cheang monthly 2.00 4 N. MoHatohison 1015 3ept. 4 By Balance 14.15 Amount previously acknowledged 82,863 98 Total $32,878.18 Gin, the N. C. D. Mail hears, has made «nother jump, upward
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  • 16 5 Obituary, London, September 9, Genial E. W. Oox bas been drowned with bis battery in Fraro?.
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  • 1139 6 It is announced that the Tribunal under i the Military Service O/dioance will hold its firet sitting on August 28, and we have noted a gradually diminishing expectation of much disturbance of existing conditions The married men are not to be sent, though, apparently they will have to
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  • 365 6 DIVIDEND OF 25 PER CENT. The eleventh annual report of tbeDireotoi 1 oftbe above Company to be submitted at the ordinary general meeting to be held at the registered offioes in Penang on Saturday, the 28th instant at 12 noon is as follows t The Directors
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  • 83 6 TUIBDAY, September, 10, Municipal Commission, 4 p.m. WIDNISDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 Town Band, Esplanade* Friday. September 13, Town Band, Esplanade. Penang Impte sionists* Exhib tion, Chinese Merchant*’ C üb, 9 $0 a.m. to 7 p.m, Saturday, September 14, Cricket.—Government Service 9». C. R. C, Victoria Grcea. Sunday, September
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  • 110 6 Despite counter-attractions there was a well-filled house at the Coliseum for last night’s change of programme. Tte Embodied Thought is a pioture which should not be missed. It is a four-reel drama of intense interest and relates to a Jewish banker who plots to kill his partner by
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  • 120 6 The fanoy dress ball in the Taiping Town Hall on Saturday, was a huge success. Over two hundred people were present, and it is estimated that about $l,OOO will be available far the Rsd Cross Fund, in aid of which the danoe was organised. The prize
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  • 24 6 The Ulu Piah Oompanv. Mine output 210 pis. approximate value $20,536 91 Tribute Ore 165 84 pl>. $8,848.75; Total Revenue $»8,836,66.
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  • 974 6 If a London Rip van Winkle had en- i j yed the good formne of goiog to sleep in tbe summer of 1914, and had awoke in M y, 1918, be would very quickly have htcome aware, writes a oorresp indent of tbe Timet, that,
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  • 977 6 If, as seems to be the case, we are to place the law relating to divoroe oa a more liberal footing, it becomes admisoible to consider whether the whole attitude of the State towards marriage ought nut to be rev s d At present it is
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  • 1822 6 Toe reoord of Chinese events, important enough to be osbled ab oad, duing the past few montDs, has been very largely cne f administrative scandal», annotated with borrowings of Japanese money on te ms which are to the credit neither of the borrower nor the lender. In
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 13 6 For Children's Hacking Oongh at nigh! Wood's Great Peppermint Oa re Is. 6d.
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    • 52 6 A Good Bale for the Home. Mike It a m’e of jour home to always keep od baud a bottle of Chamber Iain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a safeguard against bowel complaints It always oures promptly and no household is safe without it, For sale by all dispensaries
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    • 29 6 ft §OOC A machine w That n u breaks down aitogef in dn*h°* case with sufferers {l p most disheartening t 0 are troubled, turn g£ WOODS'GREAT PBPMWf i,
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  • 471 7 j The Hoiu:i s iliern of (oicing or encouraging matrimonial alliances with German prinoelings, in order that the ,thrones of Europe shall be occupied by the of Potsdam, is not to be consummated, says a home paper, in the case of he Grand Duchy of Luxemburg without protest
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  • 524 7 Oxford, when the river is flooded and the fields below Magdalen are one vast lake, only requires the glinting sunshine to t-m it into a scene of the greatest beauty A blue lake, sur- j rounded by purplish skeleton trees with the gray tower of Mag
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 726 7 I 9 i NOTICE We beg to announce to The General Public that wo have just received a large shipment of fresh Horse j? 0 jpr, comprising the following:— CRUSHED FOOD”, “CRUSHED OATS 5 ‘‘BRAN”, “CHAFF” etc Orders for same either in big or small quantities are solicited. Prices very
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    • 53 7 Aecidents Will Happen. It may be impossible to prerent an aocident, bat it is not impossible to be prepared (or it Chamberlain’s Pain Balm is net be* 1 yoad any toe’s parse, and with a battle of this linimeat yoa are prepared far almest anything. For sale by all dispensaries
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    • 609 7 V&CLITE This ia to give notice that the above Trade Mark ia the property of Vacuum Oil Company, a Company incorporated in Rochester, New U 8. A., and having a branoh firm at No- 44. R binson Road, Jingapore, Lubricating Oil Manufacturers, nd it ia used by them aa a
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    • 228 7 WONDERS WILL NEVER CEASE. A splendid offer of Dress Goods at prices which have become prises BRITISH MADE THROUGHOUT. Fine Navy Blue Tweed, 56 ins, wide, fast olour, smooth surfaoe. P fcg 19-50 yard. Excellent Black Tweed, 56 ins. wide, fast colour. Pi ice $7-50 SI $9-50 yard. i Sf
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 1321 8 P.'S 0. —BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Companies Incorporated in England MAIL AND PASSENGER SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS(Under Contract Jwith Hia Majesty's Government) Tha Company’! MAIL SERVICES EAST OF BOMBAY or* at present appended Ptaaengere for Europe are booked via Bombay as opportunity offers und aa far as tcaoHUu
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