Straits Echo, 29 November 1918

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    34 1 Straits Echo LY CHRONICLB OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING ITBROUGHOUT THB STRAITS, THE FEDERATED lALAY STATES AND THB FAR EAST GENERALLY So\“ 16. $BO Per Annum, PENANG, JfWiDAY, 29th NOVEMBER, 1918, No. 27». Elncle Copy, cent*.
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      5 1 MILKMAID b rAf*A»i.£ »20.50 Rt
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    THE END OF THE WORLD.
    1957 2 When will the world come to an end f We all remember Mather Sbipton’s remarkable phophecy, all the details of which were felfilled save that one, the date of whloh is long past. The present war and the supposed identification of the Kaiser with the
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      418 2 8< x 1 ~?n GET YOUR CRACKERS from WHITEAWAY’S BAZAAR. JOCXDOOoC DOC DO o |A Fairy Frolic Crackers. Contain Stmds, Necklet*, Charms, Rings, Pins., Price 85 cts. Fortune’s Favourites.’’ This, box contains 12 large Crackers containing hats and caps and also .an amusing face and mask (2 articles) Prise |2,20
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      81 2 Cnap. This disease is so dangerous and so rapid in Us development that every mother of young children should be prepared for it. It is very risky to wait until the attack of croup appears and then send for medicine and let the onild suffer until it can be obtained.
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      12 2 For Ciiili ia’a Hacking Oaijh at NigitWo#d?*» Qrval Ptfpamuil o*rt U %d*
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      657 2 ORIGINATING In: In SUMMONS. svn the Sopreme Coart 0 1 Settlements, E Settlement o! Pens,. -the matter of an T ni i S?JSW12^»JvSft! IV Balek P,.low in p M *«179 u 1 Statutory Graut No In the matter of >• ti.„ n. Code 1907” ih# Cl »Jl Pf^ OH KEAT
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    DOMESTIC SERVANTS REGISTRATION.
    523 3 (To TEI EDirom, lime» of Malaya Sl There muit surely be a good deal i °PPosition among fair minded people to ao one-sided a achexe aa thia, though Mr. °n* r> aok discovered it P He haa always, of coarae, spoiled his agitation by hjsteria, and to-day
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    A Remarkable Gipsy Prophecy.
    203 3 A little while ago there appeared in several Garman newspapers aa account of a supposed interview of the Kaiser with a gipsy, when he was quits a young man* Germany she told him, 'will have a great war in 1914,’ and she added ominously, Germany will
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    Siam’s Boy Scouts.
    175 3 From the Boy Saouts Headquarters in Siam there has just been issued the first annual report on the work of the Boy Sooats organisation in that Kingdom covering 92 olearly-printed pages of information relating to the numerous Cirps of Boy Sooats in Siam and to the Boy
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    Sungei Patani “ Our Day."
    86 3 Sungei Patani Our Day. In celebration of Our Day at Sungei Pataai there will be a concert followed by a dance on the night of Saturday, the 14tb December in aid of the Cross Fund. Tiokets at 84 dollars e&oh admitting a lady free are already available and those requiring
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    THE WATERFRONT.
    484 3 Amnivixa, Koemai, Dut s.s. 160 toas, Captain de Haan, 28/11, from Lsngsa 26/11, for Deli and ports 80/11, general cargo, K.P.M. Pin Sing. Br. s,s. 878 tens, Captain David, son, 28/11, from Singapore 26/11, for Singapore 29/11, general oargo, E.B. Co, Ltd. Jin Ho Br. s.s* 94 tons,
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    India’s Part in the War.
    291 3 CONGRATULATIONS BY THE WAR CABINET. A Splimdid Tuibutb. The following telegrams, dated November 5. have been reoeived by H. fl. the Yiceroy from the Secretary of State i In transmitting to you the accompanying telegram from the War Cabinet I desire to associate myself and
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      695 3 OUR DAY. Juab!* Sale in aid of the Red Cross town hall, durian, December 14th, 1018, 9 50 AM —11 HOON. of any description will be re Ar b the Ladie’s Committee at the |T H»ll between 9.30 a.m. and 11 noon I nicembar lltb, 12th and 18:h or oan
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      340 3 FRESH BTOOK OF Sakura Beer Stout Qts. 4pts Chianti Claret Martini Rossi Italian Yermonth JUST ARRIVED. Acetic Acid in Jars (Japanese) Corrugated Iron (English) Cbangkols etc. Telephone 572. Cable All RELY. WHATS ON AT THE EMPIRE 1.1 HOUSE CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S Farmer Alfalfa’s Revenge Cartoon Comedy r “Hist” it 6 o'clock
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    The Straits Echo.
    97 4 PUBLISHED DAILY (Except Sundays and public holidays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, LIMITED, 59, Beach Street, Peaaaf. Price s Dally Local 180 Per annum Outatatlon Postage Extra. Mall Edition (Post Free) $lB per annum. Cables Addreaa ECHO PENANG.” Telephone Noe. (Eoho) 586. Printing Department 343« fl.B.— All business
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    THE PRUSSIAN SPIRIT.
    1272 4 Ad English newspaper described Pros* si» recently &s the common enemy of the nineteen nations.” The description is not an adequate one for, although only the nineteen allies were fighting against her* Prussia was undoubtedly the enemy of all mankind. And when one says Prussia one means
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    M. A. P.
    826 4 The will of Lady Ellis, of St. James Court, S.W. wife of Sir Evelyn Campbell Ellis, has been proved at $265, 8,F P. Mr. Justioe L. M. Woodward who went !o Singapore for the Fall Coart of Appeal returned this morning by the s.s. Ipoh- Among those
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    Tin.
    58 4 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day st $124 25, and in Singapore (refined) et $124.95, business done, obanging bands 75 too?. It is just a year thee Russia weot out of (he war. Numerous thefts of motor tyres and spare wheels are repot tod from Soirabaya, The
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    897 4 Wisdom of Our Ancestor., lawyer. fir s h th t! Dff W do W s ki11.,, awyers,—.ghakespesn, Han r u 11 ths Part, Act iv, 80. 2. ory V V’ Scotch Modesty. God gie as a Ruid OODOtit Of ceurse, the Scotch sra the r L n t°h
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      158 4 SOMETHING QUITE NEW IN WATER COLOUR FOR WALLS. ARTISTIC, SANITARY, LASTING AND ECONOMICAL “Alabastine when applied on the walla gives a clear, streakless, and spotless appearanoe and is particularly suitable for standing the trying light of the Tropics. •If “Alabastine” is stocked in a| wide range of colours in 5
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      37 4 TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT 11 St. ANDREW S BALL Scots roha hae Dinna forget for the Scottish RED CROSS. 2,400,000 sick and wounded •SODGERS." Bobbin Burns bids ye, Remember he's hit country’s stay In day and hour of danger."
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    GERMAN POLITICS.
    171 5 [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] iE d naiional assembly. London, Novembtr 26. message that the German r;:~* *-H is cancelled, Ftt The Dresden Soviet. Uaiority Socialist** Sucooeb. Ljcd jn, November .26. Ilk ,e from Copenhagen says the itD states that the eleotion to the I*** Dresden resulted in the Majority 88.473
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    In the Cables.
    652 5 Arica is seaport in Omie and the oapitai dl tue province of Taoua. It is connected bv ia i witb me town of faona. It is built ,'a.t close to the sea-shore, having a Lb promontory to the south Which protbe lOsdsttad, there being no harbour, lbe
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    RUSSIAN PRISONERS’ PLIGHT.
    893 5 [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS] Adrift an the Frontier. London, November 26. A message to Stockholm from Petrograd says that immense crowds of fteed I Russian prisoners of war from Germany are 1 adr.ft on tbe frontier, suffering terribly from lack ot olothing and food. Most of them are ill
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    FRENCH OCCUPY BUDAPEST.
    55 5 [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS] KAROLYI’B OFFICIAL RECEPTION. London, November 28. A telegram to Paris from Geneva says the Frecoh have occapied Budapest and were warmly welcomed by the inhabitants. The German Imperial Councillor Sobnlse committed saioide on seeing the reception aooordid the Frenoh whom Coant Ktrolji ss President of
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    Dutch Cable Items.
    213 5 A cable from Amsterdam states that tbe Gtrman ex*Orowu Pnnoe met with a very hostile reception at Ickbuisan, in Holland, wbere the orowd greeted him with moat opprobrious abuse. A number of Bolshevik agents have been arrested in Madrid ana other Spanish towns. An agitation aiming at
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    Singapore Marine Enquiry.
    45 5 C From, Char Oran OirrespondwUj Singapore, November 29. At the Marine Enquiry into the stranding of the s.u Anamba near Sabang on the 26tb September, Capt. Arnold, the Master of the vessel, maintained that it was due to the steering gear jamming.
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    Singapore Rubber Committee.
    43 5 STANDARD GRADES INTBODU CED QFrom Our Cum Correspondent o Singapore, November 29. The Singapore Rubber Committee are instituting from the Ist Dioaiabar standard grades in sheet and crepe, the basis being slightly lover than what wore previously called prime grades.
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    Singapore Municipality.
    83 5 TRAMWAY OR MOTOR TRANSPORT. C From Our Own Correspondent o Smpapore, November 29. Mr. Lawther-Kemp at the Munimpal meeting this afternoon will move that the Commissioners oppxsa the granting of monopolies to private oonoerns iu respect of transport, and the exceasiox of existing monopolies, and also that tbay
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    Produce Market.
    209 5 Messrs. Allen Dennys ACo ’a Auction, per pound els, cti. Smoked Diamond Sheet No. 1 70 Smoked Diamond Sheet No. 2 53 „66 Uasmoked Sheet No. 1 59 Unsmoked Sheet No. 2 47^ Crepj F*ne pale thin 73$ 7bj Fine brown 84$ 49 Dark 8® 82 Barky 21
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    BRITISH AIR FORCE.
    351 5 [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] VALUE IN HOME DEFENCE. AEslBtano» Acknowledged. London, Njvember26, The Air Counoil pays a high tribute to the valour and devotion to duty of the Air Force in war time and says that in every theatre of the war by sea \nd land the assistance of
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    The Germaas in China.
    457 5 A Warning to Businessmen. Cninese businessmen will do wall to be warned in time against tbe pitfalls of a new German trade piop.ganda <vh.cn has been oedu launched wunia the last few days. Local Gormans are busy now telling the Chinese that paaco has come and
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    GOVERNMENT SERVICE.
    1100 5 A CLminissioa 10 consider the p*y* pensions, allowances and otber grievances o£ servaufs ot the Straits and F M 3. Govern» ments is to be ccnventd under the chair» mensbip of the Cbief Justice and containing two tffijiai and two unofficial members, it is granted, then, that all
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    THE RUBBER SITUATION.
    942 5 DIVE EG EN L' VIEWS WITHIN THE INDUSTBY, Io the oourse of an interesting article the Singapore tret tret» of Wednesday says i A decidedly curious situation appeal a to bavd Deen reached in regard to ti<e rubber industry tor we learn to-day that iha auober Growers'
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    Outside.
    49 5 The following »1x1010« will ba found ou our outbid? pigc* 1 2. Tna &aa of the World. 3. —Dju»e«iio SarvAate Kigiatration. The Water trout. 6« —Th* Pruatu, Ax Ota in from (Jam*. M>. VVolid a VV*«u«. vV«i o r Kigbta. A.tf*ir« iu Unin*. 7,— Tao PtoT»nu«uoua of Pio|)»g»ndiata
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    WATER RIGHTS.
    1759 6 PERAK APPEAL OABI. Ordmm or thm Com, In the Court of Appual, Kuala Lemper, •n Mondej, judgment wee delivered in the oeee known ee the Perak Water Rights oase, the reading of their judgments bj Mr. Jnatioe Innes (Aoting Chief Judicial Oommissioner) and Justioes Sprouie and Earnahaw, occupying
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    The Empire Theatre.
    252 6 The Management announce unprecedented Nucopas with th'Special Metro Picture—"The Call of Her People”—now screened nightly. It is a picture, wa are to'd, of great merit, perfect in every detail from cost to tbe artistic aub-tittlea opening, and closing with quotations from Budyard Kipling. The acting is superb
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    AFFAIRS IN CHINA.
    1191 6 THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT. Peking, November 8. The President has now been in office practically a month, and though it is not pretended that a man who is expecting to hold office for five years will show all his cards in the first month, there is nevertheless a
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    “Simplified Chinese.”
    898 6 It is one chief peculiarity of the Chinese language that each separate word is represented by a distinct character. Even a Chinese pooket-diotionary oontams over 10,000 of these characters. If a man desires to master Chinese thoroughly he must apply his mind and memory until be oan recognise
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    THE REAL PRUSSIA.
    486 6 WHAT THE JUNKERS HOPED FOR. Ia the Zukunft Herr Harden gives the following senes of quotations from the official reports of the sittings of the Upper House of the Prussian Dleh daring the month of July t From a speech by Count Bebr Oar troops and their
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    An Omen from China.
    281 6 Nanking Northmen Francis. rr»^ r m N nkia Sf *t the close of the T «ip ing rebellion, all the goldan glories of the Southern Dynasties (4th, 5th, and 6tb centuries, a d.) had been completely wiped out, When Tesng Kuo-fan had reoovered the oity (18S4),
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    Week's Events.
    56 6 Friday, November 29. Town Band, EsplanadeJewish Holiday (Hanuc&h). 8t Andrew’s Ball, Town Hall, Municipal Commission, Saturday, November 30, Bt. Andrew. Football Penang vt Perak, Ipoh. SUK DAY, DeoRMBBR 1. First in Advent. Queen Alexandra’s Birthday (1844), Drcrmbir 2. Town Band, Esplanade. New Fantastics, Town Hall. Tubsday, Dioember 8.
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    MR. WELLS’S WARDS.
    891 6 j and Piter t> (CwU. a net) B J H 0 B.chelorsor, indeed, and mothers blessed with fan, Who get married aod C "““7 the,, doclrimdlpj ‘T'CIS opinions on the stupidity b v too and the righto of 'C little amusement w b with (toed with the
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    THE PREVARICATIONS OF PROPAGANDISTS.
    2041 7 In the oourse of a lengthy bet interesting article with the heading given above, the Japan Chronicle says i A few weeks ago an eminent Japanese jurist, Dr. Miyaoka, spoke in New York on the eubjeot of German propaganda, and seme of bis remarks call for
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    Market Prices.
    342 7 Puhaho, Notihih 29, 1918. Bnr- Boup per catty 20 Roast m do 80 Steaks do 80 Stew or Curry Meat do Rump Steak do 80 Ox Tail each 86 Tongue do 86 «9 Feet do 1 Heart small... eaoh 36 Lirer per oatty 40 Fillet of Beef do
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      780 7 DO DCD DC ——ir DCDC peril of are ill, but Are you well? Many people need medicine, and some are in ...ntracting illnesses because they do not know they s on ]y think themselves “run down.’* Watch for signs like these. Are you easily tired? Does *our head acheP Does
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      240 7 PENANG CRICKET CLUB THE Ann—l General Meeting will be held in the Cricket Club Pavilion on Friday, December tke 6th, 1918 at 6 p m. AGENDA 1. To read and if approved confirm the minnteeof the Annual General Meeting held on Friday 26th October, 1917. 2. To receive the Annoal
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