Straits Echo, 9 February 1917
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Straits Echo
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Title Section35 1917-02-09 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 15. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, FKIUAY, 9th FEBIIUAKY, 191/. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 32.35 words
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Advertisement1099 1917-02-09 1 j > ilfiA I V. NATUiii RESERVE your car FOR 1 J HP m MED NOW. A Fleet of English and American Cars for hire day and night. COME TO The Georgetown Motor Garage 7a. PENAN6 ROAD. Phone No. 694. Tel. Address: Hokimteik, Penang. {BANKS. Chartered Bank of India, Australia1,099 words
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Advertisement18 1917-02-09 1 VM ■i j mi SM (rVi ft l* C a i* 3 m •Ilii! IS v«m* V U'S18 words
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Article1188 1917-02-09 2 As time goes on the doctors out at the {rout are now and again getting a share of honours, decorations, and mentions in despatches. Well, they deserve all they get. No one except those out there can know how hard these men work. In the1,188 words
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Article831 1917-02-09 2 A Character Sxrtcb. {From A Corretpondent). There is beauty in the simplicity of the moujik, and it is perhaps better appreciated in tUe wards of a field hospital close to the Russian front than when interpreted, particularly in translation, by Tolstui. He is, in fact, about the831 words
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Advertisement252 1917-02-09 2 New Models in Stylish Ladies’ Footwear. Hi /VX |A«E can give you the best possible value for money. We are constantly adding new styles of Ladies’ Footwear, but we trust that the specimens shown in this page will interest you. LADIES’ BLACK DERBY LACING SHOE. Fitted with high Cuban heel,252 words
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Advertisement54 1917-02-09 2 Onneceiury Words. Why waste words and advertising space in describing the many points of merit in Cbamberlan’s Cough Remedy F The most astidious are satitfied when we state that, it cures colds and coughs from any cause, and that it contains absolutely no narcotics cr injurious substances. For sale by54 words
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Advertisement424 1917-02-09 2 SALE. MOTOE CAR, IS H. p. Humber > «eater, Electric Light pi„A Apply' to° d H rD aU m fir8t cl& condition. No. 27, c/o Straitt Echo, FOR sale, PIANO, COLLARD AND COLLARn in first class order. Apply No. 28, c/o Straits Echo, W ANTED. Advertiser wishes to invest 8Umi424 words
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Article134 1917-02-09 3 Pbnaivo. Fm»ua*t 8 ,g, eanriee, of the Chartered Bank.) i A.™ Imoaih] Bank 3/4| t*** Honth»’ »i S ht Bank 2/4 11/16 Credit 2/5 1/16 •> Documentary 2/5 8/82 tta Demand Bank Bs. 166 c k kU, 3 .i*kt PtiTala— 172 o mhftv Demand Bank *66 Moulm’oin, Demand Hank134 words
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Article525 1917-02-09 3 Three Chap Goh Meh Robberies. The Chap Goh Meh festival did not pass without cases of robbery being recorded. Three Chinese were yesterday arraigned before Mr. R. D. Acton in the District Court charged with robbery of jewellery. Chan Ah Si, when charged with robbery of a525 words
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Article83 1917-02-09 3 The undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by Messrs. Allen Dennys and Go. at their Auction Sale yesterday: Smoked Ribbed Sheet $143 to $l5l per picul Plain Sheet 117 124 Jt No. 2 Smoked Sleet Diamond 126 142 Unemoked Sheet 118 124 No 2 Unsmoked Sheet83 words
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Article25 1917-02-09 3 Alor Pongsn 25,215 lb, Brieh id 319 lb, Merbau 14,148 lb, North Perak 2,833 lb. Ayer Kuning 5,500 lb, Temerlob 9,968 lb.25 words
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Article46 1917-02-09 3 The output of tin ore from the Ngow pro* perty of the Siamese Tin Syndicate, Limited for January waa 1(861 piculs, The output of the Meglembu Lode Syndicate. Limited, for the month of January 1917, waa i Output 202 picula i Estimated value 89,80046 words
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Article183 1917-02-09 3 The following programme of muaic will be played at the Golf Club to-morrcw evening from 5 45 p.m. to 7.15 p.m.: 1 Overture The Fair Maid of Perth Hartmann 2 Polka Sweet Kiss Kinkel 3 Selection The Toreador Monckton 4 Waltz Luna Bella Aigrette 5 Melody J.n183 words
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Article384 1917-02-09 3 In the District Court bojore Mr. R. D* Actou this morning a Tamil Moonosamy was charged with kidnapping a minor named Muoiandi from the lawful guardianship of one Malaohee in Kimberley Street. The accused olaimed trial Court Inspector Nicol prosecuted. Malachee, a woman 9! ill-fame, stated that384 words
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Article278 1917-02-09 3 A correspondent writes to the T.O.ii: With regard to the regrettable disability of the Police to regulate vehicular traffic in Ipob, it is interesting to learn that once before a serious attempt was made to teach the Oriental constable exactly how to control vehicular and pedestrain278 words
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Article314 1917-02-09 3 [Toma Eoztob or xsa Straitt Eeks.] Sir,-—I would like to call attention to a recurrence of gambling in country bungalows whioh since the Chinese New Year baa been of daily occurrence. By means of a private circular the players, who are at present mostly young people, belonging314 words
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Advertisement327 1917-02-09 3 FOR sale. 1 Elect)ic 20 H P. Mo»o* from Eogland f or (retting iub v or; not. b en used. Apply Box A, c'o Htraits Eche, 96 A Stomach Tonic. A tome dyspepsia is probably the commonest form cf indigestion net with in tbe East. Tbis lack of tone n327 words
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Advertisement373 1917-02-09 3 NORTH KEDAH OOR DAY CELEBRATIONS IN AID OF THE RED CROSS FUND 10th and lltk Febrwi.ry, 1917 17th and 18th B'Akhir, 1836, At A»ak Bukit Gardens, Alor Stir, Kedah. PROGRAMME. 17th and 18th R’Akhir, 1335—Gambling 9 a.into 12 M’night. 17th and 18th Mayongs, 10 a m. to 4 p m.373 words
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Advertisement227 1917-02-09 3 mm. I 1 I QUALITY is the point which is necessaryin an enjoyable Cigarette. I 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 *5 2 2 2 2 2 2 is VIRGINIA c *carette5^^ E )0W 'STOL K 10^0 That’s why “EMBASSY VIRGINIA No. 77227 words
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Article, Illustration98 1917-02-09 4 ftl&M daily (noept Sunday» and public holidays) iTTXI CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. Jfe. 59 1 Beach Street, Penang, t».. f PaiCß. till Daily Local 124 per annum. Oafertation... Postage Extra. Mail Elitiir (Port Free) «17.50 OABLB ADDBBSB ECHO—PENANG." Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343 N. 5,—A1l business98 words
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Article1353 1917-02-09 4 Gradually the distance which itill separatee Germany and America from war grows smaller. If citizens of the United States were killed on board either the California or the Eavettone, the line will oertainly hare been crossed and direct Amerioan participation iu the hostilities on the side of1,353 words
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Article902 1917-02-09 4 Mr, Yeoh Paik Tatt leaves to-day for a visit to Pangkor. Mr. T. S. Dumbreck is now with the forces in East Africa. Mr. G. B. Cargill, late of Sungkai, went over to France in July last. Major J. A. Chamier, formerly Adjutant M, 8. Y. R.,902 words
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Article984 1917-02-09 4 Estimates and Actuals, The Kuala Lumpur paper states that th. total amount of the duty collected on tin f E r the F.M.S. during 1 9 i 6 »7, 904,551.76, an increase of $693,726 06 compared with 1915. M Unless our memory plays us false, this is at984 words
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Advertisement129 1917-02-09 4 DOC X DOCDOC n ESTATE SUPPLIES. ACETIC ACID. PORCELAIN CUPS WHITE OLAZED, FLAT BOTTOM. lateT>ans WHITE ENAMELLED SIZE 15 by 10 by 4, tappincTknives. SODIUM BISULPHITE ONE CWT. DRUMSLATEX PAILS WHITE ENAMELLED IT AND 12", Large Stocks on hand for Immediate Delivery. ’ll THE EASTERN TRADING Co., Telephone 55, Pitt129 words
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Article1258 1917-02-09 5 [Reuter's Telegrams] TREMENDOUS preparations. General P«rski»*'a Fore*. Washington, February 8. The outward calm of the nation conceals tremendous secret preparation for war. The soldiers are being drilled in the latest European methods. It is stated that General Pershing’s force which has returned from Meiico is one of1,258 words
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Article806 1917-02-09 5 [Reuter's Telegrams] progress on the ancre. Eacmy's Heavy Losses. London, February 8, 1.15 a.m. I ield-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports As the result of pressure on both banks of the Anore the enemy was foroed to evacuate Grandcourt, which is entirely in our possession with the defensive works806 words
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Article519 1917-02-09 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] anchor liner torpedoed. The Casualties. London, February 8. The Anchor liner California bound from I New York to Glasgow has been torpedoed. I One person was killed and thirty injured j The rest are being landed. The California carried passengers and I mails. Survivors state519 words
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Article26 1917-02-09 5 C fhm Our Own Correspondent, London, February 8. The prices in the London Rubber Market to-day were:— Pale Crepe 3/2$ Diamond Smoked 3/2$26 words
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Article96 1917-02-09 5 Latest Qaotatioas. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $93.75, business done, in Singapore (rtfioed) at $95, business done (75 tons sold) and in London at /6200 5s spot and £2Ol ss. three months' sight. Messrs. Bonstead A Co. inform ns that the following, received on the96 words
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Article798 1917-02-09 5 [Reuter's Telegrams] Ut. realise Figaras. London, February 7. Up to Januiry 1, 916 ladim CiTil Sa; vice officials retired or on leave offered I tbeir services for war to the India Offioe, where a bureau has bem established for the purpose of putting applicants lia798 words
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Article350 1917-02-09 5 SacowD Day's Rbsclts. i I (From Our Own OorretpondmU) Kuala Lumpur, Fab. S. There was a fair attendance on the seoond day of the Salangor Rices. Owing to thn I wet weather the going was heary. Appended are the results 1. Civil Samviea Stax as. I Moment R350 words
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Article132 1917-02-09 5 C From Our Own OorraponJmU') Kuala Lumpur, February 8. At a meeting of the Agricultural Conference of Malaya for 1917 the following were appointed on the Committee I The Director of Agriculture, Messrs Kindersley, Muuro and Mooijaart and the Seoretary of the P. A. M with Mr, B.132 words
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Article115 1917-02-09 5 The following artiolas will be fouad on onr outside pages <— Papas. 2. —The Dootor of the Regiment. The Russian Tommy. 3. District Court Cases. Tin Outputs. To-morrow** Band Programme. January Rubber Crop*. Pea sag Rubber Auction. A Kidnapping Case. Recurrence of Gambling. Rules of tbs Rond. 6. The115 words
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Article991 1917-02-09 6 Th« Pan German Plot Unraaakad. Berlin's Formidable Peace-Trap of "The Drawn War By Andre Cheradame. Tranwlatad by Lady Fraser- (Murray. 2s.Gd.net.) I, When M. Cheradame’s admirable little work "Le Plan Pangermaniste Demasque appft&ed last summer we said that an -English translation should be published as rapidly991 words
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Article879 1917-02-09 6 A Gbbat Patbiot, Those who study Mr. Asquith’s two speeches, delivered, the one at the Reform < Club immediately after his resigDatioD, and the other from the Opposition benches on the occasion of the new Prime Minister’s speech in the House of Commons, will form the conclusion879 words
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Article39 1917-02-09 6 The following were the results of the ties played off yesterday Championship. M M Stewart heat M K Whitlock 6—4,6—4. Doubles B. H Jackson A A 8 Hall u> o.from Dr J Sharp 4C W Billantyne39 words
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Article922 1917-02-09 6 And Thosb Who Spot Thim This business of blockading, writes i "Jackstaff” in a home paper, is a fine whet- stone for the wits It keeps those of all j parties engage i in it runners and "preventive men” alike—rubbed up to the i keenness of a well-stropped922 words
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Article968 1917-02-09 6 There is nothing of the freakish or the phenomenal in the extraordinary growth in size of the battleship and the gun it carries. In every branch of engineering construction it has been proved that size—bigness —carries with it both economy and efficiency. The fifty-thousand-ton merchant ships shows968 words
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Article684 1917-02-09 6 (Bt a Cohteibutoe). The absence of any practical suggestions, other than an income tax, or an export duty on certain classes of produce indi- genous to the Colony and Federated Malay States, in order to assist the home Government by taking a share in the financial684 words
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Article198 1917-02-09 6 Friday, February 9 Town Band. Esplanade, National Mission, Public Meeting, Town Hall, 5 p.m. Saturday, February 10. Town Band, Golf Club. North Kedah Our Day Celebrations. Selangor Rices. Perak River Valley Robber Co. Ltd., A.G.M. Chamber of Commerce, 12 noon. Sunday, February 11, Fexagesima Sunday. North Kedah198 words
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Article833 1917-02-09 6 IwTBBBST rw Gbbmxnt I ondon, J an The Keelnitehe Volki Ztiluns, on the importaace of the Brit?,h* 7 i Ur War Conference, and expresses tL ID P er, *l that the Dominion represents; oplnion obtain greater Influence. It is ,1,! 11 that in many matters their i n833 words
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Advertisement10 1917-02-09 6 For Chronic Cheat Complaint», Wood»’ Great Peppermint Cure la. id10 words
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Advertisement71 1917-02-09 6 The scourge of tropical country is dysentery, but every trouble has i‘s antidote, an i for dysentery the medicine is WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CORE. It is a medicine that will provide quick re'ief and cure. Those who have to get uw»y iota the out portions of this country should never71 words
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Advertisement12 1917-02-09 6 For Children’* Hacking Coagh At Night. Wood»’ Great Peppermint Cure, li. 8d,12 words
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Advertisement70 1917-02-09 6 Whoopiaj Caujh. When jour child has whooping cough be careful to keep the cough loose and expectoration easy by giving Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as may be required. This remedy will also liquify the tough caucus 'and make ti easier to expectorate. It has been used successfully in many epidemics and70 words
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Advertisement38 1917-02-09 6 The Best Confh Medicii*. Chamberlain 8 Cough remedy ‘*jj largest selling cough medicine D the to-day because it does exactly wb»t a medioine is supposed to do. It and oolds speedily and effectually, by all dispensaries and dealers.38 words
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Article1607 1917-02-09 7 I It it not so many years ago aince ana I used to eigh with satisfaction if the book I one were about to read began with the I enchanted phrase Once upon a time. It waa 1 lin itself a passport to delight, the text for1,607 words
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Article391 1917-02-09 7 Pbotest Bt Nativi Chbistians. Id reference to tke proposal to establish Confucianism as the State religion of China the following appeal has been issued by Delegates from the Catholic Episcopalian, Anglican, Presbyterian, American Board, Methodist, London Misaon and Independent Churches, representing 3,500,000 Christians throughout China391 words
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Advertisement140 1917-02-09 7 HAVE YOU TRIED THE FAMOUS SLOT BRANDY MADE IN FRANCE. ONE, THREE SIX STARS ON SALE EVERYWHERE. G. H. Slot Co. ’Phoo« 453. SOLE IMPORTERS. Telffmns: SLOT. "They Prosper Most Who Serve Best” I 5'WlV. THIS is the old motto on which we are building our business. Our experience is140 words
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Advertisement39 1917-02-09 7 I If other laxatives disappoint, use J iPINKETTES I The dainty Imtlm that raally correct chronic constipation. $0 cants par phial at your dnilllsfs or direct by mail on receipt ol price from DB. WILLIAM» 1 MEDICINE COMPANY, tlMGAPORE.39 words
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Advertisement710 1917-02-09 7 Driving Pain Hare you a pain anywhere in jour body f Is it a little pain or a bier pain Does it torture a single nerve or does it grind and rack your entire being P Isn’t it foolish then to be driven by pains or aches, big or little,710 words
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Advertisement1534 1917-02-09 8 p. British India Mail AND APGAR LINE (Companies Incorporate» in England.) and Passenger Servicei KONIHKLIJKE PAKETYAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. (ROYAL PACKET S. N. COMPANY.) (Incorposatbp in Holland.) For Int»nd»d to Sail. 10th Febiuary PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. (under contract with his majesty’s government) For Singapore, China, Japan, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt,1,534 words
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