Straits Echo, 10 March 1917

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    36 1 Straits Echo DAILV CHRONICLE 0F EVENTS > CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. 1 VOL. 16. $24 Per nnum. PENANG, SATURDAY, loth MAKAJiI, 1917. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 57.
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      1119 1 ll* tvs 6?» 1 mm 3R mm n The Georgetown Motor Garage (BANKS, h Chartered Bank of India, Australia and Chinn. 7 A Penang Road. Tel. Address i Hokimteik. Penang. ’Phoue No. 694. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND BY ROYAL UHARTER.) jei, 200,000 •£1.800,000 pOR- i Ihj. COMMONWEALTH partin-palmer MOTOR CARS Paid
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      32 1 'SSgS MILK ,Nfr AN TS OW^-JTri' Cf WHICH JSrHE bettco#*'* A. 3d 6»* S s £Ctio ns poi osfi SS, r o* <s»o ‘l*, Sk. km^mlJ f 4 J-. s» sg -s
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    Affairs in Russia.
    903 3 DUMA AND PRO-GERM ANah Dangers or Political Situation. Petrograd, January 25. The chaos in Russia continues The political horizon is darker than ever. Even the Ukase of the Tsar failed to dispe! the general feeling of discomfort and anticipation of untoward events. The situation is seriously compromising
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    Mechanical Religion.
    1110 3 Person and Process (From a “Times" Correspondent.) Every one knows that there are mechanical praotices in our religion and that it is easy to fall in them though the? are never quite so much systematized as the Prayer Wheels of Tibet, those symbols of "all mechanical religion about
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      307 3 i FIRESTONE TYRE I I I I I I I i I I I I ONCE TRIED ALWAYS USED I AGENTS: BRINKMANN Co., Singapore. THE WATERHOUSE CO., LTD. 1 (incorporated in the u.s.a.) Muar, Malacca and Kuala Lumpur. R. T. REID Co., Penang. I I I i ban*.* a i
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    SHARES.
    2272 4 p Dividend. a Number of a. o.2 Capital. Shares t 3 Name. E £-3 issued. S last finan- for current o 8 (S cial year. year- e g I RUBBER—DOLLAR SHARES. cts. cts 1909 8 120 000 120,000 ill 65 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate, Ltd. 3.75 4.00 190“ 500*000
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      193 4 THE EASTERN PRODUCE EXCHANGE. 27, Beach Street, at the corner of Beach Street and Church Street Chaut. CAPITAL $120,000. Auctioneers Brokers. The U4th Auction Sale of Rubber WILL BE HELD On Monday, the 12th March, 1917. Auction Sales of Rubber held twice a week, on every Monday and Thursday, Sales
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    EXCHANGE.
    123 5 Pknano, March 8 (By courtesy of the Chartered London, Demand Bank •i 4 months’ sight Bank Credit Documentary Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. n 3 days’ sight Private... Bombay, Demand Bank Moulmein, Demand Bank v 3 days’ sight Private... Madras Demand Bank n 3 days’ sight Private... Rangoon, Demand Bank
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    In North Queensland.
    1310 5  -  [By Tom Weight If distance always lends enchantment, the circumnavigation of Terra Australis should have borrowed more than I felt. Two I thousand, four hundred and fifty miles it J* was to Sydney, from Fremantle. Thence here another eleven hundred and fifty five. It was worth it,
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    Second Dufault Concert.
    227 5 There was a fair house at tho Empire Theatre last night when M. Paul Dufauit and his party gave their farewell concert in Peoang. M. Dufauit was again ia splendid voice and bis rende-iDg of ‘‘The Trumpeter was a revelation and a delight. J’ai pleute en 'ĕve
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    Vital Statistics.
    78 5 The following is the health statement of the Penang Municipality for the week ended March 8, 1917 Male 45) Total Deaths V 65 Female 20 j Death rate 31-98 per mille per annum compared with 29 02 in the preceding week and with 30.31 in the corresponding week
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    To-night’s Band Programme.
    59 5 The following programme of music will bo played at tho Golf Club this evening from 5.45 p.m. to 7.15 p.m. 1 Selection Gemma di Vergy Donzetti 2 Polka Go as You Please Wintf rbottom 3 Selection The Lily of Kilarney Godfrey 4 Waltz My Pet Bucalcssi 5
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    Johore Army Deserters.
    260 5 Four members of the Johore Army named Lan, Hamat, Mahadi and Nasir were this morning charged before Mr. V. G. Ezechiel with desertion. Sergeant Wan Ngah stated he knew all the accused who were bandsmen in the Johore Army* They had all deserted and he bad come
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      651 5 jU r% and Mrs. W. B Wilson. F.PC municipal notice. AH ORDINARY MEETING of the Municipal Comaiisgioners will be held t tbe Municipal Office at 4 p m. on Tuesday the 13th instant. tbe (By Order) L. A. COUTIER BIGGS, Secretary to the Municipal Commissioners SMALL INVESTMENT BIG PROFIT Special
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      230 5 W. D. H. O. WILLS Wf y; °*TJ r VIRGINIA CIGAR TTES DON’T FORGET all the coupons packed with these cigarettes will BE EXCHANGED FOR VARIOUS HANDSOME PRESENTS BY British-American Tobacco Co. (Straits) Ltd. (Incorporated in England) 7 CHURCH STREET CHAUT, PENANG, Coming! Coming!! Coming!!! Pathe Wonder Seiiil ♦‘The Red
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    101 6 Ftfhluil daily (except Sundays and pnbiio holidays) at ran CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. Vo. 59, Beach Street, Penang. <* f Paics.i v 1 111 r Bafly Local •m 924 per annum. OoUtation... Postage Extra. lfaU Edition (Post Free) 917.50 OAXLS ADDKISS ECHO— PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing
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    WAR TRAINING AND CHARACTER.
    1524 6 Although wo are without precise official figures we know for a fact that oxer five million men from the British Empire have •luring the past thirty months undergone training for war mostly in the British Isles. They have gone from their homes to a school of
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    M. A. P.
    919 6 Mr. F. G. Penny left on a short visit to Singapore by the Klang this afternoon, Mr. Maurice Gourboil, who has been for many years Governor of Cochin-China, and is now in France, has been appointed Governor of French Guiana. Mr. E B. Skinner, who has been
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    948 6 C»’ camay t The volunteers, or some of them ar« Buffering from too much hard work No one can burn the candle at both eods Golf s a jealous mistress and the Hospital i, preparing for cases of nervous collapse. A Warming, If the bright ornament of local
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      94 6 NEW GOODS, BRITISH ASPIRIN TABLETS. IN BOTTLES OF 25 FOR 75 cents. the George Town Dispensary, LIMITED. PENANG. ANDREW USHER Co.-s SPECIAL RESERVE O. V. G. WHISKY Sandilands, Buttery Co., Q Sole Agents for PENANG S’ BERAK. M r An Antiseptic OP greater power than pure carbolic INSTANTLY KILLS ALL
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    BRITISH FRONT.
    810 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] the enemy retreat. g, o w Hamper* Cperatioaa. London, March 7. Tbe correspondent with the British Headnarteri states that the driving enow pampered operations on the Ancre jesterj tbe thaw at noon badly affecting the roads* In Froal of Bapaame. Tbe enemy continues his slow retirement
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    FRENCH FRONT.
    684 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] COUNTER-ATTACK IN CHAMPAGNE. Positions Retailed. London, March 9. A French communique reports that in Champagne, after an intense artillery preparation, we carried the greater part of the 3 salient which the enemy occupied on February 15 between the Butte-du-I Mesml and Maison de Champagne, We captured
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    HOME RULE DEBATE.
    411 7 [Rkuter’s TeLBGRAM8.] SCENE IN THE COMMONS. Parliamentary Repartee. London, March 8. a The Nationalists frequently interrupted the Premier, questioning him, during his 5 speech in the Home Rule debate. i Mr. John Dillon angrily asserted You are turning your back on Home Rule,” > When the Premier
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    China and Germany.
    293 7 Peking, February 22. Germans in Peking and Tientsin have failed to prevail on China to remain neutral and they are now preparing to advise VicePresident Feng Kuo-chang that he should prevent China joining the side of the Entente I Powers. As the result of the diplomatic conference
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    LATE COUNT ZEPPELIN.
    937 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, March 9. A telegram from Amsterdam states that I Count Zeppelin died at Charlottenburg of inflimmation of the lungs. [Mr. F. W. Wile in his book Men Around the Kaiser writes Count Zeppelin was seventy when Fame, tardily and reluctantly, shook him by the
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    THE “STRAITS TIMES” AND MR. W. H. MACGREGOR.
    531 7 t The following letter appearod in the Straits Times of Thursday regarding the matter treated in our leading article of last night: i (To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. —On behalf of our client, Mr. W. H. Macgregor, we have
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    Dutch Cable Items.
    53 7 The Dutch cruiser Zeeland will sail from Hollmd iu tbe near future for Netherlands India via the Suez Calal. President Wilson intends to convoke a conference of neutrals to discuss tbe free* dom of the seas.” There have been disturbances at Schiedam, following Socialist meetings regarding the
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    London Rubber Market.
    25 7 (From Our Oicn Correspondent.) London, March 7. The prices in the London Rubber Market :o*day were:— Pale Crepe 3/2} Diamond Smoked 3/2}
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    Tin.
    277 7 Latest Quotatioas. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $95.25, buyers no sellers, in Singapore (refined) at $96.25, business done (145 tons sold) and in London at .£2Ol 10s. spot and £l2OO three months’ sight. Ministers are now again discussing the length of tbe war. Long and bitter, says
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    KUALA LUMPUR FLOODS.
    790 7 SOME EXTRAORDINARY SCENES. I We (T.0.M.) have received felegraphio I information from the Federal Capital that 3 1 the town has b?en once again visited Mby floods, and that the damapo cauiel is I even more serious than that of December 122-24, 1911, iu which year an
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    Outside.
    77 7 The following articles will be found en our outside pages i Pages. 3. —Affairs Russia, The Horse in WarTime. 5. —In North Queensland. Jobore Army Deserters Second Du fault Concert, Vital Statistics. To-night’s Bind Programme. 8. PenaDg Library. Manners. Income Tax. Penang Bisley. Tbe Week’s Events, Military Training. Tin
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    Batang Benar Rubber.
    46 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.') Singapore, March 10. The report of the Batang Benar Rubber Company recommends a carry forward of $5,126. The profit for the year was $39,527, after deducting $34,401, the btlance standing to the debit in the Profit and Loss Account,
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    Penang Library.
    853 8 Annual General Meeting. The annual general meeting of the members of the Penang Library was held at *he J Library yesteiday evening. There werej< present: Messrs W. (President, ex- < V. Thomas, R. H. rinhoro, L. 1 M. bell, C- R. Simuel, N P. Walshe, the Rev D
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    Manners.
    903 8 [To the Editor of the Straits Echo.) Dear Sir, Since the beginning of tbe Entente Cordiale Frenchmen of birth and breeding have quite frankly admitted that their table manners lacked the refinement characteristic of the English and have begun judiciously i to imitate them. I wonder whether Englishmen could
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    Income Tax.
    1241 8 Proposed Nkw Ordinance. A Bill (published in a Government Gazette) 0 will be substituted for the War Tax BUi, c which was introduced in the Legislative Council, and read a first time, on the 8th January last. d It is described as an Ordinance for imposing a War
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    St. George’s Church, Penang
    92 8 March 11, 3rd Sunday in Lent. 8-00 a.m. Matins. 8-30 a.m. Holy Communion, 5*00 p.m Children’s Service. 6 00 p-m. Evensong. National Anthem. Responses Roberts. Psalms 59 Gray. 60 Hopkins. 61 Gray. Magnificat 47 Nunc DimittiB 61 Hymn (Tune: Russian National Anthem.) Hymns 265 and 259.
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    ST. ANDREW S. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, NORTHAM ROAD
    44 8 9 a.m. Children’s Service. 6 p m. Public Worship Preacher Rev. Donald J. Ross, m.a. Hymns :—669, 533, 250, 159. Service of Devotion and Intercession on Friday evening at 6.30. Choir Practice on Friday evening at 7.
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    Penang Bisley.
    120 8 Changes in Programme. Event No. 19.—T0 be shot on Sunday morning at 7 a.m. Shooting at 800, 900 and 1,000 yards is cancelled and a sighter and 10 counting shots each at 300 and 600 yards substituted. The P. V. Championship and Special Prize are cancelled but S9rgt.
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    The Week’s Events.
    147 8 Saturday, March 10r Penan? Bisley—Colonial Chaplain’s Clock and Renfrew Challenge Cup 2.30 p.m. Fete at Kujang in aid of St, Dunstan’s Home for Blinded Soldiers and Sailors. Perak NursiDg Associate n, A, Q. M„ Ipoh Club. Gopeng Gymkhana Club, Monthly Clay Pigeon Shoot. Cricket —Esplanade. Sunday, March
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    Military Training.
    1216 8 More stringent regulations are being enforced for the military training of men in I the F.M.S., and already we have had some indioation that there are quarters in which these are being resented. There is still a curious absence of comprehension. Men look around them and all is
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    Tin Outputs.
    386 8 Tongkah Compound (N.L.) 35 tons. The modern detective when out on invp.i, gation of a murder finds it almost imperativ B to have a chemist close at hand readv t analyse bloodstains, clothing, or anvil,? a,tide. At the New York P°i“' S' quarters two or three chemists are
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      75 8 A Family Necessity. Every family should be provided with Chamberlain's Pain Balm at all times. Sprains may be cuied in much less time when promptly treated. Lame back, lame shoulder, pains in the side and cbest and rheumatic pains are some of the diseases for which it is especially valuable.
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      69 8 How few peop’e realise that indigestion is nearly always caused by wiad on the stomach, and yet it is so. Now a dose of WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CORE taken after meals would remove all that over loaded feeling which makes the sufferer so miserable. If you are effl cted in
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      10 8 For Chronic Chest Complaint», Woods' Great Peppermint Cere Is. 6d.
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      419 8 University of Hongkong. Matriculation, Senior and Junior Local Examinations. NOTICE is hereby given that these examinations will commence on Monday, July 9th, 1917. Arrangements will be made to hnIJ the Examination at any town where a sufficient number of candidates offer themselves, Candidates who wish to be examined at any
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    The Book for a Desert Island.
    1146 9 The question of what boobs one would take with one for a prolonged sojourn on a desert island is an old one. I thought it had lost its interest for mp, as tco remote. For I do not propose to live on a desert
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    Fatal Motor Accident.
    809 9 The third police court magistrate at Singapore occupied all Wednosdiy afternoon in the part hearing of the preliminary inquiry, into the charge of driving a motor 1 car in a rash and negligent manner and causing the death of Mrs. Virginia Rodrigues, preferred against Rawee bin EmbaDg
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      204 9 TRAVELLING GOODS *>■ rfw ■x **n SB 2SS 6* t*y l?': attache cases. New Stock Cow Hide attache cases fitted inside with stationery pockets, brass locks and fittiDge. Sizes. 12 14 16 ins*, long Prices.' $9,50 each tm r t i 1 3 CABIN BAGS. Complete with lock and handle
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      48 9 Rub It In. A good many people think rheumatism eau not bo curtd w thout hiking nauseous medicine. Chamberlain's Pain Balm massaged thoroughly into tho skiu has cured far more rheumatism than any internal remady in existence and give relief quicker, For sale by all dispensarie» and dealers.
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      333 9 'I i'l!!;’llllll! Ill'l iiiiiiSiiiiitiaajiiiiiiiisai Summer Diarrhcea No epidemic kills babies with such appalling swiftness and in such great numbers as this dreaded complaint. According to reports, this infant scourge is again with us, and the rapid rise in the infantile mortality rate will strike fear to the heart of many
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    The Horse in War-Time.
    1164 10  -  The Equine Instinct, A, M. Ludovici, R,F-A.) Nobody at home, I should hope, is romantic enough to suppose that we are all having agood time out here. The f xpression “Fed up! —whatever its value may be from the standpoint of 6tyle—has certainly never been so
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    War, The Chisel.
    993 10 How IT 18 Carving thb Nation, Character, We Wj »ery glibly about the horror, war. They ,ra obrious, on the face i things; we see their reaction in d.rtl homes; in the city streets, where day day wepass .•lo»el, youth” maimed broken in hospital wards and on
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    A Grand Fleet Chaplain’s Note-Book.
    1058 11 Garriiro Back From Leave. The rearrangement of the train service responsible, I suppose, for the confuThe Sergeant-Major of Marines explained to me that he was bringing a party bis men from Forton Barracks to join the fLt and had arranged accommodation for ten! but two
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    A Paris Letter.
    933 11 FEMININE HEROISM. Parliamentarisms Paris, January 28. Many women hare received the Croii de Ouerre for various heroic acts, but Mademoiselle Marcelle Semmer is among the first of her sex to be decorated with the Legation of Honour. M. Klo'z, deputy andex-Minister, revealed the extraordinary story of this
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      44 11 Trouble Averted. That little cold and sore throat of jours must be checked at once or it may develop into something wors». Tike a few doses of Chimbarluin'fl Cou.h Remedy and your Iroutl will soon 'n iih. F* r silo by all and dealers.
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      509 11 Kill Pain Before Pain Kills you. Attacks of neuralgia, constant pain, or the dread of the sudden shooting pains, are a continual wear and strain on the vital 3 forces of the sufferer. Unless relief is obtained a breakdown is sure to follow. LITTLE S ORIENTAL BALM brings certain and
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