Straits Echo, 17 March 1917

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. IS. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, SATURDAY* 17th MARCH, 1917. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 63.
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      1219 1 rUMMK’SSB'. Nlli ftpAlDi -i v VS- The Georgetown Motor Garage 7\ Penang Road. Tel. Addressi Hokimteik. Penang. 'Phone No. 694. FOR SALE. COMMONWEALTH PARTIN-PALMER MOTOR CARS 1917 MODEL. One 5-passenger Touring Car. Two 2 Roadster. A car that matches every automobile desire at a price that cannot be resisted. One
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    “O, Henry.”
    1062 2 O- Henry: A Biogrphy. By C. Alphonso Smith, Poe Prof-ssor of English, University of Virginia. (Hodder and Stoughton- 10s. 6d. net-) “O- Henry” is at the moment the subject of a boom, and booms are fatal to the critical spirit. Certainly it would be premature to tx.ke him
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      317 2 THE EVER POPULAR HOUSEHOLD REMEDY Which lias Dow borne the Stamp of Public Approval for r OVER FORTY YEARS. ENO S ‘FRUIT SALT’ Pleasant to Take, Refreshing and Invigorating. IT IS VERY BENEFICIAL IN ALL CASES OF Biliousness, Sick Headache, Constipation, Errors in Diet—Eating or Drinking, Thirst, Giddiness, Rheumatic or
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    Elizabeth and Her German Bargainers.
    1058 3 No Place in the Sun in the Spacious Days, Queen Elizabeth had no use for Germany. Of course the Germany of her day* bore no resemblance to the Germany of to-day. A sixteenth-century map of the area now sullied with the Prussian blight is a
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    A National Asset.
    750 3 Whatever may be the immediate results of the recent renewal of frightfulness, and however, little they may have affected the present situation, there is no disguising the fact that the shortage of tonnage, due not to losses alone, is seriously inconveniencing the Government and the country. As
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      295 3 FIRESTONE TYRES s V W *4 MORE MILES I > a t i i a a a LESS TROUBLES AGENTS: I i I I I I hi BRINKMANN Co., Singapore. THE WATERHOUSE CO., LTD. (INCORPORATED IN THE U.8.A.) 4 Muar, Malacca and Kuala Lumpur. R. T. REID Co., Penang. I
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      588 3 Never too l&te to cure Neuralgi*. If you are suffering now from the gripping, twitching pains of neuralgia—if you suffered yesterday and exp»ct to suffer to-morrow —yes if you’ve suffered all your life from the agonies of neuralgia, rheumatism, sciatica, backache, toothache, earache, sprains, strains, or swellings, now is the
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    SHARES.
    2276 4 Dividend. g og jNnmberof, j* a. N(une g E 1 I Capital issued 8 73 last finan- for currant I Q a S cial year. year- P od O* RUBBER—DOLLAR SHARES. cts. cts A 1 1 65 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate, Ltd. 3.80 iqaq 120,000 5 5 54 12$i
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      390 4 THE EASTERN PRODUCE EXCHANGE. 27. Beach Street, at the corner of Beach Street and Church Street Ghaut. CAPITAL $120,000. Auctioneers Brokers. The 116th Auction Sale of Rubber WILL BE HELD On Monday, the 19th March, 1917. Auction Sales of Rubber held twice a week, on every Monday and Thursday, Sales
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    Wright Breaks the Sabbath.
    1231 5  -  [By Tom Weight.] Ll 18 1X m^es to the mangroves where j the boat was tied. North Queensland suns cau walked under, but one starts early to escape some of it. We started at six, I ew time. The State, apparently deeming imitation the sincerest form
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    Supreme Court.
    576 5 I A PPLICATION FOB HABEAS CoBPL’B. m lithe Supreme Court before Mr. Justice |L. M. Woodwaid yesUfday afternoon Mr. t|A. B. Voules, Solicitor-General, appeared on behalf of the officer in charge of prisoners in Penang to show cause to an application Jby the wife cf Chau Cbee, who
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    Vital Statistics.
    88 5 I The following is the health statement of the Penang Municipality for the week ended I March 10, 1917 Male 38} Total Deaths > 62 Female 24 j Death rate 30.50 per mill# per annum compared with 31.98 in the preceding week and with 28.82 in the corresponding
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    Tin Outputs.
    147 5 The outpnts from the two following companies for the first half of March, were Kamunting Tin Dbedging Ltd. Piculs 150 Hours ran 221 Chbnderiang Tin Dredging Ltd. Dbkdge —Piculs 125 Hours rua 242 Elevators Piculs 30 (Total) 155 The Rev. A. D. Harcus (hon secretary of the Selangor
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      803 5 NOTICE Mr. Fiancis James Hill hits been admit- Partner in our PensDg Firm as from XUjirf l9l7 11UITENFACH BROS. A Co. u r Harold DjTO by a Power of Attorney (e j 17th Maich, 1917, is authorised to |igD our firm Per Procuration. IIU TTENBACH BROS. A CoaYER KUNING ROBBER
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      345 5 f 0 t?OUx r#/A W. D. H. O. WILLS k io N°77 VIRGINIA CIGARETTES DOM’T FORQtT 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 GHAUT, PENANG, To-night! To-night!! ELECTRIC POLYSCOPE »J LYCEUM
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    102 6 Ptklkhsd daily (except Sundays and pnblio holidays) AT TH* CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. V*. 59, Beach Street, Penang. < I 1 Prick., v/ i n My Local m $24 per annum. Ootatatkm... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 OABLB ADDEBBS ECHO—PEN ANO.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing
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    THE INDIAN LABOUR REPORT.
    1336 6 Any fairly intelligent schoolboy, having access to the records of the local Labour Department and the Indiin Immigration Committee, could have compiled the report on ladian Labour in British Malaya to which Mr. N. E. Mai joribanks and the Hen. Ahmad Tambi Marikkayar have appended their
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    M. A. P.
    1037 6 Mr, V. G. Ezochiel, Third Magistrate, is indisposed and confined to his house. Mr, S. H. Langston took his cases to-day, Mr. G. B. F. Southam, of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, is expected to return from leave at the end of this month. Mr. Justice Earnshaw
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    935 6 Ark-oeological. March 17 has been so entirely shadowed by St. Patrick that Noah h' been completely forgotteo, for it wa, iV entry into the ark that the day was d J hl >“ early Eogll.h e.lend." 7 '•mysteries" which were contemporary JSf the calenders, the event is treated
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      184 6 You Gan Take This Tonic I know Cod Liver oil is the thing I need but I can’t take it on account of its horrible taste You say you can’t, but you can take Nyal's COD LIVER OIL COMPOUND. It is a modern scientific remedy, palatable and pleasant. ANYBODY CAN
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    AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.
    1450 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] revolt against reactionaries. STREET SCENES. Corrrapoadeat’a Vivid Story. An Agreement Reached, Petrograd, March 16, ver y important conference of the executive of the Duma and the delegates of tbe workmen took place yesterday. It luted all night. Finally an agreement was practically reached concerning the
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    Tin and Rubber.
    69 7 Latest Qootatioas. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $95, business done, and in Singapore (refined) at $96, business done (50 tons sold.) Messrs. Boustead Co. inform us that the following are the quotations for Rubber on Spot in London on the 14th instant, received yesterday s
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    BRITISH FRONT.
    924 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] FIERCE FIGHTING. Extcat of Eaemy’s Withdrawal. London, March 14, Sir Douglas Haig reports The area of the enemy’s withdrawal has extended southwards. We occupied trenches cn a *wo-atd-a-half miles front from southward of St. Pierre Vaast Wood to northwards of Sxiliissel. 0 text off strong counter-attacks
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    FRENCH FRONT.
    920 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] ENEMY TRENCHES RAIDED. Furlber Prog-eas. London, March 16. A French communique reports that 1 1 between tbe Avre and the Oise, after a I violent artillery preparation, we raided i I several points of the enemy’s wrecked front, I reaching his third line, and at odo
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    THE BAGDAD VICTORY.
    819 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] FURTHER UPSTREAM. Turks Pushed Buck f London, Match 16* An official announcement regarding the 1 ope-ations in Mesopotamia states thit, after 1 establishing posts on the left bank tlihty miles upstream, General Maude atticked the Turkish rearguard on the right bank fifteen m les to
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    SAINT PATRICK AND HIS DAY.
    819 7 Mr Aithnr B ri.-bane writes O c i more the groat religious an 1 patriotic day of the I iah pe >ple comes around. Every year through long onturies the Irish have celebrated this da*-, looking back with graiirude to the noble man who taught
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    Outside.
    145 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Pages. 2—" O. Henry,” 3—A National Asset. Eizibeth and Her Oenmn Bargmneis. 4, The L gend of the Shamrock. For Chinese Eyes. Church Services. 5. Supreme Court Wr.gbt Breaks tbe Sibbatb. Vital S alttice. Tin Outputs, B.—lndian L bonr.
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    INDIAN LABOUR.
    3754 8 COMMISSIONERS’ REPOR T Coidilioki i* Malay** We give below the fall text of the section relating to the Malaya Peninsula of the report of Mr. N. E. Marjonbanks 10. 8. the Hon. Khan Bahadur A. K. G. Ahm d Thambi Marakkayar, the special officers appointed by the Government
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    Blascheck at the Empire.
    184 8 Joseph Bias check and Alyce Austin will make their final appearance at the Empire Theatre to night and a crowded house is a foregone conclusion, for seldom have we had artists who have so thoroughly pleased the Penang public as these two accomplished performers. A complete
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    The Week’s Events.
    341 8 Saturday, March 17. St. Patrick. Penaug Bisley—Grouping 2.30 p.m. Harmston’s Cirous Open, Dato Kramat Gardens. Sunday, March 18. Fourth in Lent. Penang Volunteers, Field Operations. i Monday, March 19. Town Band, Esplanade. Penang Criminal Assizes, Commerce. Ayer Knning Rubber Estate, Ltd,, A G. M., Chamber of Commerce,
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    Mines and Taxation.
    976 8 The Kampong Kamuuting Tin Dr,>ri Cuinpauy, Lumted-aud part cuu[? g, g energetic Chairman, Mr. W A I?! have scored an undoubted victory XIT 7sT s v be Eimm *•<*. saya.ba 1.0. M. 1« «dvica i, juafc beau reciiv,.d by Messrs. Ktun, i d 8 Oo„ Penang, stating
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      52 8 Middle-aged people are often aIB >cted with that distressing ailment, windy spasms, they s3fm to cut like a knife. Sufferers should get a bottle of WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE. The very first dose will bring relief and prove its valu j. Sold by Dispensaries and Stores everywhere at 80 cents
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      52 8 Best Medicine Made. A baiter medicine can not be made than Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, It relieves the lungs, opens the secretions, aids expectoration and assists nature in restoring the system to a healthy condition. Besides, it contains no opiates and is perfectly safe to take. For sale by all dispensaries
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      10 8 For Children's Hacking Co«t<b at Wood! 1 Great Peppermint Cure.
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    The Legend of the Shamrock.
    1073 9 Contributed Ireland’s National Holiday. We find it written in the journal of Thos. Dinely gentleman (1687) that the ‘‘17th day of March yearly is St. Patricks, an immovable feast, when the Irish of all stations and conditions wear crosses in their hats, tome of pins,
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    St. George's Church, Penang
    126 9 March 18, 4th Sunday in Lent. 8*00 a.m. Matins. 8-30 a.m. Holy Communion, 10*00 a m. Holy Communion (Tamil). 5-00 p.m Sunday School. 6 00 p.m. Evensong. Responses Roberts. Psalms XOIII Ooseley. XCIV Gray. Magnificat 57 T Nunc Dimittis 70 j Hymns S Ptrick’s Breadplate Hymns
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    ST. ANDREW'S. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, NORTHAM ROAD
    80 9 9 a.m. Children’s Service. 6 pm. Public Worship: Preacher Rev. Donald J. Ross, m a. Subject: Patrick, the Apostle of Ireland.” Hymns:—668. 132, 174, 360, 516. Service of Devotion and Intercession on Friday evening at 6.30. Choir Practice on Friday evening at 7. Butterworth
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    For Chinese Eyes.
    385 9 [To the Editor or the Straits Times Sir, —In your issue of to-day you quote what the Kaiser said to bis troops when they embarked for China in 1900 in connection with the Boxer troubles. I suggest that you might with advantage tell the sequel, viz., what
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      346 9 As Vital as Love itself —is it to make sure that your baby is being properly fed. Not all the affection you can lavish on your baby can repair the truly disastrous results of wrong feeding. Baby has only one ideal food—a healthy mother's breast milk. If this is absent
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    Beer.
    814 10 (Ly Wkdmer) It has indeed fallen upon evil times. The Food Controller has given a twist to the spigot of the national beer cask and lessened the supply by 30 per cent. Time was wben it was tbe beverage of princes, now none so poor to do it reverence.
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    A Fine Example!
    160 10 The verbatim report of the evidence taken in India by the Public Services Cknimissior —presided over by ls'ington —wis issrUi d recently in twenty volumes. The total weight of the books is about 40 lbs they contain 6,315 piges and detailed answers to 85,453 questions. Nine of
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    Eton in the Fifties.
    1016 10 The Rjv. Aithur Cimpbail Ain “Memories o£ Eton S.xty P Vears a m (Murray, 9s are 0 particular iut lovers of the history of the famous JL 0 because they register the features < f closing years of the old order at Pf just before the
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      43 10 Trouble Averted. That little cold and sore throat of yours must be checked at once or it may develop into something worse. Take a few dost aof Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and your troubles will Boon vanish. For sale by »11 dispensaries and dealers,
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    Dodging The War.
    1013 11 The man in the corner of the train put down the paper which made scare headlines a substitute for news, and sighed aloud lam just about fed up with war.” f Jhe other men in the carriage said nothing but their eyes were sympathetic They were not
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      10 11 For Chronic Cheat Complaints, Wooda’ Great Peppermint Care la. 6d,
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