Straits Echo, 4 April 1917

Microfilm: NL713
Total Pages: 10
1 10 Straits Echo
Page thumbnail Page 1
  • Title Section
    Masthead
    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 16. $24 Per Annum PENANG, WEDNESDAY, 4th APKLL, 1917. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 77.
    35 words
  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 1 Advertisements Column 1
      1005 1 Km -4r'AlD ,*r' 1 a ISIDNAiEEfi s'-. The Georgetown Motor Garage 7a, Penang Road. f e i Address Hokimteik. Penang. 'Phone No. 694. FOB sale. COMMONWEALTH PARTI N PALMER motor cars 1917 MODEL. One 5-passenger Touring Car. Two 2 Roadster. A car that matches every automobile desire at a price
      1,005 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 1 Advertisements Column 2
      5 1 f feu co^ best ii
      5 words
Page thumbnail Page 2
  • Page 2 Advertisements
Page thumbnail Page 3
  • Article
    New Blood for Old.
    200 3 You c »13 put new blood into jour enf< ©bled holy, whatever your age may be. The human body con-tintly requires new, rich blood, and marly all the ilia from which people softer arir-s fom one <siue€-*-poverty of blood. Biood is the food carrier of the
    200 words
  • Article
    Malayan Man-Power.
    341 3 I [To thh Editor of the Straits Timet.'] Sir, —Mav I thank you for your recent i laadine articles on the question of ManPowe r Singapore is not the only place that can furnish an instance, such as you quoted, of the eight u en accenting their employer’s
    341 words
  • Article
    Police Court Cases.
    425 3 Careless Driving. M nik, a Boyanase chauffeur, was this morning placed in the dock before Mr. S. H, Langston in the Second C urt charted with driving his motor car along Beach Street in a disorderly manner and without sounding the horn. Oq the accused pleading guilty,
    425 words
  • Article
    Tin Outputs.
    41 3 Tbe output of Rahman Hydraulic Tio, L‘d during the mouth of March was 400 pikuls, The output of the Lirut Tin Dredging Ltd for the month of March was as follows Piculs 661.67; Hours run 583; Yards treated 81,000.
    41 words
  • Article
    Empire Theatre.
    134 3 To-i.ight is the Lst night of a really fine picture programme at the "Empire” and thoss who lave not yet the special feature by the f-rraous Vitagraph producers, entitfd "fbe Wreck*’ are missing an absolute treat. This exc lie at film presents the popu'ar artists Harry Morey Anita
    134 words
  • Article
    Deebook Dredging No Liability.
    771 3 General Manager's Half-Yearly Report. I beg to submit the following report on the Company’s operations for the half-year end d November 30th, 1916. Dredging Operations. —During the period under review No. 2 Drrdge worked 3375 hou s, and treat'd 330,476 cubic yards of ground (an average
    771 words
  • Article
    March Rubber Crops.
    52 3 Krian 31,200 lb, Pada> g Jawa 18 115 lb, Samsgaea 9.320 lb, Padang 21,700 lb, Karan 8,406 lb. Gu'a Kalumpong 105,1321 b. Ni-llmay 4 025 Ib, Rantau 2,900 Ib, Cm soSidatfd 37,265 lb. Semanggol 8,000 Ib. Perak River Valley 12.469 lb, Juru 12,100 lb, Kong Lee (Perak)
    52 words
  • Article
    Juvenile Education.
    114 3 [Reuter’s Telegrams] And Pott-War Employment. London, April 2. The final report of the D pa tmental Committee on juvenile education in relation to employment after the war rrommends the abolition of exemptions from schcol attendance below the age of fourteen and the amendment of the Factory Acts accordingly.
    114 words
  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 3 Advertisements Column 1
      599 3 j Town Hall. ehorjuousattractioh. for one NIGHT ONLY Saturday, April 7, at 9-15 Half Price Matinee Saturday at 50 cts., MAURICE E. BANDMAN presents The world- fam-us Chinese Illusionist CHUNG LING SOO iilr rt from the LONDON HIPPODB/rf ky Mi» SURE SEEN Supported by Vaudeville direct from London Variety Theatres
      599 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 3 Advertisements Column 2
      305 3 CONTRACTOR WANTED I'O undertake felling, etc. of 600 acres in South Kedah. Apply to PARA *2oa c'o Straits Echo Bangnon Valley No Liabi'ity NOTICE OF FOURTH DIVIDEND. NOTICE is hereby given that a DIVI DEND (tbe f >urth) at the rate o 5% (equivalent to one shilling per shaie) ha<
      305 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 3 Advertisements Column 3
      126 3 LAMBERT and BUTLER ONTIER a* Br M ■y&rrvrxan ~-~r^ THE HOME FOR PATHE’S GOLD BOOSTER PLAY AT THE POLYSCOPE TO-NIGHT Penang's Popular Playhouse Where Everybody Goes EMPIRE THEATRE Businks8 Manager Thomas Shafto. A big bundle of excellent Films supporting Tonight’s program include The Shadow, The Band Leader, The White Vaquero,
      126 words
Page thumbnail Page 4
  • Article, Illustration
    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    100 4 VtaNhdtad daily (except Sundays and public botidays) AT THS CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. M%. 59, Reach Street, Penang, f Price. i ii i DfcQy Lacal m 924 per annum. Outetatkm... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 OABLS ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343 It.B.
    100 words
  • Article
    AMERICA, GERMANY AND PEACE.
    1380 4 Although at the moment of writing America is not yet actually in” the war it is highly probable that by to-morrow, she will be officially numbered among the belligerents for the date given by Reuter for the reassembling of Congress is obviously incorrect. At any rate
    1,380 words
  • Article
    M. A. P.
    746 4 Mr. Jo9oph Lea, on tbe staff of St, Andrew’s School, Singapore, is going Home to join up. Mr. Yong Kee Teik, of the Audit Office, has been transferred to fill the Chief Clerkship of the War Tax Office, We regret to learn that Commander Mills, I. had
    746 words
  • Article
    London Rubber Market.
    25 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.') London, April 2, The prices in the London Rubber Market to*day were:— Pale Crepe 3/1 Diamond Smoked 3/0|
    25 words
  • Article
    Tin and Rubber.
    91 4 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $lOl, businessldone, in Singapore (refined) at $lO2, business done (50 tons sold) and in London on the 2nd instant at .£215 10s. spot and three months’ sight. Messrs. Boustead Co. inform us that the following are the quotations
    91 words
  • Article
    RANDOM NOTES.
    1007 4 Sweet Simplicity* From Paris, which is the only 9ea t 0 f legislation for women’s wear, we read of the severe tests laid upon ingenuity to reconcile a patriotic simplicity with the many subtle considerations inherent in the subject. One fancies that it must be the less resourceful
    1,007 words
  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 4 Advertisements Column 1
      122 4 Latest Novelties in Sunshades. i i i Best British Make. Colours: Pink, Blue, Purple, Black, etc., with new style hand« les. Price only $2-25 each. KENG Co. Penang 8L Ipoh. II ELCA R THE CAR THAT YOU ARE SURE TO APPRECIATE SEASUN Co., 23, BEACH STREET, P£NA?*G. «sxMcesau: ■v? t
      122 words
Page thumbnail Page 5
  • Article
    U. S. A. AND THE WAR.
    2096 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] THE NATION’S DECISION. P.tfiotie Deraonilrmtiom.. London, April 2. 1 1(ll M l,o. WMbiagtoa that inpt to ten the meet Bari °es «tLi»-, Bi ihe C,,H War'““'“‘h ,0.0 of U.pre.eaLtive. forthwith .rod.io.eJ it» Democratic forrour b T re.looting Mr. Clark a. Speaker. The
    2,096 words
  • Article
    NEARER ST. QUENTIN.
    632 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] IMPORTANT GUNS. Sir Douglas Haig's Report. London, April 2. Sir Douglas Haig reports Wemidesubstintialprogress at numerous I points and cxrried positions to the north-east f of Sivy and the vilDges of Fancilly, Selency, and Holnon. We captured six field-guns and are now within two miles
    632 words
  • Article
    AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.
    585 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] FORMATION OF W VR CABINET. Rtquest of Members of the Dynasty. London, April 3. AU the members of tb9 dynasty have been asked to leave General Headquarters and to come to Petrograd. To Greet the Duma. The troops at Headquarters are sending a deputation to
    585 words
  • Article
    PEACE TALK.
    553 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams] NEW OFFER BY CENTRAL POWERS. Austria, Pressure o, Germany. London, April 3. A telegram from Amsterdam reports that the Lokalanzeiger states that the Central Powers are going to make a new offer of peace. The Lokalanzeiger s announcement is the culmination to a combination of circumstances
    553 words
  • Article
    Outside.
    129 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages i Pages. 3 —Daebook Dredging No Liability. Tin Outputs. March Rubber Crops. Malayan Mar-P>wer. Police Court Cases. Empire Theatre. G,— “Mariners of Eogland.” Labour C.nditions io Ceylon. War Tax Ordinance. The Week’s Events, Languages and Commerce. The Dominie Dismissed.
    129 words
Page thumbnail Page 6
  • Article
    Languages and Commerce.
    941 6 Malay in thk Bazaar. The Chairman < f the Penang Chamber of Commerce in bis speech the other day gave tbe very seraible adv>ce that all mercantile assistants should make a particular study of tho B<z*ht and of Malay, and he urged the Chamber of Commerce to
    941 words
  • Article
    The Week's Events.
    37 6 WrdnriJday, April 4 Town Band. Esplanade. Friday. April 6 Qood Friday. Town Band. Esplanade. Saturday, April 7, Fall Moon. Jewish Holiday. Sunday, April 8. Easter Sunday. Monday, April 9. Easter Monday. Town Band, Esplanade.
    37 words
  • Article
    “Mariners of England”
    1084 6 RE3CUE3 FROM THE SEA (Fr m A Times Correspondent “Iwi 1 give yt,u A tUAMt l'n« salt of the earth —rhe B itiah Navy, And we drank it in th) sparkling w.m of France It was one of the Mercb- nc Service who spoke, and he had
    1,084 words
  • Article
    Salonika and the Allies.
    1039 6 The debate on the army vote in tbe House) of C uunons has thr wu more light on the past than on the fu'ure of tbe Salonika eije lition, and of tl e relations of the King* dom of Greece with the Allies. M r B
    1,039 words
  • Article
    The Dominie Dismissed.
    593 6 Not long ago in A Dominie's Log Mr A S N"ill, tbe most unorthodox of teachers, d-scrioed his theoiies cn educitioa and the way in which ha applied them t) bis small Scottish flock As was to bo expected, they did not comna c nd themselves to
    593 words
  • Article
    Holland and the War.
    405 6 It was not to be expected that a war of such magnitude as the present could continue loDg without endangeiine, if not eugulfiog, neutrals. The wonder is that certain nonbelligerents have succeeded up to the present n kerping out of its vortex, but this is cleaHy
    405 words
  • Article
    Indian Labour Conditions in Ceylon.
    926 6 We hivt* not as yet b?en able to obtain a 1 copy of the report of tba Hon. Mr. Marjmbtnks and the Hon. Mr. Ahmad Tbambi Marakayar on their visit to Ceylon and Malaya, though we hope to get it in a few days’ time,
    926 words
  • Article
    War Tax Ordinance.
    765 6 [To thb Editor of the Stiaits Times Sir, —In studying the forms printid iu the Gazette of returns to be made by i j viduals who are liable to tax, I find mys< If m a quandary regarding Statement D Foreign dividends.” Presumably m*rv others will find
    765 words
  • Article
    The Pressman's Holiday.
    85 6 [Reuter's Telegrams.] London, April 3. No English newspaper will be published on Good Friday, Barrow-in-Furness Strike. Settlemeat Reached. London, April 3. The ballot at Barrow-in-Furness shows 1,623 votes for a strike and 1,250 for resumption of work, London, April 3.—Later. The strike at Barrow-in-Furness has been settled
    85 words
  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 6 Advertisements Column 1
      10 6 For Chronic Chest Comp'&int», Woods' Graat Peppermint Cure 1«. 6d
      10 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 6 Advertisements Column 2
      49 6 Serves the Whole Family, The fame of Chamberlain’s Cough Kemedy is worl 1 wide. It is good for the deep seated cough of the adult or the croup and whooping cough of the children. The same bottle serves the who e family. For sale by all dispensaries and dealers
      49 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 6 Advertisements Column 3
      39 6 pTnkTtt ES cZ‘“o7n”! and constipation regula habits by establishing ol health. m 30 cents per phial at your druggist's or di«,« from DR. WILLIAMS' MFninn» hr ll OB r «c«I»t of price MEDICINE COMPANY. SI NO a pony I
      39 words
Page thumbnail Page 7
  • Article
    Further Foolishness.
    945 7 Iq bis new boob of sketches and satires on the follies of the day,” Further Foolishness (L*dp, 3s. 6'l. ne Professor S'pphen Leacock displays his humour in three foim®, First—to diepi se at ores of what we like least—there is a certain amount (f “patter,” not different in
    945 words
  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 7 Advertisements Column 1
      246 7 just Received New Shipments l OF I Maxwell Cars I Up-to-date Model, Fonr Cylinder 25 H.P. Magneto Ignition, Self Starter and Electric Lights. Body finished with Suedegrey, Khaki hood. Petrol consumption 28 miles par gallon. Qualities Superior, Comfort and Economical. II I II I 0 hevrolet Cars 1 i i
      246 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 7 Advertisements Column 2
      92 7 The Forty Year Test. An article must have exceptional merit to survive for a period of forty years Chamberlain’s Cou?h Remedy was first offered to the public in 1872 From a small teainnine it his grown in favor and popularity until it \as attained a world wide reputation You will
      92 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 7 Advertisements Column 3
      1137 7 y, 'v t; > i i o£*i 1 4iL^/ Dr. Cassell’s Tablets Increase the Resisting Power of the Body and Fortify Yon against Attack. The surest protection against malarial fever, ague, and dvsentery is vital strength of the system. When the vitality is reduced, in other words when we 'become
      1,137 words
Page thumbnail Page 8
  • Article
    Mr. Wells's New War Book.
    1018 8 “"War and the Future.” By H. G. T\ ells (Casatrll- 6e. net.) One of tin chief reasons why we are ready to lend an bt’entive ear to Mr. Wells when be writes about the war is wh<t might seem the curious reason that be is
    1,018 words
  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 8 Advertisements Column 1
      105 8 L v ■m fc&S :-r U3+0 r •i: Specially Toughened BMP— 1 rff 1 ll —MBS w mi MANUFACTURED BY W. T. Healey’s Telegraph Works Co., Ltd., (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) LONDON, (OF CABLE FAME) TRY THEM. G. H. SLOT Co., PENANG. SOLE AGENTS FOR PENANG, PERAK KEDAH. ■■HBBaPg&S&ro t? “UE”
      105 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 8 Advertisements Column 2
      66 8 A Parent's Duty. Your boy is always pitting scratched or cut or bruised. Because these wou- ds have healed all right is no ti.-n they always will Get a bottl of Chamberlain's Pain Palm and see that every injury is cared for immedi* ately* You can get nothing bet'er* and
      66 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 8 Advertisements Column 3
      285 8 FEDERAL LORRIES Acknowledged Superior Such firms as the Arre r ican Express Co, —Standard Oil Co,—Parke, Davis Co. all own FEDERALS, FEDERALS have earned a world-wide reputation, and to-day they are operating in many lands everywhere giving satisfaction to their owners. These firms are known internationally—and when they selected motor
      285 words
Page thumbnail Page 9
  • Article
    A New Golf Story—and a Moral.
    1583 9  -  By Horace Hutchinson. I met a man at dinner lately, and he told me a new golf story—new, at least, to me. In itself that is an event to be noted, with a bright red letter. Incidentally, it threw a pleasant light on the
    1,583 words
  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 9 Advertisements Column 1
      472 9 ELECTRIC FOCKEf TAMI'S AND TORCHES. in HKSK lights are absolutely fireproof may be place 1 in the hands of any child; may be brought ii direct contact with the highest explosives without danger. No fear of any accident of any kind, smoke and no odour. Out of doors no matter
      472 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 9 Advertisements Column 2
      314 9 Middle-aged people are oftm tfflcted wiih that distressing ailtn n\ windv spasms they seem to cut like a koife, Sufferers sbou'd get a bottle of WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CORE. Tae very first doia will brin* relief and prove it a value. Sold by Dispensaries and Stores everywhere at 80 cents
      314 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 9 Advertisements Column 3
      660 9 Neuralg a Soothed Away by Little’s Oriental Balm. 'I o all who suffer the desperate twisting agonies and spasms of Neuralgia': To all who are acquainted with any of the sufferers: To all who have never suffered yet who wish to be on the safe side: Here’s news Little'B Oriental
      660 words
Page thumbnail Page 10
  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 10 Advertisements Column 1
      1774 10 P. 0,—British India and APCAR LINE Mail (Companies Incobporatid in England) Passenger Service! PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. (under conteact with his majesty’s government) for Singapore, China, Japan, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Porta and London. MAIL LINES. Homeward (foe Eueope.) Outward (for China.) INTERMEDIATE DIRECT SERVICE. Tk«* Intermediate Service
      1,774 words