Straits Echo, 7 April 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. 15* $24 Per Jnaum. PENANG, SATURDAY, 7th APRIL, 1917. Single Cop;, 10 coots. No. 79.
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    The Position of Austria.
    1133 8 The Swiss journalists who hint at a plot to unite Austria with Bivaria after the war have shown a fine historical imagination, together with some Bkill in making mischief, even if they have not been able to build a very convincing tale. In this war there
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      544 8 SR 1 W* m Every Mother would feed her Baby if she could BUT frequently the breast-milk is deficient in quantity or quality, or absent altogether. This, however, can often be rectified if the mother herself will take Glaxo three times a day—made rich and strong and taken hot—or milk-puddings
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      218 8 VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE. By Order of the Liquidator (Mr. P. R, Hill) UNDER THE Alien Enemies (Winding up) Ordinance 1914. TO BE SOLD BY Public Auction On Monday, the 21st day of May, 1917, AT 11 A.M., AT LOGAN'S BUILDINGS, PENANG. The Well-known, Commodious and Highly Valuable OFFICES GODOWNS
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    F.M.S. Government and Mining.
    930 4 Say* the T. O. M, j It may be found on examination that the President of the Chamber of Com merce got nearer bedrock truth than some may have imagined m his allusions to the area* of land that are beginning to show sign* of exhaustion,
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    The German Retreat.
    1094 4 ITS EXTENT AND MEANING CONSIDERED, (Bt a Military Ci Toe capture of Serre has been followed by a movement on the enemy’s part which by now has assumed the propoitions of a general retirement along a front of eleven miles, from Gommeccourt, northwest by west of Bapaume,
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      420 4 MW3i s frv Mum-down When your system is undermined by worry or over-work —when your vitality is lowered —when you feel any-how —when your nerves are “on edge’’—when the least exertion tires you—you are in a Run-down condition. Your system is like a plant that is drooping for want of
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    “Funetics.”
    1520 5  -  [By Tom Wright] Among the suggestive anticipation* of Mr. H. G. Wells, of What is coming after the war, there is an argument for reformed ■peliin.’ of English as one way of facilitating international understandings. In this suggestive book, it seems t > us that we have fewer prophecies
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    Food Prices.
    527 5 [To the Editor of the Straits Echo.] Dear Sir, While the public in addition to paying heavier prices for almost everything have further to pay Income-tax they are left absolutely unprotected from the unscrupulous traders who more often than not for no reason or rhyme raise the price
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    99 6 daily (except Sundays and public holidays) I THS CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. M* 59, Beech Street, Penang. i Fuel. j* 1 Difly Local m 4 $24 per annum. Ouftatation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 OABLU ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343 ff.B. All
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    AMERICA'S LATEST COLONY.
    1292 6 Tbo sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States, which, has just been oomplettd, holds more of interest fir us than many may think. It is. in fact, a serious blow to Germany which has no coaling station in the Atlantic, and which has long
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    London Rubber Market.
    66 6 (From Our Own Correspondent London, April 4. The prices ia the Lmdon Rubber Market to-day were:— Pale Crepe 3/1? Diamond Smoked 3/1 London, April 5. Pale Crepe 3/1 f Diamond Smoked 3/1 Messrs. Boustead Co. inform us that the following are the quotations for Rubber on Spot
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    M. A. P.
    865 6 Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Parrett have gone on a holiday trip to Japan. Commander D. C. Macintyre is spending the holidays up the Hills. Mr. C. Ambrosoli *is leaving Singapore, for a short trip to Japan. Mr. and Mrs. W. McKnigbt Young left on Thursday for
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1040 6 Eton, Education and the War, Nothing could be finer than the record of the British public schools iu the war and the Eton Roll of Honour” is as impressive a document as this time of national trial has produced. Nevertheless, the weaknesses m the natioual training which the
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      120 6 FIELD GLASSES, We have imported these from England under special Licence of War Trade Department. We would advise clients requiring same to order immediately as stocks are very limited. No. 1. Field Class $17 No. 2 $21 No. 3 $26 ?->■ (m*' m "S a m ft* B arm myr.
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    AMERICA IN.
    2102 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] rHEN vrioM UN \NIMOUS. Speech*. I» «He S #te London, April 4. A telegram fr,m Washington statei th spc < hes ia the Senate on the tbat >v.ring a sta»e of war against B,ot,oD wlB characterised by the resolu teness of the utterances in support of
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    FRENCH FRONT.
    704 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] [I IMPORTANT GAINS, Enemy Thrown Further Back, London, April 5. A French communique reports Notwithstanding the fact that furious snow equalls soaked the ground we drove back the enemy along the whole front from the Somme and the Oise and threw I him beyond the most
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    BRITISH FRONT.
    825 7 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Sir Douglas Haig’s Report. Landoa, April 5. Sir Douglas Haig reports s “We captured tho villages of Ronssoy M and Basse Boulogne after sharp fighting. The retreating enemy got entangled in his > I own wire and suffered heavily, I “We continue to make progress despite
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    RUSSIAN FRONT.
    531 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] I» the Zolotchev R.gioa, food r, April 5. A wireless Russian official announcement states “The enomy attacked in the Zolotchev regioa and launched six assaults near Tehepeli v l age. We evantu illy dislodged the enemy, rostoriogthe position," Purely Local Reverse, London, April 5. Ibe reverse
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    Outside.
    192 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages t Pages. 3 —The Position of Austria. 4. F.M.S. Government and Miuing, Tne German Retreat. 5. Fuuetics.” Food Price B—Telfgrams.8—Telfgrams. Presentation of M. C. Tbe Week’s Events. Easter Sports* Tin Outputs. King Edward VII. Medical School. March Rubber Crops.
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    THE SHIPPING PROBLEM.
    854 8 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] FORMING A B *l» \NC£ bHLLT. SllttDllt il the CODBOII. LondoD, April 5. Iq the House of C onmons Sir L o Obion i Money said that toe Shippiog Con-trolUrwa-i euchavourmg to map out the world trade of Great Britain and to provide that the
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    The Army’s Need.
    587 8 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Evils of Ueprepsredsess. London, April 5 General Sir William Robertson, Chief of the Imperial 8 aff, speaking at a conference to consider a card scbemp, at the outset expressed bis great sympathy wjtb Labour, giving that le at the bottom of the ladder and ?e
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    St.George’s Church, Penang
    170 8 Easier Day. 7- a m. Holy Communion (Tamil) 8- a.m. Holy Communion 10-00 a.m. Choral Matins and Holy Com munion i Hymn 131 Responses Roberts 1 Easter Anthem Humphrey I Psalms II Cooke 160 LVI1 Crotch 817 CXI Cooke 160 Te Daum 4th Setting Benedictus Mac Farren
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    Easter Sports.
    765 8 Peraf C.R.C. vs, Penang C.R.C. The Perak Chinese Recreation Club is playing the Peraog Chinese Recreation Club at Association footbill, cricket and tennis during the Eister holidays. As tbe visitors have brought their best men the different events should prove very exci:ing. The visitoiß were defeated at football
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    Tin Outputs.
    113 8 Toe output of the New Tambun Mines Limited, for the mouth of March amounted to pikuls 33.85jf. Tt e output of tin oref om the Naow property of the Siamese Tin Syndicate, Limited for March was 1,261 pikuls. The output and profits from the Kramat Pulai, for the
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    King Edward VII. Medical School.
    251 8 EXAMINATION RESULTS. First Professional Examination. Keng Soon, Cbii Bxn Lien/. w,fcb Honours. Passed in Chemistry A. Somasuninun. Passed in Osteology and Arthrology S. Thambypiliai, K Vellaiamy, A Soaaasun dr am ard Hamzih bin Taib. SECOND PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATION. Chong Tak Nam. (Honours in Anatomy), V. Gopalan
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    Selangor Man-Power.
    300 8 The Selapgor Man Power Advisory Committee nas granted the following certificates A Mr. J. C. Henderson C. Graham Browp Craig V. Utterson Kelso B R. A. V. Durell G. G Winter WA. Macmenemey C C. R Ferrers LH. Armstrong F S Ritchie F. G. Harvey P. R. Pinhorn
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    March Rubber Crops.
    43 8 Ayer Kuuiog (F.M.8.) 69,000 lb, B'adwall (F.M.S.) 37.305 lb, Chersonese (F M.S.) 47,953 lb, Denoistown (Krian F.M S.) 38,000 lb, Highlands and Lowlands 121,025 lh. Klang 22.937 lb. Erian 23 600 lb, Krian 44.823 lb, Suogei Wav (Selangor) 48.412 lb.
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    Presentation of M. C.
    635 8 Major Black Decorated At Government House. On account of the heavy rain it w*q found ■impossible to make the presentation < f Military Cross to Mij >r Norman Buck oa tho S. C- C. ground tn Wednesday ,f fer nooD, as had been airaDged, and Hii
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    The Week’s Events.
    108 8 Saturday, April 7, Full Moon. Jewish Holiday, First Day of the Passover, Public Holiday. Football—H.L.F.C vs. Batu Gajah R. C., Dato Kramat Gardens. Sunday, April 8. Easter Sunday. Cricket—C. R. C. vt. P. C. R. C, Victoria Green. Monday, April 9. Easter Monday. Town Band, Esplanade. Public
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    To-night’s Band Programme.
    56 8 The following programme of music wi!' b« played at the Golf Club this erenng from 5 45 p.m. to 7-15 p.m, 1 Selection From Alfred Collier’s Godfrey 2 Polka Run Wild Jones 3 Selection II Crociato Meyerbeer 4 Waltz A Maid of Kent Lowtbian 5 Melody Sanorita
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    Pan-German Central Europe.
    1074 9 The Economic Aspect. The Central European Economic League of Germany and Au9tria-fluDgary held a conference in Budapest on December 11 and 12 at which resolutions were adopted constituting the framework of au economic Customs Union of the Central Powers. That the conference had a far-reaching political meaning
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    What Our Ancestors Sang in War-Time.
    1211 10 War-Tim«s have suddenly become modern ig%in, and tha lament for a lover slain—the f anxious awaitiog for a son’s return —are e facts of to*day, though, indeed, we wear our r rue with a difference, for the fine patriotism of modern war-time wag undeveloped
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    The Kaiser's Dream.
    218 10 The following clever verses have been reprinted in the Liverpool Echo from a copy of that journal in 1902 they are supposed to be translated from a memorandum found in the German Emperor’s waste-paper basket, and are presumably another example of bis versatile genius. Oh. Me! Oh,
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    What’s Wrong With the Church.
    979 11 A REJOINDER TO “RITA." Bt the Rev A E. J. Rawlinson. (Student and Tutor of Chritt Church Oxford Chaplain to the Forces, and Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Lichfield Rita’s article in last week’s Sunday Times suggests certain observations. It was not, in my
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