Straits Echo, 12 April 1917
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Straits Echo
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Title Section35 1917-04-12 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE F RATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VO!» $24 Per Jnnum. PENANG, THURSDAY, 12th APRIL, 1917. Single Copy, 10 cents. No 83.35 words
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Advertisement1015 1917-04-12 1 viJJ t t XU The Georgetown Motor Garage 7a, Penang Road. I’el Address: Hokimteik. Pemtig. ’Phone No. 694. fob bale. COMMONWEALTH PAKTIN-PALMER motor cars 1917 MODEL. One 6-passenger louring Car. Two 2 Roadster. A car that matches every automobile desire at a price that cannot be resisted. Oue second-hand 2-seater1,015 words
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Advertisement10 1917-04-12 1 ,s mg j£JT COW** jj£ NDOf X«v LT :v *^»uk10 words
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Advertisement21 1917-04-12 2 DRINK a K tell r<m RECOGNISED CONNOISSEURS SOLE AGENTS: HE LEADING ERASE OS TEE lAREEI. fgt (INCORPORATED IN THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.)21 words
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Article1485 1917-04-12 3 The Church o£ France, in the course of this war, hag had the opportunity of show* ing its mettle,” says Georges Goyau, the famous church historian and he adds It is revealing to the country the real place it occupies in the national life.” Mr.1,485 words
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Article98 1917-04-12 3 Malayan Trust Subscriptions. Subscriptions to 3lst March, 1917, to the Wa r Loans Investment Trust of Malaya were as follow No. of Amount, Applications. November, 1916 239 9 429,260 December, 1916 145 293,040 January, 1917 193 244,880 February, 1917 210 335,580 March, 19J7 324 247,000 Total 1,11198 words
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Advertisement174 1917-04-12 3 f mm I 44 I I FIRESTONE ”5 i i a I R I i I I I I 6 I a i THE TYRE THAT SATISFIES “First on the Road” Last off the Rim i AGENTS BRINKMANN A Co., Singapore. I THE WATERHOUSE CO.. LTD. (INCORPORATED in the U.8.A.)174 words
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Advertisement120 1917-04-12 3 To Let on Long or Short Lease. QUARRIES of good solid granite (Ist quality) a few have been opaned op. Easy access to Waterfall Road, For terms apply to KHAW JOO JEANU, 63, Beach Street, Penang, 181 E. O. Hotel. SPECIAL TIFFIN EVERY WEDNESDAY 8? SATURDAY. il T ins: A120 words
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Article1174 1917-04-12 4 Nbw Divisions Since Last Year, (By the Times Military Correspondent). Optimism at the front is an almost indis- < pensable condition of victory, and no wise 1 man will desire to repress this spirit. Com- i plete confidence in their ability to beat the enemy has been the1,174 words
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Article549 1917-04-12 4 Above their armies the ancients used to depict gods fighting together amidst the clouds, And indeed, on the battlefield it is not only the physical bodies that seek each other, take stock, accost and attack each other; it is the minds and the wills, these higher powers that549 words
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Article85 1917-04-12 4 Thursday, April 12. Football, P.C.C. vs. P.R.C,, Esplanade. Friday, April 13 Town Band. Esplanade. Hindu New Year Commences, Jewish Holiday, Seventh day of the Passover. Ministering Children’s League Meeting, Penang Free School, 4 30 p.m, Saturday, April 14, Malay Peninsula Agricultural Association, A.G»M. Chamber of Commerce, 1185 words
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Advertisement299 1917-04-12 4 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. T' V -V*--t vv (t —>. I *> #A’-P Melba Farrar v\ sn e.tA—■ vA&JU Caruso Tetrazzini S', Clara Butt CSSV A Few Great Artistes who Sing and Play exclusively for His Master’s Voice. Wo have groat pleasure in announcing that ■we have secured the Sole Agency fcr299 words
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Advertisement63 1917-04-12 4 A Parent’s Duty. Your boy is always getting scratched or cut or bruised. Because these wounds have healed all right is no si?n they always will. Get a bottla of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and ee that every injury is cared for immediately- Toucan get nothing better, and blood poison is63 words
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Advertisement49 1917-04-12 4 Bowel Complaint in Children. During the summer months children are subject to disorders of the bowels and should receive the most careful attention. As soon as any unnatural looseners of the bowels is noticed Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy should be given, For sale by all dispensaries and49 words
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Advertisement525 1917-04-12 4 au^iiuinoalEof Most Valuable 91M) years leasehold Building Allotments situate at X Bridge Koad and Coleman AT Messrs. CHING KEKG LEE g Sale-room, R'ffl a Chambers, R a ffl. a pj #Cfl On Mon 23rd April, /9/1 AT 2 30 PM. Lot I. Lots 2/10 Lots 11/14 Lots 15/18 Lots 19/34525 words
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Article998 1917-04-12 5 An Absoluti Necessity. j lotte Third Court before Mr. V. G. i Ezechiel this moroingtbe hearing was commenced of the summons against Rsv. B. J Baughman, Principal of the Anglo-Cbinese School, who was charged with voluntarily causing hurt to one Mohamed Sheriff, a pupil of the Anglo-ChiDese998 words
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Article346 1917-04-12 5 [The Editor of the Malay Mail.] Sib, —Has the proposed servant registration Enactment been finally dropped or is anything ever going to be done in the matter? As has already been point*d out, in the “photograph not only would employers be insured against getting ‘bal* hats,” but they346 words
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Article142 1917-04-12 5 Ordinary Meeting. An ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held at the Municipal Office yesterday afternoon and there were present Messrs. W. Peel (President) F. Duxbnry, A, F. Goodrich, Quah Beng Kee, Yeoh Guan Seok, Chee Wor Lock, and A. M. Goodman with Mr. L. M. Beil142 words
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Article401 1917-04-12 5 The following programme of music will be placed at the Esplanade to-morrow evening from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. 1 Selection Anna Bdena Doniastti 2 Polka Bons Vivants Godfrey 3 Waltz Hansel and Gretel Short 4 Gavotte Saidie Amillon 5 March Corporal Snook Rimmer A notice, entitled401 words
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Advertisement671 1917-04-12 5 KMPATE» MAUY STATES (OVEWmENT WAS LOAN 1921. n>I{F Cbsrtered BtDk of India, I aod Obio®# Penan*, ih now X ,1 to receive from the public the jj£Tp Ce.t.fi»K'> held by them fo.- tbeir K M Dir in else above Loan th re,at,ve ?wer Ben.i« with interest Coupons attached he ready671 words
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Advertisement240 1917-04-12 5 LAMBERT and BUTLER 8r •••a#n#0«0#0#0##0#0#0#n#0#0#«# War! War!! ON LAND AND ON SEA 2 n a 0 n 0 0 n n n n n n n n n a THE Electric Polyscope PRESENT THE GREATEST NAVAL FILM, Secured at an enoimous expense, AT THE LYCEUM THEATRE, ARGYLL ROAD TO-NIGHT! LAST240 words
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Article, Illustration97 1917-04-12 6 Fabfishad daily (except Sunday» and publio kabdays) at th CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. X*. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Paic*., t Duly Local m. $24 per annum. OvUUtion... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLI ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343 N.B.— All business communications97 words
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Article1421 1917-04-12 6 Penang is not by any means alone in the possession of a housing problem. Both Taipiug and Kuala Lumpur are iu similar case, and more especially the latter where the expansion of the population by about thirty percent, since the last census has synchronised with the adoption1,421 words
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Article916 1917-04-12 6 Mr. A. Forsyth of Caledonia Estate is an inmate of the General Hospital. The installation of Bro. H. L Armstrong as WM. of Ledge Kinta, Ipob, took place on Saturday. Mr. H. C. Butler, of Garing, Malacca, is going on a health trip to Colombo, and may916 words
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Article1036 1917-04-12 6 Prftniam Bonds, Mr. Boaar Liw’a admission of itl rniod on tbe question of Premium 0pen an encouraging indication of what tn 1 unfairly, we think, be regarded as tbo*u DOt ernment attitude towards the su j T Aftir all, this is not a time for the V forcament1,036 words
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Advertisement128 1917-04-12 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 verv limited. No. 1. Field Glass $17 No. 2 $21 No. 3 $26 m ■elf >-• >V'. V m V ETA r -•ST’«ftv128 words
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Article1687 1917-04-12 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] rvvF i THOUSAND PRISONERS. OPtKA"0« ENCKOCriCALLY CON INUED. sir Doug!» Haig'» Report. L nloD, April II. 12 10 a.m. Bir Douglas H*ig reports .•Ouroperations were energetically conti(Hp tibeivy snowstorms. We reached Tn.it,kirts »f Menchv le Preux, five miles to tbe of Arras, and cleared Farbus and1,687 words
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Article335 1917-04-12 7 Latest Quotations, Tin (unrtrtiued) is quoit d here to day at $101.25, business done, and in S ngapore (refined) at $102.25, business done (100 tons sold). Messrs. Boustead Co. inform us that the following are the quotations for Rubber on Spot in London on tbe 10th instant,335 words
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Article612 1917-04-12 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] j Hiadeaburg Interviewed. London, April 10. A telegram from Amsterdam states that Marshal von Hindenburg has been inter* viewed in Berlin by a correspondent of the Spanish newspaper Vanguardia. He said that in deciding on unrestricted submarinism, Germany regarded the possibility of American assistance to the612 words
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Article736 1917-04-12 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] War Till Victory. LondoD, April 11, t A telegram from Petrograd states that at a Congress of the Cadet, otherwise the National Liberal Party, M. Riditcheff said that a body of bold persons in Petrograd had dared to talk of peace. What was the reply736 words
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Article521 1917-04-12 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams J STRONGHOLDS OF THE HUN. Ia Chino. I London, April 10. Good news comas from China and South Amarica which are almost the last strongholds of Hun intrigue. A telegram from Shanghai announces that forty-seven Germ in consular offieial*, including women aul children, from Tientsin. Hankaw,521 words
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Article65 1917-04-12 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Pages. 3. —New Spirit ia Freeh Church. W#r Loans Investment. Malayan ManPower, 4. —Napoleon’s Mtxim. The Week’s Events. Germany’s Effort. 5. —Servant Registration. Police Court Cases. To-woi row’s Biud Piogramme, 3—Pant Perak RubberJ Easter Sports. Telegrams. Well Done, China!65 words
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Obituary19 1917-04-12 7 Obituary. Mr. Jam.» Welch. London, April 11. The death has takeu place of the wellknown comedian Mr. Jam9s Welch.19 words
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Article826 1917-04-12 8 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Honoured ky Edinburgh. London, April 11. The Freedom of the City of Edinburgh was conferred on Sir R. L. Borden, General Smuts and the Maharajah of Bikanir at Usher Hall, the Lord Provost presiding over a great assembly of citizens. Sir R. L. Bordea'a Address. Sir826 words
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Article1951 1917-04-12 8 FIRST GENERAL MEETING. Prosperous New Property. j The first ordinary general meeting of the j shareholders of the Parit Perak Rubber Company Limited was held at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday. There were present Messrs. H. Waugh, W. E. Cleaver, G. N Saye, F. C. Marples, C.1,951 words
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Article861 1917-04-12 8 SELANGOR vs. SINGAPORE. Association Football. An inter-state “soccer” match was played on the Kuala Lumpur Padang on th 9 afternoon cf Saturday, April 7, and resulted in an unexpected victory for Selangor by two goals to one. Singapore had brought up their strongest Bide, and started off in861 words
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Article925 1917-04-12 8 We heartily welcome the entrance of the great and ancient Empire of China into the comity of civilised nations. The dignified i rebuke which the Chinese Government administered to Germany, following President Wilson’s Note, in the matter of the German submarine policy, is the best news we925 words
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Article253 1917-04-12 8 Oeyioal Minutes. Minutes of a meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held on Tuesday, 270. March, 1917, Prevent. W. Peel, Esq< President A- M. Goodman, Esq. Chee Wor Lok, Esq. Yeoh Guan Seok, Esq. Quah Beng Kee, Esq. Absent. A. F. Goodrich, Esq. F- Duxbury, Esq. 1. The minutes253 words
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Article259 1917-04-12 8 To-night will bs the last opportunity intending patronsr will have of se«iug the Great Battle of the Somme Films. To-morrow there will be a complete change of programme at the Empire when the greatest stage and film success the world has ever known, entitled Uncle Tom’s Cabin in259 words
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Article205 1917-04-12 8 Penang, April 12. 1 8. P. Tapiooa $7.80 seller* 1 IC. P. Tapioca 8.00 sales. > Gold leaf 64.40 1 Pepper (W.Coast I lb. 0z).516 1/2 buywis. Black Pepper 25.00 buyers White Pepper 40.00 sellers. Trang Pepper 82 sellers Mace $llO nom. Mace Pickings 58 sellers. Cloves 40 sellers.205 words
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Advertisement11 1917-04-12 8 For Children's Hacking Cuogb at Night. Wooda'Great Peppermint Cure. la #d,11 words
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Advertisement41 1917-04-12 8 The Fruit Season. Bowel complaint is sure to be prevalent during th* fruit season. Be sure to keep a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy on hand. It may save a life. For sale by all dispensaries sad dealers.41 words
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Advertisement80 1917-04-12 8 Occasional spells of Perar may be said to be the inheritance of all who oome to the Tropics. As an easement and to quickly break them down and restore the body temperature to normal, there is nothing better than WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE. A dose or two of this medicine80 words
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Advertisement47 1917-04-12 8 Serves the Whole Family. The' fame of Chamberlain’s p Remedy ia world wide. It is good f° r deep seated cough of the adult or the croup and whooping cough of the children same bottle serve* th A whole fasSv' For sale by all dispensaries and dealer®-47 words
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Article2199 1917-04-12 9 1 g P Dividend. •0 Number of T9 a, 1 o 0 1 %i H C»pital Shares issued, t> t s *2 '3 last financial year. for currant yearName. C h m m C 3 00 RUBBER—DOLLAR SHARES. 9 cts. 8 cts J 120,000 1 120,0)0 l 1 652,199 words
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Advertisement208 1917-04-12 9 THE eastern produce exchange. 27 Beach Street, at the corner of Beach Street and Church Street Ghaut. CAPITAL $120,000. Auctioneers Brokers. The 124th Auction Sale of Rubber WILL BE HELD On Monday, the 16th April, 1917. Auction Sales of Rubber held twice a week, on every Monday and Thursday, q-ieg208 words
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Article1325 1917-04-12 10 Activities or the Monarchists. We aie in posset sion of a carious circular apparently sent out by persons who have not yit awakened, with the advent of these glorious spring mornings, from their cherish* ed dream of playing the role cf dynasty* makers, and who evidently are1,325 words
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Article187 1917-04-12 10 Restriction of Immigration. It is interesting to note that while the local Government are contemplating a restriction of cooly immigration the Government of India have considered it necessary to prohibit emigration of labour, only allowing for the minimum requirement of Ceylon and F.M.S., says the Times of Ceylon187 words
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Article387 1917-04-12 10 We S.T have reoeived the following letter from Capt. MoultOD, 5.0.L.F., S.S. and FiM.S.:— Sir, —With reference to a letter in your issue of April 2, 1917, under the above heading, the General Officer Commanding considers the following figures may be of interest to your readers. Your correspondent387 words
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Advertisement428 1917-04-12 10 6 K ■-W. y* ft •-A-* m 5 Wm k* fe iL,\ Wt" -rr wmrm yr S9M «5 ~PTn ?fl+ rrri L'J rr*:n feJ-q±'4 a rr jj 11 v ,-[3 r y ■'.r u:n mg i-ci'-' 1 F r* S** €k/ Summer Days Are Flesh Building Days Gain Healthy Flesh—Increase428 words
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Advertisement47 1917-04-12 10 Serves the Whole Family, The fame of Chamberlain’* Cough Remedy is world wide. It i* good for the deep seated cough of the adult or the croup and whooping cough of the children. The same bottle serve* the whole family. For sale by all diapensariea and dealers.47 words
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Advertisement507 1917-04-12 10 L I F E without health is living death \T E TAR Z OnERVE FOOD remarkable compound, the latest discovery of modern times, ts without equal in all case, nf nerv“ and Train power, whether induced by worry, overwork, d.ss pat.on, or other fnfluences Sleeplessness, palpitation, defective circulation, nervous dyspepsia,507 words
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Article1736 1917-04-12 11 A barriste pleading the other day in one of the London courts remarked that when a Jew loses money, he is apt to say things which are not quite accurate.” Why a Jev To lose money is a perturbing experience for anyone, and to speak the truth is no1,736 words
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Article190 1917-04-12 11 Presiding at the annual meeting of the Newspaper Press Fund on February 24, Lord Burnham, the chief proprietor of the Daily Telegraph, Siid that tbe Prime Minister’s speech made in tbe House of Commons on tbe previous day was cprtai ily the gravest speech he bad190 words
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Advertisement92 1917-04-12 11 The Forty Year Test. An article must have exceptional merit to survive for a period of forty years. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy was first offered to the public in 1872 From a small fceginning it has grown in favor and popularity until it bas attained a world wide reputation. You will92 words
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Advertisement9 1917-04-12 11 For Chronic Che*t Complaint*, \Voo1»' Qr«*t Cur* 1« **d.9 words
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Advertisement689 1917-04-12 11 it- »1 t f ?e 3d is t. a >, t *3 0 y 3 t 1 9 5 r 3 THE BEST ADVICE. To give to a person suffering from Head* aobe or Neuralgia is to use a remedy that will give ioatiiot relief Like a touch of the689 words
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Advertisement1389 1917-04-12 12 P. 0.—British India AND APCAR LINE (Companies Incorporated in England.) Mail and Passenger Services. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. (under contract with his majesty’s government) For Singapore, China, Japan, Ceylon, Anatralia, India, Aden, Egypt Mediterranean Ports and London. MAIL LINES. Honiwied (nor Europe.) Outward (nor China.) INTERMEDIATE DIRECT SERVICE. Tke Intermediate1,389 words
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