Straits Echo, 14 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 /nnum. PENANG, SATURDAY, 14th APRIL, 191/. Mngle Copy, 10 cents. No 85.
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      1129 1 HU V V) < /I rm V w Tk Georgetown Motor Garage BANKS 7a, Penang Road. r*l Address flokimteik, Penang. ’Phone No. 694, FOR sale. COMMONWEALTH PARTIN-PALMER motor cars 1917 MODEL. One 5-passenger louring Car. Two 2 Roadster. A car that matches every auto mobile desire at a price that
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      17 1 m IS WE BBT «tf'S 9 ■wmi L* IS?*T 10 N* ?'*e Ct »Ons use aod*' s
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    Tempers and Temperaments.
    888 3 Is there anything so insipid in the wide world as a man without a temper A nation that stands neutral wheu the principles of good aod evil are at death-grips may be endured, but the individual neutral in a world of warring interests is an abomination. There
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      175 3 I a 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I FIRESTONE TYRES. 99 *>• S' it' s I ONCE TRIED ALWAYS USED I I AGENTS: I BRINKMANN Co., Singapore, f THE WATERHOUSE CO.. LTD. (incorporated in the u.s,a.) J Muar, Malacca and Kuala Lumpur. j
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      47 3 Serves the Whole Family, The fame of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is world 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 whole family For Bale by all dispensaries and dealers
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      389 3 I 11 ml Mil liliiliil-liiltniili 1111 i iPi I I! I' 1 i!>l i u! t Ma f-? '<■ t: :<i Sk V <i>Hi<<dii!:l!lllil ll' in liiiiiiinii; n-lll'' i'!i it hi ii S. ~v Vli® ~i. >1 Vi. v -•v < h g Baby’s Food should be in liquid form
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    American Army.
    1040 4 GOOD SOLID GROUNDING MATERIAL Nucleus ow the New Armies. (By The "Time»" Military Correspondent) Toe military forces of tne Uaiitd states consist of a Regular Army and an organised Militia, or National Guard. The geographical depa tments for the administration and inspection of both are the Eastern, Central,
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      269 4 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. A Few Great Artistes who Sing and Hay exclusively for His Master’s Voice. tit A tjft l V r6 3 We have great pleasure in announcing that we have secured the Sole Agency for Penang of HIS MASTER’S VOICE GRAMAPHONES RECORDS Thus enabling all lovers of good music
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      174 4 If you require a really reliable Motor Cycle for pleaaur® or business, you cannot do better than ride a “Torpedo" Two-stroke. D h high-cim workmanship ari(} materials used i n construction, it i 8 iD< deed the most econo, mical Motor Cycle i n existence. Fitted with heavy. Dunlop Tyres,
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    A Bush “Town.”
    1250 5  -  [By Tom Wright] On the edge of the bush, where charred stumps stand still to tell how axe and fire not long since made the clearing, stands the town” of Merinda. If it have more than thirty houses, I have been a faulty account ant. Seeding grasses
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    Local Man-Power.
    268 5 S*ys the Straits Times “After the great push on the Somme nearly a year ago, we observed that a goad many men of military age out here were atsuriog each other that there was really do need to tbiok any more of active service, since the end of
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    P.C.C. Bowls Tournament.
    539 5 The following ties have been fixed for Thursday, the 19th iost.: Championship. R N Goodwin vs. H Muir Championship Pairs. R Owen E R Henderson t W K Sharpe H Smith B E Mitchell W B Houston vs. H Starr A JG Allan The trial of Lieutenant
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      739 5 CARS FOR SALE. Cr, 7 6e»(er, Four .p«d »d4 1 ltd.i.tered to c.rr, 7 1 °"£t D ndine !>>!«'. p hood eo.r.olMd to go round the 5* ,d btcD el1 red for rder and can b. ID< 'Vso 156, Hutton L*ce. "'.’.‘..«■oo.ble.Hor .ill ho accept'd 7 M. S. ARIFFIN. FREE-ONE
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      164 5 ncDc 0 X=D CDC X LAMBERT and BUTLER )CDn 0 U n X r\ n 0 ftONTIER n n sse V/ 0 MIXTURE. nc=)c DC DCZD CDC X 0 XZD0 To-night! To-night!! ELECTRIC POLYSCOPE THE HOUSE OF SERIALS PRESENT PATHE WONDER SERIAL At: the Lyceum T Heat re, Arygll Road.
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    99 6 FlIiSaM d*fly (except Snndays and pvblio AX fll 1 CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. St* 59, Botch Street, Penang, i Puci. v It' IMyLootl m. $24 per annam. M Owfertation... Postage Extra. Mail rmm (Port Fite) $17.50 GABLE 1DDII1I: ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 580 Printing Department 343 N.B. All
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    ON HOW TO WRITE.
    1434 6 An article on one of Walter Pater’s b oks which appeared in these columns the other day containel an arresting sentence, In Pater’s case especially we hare to lemember that he was first and last a stylist; and the stylist, though he may hare plenty to
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    M. A. P.
    593 6 Dr. 0, Strickiand has returned from Burma. He will aot for Dr. Waugh Soott at Sungei Siput for soma months, and then goes to Bagdad to join the Indian Medical Service. The funeral of the late Mr. Lim Boon Chooi takes place on Monday, the 16th instant,
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    Dutch Cable Items.
    294 6 Tbe Hungarian Chamber of Deputies adopted a resolution in favour of peace provided the Entente Powers give up tbe idea of annexations. The Emperor of Germany and Austria and Count Czeroin, the Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister, held a political conference at the German Headquarters The armed American merchantman
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    971 6 Misleading Rumours, No confidence should, wa feel i Qrp u, placed in the reports of peace tentative! k! Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey. The p« 0 n| of those countries are doubtless weary 0 f war, but their rulers are bound hand a h foot to the Kaiser and
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      117 6 FIELD GLASSES We have impoiUd these from Kngland under special Licence of War Trade Depart ment. We would advise clients requiring same to order immediately ps stocks are verv limited. No. 1. Field Glass $17 No. 2 $21 No. 3. $26 rf*r N! m m. m SUN GLASSES BhmBw&bI •i
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    THE BRITISH PUSH.
    639 7 [Reuter's Telegrams.] further advance. Tke vV«»IK«r Factor. London, April 13, 12.50 p.m. corre.po.tat ,t Briti.b He.d--"L o.blta o“ ,be enDWg ot ,he J“v" refer, to tbe unp.ralleled rigorous |W We materially widened attack to-day and dealt th, r m ya.tio«.a*blow north of V.my Bidge, hich we are
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    FRENCH FRONT.
    865 7 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Artillery Actlrity, London, April 12, 11.5 p.m. Tbe French communique reports reoipro- cal artillery engagements south of the Oise > in the region north of the Aisne, The i weather is bad. 1 New Offeasiye. 1 London, April 18. A French communique states We attacked this
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    U. S. A. AND BRITAIN.
    2661 7 [Reuter's Telegrams.] THE PRUSSIAN MENACE. Spccckes st tkc Lunekeos Cluk. London, April 12. B The American Luncheon Chib entertain--0 ed Mr. Lloyd George to a luaoheon, tbe American Ambassador Mr. Walter H. Page presiding, Th* toasts of the King and the President were received with
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    London Rubber Market.
    25 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.') London, April 12« The prices in the London Rubber Market to-day were Pale Orepe 3/1$ Diamond Smoked t/l
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    Tin and Rubber.
    71 7 latest Quotation*. Tin (unrefiaed) is quoted here to day at *****, buyers no sellers, in flffcfipan i refined) at 8102, buyers no sellers, aad ta jondon at 4416 10s. spot and 4216 ISs. three months' sight. Messrs. Boustead A Co. inform ns that the following were the
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    Outside.
    75 7 The following articles will be fouai oa onr outeide pages i Pages. 3. Tempers and Temperaments. 4. —American Army. 5. —A Bash Town Lwal Man-Power P.C.O. Bowls Tournament. B.—Telegrams. In Mesopotamia, Koala Sidim Rubber Co. Limits of CrossExamination. F.M.B. Agriculture. Church Servioes. Rubber Sales. Charge Against A B.P. M
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    American Solidarity.
    709 8 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Cotta Rica aid U. S. A. Washington, April 12. The independent Republic of Cost» Rica, in Central America, has placed its territo- rial waters and ports at the disposal of the f United States for war purpose. a a The American Flirt —Many accounts, 1 of
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    Greece's Difficulties.
    166 8 [Riuter’s Telegrams Beset oa all Sides. London, April 13. A cable from Athens says that the Greek Government is beset with political and financial difficulties. There is a severe shortage of revenae from the territory occupied by the Venezelists, huge losses have been caused by the Germans torpedoing
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    M. P A. A
    294 8 Sixteenth Annual Meeting. The six'eanth annual general meeting of the members of the Malay Peninßu’a Agricultural Association was held at the Coamber of Commerce this morning- There were present Messrs W; Duncan (President) in the chair, F. D. Hindley, R. M. Richards, J. W. Kennedy, W,
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    Uncle Tom’s Cabin at the Empire.
    111 8 The excellent pictorial programmes offered at the Empire Theatre was presented last night to a large and appreciative audience. Every film (consisting of 14,009 ft.) was in excellent condition and showD last night for the first time in Penang. The Feature film’ Uncle Tom’s
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    March Rubber Crop.
    252 8 Taiping Rubber Estates, L‘d. 10,450 lbIt is certainly striking that the two neutral countries in which Germany has spent most money by way of propaganda and corruption since the outbreak of the war, are precisely those countries which have broken eff relations with the Hun. The Germans
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    Rubber Sales.
    294 8 Coirm'i Claim Against Form» Manager. The Chief Justice (Sir John BuckniU, KC) gave judgment iu the Supreme Court st S ogapora on Wednesday in an action brought by the General Rubber Company again-t J. Winford Stayton. Defendant asked that an order in this action made on September 29,
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    Charge Against A.S.P.
    537 8 Alleged Assault. The charge brought against M'. A. J. Sheedy, A S.P, who was defended by Mr. Roland Braddell, of voluntarily causing hurt to one Cboon Boon Seng, a Municipal clerk, whilst conducting a chap jee kee raid in the complainant's house on Feb, 25 last, has
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    In Mesopotamia.
    1044 8 General Maude's Goad. The advance of the British leading detachments thirty miles up stream from Bigdad will suggest new theories as to General Maude’s ultimate goal. Already j there are amateur strategists who dream of a penetration to Aleppo and acombination with the British forces operating on the
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    Kuala Sidim Rubber Co.
    389 8 Annual Report. The following Report of the Directors for the year ended 3Let December, 1916, will be presented at the Annual General Meeting to be -held at the Chamber of Commerce next Saturday. The Directors have pleasure in presenting their Report and Statement of Accounts for
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    Limits of Cross-Examination.
    425 8 Judge Graham, x 0.. giving judgment at the Bow County Court in a case of dispute between husband and wife, as to a business in which the husband made allegations as to his wife’s chastity, said Certain allegations have been made as to the wife’s relations with
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    F. M. S. Agriculture.
    290 8 THE CONFERENCE IN K T, Full Programme The following is the programme of the first Agricultural Conference of to be held in Kuala Lumpur from April 26 to 28 i First Day, Wed April 25. 2-30 p.m.—Health and Sanitation 0 n Estates, by Dr. 8. H
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    St. George’s Church, Penang
    116 8 In Sunday Arrau Easts r 8*00 a.m. Matins 8-30 a.m. Holy Communion 10-00 a.m. Holy Communion (Chinese) 5- p.m Sunday School 6- p.m. Evensong. Hymn 126 Responses Roberts Psalm LXXVIII Oakely Quadruple Magnificat Attwood Nunc Dimittis Qoss Hymns 498, 1S6 and 137 ST. ANDREW’S. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
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    The Week’s Events.
    237 8 Saturday, April 14. Malay Peninsula Agricultural Association, A.GtM. Chamber of Commerce, 11.10 a.m, Penang Volunteers, Field Operations. Sunday, April 15. Ist After Easter. Monday, April 16. Town Band, Esplanade. TtnwDAY, Av*n. 17. Penang Chamber of Com me roe, Bsb Committee Meeting, 8,30 p.m. Wbdnisdat, Apbil 18 Town
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      62 8 A Parent's Duty. Your boy is always getting scratched or cut or bruised. Because these *ouods hare healed all right is no they always will Get a bottle of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and ee that erery injury is cared for immediately. Toucan get nothing better, and blood poison is too
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      62 8 Ia a hot climate such as this harmful bacteria multiply very quickly and that is the reason of stomach and bowel complaints being so prevalent. These troubles are difficult to cure unless the right medicine be taken. WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CORE is a medicine of sound curative properties and particularly
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      11 8 For Children's Hilling Ooegl stNlg ?l Wood*’ Great o«r*. 11 m
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    SHARES.
    2216 9 p Dividend. 3 Number of Shares issued. a, O Dal« of •rmatioii Ctpit* 1 > 1 J p 12 Cm last financial year. for current yearName. S h m PQ J do •-3 1 O? Co RUBBER—DOLLAR SHARES. cts. cts 120,000 120,0)0 88,000 180,440 200,000 150,000 166,000 f 19,700
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      375 9 the eastern produce exchance. U B ac h 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. /action Sales of Rubber held twice a week, on every Monday and
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    War Notes.
    1201 10  -  By Major C. W. Redway The mistake we all made two a d a half ye're ago was in thinking that the war would be over quickly, and we may commit a similar blunder to-day in post-dating the cessation of hostilities. It used to be said that a
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    “The Queen Weapons.”
    948 10  -  By Wedmer. It is sixty years since Sir Chailes Napi* gave to the bayonet this Roy*i tit). present war has served only to stie-wth e its right to the honour. On the Wr S t* r D Front raids are at present the order of th D
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    What's Wrong With the Church?
    2014 11  -  A REPLY TO “RITA.” By the Rev. A. C. Headlam, D. D. (Professor of Theology, King's Collegs. London My attention has been drawn by a friend to an article in The Sunday Times, What is Wrong with the Church P” by “Rita, and I have
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      91 11 The Forty Year Tea*. An article must have exceptional merit to survive for a period of forty years, Chamberlain’s Couph Remedy was first offered to the public in 1872 From a small beginning it has grown in favor and popularity until it tas attained a world wide reputationYou will find
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