Straits Echo, 24 April 1917

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    36 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. YOJ» 1 6 $24 Per Annum. PENANG, TUESDAY, 24th AJTUL, 1917. Single Copy, 10 cents No. 93.
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      967 1 1 i ft .1.7 Ml. «it tr *yf; The Georgetown Motor Garage ■—< BANKS 7a, Penang Road. r.i Address: Hokimteik, Penang. ’Phone No. «94. pOH SALE. COMMONWEALTH partin-palmer motor cars 1917 MODEL. One 5-paesenger 'louring Car. Two 2 Roadster. A car that matches every automobile desire at a price that
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    Japan and Peace.
    2009 2 Thb Profits of War and Disarmament. With that inclination to frankness Terming on indiscretion which distinguishes him Marquis Okuma was recently reported by the l{okumin as spying that the world is now on the brink of bankruptcy, while at the same time he declared that, fortunately, Japan
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      130 2 AS r m V* -t <**■ **>■- f i Js v a .1 < m v "4-T t ms m y r .1 Wi*. M PI! y. AND TUBES Specially Toughened Phone 453. G. H. SLOT Co., Cable SLOT. SOLE AGENTS, metx.l TRY A GOODRICH k >* j i. i
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      12 2 For Children’» Hooking Oongh at Night. Wo#da’ Great Peppermint Oere I*. 6d,
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      612 2 w AIVTED A Cashier. S °cuntv )000( A pib to Box 43. J trails "W AIVTED. WANTED. Chines Clerk f,r tcwn c ffi„ p must have some commercial rxperiecce and be a good typist, m:e W.ite t> No. 77 251 c i° Mraitt Echo, WANTED^ "DKJTURE PIANIST, must be first
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    St. George’s Day Football.
    1033 3 Victory for Chinese Team. The celebration of St. George’s Day this year took the form of a f >otba!l match which was played on the Esplanade yesterday evening between Mr. Syer’s team and Mr. Lee Tiang List’s team during which a collection was made on the
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    Penang Golf Club.
    180 3 Calcutta Medal Competition. Result. Winner. W. 8. Goldie... 42 41= 83- 6=77 nett F. A. Pledger 49+53=102-24=78 J. Gray ...54+47=101-20=81 S. H. Langston 52+47= 99-18=81 M. D. Rutley 41+43= 84 Scr =B4 G. B. Fitsgerald 47+50= 97- 9=BB The following also played, but made no return Messrs.
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    Ayer Kuning Rubber.
    184 3 Special Resolution Confirmed An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Ayer Kuoing Rubber Estate, Limited, was held at the registered offices of the Company, Messrs A.A. Anthony Co, yesterday afternoon. There were present Messrs. A. F, Goodrich oa the Chair, 'J. W. Barnett, A. 8.
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    A Warning.
    149 3 [To the Editor of the Straits Echo.] Sir, —I have to call the attention of the Municipal Authorities through the medium of your journal to the negligent driving of some of these night soil van drivers as to endanger the lives cf pedestrians. This morning at about a
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    Eastern Produce Exchange.
    334 3 At the Eastern Produce Exchange Auction to-day the following prices were obtained Diamond Smoked Fair from $l4l to $154 Plain Smoked 120 to $125 Diamond Unsmoked 126 to 130 Plain Unsmoked 113 to 125 Scrap Crepe 75 to 80 Bark Crepe 65 Virgin Scrap 69 to 70
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      846 3 THEATRE. Thomas ShaCto. M*w er Sensation of Penang. ]Se Sensation of Penang. liberty (fit loves BATTLEFIELD. UNIVERSAL’S IlHion Dollar Spectacle million Dollar Spectacle Love's Battlefield a picture of quite unparalleled magnitude. A rnanifi ent, Thrilling and »we-inspiring Bp ctacle.” |j 10 Blahorat scene? are amazing and the result is hat
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    101 4 fllikM daily (except Sundays and pnblio kekdaya) ax ni CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. St. 59, Beach Street, Penang. I Prior. I n I Dfeßy Laeal 924 per annam. m OvMation... Postage Extra. |MI Billion (Post Free) 917.50 OABLR ADDRBBS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343 If.B.
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    ON LAND AND SEA.
    1366 4 Oxer the week end the war news has been excellent. Our gallant French Allies hare registered appreciable successes at a number of points and now that the British have again joined in the battle rages furiously, and in our favour, along a line which is far-flung”
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1004 4 The* aid Now, It is forty years ago to-day since the Russo-Turkish war began. There was great feeling against Russia then in England. To-day she is our ally and we are fighting against Turkey by her side. I Sir Franeis Buraand. Sir Francis Burnand, whose death Reuter announced
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    MESOPOTAMIAN CAMPAIGN
    588 4 C Reuter's Tulkoram» 1 OPERATIONS DEVELOPING Prisoners Captured* London, April 23, An official announcement regarding operations in Mesopotamia “We stormed portions of the I, Ub position on April 21 the enemy ev«uj!! the remainder during the night. We continued the pursuit at day hr on the 220 d
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      155 4 SUPER ICED COLOGNE. There are several cheap le d Colognes 01 the mirket but none of them compare with the O.iginal E r gli‘b Brand the Super Brand Instantly Cures In THE SUPER* EAUoe COIOG^ Headache and Neuralgia i|k =—r aßit ,s^ An o6ESt' NS74W7LrCURES George towno®* o®* 0 SNAN3.TAIPING&ISS
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    BRITISH FRONT.
    840 5 [RUDTKB'fl T*L.®<3 ra M8 offensive resumed. Turn»*' Pro*re««. London, April 23. Bit Dougias II»ig reports > m ade farther progress to the east of Harrincouit Wood and carried the southern nortion of Trescault village. There was sharp fighting all day long to tb« loatb-oast of Loos. Ground was
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    FRENCH OFFENSIVE.
    509 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] ARTILLERY ACTIVITY, Rkeims Violently Bombarded. London, April 23, 1 p.m A French communique reports i Between the Somme aud the Oise the artillery duel was very active south of St, Quentin and north of Urvillers. Between Soissons and Rheims intermittent artillery actions took place. The enemy
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    London Rubber Market.
    24 5 (.From Our Own Correspondent.') London, April 23. The prices in the London Bobber Market to-day were: Pale Crepe 3/Diamond Smoked 3/•
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    THE RAID ON DOVER.
    1030 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] GERMAN VERSION. A Garbled Story. LondoD, April 23. The German official version of the raid on Dover states i We advanced towards the mouth of the Thames. Our light forces effectively fired 650 shots at short range at tbe fortresses of Dover aud Calais.
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    Outside.
    199 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages i Pages. 2. —Japan and Peace. 3. —3t. George’s Day Football. Penang Golf Club. Ayer Kuning Rubber. A Warning. Eastern Produce Exchange. 6. —The War-Zone. Kedah Notes. After The War. Cannae. To-morrow’s Band Programme. Indian Labour. Love's Battlefield at
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    SUPREME COURT.
    2078 5 i A Partnership Suit. In the Supreme Court before Mr. Justice L. M. Woodward this morning the hearing was resumed of the suit instituted by Mrs. D. A. Donald, widow of the late Mr. G. M. Donald against Mr. Malcolm Duncan, claiming (1) to have an account taken
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    The War-Zone.
    1361 6 Leaving Paris early ore morning lasf January and duly trovided with a special passport and accompanied by Major R. A. M. O. we travelled in a train literally packed with men returning to the lighting lines and some new drafts, who were eager y listening to accounts from
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    Kedah Notes.
    483 6 April 21. Che Shuib, Third Judge, retires on pension this month, He is a capable officer of the o’d school. The Smitary Board contemplate erecting a motor-car stand in a convenient place in the town. Alor Star will be lighted by electricity after the war. This should be
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    Indian Labour.
    965 6 Indbntubkd Emigration. We Indian Daily News) have received from Mr. R P- Gibbs, the Emigration Agent for the British West Indies and Fiji, 1 a letter on the Passing of Indentured 1 Emigration,” which is too long to reproduce in our columns but to which we may 1
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    Cannas.
    548 6 It i# only within the last 20 to 25 years that the Canna has been appreciated for its brightly coloured flowers as well as for its handsome foliage. Before this its chief < attractions were the broad bladed leaves which made it eo ornamental a plant in the sub-tropical
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    Alter The War.
    389 6 Under the caption “Last we Forget” a correspondent writes In wishing the German Offal Company a successful year, it may have escaped your notice that Englishman, Scotchmen, Irishmen, Australians, Canadians, Indians and even men from the F. M .S. have died that we might live, and that
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    To-morrow’s Band Programme.
    55 6 The following programme of music will be played at the Esplanade to-morrow evening from, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m, 1 Gnnd National Ballet Victoria and Marrie England Sullivan 2 Brazilian Dance Habanera D’oiae 3 Wal<z The River of Year* L ddell 4 Secon Danoe Suite Italian Tehakoff
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    Chinese J.P's.
    540 6 Tribute to Government's Choice A most successful and enjoyable function was held on Sunday in the spacious Kinta Chinese Club Booms, when the members of 1 that Club met to do honour to the five c Perak members of their community who t have so recently been honoured
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    The Week’s Events.
    134 6 Tuesday, April 24. Penang Man-Power Advisory Committee Meeting, Governor’s Office, 2,30 p,m. Municipal Commission, 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 25. St, Mark. Town Band, Esplanade. P. A. M. Annual General Meeting, Kuala Lumpur. Agricultural Conference Open, Kuala Lumpur. Thursday, April 26. Agricultural Conference, Kuala Lumpur, (2nd day.) Chamber
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    P.C.C. Bowls Tournament.
    83 6 The following ties have been fixed for Thursday, the 26th inat, Teams of Four. Chalmers, Houston, Smith, Houston vs AllaD, Sharpe, Starr, Muir (3) Single Handicap. D J Robertson vs A Lindley (1) R S Pentney vs J Dick (2) The following ties have been fixed for
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    Love’s Battlefield at the “Empire”.
    136 6 The great Universal Sarul u T Battlefield was screened for the 1 last light at the Empire Thettre crowded audience greeted eaoh aDd thunders of applause. *-tk To-night will be the last oddom intending patrons will have of seein magnificent spectacle (in the secdi/V 1
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      50 6 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 loosene-s of the bowels is noticed Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Kemedy should be given. For tale by all dispensaries and dealers.
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      64 6 A Parent's Duty, \our boy is always getting scratched or cut or bruised, Because these wounds have healed all right is no sign they always will Get a bottle of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and see that every injury is cared for immediately- You can get nothing better, and blood poison
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      459 6 TO LET r JY O BE LET, i Furnished, House No 3 Pangkor Road, immediate 3 Apply Boustead A Co. entry. REGISTRATION OF ALIENS ORDINANCE NO 2 OF 1917. The above Ordinance will cone into for M on L May, 1917. All aliens which include subjects of all foreign States
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    Affairs in China.
    881 7 Presides ital Advisers. A frequent subject of comment amongst those who take interest in the political and general development of this country is the prevalence of waste both of energy and of money in schemes and enterprises that never come to anything. Hundreds of examples I of
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    The Unspeakable Hun.
    897 8 Mr. 1’. J. Ford has written a pamphlet to 1 advocate Quarantining Germany” as a rotnmonsense precaution, published by Maclebose at Id., which supplies a very I great need. German bestiality in Belgium, impost.ble to describe in a self-respecting Dewspaper, is but one phaee of German infamy
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    Market Prices.
    260 8 Prsang, 24th April 1917. Bin»— ctt. Soup per catty 16 Roast 24 Pteaka 24 Stew or Curry Meat 18 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail eaoh 40 Tongue 50 Feet 25 Heart 40 Liver per oatty 85 Fillet of Beef 60 Pork Pork per oatty 40 Pig’s Head 20
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    PRODUCE.
    144 8 L J Pknako, April 24. 8. P. Tapioca $7.60 bajeri 1C. P. Tapioca 8.10 aalea. r Gold leaf 64.40 5 Pepper (W.Coaat I lb. 5 oz).$l6 1 /2 bayin Black Pepper 25.00 buyiri White Pepper 40.00 Milan. 1 Trang Pepper 82 lelleri Mace $110 nom. Mace Pickinga 58 islleri.
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      257 8 THE EASTERN PRODUCE EXCHANGE. 27. Beach Street, at the corner of Beach Street and Church Street Ghaut. CAPITAL $120,000. Auctioneers Brokers. The 127th Auction Sale of Rubber WILL BE HELD On Thursday, the 26th April. 1917. Auction Sales of Rubber held twice a week, on every Monday and Ihursday, Sales
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      81 8 There are two stages in the status of a preparation sold to the public under recommendation. The first is an experimental purchase, as a trial. If that trial does not produce results the article is not bought agsiD. WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE passed the experimental stage over 20 yeirs ago.
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      519 8 ALL STYLES AND PRICES IN TOWELS. ■r s m Hemstitched Turkish TOWELS. n Supeicella quality extra heavy absorb* eat Turkish Towels hemstitched borders. Siz;s 21 by 42 and 23 by 45 ine. Prices!:90(cts. Ai$l-20,each. Fringed Hucki aback Face TOWELS. Measuring 18 by 36 inches; a cheap towel well worth double.
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    Perishable Art.
    2268 9 j There are many poople who are more horrified by such an outrage as was perpetrated on Millais's portrai' of Carlyle in the National Portrait Gallery than they would be bv an attack on life or even on private property. They have a happy confidence that if you
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      85 9 IE a UE PATENT SCRAP WASHER (1917 MODEL.) PRICE $1,800 Capacity 7 5 to 100 lbs. per hour. CLOSE ON 300 MACHINES NOW IN USE. DELIVERY AT ONCE FROM STOCK Maximum Rubber Recovery on all grades of Scrap, Drive by Belt or Direct Connection. Write for descriptive booklet and partial
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      152 9 The Fruit Season. Bowel complaint is sure to be prevalent during th fruit season Be sure to leep a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Eemedj on hand. It may save a life. For sale by all dispensaries and dealers. You it for less here. Glare Spectacles, eyes and
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      1681 10 P. 0»~~British India AND APCAR LINE (Companies Incorporated in England.) Mail and Services. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. (under contract with his majesty’s government) lor Singapore, China, Japan, t eylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports and Loudon. MAIL LINES. Homeward (for Europe.) Outward (fob China.) INTERMEDIATE DIRECT SERVICE. Ik» Inlrroitdialt
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