Straits Echo, 27 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. IS. $24 Per /nnum. PENANG, FRIDAY, 27th APRIL, 1917. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 96.
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      1085 1 nr "Mil- mi IP; w> pL\y i u The Georgetown Motor Garage 7a, Penang Road. tvi iildressi Hokimteik, Penang. ’Pbone No. 694 rrOH SALE. COMMONWEALTH PAKTIN-PALMER MOTOR CARS 1917 MODEL. One 6-passenger Touring Car. Two 2 Roadster. A car t> at matches every automobile desire at a price that cannot
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      22 1 l £s MILKPff Hit 1%! T fOR WANTS CHIU#f R ijs* v H| CH is the but co*>^!!K L O0*& :^o »•> use
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    Penang's Council Representative.
    433 3 Cbambbe’s Pbesidbxc Elniio. A. special general meeting of the members of tbe Penang Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday afternoon for the purpose of proposing a nominee to aet temporarily as an Unofficial member of the Legislative Council during the absenoe from the Colony of Col. A.
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    The War Tax.
    590 3 [To tbb Editob on tbe Straits Times.] Sir.—Pater’s letter draws attention to a manifest grievance under the ordinance. The committee which drafted an income tax bill and over which Mr. Saunders presided just alluded to the point merely to brush it aside as presenting insuperable difficulties. If,
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    Supreme Court.
    250 3 A PARTNERSHIP BUIT. In the Supreme Court before Mr. Justice L.M. Woodward to-day tbe bearing was concluded 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 of the partnership
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    Penang Golf Club.
    45 3 Lawn Tjcnnis Toubnamint, Entries for tbe above will close on Saturday, the 12th May at 7 p.m. Tbe following are the events Ladies' Singles Handicap. Ladies' Double Handicap. Mimed Doubles Handicap. Men's Open Singles. Men’s Singles Handicap. Men's Doubles Handicap, Profession Pairs.
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    Eastern Produce Exchange.
    75 3 At the Eastern Produce Exchange Auction yesterday the following prices were obtained Diamond Smoked Good from 9154 to 9155 Diamond Smoked Fair 146 to 152 Plain Smoked 124 to 125 Diamond Unsmoked 119 to 142 Plain Unsmoked 115 to 124 Brown Crepe Fair 90 B:rap Crepe 77
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    To-night’s Band Programme.
    400 3 The following programme of musio will be played at the Esplanade this evening from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. 1 Finale Strsdella Flotow 2 Gilop Tramway Burgmein 3 Silection Finale 3rd Act Rigoletto Verdi 4 Waltz The Rivulet Godfrey 5 March Marching Thro Georgia Miller The Electric
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      819 3 KOTOR 1 kib ,Oo*r CARS FOR SALE. Cr 7 setter, Four speed and 1 Ljn. ri -Registered to oarry 1 0^ kfl<1 1 0 T rwiJr. new bood. newly round tbe per to** D X r d Cl 5new to go bMB «.II e.red for ruoo.o* ord.r «d o»n be
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    97 4 Fahikhed daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT THI CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. Vo. 59, Beach Street, Penang. i Paica.) DaDj Local m 924 per annum. OwUtation... Postage Extra. Hftil Edition (Post Free) 117.50 CAB LB ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343 "•B.— All business
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    SUBMARINES AND THE FOOD PROBLEM.
    1254 4 Some four weeks ago Lord Beresford remarked in the House of Lords that as the days become longer and the weather clearer greater losses due to the German submarine campaign must be expected Evidently he was correct, though the figures of the British sinkings published
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    M. A. P.
    953 4 On medical ad vie?, owing to heirt troubles 3 Mr, Conway C, Sirre, of Ipoh, has left for Home, i Stys the Sarawak Gazette of April 16: We learn with great regret, which will be shared by the whole community, that the Com- mittee or Administration have
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    963 4 Coat of a Crows Pri.ee. Neither the number nor the of the evils in which all EuroJ Engulfed by this war must blindin'* > fact that the original source an i l tl) fr m which al' spring i, Prussian ThlB yoke under which all ril U i
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      196 4 You buy it for less here, Glare Specla les, eye? and hide pipe s with medi> in and dark tinted plane $moke glares. Complete with »napca?e, Vriee >3-25. If fitted with “Arapbyl” Giants ?1 extra. i l w e X£ y r* vwan! 0 others" 1 y< no Curl side-
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    19 4 Death, Harrison— Oa the 27th us\, at S’poy Lines, H.-rlense Elvira, infant daughter of Dr, and Mrs. ha Harrison,
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    BRITISH OFFENSIVE.
    781 5 [R*DTB* B TILIOIUMB.] south Of the Scarpe. e »vy enemy losses. Pint Aerial Work. Load® April 25. 11 40 p.m. II«g '“P or, adraooed oar line to-daj to th of the Scarpa B.rer «bore two lid cue. «erecaptured ou Tueeday ul Q9rm n d!ld werefo d “‘lbattlrfleld which
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    FRENCH FRONT.
    374 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] HEAVY ARTILLERY FIRING. Eaemy Couater-Attacks Stopped, London, April 26, 1.10 a.m. A French communiqal reports Heavy artillery firing was continued all along the front. North of Vauxsaillon machine-guD and artillery fire frustrated an attack against our trenches. “It is confirmed that the Germans this morning were
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    London Rubber Market
    47 5 (From Our Oton Correspondent,) I London,, April 25. The prices in the London Rubber Market ;o-day were t Pale Crepe 2/114 Diamond Smoked 2/11? London, April 26. The prices in the Loudon Rubber Market ;o-day were: Pale Crepe 2/11$ Diamond Smoked >m 2/1 If
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    Tin and Rubber.
    188 5 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $104 25, business done, in Singapore (refined) at $105, business done (225 tons gold) and in London at £225 15s. spot and £226 £s. three months’ sight. Messrs. Boustead A Go, inform us that the following are the
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    SUBMARINE WAR.
    924 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] THE WEEK'S BAG. AJairilty Report. London, April 25. The Admiralty reports that daring the week 2,585 veesels arrived at and 2,621 sailed from British ports. Forty vessels of over 1,600 tons were sunk and fifteen under 1,600 tons. Twenty-seven vessels were unsuccessfully attacked. Nine fishing boats
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    MACEDONIAN CAMPAIGN.
    507 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] SOUTH OF DOIRAN LAKE. A British Attack. London, April 25. A British official issued at Salonika states *'After a bombudaunt of three days we attacked yesterday night oa a front of two-and-a-half miles, between tbe southern end of Doirau Lake and a point to the northwest
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    Penang Man-Power.
    153 5 At a meeting of the Man-Power Advisory Committee Penang the following applications were dealt with Applicant. Employer. Decision. C. L. Collenette Messrs. F. W. Certificate Barker Co. granted that he oan be spared. C. B. Redway Messrs, F. W. Certificate Barker A Co. granted that he cannot be
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    THE CHANNEL FIGHT.
    1526 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] TWO TO SIX. DESTROYERS SPLENDIDLY HANDLED Press Bureau's Thrilling Story. Londoo, April 26. The Press Bureau publishes details of the action in which two of our destroyer leaders, at midnight on April 21, engaged German destroyers which were returning to their base after the bombardment
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    Outside.
    53 5 The following articles will be found on oar outside pages i Pages. 3. —Penang’s Counoil Representative, The War Tax. Supreme Court. Penang Golf Club. Eastern Produce Exchange. To-night’s Bind Programme. 6. —P- A. M. P.C.C. Bowls Tournament. The Week’s Brents. 7. —Consular Reforms. Enemy Dukes. 8 —lmperial Tariffs. 9,
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    P. A. M.
    2589 6 THE ANNUAL REPORT- I < A BASIN# D»t»lopm«wt- 1 We have received the annual report of 1 the Planters’ Association of Malaya, frona j which we make the following extracts The total amount of rubber produced in 1 the Malay Peninsula in 1916 falls just short of
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    The Week’s Events.
    920 6 Fbibat, Arui 1« 27. Town Band, Esplanade. Agricultural Conference, Kuala Lumpur, (3rd day.) Satubday, April 28. Negri Sembilan Planters Association, A.G.M. Snogei Ui mg Club, 10.30 a m. Batu Liotarg Ltd Statutory Meeting, Barker and Cj, 12 noon. Agricultural Conference, Kuala Lumpur, (4th Day.) Sunday, April 29.
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    P.C.C. Bowls Tournament.
    284 6 The following were the retails of the ties played off yesterday Single- Handicap* A Lindley beat D J Bobfrtaan 21—17 Teams FourAllen, Sharpe, Staer and Muir beat Chalmers, Houston, Houston and H Smith 21—17 The F.M.9, War Belief Fund Committee have contributed .£lOO from the general funchto
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      47 6 Serves the Whole Family, The fame of Chamberlain's Coueh Remedy is world wide. It it good for the deep seated cough of the adult or the sroup and whooping oough of the children. The same bottle serves the whole family. For sale by all dispensaries and dealers.
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      420 6 VALUABLE .PROPĔjm forsale. o, xr;vr:r«* UNDER THE Alien Enemies (Winding w Ordinance 1914. TO BE SOLD BY Public Auction On Monby. the 11th J ly o( j w .1 AT 11 AM., AT LOGAN'S BUILDINGS, PES m The Well-known. Common, and Highly Valuable OFFICES GODOWNS BELONGING TO Messrs. Schmidt Kustermann
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    Consular Reforms.
    641 7 Some harsh and hard things have been said in the Far Eas‘. during the past ten regarding the unsympathetic attitude, in some parts, of the British Consular Service towards the commercial ambassadors who came East to promote trade, and naturally looked for guidance by officials who were au
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    Enemy Dukes.
    334 7 The Government Bill dealing with enemy peers will deprive the Dukes of Cumberland and Albany of their British titles. The former is Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale and Earl of Armagh, these titles having been conferred in 1799 on Prince Ernest, fifth son of King George 111., who
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      364 7 STRENGTH STYLE AND COMFORT IN EVERY PAIR. The Great European War has created such an abnormal demand for leather that practically all Boot factories are under Government conttol and this means that the importation of Boots aud Shoes is considerably restricted. Anticipating trouble in this respeot we placed cur orders
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      12 7 For Children's BUokiag Coegb at Night, Wood*’ Great Peppermint Cere la. W.
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      250 7 A Perfect Food for Baby Mel 1 in s Food. Perfect because it contains all that is essential for healthy development. Perfect because it can be given to the most tender infant with assurance of complete assimilation. Mellins Food A Sample Bottle ot Melhn's Food, together with Handbook foe Mothers
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    Imperial Tariffs.
    2007 8 (Bt a. Tbuthfitl Toet.) The other day, as I was meditating on a misspent life in the Twopenny Tube, my eye lighted on the exhort ition of a vendor of Australian wineB to Drink imperially.” This is not a bad variant of Chamberlain’s think imperially.” But the fashionable
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      118 8 Estate Supplies IN STOCK ACETIC ACID Japanese 99£ Glacial. ENAMELLED LATEX PANS Blue/White size 18" by 9" by 3} SULPHURIC ACID Japanese 66# SODIUM BISULPHITE 1 cwt. Drums. CALCIUM CARBIDE Japan9^ s 100 lb ARRIVING SHORTLY MOMI CASES size 19' by 19" by 24" by f UNIVERSAL BOX STRAPPING Cary’s
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      383 8 \v v l&SS! U'SafeSS 7 1«’«» rr f i- Of all J’X Chemists i A ft* 9 M and *2 V Bazaars Bowel Disorders Angier’s Emulsion exercises antifermentative effects throughout K eJ Ubric n tive tract. That is whv it is so val.,,Ki„ rr d 'ges is why it is
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    Bagdad and After.
    1978 9 Bagdad is the fourth largest city in the Ottoman Empire, only Constantinople, j Damascus, and Smyrna exceeding it. It is, as it has been for over eleven centuries, the commercial capital of Mesopotamia, situated at the intersection of the most important trade-routes in the Middle East. It
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      557 9 “Nerves” Our nerves are similar to an intricate network of telegraph ires Controlled and nourished by a portion of the brain— Known as the nerve centres-the delicate threadlike nerves radiate in .all directions throughout the body. So long as the nerve centres are capable of continually supplying nourishment to the
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      50 9 Bowel Complaint in Children. Dunne the summer months children are subject to disorders of the bowels and should receive the most careful attention. As soon as any unnatural baseness of the bowels is noticed Chamberlains Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy should be given. For sale by all dispensanes and dealers.
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      1113 9 frd I &2l ECnULARITY of the BOWELS The First Line of Defence against Ill-Health. Only about one man or woman in a hundred is perfectly healthy. The other 99 have some d gestive trouble, and perhaps more than 50 per cent of these could trace their trouble to that prevalent
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