Straits Echo, 5 May 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 /nnam. PENANG, SATURDAY, 6th MAY, 1917. Single Copy, 10 cents No. 103.
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      1210 1 Lits v Jtx The Georgetown Motor Garage 7a, Penang Road. r*l Address i Hokitnteik, Penang. ’Phone No. 694. •(BANKS. NOTICES, Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND BY ROYAL CHARTER.) pOH SALE. COMMONWEALTH PAKTIN-PALMER MOTOR CARS 1917 MODEL. One 5-pasbenger Touring Car. Two 2 Roadster. A car
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    Shall the Germans Come Back?
    960 2 Hongkong Council Debate. At the meeting of the HoDgkong Legislative Council on April 19, the Hon. Mr. Holyoak proposed the following motion s “It is the opinion of this Council that it is in the bast interest of the Colony of Hongkong that persons of
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      169 2 y y y y y x kk TYRES The only Tyres holding the R.A.C. certificate for 5,000 miles without cuts or punctures. BRITISH AND MADE IA BRITAIN. Agents for Penang: The Eastern Pacific Trading Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements.) X i I .XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 7 w .y-v> i MSS
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      52 2 Always Recommend It. In almost every community there is some one whose life his been saved by Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Such persons seldom miss an opportunity to recommend it, and these recommendations and its never failing qualities account for its great popularity. For sale by all dispensaries
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      211 2 SftciHMteifl) w W SCENT Of ARABY w R-J* Ht, Jj> A Harmony of Fragrance BULLED from the scenU 0 f thousand flowers, Newim” perfume i 8 fragr«,„, lasting. It possesses just that suhtl note of daintiness and refinement which appeals most strongly t 0 th person of taste. Shem-el-Nessim can
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    Gold and the War.
    1130 3 Demonetising the Mighty Metal. Since the beginning of th? war the neutral countries have added approximately «£240.000,000 to their gold stocks, Japan, which, although a belligerent, is commercial ly rather in the position of a neutral, has added about .£9.000,000 to the reserves of her national
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    Blows at Germany.
    685 3 The past month must be regarded, on an examination of events, as supplying the most grievous disasters Germany and her partners have experienced, and they are, observes Mr. Archibald Hurd in the Daily Telegraph, all the direct or indirect results of naval force They may be stated
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      213 3 Ifirestonei 1 H- I» TYRES! t I I MORE MILES .LESS TROUBLE > i i I AGENTS: BRINKMANN Co., Singapore.! I It THE WATERHOUSE Co.. Ltd. (incorporated in the u.s.a.) I I I I ftai Muar, Malacca and Kuala Lumpur. R. T. REID Co., Penang. I OPR MS t'Vt EfU»L
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      301 3 'i 1 «t: iiiiifiiiui'ii iii!Fl$ii:!i 'r |i; 'r 'i^ :i iffllliPaWfl I I P See how strong and sturdy this baby is —how she is hearing the whole weight of her body on*her arms, how solid are her limbs, how firm her flesh. At 12 months of age she weighed
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    The Seriousness of the Irish.
    1043 4  -  [By Cahir Healy.] N toiug Cuuld better mirk the differences that separate the Celt from the Siion than a brief glance into the manner in which each amuses himself. It was said long ago, "by their fruits you shall know them,” but if I might,
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      365 4 BRISTLES IMBEDDED IN SOLID RUBBER. TOOTH *11 B:?US H RUBBERSET. The Bristles of the Kubberset are held securely in hard Vulcanized Rubber, no loose Bristles to choke, annoy or injure, every Brush packed in a separate box and sterilized, the only safety Tooth Brush on the market ii GUARANTEE. Every
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      116 4 JUST ARRIVED THREE 1 j Famous D D D Humber K M 4 m£n>r, '< iianiiiriii Ml MotorCycIes New Flat-Twin-Opposed-Cylinders 3.3 h.p., 3 Speed, Chain drive. PRICK $750 nett. Without Horn and Lamp. n LEAFLETS ON APPLICATION. 1 IGOH TAIK CHEE 1 Sole Agents tor S.S. 6* F.M.S. 24, Reach
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    Pianos Up Trees
    1016 5  -  [By Tom Weight.] r That Queensland has been suffering record floods, and that pianos were lodged on trees," the omniscient Reuter informed you (I see) on January 8th This shows that 1 cannot te much of a journa list, since I have sent you no such intelligence,
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    Ulu Piah Ltd.
    1007 5 Fourth Annual Meeting. The fourth annual general meeting of the members of the Ulu Piah Company, Limited, was held at the Chamber of Commerce this morning. There were present Messrs. R. P. Brash, in the chair, M. C. Corbett (Manager), E. V. C. Thompson. A. Lindley, J.
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      896 5 mtM TIASIN TIK DREDCIHC CO.. N. L. Notice of Dividend. WANTED. rpHK ft hd in*»»® DIRECTORS have declared ,.im Divideod of 1/- (one hi4t atthe Company’s 9fh May Office n» ow.so |l > A e ,il l917 G. M. YETTS, General Manager. 286 NOTICE. A BILLET by an experienced Clerk
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      324 5 0 CD C >CD CDC DC DCDO LAMBERT and BUTLER 75T lit u n a n o n n A ft U r\ L> 0 D CDC X )CID CDC CDn AT PENANG'S-P. PUL4R-PLAY-H IlliE-WHERE EVERYBODY GOE-. MPIRE. TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT ANOTHER Monster Program of Exceptional Brilliance i DOIM’T FAIL TO
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    96 6 PMMbM duly (except Sundays and public V be*day.) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. 59, Beach Street, Penang. v f Pnica. ?W‘ ml DeAy Leeal 924 per annum. Postage Extra. IMI Emm (Post Free) $17.50 GABLE iDDBIIS ECHO—PENANG." Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343 N.B. —All business
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    LITERATURE AND THE WAR.
    1351 6 What of literature when the war is oxer and the sore coat counted P Will it blossom luxuriantly, as in the spacious days of Elizabeth, or will it lie neglected for a space P An idle and unprofitable speculation, some may say; we must be concerned
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    M. A. P.
    645 6 Mr*R. O. Wmstedt has returned from leave. Mr, Maurice Bandmann passed through Singapore by the mail on bis way to America via Japan. Mr, A. M. Pountney leaves this evening for Malacca on duty, whence he will return to the Southern Settlement, Mr. C. Bose, Administrator of
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    Tin and Rubber.
    276 6 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $105.50, business done, and in Singapore (refined) at $lO6, business done (150 tons sold). Messrs. Boustead Co. inform us that the following are the quotations for Rubber on Spot in London on the 3rd inst. received yesterday Plantation
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1013 6 The Castle of Somnolence What the rt ason may be we do c to kuow but our Supreme Court Pr, N able Castle of Somnolence j? 1 day of the week and you will '“«y one man asleep in the body 0 f t\ while counsel pleads the
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      142 6 RIFLE ACCESSORIES. New STOCK OF CLEANING RODS JTTST RECEIVED. Best Qi a’ity English Make w>th ball bearing handles $3 SPARE Bristle Biushes 50 cts. 303 Combined Cleaner 50 cts. Rangoon Oil (largo bottle) 50 cts. Motty Paste 75 cts. Never Nickel Lubricant —3 great aid to higher Scoring 75 cts.
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    THE BRITISH THRUST.
    1224 7 [Reuter's Telegrams.] DING-DONG FIGHTING. NE VV SCARPE STRUGGLE. Giiii on tke Flask». London, May 4, 6,5 a.m. R 9 ut jr’s Correspondent with the British wiring on the afternoon of M 3( states that the fighting was of terrihie intensity and raged throughout the day |t tbe
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    FRENCH FRONT.
    627 7 [Reuter's Telegrams.] i SUCCESSFUL AIR RAIDS Great Coaflagratiea Okaenred. London, May 4, 2.5 a.m. A French communique reports t Somewhat lively artillery firing took place on the Aisne front. The enemy very violently bombarded Rheims. Intermittent artillery firing took place in Champagne. Four enemy aeroplanes were brought down
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    AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.
    474 7 [Reuter's Telegrams.] NOTE TO THE ALLIES. NO SLACKENING OF EFFORTS." Dtaosiiritiots for Agsio.i Gov.rom.st, London, May 4. A telegram from Petrograd states that M. Miliukoff has transmitted to the Allied Governments the recent manifesto to the Russians, explaining the objects of the war, He impresses that these
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    Outside.
    135 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages i Pages. 2. —Shall the Germans Come Back F 3. —Gold and the War. Blows at Germany, 4. —The Seriousness of the Irish. 5. —Pianos Up Trees. Ulu Piah Ltd. B.—The Church’s Message for the Times. The Agricultural Conference.
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    THE KING’S REPLY.
    781 7 [Reuter's Telegrams.] To Address ol Imperial Conference London, May 3, The King, in the course of hia reply to the address of the members of the Imperial War Conference said May this comradeship in the field, this community of suffering and sacrifice draw together still closer than
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    CHINESE & THE WAR TAX.
    931 7 CHINESE THE WAR TAX. COLLECTOR-GENERAL’S ELUCIDATION. Mr. A. M. Pountney, Collector-General of War Tax, accompanied by Mr, G. Flower Turner and Mr. A. M. Goodman, met no less than a hundred members of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon at the Chinese Town Hall to explain and elucidate the
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    The Church’s Message for the Times.
    1095 8 The Church’s Message for the Coming Time. A Series of Handbooks for the e People. No. 1, ‘•Hack to Christ.” By the Rev. a H T. Knight, M. A. No 5, ‘’The Faith of the g Catholic Church.” By the Rev- A.W F Blunt,
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    The Agricultural Conference.
    1044 8 The first Agricultural Conference of the Fe l rated M>Uy States was admittedly an oxpiriment. When it was first publicly announced, it was stated tta‘ if it proved a succ.ss it was intended to hold ilia Conference annually, but on a much larger scale. The general opinion
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    Malaya's Man-Power.
    702 8 The official retu.ue, wuich we (S.F P.) publish in another column, of applications to the Man-Power Advisory Committee bring the subject forward again in a manner wbich invites further comment. The publi. cation of these figures will give an entirely < uccteePab'e impression if it is considered by
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    Singapore Rubber Auction.
    97 8 (From Cher Oxen VomspondeaL) Singapore, May 5At the Singapore Rubber Auction the following prices were obtained Smoked Sheets $l5l to $156 per picul 129 150 do Fin B... 134 144 do Good 130 131 do Unsmoked 131 132 do Fine plain 130 140 do. Good 125 128
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    April Rubber Crops.
    48 8 K.M.S, 17,241 lb, Sungei Batu (Malaya) 20,500 lb, Val D’or 25,600 lb,Kurau 22,100 lb, Malakoff 47,500 lb, Straits Settlements (Be-tam) 85,000 lb, Windsor (F.M.S) 30,000 lb, Mavfield (S.S 21,300 lb, Merchiston 8,630 lb. Foothills (Malaya) 11,400 lt>, Muda Syndicate 6.6401 b, Kuala Sidim 20,172 lb,
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    Bukit Mertajam Casts.
    245 8 (From Our Correspondent.) Bukit Mertajam, May 4, At the Bukit Mertajam District Court before Mr. J. C- Sugars, on Wednesday, a Cantonese apprentice goldsmith named Ng Ah Yew p'eadtd guilty to a charge of theft as a servant of jewellery of various descriptions to the value of
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    St.George's Church, Penang
    99 8 6th Mat, 4th Sunday aftbr Easthr, 8-00 a.m. Matins 8-30 a.m Holy Communion 5- p.m Children’s Service 6- p.m. Evensong Hymn 184 Responses Roberts Psalms XXXII Hollins XXXIII Booth XXXIV Parratt Magnificat Foster 48 Nunc Dimittis Hull 62 Hymns 370, 229 and 31 During the week: Wednesday
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    Alleged Misappropriation.
    161 8 Police Clerks Charged, The hearing was resumed on Thursday morning in the Kuala Lumpur Polic? Court, before Mr. A, W. Just as Magistrate, of the case ia which Sinna Thimai, Teen Kod Fah and T R. de Silva, late employees of the Kuala Lumpur Police Department (the latter
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    Marie Walcamp at the Empire.
    97 8 To-nigbt an entirely new programme will be presented at the Empire Theatre, headed by Love’s Battlefield,” the name part of which is taken by the ever popular Marie Walcamp, This extraordinary Universal production is ef a type quite different to the general run of so-called
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    Tin Outputs.
    99 8 The output of the New Tarn bun Mines, Limited, for the month of April amounted to piculs 17.54. The output of the Menglembu Lode Syndicate, Limited, for the month of April, 1917, was Mine Output 184 piculs approximate value 910,000.00 Southern Extension 41.71 piculs tribute 1,167.04 Tailings Ore
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    N. S. Planters.
    1735 8 ASSOCIATION’S ANNUAL REPORT. I The Labour-Question < The annual report o£ the Negri Sembilan J Planters’ Association for the year ending j March 31 stated Membership.—The total membership at date w 80, two new members having joined during the year. There are «till a number of European
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    The Week’s Events.
    76 8 Saturday. May 5. The Ulu Piah Co., Ltd.. A.G.M., Cbambt of Commerce, 11 a.m. Sunday, May 6. 4th After Easter. n n to Football—r. B.C. H.L.F.C. w Kramat Gardens. Monday, May 7. Town Band, Esplanade. Full Moon, Seremban Criminal Assizes comment <. St. Xavier’s Institution and the
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      12 8 For Children’» Hacking Cough at Night, Wood*’ Great Peppermint Cere 1«. 6d.
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      84 8 Croup. This disease is so dangerous and so rapid in its development that every mother of young children should be prepared for it. It is very risky to wait until the attack of croup appears and then send for medicine and let the child suff-r until it can be obtained.
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      27 8 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. N ORDINARY MEETING Municipal Commissioners w>_ 0 o at the Municipal Office at Tuesday, the Bth instant. By order L. A. COUTIEB Secretary Municipal Co **<*•*
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    SHARES.
    2307 9 0 Dividend. Vnrn bsr of 73 a. 0 .2 2 0 a c.2 C»pit»l Shares issued. £> 2 last finanfor c arrant Nan a. m u P e 1 a 2 1 C 8 s CD M j < Ch cial year. yearn m P «> CO 0 t*.
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      206 9 REBUILT REQAL MOTOR-CARS. 'Typewriters Atlas Assurance Co., Ltd., (INCORPOEA.TBD in England) established IN 180*. 32 lI.P. heater, Electric Light, Self Starter, ■> i BICYCLES AND Ik.”- nOTOR CYCLES can he had on monthly system. j(jST RECEIVED M^GNETOES. IVIICHEUIN TYRE stockists. IfOLE L CARRIAGE CO-. The Complete House for Cycles and
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    At Random.
    1033 10 What a week —Bagdad, Bipaute, and the Russian Revolution And not a bill to put them on! One of the advantages of the momentous ehange in Russia is that it unifies the political complexion of the Allies, who are now a solid body of progressive and democratic states
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    More About Ruhleben.
    957 10 The Ruhlsben Prison Camp a p Nineteen Months’ Internmeit” of Cohen. (Methuen, 7s. (id. net.) I,r »»l Mr. Israel Cohen’s is the first full i story we have had of the hfe 0 f r prisoners at Ruhleben, It pj ?p tl,k detail, of the camp ,e
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    The Crystal Gazer.
    1278 11 [Poe The Bulletin Miss Breakpeace was breathless with excitement, as she stood, the centre of attraction, in the group of women on the landing. It just seemed Fate There I was standing looking at the meat in the new butcher’s window when she come along a 1
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    Bernard Shaw on the War.
    741 11 To say anything fresh about the war at this time of day is to be a man of genius, but Mr. George Barnard Shaw has done it. Nine out of ten visitors to the front come back with stale reports of havoc and carnage and
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