Straits Echo, 17 May 1917
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Title Section35 1917-05-17 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. \0L. 15- $24 Pci /nnom. PENANG, THURSDAY, 17th MAY 1917. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 113.35 words
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Advertisement1168 1917-05-17 1 In warn mm The Georgetown Motor Garage 7a, Penang Road. p.i A-ddresn: Bekimteik, Penang. ’Phone No. 654. pOR SALE. COMMONWEALTH PART IN-PALMER motor cars 19)7 MODEL. One 5-pas3enger Touring Car. Two 2 Roadster. A car that matches every automobile desire at a price that cannot be resisted. One second-hand 2-seater1,168 words
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Advertisement11 1917-05-17 1 OK'. MIJ L '-yJK'nT liij s, k &£L *SBAssz use iSaa11 words
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Article951 1917-05-17 2 St. Nihal Singh - AN ARM OF THE INDIAN EMPIRE Bv St. Nihal Singh Unnoticed and uncheertd, an artn of the Indian Empire has been stre'cbing out in Mesopotamia as the victorious armies have been driving the Turks farther and farther back from the Persian Gulf, Officials sent out from Iudia have improvised951 words
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Article1281 1917-05-17 2 (From a Times Oxford correspondent Perhaps youth is the same io *ll countries. Perhaps the youth cf Bulgaria itself, in these days of ‘‘Arms and the Man,” i 9 eager-eyed and glows into visions. It is bard for us here in Eig’aud to believe that there is any1,281 words
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Advertisement268 1917-05-17 2 (NEW SHIPMENT JUST RECEIVED.) Peterson's “De Lux PETEftSON’S 'OE LUXE bHAFE No. 1 SHAP£ No. 2 SHAPE 3re. 3 $5. $3.50 $4.95 Specially selected from »t. easoned Ox*, ar Roots som are over 150 years old. All De Luxe Pipes are subjecte 1 during manufactu e to Special Treatment which268 words
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Advertisement438 1917-05-17 2 No More Headaches Headache?, intermittent pains, 9 h arn shooting spasm®, or steady, dull aches over the eyes, in the back of the head, at the base of the brain or in the t mples’ qaicklf succumb to the soothing influence of Little’s Oriental Balm Every minute you suffer from438 words
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Article360 1917-05-17 3 Attempted Suicide, Soug Sooi Choo, a coolie m a Dhoby shop in Huttou Lane was this morning charged before Mr. S. H. Langston in the Second Court with attempting to commit suicide by taking poison. On the accused returning a plea of guilty, Inspector McLainon said that360 words
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Article227 1917-05-17 3 Penang Women Workers. Amount previously acknowledged $5,058.53 P. N. Siye, Esq. 20 00 Mrs. Pritchard (Further donation) 10 00 Mrs. Saye 10.00 Mrs. Souter 5.00 Mrs. Brereton Martin 5 00 Knching 1.00 Total $5,109.53 Hospital garments for soldiers ready cut out for workers will be given227 words
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Article114 1917-05-17 3 Mrs. Stephen Anthony’s and Mrs. Ebden’s List. Amount previously acknowledged... $476.00 Per Mrs. Prosper Liston A Miles E-q. 10.00 Mrs Hilton Magill 5-00 Mrs. Jamieson 5-00 Mrs. Liston 5.00 Total $501.00 Letters received lately > Very manv thanks for cigarettes ieceived to-day 26*2 17, 1 have114 words
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Article40 1917-05-17 3 The following were the result of the ties played off yesterday Championship Pairs. W Houston and GBP Southern beat E B Henderson and B Owen 21 —28 Single Handicap. J G Allan beat G B Fitagerald 21—1«40 words
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593 1917-05-17 3 I |To the Editor of the Straits Echo.] Dear Bir, i I sea that the Government desires that it should be made known that when tbe order to quit was forwarded to tbe Commissiooer of Police for service on Mr. Molyneanx the Commissioner was informed593 words
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Article185 1917-05-17 3 [To the Editor op the Straits Times.] Sir, —Your correspondent A Chinese reader is mistaken in thinking that the words Chinaman and Chinamen imply any disrespect, any more than Englishman,” Frenchman or Dutchman.” It is simply a question of etymology. Tbe word Chinese is an adjective, not a noun185 words
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Article78 1917-05-17 3 The undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by Messrs. Allen DenDys and Co. at their 281st Auction Sale to-day:— Smoked Ribbed Sheet $145 to $149 per picul No. 2 Smoked Sheet Diamond 135 144 do Unsmoked Sheet 128 136 do No. 2 Unsmoked Sheet 116 12378 words
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Advertisement611 1917-05-17 3 WANTED. R ,r I j,;r by »n expaiienced Clerk and A VomJuctor Indio* nce'Dot trstiliaison any Estate. Apply eala.j ca o offer t'J A. c/o Straitt Echo. 2SS GOVERNMENT NOTICE. STRAITS SETTLEMENTS 6 PER CENT WAR LOAN. WANTED, Wanted immediately or by June 1st relitble Ayab and ticder h Ocod611 words
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Advertisement233 1917-05-17 3 QUALITY is the point which is necessary in an enjoyable Cigarette. i hat’s why EMBASSY VIRGINIA No. '/7 has been justly described as THE CIGARETTE DE- LUXE. I I T? I I I I I t 'ORGINIA C, Car.ETTES--^5 1 i 1 dokG STOL LO" AT PENANG’S-PtiPULAR-PLAY-HDOSE-WHERE EVERYBODY GOES EMPIRE233 words
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Article, Illustration97 1917-05-17 4 FlMilbli dally (except Sunday• and public kobdays) at ne CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. Be. 59, Beach Street, Penang. t Pmce. MyLeeal ■m 924 per annum. m Oehetation... Postage Extra. BUI E m*A (Post Free) 117.50 GABLE ADDEBSB ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343 a.B. —All business97 words
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Article529 1917-05-17 4 The Russian situation is certainly not encouraging. General Korniloff, commanding at Petrograd, has resigned end has been closely followe I by two of the most distinguished commanders at the front, General Gurko anl General Brussiloff. General Russky, who has been relieved of his command of the northern529 words
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Article552 1917-05-17 4 So far, although food prices hare gone up considerably locally there has never been any difficulty whatever in obtaining all one has wanted as regards quantity. So much so that, lunching in a semi-public establishment one day recently a Straits man who had just returned from England552 words
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Article146 1917-05-17 4 There have been two further developments ia the case of ex-losppctor Molyneaux (1) Hh his, after being ordered ti quit the Frdsratpd Malay States, brea forhidrbn to visit Penang. (2) H-* denies, and is prepar'd to on OHtb. the statement iatbe rec-nt ffficM communication that he was146 words
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Article981 1917-05-17 4 Mrs. R. P. Brash, who was in India on a holiday, has returned to the F.M S. Mr, C. J. H. Lowe, of the Kuala Kangsar Sanitary Board, has been transferred to Ipoh as an Assessment Officer, Mr. R. D. Acton, District Judge, who went to the981 words
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Article938 1917-05-17 4 Cause and Effect. A local journalist has been friends a letter from hi, h is away at a hill station in l n .j j »ho just read your article on l “Yon are not taking y 0 ur 'i; Wr °H regularly.” y lT ®*-pilli Lese-Majeste I938 words
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Advertisement283 1917-05-17 4 THE HIGH OF SAFETY The Mark G.T.D. may well be likened to a Sign of Safety for it enables you to identify an article of absolute purity, just as the ‘HALL MARK’ tells you that an article is solid is a guarantee which you as a me Tiber of the283 words
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Obituary59 1917-05-17 4 Deaths. Baptist On May 16 at 372, Anson R ad, Penang, the wife of Mr. P.C. Baptist. (Smgapore papers please copy.) Pipe Wolfebstan —Oa April 1, at the Royal Nival College, Osborne, within a few lays of his fifteenth birthdxy. Cadet Humphrey Pipe Wolferstan, R- N., eldest son of Littleton59 words
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Article915 1917-05-17 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] fighting at BULLECOURT. .J r.emy Couater-Atlaek. tndon. M, y 16. 1210 m F„ld.M»r!lial Sir Drnglas H.i 'Tfurther d9t.ll. of th9 fighting this orDiag show that the enemy deliberately ™tempt 0( I by four strong concerted attacks, supported by artillery, to drive P out of Bulleoourt915 words
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Article745 1917-05-17 5 [REUTER'S TELERGAMS.] AN APPEAL TO THE ARMY luctioi Deiouued. Petrograd, May 15, The Council of the Workmen’s and Soldiers’ Delegates have issued au appeal to the army not to forget that the regiments of Kaiser William ware destroying revolutionary Russia. The loss of free Russia would be an irreparable745 words
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Article781 1917-05-17 5 [REUTER'S TELERGAMS.] CHANCELLOR S ATTITUDE. Speech in the Reichstag. London, May 15. Dr, von Bethmann- Hollweg speaking in the Reichstag, regarding Germany’s war aims, affirmed that there was no difference with the A'lies regarding the question of peace- He perfectly understood that passionate interest wa3 taken in781 words
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Article575 1917-05-17 5 [REUTER'S TELERGAMS.] LOROS’ AND COMMONS’ BANQUET. Future of tka Empire, London, May 16, General Smuts was the guest of members of the House of Lords and the House of Commons at the banquet which was held in the Royal Gallery yesterday. Lord French presided. Comradeship of the575 words
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Article99 1917-05-17 5 The following articles will be found 09 our outside pages 1 Pages. 2. —Mesopotamia. Young America. 3. Round the Courts, Queen Mary’s Needlework Guild. Over-Seas Club Tobacco Fnnd. P. C. C. Bowls Tournament. The Case of exinspector Molyneaux. “Cbintman.” Penang Rubber Auction, April Rubber Crops. 6 —King of Siam’s99 words
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Article520 1917-05-17 5 [To the Editor of the Straitt Echo. 1 Sir, J I have read with the greatest interest the discussion on the above subject, and I have no doubt that if the matter were to be brought up before the Legislative Council by the proper authorities at520 words
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Article470 1917-05-17 5 What was generally regarded as the most important evidence for the defence in the Perak Water Rights case, which Mr. Justice Farrer-Mauby is hearing in the Judicial Commissioner’s Court, says the T.O.M was given by Mr. H. S. I. Smail, Irrigation Engineer of the F.M.S. Government, who470 words
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Article373 1917-05-17 5 1 The following books have been added to the Penarg Library:— Wild Men and Wild Beasts t Scenes in Camp and Jungle, by Lt. Col. Gordon Cnmming. Trial of Mrs. May brick, Edited by H. B, Irving, Trial of The. Seddons, Edited by Filson Young, Trial of The373 words
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Article26 1917-05-17 5 C From Our Own Correspondent London, May 16. The prices in the London Rubber Market to-day were Pale Crepe 8/1 Diamond Smoked 8/126 words
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Article415 1917-05-17 5 Latest Quotations, Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $119,25, business done,fin Singapore (refined) at $119.75 business done (205 tona sold) and in London at £256 10s. three months' sight. The Chief Secretary of the P, M. S. in his 1916 report says that the Commissioner of Police records415 words
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Article746 1917-05-17 6 H s M*j sly tha Kmg of Siam i as leeu making an official tour of the southern p'Ovincas. With the m mberg of bis suite he left Bangkok on April 10, proceeding by train for the first part of the journey and •topping at the746 words
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Article104 1917-05-17 6 Thursday, May 17. Ascension Day. Holy Thursday, Friday, May 18 Town Band, Esplanade. Sunday, May 20. Sunday after Ascension. Monday, May 21. Town Band, Esplanade. New Moon. Wednesday, May 23. Town Band, Esplanade. Oar Dumb Animals,” the organ of tbe Massachusetts S.P.C.A., summarises the wear and tear104 words
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Article913 1917-05-17 6 Ayer Panas Meeting. Some heat and not a little light was grnerat d at the meeting of Ayer Panas (*ppropriate name held Ij Singapore last Monday. The point at issue was the quesnon of .directors’fees, the interlocutor was 1 Mr. C. C. Dunman and the Chairman913 words
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Article1037 1917-05-17 6 The collection of statistics relating to the Man-Power of the F.M.S. which has been 1 published by tbe military authoiities in Singapore should suffice to clear the air once I and for all. And it is to be hoped that there will be no more flogging of a1,037 words
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Article437 1917-05-17 6 [To the Editor of the Straits Timet."] S.r, —F M B., in your issue of May 7, laments the abolition of the Queen’s Scholarship m the Straits and pleads earnestly for its restoration or some equivalent in it» place to make the finish of a young man’s scholastic437 words
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Article54 1917-05-17 6 The particulars of the outputs from the following companies for the first half of May were Kamunting Tin Dredging Ltd. Piculs 230 Hours run 305 Chenderiang Tin Dredging Ltd. Dredge —Piculs 175 Hours run 301 Tributoes— Piculs 25 (Total) 200 Larut Tin Dredging Ltd, 345 01 Hours run54 words
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Article415 1917-05-17 6 The following programme of music will be played at the Esplanade to-morrow evening from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. 1 Selection Ernam Verdi 2 Galop The Great Excitement Laroche 3 Selection Macbeth Verdi 4 Waltz Alexandra Gung’l 5 March Dublin Bay Hewitt In the L a gislative415 words
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Article1289 1917-05-17 6 Semi-Official Account. The following cables were communicated to the Bangkok papers by the British Legation: THE WESTERN OFFENSIVE. Satisfactory Features. London, May 4 Operations on British front to May 3 inclusive. During the week the main interest has still been confined to the western front, but, except1,289 words
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Article91 1917-05-17 6 The following ties have been filed for Saturday, the 19th inst. Single Handicap—Clan A. Lee Kwee L*w vs Lam Hor Tuck Championship Tiang Liat Teik Lee VI Lay Cheang Keng Sim Single Handicap Class B. Tan Choo Soay —l5 vs Chau FookSeng The following ties have91 words
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Article405 1917-05-17 6 Othello,*' hy the Malay Voluatem. Criticism has been expressed of the policy of not numbering the reserved seats with i plan, but it is hoped that most will not be deterred from supporting the effort which ii to be made at the Kuala Kangiar Hall to* night by405 words
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Advertisement57 1917-05-17 6 A machine weakened in one part soon bieaka down altogether. That is the case with fcufferers from indication, mott dis-he-.rtenmsr complaint. If you are troubled turn immediately to WOODS’ GREVT PEPPERMINT CURE. A course of this medicine will place the body mRcbice in perfect running order. Sold at Dispensaries and57 words
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Advertisement62 1917-05-17 6 For a Lame Back. When you have pains or lameness in the hick bathe the wi'h Cbsmberlain’s P.in B<lm twice a d*v, nnsssgicg with the yalm of the h md for fire minute* at each application. Tbtn dampen apiece of flannel slightly with this liniment and bind it on over62 words
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Article1231 1917-05-17 7 j RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. I Thu Vibws or Socxatbs. \_This levely imaginary conversation in the the house of Socrates is by Dujleld Osborne, and appears in the Yale Review Persons of the Dialogu :—Socrates Xanthippe, bis wife; Aspasia. Scene :—The House of Socrates. Xanthippe. You are1,231 words
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Advertisement323 1917-05-17 7 I IA Good Tip. FIT AND A 8 a a HAVK A LONG RUN I OR YOUR MONEY, g I j AGENTS: I I jR. T. REID Co., Penang. I BRINKMANN A Co., Singapore. I I u I I I THE WATERHOUSE Co.. Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN THE U.8.A Muar, Malacca323 words
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Advertisement495 1917-05-17 7 NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the partnership business of Chop "Chin Leong Co.at No. 262 Beach Street, Penang, had been dissolved on the 30th day of April, 1917, as Mr. Choo Hean Lin had withdrawn all his share of the Capital, Profit and other interest from the said Chop495 words
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Advertisement596 1917-05-17 7 a? 7« 9 R u i ft®®» Tk* Mirror Shows Plaiaer Thao Word* Whst a Woaderful Im P ror«. 4( May he Realised ky a Gaia of Ev*s 10 cr 12 Pooad*. Sargol Makes Puny, Peevish Plump and Popular.'* People If you are tired of being called Skinny,” “Bean-pole” or596 words
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Article2286 1917-05-17 8 Dividend. I g •g S Number of jjj -J «'-2 Capital. Shares t 3 Name. g. E Jl issued. last finan- for current 3 O S 1 «2 cial year. year- pq eg O* (m, hh RUBBER—DOLLAR SHARES. cts. cts ,nno ioaaaa *****0 1 1 65 20i A lor2,286 words
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Advertisement445 1917-05-17 8 THE EASTERN PRODUCE EXCHANGE. 27. Beach Street, at the corner of Beach Street and Church Street Gh’ut. CAPITAL $120,000. Auctioneers Brokers. The 134th Auction Sale of Rubber WILL BE FELD On Monday, the 21st May, 1917. /uction Sales of Rubber held twice a week, on every Monday and Ihursday, Sales445 words
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Article1372 1917-05-17 9 Major G. W. Redway - By Major G. W. Redway. Under this headiag Mr. George Bernard Shaw contributes to the Daily Chronicle an article which is illustrative of the views of the gifted amateur on such matters as artillery fire and aircraft—views which are valuable just because they ar# his own1,372 words
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Advertisement180 1917-05-17 9 V GOOD NEWS MOTORISTS f m EXTRA Ordinary MILEAGE Of*» 1 mirfi ARE HENLEY TYRES (.official; TO sm 0 AND 8 ALL BRITISH Specially Toughened the mame op t fi.il W. T. Henley Telegraph Works Co., Ltd. C7~ ZZS Of submarine cable world fame, is the best guarantee that m180 words
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Advertisement376 1917-05-17 9 MOTOR CARS FOR SALE. >□ 1 Adlsr Car, 7 seater, Four speed and 1 >d Reverse Gear. 1 Overland Car :—Registered to carry 7 is persons including Driver, new hood, newly r e painted and guaranteed to go round the >r Island with top speed, d Toe above Cars have376 words
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Advertisement1192 1917-05-17 10 P. o.—British India AND APCAR LINE (Companies Incorporated in England.) Mail and Servioea. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. (UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY*B GOVERNMENT) For glßgaporo, China, Japan, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt. Mediterranean Forts and London. MAIL LINES. Homeward (bob Europe Outward (for China.) INTERMEDIATE DIRECT SERVICE. Tke Intermediate Service1,192 words
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