Straits Echo, 18 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. voi» 16. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, FRIDAY, 18th MAY. 1917. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 114«
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      1175 1 aTn &s*Al M-V I i-M-L V l SONATOS» Km The Georgetown Motor Garage y A Penang Road. ral Address! Uokimteik. Penang. ’Phone No. 694. port SALE. COMMONWEALTH PARTIN-PALMER motor CARS 1917 MODEL. 0e a 6-passenger Touring Car. Two 2 Roadster. A car that matches everj automobile desire at a price
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    Penang Chamber of Commerce.
    706 3 Committer Meeting Minutes. [Excerpt from Minutes of a Meeting of ♦he Committee of the Penang Chamber of Commerce held id the Chamber on Tuesday, 15th May, 1917 Present A.F.Goodrich Esq Chairmtn, C. M. Henderson E-q., Vice-Chairman, J. C Benson E*q., F. Duxbnry Esq., H ALow Esq
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    Penang Swimming Club.
    55 3 The May Monthly Medal Competition viz., 50 yards handicap for “A” Class and 75 yards for B Class will be held at the SwimmiDg Club on Sunday, the 20th inst, at 11 a.m. Entries will be received by the Secretaries up to within half an hour of
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    P.C.C. Bowls Tournament.
    38 3 The following was the result of the tie played off yesterday Cflnmpionthxp, W K Bharpe beat W H Threlfall 21—17 S.B. D. van Tvritt will sail for Bela wan Deli on Saturday at 8 p.m,
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    Kedah Notes.
    538 3 (From A Correspondent.) Alor Star, May 17. The Chief Judge and the British Judge will proceed to Langkawi within these few days to hold the Assizes there. Mr. Md, Ibrahim, English Clerk and Postmaster, Langkawi, ingoing to get married in the middle of the following month. A civil
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    Eastern Produce Exchange.
    70 3 At the Eastern Produce Exchange Auction yesterday the following prices were obtained. Diamond Smoked Good from $147 to $l4B Diamond Smoked Fair 135 to 146 Diamond Unsmojced 121 to 133 Plain Unsmoked 119 to 123 Scrap Crepe 80 to 89 Pressed Scrap 40 to 77 Loose Scrap
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    Tin Outputs.
    74 3 The output of the Kampong Kamunting Tin Dredging, Ltd., for the first fortnight of May was Honrs run 2 dredges 672 Cubic Yards treated 83.000 Total Piculs 827 58 Realised on sale $52,087 Mr. Khaw Joo Tok advises us that the outputs from the following three Companies for
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    To-morrow's Band Programme.
    99 3 The following programme of music will be played at the Golf Club to-morrow evening from 5-45 p.m. to 7-15 p.m.:— 1 The Charlestown Parade Dixon 2 Selection Faust Gounod 3 Dream of Ragtime Thurbau 4 Selection The Girl from Kay’s Caryll 5 Waltz September Godin 6 March
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    95 4 daQj (txoept Sundays Mid pwblio hm*d*n) ATTME CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. 59' Beach Street, Penang. r Price. < Italy Leeal m 994 per annum. m Qwtatatinn... Postage Extra. |MI MUta® (Port Free) 917.50 ami iDDim: SOHO —PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343 N.B.—AAI buainem communications should
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    THE ALLIES' WAR AIMS.
    1432 4 Lord Robert Cecil has inherited many of the qualities of his great father and his speech in reply to the demand of the pacifists in the House of Com* rnons for the disclosure of the British war aims was a sound, frank, commonsense statement which will
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    M. A. P.
    941 4 The Tsar oompletes to-daj his forty-ninth year. Mr, H. Chevallier is now stationed in Johore. Mr. H. Furnivall has left Euala Selangor for Home. Mr. G. C. Jackson, Chief Inspector of Police, F,M.S., has been granted eight months’ leave. Mr. R. C. Kay, of Messrs. Fraser and
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    894 4 Too Horrible! In old Madrid there is a* \f t-, rofa world-know, for tbe poi.. .1"' V'°' eipre«,on of «urprUe ,J artist is said to have obtained th,« The suddenly accusing his wit™?.'j uonataral crime. A few weeks ag, W 9 s J K n expression in all
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    Tin and Rubber.
    62 4 Latest Quotations t Tin (unrefined) is qu >ted hern to- *> $ll5, buy*'s no sellers, in ed) at $ll7, business done (1W and ia London at »£251 15s three month. Messrs. Bonstead Co. > nfo, l" n«* the following are the quotations on Sp>t in Lon lon
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      186 4 JB= A S A H I BEER The Popular Brand in the Eiet. SAPPORO STOUT A Stimulating Tonic. CITRON WATER A Thoroughly Healthful and Satiafactoiy Diiuk Raspberry Water Ribon Tansan W ater OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE. SCLE AGENTS: THE EASTERN TRADING CO., PENANG and IPOH. -v- ae The3© vra,' ches are male
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    THE BRITISH PUSH.
    604 5 [Reuter's Telegrams] NORTH of THE SCRAPE. Severe Fifktia*. LondoD, May 16, 7.3 p m. gir Diuglas H*ig reports: continued yesterday to our dviDtige iu the western portion of Bulle- T t We mide a few prisoners during a Rencounter yesterday night to the tight T r Dositiou
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    FRENCH OFFENSIVE.
    508 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] POWERFUL ENEMY ATTACKS. Position* Maintained. London, May 16, 4 25 p.m, A French communique states i The artillery struggle was continued a eight time. After a violent bombardment, the enemy in the mcraing powerfully attacked on a four-kilometre front in the Moulin- Del me- Faux district,
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    London Rubber Market.
    25 5 C From Our Oum Correspondent J London, May 17. The prices in the London Rubber Market o-day were Pale Crepe Diamond Smoked
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    SUBMARINE WAR.
    616 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] THE WLEK’S SINKINGS. Admiralty Figure* London, May 16, The Admiralty announces tbit the arrivals in Britain daring tha week totalled 2.568 and the sailings 2,552, Eighteen vessels over 1,600 tons and five under 1,6 '0 tons were sunk, making a total of twenty-three. Nineteen vessels were
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    ITALIAN CAMPAIGN.
    577 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] THE UDINE OFFENSIVE. Attack oa a Wide Froat. London, May 15. Great interest is being taken in the Italian offensive in the Udioe. The Italians are advancing on a front of sixty miles from Tolmino to the sea. The sector Tolmino—Strcano is undoubtedly the most difficult
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    BRITISH WAR AIMS.
    659 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] QUESTION IN THE COMMONS. Official Statement. London, May 17. In the House of Commons Lord Robert Cecil, Minister for the Blockade, replying to Mr. Philip Snowden's demand for a British declaration of no annexations and no indemnities similar to the new Russian declaration, said that
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    HOME RULE.
    476 5 [Reuter's Telegrams]. GOVERNMENTS SCHEME. Rumoured Provision», London, May 16, I It h state! that the Government’s Home > Rule Scheme provides for the immediate i establishment of a Parliamant in Dublin for twenty-six Nationalist Counties, excluding tbe six Ulster Counties, with the option to j )in later. A
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    Outside.
    180 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages i Pages. 3.—Penang Chamber of Commerce. Penang Swimming Club. P. C. O, Bowls Tournament. Kedah Notes. Eastern Prodace Exchange, Tin Outputs. Tc-morrow’s Band Programme, 6. —The Abuse of Alcohol in the Far East. The Submarine Campaigo. Siam’s State Astrologer.
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    The Abuse of Alcohol in the Far East.
    626 6 There has been somt\ interesting corres- j pondence io the Rev ew of Review* between Mr. Abrahamson of Singapore, and Sir Harry Johnston, on the subject of the abuse of alcohol Sir Harry Johnston made the statement that the con=umptipn of alcohol
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    The Submarine Campaign.
    367 6 There are so many corrections to previous returns itsuel with each weekly statement of the submarine “blockado” figures that it is rather difficult to keep pace with them, but there is nothing in the t ffi ial figures to show that the danger is being reduced—aDd no
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    Siam’s State Astrologer.
    567 6 New Wine in old Bottles. Fon reading of the omens at the Raak Na c lemony, the 8 ate Astrologer pronounced the dictum that the ensuing year would a med ,f a f ely good one for rice, fruits and fish. It is not the pronoumement itself,
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    The Week’s Events.
    76 6 Friday, May 18 Town Band, Esplanade. Saturday, May 19. P. V. It. C. Shoot, 3 p.m. Sunday, May 20. Sunday after Ascension. Penang Catholic Benevolent Association, A. G M Parish Hall. Penang Swimming Club, Monthly Medal Competiton, 11 a.m. Monday, May 21. Town Band, Esplanade. New Moon.
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    Who’s Guilty?
    175 6 The Electric Polyscope are showing from to-night a new Series of pictures under the above title in 15 episodes of 2 parts each which without doubt is the most unique and interesting departure in pioture production. Each p cture of the series is complete in itself 'had features
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    Government Salaries.
    443 6 [To THE Edito* or THE Straits Times.] Si .—As tbe Government has been trumpeting i-a wrongs before the public lately, and as Government servants may not write to air their grievances, permit me as one who knows a few of them to take up the cudgels on their
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    China on the Right Course.
    460 6 President Li Yuan-bung’s steady band agaiu appears at the helm of the stormtossed ship of state. To-day’s news from Peking shows that although he favors war with Germany and is supported by the Premier, Cabinet and Tuchuns, he is determined to await action by Parliament,
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    Singapore Races.
    645 6 Bkcond Dat’b Results, Singapore, May 18. The following were the results of the second day’s racing i Race I. Mr. Glerdinning’s Tim 1 Mr. H. M Boelen’s Krelis’ Sitter 2 Mr. Amber's The Monk 3 Won by a length two lengtln between second and third. Time 2 min
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    The Arab World.
    886 6 The author of the article on the Clean Fighting Turk,” which we noted on a former occasion, now tells us that the fall of Bagdad has brought tb’e British people directly into touch with the Arab world—that world of noise, bustle, passion, and rbetorio which has lain
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    Freemasonry in Penang.
    163 6 Installation Mektiwo. The instalhtion meeting of r. 0 a„ n q, 3. C. 1003 took pl.c, USS*” Freemason. H.ll Uninstalling b Wor. 8.0. B.R. Perkin, After .hi'! Ull of iost.lliog ,he Wor Mr.ter .ndbi.o£22 dinner was strved during wh ch for the Kiog and the Di.t'ict Orscd
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    EXCHANGE.
    110 6 Penang, Mat 18 (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4$ 4 months’sight Bank... 2/411/1« 3 Credit 2/413/16 ip 3 Documentary 2/427/32 Calcutta, Demand Bank R a h 3 days’ sight Private... Bombay, Demand Bank Moulmein, Demand Bank 5 3 days’ sight Private... a Madras Demand Bank
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      12 6 For Cuilditn'tf Haoking Oomgh at Night. Wood*’ Great Ptpp<*nuint Oar* 1«. 6d.
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      46 6 Now Is the Time. For rheumatism you will find nothing batter than Chunter lain's Pain Brim. Now is the time to get rid of it. Try this liniment and Bee bow quickly it will relieve the pain and soreness. For sale by all dispensaries and dealers,
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      10 6 For Cbronio Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cere Is 6d,
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      50 6 A Good Role for the HomeMake it a rule of jour home to always keep on hand a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a safeguard against bowel complaints. It always cures promptly and no 'household is safe without it. For sale by all diepenaaries a*d dealers.
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      78 6 With the distressing moist heat of this tropical climate one is apt to get a body chill, alwaya most dangerous because the liver or kidneys are affected, and with either out of order a diseased condition may ba set up. WOODS’ CREST PEPPERMINT CORE is the finest comotive af a
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      173 6 Mechanical engineer (Eo K lisb), at present iu Australia, 3 desires post in Malaya. Experienced with l Mining, Locomotive, and Refrigerating 3 Machinery, and with native labour, Testi- monials and full particular! on file at “Echo” Office. Apply Power", c/o the l “Echo.” 312 The Singapore Family Benefit Society, NOTICE.
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    The Coming of the Romanoffs.
    1051 7 The passing of the latest of the Romanoffs hag about it all the eltmentk of conventional drama surprise, the clash of personalities, the swift logical climax, and the promise of eventual happiness. And drama has been the normal environment of the Romanoffs, for that House
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    PRODUCE.
    236 7 Puhahu, Mat 18. t P Tapioca $8.60 selbrs M. P. Tapioca 8.70 sales Gold leaf 64.40 f Pepper (W.Cdast 3 lb. 5 05).516 1/3 buyers Black Pepper 25.00 buyers Whits Pepper 40.00 sailers. Trang Pepper 32 sellers Maco $llO nom. Mace Pickings 35 buyers. Cloves 40 sailers. F Nutmegs
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    Market Prices.
    251 7 Pmhako, 18th Mat 1917. Bust— cU. Soup p9r Citty 16 Roast 24 fteaks m 24 Stew or Curry Meat 18 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 40 Tongue 50 Feet i, 25 H j art n 40 Lver per citty 35 Fillet of Beef 64 Pork Pork psr
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      500 7 NOTICE. NOTICE in hereby given that the partnership business of Chop “Chin L»ong A Co.,” at No. 262 Beach Street, PeDao*. had been dissolved on the 30th day Of April, 1917, as Mr. Choo Hean Lin had withdrawn all bis share of the Capital, Profit and other interest from the
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    The Summit of Despair.
    883 8  -  A FRENCH VIEW OF GERMANY’S POSITION. (By Jacques D'Urville.) More than thirty months have passed by siace Germany, seized by megalomania, started her formidable machine of war. At the moment chosen by the Pan-Germanists the lever was pulled, setting in motion against a distressed world the
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    The Meaning of “Nerves.”
    223 8 Nerves are fibres running from the brain to all parts of the body, like the wires of a telephone exchange. Some of them give ns the sense oftoucb and feeling; others con* vey messages to the biain and the will to our muscles and enable us
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      82 8 Cronp. 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 suffer until it can be ob<
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    War News and Gossip.
    2654 9 The Submarine Campaign. (Fro)n Our Oim Correspondent London, April 6. The struggle by land and sea has now become one of transport. On the sea, the intensive submarine campaign is at its height, and Germany has now only about five months at the utmost left to
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