Straits Echo, 24 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. yOL. 16. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, THURSDAY, 24th MAY. 1917. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 119.
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      1190 1 '~\r fiUZEDJ The Georgetown Motor Garage 7a, Penang Road. r a Address i Hokimteik, Penang. n 'Phone No. 69L pOR SALE. COMMONWEALTH PARTIN-PALMER MOTOR CARS 1917 MODEL. One 5-passenger Tonring Car. Two 2 Roadster. A car tl at matches every automobile desire at a price that cannot be resisted. One
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    Hidden Forces.
    1637 3 If Thb Truth About Soothsaying. I The world War reveals the existence of forces hitherto bidden from the ken of man. Three qualities of the unseen forces are silence, invisibility, and power. The chances and changes of life since the summer of 1914 partly reveal but distinctly suggest
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      170 3 lA Good Tip. PIT jFIRiSJONES I I AND Have a long run for your money. I j I I \aGENTS m m a jR. T. REID Co., Penang. BRINKMANN Co., Singapore. I f THE WATERHOUSE Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN THE U.S.A Muar, Malacca and Kuala Lumpur. i A. IT D
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      117 3 Driven Out Whenever Little’s Oriental Balm enters a home the headaches are driven out. By simply robbing in a little of this sure-acting remedy the moat stubborn ache or pain is soon brought to terms When you apply Little's Oriental Balm you can feel the pain going away Tbink c
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      502 3 Be Fat —Not Funny s /;V> Jsfc i v 1 MJ Put oa Fim, Healthy Fleah Where Every Ounce Will Co«ni. If women and men only knew the pity, the gibes and the ridicule, that nineW scrawny chest» and scarecrow figure* make, they would certainly do somethin/ to «d<l e!!!i,
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    Hongkong University
    1747 4 Bbirf Sukvhy of what it has Donb." (iiy u special Correspondent of tbe Straits Times). After its first four years of existence the Hongkong University last year conferred degrees on twenty-six successful students. Some of the examination papers of these graduates have since been laid before the London
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      212 4 NEW SHIPMENTS JUS. EM PACKED. C TONNES. An entirely new collection of the choicest Cretonnes is now being shown and intending purchasers are respectfully invited to inspect the quality and compare the value before placing orders. 50 cts., 55 cis., New Season’s Patterns Forwarded Pest Free. INS. wide Q5 £ts<i
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      62 4 For a Lame Back. When you have pains or lameness in the hack bathe the parts with Chamberlain’s P«in Balm twice a day, massaging with the palm of the hand for five minutes at each application. Then dampen a piece of flannel slightly with this liniment and bind it on
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      123 4 BESSEMER” CRUDE OIL ENGINES simple, reliable, economical from 15 to 185 B. H. P. early delivery. ARCTIC ICE MACHINES all sizes from half ton daily proved as the best and cheapest ice producers in the tropics. For particulars and prices apply to J. HEIM. 2, RAILWAY BUILDING SOLE AGENT. 0
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    Food Economies.
    629 5 [To thb Editor ot thi Free Prete Sir, —The proaouncement of the Governoi of S S. and High Commissioner of F.M.S, m regard to the control of food supplies Ac t 18 interest ng reading—and no one in the present times crn possibly object to strict economy. Amongst
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    Queen Mary's Needlework Guild.
    282 5 Penang Women Workers. Amount previously acknowledged $5,109 53 F. M. 10 00 K. S. 10.00 L. R- 10 00 A. 8. 10 00 $5,149.53 Hospital garments for soldiers reidy cut out for workers, will be given out at the Town Hall on Fridays from 9,45 till
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    Alleged False Trade Mark.
    511 5 Taiping, May 23. r Our Taiping correspondent writes On Monday last one Tan Kah Cheh apg peered before Mr. Pryd-*, charged by Ins--8 pector J, McCarthy at Taiping with having t applied a false trade mark to goods by j applying labels to Stoat purporting to
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    Alleged Breach of Trust.
    198 5 A Partner Charged In the District Court befo e Mr. R D. Acton this unrniog Lis SionYong was charged with criminal breach of trust in respect of $1.763.97. Mr. C. D. D. Hogan appeared for the prosecution and Mr. S. M. Sharma for the accused. Mr.
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    Penang Rubber Auction.
    89 5 The undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by Messrs. Allen Dennys and Co at their 283rd Auction Sale to-day Smoked Ribbed Sheet $145 to $152 per picul Plain Sheet 125 do No. 2 Smoked Sheet Diamond 180 144 do Unsmnked Sheet 127 130 do No. 2
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    April Rubber Crops.
    133 5 Holland Americin Plantations 392,888 lb, Netherlands Langkat 15,920 lb, 8i Pare Pare 19,606 lb. Tbe “pretty wit” of which Touchstone speaks is often shown in the notice boards which our soldiers set np in the trenches Thus a frequently shelled trench junction bears the legend, Don’t stand
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      896 5 WANTED, 4 GOOD BecoDd»b«nd ordinary BICYCLE A App'jto 336 c/o Strait» Echo. WANTED. T rent for at least 6 month*, small n B bed Houas or Bungalow, in or near he town (George Town). Apply, statins »nt and further particulars to A. H 340 c/o Strait» Echo. PIANO FOR SALF.
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      380 5 QUALITY is the point which is necessary in an enjoyable Cigarette. 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 I I I I 1 I I i I I 1 I 1 i 5? v irginia C| CaR.ETT£S-=^2 1 1 1 lono®^ STOL I 0 I I 3! I 2 i
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    96 6 YtMbbti daily (axoept Sundays and pnblio Mttayi) ax nn CRITERION PRESS» Ltd. ■n. 59, Beach Street, Penang. t Paici. DtAy Leeal W 4 per annum. m Omfertatioa... Portage Extra. BAMan (Port Free) 117.50 OABLH iDOMM ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343 If.B. —All business communications
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    THE EMPIRE’S HOUR.
    1448 6 Empire Day, which is being officially celebrated at home for the second time, is a festival which in its youth had to face the opposition of those who reprobated flag* wagging,” and im<gined that there was an intellectual and moral dignity in keeping the lights of British
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    M. A. P.
    288 6 Mr. G. A. Hereford is returning to Prorince Wellesley as Senior District Officer. Mr, R. A. F. David, Secretary to the High Commissioner, has returned to Singapore. His Excellency the Governor returned up the Hill yesterday accompanied by his Private Secretary, The aviator Captain Doumer, son of
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    Residency ''At Home.”
    267 6 Favoured by pleasant weather and attended by a large number of guests, the At Home” at the Risidenoy yesterday afternoon proved a very successful and enjoyable function. A Successful Ride. The Hunt Club Ride whioh took place yesterday afternoon was also a successful function, everyoae thoroughly enjoying
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    London Rubber Market.
    277 6 CFrom Our Own Correspondent.') London, May 23. The prices in the London Rubber Market to-day were Pale Crepe 3/3} Diamond Smoked 3/3} The total export of tungsten ores from the F.M.S. in 1916 wa9 8,660 piculs, and included 5,227 piculs of wolfram and 3,433 piculs of scheelite,
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    954 6 May Twenty-Fourth. A reminiscence that may usefully be i m parted to the younger members' of the > community in the observation of Emm™ Day is the fact that it marks also the anniversary of the birth of a Queen in whose reign the Empire grew and flourished
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      148 6 ON T BUY INTI!. YOU HAVE SEEN OUR SELECTION We have ju t received new Stocks of the famous H. 8.8. briars Hundreds of pipe 3 to choose from. Each pipe stamped 8,8.8. and mounted with HallMarked Silver. $2.00, 2.25, 2.50, 2.75 $3.00 DOES Not Crack TH£ PIPE THAT IMPROVES
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    BRITISH FRONT.
    404 7 [REUTER'S TELERGAMS.] SUCCESSFUL RAID. Dump Destroyed LoadoD, May 22, 2.45 p.tn. Sir Douglas Haig reports We carried out successful raids to the north-east of Epshy and to the north of res. "The German artillery was active during the night east of Bullecourt, south of the rra8 _Cambrai road,
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    Gang Robbers Ambushed.
    236 7 I’oLici Coop Nbab Kampab, .l ln or at on having been received by ocal Police that a certain gan* of Jr ro^ers intended organising a thn D be Kampar-Temoh road on Htrf A n°n° f Thursda y last, Mr. H. L. 1. j a °d a number
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    Tin.
    41 7 Tin UU#l Quotation*. ,16 75 bu e v fi n Ded) i 8 nQtQd here to-day at s ned at Ili7 r^ DoBell6r8 in Sioßapore (rea» hoyers no sellers, and in Smooth, 5 s‘* 5 B P°t and 4251 Us.
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    FRENCH FRONT.
    566 7 [REUTER'S TELERGAMS.] ENEMY ATTACKS. A Tkoui&ad Priaoaara Take». London, May 22, 410 p.m. A French oommnniqul reports i i “Enemy attacks on the positions we captured yesterday north of Mont Oornillet, Casque and Teton were everywhere repulsed I with losses. We took a thousand. unwounded prisoners on May
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    AMERICA AND THE WAR.
    331 7 [REUTER'S TELERGAMS.] Tke Skipping Proklem. Washington, May 22. Mr. A. J. Balfour discussed shipping problems with the United States Shipping Board. British experts have worked out the amount of the tonnage neoessary to «apply the Allies and the Board has drafted j a programme accordingly. Arrival
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    Outside.
    370 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page. 3, —Hidden Forces. 4. —Hongkong University. 5-—'Alleged False Trade Mark. Alleged Breach of Trust. Penang Rubber Auction. April Rubber Crops. Food Economies. Queen Mary’s Needlework Guild. To-morrow’s Band Programme. B. —Singapore Assises. Siam and the War. The Week’s
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    THE IRISH QUESTION.
    1578 7 [REUTER'S TELERGAMS.] LORD CURZON’S SPEECH. A Fetreat Hope- I Loudon, Miy 22. Lord Curzon, in his speech in the Hoase lof Lords on tho question of Ireland, said I that when the wsr is over and we had I commenced the task of reconstructing which I would
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    FAREWELL TO HON. MR. W. G. MAXWELL.
    1044 7 I AKud K-ugsar oori--po>drot w.-itis to e 'h TOM:— I It is p<obaby record that, io to I -h"rt a rime, m* British Resident in »h« 1 1 F MS. has gained the thorough goodwill I xnd respect of the people of the
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    Singapore Assizes.
    1985 8 The Caldbecx, Macgregor Cash Tbe trial of Teo Swee Hong, fo imr'v a storeke. p3r employed by Messrs. Caldbectr, Macgregor and Co., on of falsifying tx.oks by omitvng certain entries was continued at the S'f-gtpore Assiaas on Monday md Tuesday btfore the Chbf Justice (St John Bucknil!, K.
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    Siam and the War.
    527 8 The position taken by Siam as one of the signatories to Hague Convention has hitherto teen thoroughly oorrect. Immediately upon the outbreak of hostilities she proclaimed her complete neutrality and took the customary measures to prevent its breach by combatants, by (he dismantling of a wireless
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    Empire Theatre.
    177 8 We are not surprised to learn that the last weeks hive been crowned with success for tbe Empire”, The “Blue-Birds” shown lately have been accorded a very hearty welcome and from what we have seen these films are undoubtedly some of the best productions in modern Photo Plays.
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    The Week’s Events.
    91 8 Thursday, May 24. Empire D.»y. Football—P.O.C. vs 0.U.A.0 Esplanade. Friday, May 25. Town Band, Esplanade. Saturday, May 26. Queen Mary’s Birthday (1867), Taiping Planters Association. A G. M., Perak Club, 11 a.m. The Wagon-Pacbaung Wolfram Mines Ltd,, Extraordinary G. M, Barker Co, 12.30 D-m, M. P. A.
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    The Holy Land.
    911 8  -  WHAT WILL BE ITS FUTURE By Dr, Gaster, T)r. Gutter is the Chi*f Rabbi of the Q ephardic Communities in Enghnd, and is a distinguished authority on Biblical lore and on the law a d literature of the East generally. The founder of Zionism in England Dr
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      515 8 Bank Holiday The Exchange Banks will be closed on Monday, the £8th inst., which has been proclaimed a Pubilc Holiday. AUCTION SALE QF MOTOR CAR TH> UNDERSIGNED ARE INSTRUCTED TO SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION ON WEDSESDA T. THE 30th OF MAT. AT 11 AM in Logan's Archway A Detroiter Motor
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      11 8 For Hacking Comgh at Night. Woed»' Great Peppermint Oue Is. M.
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      55 8 Always Recommend It In almost v roramuni* r tbp>e is some one wbo«e 1 if»' hts be?n a-ivpd bv Cbambprliia’s Co'ic, Choleia and Diatrhota Remedy. Such persons seldom mi»s an opportunity to recommend it, and these recommendations and its never failing qualities account for its great popularity. For sale by
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      80 8 With the distressing moist heat of this tropical climate one is apt to get a body chill, always most dangerous because the liver or kidneys are aff j eted, and with either out of order a diseased condition may be set op. WOODS' GREIT PEPPERMINT CURE is the fiopst corrective
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      82 8 Croup. This disease is so dangerous and so rapid in its development that every mother of Joans' children Should be prepared for it. It is very risky to wait until the attack of oronp appears and then send for medicine and let the child suff-r anti! it can bo obtained.
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      494 8 Penang Sales Room. An b hwm COMPRISING W4-h a a d. D.r.rpr Wsgena, D nine table Ebct.ie Cuing fan,, GUs*. t nek»rr Cu f lerv, Bentwood and Rattan furtUure Sturcase Matting e‘c,ftc WiU take place at 10 Logan Road Tmb Residence or John G, Brown Esq., On Saturday, 20th May.
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    SHARES.
    2241 9 0 Dividend. m 0 Number of 0, Name. .2 oJ> it Capital Shares issued. 1 P 1 last finanfor currant t p t m s 0 0 t 3 r u w 0 CO X HH cial year. year0 cq m <y I RUBBER—DOLLAR SHARES. cts. cts ]||09 ’0,000
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      270 9 T Stocks of the following always in hand: f Ricksha Lantern*, Wire Nettings, Beltings, Ricksha Tyres, Brass Gauge (mesh 50 A 60), Paints (all oolours), Rubber Mangles, Soda, Cup Hangers, Aoetio Aoid (European and Japanese), Alum, Lubrioatlng Oils, Rubber Cups, Cement, Shanghai Jars, Sodium Bisulphite, eto., eto. POR PRICES PLEASE
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    Mr.Gosse’s Life of Swinburne.
    1316 10 The Life of Algernon Charles Swinburne. By Edmnnd Gosse, C.B. (Macmillan and Co. 10s. 6d. net.) There could hardly be a more difficult subject for the biogra; her than Swinburne The uneventfu ness and insularity of his life, the problem of a personality which seemed t
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    Submarine Afterthoughts.
    989 10 Towards the close of the s«* otlfl of unrestricted submarine warfare the ere of a fateful session of p d 0n which that warfare has comHW worth while to estimate the profit. 1' Germany has derived from her wh,ch ruthlessness, and to compare them w^" 8 advantages that
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      33 10 Now Is the Time. For rheumatism you will find nothin* better Ihnn Pain B.lm. Now in Try ttm l.mment and aen how quickly it will .el-eve the tain “a SET bJ Jupe ii!
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      188 10 rw hi *<-. 9 PRO TS. “SUPERIOR TO ALL.” V LIBBY’S Soups-Tomato-Oxtail-Mock Turtle. FRESH STOCKS HAVE NOW ARRIVED CAN BE OBTAINED FROM Messrs. TONG JOO Co., CHONG KEE Co., HOONG KEE Co., AND ALL OTHER STORES AND GROCERS. Every tin of Libby’s goods consists of pure food products passed by
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      53 10 Always Recommend It In almost every community there is some one whose life has been saved by Cbamber- lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Such persons seldom mi*s an opportunity to recommend it, and these recommendations and its never failing qualities account far it* great popularity. For sale by all
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    The Gentlenes of Nature.
    1752 11 The other day there was a hard frost upon the Sussex downs a bitter north-east wind raced across the bare, whitened hillsides. Late in the erening I came upon a green plover sitting on the ground, ceaselessly turning its head from side to side. I picked
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      266 11 Ijlf 'b. >!> l J f 1 EX m iir, iu Ordinary 0(1.1»'' c j > IV MILEAGE W «M ;’A ARE O/ GOOD NEW6 MOTORISTS imj- r'r-'p: I l j X'i\ T Y ku o S& y~*S(£*& V7*l ‘-I- 1 V ir* V■ j 4 J TT* -V- >
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      81 11 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 Bend for medicine and let the child suffer until it can be ob*
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      154 11 there’s Purity and Vigour IN EVERY DROP OF READS DOG S HEAD” GUINNESS It retains through the entire brewing process and after maturing and bottling, the delicious fragrance of the hop with its sweet and soothing perfume. It has the sparkling force of a cleverly fermented beverage without the fiery
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      1485 12 P. o,—British India w T* /t. m tuo PCAB LINE (Compawiks Incorporated in England.) Mail and Panenifer Servlo PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. (UWDBR CONTRACT WITH HIB MAJESTY'S GOVBRNMBXT) For Singapore, China, Japan, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden. Egypt, Mediterranean Porta and London. MAIL LINES. Honbwa&d (for Europe) Outward (for China.) INTERMEDIATE
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