Straits Echo, 12 June 1917
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Straits Echo
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Title Section35 1917-06-12 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY fOl" i®* $24 Per Annum. PENANG, TUESDAY, i2th JUNE, 1917. Single Copy, 10 cents. No 136*35 words
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Advertisement1322 1917-06-12 1 TS. T\ f' til &J 'V' r fc* llZED NATUEii The Georgetown Motor Garage 7 >t Penang Road. Bokiotlik. P*»»»*'Phone No. »4. BANKS Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND ROYAL CHARTER.) BY -♦»4pOH SALE. 1W0 ONLY 2 SEATER COMMONWEALTH partin-palmer CARS TWO ONLY 2 SEATER MODELE>DE1,322 words
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Article1998 1917-06-12 2 Harold Cox - (By Harold Cox.) Although a section of the newspaper Pres* is still obsessed with the idea that there i* something essentially unpatriotic in th® creed of the Free Trader, the majority o 1 Englishmen of all parties are willing to give one another credit for1,998 words
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Advertisement49 1917-06-12 2 to planters! REDUCE YOUR COST OF CULTIVATION BY USING UB AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY Eight-Disc Harrows Nine Tine Cultivators “Verity” Ploughs Spring Tooth Harrows SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR TROPICAL REQUIREMENTS. Full Particulars and Quotations may be obtained from the Sole Agents: ADAMSON, GILFILLAN Go., Ltd., (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) PENANG, SINGAPORE AND MALACCA.49 words
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Advertisement160 1917-06-12 2 You Can dO it Yourself, If you know »nv one who suffers, if you suffer yourself in the relentless grip of rheumatism, if your joints are stiff or swollen, your muscles weakened, or your 1 mbs drawn out of shape, if you suffer from headache, neuralgia, sciatica or other bodily160 words
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1531 1917-06-12 3 U.S.A. Russia. President Wilson’s Message. AMERICAN WAR AIMS. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] INDICTMENT OF GERMANY. NO RESTORATION OF THE STATUS QUO. Washington, June 10, The following is the text of President Wilson’s communication to the Russian Government which the American Ambassador has delivered at Petrograd In view o< the approaching visit of1,531 words
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Advertisement695 1917-06-12 3 COMPARISON IS ODIOUS. To-night I .To-nightI! A MONSTER 3-SERIAL PROGRAMME. The Greatest and Moat Successful Film of the age known throughout the world. THE DIAMOND PROM THE SKY ol Parts.. 3 J Chapters. .Parts 61 THE FIRST NINE 9 PARTS TO BE SEEN OKLY AT THE £lectric Polyscope The House695 words
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Advertisement203 1917-06-12 3 99 31 N°77 HW ■HcMLMjp»ll||ll' »HIII 33 <w.Amt- **wtimiHji| M Virginia cigarettes WD ■D.G-H.O.WfU- 5 Bristol londo* H D pIBS i Sensational Announcement 1 COMMENCING To-night 12th June at 8 p.m. SHOWING THE FIRST FIVE PARTS OF THE SERIAL WONDERFUL. THE DIAMOND 1 FROM 61 nr i i i? siK203 words
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Article, Illustration100 1917-06-12 4 daily (except Sundays and public Midaya) at nn CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. jfe, 59, Beach Street, Penang. i Prior. 7 vm lit Dfc&y Leeal m, 924 per annum. OnMation... Postage Extra. HkI Bistsen (Post Free) $17.50 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343 N.B. —All100 words
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Article538 1917-06-12 4 In b s message to the Russian people, the fu’l (ext of which we publish to day, President Wilson would seem deliberately to have eschewed eloquence and to have devoted himself entirely to making the war-aims of •he Uaited States se absolutely clear and definite to Russian538 words
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Article804 1917-06-12 4 Count Tisza, the late Hungarian Premier was the staunchest of pro-Germans and has as much responsibility for the war as any statesman in Europe. His successor, Count 1 Moritz Esterhazv, is probably less of a pro-Britisher than Reuter would have us believe and if he spent a804 words
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Article938 1917-06-12 4 Colonel Adams, O.C., Penang Volunteers, is expected back in October, Sir Edward and Lady Brockman are expected shortly at Taiping. Mr. W. Peel, Acting Resident Councillor, has been away in Singapore on official business. w Mr, J. M. Pennycuick, of the Eastern Smelting Co Ltd., Puket is938 words
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Article943 1917-06-12 4 Uncle Toby on War. Could toe grounds on which n.i entered the war be better rit 1D than ia the following quotation fromn??? Toby s apologetical oration i Q “t,; c Shandy?” “For what is war; whatu it v„„- when fought, as ours has been principles of liberty,943 words
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Advertisement232 1917-06-12 4 SUPER ICED COLOGNE. 1H-: ORIGINAL BRITISH BRAND. The success of the Super Iced Cologne has tempted other manufacturers to place Iced Cologne on the market and we warn buyers against imitations of the Genuine Super Brand, which are vastly inferior in strength and quality. IN BOTTLES 40 cts. 8 0232 words
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Article1907 1917-06-12 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Great Afgr«*«iTe Activity. London, Jane 10, Outer’s Correspondent with the British geadqiurters, wiring on the evening of June 9 w* that there is great aggressive aotivitj oU r front. It is safe to say that the Gerwere never so harried. There were fjur r»iJ« on1,907 words
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Article58 1917-06-12 5 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $lO3, business done, in Singapore (refined) at $103.50, business done, (110 tons sold) and in London £233.105. three months. Members of the Chinese Benevolent Association are reminded of the funeral of Mrs. Lim Oo Seng which will take place from58 words
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Article622 1917-06-12 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] t Dtmaad for Traatfer of Ex-Tsar. I Petrograd, June 10. t The crews of two battleships and a cruiser at Helsingfors have demanded the immediate transfer of the ex-Tear to Kronstadt. Kroaatadt aad tka Proviaioaal Goveramaat. Petrograd, June 10. The Council of the Soldier’s and Workmen’s Delegates622 words
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Article636 1917-06-12 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] GENERAL CHANG HSUN'S ATTITUDE, Dis.olutio. of Parliament Demanded. Peking, undated. General Chang Hsun, whom President L, Yuan Hung summoned to Peking, has arrived at Tientsin and has sent a bodyguard of 2,000 troops to Peking. He now says that he will come to Peking636 words
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Article622 1917-06-12 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] COMPOSITION AND PERSONNEL. Statcmeat ia Parliament. London, June 11. In the House of Commons the Premier, Mr. D. Lloyd George, announced the composition of the Irish Convention. He stated that the Government had sought to secure representatives of everyday life in Ireland and they had invited622 words
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Article54 1917-06-12 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page2—Free Traders and War Problems. 3. —Telegrams. 6, Pahang in 1916 Naval Notes. Vital Statistics. Penang Golf Club, To-morrow’s Band Programme. Tongkah and the Rad Cross. The Week's Events. 7, —Unfinished Books. 8, —The Captain. Money Conditions in the54 words
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Article1758 1917-06-12 6 Mr. C- W. C Parr in bis Administration Report on Pahang for the year 1916 says:— < Financial. Rrv»vui The revenue for the yeir was $1,871 297 on an original estimate of 11,280 589 and a revised estimate of $1 592 257. It exceeded that for tbe1,758 words
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Article548 1917-06-12 6 In th c District Court before Mr. R. D. Actou ib s morning Ebo Ah Bang, who pleaded guilty last week to escaping from the lock-up at Pitt Street Station, wa* arraigned on a charge of extortion of the sum of $2 from one Yap Kow on May548 words
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Article113 1917-06-12 6 Tubsday, Junk 12. Ipoh Gymkhana Club, Rig Gymkhana entries close. Penang Chamber of Commerce, Committee Meeting, p.m, Anglo-Cbioese School OH Boys’ Dinner. Wbdnbsday, Junb 13. Town Band, Esplanade. RoUn Dihan Ltd.. A. G. M.. 12 noon, Thursday, Junb 14. Malay Volunteers—“ Othello or the Moor of Venice113 words
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Article183 1917-06-12 6 At tbe Eastern Produce Exchange Auction yesterday tbe following prices were obtained. per picul. Diamond Smoked Fair from $128 to $141 Plain Smoked Fair 117 Diamond Unsmoked 120 to 134 Plain Unsmoked 113 to 120 Pale Crepe Fair 135 Scrap Crepe 69 to 80 Bark Crepe 61183 words
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Article893 1917-06-12 6 Mrs- L. Amner, of Tongkah, has received the following letter through the Secretary of the British Red Cross Society BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY. [83, Pall Mall London, S. W.t 23rd April, 1917« Dear Madam, I have muchpleasure in acknewledging the receipt of yonr' letter of893 words
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Article1088 1917-06-12 6 THE ADMIRALTY AND THE CON- DUCT OF WAR. l London, April 23. As long as tbe war lasts the submarine menace will exist, and as long as the sub- < marine menace exists there will be a weapon i ready to hand for those who are anxious to1,088 words
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Article129 1917-06-12 6 Euriaa Thsatks. There is no lack of variety in tbsnrn gramme now showing at the Theatre. The bill this week oowkirnfatt that js first grade in the film world, and U headed by "Love’s Battlefield” and strong ly supported with five reels of ths much129 words
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Article73 1917-06-12 6 The following is the health statement of the Penang* Municipality for the week ended Juno 2,1917 SMale 60) t 78 Female 28 J Death rate 38.37 per mill# per annum eonpared with 36-90 in the preceding week and with 39.81 in the corresponding week of last year. Nationality,73 words
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Article40 1917-06-12 6 TENNIS TOURNAMENT. Tbe following ties have been fixed for Friday, trhe 15th inst. Men't Singlet Handicap— A, E H Everest —l5 M M Stewart —5/6 Ment Doublet Handicap—A. Penny and Sellar —3O vt Waugh and Gregson —15.540 words
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Article52 1917-06-12 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 From Cox and Box Sullivan 2 Polka Gho As You Please Winterbottom 3 Waltz My Pet Bucaloeii 4 Mazurka Lx Jolie Patineuse Maanen 6 March Ideal52 words
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Article332 1917-06-12 6 At tbe EHecfcrio Polyscope to-ci*?ht tbs following film» will be screened i the fail nine parts of “The Diamond from the Sky," episode 7 of Who’s Guilty,” F «<1 episodes 6 and 6 of The Crimson Stain Mystery,” Official War Gazette and leveril comedies. Dog meat is332 words
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Advertisement49 1917-06-12 6 Bowel Complaint in Children. During the summer mouths mothers should watch for any unnatural looseness of the child’s bowels. When given prompt attention at this time serious trouble may be avoided. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diatrhoea Remedy can always be dopended upon. For sale by all dispensaries and dealers.49 words
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Advertisement44 1917-06-12 6 Economy in the End. It costs but a set all amount to keepCbam» berlain’s Ooiio, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy always in your medicine ohest and it is economy in the end. It always cures and cures quickly. For esale by all dispensaries and dealers.44 words
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Advertisement54 1917-06-12 6 Safe, Sure, Always Cares. Do not suffer from cramp colic or pain in tbe stomach when Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy goes to the right spot and gives immediate relief. You cannot afford to be without it if you ate subject to attacks of this kind For sale by54 words
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973 1917-06-12 7 Proposed Programme. (Under S. R. A. Rules of Racing.) RACE DAYS: First DAY Tuesday, 17th July, 1917. Si COND DAY Thursday, 19th July, 1917, THIRD DAY Saturday, 21st July. 1917 FIRST DAY. Tutuhy, 17th July, 1917 3 7. Planters* Vase, Plate and Purse Valu973 words
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Article1257 1917-06-12 7 Material for a gossipy essay in the byepaths of literary history will be furnished iu a Bibliog aphy of unfinished Books,” on which Mr Corns the Publio Librarian of Lincoln, and Mr. Sparke. who hold* a simi lar post at Bolton, are at present engaged I he bibliography1,257 words
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Advertisement273 1917-06-12 7 Entries Close July, 1917. p Special Con 'itioft Retarding H.adle.p R.e« .-I» Handicap the Official Haudioppper may, with the consent of the Committee, divide the entries mto more or 1«, classes than advert&ed and each Class will be separately Handicapped. d In all Divided Races” the Committee reserve the right273 words
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Advertisement301 1917-06-12 7 “PENANG SIN POE.” Chinese Daily Newspaper. IF you want to make your goods known to the Chinese advertise in the Penang Sin Poe which is the best j advertising medium of its kind in the Straits and F M. S. For contract and non-contract advertisements, apply to THE MAN AGEE,301 words
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Advertisement557 1917-06-12 7 WHALLEY'S SANITARY FLUID COMPANY. LONDOV, ENGLAND. Suppliers to His Majesty's Households, and to the Corporation of the City [of London. K a |OO **haiuy]s runD"a.ioked the daw f *^L 5-* 4* I rt0 a fior> _T -^W^Qwwfui. But and n^ FLUID; •Bl* MANumrrunjn* A/enue. W d n >• 22 o557 words
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Article369 1917-06-12 8 Drink'ng deep the captain sits. And, »t intervals, te tell a In emphatio syllables Of his deeds of derriog-do la the many lands be koew, And hi4 tales are so entrancing 1 could wnh that they were true. Va i d curses, qu»int and bold, 8 ud bis369 words
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Article423 1917-06-12 8 Stock Exchangb and Speculation. An interesting address was delivered in mail week by Mr. Hartley Withers on "The Money Market After the War.” Mr. T. M. E. Armstrong, president of the Insurance Institute of London, who presided, said the whole business of insurance was nothing423 words
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Article285 1917-06-12 8 Penang, 12th Junb 1917. Beei 1 ett. Soap per catty 16 Boast 28 Pteaks m 30 Stew or Curry Meat 18 Rump Steak 26 Ox Tail each 40 h Tongue 60 Feet 30 Heart 40 Liver par catty 35 Fillet of Beef 64 Pom— Pork per catty 38285 words
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Article209 1917-06-12 8 Penang, Juki 12 a r Tapioca l 0 5# M. P. Tapioca m,, 1 0, Gold leaf mtp-ppcr Trang Pepper tu.> MO 04 Mace ,7'°""« i nom. Mace Pickings 50 ge S'T 9 llf 40 seller,, Nutmegs 110 s S 5 seller,. a 0 i 11- sales. Sugar <209 words
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Advertisement269 1917-06-12 8 irw r-rm V T* EXIBAr ffi flip'Ordinary |?m|( 9801"«** R ARE p GOOD NEWS o'Sr MOTORISTf b£*p&\ UH c^' > X i- jj.j H ENLEY r S fiCial; S3 M *V -JV ALL BRITISH AND Specially Toughened W. T. Henley Telegraph Works Co., Ltd. Of submarine cable world fame, is269 words
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Advertisement95 1917-06-12 8 Chamberlain’s Pain Balm A touch of rheumatism, or a twinge of neuralgia, whatever the trouble is, Cham* berlain's Pain Balm drives a»»y the pain at onoe and cures the compla nt quickly. First application gives relief. When a bottle of it is kept in the house the p»in of burns95 words
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Advertisement116 1917-06-12 8 MARTINS Tfor Ladies! A French Remedy for all Irregularities Thousands*’ Ladies keep a box ol Martin's Pills in the house, so that on the ftn Sign of any Irregularity of the System a timely dose may be administered. Those who use them recommend them. her, e thee enormous sale. At116 words
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Article861 1917-06-12 9 few days ago we gave prominence in theae columns to the strong riews held bj an American merchant prince as to the ▼ast natural resources that lie dormant in China, He was a man who had acquired practical knowledge on an extensive scale, controlled mighty hires of industry861 words
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Advertisement335 1917-06-12 9 V W//s/*> •'4. i vm *> X o 2 'i 4 /V TWO MALAYAN DREADNOUGHTS FRASER NEAVE, LTD., Argyll Road, Penang. Our singlet will not itch, but our price will tickle you Just unpacked a large stock of Gent’s Singlets. Pure Lisle Thread, suitable for tropical wear, extra long body,335 words
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Advertisement13 1917-06-12 9 For Children’s Hsoking Corgh »t N ght. Woods’ Grsst Peppermint Cnre Is. 6d.13 words
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Advertisement517 1917-06-12 9 D 7 e a i >, 0 b 1 o 0 r t i r 3 t B l t t WRITE TO-OAY to MASTERS, RYE, for LIST EN6LISH GOOD I8ct. GOLD RINGS GEM 0* No. t-9 One Rubv Two Diamonds 50 No. 25 Three Opals "Kuriles» hove" King Four517 words
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Advertisement1569 1917-06-12 10 British India AND APCAR LINE (Companies Incoepoeated in England.) Mail and Serai PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. (under contract with his majesty’s GOYKRHMKNT) For 8ioR»por«, Chi*», Japan, Ceylon. Anatralia, India, Aden, \tgjft, Mediterranean Porta and London* MAIL LINES. Langsa, lelok Semawe, Segh, Oleo.en, 8a> ang, Padang, Benkoelen *nd Batavia. Singapore, Tanjong1,569 words
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