Straits Echo, 11 July 1917
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Title Section36 1917-07-11 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. I 6 $24 Per Anaum. PENANG, WEDNESDAY, lith JULY, 1917. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 160.36 words
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Advertisement1134 1917-07-11 1 kMAI I) fAH O j\r K r.«. i.lf it :AZiI- A?* f t A PI m Tk Georgetown Motor Garage 7a, Penang Road. Tel Address» Bokimteik, Pjaang. W ’Phone No. 694. pOH SALE. T WO ONLY 2 SEATER COMMONWEALTH partin-palmer cars TWO ONLY 2 SEATER MODELEDE-LUXE TWO STROKE MOTOR CYCLE1,134 words
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Advertisement15 1917-07-11 1 m Which but THC oHD 0^ «I* Ne'e use lIONB ro* fJ-3 a* *<3 css15 words
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Article1948 1917-07-11 2 A Summabt of the Position. Is Austria-Hungary bound always to remain in international politics dependent on Germany Anyone who looks squarely at the facts must answer Yes, German preponderance in Austria and Magyar dominion in Hungary is the very foundation of the Hapsburg Monarchy, and Germany is the only1,948 words
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Advertisement179 1917-07-11 2 RUGS AGO BLANKETS BOUGHT UNDER FAVOURABLE CIRCUMSTANCES and OFFERED AT PRE-WAR PRICES. The“ Premier 4 Rug. A good size Rug in a range of dark tartan and check designs. Fringed ends. Size 60 by 70 inches exclusive of fringe. Price $7.95 each X' Wool Travelling Rugs. (LJj At Is ic.179 words
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Advertisement483 1917-07-11 2 Not Beyond Hope. Those who have suffered yeaT a "fe or with Rheumatism will be glad tn hi remedy that ha. proved an ab. 01,1 01 There are no conditions of Eheam,tu“ S matter bow severe, nor from what 0 that cannot immediately I» relieved 0 9 permanently cured by483 words
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Article638 1917-07-11 3 Tha following Order regarding tha revised scheme of pay, pensions, and furlough is published in the 8arawak Government Gazette It being expedient to amend and altir the Regulations under which pay, pensions, furloughs and allowances are at present granted 1 hereby enact that on and after the638 words
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Article183 1917-07-11 3 [To the Editob of thb Straits Echo Sir, May I make use of your columns to thank the Penang subscribers for their help in contributing the cost of Penang Tent for the Church Army at the Front. The money will be cabled to England without delay.183 words
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Article996 1917-07-11 3 I Monday saw the beginning of the end of I the civil suit in which Messrs. Allan Van Cuylenburg and David Gxaham claim $1,348,974 from tha Government of Perak, as damages for the alleged wrongful cancellation of a water licence in respect of the River Dipang, says996 words
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Advertisement269 1917-07-11 3 A MONSTER CHANGE OF PROGRAMME. To-night To-night AT THE ELECTRIC POLYSCOPE I j THE PREMIER PICTURE HOUSE hj lO NEW ADDITIONAL PARTS XO THE DIAMOND FROM THE SKY Fire, Fury and Confusion The Soul Stranglers The Lion’s Bride The Rose in the Duat The Double Cross 2 Parts AHD Luke269 words
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Advertisement322 1917-07-11 3 FRONTIER MIXTURE. Managing Proprietor 0. M. EMANUEL. TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT! A THRILLING DRAMA THE MARCONI OPERATOR, LORD CHUMLEY AN EXCITING WAR YARN. i Special/ Special! Special! A GAUMONT EXCLUSIVE COLOR PHOTO THE LION’S REVENGE ÜBS ES VE D B A LOO IT 7 ONE DOLLAR ONIY. S5/ SECRETARY and ACCOUNTANT apply322 words
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Article, Illustration95 1917-07-11 4 flMiflttil daily (except Sundays and public katoday.) Atm CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. Ho. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Pmice DaSy Leeal 994 per annum. Onhatataoa... Postage Extra. Mail Editaen (Poet Five) $17.50 OilU ASDBIIB ECHO —PENANG." Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343 N.B. —All business communication! should bo95 words
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Article1429 1917-07-11 4 That tho British Empire is a loosely hung organisation we all know; in the words of an American journalist shortly after the outbreak of war it is a queer, queer thing.*’ That certain anomalies will hare to be removed when peace is restored is equally well1,429 words
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Article468 1917-07-11 4 Mr. J. B. Scrivenor, Government Geologist, F.M.B, is now training with the Inns of Coart Officers’ Training Corps. Tempy. Cipt. E D. Bryce (late of Tehran i Estate, Johore) has been gazetted to be Acting Major whilst commanding a company in the Machine-Gun Corps. Mr. Clair Speldewinde,468 words
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Article67 1917-07-11 4 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $109.50, business done, in Singapore (refined) at $110.50, business done, (50 tons sold), and in Londoa at £246 10s spot and £242 10s three months. Messrs. Boustead Co. inform us that the following are the quotations for Bobber67 words
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Article29 1917-07-11 4 (f rom Our Own Correspondent London, July 9. Theprioes in the London Bubbar Marke to-day were Pale Crepe 2/54 Diamond Bmoked 2/5$ London, July 10. Unchanged.29 words
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Article247 1917-07-11 4 Imsortaat Evidence. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, July 11. The preliminary erquiry has opened into the charge of murder against a ChinamaD in. connection with the tragedy at Ipoh on June 2, when Mr. John Edmonds, Assistant Manager of the Menglembu Lode Syndicate, w»s killed in Lahat247 words
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Article1076 1917-07-11 4 The Rising Generation. China’s Revolution and tin general up heaval which has taken place in the Far East have been responsible for many changes in the old order of things during the past few years. Not all of them have been wholly good and some have been digtinctly1,076 words
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Advertisement267 1917-07-11 4 Not how much, hut how long will it wear- is the true test. Our Torpedo light weight Moror Cyc’e has the tame comfort aud refinements as the heavyweights It is fitted with a two speed gear box with hand controlled clutch, aluminium foot boards, large luggage carr er, chain and267 words
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Article611 1917-07-11 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] outsr.oNS the house. Serret S«*»ioa PromisedLondon, J oly 9. u„u.e of Common., replying to > men. ol, -«on. regarding B.U. b 3 41 ,j Mr. Bonar Lxw announced W Would tb.n evening move reflation lb,t tbe House hold, private .itt.og-to iIK sr..-< Co 0 London,611 words
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Article405 1917-07-11 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] SPECIAL ALLIED CONFERENCE. Ruuia'i Attitude. Fetrograd, July 9. The Government announces that a special conference of the Allies has been convoked to oonsider Balkan affairs. Bach a conference," the announcement adds, "is necessary in view of the extreme complexity of the strategical situation in the Balkans.405 words
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Article314 1917-07-11 5 Considerable Damage, A big fire broke out at Messrs. Cheng Law and Company’s rice mill at Maxwell Road early this morning. The alarm was given st 1.32 a.m. and within three minutes both the fire engines were on the scene. On the arrival of the engines314 words
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Article826 1917-07-11 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] WEST OF STANISLAU Geaeral Korailoff Sueees*. London, July 9 A wireless Russian official announcement reports a successful offensive to the west of Stanislau, General Korniloff captured on Sucdiy several villages, 131 officers and 7,000 men with fort}-eight guns, including twelve heavy guns, also many machine-guns. General826 words
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Article881 1917-07-11 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] SENSATIONAL CONSPIRACY CASE. Arms for I»dia, San Francisco, July 9. Tae United States District Attorney, in a st»t ;mant on the conspiracy case to promote an anti-British revolution in India, said that p'tpirations for war against England were made in Amer.ca a year before the outbreak881 words
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Article1456 1917-07-11 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] SUCCESSFUL COUNTER-ATTACK. Lost Positions Regained. LondoD, July 9. 6.5 p.m. A French communique report? "We brilliantly repulsed a strong attack against Panthcoa. We counter-attacked against the trenches the enemy occupied yesterday between Los Beauvettes and ChevrigDy Spur and after a very lively fight broke up the1,456 words
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Article205 1917-07-11 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page. 2 —Austria-Hungary, 3. Sarawak Civil Servic*. Church Army R creation Te: ts. Perak Water Rights, 6, —Crisis in China. The German Fleet. Toe Sbo'tige of Doctors. French Consular Telegrams. The We k’s Events. Z nnias. Penang Omemi. Rural205 words
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Article647 1917-07-11 6 For a sand; garden there are few flowers which make a brighter display in so short a time and for so little trouble and expense as the Zinnias. The wide range of colours now to be had even in the double sorts would be a revelation to most people.647 words
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Article86 1917-07-11 6 Billiard Tournament. Tbe following were the results of the ties that have been played off Single Handicap. B C Doral beat H Sbnat 250—245 H A Phipps beat J W Boyle 250—190 Double Handicap. H A Phipps and J M Baptist beat T B de Cruz and K86 words
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Article97 1917-07-11 6 Those who visited the Penang Cinema on Saturday laat are informed that, provided they have preserved the pass-out tickets given them, they may see any performance this week free of charge. Various alterations, and adjustments have been made, and the management announee that the lighting arrangements and clearness97 words
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Article56 1917-07-11 6 A meeting of the Rural Board, Penang Island, will be held at the Lind Offi e, Penang, at 2 30 p.m. on Tuesday, the 24 h July. 1917. Agenda.. 1. To confirm minutes of last meeting. 2. To pass Supplemental Budget No. 1 of 1917. 3 To56 words
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Article1530 1917-07-11 6 Crisis in China. Chano Hsun a* Saimon. a We give below extracts from the Peking y pipers of the events which lead up to the t Chinese crisis. c Peking, June 18. < Reports on all sides stite that the Presi- 1 dent is now helpless1,530 words
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Article383 1917-07-11 6 The question arises periodically as to whe- ther the German High Seas Fleet will again 3 venture forth and engage the Grand Fleet. 9 Such a decision ou the part of the enemy would naturally be a momentous one for both the Allies and the Central Powers.383 words
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Article2137 1917-07-11 6 One of the most essential elements of 1 human progress must be a more intelligent campaign against disease and death. At present both eads of the field of life stand under the imminent threat of invasion, and are crossed only under sufferance. But, the lower stretches2,137 words
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Article501 1917-07-11 6 [By Coommt ofthi Fmnc* Consulate Paris, July 4 6.10 p. m.-Tba G**' mada a pawerful attack on tbe whole o our positions on the north cf Jouy to th» east of the plateau of California. Th evI j with a sanguinary check, suffering terriff loaaes. We almost501 words
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Article232 1917-07-11 6 Widxmdat, Jolt 11. Town Band, Esplanade. Thursbay, Jolt 12. J Bandman Opera Company—" High 1 Jinks —Empire Theatre. i Ipoh Gymkhana A. G. M, Friday, July IS. E Esplanade. I Bandman Opera Company—“ The Bing i Boys are Here”—Empire Theatre. Saturday, July 14. Bandman Opera Company—" Mr.232 words
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Advertisement8 1917-07-11 6 For Cbronio Chest Complaints, Woods’Great Peppermint Care Is,8 words
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Advertisement67 1917-07-11 6 Can You Afford th® Ritk Were you ever seized with a severe attack of cramp colic or diarrhoea without a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrho3a Remedy in the house? Don’t take such risks. A dose or two will cure you before a doctor could possibly be called, and67 words
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Advertisement70 1917-07-11 6 When a child develops one of those nasty hacking coughs which keep the family awake at night it is annoying for them, but Ur more serious for the child, because of the «train thrown on its undeveloped bodily organs. Rupture is often caused by a attaining cough 3 WOODS' GREAT70 words
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Advertisement13 1917-07-11 6 A Chinese Storekeeper. Security $l,OOO/* Apply personally to QOH TAIK CMEE A 80K13 words
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Article1156 1917-07-11 7 Slang ia one of the most impossible of things to defiae. Words considered impolite to-day may hare their place to-morrow in the mo it exclusive of vocabularies. We are constantly saying things which would have made our ancestors blush, Two hundred yeai s ago the word1,156 words
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Article205 1917-07-11 7 There is a popular idea that most sickness is oaused by a germ of the dipease finding entrance to our bodies through the food we eat, the water or milk we drink or the air we breathe. This is true as far as it goes but it205 words
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Advertisement325 1917-07-11 7 All that baby requires is provided in Mellin’s Food mixed with fresh cow’s milk, and provided in a form perfectly digestible from the day of baby’s birth. It is this absolute suitability of Mellin’s Food in all circumstances which explains the gratifying success that invariably follows the use of ‘Mellin’s.'325 words
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Advertisement56 1917-07-11 7 Blazon Type Not Necessary. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarr rhoea Remedy ne6ds no glaring headline to attract the pablic eye. The simple statement that allchemists sell it is sufficient, as every family knows its value. It has been used for forty years and is just what its name implies. For56 words
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Advertisement390 1917-07-11 7 The Eastern United Assurance Corporation Ltd. Head Office: SINGAPORE. The undersigned hns boat: appointed agents for the above Corporation, and is now pr«ared to accept MARINE FIRE RISKS At current rates. QUaTI BENGj KJEE, 4s. F*viA fUr»*'., Ptmm%o (4 Keep the Blood Pure.* Clarke's Blood Mixture If you suffer- from390 words
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Article1237 1917-07-11 8 A Provocative Reply 10 a Debatable Question. If by art is meant work of creative genius, then m >st assuredly acting has no more right to be called an art than tie act of a clever child mimickicg its elders. The young of all animals—human and1,237 words
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Article325 1917-07-11 8 Penang, 11th July 1917. Beef Soup per catty 16 Roast 26 fteaks if 26 Stew or Curry Meat 18 Rump Steak 26 Ox Tail each 40 Tongue 50 Feet 30 Heart 40 Liver per catty 40 Fillet of Beef 60 Pork Pork per catty 38 to 40 with325 words
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Advertisement822 1917-07-11 8 t ,y «•lut^ SF* vf «11 AwVAV Of all Chemists and Bazaars. W If yon want the best Emulsion the one that not only give* the fcest resdlts, but that is really pleasant to take that Agrees perfectly with delicate stomachs *..id that greatiy improves appetite and digestion—then be sure822 words
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Advertisement69 1917-07-11 8 FREE TO ALL SUFFERERS glggllpssl therapiSn"^” the V?your,«lf it i, Mir d n I envelope to Dr I^eCler^ I PINKETTES are an ideal laxative fo r 8 Women. J, key f orr<ct Coetipalloe. elear tke skip of pimple» mod UfmuUi, »»d give tke krigkt eye of keiltkSO cents per phial69 words
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Advertisement534 1917-07-11 8 Lassitude is a feeling o£ weariness, depression, fatigue, which affects equally men, women and children, and it is most important that these signs of a run-down condition be not neglected. Neglect may easily lead to more serious ailments. Therefore if you are feeling exhausted, slack and depressed, don't delay, start534 words
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1895 1917-07-11 9 (Br thb W. G. Militaby CobbesTONDENT) Whatever may be time and again the momentary appearances of pause, the military developments on the West front are continuous and rapid. The capture of Roeux may be compared with the taking of Poziires in the battle of the1,895 words
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Advertisement611 1917-07-11 9 I3EJWS "JS'FT The. Big Gun of the Commercial World Scientifically constructed by first-class workmen from highest grade materials. It is made true and sure, never misses fire and is always ready for immediate service. m fs Standard Pattern with Slip-on Cap. Safety Pattern with Screw-on Cap. SOLD BY STATIONERS IMPORTERS.611 words
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Advertisement92 1917-07-11 9 Don’t N«gleet Tonr Family, When yon fail to provide your family with a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy at this season of the year, you are neglecting them, as bowel complaint ie sure to be prevalent, and it is too dangerous a malady to be trifled with.92 words
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Advertisement10 1917-07-11 9 For Chronio Chest Complaints, Wood*’ Great Peppermint Care le. 6d10 words
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Advertisement772 1917-07-11 9 A BLESSING TO WOMEN. I Weighed in the Balance and not found wanting. Throughout the many stages of woman’s life, from peevish girlhood through womanhood, motherhood, to the declining years of old age, there 13 no better, milder, or more effective medical companion to women-folk than Dr. Morse s Indian772 words
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Advertisement1830 1917-07-11 10 British India AND &PCAR LINE (COMPAJIIKS lNCO*rO*ATK» IN ENGLAND.) Mail and Service». 3 PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. (UNDBR CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT) For SI«s*P*re, Chin», Japan, Ceylon, Anatralia, India, Aden, Kfjft. Mediterranean Ports and London. MAIL LINES. Homiward (for Europe.) Outward (for China.) INTERMEDIATE DIRECT SERVICE. KOHINKLIJKE PAKETYAART MAATSCHAPPU.1,830 words
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