Straits Echo, 15 August 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. VOL. 16. $24 Per /;nsvn. PENANG, WEDNESDAY, 16th AUGUST, 1917. Single Copy, 10 cents. No, 190.
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      1252 1 jgjgEgp ‘lfHi'pAlJ)] I r *k t/v BL /*V *V ,£3i >*j»T f! ffW raLS fc't I, NATO The Georgetown Motor Garage 7a, Penang Road. X<; Address: Hokimte k, Penang. ’Phone No 694. for sale. TWO ONLY. 2 SEATER COMMONWEALTH partin-palmer cars TWO ONLY, 2 SEATER MODELE DE LUXE TWO STROKE
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      23 1 ss* s M °F WMiru ir (tJ Uf WHiCfl IS THE B£iT ‘S° AT >Js£ £9 **C DSC ctjuns BS «a* ***~KlS ui_.
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      29 2 USE RED ft* fl WAY’S CAMEL BRAND BELTIHG SUITABLE MACHINERY SOLE AGENTS: SIZES 2", 3*. X\ 7", 8", 9", 10", 12". II STOCK LTIL (INCORPORATED IN THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.)
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    The War.
    1003 3 Cat»*in« ow News. "Ariel” writes in Capital'. -To those -ho are watching the progress of the wsr rom coign, which is not one of wantage hut ne of disadvantage, the chief preplexity f the moment is the Blowness of the Allied advance in the Wes*. It was explicable
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    The New Democracy.
    1047 3 The war has broken many of the iron laws that have governed the imagination of the age. Its terrible lessons have brought with them this compensation, a compensation which we can turn to small or to great account according to the boldness with which we use our
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      12 3 For Children’■ Hacking Cough at Night, Wood’i Great Peppermint Cure, le. 6d*
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      434 3 1 linn if 1 11 I nil 11,i,, GREEN JJLA Assured by the Occasional Use of Dr. Morse s Indian Root PiJis. To reach a green old age and enjoy' good health can only be obtained by the care of the system. It is from the little irregularities of the
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      10 3 For Chronic Cheat Complaint», Wood»’ Great Peppermint Cure la. «d
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      831 3 Anaemia or Poorness of Blood, is fax more prevalent than is generally supposed. Mejn, Women and Children are all liable to suffer. If neglected, serious consequences may result. If taken when the symptoms are first noticed, it is a very simple matter to enrich the blood and so effectually check
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    Siam and The War.
    882 4 Rumours and the Reality. As was peihaps only natural under the circuinstances, a good many unfounded umours have been in circulation of late. Oae of these was to the fff-ct that Siam was sending a military expedition abroad to paiticipate in the war and that there
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    PRODUCE.
    219 4 Pinawo, August 15. aP Tapioc, $11 45 ealer GMd leaf PlOC1 Pjrp.r (W.Coast 3 lb. Sozj *16 1/2 bujsr, Black Pepper g 5 bu y s Wb'te Pepper 40 oomm.l Tr.eg Pepper ...132 .ea.ee 0 ,er ,c8 $110 uum. Mace Pickings 43 S T' SO.ell.... Nutmegs 110s 35 sellers.
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    Market Prices.
    248 4 Penang, 15tb August 1917. Beef— cti. Soup per catty 16 Roast 28 Pteabs 30 Stew or Curry Meat 18 Rump Steab 26 Ox Tail eaoh 40 Tongue 60 Feet 80 Heart 40 Liver per catty 35 Fillet of Beef 60 Pork— Pork per catty 50 with fat 40
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      134 4 WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW Co., Ltd., NOW PROCEEDING, We give below a few examples of the extraordinary BARGAINS to be secured, but an inspection of our Windows will astonish the keenest buyer. CENT’S DEPARTMENT, WHITE CELLULAR TENNIS SHIRTS WILL COST YOU fl»r or THREE t])(),OD F0R SHIRTS. KHAKI SERVICB SHIRTS CORRECT SHAPE
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      57 4 Supplied by all Chemists Physicians prescribe Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrkoei Remedy because it relieves cramps in the stomach and intestinal pains quicker than any preparation they can compound. It can be bought from any chemist shop. A bottle will keep for years, and no home is complete without it.
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      773 4 The Kedah Rubber Company, Ltd. (Incorporated in Penang.) Notice of Meeting. Notice is hereby given th»t tbe S-venth Annual O dinary General Meeting of the abovc'-uamed Compary wi'l be he’d at the Chimb r of Comourcp, D iWDiDg Street, Penan?, on Saturday, tbe 25th day of August, 1917, at 12.30
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    Sequel to Klebang Affairs.
    1476 5 1 SOLICITOR’S ALLEGED NEGLIGENCE. Appeal Dismissed, The hearing was resumed yesterday of the appeal of Murugesu Cathiraveloo against the decision of Mr, Justice L, M. Woodward who decided in favour of the defendants in the suit Murugesu Cathiraveloo vs. Adams and Allan, His Lordship, it'will be
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    PARTNERSHIP SUIT.
    631 5 Donald vt. Duncan. The next appeal cn the lrst which came up for hearing this morning before Sir J. A. S Buckniil (Cbirf Justice) Mr. Justice P. J. Sproule and Mr. Justice L P. Ebdtn was that of Mr?. D. A. Donald against the decision of Mr. Justice
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      413 5 r *XXXXXXXXXXXX>O0<XXXXXXXXXXXX DON'T MISS A GOOD SHOW SPECIAL CHANGE OP PROGRAM If Mr TO-NIGHT AT THE riECTRIC POLYSCOPr L, SHOWING AN EXPENSIVE EXCLUSIVE FILM 4 hm THE STRANGLERS OF PARIS 4 5 A drama full of thrills and sensations produced by Motion Drama Co. This is one of the best
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      219 5 o <0 AND < o^riT r Bar 41« “i! D C W Jgpfc J MSXTUR K9E5 mgr mmmmm mj iLj, f? THE EASTERN PRODUCE EXCHANGE. 27, Beach Street, at the corner of Beach Street and Church Street Chant. CAPITAL Auctioneers $120,000. Brokers. The 159th Audio s Sale of Rubber WILL
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      75 5 HENRY I. JOHNSON. PIANIST TO EMPIRE THEATRE. Home Address 171-G, Argyle Hoad Undertakes tuning and repair* mg Pianos, Organs, etc., etc. and other Musical Instruments at shortest notice and modern ate charges. get the right maw and save your money. LA CODE. 1912, F.M.C indlra imaijrolion Fund OMinmct. 1911 iNDf
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    100 6 Rtakßshtfl daily (axoept Sunday* and public hotodwys) k as m CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. R*. 59, Btaeh Street, Penang. Pfeioi 1 Duffy Leen) M W4 per annum. m OaMetkm. M Poetage Extra. Mail Edible (Poet Free) «17.50 M OABLI ADDEISB ECHO—PENANG." Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Pnnting Department 343
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    ASIA AND THE WAR.
    1137 6 Chin*, Siam and Japan being all at war with Germany there exiata outside the Dutch East Indies no country in the Far East where the subjects of the Central Empires can now pursue their activities. The blow to Teuton commerce, Teuton prestige and Teuton plans for
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    Brigadier-General Hubback.
    30 6 T he following official telegram from Englan< 1 bas been received Brigadier-General A. B, Hubback, O.h I.G, discharged from hospital in this cow ntry on seven weeks' leave.”
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    M. A. P.
    876 6 Lt. 001. Ft A. Guggisberg, o. m. has been appointed a Brigadier-General and attached to Headquarter units, a Mr, E. L. Talma, b. a, Cambridge, of the Straits Civil Service, was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple on June 20. Mr. W. H, Thorne, who
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    Tin.
    38 6 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $lO9, business done, in Singapore (refined) at $lO9 75, business done, (175 tons sold) and in London at £242 10s. spot and at J 238 15s. three months.
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    995 6 The Test of the Campaicn. There are only some six weeks ere autnm will be on us and the fourth B‘ptembar of thwar will be closing. Looking b»ck to th.! month in 1914 we realise how little we knew then and how much we had to learn Perhaps
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      152 6 3 A Genuine Lever Watch, Nickel Cate. Jewelled Movements. Guaranteed Perfect Time Keeping, DmiDg Sale only ?6*50. We hold a large stock of watches suitable for School Boys. lever movement, quite suitable for rough handling. Price $2.50. KENG Co., PENANG IPOH.: Sale Time is Economy Time. Then was new a
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    FIGHTING IN FLANDERS.
    682 7 [Recteb’s Teleobams.] SLAUGHIER of the enemy. Vivid Description of Westhoek Battle. London, August 13. Mr. Philip Qibbs, continuing his account 0 f the tremendous struggle in Flanders, ttys that when our men consolidating Westhoek Ridge were calling on the gunners for further help, simultaneously the aeroplaces signalled
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    FRENCH FRONT.
    612 7 [Reuter's Telegrams.] the BATTLE OF AUGUST 10-11. Reuter's Corresposdest’s Story, London, August 14, 1,15 p.m. Reuter’s correspondent with the French Headquarters states that a remarkable instance of the facility with which the French fighting planes transform themselves into weapons of assault against infantry is furnished by the thirty-six
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    SITUATION IN SPAIN.
    572 7 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Msrtisl Law Proclaimed. Madrid, August 13* Martial law has been declared throughout 1 Spain. 9 I Geaeral Strike. I Madrid, August 14. > I The strike has assumed the character of I general movement with a revolutionary I I tendency. The calling up of Reservists
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    DOMINIONS AND THE WAR.
    957 7 [Reuter's Telegrams.] SERVICE OP THE COLONIES. Mr. Lesg’s Tribute. London, August 14. In the House of Commons, during the debate on the Colonial Office vote, Mr. Walker Long, Secretary of State for the Colonies, said that the fine part tha Dominions and the Crown Colonies played
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    MR. HENDERSON’S EXPLANATION
    1185 7 [Rkutbk’s Telkobamb.] STATEMENT IN THE COMMONS. A Long Wait. London, August 13. Mr, At Henderson, continuing bis personal statement in the House of Commons, stated that on his return from Paris he gave Mr, Lloyd George a full and faithful statement of his position and his reasons
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    Outside.
    62 7 The following articles will be found oa our outside pages Page. 3- —The War. The New Democracy. 4— Siam and The War. 5.—Sequel to Klebang Affaire, 8, Dutch Cable News. The Submarine Menace. 8un Insurance Office (Ltd.) The Spanish Crisis. The Week’s Events. Penang Volunteers. 9. —Hotels in India.
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    London Rubber Market.
    25 7 (From Out Own, Correspondent.) London, August 14, The prices in the London Rubber Market to-day were: Pale Crepe 2/6 Diamond Smoked 2/5
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    Dutch Cable News.
    941 8 Holland and the War. Tee following cable» from the Hague appear in tbe Sumatra Pott Germany has given tbe Dutch Foreign Office an assurance tbat the submarine rtcenily released from Dutch custody will not be employed against merchant vessels until it has returned to a German port.
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    The Submarine Menace.
    599 8 There is nothing to be gained by attempting to mimmiae tbe serious shipping looses tbe Allies have sustained, owing to the sub- 1 marine campaign. But how impossible it is that this campaign could succeed in bringing Britain to her knees is shown by certain figures which
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    Sun Insurance Office (Ltd)
    256 8 Messrs. Katz Brothers, Ltd, tbe local agents, send us the report of tbe Sun Insurance Office for the year ended December 31, 1916, from which we gather that the income from investments duriog the year amounted to £125,701. By the operations of the year the credit
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    The Spanish Crisis.
    1540 8 The military crisis winch broke out in i Spain on the Ist of June is the first sign i that tbe political structure known as the i Restoration is beginning to crumble down. This structure, though artificial if judged by purely democratic standards, is not with- i
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    The Week’s Events.
    319 8 Wednesday, August lE. Town Band, Esplanade. Friday. August 17. Town Band, Esplanade. War Anniversary Demonstration, Committee Meeting, Chamber of Commerce, 4,15 p.m. Saturday, August 18. New Moon, The Temerloh Coconut and Rubber Estate, Ltd., A. G, M, Chamber of Commerce, 12 noon. Sunday, August 19, 11th after
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    Penang Volunteers.
    94 8 Fibld-day-Opkeations, Aueust 18 For the purpose of the P. V field'd*» Operations on Saturday, 18th August, t will ba assumed that the Alarm Bigoals ha™ been fired at 3-30 n.m. and the Penan* Vo lunteere, less the Veteran Company, will fall in at tnur respective places of assembly
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    The Electric Polyscope.
    639 8 At the Electric Polyscope last night the fShta eoreened include The Stranglers of Paris'* a drama of thrills and sensations in four parts, Mr, Foo Lin’s adventure in the City’’ a Chinese comedy< new ohanter* Nos. 9 and 10 of the “J. Rufus Wallingford,” and also many
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    Are you Irritable ?
    171 8 Are you Irritable Irritability, over-sensitiveness, a disposition to worry over trifles, headache, dizziness —these are all commoo symptoms of nervous exhaustion or neurastbaneia. Very often you feel best and brightest at night. East does not refresh your body; your nervous system fails to recuperateThis distressing -condition is caused by worry
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      472 8 w WANTED. A COMPETENT CHINESE CLERK to translate Cheese A 'coaatH into nglish. Piefereuce will be given to one itb previous experience in a leg*l firm. Applications stating sa'ary uquired and accompanied by copies of testimonials are invited by ACCOUNTS” c/o Straits Echo 454 for sale. 1 Second-band Daimler. Complete
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      59 8 A machine weakened in one part soon breaks down altogether. r lh*t is the case with sufferers from indigestion, a moßt disheartening complaint. If you are troubled, turn immediately to WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CORE, A course of this medicine will place the body machine in perfect running order, Sold at
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      72 8 Teething Children. Teething children have xnora or less diarrhoea, which can ba controlled by giving Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. All that is necessary is to give the prescribed dose after each operation of the bowels more than natural and then castor oil to cleanse the system. It is
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    Hotels in India.
    997 9 Thk Gbbat Food Question, Some months ago discussion was started on Hotels in Ind a A travell-r who had stayed in hotels ia vanous parts of the country wrote to an Eoglish paper in strong terms of condemnation of all the hotels at which bad had the
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      67 9 Ire You Going on a Journey? Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy should be packed in your hand luggage when going on a journey. Change of water, diet, and temperature all tend or produce bowel trouble, and this medicine cannot be secured on board the train or steamship. It may
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    Revolution or Reconstruction.
    2129 10 DANGERS OF TOE WAR AT HOME. Tbe Nation on its Trial. {By Lord 8ydenkam.) In the near future Ihe Briti»b p* pie will subjected to a te-t far more severe tbsn f-ny that their history record* Tceir for*it*'de, patience and calm nt will be tried in tbe
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      291 10 A FURTHER SHIPMENT OF SEVENTY=FIVE MACHINES ARRIVING SHORTLY. m r m y 9. l on nk a ■3SSX> yw'x V liiJj 1 I C 5: r is 3 a TW I fVPEvy R, TERr r 2ttS.A. JO OVER 10,000 MACHINES J3ouyht by the rfttied 'Sotiernmentĕ to equip their rfrmied. ‘'COMPARE
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    Affairs in China.
    1229 11 Th* Nbbd of Union. The presiding genius of the Cave of Adullam has reached Canton, and his principal lieutenant in michief has set off for the same place. It is evident that Dr. 8un Yatsen and Mr. Tang Shao-yi mean, if possible, to agitate against the Government
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    Mass at the Front.
    630 11 “M. B. D.”: Mass this morning was to be celebrated in a picturesque grotto in the midst of a French wcod by Father Gilbert, who won the Military Cross for splendid work during an awful action on another front. While waiting we watched the ascent of
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