Straits Echo, 24 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 Annum. PENANG, FRIDAY, 2lth AUGUST, 1917. Single Copy, 10 cents No. 198.
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      1216 1 <iu v-.uMsm v ETA* av II The Georgetown Motor Garage 7a, Penang Road. ftl Address HokiaUik. Penang. ’Phone No. 694, (BANKS pOH SALE. 1WO ONLY, 2 SEATER COMMONWEALTH PARTIN-PALMER cars TWO ONLY, 2 SEATER modele deluxe two stroke MOTOR_CYCLE A Fleet ot English and American Cars tor hire day And
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    The Sportsman.
    1993 2 Sir Arthur Quiller-Coucb, in bis charming Memoir of Arthur John Butler relates how on one occasion he invited Butler to contribute a chapter on the Syracusan expedition to a book he was editing. Butler replied that be did not much like “the Syracuse business.” "Indeed," he wrote, “I
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    To the Low-Spirited.
    210 2 »M Most men and nearly all women saffsr at time* from fits of depression and low spirits They cannot attend to business or household matters satisfactorily, and are unable to get any pleasure out of life. Everything is a burden and a tax on their strength; nothing
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      138 2 WHITEAWAY’S MOTOR CAR SEAT COVERS. Improve the appearance of your oar IOO por C8nt with Car Seat Covers tailored to fit your car. Covers made by us are made by experienced men only, who have had years of experienoe in this class of work. The fit is guaranteed. All our
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      56 2 Supplied by »11 Chemists Physicians prescribe Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy because it relieves cramps in the stomach and intestinal pains quicker than any preparation they can compound. It can be boughtfrom any chemist shop. A bottle will keep for years, and no home is complete without it. For
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      218 2 A Knife Thrust would be welcome to the vicious shooting, Sciatic», many compared with stabbing pai n 0 j Yet these are the men who have notabout LITTLE’8 ORIENTAL BALI and the miraculous relief it bring! to th tortured sciatic nerve. Just rub a little in where the pain is
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    Selangor Races.
    459 3 First Day's Results(.From Our Own Correspondent.') Kuala Lumpur, August 23. The attendance was fair and the weather fine but threatening on the opening day of the Selangor Raoes. The going was good. The following were the results 1. —Thu Plant sub’ Stax us. Value 9300. A handicap for
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    To-morrow’s Band Programme.
    60 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 Seleotion The Beil of New York Kerker 2 Two Step Coon Band Contest Pryor 3 Selection Festivalia Williams 4 Waltz Studiantina Waldteufel 5 One Step In
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    Penang Golf Club.
    19 3 August Monthly Medal will be played for on Saturday and Sunday, the 25th and 26th inst.
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    Telephones.
    65 3 In connection with providing better protection against lightning, there will be unavoidable interruption to subscribers' lines in Soctland Road and York Road from Ipm. on Saturday until Sunday evening. The Exchange will notify aubacribers when their lino are again available, i English-made changkols are now being sold at 93
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    The Rents Bill.
    226 3 [To THU Editou or Tui Straits Echo.] 'Dear Sir, I was interested in your leader on the above question in Monday’» issue and whilst I quite agree with most of what you said T think, like the drafters o( the bill, which is in reality rather a
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    Rev. L. M. Duvelle.
    724 3 Rucuption and Entbutainmbnt bt Parish ion kbs On the occasion of the feast of the Rev. L. M. Duvelle, Vioar of the Ohnroh of the Assumption, the Parish Hall was last evening the scene of a very happy gathering of a large namber of the parishioners
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      299 3 PENANG'S RENDEZVOUS Penang Cinema THE TEMPLE OP THE ART MOTION PICTURE.” Popular Pricw W cents to one Dollar Booking Office ’Phone 65h at 9.50 P.M. TO NIGHT AND FOR FOUR NIGHTB ONLY Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, August 24, 25, 26 and 27, 1917. 6 PARIS 6 PARTS “PROTEA III”
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      516 3 s»c AND Cf "H D v hi rontier pened U. FRONTIER MIXTURE. D WANTED. By local mercantile firm a clerk experienced in accounts. Salaiy $45/150 per month. Write giving details as to previrus experience to No. 33, c/o Straits Echo. EMPIRE THEATRE Business Manager Thomas Shafto GROSS HERMANOS. MALAGA, SPAIN.
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    95 4 ftfiaVtil daily («xoept Sunday* and pvblio i hotiday.) i um CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. *9, Beach Street, Penang. PUOB' Duly Leeal 9*4 per annum. m OMatio*H. Poetage Extra. if«n Edition (Port Free) 917.50 QIII.I IDDBIH ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343 .V. B.— All business communications
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    MESOPOTAMIA.
    1173 4 For some little time paat there has been rather an uneasy feeling about Mesopotamia and it haa not been lessened by the silence maintained in official quarters regarding the situation in that theatre, a silence which, however, is susceptible of the perfectly simple explanation that owing to the extreme
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    M. A. P.
    358 4 The Hon’ble Mr. W. Peel, Acting Resident Councillor, and Mrs. Peal have gone on a short visit to Kuala Lumpur. Mr. P. Simpson, of Messrs. Presgrave and Matthews, will be leaving for home in the near future. Mr. J. J. L Harvey of the same legal firm
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    Singapore Rubber Auction.
    97 4 CFrom Our Own Correspondent Singapore, August 24At the Singapore Rubber Auction the following prices were obtained Smoked fiae ribbed $ll9 to $122 per picul Good HO,, 118 do Fine plain 112 114 do Good 108 109 do Uuemoked fine plain 113 114 do Good 90 108 do
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    Eastern Produce Exchange.
    72 4 At the Eastern Produce Exchange 161st Auction Sale the following prices were dbtained per picul. Diamond Smoked Good from $ll9 Diamond Smoked Fair 104 to $ll5 Diamond Unsmoked 101 to 111 Plain Unsmoked 97 to 101 Pale Brown Crepe 101 Scrap Crepe 60 to 75 Bark Crepe
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    Tin and Rubber.
    260 4 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $109.50, business done, in Singapore (refined) at 1109.75, buyers no sellers, and in London at £241.104. spot and at £239. 10s thre? months. Messrs. Boustead A Co. inform us that the following were the quotations for Rubber on
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    943 4 Quia Custodiet As two of the accused in the F.M.S p o |i en defalcations case have given notice of aD De*l againßt the sentences passed upon them wb refrain from comment upon the result of thß trial which just concluded at Kuala Lumpur We may say, however,
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    London Rubber Market.
    26 4 I (From Our Own Carre-^pondoit.) London, August 23, The prices in the London Rubber Market to-day were: Pale Crepe 2/6$ Diamond Smoked 2/4$
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      149 4 X A S AH I BEER The M r *t Popular Blind in the E.bt. SAPPORO STOUT A Stimulating Tonic*. CITRON WATER A IlraltLful and Satibfactory Drirk. Raspberry Water Ribon Tansan Water OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE. SOLE AGENTS: 3* THE EASTERN TRADING CO., PENANG and IPOH. rrx x ""xi x j THIRD
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    THE WEEK’S SINKINGS.
    641 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] admiralty returns. L«w Level Mttieteieed. London, August 22. The Admiralty reports that the arrivals Brlti9 h ports for the weok were 2838 1 and the sailing» 2764 1 Total 6,602 Fifteen tassels of over 1,600 tons were ,unk and three under that tonnage, making total
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    FRENCH FRONT.
    656 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] BRILLIANT COUNTER-OFFENSIVE. Further Gaia a. London, August 22, 4,15 p.m. A French communique reportsi “The enemy at night time violently bombarded different points of our first line °n the Aisne. The Germans made several strong attacks in the region of Mennejean Farm, to the east of
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    BRITISH FRONT.
    1299 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS. Line Advanced. London, August 23, 12.45 a m, Sir Douglas Haig reports: Successful operations took place this i morning to the east and north-east of Ypres for the oaptnre of a series of strong i points and fortified farms astride the Tpres— I Menin
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    ITALIAN CAMPAIGN.
    598 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] BRILLIANT ASSAULTS. Prisoners Captured. London, August 22, An Italian official announcement states: A battle is raging on the whole front. We are overcoming the resistance to the north of Goriaia and gaining new successes along the whole line of battle. "The number of prisoners has now
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    RUMANIAN FRONT.
    403 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Official Aeeouat. London, August 23, 3 15 p.m. A Rumanian communique states "On August 11 enemy attacks north of Susita Valley slightly forced us back but very dashing counter-attacks drove back the enemy as far as Susita valley and Saturnii to the south-east of Panciu. "Hitherto
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    Outside.
    112 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page. 2. —The Sportsman. 3. —Selangor Races. To-morrow’s Band Programme. Telephones. The Rents Bill. Rev. L. M. Duvelle. 6. —Telegrams. News From China. ExPresident Li Yuan-Hung. Theft of Tin. Health Btatistios. Selangor Police Case. The Week’s Events. P.C.C. Lawn
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    Air Raid Details.
    644 6 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Zcppelio’e Hot Time, London August 22. An aoeount giving details of tbe last air raid states that searchlights quickly pioked np a Zeppelin yesterday evening at an altitude of two miles and subjected her to a hot fire. One aerial torpedo made a bole in
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    News From China.
    295 6 Li Yuan-Hung’s Position. Peking. August 2. Peng Kuo-Chang yesterday afternoon drove straight from the station to Li Yuan Hung’s residence, to which the latter bad .removed from the French Hospital in the morning. Feng Euo-CbaDg remained with Li YuanHung for over an hour urging him to resume
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    Ex-President Li Yuan-Hung
    251 6 Ex-President Li Yuac-Hung may not go to Tientsin just yet, Tbe promise that be would be allowed to proceed to Tientsin or wherever he may desire after tbe arrival of bis successor has been broken by the party or parties concerned. President Li i 9 of course
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    Health Statistics.
    272 6 > I The following ia the health statement of the Penang Municipality for the week ended I August 18, 1917 rMale 50) Total Deaths 4 V 83 Female 33 Death rate 40.83 per mille per annum I compared with 34-44 in the preceding week and with 33.29 in
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    Selangor Police Case.
    1420 6 ACCUSED POUND GUILTY. Scslmec Passed. CFrom Ow Own CarrespondenU) Kuala Lumpur, August 23. Judgment has been delivered in the Police case. All the acaused were found guilty. Sinnedurai wae sentenced to four years’ rigorous imprisonment for abetment. Teen Kon Fah to seven years’ rigorous 1 imprisonment. Thomas
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    The Week’s Events.
    97 6 Friday, August 24. Town Band, Esplanade. St. Bartholomew. Polo, Selangor vt Penang, Kuala Lumpur. Saturday, August 25, Selangor Races. Kedah Rubber Co., Ltd,, A.G.M., Cbamhpr of Commerce, 12.30 p.m. Wagon-Pachauug Wolfram Mines, Ltd., A G.M., Barker Go 12 p.m. Tem°rloh Coconut and Rubber Estate, Ltd A. G.
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    P.C.C. Lawn Tennis.
    231 6 The following were the results of the ties I played, off yesterday D mbles Handicap A—M K Whitlock and E H Everest boat F G Penny and T E Wmfield by 6—1, 4—6. 6—3. Doubles Handicap B—M D Rutley and 3 H Langston beat J C Cowap
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    The Subaltern.
    1440 6 Take him for all in all, the subaltern has been the greatest discovery of the War. It is true he existed before, but bis quality was nnknewn; he bad not been discovered. To-day there is probably no department of the martial art from Field-Marshals downwards, that he would
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    America at War.
    494 6 t "America at War” is the subject of an 3 article by Mr. James Davenport Whelpley I in the Fortnightly. He remarksiia regard to the submarine menace that the grave of 3 1 this Germ in hope iB already dug. While j I these undersea craft have
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      12 6 For Children’s Hacking Cough at Night. Woods' Great Peppermint Core Is 6d.
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      84 6 Occasional spell* of Fever may be said to be the inheritance of all who come to the Tropics. As an easement and to quickly I break them down and restore the body tern perature to normal, there is nothing better than WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CORE I A dose or two
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      72 6 Teething Childsen. Teething children have more or 1«m diarrhoea, which can ba controlled by gjfjun Chamberlain’s Colio. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. All that is necessary is to lire the prescribed dose after each operation of I the bowels more than natural and then oastor oO to cleanse the system. It
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    Attrition.
    1504 7 This war has been termed a war of attrition" As such, it has been sharplj distinguished from all previous wars. The distinction is incorrect. Many wars of the past have been wars of attrition. The distinction is not in the method but in the nature of the thing “attrited.”
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    Signboards in Japan.
    542 7 Iq an article in the Japan Magazine on Japanese Signs,” T. Nakayama says it ia not known when signboards first came to be nsed in Japan, but there is mention in Japanese history of the fact that in the reign of the Emperor Godaigo (1319-1339) each Government
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