Straits Echo, 19 October 1917

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    34 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. fOL. I®* Per Annum. PENANG, FRIDAY, 19th OCTOBER, 1917, Single Copy, lO cents. No. 2i6-
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      968 1 iar ■a: Kliefer l;'# b RK jygD NATURffI The GeorgetowA northam road AND farquhar street Telegraphic address: Hokimteik. ’Phone No. 694 IS ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE. CARS FOR HIRE A fLet of Brand ntw Cara for hire day sud eight at undelete ebrges. j|E Motor Car Importers Motor repairing by
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      16 1 5 MILS '•Bea b me wtil to» ST** < c TION8 use F0« S»z*< S3 ’N, era
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    Gerard’s Memoirs.
    3054 2 FREE GERMANY OF YOKE. ECONOMIC REVOLT NEEDED. The Masses ark Kept in Subjection. We give below the following further instalments of Mr. J, W. Gorard’e Memoirs:— Besides the rat system and the military system there exists the enormous mass of Prussian officials. Ia a country where so many
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      205 2 Whiteaway, laidlaw r LIMITED. (Incorporated in England.) Complete House Furnishers. 3ep N K I, K C T K D T I n B E R 71 i 3. E 8 T I JI A r r E 8 F R F K THE “CHORLTON” BEDROOM SUITE IN CHENCHAI PaSIR ALMEIR
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      110 2 Diphtheria— How It May Be Avoldei. Diphtheria is usually contracted when the child has a cold. The cold preparei the child’s system for the reception and develop* ment of the diphtheria germs. Wbee there are cases of diphtheria in the neighbourhood children that hare colds should be kept at home
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    Vignettes of Valour.
    683 3 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Victoria Cros* Awards. London, Oof. 17. Farther stirring stories of heroism are r la dia the London Gazette which publishes the names of nine new winners of the Victoria Cross, One of the most striking is that of Ptk, [Tarry Brown, late of the Canadian
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    President of Portugal.
    551 3 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Visit to London. London, October 18. The President of Portugal was received by the King at Buckingham Palace today. His Majasty returned tbe call at the Portuguese Legation. Subsequently a luncheon was given in honour of the President at Buckingham Palace. Lord Darby, Minister for
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      384 3 •s^ GRAND CHANGE X>0<XXXMXX A t WHERE SHALL WE GO TO-NIGHT? 5 atl!8 X Electric Polyscope THE PREMIER PICTURE HOUSE RATHE PRESENTS FIRST SHOW 8 P.M. PEAR L of the A R M Y Episode 13 Modern Buccaneers 2 Parts t 14 The Flag Deapoiler 2 X T O N
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      589 3 ,7777. '7//7//77/7 i QUALITY is the point which is necessary in an enjoyable Cigarette. That’s why EMBASSY I 1 1 i i I E m 1 i I m l I y\ roVn i a C ICAR.ETT£S-^^:gr| I 1 5 D&H oWi gfe, Bristol 4 1 I I i <
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    96 4 Fribfisked daily (exoept Sundays and public v holidays) a* m CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. W. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Taicw Daily Local SS4 per annum. OaMatson.* Postage Extra. Mail Bdftbn (Pool Free) $17.50 CABLE ADDBBSS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343 A.B.— All buimeu communications should
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    RISING PRICES.
    1290 4 The war ia coming nearer home We have fixed a limit to the price of milk bejond which it ia prohibited to aell we may Boon hare t) fix maximum pricea for rice and other foodstuffs Everything haa gone up, only salaries have not riaen in proportion. Hence
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    Tin and Rubber.
    61 4 Latest Quotations Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $ll2 25, business done, and in Singapore (refined) at $ll3 00, business done, (150 tins sold) Me*s<B. BouUeaJ A Co infirm us that the following ware the qu tatiens for Rubber on spot iu London on the 17ch
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    M. A. P.
    856 4 1 Mrs. T. H. Stone bag left Penang on a > trip to Japan. Dr. V. Dorasamy his come to Penang from Malacca replacing Dr, Mitra at the District Hospital. The latter proceeds on I leave to Icdia. Reuter wires that General Auckland Geddas, Minister of National
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    London Rubber Market.
    27 4 (J'rom Our Own Correspondent London, October 17. The prices in the London Rubber Market to-day were: Pale Crepe im 2/8 Diamond Smoked Sheet 2/6$
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    IN THE GULF OF RIGA.
    580 4 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] naval battle THE “SUVA” SUNK. Rnislan Report, London, Ootober i 8 A wireless Russian official states:“As the result of the naval battle in Gulf of Riga the Russian battleship aim l has been sunk," r [The Slava was of 13.516 t nna j-
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      152 4 EASTERN TRADING Co. Engineering Department. Steelwork, Reinforced Concrete Work, Electric Light Installation, Engine Installation and other contracts Undertaken. Free advice on Ordering Mining Accessories and Engineering Goods, Estimates Free of Charge. All work will be carried out under capable supervision. e EASTERN TRADING CO., PENANG and, IPOH. THE BEST IN
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      30 4 grand theatre of VARIETIES. To-Night. TOWN HALL. 9-<5 Promptly/. Mrs. Clark will sing Miss Lain* will dance. Mr. Fzechiel w.ll play. To w'ghi To-night IN AID OF THE RED FUND.
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    57 4 Obituary, Sir W. P. Byle*. London, Oct. 13. The death is announced of Sir William I Pollard Byles. [Sir William Byles was M. P (B.) for North Salford since 1896. Born in 1839 Sir William was founder of the Bradford j Observer. He was a strong Rtdioal and Social Reformer.
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    BRITISH FRONT.
    593 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] rain and mud. A*4 Ooit% Plenty of It. London, Oct. 18, 4 ».m, Reuter’s correspondent at British Head* quarters states that the condition of the ground has become the chief trouble in Flanders. Not merely is No Man’s Land a morass, but the ground behind for
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    FRENCH FRONT.
    562 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Artillery Aetioes. London, Ootobar 17. A. French communique reports lively artillery notions particularly in the region of Plateau d’Ailles and on the right of the i Meuse. k North of the Aiaaa, London, October 18. A French communique states l ln the north of the Aisne
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    GERMANY AND SEPARATE PEACE.
    556 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams] M. RIBOT'S STATEMENT. The “Matin" Story. London, Ootober 17. In connection with the official German denial of M, Bibot’s statement made on October 12 that Germany proposed to Franoe a separate peace on the basis of tbe restitution of Alsace-Lorraine the Matin states that
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    THE BESANT CASE.
    2052 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Mr. Moatagv'a Statcmeat. London, October 16. The Hon, E, S. Montagu, Secretaiy of State for India, in the course of his statement in the Honse of Commons on tbe l p neiant case, quoted an answer given to a question in the Legislative Council on
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    Outside.
    65 5 The following articles will b« found ou our outside pages Page. 2. Gerard’s Memoirs. 3. —Telegrams. 6. —Singapore Raoes, Butterworth Our Day.” Death of Mr. H. Mel bye. Hongkong Men Killed in Action. British Air Mastery. Home oil Wells. The Life Factory. Rent Assessment Board, Jeram Rubber, Hidden Streams.
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    Butterworth “Our Day.”
    185 6 To-Morrow’s Arrangements To-morrow, which is the Our Day in Proviso Wellesley, laud and athletic sports, commercing at 230 p.m. will be held at Butterwortb, the programme consisting of Tug of War, Greasy Pole, Obstacle Race, Chatty Tilting, Stiff Flat Race 200 yard?, Flat Rice 100 yards, Putting
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    PENANG VOLUNTEERS.
    377 6 "Oar Day” Sports. Conditions fob Relay Rages.— Shirts short?, puttees, brown leather boots, bolt, •side-arms, helmet, 20 rounds in rifle. Letter to be passed on from man to man. Teams will be disqualified unless every man runs with above aod arrives with them all. Officers may enter with
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    PROGRAMME OF EVENTS.
    369 6 Friday, Oot. 19—Variety Entertainment: Town Hal), 9 15 p m Town Bird. Tennis Match J H Hpowers (Ipoh) and W H Tbreifall (Penang) 4-30 pm Saturday, Oct. 2C— Our Day "in the Province. Our Day at MaLkcff. Nibong Tebal Our Day Sports Butterworth Our Day Sports 230
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    Death of Mr. H. Melbye.
    370 6 Says yesterday’s TO M It is with regret that wo have to chronicle I to-day the death of Mr. H. Melbye, Teluk Anson, though the sad oocurreic* was cot I unexpected, he having been in fast failing I health for the past year. Mr. Meibye
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    Hongkong Men Killed in Action.
    319 6 The news wa» learned with regret by a wide circle in Hongkong that two of its former residents, both “Taikco” men, have made the great sacrifice. Capt A. N. Jo®eland, younger brother of Mr. F. E Joseland. was killed in action in East Africa on
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    To-morrow’s Band Programme.
    58 6 The following programme of mueie will be played at the Golf Club to-morrow evening from 5-45 p m. to 7-15 p.m.:— 1 Selection Leslie Stuart’s Songs Godfrey 2 Serenade La Paloma Yradier 3 Section A Waltz Dream Strauss 4 Waltz Sweet Rosie O’Grady Boettger 5 luditu Intermezzo
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    Singapore Races.
    544 6 SECOND DAY’S RE3ULT. (.From Char Gum Coi respondents Singapore, October 19. Oa the second day the going was fast ard there were several good fiohbe'’. The fallowing were the results 1. —The ‘Suoden” Stakes. Value $400 and $100 to the second pony. A handicap for ponies 14.2 and
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    Why ?
    216 6 Why In i‘s report cf the First Day’s racing the 8.FP. says:—The entries for the meeting bad, considering there were no griffins, been extremely good, but unhappily the first day was robbed of most of its interest owing to the wholesale scratching of the RedfernGoodhill stable, and also the scratching
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    British Air Mastery.
    668 6 A great part was p ayed by British airmen in tbe Ypres battle. Driving down enemy machines is oniy a minor and accidental item in tbe Flying Qorps’ work. Tbe real essential functions of aeroplanes are, by obseivation, to a sist tbe artillery aud, by pbaograpbing and
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    Home oil Wells.
    365 6 The Govebnaient Plans, All the-machinery is wady for boring for petroleum in Great Britlin directly the Bill I now before Parliament b coqccs law. The I places where drilling will begin have be a t 3 I selected, but they are being kept secret, and I the
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    The Lie Factory.
    544 6 What i 8 tbs ori'ia of the amiziug German official misrepresentations of the facts of the fighting which goes on? asks rhe special correspondent of The Times in Prance. Is it pure and deliberate fabrication on the part of the Higher Command? Or ia the Higher Command
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    Rent Assessment Board.
    419 6 Questions Between Landlord And Tenant, A meeting o' the Rent Assessment Board was he’d in the board room of the Municipal I Camnrssionerp, S'ngapore, on Tuesday af?6 5 no:n. The Chairman (che Hon. Mr. C■ J. Saunders) presided, and the other members present were Messrs. S. Tomlinson,
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    Jeram Rubber.
    491 6 LOW CAPITAL COST. Increarjcd Dividend, Presiding at the meeting of th« t Rubber Estate, Ltd., Mr. Herbert said that their gross revenue had show-> r a large increase durieg the |U IO review, their total revenue, including from investments a D d so forth, gi VII> fu* grand
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    Hidden Streams.
    198 6 25 Pee Cent. Dividend. The Report of the Hidden Stream* Rubber Syndicate for 1916 states that the proceed of rubber sold in London amounted to X 31,053. After deducting expenditure, b u lB to staff, etc., there is left a surplus of =£ls 258. This has been transferred
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    Eastern Produce Exchange.
    243 6 I At the Eastern Produce Eichange 177th Auction Sala the following prices were 1 obtained per picul. 1 Diamond Smoked Fair from $96 to 111 Diamond Unsmoked 92 to 94 Plain Unsmoked 84 to 89 Scrap Crepe 47 to 50 Loose Scrap 29 to 40 V'rain Scrap
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    Cinemas in Malaya.
    631 7 Ipoh Resident Interviewed at Home. The Cinematograph and Lantern Weekly, a bulky journal confined to the cinema industry and published ii London, contains en interesting interview with Mr, Conway C. Sarre, late of the Empire Cinems, Ipoh, who is now at home. Mr. Sarre, who was asked
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    The Week’s Events.
    145 7 Friday, October 19 Town Band, Esplanade. Variety Eatertainment: Town Hall 9 15 p.m. Tennis Match —J. H. Spowers (Ipob) vs W. H. Threlfall (Penang) 4.30 p.m. Saturday, October 20. Town Band, Q-olf Club. Our Day in the Provinces, Singapore Races. Our Day Celebration at Ipoh. P. A,
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      929 7 Penang Auction Mart. The Estate of Lim Leng Gheak, Deceased TO BE SOLD BY BY Mr. L.E.ft>I-.J CHONG HIN, At Logan's Buildings, Beach Street, Penang, On Thvrs., I5th day of Nov., 1917, and following days, until sold or withdrawn, at 11 o'clock a m. each day. PARTICULARSLOT I. All that
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      630 7 Penang Sales Room. By order ef the Supreme Court of the f Straits Settlement?, Sittlement of Penang, made on the 9th October, 1917. In Suit 1907 No. 101 Between Murison Allan (Executors of Mahomed Nasurdin Merican Noordin deceased) Plaintiff AND i Mobcmed Mashurudin Merii can Noordip, Shaik Mydin Merican Noordin,
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      674 7 SUPPLY OF FIREWOOD. Never too l&te to cure Neuralgia If you sre suffering now from the grip* pine, twitching pains of neuralgia—if you suffered yesterday and expect to Buffer to* morrow—yea if you’ve suffered all your life from the agonies of nenra'git, rheuma* tism, scutica, backache, toothache, earache sprains, stiains,
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