Straits Echo, 16 November 1917

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    36 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 18. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, FRIDAY, 16th NOVEMBER 1917. Single Copy, IO cents. No, 2 70»
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    Gerard’s Memoirs.
    2005 2 The following are further instalments of Mr. J. W. Gerard’s memoir In Ruhleben the educated prisoners volunteer2d to teach the ignorant: two hundred and ninety-seven different educational courses were offered to those who desired to improve their minds. A splendid orchestra was organized, a drama'ic society which gave
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    F. M. S. AFFAIRS.
    2266 3 HIGH COMMISSIONER’S REVIEW. TRADE AND CUSTOMS. Encouraging Position Disclosed. In the course cf bis aunual address to the Federal Council on Tuesday H. E the High Commissioner said The aggregate volume of trade for the first sir months of this year is valued at $175,872,549, an
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      405 3 ABI Hear what “Review said of tHis most stupendous masterpiece. r-y-X, «V >s 0 H >;y 0 N V.- 5 W 0* •0* I i a* :V i M G V» r* f B* N m B&4 H G Hi r B* sStSi' 5 r* mm 4 Parts 4 Parts
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    96 4 PIMM daily (exoept Sundays aid pmblie hrtMays) a* m CKITIRION PRESS, Ltd. I B* 59, Beach Street, Penang. Fnion Daily Leaal 9*4 par annum. Postage Extra. M«1 E4Mea (Port Free) 917.50 Qilll iODMH ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343 A. P. All buiineaa communications should
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    THE ECONOMIC WAR.
    1322 4 More and more, as the days pass by, does the bearing of the economic queation on the war and after the war persistently come to the front At a recent meeting of the Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom the presidential address put before the members
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    Tin and Rubber.
    72 4 latest Quotations *i K refined) i8 3 aotpd hf>re to-day at imSO buyer* D0 stllir-, in Singapore (rtfiaed) st $130. buyers no sellers and in London at .£278 spot and ar £2 77 10s. three months. Messrs. Boustead A Co. inform us Hut* the followmg wPie tb«
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    M. A. P.
    977 4 L The e 1 °f lhe 1»‘« Mr. Tech Chong Hoo will take place on the 3rd proximo I E Mor,ilon Political Adviser to the Chinese Government, has left Peking I I for Australia. He will return in Mar I 3 L OTernor h appointed tbs bon
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    993 4 Oxford As It le. Oxford to-day is practically gi T en Dn oidets in training for the front p 10 British Empirt in wonders what would be thought of present aspect by the pious founder. *5 Lmooln or Exeter, or by Dr John. 01,1 ia 1784 jeered at
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    THE WEEK'S SINKINGS.
    592 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams] ADMIRALTY returns. Marked Fall. London, November 14. The Admiralty reports that the arrivals t British ports during the week numbered 1185 and the Ssi’ings 2307 Total 4432 One vessel over 1,600 tons was sunk snd Ire under that tonnage, making a total of six. Bight
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    ITALIAN FRONT.
    618 5 [Reuter's Telegrams]. ANGLO-FRENCH AID. Premier’» Tribute, Rome, Nov. 15. A.t the opening of the Chamber of Deputies, Signor Orlando, the Premier, paid a handsome tribute to the spontaneous help of the French and British. Subsequently, a resolution by 8ignor Boselli, father of the Chamber, re-affirming the Chamber’s faith
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    ALLENBY’S STROKE.
    531 5 [Reuter's Telegrams]. FURTHFR CAPTURES O» ike Heel of tkc E»es»y. London, Nov. 14, 8.25 pm. General Allenby reports “We have driven the enemy seven miles to the north of Eedron which covers the Jsffa-Ramileh-Jerusalem Railway, taking eleven hundred prisoners and several guns,” FURTHER ONWARDS. CaataaaAar-ia-Ckiefa Report. London, Nov.
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    London Rubber Market.
    38 5 (J*Voi» Our Own Correspondetd^ London, November 14. The prioes in the London Rubber Market to-day were: Pale Crepe Diamond Smoked Sheet 2/6 Singapore, November 15. Pale Orepe $lO5 to slls. Bibbed Smoked $9O to SIIQ.
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    BRITISH FRONT.
    584 5 [Reuter's Telegrams]. Successful Raids. London, November 15. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports i—- We drove off raiders near Polderhoek Wood to the north of Menin Road. To the north of Bixschoote the Belgians entered the German lines last night. To the north of Dixmude we blew up oonorete
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    “OUR DAY” FOOIBALL.
    1852 5 CLEAN AND FAST GAME. P. C. C.’e Creditable Win. The replay of the final tie in the Oar Day” Football Tournament between the P 0. C. and the C. R. 0 took place on the Esplanade yesterday evening and was witnessed by a large concourse of spectators.
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    Chinese Commercial Bank.
    50 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, November 16. The annual report of the Chinese Commercial Bank states that the net profit for the year was $297,729. The directors recommend a dividend of ten per cant. The sum of $125,000 will be transferred to General Reserve, making it $350,000.
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    Outside.
    62 5 The following articles will be found 00 our outside pages Page. 2. —Gerard’s Memoirs. 3. —F.M S. Affairs. 6.—Rent Assessment Board. Alleged Theft, To-morrow’s Band Programme, Mr, Montagu’s Prestige.” A. C. 8. U. Variety Entertainment, Tin Ou'puts, The Orang Dusau of BN.B Medical Research and the War. Shyness.” The
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    Rent Assessment Board.
    1777 6 POSSIBLE COO IN FIXING ANNUAL VALUES. Resolution bt Me. Tomlinson A suggestion ast> co-op: tuion b iwafcn the Rent Assessment Board and the Municipal Commissioners was made by M 8. Tomlinson at the weekly meeting of the former body at Singapore on Tuesday. M Tomlinson proposed the
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    Alleged Theft.
    157 6 1 Three Hindub—aundrum, Supaya and J, Yahad^m—w?re brought before Mr. B.H. 9 Langston, this mo ning, on the charge of t theft of gold jewellery from the Hindu t Temple in Queen Street, belonging to the I god Subramaniayer. 5 J It is alleged that the trio, one
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    To-morrow's Band Programme.
    68 6 The following programme of music will be played at the Golf Club to morrow evening at 5-45 p m. Overture To the Ballet Joke Lindpaintner I 2 Song It’s A Long, long, way to Tipperary William 3 S°lection Bocaccio Suppe 4 Waltz W.dding of the Winds Hall
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    Tin Outputs.
    57 6 l ho outputs from the following companiec for the first ha f of Nov< mbsr f undar 1\ munting Tin Dredging Ltd.—Piculs 400 Hours run 290 P C, er T n Dr d ic Ltd DredgePu u 150 Hours run 303. Tributo.-s—Picu s 50. Lnut Tin Dredging Ltd.-Piculs
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    Mr. Montagu's “Prestige.”
    602 6 APPEAL TO THE PREMIER, Hint of Social Boycott. Madras, November 1. Sir S. Subrsmania Iyer has sent the following cable to Mr. Lloyd Gcorgf, Premier: “As Honorary President of Home Rule League, Madras, and on behalf of the Indian-public, I wish to convey to tbe Premier our
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    A. C. S. U. Variety Entertainment.
    173 6 There was a crowded house at the Dress Rehearsal of the A.C.S. Union Variety entertainment last night. Over six hundred school children were admitted. Over a hundred of them had to stand up throughout the whole play. The programme was an excellent one. Nearly
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    Electric Polyscope.
    132 6 Patrons and the public wishing to spend sn enjoyable evening tc-night cannot do better than call at the Electric Polyscope. The films to be screened include The Rscuer” four parts, “Latest Patbe G. zetln showing present events. Luke Wind Ye Lady Faire featuring the world’s greatert comtd'aa next
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    The Orang Dusan of B.N.B.
    2254 6  -  By Ivor H. N. Etaits, B.A. With llate 17] 1 The following notes on the custom 9 and beliefs of the so called Orang Dusun” of British North Borneo were made during the i months of July and August, 1915. They are' supplementary to tome
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    Medical Research and the War.
    412 6 Three years of war have yielded a vast array of facts which must eventually necessitate tho remodelling of present systems of medical education and research. Meantime, France has produced in the Horizon 1 1 series—so n?midfrom the uniform 1 of the French soldier—a library of
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    “Shyness.”
    300 6 In a review of a book called Apologia Diffidentie,” by a Mr, Compton Leith, a writer in the Saturday thus discourses on shyness Shyness is a quality that may sometime! be engaging and pleasant hi tbs very young, amongst whom, in these days at any rate, it is seldom
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    The Week’s Events.
    49 6 Friday, Novumbbr 16. Town Band, Esplanade. Saturday, Noybmbbb 17. Johore War Loan Lottery Drawing. Sunday, Novimrbb 18. 24th after Trinity. Monbat, Novbmbir 19. Town Band, Esplanade. Tubsday, Novbjibbb 20. Chamber of Commeroe, Speoial General Meeting, 3 p.m. Rural Board Meeting. Wbdnbsdat, Novbmbir 21. Residency, At Home.”
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    German Legislation in Belgium.
    970 7 German Legislation for the Occupied Territories of Belgium- Official Texts. Edited by Charles Henry Huberich, and Alexander Nieol-Speyer- First to Tenth Series- (The Hague; M&rtinus Nijhoff.) In these volumes the future historian of the war will find valuable materials, He will be struck by its extent
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    The Foundations of Empire.
    1003 7 The old Empire and the New. (Imperial Studies Series.) By Arthur Percival Newton. With an Introduction by Sir Charles Lucas. (Dent. 2s. 6d. net-) The Imperial Studies Series needs no justification just now, Most of us would admit quite frankly, and with a new sense of
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