Straits Echo, 30 November 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. voi>* $94 Per Annum. PE SANG, FRIDAY, 30th NOVEMBER 1917, Single Copy, lO cents. No. 28^,
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    Sunrise Over Mt. Everest.
    999 2 Slowly through the darknees the long line of dhoolies winds up th-« tortuous mountain path, the glare of torches cast ing an unearthly li« ht over the faces of the occupants, and on the swarthy features of the straining bearers, who every now and then give
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    Finance by Inflation.
    1179 2 DEBASING THE CURRENCY. [Bt Hartley Withers in tmb Daily When a nation goes to war, it can only meet its cost by stinting itself, except in so far as it does so by borrowing abroad or selling to forrigners its assets, such as the securities of foreign
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      561 2 A Stubborn To corquer an obstinate enem. persistency and perseverance same with Rheumatism, the' d r L'! mankiDd, which ranks foremost SI* 5* < ness. To eradicate it from t be Ubbor must use the right weannn 7 i?' To Orient»! Balm is the only remedy overpower it. It has
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    St. Andrew's Day.
    947 3 A CONVERSATION. Because Scotland beat England at Bannoekbarn a Union was established, Otherwise England «night have become the vassal of the Gallic Empire. As it is the two peoples are united, and the glbry of St. Davy that never shone (or will shine) brighter -than in this
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    Decimal Coinage.
    828 3 SOVEREIGN AS THE UNIT. A PmoroswD Bill. The Decimal Association, we are inform? ed, are about to ask the Association of Bankers and the Association of Chambers of Commerce to meet them in order la pat forward a Bill in 1 'Parliament to decimal liie the coinage, The
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    The Late Mr. A. J. Gunn.
    179 3 A very old resident of Singapore died last evening at his residence in Bnkit Timah rd, in the person of Mr. Alexander James Gunn, for many years secretary to the Chamber of Commerce and a wellknown man in Singapore. He succeeded in the secretaryship
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    Empire Theatre.
    139 3 The Empire Theatre waa simply packed last night and for the lower seats only standing accommodation was availab e. The programmers of a high order and included one 'Chapter of The Great Secret,” the mystery of which the audience are beginning to coojecture bnt when the last !<
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    Electric Polyscope.
    117 3 The Shielding Shadow the sensational serial, being shdwn at the Electric Polyscope is keeping people agog with excitement, and the two further episodes of it, with a notable long Pathe detective drama in The Trap will keep the audience well entertained tonight. Toe Girl of Frisco is a
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      192 3 WA.NTEJD. An ehperienced bookkeeper and CASHIER. Security »2.000. Apply in writing, with copies of testimonials to: G. D., c/e Strait» Etho, WANTED. STEADY CLERK of Book-keeping and Typwriting. Apply Box 600. c/o Strait» Ech». v WANTED. A SIGNAL SERGEANT, at Fort Cornwallis, Penang, Salary £lOO p.a. to £l2O (yearly increment
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    98 4 flMttat daily (axoept Sudtja tad pdMu > bobdmT») AT TMM CRITERION PRESS) Ltd. gl 59, Batch Street, Pauif. Pbioh' I Duly Lmdl m 954 par unia. m Portage Extra. Mail Fiitir- (Port Free) 117.50 OilLl iODIIU 10H0—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343 M.B.—A 11 business
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    COMMUNITY OF NATIONS
    1309 4 A partnership of nations, based on the principle of public right, was declared bj IMr Asquith from the very beginning of the war to be our ultimate aim in it And I through the smoke of battle that vision 'Lust never be lost. Not domination is the
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    M. A. P.
    923 4 Mr. W. Peel, who went to the F.M.8., returned to-day. E 97. Bro. Jamep, who was on a visit to Burmab, returned to day from Moulmein Mr. C. 0. Cline, of the East Asiatic Company, Limited, Singora. is on a visit to Penang. Mr. Ng Seng Sooi,
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1001 4 A Postal Anniversary. To-morrow is tbe Bixiy.fi rf t of the division of rL 1 &DolT(l ru,. f ,,nctt December 1856 j«2 toder in London received e 7 hos„. Rowland Hill announcing Vst tro apportioned the metropolis and he M mto ten districts, an!Tgj Tni d t 8
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    London Rubber Market.
    26 4 (.From Omr Own Correspondent London, November If. The prices in the London Rubber Marks* to-day were: Pale Crepe 2/6f Diamond Smoked Sheet l/$$
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      46 4 IN AID OF THE RED CROSS FUND. ST. ANDREW’S DAY. Dl«u forget the Soccer Match TO-DAY Planters vs. P. C C, AT THE PA Have you booked table at tbe E. O. For the Haggis and Scotch Broth Over SOO have already made s’ccar. ye kea.
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    THE WEEK’S SINKINGS.
    615 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] admibalty betubns. A Slight Bise. London, November 29. The Admiralty reporta that the arrivals daring the week numbered 2,056 and the sailings 2,122 4.180 Total Fourteen veaaela over 1,600 tons were iaok and aeven under that tonnage, making a total of twenty-ore. Eight vessels were
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    HAIG’S BLOW.
    590 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams] Raids Repulsed London, Novemoer 29, 12.10 a.m. Sir Douglas Haig reports:— “There is nothing special to report on the Cambrai battle front. We repulsed two raids in the neighbourhood of Avion. The enemy’s artillery has been active on the Ypres front and very heavily so in
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    ITALIAN FRONT.
    384 5 [Reuter's Telegrams] Enemy Thrusts London, Nov. 28. Reuter’s correspondent at the Italian Headquarters states "The enemy vainly hammered at the valley on both sides of Mount Grippa and are now apparently attempting to desoend towards the plain from the Sette Communi plateau in the hope that the threat
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    Malaya Roll of Honour.
    281 5 LIEUT. P. H. MORRIS, M-S.V.R. Kill» ie Action. In the oasualty lists of October 22 appears the name of 2ad Lieut, P.H. Morris, Machine-Gun Corps, as killed in aotion, This obviously refers to Mr. P. H. Morris, one time of Ipoh and latterly machinegun officer of
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    RUSSIAN CHAOS.
    583 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams] Armistice Negotiations Petrograd, Nov, 28. General Krylenko, in an order to tbs Army and Navy, announces that the envoj nominated by him had returned with an official answer from the German Com-mander-in-Chief consenting to enter into negotiations for an armistice at all the fronts. General Krylenko
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    ALLIED WAR AIMS.
    496 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Lord Lansdowne's LetterLondon, November 29. Lord Lansdowne, in a luDg latter to the Daily Telegraph, urges co-ordination in the war aims of the Allies and says that the prolongation of the war will rain the civilised world and an immense stimulcs will probably be given
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    Outside.
    67 5 The foliowing articles will be found o» our outside pages Pages. 2. —Finance by Inflation. Sunrise Over Mt. Everest. 3. —St. Andrew’s Day. Decimal Coinage. The Late Mr. A. J Gunn. 6 —The Premier’s Libel Ac’ion. L«te Mr. R. E. Jackson Enemy Bubjacts in < hina K'ntaK lles The
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    ALLEGED BREACH OF TRUST
    548 5 In the Dst ict C urt, this morning, Cbeih Cbye Sna local Babi, was charged »s follows:—"Tiat you on or about the Ist October, 1917, being entrusted] with csrt»in property, to wit, money to the value of $1 468 55 to pay to one Pog Ah
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    “Our Day” Red Cross Fund.
    174 5 PENANG “OUR DAT.” Amount previously acknowledged ...$126,318 26 P.M I. A. p cceeds Amateur Dramatic p3formance 2,683 73 EvattACo. 100 00 Additional amount Dindings “Our Day” 2,269 71 Collecting card No. 11 by Syed S«Heb Alsag ff 28 00 P oceeds Swimming Olnh Water Carnival
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    Tin.
    61 5 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $132.75, business done, in Singapore (refined) at $133 50 business done, (210 tone ‘0 d) and in London at J 8285 spot and at £286 threa months. A private water boat sank in her moorings last night. Thi causa is
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    Chinese Situation.
    518 6 RESIGNATION ow Cabinet. Peking, November 16: —Tuan Chi Jui has resigned the Prenaiership. It umi r stood that the whole Cabinet will follow his His resignation is quite unexpected *nd has caused a considerable sensation, me reasons for it are still somewhat Commenting on the above, the Press
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    Penang Polo Club.
    345 6 TO-MORROW’S "OUR DAY” GYMKHANA. The Hon, Secretary of the Penang Polo Club Gymkhana advisee ua -that given fine wither there is every prospect of a fast and excitirg polo match to-morrow afternoon. The game commences and is a three-obukkur match of 9 minutes each, with ten-minute intervals
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    Kinta Kellas.
    934 6 INCREASED AREA PLANTED. Reducbd Costs. The seventh o>diu»ry general meeting of Kinta Kellas Rubber E tates. Limited, was held at the Council R »nm of the Rubber Growers’ Association, 38, Eastcheap, E. C., Mr. Edward Bedford, (chairman of the companv), presiding. The Cnairman said that last year shareholders
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    The Week’s Events.
    81 6 Friday. Novbmbr* 30 Town Band, Esplanade St. Andrew. St. Andrew's Society, Our Day” Dinner, E. O Hotel. Football—Planters vs. P.C.C., Esplanade. Saturday, Decembbr 1. Queen Alexandra’s Birthday. Ta ping Our Baxaar, Supper and Dance, Town Hall, Polo Club Gymkhana, Pclo Ground, 4.30 p.m. New Railway Time-Table comes
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    Premier’s Libel Action.
    1453 6 TELLS WHERE HE SPENT AN AIR RAID NIGHT, Watching Shrapnel Burst. A settlement was recently effected of the action for libel brought by the Prime Minister against the Exchange lelegraph Co. the Westminster Gazette, and the Daily News, Ltd. in tin case of the latter newspaper, the
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    The Late Mr. R. E. Jackson.
    195 6 Says Wednesday’s if. M. The funeral of Mr. R. E. Jackson," of K»jtng, who succumbed yesterday to injuries sustained in a motor cycle accident on Sunday evening, took place in Kuala Lumpur this morning with military honours, deceased having been a member of the
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    Enemy Subjects in China.
    178 6 The treatment of enemy subjects in China, which was recently the subj *ct of a repreMentation to the Chinese Government by the Ministers of the Allied Powers, appears, from a statement in the Peking Daily Newt. to be extraordinarily lax. According to onr contemporary there are
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    Chinese Ceremony.
    1943 6 The I-Li; or Book|of Etiquette and Ceremo- c nial Translated -from the Chinese, with I j Introduction, Notes, and Plans, by John ‘Steele. Two Volumes. (Probsihain. 245). L No nation has ever been to weighted by I j ceremonial rales and regulations for every* day observances as the
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    To-Day's Band Programme.
    46 6 Tbe following programme of mu*ic will played at the Esplanade this evem ft at 5 p.m. 1 Overture The Eclipse Wii** 1 2 Bolero Pasquita Bigg o 3 Selection A Chinese Honeymoon Talbot 4 Waltz Reine du Danube 5 March Magara 1 doCl
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    Baseball at Lord's.
    1367 7  -  By Horace Hutchinson. Id 1917, for the first time, England had a chanoe of hearing baseball. A. sigtt of the game had been given it several times before, wnen teams of American or Canadian players had patriotically desired to show the mothercountry what their own national game
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    Sir H. Gough.
    714 7 Sir Hubert Gough was born on August 12, 1870; the eldest son of the late Sir Charles John Stanley Gough. He was educated at Eton and Sandhurst, and in 1889 obtained a commission in the 16fb Lancers. He served in the Tirah Expedition and in the Siuth
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