Straits Echo, 11 December 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» l^» •*4 Per Annum. PENANG, TUESDAY, nth DECEMBER, 1917. Single Copy, lo cents. No. 291.
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      1093 1 9- MU &s*AIIJ JFj DNATUSa ■(BANKS, y GOOD CHANCE I Chartere, “ri.fi nd j a ’Phone No 694, OR STOP ON YOUR WAY HOME Australia and China. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter.) Hongkong and Shanghai flanking Corporation. FOB MICHELIN TYRES At Georgetown Motor Garage APPOINTED STOCKISTS. Motor Repairers and
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      18 1 <A MILK *»ea a mi ttn fo"" R?*B ®'*ee T *on* v*e Jsf 'Bl *«sr E 3 css
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    A Pekin Scrap Book.
    2347 2 Chinese Ghost Lore. Mr. Rodney Gilbert contributes to the North China Herald another of his interest ing article on Chinese folk lore, from which we quote the following The raising of daughters in a Chinese household is attended with many trials an i cares. The watchful
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      287 2 i>QOOOOOft<XXXXXXXX>OOOO<XXXXX>OO<XXX>OOOOOOOOO<XXg' WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW S CO., LTD. i Penang. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) TAIPING THE FAMOUS TUS CHINA WAKE. This Ware is at once distinguishable from its many imitations, each piece in all designs has that clean elegant finish which always decides anyone on the look cut for Artistic China Ware. A
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      523 2 Z SAY EMPHATICALLY That Sciatica, that most excruciating of maladies can be cured! Little's Oriental Balm cured me. after fixe years of misery. Ii will cure you Toat voices the sentiment of one grateful patient. Thousands of others are ready to join in the chorus of praising this remarkable dispeller
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    War Relief.
    854 3 THE PLANTERS’ FUND. Object or Appeal. The Hon. Mr, R. C. M. Kindersley, Chairman of the P. A. M writes to our Kuala Lumpur contemporary as follows 8 1 would be obliged if you would allow 8 'ie to clear up some of Mr. M J Kennaway’s j
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    Our Day 1917.
    134 3 A sum of $225,000 has been forwarded to 3mgapoie as the contribution from Penang towards the Red Cross Fuad. The balance will be remitted later. Of the amount sent $175,000 represents the collec tions for Our Day, 1917, and $50,000 is a payment on account of the
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    Taiping Tin.
    530 3 “Tbuth’s” Caustic Comment, A meeting of the Taiping (Hydraulic) Tin Properties, Limited, has just been held to pass a resolution for the voluntary liquidation of the company. The circumstances suggest that this is a oase ia which compulsory winding up is desirable. The prospectus of the company was
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    To-day’s Band Programme.
    52 3 The following programme of music will be played at the Golf Club to-day at 5-45 p.m.:— 1 Selection The Gay Parisienne Caryll 2 Dream of Ragtime Thurban 3 Selection A British Campaign Paul 4 Waltz Chocolate Soldier S'rauss 5 Two Step Dixieland Hares 6 March Oft in
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    Tin Outputs.
    394 3 The output of the R°nong Tin Dredging 1 Company’s tin ore for the second half of November was No. 1 Dredge 233 08 pis No. 2 Dredge 167.35 pis. No 3 Dredge 391.77 pis Total for the month 1416.20 pis. Writing in the Nineteenth, Century on J H
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      340 3 ASSESSMENT NOTICE UNDER SECTION 61 OF ORDINANCE VIII OF 1913. NOTICE is hereby siven that the book* containing the Annual Valuation of and Rates imposed on all buildings and lands situate within the North East and South West Districts, Penang Island, for the year 1918 will be open to the
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      303 3 KEDAH MEDICAL DEPARTMENT w ANTED One Third Grade Dresser Apply to The State Surgeon. Alor Star, Kedah WANTED. Field Overseer Tamil-married perferred, Apply stating salary required etc to, A, B, C., c/o Strait» Echo, WANTED. CHINESE SECRETARY able to write Aood English, age over 25 yean. Apply starting salary required
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    93 4 MUM daily (except Ehudayi tad pohlie GBXTSBION PRESS, Ltd. m*. 69, Beach Street, P«ua|. Tmem! DmDj Leeal m 9t4 ptrunnt OMMm. Poetage Extra. Hml 14Mm (Foal Fiee) 917.50 oabiu iODina: ECHO— PENANG” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343 M.B.— XU buainaaa communication* akould ba addreeaad to
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    NO ANNEXATIONS!
    1350 4 It ia extremely significant that the enemy does not appear to be very enthusiastic over the separate peace on the bas i« of r o annexations and no indemnities which tbe Maximalists have proposed. What exactly is meant by such a fo mula we have yet to learn,
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1044 4 The American Language. The following description of a baseball mitch is tak»n from n Am‘r'can p*psr j Felsch killed another cloat hearing all the earmarks of a c rcuit wtllop in the fourth by mak ng a ripsnorti g st pof Davey Koberis-'u'a liner to centre holding the
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    PEACE-TALK.
    662 4 [Reuter's Telegrams] THE LANSDOWNE LETT3B StaUment by Lord Egbert Cooil. London, 10. Lord Robert Minister of Blockade, interviewed by R o'er and asked about certain points of apparent similarity between Lord Lansdowne’a Irter and President Wilson’s message said 1 < l see it is being alleged with a oertain
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    Tin.
    25 4 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to*day at •136 buyers no s Her i, and in Singapore (refined) at $186.60, buyeii do stjler»,
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      324 4 CHRISTMAS 1 FOR MEN. FOR LADIES. 8.R.8. BRIAK FIFES. The pipe that lasts for years. Never cracks or burnsSilver mounted Sa-50 s3*©° Twinplex Stroppers. For Gillette blades 100 Bhaves from one BLADE BTROPN BOTH EDGES AT ONCE Nothing could be more acceptable to a man ONLY A FEW LEFT In
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      57 4 IN AlU OF I HE RED CROSS FUND. Owing to the demand for tickets IN THE PENANG LOTTERY TH# Committee have decided to postpone the closing «late for oatstations till Dec. 31 st. Tickets can be obtained from the Secretaries in Penang, op till Jan. 3rd, 1918, and the drawing
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    BRITISH FRONT.
    577 5 'fpxOTSB’S TirKOXAMs] Sir Douglas Haig’s DespatchLondon, D.cember 10. flr Pcog’® 8H4igrfp,rt8, were ou’post er o ranters to the ((jrainojurt today. An sttempt-d tb9 gouth of Lrns list night waJjU Wa m4de a more oi H MrH lDe ,fCt0r 0 r aeroplanes on Siturday bombed t a J bills’*
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    ITALIAN FRONT.
    636 5 [Reuter's Telegrams] The British PositionL mdon, Dae. 9. Reuter’s correspondent at the I alian headquarters, wiring oi the 8th instant', ttatee:— The E iglish and Freooh troops have r ow oooupied assigned positions in the front line. "The Montello bills whioh the British strongly hold to the extent
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    THE RUSSIAN TANGLE.
    1220 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Confiscation of Property- > Loudon, D cember 10 < A wireless Russian message announces Tbe Bolshevik regime proclaims that all lands, live and dead stock, farm and produce buildings are national property Private ownership of land is abolished. 1 Landowners’ houses are to serve as
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    JERUSALEM CAPIURED.
    1494 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Statement in the Commons L ondon, Dcember 10. Ia the House of Commons Mr, Bonar Law announced that Jerusalem, after being surrounded, had surrendered. Further DetailsLoudon, December 10. In the House of Commons Mr, Bonar Law stated that General Allenby reported that on the Bth instant
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    Outside.
    66 5 Tbe following articles will be foand on oar oatsido pages Pages. 2, A Pekin Scrap Book. 3. —War Relief. Our D»y 1917. Taipiog Tin. To-day's Band Programme. Tin Outputß. 6.—Eastern Produce Eichange. “Madras Mail" and Mr. Montego. Liter Than The Mai). Bhares. The Week’s Events. Rainfall aid Guos. Tbe
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    Eastern Produce Exchange.
    56 6 At the Eastern Produce Exchange Auction Sale the following price* were obtained per picul. Diamond Smoked Fav from $6B to 97 Diamond Unsmoked 55 to OJ Plain Unsmoked •> 58 to 62 Brown Crepe Fair 45 Loose Berap 33 53,412 lb. of rubber were cata'ogueu ud<3 12,128
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    THE SHIPPING BOGEY.
    296 6 We read in a recent issue of Truth Both the share market and the commodity market are quieter, and will take no harm by resting after the recent prolonged activity. Fortunately, the outlook in all directions is as encouraging as ever, and even shipping difficulties no longer
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    "Madras Mail” and Mr. Montagu.
    492 6 Madras Mail” and Mr. Montagu. Question in Legislative Council. M drss, N >v, 26. In the last legislative Couocil meeting tb* Hon. Mr. RtDguchan a-k d the following question This Council begs to invite the attention of the Governor-in-Council to the activities of the Madras Mail and of its editor
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    America and Japan.
    344 6 The Nbw Agreement, 1 New York, Nov. 7. The Washington correspondent of the United Press Association (U.S.A.) telegraph» das follows:— Mr. R b3rt Lansing i (the Secretary for S ate) commenting on the agreement anived at on November 2 with JapaD, emphasised the fact that German ii
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    JAPAN, AMERICA AND CHINA.
    712 6 The telegram from the Australian news papers which ws publish to day adds some thing to the scant details hitherto telegraphed to this country regarding the important agreement reached on November 2 between Japan and the United States The fact that an agreement ha 1 been
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    Rainfall and Guns.
    356 6 R ainfall and Guns. An iot*rview with Dr- Hugh Robert Mill i f ihe B itish Rainfall Organisation, CamdeD Square, appears in Common Sense. When I asked him, if he could coufivtr the gene:»! iropreesicn that the Engid' climate was changing. Dr. Mll answoieo with an unhesitating negative. ‘We have
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    The Allies and Holland.
    371 6 Rubber in Netherlands India, In Rubber circles (says Truth) the feeliog3 existing between the Dutch and ourselves have always been so friendly that tho political differences which have arisen between tbe two Governments from time to time du iag the war have given rise to to
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    Later Than The Mail.
    800 6 The following items are taken from the West Australian newspapers:— I I ITALY'S OWN MONEY. i The Germans (according to a Paris cor. r spondent) have five divisions and the Austrians 44j at the Italian front. The president of the Federation of British Industries telegraphsd to
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    DARKNESS AND COLD IN HUNLAND.
    86 6 Amsterdam, Oct. 16. The inhabitants cf Berlin are perturbed at the new rules fixing the quantities of clothing for men and women. Cards are now necessary for the purchase of many articles that were hitherto purcbaseable freely. Owners of summer overcoats must exchange them for
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    “ SEEADLER’S” FATE.
    1175 6 SEEADLER’S” FATE. WRECKED ON SOUTH SEA REEFThrilling Raider Story. Sydney (Australia), Oct. 18. The mystery surrounding the exploits of the German pirate steamer Seeadler, which were britiey cabled recet tly, and wjticb operated in the Pacific Ocean for many months before she st anded on Mopeba Island, was, to a
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    Shares.
    207 6 The following are the alterations of Meesrs. A. A Anthony Co.’s Share List to-day Alor Gajah Rubber Estate $4.35 buyersAyer M ilek Rubber Co, $2 70 buyers; Ayer Panas Rubber Estates $11.25 buyers and $ll-75 sellers Bukit Katil Rubber Estate* 080 buyers aud 090 sellers; Cbangkat Sardaog Estates $9.30
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    The Week’s Events.
    413 6 Tuesday, Decembee 11. i Municipal Commission; Wednesday, Decembee 12, Town Bind, Esplanade. Penang Recreation Club, A.0.M,, 6 p,m. Friday, December 14. P. 0.0., Distribution of prizes and Tennis Match. New Moon. 1 Town Band, Esplanade, Sunday, December 16. 3rd in Advent. Monday, December 17. Town Band, Esplanade.
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      56 6 There ii nothing more certain than the (act that WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE will oorrect that heavy overloade i feeling which afflicts those troubled with weak digestive powers. It is a medicine that has been tested and proved bv millions of ■offerers from digestive troubles. Sold by Dispensaries and Stores
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      90 6 Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. Waen you have a bad cold you want a remedy that will not only give relief, but effect a prompt and permanent cure, a remedy that is pleasant to take, a remedy that contains nothing injurious. Chamberlains Cough Remedy meets all these requirements. It acts on nature’s
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    The Arab of Mesopotamia.
    1475 7 (uy Gertrude Lowthian Bell.) Toe Mesopotamian plaiD, which extends almost unbroken from th9 common mouth of the Euphrates and Tigris in the south to the Kurdish mountains in the North, must be considered etbnologically as a continuation of the Arabian peninsula It is probable that the
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    Punjab and the War.
    505 7 STRIKING RECRUITING FIGURES Forty Officers to a. Village. The Civil and Military Gazette draws I attention to the remarkable recruiting record of Mabomedan Rajputs o' the Western part of Rohtak tahsil and quotes figures supplied by a correspondent. This correspondent states that roughly one-third of the
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      49 7 Accidents Will Happen. It may be impossible to prevent an accident, but it ia not impossible to be prepared for it. Chamberlain’s Pain Balm is not beyond anyone’s purse, and with a bottle of this liniment you are prepared for almost anything. For sale by all dispensaries and dealers.
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      479 7 Public Auction Sale Public Auc ion Sale Of a very «mart 2 «eater, 4 cylinder 12 H P BERLIET (French) MOTOR CAR (on view in ouespacious showrooms) The undersigned are instructed to sell the above On Wednesday, the 12th of December, 1917, At 11 a.m. sharp IN LOGAN’S COURTYARD European
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