Straits Echo, 18 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. 16, $34 Per Annum. PENANG, TUESDAY, 18th DECEMBER, 1917. Single Copy, IO cents. No 297*
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      1220 1 -«a**, $S. Ĕ ’s m ils I 1 W WHICH US THE BUI t°’ f J®; £*CT,3r,o. o*c ,wW "5 Mg? 1 (BANKS. GOOD CHANCE Phone No 694, OR STOP ON YOUR WAY HOME Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter.) Hongkong and Shanghai
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      9 1 II- HJM P IdKO I t K» jV... NATUEfiIi
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    War News and Gossip
    2898 2 Slight Qbbmin Naval fuccEss. {From Our Gkv» Cot respondent LondoD, November 1. Th 9 Baltic Sea diversion has not changed the home position in Germany, That transient success on sea against a halfhearted, inferior Russian naval force and the turning of the flank of the Russian
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      318 2 IXXXXXXXXXXXXX>O<XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX>O©<XXXXXXXX« WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW 8 CO., in. i PENANG. (INCORPORATED IN ENCLAND.) THE FAMOUS TUSCAN CHINA WARE. TAIPING. J X X x This Ware is »t onse distinguishable from ita many imitation., each piece in all designs has that X olean elegant finish which always decides anyone on the look out
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      89 2 Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. When you have a bad oold you want remedy that will not only give rel'ef, but el* feet a prompt and permanent cure, a remedy that is pleasant to take, a remedy that contains nothing injurious. Cbamberlsin s Cough Remedy meets all these requirements. It acts on
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    “Cash Chemists.” Ltd.
    685 3 Another Successful Year. The fou tb annual ordioary general meeting of the shareholders of Cae,h Chemists,” Limited, was held at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon. There were present Messrs W. H. Thoioe, Yeap KeDg Teng, Heab Swee J. R. Browo, R. P. Phillips, Dr. W N.
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    Eastern Produce Exchange.
    251 3 At the Eastern Produce Exchange I94'b Auction Sale the following prices were 1 obtained per picul. Diamond Smoked Fair from 163 to 90 Diamond Unemofeed 53 to 70 Plain Unemobed 51 to 56 S'rap Crepe Fair 26 to 33 Untreated Loose A Virgin Scrap 23 to 38
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    The Rubber Outlook.
    424 3 Ameican Official Statistics. So much interest is taken by the maikot aD<] by the inv?sling public in American rubber consuuiptioJ as the figures have not beeu published elsewhere, I give below a summaiy of the effi ial return issutd by the U, S. Department cf Agricu!«ure 1914-15.
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    P. W. ‘Our Day.’
    57 3 The subscriptions to Our Day P. W. Fund already acknowledged as p9r list below should have been stated to have been contributed by Sungei Dun Estate. Sungei Duei Estate, Mr. P. A. Debieux, $50.00; Mr S. S. Pillay, 5.00; Mr. Tan Kee Soon, 5.00 Mr. Vengat
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    To-morrow’s Band Programme.
    341 3 The following programme of music will be piayed at the Esplanade to-morrow at 1 Fantasia Fleur de Lys Delibes 2 Polka Lstte du Sussa Mans Morse 3 Reminiscences of Meyerbeer Godfrey 4 Waltz Gold and Silver Lebar 5 March The Troopers Review Tyers The editor of The
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      538 3 LOST. A Certificate for 100 shares in Ritrut Bi»in Tin Dredging Coropmy, N.L, Nos. ***** to ***** inclusive in tha name if Aug Teng p ODg. Application has no* been mads for a new certifijate to be issued, and the public are hereby warned to exercise caution in dealing in
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    The “Straits Echo.”
    79 4 INCREASE IN PRICE. The price of the Straits Echo will be raised from the New Year to $2.50 a month or $3O a year. The Directors have been very reluctant to take this step and have delayed doing so as long as they possibly could. Unfortunately, the
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    LABOUR AND THE ONLY PEACE.
    1130 4 Now that Labour has followed the Prime Minister and the official leader of the Liberal Party with a statement of its war aims which in its opposition to Qe man views and ideals goes quite as far as those statesmen, it is to be hoped
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    M. A. P.
    699 4 Mr. T. Sh&fto, Manager, Empire Theatre, i is away in Singapore on business. Mr. J. Sallar, of Messrs. Wreford and Thornton, leaves for Kuala Lumpur this afternoon on business. Col. A. R Adams leaves for Singapore tbis afternoon to attend the Legislative Council Meeting next Friday. Mr.
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    Tin.
    34 4 Latest Quotations Tin (unn fined) is quo*“d here to-day at $l3B, bnsinrss done, in Singapore (refined) at $138.50, havers no sellers, and in London at j 6304 spot and j 8296 three months.
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    The Collision off Singapore.
    76 4 (From Our Qum Correspondent.") Singapore, December 17. Tha collision wh ch occurred on Saturday morning was batween two coolie ships and took place eight miles from Pulau Pisang, There was one casualty, a coolie being c ushed to death. The sunken vessel, which was an old
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1044 4 Faddy Planting. So long ago as 1893 the late Sir W. E. Max well, thea Colonial Secretary, ioja lengthy report over the causes of non-cultivation of rice, said that it was due (1) to the want of population, (2) high rate of wages, (3) competition of more profitable
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      190 4 BATHINGI CAPS JUST RECEIVED FROM LONDON. NO RUBBER TO PERISH. ABSOLUTELY WATERPROOF. “THE PARISIAN” Very Smart. In Blue and Red $2-2) “LA FRANCE 99 Excellent quality l-75 Ord r at once before they are atl sold m m 11 111 h m -my m Anything Wrong With Your Eyes? IF
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      48 4 IN AID OF THE RED CROSS PENANG. THE LAST OF THE LOTTERIES Kuala Lumpur has been drawn, Johore has been drawn, Singapore has been drawn, Penang will be drawn on JANUARY sth, 1918 Have you taken a ticket It's J'V laat (hater of wikiiaf A FORTUNE FOR $lO.
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    BRITISH FRONT.
    599 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] S IR DOUGLAS HAIG’S REPORT, position Slightly ImprovedLondon, Ddoember 17, 12*6 a.m, Bir Douglas Haig reports ~We drove off an attaok to the west of filleri-Guislai 0 and repulsed a bombing atto the north of La Vacquerie. .<We slightly improved our position to the Hit of
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    THE TERROR IN RUSSIA.
    576 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] TROTZKY’3 THREATS. Guillotine for the CadetsLondon, Dec. 17,4.20 a.m. A telegram from Petrograd states that the majority of tha executive of the Soviet has approved tha decree declaring the Cadets enemies of the people. M. Trotzky, addressing the minority, said, You are perturbed at
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    AT VLADIVOSTOK.
    892 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Japanese Official Statement LjndoD, December 17. The Daily Mail Paris correspondent states that it.is announced from Tokio that the Japanese Government denies the landing of Japanese troops at Vladivostok. Maximalism in thi Fab East.— The following from a Kobe exchange throws an interesting sidelight on recent
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    LABOUR AND THE WAR.
    833 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] AH IMPORTANT MANIFESTO. Reparation Emphatically Demanded London, Doc. 17, The Parliamentary Committee of tho Trade Union Congress and the Executive the Labour Party have issued a statement of their war aims which will be submitted to the National Labour Conference in London on December
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    JERUSALEM.
    1316 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] HOW THE CITY WAS CAPTURED. SKILFUL OPERATIONS. A Well-Affected Population, London, December 17. Reuter’s correspondent at the Palestine Headquarters in a despatch dated December 11 and sent by aeroplane from Jerusalem fully describes the capture and conditions of Jerusalem He emphasises the heartfelt gladness cf all the
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    Outside.
    65 5 The following articles will be found on oar outside pages Pages. 2. —War News and Gossip. 3. —The Rubber Outlook. P. W. Oor Day.’ To-morrow’s Bind Programme. Cash Chemists,” Ltd. Eastern Produce Exchange, 6. Trade in China. Enemy Propaganda in the Far East- Japan, B i‘am and the War.
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    Trade In China.
    1027 6 We here often watched the pessimist turning over the Book of Lamentations and prophesying the passing of British c :m--meroial prestige in this part of the world He loves to dwell on the glories of the good old days when huge tracts of land had not been
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    Enemy Propaganda in the Far East.
    984 6 The entry of China and Siam into the war, profoundly as it effects business bouses in Singapore and in Hongkong, is equally a matter of first-class importance to manufacturers at home. Some of these manufacturers, says the Singapore correspondent of The Times Trade Supplement,
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    The French Scandals.
    898 6 GERMANY UNMASKED. The Spirit Op the Nation. It is a grievous mistake to judge the spirit of the French nation by tbe aspect of certain sittings of the Chamber, where the debates entered upon in a heated atmosphere occasionally degenerate into regrettable incidents. France, in reality, save
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    Through German Eyes.
    986 6 ALSACE LORRAINE. The Press Campaign. Herr von Kiiblmana’s declaration that Germany will never surrender Ais»ceLorrame w*s rhe signal for the direction ot tbe whole Press artille-y against France. Jou nils like the Frankfurter Zeitung and th Cologne Gazette hastened to tiansiei their b g guns frim the
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    Japan, Britain and the War
    1252 6 The Way Things Are Said. In the c >u se of *a i* terestmg leading article the Japan Chronicle says Tbe sending ot an expedition (from Japan) to Europe has never been advocated >u these Oolumus, and for what have always s eoi d to
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    Tin Outputs.
    189 6 Tk. ou.pat of the Kampong K»rounting Tm Dredging for the month of December was :—H ms run 539, Cubic Yards treats 74 00 < Uo.^ 7 p c 49i 9 sale $39,020 57. Mr Khiw Joo Tok advises us that the outputs from the following four companies for
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    The Week’s Events.
    438 6 Wednesday, December 19. Town Bind, Esplanade. Board of L'cpneiog Justices meeting, District Court, 2.30 p.m PAM. General Meeting, Kuala Lumpur, II a.m. Friday, December 21, Town Band, Esp anade, Sunday, December 23. 4:d in Advent. Monday, December 24. Town Esplanade, One of the best-known English actormanagers, celebrated
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      41 6 Early Colds Ba careful of tbe colds you take at this time of tbe year. They are particularly dangoroua. A neglected cold may mean a win* ter-long cold. Take Chamberlain’s Cough aTOr* 06 F r Bfcle by di *P en ßaries
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      11 6 For Children’s Haeking Cough at ftight« Wood' Great!Peppermint Gnre Is, 6d,
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      49 6 Accidents Will Happen. It may be impossible to present an accident, but it is not impossible to be prepared for it. Cbamberlain’s Pain Balm is not beyond anyone’s parse, and with a bottle of this liniment you are prepared for almost anything. For sale by all dispensaries and dealari.
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      51 6 Why It 8ell«. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is the largest sellirg cough medicine in the world to>day because it does exactly what a cough remedy is supposed to do. It stop* the o®«gh by curing the cold, and does it spaed' ily and effectually. For «ale by all dii* ponaariea and
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    Quinine and Malaria.
    1246 7 The reference in last week’s Truth to Dr. Horace iVillis’s paper on 11 A New 'Specific’ for Malaria has brought me a great many r< qu sts for furiher information respecting I this specific.” The number of people who j are anxious to obtain it at or.ce
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      338 7 KEDAH MEDICAL DEPARTMENT WANTED Oae Third Grade Dresser. Apply to The St* e Surgeon. Alor Star Kedah CODOWNS WANTED. WANTED TO RENT Big Godowns situate at Weld Qaay. Apply stat ng rent and other particulars to The Eastern Trading Co. Penang. WANTED. CHINESE SECRETARY able to write good English, age
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