Straits Echo, 9 January 1918
1918-01-09
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Title Section36 1918-01-09 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THB FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. 7 OL. 16. $3O Per Annum. PENANG, WEDNESDAY, 9th JANUARY, 1918 Single Copy, lO cents. No. 7.36 words
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Advertisement1253 1918-01-09 1 MU&& -SSK CC ISlrtt **to ’«tCT 0»c rai *sn^* prs iu««* esa f BANKS GOOD CHANCE] Chartered Bank of India, Hongkong and Shanghai Australia and China. Banking Corporation Nederlandtohe Handel Maatsohappij. ’Phone No 694. OR STOP ON YOUR WAY (Incorporated In England by Royal Charter.) HOME TO* MICHELIN I.YRES At1,253 words
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Advertisement77 1918-01-09 2 U<3 >i A < 7^> i «I pvK?] i r fj K ■f* 8 a 31 ®h? vav a*.* S 9 r» JWS ?r5 Vi /w*T:>e r sC i/i&z <y rv.f *4 «K wa K :'-V e 3 R gg&f39 r»^sva a r? C W rvW ?i r i 177 words
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Article1108 1918-01-09 3 Rubbuu Plantations Tbcst Rupobt, With an issued capital of over £1.400.000 »nd options in respect of a further .£85,400, Rubber Plantations Investment Trust is the most important company of its kind in the Rubber list. Toe appearance of the report is «ometbiog of an event in the Share1,108 words
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Article722 1918-01-09 3 Frank Fox - (By Frank Fox.) Brasil has now been compelled bj the aggressiveness of Germany's submarine campaign to declare a state of war, and another strong voice has been added to the condemnation now passed by many people on the policy of that power, and her unscrupulous use of722 words
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Advertisement380 1918-01-09 3 of all v mnsoja SlUCKAL SALES ire Hepcat Orders “Another FED RAL This is the best iro f <f FED. RAL quality when moto- lorries perform their duties with Mtisfartion th a y receive p a:86 from their wners FEDERAL Lorries are paid the highest tribute possible by their owners380 words
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Advertisement64 1918-01-09 3 anns aatii ipspnn—C3BMS .annaw It’s Astonishing bow many People put ap with a Sluggish Liver when they oan cure the t euble by an occasional dose the tiny laxatives that work as ssntle as nature. Do not «ripe. of PINKETTEB SO casta par phial at roar irstfl*t s ar direct64 words
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Advertisement756 1918-01-09 3 A*Great Ideal And A Great Tonic Iron Jelloids. A Great Ideal is placed before the world by BertholdVs Colossal Statue of Liberty, which greets the traveller entering New York Harbour To a robust constitution alone is possible the fulfilntent of great ideals. Maintain your strength by maintaining the number of756 words
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Article486 1918-01-09 4 Paris, January 2. On tbe British front, several raids were repulsed. Oo the occasion of the New Year, Generalissimo Pftain addressed to the troops an order of the day declaring that the fighting mast oontinae in order to impose on the enemy the conditions of a lasting486 words
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246 1918-01-09 4 Amountprevionsly acknowl* dged $178,255.81 Amount received from Inspector of School?, Penang, subscriptions from Vernacular Milay School Teachers and children i— Balik Pulau 41.45 Penang 116 62 Province Wellesley A Dindings 144 97 Proceed» Penang Polo Club Gymkhana 1,804 61 Collecting Card No. 12—Amount246 words
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Article542 1918-01-09 4 Showing that not all Buchans hate Lt.tT their Heads. What provincial Kuaaia is thinking in th> si days of upheaval m«y be gleaned from a satire which Mr. Avetcbenko cootribu*e*i o the important newspap r triazonshy Krai. It is concerned with the lri*l a».U sentence of a542 words
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Article483 1918-01-09 4 By Sea and Air. Washington, November 3. Sentiment for a naval dlive at the V boat bases and to hem in Germany from tbu sea with the greatest battle fhbt the worl l fas known is being renewed rapidly and ia gaining ground in the highest cfficial483 words
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Article237 1918-01-09 4 Penang, January 9. 8. P. Tapioca $ll40«*l 9l M P. Tapioca 10, *9iie rg Gold leaf 72 Pepper (W.Coast 8 lb. 5 ox) $l6 1/2 buy ftr Black Pepper 25.00 buyer. Wbite Pepper 40 nominal Trang Pepper ...$32 season over Mace $llO nom, Mace Pickings 48 sellers Cloves season237 words
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Article295 1918-01-09 4 Penang, January 9, 1918. 1 Beep— ett, Soup per catty 14—16 Koast 26-28 Fteaks 26—28 Stew or Curry Meat 17—18 Rump Steak 26—28 Ox Tail each 30—35 Tongue 50 Feet 30 Heart 40 Liver per catty 40 Fillet of Beef 60 Pork Pork per catty 56—60 with fat295 words
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Advertisement204 1918-01-09 4 R 2 SRI rg ra K *1 K 1 M Whiteaway, Laidlaw Co. Ltd., Penang. ea V (INCORPO2AT3D IN EN3LAND) r r EZ !SWEEPING ITWELVE-DAY REDUCTIONS ra mJ r. r. CM SALS r P jl ra *ĕ tr>cr>ci3c cio (txtr ct> ct> ct) c CD cricxic 1| STARTS Monday, Jan.204 words
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Article999 1918-01-09 5 Last Chapter of Ihtrrrstiho Story. i Echo tPKciAL by Tom Weight. Liliuokalam, last Queen of the Sandwich Isl«is, died on Sunday, ll<h at her urban villa on y three doors away from my bumbie lodging. Although she had abdicated under pressure a decade or two ago, .the999 words
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Article196 1918-01-09 5 Exchange of Cables. The following telegrams have been exchanged between His Excellency the Governor and the Secretary of Btate for the Colonies in connection with the Our D*y movement throughout the Straits Settlements and the States of Johore, Kedah, Relantan *nd Trenggann Telegram from the Governor to the196 words
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Article119 1918-01-09 5 Tennis Tournament. The following ties have been fixed for TDureday, the 10th inst i Single Handicap B—Choon Kee scr v Hor Tong +l5.2 —Umpire Mr Choon Lim. Dquble Handicap B—Boon Swee and Oo Teng —l5 I v CheaDg Aon and Cbye Kbim 15 2 Umpire Mr Soo119 words
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Article172 1918-01-09 5 Tbe rainfall returns for the Settlement of Penan?, including tbe Diodings, show a mi ted decrease from the previous month. The highest fall recorded in one day was 100 m m. in 3 hours in Pangkoron tbe 11th. Ia Penang, the highest was 55 m.m. in BJik Pulau172 words
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Article372 1918-01-09 5 For the p°riod from the 11th to the 17th January, 1918 inclusive, the value of the highest grade of rubber is fixed at two shillings and six pence farthing per lb., and the duty on cultivated rubber on which export duty is leviable on an ad372 words
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Advertisement423 1918-01-09 5 To= night! To=night!! 3 FEATURES 3 J No. l “Metro” Quality Pictures after the Interval present in five big acts*- -rxi- 23J51 *-ir I' Jr r: JP *s* m m /O f&jic/syi&iy-v pros <vV.. 'V-'. -w,,--.3 -..f- V/v I 1? f r MBIOI’S CIIjIC wirix fkancis x bushman <& beverly423 words
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Advertisement749 1918-01-09 5 FOR SiILH One 5 eeater Miiwell Car run about 10,000 miles. Pfice $2 300. Bex 8. o/o Straits Echo. FOR SALE. Oje 7 seater Adler Motor-car four speed and one ieverge in pood tunning On view at 156 Hutton Lane. Box 1918 c/o Straite Echo. OFFICES TO LET WANTED. A749 words
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Article, Illustration98 1918-01-09 6 PUBLISHED DAILY (Except San Jays and public holidays.) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, LIMITED, 59, Beach Street, Penang. Price Daily Looal «80 per annum* Outatatlon Postage Extra. Mall Edition (Post Free) $lB per annum. Cable Addrees: ECHO PENANG." Telephone Noe. (Eoho) 980. Printing Department 343. M. B. —All98 words
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Article1168 1918-01-09 6 People who talk of making war impossible are assuming a reform in politica and in average human character which at best it may need centuries to accomplish- But it should at least at any rate be possible to tind some way of making violent aggres sion,1,168 words
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Article162 1918-01-09 6 Accounts worn 1917. Messrs. Fraser A Co. inform us that they have to-day received a cable from the London Office of the Company advising that the Annual Report and Aooounts were to be issued in Loodon on the 7ch inst. The net profit» £49, 931 which,162 words
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Article901 1918-01-09 6 M r. Prank Adam, of the Straits Trading Co, Singapore, is in Penang on a ™it of inspection. Mr. W. W. Forrest, of Salak North, has left for the Southern Settlement on a business trip. Mr. Wee Gim Keng, who reoentlj arrived from England after finishing hia901 words
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Article943 1918-01-09 6 A Riddle or a Trap f A correspondent propound, conundrum i What is it that lives in the p. all covered with feathers, has the Till<> d oookatoo and the manners of' t To, °ti We’ll buy it. Dragging in the Deity, A correspondent writes i "Apropos of943 words
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Article605 1918-01-09 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] M* LLOYD GEOBGE’8 SPEECH. A Chorus of Praise. London, January 8, Every hour brings fresh commendation of Mr. Lloyd George’s statement of the Allies’ war aims last Saturday from the Dominions and Allies. Nothing short of enthusiasm has been aroused in France. Tbe American Press605 words
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Article613 1918-01-09 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams] Atrial Activity. LoDdoD, January 7, 11.80 p.m. Sir Douglas Haig reports that we repulsed a raid to the south-east of Ypree. Hostile artillery was aotive at Passchendaele. Oar aeroplanes on Sunday fired 12.000 machinegnn rounds at troops, transport and other targets and dropp3d thres tons of613 words
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Article695 1918-01-09 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams] London, January 7, 8 25 p.m. Sir John Furley, Mr. J. A. Seddon, 1 Member of the House of Commons and Mr. J*mes Parker, President of the Trades Council, have baeu appointed Companious of Honour. [8» J nn FubXißT o. b., late Captain of the695 words
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Article140 1918-01-09 7 {From Out Oum Correspondent') London, January 7. The prices in tbe London Rubber Market to-day were: Pale Crepe 2/5^ Diamond Smoked Sheet 2/5 [The Market Report of Messrs. Aldens* Successors Ltd., Dated London, November 15, says: The last week bss shown a further shrinkage in value, this140 words
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Article761 1918-01-09 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] THE WASBINGTON EMBASSY. Lord Beading's Appointment- London, January 7, 9.30 p.m, i It is understood that Lord Reading has l been appointed the British High Commissioner to the Uaitfd States. He wil' J also take oharge of the British War M ssions at New York and761 words
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Article1079 1918-01-09 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] BIR DOUGHS HAIG’S REPORT. A Comprehensive Review. London, January 8. The London Gazette of Wednesday oontains a despatch from Sir Douglas Haig of 26,000 words, covering the operations in 1917,except those at Oambrai. It explains that i Conference cf military beads of the1,079 words
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Article88 1918-01-09 7 The following article will be found on our outside pages Pages. 3. —Rubber N ites. B'azil Joins Up. 4. —French Consular Telegrams. An Offensive Demanded. Penang Oar Day R-d Cross Fund. A Russian Parable. 5. Our D*y” Chinese Recreation Club. D cember R unfall. The Rubber Exports Duties. Hawaian88 words
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Article325 1918-01-09 7 Latest Quotations Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day it 1127.75, in Singapore («fined) at 1128, no business done, and in London at «£2Bl spot and at £274 three months The Board of Direc ors of The Bukit Mertsj&m Rubber Company, Limited, have declared an interim dividend of five per325 words
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Article1140 1918-01-09 8 An Inspiring* Address. Iq bis address at the Cathedral last evening, says the Free Press of Morday, the B shop, having read the King’s Letter t) bis People, drew attention to the main points in it. The King had indicated the faith whioh we had1,140 words
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Article338 1918-01-09 8 Appeal to Moderate Opinion, Calcutta, December 25. The first Conference of Z -miodars of Bengal w-s held yesterday. The Mahar-j* <>f Burdwan, as Caairman of the R-ception Committee, in the course of his speeoh re ferred to the utility of such conferences and the need of co-operation.338 words
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Article579 1918-01-09 8 Wednesday, January 9. Town Bind, Esplanade. Fridat, January 11. Town Band, Esp an.de, Sunday, January 13. New Moon. Fuat after Epiphany. Monday, January 14. Town Band, Esplanade. P. V- R. G Annual General Meeting, Penang Cricket Club, 7 pm. P.C.C, Tenuis Tournament Entries close Tuesday, January 15,579 words
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Article1009 1918-01-09 8 Some hoRECASTS. Tbe baudkaps for the first day of the Penang January Race meeting appear to b*tbe result of careful considerati in and the) i ffor no scope at all for criticism. Provided that the scratching list is not h Q >ivj everything augurs well for Tuesday: With1,009 words
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Article23 1918-01-09 8 Alcr Po hsu 27 541, Brieh 19 868 Morbau 16,042, Noith Per»k 4 775’ Aver Kuoing 6,500, Teinerloh 9,836 lb.23 words
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1084 1918-01-09 8 |'o the Editor of the Strait s Echo.] The Singapore free Frets of Weduesday, November 21, 1917 bad the following about The Ddfanci tf ?be Da'cb Iodi-s: Absorbed in tbe solution of our own little question of how we can best help the Empire, by1,084 words
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Article1211 1918-01-09 8 GERMAN REPLY TO SIR E. OEDDE8. MEDITERRANEAN LOSSES. U Boats Will assorbdlt Attain Ihjsir Goal." Amsterdam, November 8, According to a telegram irom Berlin, tbs Imperial tttcietary of State for the N*vy jade the following statement to a new» igeocy in regard to the recent ipaech1,211 words
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Article659 1918-01-09 8 Mebchants and the Bdreaucbats. As a stage (says thd Mining Journal) in the organised protect which is being pre--1 stnied in so many bracches of cur trade against the extreme control of industry by the forest of new departments, an impjrtant meeting was held on Thursday659 words
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Advertisement62 1918-01-09 8 MAN do you know the danger of neglecting a ohili P Chil!» lend to pn<*umoDia i|pd a of 'other dangerous d order*. Bv prudent, and at the flr*t sign of a chill take a dose or two of WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CtRfi the medicine that should never be absent the62 words
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Article2218 1918-01-09 9 i JĔ Dividend. c-3 Nambs sf > d. a fstiUl. Skar» i ~a x M i Ka>r.« c C IS P iasaed. >g Ust tnaa- ferearrent 5 J S cial year. year. ~i “I fti P0 CD (J RVBBER—VOLLAt SHARES. 8 eta. eta. J ivnnno 1 1 60 Alor2,218 words
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Advertisement809 1918-01-09 9 DAYID CORSAR SON’S WELL-KNOWN EXTRA NAVY CANVA3, NO. 0. SANDILANDS. BUTTERY 8 Co. good Returns and Save Weeding. TW 0 CHOPS IN ONE YEAH. Robust* Coffee Nurseries After 18 moDthe each tree gives bearing 0 f thousand of seeds. Liberian Coffee Nurseries After 24 month, each tree gives bearing 0809 words
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Article950 1918-01-09 10 AT THE GERMAN COURT. (Bt Sia Frank Lascillbs, P.C., G.C B Former British Ambassador in Bsrlin.) The Imperial German Court van big, and, like the Russian Court, very brilliant I well remember that it used to be crow< ed during the official balla. Court etiquette •listed, and950 words
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Article1052 1918-01-09 10 Qoistion or Mar* k White w. .re .Irongly of op m M Jerm.oj «1.1 be wor.led ecoeonMc.,,.' 1 .ell a* militarily it would be foolish M o uudei value or to overestimate h 6ltll «r uperative powers as an industrial atrf jocrcial nation attar the war. Tr1,052 words
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Advertisement411 1918-01-09 10 wT I non Since the PS fnT egan The Allied Governments Have Bought Over or* 3 J *3 ROYAL TYPEWRITER To Equip their New Armies Compare the work and you too will choose the ROYAL Typewriter, —the machine that makes big organizations complete. STOCKED IN BRIEF, POLICY 8 FOOLSCAP SIZES411 words
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Advertisement51 1918-01-09 10 Why It Sells. Chamberlaio'a Cough ia l»rg&et seilir g cough medicine id tbo world *o-day because it doea exact! y what a ootwb remedy it euppoaed to do. It atopa tb® cough by curiDg the oold, and doea it apeed* i!y and effectually. For aale by all d'>* pouaariee and51 words
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Article2191 1918-01-09 11 RODNEY GILBERT - (BY RODNEY GILBERT) Thrke Ftinqy Daughters. There were once two verv oid people who lived in a little mud walled hut and cultivated with their failing strength an acre or so of stony, dry land, which yielded little with the t eat working and failed to2,191 words
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Advertisement889 1918-01-09 11 RHEUMATISM, LUMBAGO SCIATICA. Rheumatism, Lumbago and Sciatica are three of the most common and most painful complaints and practically arise from the same cause and the names only distinguish the location ol the disease. II the arms and legs are affected it is called Rheumatism: if w the Loins Lumbago889 words
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Advertisement309 1918-01-09 11 NOBEL’S EXPLOSIVES. MAGAZINES AT PENANG AND IPOH Stocks always on hand of GELIGNITE. BLASTING GELATINE. SEXTUPLE DETONATORS. ELECTRIC DETONATORS. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co., Sole Agents for P-nane and Per&k. AYLESBURY NUTTER, Ltd., Sob Agents, Pertfe cc 1 J n D DncDnc DLL BE PREPARED TO FIGHT. Nnturo is alwaj» fighting to309 words
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Advertisement250 1918-01-09 11 In the Matter of the Straits Settlements Companies* Ordinance 1889 iso In the Matter of the Kwong Yik Basking Company Limited. (IN LIQUIDATION.) NOTICE is hereby given that the L quiditors of the Company have declared a sixth dividend at the rate of 10 par cent, miking a total dividend250 words
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Advertisement1609 1918-01-09 12 P. 9.— BRITISH: INDIA AND APGAB LINE. MAIL (Companies Incorporated in En land AND PASSENGER SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS(TJndei Contract with Hia Majesty's Government Tba’Coapany's MAIL BERVICEB EAST OF BOMBAT an at present suspended Psmsngera for Europe art booked ria Bombay aa opportunity offers sad as farss modstion «available.1,609 words
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