Straits Echo, 25 January 1918

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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. fOT- 6 $3O Per Annum. PENANG, FRIDAY, 25th JANUARY, 1918. Single Copy, lo cents. No 21.
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  • 1605 3 i la gizatteers of tbe distant era, wheo the world was at peace, you will find brief accounts of Chauny, a town in the department of Aisne cf no particular importance or distinction. It was an ancient place, tbe •cece of fighting in tbe
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  • 299 3 Mr. L. E. P. Wolfarstan, Resident, has sent the following letter to Mr. Tan Soo Hock, Malacca —I am in receipt of a letter from His Excellency Sir Arthur Young directing me to convey to you and the members of your community bis hearty
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    • 645 3 MUNICIPAL notice. DOGS. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. nd for OWNERS OF DOGS are hereby remi ed that th« registration of dogs tor tf>tr ending 31st December, 1918, comred on tbe l't January. D ltov dog noW found OUt f 00 Dot ,L collar to which is affixed a regie e !,on oumbflr
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  • 1022 4 The impression given by official speakers at the meeting of the Legislative Council on Monday was that in regard to the Bobber Lands Alienation Bill, the Government is merely the instrument of the Imperial authorities. It seams to follow from this (says the Btraita Times) that, as
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  • 1244 4 Action Against a Notblist A multitude of British novelists breathed a sigh of relief last week-end when it! became known that a British jury had turned down very emphatically the claim for dam.ges, brought against Mr. George Moore bv a music-hall artist named Louis j Seymour. Mr.
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    • 128 4 **.< k V' or*»*; y 9' 7JPT- v<V *k" US’ w| > iTH m f> r i j •virf Leading Penang Boot Store ALLQVARIETIES of FOOTWEAR. Tremendous Assortment. Value Unequalled. Whiteaway, Laidlaw Co., Ltd., (Incorporated in England.) B ry K^l ea dSi 9 i I Sr «»4 .a *5? fit
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    • 490 4 NOTICE OF SALE. PENANG AUCTION MART, BY OUDER OF THE HOItTGiGtI Tha nudarsigoed ate iratioctcd to put up for sale l.j PUBLIC AUCTION At the Archway cf Logan» BuilHtu» Penang On Friday, the Ist day of Febmry, 19«, The following property» 1. All that piece of land and hersditamenta situate
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  • 1449 5  -  [By Tom Weight.] Night, and the fretful world asleep. I Shadows mysterious, and a silence profound. i A sense of the universe spinning on, with oneseif the only spectator. NJght, and the great sea tossing beneath a Digbtmare of inquisitive stars. Night—and this itch to express the awe
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  • 553 5 Final Statement of Accounts. [To the Editor of the Straits Echo Sir, We shall be glad if you will publish tbe attached statement showing the amouut collected in the Settlement of Penang for Our Day Fund. 2. The total is very gratifying aud compares most favourably with
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    • 609 5 9r r p 9* r 9* 99* 9r t8* t 4 i* r 9r r MERES a PROGRAM THAT TAKES SOME BEATING! Showing four nights only Jany., 24, 25, 26, <fc 27th, Thnrs Fri., Sat., Snn empire theatre Business Manager Thomas Shafto. TO'NICHT to-night BED FEATHER (PHOTOPLAYS PRESENT RUTH with
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    • 791 5 WANTED. A p»ir of Brilliant Eiriiogs weight about 10 Carats. Apply to 39, M»c*lhter Road. WANTED. WANTED AT ONCE a Malay D m.retor for Bsntong* Apply stating silary required and previous experienced to THE MANAGER, Ban L»m Chearg Tin Mining. B?ntong, via K r ob, Upper Persb WANTED. i f
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  • 98 6 PUBLISHED DAILY (Except Sonitys and public holidays.) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, LIMITED, 59, Beach Street, Penang. Price s Dally Local $BO per annum. Outstatlon Postage Extra. Mall Edition (Post Free) $lB per annum. Cable Address: “ECHO PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586. Printing Department 343. M.B. ail business
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  • 1315 6 How much importance should ba attached to the pesca movement in Austria and Hungary is r.ther difficult to say, but there is evidence that it is by no means negligible in the entirely newborn anxiety of the gtTerming circles both in Budapest and Vienna to placate and mollify
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  • 877 6 General Hnbback has now a command on the east coast. i 0 0 j Dr. and Mrs. Watson of Kuala Lumpur are on a visit to Penang. i 0 0 Mrs. T. E. Winfield arrived here from Singapore this morning. Coart Inspector C- H. Niccl leaves tomorrow
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  • 1021 6 The End of a Perfect Our n*„ Penang has every reason to ctm» itself on the results of the o Ur paign n this Settlement. No dn»u the Colonial Secretary, whose a- ft their graceful references toT‘ ?0r received from the local press—a Il(i gratifying as it is
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  • 696 7 [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] THE RECENT STRIKE. A Huge Affair. Lindoo, January 23, Later reports show that the st'ike movement in Austria, which in now reported to have ended, was even bigger than earlier messages indicated. The Vienna corre e pondent of the Voteieche Zeitung «Mrs th »t
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  • 575 7 [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] RUSSIAN OFFICIAL SUMMARY. Nothing More to be Expected.” Petrograd, January 22. An official statement summing up the Brest-Litovsk pourparlers says that von r Knehlmann came calculating that as Russia is desirous of peace the Russian delegates 3 would help to conceal from the peoples th“
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  • 27 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.') London, January 23. The prioes in the London Rubber Market to-day were: Pale Crepe */"s i Diamond Smoked Sheet 2/o
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  • 38 7 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at •137.75, business done, in S in B a PJJ®* (refined) at $138.50, business done, (200 tons sold) and in London at *3OO spot and at *293 three months,
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  • 640 7 [R EUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] THE NOTTINGHAM CONFERENCE. PRESIDENT’S ADDRESSWar to the End for a Clean Peace. London, January 23. At the Labour Conference at Nottingham, Mr. Purdy said that after Mr. Lloyd George’s and President Wilson’s declaration, Ger* many could no longer olaim to be fighting a
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  • 666 7 [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] 3. ADMIRALTY RETURNS. Six Big Ships Sunk Londop, January 23. The Admiralty announces that the arrivals daring the week were 2255 8 and the sailings 2242 Total 4497 Six vessels over 1,600 tons and two under f j that tonnage were sunk. Six vessels were
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  • 702 7 [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] RAIDERS REPULSED. Before the StormLondon, January 23, 12.20 p.m, i Sir Douglas Haig reports encounters with hostile raiders and patrols to the south-west of St Qaentiu. We drove off raid to the south of Labas:e% General Enemy Activity. London, Januaiy 24, 12-25 a.m. Sir Douglas Haig
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  • 589 7 [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] GERMAN PLANS FOR BRITISH COLONIE8. Extraordinary Revelations* L Jtdor, January 24* The Timet New York correspondent states that American newspapers publish extraotf from a brochure, the author of whiah is said to be August ThysseD, a rela'ive of the we lknown Germ in ironmaster.
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  • 84 7 The following articles will be foind on our outside pages Pages. 3. —ln the Traok of the Hon. Makooa Chinese and Bed Cross Fund. 4. —Names and Libels. LooU Legislating Work. 5. —Magic Nights. Penang Oar Day." B —A Grand Fleet Chaplain’s Note-Book. Malayan Matters. Straits People at Home.
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  • 746 8 [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] i< DOMINIONS AND MOTHERLAND. t One More Resolute Effort-” j London, January 23. Speaking at the Canadian Club luncheon 1 given to Sir Edward Kemp, Orersea Minister for Canada, Lord Darby, Minister for War, said that Canada by voting for consoription bad said
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  • 1066 8 There will be no criticism of" extraterrito'ial expenditure” in connection with the amounts voted at the last’ meeting of the Federal Council for the relief of distress at P Halifax, ia North China and in Siam. It was a happy thought of the authorities to suggest a donation
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  • 365 8 A Singapore Criticism. The Malaya Tribune labels the hurried passage of the Rubber Linds Restriction 1 Bill through the Legislative Council last Monday, lightning legislation”, and thinks it must have been something of extreme urgency ia Imperial policy to have caused the same. It looks on
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  • 146 8 The following were the results of the ties played on Wednesday and .afternoon s Doubles H’caps A—E H Everest and H Waugh teat L M Woodward and E A Swan by 6—4. 6—l; A V Pefrin and C H Mackay walk over J Sellar and E E
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  • 98 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) The following were the prices realised in the Singapore Rubber Auction to-day i Singapore, January 25. Smoked fine ribbed 90 to 94 per picul Good ribbed 66 89 do Fine plain 80 do Good 65 70 do Crepe fine pale thin 95 100
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  • 310 8 The present change of programme at the Empire Theatre, with the exception of {'The B Voice on the Wire with its thrilling soenes e of the mysterious Oriental death punch, e contains subjects teeming with comic elements. Even "Fighting for Love” claimed a good share of the intermittent
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  • 434 8 The jptereet for this country in watching the progress of the Russian rak-os lies in the reflection that China has almost by a miracle escaped prpciaek suph an eiparienoe. It is only necessary to recall Dr. Sun Yat 8en s i great programme for tha complete
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  • 84 8 Jan. 27. Skptuagrsima. 800 a.m. Matins 830 a.m, Holy Com nunion 10-30 a.m. Matins (Chinese) 5- p.m. Sunday School 6- p.m. Evensong Hymn 83 Psalms CXXVI) CXXVTI J Atkins CXXVIII) CXXIX) D CXXXtj fiogers CXXX Felton Magnificat 46 Nunc Dimitt s 61 Anthem O worship the
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  • 34 8 9-00 a.m. Children’s Service, 6 00 p.m. Public Worship. Preaober: R<?v. R. Stuart Fraser, b.a, Hymns —669, 328, 420 and 242, Choir Practice on Thursday at 7 p.m,
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  • 270 8 I The Coliseum had a big house last night, 11 and the programme,- including Jf, The Flood in Tientsin aud two further episodes of I that Mystery of the Double Cross,” was I warmly appreciated. This programme will I be repeated to-night and to-morrow night, I and those
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  • 1013 8 Rrwards and Decorations. It is only a small mind that despises medals and stars, cresses, ribbons, and such- j like; a smaller mind still, infinitely smaller, that merely affects to despite them. You j may talk as much highfalutin stuff as yon please about the
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  • 742 8 Of Admiral Groom», who has j ast di»d is an old reminiscence of the 8 V A u' came ou* with the 8p*itan and A oiu« af a.imewMeo t mre wa. some lik.i.bood !f (iiotioD w.th Bo.n. „„d ths ,e„e|» ch-ougo SiDg.pi.re without itoppio/ t, 3.V.A.
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  • 74 8 Friday, January 25. Town B*nd, Esplanade, Conversion of St. Paul. Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Adjourned General Meeting, 2 p m. Saturday, January 26. Taipusam (Hindu Festival.) P. Y. Field Operations (Compulsory) 8 a m. Sunday, January 27Septuugesima Sunday. Full Moon. P- V. E. C. Shoot, 7 a.m.
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  • 76 8 There will be a grand change of P r, gramme at the Eleo*rio Polyscope, A Road, tp'D'gbt, The pictures to be r^ 9 include the fir>t two instalments of Fanatic," a Master Serial in 16 epi* L et The Fanatic is a mad man who, among other things,
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  • 1951 10 (From a Dutch Correspondent) Is the British public paying sufficient s attention to the real facts which lie behind < Germany’s Western front? Hare the i British people the knowledge possessed by us Dutch as to the terrible casualties that have been inflicted on
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  • 1853 11  -  (By R. P. P. Howe). A view widely held is that tbe Germans are an uoptrlimentary people. The history of tbe last three centuries provides some basis for the supposition From the days of the Great Elector onwarJs the growth of the power of Prussia
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