Straits Echo, 29 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. VOL. 16. $3O Per Annum. PENANG, TUESDAY, 29th JANUARY, 1918 Single Copy, I© cents. No. 23.
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    • 1272 1 i v lĕs MUjS^- f _-«riteiNu.. *‘«#f wiicaisititt or*** f'**CTr ns fo* u^4-* 'tA 4 SS3 rgjjfc <"jf ir;:: js £ss j^.y '*•!>*« J* f,-14k*****“ For Chinese NEVJ YEAR. (BANKS. v Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter.) Send
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  • 2118 2 Last week Sir Bernard Mallet, the Regis- 1 trar-Oeneral of Births and Deaths for 1 England and Wales, delivered to the Royal Statistical Society as his presidential address a most interesting and valuable paper on Vital Statistics as Affeoted by the War. It is to be hoped
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    • 92 2 ML Ms S BBSs 5E2gp THE g a El Ks Leading Penang Boot Store El B? El m ALL VARIETIES OF El GENTLEMEN’S FOOTWEAR. S4 i Tremendous Assortment. rr* m raj \J\ «I ra fe.‘«a IS El E Ei ift a EJ a El Value Uueqaalled. ed Whiteaway, Laidlaw Co.,
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    • 12 2 For Children’ll Hacking Cough at Night Wood.’ Great Peppermint Cure 1. 6d.
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    • 641 2 Stake off the Clut-i 0« rheum.t.nm, th. gre.t«.t t W m, Z peace of man. the Ycu can do it. Aa evidence of this you hare but to aider any one of the thousand. that have been effected by the Uje 0 CUrh LITTLE'S ORIENTAL BALM Many of those cured
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  • 903 3 An Australian Opinion. The mostly Sydney-owned Larut, one of the most successful of the Malay dredging cos., is putting some of its surplus cash into two other concerns, the Kota and the Tupai. For the property to be acquired by the Kota, which is to hare
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  • 73 3 The following is the health statement of the Penang Municipality for the week ending January 5, 1918: {Male 461 f 63 Female 17 Death rate 3099 per mille per annum compared with 35.42 in the preceding week and with 37.77 in the corresponding week ot last Nationality. M.
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  • 555 3 In last Saturday’s issue, the Timet of Malaya under the caption Town-Planning in Malaya states that comparatively recently, tbe Federal Council passed into law, in the proverbial twinkling of an eye, most comprehensive Town-Planning Enactment, based on an Ordinance that had taken tbe Colony of Ceylon two
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  • 354 3 The following were the results of the ties played on Friday i Singles A:—E H Everest beat R E Prentis by 6—4, 6—4. Singles B:—J Tryner beat L M Woodward by 6—4, 6 3. Singles C —D L Adamson walk over J M Chimera (D); J J
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    • 546 3 In the Fir I Show ‘Fighting for Love" and in the Second Show 3 COMEDIES, 1 8M r SH 8 f A BIG SCOOP OF FUNNY COMEDIANS SHOWING J\NU\R7, 28, 29 30 b A Laugh with every Tick of the Clock 60 to the minute—Remember Three Nights only {0 SEE
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    • 656 3 Eastern Produce Exchange, At the Eastern Produce Exchange Auction Sale the following prices were obtained per picul. TYPIST WANTED. A RUBBER COMPANY in Province Wellesley requires the services of an expert typist with a good koowhdga of English. Salary according to qualifications. Address applications to Rubber E-d»td c/o 8 ait
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  • 98 4 PUBLISHED DAILY (Except Sundays and public holidays.) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, LIMITED, 59, Beach Street, Penang. Price Daily Local $3O per annum. Outstation Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $lB per annum. Cable Address: “ECHO PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586. Printing Department 343. M. P. —all business
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  • 1375 4 Naturally, after our experiences in the past, we are chary of accepting at tbtir full Lee-value stories which depict the conditions in enemy countries in colours all too favourable to the Allies. We h»va been told that Girmanj’s whole population is war-weary ard the army ready
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  • 564 4 Mrs. W. E. Cleaver leaves for Singapore this afternoon on a short visit before pro* ceeding to Japan. B #i Inspector McQaarne of Pitt! Street Station leaves for Malacca to-day '2 attend the Assizes there. Mr. Thomas Sibary, Manager, iDunlop Robber Co. (Far East) Ltd., aod H.
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  • 318 4 The Hindu festival of Taipusum camo to an end last night with the usual pyrotechnic display at the Raoa Course, whioh was better than those of previous years—certainly of the last three years. It began at a little past seven o’clock and lasted until well after nine. The
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  • 1006 4 A Judge on Treating. The Judges of His Misty's Hi c h o have never been afraid to speak V?* minds to anybody, Lowtver eial*s? r Justice Bray fears not the f tca Mr Control Board, and indicated a B Dy recently at Somerset Assizes Wh i° Uoll
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  • 602 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] AS in terestino situation. Growing Estrangement Lardon, January 28, 5.50 a.nsA cable from Amsterdam states that the A correspondent of the Cologne Gazette VlBD tbst Count Czernin told the Austrian y jtion that bis Raichsrath spaocb was icated to President Wilson before ,I- The
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  • 695 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] democratising the navy. Officers to be Elected. London, January 27, 3,15 p.m. A cable from Petrograd states that a decree has been issued providing that the personnel of thB Navy shall oonsist of citizens all having the same rights. Every sailor will be entitled to
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  • 405 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] DEBATE IN THE REICHSTAG. Pan-German DenouncementLondon, January 27, 7.10 a.m. A cable from Amstordam states that in I the debate in the {Reichstag following Count Hertling’s speech (a speaker declarled) that their boast in 1916 that the U-boats would give them viotory inside six months
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  • 347 5 COUNT HERTLING’S SPEECH. French Press Opinion. Paris, January 26. The Matin writes that Count Hertling in his speech mentions the territories and points of vantage held by Germany but says not a word about those in possession of the Allies, thus misrepresenting the actual f&ota. The Matin adds
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  • 945 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] A Bolshevik Split London, January 28, 7 10 a.m. The Daily Newt has riosived a o-ible from Petrograd stating that a split has occurred among tbe Bolsheviks, Tbe minority consider that Russia’s weakness and isolation compel her to seek a separate peace. The majority with
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  • 679 5 [Rbutbb's Tblkgkams BY LAND AND SEA. American Official Opinion--3 Washington, January 28, 10.50 a.m, i Mr. N. D. Biker, United States Secretary for War, in his weekly review says:— As 1 the time approaches when the enemy will 1 endeavour to strike a decisive blow in the
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  • 110 5 The following article* will be fou >d on our outside pages Pages. 2.—War and Population. 3—Srme Malayan Tin Cos, Town Planning in Malaya. Eastern Produce Exchange. PCC. Teani* Tournament. Vi'a’ Statistics, 6. —The Financial Position of Turkey and of E>ypt. The Price of Silver. The Week’s Events. Carved in
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  • 978 5 JAPANESE HEAVILY SENTENCED, (Frcnn Our Own Correspondent.') Singapore, January 29. The case against the four Japanese charged with honse trespass with intent to mnrder in the honse of Mohamed Ali was concluded yesterday. The third accused was sentenced to three years' penal servitude, while the first accused received
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  • 919 6 STUDY OP KALEDIN’S FACE. HE IS SINGLE-MINDED. CONTROLS RUSSIA'S FOOD. i (Bt Arthur Rahsoxu,) i Of all the men I bare met in Russia, i Kaledin gave me the strongest impression of ooutained force. A smallish man, with i a personality that dominated in apite of 1
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  • 1196 6 Financing thb German Propaganda. Mr. W. Colies, writing in the Evening Standard, says i The announcement, early in July, by a Berlin correspondent of the Scandinavian Press that Krapps bad organised two Press agencies for propaganda purposes did not at the time receive the attention it deserved. Yet the
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  • 344 6 Somb Interesting Work. The Penang Volunteers and the P. V. Cadet Corps took part in interesting field operations this morning but the majority of them did not actually come in contact with the enemy force. The idea was that a Red Force, comprising the Veterans and
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  • 49 6 The following programme of mnsio wil be played at the Esplanade to-morrow ai 5 p.m. i—--1 Selection From the Opera Das Model Suppe 2 Polka Go Ahead Royle 3 Selection From N, Lambet’s the Yasmak Allan 4 Waltz Santa Fe Gomes 5 Regimental Two Step Stern
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  • 77 6 A special programme will be presented at tbe Electric Polyscope to-night, consisting of Kalem’s The Girl From Frisco,” Episodes 21 and 22. “In the Grip of a Villain,” a story of a misguided youth who made use of bis master’s money in gambling, supported by Pathe’s Official
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  • 99 6 Tuesday, January 29, Municipal Commission. Wednesday, January 30. Town Band, Esplanade. Thursday, January 31. Selangor Races. Friday, Frbruary 1. Town Band, Esplanade, Saturday, February 2. Penang Golf Club, Annual General Meeting, 6 45 p m. Purification—Candlemas. Selangor Raoes. Bunday, February 3. St. Blaize. Sexagesima Sunday. Monday, February
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  • 1039 6  -  (Bt Lmo*. 0. Vise*.) Where are the British said an American writer, the other daj, repeating the question which the German propagandists in America hare been asking; and he answered it at once. They are everywhere. They are bolding their own line in France
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  • 1219 6 (Bt a Correspondent.) It is interesting to compare the present 1 financial positions of Turkey and Egypt. Not so long ago, Egypt formed part of the Turkish Empire, and sufib ed from the 1 financial distress which is chronic in a Turkish
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  • 722 6 Same of tho factors in the extraordinary rise in the price of silver are d sclosed br the news that comes down slowly from Asia There have been halt dcz>n principal causes i (1) An enormously iucressed consumption in ludis, which is the world's largest consumer
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    • 40 6 Early Colds. Be oarefal of the colds you take at this time of the year. They are partioelarly dangeroes. A neglected cold may mean a win-ter-long cold. Take Chamberlain’s Oengh Remedy at onoe. Per sale by all dispensaries and dealers.
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    • 49 6 Accidents Will Happen. It may be impossible to prerent an accident, bat it is not impossible to be prepared for it. Chamberlain's Pain Balm is not beyond anyone’s parse, and with a bottle of this liniment yon are prepared for almost anything. For sale by all dispensaries and dealers.
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  • 1772 7 r Modern missionary reports ought to be 1 “treating reading. As a rule, however, l hf-y are not. Ancient missionary reports, those, for instance, which St. Francis Xavier to Ignatius Loyola from India and Jipab, have an extraordinary fascination. It we say that the letters in this
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  • 536 7 A report received by way of Amsterdam I pictures Berlin turning handsprings over I the Russian peace or whatever it may be. Reports from Amsterdam are something like tbe telegrams from Petrograd” in the dear old tim°s when we were all three years vouoger and
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    • 528 7 NOTICE. unHCE I 3 HEREBY GIVEN that sod re»fo3Bibilii j in the firm of U Noordio A Co. carrying on business C B 9 i g P g Street, PcnaDg, baa cetsed as fro® tc-daj. Md. Kassim Mkeicaw, p,n.og,2l S t Janua'V. 1918 NOTICE. the UNDERSIGNED have mutually nlt«i the
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    • 13 7 For Children’s Hacking Cough at ftight* Weed’ Ur eat Peppermint Cnre Ib, 6d.
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    • 674 7 MUNICIPAL NOTICE FOR^SALE. One 7 sealer Adler Molor-c.r foor ipeed •nd one referee in good running order On view at 156 Hatton Line. Box 1918 cjo Straits Echo good ranniDg And prices 20 H P. Oil Engine in order and condition. For further particulars apply to KHOO KIM HUN, Manager
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    • 1473 8 T P. 0,—BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LIME. (Companies Incorporated in England MAIL AND PASSENGER SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS(Undei Contract with His Majesty’s Government.) The Company’s MAIL SERVICES EAST OF BOMBAY are at preeent suspended. Passengers for Europe are booked via Bomba} as opportunity offers sad as far as aeeoaamodation
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