Straits Echo, 2 February 1918
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Title Section35 1918-02-02 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. SOL. 10. $3O Per Annum. PENANG, SATUKUAY, 2nd FEBRUARY, 1918. Single Copy, lO cents. No. 27.35 words
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Advertisement1268 1918-02-02 1 I c V(ILK AT .on "•> >r iuuwu |l u* c^. y <v For Chinese (BANKS. T" Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. NEW YEAR. I I ncorporated in Holland by Royal Charter.) < (Ihcobporatkd in Hongkong Send your oar early to avoid disappointment1,268 words
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Advertisement71 1918-02-02 2 ■> ■t **Y*jf i>SVR A f t •r 7T, H .'M&tg'#»* v; ml». 1 1 1$ I r&*s*w i yo»>> < >' 1 'r- < 'i l >S; to\, "i j rJSI 'Y,' ■Y,'*t .S', r., v; V- -YX v i. c =C^ o< =ip A> <:> z= sp>^i^-i^> j&^vE71 words
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Article2195 1918-02-02 3 It is so difficult to tell the truth at the best of times that it seems to us to be extraordinarily well worth attempting. Every sense we have plays tricks on us, and our very ideal* betray us into falsehood. A lapse of2,195 words
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Advertisement180 1918-02-02 3 *777T '/M 7*s> 44 54 .'ll gxpoi I rsmOTAOHIffWIM I/ ffi! OF •o M EW «eg riT* i r "8 First-class Beverage for Tired Nerves Try and see ■For yourselves If not, Come and consult us. '■'V.iqteO m < k it s V r ft ■v. Si 'VS** pn "-rvery180 words
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Advertisement449 1918-02-02 3 Shake off the Clutch of rheumatism, the greatest enemy to the peace of man. Yon can do it. As evidence of this you have but to consider any one of the thousands of cures 'hat have been effected by the use of LITIXE’S ORIENTAL BALM Many of those cured were449 words
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Article971 1918-02-02 4 While politician, are talking, and Reoonatrvction Committee, and other committee. and sub-committee. are observing an mgust retioenoe, Tommy Atkins ie asking some question. as to his future after the war which, it iB to be presumed, will end some day. One of these question, n, If it971 words
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Article909 1918-02-02 4 Effect of The Rise ih Sii^eb. Peking, Sept. 26. The advance in the price of silver, aod the consequent rise in exchange, have revolution a J the fin*Doi»l position of the Government of China. The doiar to-day is practically worth double its average value oafore the909 words
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Advertisement149 1918-02-02 4 i is i fel a Ki w LI 4 T u Ss *<.. f >'**-' A 5^„/*.*j.,,. y «vt^_ fed* THE S/*V5 gSJESSfc-w 5§a IS ra Leading Penang Boot Store. IN ALL VARIETIES Of r LW I e L«l E£ Si vs. £1 Kj ■rf] 1< C( V j rv.149 words
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Advertisement49 1918-02-02 4 Accidents Will Happen. It may be impossible to prevent an accident, but 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 yoa are prepared for almost anything. For sale by all dispensaries and dealers.49 words
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Advertisement524 1918-02-02 4 OFFICES TO LET SECOND FLOOR, B»oif B«iu 5 '7' Dowuiog Strut t particulars apply to the r Hongkong Shanghai Banki Sg Corporation Beni Penang Auction Mart FOR SALE, DAIMLER LANDADLETTE IN FIRST CLASS CONDITION For further particulars apply t O LEAN CHONG HIN, 13, Bishop Street, Penang, 22nd Januay, 1917.524 words
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Article1201 1918-02-02 5 Tom Wright. ] - [By Tom Wright.] Study of the lustily-growing national debts of Great Britain and France, with their separate and united loans, recalled to my mind an amusing story which, through no fault of its own, no longer seems amusing. It telis of an Irishman locking at the Winged Victory.” Pnwat’s1,201 words
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Article449 1918-02-02 5 Concluding Day’s Handicaps. (.From Ow Own Correspondent^ Kuala Lumpur, February 1. The following are the Handicaps for the concluding day of the races here i—--1. Thu Klang Starrs. Value $4OO with 15 per oent, of the Cash Sweep as added money. A handicap for all pouies entered449 words
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Article95 1918-02-02 5 Messrs, Sime, D*rby A Co„ Ltd., advise us of particulars of tin outputs from the following companies for the month of January, 1918 as under Kamunting Tin Dredging —Piculs 800; Hours run 655; Yard# treated 57,000; V*>u« of output $61,120 Cost of mining $12,600. I Chrndrriang Tin Dredging95 words
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Article95 1918-02-02 5 straits 235.000, Penang 221,500, Tali Ayer 87,500, Rubana 84,000, Bagan Serai 32 500, Batak Rabit 25.000, Stiawan 13.948, S. S. (Bertam) 120,000 lb. When an eighteen-pounder shrapnel shell explodes it scatters 860 bullets over an area iof 10,000 square yards, ooniderably more 1 than two acres. Thus,95 words
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Article1022 1918-02-02 5 Shakpin—Campbell. The Cbuich of the Assumption was on Thursday afternoon the te a ne of a popular wedding, the Rev. L. M. Duvelle officiating at the marriage of Mr. Harry Douglas Shtrpio, of the Hongkong and Shanghai B»nkiag Corporation, Rangoon, to M'ss Doris Catherine Campbell, youngest daughter of1,022 words
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Advertisement577 1918-02-02 5 attractions fxtraor diary 3 To-night at 10-15 To-night FRERERIC SHIPMAN PRETENTS TBE hs r 1 «r fantastics Songs, Solos, Duets, Tries, Musical Monologues, Dialect Stories, Imitations etcEmpire Theatre 9^ Business Manager Thomas Shafto. t«H AT 9-15 METRO’S VVonderplay of patriotism starring the beautiful and gifted joung actress. Miss E i577 words
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Advertisement470 1918-02-02 5 WANTED, A N EFFICIENT CLERK for t Rubber Estate. Apply to, QOH TAIKCHEE <fc SON. EMPTY GLASS JAnS which contained Acetic acid. Apply stating quantity and price to Box No. 86, e/o Straits Echs WA.3XTTED. AN EXPERINCED Book-keeper. Good salary to start with. Capable men only need apply, Eastbkn Tbadino470 words
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Article, Illustration100 1918-02-02 6 LI V PUBLISHED DAILY (Except Sundays and public holidays.) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, LIMITED, 99, Beach Street, Penang. Price s Dally Local $80 per annum. Outstatlon Postage Extra. Mall Edition (Post Free) «18 per annum. Cable Address: ’‘ECHO PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586. Printing Department 343. M.H.—100 words
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Article1395 1918-02-02 6 An employer of labour to whom we rpoke the ether day had very little to sty in favour of youths reared and engaged locally. Ia point of fact, be made a vtry gfvere indictment Toey write badly, are rot too careful in tbe matter of bookkcep’.tg, are rot too1,395 words
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Article30 1918-02-02 6 Lateat Quotation*. Tin (unrefined) is quoted beta to-day at $137.00, buyers no sellers, in Singapore, (refined) at $137 50, buyers no sellora and in London at 4295,195. three months.30 words
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Article822 1918-02-02 6 COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES. The Secretaries forward the following excerpts from the Minutes of a Meeting of the Committee of the Penang Chamber of Commerce held in the Chamber on Tuesday, 29th January 1918, at 2 30 p m. Present: A. F Goodrich Esq., Chairman, 0. M.822 words
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Article26 1918-02-02 6 (From Our Own Correspondent London, January 31, The prices in the London Rubber Market >o*day were! Pale Crepe 2/3 Ribbed Smoked 1M 2/2f26 words
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Article1002 1918-02-02 6 Good Business I We read in the Straits Tim,.', r Share Market report for Thursday Lo<nl Uniteera, buyers $19 50, seller, tiq There ought to be no difficulty ma, business at these quotations, unless Jl D|? sellers persisted in taking 50 cent, lfi P a r ?L P1,002 words
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Advertisement203 1918-02-02 6 •Sj •8 *3 t fc* fc* WHEN YOU STOP TO HIE It stands to ref-son we can supply your Drug Needs to your advantage better than any other firm in the Straits. We purchase Drugs etc. in enormous quantities for our Depots at Penang, Taiping aud Ipoh and the advantage203 words
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Article1204 1918-02-02 7 [Ksctir’s Tuluoramb.] M ANY LEADERS ARRESTED. LAW PROCLAIMED. ggvamsst Spreading to the MinesAmsterdam, Jauury 30. gocUlist representatives from all parts of 0ernJlD y sod Austria are arriving in Berlin, 1,0 the Rbenish and Westphalian deputies «to report that the comers are joining the dement in ever-increasing1,204 words
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Article545 1918-02-02 7 [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] SIR DOUGLAS HAIG’S REPORT. General Liveliness London, January 31, 11.55 s.m, Sir Douglas Haig reports that our patrols secured some prisoners in the neighbourhood of Epehy. Hostile artillery was aotive to the south and north of Lons and in the neighbourhood of Passchendaele. More Prisoner* TakenLondon,545 words
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Article672 1918-02-02 7 TROOPSHIP DESTROYER TORPEDOED. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Henry Loss of LifeLondon, January 30, 415 p.m. The Admiralty losses announced in the House of Commons on the 23rd were transport Areujtn torpedoed and sunk on December 30, the auxiliary Oemanieh mined and sunk on December 81, both in the same locality in the672 words
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Article541 1918-02-02 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] FRE3H COMPLICATIONS. More Delegates on Both Sides. Amsterdam, January 31. At the Pesce Conference at Brett-Litovsk when the sittings were resumed, Baron tod Kaehlmann announced that Bavaria would be specially represented, while M. Trotzkv announced th«t two representatives of the Ukranian People’s Republio had been incorporated541 words
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Article517 1918-02-02 7 [Rrwtrr’s Trlrobams.] BOMB3 ON PARI3. The German Version. London, Janaary 31, 4 55 p.m. A wireless German official message state» As a reprisal for the bombing of German open towns, our aviators dropped fourteen tons of bombs on Paris last night during the course of our517 words
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Article69 1918-02-02 7 The following articles will be found ob oar outside pages Pages. 3. It is Better to Tell the Truth. 4. —When Peaoe Comes. The Finanoei of China. 5. Adversaria. Selangor Turf Club. Tin Outputs, Janaary Rubber Crops. Looal Wedding. B.—Chinese Will Case. Free Fight ia Hongkong. Telegrams, Church Services,69 words
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Obituary50 1918-02-02 7 Obituary. Mr. Alfred RothaehlldLondoo, February 2 The death it announoed of Mr. Alfred Rothschild, [Mr. Alfred Charles de Rotheshild wae a partner in Rothschild A Bona and was formerly a director of the Bank of England. He was a trustee of both the National Gallery and of the Wallace Oelleotion.]50 words
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Article546 1918-02-02 8 [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] A GREAT EFFORT. Pood and Troops for Europe London, February 1, 7 25 a mA cable from New York states that meaaurea have been announced for intensifying the efforts for supplying food and troopa to Europe. Shipping oontrol committees hare been established to direct546 words
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Article67 1918-02-02 8 Saturday, February 2. Penang Golf Club, Annual General Meeting, 6.45 p.m. Penang Golf Club, Gold Medal Competition. Purification—Candlemas. Selangor Raoea. Sunday, February 8. St. Blaise. Sexagesima Sunday. Monday, Fnbbuaby 4. Town Band, Esplanade. Menglembu Lode Syndioate, Ltd,, Annua) General Meeting, Chamber of Commerce, 3 pm. WBDNRSDAY, FEBRUARY67 words
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Article178 1918-02-02 8 FINANCE AND THE WAR. Gloomy Prussian Outlook. Paris, February 2, 2 a.m, Herr Hergt, Prussian Minister of Fmanoe, declared this week that adding to tbe expenses that had been already incurred by the German Empire, the expenses that tbe near future will call for, forty-five per oent. of178 words
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Article131 1918-02-02 8 Paris, February 2, The effect of the raid on Paris by the German Gothas last night was not to frighten tbe population who showed much curiosity, following tbe evolutions in the sky of the hostile machines. It did however arouse indignation against German barbarity and131 words
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Article96 1918-02-02 8 Molting at VersaillesParis, February 2, 2 a.m. The Inter-Allied War Council met on Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock in the Trianon Palace at Versailles. Tbe allied nations represented at tbe meeting were France, represented by M. Ciemence&n, Generals Petain, Focb and Weigtnd England, represented by Mr. Lloyd96 words
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Article265 1918-02-02 8 Two European Oppicbrs Killed. The Straits Times culls the following aooonnt of a most sensational aff-av which occurred in Hongkong on January 22 from one of the Hongkong papers:—There had b9en an armed robbery in which a contractor had been bound and gagged, and it was265 words
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Article66 1918-02-02 8 February 3, Sexagesima. 800 a.m. Matins 880 a m. Holy Communion 10-30 a.m, Matins (Chinese) 5- p.m. Children’s Bervioa 6- p.m. Evensong Hymn 282 Psalms XVIII Wesley and Dnptais Magnificat 50 Nunc Dimittia 66 Anthem O worship the King Hymns 290 27, and 36 On Wndnnsday.66 words
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34 1918-02-02 8 9-00 a.m. Children’s Service, 6-00 pm. Public Worship. Preacher Rev. D. J. Ross, m.A, Hymns 680, 159, 223, 224 and 516, Choir Praotioe on Thursday at 7 p,m,34 words
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Article4184 1918-02-02 8 FURTHER PROCEEDINGS. Mori Exprrt Evidrnoi In the Supreme Court yesterday afternoon, before Mr, Ju-tice L M. Woodward, Senior Puisne Judge, tbe hearing was continued of a suit "In the goods of Choong Cheng Rian, deceased, Lim Gaik Teen Neob, plaintiff rs. Lim Gaik Kee, Choong Lye Hock4,184 words
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Article2333 1918-02-02 9 c 0 Dividend, to C Na'ja -o f > a. i c ‘5 Capital Skar»■ i*o u^d j "2 0 £> 2 laat lmfar e arras Name s 3 *—1 aS Od eiai year. jaar. ►t 0 1 n CO cr 1 l RBBBER—BELLA* .«HAKES. ct S cts 1*992,333 words
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Advertisement321 1918-02-02 9 igufl BAZlEY WHITE J X BROTHERS' PORTLAND CEMENT., «LION brand SindilBods, Bultarj Go Y» agents. Penang F.M.S. 1HE SWASTHYA SAHAY4 PILLS. BAXTER &> Co 's BEST NAVY CANVAS. scndilands buttery e c 0 WONG KIM MUN, Bishop St. Penan surest and most efficacious remedy A J u9 Debility Bodily Weakness,321 words
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Article882 1918-02-02 10 By otruin sound» from arc and the cornar of tbo verandah —grant», »Up«, aplaahes and the rattle of a kerosene-tin —I knew that blaok Mary had a job to “scrub-em Poor” Preaently ahe turned the corner, and aat up on her keels. She waa inching an obviously882 words
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Article58 1918-02-02 10 Paris, January 29. The transport Droit* and the trawler KtrUkmn were sunk by striking mines off Marseilles; forty are missing. There have been desperate engagements between the ninth Siberian Division and tbe Rumanians near Galatz, Internal war prevails all over Russia, The Rada of Ukraine has been58 words
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Article882 1918-02-02 10 A GROUND (FaOM A “Txm*8” Corb*. It is natural that i n the.® tumult many men’s mind. i* 7 0 V. those Scriptures which declai m I. terror of a world at strife «A* Lord of All will be tr ‘taelf arbiter of human de.tinv t!**"882 words
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Advertisement12 1918-02-02 10 For Ohildrea’a Hacking Oomgh at Night Wood*' Great Peppeiaiat Omre la. Id.12 words
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Advertisement72 1918-02-02 10 Occasional »pell» of Ferer m» T to be the inheritance of all who coo u f Tropic». A»an easement and 9 Jf break them down and reatore the perature to normal there i« not lQ f than WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT Cltf* A doae or two of tbi» medicine WI enable72 words
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Article1300 1918-02-02 11 ARCHBISHOP OP YORK’S VIEWS. SOCIALISM a “Sick System” Now In the course of a debate in the House of Lords on the reports of the Commission of Inquiry into Industrial Unrest, the Archbishop of York said that the working classes were only sharing the unrest which1,300 words
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Article627 1918-02-02 11 HofkB or a Russian Recovery, Lenin, Trotzky, and Co. are making haste to complete the work of their German masters before the march of events and the recovered sanity of the Russian people can put a stop to it. They are probably under no illusion sb to627 words
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Advertisement89 1918-02-02 11 Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. When 70a have a bad cold 70a want a remed7 that will not onl7 give relief, bat effect a prompt and permanent care, a remedy that is pleasant to take, a remedy that contains nothing injurious. Chamberlain's Coagh Rem e dy meets all these requirements. It acts89 words
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Advertisement230 1918-02-02 11 Grossmith’s “Golden Still” Eau de Cologne Wonderful freshness, invigorating quality and delightful odour, distinguish thi3 really high-class Eau de Cologne, which is undoubtedly the finest production of its kiad. It is manufactured from the p arest ingredients and blended with ine knowledge derived from nearly one hundred years’ daily practice.230 words
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