Straits Echo, 1 March 1918

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  • 35 1 Straits Echo DAiLT CBR#N!CLE 0F EVENTS CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THB FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOI" l6 180 Per Annum. PENANG. FRIDAY, Ist MARCH, 1918. Single Copy, lo cents. No. 60.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1075 1 Of tt£*Al Mj XV r v m Fr i t&f kLP‘ K)rT iiliED Mvm nannnnnnn i |F YOU WANT COMFORT GO TO THE Undermentioned Garage BANKS for Brand New Cam for hirs I day and night Telepkonc Ha 694. Tele*f»pkic Addre.i: HOKIMTEIR. i Motor car importers and largest dealers in
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  • 2245 2 The following ii abort summary of the Despatch received by the S crefary of State for War from Sir Douglas Haig, Com* maoder-in-Cbief of the British Armies m Franco. It deals with operation* in France and Flanders last year down to the end of the Battle
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 200 2 White a way, Laidlaw it Co. LIMI TED. (Incorporated in England.) Complete House Furnishers H E L E C T K D T I Ifl B K K u JO E ft* T 1 IB A T E H F K E E THE‘‘CHORLTON” BEDROOM SUITE IN CHENCHAI PASIR POLISHED
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    • 390 2 Smfo-liko Pains. The sharp, shooting piias th« in», agony of Saiatioa. oftenmaka dea b tT ferable to Jife. The ffe.y dart. th.V from hip to heal, the steeple» night.* T cheerless days-wby not stop all get back to health and comfort again Little s OritnUI Balm >• the best k
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  • 917 3 We will let Spenser's epithet stand while remembering that its motto should be al* most Mohabod,” for, indeed, it■ glory has almost departed. Time was when March bagan the ye*r r and th*-25tb, which is now merely Lady Day,- was the lust day of the New Year, hat
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  • 60 3 The particulars of output! from the following companies for the month of February were Kamunting Tin Dredging Ltd, picul 600; hours run 600; yards treated 54.800; ralue of output »40,500 Cost of mining »10,500. Cbenderiang Tin Dredging Ltd., Dredge Picuis 157; Hours run 553; Yards treated 79,000 Value
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  • 19 3 Straits 221,000, Penang 156,000, Tali Ayer 66,500, Eabana 77.000. Bagan Serai 26,500, Batak Rabit »5,000 lb.
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  • 124 3 I The total of the sums received from the (date of the formation of the committee, in I Ju'y 1917, up to DiC°mb»»r last, amounts to I $l5 469 40, (francs 49 574.90,) which have I been distributed as follows: I frs. Croix Rouge 5,753.95 18,440.60
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  • 151 3 I The Polo ground at Sepoy lines is now in I the fastest playing condition it ever has I beep, so to-morrow’s game 6hculd be fast, I exciting and interesting to watob. The Selangor ponies arrived safely, last night by I mail train looking in the piak
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  • 49 3 Mr. F. B Rickett, honorary secretary of the above Fund towards whioh he will be glad to receive further donations, notifies the following recent subscriptions Previously acknowledged 91,075 Mr. Justice L. M- Woodward 20 Mr. Heah Swee L?e 50 Mr. Heah Seng Hye 10 Total ’>,91,115
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  • 102 3 The above company whioh gave its first performance at the Town Hall last night deserved better support than it received. The entertaiment was witnessed only by a haedful of an audience. Billy Weston and Miss Violet Harley, who figured in the majority of the items on the programme,
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  • 469 3 The following are the result» of the t:es played off yesterday:— Profession Pairs —M K Whitlock and P N Syer heat R E Prentis and E H E*er«st by 11—9, 6—4; T E Winfield and F Watson beat 8 H Lingstoo and F R B»yers
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 452 3 ViisfcsfcsfcsfesfeAsfesfc^isfc^sfeAii&Ast.sfesfcAiiAiAsfcifcai^ _0i Thic Pmorrammo C nnfotnn TT—J o •a -a •a •a •a *a •a *a •a -a -a •a -a i hi? Programme Contains Unique Sensational and Charmin' Incidents and is Really Top-Notch Stuff. You have not seen it, do so now me POLYSCOPE 00., f A AA M
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    • 357 3 g?TWTYwnw?m?Tw?Tmro?rof?T?m?Tf?m?T§ To-night To-ni<ght an > ISM f •6 4 EMPIRE THEATRE 1 PBAODTVTAD TT T A TTAT PROPRIETOR H. J. A. HOLM. MANAOIR; THOMAS BHAPTOih N A-COMMENCING AT 9-15, MARCH Ist 3 The Empire Management are delighted to present to Penang- Theatre Goers EDGAR WARWICKS clever combination of talented Artists
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  • 99 4 PUBLISHED DAILY (Except Sundays and public holidays.) i AT THE CRITERION PRESS, LIMITED, 5», 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. (Eoho) 88«. Printing Department 343. N.B. —All
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  • 1446 4 The result of the recent Court of Appeal which has just concluded ita sittings in Penang should go far to dispel the prevailing impression amongst laymen that litigation in all its stages is about as certain in its result as a horse-race. It remains true
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  • 24 4 x Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $146 50, buyers no sellers, in Singapore (refined) at $147,00, buyers no sellers.
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  • 959 4 The Press Bureau announces that Mr. Rod well, Secretary to Lord Buxton, has been appointed Governor of Fiji. We are told that Mr. J. A. Russell of the j Malayan Collieries is about to stait wolfram mining on a concession that he has recently obtained in Kedah.
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  • 1003 4 The “Wolf.” Pessimists no doubt will make the return of the Wolf an oc-aeioa to What 18 fch doinj but thawouder is not that a single raider breaks th'oauh the blockade every now and then but that so few manage to do so. From the Geoiua point of
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 85 4 PRITCHARD’S STORES rvr, tBEST ENGLISH I -i*1 OWTUSII BLACK LEATHER HARNESS WITH BRASS MOUNTS PONY COB HORSE $85-00. $95-00. $110-00. FI KMT QUALITY BLACK LEATHER HARNESS WITH E.P. SILVER MOUNTS PONY COB HORSE $125-00 $135-00. $145-00. LESS 10% DISCOUNT FOR CASH OE30 a o a 4 1 CERTAIN REMEDY browTbast!
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  • 575 5 [Reuter’ Telegrams] far-heaching DESIGNS. JAPAN’S OPPORTUNITY. COMPLETE ALLIED AGREEMENT. LondoD, February 27. The Timet, quo»ing an article in the Msoich NeueUe Nachrichten which oriticis*:tbe noisy school of pub iorsts n Berlin who ,re urging the cteation of a Europeai Continental League from Berlin to Tokio
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  • 437 5 [Reuter’ Telegrams.] Back to the Lair. Amet-rd.m, Feb Uiry 26. I The raider Wolf his arrived at Kiel which was hfl g 2P d j Q ber bonoar Extravagant Claims L jodon, F-bruary 27. A wireless German official commun que lclaim j that the Wolf destroyed thirty-fi7e
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  • 394 5 Kling Fined, Before Mr. 8. H. L neston in the Second Court this morning a Kling named Sheik D.ud was placed in the dock on a charge of |o»viog Psnang on or about October 27, 1917, to g > to Setul without having his passport vi> 6
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  • 781 5 [Kbutee’b Telegrams.] ADVIRAL1Y RETURNS. Fourteen Big Ships Lost London, February 27, 6-10 p m, An Admiralty report states that thel 1 I arrivals daring the week numbered 2,274 j and the sailings 2,3981 1 Total ...4,672 I I I F< urteen vessels over 1,6*30 tons and four
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  • 629 5 [Reuter’ Telegrams.] Canadians’ Snc:es3fnl RaidLondon, Febrniry 28, 12 55 a m. Sir Douglas Haig states that the Cana Idians successfully raided Lens without I sustaining any loss. Hostile artillery was active at Cambrai I Labas Armentieres and Tpres. Oar artillery engaged infantry and trans-1 Iport at St Quentin.
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  • 749 5 [Reuter’ Telegrams.] COUNT HERTLING’3 8PEECH. British Press OpinionLoadon, February 27. The newspapers are unanimms in d-clar-ing that Count Hirtliog’s «piech the moat glaring example hitherto of thr I inconsistency of German words and d in I view of what is going on ia Russia. The Daily News denounces
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  • 569 5 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, Of Perak BranchCFrom Our Own Correspondent,') Ipob, Maroh 1. The annua! meeting of the Perak branch of the F,M,8. Chamber of Commerce wai held yesterday, Mr. F. 8, Physick in the Chair stated thit 1917 had been a satisfactory year for merchants but
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  • 77 5 The following articles will be found on our cntaide pages Page». 2 —Constantinople in War Time, The Western Front. Our Naval Task. 3. —S:urdy March February Rubber Crops. Tin Outputs. French War f Fund. To-morrow’s Polo Match. Tbe Ginks.” Bins Cross Fund. P. C. 0. Tennis Tourna* meat. 6,—G
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  • 21 5 Obituary. Ik,,,,,.. L d >n Pob26 *.10 p m. Q »ndi*i. ,,innoUaoed of Mr Jj8e P h Sunder, the retired barrister.
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  • 955 6  -  (By “A. A. M”) The Cologne Oasette is tbe favourite semiofficial mouthpiece of tae German Foreign Office, It is the Cologne Oasette s pleasing duty to fly kites for ihe German Govern- j ment. If the wind is seen to be favourable, up goes the official balloon
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  • 1983 6 SIX HUNDRED DEVD AND EIGHT HUNDRED INJURED. THOUSANDS RBNDHfcED HOMELESS. The e*rtbqu<*ke at Swatow, though reported by R uter as Berious, has assumed dimensions wmch eclipse any other seismic disturbance experienced in the Far East for aime years, says the Hongkong Daily Proto The latest information Bhows
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  • 670 6 In “The Indian C»rps in France (Murray 10s. 61. net), Lieut. Colonel J. B. Merewsther and bir Frederick 8anth have! produced a book which has long been needid to remove the many false impressions that were formed concerning the work of the I idian Corps
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  • 221 6 The Court Cards. An event of importance in theatrical circles is the visit of Edgar Warwick’s famous Court Cards to Penang for a season of three nights only commencing To-night at 9.15 There is a happy vanity about a merry little pack like The Court Cards that
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  • 47 6 The following programme of music will be played at the Esplanade to day at spm i—--1 Selection An Artist’s Model Jones 2 Polka Irene Bidgood 3 Selection The Orohid Caryll 4 Walts Passing of Salome Joyce 5 March Ye Men of Merry England Hewitt
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  • 1739 6 [FROM A CORRESPONDENT j Mr. Bernard Saaw has rr primed hi* a>tides on Sinn Fein, “Uiattr” and Horn* Rule Sdtil ta ut iu parupnlet form* *nd it bterns uoiikeiy that much more will be saia about Ireland until the Convention shall have delivered its
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  • 191 6 Friday, March 1. Bt. David. Town Band, Esplanade. Saturday, March 2, loterpo t Polo, P<jn*°g w 0 1 Sepoy L nes. Cricket —Esplanade. Sunday, March 3. Third Sunday in Lint. Monday, March 4. Town Band, Esplanade. Tuksday, March 5. Penang Library, Annual General it Whonssday, March 6.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 41 6 Accidents Will Happen. It mij be impossible to prevent an accident, bat it is not impossible to be prepared tor it. Chamberlain's Pain Halm is not beyond anyone's perse, and with a bottle of this liniment yon are prepared far almost
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    • 68 6 Sufferers from Indigestion will find speedy and permanent relief by taking a course of WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE. Tbie m«divine has been proved by generations oi English Colonists throughout the world to be the best for family use. It is a true corrective and preventive. Millions of people rely upon
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  • 985 7 i Inside Constantinople.” By Lewis Eins(John Murray,) 6s. net. Two Years of War Seen at ConstantiDople.” By Dr. H. Stnermer. (IIodder and Stoughton.) 6s. net. Possibly there are changes to come in the Near East as the result of the war; but whatever form they may
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  • 619 7 J Ukitt of Comwawd. Colonel Eousset, tbe E piugton of Paris, sticks to bis goes, sod insists on the urgrnt necessity for a commandement unique,” in spite of tbe condemnation of tbe proposal by bis trie dittingue confrere in London. Prom tbe French point of view there
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  • 296 7 Thia sense of their unique responsibilities quite rightly restrained those who were in charge of the Grand Fleet during the first three years of the war. They rightly conceited it to be their first duty to make the position at sea secure, and for that end to
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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    • 12 7 For Children’s Hacking Cough at Night. Wood’s Great Peppermint Care Is, 6d.
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    • 91 7 ChanberIain’s Cough Binedj. When you have a bad oold jou want a remedy that will not only give relief, bat ef« feet a prompt and permanent care, aremrdy that ia pleasant to take, a remedy that contains nothing i. jut ions. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy meets all these requirements. It acts
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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