Straits Echo, 1 March 1918
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Straits Echo
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Title Section35 1918-03-01 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. 60.35 words
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Advertisement1075 1918-03-01 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 in1,075 words
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Advertisement14 1918-03-01 1 •K jr J-^s mxxjk 0 «I’ >9 f* m. S 2 NMM R 3314 words
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Article2245 1918-03-01 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 Battle2,245 words
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Advertisement200 1918-03-01 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 POLISHED200 words
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Advertisement390 1918-03-01 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 k390 words
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Article917 1918-03-01 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, hat917 words
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Article60 1918-03-01 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 Value60 words
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Article19 1918-03-01 3 Straits 221,000, Penang 156,000, Tali Ayer 66,500, Eabana 77.000. Bagan Serai 26,500, Batak Rabit »5,000 lb.19 words
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Article124 1918-03-01 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 18,440.60124 words
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Article151 1918-03-01 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 piak151 words
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Article49 1918-03-01 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 ’>,91,11549 words
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Article102 1918-03-01 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,102 words
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Article469 1918-03-01 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»yers469 words
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Advertisement452 1918-03-01 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 M452 words
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Advertisement357 1918-03-01 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 Artists357 words
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Article, Illustration99 1918-03-01 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. —All99 words
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Article1446 1918-03-01 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 true1,446 words
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Article24 1918-03-01 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.24 words
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Article959 1918-03-01 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.959 words
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Article1003 1918-03-01 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 of1,003 words
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Advertisement85 1918-03-01 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!85 words
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Article575 1918-03-01 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 Tokio575 words
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Article437 1918-03-01 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-fi7e437 words
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Article394 1918-03-01 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> 6394 words
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Article781 1918-03-01 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 four781 words
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Article629 1918-03-01 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.629 words
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Article749 1918-03-01 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 denounces749 words
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Article569 1918-03-01 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 but569 words
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Article77 1918-03-01 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,—G77 words
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Obituary21 1918-03-01 5 Obituary. Ik,,,,,.. L d >n Pob26 *.10 p m. Q »ndi*i. ,,innoUaoed of Mr Jj8e P h Sunder, the retired barrister.21 words
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Article955 1918-03-01 6 “A. A. M” - (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 balloon955 words
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Article1983 1918-03-01 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 Bhows1,983 words
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Article670 1918-03-01 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 Corps670 words
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Article221 1918-03-01 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 that221 words
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Article47 1918-03-01 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 Hewitt47 words
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1739 1918-03-01 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 its1,739 words
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Article191 1918-03-01 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 6.191 words
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Advertisement41 1918-03-01 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 almost41 words
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Advertisement68 1918-03-01 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 upon68 words
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Article985 1918-03-01 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 may985 words
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Article619 1918-03-01 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 there619 words
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Article296 1918-03-01 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 to296 words
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Advertisement12 1918-03-01 7 For Children’s Hacking Cough at Night. Wood’s Great Peppermint Care Is, 6d.12 words
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Advertisement817 1918-03-01 7 THE SWASTHYA SAHAYA PILLS. Are the surest and most efficacious reined v for Nervous Debility, Bodilj Weakness Sleeplessness, Wasting Diseases, Vita Exhaustion, ets etc. They are unrivalled in restoring LOST HEALTH and are A BOON for the enjoyment of HAPPY LIFE. Sol» Agent» Tmm Pbkano Kobbib Stamp Co 40 Church817 words
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Advertisement91 1918-03-01 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 acts91 words
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Advertisement1237 1918-03-01 8 p. S 0. BRITISH IDDIA AND APCAR LINK. (Companies Incorporated <n En land MAIL AND PASSENGER SERVICES. Hr: X Mil R. P. M. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPU. (ROYAL PACKET S.N. COMPANY.) (ISC"iPO*ATltO IK HoiiLASD.) Fom Ibtbkdbb to Sail St Banna PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS(Undei Contract pith His Majesty’s Government L xugsa,1,237 words
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