Straits Echo, 12 March 1918
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Straits Echo
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Title Section35 1918-03-12 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THB STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST,GENERALLY. VOL. 16. $3O Per Annum PENANG, TUESDAY, 1 2th MARCH, 1918. Single Copy, lo cents. No 59.35 words
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Advertisement1107 1918-03-12 1 BCJi *fr~ t V. v A i M Ys ?V Lr* I i fc* f ‘W! rv^^- >■-* vr^ IF YOU WANT COMFORT GO TO THS Undermentioned Garage 1 For Brand New Cara for hire DAY AND NIGHT j Telephone No 694. > TeUjrophic Adi:e s HOKIMTEIK Motor car importers1,107 words
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Article2077 1918-03-12 2 Bt AT E8 MAN SHIP aid LUTTUUS. j «•c. H. H." writes in the Manchetter fitters have commonly been held a legitimate and graceful adornment of the statesman, and the Minister who. in the intervals of the grert politics game, '•relaxes his mind,” as author. over a book”2,077 words
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Advertisement203 1918-03-12 2 Whiteawav, Laidlaw Co. I LI Ml TED (Incorporated in England-) Complete House Furnishers^ H E li E C T E D T I HI U E K i u E N T I HI A T E N r K E E THE*‘CHORLTON" BEDROOM SUITE IN CHENCHAI PASIR POLISHED WALNUT,203 words
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Advertisement570 1918-03-12 2 Knifo-liko Pains. xbo sbirp «hooting D%in* fho «OBJ Ol 8c..t,0., f 'Z'. dLr"" fei Able to life The fi rj dut. thu frcn hip to heel, the eleeple,, D1) hti cheerless days— why not stop all Jhi. get back to health ani comfort agaio? Littlbs Owmtu Balm it fhe kncwo570 words
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Article1362 1918-03-12 3 Tom Wright. ] - [By Tom Wright.] May it please your Excellencies. Lugubrious as was the tone of my last, despatch (indicating the disappointment following the virtuous intention to become a member of the Producing Class) I hope my friends noted that it ended with a feeble joke. This1,362 words
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Article258 1918-03-12 3 Brlgadt’i Smart Work. A fire ocourred in Kimberley Street last night and resulted in a wooden building being destroyed the oause ef the outbreak is still unknown. The buildiDg was used as a motor garage, the first floor being occupied by Malay and Boyanese drivers. The258 words
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Article114 1918-03-12 3 Amount previously acknowledged. $8,851.14 Lim Boon Haw 250.00 G. H- Pritchard 250.00 Tan Cbye Sam 10.00 St. Andrew's Presbyterian Cburoh 331.70 Bim Long Wan Club 25.00 0. S. May 20 00 Quah Beng Kee 100.00 J. Gawtborne 50.00 Anonymous 5000 H. Miller Mackay 10114 words
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Article147 1918-03-12 3 Among the films which Mr H- J, A. Holm intends to present at the Empire in the near future is one entitled The Story of the Voortrekkers or Winning a Continent.” This film is founded on a wellknown aeries of episodes in the history of §outh Africa.147 words
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Article20 1918-03-12 3 Alor Pongsu 26,585, Brieh 1 ,854, Merbau 17,209. North Perak 6,145, Ayer Kuuing WOO, Temerlob 9,444 lb.20 words
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Advertisement638 1918-03-12 3 e EMPIRE THEATRVJ> 4 Li E Proprietor H. J. a.holm. Manager: tmomab shajto. To-night and To-morrow fright 3 LastjNights of a raally excellent programme 2 f M YSTERIOUS RS. M <*> *N Ol AT 10 30. Two Small Town Romeos (Comd.) AT 11« PM. pnniP pfll n In the Gray638 words
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Advertisement1010 1918-03-12 3 WAHTTBID. EMPTY GLASS JAi.S which contained Acetio acid. Apply stating quantity and price to Box No. 86, e/o Straits Echo. WANTED BY EUROPEAN FAMILY. EURASIAN GIRL, to take care of child of about two years and for light house work, from 7 am, till 7 pm. Breakfast and Tiffin provided.1,010 words
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Article, Illustration97 1918-03-12 4 PUBLISHED DAILY (Except Santijs and pnbllc helidajs,) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, LIMITED, 59, Beach Street, Penaag. Price: Dally Local $BO per annum. Outetatlon Postage fSxtra. MaU Edition (Post Free) $lB per annum. Cable Address: ECHO PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Coho) 586. Printing Department 343. N.B. —All business communications97 words
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Article1374 1918-03-12 4 All the Pan-Germans are not quite so foolish as the Herr Professor of Breslau University wbo, dowered with the eminently appropriate name of Hasse has just unfolded suo a grandiose scheme of indemnities and annexations in the Sehleeieehe Zextuny, but it would be astonishing indeed if they were1,374 words
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Article932 1918-03-12 4 And “Echo" Answers "Why?" Why,” asks a correspondent should Colonel Derrick, of all people iu the world, write a sarcastic minute regarding the suitability of Eurasians as Volunteers P Tit for Tat. Quite the most appropriate reply to the German air-raids on London and Paris is afforded by932 words
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Article1037 1918-03-12 4 JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFF. OLD WILL TO STAND. In the Supreme Court this mornm» vr Justice L. M Woodward, Senior pV*'* Judge, delivered a long written judgment the wit In the good, el Obion, Chew Kian, (deceased) Lim Gaik Teen n (plaintiff) vs Lim Gaik ClToonJ L* Hock1,037 words
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Advertisement97 1918-03-12 4 PRITCHARD’S STORES BEST ENGLISH harness BLACK LEATHER HARNESS WITH BRASS MOUNTS PONY COB HOHSE $B5-00. $95-00. $llO-00. FIRST QUALITY BLACK LEATHER HARNESS WITH E.P. SILVER MOUNTS PONY COB HORSE $125-00 $135-00. LESS tO% DISCOUNT FOR CASH. <? [OX lOC !CALTHORPE BRITISH MANUFACTURE o I MINOR CARS IN STOCK-RECENTLY ARRIVED ONE97 words
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Article606 1918-03-12 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] ANTI BOLSHEVIKS ACTIVE. New Foreign CommissionerLondoo, March 10. A cable from Petrograd states that tbe Pravda't Irkutsk correspondent reports th a t tbe ex-Pfemier, Piince Lvoff, has established a new Russian Government in t be F*« East with headquarters at PekiDg and is awaiting tbe606 words
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Article712 1918-03-12 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, March 10, 3.40 p m. A cable from Stockholm states that it is reported that twe thousand German troops i with artillery have landed near Abo in Finland. Hitherto there is no official confirmation of this report. A cable from Amsterdam Btates that712 words
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Article681 1918-03-12 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] STILL MORE RAID 3. Great Aerial Activity London, March 10, 10.35 p.m. Sir Douglas Haig reports that a hostile raiding party under cover of a heavy bombardment attaoked our posts to the east of Armentiĕres. A few of the British troops are missing. We repulsed tbe681 words
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Article459 1918-03-12 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] RECIPROCAL ARTILLERY ACTIVITY. The New Allies in ActionLondon, March 11,12 -15 a.m, A French communique reports that reciprocal artillery activity occurred at Bandesapt and Viola. Our aeroplanes dropped fourteen tons of bombs on enemy works behind his lines.” Two Amorioan RaidsLondon, March 11, 3-50 a.m. Reuter’s459 words
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Article87 1918-03-12 5 THE AIR RAID ON PARIS. Paris, March 10. Daring the air raid the Parisians’ attitude was perfectly quiet. All the general instructions given in case of emergency were followed ealmly. The casualties were much less heavy than in the first raid, the population using all the shelters indicated87 words
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Article79 1918-03-12 5 The Chinese military mission has just returned from a visit to the Belgian front. It consists of Major Ho-8in, of the General Staff, and Major Tseng Whang They studied the organization of the Belgian General Staff, visited two aviation camps I and an aeroplane photographing79 words
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Article766 1918-03-12 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] AMERICA S HELP. A Satisfactory Statement, London, Much 10. A cable from Washington says that America’s shipbuilding programme has been advanced by the completion and deli* very in February of seventeen ships of a tonnage of 121,000. Shipping Board officials estimate that the March delivery766 words
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Article459 1918-03-12 5 [Keotir’s TELEGRAMS.] AMERICAN WEEKLY REVIEW. Where the Big Blow Will Fall Washington, March II. The weekly review of the United State* War Department says that the centre of gravity remains in the West despite the enemy efforts for three and a half years to shift it459 words
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Article144 1918-03-12 5 The following articles will be found on ou- outside pagea Pages, 2 Lord Morley. 3- —ln the U. 8. A. Fire in Kimberley Street. The Y.M.C.A. Hnt Fund. February Rubber Crops. 6. —Profiteering in India. Governments and Democracy. Bakit Mertajam Cases. Profiteering in India, Penang. German Outrages, Tin Out144 words
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Article996 1918-03-12 6 i CASUAL VISITOR’S IMPRESSIONS. Th* BlCWDUES 07 thu Past. The first thougbt that must strike a visitor to Penang is the numerous opportunities that have been lost, in the years that have gone by, towards guiding the development of the oity on orderly lines of buildings instead of the996 words
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Article1289 1918-03-12 6 Arnold Bennett - Governments Democracy. MILLIONS LOST BY MI3TAKE8. V A LEAGUE OF NATIONS. (By Arnold Bennett.) A certain type of man and of newspaper I is always saying: “We don’t want any iocoDclnsiTe peace.” Whenever the word peace is mentioned the answering cry is We don’t want any inconclusive peace.” Who does1,289 words
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Article392 1918-03-12 6 Our Bukit Mertajam correspondent, I writing on the 11th inst., says: At the Bnkit Mertajtm Police Court, > before Mr, G A. Hereford, to-day, three Kbeh men all of Cherok Tokoon Hill* were brought up and oharged with (1) manu- faoturiug intoxicating liquor, to wit 'samsu’, without392 words
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Article269 1918-03-12 6 1 1 i °f the Bombay Government I to con trol prices calls the following incident Ito mind, dome years ago there was a par- tuU famme in India, that is to aay the > I rainfall had been rather scanty and ufieven--1 ly distributed with the269 words
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Article1056 1918-03-12 6 Thu Meltixu Pot. It it quite clear that things are in the melting pot. On Sunday last the new law for the election, organisation and conduct of parliament was promulgated, a fact in itself sufficiently indicative of the present state of affairs. Two days ago our vernacular1,056 words
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Article1058 1918-03-12 6 Da. N. D. Billis’s Bbbmons. Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis, the eminent American Minister who succeeded Dr. Henry Ward Beecher at hid famous Brooklyn Church spent July and August in a personal investigation of the battitfields of France and Belgium from which the Germans had been expelled, He desired1,058 words
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Article293 1918-03-12 6 RETURN INDEFINITELY POSTPONED. Lxox or Avriimo I*fowutioh. The intimation *waa made m tkai« columns a few daya ago that tha Mr. Eu Tong Sen had returned to Bings. tt? The information waa publiahad on tka authority of a gentleman-who travelled on the steamer, and who293 words
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Article157 1918-03-12 6 The Coliseum presented an unrivalled I change of programme last night begiBoing with opisodes 9 and 10 of "The Master I Key in the first show, Supporting films I were Max Doable in two parts, By the I Sad Sea Waves,” “Chief White Eagle (American drama), Pathe War Gaiette157 words
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Article60 1918-03-12 6 Tbs particulars .of the- output of ihe Renong Tin Dredging Co., Ltd tin ore for the second half of February, were j No. 1 Dredge 116 66 pibula; No. B Dredge 168.67 pikuls No. 3 Dredge 450.41 pikuli. The output of the Bandon Property of The Siamese Tin60 words
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Article77 1918-03-12 6 Ttthsdat, Maboh -12. P. V? Battalion Drill (Compulsory.) Johore Planters’ Association, Annual General Meeting. Municipal Commission, 4 pm. Wbdnbsday, Maboh 18, Town Band, Esplanade. New Mocn. Thubsdat, Maboh 14. Tennis Mitch,—P, R C. vt, 8..X BO. Esplanade, Fbidat, Maboh 15. Town Band, Esplanade. Satubdat, Maboh 1C, J77 words
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Article45 1918-03-12 6 The following programme of musio will be played at the Esplanade to-morrow at spm i—--1 Fantasia on Popalar Ballads Ksppej 2-Quadrille Lights O’London Coots 8 Selection La Vie Pour Le Csar Olinka 4 Walts The Hussars Hartmann 5 March Semper Fidelis Sonia45 words
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Advertisement67 1918-03-12 6 MAN do you know the dinger of nre. lectiog a obill f Chill* lead to pneumonia and a soore of other 1 dangerous disorders. Be prudent, and at the first sign of a ohili take a dose or two of WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE the medicine tnat should never be67 words
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Advertisement13 1918-03-12 6 Fnr Children’» Hooking Oongh at Night, f Wood* Greet Peppermint Onre 1», 6d,13 words
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Article821 1918-03-12 7 L?on Trotsky, Russia's Bolshevik Min* jiter of Foreign Affairs, made a deep impreeaion upon fellow Socialists dunn? bis ,hort stay in this city, says the Neva York World- He remained only a few months—(rum late in December, 1916, until early in April of last year—but in821 words
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Article1069 1918-03-12 7 There is a war being waged at tbe present moment in which the British Empire is vitally concerned. Tbe Empire needs every available man that can possibly *erve, and bas at present men of fifty different nationalities serving under tbe flag. Among them she baa battalions recruited from1,069 words
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Advertisement537 1918-03-12 7 notice. LABOUR CODE, 1912, F-M-S. "Indian Immijr.tioo Fund Ordinance, 1911.” EMPLOYERS OF INDIAN LABOUR are hereby reminded that assessment returns for the preceding quarter must be sent to the Office of the Deputy Controller of Labour, Penang, during the month» on April, July, October and January. Forms for the return537 words
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Advertisement23 1918-03-12 7 KWONC SENG 43. LEITH STREET, PENANG. FIRST CLASS TAILORS. Moderate charges and good workmanship guaranteed. Cutter: AH BOOH. A trial t* lolicited 13423 words
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Advertisement1232 1918-03-12 8 p BRITISH INDIA AND APCAB LINK. MAIL (Companies Incorporated in Em land AND PASSENGER SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS(Under Contract with His Majesty’s Government.) The Company’s MAIL SERVICES EAST OF BOMBAT are at preeent suspended Passengers for Europe are booked via Bom be > ea opportunity offers and as fares1,232 words
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