Straits Echo, 5 April 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, FKIDAIf, 6th APiUL, 1918 Single Copy, IO cents. No. 79.
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      7 1 fe? MILK Trl£ *:c 'l* < UI--Lx css
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    Noyon.
    1432 2 There was a characteristic scene the other d«y, by all accounts, at tbe Col age de F *nce, when a very eminent ach lar, M. Abel Lefranc, asked leave to cut short a lecture on tbe politics of Montaigne and pay a tribute to bis birthplace, now alas once
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    Escape From Germany.
    422 2 AusTzaj.ia.Ns’ Expzziznczs. Lance-corporal Pitta and Private Choate, two Australian soldiers woo recently escaped from a prison camp in Germany, and have arrived m England, have in an article narrated their experiences. Pitts and Choate belonged to a working party of 40 prisoners, ne*r Dusseldorf. The party included
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      70 2 Th scoarage of tropicall oountry i. bQt roßb| e b it- antidote and for dysentery the medicine, and for dyeentery the medioine ie WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE. It i. m-dioine that will pronde gaiot relief .ed core. Thoee who here to ~t “r*/.! 0 0 tha Bt portion! of thie
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      490 2 Do von Snffar With Rheumatism Ha» tbia terrible, nerve-racking, p»j D f*l ailment fas'ened itself upon yo U P Don’t lose hope. Here’s succour for you. Little a Oriental Balm h*. cured thou, sands of invtt ruiu obionio cases of Kbeu. matism—among them hundreds of cases that were pronounced hopeless
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    The People's Food.
    577 3 [To the Editor of the Straits Echo Dear Sir, The reason* for the very high retail price of nee are extremely complicated bat the fact remains that it is high and on the principle of the greatest good of the greatest number it is eminently desirable that
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    To-day's Band Programme.
    41 3 The following programme of music will be played at the Esplanade to-day at 5 p.m,:— 1 Selection lone Petrella 2 Darkie’s Serenade Bucalossi 3 Selection La Yestale Meroadante 4 Waltz The Chieftain Sullivan 5 March The Handicap Rosey
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    Tin Outputs.
    277 3 The output of Rahman Hydraulic Tin Co., Ltd., during the month of March was 300 pikuls. Mr. Ehaw Joo Tok advises us that the output from the following two companies for the month of March were i Deebook Dredging No Liability—Cubic yards 62,000 Hours 598 Piculs 384. Bangnon
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    "Poetry."
    519 3 Poetry." One of the distinctive traits of the Austr* alian, —not the aborigine, but the descendant of the early British settler who inhabits tbs back blocks of the island continent where he tends sheep or grows grain or digs into Mother E arth in quest of gold or other mineral
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    Chinese Marriage Law.
    479 3 [To The Edito* cf The Straits Echo Sir, The outlook for the oause of the women appears to be bright when those, such as Mr. Chin Fook Seong, call for a truce in the controversy ;as a truce is only called for by the vanquished. Mr. Fook
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      362 3 Empire Theatre Proprietor H J, 1 HOLM. Manager: thomas shaft r r A FILM WITH VIGOUR AND o \///W HEART throbs for the women express action for the men IH Sh THE GOLD SEAL FE BWITH Voilet Meresesn and Harry Be h m i "SOULS UNITED” ■H Wr •H f
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    Che Straits Echo.
    97 4 PUBLISHED DAILY (Except Sundays and public holidays.) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, LIMITED, 99, Beach Street, Penang. Price: Dally Local $3O per annum. Outstatlon Postage Extra. Mall Edition (Poet Free) $lB per annum. Cable Address: “ECHO PENANG.’ Telephone Nos. (Eoho) 586. Printing Department 343. N.B. —411 businea* communications
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    EDUCATION IN 1914
    1331 4 In a recent article on local education w a declared that the besetting sin ef our educational officials is their hopeless dependence upon examinations as the beall atd end-all of our educational system. The annual Report on Education in the Colony for '916, to which we referred
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    M. A. P.
    910 4 Tba Hon. Dr. F. B. Ooucher, acting P C M. 0,, it in Penang on inspection duty. The friends and sympathizers of Mr, Lim Cheng Teik are entertaining him at dinner to-night at the Chinese Merchants’ Club. Mr. G. B. Leicester, Assistant Surgeon, Bukit Mertajam hospital, left
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1020 4 For The Tapper, On the subjeot of the restriction of rubber outputs, a correspondent writes to a contemporary advising resting portions of estates where there is disease or where ths trees have suffered from bad tapping i Q the old days (is there none now in the peninsula
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      212 4 -8 8 PRITCHARD i and Company, Limited, •a Sports Department. New Delivery of Sporting Goods. «a 4 Tennis Rackets by the Best Makers, Forrester's,” Slazenger’s,” “Davies” “Prosser’i,’ from $9 to $22.50 each. Tennis Posts of Wood and Steel. The ’Acme,” Polished Pine Posts, with Guy Ropes, Pegs and Runners $l5.
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    THE GREAT BATTLE.
    1412 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Military Situation. LULL ON THE WEST. Confidence in France LondoD, April 4, 5 30 a m. The public here in France ie breathlessly but with confidence awaiting the resumption of the German onslaught. Deputies who have returned to Paris from their oonstituenc es state they
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    ENEMY PEACE OFFENSIVE.
    447 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Aimtd it America London, April 4, 7-20 a.m. Experts regard Count Ozernin’s speech as I the customary peaoe offensive after the I failure of the first attempt to break through lio the West. The speech is primarily designed to detaoh the United States from the
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    Affray on a Steamer.
    65 5 Russian Sailor Convicted (From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, April 4 A Russian sailor was charged yesterday with voluntarily causing hurt to a Japanese sailor aboard a steamer. Oae witness spoke of a general riot on board and said that the Japanese were very menacing and had
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    London Rubber Market.
    26 5 (From Our Own Correspondent London, April 8 Tbe prioes iu the London Rubber Market to-day were Pale Crepe 2/5 Diamond Smoked Sheet 2/4£
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    Tin and Rubber.
    68 5 Latest Quotatioaa. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $149.25. buyers no sellers, in Singapore (refined) at $*****, buyers no sellers, and in London at J 6316 spot and at £916 three months. Messrs, Boustead A Co. inform ns that the following were the quotations for Rubber
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    GENERAL SMUTS ON GERMANY.
    865 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] H«r Plana of Domination. London, April 3, 4.25 p.m. General Smats in his speech at the Cloth Makers’ luncheon said:—"As far as Germany is concerned this war is not for a fair, honourable and lasting peace nor a world peaoe nor God’s peace, but
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    THE WEEK'S SINKINGS.
    718 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] I ADMIRALTY RETURNS. A CONSIDERALE DROP. Siz Big Ships Lost London, April 3. The Admiralty announces that the I arrivals for the week ending 30th March were 2.416 I and the sailings 2,379 I Total 4,795 Bix vessels ov?r 1 690 tons and seven I
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    HAVAS SERVICE.
    766 5 Gallantry at Grivesnes. ANOTHER HEROIC EPISODE. Pnuiian Guards WontedParis, April 3. 4 10 |>.m. An Associated Press telegram to the New York Herald says:—"The First German Guard Division yesterday suffered a most S3vere beating at Grivesnea. Ia the morning the Guards attacked with the greatest fury *nd after
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    Outside.
    63 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages B.—Noyoo. Escape from Germany, 3.— Poetry." Chinese Marriage Law The People’s Food. To-day’s Band Programme. Tin Outputs. 6. Minerals in Malaya. Overseas Tobacco Olub Fund. Bed Triangle Huts. Mayfield Rubber Planta. tions. Palestine. The Week’s Events. Bukit Mertajim Oases.
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    Chaos in Russia.
    249 6 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Soviets OppcsingOermansL indoD, April 4 10 30 p.m, A Moscow cable says that large columns I of Germans have taken the off msive agaioBt Kbarkoff from Poltave and Vorojba. Soviet units opposing the enemy occupied the sta. tion of Paul where they are organising a
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    Bukit Mertajam Cases.
    275 6 (ivowi Our Own Correspondent.') At the Bukit Marts j»m District Court before Mr. G. A. Hertford, yesterday, a Kheh woman named Kee Ah Tnai, who was found guilty of the offence of beiDg in possession of two j irs of dutiable liquor, I was Bentenoed to pay
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    Chinese Recreation Club.
    308 6 The following ties have been fixed to be played on Saturday, 6th April:— Single Handicap Class B—Oo Tong scr. os Kong Aik +l5; Hor Tong +l5 2 9i Teik Hock +15.1. Tbe following tie' have been fixed to be played on Sunday, 7th April:— Double Handicap A—(Final)
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    Oliver Goldsmith.
    571 6 There are many rtad ng people who cannot undera and Browning and probably i more who fail to appreciate Longfellow, Burns, Sbel ey, Keats and most of the 1 minor poets, but there oao be vdry few to I whom the simple yet beautiful laDguave of I tbe
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    The Share Market.
    55 6 Tbe following are the latest quotations in Messrs. A, A. Anthony and Company’s hare list Yesterday. To-day. C t C C 5 o'® o 3 a xn PQ co Mining. Deebook 12/3 12/9 12/3 13/Trong 14/9 15/6 15/- 15/9 General. Eastern Shipping... 5.00 600 5.75 6.50 United
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    March Rubber Crops.
    78 6 Ayer Kuning (F.M.S.) 50,000, (FMS.) 31,043, Chersonese (F.M.8.) 33 851, Dennistowo (Krian F M 8.) 25,238 Highlands and Lowlands 46,465, K*abane 9.700, Krian 9,300, Sungei Krian 24 070, Sungei Way (Selangor) 32,562 Sumatra Consolidated 61 000. Bukit M«rtaj»m 42,276, Taiping 29,855 Bungei Biput 11,973, Sungei Rerla (F.M
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    Empire Theatre.
    219 6 Last nights’ show went down well at the Empire and although the audience was not a large one owiog to the wet night, thoee that witnessed the progrsmmthoroughly erjtyed it. The lime programme particulars of which appear on a special advertisement in this paper will be repeated to
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    Minerals in Malaya.
    244 6 The news that in the Malay Archipelago new sources of iron ore are in the process of I discovery, with the necessary concomitant supplies of fuel, is of tbe utmost importance. Our one and only coal fisld in the F,M 8. is I already developing w*l', but
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    Overseas Tobacco Club Fuad.
    184 6 The Director of Edacation, Singapore, in J forwarding the following list of donations I to the above fund made during last year, I mentions the gratitude of the soldiers at the front at receiving parcels of cigarettes. He I also mentions that in 1916 he was
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    Red Triangle Huts.
    503 6 Sir Arthur Yapp cabled Mr. Pringle onl Monday Please continue appeal. Additional I huts urgently needed for British and Chinese troops.” Tqosp who have not yet subscribed to the Malaya Fund are earnestly invited to send their help to the Hon. Treasurer, Mr. G. H Gob, of
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    Mayfield Rubber Plantations
    1025 6 Sbcond Annual Gbubral Mbbtino. The Second Annual General Meeting of the Mavfield Rubber Plantations (Straits Settlements) Ltd was held at th» registered othee of the company No. 1. Q 4 yesterday. Mr. J. C. Benson presided and among those present were Messrs. Jh». Sellar andJ. L. Ljpie
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    Palestine.
    1012 6 One of the most interesting revelations of the future will show us bow the design of the Palestine campaign deve'oped in the minds of Ministers and strategists so as finally to include the deliverance of Jerusalem the occupation of very valuable territory, and the establishment of an international State,
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    The WeeK’s Events.
    55 6 Friday Apuil 5, Town Band, Esplanade. £UN DAT, APKIL 7. Penang Yulanteers, Field Operations, (Compulsory.) Fifst After Eister. Monday, April 8 Town Band, Esplanade, St, George”, Annual Meeting, P.C O,: 6 45 pm. Tumdat, April 9. Municipal Commission. Chamber of Commeroe, Committee Meeting, 2 30 p.m. Wbdnbsdat,
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    Electric Polyscope.
    879 6 For the benefit of those who have not yet seiand the opportunity of witnessing the first two episodes of 1 The Goddess the management of the above show has been kind enough to repeat these episodes at to-night’s change and in addition te show two further episodes of
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    “Go.”
    1012 7 The Japanese Wae Game, I x Chess and also draughts certainly reeemI ble the "absolute” war of Ciausewitz. Nothing in these games c unts save the ruthless use of power and position; every m«n is in play, and no sacrifice of men must Ibe grudged, if it will establish
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    Affairs in China.
    1083 7 r A. Typical Ppucimuit 9 j days ®RO we announced the diemiB‘»l from < ffije of General Feng Ya><iaD(?, who, wrh bis mixed brigade, was ««nt southwards to assist in the recovery of Ntrarsl Yingtz* Valley oitiea for the northern cause It will be remembered hat Feng
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      520 7 notice. TRANSLATION. LABOUR CODE, 1912, F-M-S. ••Indian Immigration Fund Ordinance, 1911.” EMPLOYERS OF INDIAN LABOUR ar hereby icuiinded that assessment returns for the preceding quarter must b* sent to the Office of the Deputj Controller of Labour, Penan?, durin? the months on April, Julj, October and January. Forms for the
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      566 7 THE first step in correcting constipation is to stop the use of harsh purgatives, which overstimulate the boweiB and irritate the delicate lining t>f the stomach, thus lessening their sensibility to even the strongest stimulation. Substitute for them the mild, nongriping remedj P IN KETTE THE TINY LAXATIVES S which
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