Straits Echo, 7 May 1918
1918-05-07
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Straits Echo
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Title Section37 1918-05-07 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. yi 4 VOL. 16. 930 Per Annum. PENANG, TUESDAY, 7th MAY 1918. Single Copy, lo cento. No. 106.37 words
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Advertisement1211 1918-05-07 1 K m H Milkmaid #2»*^ SJSWISSCOND O’ Switzerland; and (if you want COMFORT GO TO TH S Undermentioned Garage For Brand New Cars for h rs Y AND NIGHT Telephone No. 694. Telegraphic Add resit HOKIMTEIK. BANKS *1 Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. i (Incorporated in England by1,211 words
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Advertisement11 1918-05-07 1 MILK i '“’’“«SSiSfS'S?*t O LCH^ l»‘ s s ,*x !@l \e11 words
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Article1103 1918-05-07 2 Thk Wantra. Bo far I have s-eo one, and one only. She came Hitting out of an old building as I was entering, and so 1 bad no more than a very brief glimpse of her, That would have been quite enough to enable me to1,103 words
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1105 1918-05-07 2 Dn. 8olv’s Picullsb Lxpsb. The stress of war conditions has betrayed many eminent Germans into lapses of which they never would have been guilty while life vent smoothly for them in times of peace. Almost it would seem that Germany’s Colonial Secretary had permitted himself1,105 words
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Advertisement391 1918-05-07 2 <r o rr 1CDCDCDC DCDOCDCT u 0 0 0 o n u 0 0 o w 0 0 O 0 0 0 WBITMWAY’S oooc.:: T'- )oc\. DRESS U MATERIALS FLANNELS. “TOBRALCO” The perfect washing fabric for ladles children’s wear/ Stocked in white, black and several plain colours also in white391 words
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Advertisement451 1918-05-07 2 Fain Sul Pain Befora Sills yen. Atticki of neuiaLis, co.sUnt P »i n or the dread of the sudden shooting prins tra continual wear and .train on the force, of the sufferer. Unless relief ii obtained a breakdown i. sure to follow LITTLE’S ORIENTAL BALM bring, certain and speedy relief451 words
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Article779 1918-05-07 3 Tom Wright. ] - [Br Tom Wright.] There was a great trumpeting among the elephants and I found that it had a meaning which I, as I lay hid and listening, could understand. Nay, Sah’b. I had not been drinking. It was as I say. They trumpeted and awoke779 words
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Article335 1918-05-07 3 Our Telak Anion correspondent writes During last month somewhat over 200 millimetres of rain fell here, the biggest down pour being on the first day of the month when 45 millimetres were registered. The temperature varied from 70 to 92 degrees dering the month. Sundry improvements and335 words
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Article166 1918-05-07 3 Stamp collectors will be interested in the following account of Siam’s Philatelic progress We have received from the Post and Telegraph Department a oopy of an excellent albam prefaced by a detailed account of all the postage stamps, post cards and other postal matter ever issued in this166 words
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176 1918-05-07 3 Some illuminating extracts from letters found on German prisoners are sent by Mr. Henry Wood to the Exchange Telegraph Company. We quote the following dealing with the operations of the Food Controller i—- Bierbergen, January 15,—We have just received notioe that tells us we176 words
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Article57 1918-05-07 3 The following are the latest quotation* in Messrs. A, A. Anthony and Company ahare liat i— Yesterday. To-day. Eg it Mining. J mm oq Bangnon Valley N L. 8/6 7/6 diso. 8/3 7/Cdiso. Ratnit Basin N L.... 19/- 20/- 19/6 20/6 Trong Dredging 17/- 18/6 18/- 19/;57 words
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Article50 1918-05-07 3 Foe By Stiemue At. To-morrow (Wedneaday). Australasia (via Fremantle) by train 6 p m. Port Swettenham and Singapore 2 30 pm. 9th instant (Thursday). Port Bwettenham and Singapore Krian 1 p.m. Colombo and United Kingdom (route an- 12 80 p.m. oertain) Mail B Parcels 11a.m. Calcutta 2-80p.m.50 words
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Article13 1918-05-07 3 Mat 9. Aiouuoi Day, 8*80 a m. Holy Gommmnion13 words
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Advertisement497 1918-05-07 3 SH mpire Theatre «H J- «H 3- Jsr* SSP USPENSE If there ia one distinct factor that tba patrons of the Empire lore as a distinct feat are of photo play it is suspense “THE RED ACE” Packs, Gobs, Mountains of it- and on the its Heels comes. ENSATION Sensational497 words
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Advertisement485 1918-05-07 3 FOR SALE. First class shop-house no 66 Main Road. Sungei Patani $600.) or nearest offer apply to:— S. KADERBATCUA, Pengkalan Kapal, Alor 8tar f 294 Kedah. FOR SALE. Robber Returns Books. Wa are now prepared to cffar for sale books for the purpose of recording the purchase and sale of485 words
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Article, Illustration101 1918-05-07 4 w fJ v. PUBLISHED DA ILY (Except Sundays and public holidays,) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, LIMITED, 39, Beach Street, Penang. Price Dally Local !80 per annum. Outatation Postage Extra. Mall Edition (Post Free) $lB per annum. Cable Address: ECHO PENANG.’ Tolsphono Nos. (Eoho) 588. Printing Department 343,101 words
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Article18 1918-05-07 4 0a May 1, tte wf* "f Captain Norman Hutt'nbtch, M. C-, E j.l Fe’d Artillery, s bet-18 words
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Article1306 1918-05-07 4 The wsr may have s deadening effect on trade but it has a decidedly stimulating effect on the imagination, as the thousands of schemes propounded for adoption after the war show, Perhaps fortunately, not a quarter of these will ever h^v the chance of being tried, ar.d1,306 words
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Article22 1918-05-07 4 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $176.25, business done, in Singapore (refined) at $176 50, buyers no sellers.22 words
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Article2012 1918-05-07 4 The Number ol the Table* Here is a variant of tbs old dodge of the waiter who oasts up tbe bill and includes the date. At a foreign restaurant in London, tbe bill when received was super-extortionate, The manager was sent for and glanced at it. 'lt is2,012 words
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Advertisement142 1918-05-07 4 nat -~x —Kir PRITCHARD’S PENANG. SOLE AGENTS FOR VITAFER The Greatest of all Tonic Foods. Composed ©f the entire Protein Constituents of Milk (Casein and Lactalbumen), combined with the Glycerophosphates of Calcium, Sodium and Magnesium. Per Per Bottle Bottle GIVES |VIT,4LITY U RESTORES HEALTH For Brain, Body and Blood. VITAFER142 words
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Article115 1918-05-07 5 Sir Douglas Haig’s Despatches [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, May 5. Sir Douglas Haig reports Tbo French took a number of prisoners during local night-fighting in the neighbturbood of Locre. To-day there is til ]ery work and local encounters at different points. Aviation Report. Loudon, May 6. Sir Douglas Haig in his115 words
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Article61 1918-05-07 5 French Communiques L jadoa, May 6. A French communique states r —There Was intermittent reciprocal artillery work north and south of the Avre. Eleven German aeioplanes were brought down on Fjiday—Saturday, and 23 forced to descend in their own lines. Our machines dtopped 28.000 kilogrammes of projectiles on railway stations,61 words
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Article477 1918-05-07 5 Correspondents Accounts London, May 5, 11.5 p.m. Reuter’s correspondent at British Headquarters (on 5th May) says:—Some disorganisation is indicated among enemy troops who are hindered by heavy rains. The Frsnoh and British in the course of a successful operation between Locre and Drancourt advanced their positions on a thousand yard477 words
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Article94 1918-05-07 5 Palestine Front. London, May 6. A Turkish oommuuiqce reports that heavy fighting continues east of the Jordan, Ou the Irak front the British advanced south of Eerkuk. The Crimea. London, May 6. The Germans occupying Sebastopol found the greater part of the Russian Black sea fleet and94 words
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Article439 1918-05-07 5 General Wire News In the Ukraine. London, May 6. A telegram from Zurich says that the Arbeiter Zeitung of Vienna condemns the German and Austrian proceedings in the > Ukraine and foresees perilous complications. It says that the Ukrainians are bound to < regard the Austro-Gorman as a military <439 words
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Article657 1918-05-07 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] i TERMS OF THE PACT. 1 The Hague, May 6. [The first portion of this message is not yet to hand]. The Foreign Minister said that the measures Germany desired which were originally only partly acceptable measures, were the resumption of transport which bad ceased657 words
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Article615 1918-05-07 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Leader’s ReceptionLondon, M iy 6. At a Labour May day demonstration on Sunday, Mr. Rim9ay Macdonald’s platform was stormed by a body of men, mostly discharged soldiers, and only the prompt action of the police prevented them wrecking the platform. Mr. Ramsay Macdonald started his615 words
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Article315 1918-05-07 5 Political News The Anti-Con&c? iptionists. An Appeal for Unity. London, May 6. Mr. John Dillon and Mr. Devalera from the same platform on Sunday at Ballaga* derein in Mr. Dillon's Oonatituency East Mayo addressed an anti-conscription demonstration of fifteen thousand, Mr. Dillon said that if the Irish people kept united315 words
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Article134 1918-05-07 5 Paris, May 6, The American labour mission comprehensive of many various elements of modern American life and thought, and representing a movement towards strengthening the Entente between America, France and Great Britain, arrived at Paris, when the memb3rs were taken for a motor car drive through the various134 words
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Article26 1918-05-07 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.') The rikisha strike baa coded, a compromise as to the position of the lamps haring been effected.26 words
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Article142 1918-05-07 5 A lady reader descibes a new meth*d of hoarding whioh she has oome across. Going into a shop tbe other day to buy some flour, she was surprised to fiod another customer, being served with a quality much finer and whiter than tbe generally obtainable. Upon142 words
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Article68 1918-05-07 5 The following articles will he feud our outside pates 2.—A Naval Chaplain's Note-Book. German and British Colonial Methods. g—Tbe Mabuts and the Elephants, Teluk Anson Topios. How Food Control Works in Germany, 6, Japan’s Attitude. Germany’s Master Spies, China and Peaoe. Pntoey Barber at Beaumont Hamel. The BalMe Pond.68 words
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Article1028 1918-05-07 5 The First Lord of tbe Admiralty made a very reassuring statement a few days ago to the tffeot that we are now sinking German submarines sb f«st as they are built; and although ha purposely left the matter in this vague form, any one with a little knowledge1,028 words
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Article857 1918-05-07 6 Thh Shanghai Movement. Mr. E. S. Little has written the President and Premier in Peking on the subject of a peaoe conference in China with a view to dosing the present strife, as follows i— The internecine strife in China hss now been unduly prolonged to the857 words
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Article25 1918-05-07 6 Baktp 18.100, Bum Matang 9,812, Jong Landor 87,674, Kedah 33,144. Parit Perak 7 800, Consolidated 45,032, New Columbia 28,096, Bitiawan 7,350 lb.25 words
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Article17 1918-05-07 6 The output of the Tronoh Minea, Ltd for the month of April was Fioule 1,807.17 words
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Article780 1918-05-07 6 They fought their way step by step down the sunken road kneeling behind bits of wood, and lying behind sandbags and heaps of earth to fire. Luckily tbe German bombers were badly trained, and did not do much damage. They began to put their hands780 words
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Article166 1918-05-07 6 The Munioh Neueste Naehriehten regards tbe new offensive against Russia as a crusade likely to land Germany in trouble, and only favouring enemy tactios. It derides the fears that the British will gain influence if Germany holds bsok, for Germany with the Kiel Canal holds tbe key166 words
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Article374 1918-05-07 6 Losses Not Bbflaobb. Tbe Daily Telegraph has on Feb 28 a strong criticism of the Government in regard to its shipping programme. Its remarks haveadditional emphasis from tbe fact that the Telegraph is a consistent sup* poifcer of tbe Government. The time has come, says the Telegraph article,374 words
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Article245 1918-05-07 6 From our Bangkok exchanges we gather that the military censorship is as thorough, searching and severe in remoter parts of the world as it is in tbe Straits Settlements. To-day oomea the following report from the Siamese capital of tbe prosecution of the proprietor of the China245 words
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Article277 1918-05-07 6 Lt, -Col. A. J. Fox, Commandant, M. 8. V. E., has bsen granted aiek leave from sth Maj an til 15 th June, with permission to proceed to India, Lt.-Col. J. H. Tyte, Jod in Command, haa been granted leove from 10th May, 1918, to 10th277 words
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Article715 1918-05-07 6 “A A. M. ” - (By “A A. M.”) To-day’s British Offioial. G. H. Q 9. 30 a. m. There is nothing of any importanoe to report.” Having read which, you go on with your lunch. But I should like you to realise how many people were busy long before you left715 words
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Article187 1918-05-07 6 Lord St. Davids has unfolded an impor for sobeme, which is nearing completiontant, providing employment for ex-officers of the Navy and Army, when they have concluded their war service. “There are,” said bis lordship, “any number of societies for finding work for the non-commissioned officers and men187 words
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Article46 1918-05-07 6 The following programme of music will be played at the Esplanade to-morrow evening at 5 pm. 1 Selection From Cox and Box Sullivan 2 Lancers Doris Buoalossi 3 Selection Le Cheval de Bronae Auber 4 Walt* Biumen Stein man 5 March Mertiana Riviere46 words
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Article547 1918-05-07 6 No Lace of Guns. New York, March 31, To-day’s New York Times publishes a report regarding Japan’s intervention in Siberia said to be in circulation in Washington and to have emanated from a high Japanese official. It is to the following effect i The despatch of Japanese troops547 words
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Article282 1918-05-07 6 Fsush RuruLATioua Communing thu Enbmt's EepioNA.au Plots A message from a Paris correspondent gives the following particulars of the way in which Rosenberg, the notorious Austrian financier, and the head of the espionage agency which employed Trembles, Geax, etc., carried on his work t About every fortnight282 words
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Article728 1918-05-07 6 B.1L A Peace with Hcseu. German expectation of i 4t from the Western Russia Q Pplie, the Kaiser’s soldiers are A CT0rr “«> bv appointment. The enormow' B? > d has already exhausted all 1"““ lr *y Even in 191« I ound *e rsg iot J governments of728 words
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Article48 1918-05-07 6 Tcss dat, Mat 7. Penang Chamber of Commerce, Com mittee Meeting, 2.30 p m. Wudnusdat, Mat 8, Town Band, Esplanade. Thobsdat, Mat 9. Ascension Day, Fbidat, Mat 10. Town Band, Esplanade. New Moon, Sunsat, Mat 12. Sunday after Ascension. Mondat, Mat 13. Town Band, Esplanade.48 words
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Advertisement46 1918-05-07 6 Why It Bella. Chamberlain’. Coagh Remedy i. the largeet wiliDg ooafch medicine in the world to-day became it does exactly what a oougb remedy B ppoB ed to do. It .top. the oeagh by oaring the oold, and doe. it .p*ed- ?<* b 7 peamrit. and deafer..46 words
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Advertisement49 1918-05-07 6 w kj It Sells. Chamberlain's Ctugh Remedy is the largest selling cough medicine in the world to-day because it does exaotly what a cough remedy ia supposed to do. It stopa the oough by curing the cold,' and doea it epeedily and effectually. For sale by aUdiapeasants and deals».49 words
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Advertisement92 1918-05-07 6 < ham be rial ns Cangh Remedy. Whan yon have a bad cold you want a remedy that will not onlj give relief, but effect a prompt and permanent care, a remedy that ii pleasant to take, a remedy that oonJ» in otbin injurious. Chamberlain's Coagh Remedy meets all these92 words
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Advertisement51 1918-05-07 6 Accident* Will Happen. It may be Impossible to prevent an dent, bat it is not imposnib.e to be P re P 4 L for it. Chamberlain’s Pain Balm i* nat yond anyene’s parse, and with a belt a this liniment yon are prepared ttr anything. For sals all dispanaanw and51 words
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Article2231 1918-05-07 7 (.From Owr Own Corresponded What op Japan P London, March 6, The sole topio to-day is the possible act51 ion of Japan in view of the changed condi- lions in Russia, and the spread of Bolsbe- vism to 8iberia, where up till recently the effects of2,231 words
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Advertisement276 1918-05-07 7 the eastern produce exchange. 11, Beach Street, at the corner of Beach Street and ChurchiStrectjGhaut, CAPITAL $120,000. Auctioneers Brokers. The 33rd Auction Sale of Rubber WILL BE HELD On Thursday, the 9th May, 1918. Auction Sales of Rubber held twice a week, on every Monday and Thursday. Sale of Rubber276 words
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Advertisement330 1918-05-07 7 WAJSTTEIID. AN EXPERIENCED CONDUCTOR for a «mall Rubber Eatata in Kedah. Apply n writing, with oopiea of teatimoniala to the undereigned. H A. P. C/o Straita Eoho, Penang, W^OTTHD. A QUALIFIED CHINESE LADY TEACHER to teaoh Eagliah at the Pei Yu Girls’ School” Northam Read Penang. Apply personally or in330 words
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Advertisement1357 1918-05-07 8 P. O,—BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Companies Incorporated in England.) MAIL AND PABSENQER BERVICEB. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS(Undei Contract with Hie Majesty's Government.) The Company’. MAIL SERVICES EAST OF BOMBAY are at preeent .impended. Passengers for Europe are booked via Bombay a. opportunity offer, and ai fern accommodation i. available.1,357 words
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