Straits Echo, 16 August 1918

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    Masthead
    35 1 Straits Echo DAILT CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THB STRAITS, THE FEDERATEC MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 16- $30 Per Annum. PENANO, FRIDAY, 16th AUGUST, 1018 Single Copy, lo cento. No. INS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      1563 1 NESTLES milk TOO? just THE STUFF fOR YOUR BABY! cts. PER 1 fii TIN. I r, lIIIH' AUCTIONS. The undeni .nel prepared to take ap auction «ale* f Lands. Properties, Estates. Houses Furniture. Motorcars. Rubber, etc. pgOIPT account sales RENDERED, For Term» Apply to: (BANKS Charttrsd Bank of India, Australia
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      10 1 [MILKMAID brand SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK. $20.50 PER CASE. btainable everywhere
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    The New Star.
    800 2 TRADITIONAL ME4NING3. (Times Corbkspokbbnt.) A great white star has swam into our ken «cd it comes at a moment when humanity is I locking for a new world. Certainly a new star of the first magnitude, discovered by i several eyes at onoe, and promptly vouohed I
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    Londoners and Luxuries.
    183 2 In anticipation of the new luxury tax reoently imposed in Great Britain, London women a couple of months ago were hurrying to buy spring and summer wearing apparel before advances in priees take plaoe Uncertainty existed both in the trade and among the public as to what
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    THE RIGHTS AND WRONGS OF THE CENSORSHIP.
    914 2 Da hip the Dat two day* we observe I that three of oar contemporaries h»ve fuund reason to complain of what they describe as y an inconsistent exercise of the powers of tlr d Censorship Both the Westminiter Qaaette and the Daily r
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    The Week’s Events.
    72 2 Fbidat, August 16. Town Band, Esplanade. Sat uss at, August 17, K<»dab Esbber Co. Ltd, General Meating Chamber of Commerce, 12 30 p.m. Wagon Ptcbaung Wolfram Ltd., General Meeting, noon. Suvsat. August 18. Twelfth after Trinity. V, Field Operations (Compulsory.) Monday, August 18. Town Band. Esplanade. T
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      47 2 1 BUY NOW-SAVE MONEY NOW ON. IftITEIIH, UIDUI 6 Cl, PENANG LIMITED. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) TAIPING |o 1° *> “UNICORN BRAND ONE TO SIX STAKS BEST AND CHEAPEST A Trial will Convince You. OBTAINABLE AT ALL PRINCIPAL STORES. f G. H. SLOT C° Sole Agents for Malay Archipelago.
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      49 2 Accidents Will Happen. It may be impossible to present an accident, but it is not impossible to be prepared (or it. Chamberlain’s Pain Balm is net be* jond anyone's parse, an A with a bottle of this liniment joa are prepared for almost anything For sale by all dispensaries
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      563 2 BRITISH NORTH 0UR l day lottery Tickets lor this Lottery are i, the auspices ol tbe British Norlha* 1 War Relief Fund Co m »i Ut “OUR DAY” Co*,; Tho '««or, to be 2 1 iekets $5 each (Strait* q currency) 1 ett lenn #t| allocation of thi ■ubacribed will
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    MONOPOLIES PROSECUTION.
    620 3 EUROPEANS CHARGED. Before Mr. W. Langham Carter, senior magistrate, Singapore, on Tuesday, two Europeans, W. N. Vine and W. Saunders, first and aecocd stewards of the s.s. Mataram, were charged with the possession of 521 tahils of ohandu valued at $4 168. The first accused pleaded guilty but
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    Correspondence.
    165 3 F.M S B. GOODS DEPARTMENT [To Thu Editor or thb Strait» Echo.] Sir, —There has been much talk lately of tbe coming prosperity of Prai as a distributing centre. But if the present slowness, that is overshadowing the work of this department, is not removed, one needs not wonder
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    To-day’s Band Programme.
    93 3 The following programme of musio will be played at the Esplanade this evening at 6 p.m i—--1 Overture To The Ballet Joke Lindpaintner 2 Two Step Alexander’s Ragtime Band Berlin 3 Selection Sonnambula Bellimi 4 Walti Santiago Corbin 5 Maroh Bsrsaglieri Ellen berg "We have learned” says
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    AUSTRALIA’S WORK IN MALAYA.
    662 3 ROMANCE Or DREDGING. Australia is deeply interested in the exploitation of tbu Malaya and Siam tin fields. Within reeeot years oompanies have been formed having authorised capitals totalling £1,190.000, of whioh only £978,000 has been called up. English concerns, working in the same districts; have nominal
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    Exports from London.
    147 3 Cargo Stack to bb Bookud. The Port and Transit Executive Committee of the Ministry of Shipping have made an Order regulating export traffic from the Port of London. Under th*se regulations, whioh some into foroe cn July 1, and affect exports for shipment foreign from the Port
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    Woman “Huns” A Town.
    76 3 The affairs of Goole have been run entirely by women. Tbe Town Clerk being indisposed, his duties were discharged by a woman, Miss Aaron, who was complimented by the Councillors on her capability. Tbe whole of the male members of the clerk’s department having been released
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      652 3 TEDDERS FOR COOLIE LINES TENDERS are hereby inrited for the erection of two sets of brick *n4 timber Coolie Lines on the p operty of the Eastern Smelting Co Ltd Full particulars can be obtained and plans and specifications may be inspected at the Office of Messrs R. Young Co,
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    The Straits Echo.
    99 4 PUBLISHED DAILY (Except Sundays and public holidays.) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, LIMITED, 59, Beach Street, Penang. Price s Dally Local *3O per annum. Outstatlon Postage Extra. Mail Edition t Post Free) $lB per annum. Cable Address: ECHO PENANG.* Telephone Nos. (Eoho) 980. Printing Department 343. N. «.—All
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    BIRTHS.
    61 4 Fhilsok Oa Aa use 11 at Sydney, th wif of ML.. T.M. FL.. O’:, Tro at Estate, of a son. Richards. —At Kinta Tin Mines, Gopt ng on August 9, 1918. to Mr and M p a. Htdlej Richards, a son. Campbell—Oa August 12, at Uradab Brisbane, to D;.
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    INDIRECT DEFEAT.
    563 4 Tbes-3 people who imagine that the fortuats of wtr are not running in our favour unl’-s-i (here is a daily tale of prisoners snd gaoe, may have be a rsthar disappointed durieg the past day or two by the apparent check which has been put upon oar move
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    WAR LOAN PROGRESS.
    602 4 Possibly it is a little early to look for results from the new Straits Settlements War Loan issue, bat inasmuch as a month has passed since it was opened and there seems to be an impiession abroad that the loan is cot poing too well we think
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    M. A. P.
    952 4 Police Inspectors Hobbs of Matang and > M tyo of Ksmpsr have exchanged duties. i Mr C. A. Brockbark, of Inchong Estate, Bagan Sera<, Perak, left to-day for India to join up* Mrs, A B. Milne and Mis S Wong are < leaving Ipoh for Singapore on
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    946 4 A Parrot Story. The following Bto ry has c *»„h merriment at the Front that 1 w dir calculation at the b» CK ‘"H pigeon message was received v* -b.t-led up” Au.tr.li.rb, 2“ «2 Wo.r, of soudiDg prtotica pi,l ™'*l« l"”*.'T, w tk Tm I«’«t whfn deouded read
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      90 4 PRITC DS FOR BRASS BEDSTEADS ft s^r i rr n§m tr a--V 4 y t: S\ *7,. SEE OUR FURNITURE SHOWROOMS UNION STREET, PENANG. PE D O BRITISH MANUFACTURE MINOR CARS >■ e o D o n o ONE ONLY 2 SEATER SPORTING MODEL 10/12 Horse Power 4 cyelinder Filled
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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    41 4 DEATHS. Babtholombuiz. At Ipjb, on Angus 14, tbe *ite of H, U. BartholooaeB' i; deeply regretted. Kirwan —Oa 14, at the Genera. Hospital Singapore after a short illness, Rubina Danoao, aged 25 yaars, belcr d wift of Mr. H, S, Kirw<n,
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    SOMME BATTLE FIXED.
    1311 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] ,,ca PB08BE38 ON OI8E. La» ?»P ers rfs3imistl p,rie, August 14, 5.45 p.m. Rn ,j British offensive whioh Tbe '"’be 8 fc between the Ancre and the W 11 1 00 tianation and counter part of A Trei> 7 f «he 18-b July between the
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    LATE TELEGRAMS.
    268 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Paris, August 15, 1 p.m. Under constant pressure of Humbert’s troops between the Mafz and the Oise the Germans have been foroed to relirquisb their hold on Ribeoourt and are falling back along the Oise river. They had made desperate efforts to ding to the town
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    Shipping Losses.
    369 5 London, August 14. 1 A Paris cable states that the Messageries liner Djemnah with military passengers in an escorted convoy was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean on tbe night of the 14th July last. Four hundred and forty- i two are missing. The Messageries liner Auttralien was
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    GERMAN PLOTS ON INDIA.
    932 5 SINGAPORE AUTHORITIES EFFECT ARRESTS. Rowlatt Committbb’s Repobt. More sensational disclosures than h&vt hitherto appeared are contained in the recently-published Rcwlatt Committee’s report on sedition in India, and one of the most remarkable chapters in it is that dealing with German maobinatior s in that Empire. iu
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    FULL COURT OF APPEAL.
    1133 5 OfilNESE WJLL CASE. In the appeal of tfce defendants Lim G-ik Kee Neoh, Coooo*- Lye Hock and Ot-oong Lye Hin agairet the dec sien of Mr. Justice L. M. Woodward who fou d in favour of the plaint ff Lim Gaik Teen N ob that the
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    Taiping Notes.
    630 5 (.From Chur Chon Cforrcspcmdent.') Taiping, August 14. The following cases were brought before Mr. Forrrr to-day by Inspector Lamerton. For having allowed bis three bulls to stray and gna>, two at 12 noon and one at 1 SO p m. on the public read at Taiping, Rengsn was
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    Tin.
    43 5 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $*****, business done and in Singapore (refined) at business done. Mr Ebaw Joo Tok advises us that the output from Ronpibon Extended No Liability for the first fortnight of August was 180 piculs,
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    £10 for Discovering Newfoundland.
    77 5 Mr. E Hall, of the Navy League, speaking to the Society of Engineers at Burlington Houee said that the first effort made to colonise for the British Emoire was in 1500, and the first colony added to the drown was Newfoundland. Henry VII. was so pleased
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    Outside.
    89 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages i 2.—The New Star. The Rights and Wrongs of the Censorship. S—Australia’s Work io Malaya. Monopolies Prosecution. 6 —Military Be?vioe. Kelemak Rubber Estates, Malay in Collieries. 7. —Black Squad Heroes, The War Situation. Production of Tin. I* would be
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    MILITARY SERVICE.
    3961 6 DIBCU3BED BY FEDERAL COUNCIL. 1 High Commissioner’* Survey. We take the liberty of using the full report in the Times of Malaya on the above matter. Thl CONSCRIPTION BILL, The Legal Adviser said i The Bills which the Council has been considering up to this point (twelve Bills
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    Torpedoed Battleship.
    184 6 Fate iroT Foßusuur bt Boastful Austrian. According to special information to the Mettaggero, tne of the torpedoed Austrian Dreadnought* which has gone to the bottom with 80 members of the orew, as the result of Captain Luigi R zso’s submarine attack in the Adriatic, is probably the Tegeithof.
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    MALAYAN COLLIERIES.
    498 6 THE FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT. 12} PKB *****. DiTIDBWD, The report of the directors of the Malayan Collieries for the year ended June 3d, 1918, states The Directors have pleasure in submitting their fifth annual report and statement of accounts for the year ended June 30, 1918. During the
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    Isaacs-Hobhouse Libel Action.
    444 6 The hearing of the libel action was continued on July 26, before his Honour Sir Charles Darling, in which Mr. Godfrey Isaacs, brother of Lird Reading, is claiming damages from Sir Charles Hobhouse, for- merly Postmaster-General, for statements arising out of the Marconi and Telefunken 1 wireless
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    KELEMAK RUBBER ESTATES.
    444 6 The following ia th* a tbfi shareholders to fc e lrect r r “Port u •omul meeting at 8. g pj f entr<l M t f The profir f or be y^ r £u*WS? LoM Acccan t $34 379 98 as against $BtJ 628 ao“ M U
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    Raub Motor Accident.
    180 6 Chauffeur Narrowly Escapss Dim A motor car accident which might bin been attended with serious conseqsescs occurred nnar R*ub last week. A ’Malay driver had taken a car into town and wnot bis way back to the house neeotiitiogi very steep hill when he met a hillock
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    P.C.C. Tennis Tournament
    58 6 The following ties have been Monday, the 19th instant A 8.ogles—A W de W Harnei f A j Hall. B Singles—C K A Ooatlj r E A »r g Winner (B Keimann r B Poweii) 7 Profession Pairs—E B Beattii tud 8 A Hunt rVG Sivi and
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    Singapore Rubber Auction.
    38 6 {From Our Own Corresponds Singapore, A^ l^. At the auctions the tone wse tens were catalogued. Fine pale crepe beet price 42. Ribbed smoked sheet S 9 no sales of plain smoked of ,D< sheet,
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    July Rubber Crops.
    10 6 Holland Amerioan 640,6^i jjg 28,360, Netherlands Lanfksi
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    BLACK SQUAD HEROES.
    589 7 GALLANT DEEDS IN THE STOKEHOLD. J I Few landsmen realise to the fall the part ''j played by engineers and stokers —the II"Black Bqud”—on oar battleships snd 11 lesser craft, bat the official account of the j I sinking of the Vindictive contained, I amongst other stirring
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    Production of Tin.
    313 7 POLICY OF THE F M 8. GOVERNMENT. Questions in Fedukal Council. At tbe meeting of tbe Federal Council y isterday, the Hon, M R. 0. M. Kindersley a ked i—(a) In view of the policy of the Government to increase the production of tin in the F.M.S.
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    THE WAR SITUATION.
    825 7 LATEST OFFICAL SUMMARY. I A Foreign Office cable to the British 1 1 Legation in Baagkok thus reviews the military operations for the week ended August 1: An important development has taken place on the Champagne battle front, namely a general retirement begun in the night of
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    Aeroplaning Over Empire.
    93 7 FROM LONDON TO SYDNEY IN FIVE DAYS. In the June issue of Overseas Mr. 0. G. Grey, editor of The Aeroplane, desoribes tbe part aircraft will play iu revolutionising trade and travel throughout the Empire. The following approximate time table will serve to illustrate the immense saving
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      327 7 ,CD C iCD nCD^CDC _)CLJc_ -d; If your daughter is pale f ds tired after a little exertion if she tells you of headache i rk'iche do not disregard these warnings. She needs help for fa if molt probably anK.nio. Si<ould any °1 tlieae diaturbing sign, come to your notice,
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      46 7 Now Is theTiae. For rheumatism you will find nothing i better than Chamberlain's Pain Balm. Now is the time to g«t rid of it. Try this liniment and see how quickly it will relieve the pain and soreness. For sale by all dispen* series and dealers.
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      770 7 WANTED. CASHIER for Rubber ally to Security required. Estate Apply personfor. sale. QOH TAIK CHEE A SON. WANTED. INDIAN OR MALAY Tappers and Conductors. Apply to Goh Tm Cbbb Rubber Estatb, Knggor, NOTICE, r ""1 UN PRACTICE will be carried out off JT Mukab Head on Friday and Saturd»y the
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