Straits Echo, 28 August 1918

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED IALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL- A*» •30 Per Annum. ’HNANX, WEDNESDAY, 28td AUGUST, 19-8. Single Copy, IO coats. No. .98.
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      1616 1 NESTLES «ILK POOI just me FF FOR your baby I 90 cts. PIR 1 lb TIN. AUCTIONS. Tbe ooder.i 1 P‘*P‘ red t0 tak B p auction ofl Lands. propB^H®®* Estates. Houses. Furniture. Motorcars. Rubber* ©to. PROIPI ACCOUNT MIES RENDERED. BANKS Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. (Incorporated In
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      12 1 MILKMAID! BRAND BWEETENED CONDENSED Hlf, $20.50 PM OASE. B > r ainablc EVERYWHERE
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    After the War.
    1620 2  -  WILL BUoINEcS 'BOOjI’ WHEN THE CANNON CEASE BOOMING P Lots of Everything Except Labour, Work for all and Hioh ages. (BY ALBERT R. CARMAN.) (From Philadelphia Publie Ledger), Will there be h*id time*” aftsr the war Or will there be a boom X bare had an opportunity
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    Propaganda Abroad.
    367 2 THE WAY NOT TO DO IT. Some startling statements on the lack of the right kind of propaganda in support cf the Allied osuse in Japan are made by Mr. Bernard Falk, the special correspondent of tbe Daily Mail in the Far East, If there is not more
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      84 2 Whiteaway, Laidlaw Co., Ltd,, SALE. THE LAST FEW DAYS OF SALE I 1 BARGAINS i -4 IN 'Ti LINENS I 5 V. DRAPERY CHINA ,9* AND GLASS. il THE LAST FEW DAYS OF SALE i Whiteaway, Laidlaw Go., Ltd., PENANQ, (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) T AIRING IT •5 “UNICORN BRAND ONE
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      450 2 case «et ASTHBRo The quickest, eurest, T°?J rella, Ie rem#( iy f« Asthma, and one ofthe ffi08 valuable of the several n r a parations of the Pharm« ceu tical trading Co. Price $1.75 bottle. On sale at No 10. Bead, 3ln)t agent L. C. HONG, 191 Victoria St., WANTED
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    GERMAN ATROCITIES.
    748 3  -  (By Tom Wsiomt.) 1 submit that I am an eseentially f*irminded man. Although I have now come to the age which recognizes that a certain amount of in justice is inevitable in any world of men, it is a recent conviction, worn with an ill grace. My blood
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    To-day's Band Programme.
    220 3 The following programme of music will t>8 played at the Esplanade this evening at 6 p.m j—1l Overture Juanita Williams 2 Two Step TheTeddy Bea v s Pionio 8addler 3 Reminisoences of Chopin Winterbottom 4 Walts The Danoing Mistress Higts 5 March Hurrah Boys Licalle. On August
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    MONTHON PUKET LOTTERY.
    148 3 The following is the offioial Hsu oi p.isdwinners in the Monthon Pukst Lottery in aid of the Siamese Red Cress Funds 23,100 Tickets were sold at 5 Ticals each equivalent to Tioals 112,500. In Prisis there ware t Oae Ist Priia Tioals 28.12ft.00 One 2nd 11,250 00
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    Legalising Lotteries.
    214 3 Legalisation of the new Straits Lottery as is proposed in the new Bill leads the Singapore Freo Free» to suggest that the Officials should ba released from the trammels of officialdom for the occasion, when the Bill oomes before Oounoil and be free to vote according to thair
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    Municipal Commission.
    462 3 ORDINARY MEETING. A meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held at the Municipal Office yesterday afternoon. There were present Messrs, A B. Voules (President), F. Duxbury, 0 E. Craig, A. M. Gaodman, Yeoh Gaan Seok, Cbee Wor Look, L, M. Bell (Municipal Engineer) and L• A. C. Biggs
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      370 3 "TiEMa Bin is? SAKURA BEER STOUT THE DELICIOUS DRINK EVERYBODY STOCK IT. SOLE IMPORTERS: G. ADRELY Co., PENANG AND SINGAPORE. SINGAPORE ACENTS: MESSRS. BRINKMANN 8 Co. WODLD YOU LIKE AN HOUR’S ENJOYMENT COME TO THE FITZGERALD MEMORIAL CHURCH To-night from 8 to 9 (Cor. Burm&h and Anson Roads.) 80NG PRATER
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    The Straits Echo.
    98 4 PUBLISHED DAILY (Except Sundays and pnbllc holidays,) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, LIMITED, 99, Beach Street, Penang. Price s Dally Local 180 per annum. Outstation Postage Extra. Mall Edition (Post Free) «18 per annum. Cable Address: “.ECHO PENANG.' Telephono Noe. (Eoho) 88«. Printing Department 383. N.B.— All bu»in«M
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    GERMANY’S TWO VOICES.
    1371 4 Poer Frit* must be sadly putz’ed with hii latest ration of tfficial pabulsm. From Hinderbarg he gets fire Siting postures and tremendous explosions of confidence about the result of the war from Dr. Bolf, the Colonial Minister, he learns that Al the belligerents should awaken to the
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    Tin.
    23 4 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $*****, business done, in Singtpore I’refined) at $162 business done, sold 75 tons,
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    M. A. P.
    1013 4 Mr. T M. Kilpatrick, of the Chattered Bank, Medan, left to-day for home on long leave. e e Mr G. A. Moody, Mines Department, Ipob, has been transferred temporarily to Batu Gajib, We regret to learn that the death took place in Singapore on Saturday night of
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    954 4 Battle Contrasts. Such powers of divin»;v e tested anew by a f ra «h J 1 a »rst c ,f Pocb'. counter ,ff lfc ?e P T battle covers familiar enm, ton «d k We*, is by the xteDded in n cortberl? .1 B- L the Sc.rpe V.l
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      138 4 PRITCHARD S STORES THE FAMOUS ROVER CYCLES. STOCKED i-M. IN ALL SIZES. it "Si. V jLadys Royal Rover Cycles. m «-i CYCLE ACCESSORIES Cycle Oil Lamps 7>o/n $2.50 To $2.00, Cycle Bells From $180 to 2.20. Cycle Acetylene Lamps frice $7.50 each* w Jisss i j Motor Cycle ACETYLENE LAMPS
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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    THE ALLIED ADVANCE.
    2653 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] M nmVlVT engaged. BRITISH >x B The New Front Lordon A.gwt 26 110 i Tlai»i announces that we have ,r tte Scrpe .«for and C P, red '""’scArpe Successes. h „dor, August 26, 12-10 p.m. u„thh bavd advanced two miles on a m tbe Scarpe
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    THE WEEK’S WARRING.
    1041 5 Th? M’owing t-tmi-i filial cobles were oommWßioated to the Bangkok newspapers I by the British legation: Th* Westbbn Frost. London, August 16, The ground gained during tbe past week j J involves an advance of from ten to fiffc'eo miles on a front of forty.five miles. Well
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    THE RUBBER POSITION.
    156 5 SMALLHOLDERS MEET. Appeal to Gorernmint (From Our Own Correspondent,') Kuala Lumpur, August 28. The K'acg Chinese Rubber Growers’ and Traders’ Association, reprrs ntiog thousands }of small rubber holdings and twenty two rubber dealing fi in», baa held a meeting and passed a resolution to request the Government
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    The Censorship.
    691 5 Sir Arthur Quilier-Couch enters an emphatio and dignified protest against tbe Censorship in the Daily Newt. The theoretical rule, ha says, is tuat anything may be reported which does not give away information useful to the enemy, "Now we do not deny that this is a delicate business;
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    Outside.
    49 5 The following article* will be foand on onr outside pages i 2 —After the War. Propaganda Abroad, 3—O rman Atrooitlea, Mmthon Pakit Lottery, 6, Toe Raeaian Danger. Women of the Future. Toe Enemy A'liaeoe. Affaire in China. Rubber Market 7. The Lfe at Sen. A Naral Chaplain'* Note-Book.
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    THE RUSSIAN DANGER.
    1001 6 AN APPEAL TO PRESIDENT WILSON. i I The news appearing in the French Press that the Germans are endeavouring to raise recruits in Russia for their own Ar mies should suggest even to so torpid an authority as the British Foreign Office that the attitude of masterly
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    WOMEN OF THE FUTURE.
    1042 6 There is a modern fallacy that 85 percent swan r” and 15 per cent grit will take one an} wbe e This combination may go some way. but it is perilous procedure to trust to it entirely During the present up heaval of va ues it
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    THE ENEMY ALLIANCE.
    911 6 OMINOUS SYMPTOMS Like the black clouds and angry rumblings that precede a storm, the manifestst ons that have been provided from time to time, and are in fact being provided at the moment of writing in enemy countries must be taken to be the prelude to the
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    AFFAIRS IN CHINA.
    455 6 “RIVALLING HUNti.” j Sbockkd to Thi Mabuow. The civilised world is getting so blase, through bearing of the unspeakable outrages of the Hun., that perhaps people here are unaware of the awful torture, and evil practices which are being carried on almost at our very doors in
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    Britain's Food Supplies.
    280 6 Faxmukb Buxak Ruoobdi. English and Welsh farmers broke three records last year, and Sir Arthur L c e, Director-General of Food Production, estimates that this year’s harvest will give 40 weeks’ supply in 1916*17, and 18 weeks’ supply in 1917-18, In an interim report, Sir Arthur Lee
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    Chinese Amateur Dramatists.
    185 6 The amateur dramatio trenpe of Chinese entertainers, known as the leluk Anson Borea Troupe, paid a visit to Ipoh last week and gave two performances on Saturday and Sunday nights respectively in the Cinema Hall, New Town, and attracted a bumper houae on making their debut in
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    RUBBER MARKET.
    237 6 BIME DABBY CO’S REPORT. Singapore, August 25. London Quotations —The latest wire from London iswred here os the 28 d insf„ I datei 2lat was as follows i—” Rubber 2/0} 2/1} market steady but quiet.” Auctions 21st and 22nd August.— Again praotioally ell the manufacturers’ representatives were out
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    P.C.C. Tennis Tournament.
    113 6 The following tie has been fixed for tj-day i Championship—R E Prentis v R A Hunt (4). The following ties have been fixed for Thursday, the 28th instant i A Doubles (Fina 1 R E Prentis and A j W de W Harries v A S Hall
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    Mails Will Close.
    80 6 Fob Bt Stiamib At To-moirow (Thursday). Asahan A B*tu Babra Kalmoa 8 a.m Rangoon (Mergui and Moulmein via Rangoon) 8 30 a.m Port Swettenham and Singapore Krian 1 p.m Tongkah and Reaong Penang 12-30 p.m. P, Brandan and Langkat Jin Ho 11 a m Trang (via S
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    The Week’s Events.
    197 6 Widnmdat, August 28. Town Band, Esplanade. P A,M. General Meeting, Kuala Lumpur, 10.30 a.m. Public Meeting, Town Hall, 4,15 p.m. Fbibat, August 30. Town Band, Esplanade. Chin Seng A Co., Ltd., General Meeting 41, Farquhar Street, noon. Satubbat, August 31, Crioket —P-O.C 2nd XI vi. Government Servloe
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    PRODUCE
    195 6 8. P. T. P ,r“- 28 M. P. Tapioca 20 4 Gold leaf 'Wiell*, Pepper (W.Coast 3 lh. "C Black Pepper White Pepper bt»*. Trang Pepper ,M n osiiiu| Mace no atoclr Mace Pickings non, Cloves ,M selitri Nutmegs 110 s M C No. 1 M Sugar 3 No.
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      45 6 Fow Is the Tine. For rhenm%tism you will find nothing better than Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. Now ia the time to g«t tid of it. Try thia liniment and see how quickly it will relieve the pain and aoreneaa. For sale by all dispensaries and dealers.
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      77 6 Good articles recommend themselves, their value causes the public te ask for them and not be satisfied with a substitute That is why WOOD’S GREAT PEPPERMINTiCURE. b’s so increasrd in favour during the 20 years and more it h*s been sold. It is a mfdioine put forward as a cure
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      50 6 A Good Bale for the HomeMake it a rn'e of your home to always keep on hand a bottle of Chamberlain's Colio. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a safegeard against bowel complaints. It always oim promptly and no household Is safe without it. For sale by all dispsnsariee and [dealers,
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      47 6 Accidents Will Happen. It may be impoiaible to prerent an accident, bat it ii not impossible to be prepared for it. Chamberlain’s Pain Balm is net be» yond anyone’s parse, and with a bottle of this liniment yon are prepared for almost For sale by all dispensaries
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      247 6 UNTOTICE JTHE UNDERSIGNED, bereb j aotif, X, that from and afte' tbii date l0 responsibility will be entertainsd bjw for any debt or debts contracted on behalf of CHOP CHOON TUCK THONG Chulia Street. PENANG, bj m individual or individuals of tbs said Fir* unless euch negotiations baar my signatve
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    THE LIFE AT SEA.
    1140 7  -  By JOHN S. MARGERISON. I —iiIN«D. .gddennei. of the thing that It wn* tw tboUgb| to be quite fur, tt “i“V re lb*» d*J*. “4 h, ,o 7> l« J ,l ‘".V, l „p.d»loog»t fall *P«ed In k u i K bt, tbe min. got »p
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    A Naval Chaplain’s Note- Book.
    984 7 A Naval Chaplain’s NoteBook. f Nautical Teems, “We will now. Isiidto my midshipmen’s Si French class, apply ourselves to the study lof a few more Terms Nautiques" where* upon the poor snotties gave rent to ill» I suppressed groans, justly ag.rieved that I there should be added to the frightfulneis
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      978 7 NOTICE OF SALE. By Order ot the Mortgagee The undersigned are instructed to pat up for sale by PUBLIC AUCTION TO THB HIGHEST BIDDERS OH Thursday, the 5th day of September, 1918 NOTICE OF SALE. BY ORDER OP TH« MORTGAGEE The undersigned are n»truc‘e3 to put up for sale by
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      88 7 Chare i*rrMiu Kemtij. When you fc ve a had cold you want a rfint'-dy tb-t win aoi >nly giro relief, b u t e f. f»ct a prompt a&.l permarent oure, a remedy ti at is pleas.nt to take, a r?m*dy that contains roth.c* injurious. Chamberlain's Cough Rein, dy meets
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      1241 8 P. 0. —BRITISH INDIA AND APCAE LINE. (Companies Incorporated in England MAIL AND PA88ENGER SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS(TJndei Contract with HU Majesty’s Government.) The Company’s MAIL SERVICES EAST OF BOMBAY are at present suspended. Passengers for Europe are booked via Bombay as opportunity offers and as far as ition
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