Straits Echo, 11 October 1918

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  • 34 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 16 ISO Per Annum. PENANG, Lith OCTOBER, 1»18. Single Copy» lo cent». No* 233*
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1476 1 NESTLES Milk FOOD THE BEST FOOD fQg fOSS BrtflT I 90 cts. PER i lb. TIN f BANKS. p'hartereJ Bank of la** 1 Australia and China. 1( orpor«t e d:n England b, Ro y al Charter.’ (ID .61,200.0C 3 JE2.uOO.COO Pud up Capita* I^ l8 r»eFond Ee««rve Liability o .200.0C0
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    • 7 1 MILKMAID BRAND OONOENSED HU. $20.50 BTAINAHLC CVCTWIICR
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  • 1890 2 London, August 22. 1 The reasons for expecting that the German Fhet will make a bid for viotory are daily growing so that no one will be surprised if it comes ont of its hiding to get one. Germany made her first bid for decisive viotory
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  • 494 2 [To the Editor op the Straits Esho.] Dear Sir, There are some antideluvians who still believe in the modesty of women, bat the younger generation of women are crushing the*e fossils off the face of the earthModern young ladies, but recently emancipated, have gone off at a
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 644 2 Federated Malay States War Charities Lottery. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. Ticket* for thi* Lottery are issued under the auspices of the Federated Malay St*tea War Charities Committee and the Priaea will be allocated aa follows The Prizes. The allocation of the amount subsen bed will be as follows for one THE MUNICIPAL
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    • 90 2 CknmberiaU’g CNf h Remedy. When yon bare a bad cold yon want a remedy that will not only give relief, bnt ef* fsct a prompt and permanent cnre, a remedy that ia pleasant to take, a remedy that contains nothing injnrions. Chamberlain’s Congh Remedy meets all these reqairementi, It acts
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    • 57 2 A machine weakened in one part soon breaks down altogether. That ia the one with aafferers from indigestion, a most disheartening complaint» If joe are troebled, tarn immediately to WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CORE. coarse of this medioine will plaoe the body machine in perfeot renning order. Bold at Dispensaries and
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    • 274 2 PENANG RED CROSS GYMKHANA. PROGRAMME. PAST 1. Saturday, 19th October, 1918. Admission $1 to ths totalisator enoloiure. 1. Jumping competition for the Hoops Challenge Cup. High and long jumping. 2. Tent-pegging competition and tilting at the ring. S. Musical stalls with Deli ponies. 4. 4 furlong Ladies’|flat face. Distance handicap,
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    • 617 2 W AIXTTED7 A CONDUCTOR, for a d Kitftte in SoHth Kedab. Apply experience with copies of testimonUis A. O. o/o Straits Ecko 698-5.7-9 11-14-16 PeDlD NOTICE, SEPARATE TENDERS will be recs,* ap to noon on Thursday, t hn l? Oct3be-, 1918, for the following auppiJ a period of one year
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  • 426 3 MARRED BY RAIN, he oelebration of Our Day in Province Wellesley took plaoe yesterday after* noon at Batterworth but unfortunately owinj to tbe heavy rain, whioh began to fall shortly after a start was made andoontinued d* ing tbe rest of the afternoon, tbe function was not
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  • 546 3 The following are the alterations in Messrs, A A. Anthony A Co.’s share list to-day Alor Gajah $3 buyers and $3.25 sellers Ayer Hitam 11.50 buyers and 12 50 sellers Ayer Kaning 1 bayers and 1.15 sellers; Ayer Molek 180 buyers and 2 sellers; Bukit Jelotong 50
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  • 809 3 [REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.] The Cambrai Victory. SIB DOUGLAS HAIG SUMS UP. Soldiers of tho Eighsst Order London, October 10, 1.10 a.m. Sir Djuglas Haig reports*—This feat of arms has been performed by British troops who had already withstood the first very keary onslaughts of the enemy's main forces in
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  • 190 3 To day’s Interstate Match. The following will represent Kedah Football Association on t e Esplanade to day i S msndin (Sungei Patani) (goal); Man (Police), Che (Lindongan Bulan), (basks); Bakar, U M. Pa wan (Police), Tunku Cass m (Oapt) (half backs); Che Bin (Adviser s Office) Syed
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  • 307 3 Phhaho, Ootobh* 11. W18. Bnv 8<mp Roast M i an 1 Steaks <Jo JJ Stew or Curry Meat do fl Bump Steak do Ox Tail h I Tongue (1 1 Feet do Heart email aob 36 Liver per catty 40 1 Fillet of Beef do 64 P °“an
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 479 3 4^***********4444iiiiii**********4444A44iMJ1{ THE i •*fc HI Hi HU STRAITS SETTLEMENTS $2,000,000 i ;a v-ste OUR DAY” 1918 51% WAR LOAN LOTTERY. hi ri' SANCTIONED BY GOVERNMENT and run under the auspices of“ Our Day” Committee. TICKETS $lO EACH. (Singapore Currency), Hi ’lhe «mount of the Lottery will be Two Million Dars
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    • 63 3 ONE 12 HP. CAMPBELL’S 9 j ENGINE complete with Galvanised Water Tank, and all aeeeaaoriea, «to, and one Lc ae Grinder. The engine la in good working order. For Price* and Particular* apply to QUAH CHEOW KAY, 129. Beach Street. FOR SA.LiEj. BRIDGE scoring pad* extra «lout and large. Paioa.—Pad*
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    • 396 3 the process of intestina indigestion there are set free certain poisons. If they enter into the circulation biliousness or sick headache results. The liver is able to destroy these toxic bodies but if it fails to, headache, constipation, furred tongue, flatulence, bad complexion follow. The remedy is to stimulate the
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  • 96 4 PUBLISHED DAILY (Except Sundays and public holidays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, LIMITED, 59, Beach Street, Penang. Price: Daily Local 180 per annum Out station Postage Extra. Mall Edition Post Free) $lB per annum. Cable Address: ECHO PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Eoho) 886. Printing Department 343, N.B. —All business
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  • 1132 4 Enver Pasha and Talaat Pasha have long been the leading spirits of the military junta which has ra'ed Turkey in the interest of Germany and with an oppressiveness at least as great as in the days of Abdel Hamid. They were directly responsible for the horrible Armenian
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  • 781 4 Mrs. D onya and “Pat" and Mrs. Samvel ,nd her two children retnrntd t r -day from i lengthy hcluiav in Ceylon M p H. H Park h\3 obtained a comumsion In the Indian Army Reserve of Officers *nd is leaving n»xt wetk for Northern 1 dia
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  • 105 4 HEAVY DEATH ROLL. THIRTY-ONE SURVIVORS. Passengers for Singapore(.From Our Own Correspondents Singapore, October 10. The N. Y, K. e.s. Hirano Main h*« be c n torpedoed. She sank in seven minutes. Thirty one were rescued including 12 passeo gers (one of whom died subsequently) and 19 of
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  • 994 4 The Only Reply. Suraiy tue a is only one reply f Qi German p3&oe intrigues It is f>r the Al.; to declare to the world that they will u,y' d souss per.ee terms at all With (j e n ltiy r but that when she unconditionally bUiB p
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  • 23 4 Latest Quotation» Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day 9149.124, and in Singapore (refined) 9149.87}, business done, 100 tons oh*ntf lU f hands,
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 129 4 *2tr*5p| rifckard 8 Co., LIMITED. (INCORPORATED IN 6TEAIT8 HETTLEMF. ST« Best English Harness FINEST QUALITY THROUGHOUT LESS 0 2 DISCOUNT l L FOR CASH. Best Black Leather, Handsewn with Collar. N <S«i SILVER PLATED MOUNTS HORSE SIZ3 HARNESS $145 00. TONY $125-00. BRASS MOUNT HORSE SIZE HARNESS $110-00. COLT $95-00.
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    • 34 4 WBKBBB E3S£?| OUR DAY TANK FUND. TICKETS $l. FIRST PRIZE New Elgin Motor Car VALUE $5,000. 1 OUTSTATION APPLICANTS MUST i, ENCLOSE POSTAGE jjj And apply to the Hon Sees., gr Tank Fund, Penang.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 2721 5 [REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.] .ttack os twenty mile feont. Third Aralaa 3n5Ce L.ndo*. Ootober 8. 11.80 p.m. »i, D»*'« H p rt,: B9tW 4 80 io ,n tbe morning the Third and t hA,-i=. “>“ kad tmnt r- mUe St.Qomtin nnd O.mbrn. Ild ,a««3»d -■> hjUl thU frcnt
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  • 477 5 [REUTER’S TELEGRAMS] PRESIDENT IN CONFERENCE. Awaiting a Statement' London, October 8, 10 25 p.m. A cable from Washington states that President Wilson spent the morning in (he seclusion of his study. Liter, he held a conference with Mr. Landing, Secretary of State, Oolonel House, and Mr. Tumulty,
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  • 56 5 (From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, October 11. Jeram Euantan are issuing $lOO,OOO in Debentures at 8 per cent secured by a first charge on the landed property and a Heating charge on the general undertaking and assets including the capital not yet called in, for the
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  • 53 5 A Fair Demand. Cthm Otar Own Cbrrespomiext Singapore, Ootober 10. There was a fair demand at the auotions Valu'.s ware slightly improved. Standard grades advanced one cent. Bheet fetcheo 48 cents and fiae pale crepe 475. Inferior qaalitiea had very little attention. Firstolan lota of both grades
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  • 617 5 [REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.] COMMITTEE COLLAPSING. Leading Ministers Resign. Lot den, Ootober 9. Enver Pasha, Turkish Minister of War, and Talaat Pasha, Grand-Vizier, have resigned and Tewfik Pasha has been appointed Grand Vizier. Signs of the Times London, Ootober 8, 11.55 p m, Reuter's Agency is informed that the significant
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  • 58 5 The following articles will be found on our oatxide pages i a—War News and Gossip. An Answer Wanted. 3—P. W. "Our Day.” The Share Market. Telegrams. M. F A. d.—Cbinase Writing I. Imperial Umy. Toe Conversion of flans K ap. Hansen, Armamental Expansion. Reserves Ready When Wanted. Penang Onr
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  • 260 6 A« in Penang, bitter oomplaint it being made as to the dearness of food in Singapore, where there ii anppoaed to be a Food Control Committee, with Government behind it, to proteat the publio iateroata. How inefficiently the fnnotion of protesting the pnbiio la disoharged may be
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  • 127 6 Naw Books. The following new books bare been received at the Library Germany, 1816-1890, by Sir A W- WardA History of Egypt. Volm I-111, by W. M.F. Petrie. Selections from the Correspondence of the First Lord Aoton, Edited by J. N. Figgis. Two Sommers in the loe-Wilds of
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  • 532 6 Peisidbnt’s Cop. The above competition, via., mile Cham* plonship and sealed handicap, will be held at the Swimming Club oa Sunday, the 13th Instant at 11 a.ns. The Hongkong Government has decided to oaloalate the value of the dollar on the baeie of throe shillings in
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  • 967 6 JAPAN AFTER THE WAR. (By Dr. J. Ingram Brian). At a reoent meeting of the combined i Army and Navy Couooil at the Imperial i Palace in Tokyo it was deoided to enter apon a gigantic defence scheme, involving 84 new dreadnoughts and 10 new army divisions at
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  • 823 6  -  BY CAPTAIN J. A. F. OEANNS. Un’er-offizier Haas Kraphausen kicked savagely at a passing Jager of his own 1 oompany who was not manifesting sufficient 1 seal over hie work, and re.umJU hie gloomy 1 re'lectione. v Of all the fed-up people in that thoroughly
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  • 146 6 Messrs. The Dispensary (Penang) Ltd, have kindly presented one lady’s and one gentleman’s travelling toilet set in leather cases value »30 and »18 respectively as prises for the Oar Day Tank. Our Singapore correspondent wires that the Singapore Crioket Club hae unanimously decided that enemy eubjeots
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  • 1173 6 The Chinese nevdr,” «aid »n A-ab JI traveller in 9th oentury A.D. answer by word of mouth to any business whatever, nor will they give any answer at all to j anything that is not written. Speech is 1 considered altogether a secondary and Bub- 1 ordinate
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  • 339 6 Cornish Tin Mining It may seem ourious that although in Cornish tin mines can be visited by anyoc who cares to devote a few days to them, jt nowadays the remote alluvial proposition* of Nigeria attract on the whole much mottattention on the S ook Exchange. This is due to
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  • 444 6 VOLUNTEERS WHO FILLED THE QJIP IK the Crisis We had anmoui moments, very, very anxiout momenta and those who knew the most were the moet anaiout Before the battle was over, in a fortnight'» time 268 000 men had been thrown aero»» the Channel In a
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  • 1019 6 It is necessary (says an Australian Exchange) to turn back to the records of the Imper al War Conference of l 4l t year in order to arrive at a just estimate of the constitutional and administratis changes ju t announced La t year’s conf rence in its
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  • 1978 7 Ytars ago, in rash and hasty youth, I discovered a paragraph in a book by Mr. Man rice Baring, which, like mtny observa tions by that wise writer before and sinoe caused me to reconsider a settled opinion. It occur ed in hie acoount of
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 284 7 s r. TDC C_)CXXD cdcdOCIDC DC Whiteaway’s for Hardware. n Enamelled Saucepan A, a ketch with eorer, b!«e enamelled Oatside and white eniin»-ll»d imide sise about 2 4, 6 8, and 10 pinta. Prices $2-25. 2-50. 2-95, 8-»0 and $3-95 each. n i V U w o 0 u 0
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    • 12 7 For Children's Hacking Oeagh at Night Woeds’s Great Peppermint Cere Is, 6d,
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    • 370 7 BRITISH (SIAM) WAR Al ASSOCIATION. “OUR DAY” 1918 WAR LOAN LOTTERY, TICALS 1,000,000. Tickets, I icals 5 each, expense*, will be given as donation tc *'oar D-y” Fund. For farther particulars and ticket! apply to PnifANo Ton» Club, PlNAlta CiUB AXD M*. Khoo Hook Ttb, FRED KEMPTON, Hon, Secretary. Lottery
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    • 1000 8 [OE=aocn ESSIMISTS W MJPTIWSTS < TOGETHER WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC ARE Being I EING INVITE" TO THE i f I p. w. "ona day 9 9 1 a- O SPORTS 4 ENTERTAINMENTS a O TO BE PELD AT MALAKOFF fi ON SATURDAY 12th OCTOBER 1918. KEEP THIS IN IVIIND” GRAND
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