Straits Echo, 26 October 1918

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    34 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT TUB STRAITS, TUB FEDERATES MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY* VOL- $3O Per Annum, PENANG, &AIUKUA*, 26th OCXOBEB, 1918. Single Copy, lo cent*. No. 24-6.
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      1434 1 KESTLES «lIK FOOD .BillSH»»" jq2 YOUh BnflY I 90 cts T f -r aarta pN I »*>• Tin urtered Cl,,,rter 1,200,000 1 £2,000.000 l*r«Fin<j I |Wftl Lnl> ,i i‘; o £1,200,000 PiMrtetor» ae ad Officti BIBHOPBOATE, LONDON, E.C» and Branches. Peking Penang Poket Rangoon Saigon Seremban Titar aria liahj OrtC
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      4 1 MILKMAID 920.50 :BrAWA»L« rrurmiß,
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      22 2 BOTTLING OF EXTRA FOREIGM r Brewed and Bottled in mLHkiitirg ij Jt Klin BROTHERS, LTD. PENANG, (INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.) SINGAPORE* AGENTS.
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    TIN COMMISSION.
    2594 3 MEMORANDUM BY IRE F.M.S, CHAMBER OF MINES. Puacticai. SuaaunoHi, The following memorandum (whioh we Cake from the Times of Malaya has been prepared by the F. M. 8. Chamber of Mine* for the Tut Commission i In snbmitting the following expressions of opinion the Chamber has assnmed that
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      397 3 f L r #Se B 4k 4% ■> 0k 1 dtp B fl 8 gj oocToas Mdommcmd DOG'S rICAO «JUT .«If i MUNICIPAL NOTICE. IVTOnCI is hereby givea that .the books •La containing the Annual Valuatk PROCURABLE .(EVERYWHERE. iin in case of 4 doxen nips for family use and presentation
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      109 3 BRITISH (SIAM) WAR AID ASSOCIATION. OUR DAY” 1918 WAR LOAM LOTTERY. TI6ALS 1.000,000. Tickets, Tieals 5 each, Tickets, Tieals 5 each. If all tickets are sold Prises will be:— tipenses, will he given as donation to *'Oar Day” Fund, For farther particulars and tiokets apply to l Phta.no Tobf Club,
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    GERMAN MILITARISM.
    336 4 General Maurice wrote *n the Daily Chroniole cn the 18th August i The German General S aft had, as a result of the victories of 1870, to which Germany owed her unity and in great metsure also her commercial development, established itself in an apparently impregnable position. It
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    Food Supplies.
    524 4 [To THi Xditob of the Strait» Times,] Sir, I herewith quote from a letter I reoeived to*daj from Baffles Bakery. "We regret that we cannot «apply you with food commodities purchased from the Singapore Gold Storage as they have received objection to our retail trade, and as we
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    Market Prices.
    339 4 Pbeang, Ootobeb 26, 1918. Bbbf «<*. Soap •M per catty 20 Roast do 80 Steaks do 80 Stew or Curry Meat do 21 Rump Steak •M do 80 Ox Tail each 85 Tongue .y do 55 Feet do Heart small... eaoh 35 Liver per oatty 40 Fillet of
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    PRODUCE.
    231 4 Pnrura, Ootobib 26, 1918. 8. P. Tapioca 17.10 sales M P Tapipca 17.30 sellers 2 old 72 aellera Pepper (W.Coast 0 lb. A o*).sl6i buyers. I Pepper 26.00 buyer* White Pepper 40 nominal Trang Pepper no stock I ace 180 com. Mace Pickings 61.60 sales Cloves season over Nutmegs
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      294 4 oc XZDCDCDC DOOOcd cdczxZDOCDC DC DC NEW STOCK OF British American Lamps D n d 0 0 0 n nVv o MILLERS TABLE LAMPS. Nickle plated centre draught embossed container with powerful round burner, crystal chimney and opal shade. PRICE 8 $12.96, 18.96 $14.96. r--n i ’Jr 'iSBgKjV ‘J vJ
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      90 4 cJuuaberiai* o«w a*k -Leaiuij. When yon have a bad oold yon want a remedy that will not only give relief, but ef. feot a prompt and permanent care, a remedy that ia pleasant to take, a remedy that contame nothing iujnrions. Chamberlain’s Coagh Remedy meets all these reqairements, It aets
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      446 4 r’ooet o running order. with n#i 8aeto Apply 757—81— 10 B °x No. n C/0 Straiti I SHOP H OU 8E No Street, Penang. For «3. h price apply to pirtl5 «Ur»| ONO HOCK THYg 14, Main 7JS—86—10 Bl *>» for One 12 hp. rBEIt a ENGINE complete „1,Vi 8
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    THE INFLUENZA.
    1798 5 It is with regret we have to,anno«aoe tbs death of Mr. Chin Fook Seoug (late Chinese Interpreter of the Police Courts, Betterworth, recently retired on pension) from pneumonia of about one week's duration at 6 80 p.m. yesterday at bis residence No. 76, Ayer Stem Road. Deceased was
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      406 5 A A p A PONIED iuiu4*uu* 3Y RYALTV THE known satisfaction OF ALL USERS OF SILVA’S J I’Wi i :fl5 established faith in the quality u f hie manufacture all the World over. Speciality GEMSET BROOCHES, f B. P. De Silva, The Ideal Jeweller and Diamond Merchant. PiikM Street. Pm»t
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      229 5 j.mmmi» ĔT f ri e e o e| o 0 e Ofc BEWARE OF NBW and CHEAP BRANDS STICK TO THOSE KNOWN BUY SAKURAg Beep and 8tout L J and yon will never be) disappointed. GET IT FROM C AURELY A Co.. I j,.,, PENANG St SINGAPORE or from every
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    The Straits Echo.
    101 6 a JS PUBLISHED DAILY (Except Sundays and public holidays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, LIMITED, 30, Beach Street, Penang. Price Daily Local 180 Per annum Outstatlon Poatagre Extra. Mall Edition (Post Free) 918 per annum. Cable Address: 11 ECHO PENANG/’ Telephone Nos. (Eoho) 586. Printing Department 543, N.
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    THE GERMAN COLONIES
    980 6 Britona the world over will rejoice at Mr. A. J. Balfour’s plain statement on tbe -abject of tbe future of the German Colo* niea. When Herr Ton Euhlmann waa Foreign Secretary, when tbe Hoheczollern star waa rather' more in the aioendant than is to-day, and when the
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    Homeward Mails.
    110 6 Mail G (specially superscribed letters only) for tbe United Kingdom was to elose at 8,80 this afternoon, but- at noon to-day a postponement to noon on Monday next was announced. Mail H for Madras taking mails for Europe etc, via Bombay closes at 10 a.m. on Tuesday next,
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    M. A. P.
    951 6 Information has been received by cable that the Rev, C E Swinnerton has arrived safely in London. Among the latest o ntriburions to the F.M S. War Relief Fund is "la Momori&m J. W. 0. Etlis $lOOO/’ Second. Lieut T. A. Robertson is at present in England,
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1023 6 Women in Parliament. Ia ordinary times the adoption h. overwhelming majority of the iW Commons of a resolution deslarin, of despite the opinion of the Law 'he Crown—women should be allow.H brdome members of Parliament w < u J° regarded as revolutionary. For lf M.P’s,, why not women
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      234 6 P?ftv3ntion is the Better Cure, so says the Proverb, and ’Tis Sure. X M A w W afe m A ?MaA A 1« ;3fSffl\ r ,2ft -> A R 1 i £1 £!B iSES r. Fro?h stock of English Merino Siuglefcs just received. The right kind to wear now to
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      26 6 TICKETS $l. first prize New Elgin Motor Car VALUE $5,000. OUTSTATION APPLICANTS MUST ENCLOSE POSTAGE I And applj to the Hon Secs., Tank Fund, Penang. K
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    THE PEACE MOVE.
    1361 7 [Reuter's Telegrams] The German ReplyA point Cleared Up. Amsterdam, October 23. Tb k ant p.ngnph of the <**•*■“* ,r *”8 ,D 8 DOfP md place to g>verf P resentatives of 1 108 of both .Ides an opportunity of Unity of War Aims. Alliti' Dlp omatio Counoil. London,
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    IN THE WEST.
    2608 7 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Flesh British Successes. FURTHER PROGRESS. London, Ootober 23, 11.45 p m. i Reuter’s correspondent at British Head' t quarters, oabling yesterday, says By midday we had penetrated in to-day’s attack to a depth of nearly three miles on a front of about seventeen and reached
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    Death of H. H. The Sultan of Perak.
    63 7 A Victim to the Epidemio. (Front Our Own j Corretpondent) Ipob, October 26. H H. Paduka Sri Sultan Abdnl Jalil Nasruddin Makhtaram Shah ibni Almerham Sultan Idris KC-M G. the Saltan of Perak died this morning at 3.15 from Influenza. The late
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    Outside.
    62 7 The following articles will b9 found on our outside pages i 3. —Tin Commission, 4 —German Militarism. Food Supplies. 5.—The Iifluenzi, 8.—Buhbar Problem. Penang Share M.rket. The Pathetic Story of Little Harry Hbv<.&. Tulegiams. 10. —Wnat the Empire Stands For. Sparring for Posoa. 11. —Books Soldier**Read. Eistern Europe. Germany's
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    Czech Independence.
    327 8 Forcing a DecisionLondon, October 25. j A telegram to Amsterdam from Vienna ■ays that President Wilson’s Note to Austria has overjoyed the Cieobs who bavd now demanded the establishment of a Cason Government. A withdrawal of Hungarian troops from Prague is possible. The Vienna food famine whioh the
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    Singapore Rubber Auctions.
    70 8 Market Wt&k (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, October 25. At the Auotien 1,867 lots were catalogued and 964 sold. The Market w*s slightly weaker. Ribbed smoked she ts reaobed 57 oents closing at about 55£ cents for prime paroels. Fine pale orepes in small supplies had food
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    A Singapore Insolvency.
    40 8 C From Our Own Correspondent^ Singapore, Ootoker 25. Before Mr, Justloe Ebden the matter of the petition for a receiving order against St. Vinoent B. Dowd, p&itaer in Messrs. Down A Co-, was adjourned for a fortnight.
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    Tin.
    170 8 Latest Quotations. Tin («refined) is qsoted here to-day at 9149.35. and in Singapore (refined) at $l5O, bssinsßi done, obanging bands 25 tons. Nbw Adtutisbmimtb i—Kramat Pulai Ltd* gives notice of tbe declaration of a second interim Dividend: The Hon. Secretary of tbe Obinese Benevolent Association notifies members as to
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    THE PATHETIC STORY OF LITTLE HARRY HEVEA.
    1042 8 Now, one upon a tuu®, chd-d was a jolly liltl«r boy oalled Harry Hev?a. We don’t know who his parents were, but some people suspeot that Charley’s Aunt was his mother. This may, or mey Dot, be. At t»uy rate, the dear little
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    PENANG SHARE MARKET.
    374 8 Lean ajtd Co s Weekly Rbport. Pt n»og, October 25. Rubber, after slight flotations during the week, closes pr.otioally unohauged on balance around 67/58 cents per lb. The outlook for tbe immediate and near future of the Planting-Industry is becoming daily more difficult to follow and the
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    SINGAPORE SHARE REPORT.
    308 8 MbSSKS FraSEB AJTD Co *8 WlBKLT Circular Id their weekly share circular, dated October 23 Messrs. Fraser and Co. report i— The races rather interfered with business, but local rubbers on the whole oootioue fairly active and as the rubber auotions have started at good values to-day
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    ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH.
    97 8 Oct 27, 22nd Sunday After Trinity 8-00 a.m. Matins 830 a.m. Holy Communion 10-30 a.m Matins (Chinese) 5- pm. Sunday School 6- p.m. Evensong 28rh Ootober Monday is.tbe Feast of 8. 8. Simon and Judg, Holy Communion at 8 a.m. ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. NORTH AM ROAD.
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    Singapore Divorce Suit.
    26 8 (From Otar Own CorresponaenLj Birg»pore, Ootober 26. Mrs. Donella Q;own has obtained a decree Nisi againat William Nelson Brown, now of Kuala Lumpur,
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    RUBBER PROBLEMS.
    1663 8 Elsewhere to-day («ays tbe Straits Time of Thursday) we print a slight elaboration i of views we expressed in a p evious article i as to tbe manner in which the prespnt rubber situation should be bandied. We do so partly in the hope of stimulating interest, because
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    To-day's Band Programme.
    125 8 Golf Club 5 45 pm. 1 Overture Oarnivalia Williams 2 Po’ka Les Gienouilles Delbruok 3 fcfcleotion Les Hugeeotes Meyerbeer 4 Wall. The Cloister Prout 5 Romania Non E Ver Mattei 6 March Faugh a Ballagh Keefe A notification issued by the Burma Government warns all worn n
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      83 8 Crrap. This disease is bo dangerous and so rapid in ils development that every mother of young children should be prepared for it. It is very risky to wait until the attack of croup appears ard then send for medicine and let the child suffer until it can be übtained.
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      61 8 MAN do jom know the danger of neglfct.DK a chill? Ohilla lead to pneumomaaoda score of other dangerous di* oriera. Be jjrudent, and at the firat sign of a chill take a dose or two of WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CORE, fr h .m me ,t oi e SI *5 0
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      443 8 KRAJWArT U;,AS I» MWdU^^ u., i'l ,aE DKeCiOBS hire dwUre second interim dirideod (ehillngand «u pence per ,u r account current rear UI iin London on 2nd Nora t bar P a J»bie i Local eharehold ra will recei dmdend', an arriral o' li.t fr oj h 0 heir Barnard
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    SHARES.
    2297 9 Divid end. f i g Nombe 0! 2 d 1 I 1 51 A Capital. 8h*rf; tamed 1 fc> T3 '3 last financial year. for cnrreni year. N»?,» Li 0 C3 I S D c* j O 1 RUBBER—DOLLAR SNARE). f ets. f ets 1*6,000 126,0'>6 38.000 180,440 200,000
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      219 9 ALLEN DENNYS Co., 7, Union Street Penang. Phone Noe. 393 A 412. ssoprietors of: THE PENANC RUBBER AUCTION ROOMS, where good prices are always obtained. the PENANG TRANSHIPPING 4 FORWARDING Co., who undertake to forward goods to ANY PART OF THE WORLD. ESTATE DEPARTMENT.—We pay special attention to all supplies
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    WHAT THE EMPIRE STANDS FOR.
    1028 10 Maori Pai>bu*b Sibmon at th» Front. Mr. Malcolm Eoaa, War Correspondent with the New Zealand Forces in the Field, writes from the New Zealand Headquarters i If this morning you had strolled through the woods past the more than century old stooe chateau you would
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    SPARRING FOR PEACE.
    983 10 It is now the considered opinion Q f tary experts that we are on the Us* the »ar lhe prospects of a German T p of which in March and April l aHt ctor bright to German eyes hare faded into nothingness a tmra^The question for Germany
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      384 10 Since the 'War The Allied Governments Have Bought Over ROYAL T\ To Equip their New Armies Compare the work and you too will choose the ROYAL Typewriter, —the machine that makes big organizations complete. STOCKED IN BRIEF, POLICY 8 FOOLSCAP SIZES BY THE SOLE IMPORTERS HDTTENBACH BROS., AND COMPANY. GEHTS
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    BOOKS SOLDIERS READ.
    581 11 MB. BIERELL ON THE HOSPITAL f TEST. I A Yaki hd List. Mr. B rrei), in an address at Bath in support of tte Bed Cross Library said with reference to books that he wanted to get I behind the wncer and the paouab' rand the reviewer
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    Germany’s Other Face.
    329 11 Du Sol» 1« Saciolot*. When German armies are getting the worst cf it, a German politician always comes forward to turn up the whites of his eyes and declare that Germany only wants peace, justice, and the welfare of small nationalities Dr. Solf, the Colonial Secretary, took
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    EASTERN EUROPE.
    894 11 GERMANY 8 GRIP LOOSENS. By A, F W*tm, M. P. The Treaty of Brest Litovsk marked the q floodtide of German success and the uttert most ebb of Russian power. Ever since p then grave and increasing difficulties have > beset Germany in her endeavour to realise t
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