Straits Echo, 1 November 1918

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  • 35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENfS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THB STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THB FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. lt>. #3O Per Annum. PENANG, FKIGAY, Ist NOVEMBER 1918 Single Copy, lo cento. No. J6l.
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    • 1369 1 NESTLE S MILK rUtID IffE BESi FOOD fQg YOUt' BABY I i 90 cts* tin r BANKS XLA n AjTi* U rsanared Bank [of India, c a Australia and China. (Incorporated la England by Royal Charter.) £1,200,0CD £2,000,000 £1,200,000 Paid up Capital gfigrrs F ond Be «erve Liability of Proprietor*
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    • 5 1 MILKMAID $20.50 Rfc .>BTA|NAM.t CVCI
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  • 1491 2 Every one with a sense of humour 11 sympathises with Don Quixote in his dels* f 9ions because, though roiatsk-n, he was transparently sincere. We hare (says the Spectator) much the same feeling in regard 1 to Mr. Belloc’s olever and spirited crusade 1 against what he
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  • 582 2 I beg leave (says a writer in an Amari can paper) to iepeat here two well-knowi reasons why no peace with Germany by agreement,” no peace settled at a oounoi table where Germany has a seat, should br thought of for a moment, It is not
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    • 17 2 J I *Th* Frte Prat, By B> t «E Loadoa j Altai »ad TJawia. [2*, W, att-]
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    • 632 2 ORIGINATING SUIT 191Q /Vo, 292 In the Supreme Court of th* J Settlements, Settlement of Penang the maUer of aa Indenture isQ7 t8 w®*- daled lhe I6ti »d»y of Utl,t( »J 1897 Kegistered No. 56 Vo! i vv^ 1897 of land known J^ V U J IV B.l.k Pulo* ialwjfj
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  • 666 3 THE STONE YIELDS A LITTLE MORE BLOOD. If a public educator wished to explain what is meant by the phrase "drawing bicod from a stone" he oould not (says the Straits Timas) hare a better illustration than the series of eireelars issued by the Government of the Straits
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  • 243 3 In view of the prevailing epidemic, all drills and parades are cancelled until further orders. There will be a voluntary Church Parade at the Presbyterian Church on Sunday, the 24th instant. Fall in at the Penang Club at 5.80 p.m Dress—ceremonial. Pte K. Mariappeo, of the Ambulanoe company,
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  • 27 3 Mr.Khaw Joo Tek adviees us that the output from Roepibon Extended Liability for October wae i—Oubie yards, 60,000; Hour#, 465 Pioult, Ml. Stopped serin days,
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  • 1257 3 Abating u Purina. Thu general opinion of the dootors in Penang is that the epidemic here ia abating i —there being fewer fresh oases now than there ware a few days age. As all the i reports of deaths that have ooemrred after the 26th instant have not
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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 $80 Per annum Outstatlon Postage Extra. Mall Edition (Post Free) 118 per annum. Cable Address: ECHO PENANG.” Telephone Noe. (Eoho) 586. Printing Department .943, M.B.— All bu*ineot communication*
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  • 1129 4 Here is a rough literal translation of rather a curious item from the German Official Wireless sent out from Naeem In the same way as the returning prisoners of war, so many inhabitants of the districts formerly ocoupied by the Germans are being mflseuced, with the result
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  • 959 4 Mr. J. W. Hadden, Assistant Government Analyst, Singapore, left for Australis on leave on Monday last. The Governor has been pleased to reoognise Senhor A. F. de Carvalho as Consul for Portugal at Singapore. Mr. L. H. Langston, who went to Medan to recuperate after an attack
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  • 956 4 Et Dona FerenteaT It la perhaps a coincidence, B Time* points out, that a cuUr varying its increases 0 f J? 6B| «it. officers, should have be* n J to ib or about or shortly bafor Ued date of the last editorial ft» to the matter by our
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 670 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] BIO BAG OP PBldONIBS. Eritiih Co Operation i Londcn, October 30, k Hr ,tub Italian Offloial message says the Tenth s-mj. ««oe the lh lament of operations, has taken prisoner., of -hiob .be Fee,. Zt Brtot 0 rps took 6.17« Tb gnib-r of guns and material
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  • 299 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams] Italian Front. Loiidor-, October 81, 8,15 a m. An Italian communique states I—Bast of the Piave wnoontinue cur advacoe, rapidly sweeping away the rnemy who vaiaiy attempts to s’em our march. The bea 4 s of oar columns have reached Serravall»-, Ursago, Glarina sudOdc’uo, Our cavalry
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  • 15 5 London, October 31, 4.49 p.m. Reuter learns that Turkey has sur-eoder-ed unconditionally.
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  • 86 5 A Steady Market (/'Vow Char (hm Correspondent^ Singapore, Novnub.r 1, At the Auotion 1190 tons were oatalogu d and 736 sold. Prioes were as follows per pound ots. cte. Fine ribbed smoked sheet 68 to 63 Good floe ribbed Smoked 45 671 Plain smoked 46 49f Ribbed
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  • 55 5 The following are the alterations in Messrs, A, A. Anthony A Co/s share list to-day Yesterday. To-day. Robber. J 1 cm p 2 Bnkit Jelotenw 0-50 0.60 0.66 0.65 P«r»k Rirer V&llej 135 1M 2,40 MO Mining. Tinßentong 24/6 25/- 24/3 24/9 Tongkah CT 13/9 14/3 14/- 14,6 Tongkah
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  • 37 5 The November Monthly Medal Competition viz. 200 yards handicap for **A” Claes and 100 yards handicap for "B” Class will be held at the Swimmiog Olnb on Bund*y. tb«* Srd lost at 11.16 a.m.
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  • 22 5 Latest QuotationsTin (nnrefined) is quoted here to-day at $149.26. and in Singapore (refined) t $l6O, business done, changing bands 200 tons.
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  • 52 5 The following artioles will be found o* our outside page* 2, Ttn Fiee Press. No Paaca By Agreement.'* j t public Salaries. Penang Volunteer The Irfluenia. 6—Trengganu in 1917. Chinese Com meroial Action. Coats in f be Came- Contempt of Court. 7 —The Himonra of Bxtra-Territonality. S Ntutrals and
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  • 395 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] bERbIaNS NEARING DANUBE. Reclaiming MontenegroLi* don, October 30, 6 25 p.m. The latest news shows that the Serbians in Northern Serbia are now forty milee from th* Danube, while another force of Se bians is near the Bosnian frontier. Nearly half of Montenegro has been
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  • 107 5 Young Samian Shot* CFrom Our Own Correspondent Ipob, November 1* Ten armed Ch ne'e gang robbers held np six motor cars yestarday afternoon on the Kampar—Temoh Road and shoK dead young Mr. Van Ouyhnberg, a nephew of Mr. Allan Van Cuyler.bsrg. The former bad just returned
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  • 160 5 from the Deli OouratU of Tuesday i The Vaderland denies the German statent that the M Entente" is bringing inoreaeed pressure to bear on Holland. The Afofta points out the great importance of the re-establishment of overland communication between France and Holland. The Entente oan now provision
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  • 579 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] British Front. Artillery ActiveLoudon, Oe f ob?r 80, 11.50 p.m. Sir Douglas Haig reports There habeen nothing except outpost artillery activity. Local Raida. London, October 31. Bir Douglas H»ig rrports» —We took a few prisoners and ir Aided casualties in raids in the neighbourhood (f
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  • 1324 5 AUSTRIA-HUNGARY PEACE. [Rbutbr's Tblbqrams.] EVACUATIONS PROCEEDING. In Italy and Serbia Loudon, October SI, 6 a m. Ad Austro-Hungarian offici 1 message says:—“ On the Veostiao plain the English and It«'ian6 thrust further forward and appreciably extended the places which they have brcken through to the north an-' south ot Montello,
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  • 1053 6 A particular interest attaches to the annual reports of the British Agent in Trengganu, because through them we ean tee the gradual carrying out of the trocesa which hat rescued other States i Malaya from the depression of the past and brought them into that eondi lion
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  • 968 6 REMOVAL OF A SIGNATURE FROM A CHOP. I la the Sspreme Cosrt, oa Monday, the i action brought by Ang Yong Yap, trading as Chop 8o:n Tuye against Kob Teng Pow, trading as Chop Cbye Soon, was concluded i before Mr, Justice Ebden. The plaintiff i sieged
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  • 484 6 Through no ambition or intrigue of our own (says a London paper) but through the wicked and wanton vanity of the Junker caste we have been compelled to spend our 1 treasure like water, and to incur debts which, if not paid by these who foroed
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  • 452 6 Abmuxian Hobbou. Asa fighting man the Turk is said by our soliiers to hare a moral superiority over the German. But when it comes to the massacre and torture of civilians the Kaiser's Eastern dupes are worthy companions of the despoilers of Belgium and the ravishers of
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  • 571 6 PEKING’S EFFORIB FOR PECAE, Events in China daring the past week convey the impresshn that matters politically are as oomplex as ever. Theta is, however, a glimmering hope as we learn that in spite of the reported ref a sal of the j South to recognise the
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  • 419 6 Dr. Davis, who was the Royal dentist, writes i-—" Dae§ the Kaiser actually sit in this vary ohair P” they would ask in incredulous tones. Does ha ever talk about anythin? P Please tell me what he said the last time he was here.” Apart
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  • 1285 6 THI RECENT PROCEEDINGS IN PENANG. More Six a a pom Comment, < The reoent case in Penang, where the Editor and Directors of the Straita Echo were tried for contempt of oonrt, has, we confess, disturbed oar preconceived notiois as to what is legitimate criticism of matters
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  • 270 6 Japan’s Mihtart Strbhgtb A'Ubabad, October 12 The Pioneer'a Tokio correspondent writes Tne number of troops that Japan hiide cided to send to Rassia is not yet acc« r ately known. The deolaratian of the Q OT ernment on announcing its decision to participate with the other Allies in
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  • 374 6 From an industrial and commercial point of view considerable importance attaches to the decision reoently reaohed at the Educational Conferenoa held at Peking to initiate an organised effort to make Mandarin the only spoken language of China, and do away with the hundred dialects now in existence.
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  • 1398 7 A TANGLE fob the ha^ue. A correspondent of the Times sends the following story of the fashion in which the 'capitulations/’ or extra-territorial ty work in Moroeco Judging by their names it might- be thought that the origin of the difficult and important case here to
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  • 496 7 Hahdb Off, According to an Amsterdam message to the Morning Pod, there Is a rumour current in certain oiroles at The Hague that Monsigaor Nolens, who is engaged on the task of forming a new Datch Cabinet, contemplates the possibility of preparation for peace. In this
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