Straits Echo, 2 November 1918

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  • 36 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENfS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THB FBDBRATBC MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOl» I®* 930 Per Annum. HE NANO 6ATURDA*, 2nd NOVEMBER, 1918 Single Copy, to cents. No* 252*
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1380 1 nestle s milk food THE best food fog YOiiH BABY 1 90 cts» PUt I U>. TIN. (BANKS. rnarfared Bank of India, charte Australia and China operated in Royal Charter.: 41,200,030 42,000,000 XI,200,000 MdnpC*pi«l Liability of Proprietor* Head Office $8, BISH0F8GATE, LONDON, B.Ci Agencies aad Branches Amrits*r BiErkok Bit*»!» Bombsj
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    • 9 1 MILKMAID uh swimm OOftDKMSED MUL $20.50 Z. OBTAINABLE KWRWMRE
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  • 1405 2 When a recent message announced that the Diplomati# Corps at Peking had agreed that there was no objection to China placing an embargo on the exportation of silver with the exception of the repre entative* of "some of the Powers,” who had said that they must
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  • 493 2 Golf Club, 5*45 f.m, 1 Overture T*ncredi Roeaini 2 T*o Step Z nobie King 3 Selection The Gaiety Kappey 4 Walt* Li Prem ĕ e Danseuse Dodweil 5 D-eam Of Ragtime Tnurban 6 March Oh You Beautiful Doll Neat Persons competent to express an opinion state that
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 263 2 NEW STOCK OF XZDCZXZDC DOCZ)OC3#=xz)OOCD C jczr. IQ British American Lamps t t MILLERS TABLE LAMPS. *»f— Nickle plated centre g draught embossed V 7 container with powerful round burner, crystal chimney *>nd opal shade. cz PRICES r $12.95, 18.96 $14.95. n X a a 0 o c c /3L>
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    • 82 2 Cmp. fhis disease is so dangerous and so rapid in ita development that every mother of young ohildren should be prepared for it It is very risky to wait until the attaok of cro up appears and then send for medicine and let the child suffer until it can be
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    • 689 2 ORIGINATING SUIT 1918 Ho, 292 In the Supreme Court of the J Settlement,, Settlement of Penang. In the matter of an Indenture Qi Mortgage dated the loth day of V 1897 Registered No. 56, Voi 1897 of land known aa r, t IV Balok Pnlow in Pnnan “L‘ 8 “«‘i.
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  • 1540 3 Dothh ox Sxbaits Bab’s Fabuwull. The first division court, Supreme Court, I presented this morning a most moving aoene. I The oooasion was the local Benoh and Bar’s I farewell of Mr, R. G. Van Someren, the I doyen of the 8traits Bar, Mr. Justice
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  • 422 3 In the course of a somewhat rambling reply to 11 Foodstuff,” whose letter we published on October 23, Hopeful writes from Kutla Lumpur With all the control and allotted space, Foodstnff knows perfectly well that, as far as this Penlnsnla is concerned, there has not besn the
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  • 57 3 Not 8, 23rd Suhday A ft»* Tbihity 8-00 a.m Matins 8-30 a.m Holy Communion 6-00 p.m- Evensong Psalm 131 Mornington Magnificat 47 Nuno Dimittis 61 Hymns 265, 165, 274 ’’here will be no Children’s SerTioe. On Wudhmdat, 10-00 a.m Matins and Litany Oh Fbiday. 6-00 p.m. ETensong
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  • 27 3 9-00 a.m. Sunday School 6 p m. Public Worship Preacher: E?t, Danild J. Boil, m,a. Hymns t 509,171, 297, 601, 516,
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  • 14 3 Stiawan 7,500 lb, K.M.S. 15,887 lb. s.s. 1 (Bertam) 65,000 lbs,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 290 3 Rev. R- F. THOMAS will preach. SUNDAY SERVICES EVERYBODY is SUNDAY SCHOOL 9 A.M. INVITED TO ATTEND FITZGERALD MEMORIAL M. E. CHURCH (Corner of Burmah and Anson Roads > EPWORTH LEAGUE 7 P.M. THE CHURCH WITH A CORDIAL WELCOME SERMON: 8 P.M. AT LAST! he Impossible has been made Possible.
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    • 404 3 DRINK SAKURA BEER and STOUT iat he j ■tai id m id [n all Id ipj U rt >r I ir j e D II a I a i a I s l 1 B f| i in cafes of 12 liters bait straw bottles. Martini and Rossi The famous
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  • 98 4 PUBLISHED DAILY (Except Sundays and pnbllc holidays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, LIMITED; SO, Beach Street, Penang. Price: Dally Local $BO Per annum Outstatlon Post age Extra. Mall Edition (Poet Free) $lB per annum. Cable Address: “ECHO PENANG.” Telephone Noe. (Eoho) 586. Printing: Department 343, N.h'.—A U busineaa
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  • 1165 4 Just one year sgo Mr. Bonar Law proved to the House of Commons tbst the financial situation was cot as bad as he and others had led the public to expeot earlier in the year. The expenditure on the war then was not the
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  • 79 4 A telegram has been rtchived from the G. P. O London that Miil D despatched from £enaog on 19rh August was delivered in Loud n on 31tt October and Mails F and H despatched on the 26rb and 28th August reaebed the United Kingdom on the 2 )th
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  • 1037 4 Phya Kruh Siri Svadikarn has been appointed GoVerncY oFPhketl r Sir Arthur Young was 64 oa Thursday. He has cow bbeatwelve yean in tbs Straits. Out Btn?apere correspondent wires that Lieutenant Bennett, E. N. R., is gaietted as Acting Harbour Master, Penang. Dr. Prosper L'ston expects to
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  • 989 4 New Tobacco Duties Au irate correspondent wrPfg »o Com of increases in the price of’tobacfco a of his having been gravely aud author,u?'* ly informed the other day that the dot;. 44 European smoked tobaccos b».d B reduced. Up to July last, he says n, Bmoking Mixture, Wb'oh
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    • 262 4 k>£lK<l I) U M PLANTERS AND HSHERS. i CHEMICALS Acetic Acid 99% Alum. Rofincd and Powdered Calcium Carbide auetic 80 'a Sodium Bi6U pbfto English Sulphur, Rifincd Soda Ash fulpbato of Copper ELECTRIC SUPPLIES OF ALL SORTS:— ENGINEERS’ STORES:— METALS:— Erase. Copper, Iron, Steel and Zinc u I PROVISIONS Qrecn
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    • 26 4 TANK FUND, TICKETS $l. FIRST PRIZE New Elgin Motor Car VALUE $5,000. OUTSTATION APPLICANTS MUST ENCLOSE POSTAGE And applj to the Hon Sees, T»nk Fond, Pensner
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 558 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams] "oONT ANDB.88Y*8 NOTE. ilM *l th. Amsterdam, Ootober 80, hta (,om Vienna .tataa lb*» An.Wa. h c m munio»t«d the oontent. of Note t. Mr. Lan.ing to Cl 'ld On"™»»*- ,hem if ihe p^p 0 1 t0 pp0 1 th,m trix., c,ober “H d Mr
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  • 761 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] DEFINITE PEACE PROPOSALS. Practical Unconditional Surrender. London, Ootober 31. Renter is informed that Greaf'Britair has officially reoeivtd definite peaoe propo«al. front Turkey which are regarded as I tantamount to unconditional surrender. An Armistioe Arranged London, Dotober 81. Tarkey his agreed to an armistice. Beady to Lay
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  • 658 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] PROGRESS OF THREE ARMIES. British Enter Ailafeo* London, Ootober 8L 0 A Britiah-Italian official message says i 4 Our advance continues. In yester* 9 day's operations the Nsrtkamptomhire Yeomanry, operating in advanoe of the J infantry, took 200 prisoners, The Third Army orosied the Piave to
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  • 329 5 ALLOWANCES TO DEPENDENTS. UoTtrnaent’i Change of Front X(From Our Oum Correspondent). e Singapore, November 2. e A notification in the 8. 3. Government e Gaeette regarding military separation al--0 lowances states that in the" case of married j men who are called out the Government
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  • 264 5 Gnowrwa Support pob Output Limitation. The low prices for the commodity now j ruling in the East ara gradual!/ exerting a salutary effect in bringing into line those companies which declined to support the orop restiotion 1 proposals of the Rubber Growers' Association. London companiss who a
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  • 289 5 The following articles will be found on our outside pages i 2. —China and Her Money, 3, -The Inflaenta. Food snd ing6. —War Naws and Gossip. Austria. Our Filthy Ourrenoy. Penang **Oar Day*’ 1918, Independence of Judges, Japanese Goods for Australia, 7, To Raise Male Birth-Rate» Germany's Crimes. Mails
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  • 559 5 LEAN A GO'S WEEKLY REPORT. Penang, November 1, Rubber although closing below the. best, shows a further considerable advance and ]at onetime made 65 cents per lb* The strength of the material quickly made if self felt in tne share-nurkfct and there has again been a strong
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  • 284 5 Fbasub and Co, ’b Ebfobt. In their weekly share circular, dated Wednesday, Mess if, Fraser and Co. report i Tne rubber auctions tnis week more than maintained the levels oi last week and although very few, if any, dividends are possible for many months to osme from
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  • 64 5 List of garments sent to Lidy Tudor, Admiralty House, Singapore, for the British‘Troops in Siberia: 3 shirts, 14 helmets. 11 pr. socks, 8 pr. mittens, 1 woollen soait, 10 pr. pyjamas, 28 handkerchiefs, 21 vests, 29 flannel soatfs, The handkerchiefs were given and made by the
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  • 263 5 J Owing to the iefiaensa epidemio only two persons attended at the Lam Bfath {hospital to-day td MT vaccinated by Mr. Lim Tai L e. Rwirrtr to tbi"Poob. Mr. KbOo Sian Ewe, whose hamk b'l« ah 4 IJ frequently been atooCiaffijT iritßT charitable* woik as that of his
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  • 373 5 A C OMTAJU SO V j 4 Comparing the figures wired to A! by our Singapore correspondent giving the death* rate last week in the southern settlement. with the Penang figures, the sister settle* ment does not seem to have. .reosivad a</ severe a visitation as we
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  • 95 5 The partionlari of tne output from thl following' oomjianies for the month of October were* Kamnnting Tin Dredging Ltd—Piculu 300, Hours run 624, Yards 67,000, Va.ue of outpnt 925,500, Cost of mining 912,000. Cnenderiang Tin Dredging Ltd., Dredge— Pionls 205, Hours run's76, Yaida treated 65,000. Value of outfit
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  • 99 5 Lateat Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quotad here to-day' 9149.25, busineis done in Singapore (refined) at 9160, bnsinese done, (100 tons sold.) A paragraph has gone round ths Home press whioh states that the Court of Madrid, is deeply “German," except only the and Q seen of Spain themselves, and
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  • 1983 6 C Fran Our Own Cbrretspandadd London, Sjptember 6. Another marvelloes week of victory has attended the arms of the Allies. Indeed, the month jmt closed wee an unending ■eriai of mooeisee all along the Western front and before theae lines oan appear in print our troops
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  • 432 6 Within a reasonable time, it ia to be hoped that the present subsidiary ten and twenty-five cent notes will be withdrawn from circulation and replaced with the new silver ooinage of such a low standard cf fineness that it will not pay to export or be attractive
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  • 158 6 Recently Mr, Duke who, as Chief Secretary of Ireland, had a seat in the Cabinet, was appointed to a Lord Justiceship of Appeal, made vacant by tbe appointment Sir Charles Swiofen Eady as Master of the Rolls. In view of tbe recent case of "contempt” at Penang,
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  • 270 6 Another Postponement. Tha Penang Swimming Club Carnival arranged for Saturday, November 9th, 1918 and the celebration of Oar Day on November 16th and 19th have been postponed on account of the influent i epidemic. -j. Messrs Barlow and Co. report under date, Singapore October 3D The
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  • 2204 6 What strikes ua moat about the preaeot political proceedings in Austria, aa they appear in Parliamentary discussions and in Governmental aots and crises, ia their total irrelevancy. The two realities in the present position of the Anatrian State are the gigaatio struggle in the Weat, where German power stands
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  • 401 6 Rscent newspapers from Australia con tain seweral other little items of intern.» in this country. For example, a r J of the experiences of a man who hag been using oarbide imported from Japan r making acetylene gas. He tells the s torv as follows :—Agents
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  • 352 6 London, September! Business baa been done in spot Crept at 2». l{d. and has to-day firmed spto2i. 2d. September at 2«, 2d. firming «p to 2i. 2£d. Oatcber 2s, 2£d. October December 2i. 3i. to 2s. 3jd. Jaauarj June at
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 85 6 CMamkerlaiB’s Coagk Remedy When yon hare a bad oold yon wank a remedy that will not only give relief, bit ef* fact a prompt and permanent care, a remedy that ie pleasant to take, a remedy that oon. 'tins nothing injnrions. Chamberlain’s Coagh Remedy meets all these reqnirementi, It acts
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  • 513 7 explanation by woman doctor (Bt Dm. AKAHLLA.EmiriAXY.) The increase of male births daring war now excitin widespread interest—is simply explained Because of men’s greater risks to life, Nature provides that to every 1,000 girls born normally from 1,045 to 1,050 toys are bora. Our deplorable preponderance
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  • 437 7 (By Clubqyman.) I suppose I should be ashamed to own it, but when you marry people by the douen a wedding tends to become just part of the day’s work. You turn up at church twenty minutes or so before hand, to get the registers filled, np in
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  • 1149 7 t PUNISHMENT BEFORE PEACI, (By Hahold Cox.) Although much time may pass before vio- tory is achieved, there are few people who f now for a moment doubt that the tide of war has definitely turned in our favour. The >• anxieties of the past are over. Wa
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    • 1124 7 SALE, H P. CAMPBELL’S OIL n*?l«UBE complet. with a»lv»ni» 8 d U K i lk and all accessories, eto. liD Grinder The engine W»«f 1 c »s *13 working °rderpHawud Particulars .pplj to F QUiH CHEOW KAY, 129. Beach Street, municipal notice. ■rnTK’S >■ hereby giveo that tne books N
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    • 282 7 JXTOTICE WE bog to inform our numerous customers and the publio generallj that from and after the Ist day of November, 1913. our offices will be closed at 6 p. m, daily (Sunday included;) Orders for provisions, etc., should be given as early as possible and before the closing timeTONG
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    • 897 8 P. O,—BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Companies Incorporated in England MAIL AND PABBENQER BERVICEB. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS(Undei Contract with Hii Majesty's Government.) Th# Company’» MAIL BERVICES EAST OF BOMBAY ara at present ««pended Passengers for Europe are booked via Bombay u opportunity offer* and [aa far a* iMennoditioo i«
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