Straits Echo, 17 December 1918

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATINC THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THB FEDERATED HALAV STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 16. WO Per Annum. PENANG, IUESDAV, 17th DECEMBER, 1918. wingie Copy, 1® cent». No, 286,
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      1338 1 NEBTLFS kiiLii ruUD TK VEST FOOD MB TUCI: BABY I 90 cts. (BANKS. Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. (incorporated la England by Royal Charter.) Paid op Capita! ill, 200,000 giierTt Fond X2,QOO,COO giterv* ona BaierTB Liability of Proprietors Head Offiee i XI,200,000 go. g8, BI8HOP8HATE, LONDON, E.C. Agencies
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      4 1 ,$20.50 ZL. J3TAIHAM.C IIKRMMIE
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    THE SOCIETY OF CIVIL SERVANTS.
    2010 2 [rson a ookrusp >ndsnt.] Org&niaatioa it no new thing :n the Civil S rvice, but until recently it was confined to the lower ranks and to c rtam clearlj marked groups, such as Surveyors of Taxes, who formed a unity in their specialised function. The
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      329 2 DOooCDOC PRESENTS FOR TI1F LITTLE ONES, Pincette C»t». A whit* Plashstta Cat with ooloured ribbon and ball round neok. Prioa 65 oenta ,each. Wk i 4. '.m VfPliuhett* cats 3 A wbita fur oat with jointed limb# andF apaeial ajaa, has silk ribbon round pack, O squeaks whan pressed, similar
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      45 2 Now is the line, Fo rheimttiam joa will find nothing better than Chamberlain's Pain Balm, Mow in tne time to get rid of it. Try this liniment and eee how qaiokij it will relieve the pain and aoraaeaa, For enl# bj all diipeaaarioc and dealori
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      491 2 BRITISH (SIAM) association •in nr i nim' L lottery TICALSJ.OHOOO Tickets, Tice’s 5 each, 'Fickots, Ti Ci |i r If *ll ticket. ..u be 891(1 Pnzs, m Ist Prize 2 Prizes 4 8 16 32 50 140 ■I II II >1 II >1 T «*ls 200,000 >O,OOO ft 20,000 10,000
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    AFFAIRS IN CHINA.
    943 3 THE POLITICAL SITUATION, In connection with the unsettled situation in China tbe Kung Yen Poo makes the following comments i—- In its earnest desire for the peaceful settlement of the situation, the Government has eonoeded nearly all the demands made by tbe Southern leaders. It has now
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    THE WATERFRONT.
    864 3 The Agamemnon is expeoted to arrive here about the 25th or the 26th Deoember outward bound. The i t, Kag a Mam is expeoted to arrive here on the 20th instant homeward bound via the Sues Oanal. The Blue Funnel e.s. Stent or is expeoted to arrive here
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    Shares.
    45 3 The following are tne alterations of Messrs. A. A. Anthony A Co. s share list to-day» Yesterday. To-day. Mining. 1 J 3 Tb Doebook S/- 23/- *lj- *>h 21/- S 2& 21 6 22/6 22/- 22/3 SUfe 22. M »-»».60 mulish m« I|W L4h
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      906 3 notice of sale. fly Ordsr of tho MortQ3j80. flWDUSSI»»™ 18 HTSTEtrCTUD TO TAM oi8 «MIOW OV AUD rVT «P TOE SALU BT PUBLIC AUCTION TO TE1 HIOBBST BIDDIES, On Monday, to* 25rd day of Dec. 1918, AT 11 AM It th* Archway of Logan'» Building», Beach Street, JPenang. TbP property
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      341 3 CORRUGATED IRON ENGLISH JUST A. H> IV EDTelephone 572. a Cable ‘AURELY,” {NIGH7* DISPENSING A BOON TO THKPUBLIC BOON PHARMACY 2, Argyle Road. HOURS.—8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Daily Including Sundays. AFTER 10 P M. KINDLY CALL AT 62, Seang Tek Road, Ie Showing To-nitfkt MPIRE THEATR PENANG ROAD. BUMFS
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    The Straits Echo.
    102 4 PUBLISHED DAILY (Except Sundays and pnblio holidays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, LIMITED, 59, Beach Street, Penaag. Price: Daily Local $3O Per annum Outatatlon Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Poet Free) $lB per annum Cable Addreaa: 11 ECHO PENANG.” Telephone Noe. (Coho) 886. Printing Department 343. I S.B.— All
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    IDEALS OF LABOUR.
    1253 4 Everybody who takes any rational inI threat in the national welfare—and it is truer now than it ever was that in tht Gladstonian sense "we are all Socialists I to-day”—is confronted practioally at tht oatset of any serious .examination of thr I situation with a problem which
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    657 4 Memorial to Sea Power. Woen the war with N tpolean was ov*r, Flaxmar, one of the greatest of Eiglish artists, asked Parliament to rota money for erecting a national monement on Greenwich Hill to oommemorate the sea power of Britain* As designed by him the moan* ment was
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    BANK OF KAMATSCHATKA.
    475 4 i location—"oue day” fete—- > saeaneom gaeden. Basinet hours 8 pm till daylight 14th December, 1918• TERNS OF BUSINESS. Money advanced —No interest charged Bnt BONUS paid on loans, 15 per cent to ladies and 10 per cent to gentlemen, No questions asked. No note of hand.
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    Empire Theatre.
    348 4 Mr Four Yuahs in Übeuajii,” Under the patronage of me iko’bii A4i- W. kj* Micheii, b.sideut (JoUuCiiior, and the CousUiar Corps ot Penang, o„u,piis* •ng Mr. G* L, Logau (Coumi for America) Mr. Tye Poey Yuan (Jonsul tor Com») Mr. Frank Motdou Vm.-Uoucul for D.fl. uiaik) M ti.
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    Tin.
    293 4 Latest Quotation, Tio (aoretiuad) is quoted Hare to-dsy *1 $125.05, sad ia a.ug.*pord (re-fi-icO) d $125 75, business done. essaying u*aJi 12u tons. Oar Kuala Lumpur oorre*puodsnt wirei that the reslJeuoi of Mr. Yap Hjoo Cam familiarly kaown ia Kj*U Lmpur 11 Batcnee” was burned duwa sborilf b«fo r
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      196 4 ASTINE SOMETHING QUITE NEW IN I WATER COLOUR FOR WALLS. ARTISTIC. SANITARY. LASTING AND ECONOMICAL. I Alabastine when applied on the walls gives a clear, streakless, and spotless appearance and is particularly suitable for standing the trying light of the Tropics. I A labastlne is stocked in a wide rarge
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      15 4 1 SPECIAL MOONLIGHT Band performance ESPLANADE TO-MORROW 9-15 p.m. THE-GREAT; TANK WILL SELL TICKETS. DDDDODi
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    AMERICA AND RECONSTRUCTION.
    651 5 [Reuter's Telegrams.] i jjoUND TABLE SUGGESTION. Trust*# of th# Middle EastLondon, 12, lo its quarterly review the Bound Table r gn that the United 8tates should take her fwll ,liar0 •°d acoept equal responsible ljllfl (or the right of management of a new or ld order after
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    THE PROMISE OF AIR.
    483 5 [Reuter's Telegrams] FURTH3R REVELATIONS. The Ship of the Future. Lindoo. D-camber 12, 5.30 p.m. The Oivil aerial transport oommittee states in its report that in tbe immediate future the comm a roial airships offers great advantages over tbs aeroplane particularly ooncern'ng passengers where comfort, ease of
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    Penang Cricket Club.
    90 5 Lawn Bowl» Touenament, The fallowing ties in the Lawn Bowls Tournament have been fixed for Monday 23 December, 1918, at 5 10• Pr U,. Double Handio*pt —+4 B. K. p Dt 8 end A. W. da W. Harries v -2 E. R. Henderson and J. Dlok 3
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    Outside.
    78 5 Tbe following articles will be found on our outside pages i 2.—The Society of the Civil Servant* 3!— Affurs in O hina Waterfront. Shares. 6 The ‘John McAndrew.’ Tb? Rangoon Roe Q aeshon. F. M a Clerical Setvice. T*n OutpEts* Loss cf the "Mary Austin. Diary of a German
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    IN THE CABLES.
    658 5 Wiesbaden, whion French troops have ecoupied, is the chief loan of Hess*•Nassau and was formerly the oapital of tbe independent daoby of Nassau. Oae of the oldest and most famous of the G. rman wateringplaces it is delightfully situated on tbe south •lopes of Mount Tannus and
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    Government Hotels.
    373 5 [To thu Editor op thu Timet of Malaya Sir, —I wish to draw publio attention to the way in which the Station Hotel. Ipob, is now being ran, in the hope that the Government will be moved to adopt bus! neselike methods in ranning the plaoe for the
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    PENANG “OUR DAY.” 1918.
    193 5 Lidies and gent aua&n who are presenting sweets aod confectionery to the Oar Day B.iaar are kindly n quested to send »bem to Mrs. Duxbury, Ayer Raj* Road on Wednesday, D oember 19th. Similiary, fliwers for the fljwer stall should b* sent to Mrs. Flower Turner
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    GYMKHANA ENTRIES.
    508 5 I Entries for the first day, Friday 20th cember wiih names of riders are as lows i—4 r m, Hbah Ham Handicap or horses; 5 furlongsi distauoe handicap.) L E 81owb’s Tvnqkak Owner 14.0 Caeah Hee Nyan’s Tambun Owner 8 7 Heah 8wee Lee’s Princett Pat M D
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    BRITISH POLITICS.
    2108 5 TBE GENERAL ELECTION AND THE ISoUE. By A, G. G. in thb Daily New We are probably on the eve of an eleotion unexampled in tne history of th s, or of any, country. The political calm that prevails outwardly must not be mis—read. It is a weather-breeder.
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    LOSS OF THE “ MARY AUSTIN."
    1101 6 LOSS OF THE MARY AUSTIN." CLAIM BY TH1 OWNXBS. In thu Supreme Court this morning before Mr. Justice L. M. Woodward, Oaptain Dawson and Lt. W. G. Bennett, B.N.R., (as assessors) the bearing was begun of the emit instituted by the Eastern Shipping Company, Limited, as owners of the s-e.
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    Diary of a German Spy.
    471 6 FaiLu&n or Plots is Pirsia Lulicoas ”is the word that best describes the German efforts to promote unrest in Persis, B«luohistan, and Afghanistan m 1915 and 1916. Toe whole nff.ir is still more amusing seen through German eyes, and the captared diary of one W,
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    Selangor Volunteers.
    175 6 General and Governor’* Inspection{.From Our Own, Correspondent^ Kuala Lumpur, Dumber 17. Their Exoelleaoies General Dudley H Bidout and Sir Arthur Young inspected A and B. companies of the M. 8, V, B. also the M. Y. I. on tha raoe course yesterday evening, the proeeedings consisting limply of
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    THE ‘ JOHN McANDREW.’
    1704 6 THE JOHN McANDREW.’ What always annoys me infinitely is to look down from the bridge when we are plunging headlong into a beast of a sea, our fo’oastle disappearing under a mountain of green water, tbe whole ship battened down, and then to see, on ear starboard beam, a small
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    F. M. S. Clerical Service.
    274 6 (To the Editor of the Times of Malaya Sir—lt is eaid that the Government is revising tbe Clerical Schema, and as a first irsuiment, it has agreed from January 1, 19.91 (1) To inoretse the initial salary of Grade 111 olerks who have passed the
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    Tin Outputs.
    165 6 t The particulars of output of Ktmpong Kamantmg Tib D edging, Ltd. fcr the first calf of December 1918 werei—Hours runl both Dredges 533; Onh'o Yards treated 83 000; Total Piculs 645.44, Realised ou c s.le $45 808 72. i Mr. Ehaw Joo Tok advises us of the
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    THE RANGOON RICE QUESTION.
    1277 6 Wa ant crave (ho mde’gence of oar eveniog contemporary in making age of the oorrespondmoe whioh hag passed between the looal K n?oon-rice me chants and the Government, Oa the 9 h instant a local firm received a wire from Rangoon to the tff ?ct that
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    Week's Events.
    535 6 I Tcmday, Drobmbir 17. A Empire Theatre Speciil Performs under patm»?* of Lt. Colonel Artber Adam’, V D* K.B.E,M LJj and < ffi jers P. W V. I Towo Band, Golt ClubWbdh.8I.AT, Dbcemoir 18 Town Bind, Esplanade. Thursday, Dkcbmbir 19. Town B.nd, Golf Ciab. I Friday, Drcbnpir 20,
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      81 6 Gmy. This disease is so dangerous and so rapid in its development that erery mother of yoong children shenld be prepared for it. It is very risky to wait nntil the attack of oronp appears and then send for medioine and let the ohild softer ontil it caa be obtained.
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      87 6 Chamberlain* Cb«gb RemedyWhen yoe hare a bad oold yoa w nt 1 remedy that will not only give relief, bB *V feot a prompt and permanent cere, a remeoj that ii pleasant to take, a remedy that®** tains nothing injnrioni. Chamberla'c Oongh Remedy meets all these req> It acte on
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    969 7 fleu) 3/ear ftMeeting, 1919. RACE DAYS: FIRST DAY Tuesday, 2lst Jany., 1919. ScCCXND DAY- Thursday, 23rd Jany., 1919, THIRD DAY Saturday, 25th Jany.. 1919 FIRST DAY. TUESDAY, 21st JANUARY, 1919. 1 3 The Gaorgre Town Plata and Purse. Value $400 and $100 to each Second jHorse. A
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    AMERICA AND WORLD DOMINATION.
    875 7 OSAKA PAPE&’SjFEABS. The announcement from Washington that the U.S. Government is determined to puab on with the greet navel expenaion aoheme in apitn of hostilities in Europe being expended is regarded by the OtaJka Mainichi with meoh nneeainess. Theoeeke paper donbta whether President Wilson was in
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      238 7 5 ntries close t 5 p m Friday, 10th January, 1919 H.ndiraips for the Fuat Day will be published on or before Wednesday, the 15th January, 1919 In all Handicap Races for Horses or Special R*«ar«Jiii* tbe consent of the Committee, divide the entries Ponies, the Official^ Handicap!» and each
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      585 7 NOTICE. RE ESTATE OF HOR SAM, deceased THE ASSISTANT OFFICIAL A88IGNEE and Administrator of tbe Estate of Uor Sam deceased of Chop Hor Oboong 8 n inlands to sell by private treaty tbe followirg propeities siteate at Straight 8treet, Bakit Mart* jam. Province Wellesleyi— Land known an Lot 226xr Mukim
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      82 7 Creep. This disease is so dangerous and so rapid in its development that every mother of young children should be prepared for it. It is tery risky to wait until the attack of oroup appears and then send for medic ne and let the ohild suffer until it can be
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      615 7 FOR SALE, THE SEASON TO PLANT, OOBU8TA Coffee nur»eries (give» XV boaring after 18 month*), t Liberian Coffee nuraeriea (give* bearing i after 24 month*) i Rubber Stamp* year, 1 year, 1| year old to auit buyer». Coconut nurseries from well selestedseeds. Bobber Seed* from over 10 year old tree*.
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      1074 8 P. O.—BRITISH null AND APCAR LINE. (Companies Incorporated in Baglaed) MAIL AND PASSENGER SERVICES. ided. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL'. SAILINGS. (Uadat Contract with Hi« Mijeitj’i Government.) The Company's MAIL SERVICES EAST OF BOMBAY in si Fisiifwi for Imp m boeksd via Bombay m opportunity offer* ui m farm Beaammedatiea is available.
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