Straits Echo, 24 December 1918

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THB STRAITS, TBB FEDERATED lAIAY STATES AND THB FAR EAST GENERALLY* VOL. 16. (ISO Per Annum. PENANG, iCESUAK, 24th OilAJEivliiMJ, 1918. Single Copy, 1# cento* No. 294.
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      1388 1 I'RESTUrS I MilK I-uuD THE «ESI FOOD fas youh Babyi 90 cts. m I i B A N\K S Chartered Bank of India, and China. j. Hi (Incorporated.In England by Royal Charter.) Paid up Capita! £1,200,COO KsiarveFnnd £2,000,000 Keierra Liability of Proprietor* £1,200,000 Head Office t No. 38, BISHOP8GATE, LONDON,
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      3 1 MILKMAID *2O ITAMAatK
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    THE MENACE AND MEANING OF SOCIALISM.
    1902 2 (Bt B. T. Good.) The Government, having assumed con- j trol of the railways, canals and mines, for the period of the war, will not only be urg*d 1 not to relirquish this oontroi when petC'l 1 breaks out, but will be vigorously ptessed
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      270 2 X —^jgsgaoc f DC DOCDC )CIOO O OOO! "DCDCDC DO WOODEN TOYS FROM WPITEAWAY’S BAZAAR, TENANG. n Kotor Bus. Motor Vans. Very Prettily painted in light green oolenr and strongly made with 14 seats. Length 24 ins. Brightly painted ana varnished, fitted with turned wooden wheels. Length 26 ins. ierht
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      114 2 FOR SAIiE. BRIDGE scoring pads extra stoat and lar*e. Pkick. —Pads of 50 leaves 35 cents. Pads of 100 50 THE CRITERION PRESS Ltd., Penan*. ts* MnvBWfmfie.enc-wr tm nptw w ■ztns*tr. 9T*:wmm* v, m* MUNICIPAL NOTICE. A PPLICAT10NS are invited for the u. post of Steward, King Edward VII Memorial
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      574 2 »C* ■■III auctions. Lands, Properties, Estates. Houses. Furniture. Motorcars. Rubber, etc. PROMPT ACCOUNT JAUS RENDERED. For i'erm* Apply to: ALLEN DENNYS g Co., Auctioneers, Appraisers etc 7, Union Street, Penang. Phone No. 393 uth 6 m D 'aonnnn GREAT TANK FUND. The Fund will close on Saturday, Decembe 21st, The
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    BELGIAN ORPHANS’ CHRISTMAS.
    1315 3 The following ie a complete liat of aab I Bonbers of the Poat and Telegraph depart I menta of Perak to the above fand wbosi I moat generoaa subscriptions Mrs. Mitchel > I haa much pleasure in acknowledging*— Taipino —E Chelllah |6, S Supramaniar 13, R 8
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    Penang “ Our Day " Red Cross Fund 1918.
    149 3 Penang Our Day Red Cross Fund 1918. Eightbbnth List or SuBSomiBiBa. Amount previously acknowledged ...$112,943.12 W. 8. Gibson 100.00 H. O Mats 100.00 G Aarely Co. 25.00 Cvole A Carriage Co. Ltd. 50 00 Quah Beng Kee 200.00 Amount collected by Mr. T. Gawthorne M 120.00 Sundry cont.ibatlons received by
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    "OUR DAY" TANK.
    31 3 An organ kindly presented by the E ibinson Piano Company waa omitted from the official list of Tank prises. It will be priss No. 51 oa the liat.
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    P. M. I A. CONTRIBUTIONS.
    216 3 The following is the liat of Bmbaoriptioni '0 warded by M% Lo Man Yuk, Hon. 800. t the above Association. Tbo balanoe shown of aubseriptiona of the P. M. I. A Amateur Dramatic Company Fand haa been oaid to Oar Day Bed Cross Fnnd. Chang
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      428 3 YOU CANNOT JUDGE 1A CHRISTMAS PUDDING i 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 BY THE SIGHT s You cannot judge a Beer 3 by the bottle YOU MUST TASTE 4 4 4 4 THEM. Our humble claim is that l fc* KIRIN BEER tastes better than
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      547 3 r THE i opular Icture alace EMPIRE P •nang Road. onang. To-night! Tuesday, 24th Dec., to 25th Dec., 1918. Second House 9.16 p.m. Sharp METRO PICTURES CORPORATION PBESENTS Lionel Barrymore and 6race Valentine IN 5 REELS ‘The Brand Cowardice' mu (SI SCENES. AN AMERICAN WAR DRAMA WITH MANY DON’T FAIL
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    The straits Echo.
    100 4 PUBLISHED DAILY (Except Sendays and public holidays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, LIMITED, 99, Beach Street, Penang. Price: Daily Local *BO Per annum. Outs tation Postage Extra. Mall Edition (Post Free) 118 per stnnum, Cable Address: "ECHO PENANG.*’ Telephone Noe. (Coho) 88«. Printing Department 343. N. 8. —411
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    OUR MARITIME SUPREMACY.
    1210 4 A famous Eagiisbmia, writing in tbe I days of Elizabeth, said that wtoever com* manded the sea commanded the trade of I the world, and consequently the world itself. Ever since Elisabeth’s seadogs scattered the Armada over a hundred rcoky I coasts, and her merchant ships fought
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    VIGNETTES FROM THE FRONT.
    710 4 (By a Kedah Planter,) L A Chateau. It is net really a chateau; it had been a ohftteau. I oame on it first with the first tang of autumn in the air, a rast curved gateway and wrought-iron gates. The Boohe bad been there a week
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    Tin.
    27 4 Latest Quotation. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to>day at $124.40, oo business done and in Singapore (refined) at $125.10, bnsinesa done obang* mg hands 100 tons.
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    961 4 Crow* >. CW.,.,, GiIt lbe most that ever mortal ftristm* out doubt that which re0e Te,i w wS* foes t°h o"'o"ri‘ l oW,l 1066— the orown of EogU n( j ,tn> D»y A Yuletide Myatery. The publio are carious u staff of the Municipal 0«„ nowaday,. They are
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      343 4 IAL ifeASTINE X SOMETHING QUITE NEW IN WATER COLOUR FOR WALLS. ARTISTIC, SANITARY, LASTING AND ECONOMICAL. Alabastine when applied on the walls give3 a clear, streakless, and spotless appearance and is particularly suitable for standing the ’*}ing light of the Tropics. I «r Alabastine is stocked in a wide rarge
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      8 4 E. O. HOTEL DINNER TO-NIGHT'S THE NIGHT. nano!
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    THE PEACE GONFERENCE.
    376 5 [REUTER TELEGRAMS] preliminaries to bb private. (Hrm&ns not to bo Present. London, December 19. President Wilson is of opinion that the inter-Allied conferences shonld as far as possible be pnblio, bat it is expected it w jii be necessary to arrange many preliminaries confidentially, settling them finally
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    F.M.S. Rubber Exports.
    252 5 Dutias Again in Toro». (.From Our Own Correspondent^ Kuala Lumpur, Deo. 24, k special Oaaette notifies that the rubber «port duties were imposed again as from jute', day, based on a prioe of 74 cents. William Makepeaoe Thaokeraj, one of the greatest of Eoglish novelists, died on
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    RETURN OF HAIG.
    1096 5 [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS] GREAT RECEPTION AT DOVER, London, Deoember 19. Sir Donglas Haig had a brilliant naval and military reception on arriving at Dover this morning en rout* for London. He was aleo greeted by tens of thousands ef people on the sea frost. The distinguished FieldMarshal crossed
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    Royal Christmas Message.
    232 5 Th* Slag to Hl* Troop*. Singapore, Deoember 28. The following message from H. M, The King has been reoeived frem the War Offioa for communication to all troops in Malaya i—" Another Christmas has oome ronnd, and we are no longer fighting, God having blessed your effort*.
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    SELANGOR PLANTERS’ CASE.
    2851 5 BELGIANS QUARREL. In the Kuala Lumpur Polioe Court, before Mr, J. E. Kempe, Magistrate, on Saturday last, a case of considerable interest to local planters and others was heard. It was a summons case in whioh Baron Ooppena de Eeckenbrngge, aoting Manager of Bungsar Bstate, one of
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    Straits Trading Co.
    248 5 A Prosperaui dut yaar(,From Our Own Correspondent.') biLgaports, JJstMiiuei 24. The S.rails Trama* (J->% h*u-ycnily report show» a profit oi 96t>y,853. Tuo tot»! available is 91,183.£52. Aue D.reciors recommend 8 diviae.u and a bjuuj ot 20 oeoiß per share, place to reserve sio ,OUO, and transfer to
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    KEDAH NOTES.
    366 6 (£rm Out Oven CorrespondeuQ Alor Star, Deoember 21. Last Thursday at 6 p*m. there was a C serai meeting at the Government English hoel, Alor Star, of the past and present pupils and the present and past staffs of the school to discuss the advisability of forming a
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    Not Enlisting.
    516 6 The seoond prosecution of a European who is a British subjeot for having failed to enlist in the Ceylon Defence Foroe within three months of his arrival in the Colony was before Mr, J. E. B. Pereira, the Aoting Polioe Magistrate of Colombo reoently. The defendant Mr. Sydney
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    MALACCA BANS GERMANS.
    510 6 A general meeting of the Malaoca Plant-1 era’ Association last week considered the I following motion, of whioh Mr. S. E* Smith I had given notice t That owing to the bestial and inhuman I oonduot of Germane to Allied prisoners I during the war, to the
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    Great British Air Flight,
    484 6 A telegram from Bagdad, dated Decern-1 ber 1, gives a few furtbor details of the I wonderful aerial flight from Cairo to Bagdad I in whioh General Salmond made a three weeks’ journey in half a day. It says i General Salmond, commanding the Air Force
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    To-day's Band Programme.
    42 6 Golf Cvjb 5 35 r.u, 1 Seleotion Tfce Orchid Gary 11 2 In Days of Old Morris Dance Ball 3 Stleotion Gondoliers Sullivan 4 Walt* La Premiere Danseuse Dowell 5 Serenade La Paloixa Yradier 8 March Tommj'i FtfiwfU Keefe
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    THE WATERFRONT.
    687 6 The 8*i. Hsiyang will leave here tomorrow direot for Hongkong. The Yokohama Mam ie expected early in I January. She is homeward bound. I The s,s. Van Oloon ie exp?oted to arrive I here to-morrow from China via Deli. The sub. Malacca will leave here for I Rangoon
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    STEAMERS EXPECTED.
    49 6 Agamemnon, outward bound, due Deoember 25, W. Mansfield A 00. Kwai Sang, from Hongkong, due Deoember 26, for Calcutta, Bousted A Co. Vittm, from Oaloutta, due Daoember 80, for Singapore and Hongkong, Boustead A 00, Ixoami Maru, from Deli, due Decembur 80, for Singapore, Guthrie A 00.
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    ST. GEORGE’S CHURCH.
    66 6 Die. 24, Cheistmab Evb 6-00 pm, Evensong and Oarola Dio. 25, Cheistkab Dat, 6-00 am, Matins {[Tamil) 6-00 am. Holy Communion (Tamil) 8-00 a.m. Holy Communion 10*30 a.m. Matins and Holy Communion Hymn 59 Vcnite Hopkins 291 Pas XLL Pye LXXXV Jackson Te Deum 4th Bet Benediotus
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    Tin Outputs.
    36 6 The oitpit of The Benong Tin Dredging Company’s tin ore for the Ist half of December was:—No. 1 Dredge Pionls 45.82; No, 2 Dredge Piculs 103; No. 8 Dredge Pionls 240; Total Pionls 890£2.
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    623 6 ORDINARY MEETING, 11 An ordinary meeting of the Municipal 1 1 Commissioners was held at the Municipal l Office yesterday afternoon. There were 1 1 present Messrs. A. B. Voules (President) l O. E. Craig, Yeoh Guan Seok, F. Duxbury, L. M* Bell (Municipal Engineer) and L. A.
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    Patchouli Leaves.
    365 6 Ihe following information regarding the planting, cultivation and harvesting of Patohonli, hai been famished to the American Consulate at Penang by the Director of Argicaltnre. Patohonli ie a soft-leaved herb from 2 to 3 feet high, much branched, with sqaare stems, emitting when ribbed the obaraotistio smell of
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    P. V. R. C.
    1223 6 TENTH ANNUAL MEETING. The tenth annual gtneral meeting of the members of the Penang Volunteer Rifle Club was held at the P. C. C, pavilion yesterday evening. There were present Col. Sir Arthur Adams, in the chair, j Captains J. S. Rose, V. G. Eseobiel, J.
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    Municipal Commission.
    587 6 Minot:, of meting of tha Commissioners held on Tuesday, tha 29th November, 1918: Present A. B. VouLis, Esq, Pretidsnt F. Duxbukt, Esq. Chub Wob Lok Esq C. E Cbajg, Esq Abtmt Yboh Guan Suck, Esq. Qua* Brno Ebb, Esq, A, M. Goodman, Esq. 1. Toe Mitu'ei of tne
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    Week’s Events.
    28 6 Tuesdat, Dbcem»** 24. Drawing, British North Borneo LoW* Wbdhbsdat, D»a*Mßea 25, Christmas Dsy Thuesdat, Dbcbmbe* 26. Town Band, Golf Club. Fuinar, Duoemveb 27. Town Band, fieplMed*
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      43 6 New Im the Time. For rhoamatiim joe will find aotking hotter than Ohamborlaia’a Fain Balm. Now U tko Him to got rid of It. Try thii lini. ■oaat and we kow quickly it will reliero tka and aoreaeaa. For aaia by all diapoa-
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    982 7 fieri) 2/ear /fleeting, 1919. RACE DAYS: FIRST DAY Tuesday, 21st Jany., 1919, SECOND DAY- Thursday, 23rd Jany., 1919, THIRD DAY Saturday, 25th Jany.. 1919. 4, At Q Tlis Rjiai? Plate, Purse and Vase. Vslne 11.000 8800 and $600 respectively with $l'K> to each Second Horse. A Handicap
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    ON THE RHINELAND FRONT.
    740 7 TEE NIGHT'S WORK. 3 (Bt Wwq Tip) Imagine a summer Dight in »n aerodrome of the Independent Force of the Si F. in France. For the pilota, if not for the mechanics who tend the aeroplanes (as good trainers ten i a race-horse) most of the
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      422 7 Entries Close at 10th January, 1919 Handicaps for the First on or before WndT-dny, the 15tb In »11 Handicap Rare, for Horses or »**«>*' "XJ mar iith the coMMt of the Committee, diride the entnos Ponies, the Official Handioapper may, nd each Class will be separately Handicapped, into more or
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      495 7 WANTED. ADBESSEB qualified according to Labour Code requ rements, to work aa Aaaistant Dresser in Eatate Hospital. Apply to, MANAGER, dabran,; Ea ate. Telok Anaon, Lower Perak. n.o. WANTED A CHINESE CLERK in Alor Star rA. mercantile firm Must be a reliable man and have previous experience aa Book-keeper and
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      128 7 THE SWASTHYA SAHAYA PIUS. Are the surest and molt effieaciens remedy for Nerveas Debility, Bodily Weakness, Sleeplessness, Wasting Diseases, vital Emanation, etc. etc. and are unrivaled in restoring LOST HEALTH and am A BOON fer the enjoyment of HArri LIKE Sole Agentt, Tmi Pmiane Rubbub Btamf Co, 40 Ckurek Street,
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      465 7 9 I i GOOD STOUT 18 AS SCARCE AS OOOD WBI8KY; IT REQUIRES TO MATURE A LOVELY PLAVOUR AND MELLOW TASTE. DOGSHEAD BRAND baa a longstanding reputation for poiseaain? thesa rare qualities. It i* ;in excellent atimuiaot and tonic for weak and in6rm persons. Doctor» prescribe it. SEE THAT YOU
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      1406 8 P. Q.—BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Companies Ineerperated la England.) MAIL AND PASSENGER BERVICEB. PENINSULAR jAND ORIENTAL SAILINGS(Uadst Can tract with Bi* Majesty's Government.) TH; n f- MAIL SERVICES EAST OF BOMBAY an at prseent suspended. Pwiinn for Bmrcps an bookod via Bombay h opportunity offer* and ae far m
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