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Title Section21 1917-01-31 1 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. 117,50 Per Annum- Single Copy 40 et* Vol. 15. Penang, Wednesday, January 31, 1917. No. 5.21 words
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Advertisement305 1917-01-31 1 CONTENTS. Lbadibs: Missillanbous (Cenfmuetf) < Disquieting Reports 115 Mishap on the Railway 131 Force the Remedy 127 “My Garden” 132 Reasons for Confidence 133 A Spidery Epithelium 134 Fiscal Policy after the War 141 Sir John Anderson 138 Who Shall Rule China F 145 Late War Items 138 Perak River305 words
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Advertisement212 1917-01-31 2 b, 11 1 IB rt■■■— -k ,i—| THE F STRAITS ECHO 1 MAIL EDITION. 5 .n. in I 1 Im Published the day prior to the departure of each mail B 3 for Europe, and contains the latest local and States fl fl news originally published in the daily issues,212 words
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Article19 1917-01-31 115 Diwar —On December 22 at Hobart, Tumanin, to Mr. and Mrs, John Dewar, of Um, Kedab, a bod.19 words
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Article1010 1917-01-31 115 0a more than one occasion lately when matters of very grave importance to the Colony have been before the Legislative Council rumours of a disquieting nature have reached our ears. It has been stated—and stated with so little concern as to lead one to believe that the incidents1,010 words
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Article570 1917-01-31 115 Einmralzumaa, M.hy Assistant, has been appointed to act at A.D.O. Batang Padang. Mr. Tam Kim Bae, of Kuala Kubu, ba. tt ppj, t d 8 Justice of the Peace for the ctate of Selangor. Senor Don Jose Taronji y Espanol has been appo nted Consul of Spain570 words
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Advertisement94 1917-01-31 115 ggu warns sm v' r \i;4d daily (except Sunday» and poblio hnKday») I XT TH» gyrrWON PRESS, Ltd. 5 g Beach Street, Penang. Pbiok DtfyUal 24 per annum. Postage Extra. jjgitioD (Port Free) >17.50 CABLI ADDIBSS ECHO-PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343 If.B,—All busines» communications should be addressed94 words
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Article1141 1917-01-31 116 Layhi Ghost. _t. one time The lynthetic bogey, which .t and another has «caret ho ma j lOTMtor., .bould rx.il/ be relegj. t 0 th limbo of deed thing# by now. If the Uer minehemiite, who* ability *nd industry no one (lueetioni, have not been »ble, under the1,141 words
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Article486 1917-01-31 116 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] A Pica for Mutual Understanding. London, January 23. Presiding at the lecture by Lady Katherine Stuart at the E ist India Association Lord Ronahlshay agreed tint the insularity of tbe Englishman was an obstacle to mutual understanding and sympathy between the two races. (British and[Reuter’s Telegrams.] - 486 words
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Article1043 1917-01-31 117 [Reuter's telegram.] PESTMOYERS IM ACTION. Admiralty Report. London, January 20, ?Oot£SrFa'« lliu g in the North *0" from the Dutch coxst on Monday met a division of enemy destroyer» a short engagement one was 8 i The rest Mattered considerably Wished. Darkness prevented observation of the full results[Reuter's telegram.] - 1,043 words
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Article511 1917-01-31 117 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] SIGNIFICANT TRIALS. Adversaries Testiag Their Streagth. Paris, January 23. A military expert calls attention to the tact that the adversaries on the western front are continually testing their respective strength along the whole line, especially in the regions cf former battles on the Somme and[Reuter’s Telegrams.] - 511 words
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Article454 1917-01-31 118 [Rich»'» Tiliobam Pr«aid«tt Wilm’s Speech. London, January 23. Pre.identWil.on, in biSenate on the foreign policy of the United States, said that no covenant of °P €r^ 0 L* ihat did not include the peoples of the New World could suffice to keep the future ufe against war.[Rich»'» Tiliobam ] - 454 words
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Article267 1917-01-31 118 [Reuter’s Telegrams Civic Welcome PrepariatLondon, January 24. A movement is on foot in the city to extend a civic welcome to the representative of the Dominions and India attending forthcoming War Conference, It ia suggested that they should take occasion to present the freedom of the city to[Reuter’s Telegrams ] - 267 words
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Article193 1917-01-31 118 (fVom Our Own t London, January 23. iho prices in the London Rubber Market to-day were Pale Crepe 2/11 1 Diamond Smoked 2/11J Meeere. Boueteed Co. inform us that th» 9i.k''r l g o r t. th<! < l uoUti ns received on the 22nd hist n193 words
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Article499 1917-01-31 118 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] REGARDING THE YARROWDAU Irritation ia America, Washington, January 23 Mr. Gerard, the UB. Ambassador \t Berlin, has cabled to America that, ft. Yarrowdale has reached Swinemuende wift 469 of the crews of the ships sunk by the Atlantic raider, including 103 neutrals, The telegram states[Reuter’s Telegrams.] - 499 words
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Article1351 1917-01-31 119 flIB daily m fe de3CKIBEDi BU K W SPENDINGS. 1 U h being conveyed in a pnricsna AlthOU J b .n!ntion of walking, tba comi'witb‘2’ of locomotion in Ipoh or any aoMstformoi oblbly fOW 0i Otber X“e mwt intimately concerned, have e MP two thoughts to1,351 words
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Article1227 1917-01-31 119 Ibero is ireinio pe r; in the Clvnise ■New lea.. (hit lb u 0( a w<l y H lecoguistd by I he pe 7io who Lv<) as it w re on ths out\v tS Ut pliers like Singapore, V« kn?w the teison as the one t1,227 words
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Article129 1917-01-31 120 the following 7 put down «•n-Whether he 111 i±’.« PrlmB Mmi,. ■ent notice, be w worded thVa* 1 Oo’erll- understood h/?k. hit the 7 can be ‘he mo.t «L PW 1 Wheth er Control Board i. not more than ’h Ll,uor long by two feet wide thrM feet129 words
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Article858 1917-01-31 120 MT. 1 But the middle class wage-earners will be 1 heavily hit, unless something is done to 1 I prevent unscrupulous persons laying upon I them the burdens of the rich. It is generally I felt that the Government should, without I delay, appoint a CommissionMT. - 858 words
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Article206 1917-01-31 120 I Tothh Editor o» thb Morning Poti I ,r Now that a large constructive proI gramme of merchant ships have been diI aided on it is well to inquire what is being I done in order that these new vessels may be I in a position206 words
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Article108 1917-01-31 120 Sir-As T„ D h T 0“ Or > THB SZrai7 under th. b i° r 8 and ttodah do not ooms UP to Jhe r6g m nlat,OnB for registration, it is Mines in thosTstata’A f Plantatio «“d “ay be thov i ates 800 as far ai “ble-bodied men108 words
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142 1917-01-31 120 Chief Secretary 1 to’ ft tho a PP royalof fche dents of the FM Government, the Reairule in substitution av made th e following under the Poh Pft p f r u,e ot tbe ru^es Enactment, 1904^ 8^’C 8) Pensions appointed Un< l 8r theBe142 words
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Article2217 1917-01-31 121 Series bv Tom Wright. Speculations from the IXt Times Till Now] [Concluded,] Tno lee I am not as those other philosoY k!’ nil vou things they don t know. W Hegel, to whose intellect none pays more respect than I, S truth in the Whole. Very good. But2,217 words
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Article406 1917-01-31 122 PENANG WOMEN WORKERS. Amount previou.ly acknowledged »3,874 58 Mr.. Penny (3rd Don.) 3.0 J Mr.. Goatly |.OO Mr.. Scully 2 "Shirt" SU »3,881.08 Hospital garments for soldiers, ready cut •st for worker», will be given out on Friday» at 9.45 till 11 am. at the Town406 words
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Article555 1917-01-31 122 Selangor v Penang. Those who attended the Sepoy Lines ground on Tuesday io toe anticipation of L lD g a good game, were not disappointed and judging by tne keen interest taken by toe “Sr. >t iLrte to uy that pilo n more popular m Penang now than it555 words
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Article671 1917-01-31 122 Volunteers from the Far East a t I The Front. I The London correspondent of theft,/}! Daily Neivs writing on December 1, I In many weye China is slowly co®i n I again to the front-even in the midst(s I the war. Finance always brings671 words
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Article653 1917-01-31 123 th. domestic events recorded reA® o TT omo i 8 the birth of a son to the L eS. Gilbert Venning. R. M 00 -;th the F. M. 8.; and a eon to wX’ formerly Mi "n e Mr B haw her husband. Capt, C. 0. L,653 words
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Article259 1917-01-31 123 A cricket match was played at Ipoh on tbe 23rd inst. between Planters vs, the Rest of Perak. Heavy rain stopped play after The Rest had scored 100 for five wickets to the Planters’ 78 in the first innings: Appended are the scores: Planters. L. J. A, Laville259 words
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Article244 1917-01-31 123 Sultan’s Rights Confirmed. An Enactment to declare certain rights of the Ruler of the State in respect of certain fishing grounds was recently pissed by the Pahang State Council and is published in the F M.S. Government Gazette for general information. It appears that from time244 words
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Article121 1917-01-31 123 The following were the scores made by the p enang Ladies Rifle Club at Kampong Bahru on Monday: 200 Yards. Miss M. Pritchard 25 Mrs. Liston 24 Mrs. Frayne 22 Mrs. McLerncn t 22 Miss Pritchard 21 Miss Mathieu 20 Mrs. Siyers iq Mrs. Pike 150121 words
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Article406 1917-01-31 123 -S.F.P. Mclntybe—De Oliveiro. A pretty wedding we a solemnised at the Church of the Assumption yest rlay by tbe Rev. L. M. Du voile, the contracting parties being Mr. Colin Adair Mclntyre, of the Eastern Smelting Co.. Ltd., youngest son of Mr. Christopher A. Mclntyre, and Miss Vivianna-S.F.P. - 406 words
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Article351 1917-01-31 124 flhot on Wednesday morning, the 24th >n t b Range, 300, 600 and 800 yards, deliberate H.P.B- 10' h A Class. with h’cap. made. pteCAPadday J*’*’ L/Corpl EW F Oilman .68 »2.52 PteWHTbrelf.il Corpl E H Everest •*> Corpl SAT Nichols» .56 90.92 Coy QMB, J351 words
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Article77 1917-01-31 124 Iho undermentioned price, were realived I A old Al|p K •nd Co. at tbeir Auction Sale ye»t rday Smoked Ribbed BL«i ‘u| P* P™’ Cnimoked Sheet 192 lor No. 2 Unsmoked 25 Sheet 109 110 Cn pe fine pale thin 1 2 •nd blanket 1 37 j77 words
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Article285 1917-01-31 124 a n.„ ro.nlt ot the drawing of We append the re.ult Pair 9 the and P., Events in the r,v-v. which commences this evening Championship. E. H. Everest by© H. Waugh i F. D. Bindley J R. N. Byatt 1 A. V Perrin A. W. Hairies S.285 words
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Article116 1917-01-31 124 at th£ F No^l' who opf,Dfd 1 briet 80a ’0U at the Empire Tbe a t re 00 Tuesday night were welcomed by. largo and appreciative’ audrencs every one ot whom win? home quite satn-w with the excellent evening’s entertamment provided by this clever com piny. Ranville116 words
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Article255 1917-01-31 124 [To the Editor or the Straite fek#,] Sir, I have been much interested in yom qq®, ments anent gambling in Johore and would ask you to be so good as to give these few facts space. The gambling evil, lam sorry to say, is not confined to255 words
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Article196 1917-01-31 124 Chan Hun was this morning arraigned before Mr. V, G. Ezechiel in the Third Court, charged with robbery of a gold eari ing valued at 322. the property of a Cantonese womui named Lim Bee. Inspector McLernon applied for a remand of the accused for the case to196 words
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Article73 1917-01-31 124 At the Eastern Produce Exchange Auction yesterday the following prices were obtained: Diamond Smoked Good from 3132 to 3139 Diamond smoked Fair 126 to 131 Diamond Unsmoked 116 to 122 Plain Unsmoked 109 to H a Diamond Smoked No. 2 116 Brown Crepe 94 PrXdT ’> 681073 words
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Advertisement15 1917-01-31 124 For Children’s Hacking Cc n s h at Night, nods Great Peppermint Cure. Is. 6d.15 words
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Advertisement54 1917-01-31 124 The Best Cough Medicine, Chamberlain’s Cough remedy is the S n ß cough medicine in the world ml,/ e aU9Q it does exactly what a cough j ICl e 18 su Pposed to do. It stops coughs h, .n 0^ 18 p l Modi| y »nd effectually. For »*1« •>J54 words
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Article637 1917-01-31 125 -.Mi". labour in i Mali m the S. F. p t a f„. tables out hero where one ‘t with s»M> and yet what w would n** j enticing than cold meats t d t e rXoi th Bai r d b, r t 1; d i,’ th»-.Mi". labour in i Mali m the S. F. pt - 637 words
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Article40 1917-01-31 125 y ‘“»arnTA.‘ 0 B v't he d Sund »v, M^ p o 'O>tlieb, Burma! r 5 at JUDB- Er «U e Roads. B,lgall Jul,u ‘l »ud D "mi. e atWswim 3wittln i “g Club. Sni “ifflw g Club.40 words
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Article1315 1917-01-31 125 A Great and Neglected Field. The above is the title of an article in the Imperial and Foreign Trade Supplement of The Times by its Singapore correspondent. The writer observes that in the eyes of most people in Britain who give any thought to Malaya it is a1,315 words
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Article531 1917-01-31 126 Cam Inspectors be Spared While it cannot be denied that a few Gorernmwt Department, can be combed out” and a small number of men allowed to leave for the front, we think it can be just Mitrenuouily denied that a single one of the Police Inipectori in the531 words
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Article318 1917-01-31 126 Effect on Rubber Companies. The Trolak report states tbe large sum carried forward (X 18.759 it' by the liability for excess P rofilS exact amount of the for tbr years has not yet been determined, but tbe company i. one of the young producer, which will be318 words
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Article145 1917-01-31 126 (I’rom Our Own Correspondent,) Singapore, January 26. At the National Mission, which was pre•«led over by H. E. The Governor, tbo.o were present the Bight Bev C. J. Ee.Rur" uTI, of Singapore, tbe R V B. c. Rrb.rts, Sir J. a. 8. Buckoil), r i V l J145 words
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Article32 1917-01-31 126 Competitions— January Iqi? Monthly Medal-su* t «old Medal 1910—31*JV* a d lat Feb Toe followirv 1 JaDuar y for lhe Gold Medal ha e< l u »l'fied to play32 words
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Article571 1917-01-31 126 The two following cables, which passed between His Excel'ency the Governor and the Secretary of State for the Colonies on the subject of the new Imperial War Loan, have been sent to us for publication Code cable from the Governor of the Straits Settlements to the Secretary571 words
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Article982 1917-01-31 127 on i. hM President Wilson’s plea for without victory” a bad press” L the belligerents on both aides .‘been definitely rejected by Great Bntain in the person of her Chancellor of the Excheaner, and, furthermore, it has been ndimembers of the very body to whom it vai982 words
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Article133 1917-01-31 127 It is rumoured that His Excellency the Governor will go home either in April or in June. A large body of public opinion would much rather that His Excellency should, if the state of his health makes it possible, remain with us till the end of133 words
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Article583 1917-01-31 127 Mr. J. E. S. Brown, of Caledonia Estate, is going home on leave in the near future. Mr. J. Hargreaves, of Melentang Estate Bagan D4oh, is returning from leave to-morrow. The nama of Mr. A E. Coope, Assistant District Officer, Ipoh, has bem mentioned as one of583 words
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Article903 1917-01-31 128 Il hw been suggested on more than 0M ocmooo in ‘ha StraiU and F M- 8. that addition*! revenue might be railed tor the purposes of the war by doubling of stamp duties. 80 fir as hogland provides an analogy, it is worthy of note that the jfesnomul903 words
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Article172 1917-01-31 128 [Reutek’s Telegbams.] BRITISH PROGRESS. Advaaee Aloag the Tigris m i London, January 21. An cflimal announcement regarding the operations in MesupUmia status that we have driven out the enemy from the area north-east of Kut-el-Amar* and now hold a trench system on a front of 2.500 yards and[Reutek’s Telegbams.] - 172 words
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Article532 1917-01-31 128 [Reutee’s Telegram] further LIGHT. Survivors* Stories, London, January 24, Survivors of tha F. 69 say that a flotilh of eleven vessels left for a G-erman port on Monday afternoon. At 3 o’clock yesterday morning they discovered the Biitish abea® at long range and opened fire. The British marksmanship[Reutee’s Telegram] - 532 words
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Article369 1917-01-31 129 [Bern's TELSaRAMsJ german admission. Danube Delta Abandoned. London, January 24, 7 p.m. p, n nha delta north of Tulcea, Russian Front. German Report. London* January 25, 11 p.m. a winless German official annouucemeut A, that considerable territory was CKUfrom the Russ.au, on both ..de. ’f the Ar[Bern's TELSaRAMsJ - 369 words
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Article1011 1917-01-31 129 [Reuter’s Telegams IN THE SENATE, Diverse Views. Washington, January 25In the Senate a motion by Mr, Cummings, proposing that a week ba devoted to the discussion of President Wilson’s speech as the most important ever made by a President of the United States," was shelved, Mr. Stone,[Reuter’s Telegams ] - 1,011 words
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Article, Illustration1096 1917-01-31 130 rß«trr.B'« Tiliobams.] MI, LLOYD GEOIGE INTERVIEWED, laportatt Pro*ou*e<neßt. London, January 26. Mr. Lloyd George, in an important interview on the subject of the forthcoming Imperial War Council granted to the London correspondent of the Australian United Cable Service, said H I do not wish to interfere inrß«trr.B'« Tiliobams.] - 1,096 words
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Article522 1917-01-31 130 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] I Importaat Questions Discussed, I London, January 25 An important conference of the u^ a chiefs of England, France and Italy at the Admiralty on Tuesday and concluded yesterday. The conference included the French and Italian Ministers of Marine. Complete Uaderstaadiag. I Paris, January 25,[Reuter’s Telegrams.] - 522 words
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1401 1917-01-31 131 AXNUAt- MbET ing .1 maetinc of shareholders in Tb« annl H r bour Tin Dredging Co tbs Tongk Masonic Hall yosterA H Ashbolt, chairman of da nreaided. There was a good diW!^nM P of shareholders, including Mr attendance Kennedy, directors of F ?±any The Manager1,401 words
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Article186 1917-01-31 131 At the present appropriate time for taking stock,” says tbe B. N. B. Herald, it is perhaps worth while reciting something of what has been done by British North Borneo ia contribution to the war. Here follows a list totalling almost £lO,OOO, no unsatisfactory figure186 words
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Article239 1917-01-31 131 Siy's Friday’s T.O.M: The mail train from Singapore, which should have come into Ipoh at 1 p.m., was held up at Kuala Kubu this morning for about two hours, Tbe Railway Department is conducting some work in connection with the line in that section and a239 words
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Advertisement10 1917-01-31 131 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure If, 6d10 words
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Article, Illustration827 1917-01-31 132 SOME TRUL3 WITH THE KEBUN. His Chiif Idba im Lite. Ym, it ii a garden, but a very wild one all overgrown and out of hand. There is only one Tukang Kebun. He is a Tamil, a picturesque old villain, with a red cloth, ending in a fascination827 words
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Article674 1917-01-31 132 Handicaps, The following are the results of the drawing and handicaps in the P.C.C. Tennis Tournament SINGLB HaNDISAP— A. Scr, M, M. Stewart bye 28. E. Prentis .2 M. K. Whitlock 1 E. H. Everest J .2 H. Wauqh 30 B J. Saunders J —40.1 W. H.674 words
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Advertisement9 1917-01-31 132 "wX's.’r' o’* 0 Pet P er “‘“tCure.l s 6di9 words
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Article1214 1917-01-31 133 and then the Hague cables hv our Sumatran exchanges furpobliihed by o’ tjtbit ot MWB( eupp i e I,h tn the’excellent service provided by neotsry to t bjqu itous Reuter. Thus ,b^’ W TLv that «>“ Im P enal and the new Foreign SecreCbaacello zimm6rmiDn —who was1,214 words
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Article532 1917-01-31 133 Messrs. B. C. Griffin and H. Waugh are due back in the Straits early next week, they have travelled via America. The engagement i, announced of Mr. rank Gordon Sinter, Sandyoroft Eatate, Bruae, to Mp s Dorothy Hildred Btch, of Herne Bay, Kent. Mr. D. H. Bannerman,532 words
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Article1143 1917-01-31 134 That Raider. We begin to fear that the item m the French Consular cable sarvice reparting the linking of an enemy raider-which mast people presumed to be the Moewe-by the eraiser Qlaegow in the South Altantic was perhaps, well, just a little previous. From the first we regarded1,143 words
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Article1414 1917-01-31 134 Tom Weight - (By Tom Weight.) One advantage of living like Thoreai' I hut among trees, as I am now, is clear Til I duster of the housewife is a robber, 4 J- I turbir of the pjace, a malignant meddh I from whose mischief one is Fpared. Ip I1,414 words
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Article441 1917-01-31 135 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] New Commander. Paris, January 26. General Gourko has been appointed to the command of the Russo-Rumanain front. latease Cold. London, Jan. 26. The Times correspondent at Jassy states that the intense cold has practically stopped military operations. Russian Front. German Version, London, January 22. A[Reuter’s Telegrams.] - 441 words
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Article178 1917-01-31 135 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] General Smuts' Successor, London, January 26. An official announcement regarding the operations in East Africa states that. Lieut General A. R. Hoskins will succeed LieutGeneral Smuts in the command in East Africa. Eaemy Fallisg Baek. North and south of the Lower Rufigi and iu the[Reuter’s Telegrams.] - 178 words
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Article361 1917-01-31 135 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $89.75, business done, in Singapore (refined) at $90.50, business done (125 tons sold) and in London at <£lBB 15a. spot and XI9O three months' sight, Mr. A.H.M. Thomas, of the Sfraifs',Times staff, who went home for active service and became361 words
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Article443 1917-01-31 136 [Eiutzb's Telegrams.] Cosat Tina’s Cornmeal», Amsterdam, January, 26. In the Hungarian Parliament the Premier, Count Tina, referring to President Wilson speech, said that he sympathetically greeted every effort .to restore peace, He wai therefore inclined to continue an exchange of views regarding peace with the United States,[Eiutzb's Telegrams.] - 443 words
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Article372 1917-01-31 136 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] CONTROL OF MEDITERRANEAN. Importaat Deeisioas, London, January 25. The Admiralty announces that during the last few days an important naval conference at the Admiralty between the British, French and Italian Admiralties discussed the naval policy in the Mediterranean, Great Britain’s delegates were Sir Edward Carson,[Reuter’s Telegrams.] - 372 words
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Article462 1917-01-31 136 [Reuter’s Telegram.] Sir Dougina Haig's Report. London, January 26,12.45 aa Sir Douglas Haig reports a suoii raid at noon in the neighbourhood of Hol Inch. Many of the enemy were killed ud some made prisoners. A dug-out wu destroyed. Our casualties were four. ilioUi wounded. I We drove[Reuter’s Telegram.] - 462 words
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Article26 1917-01-31 136 (.From Our Own Correspondent.) q«i London, January 25. 1 prices in the London Rubbar Market o-aiy We!6 P*le Crepe 2/11 diamond Smoked 2/1126 words
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Article3326 1917-01-31 137 rO V« CHINESE CHARGED. District Court before Mr. R I Intll D morniug tte hearing was Acton this mo K in9t r.iui Liang commenced of p H g chaw and who Z charged with Yip 8001 Cbor who t goM leßf agaiDSt fnoX value ot about »10,2503,326 words
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Article293 1917-01-31 138 Satisfactory Progress, The Ceylonese said in a recent issue We understand that His Excellency Bi r John Anderson’s illness, which was reports in our columns on Sunday, was more serious than appeared at fight eight. Sir John took ill on Fiiday, and when Dr, Prins saw him293 words
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Article216 1917-01-31 138 From Dutch Sources, The following special telegrams from The Hague appaar in the Snmatra Poti of Thursdav, January 25: THE MUNITIONS EXPLOSION. Heavy Death-RolL About 100 persons were killed and 400 injured by the explosion at a munitions factory in London. GERMANY AND THE WAR. •n i216 words
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Article484 1917-01-31 139 Annual Rifort. jhe f tbe report of the director,:—- the pleasure to eubY^ U r Eepo> »nd Accounts for the ie 30 h September, 1916. ,6 Y«.as -No extension, have been under109 748 lbs. against an estimate TmX lb. Tbe all-in cost, exclusive of gSn and484 words
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1163 1917-01-31 139 [To the Editor or the Strait» Echo.'] Dear Sir, Opposition to dancing is not new. We do not need to strain our memories to recall the outcry against negroid dances before the war. The movement has grown with the changed circumstances and there is1,163 words
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Article149 1917-01-31 139 Special cables from the Hague in the Sumatra papers of Fiiday and Saturday last indicate that two distinct naval engagements took place last week between British and German forces. In the first a composite division of the enemy High Seas Fleet attempted to break through the British149 words
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Advertisement12 1917-01-31 139 Por Wood,’ Great P fl P t% M Pepp 9rmintClire u 6d12 words
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Article607 1917-01-31 140 titraordiaary Gtieril MutiM* An eitrwrdm.rj general meeting ot the ■btreholdei, ot the Wo"-^» 0 fr»m Mioee, Limited m held at the office' ot Meeere. Barker Co„ to-day for the purnow of confirming the following reBolat ibich .u paued at a meeting held on the 6th initant. That607 words
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Article535 1917-01-31 140 D lilß or 2nd Lieutenant Ebic LIGGATT. w» /Strait, Timet) are indebted tea Tannlin Barracks, who hopes his manager of Kuala Kubu Estate. ’The journal Eric Leggatt, Argyll and Sutherland who was reoorted “missing on July 15, and is now Sieved to havebeenkilled on that.date wa.535 words
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Article278 1917-01-31 140 •B’ Company vs. the Ri BT| A very good game of cricket on the Esplanade between ‘B’ the Penang Volunteers and the rest Volunteers. The Best batted first compiled a total of 208 runs for H wickets; 2nd Lt. Prentis made the highest score of 68 which was obtained278 words
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Article24 1917-01-31 140 Jan. 15 By Balance I 674.17 22 A. Bet 10.00 Jan. 22 By Balance 684.17 Amount previously acknowledged 30,727.78 Total 31,411.9024 words
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Article43 1917-01-31 140 (Fro/n Our Own Correspondent,) London, January 26. The prices in the London Rubber Market to-day were Pale Crepe 2/10J Diamond Smoked 2/10J London, January 27. The prices in the London Rubber Market to-day were: Pale Crepe 2/101 Diamond Smoked 2/10J43 words
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Article63 1917-01-31 140 Latest Quotation. xon nJ 11 re ned 8 quoted here to-day business done, in Singapore (rebusiness done (125 tons sold)* tkov n rB, BoUBt6ad Co. inform us that 8 f°“owing received on the 28tb, are the at >ODB f°r Rubber on Spot in London cn the 27th63 words
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Article974 1917-01-31 141 The end of the war in a military sense -ill almost certainly see the beginning of a reat economic struggle between Germany and the Powers which she has attacked. Rho will no doubt, endeavour to regain in neice what she has lost by war., Her974 words
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75 1917-01-31 141 At a Committee meeting of the Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce held on the 19th inst. a deputation consisting of Mr. Lim Ch«ng Teik, Mr. Goh Taik Qbee, and Mr. Yeoh Paik Tatt, was appointed for the purpose of conferring with the Hon. the Colonial75 words
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Article455 1917-01-31 141 H Langston, Second Magistrate, it spending a few days’ leaves up Penang Hill. A daughter has been born to Mr. and Mrs. F. J, Hallifax of Singapore. Mr. Justice Earnshaw has gone to Malacca to preside ovtr the Assize Court there to-dav Brigadier-Gjneral Hubbick recently had his455 words
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Obituary31 1917-01-31 141 Death* .Tm—On January 25 at 65, lM tß>ad Ooi Mah J SZiOMged >7. Strait» and F. M S. piper. please copy* Obituary. Earl Cromer. London, January 29. Earl Cromer is dead.31 words
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Article1087 1917-01-31 142 Par» »»d P!»»t»ti»», Para continues to show a slight premium over plantation rubber, the difference in the quotation being about twopence, There is no reason whatever for this except the manoeuvres of the speculators who seem to have obtained control of the Brazilian product. Qvicli W»rk. Bays the1,087 words
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Article1414 1917-01-31 142 [Reuter’s Telegkams,] BIG OFFENSIVE COMING. Feeling For A» Opening. London, January, 27. A correspondent in Paris, referring to the growing activity on the western front, say» that the enemy raids are mainly directed of three points: Lassigny (which is nearest to Paris), Alsace and Verdun. Raids by[Reuter’s Telegkams,] - 1,414 words
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Article498 1917-01-31 143 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] fierce fighting. Heavy Turkish Losses. London, January 26, 9,45 p m. An official cable from Mesopotamia says: By a determined assault under cover of an intense bombardment we seized and consolidated 1,100 yards of first-line trenches on the right bank of the Tigris to the south-west of[Reuter’s Telegrams.] - 498 words
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Article, Illustration440 1917-01-31 144 [Riutie’s Tilegams A N«w Epoeh OpeaU. London, January 27. The Mom*M Polt Ba P that the inter J loW granted by Mr. Lloyd George, to an Au»traliin correspondent on the subject or toe Imperial War Council opens a new epoch in the Empire. The convocation[Riutie’s Tilegams ] - 440 words
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Article431 1917-01-31 144 rPEUTER’s The Germ». Vee.io.The Berlin officW J report announcing the I coast waters south of L definite attack the hostile guardships but despite Mr aearch could not find the »emy whejoI upon our torpedo-boats fir at the fortified place of Soutbwold. Full hits were observed. They rerPEUTER’s ] - 431 words
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Article456 1917-01-31 144 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] DESPERATE FIGHTING, Eaemy Repulsed. London, January 27. The wireless Rumanian official report says: Despite the snow we attacked repulsed the enemy to the south of the Cashin and Sushitia valleys after eleven hour’s desperate fighting.” INTENSE COLD. Situation Uaehaaged, Jassy, January 25, Intense cold and[Reuter’s Telegrams.] - 456 words
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Article1296 1917-01-31 145 ft would puzzle the most learned of hisA tn Lt when the first professional ko n, .Lw the light, but the veriest tyro *‘X’cratt could confidently declare that, “hXi event did happen, there wa. mtroduced into the world a problem which Si.waits .elution. Who »to be1,296 words
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Article1147 1917-01-31 145 The Ktag of Spaie. tenT™ t' f TV s P a ‘“-“the mosttf. hn n. 111 Christendom”—has ti rgot f th anarohi9 before now, A UCB K WhO h 8 waa a »i«‘ ’o Hd»r d k‘ b b kll ed horBe »“<1 nder in hi» escort near1,147 words
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Article406 1917-01-31 146 rREUTEH’s -HLHOHAMS S.t.rd.y’. I-P»' 1 S „29 London, January Sir Dough. Haig’s succese WAS achieved the populous district in e d borough Le Transloy and >®‘^_ BsnpMnl e bordering on the r the W “trongly entrenched the enemy had strong J wholo houses PP T HfierL As S°rrREUTEH’s -HLHOHAMS ] - 406 words
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Article458 1917-01-31 146 [Reuter’s Telegrams,] Deputation Waits on Sir E. Carson, London, January 27, A deputation of the Navy League appealed to Sir Edward Carson, First Lord of the Admiralty, to take vigorous meaiurei against submarines. Sir Edward Carton and Sir John Jelliooe (First Sea Lard) dei* cribed the measures taken.[Reuter’s Telegrams,] - 458 words
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Article847 1917-01-31 147 rß ,um’s TBLRaRAMS.] OF ROYAL COMM.SSION. w Ti r*- 2G Landon, January 26, the BiJB th»t the Commission Bnrri«« Indl V itB work with quite b “f’nd c»ra and thoroughness. The rfwj member save one signed fact that eve y' Lxd Islington s T n Writingrß,um’s TBLRaRAMS.] - 847 words
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Article72 1917-01-31 147 Aaaual Geaeral Meetiag. (PVvm Our Own Singapore, January 30. At the annual general meeting of the Johore Planters Mr, A. L. Buyer» was elected Chairman, and Mr. Gawler Vicechairman. The Committee is considering the suggested Labour Bureau system and the possible maximum rate of wages. A resolution was72 words
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Article67 1917-01-31 147 {From Owr Own Correspondent'). Singapore, January 30. At the annual general meeting of the Glenealy Rubber Co., Mr. Robinson, who presided, slid that he estimated the extra duty payable on the financial year at $13,200. The Secretaries of the company were corresponding with the Calonial S cretary regarding67 words
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Article420 1917-01-31 147 Chinese Deputation and Colonial Secretary, A deputation of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce consisting of Messrs. Lim Cheng leik, Goh Taik Chee and Yeoh Paik T*tt interviewed the Hon. Mr. F. S. James’, Colonial Secretary, at the Governor’s Office, this morning to discuss the Weld Quay reclamation420 words
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Article189 1917-01-31 147 The Cluttered Bank of India. Australia and China yesterday remitted to the Hongkong and Shangai B inking Corporation. Singapore, the sum of $19,074,82 for credit of the Red Cross Fund. This represents the amount standing at the credit of the Kedah Red Cross Fund. A terrible189 words
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Article1303 1917-01-31 148 [To the Editor or the Sirailt Echo,'} Sir Since last I wrote to you I have travelled «ome thousand, of mile" by land and sea, firit to pay visit to Ikmbay, and then o Bushire in the Persian Gulf, so that I have not been1,303 words
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Article45 1917-01-31 148 Latest Quotatioas, »l. I °bu;ere li n^ i L| l l i or < l“ Oled q here to da r at boed) at »92, business done msT"’ I?/ 8 "d in Lindon at .£l9l in D Bold > -C192 10s, three Bp o‘ a ld45 words
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Article682 1917-01-31 148 An Interesting Carebb, By the death of Mr, Jarnos Irving i n vl seventy-second year, which took place at hh residence in Cantonment Road yesterdi» afternoon, Penang has lost one of its oldest European residents and a very intereitin. personality, His Early Life. Mr. Irving was682 words
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Article599 1917-01-31 149 V G T^^ 8 eXo£ JLbof trust “’ficles of clothing and SIW odd h 9 Pr other thing® olu 'J D(J p. N. Syer. rty o t Me»’” ®'J the allegation preferred %«»wedd lospBC tor Nicol wainit bi® {t h 9 Crown. that at!2.15 a.m.599 words
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Article399 1917-01-31 149 Tom Wright ] - [By Tom Wright For VVestralian miners Christ is no more than a handy swearword, but the mines celebrate His birthday by stopping work for three days and a half. The beer bars get jusy. Free lunches —a custom of theirs include slabs of cold plum pudding. The399 words
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Article220 1917-01-31 149 Aftftual Gearral Merti-x The annual general meeting of tho Bir of the Federated Malay Bt»tes took place in the Supreme Cou»t, Kuala Lumpur, cn Saturd y, 2O‘h inst., Mr. F. J. Bryant presiding. In the annual report of the Chairman Mr. Bryant referred to the la220 words
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Article275 1917-01-31 149 [The Editor of the Maliy Mail.] "I «hall feel highly obliged if you will kindly publish this letter in your valuable The letter is addressed to Sikhs in general living in the F.M S and S.S.:Brethren,—A few months ago, the Cey-on Tamils, a small section275 words
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Article261 1917-01-31 149 Malay Puliceman Injured. A serious motor accident took place on the Bagan Jermal Road just opposite Fitzroy Villa, A Malay Police constable was severely injured and is now in hospital in a serious condition. It appears that the Policeman was on his way to Tanj mg Tokong Police261 words
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