The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 22 August 1917

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    20 1 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. Pef Single Copy 40 ct> fo|. 16. .fe Penang, Wednesday, August 22, 1917. No. 34.
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      281 1 w. CON TEN T S. I J I X J i Traders: Miscellaneous (Cenfinutfd) i Asia Bn! the War 1.228 Malayan Tradi and 1,240 Peace Talk fnm Rome 1,236 Menglembu Lole Syndicate, L<d.... 1240 Tbe Submarine War ...1,244 Utilising Local Food-Stuffs ...1241 A Cbiaese Grievance 1.254 China at War 1.241
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      186 2 12 the I STRAUS ECHO I j MAIL EDITION. H 01 S —iwwmwmb B H Published the day prior to the departure of each mail a for Europe, and contains the latest local and States 1 news originally published in the daily issues, as well as H all important news
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    ASIA AND THE WAR.
    925 1228 China, Siam and Japan being all it war with Germany there exists outside the Dutch East Indies no country in the Far East where the subjects of the Central Empires can w pursue their activities. The blow to Teuton commerce, Teuton prestige md Teuton plans for
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    M. A. P.
    611 1228 Lt. Col, F. A. Gvrr»h«rg, o. M g r. e att chpd t P c,r I*ad,3r*G<jner*l 1 ad,3r *G<jner*l and atLched to Headquarter units. a* I E n l T o l n > B a. Cambridge, of the t''". Cl wa cali,d ‘be B« at the
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    Brigadier-General Hubback.
    26 1228 The following official telegram from Engand Las been received Brigadier-General A. B. Hubback, C.M.G, discharged from hospital in thia country on seven weeks’ Itavp.”
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      95 1228 w! ST»” 8 aBa ■F qnu dwJy (except Sunday» and public I hoWtop) aft» OBJTEBION PRESS, Ltd. Beach Street, Penang. H Flier «.IM perumum. Ortrtrt»»- Po,Ug Extrfc fy-l ggtfoa (Port Fi»») 117.50 OHLI ADDBISB "ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Priding Department 343 H J.-All buiineM communications should be ad >ssed
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1108 1229 The Test of the Campaign. There are only some six we a ks ere autumn will be on us and the fourth the war will be closing. Looking back to that month in 1914 we realise how little we knew then and how much we had to learn.
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    Tin.
    38 1229 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to day at $lO9, business den’, io Singapore (refined) at $lO9 75, busints* done, (175 tons sold) and in London at £242 10s. spot and at £238 15s. three months.
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    London Rubber Market.
    25 1229 >- (Prom Our Own, Correspondent,') London, August 14. The prices in the London Rubber Market to-day were: Pale Crepe 2/6 Diamond Smoked 2/5
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    FRENCH FRONT
    415 1229 [RicrW, THE BATTLE OF A 80,,/ I He.dqu.rter, st.tes th»t on August 10-11 in the tawLT??* I of St. Quentin. A night ettuk hr'a?* I truppen east of the village of F,j J sft ‘>>s enemy to capture the froatulZ w.d h of «IX hundred yard., Countebjfij I
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    FIGHTING IN FLANDERS.
    1005 1230 [R ,CT»’» TMJOBAM’J «irrtlEß OF THE ENEMY. jLAUGH Weslhoek Battle. i ,W, Cdon I Au g u 9 U3 •t'b® “‘“'io our u.en consolidating J J R dee were cailmg on the gunners fffgtbotkE l g simultaneously the aerogatbenog of GerWood and Polygon Wood J,„r“ answered by
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    MR. HENDERSON'S EXPLANATION.
    1097 1230 [Reotbb*. Tbligbam.,] STATEMENT IN THE COMMONS. A Long Wait. London, August 13. Mr, At Henderson, contmu ng his personal statement in the Huuse of Commons, stated that on his return from Paris he gave Mr, Lloyd George a full and faithful statement of his position and his
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    DOMINIONS AND THE WAR.
    1065 1231 [Reuter’s Tilegrams.] SERVICE OF THE COLONIES. Mr Loaf's Tribute. August 14, In the House of Commons, during the debate on the Colonial Office vote, Mr. Walker Long, Secretary of State for the Colonies, said that the fine part tbe Dominions and the Crown Colonies played in
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    Sequel to Klebang Affairs.
    1401 1232 r rrlTOR’S EGED B° WC B I 9LiaENCE. ApW M. Dismi” !D ai y es,erday o h C.ihi"”' 0 T' «-I» 1 M lm ir Justice L.M. Woodward Sdeci»'O“ of <',our of the defendants in C»tb' r elo Tj# A U 9 it will ba rememB
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    PARTNERSHIP SUIT.
    1097 1232 wuu ara -T.O M. Donald vi. Duncan. The next arp al cn the list which came up for hearing this morning before Sir J. A. 8 Bucknill Justice) Mr Justice P, J. Sprou’ie and Mr. Justice L P. Ebdtn was that of Mrs. D. A. Donald apaiost the
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    Dutch Cable News.
    600 1233 Holland and the War, Tse following cables from thi Hague appear in the Sumatra Post: Germany has given the Dutch Foreign Office an assurance that the submarine recently released from Dutch custody will not be employed against merchant vessels until it has returned to a German port.
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    SITUATION IN SPAIN.
    346 1233 [Riwn-, M.rti.l l,„ fwWaU S P “n ni l aWh ,bee decl Gsaeral Strike. The .trike ha. assumsOh^K 14 general movement with tendency. The calling up ol! eXST I been authoneed to prepare for erneJL!} Disturbance, are reported atd fiermSj All is quiet in tbe capital. Military
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    Bukit Mertajam Cases.
    442 1234 A (M Correspondent August I u4 m police Comt, u Ite B’W H Jd. on Wednesday. ~Mr, G>A-B er A n h Ah Gdk was I MC»«ed sentenced to t* u friend bed disappeared Bnti*»M proved that ,iblb '3 mide an attempt to dispose of irrest* I
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    Importation and Exportation Restrictions.
    572 1234 Colonial Office Circular. We have received for pub! cition from the Colonial Secretary the following copy of a Circular from the Right Honourable toe Secretary of State for the Colonies regarding goods brought to the United Kingdom for transhipment to destinations overseas. CIRCULAR. Downing Street, May
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    Japanese Rubber Men Complain.
    621 1234 Much critic sm was exp es-ed by Japanese business men at a meatiog at the Imperial Hotel, last n ght Ju y 19 ov r the restictions being placed by tbe British Gove nment on Japanese lubber planters in tbe Straits Battlements and Federated Malav States.
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    Kuala Lumpur Assizes.
    1341 1235 POLICE FINANCIAL CASH. Cbiminal Brxach Charges, In the Supreme Court yesterday (says the Malay Mail of Tuesday), before Mr, Justice Innes, Acting Chief Judicial Com* nrasioner, was commenced the hearing of the trial of T. de Silva, Teen K r n Fab and M. Smnadurai, late of
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    Queen Mary's Needlework Guild.
    184 1235 Penang Women Woa tIU Mr.°'cip. P ,'e r IO 1!17 acl;no »ledged »5.555 Mrs. Pritchard 15.06 Mrs. Peel loqq “Durian” i 10 00 No. 36 7.00 Mrs. Winfield 2 50 Credit 1.00 1.99 15.603 02 Hospital garments for soldier. Tx 2t |f° r W< J k
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    Tin Outputs.
    238 1235 The outputs of the Katnpong KamuDting Tin Dredging, Ltd-, for the first fortnight of August, were:— Hours run (2 dredges) 616; Cubic Yards treated 83.000; Total Piculs 523.23; Beths* ed on sale $32,995.85, The particulars of the outputs from the fol'owiog companies for the first half of August,
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    PEACE TALK FROM ROME.
    1750 1236 rC we ventured OiJr t eW i a dl this column that the t, pr’P b *7 the Central Empires in nctonW of b 0 followed at no flalicia OU by a revival of peace(fistint rom Berlin and Vienna. had lo ‘s’ s«b«"forecast. Already folfilment w
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    London Rubber Market.
    25 1236 (i’roT/i Our Own Correspondent.') London, August 15. The prices in the London Rubber Market to-day were: Pale Crepe 2/6 Diamond Smoked 2/5
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    M. A. P.
    597 1237 A portrait of the late Lieut. Colonel R. S F. Walker, the first Commandant of the Malay States Guides, is given in a recent issue of the Daily Mirror, The funeral of the late Mrs. Choong Seng Hin, nee Khoo Kim ELeoh, mother of Mr. Choong Sean
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1107 1237 The Vatican Proposals. What sb»ll w.i say of the present form of the continual indirect movement which Germany is making towards peace Probably its most considerable centra is that which von Billow Switzerland. Toe organ of its choice is obviously the Vatican. And it is quite possible that
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    Brown Bast.
    39 1237 To the Editor of cthen Sir,-SbouldMr.M.MV.A,^ r keep their eyesion this e fl j weeks, now that t djsBppe> re^; should not be surprised if it and nothing be left but» Wtle c garden Hot Air.—?ours, oc„
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    Death of Major Borton.
    64 1237 The General Officer Com h a 0 D received with deep the death of Major jnactio®®*** State Guides, who was .giy Aden on the 2nd be ,liariJ The General Officer s r g m coo by everybody in ,bo tact with M»jor Bor the Penang a
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    BRITISH PUSH.
    495 1238 [BwiM 9 Tulbouama.] •ifHTING near w£STHOEK ’VoA A ”8 u »‘1 4 1 11 5O ,D--fi'O repulsed 80 H “Xk otbeeastot Weetboek. r?S">--“ T "":"4 h, d a.U driven out. btt 9 PortakUBeZ after sharp fighting, ~i d 1/ estimated at three compani totbeeaet|°f Neuve Cbappelle *Se the
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    THE EX-TSAR.
    440 1238 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Removal from Taarkoeaelo. Petrograd, August 15. Tbe Ex-Tsar and his family have been secretly removed from Tsarskoeselo to a destination which will be announced later. Destination Uakaowa. Petrograd, August 15.—Later. Complete secrecy shrouded the removal of the Imperial Family, a course which was resolved upon in
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    SITUATION IN SPAIN.
    538 1238 [Rbutbb’s Telegrams,] SERIOUS OUTLOOK. Roilway Lite Blow» up, fTL t n I jO ldop August 14. The news from Spain is scrappy but there are indications that the situation is serious. Ihe latest telegrams sp oa k of order being restored at Barcelona and Saragossa by stringent
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    LABOUR AND STOCKHOLM.
    460 1239 [Reuter's Telegrams] Labour and Stockholm. EXECUTIVE'S RESOLUTION. Vote of Coefideoce ia Mr. Headersoa. London, August 15. The Labour Executive has adopted a vote of confidence in Mr. A. Henderson, A telegram was read from Stockholm stating that the conference would be consultative, not mandatory. Tne Executive adopted
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    THE POPE AND PEACE.
    533 1239 [Reuter's Telegrams.] VATICAN PROPOSALS. Suggested Term*. Rome, August 14, The peace proposals of H'S Holiness the Pope suggest that Belgium, Serbia, and Rumania should be restored and a peaceful solution of the future cf Alsace-Lorraine, the Trentino and Poland. Rome, August 14, —Liter. The Vatican proposals
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    Court of Appeal.
    1200 1239 T Domid I D- A Donald against the 01 I Justice L. M. Wood"rd ia I Donald Mr. DoX I the plaintiff had no inherent 'tu? tk,t I partner or a, co-owner in the h M I District of Batang p'd.", Tw I Leases and lot numbers
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    Malayan Trade and Food Supplies.
    1122 1240 ready for any possible contingency.— Strait» Time», Two matters have been receiving some little consideration late’y, but in regard to one at least it is extraordinarily difficult to make people in MJaya rea'ise that some extreme flounce of tbe skirts of war may biush them
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    P.C.C. Tennis Tournament
    139 1240 The following were the results of the ties played off yesterday Single Handicap A, P N Syer beat R E Pnntis 6—3. 6—3 Double Handicap A, F G Penny and T E Winfield beat A M Forrest snd G N Saya 6—3, 6—3 H Jackson and L
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    Menglembu Lode Syndicate, Ltd.
    16 1240 Coiricted Output, July. 1917, Mine 141 Piculs Value $B,lOO Tribute 141 1,532
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    Utilising Local Food-Stuffs.
    1118 1241 [To th! Editor of tub Free Frew.] Daar Sir, —I was interested in Mr, Dun- I man's notes on Food Beform. He is quite right in saying that many native fruits and vegetables can be made into pickles and preserves in the place of those im- I
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    Penang Rubber Auction.
    92 1241 The undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by Messrs. Allen Dennys and Co at their 307th Auction Sale tc-day Smoked Diamond Sheet No. 1 1116 to 1118 per picul Smoked Diamond Sheet No. 2 107 115 do Plain Smoked Sheet 101 do Unsmoked Sheet No. 1
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    Eastern Produce Exchange.
    72 1241 At the Eastern Produce Exchange 159 h Auction Sale the following prices were obtained per picul. Diamond Smoked Good from $ll5 to 8116 Fair 103 to 114 Diamond Unsmoked 95 to 104 Plain Uosmoked 95 to 102 Scrap Crepe 70 to 72 Pi eased Scrap 35 to
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    China at War.
    93 1241 Cop, Ot a tel,gr,m its “abmuit, inaugurated b, the Cental Power, to be ineffectual. •be relation, with g mm*"; eipeoted that general ccn lt mX“i that policy would lui 7 no longer realisable. The ChiiZ Government directed by a desire to International Law and protect ChiMislhJ and
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    Planters' Association of Malaya.
    98 1241 A General Met ting of this Association will be held at 11 a.w, on Wednesday, the 29th inst., at No. 12, Market Stset, Kula Lumpur, Aginda. 1 Minutes of Meeting of June 27, 2 War Belief, 3 Motorcars, 4 Labour:—a Curtailment of Indian Emigration; b Recruiting
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    Singapore Rubber Auction.
    182 1241 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, August 17. At the Singapore Rubber Auction the foVowing prices were obtained Smoked fine g P UM to 1123 perpioul Good 100 H 7 do Fine plain 110 0 Good plain JO7 H Unsmoked fine ribbed 114,, Fine plain BJ» Good plain
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    Court of Appeal.
    1325 1242 nnMALV V 3. resumed ypstprday afterBa c knill,K.C.. (Chief .0 before Srp j g piO u’B and M-. > fe) M p EMeoot' the app=»l of Mrsfarcflh 8 t the decision of Mr. M D A ,ieoL M Duncm who dtchred that h.d no iot’re’t whether is
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    Chamber of Commerce.
    1136 1242 Excerpt from minutes of a meeting of the Committee cf tbe Penang Chamber of Commerce, held in tbe Chamber onTuesdav. 14th August, 1917. y PjjsiNK-Hcn. M-, A. F. Goodrich, Chairman, Messrs, C.M. Henderson, ViceChairman, J C. Benson, Low, WG. Peter, and F G. Penny. Absent:-Mr. F. Duxbury,
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    F.M.S. Police Case.
    1247 1243 r.a*. TOTAL DEFICIT $57,446. Auditor in the Box. In the Supreme Court yesterday, (says the Malay Mail of Wednesday) before tbe Acting Chief Judicial Commissioner, Mr. Justice Innes, tbe hearing was continued of tbe criminal breach of trust charge against Thomas de Silva, Teen Kon Fah and
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    THE SUBMARINE WAR.
    1126 1244 ffkib guid air*!*? 1 8 nuderstaodinEt o£ the P r0 the submarine campa.gn, ;«> 2 second week m August, tkws to' th b iB hed this morning, h ‘Srourably with the previous joapire Tho number of ar"l JLrtures, though slightly «nil .“Mt weeks' returns, is well ’«ekly
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    M. A. P.
    662 1244 Mr. W. H. Thorne, who is kid up with fever, is still umbleto atterd office. Dr, G. W. Park who is also laid up with an attack of fever, is progressing favourably. Mr. H. Oxenham.of the Eastern Shipping Company, i eturned this morning from a trip to
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    996 1245 The Kaiser's Ancestor. To-day is tbe anniversary of the death cf Frederick the Great, who died a hundred and thirty-one years ago. He, too, never willed war 1 It was always forced on him, but he was an exceptional Hohenzollern in that be did not china the Divine
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    Mr. Gerard’s Memoirs.
    248 1245 [Reuter's Tilegrams Light OB the Kaiser's Character, London, August 15. The chief interest hitherto in Mr. Gerard’s revelations in the Daily Telegraph is tbe light they throw on the character of the Kaiser. When Mr. Gerard protested against submarinism the Kaiser always asked why the United States
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    THE WEEK'S SINKINGS.
    945 1245 [Biwn-, T.l loUxi] ADMIRALTY REPORT, Marks! Dteftiu. An Admir.lt, annowe’m^ 4 ls »nd the ..ding. g Fourteen ve.iela over' 1,600 Feb™ 28™ g he Ut 01 Sunk. ?™r^ er Total, max n 1.600 1-600 Fibruary2B 15 6 2 19 March 7 14 9 2 3 u 14...
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    The Vatican Proposals.
    1173 1246 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] TEXT OF NOTE. Aims of His Holisess, I London, August 16. The following text of the Pa, al Note, which is addressed to the beads of the belligerent peoples, has been published. As a preface to the Note is a statement of His Holiness’ aim
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    BRITISH PUSH.
    1613 1247 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] POSITIONS CAPTURED. Sir Douglas Haig's Report. London, August 16, 1 35 a.m. Sir Douglss Haig reports:— "The Canadians this morning stormed positions to the south-east and east of Loos on a front of two miles and serried the formidable defences of Hill Seventy which since September
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    FRENCH FRONT.
    494 1248 [BMW»’» Twiokams.] M HLEOF CHEMIN DES DAMES, r Am August 15, 5,55 p- m. L nd indent at the French «/wiring on Augu.t 14, B^q»' rt9, ’t "t h despite the tremendous nin oXer ,9 O °7 h ““"‘J V British fronts end on both f,w!h wh.MeU'e there
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    Malayan Matters.
    1175 1248 The Rubber Lands Restriction Enactment recently passed by the Federal Council aid the cone-ponding Ordinance enacted io the Colony will serve their immediate purpose. As war measures pure and simple, thty are adequate. At present Bri’i'ih subjects are restrained from raising capital for developing large areas, It would
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      72 1248 Teething Children, Teething children have more or less diarrhoea, which can be controlled by giving Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, All that is necessary is to give the prescribed dose after each operation of the bowels more than natural and then castor oil to cleanse the system. It is
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    F.M.S. Police Case.
    1554 1249 THE THIRD DAY 3 HEARING. Counsel’s Arguments. Mr. Fonseca, of the Audit Department, again occupied the witness box for the whole day, when, on Wednesday, the trial of Messrs, de Silva, Teen Kon Fah and Sinnadurai on a charge of criminal breach of trust as public servants
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    “Our Day, 1917.”
    658 1249 [To the Editor or the Blraiit Echo,] Sir, On the 4th July I forwirdad to youi copy of a telegram received by the Governor from the Secretary of S’ate tor the Ooloniei containing an appeal by Field-Marshal H. R. H. the Duke of Connaught aod the Marquis
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    Tin Outputs.
    58 1250 o. th. first fortnbhf OW ln A e th e3 c ,nD Ponies galley fl 146 picu's, Bang. L bre. 7^' 0 1 ’*“d K.to’o Dai breakdown stopped six days th Mr Eeroautteoh 6 0 80 Juhn Hind’ &Ud S T Cb A!o »ndar G. J e 8
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    Penang Free School.
    3339 1250 Speech Day, The annual Speech D*y of the Penang Free School was held at the school hall yesterday afternoon. Among those present were tbo Hon. Mr. W. Peel, acting Resident Councillor and Mis. Peel, Ra V L m. Duvelle, Row. C. Letessier, Ry, Bro? Marcian, Director St.
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    Tin.
    371 1252 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefiqpd) is quoted here to-day at 1111.50, business doo% in Singapore (refined) it $ll2, buy-ra no sere's. Mr, W. H Thorne, who was laid up with fever, was able to attend office to-day. Mr. Sharp arrived here to-day to take up lb managership of the Hoagkong
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    Eavesdropping Allowed.
    1204 1252  -  [By Tom Wright."] If you find a sunny corner in Slyde Park, Sydney, with a group of benches drawn up to face each other (usually a tringle of three) and on these men earnestly talking, you need not hesitate to approach and listen if you want to do
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    London Rubber Market.
    45 1252 (_From Our Own Correspondent.) London, August 16. The prices in the London Rubber Market to-day were: Pa'e Cr pe 2/5J Diamond Smoked 2/4| The Mail despatched from Penang to London, v a Madras and Bombay, on the 16th ultimo, was delivered yesterday.
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    Court of Appeal.
    855 1253 Donald vi. Duncan. The hearing was resumed yesterday afternoon boforeSir J.A.S. Bucknill, K.C., (Chief Justice), Mr. Justice P. J. Sproule and Mr. Justice L. P. Ebden of the app?al of Mrs. D. A, Donald against the decision of Mr. Justice L. M. Woodward in the suit D.
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    P.C.C. Tennis Tournament.
    377 1253 The following were th? results of the ties played off yesterday Single Handicap A., A W Harries beat A M Forrest 6-4, 3—6, 6-0 Single Handicap B. J Tryner w o from B Powell Double Handicap B. M D Rutley and S H Langston beat C R
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    Harbours Within the Empire.
    440 1253 [RWTWs Tll I» tb. Hou,a M I emphasised that tl. J 0 4 I »u>t«ble harbours Wl7h. <t I existing harbours was In t C f I He hoped soon that L. I ““Royal ComXon < I matter would be adopted 1(1 tb</ eonld tot b.
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    Marriage.
    59 1254 n.KTS-At S'. Andrew’s on Aueust 14, 1917, Swindell) Ahn (br' 1 ur .‘„r of Bukit SUrong Esute, lecond son of toe 1? v. S’"“ of Bnmtwood, Uchfi-W, j t b.rd > MiWt Haorub Baker, 8,5 ,d a j'u’ibter of the W’ Godfrey B.ker »od sister of Geoff.ey Biker, M
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    A CHINESE GRIEVANCE.
    1069 1254 In the Colonial Government Gazette of August 10 is published anew table of fees leviable under the Fees Ordinal of 1881. It includes the following <5 c. For every chingay procession 250 00 per day For every marriage procession within Municipal limits with music 5 0(H For
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1144 1254 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Gravelotte. l'i-t*y sth» "nnive «ary of the battle of G avelotte in 1870, when German frightfn npssdefea-ei the army of the incomp ?nt MiishU B zi na, who came to a bJa.ed dre .tm to mitreh westward to the Pa H, and compelled n to return
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    General Korniloff Interviewed.
    99 1255 Petrograd, August 17. General Korniloff has arrived here. He had a lengthy conference with M. Kerensky. Interviewed, General Korniloff stated that energetic measures had resultad in considerable strengthening of the moral and fightine capacity of the Armv. He hoped that the new measures he was submitting to
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    BRITISH PUSH.
    2027 1255 [Reuter’s Telegrams,] FURTHER PROGRESS. Sir Douflas Heig’a Report. London, August 17, 1.10 a.m. Sir Douglas Haig reports •‘The Allied attack on a front of nine miles to the north of the Ypres—Menin road continued all day long in the face of strong resistance. Tne Fiench on our left
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    POPE’S PEACE PROPOSALS.
    516 1256 [Rbutbr’s Tiligbamb.l Reception in Germany. London, August 17. to LAST’S pr99 prof9BBBB disinclination tA-rH Pt tke f op 8 Proposals until the full text is available but it is obvious that the step mln and uch anxious curiosity Alfies f9Bted regardlD B the attitude of the The
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    THE WAR SITUATION.
    1253 1257 [Rkutbr’s Telegrams.] PREMIER’S PRONOUNCEMENT. VARIOUS ASPECTS DISCUSSED. The Food Position. London, August 16. Mr. Lloyd George, in an important speech in the House of Commons on several aspects of the war situation, first referred to the food position which had very considerably improved since the early part
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    Britain and Peace Terms.
    480 1257 [Rsum’s Ift -W-J rx ’-I ENGLISH P«E SS Ofiwon I Petro 8 r AngurtW I The papers applaud Mr. nJ I sober and statesmsnliks ntterinr 9 1 I nest answer to ths new “to I offensive.” J "pna I j 6O T me s»yslh>Ht prove. thii
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    Late War Items.
    196 1258 Tn D.t<k .n.M.I c»ble« from the P tbe Sumatra Pori of fagi •PP e 10 ,k W,r n of the Rotterdam Lloyd line d SSd u increase of wage, of and continuoue firing can Belgium; honsee in Dutch w baken theirwy Goeernment hae paid i indemnity for
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    Shortage of Flour.
    287 1258 Inin Community Hard Hit, There has been some concern caused locally bjiihortige—in fact, a complete stoppage *-0/a certain kind of flour which is largely used for food by the thousands of Indians of various oommuoitics in the F.M.S. says jatmUy’. lO.M. The Indian, maha this flw, known
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    F.M.S. Police Case.
    2197 1258 FURTHER HEARING. Tntbrbbting Evidence. Before Mr. Justice lunes. Acting Chief Judicial Commissioner, iu the Supreme Court, Kuala Lumpu’-, on Thursday, the trial was continued ot Messrs. Sinuadmai, Teen Kon Fah and T. de Silva for criminal breach of trust as servants. Mr. Fonseca of the Audit Department
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    Military Training—A Shameful Case.
    294 1259 (To the Editor of the IStrai't Times Sir, —It seems to me that on this subject a great deal of your valuable space is wasted if the following instance is not brought to public notice:— A keen and extremely efficient N.-C.O. in the Malacca Volunteer R
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    Doubtful Cinema Films.
    536 1259 Ao rre ’Ponden7i,it e ,~7 o pap. r to th, A few nights back a c i s i nt objechcnible kind wa "tk« Cinema Hall, What mad. objectionable was it, enst i, D ll Wn it bad bean suppressed by *he Cm?" 1 01 which suggest,
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    Chinese Grievance.
    589 1260 rg« Strait* Echo.] ro r ß >H Wlo 01 i Be, "%J»lu» b le editorial of the i^ ll ja t Chinese Grievance’ jj,t A»« ait ble of fes leviable under Ordin. of UBl, which fixe, tin Fe h th,rl !S a fea for eve<y funeral b «i
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    Late War Items.
    310 1260 From Dutch Sources, The following sp°cial cables from the Hague appear in the Sumatra Post of Friday Hollaad a«d The War. During the month of May 66 grain ships left Holland for America ;of these only 2 have returned. The remainder are held up in America A
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    Penang Swimming Club.
    236 1260 M nthlt Medal Competition. The A class ran 410 yards handicap and the B chai race 75 yards handicap were held st Tanjing Bongah yesterday morning with tbe following results A Class—44o Yards (Handicap), h’cap, time, sacs. m. secs. Ist G. B. Crisp 120 9 16| 2nd
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    Kedah Notes.
    608 1260 Q/>om Our Own Correspondent Alor Star, August 18. Last Tuesday n ght Che Ismail Merican gave a farewell dinner tr Mr. 8. Asirvadam, P. &Tf whQ gnfBon( J months full-p-ty vactou leave on the 20th met. The dinner party consisted of the following:— Mr. and Mrs. Mprican, Mr.
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    Full Court of Appeal.
    591 1261 Phuam Kim Hoo Estate Appeal, The Fall Court of Appeal comprising Sir John Bucknill (Chief Justice), Mr, Justice L. P. Ebden and Mr. Justice P.J. Sproule dismissed the appeal in the case in connection with the estate of the late Phuah Kim Hoo in which the
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    Our Day, 1917.
    693 1261 There were few people the Topicist imagines, who ever thought that the Straits c ntribution, aided by Johore and Kedah, to Our Diy fund, handsome as it was, got a place in the great Empire Overseas Stakes last year and it is a matter on which all
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    Penang Volunteers.
    580 1261 T > FI LD OPMW '0!« I here was a g oo <i VolootMr, .nd h, 01 operation. on Saturday ,0 fed wb.eh was that an the Veterans and ft. Cadet. IDrl of Lt. J. Wjomewbere io th, eonth ImfeJ tor their objective whi.k «‘kill Police Station. The
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    THE RENT BILL.
    1147 1262 rZe.” aB and beeD that our learMd Attorney-G-n.r.l l top .Uo«e himielt to be influenced Zpt. when he is engaged J «tin, n«w f r th ftjh criticism a. has been 2J by the unofficial members of f Legislative Council, press and tat ’(Wk iStHction) Bill has
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    M. A. P.
    519 1262 v General Secretary i. M, C. A., is in Penang. Mr. D. A. A C vistia has ohtainei a commission in the R v<l Flying Cip», Messrs. RoLnd B-addel and V. D. Koowles, of Singapore, a in P nang Mr. G L Ham, an F. M, S.
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    26 1262 Death* m On the 19;h ineUnt, at NgS* b f°26 Ch Street, Ng Seab |ii' year. W«* i” d p MS. p»P”« P ,ease “"P 7,
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1309 1263 The Autocrat of the Liquor Trade. But for hit appointment as Chairman of tbe Central Control Board (Lquor Traffic), Lord d’Abernon, who kept his 60th birthday yesterday, would not have baen so publicly known, The title had successfully buried Sir Edgar Vincent,” who was an authority on the
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    THE BRITISH THRUST.
    1474 1263 [RiutW, i DTIYTVav* ‘J FATHER OMW*,,, 1 G Aerial Sir "h O 0,l A l 5 captured twenty.four ffun number of heavy’ gn“,. I "We «cured the position. on th. T battle front which we captmed ...J?" Let‘Th. m d Pr gre totl “W number uW"’ 00
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    FRENCH FRONT.
    497 1264 [Reutrr'b Tblegrams.l APPRECIABLE advance. Rheiaa Bombed. London, August 18,1 30 a.m. A French commun que report* *'ln Belgium the Germans did not mike a fresh attempt. Our troops are organising the captured ground to tbe nerth-eastof Bixscboote from Driegrachten to the River Bioenveek. Tney reductd the islets where
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    POPE'S PEACE PROPOSALS.
    472 1265 [Reuter’u Telegrams.] “Cologae Gazette" Commeat. Amsterdam, August 18. The Cologne Gazette refuses to accept the Pope's proposals regarding restoration of territories, declaring that Belgium and Northern France are much more valuable than the German colonies. It asks:— What about our world-trade and the property of German merchants
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    RUMANIAN RALLY.
    514 1265 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] GREAT BATTLE PROCEEDING. Heavy Eaemy Losses, London, August 18. The Times special correspondent at the Rumanian headquarters telegraphs tbat'the greatest and bloodiest battle the Rumanians ever fought is still not concluded. The battle is raging on a front of a hundred miles, from Slanic Valley to
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    IN THE GERMAN BIGHT
    468 1265 [Rrvtw. UD A»».. .7*l Certaii Linii,,,, The Admiralty forces, scouting j n the P Tbursd.y, Sighted an Fire was opened and the enet^ T 7ch?^toJWwas repeatedly hit Btd escaped through a nti.t over. X s Enemy minesweepers wen shortly after. We opened a hem a** at
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    Seafarers and Germany.
    436 1266 run»'" T»—> A htTMtioMl Co.fere.ee. London, August 13. «inn»! Conference of Allied A» Xi amen •nd firemen met in iri ueatrd 8e r the attitude to be tcwirds Garm» n ail o rB a(ter the idopted t submarine outrages. ,ir ia ’T.idelv representative attendance, from tie Dominion..
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    Locomotive Engineers.
    578 1266 [Rbutbr’s Tblbgrams,] Threatened Strike. London, August 18. The Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen has decided to strike for the recognition of an eight-hours day but the question is being reconsidered to-day owing to proposals of the Government. The Society is not supported by other railway unions,
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    Indian Self-Government.
    489 1266 [Rbutbb’s Tblbgbams.l OFFICIAL SYMPATHY, Mr. Men’axu’s View» and lateatioar. London, August 20. Speaking in tbe Home of Commons, the Hon. E. S Montagu, Secretary of State for India, announced that the Imnerial and Ind an Governments were in complete accord regarding the desi-ability of associating Indians in increasing
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    Recollections of South Africa
    1950 1267 Lbctubb by thb Chibt Justicb. Opportunities of bearing a good lecture delivered by a really good lecturer in Penang are very few and far between and when one of these lingular opportunities ia given the general public of this plac3 hasten to avail themselves of it.
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    A FRIENDLY CRITIC OF A GERMANY.
    2642 1268 fix progress of the war w» pL>. o' idolization of aad P everything German, from 8*“ y and pages and pages of S! »bu.e d righteous Wrath th. pens of the writers of t* And the really impartial f racial traits and national has
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    Tin.
    36 1269 Latest Quotations, Tin (unrefined) is quoted here at $lO9 75, buyers no sellers, in Singapore (refined) at 111 1.00, business don°, (75 tons sold) anc in London at £243 spot and at £240 thiee months.
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    910 1269 Ireland the Land of the Free. There is only one re<lly free country to-day—save, perhaps, Mexico—and that is Ireland. A score of nations are at war the neutral nations of the world are settled and troubled by the disturbance of their trade and industries some are on the
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    Eastern Produce Exchange.
    61 1269 At the Eastern Produce Exchange 160 h Auction Sale the following prices wen obtained: prr picul. Diamond Smoked Fair from >lO5 to 1115 Diamond Unsmoked M NO!° w Plain Unsmoked 71 Scrap Crepe t 0 J 1 BirkCrppe Loose Scrap *0 0 Vi r o ’n Scrap
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    C.R.C. Tennis Tournament
    46 1269 Toe final in the Open Double, wb>A played iff on Saturday rewi ted 1« FWJ Wan and Ho Kim Teik be.treg 1» Liat and Oh Teik Ire The championship tie between Wan and Lee Tiang Liat will be p ‘J M to-morrow. x.
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    London Rubber Market.
    74 1269 (From Our Own London, Ang»‘ w Tbe price, in the London Bobber M‘ to-day were: j/j| Pale Crepe 2 i,i Diamond Smoked A correspondent on the states that there ia much h 6 tloofl Crown Prine army. 0« deeMcomplain that tbe B‘ow‘W’ do not re ated" and
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    BRITISH FRONT.
    1142 1270 Tst-waa" 3 another small push, ah Objectives Captured Lindon l9, 4.50 p.m, Sir DJUgtas Haig reports: M nl*s of a minor operation in tbe the reaul.a ora y J_p jaloip3llo eeighboorhoo a( }vanced to a d> pth of *%ded yards 01 a front of a mile. LLredall our
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    FRENCH FRONT.
    478 1270 [Reuteb b Telegrams.] ARTILLERY activity. RHEIMS AGAIN SHELLED. The War i B the At-. London, August 20, 12 25 a.m. Tne F.eich communique says s n /'J» he ar !l 110ry Btru^,e marked a-ct'vity tn the region of Bray P Chrny and on b th banks of the
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    MR. GERARD'S REVELATIONS.
    486 1271 [Riutbb’s Tblbgramb.] GERMAN IDEA OF PEACE. The Question o! Belgium. Seme Compreheative Guarantee».” London, August 30. Mr. Gerard, formerly American Ambassador at Berlin, continuing bis revelations in the Daily Telegraph, gives the German idea of peace. He says that never could he get anybody to state definite
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    ITALIAN OFFENSIVE.
    555 1271 [Rbuter’s Tblbgbamb,] ON THE ISONZO. BITTER BATTLE ON A WIDE FRONT. Aa Austriaa Aeeouat, Lindon, August 20, 12.50 p m. The wireless Austrian official report says: The Its uns st acked tbe coastal territory on the Isonzi which has belonged to Austria for centuries. After a very strong
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    THE EASTERN THEATRE.
    342 1271 [Riww. RUMANIAN UUI, Situation Sati.U c tor' y T Lln< ioo, A O g. 20 The situation 01 the Ru„i, n B front, is generally German, at present are not m have not yet reached Ocna d k£* made much progres. down the Trotu V.l“» A !u
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    Court of Appeal.
    985 1272 OF A CHINESE CHILD. TTNSUCCSBBFVI. APPLICATION, concluded before the Full Tbebearwg thjs morniD g o f an Oeort of Ar leave to appeal to the liclt p D against the decision of the MT f Appeal in a Malacca case F oil C n,t actjoSw to the
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