The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 16 April 1919
1919-04-16
1
541
https://www.nlb.gov.sg
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/browse/straitsechomail
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)
-
Title Section23 1919-04-16 1 The Straits Echo. MAIL EDITION. 11$ PUB AM JU UM* Single Copy 40 cis. Vol. 17 Penang, Wednesday, April 16, 1919. No, 16.23 words
-
Page 1 Advertisements
-
Advertisement292 1919-04-16 1 CONTENTS. Leaders Miscellaneous (CenfinuecZ) Hovb'dk Prob’ems f... 508 Great Fite it Canton ...618 Malaya’s Plight... 508 Malaya’s Fo d Sipply 519 Hurry Un* ...514 The K»jwg Split ...5'9 China’ Wealth... 120 Pmang Mortality Bsturrs 523 Our Duty 524 Dutch Shipping... 5'3 rB«O0 Memorial... ...530 Germany and Siam 5?6 jfigus of292 words
-
-
Page 2 Advertisements
-
Advertisement227 1919-04-16 2 SS I=3 Tl GSj CRITERION PRESS, Ltd.,] NO. 59, BEACH STREET, PENANG. ESTABLISHED 5883. J PRINTERS PUBLISHERS. Proprietors of the “STRAITS ECHO” and “PENANG SIN POE.” The most enterprising and up-to-date Printers and Litho- fil graphers in the Orient. Our plant is of the very latest Pattern and by constantly227 words
-
-
Article963 1919-04-16 508 UTILISATION’ OF WASTE LANDS, tn a letter addressed recently to the Editor of ths London Globe Mr, F. G. Paynter, of the Hub of the Universe, offers suggestions with regard to the housing problems that should interest not a few of our readers, especially bis remarks concerning the963 words
-
Article1008 1919-04-16 508 In cur issue of the 18 h ultimi ws dwelt at conbidrrab'e hn>th upon thi gravity of the food situation in this country aud emphasised the importance and practicability of cultivating dry pidi on a vary large scale. We pointed to tha fact that it has been grown1,008 words
-
Page 508 Advertisements
-
Advertisement96 1919-04-16 508 Cbe Straits €cbo. Zs PUBLISHED DAILY (Except Sundays and public holidays.) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, LIMITED, 99, Beach Street, Penang. Price: Dally Local ISO Per annum. outstation Postage Extra. Mall Edition (Foot Free) 918 per annum. Cable Address: ECHO PENANG.” Telephone Noe. (Echo) 380. Printing Department 343. jV.J,—AII bu«in«M communication»96 words
-
-
Article417 1919-04-16 509 Bici Casks in Mokit Mirtajam, I Ow Own VtoresponM,) Bukit Mertsjim. April B,—Tne price of rice has gone up considerably daring the last few days. For every bag of Rangoon white rice a earn of SI or more extra and above the Control price is now charged.417 words
-
Article49 1919-04-16 509 TRAIN SERVICES INTERRUPTED BI FLOODS, Official Information. Under date B.h indent the Traffic Manager, F.M S.R, informa ui, by tele* graph, that the Night Mail service between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore is suspended, and ths lice between Ttbong and Gsmas ploied to all icbl further notice.49 words
-
Article603 1919-04-16 509 M-. K. Jar.oisa A.d'oT" B’«'>' e Europe on long leave on the 23rd mat. Mr. MoCheme, l.te of HaowoodEaUU. ia now senior Ma.taol p<l, k B,W Valley Estate. e Mr. P. M. William,, of GHeneillj Estate, Pirit, who want on .otira inrT.oe ret.rnoa to day from India by the603 words
-
Article367 1919-04-16 509 [Riuter’s Tbligbams.] RETORT ON RUSSIA, Linin’! Onrturii. Paris, April 7, Speculation was active yesterdny in Paris circles as to the exact contents of the report of Bullitt, the American journalist, who has returned to Paris after a trip into the heart of Bolshevist Russia as a tort of[Riuter’s Tbligbams.] - 367 words
-
Article159 1919-04-16 509 14 pur cent. Dividend. We ars indebted to the courtesy of the Acting Minigjr of this Bank for information to the effect that he is in rtedpt of a telegram from bis Head Office advising that the Board of Directors at the general meeting, to bo159 words
-
Article539 1919-04-16 510 technical education fob estate assistants. At a recant meeting of the Bandoeng I Dirbion of tha Java Estates Union, Dr, Zickraeoki daalt with technical education of employes of estates, and as it will doubtless interest planters in Malaya to knew what is being done in their own line539 words
-
Article659 1919-04-16 510 SMALL-POX, FLU, FOOD AND HAWKERS. At the ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Penang Municipal Commission yesterday afternoon Mr. A. B. Voule?, the President presided and there were also present Messrs’. Yeoh Guan Sack, F. Duxbury, A. F. Goodrich, Quah B ng Kee, Che Wor Lok, A. M.659 words
-
Article557 1919-04-16 510 bailway washouts. Well over nine hours of continuous heavv rain, from shortly after 5 o’clock yesterday evening until after 2 a.m, this morning, Monday’s Malay Mail, has result’d in Kuala Lumpur being once more in flood. Long before midnight, the Malays of Kampong Bahru were on the557 words
-
Article1003 1919-04-16 511 DANISH SHIPMASTER FINED. la the District Court, before Mr. B. D. Acton, yasterday afternoon the waiter of the motor ship Ana, appeared in answer to a inmmoni iiiied on the complaint of Mr. A. K Mohamed Ibrahim, Seeond Boarding Officer, charged with throwing the ballaai1,003 words
-
Article299 1919-04-16 511 Fabewbll To night. It is undoubtedly many yearu since we have had such a taknted combination ia our midst, and Penang has not been slow to appreciate the fact, List night the Town Hall was again filled to witness the third edition which proved to be batter, if299 words
-
CORRESPONDENCE.
-
Article548 1919-04-16 511 [To the Editor of the Straite EcAo.J Dear Sir,—Now that a Bill providing f er the registration ot Architec's is passing through the d fferent stages in the Legig. lative Council, it will be interesting to know what is to become tf those who come under548 words
-
-
Article48 1919-04-16 511 SPLITS.!''K Ihlrt9»n BiiignatlMiinn> Ow» Oorrespondaif.) Tr w.. j J; 1 1 Lumpur, April 9. Kai eno D p 6. BB ®*l meeting of the resigned it A' that thirteeß members had •ttl?ude ’at the th h'° ‘“j tba “’pnty of the members of XtonZ 004 ‘other,l.M.48 words
-
848 1919-04-16 512 The following resoluti n recently passed bv the Federation of British industries has varr real interest and value f r commercial interests in (he Far East, The resolution r 6" That Commisskne’i or Representatives of the Federation be appointee in each of inch overseas markets as848 words
-
Article416 1919-04-16 512 The Pahang oon«Bpuuuent of the Straits Time» has this io his last budget A 1 tile mild fun has been poked at tbe Riub toddy shop standing in ail its glory in tbe most public position in tbe town opposite to the court house and public buildings;416 words
-
Article402 1919-04-16 512 Government Control Ended, With reference to Notifications No 2872 of October 9, 1915. and N> 28*2 \<9 B*pUmbsr 14, 1917, ,n 9 4 nw 28 2 d h| ed I q Oh 29 ,i 0 ,t,e E bt Honoirt h p B< 1,01 S t.’ ,or tb Col402 words
-
Article217 1919-04-16 512 S»ys the Pahang correspondent of the Straits Times i—• There was a meeting in the Llpio Government Oiub on tbe 27th ult to discuss peace celebrations in Pahang. The Hon’bb the British Resident as O. 0. the P-bang datacbmenc of the M 8 V.fi. and M VI.217 words
-
Article815 1919-04-16 513 SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN IN TAPAH. Da Friday last before M% H. Weisberg, T-pah. B» tor of Police, charged Goop flmo opneral storekeepers at Ssngkai, w*th -biiM rio. te fi, b. t J Food Controller, .»yi the wbiob publi.hed report rf leg.l proceeding. rending ufollower Stoog Seng (holding power815 words
-
Article206 1919-04-16 513 OUR DAY" 1918 ENTERTAINMENT >1230 Addbd to Rid Cross Funds. The following is a statement of the accounts relating to the Entertainment given by the Convent children in aid of the Rsd Cross Fund Bic bipts. Bde of tickets and programmes >l2BO 40 Expbniis. Electric light m206 words
-
CORRESPONDENCE.
-
Article313 1919-04-16 513 [To the Editor of the Strait» Echo,] Daar 8i r I shall be thankful if you will giant me spare space m you valuable papers to refer to the Scout’s Scheme. To the public it showed generally what the Scout training meins; that it is not a form313 words
-
-
Article249 1919-04-16 513 Taiping, April 7. —The death of Mr F B Howlett, solicitor, Ttiping, on Saturday mgbt, occurred under painful and trago circumstances. It appears that at about midnight he was moving about in bis room in the dark and it is surmised that he mistook the window249 words
-
Article731 1919-04-16 514 At the public mett bg in the Town Hall hst Saturday—it was in realiy a Food Conference —Mr. Hose referred to experiments which have long been in progress by the experts of the Agricultarai Department in the growing of padi and otner foodstuffs. He asserted, too, that much731 words
-
Article293 1919-04-16 514 MABAMA IN PENANG, Soests at to day’s Departure. In the last twenty-four hours a new note has bsen introduced into that air of wellordered routine that is the pride of Penang, the hubbub and bustle of departure by the Marama, enveloping all the business activities of the place293 words
-
Article51 1919-04-16 514 In Dutch Waters. CFr&n Our Cwn Kuala Lumpur, April 10. The Malay Mail is informed that a party of ship surveyors and marine engineers, in eluding Lloyds' marine surveyor and surveyor-general of ships, leaves Singapore to-day for Java ports to examine and report upon over twenty German ships51 words
-
Article48 1919-04-16 514 Y istprday was the fifty-fourth anniversa’y of the final scenes of the American Civil War—the surrender of Lee with his Chnfederate Army at Appomatox Court-house after his defeat by Grant. Five days later Lincoln was fatally shot in a theatre at Washington by Wilkes Bjoth.48 words
-
Article64 1919-04-16 514 Anotmbb Dividend Duclabed, Mestre. Kennedy Co, are cffifially informed mat a dividend (the ninth) of 2/per share on all the issued shares in tne Larut Tin Dredging Co. has b?*n dre'arei and will be payabU oa Monday, 31st, March 1919. For this purpose the borks of the64 words
-
Article516 1919-04-16 514 Mr au< W. L. Blackett have arrived in. Bangkok from Hongkong. B V* ll9 of K.ala L^ plr k had to hospital in Singapore. R Li '»‘-O\ Sir J. B. 8. C.mpbell, BL, Boy al Scots, has received a bar to his D. 8.0. Mr. H. Mehta, assistant surgeon,516 words
-
Article499 1919-04-16 515 [Burr»’» Tiliguam».] tbe situation clearing. Boliherlk Defeat !n the North. London, April C. A British North Bunin official meiitje statu that after a night bj^ardme'“***? enemy on the morning o£ h 6th Ap attacked position. near Bhredmerhesga. The attack wa. repul nd with heavy eaemy loi». Oae[Burr»’» Tiliguam».] - 499 words
-
Article469 1919-04-16 515 [Rbutib’b Tuligbxms] the ENTENTE CORDIALS, British Premier's Deolaration* Pari’, April 4. In an interview Mr. Lloyd Gtorge declared that Brita would alway. remain faithful to h y» France. The B.i hb had not comei to fijht on the side of the French m order tha France might[Rbutib’b Tuligbxms] - 469 words
-
Article2969 1919-04-16 515 The thanks cf the mercantile and trading communities of the Colony, and indeed of every me of its inhtbitants, are due to Mr. J.T, Newall for hi. vigorous ramark, at the last meeting of tbe Singapore Chamber of Commerce in the course of which he pointed out that2,969 words
-
Article335 1919-04-16 517 PIBANG SOHOLAB WINS RoCEBFELLEB FeLLOWoHIP. Dr. Lim Chong Eaog, the brother of Mr, LimKeong Lay, of Penang, has just been awarded a Fellowship under the Rockefeller Founda ion of the China Medical Board at New lork. In this connection it may be interesting to note that the335 words
-
Article349 1919-04-16 517 THE FAVOUU iES’T'ABEweII, It was to a bumper that gave> them an enthusiastic jeceptior, that the Elgar Warwick Go. mads their final bow m the fourth edition of Vanity r*l last night, when there were very few repetitions and the programme be d many surprises. Fresh changes were349 words
-
Article236 1919-04-16 517 Armed Desperadoes Make Big Haul. (From Owr (to Bukit Mertajaro, April 10.—News has been received to the ff jot that a very daring highway robbery with deadly weapons was committed on the morning of the 8 h instant between 8 and 8-30 o’clock at B<.ja Mati in the236 words
-
Article600 1919-04-16 517 .1 PEACE DELEGATES APPEAL FOR fair play, Buter reports und*r a ata Paris April 7 that the comparatively recent indications of Chita’s resolution to cast off all political and ecoLomic fitters have culminated in lengthy communications from the Chinese Delegates in Paris to the Peace Conference in wi.kh600 words
-
Page 517 Advertisements
-
Advertisement43 1919-04-16 517 Serves the Whole Family, The faxe of cou h Remedy is wor d w.de. It is good for the de*p seated oough of the adult or the croup and whooping oough of tie children The same 8 dwbr.7’ tb bot n} b r43 words
-
Advertisement12 1919-04-16 517 For Children's Hacking Oeugh at Night Wwd<| Great FffHmnt Cure U sd>12 words
-
-
932 1919-04-16 518 impressive ceremony at KUALA KANOSAR. PRESENTATION OF ADDRESSES. Yeiterd.y, with fi«i”g ob a 2'' RH/i installation took place, H, E. Sir AHh'it Young, after an adventurous journey £2 bw k llu ceremony—a report cf which we farm* to publish to morrow, Am Histobic932 words
-
Article286 1919-04-16 518 A great fire occurred at the Second Bund Nam Kwan, at 8. 15 o'clock earlv on March 27, destroying the whole block of tuildingu of the Wng Ip Keal Estate Company. The block wau occupied by 22 firms, and the fire first originated from the third286 words
-
Article626 1919-04-16 518 MALAYAN PROVIDENT FUND. ,T h ee n t 0 «>t»bli.h. Fuad to ba cwlled th. Malayan President Fund wm held last Saturday fa the Yif H a Hall. Koala Lumpur. Th.r. er th rty persons present Proposed ra'e. war. di.c»...d and pumd w tha f.wamendment,and the followi.g ee u men626 words
-
Article1508 1919-04-16 519 MB, BATISON’B MISSION TO SIAM. Vnß.v.i Data Obtawbb w 1912 PIOnOMHOLIB. A correspondent writes» I ass »ioM obliged (•r your oourtesy in publishing my remarks oa the intensive culture of nos in Malaya M d on other points aboil tho food problem we an faced with, ia1,508 words
-
Article311 1919-04-16 519 -Malat Mail, P.A-M. OoMTiovinsT. At the annual general meeting of tho Kajang District P.A. on April Brd the chair being taken by Mr. K. N. T. Cummins tho last item on the Agenda was a motion by Mr* Ferrers relating to tho P.A-M. controversy, The Chairman said-Malat Mail, - 311 words
-
Article2429 1919-04-16 520 Tn, wealth of Onio. in minerals has e t attraotad as moch attenlio-i an,or,gat o’dental P«’P le iu anmerit., Ones tho Mining bXbtinW l>»e »i“> thos f t !etetn „'°L. and thera ,r 8 10 h,gh offios ths country wen «h» r bia ta teeliie .hat it matters2,429 words
-
Article534 1919-04-16 521 M-. C. E. Sm th Marriott is down with an attack of it Hu-’, si. Mrs. Arthur Bak r and M ster Jack Baker aia leaving for home by ths Kamo Maru this week, The Be. and Mrs. P. L. Peach left for Hongkong last evening en route for534 words
-
Article1055 1919-04-16 521 [Rlothr’s Telegrams] PRELIMINARIES BY EASTER. Signature Early in May. Paris Ap?i! 6 la an inter view gran’ed to Le Matin Mr. Lloyd George declared that the prellmi 0 tries of peace would be ready by E e'er, Atibaend cf Apri’, or tha beginning of May, the Aihes[Rlothr’s Telegrams] - 1,055 words
-
Article1551 1919-04-16 522 [Ruutebs Tiligrams.] IN HUNGARY. Arrival of British Mission*' I 1 Budapest, April 5. I General Smuts has arrived and has entered I into communication wth the Government. I 1 The Entente’s Proposals. Copenhagen, April 7. I A from Budapest says that I General Smuts proposed to the Hungarian[Ruutebs Tiligrams.] - 1,551 words
-
Article328 1919-04-16 523 FEkuter’s TILXORAMS.] RELIEF FOB BRITISH TBOOP3. Murmansk Sltaatkn in HandLondon, April 5. Mr. Churchill h»s cabled to tie> rocp In aa esily as pcßs.b.e ation when reinforcements arriveunderstood that troops to tbe r n Archangel will be sent in 1 JP- constructed transports and lit is hFEkuter’s TILXORAMS.] - 328 words
-
Article38 1919-04-16 523 Director at Singapore(Bw Our Gwa 8 ngapo’re, April 10 About 50 were present at the food meeting at the Theatre. Messrs. James and Hose addressed them on much the same lines as at Penang and Johoie.38 words
-
Article121 1919-04-16 523 Jor the wjek ending 29 :h March th* total number of deaths was 75 of which 49 were male and 26 fem de subjects, This gave a death rate of 36 37 per mi le per annum compared with 40 25 in the preced. ing wetk and121 words
-
Article452 1919-04-16 523 INTERESTING CRITICISM BY DUTCH JOURNAL, Why Government Should Assumu Control It appears from an article in In en Uitvosr that circumstances may before very long force the Government of the Nether, lands Indies to do with regard to Shipping that which the representatives of commerce and agriculture have452 words
-
Article135 1919-04-16 523 At tub Klang Poliob Coubt this Wbuk. Velu, a coo’y on Pilmoor Estate, being charged at Klang this week with having bolted from that estate pleaded not guilty, submitting that he had twice given notice to the Assistant Manager who refused to receive that notice The Conductor, who135 words
-
Article1424 1919-04-16 524 mu, tdMHUM f,O F r e brighte o8 t ».W by h Jf® j-.-iu® near. An approximate JdTii at last mentioned and the interval MMM the enxiety of the preeent time end KtaMT den ot peeee ie now to be tt jjd P by e tew weeks. Acoordingly,1,424 words
-
Article576 1919-04-16 524 U*» Anwnki, a wall known JtponoH artist ie now on his way to France. Among those who arrived from Dali to» day by the s s Specimen were Mr. and Mrs» Percy Pinkney. Mr. Yang Ch’u, Minister to Japan for many years during tbo Ching Dynasty, has passed away576 words
-
Article540 1919-04-16 525 [Biutib’s Tilbgbams.] OPPOSITION NOT ENDED. Sanguinary Encounter! Feand* Barlin, April 7The Bavarian Government hie gone to Nuremberg. Hoffman, the Premier, announced that the Government had net retired bit merely transferred its eeat from Muleh. The Seeial Democratic partiee which are etill eitting at Ninmbirg voted yesterday by[Biutib’s Tilbgbams.] - 540 words
-
Article547 1919-04-16 525 FRbutbb’b Tblbgbams.] I INDEMNITY fELEGBAMb. PMgti to HrliMWrtI London, April 11. The Press Bureau states that, replying to the House of Commons’ telegram concerning iedemnities, Mr. Lloyd George telegraphed I to Mr. Kennedy Jones»—" My ollo g and I mean to utand faithfully by all tne pledgesFRbutbb’b Tblbgbams.] - 547 words
-
Article491 1919-04-16 525 [EbUTBB’s TbLigpAMS.I Seat of the LeagueParis, April 6. The Paris Municipality etrongly supports I a suggestion that Paris should be the headquarters of the League of Nations, The French Government is passive, not I taking sides. Japaneie Demandr. Le Tempe publishes a letter from the Jap. I anese[EbUTBB’s TbLigpAMS.I - 491 words
-
1138 1919-04-16 526 reception to chiefs. Oa the eve of his Installation H.H, the Saltan received the Rajahs and Chiefs. At 10 a.m. His Highness entered the Balai Baiar of the Astana Nagara and, with the customary formalities, received the Rajas, Chiefs, Penghalas, and Kathis in1,138 words
-
Article47 1919-04-16 526 The values of Imparts and Exports during the month of March, 1919 were as follows i Imports. Toe, 3% Goods 8,068,388 Wine, Beer, Spirits 93.718 Gold leaf 1,856,500 Bullion Coin 26,500 1,919,000 Opium 10,473 Total Exports, Rice 23.603,216 Teak 1,040,706 Other goods 1,427,843 Total 26,071,76547 words
-
Article354 1919-04-16 526 It may interest not a few of our readers lf a® j\ nok,,r <Hat we wrote under the heading Germany and Siam a year agoi It was as follows Oa April 12 rrneteen years ago the purchase of Holt s (Blue Funnel) Bangkok steamers by a German354 words
-
Correspondence.
-
Article260 1919-04-16 526 [To the Editor of the Strait» KcAo.J Dear Sir, As a reader of your Interesting columns on the subj act of the Boy Scouts, I think that the correspondence from Mr. G. L. Oheah of the 10th April should not be allowed to go unchallenged. I think it260 words
-
-
Article336 1919-04-16 527 PUBLIC MEETING NEXT THURSDAY. Ai will be seen from an announcement elsewhere to-day, a public meeting of the Chinese community it convened by oar esteemed fellow-eitism Mr. Qeah Bang Kee, j. p H for Thursday next the 17th Instant, at 8 p.m, in the Ohineae Town Hall336 words
-
Article256 1919-04-16 527 Aw AuißDHur Success. What is known as the Planters’ Course” at the Aberdeen College of Agriculture is proving an extraordinary success, says an Aberdeen paper. The course was recently drawn up and started at the College under the supervision of Professor Hendrick, and as yet it io the256 words
-
Article698 1919-04-16 527 LEAN A CO’B WEEKLY REPORT. Penang, April IL At the Singapore Auction Standard Sheet made from 75 to 77$ cants and Crepe advanced to 79 cents. Rubbers have again been quiet and inactive although from centres outside the Colony an improved enquiry has been noticeable for such shares698 words
-
Article598 1919-04-16 527 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. The tenth annual general meeting of the Bemanggol Rubber Co,, Ltd., was held at the registered offices of the Company, No. 9 j Union St., Penang, at noon to-day. Mr. D. A. M. Brown presided and also represented the Secretaries, Messrs, Brown, Phillips and598 words
-
3114 1919-04-16 528 BANQUET AT TH 8 ASTANA. I I p.igcam or th» Sultan and th» I Hiuh Commission»». I For the t.Uowi.i? interesting report of < h nrooeedinge st Kssls K.ngssriset week wave isdabted to oar Ipoh contemporary, I the f»** f f Mitya I3,114 words
-
Article872 1919-04-16 529 An editorial article m the Banako't Tim ft runs? 1 n‘ PtiOn The PfBSQnt Discontents” runs as follows i—"u 8d b L Si m n b «eH-ispportii tr •nd .ha might therefore have honed to ••«pa ths frigbtf.l economic t.ngk, that the o Wh^ dE OP oXmM872 words
-
Article516 1919-04-16 530 That the Straits Echo ie not done in its I gdvoatcy of consideration at thia time being I extended to the indubitable claims of oar I eeafaring friends —whose interests and I welfare have so long and co wrongfully been I regarded as quite negligible quantities— will I516 words
-
Article809 1919-04-16 530 Lord Hobart Chou seated in a recent interview with a representative of Reuter’s B®ucy that bis attention was drawn to the view often expressed by the th e «treet, that the value of a League or Nitions was acidemic rather than p actual. How will it work809 words
-
Article625 1919-04-16 530 Writing in the Luudoa Globe about six weeks ago °Ht B. 8.” observes that apparently tbe Time», the Economist, and sundry other papers whose financial editors are leaden of the piblfy do sot teem to and if the..' able' ”7 guide their followers.” r 10 Tbe false prophecies of625 words
-
Article519 1919-04-16 531 Er.Presldent Taft will return to Yale University next autumn a» Professor ot e Sir Rodolpho Forget, the distinguished Montreal financier, is reported Jo be critically iIU Dr, A, R- Wellington, Health Officer, Selangor, hai been appointed Senior Health Officer, F.M.B. 9 9 9 Mr P. T Allen has been519 words
-
Article1057 1919-04-16 531 [RuUTEU's I assumption of new command. Sovereign and SoldierI London, April 8. H,M, the King received Bir Douglas I Haig at Buckingham Palace thia morning I on his appointment as Commander-in-chief I of Home forces. A STIRRING DESPATCH. After-War OperationsLondon, April 10. Sir Douglas Haig, in a[RuUTEU's - 1,057 words
-
Article528 1919-04-16 532 [Ebvtik’B Tblugbams] NEW MINISTRY FORMED. London, April 10. An Egypt official message says that General AihnOy report! that the new Ministry, which was wall-received, was formed on the 9th under Ku ah by Pasha. The provinces are now quiet, but there have been some demonstrations by the peasantry,[Ebvtik’B Tblugbams] - 528 words
-
Article951 1919-04-16 532 [Run tub's TILXGBAMB.] A WILbON MYoTERY. DlK&tisf&otlcn or •*Safety First?'’ LotdoD, April 9. President Wilson’s request to Washing, ton to hasten the departure of the liner has occasioned an extraordinary oiop of rumours in Paris. It is interpreted by the French press and American correspondents as an[Run tub's TILXGBAMB.] - 951 words
-
Obituary265 1919-04-16 532 Obituary. Mb. Chbah Kim Ntajc, We deeply regret to hear ot tne death of Mr. Chiah Km Nyan, alias Chenh Ab Luke, which occmred at his residence No 17, Logan Road last Saturday evening. He was a son of the late Mr. Cheah Chuon deng, Captain China of Aoheen, and265 words
-
Article525 1919-04-16 533 Disorders in Murmansk* London, April 8. A British North Bini* nffioi*! message •aye that a disturbance by Ohineie workmen in th. Murmansk on the 7th wai eoon pit down and the majority of rioters rreBte(3 Two Bed Finn attacks south of Segep wire recalled, North Biieian troope525 words
-
Article864 1919-04-16 533 -Statiss Timet. URGENCY FOB PLANTING LOCAL FOODS lUFF3. Th, SiKO.ro» Mihtiko. The third meeting ot the o«i>P»>8» which th, Hon. V. 8. J.m„, Controller, hu undertaken, mi held in the Viotori. Theatre, Sing.pore, on April 11, it which both the Food Controller end the Director of Food-Statiss Timet. - 864 words
-
Article114 1919-04-16 533 At a meeting held in the Council Chamber, Seremban, on Thursday, the various Indian and Ceylonese Committees, separately formed on April 6 at the peace celebrations meeting, were united at the request of the members and are now called the Indo. Ceylonese Committee, the follow ng being elected114 words
-
Article243 1919-04-16 533 The existence, says the Siraitt Timet, of recruiting districts, from which Chinese labour flows into Malaya, is causing anxiety and, natural y, restriction* are being placed again on the landing of Chinese at Penang, Port Sweitenham and Singapore, No precautions can be considered too severs to243 words
-
CORRESPONDENCE.
-
Article943 1919-04-16 534 [fo the Editor of the Strait» Echo.'] I n gir —There has been discussioni as I u what toe word Sao,lt eXao ,y ."“J examine what Sir Dyce Duckworth said I learning the Scout movement a short time I “No appreciation of the work of Sir I Robert943 words
-
Article339 1919-04-16 534 [To the Editor of the Straits Echo], I Sir, —With all due deference the writer I must say honestly that the Food Controller I is merely wasting his precious time in I Penang making regulations etc. These I regulations regarding the prices of food- I stull are339 words
-
Article378 1919-04-16 534 [To the Editor of the Straits Echo] Sir, The recommendation contained in your excellent leader of Saturday last is most seasooable, The time is fitting and the opportunities for benevolence and generosity ought not to ba lost by the cbeerlul givers. It the longstanding possession of378 words
-
-
Article242 1919-04-16 534 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.] Pabticula.r.3 or A gin da. The Secretary ot the Planters’ Association of Malaya notifies that the annual general meeting will be held at 11 a.m. on the 30th instant at No. 12, Market Street, Kuala Lumpur, and the following are the Agbnda. 1 Minutes of Meeting242 words
-
Article962 1919-04-16 535 ADDRESSES PRESENTED TO H.H, THE SULTAN, la addition to the address of the Chinese of Perak, which we published last week, the following were presented to Hie Highness het Fr day at the Altana m Euala Kangiar Fudiral Councils Addriss. May it please Your Highness—We, the members of962 words
-
Article109 1919-04-16 535 Selangor Shopkeeper Fined $2OO For Overcharging on Bice. In the Kuala Lumpur Police Court last week, before Mr. A. W. Just, Magistrate, Mr. Fonseca, Sanitiry Board Inspector, prosecuted Chop Eng Thin Soon, cf 23, Ampang street, for selling Rangoon white rice at a figure exceeding the price109 words
-
Article108 1919-04-16 535 We have received a few more letters relating to Boy Scouts, but as they deal ohyfly with an incident which may be considered as closed no useful purpose could be served by publishing them. To the young man who was alleged to have refused the loan of his108 words
-
Article577 1919-04-16 535 P C O, BRAT P.R 0. Saturday’s game gave the P. C. 0. their own back, the margin being 60 runs as against 9 by which they were beaten the previous week. The P.B.C. eleven, which was not a little weakened by the absence of the two Rodrigos, baited577 words
-
Article2125 1919-04-16 536 The opinion is obviously held in several auutero that we shall in all probability ba ftja d wi h a very serious shortage of foodstuff• f w months henoe unlest in the Uantimo large quantities are raised in Malays, which is unquestionably admirably Jtted for the growing of2,125 words
-
Article1598 1919-04-16 537 [Bitfinn’e Tulu«»ms. I PABAMOUNI CENTRAL COUNCIL. A Powirlen LantagCopenhagen, April 7. A telegram from Berlin says the TagetoU tdde that the Central Conned at Munich will first exercise dictatorship, ajter which it will appoint People’» Mandatories and •ntablieh a Bid Guard to orgamse {«“k elections for the[Bitfinn’e Tulu«»ms. I - 1,598 words
-
Article591 1919-04-16 538 rßsuTia’e Tilugbams.J BBITAIN'3 RESPONSIBILITY. Amphibious Operations Landon, April 7. T n oannectien with the situation of the Allied forces in North Russia it i* empha is- I j that tbe responeibi ity for North I Bassiaa expedition is an Allied one, undertaken with all due deliberation byrßsuTia’e Tilugbams.J - 591 words
-
Article1512 1919-04-16 538 [RhXTTIR’s TILUGXI MB Korean Irrident<sm. RIOTING AND LOOTING. 1 Bjlahivlsta at Work. T-k>o, April 9. A semi-official statement says that there were over 100 risings in different places in K >rea between Slue March and 2ad April. Rioters armed with clubs, sickles and axes assaulted police gendarmes,[RhXTTIR’s TILUGXIMB] - 1,512 words
-
Article922 1919-04-16 539 IMPORTANT DECISION AT EAUB* ••Eiasonable and Pbopeb Diligence” A decision of importance to community was given by Mr. G J P the Magistrate’s cou't at B*ub 00 J last in a case in which a Tamil °r was charged with having crimped six cool c from922 words
-
Article402 1919-04-16 539 Miss Stbout Opens Campaign in Pbnang, Miss Strout addressed a meeting ot the leading citisans of Penang, with the Reverend Keppel-Garnier in the chair, at the Tows H*ll, yesterday afternoon, upon the subject of her campaign against a certain vice, She spoke with great fere?, dignity and simple402 words
-
1292 1919-04-16 540 WHAT THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT IS DOING AND READY TO DO. Mebssj. Spbino AMD Eaton Intmbvibwid. A. representative of the Strait» Echo office» of the Department of aJrioulture F- M S. last Saturday to interview the Director of Agriculture upon the all-impovtant subject of1,292 words
-
Article63 1919-04-16 540 BIRTHS. Marriott —On March 4, at Croydon, Surrey, the wife of Dr, O. Marriott, of Hongkong, of a son. Watson. —At the Maternity Hospital, Penang, on the 10th inst. to Mr, and Mrs, W. H, Watson, Changkat Estate, P.W. a son, Saxelby.— On April 9, at the Municipa,63 words
-
Page 541 Advertisements
-
Advertisement216 1919-04-16 541 1 111 1 11 (====l 1 1 CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., NO. 59, BEACH STREET, PENANG. ESTABLISHED 1883. PRINTERS PUBLISHERS, I Proprietors of the •‘STRAITS ECHO" and “PENANG SIN POE.” The most enterprising and up-to-date Printers and Lithographers in the Orient. Our plant is of the very latest Pattern and by216 words
-