Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 13 September 1918

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 215. VOL. LXXVI. FRIDAY. 13th SEPTEMBER, 1918. PRICE IO CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 935 1 jjopaaaD .•••■•□□••••■■noaDDDD g UP-TO-DATE PRINTING g c of «very description undertaken, a from a visiting card to the largest J size poster, by 5 The Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd., b with care and promptitude. Estimates given free and artistic display guaranteed. t. 9 Facta areßtocueot. Orderin& X=KTATF DFfti lICITF£ =Sa
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    • 18 1 IRUNNVMEDEI I HOTEL, I GARAGE I I New Cars for Hire. I j E -S j oreiCMHOMHo'IMCMRi J
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  • 812 2 Mr R S Douglas De Garnier will shortly prospect for tin ni the Bedong district of Kedah. Mr. Lungley, a visiting agent in Java aid Sumatra, is returning in order to join the fighting forces. To day is the anniversary of the capture of Quebec, and death
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  • 35 2 A number of golf matches 'S being arranged to take place on Friday, September 28th, on the Penang Golf Course, about 9 p.m. by moonlight—weather permitting—in aid of the Our Day Fund.
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  • 44 2 Messrs, Whiteaway. Laidlaw Co., Limited have kindly presented one His Master’s Voice Gramophone as one of the prizes for the Our Day Tank. Messrs Katz Brothers, Ltd, have very kindly presented five cases of Dewar’s whisky for the Our Day Tank.
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  • 25 2 Members please note there is a Club Shoot on Sunday next at 7 a.m Rapids at 200, 300 and 400 yards.
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  • 300 2 Mr. S. H. Langston, in Penang Police Court, to-day, dealt with two oases of selling foodstuffs at excessive prices, above the rates fixed by the local Food Control Committee. In the first case a Chinese fork-seller, named Leong Keng, was charged by Detective Inspector Crummey,
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  • 178 2 Judgment for Defendants. In the Supreme Court, Penang, to-day, Mr. Justice L. M. Woodward, Senior Puisne Judge, delivered judgment for defendants in the suit in which Chop Wong On Wofii of Beach Street, Penang, claimed from th«> K.P.M., Penang, a sum of $824.52, beinj/ cost of 52
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  • 145 2 Mr. D. Logan. Solicitor. Penang, was warned by Mr. Justice L. M. Woodward, Senior Puisne Judge, in the Supreme Court, Penang, to-day. in connection with a complaint made by the local Bar Committee. His Lordship, addressing Mr. Logan, said he had an unpleasant thing to say The
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  • 38 2 To- 'ay s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $149 12$ per picul buyersand for relined tin, no sellers. Tin was quoted in London to-day at £353 10s spot, and £343 l"s thr e months.
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  • 33 2 The following were the rubber quotations in London on Sept 1 1 th, received to-dav Plantation Ist latex crepe 2s 2)d Smoked Sheet 2s [By courtesy of Messrs Boustead Co.]
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  • 55 2 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Sii'gHpore, September 13. At Singapore Rubber auctions, 860 tons were catalogued and 676 tons sold. The demand continued cood, though ribbed smoked eased off a little, t- ibned smoked 48 to 55$ cents, fine pale 51 to 55, plain smoked 37 to 40
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  • 130 2 [From Our Own Correspondent.] >ingHp >re, Sipitmber 13. The share market generally is depressed, owing to the absence of dividends on rubbers, and some uneasiness regarding tin prices. 2,321 coolies arrived yesterday; 1,170 go,to Pulau Jerajak for Quarantine. The balance go on to Port Swettenham The Empire
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 538 2 nil— IMIBIIH I—II» Green Island Cement COMPANY, LIMITED* PORTLAND CEMENT In Casks and Drums of 375 lbs. nett. In Bags ol 250 lbs. nett Cement» Tiles, any Pattern. Gutterways. Glazed Paving Tiles. Firebricks and Fireclay. Drain Pipes, any Shape. Paving Bricks. Prices, Samples and full particulars will be forwarded on
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 373 2 PHENOMENAL WEEKEND DISPLAY lempirel 1 THEATRE 1 THE PREMIER THEATRE OF THE COLONY. g 1 RUPERT JULIAN—RUTH CLIFFORD EE (Of a Kentucky Cinderella) in the Thrilling Blue-Bird EE Photoplay, THE MYSTERIOUS Mr. TILLER. A DRAMA OF THE SECRET SERVICE. There are Plays—So Full of Thrilling Interest That TIME Seems But
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    • 191 2 q FINAL FAREWELL i WILLISON WIRTH’S CIRCUS MENACERId This FRIDAY Evening Grand Fashionable Night Testimonial Ben e I EE fit accorded to BERT WILLISON Prior to his return to Ameri c A RECHERCHEI PROGRAMME of PROCELLEUSM ATIC p A g£' TIMES Under DISTINGUISHED Patronage. All our Star S ARTISTES. Including
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  • 850 3 REPORT POU THE YEAR. The annual general meeting of the Penang Automobile Club will be held in the Chamber of Commerce, on 23rd September, at 4.30 p.m. The committee’s report for the year ending 30th June, 1918, states that at the close of the year the total
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  • 123 3 Per N. Y. K. to Singapore: Messrs. H. V. Cockshut, E. Cameron, A. Braddon, G. S. Archer, D. N. Newell, R. H. Jones, Leonard, H. Robinson, R. W. Thomas, *N. Schook, J C. Srwiet, J. C. Van Dyk, C. Mammaas, B. Vink, D. Lvsenaar, J. H.
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  • 955 3 —“M.M.” GOVERNMENT MONEY INVOLVED. Tn the Supreme Court, Kuala Lumpur, on Monday, before Mr. Justice Innes, acting Chief Judicial Commissioner, with Mi. W. T. Chapman, D.P.P., for the prosecution, E. A. Nunis, Chief Financial Clerk in the Forest Department, was arraigned jpvn three separate charges, namely, (1)
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  • 107 3 As was only to be expected, American stories are the order of the day, the taller the better, and the workers at the clubs and canteens which are being opened on all hands for the proper entertainment of the “Sammies” are looked to for a constant flow of
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 1081 3 WANTED. NOTICES. AO Electrical l Engineer Apply to ri.e GOVERNMENT OF KEDAH. Suagei Best dines JLta. All Owners and Managers of Rubber 1 c J M Estates in Kedah »re requested to send British qu*< i ie f MediCal Man> immediately to the undersigned an take charge of a group
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    • 79 3 PRITCHARDS GRASS -331 CARPETS «iHHiiiiuiiiHiaiiiiiiiiiiniiiiaoiuiiiiiiiiiiiioiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii» ATTRACTIVE DURABLE INEXPENSIVE. «iiiiiniiiiiiiiiiauiiiiiiHiiunnDiiniHiiiiiniiDiiiiittiiiiiiiiii» §on)etl)ing Quite <6iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiHiiiiiiiinanniiiiiiiiiiiiiioiiiiiiiiiiiiiiui» yirtistie in Various (Colourings 'Resembling Ji.ig!j (Class Qarpets. SIZES PRICES. 4' 6’ x2' 3" 1.75 10' 0" x 8' 0" $11.75. 6' 0" x3' 0" 2.95 12' 0" x 9' 0" 15.75 9' 0" x6' 0" 8.50 15'
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  • 28 4 Russell —Sneyd-Kynnersley —July 8, at Weymouth, Lieut.-Commander Spencer Francis Russell, R.N., to Margaret Ethel, third daughter oj late Mr. H, F. SueydKynnersley and Mrs. Sneyd-Kynnersley, of Weymouth.
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  • 19 4 Hicklby.—On September 10, at the European Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, to Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Hickley, a son.
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  • 1626 4 A Reuter’s message to-day states that the Finance Minister on the Viceioy’s Council has moved a resolution that India’s contribution towards the maintenance of military forces raised iu India to be larger in view of ttie prolongation of war. Although it is not stated in the
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  • 1805 4 When the question of the publication or suppression in Malaya The Enemy of enemy communiques Communique. wag raised recently, much was made by those who urged the advisability of publication of the suggestion that to refuse to allow these interesting works of fiction to see day)’ ’ht
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
  • 39 4 DEATHS. Street. —July 14, at 74, Clapton Common, London, Edwin-Street, late Commander P. O. S. N. Co, aged 64 years. Toynbee.—On June 19, at Southsea, Jewel Hill, wife of F. A. Toynbee, Fareham, Hants, and Sitiawan, Federated Malay States.
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  • 194 5 ENEMY REPULSES GERMANY’S RECORD IN AFRICA. EX-TSARINA’S MURDER REPORTED. SIR GEORGE REID DEAD. The British troops advanced the line slightly ■orth of Epehy, north-cast of Peronne, in the regions of Attilly and Vermand, northwest of St. Quentin, also north-west of Hulluch, in the Lens area, and south of
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  • France and Belgium
    • 825 5 MINOR INCIDENTS. [Reuter’s Telegrams] London, September 11. Field Marshal Haig reports We carried out a successful local operation in the early of Epehy, advancing our line and taking a number of prisoners. We made progress on the southern portion of the battle front in the neighbourhood of
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    • 184 5 MASSACRE IN STREETS. Washington, September 1 I. The American L gation at Christiania telegraphs that it is reliably inform d that Pe rograd is burning in twelve different places, and that an iindactitninate massacre is proceeding in the streets. Skirmish in the Ukraine. ckholm, September 11. A Kieff
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    • 71 5 ATTEMPT ON DOWaGER-EMPRESS. Loudon, September 12. The Daily Express understands that the Bolsheviks have murdered the ex-Em-p ess of Russia and her four daughters, and that Red Guards at Yalta tried to kill the Dowager-Empress, her daughter and son-in-law, the Duke of Oldenburg. Sailors of the
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    • 36 5 Swhilm, September 11. Pi ince Fredrich Karl of Hssse has decl»rrd his willingness to accept the Finnish Crown. The Finnish Landtag will meet on September 26th for the purpose of electing a King.
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    • 42 5 BRITISH SUCCESS. London, September 11. An Italian official report says the British effected a brilliant coup de main on plateau, inflicting considerable losses and taking 177 prisoners. We captured enemy positions on the Monte Asolone area, and sanguinarily repulsed counter-attacks.
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    • 138 5 London, September 12. Mr. Lloyd George arrived at Manche-ter and received an immense ovation from great crowds and thousands of munition workers. The Prem'er was welcomed by the Lord Mayor and Corporation, and proceeded to the Mansion House. He received three deputations of Armenians, Syrians and Zionists,
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    • 78 5 London, September 11. The funeral of Sir Ratan Tata took place at Brookwood yesterday afternoon. A service was held in the Parsee Chapel, and interment took place in a grave adjoining the Mausoleum of Sir Ratan Tala’s father. The mourners included Lady Ratan Tata, Mr and
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    • 86 5 LORD MAYOR’S APPEAL. London, September 11. The Lord Mayor of London, in a letter to the press, appeals to the citizens of Jjondon to support the effort to be made on India Day on September 20rb, to raise £50,000, to provide huts and clubs for the
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    • 229 5 GERMAN PRESS AND PEOPLE Amsterdam, September 11. Ibe Cologne Gszstte’s war cm respondent warns the Germans they must continue to fight not for pow r but bare existence. He declares the enemies of Germany are not attacking a dynasty or state system, but the German people.
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    • 145 5 SOCIALIST WARNING. Amsterdam, September 11. The German Majority Socialists and Trade Unionists have memorialised Count Hertling, declaring that the conditions of life of large masses of the population are extremely critical owing to the food shortage, whereby mortality of children and the aged has increased, and the
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    • 30 5 Amsterdam, September 12 Serious food rioting occurred at Rot erdam. Several shops were sacked and bread vans plundered. Women paraded the s rtets shouting for bread.
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    • 137 5 MR. MASSEY’S TRIBUTE. London, September 12. The Rt. Hon. Mr. Massey, in an interview with the “Morning Post” on the completion of his visit for the Imperial War Cabinet and Conference, said one of the most abiding impressions he would take back to New Zealand would be
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    • 27 5 London, September 11. The Turkish Finance Minister, in an interview at Vienna, drclaied that the war could not be decided on the battlefi Id.
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    • 36 5 allied commission. Paris, September 11. The Government passed a resolution favouring an International Commission, including reprt sentatives of all the Allies, to investigate German violations of international law on the west front.
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    • 18 5 Copenhagen, September 12. From Brunswick, the death is announced of the African explorer, Karl Peters.
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  • 1280 5 A DAMNING RECORD. London, September 11. Mr. E. H. L. Gorges, C. M G., administrator of South-West Africa, has presented one of the mos sensational reports ever issued in connection with German colonial methods. It constitutes a most damning indictment of German fitness to rule black
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  • 61 5 THE SEPTEMBER SUBSTITUTE. London, September 11. At Newmarket, the September Stakes, the substitute for the St. Loger, resulted Gainsborough 1 My Dear 2 Prince Chimay 3 Five ran won by three lengths four lengths between second and third. The betting was 4 to 11 against Gainsborough 9 to
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  • 99 5 GOVERNMENT’S ACTION. London, Septmber 11. The Press Bureau says in view of the decision of the operative cotton spinners to strike, the Government has invoked the Defence of the Act and obtained an interim injunction from the Court to prevent the distribution of strike pay. The Board
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  • 41 5 AUSTRALIAN EX-PREMIER. Loudon, September 12. The death has occurred of the Right Hon. Sir G?orge Reid, formerly Premier of and High Commissioner for Australia, and Unionist M.P. for St. George’s, Hanover Square, since 1916, aged 73.
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  • 48 5 Simla, September 12. Sir William Meyer, Finance Member of the Viceroy’s Council, moved a resolution in the Legislative Council that the prolongation of the war justifies India in taking a large share of the cost of the military forces raised in India.
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  • 957 6 DESCRIPTION OF THE FIRST MEETING Peking, August 13. —China’s second Parliament was ceremonially opened on Monday, and it must be admitted that the proceedings wer e conducted with a smoothness and a regularity that indicated efficiency and thoroughness on the part of those responsible. Of course the
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 388 6 I The Fascination of the East Is brought home to you In the perfection to which Egyptian Cigarettes have been brought by Messrs. Maspero FrLres Jjflak ,'V in their two brands Jf known I Bouton Rouge Band Felucca Egyptian Cigarettes The care with which they are made, under Idea! wEy~*~
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    • 231 6 i'f fl nl t t i t J t V r r—Taw •1 x 1 n b f'i H B CUT DSWU THE RUNNING COST OF YOUR CAR I ...i Jj BY USING «4 g “M.C.C.” OIL FOR EFFICIENT LUBRICATION g u si a I It is not so much
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  • TRONOH MINES.
    • 889 7 fhe sixteenth annual general meeting was ne ld on June 27 at the Cannon-street Hotel, j. C Mr. C.V. Thomas (chairman) presidIhe chairman, in moving the adoption of the report and accounts, said that the shareholders would observe that there had been a decrease of 603 tons
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    • 452 7 breeding at the annual meeting of the >u nge Besi Mine, the chairman said that, M coiispquence of their not having been a hle 1 reach the full producing stage as *ar]y as was anticipated when the company smed, it was now liable to excess Profits
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    • 308 7 The directors’ report for the year ended’ 31st December, 1917 states The net profit for the year (after writing off the sum of £1,628 10s. 2d. for depreciation on buildings, machinery, etc., and £2,670 off investment account) amounted to £22,891 15s Od. carry forward from previous
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  • 562 7 .—L. &C. Ex. Apart from all the usual uncertainties of a tropical production, added to the difficulties of a state of war, the shortage of tonnage is brought home to all interested in plantation rubber in a way that is as insistent as the food supply. The
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  • 365 7 The directors’ report for the year ended the 31st December, 1917 states After writing off depreciation of buildings, machinery, etc., the year’s working has resulted in a profit of £47,295 13s 7d., which with the carry-forward from the previous year £27,825 18s. 3d., amounts to £75,121 Ils.
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  • 118 7 The following are additional rubber outputs for August Bandar Sumatra lbs 28,860 Eastern Sumatra 26,988 Glen Bervie 26 567 Lankat Rubber 39,300 Langkat Sumatra 33.800 Serdang, Central 18,169 Tamiang 76,052 United Malacca 10,131 Four shopkeepers at Parit Buntar were fined an aggregate of $ll5 on Monday for possessing
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  • 413 7 Dutchman’s Advice as to Lost Commerce. A Singapore correspondent’s views are given in the monthly trade supplement of “The Times.” He is a Dutch engineer, who wants to know why British manufacturers have to so large an extent lost the J ava trade, especially m machinery. Thirty
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  • 205 7 Before 1914, reports the Malay States Information Agency in London, the Germans had a strong hold upon the trade in glass and glassware in British Malaya and the neighbouring countries. Statistics published b. the Government of the Straits Settlements give the value of imports and
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  • 103 7 The Hongkong Wa r Charities’ Committee has recently made the following distribution of funds raised by public subscription in the Colony £6.000 King George’s Fund for Sailors. £4.000 Central Prisoners of War Committee. £3,750 St. Dunstan’s Hostel for Blinded Soldiers and Sailors. £2,200 British Red Cross Society.
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  • 140 7 “T.0.M.” It is learned that the anomalous attitude of the F.M.S. Chamber of Commerce towards the Malaya Council owing to the divergence of views between the two branches of the Chamber has been corrected by a decision to withdraw from the Malaya Council. It may be recalled that
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  • 36 7 —Reuter. Sydney, September 11. The keels of three new steamers, each 5,500 tons, were laid here. Mr. Poynton, Federal Minister, said orders had been placed for 52 ships, and 11 shipyards were now working.-
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  • 9 7 London, September 11. The silver market is steady.—Reuter.
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  • 290 7 Dastardly Attempt upon a Hongkong Resident. A dastardly and ingenious attempt to injure—if not to kill —a well known European resident in the Colony was made on August 30 says the “China Mail” by some person unknown. The medium employed for the purpose was one of the
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  • 162 7 The appeal of the National Service representative at the Middlesex Appeal Tribunal against the exemption of Air. Casey, an Alsatian, naturalised in 1909, was dismissed. In support of the appeal it was contened that it was not in the national interest that Casey should remain in
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  • 149 7 France is thoroughly awake to the necssity of severely controlling, both now and in the future, the actions of enemy subjects and their offspring in France, and already possesses an excellent series of law’s dealing with denaturalisation and the sequestration of property. These are gradually being tightened up,
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  • 100 7 The National Service representative at the Enfield Tribunal applied for the withdrawal of a certificate of conditional exemption to Frederic Plutte, managing director of an important munition factory af Enfield. The clerk said that Plutte, a naturalised German, also held a protection certificate from
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  • 77 7 The Hongkong St. George’s Society has distributed £20,000 among various War charities in the country in the following amounts King George’s Fund for Sailors, £5,000. Central Prisoners of War Committee, £2,800. British Red Cross Society, £2,000. French Red Cross (London Committee), £1.500. St. Dunstan’s, £1,500. Y.M.C.A.
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  • 101 7 The preliminary enquiry into the case in connection with the Globe Hotel murders, Singapore, was commenced on Wednesday morning, when Leong Ah Tee, the Hylam “boy” of the hotel, and two others, named Kua Tua Bak and Koh Poon Teng, who were originally charged with the murders
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  • 453 7 Need for Clear-Cut Policy. London, August 30. —The “Tinies,” in an article to-day, says: —General Alarshall’s first despatch shows him as a writer and a man of action fit to succeed General Sir Stan-> ley Alaude, and no higher praise could be given. General Alarshall had the difficult task
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  • 300 7 the Imperial history of Britain.—L. Ex. A letter which has been addressed to us by two former editors of the leading Singapore papers —Alajor W. G. St. Clair and Air. Thos. H. Reid —reminds us that February 6, 1919, will be the 100th anniversary of the hoisting of
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  • 42 7 The Band will play the following pro. aramme of music at the Esplanade from 6 p.m tn-day 1. Fantasia Pantomania ...Williams 2. Gavotte Stephanie ...Czibulka 3. Selection ...Babylonia ...Williams 4. Waltz Caram’llo My Dearest ...Willoughby 5. March Zouave ...Goud
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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    • 31 7 New Self-Starter for MOTOR CARS Jg 'I Has the s’reng*h of a Lion with, the cehcncy of a Spider’s We'» At ALL LEADING GAiiAJES. i C« AYa ndeyvisß acton London /Eng
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 45 7 WAR CARTOONS. {Reproduced from the World’s Press “Give up?”’ “We haven’t commence' yet!”—“New York Tribune.” ImvER bi "W'rt *>• ONLY SCRAiL -Hi s.. I P--ACLHCy_j -a. f V .—O J v K > -JY’" j I a- I THE WORST IS YET TO COME.— “BaI timore American.”
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 768 8 BANKS. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Incorporated in England by Royal Charts Paid-up Capital £i i2 oo t0()0 Reserve Fund Reserve Liability of Proprietors £1,200 (j(, Head Office 38, BISHOPSGATE, LONDON, E.C Agencies and Branches. Amritsar, Bangkok. Batavia, Bombay P i Caßtoa, Cebu, Colombo, Delhi, Foochow,’ Hankow, Hongkong,
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