The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 2 January 1919

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  • 15 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1019, No 1.r.40,
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  • 211 1 LEADERd. PAGE ii-ipfeia'ri Ta*k 1 rman/e Danger 1 i iti Price Factor* 2 Th»3 Elections 2 Rica Supply Difflsui ».»b 2 Wiltoa'i PcogrAmmc 2 Bo!eb*viim m Barop« 2 POLICE AND COURT NKWS. Local Ir.vorffl H LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. Jhurch Army Hal 8 A Paint About Pensions 7 Slat
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  • 323 1 An ontv^ard mail was received here oa Deo 28 with dates to Ncv 19. Thete wa9 t\ number of Christrms celebr^;ioa-§ during the week Including a tiffin a^ tbn Swunminpf C!ub an entertaiu menfc In the men of the lo^il gicnson aai anunilm of naval ratings, aud
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  • 154 1 Bubscrlben to V c "Singapore Free Preßs" weekly retnrnin^; from Europe lo the Straits by any of the mail linee, are invited to send to Ihe Manager the name of their steaiuer aud date of arrival In Singapore. Copies will then ailed to meet them at vanoni ports of call.
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  • 61 1 (CoiuiKCTED Up to Dec 81.) Bank 4m b 2 4 13-82 demand 2 4 6-82 Private credit! 5 ro a 2 4| Franca demr;Lid Batik 302 India, T. T. 155J Hongkono, deirnnd 44f%Prem Yokohama, tiemaud 105J Jay nd 132 i Ba> QKOK demand 66} Sovereigns, b. «.k Buying $8.64
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 42 1 Rr. CHIE—At the Maternity Hospital, Penan^, oa the 2ird December, to Mr. and Mrs. Chawford Ritchie of Brnaa, Forak, twin rianfhters. Makri'kacb. On the 28th met. at the European Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, to Mr. and Mi 3. Ridley Makep?>cp:, a daughter.
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    • 54 1 Elliott- FEP.oueoH. At St. George's ChurcN Penang, ou Saturday, December 2«th, 1918, by tho Rev. Keppel Gamier, Colonial iChaplain, Thomab Lenton Elliott, only of Thos Elliott Camburibarron. Stirling, N. 8., and of Mrs. Elliott, to Madeline Margaret, elder -laughter of the late W. H. Ftrguson, TonbvidKO, Kent, and Singapore,
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    • 109 1 Lav.— Or the 31st Oct., 1918. m a hospital abroad, after being wounded iv action. Captain Robert Archib ld FitzGerald Law. m. O.i Wiltshire Regiment, dfarly loved elder and only surviving con of Sir Archibald and «<ady Law, Stanbridg^, Wimbcrno, Dorset, afced 21. Gummisq. Killed m action,
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    • 174 1 Mciu;4N.— -Nov. 2, m hospital, Cecil Archdale Morgan, bud of late W. J. Morgan, of ParlF. Lr Tf..K.~ Nov. 7, at a nnr.-lng home, Hampstitad, Kobkrt, eldeßt rod cf Jate Matthew Littlk, of Singapore, aod flr^t wi/e, Isabel ,i McNair Black Hcttrnbach. On the 12th Nov., of heart failure
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  • Article, Illustration
    881 1 Russia 's Task. Mmn tk*U tki Ptmh rhe Peoplo': rtfftt MhMp SJmwW »y iaf aence and «p'o. •Wi V j fs!n Iw p&trUt Tnitk her e'erisas ?>»fcrcp»7 i/m I Dec 27. The interview reported with M MILIU KOFF, ex Foreign Minister of Russia, which is reported m to-day's wires, will
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  • 698 1 German 's Danger. Dec 28. Extraordinarily little«news is coming through just now a^ regardi the internal situation m Germany bnt what does become public tends to support the idea that for the time at any rate the immediate danger of a successful outbreak of Bolshevism m Germany has been removed.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements

  • 483 2 Whilst there have no'; been uny startling discoveries of new tin deposits of late years «mfi no great increase of output m the principal areas of prcduc tion, there have been small but notable increases m the outpnt from Bolivia and Nigeria. This development of sources of
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  • 399 2 Dec 80. The news regarding the Home elections, whiob we are enabled to publish this morning thanks to the courtesy of the French consulate m forwarding the information well ahead of our usual news services, will be read with the greatest satisfaction by all who wish to see
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  • 453 2 From i he communique whi will be found en another page of this issue it will bo plainly understood that the management of the difficulties rising out of the rice position has nol been entirely satisfactory. Tin- pnsitiOD however is cleaied to tho exte; hat it is
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  • 529 2 Dec 81. President Wilson is too lewi headed a man to be unduly puffed up by the remarkable welcome he has had both m France and England, and, moreover, if he should display any such woakness, the f*oo thinking and free speaking nation of which he is the
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  • 589 2 Jan l. A curious point has arisen out of the conflicts that are going on m the disorganised nations of Europe, two of them from among the defeated coalition and one from tbe Entente. Most at tention is now bestowed on the struggles going on m Germany
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  • 361 3 In tbe more fortunate position of affairs to day than twelve mo/: lie ago, there ie reason to expect tha^ the time-honoured 1 Happy New Year will be likely of fo INI men*. We heartily express that wiah tc all our refers. The Hcnbles Mr C J Sounders and F
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  • 209 3 Mr II C E Zachariaa of the Singapore Dioc^nn Asecciatkn, has received the folio ving letter regarding tha Cburc'j Army Huts. h' ar Sir,— Prebondary Garlile desires me to advise that the centre which you so geciitously presented to this Society for use amongst our bray j
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  • 67 3 The acting Colonial Secretary haa received f lO m the Food Commissioner, Delhi, a telegram to tha effect thst che Rice Commissioner, Rangoon, ie being instructed to permit shipments o? Rica to the Btraifti Settlements up to 39,000 tons for the rirHi quarter of 1919. This amount
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  • 508 3 Mr Fiynn Aaderson, of Singapore, is laid up m the Penan*? General Hospital. He topk ill on the voyage from the South crn (P G.) Captain J E Hibbert, M C with two Bare, has beeu awarded the Distinßuiehea Flying Ccobb. Capt Hibbert is a Director of Hibbert, Woodroffe and
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  • 640 3 There was the usual month-end gather ing m the Supreme Court yesterday nioru ing, to fix the list of cases for the ensuing month. A somewhat extraordinary poeitionfacedtheirlordehips and the gentlemen of the bar. There was a ion? eer>, of casea waiting for hearing wi»-h apparently never a
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  • 83 3 A general meeting of the Selangor River Tin, Co, Ltd (m liquidation), was held ye*j f .erdsy at Oresbam House, Bitfcery rd, there being pr PFe oti Messrs W P Plummer (liquidator) prr^idiaa, JJCde Wolff and rl Gremm.rger. TLe nifiefciag WAI of a pu-fc'y formal character. Tha
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  • 75 3 Application! remission to expor: rubber ro rbo Doited States of America should m fatal! bri addiese^d to the War Trade Office m Singapore op Penantf, as the ones may b«, inete^d of to tba Rubber Ezpoite Coroniitfcpe »n Ljodon 88 hitherto. Licence-; only ba
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  • 35 3 Telegraphic newi has been received m Hongkong that Mr F MacGregor, lately hend of thi firm of Meiers Caldbeck, Mac GvPßur and Co, Liongkoog, who was a prisoner m Germany, has arrived safely m London.
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  • 368 3 The loternational Peace Association is the title of an organisation which Mr Lim Siok Ghee, of the Anglo Chineee School, Singapore, is seeking to promote, the Objects and Reasons "of which are embodied ia bjokiefi printed at a local Cbioete prest, m BnfHtb and Chinese la hi* preface
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  • 253 3 The anniversary entertainment held on the 23rd of December, Monday, at 8 p m at the Drili Hall of the Anglo Chinese Sen do], was a complete success, the room being fall. The progra was long bufc extremely interesting, the various items being greatly appreciated and
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  • 220 3 Cabled adriee hag been revived from London that the Board of the Eastern Smelting Co L^d purp-^td holding the annual meeting on Dec Slat and adjourning pending the completion of final ■OOOVntfl. This hai beeu rendered neces Bary owing to lhalata arrival of Eastern mail*. An insurance OAM arisiug out
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  • 1151 4 The March of the Yugo- Slav. Much was expected of tbeaa Yugo SUvs. It was known thafc they would f;om firßt to last be m the van of battle. I had, therefore, planned to devote my attention mainly to the operation* ol thi^ ccack division. Bat though
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  • 379 4 Singapore, Dtc. 3Cth 2918. Beans, Long per catty 10 do. Fronob do 18 B« f per lb. 26 Beef Steak do 23 Bean Sprouts per catty 4 Bamboo Bpvootf do 6 Cabbage, Batavla do nil do. Salted do Z n Carrots, Imported. do a) do. Singapore do
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  • 110 4 Ibe Marconi WirtU lt Telegraph Com pasy h** been grunted ieuve to (ila iccaUy specification of an invention for an improved method for multiplying tbe frequetiL-y of electric currents. The fallowing telegraphic circulars have been received by tbe American Consul. Geneial. Biogapom, from the Departmeric of State :-(l) 'circular twentj
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  • 911 4 British Protectorate Demankr. BiftliJ, Xdv .4th We hre p vcotldec fill people. On« marvels at s)-. i work donft m th i# 9 Sidd eb.ow V;rri The Basra g( tbrte ye»»r«s aj^o le dow p. g' gen tic port. 'Chore are mi n« of vbarvt ica
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  • 782 4 Germans Afier the War To the Editor of the Morhinq Pomt. Sir, The GermanH now know that they are ben.ten m tho Geld nnd on the sea, atjrt Ibote io civilian 1 if^ ara busy preparing fcr fchei gruft* day when <:rade will open out p^\m. They
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  • 36 4 The Governor has appointed tiie following to be a committee for settling tb« allowances under the M^litarv s »rvicb Ordinance: Hon'ble Mr A M Pouiituey, Lieut Col Baeevi Mr Joha Grdig Mr S Codrlngton as secretary,
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  • 377 5 Friday December 27, 1918. PENANG NEWS. Future of the Vollnteeks From Our Own C>rrujxmd€*l AMn i'tnang, Dec 24. vX\ cm u^T IDefet >of thG Volunteer Rjfla Uub, Col Sir A Ad.mi pre id ing, the r,l account prwottd di.closed a plMaciory position aoaocially, there M« t |»99 to credit. Ihe
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  • 450 5 New times are at hard. In one issue of the Timce there are advertisements for a bank manager m the East, manager for Shanghai and Vladivostock (he would have to spend a good eh.l of time travelling), SbCielary for London company en--0.1 n-d ia tropical aecicultura, a young man for
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  • 470 5 On*- of the moßt enjoyable social func tion »j3id dunng this feative season was tha L'ffln nt the Swimming Club on Christ mas J>iy. About hundred members iiud a thoroughly food tiro^. The Club premitw were gay with bunting and the Lterior presented a flu« spectacle. All fcb*
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  • 300 5 Dec 19 to 25. Thi.3 hn beea anothar fairly quiet week closing with the Christmas Holidays. Rubber. The authorised exportH of rubber to the U X have been increased from t,BOO tool to 3,tf00 tous p^r month which nai nece^fcuated a tinning tendency. Aucti-:. Rdvulto 18th to
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  • 117 5 Mr C Cli tmpkin, wbo i$ oomiog dorcn from Hongkong to relieve Mr A R Linton m charflu >< tbo Mercantile Bank If ex pected tv tftvt 1 by the van Waerwijk it the end of ihe month. He will bs pucceed ed m Hongkong by Mr Sandes of Bombay.
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  • 1401 5 World Production Speaking at the annual meeting of Harrisons ani Crosfleld, Mr C U Clarke «aic: The output actually was abdal 204 r.OO tons, which quantity Equalled epprcxi mately 80 per cent of the world's rubber production for the year, and constitutes an advance of 84 per
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  • 239 5 The dismemberment of Austria would uuite nations loog dismembered. Mme. Olgrt Novikofl. Germany must not write a 6icgle clause ia tha treaty. She mu?t not be allowed to dot an "i or cross at. t." New York Hyrald. The average Indian does net look upon himself
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  • 63 5 Three hundred and thirty British members of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps paradedat H M'eConsulataQeueral recently Ht the request of the Consul General (Sir Bverard Fraser, kc m g). The object of the parade was to give tbe Coneel General an opportunity of thanking tbe British volunteers for their services, during
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  • 692 6 (incorporated m Queensland.) The "iKNFRAL Manager's Progress Report j fob Four Weeks Ending Nov 30. The accompanying sheet of Mine Mea fcureinencs and Asaiy return? «hnw« a total of 826 ft; made op of 43 fs driving, and i 278 ft crshticatting, as agaiast
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  • 53 6 It is stated by the Talegrnui th^i Jlol land had spent largo euros of money on neropianee from Germany at a time when that country's military needs left her hardly uuy machines to spare. The result was that when the aeroplanes were de livered they were of an inferior quality
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  • 423 6 Escape From Air Perils tbat Is Without Parallel. A fight, a fall into the pea, and a gallant rescue are the elements of a story of air and eea th«t racks high lorjng the achievements cf Ataericp»ns m the Ad liatir. An American equidirn was engaged m
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  • 285 6 Amsterdam, Oct 21. Sunday's Kolnieche Zeitung has a lonsj article btnded "The Devastation of Franco and Belgium," which ie co typically German ag to bo worth a little consider ation. Germany U taking its punishment badly, as bullies always do. Tha writer m the Kolniecbe bejr'na by
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  • 110 6 A restaurant anecdote ra-jrirdot* &a American officer and oyster pattJGg tbe former complaining thai eoiaethiag nast; has died m the interior of this ban," reminds a reaJec of tn incident ha witueseed earlier m tbe v/ur at; an hotel m which two Australian officers figured. The lugcq included butter (at
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  • 431 6 The Question of Germans In China. Information v,-r.b regard to the German refusal to raUfy ftie ll^gue Agreernen' for the cxcbaDga of prisoners is contaiaed In written answers wh'ch Sic Oecrg* Civo, tb: Home Seoreuuy. has Riven to recent questions by Mr Joyuson-Hick?. Sir George Cave seated that
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  • 74 6 Pag o' My Heart," one of the mo*t charming comedies cf recent yeare, waa produced last evening at the Victoria Theatre by the Howitt Phillips Co and the large attendance present was ample proof of the appreciation of thuse talented artiltef, In the title role Miss Doris Phillips
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  • 307 6 The death ia reported from cancer m the throat, connected on active eervice, of Mr V F Deacon, of the Sportsmen's Battalion, who was foirnerl? a member of the staff of the HorgkoDg and Shanghai Banking Corporation, at Shanghai and Yokohama. The Times Sydney Correspondent telegraphs that there has recently
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  • 443 6 Saturday, December 28, 1918. ACCIDENTS. Fatal Motor Smash. Oc the afternoon of Cbti«tmn* Day a I fatal motor c ir ic^idrnt occurrod resulting j m tfafl ds-uh ol Ebe corporal cf p.;lica of I the Kandang Ksrbia Station. [I 13 said I that) :ue Corporal *ect to Mr Sect Tiang
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  • 470 6 Serious Accident at Hongkong. A gaciouti moioc-cir accidoni took p!aee on D^o 15 on tbe Tftipo R^jd (**y* the Honpkong Daily Pro-a aa a rtfiult of which L;eu< Sykea, Ii Q A, <rn9 ernntiily irjured, Mr McKay, of th>; Tuikoo D ?ek Coinpr.ro, aud hU wife
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  • Correspondence.
    • 329 7 To the Editor Bir, —In connection with the Civil S^r 'p Commi^eiji), (here is a puiac whi:>j ibould be oarefallj considered u^ t j biob Iboaa tarf v:t^!!y concernftj are D iily voiceless. It is m connection wm tboaa old pervauta who, with the be war,
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  • 125 7 Sir.- From .1 Me, bourne telegram dated the 17th fottAttt, it would appear that i-j qoiue to bave tbe peac9 06lebratiODI ewrtiod nut right royally. TLe [npecial Goveiumcut ie being ftfektd to anatiC^ that a fleal consiotiug of Hcititrii, Allied i»rdcaDcuieii arthtps shell i v
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  • 45 7 Serrica will be beld at tb6 Bouslnad [nttiintfl oa Sunday eveniug at t.15. Tbe Hbv W Croßß, M A will Rive the address, unj Mrs W D McCullugh will be tbe BoloUt. All aro iuviieJ, especially men of tbe army and navy and mercantile marine.
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  • 281 7 Sir, -Your leader of the 24th inbtant, against the Slat Tebrau embankment, is I well argued. Tha subject has, co doubt, been fully coneiiereJ by competent authority, hence the proposal for its construction, to be subiiitted on Monday, j To unravel difficult, or intricate queeiior.p, Commissions are übuVily
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  • 93 7 INTER- SETTLEM ENT BASEBALL. Se' n^or Bent^n by Singapore. From Our Own Corrupendtnt Koala Lompor, Dec 27 Singiporo beat BttangOf at b^ieb^ll o': Kaala ijurapur yetterdaj tTeoicg by eixteen rani to one. Sir Eavvard B.ockman pitched tba flffct ball. [Xbo wuh the tire t inter settlement fix j tnre iq
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  • 224 7 SCCvKL CHINESE. A drenching raia and a very slippery ground were by u.j means conducive to good foolbal: on ihe Esplanade last even ing, ueverthf leeo tho SCO t9ain and the United Chinrs9 Uavenfrorn Kuala Lurapur put up a good eLuw, und the former ran out winners by the
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  • 82 7 The Howitt Phillips Co uruiu comin^ad eJ a large audience ac liia Victoria Theatre iast oveninf when they give a very succf» r a ful presentation of that very popular p!<»y Milestones Tbll pariicul&r piece, lik? its forerunner, ia not- irw to a Singapore I audience, for the
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  • 34 7 Tiie manager, writing to the Secretaries f on the 2Mh met, reports that tbo breach m the intnka dam was pufficiently repaired to enable hydraulicing to b? cemmeneed on the 24th iostaut.
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  • 233 7 Delhi, Dec 17. The Government of India have had under considern'ion the question of the extent to v?hich licence? »or export of rice to foreign deeMnatior s ebould bo permitted from India, In view of the necessity of conserving for the neede of Ibe Indian consumer
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  • 99 7 Tbe rne'.&down en Ih FM S Railway m the Taipifcg Ph^ hns b^rji followed by ai>c?}jp\ Undllfp furtbe.- «;p the lice. Ou Monday only pufeff i jpors by fba ronii train were bookod and lit p«j (if ifce restoration of tbe line by 't; mv of the year ln»ve fMIUbeJ,
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  • 922 7 Shipment to Straits A correspondent wtitei la th-* R cgoon Gazbtte." Sir. WiH vrn bf? po jjcjc! h* io spare me a little spare la jour popal*i j iurnal to r» prt.rtnr the obvjrua idco .v. itQce, hardship and lost involved ou rica t^.:r cburito HDvi h
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  • 832 7 Admiral Sims on the U Boats. AJsntr Si I laid that it vta; very Important iuj: the Amaricaa pocpla should ba ebiolutely Informed as tc what wa3 takiux plac3 on th.^ aide. They had not bcfo :lo accurate!? Informed There had bjMi n cumber i-; init&prebtnsione which
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  • 98 7 General von Heinrich, tho O vertor of Liilt for most f the past four y< j^a, must hnve some uneaev momenta aa h rt-calla Ibe incident* of bis steward*;. ip. In addition to the u&ual outrages, et-<- m elude n seridß of M war contribn ng on a mon^trou^ scale,
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  • 1317 8 From Cairo to Bagdad by Air. H.gd I Dt%l. Gem falmond, com maodiog t m lit Fore- m kbi M:d Me E'-.st, arrived at B tgd id tbif fljv,-o froi.i Caii v eieti'.p r.t > 60mm --dire lht P le, R A F, Cap: Rv:- Smith, -p,,
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  • 175 8 Inv.rp.tinn* a-r out for the wedding at fin; Church of Si Joitpa, at; 8 am. on SatardsT, J.j n 4. o? Mi- Cbarlei D.3 Sonsa end Mtei Violette Lasaroo. 1 b >.'<••, Prs-is i- nnanimoaely urging the tppoii ment of a oommifftioa to m ▼••ligata Ihf wjrkiy.: ol |ba Ceylon
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  • 904 8 Quicqnid arjunt homines no ri c t farrago lib ell i "\l- r- J. likely j tor a gr ood coatri indda. b >m b I i they -m him a Until Ueere had nc > tay— ad why th y of 1 V. lag of
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  • 409 8 O Miicch 6 r zw t hailing from ad i ma ire depd Kiel, then a niemba*: ages b n, ft ha^ml«';-3 acd set; b leap reilioaa youth, who rarely reoeivad pant raooo of his feipa- ;im i bed. He stayed only to the 15 b,
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  • 126 8 Arrangements h»T« b mi d« for nniting the busfutss Interest ol Cftdbary Bros. (Limited), cf Bournvilie, and J S Fry and Sons (Limited), of Bristol, by tho formation of a holoi^fj company Cidbmys and Frye will continue to carry en btuioeei m their namrs nr .l under
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  • 90 8 Paper shorts 01 net, feoruobow calendars md almam 03 fo? 1919 nre beginning to com- il. Frp.-f r r*nd Neava Bend ua one from ibe printiog offico nnd one from th« Mrated water depi-tmeot Ribeiro'a a neat liuie desk tablet. At the request o! the GOT«rnm«nl o( the Straits B«llleio«iitt,
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  • 712 9 Mr John Henry Wilton, c H E ta is b •li h dirfc.or or tLe Baatern Esu-n •Io 1 auJ China Teipgraph Co. Mr A -f b Siam E hie ition D| '♦rd a lieutenant Yorkfhi 3 L Sac3fia, who succeeds Mr C M'lQ^fir of the
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  • 96 9 From Our Own Corretpondtnt Pf.nHng. Dec 28 1 1- ..1 h.ia occurred tMe Dll liOp i 1 barrister b w at the ag3 of *9. H*j w a bon of i; L iftan who 1 30 ye nenl o( t Bira D.c had 1 y pn
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  • 73 9 from Our Chen Corrtsvond**i Kuula Lumpur Dec 28. The Controller of Labour has received a cable fro 11 Ibe emigration agent at Madras that tho fchipmoiU of tvs<nty thousand adult laboa Ji be permitted between Jan jrij let aui Mj.reb 31nt. No won under 25 will
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  • 296 9 IN M EMORIAM. There was a vary full congregation at tho Cathedral last evening when the service m memory of those fallen m tho wnr was bcli. Aracngct the many official head& who were preeent besides mem* oi tbe Government s< ric ths d ilo fch« Qen ii Officer Commanding
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  • 308 9 The meu of the local uridon together with a numbQr of na/al ratings were en sactained to capital night's eDJoyment at (ho V M C A oq Saturday. Suppm was provided ard tbure was also music which was highly appreciated. Various games and competitions wore indulged m and
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  • 52 9 A Macao named (.'Lung Cboojj vcas brought before Mr P F David Id lh« Second Court oo Saturday Looming oo a churn-, of morder. It; i>> alleged tbab b*> Ftubbnd a HuLieo Lamed Choo Mob M >h aud ouuted nifli injuries us bad f -u»l results. Accused was remanded for
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  • 859 9 MEMORIAL TO SIR C C SMITH. r "B-CIv r i lON ED From G-*t Own CuTftzyonrltr** L n'nu, N v stb. Sit B for t Btirg t the Sic Bnat F rig of fill 1 raised *nt broiiZi sea ue of the Walkr-r c a g, c-j raettng the wi.k
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  • 79 9 Fro IB Mcaerß Sandiibnd* Buttery Co. ngeuts for tbo Singapore Para Rubber Eitatee, Limited w; 1 leora that the repot: i: and balance sheet for t b s Company for tbe lant financial year haa been issued, that it ie proposed to deolsre a final dividend of 2d
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  • 749 9 with reference 6o» the pub' 8n V< cf n 1 m the ry'a Offlca nddrei m Kirn I -i Hie asi Coo d lbe 12/ I to I lei re j 33W been i *ha Rangoi n Re > Dec 24th 1918. 1 aca '-'i refer to
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  • 53 9 The Overseas committee cf tb^ Kubber Aseoci itio:: 'A Amoricj. has r-. >c the following tflegrarn?, dntpd N< York, December 17t>3, received from 111 uobber AsßOciatioD ot America Effective immediately. Gc ■> ♦•ai.-i-nt remove quantity restrictions Kl«bb«l imports from Overseas poiuts." Government abolish allocotir '^tjulations also
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  • 3411 10 Tuesday, December 31, 1918. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Ordinary Meeting, Monday, Dec 30, 1918. PREBKST H.E. the Governor's De/.nty(MrWGMaiwe!l, C.MG.) H.E. the Genera' Officer Commanding the troops (Major-Gen. Rtdoot, cm g. c B.) The Hon. Att. General (G. A. Goodman.) m n Treasurer M. Pmn B-y.l Colonial En^nter (F. T. Pigott.) ii
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  • 951 11 The tcene is a Freuch town about Bix inVeß behind the b^tOt trcui. It has not been iyttematioal!y wrecked by tto Bcche nor ha** it been ov uch d&ruaged by ehell fire. Civillai to he ezer. m the streets, hftving iucc -fuliy evaded the kind effottß
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  • 549 11 ALOR GAJ AH R. E. Tn--< r'Miuai 2en?ral meeting of the Alor Gajuli Kabber Estate. Ltd wa-? baM m the regi^ r^«J offices of the cnraoany at Qresham Hou^e, Battery Road, «r, noon yeeb r lay, uiteuu\iot oy Mere™ W F Plu»uraer i rnmn). J W Campbel 1 J M
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  • 161 11 In the Supreme Court yesterday morniog the Chief Jußtica (Sir John Buohnill, KO) htard and granted a p -titioa L? Me T i) Parson- r,'i behalf of X a *****11:1 Ltd, (m corporp v .fed m the Striitd Settlemen for an crc.^r apptovic^ of th« redaction of the
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  • 76 11 Aa the r«>&uit of lha tfiehael fllftl ex nminatim of eiud3iila of tb« lons ot Court held by the < ouncil ot Leg*] Education, Chau Bin-Kok, Mii lid Temple, passed the final t-x^min iUon. I Measj Patoi'son Sitnnne. Peosng, aiviee j as that i\>f?y havo received c^bie ndvice i from
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  • 847 11 The annual general meeting of Pa jam Limited was held ia Gre6bara House, yesterday. Me W L Watkina presided, the others present being Messrs F W Collins, J M Sitne, W P Plnrr.:::"-, an i W Campbell. After the customary preliminaries the Chairman spoke on the report saying
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  • 30 11 NATION AL WAR BONDS. Tae llongkoi'3 and Shanghai Banking Corporation hav3 r cciv.d the following t«l*grmm fr-ora their London Office National War Bonds present series will ceaeo 18 .h JauuaL-y."
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  • 385 11 The following is the ninth yearly report to be presented at tbe aunu<U meeting at Derrick and Co. oo Jan 6 at 12.30 p.m. The proflS for the year, aftec providing for depreciation amount* to 168.560 9« »hieh wi!h balance bought forward &i 9 662 39 m»k9l %'M
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  • 134 11 From Omt Own Correspondent Penang, Dec 30. The Tack fund dnwiog took p!\CL- oa the Esplanade today. The protit^ will produce $14, C00 toe Our Day Fuad The officials of the drawing wne Mr Voulea, Mr Caveniieh, Me Oxenliara, Mr Litn Ewe Thoon. Mrs L-Jng drdw the prize
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  • 98 11 LOCAL DIV ORCE. In the Supreme Couc^, on Satuidtxy, Mr Justice Ebden J judgment m the petition for divorce made by Captain Chilled William Boweo M iddox agiicst hie wife Gla-<>. Augusta Maddox, with Arihur B Edpsck^rman cited aseo-re&pon-CJoUt. His lord-Lip orJsr^d a des^ee nisi. gi.7ing the petitioner custody of
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  • 128 11 Of fifteen women municipal candidates who cann forward at Swansea now one .v:is elected. Major I ocl Puimira, founder of the Manila Cib'etawg, was killed m action m France on Sept 27. One of tie telttffarca records that "the singing of tha national hywa on the occasion of the Eacpercr
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  • 1855 12 ARMISTICE k)nbnaana« C*bl«l *Vnati-'i ferric* Washington, Dec 25.— Detpite Mr Landing* emphatic admoaition that Ger man tHMimmtitflathHH nhould b« addressed to all the Associated Governments, another appeal h;iB been received from the German Government p.<? regard* food and mo3iflcf ation of ths armistice. The State Department does not publieh
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  • 2891 12 London, Deo 21 President Wilton, interviewed by the P^cia corresponded of the Times, said that the greatest question j as tegard* thb Peace Conference was "Will thero be found enough of wisdom and purpose amocg the statesmen to crente a safeguard Bgaitist future wars He emphasised that Che difficulties
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  • 425 13 A sale of work ie being held at the Nanyang Girls' School m Dhoby Ghant m aid of the funds of the school, at which some of the articles for sale such as embroidery, crochet and different kinds of needlework were made by the girls of the school and show
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  • 5470 13 London, Dec 21. Election results Cambridge UciverHty J FP Rawlineon 203 4 (Conl Union.) Sir J r.irmor 19^6 (Coal Union., W 0 Wlietban 122« J. J C Squue (Labour* 6 11. The fir^t two, both ex m» rnber?, are elected. University of Wales Lewis (Coalitionis: Liberal* 789. MacKeDzie (Labour)
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  • 5390 15 London, Dec 27.— A good deal of con trcversy bae arisen m the German news- papers on the question as to who financed the revolution. The Berlin Soviet execu live Ddmits that it received half r million mark* tb:Gvjh v mysterious maa num-id Eltich. who 7ap subsequently arrested on
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  • 244 16 Under the Food Control Regulation Mr J R D Oldman is appointed to be secretary to the Food Controller. Mr R J B Clayton is aganfc for the Food Controller m Penang. In a Gaztte Extraordinary, is&ueii yesterday, the Food Controller orders m Penang thut parboiled rice iv bags at
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