The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 13 February 1919

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  • 15 97 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. ITHIRD SERIES THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1919, No 1,<54G.
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  • 211 97 LEADERS. PIr R r AUK Singftpon'i Fiee Pott 97 Hie« Economy N«ad«d 97 l aU'rufttiosi&l Labour 95 Land Acquisition fox the Public 08 .rri'iny find the A/miatiCQ 98 Britaio'i title of 98 POLICI AND COURT NfcV/S. The AttlSM 104,107,108 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. I C V Cms 99 An
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  • 157 97 subscribers to the M Singapore Free Press" y returning from Europe to the Btraite by any of the mall lines, arc Invited to send to Ihe Manager tK> name of their steamer and f arrival m Singapore, ('oplee will then .iled tf> meet them nt rarioni portH of call. BnbHerlbers
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  • 382 97 »i from Home with dates to Jan 9, nrrived ber-e oa Moniaj Feb 10. A mall for Home to day. A complete report of the Centenary celebration! of all the different com i m Singapore Is included ia this A general meeting of ihe Uoitei Malaya Cou
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 117 97 Niel-kn.— On the 3rd Febraary, 1919, to Mr. aud Mrs. P. Q. NIELB3N of Bata Unjor Estate, XU 1 eg, a son. Coelkn.— On February Bth at 110, DamanBara Terrace, Kaala Lurnpnr, to Mr. and Mre. O. C. G. Coelfjn, a ion. Howard— On Feb. 9th, at the European
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    • 53 97 LUMBoSH— Daniel —Nov. r /7 at Church of ABcen3tnn, Halham uin. J. Br. Lumsden, of Klang, to CONBTAKCE LOUI9E DANIEL. Johns :n (Bro.ke)— WYNCfl.— On Dec. 18, at Exniouth, H. O. Brooke Johnson, Captain A. 8, w ot Lawas, Blacfeheatn Park, to Phtll's Lovsday, daughter of Lt.-Col! F. I
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    • 61 97 Oxllmsm Kepoited misßinj? en Rept. 24, later knows to have boon killed oa that date at Anlnt v 'near Cambtai) 2nd Lirnt Bernard I Obuts Gillman, R. A. F. (of Oaring Estate, Malacca), deariy-lovod fourth hvtl of the la'n* I John p.i d of Mary A. Glllraan
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    • 145 97 HBNDERS3V. -At tioorab-jya. Java, on February JrJ. WILLI.M b'KND^RLON, Of Hendersou A Co. Aged fB. Deeply regrttted. O'Flah^rty At 3«»9. AiiHon JJoad, Pena»g, on the 4th H'cbraaty, !9i9, Id her 4Snl .ta\ Nellie Bridget o'Flvhertt, daughter of the late Captain and Mrs. O'Fl&heity, and sister c£ Hut Gaunter. Deeply
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  • 60 97 (COKIiECTED UP TO Fab 12.) Bank 4m 8 4 11 82 df:t.mr.d 2 4 3:2 Private oredill Bms 2 4 17 ul franet demand B»ink SOIJ India, T. T. 155 (lonokonq. demand 86j% Prem Yokohama, damand lovi Java, dt»:£j.ind las Bangkok den n?i Sovbbeions, B.%nk Baying $S 64 Bank
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  • 877 97 Feb H Men ikall tV«i Ftsm the People'; rlfSl \Ai».i«s yafe-lot Trnt'o ber e^oriout; t *r fctt> H»4— 4 t* ft. l<d«m. j and L*.r". The views of the Founder of the Colony as to the vita! need of the freedom of the port of Singapore have
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  • 565 97 Feb 10 The slatrmnnt which has been issued, presumably officially, m Panang, sho.vs that the rice situation will for a month or two be one of some stringency. It ia onneoeesary to dwell at length on the various oanses which have brought about the present situation, they
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  • 900 98 Feb 11 Exactly what the Peace Conference commissioners on international labour are going to try and do is not very plain, the proceedings of the Inter nationale at Berne as reported do not seem to help them much, and it seems unfortunate for the Labour members of the
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  • 537 98 Feb 12 Oae of the greatest difficulties m the Siraits m effecting pnblic improvement is the difficulty of acquiring land which has passed into private ownership. This is particularly the case as regards town improvements. Chapter VIII of the Report of the Singapore Housing Commission
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  • 435 98 The misgiving generally felt at Mr Lloyd Georges announcement that conscription would be abolished will not be Jensenpd by the grave statement of the Pans newspapers that Foch was recently compelled to use threats to make the German plenipotentiaries attend the sitting of the armistice com
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  • 960 98 Fcb 13 When President Wilson enumerated his fourteen points to which the Central Empires and their Allies must subscribe before there conld be any question of peace negotiations, there was one vrgue clause among them Freedom of the seas." This point is subject to so
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  • 62 99 The hoa'ble Mr A N Kenton m m Singa p.ro a; present, pidsuig through on his w<»y 1,-jnie, at n a severe breakdown. The Ooarotratftl Rubber Co sold by Mftttoa yesteriay a pince of freehold land if Peck Sdui ac containing an area of 2 441 eg ft to Mr
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  • 1507 99 CENTENARY CELEBFUTION. The members and friend* of the Eura sian Literary Association held a Centenary celebration at their room? on Saturday night, Mr E Teseeneobn prosiuioc There was a ucmber of ladieb presecr. r l hrougli the ki?nl offlc«? of Mr N Leirertrr the rc-oma had bfi
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  • 163 99 FOOTBALL. Last eight's g>une of football ou tbe SCC ground was a pretty one Bided game for tbe V M C A ran out winners by four clear goals. Tbo Naval eleven who opposed them were often seen within tbe precincts cf tbe V M U A goal
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  • 95 99 Singapore, Feb 12. For the Auctions which opened to-d »y the quantity catalogued amounted to 1,516 ton*. A strong demand for all grades was experienced, and prices were on a higher vt.i generally than those of last Bale, eaeiog bornewh:»t however daring the afternoon. Ribbed Smoked Sheet
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  • 235 99 Ac alleged caen c f profiteering bes just been dealt vrith hv Mr P F D*?id ir. ihe Second C--:u-t end tome \i:y Qcntaal oiccomtUiu}«i were bronght la light. According to the evidence il wouli rprear that Tan In-, a IUI I- holder at Clyde T*nrac<3 market ?old
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  • 593 99 To the Editor of the Penang Gazette, Sir, —Ra Mr oxenham*9 letter m your pfiper of Tuesday, 4th inst, I would hke to bring to your notice that Me Osinbam hns tailtd to bring ihe chief point of contention to the cotica of "The Australasian,"
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  • 82 99 Many m Singapore will be gl« to hear that Colonel Brownlow, k o a, formerly commanding the R A m Singapore, w!>o played a large part m quelling the i itiny m Singapore, almost four yearn d« to the day, has been created a c M G. Miss Roy. who
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  • 1156 100 YESTSRDftY'S HISTORIC CEREMONY Honouring the Colony's Founder. A fortunate continuanca yesterday of the Cne weather which ht\s b?ea experienced lately ma^e th*j opening r.f.ctmor.y of n historic a! doy nu extremely plt&te>at onp, ul '.hough towirJ^ thr; t?ud of the proceedings the ena became unplsaean' j hjt and
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  • 6676 100 Ria Excellency theu fpoke, sayiDg Your Excellencies, Ladies aod Gentlemen, I thank you, Mr Peal and the Morabern of the Centenary Committee, for giving me the honour and privilege of unveiling this tablet to the memory of Sir Stamford Raffles who. 100 years ago, with wonderful foresight,
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  • 554 102 Through the kind efforts of Mr Tessensohn, the Centenary Committee generously donate J a pecuniary apportionment from its Fund for egu r 1 distribution to two well koo^vn societies m Singapore, viz the saint Vincent de Paul Society and the saint Anthony de Padua Association, for the
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  • 668 102 There i 3 a saying common nmong Mohamfdins that what the right hand givea the left hand should not know. Modesty, moreover, p'p.ya a greut part m the career of a Mohiunedan. I believe that they h3.va not; therefore used the presß to make
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  • 395 102 About the middle of 1918 the following gentlemen were cjnslkuted aa a committee to DOOtidac and report on a schema to comraemoniU the Centenary of Singa pore Me W Gt j-jh Ylixwt-11, c M G Chairman. Hon Mr C W DarmMjire. FII Eliot, Dr Lira Boon Ken?. D
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  • 623 103 FOOTBALL. Fifth Inter.>i.ttm:uknt Match SINOAPOBB MAIAY TBAM'fl SUCCESS. 1 8 <: K< > Mft ll i« j ;:>-':' uvec cen fc«n Oi ioud to Jaj wo have pltu ■are n< publishing the *joJ uewa thai r biDdtomi silver cup baa found a Pfcnivir. rt t. Itiof pi >••
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  • 67 103 We regret to cay tb*t a telegram has tirrived from Kuala Lumpar aonoutcir g tb« .ieath of Mr C M Laidlaw, drowned whiltl litfj.Jw c from the eteaiqer Kuala at Pubuiig The body was recovered Mr Liudiuw erjurnd the service an a cadet m 1901 and bin acted m various
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  • 1863 103 Saturday, February 8, 1919. CONSTITUTION TO RE REVISED. Question or Passages Home. A general meeting cf the United Milaya Council was held yesterday afreruoon at the Singapore Chamber of '"'ornm^ro >. th? prir ciptl lttta on the ag3nda b«-iug to ii-cu^b proposed revision of the consti tution
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  • 280 103 In i Gazette issued ye steed ay, or^ata b a r i c d Controller, 1i m I tics l; fl amou nt of rice whic'i employed may tell to lab rarers and the litter's dependent!, aro published. 11l j Cockney, Chief 3 'nirary Inepretor, is appointed by
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  • 166 103 Then wc«s v good atiend.*oca at the Viccorirt fbaatri last evening Aben the Stmr.fcjh tilme wern Bore*n*d ia a.d of the Be'gmn Cbildr«n*i Pand aaci :)i* Ovf.Teeas Club Tobsooo Fund. Thnse films, which bho« evid^ncd oi good workTiarftbip and a keen eya for matters likely to interest
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  • 179 103 A Straits Ct»iaee« HunMrg Pnr'y has begged another tiger. The pir^y. consisting of Messrs Le Ah K*i, Koh SengTye, Ah Yam und Mahomed Mn Abdul Ganny, with Balanio, tracker, wetil^ cue m the K*)lang district on Suadav nud tracked the tiger which wae fired Rt r>,:)d
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  • 62 103 H E Vica Admiral TuiorTud *r embarked on H M S Suffolk yeeterdfl ->k> aing at tha Main wharf and sailed I dongkong wbe.'e be wul hoit-L aie Q.xft as < mcnandiDg the China Station. 11 X tl. Governor ur. i H E the General went do to see the
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  • 878 104  -  Percy Hipwell 11 ti In which c rriei one from Vlu.v^.-luc!: to Sfoteow i ia ?or MTerai Lj.i-6 to fraver- i pol ol Norths \n ttr* A b c. train ilo wlj vl igi i i h a pi- I at ihe fiontitr itai f Bail 1
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  • 431 104 1 i v OBGHABD niv scan to Orchard ri on ri ir ihortlj after eight o*c it tor wond thai with fatal retnlte. Me r 8 Godwia the manogiog director of Metin [son, Ha gate aod Company, was »ar to 3i TangHn, and jaat after passing Me '<
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  • 99 104 I O:^t3B from Liverpool is expected t. :.rr:ve m Pt^ar? about thd M tti f irfrrmpdl tbat near Aoam* a fl larga mine field exitltaod all it between Sir^-jp^re aui uorth HiN and vieo verga must avoid tb* y boncded by linei Joioing 1 d S ft N
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  • 82 104 O^e of tLie Etorke Drift beroea, tbe R i <■-> j. Smitd ooca an Army ebaplain, died t»n Mot 27 b-< Pal wood i»?b*cij. Cathedral, Hongkong, wag d to the utmost linu of it? uceom i l Jao \'.b, vsi-.fn thfl Hjv a I) Stewart btadautot ol Bl P..ut'e School,
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  • 227 104 MT tii Jan 7TH Fbb li'isiteee ia ibatcs darir.g tL past wetk has been exceedingly dv. as is usual ovfii ths Cliineie New Y-nr. Robber There has been uo ictiou eiucj our Jtt9t report. Transaotioi i out w de indicate a itead] t'rm maiket. la rubber bbarep
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  • 313 104 Tbe steamer Brr.rnuiJd.i, bolicvi d to have been su.:k on Kept 9, 1918, turnu up m A'gos bay on Dec 27. Mi W Archer haf been appoint? 1 Trea tnrer cf tiit' Pennug Cricket Club v from th'.j lat in^t A Dorreepoodent writes Mr p w Parson ie tn b.»
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  • 175 104 ALLEGED FALSIFYING OF ACCOUNTS At the first Atetzei jn Saturday before Mr Jubilee Ebdeu lh€ case w^& coutn: ued m which Ng Tek Hak j-; charged with falsifying the acccuats o? Messrs Koblneon aod Company by whom h 3 was until recent ly employed aa a Halesmun m
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  • 100 104 SINGAPORE O C va GARRISON G C. This match wa? pliyed on the Garrison links yesterday. Gordon andWlii^e i Wolff and Sproule 1. Aepinall nod R rmio 0 Sime and Sattie 1 Daigetty and Hickey 0 Ly>:!l and David li. Nonie and OnflUh Jonei 0 Sherwood «nd Griffltbß
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  • 172 104 The European who was found m the Canal m Stamford rd last Ocfc tnd who subsequently died la General Hospital has just been identified by hi* photograph as William Alexander Aodertoo, late of Lendu Estate, Alor Gajab, Malacca. Mr H W Tho'p; >n, whi ned duties R8 Chairman, X nta
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  • 152 104 l> 1 Sir, i kr lomao tl bti of Ibe puHl'p. m pp't where itandA tb n* S iford Ri ill 1 after the U tiofi rei y on i *1 c reai i| I p 1 t v »p 0 a l h a r tu lh(> f-Ue,
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  • 89 104 1' Fi b 4, 7.50 p i 'h« rench t-> t bonds an it fra 15, the B p 91.88 I pat ceat at 75. P Tbe Cam i ifere heard the conclusion of the s tat ami Veni ling the lre< k olaim<>, President Wilson was boli i j
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  • 259 104 A correppondeDt v>ritfcd: The state c( Mime ot the road« m the town i* some< thing awful. Someone is to blame for it. Usually the reason ssEigned \a that the Tramways are the ?n.n«e of the bad roach, hut that is not co frith regard I >■■< bhi
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  • 565 105 Bit Barry Stephen, lale Jadg the Hißh (oart at Oalentla olaime thai tbe -h« brlalofBii ITalUr Raleigh w.-a a iiecraoe to EDgli.h law aiid a trafiedj Lo »tln n Bftnakok mncdet j i'l wl eonpled •ad to there being former i 1 pilelo, por I 8a
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  • 336 105 There waa a very in'eres:iDg and impcef-t. vj iy simple i rvice at the *':'gar Road Chinese Carittiau chnich <..-: Friday afternoon last, \>h<r R r Tan L^r;,! Yien from Amoy i. "acred to the Taojoog I 1 r pasrh eh loolnaes ciia out hf-rio
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  • 531 105 Miy we congratulate our contemporary, the Strain Tinare, oo the vetj readable and well printed Blngapore Centenary Supplement. The text is h useful ctate ment of the history of Singapore, and ihe illustrations well chopen and varied. It will remain a piecing memory of A memo* rablc occasion. Someone hpa
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  • 1335 105 Quicquid agunt hominst noatri est farrano libelli Juven when Pfuar:,2 fa I a cea!«ofl iv ia a i-*-yJt which would itagger Singapore, for m %ogi r I iigh Jinks to eel occa ion iL> o!e wetfc. S£j. e fl l ß )it'c^ i to keep ba
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  • 206 105 A cah c from th* ieoresarlefl of the Ipjb Tin Dredging L l a, b flcal c'jv ir.r.d cf 5 pel C'.r- free cf it;c ;jue tax for :tar 1919 payable 3U*: January. The Bobo de Pari* *>->-\tee that the Rua ran Rr< k 8«a fleet, which vu Edcently handed
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  • 734 106 Tbfl Tobacco Restrictions Regulations at Home were abolished on Jao 11th. Mr E M Baker, A^si^tant Treasurer F M S, is expected from Erjglani 6hortly. MmM Otinn Kiat nnd Co., Phiilip-at s?nd un their Dttttvl de<*k writing pad and caiondar. MUI Ifoßrtdf from Kunla Lip big
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  • 944 106 From Out Chen Carruvondtnt LoDdon, Jan 1. Th^ repatriated Indiana are gradually ilriftu:? b vck tothis country from Germany and we tire endeavouring to eend them homo, though we are not making too g )od a job of it. Instead of collating thorn all nnJ detpatahiog them
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  • 545 106 The following letter pppear* m the Times write* our London corre p/ident orj Januaiy first. Cablb CnraomsHip and Tbadr. gi ri Q the 16tb inst, I charter: J the s q. Tdiztn Mam, then at Darbaa ''waiting ord«fo t') load a cari»o Irona I'ritirh E**t Africa to
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  • Correspondence.
    • 376 106 To the Editor, Sir, I shall bo much obliged it yon will allow me a little space to say why my new hook on Sic Stamford Raffles has been co long delayed beyond the time it was to have been here, if oolv foe the sake of
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  • 312 106 From Our Own CorrupewUnt Koala Lumpur, Feb 11. The weather was threatening to day bat no rain tell and tbe going was good. There was a fair attendance. Planters' Stakes BCaramut 89 Billfttl 1 Strawberry 7 10 Bait 2 Victory 12 Suttle 8 Won by :t leugth. Time
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  • 254 106 That remarkable trio of musicians, Leo, Jan and MischeJ Ohrrniaveky, need do introduction to Singapore. They have paid several visits here, and their brilliant performances hove been a source of rare delight to all local music lovers, thus ensuring the success of their present visit, which opened m
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  • 136 106 Mr Justice E rmbaw, Me W T Chapman n p p, Messrs Pooley nnd E A S Wagner, who went to Kuala Lipis for the \seiiee, early last week, returned late on Friday evening. None of ilvm ware enamoured of the long and tedious railway journey of nearly fourteen hours
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  • 262 107 SCARCITY OK HOUSES. Th.tthe PC arci« yof t, ,u-ing accommoda turn m keenly r e !t Id Singapore is clearly .Tidto^d Iwtk .fie, ckatthe sitting" of the Kent XK M .< mmn% Hoard T ..ember, of th« Bo.rd ,r quite oognieant MM Iml and Ihe, fall, appreciate
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  • 167 107 At :ho American lifflg R fcha Hotel Europe lr.Pt Saturday, the Rev J M Hoover, who ppent th« bett part of his life m that country, told of. I^^ Chineee agricul tura. co! .:,> thai Ufa vin R a prosperous I rer, and amazed his hearers tolliag
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  • 184 107 London, Jan 9. he market cp^ntd irilh a quiet though steady tone, bo- Inter dev«lop*d weakness rates have Bioee fallen away to the extent cf Id par Ib. A moderate business baj bsea transacted In Standard grades but' off qaaliliei have been difficult to move. Standard Crepe on
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  • 71 107 MccftoJanuary 18— CrrJos Cameico, eon of Jcao Curceiro, hai been sentenced to three yean 1 dapottatioD .o Timor on the Obargfl of I oting the PoriagMM Consul l f The eoaeia of Carlos Caroeiro, b itg a mine,, was eenteaced --nmanz totibrt* months, to date fro
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  • 95 107 T!j imes Police Court, Ah Sai and K«m, Chinese snbjec.a, were chargsd with travelling from Cardiff to London withrut informing the police. Inspector Lander said that the m,:n signed on at sin K a P oie two months b S o and m conse Querco of allege iil treatment they
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  • 341 107 A general meeting of the members of the newly formed Strait* Settlement* Branch of the National Association of Discharged Sailore and Soldiers was held m the North Room of the 3 C C Pavilion on Monday evening, Mr C D'\rcy Cayley pre^dicg There wa* a very
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  • 111 107 At the Assizes, yesterday, b.'fo c Mr Justice Ebiea nud a epeMsl jury, tte trial wn& continued of a Cautonese nanud Low Seng Seok, charged on three counts with faUifylog accounts wbilafc employed as a l«df«i clerk by Makers Robinson and Co. The falsification alleged wa* that of
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  • 262 107 British Softness In Cologne Th~ following It from the loiter of a Britit-h ofllcer stationed m the occupied part of Germany ▲flee visiting Cologne, Cjblenz, and the Bfelncland, I nra 6ura that; the Bocb<? bus overstated hie caso as to starvation, m Weft (ruraany nt any rate.
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  • 112 107 The 1 lit Me G M Laidlaw has a youngor brother, Mr D H Laidtaw, an Acting Exe cutive Engineer, P.WD, at present stationed a*, Kroh, while two other brotherß were killed m the wuc. Some our to iln jixti dn-?t<ni acfsd as econd M tglitra)*, Ka^U Luinpsir. A male
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  • 549 107 Man Shot at Setapak. At about 9 30 on Sunday night says the Malay Mail, a call by telephone came to the Central Police Station, from the village of Setapak, to the effect that KOD^robbere bad attempted to break into the house of font Chinese women. The women
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  • 309 107 It is notid^d m tha Hoagkoof? Gjve.-T naot O^zeUe ihat thj Officer idminiiter* icg tha Qorarnmenft m Council h:^ dtemed it advisable that au enquiry BbooM ba instituted, mads, and conducted regard icg the Stnolamentl of ths Public Service of th 9 Colojv, ar.d that, with
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  • 601 107 Since writing on this subject last month, says the Mining Magazine for November the official price of tin has not been lowered to any appreciable extent the flsrnr* nn* beiogf £327 as compared wttL £337 on Ojiobec 10, and it would appear tfcertfoca thai the iowesc
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  • 258 107 The P<jn*n* OUib Committofl ha 3 hai aa offtr front Ibe Baiter n Exryn^ion Telegraph Oorapvay o( 165,000 t^v tha cub residential qaarteri Sana Sonot, N\> 1 and No 2. Tbi* off^r will c :>m« before B gsuptal.ro r?rin^ of member*, (P G.) Me G Aurely, Oootnier A^ent for Italy
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  • 36 108 J. P. A The 1 > of the i will be i ib. Job a B on S ;he 16th i !0 I ■t.• I I lorn i Tamil 1 ii'g -atl will I ::u Fotaoi Hoa
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  • 290 108 FURHIHJftE 31 .S3MAN SE\ T r EN'CSO. I ire Sfi .T i i leoinl j a con rj k 1 c'r/u foi :i iv a department (>.. Ms ftobi r I oq thn c :\i icaonnte. This aras a2nic°t employees of Messrs R Co, Mr i sras m
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  • 58 108 i I ooior c d ie. A p'-cca o i the District of 'J i KrChil r Id by Meuri Obi X kod Co i t th X the r.i;m of c 6 of f471 m i .the re:-!d3QC9 of Bed Keont. Six mbn hoote aboQt 10 m. ca the
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  • 89 108 From Our Otcn Oorr«j«md€n* Knata Lumpur Feb 10. Messrs Faalknec an A^Bietaali on tbe Pantai Estate. Z j lvertnn, and Craig, the M<-ro?»3r were charged at Serenihan by h') D-puts Controller cf Labour, the "i it n'%roed with vcl^r>f;nrily causing burs r.j a Tamil eoo?y i-nd Craig
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  • 54 108 GANG ROBBERS IN SELANGOR. Frvm Our Oxen CorrttTo nderA Kail a Lntnpu Feb'lO •r-'.g robbari attempted to bi >k Into Chinese house at Setapak rillaßq rh i. c (or helo and one m*n among those who responded w ihot and ntly died la Hospital. A oo i.*i r mas irai
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  • 43 108 rhe ?u of the dra wring ia now to i ohtpf priza winnerfl were 1.-. *****5 irina *****9 wins 7,384 Bfd 7805 u-ntt 2,693 Ith Di 4 17« wtna 12$ There are 21 0 prisea of 1120 eaoh.
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  • 531 108 [To the Bditaroffthe Pinang Gazette."] s r. -So much interest his boen eh b? the rbcin r public ov*r th;- decision of I 9 warda (a the I 0 U c rt .?e ,nj po m t opinions expreaeed by v >uld-be cnic' ff what
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  • 64 108 The mortality n f :i p°r mllle for Singa poro dating th 3 wi k I ling Fen i 99. There irere 248 deathi of wb;cj two were of Europe in*. Thirty three dcotbi w iro due to phtbuis, h% to mal*rUl fever, 86 to convulsion. HO to "other causes
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  • 357 108 We r.-,ret to fa Bit th:< Messrs Derrick i Co have recei%ed a cab!** f.rm 9 Fraooiico ivayfofl li'.^s of the death of Mr H X Llewellyn oa J»:i 23. I: wai early m June, 1917, that Mr Llewellyn, m t'ODSpqucDC'j »f a severe breakdown m
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  • 216 108 THE LAT MR KENNETH DOUGLAS. kmidst m%\ f manifestations of lympathf .il r Jret the moral remains of i late Me Kenneth Djuglas (of Bftes Mansfield ml Company) ware reverently iai.l to rait m tha Bidndari Csm.t :y on inday afternoon. Tho last ri^a a*; th< GcaveBid.^ wer.j performed by
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  • Correspondences.
    • 178 108 rO THK EDITOU. Sir,— ld the report of the met tba Unite.: M:i!:>y-i Coanell 'lie q-; of f imufl:;.' ;h.9 cji :nitcee by r. itionali was brought; up an 1 I wae s '*-i to see that thii n ooq i Imptactieabl Farther the .■■■embers
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  • 90 108 An ttnpt 11 madci > beFriday and L >Ha 1 and i: It. Lnck tbiev zz v 1 A 0 :i t;y. -I J >.) Rtprinte fa i rnp.J.i r.f the of tbo Thur-dny CeDtenarj deli b< :nonft ne l > -i 1 1 m F. iy'i paper ad i
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  • 474 108 Mr Anthony s Conclusions. At the end of hia report on »nth Australian ra^vrays Mr P X A v of I M S i-T.ii'v.iy* t ays I ited oot thai in* causes which affecting tho net rovena i of t x> p are rb« ioerei ci la
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  • 82 108 Mr Wai too, of the Uni^d V 1 nrg, PI nan A d fell from fh ig iojariet t i IS Of F i 7, d a i BJB I i The three < J »a I 11,600, a fcbcu. )th i. ,>»we I lio i- eviiieccu of insaffloi il
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  • 775 109 Over 6,000 travelers, en route to the Far East and to Australia, are to leave Sati Kr&ncisco by the end of Mitch. Mr F S James, the Food Controller, arrived m Kuala Lumpur on his way to Penan R by the mail train ac 3 l«ft
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  • 1348 109 THE COMI\ T G FAMINE IN FIREWOOD (Special for tho Free Press.) The great innovation? and improve menti thai have maik^d the progress of Singapore m recent >ear? ar*? partly r^fle:ted m ta* Municipal 4dmif»lltraUon, i not to obrioai as t'np cieikin'; 8b inge m hatbour
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  • Correspondencwes.
    • 225 109 Sir. Not very loug ago yea made seme very pointed and, ppeukiug foe myself and not for fttlON coucerned, very wel come remarks about the many OftlU on you for froe space for such purposes ac thanks from one party to another m connection with charity entertainments and
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  • 141 109 Sir, May we, through the mtdiuia of your valuable paper, make an appeal for the fund* of the Bey Scouts Association. Last mcDih we Usued m: app ml (of $5,000 to meet the expenses for the year 1918 1919. Up to the preaanfc we h^vc not received
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  • 39 109 Commercial candour A. well known local tli. a exhibits m itg win low a proprietary article, by no n.eann sold to dealer* at n<3t price, with itw> English 12s 62 side by eidc with the maikod local price 98.75.
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  • TELEGRAMS.
    • 3256 109 PariF, Fcb d. The reprosoni^ Ivp* of the nroH: powers htvve appoint I commifc:eß comprising two delegates p<*eh from Foinir, the Unkfd States, li: it iin and Itiily to comidei Romania* .uns. Tbe committee oo responsibility f~r the vac b ii met aad ap s R g as permanent
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  • 4029 110 London, Fab 8. The President of the Board of Trade states that the demand of the motormen of the Metropolitan District Railway, who related work and struck for the inclusion of m*\\ times m thf> tigbt« hour dar, i<? entirely v. ju-t H a r.nd contrary to the a*r<
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  • 142 111 Tbrt appparanc; of a young Chinese woman acting rq a B'.Uevue Hospital ambi:ja?e pur^ec.u recently created quite a s'-c^ation on ti.r» streets ol N York. Tbe yourjg aroman was Dr P:*rg yu«?n Taoo, daughter of Dr '\ui l.lr-, Lirgbam Tseo, «jf Nanebang, Cij-uu, who is potting the finishing touches to
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  • 3108 112 B»rlin Feb 2. Ifc iepareistently reported that: th« Spartacistp, the Left ccd the Independents are planning forcibly to proe*". ngvinet tho meeting of the Con Ktittient; Assembly both m K>riin an i Weimar. The movements ia likely to be dangeron*. M it will bo supported b> the Soldierfa 1
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  • 90 112 Everyona irill bo riorry to baai thai Captain Pelbam Warner is prf.ctic-iily clodicg his orioket book b.% t ir as Ibe more important g^raea nr« concprntJ. though hs may play lomttimtt at Lord't snd will retain the led of hie OOQDIy. Probably there ie no crichetor m the vr.irld quite
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