The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 5 July 1917

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  • 15 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1917 No 1,562,
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  • 238 1 UAi>c PAQL I MS 1 Snfc -rj» 1 I ProgftM 2 Tii of Democracy 2 A 1 r h.fl.ieace 2 l« Influaii 2 TL 8 t! Q rain Trade P. aa a 3 POLICE AND COURT NEWS. Al«*ic< ft Litiqiticn 6 V.-? r a i 10 Trmdiag •ritli The
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  • 22 1 Jnly 4 J 4« 2 4] 2 I 18-16 ftlB 6i%Pre f r- \4 10W 154 Ah§ *4 X te 5%
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 23 1 Gumming At Ja'an Acob Estate, Kapar, on the 2 th instant, to Mr. and Mrs. F. STU art J Cummisg, a daughter.
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    • 140 1 ETR 'TTON— IIARKNrBS.-OT3 M%J 10, a" St. .Tude'a Ronthsea, by t c Revel. W. Ralph lu-sol'.vliitr, Major G. IJ i'th/tton, D :ke of Cornwall's L'ght Infantry, so of tbo late T. 11. .U. Stra ton, of Cramlington, Northumboriand, to Gladys Dundab, daughter of the late James Frederick Knowlea, of
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  • 106 1 Jaly 4 00 tons) 8108.00 i 4 r i 5 26.3 C 25. 0f k 29. C0 I 40 00 i 12.01 12.06 ->0 or (Cm 95.0 C imall it! (J »0 or So 8 62i u«d 10 Ot 9.0 C 7 00 tf \acJ 6 2C I Bt&HESI
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  • 902 1 June 29. The recently appointed British Minis tor of Education, Dr Fisher, was highly complimented on th 9 present ation of his plans for the betterment of education m England. The more busy we are with the war, the more subjects do those not immediately connected with it
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  • 870 1 Jm.e 80. The alternation of light and shadow is considered to bo one of tb« most effective artistic devices for evoking the emotions, which Forae tall us n.rr? only ex'stent to lighten the drab monotony of existence. We need rot go to the Rt a 20 to discover th*
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 144 1 Subscribers to the "Singapore Free Press" Id] returning toon Ku rope to the Straits u\ tV i;\ t |he mail liut-i, are invited to senJ to I I nager Ihc uame of their steamer and I rival m S mil?, pore. Copies will thru N t them at various ports
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 245 1 THE WEEK'S NEWS. The last mail from Home arrived on Kriday with dates to May 18. This weekly leaves next week. Judgment was delivered this week m the Alsagoff case m connection with the litigation concerning the Alsngcff estate. It was unanimously decided that the appeal should be dismissed and
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  • 487 2 July a Sir Douglas Haig's week-end comforter is tbe advance made by the douthern crab's claw that is surely closing on Lens. By tbe capture of Vimy Ridge by tbe Canadians, now over six weeks ago, our army secured the do mination of the eastern slope 3, then
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  • 518 2 The Premier has again delivered himself of a very impressive and eloquent speech that ought to hearten the nation. We are not among those who bolieve that the difference of Mr Lloyd George's speeches as Premier com fared with his speeches as merely one of a
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  • 515 2 July 8. Whilst Zurich, next to Basle, has the reputation of being the most noted centre of pro»German influence and propaganda m Switzerland, there is no need to think that the telegrams from there dealing with German expert opinion on the American entry have been manufactured forcutsideconenmption.
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  • 764 2 But apart from the military standpoint there is another way of locking at the American arrival. It shows quite plainly that America is as deeply engaged m the war as any of the Allies and that is of instant concern to the people of Germany for it
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  • 824 3 .inly 4. When the European Settlement ha 3 taken place there will sorely be many to sympathise with the monarchs who have lost their thrones. Even with the Kaiser, if that comes about, as certainly -poms likely, and still more so with the Emperor CARL, who entered on
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  • 805 3 JaJy 5 What G^rm;m opinion i« as \o trade condition* after the? war may not peetn to matter much. The German Colonial Society, when it Bits down under Doke JOHANN ALBRECHT and solemnly passes a resolution that Germany's influence at sea mint b^ guaranteed, that
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  • 789 3 The Lipbon new^papes acD'Vjr.ce that tie bOOCetfiOf of the late Cornn.;. .JeT Luis Leopolda Floret*, m tn-j poet vt Cutc%e d'AfldUcei m Siam, v. il be Mr Alfredo Cqz^qonp.. Consul General for Poiiuga! at Bcmbay, wLo m £t present en I^.ive m Libbon. Mr Cazanova J^aves Lirbon for Bangkok m
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  • 879 4 In all military operations and upon all froDt weather conditions are now recognised as vital factors, for upon them depend the transport movements, and upon these the success of the troops. Every country ha 9 its cycles of climatic conditions and its consequent periods oc
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  • 1104 4 I had always heard that m India every body ridee, so I was not surprised to find that an early morning ride was the first item on the programme. I was staying, it should be explained, m an up country station on the Bombay side with a
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  • 728 4 When m Egypt last year I came to the conclusion after considering the matter very carefully that intense heat is more difficult to bear than intense cold, hut if we have much more snow and frost like we hnve been having m the North of England for several week
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  • 21 4 Mr Brunei Norman, formerly manager of the Adelphi Hotel, is Belling his business m the Penang Bodega and returning to Singapore.
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  • 382 4 The following is a list of the wreathi sent to the funeral of Mr O A Kirnmel at Bidadari on Tuesday, teEtifying v the high esteem m which the deceased gentleman was held. The members of the firm are deeply grateful for these marl:^ of sympathy.
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  • 306 4 Two Outward Mails Lost. Simla, Judo 25. It is announced that tbe S S Mongolia carrying tbe mails from London up to the London date May 81, sank cff Bombay at noon on Saturday, June 23, as the > i suit of Etrikicg a mine.
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  • 146 4 On Saturday afternoon, tbe marriage was eolemnised at St Mary's Church, Kuala Lumpur, tbe Rev A B Champion officiating, of Miss Mabel Ro«e Fo6ter and Mr Thomas Bereeford Breenuban Tbe bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs R Foster, and tbe bridegroom is a warier at
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  • 36 4 According to a cablegram received Mr R F Bradford, Penang, the stocks of robber m London on June 29 totalled 16,000 tons, bo that a further fall m pricei does not seem out of the question.
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  • 830 5 Charles II does not seem to have appreciated bis wife's dowry any more than he appreciated hie wife, for it is on record that be granted Bombay to the Kxst I:dia Company at a rent of |10 per annum. If he could see it now, with
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  • 1241 5 The by-products of the submarine menace m Britain are munerous, and on the whole beneficial. Up and down the land there must be many who can say with the ancient Hebrew poet It is good for me that I have be^n m trouble." For one thing,
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  • 1128 5 In Hospital. From Camp to the Front, and then by a strange trick of Fate I stood side by side with a well known Singapore resident watching the arrival of the Hospital ship 11 Maheno with its toll of 379 wounded soldiers, The wharf was thronged with
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  • 239 5 The President Defends His Action.. shanghai, Jane 14. The President, m an interview granted to a foreigt* newspaper correspondent, said he fully understood that the dissolution of Parliament was illegal, but he believed it was the only way to prevent bloodshed, protect foreign interests and save China.
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  • 134 5 Regimental Sergeant Major Latter of the MSVR, who recently went on leave, has been over to Franca. He is expected back here shortly. Mr Selby, having been successfully operated upon m Singapore for appendicitis, has now returned to Kuala Lumpur. (M M Petrograd is one of the few European capitals
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  • 831 6 The Cti dea Flandres" learns that millions of shoots to be grafted on to France's despoiled fruit trees will shortly be cent from America. Mr. C L Collenette, of Messrs. Barker k Co. Penang, has left for home to join the Imperial Forces. Mr Collenette, who
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  • 411 6 The Court of Appeal delivered judgment on Wednesday afternoon on a point arising m connection with the litigation concerning (be Alsagoff estate. la the court below a' lion was taken by Syed Hassan bin MoL <mcd Alsagoff (representing the beneficiaries m the estate of the late Syed Mohamed
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  • 223 6 At a meeting of the Eurasian Literary Association held on Wednesday night at the Shorthand Writers' Association Rooms, kindly lent for the occasion, the following subject, taken from a newspaper corres pondent's letter, came np for debate "That the Legislative Council of this Colony is far too
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  • 180 6 The Navy, which, after all, is a highly practical institution, will be overjoyed by the award of the Couepicuous Gallantry Medal to Able Seaman RawleF, the man at the wheel during the great adventure of the Broke. The modal is regarded by the lower djck as the Victoria Cross of
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  • 821 6 [The dates given are thoee of the despatch of the telegrams from London.] Judo 19. Farther German retirement oear Ypree regarded as likely. Britibh steadily eating into positions m direction of Wirneton. BrUifch have \rifcbdrawu flight ]v on S.ruma f r onfc, but bill po=iticcs on we&t
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  • 111 6 The U6ual Singapore Chamber of Com merce.Rubber Association's rubbtr auction tkrb held on Wedrepday Thursday when there was offered for sale 9.3F3.59 pkls or 1,248,478 lbs. Tobe 557.35). Pricks Realized Sheet bm. Fine Tabbed f ]'J0 to 5126 Good Hibbed 100 119 Fine Plain IB 116 Good
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  • 259 6 Rubber. Singapore, June 28. At this week's Auction*, which commenced on the 27th and finished at nocn on the follcwmg day. Foms 557 tons were offered. The tone of the maiket was quiet, with only prime qualities cf the standard grades m good demand. la sympathy with
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  • 140 6 Singapore. June £8 For the weekly Rubber Auction which commenced yesterday the qunDiity cata logued was only 568 ton 6, asd, following a rather tharp fall m London, prices were below laet week'b levels, b HM early part of the Bale the Ligat&t paid for Fine Pale
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  • 46 6 The S C C met the Wirelt s Station ti the League last eveuicg on the giound. The turf was m good condit and a very fair game was vr.itrhed I large crowd. Tbo Wirclees put up energetic game but were beaten two i
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  • 50 6 The Collector of Customs m bit annua. report on the trade of Bengal says tbat daring the past year 1,468 gallon* a Scotch whisky came from the i niw States and 155 gallon! frcm HoUana c Thii perhaps account! for the nef u«« quantity of soda used now a days.
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  • 472 7 Singapore, Jane 27. Oar market is experiencing its cue tamary June sesbacz m Robbers the fall m the commodity is not reflected to any great extent m tbe shares and on the whole holder* are remarkably tenacious but email parcels held by speculative investors are offering m
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  • 92 7 Fro.-n Our Chen Corrupondsni Penang June 28. The death has occurred of Dr C E Dur rant under tragic circumstances. Deceased was suffering from neurasthenia and was only recently out of hospital. Death was caused by a revolver shot. Dr Durrant was, previously at Port Dickson.
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  • 67 7 The M il?.y Mail has received a telegram announcing that Capt Douglas Kindersley, KOI the well known planter of Kajacg ami partner m R ft D Kindersley of Kajang, has been killed m action. Abo killed m action Capt J R Hill, formerly chemist m the
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  • 165 7 3 will of Sir William Adamaon, CMO, v i. ct Adameon Gilflllan and Co. IPs been granted probate on the value *30,84*. r r -grcs3 muue by the Indian war during tbti pabt few days has been uishing, eaya the 'Statesman" of use 8 On Tuesday night the total from
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  • Correspondence.
    • 762 7 To the Editor, Sir I was very much interested m the short article on page 7 of this morning's issue of your paper under the heading "Openings m Java" The writer of the communication to th- Times Imperial and Foreign Trade Supple "*nt is evidently
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  • 98 7 A special Gazette yesterday notifies that Messrs Lee Choon Guan and Ryuzo Myia shita have been appointed income tax assistant assessors for Singapore and Haji Bachi bin Ahmad for Malacca, whilst Mr G A Hereford is appointed a member of the Food Control sub-Committee, Penang. Travellers
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  • 798 7 Mr W G Henninga has been appointed a member of the Singapore Harbour Board m place of Mr E Anderson. It is interesting to learn than Mr Wee Kok Ann, son of Mr Wee Hap Lang, of Koala Lumpur, is under training m America to join
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  • 703 7 MARKET FOOD PRICES. An ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commission was held yesterday afternoon m the board- room. There were present Messrs F J Hallifax (presiding), A W Bean. E Tessensohn, Dr N Veerasamy, M A Xamazie, Sect Tiong Wan, J A Elias, Dr J A R Glennie,
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  • 67 7 There are now 107,700 (on 6 of merchandise awaiting shipment at Kobe. These cargoes belong to seventy 1 &umg firing and as there aro more thau fifty other firms for which on investigation has not yet been completed, the amount will rench p.n immense figure. The value is estimated approximately
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  • 1355 8 Quicquid agunt homines nostri est arrago libelli Juvenal. The Topicist expects there will be a furious rush to gain the prizes for the beet Limerick forwarded m connection with the Belgian Red Cross fete. To make a Limerick of which the first line is There was
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  • 317 8 The successes achieved by the men trained at St Dunstan's m secretarial work are really wonderful. In the Report juet issued, Riving details of St Dunstan'e second year of work, we are told, 'several men who occupied secretarial positions before they joined the Army are learning Braille shorthand,
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  • 13 8 Radio Telegrams for Kuching, Sadong Sibu and Miri are 21 cents a word.
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  • 778 8 Later Details. London, May 28. It is officially announced that a large squadron of enemy aircraft, numbering about 16, attacked the southeast cobpg of England between 1.16 and c3O Idfrt evening. Bombs were dripped m a nurnh*»r of places. Nearly all the damage occurred m one
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  • 41 8 A Japanese company to be known as the Borneo Colonization Company is soon to be floated with the object of cultivating 80,000 acres of land m British Borneo, which has been leased to Mr Yasntaro Ando. The capital will be ¥1,000,000.
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  • 182 8 ENLISTMENT QUALIFICATIONS. The following extract from a 1* tter f, the War Office, regarding recruits Z warded to us by Headquarter for pobl c tion lam to iaform you that re C ro*ti he passed as fit for general service e h< be well formed and developed m-d sbonl able
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  • 617 8 How It Is to be Drawn Bombey, June lotb. Th? f>!!owincommuDication has been sent to tbe I' by the secretary to the W I Turf Cub a loan lottery Ac there apptare to be some doubt as to bow the drawing of the w. India
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  • 45 8 Independence Day of tho Bri'i-h Back* (that following od June 30th bemc Saturday) wan celebrated quietly ye§ti day, Sunday being the only available day. The Independence Day of the backing institution* of our latest Ally will be ceb ebrated on Wednesday, we understand equally quietly.
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  • 3085 9 The Shire Market. From Our Ovm Correspondent London, May 5. The price of the first grade of plantation rubber fluctuates within narrow limits being generally slightly on the high side of 8s p^r lb. In the share market annual reports continue on the whole satisfactory especially those
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  • 179 9 Rubber. Singapore, June 27. Some 587 tons were catalogued for eale at the usual weekly Auctions which commenced to day. The tone of the market was quiet, with only prime qualities of the standard grades m good demand. In sympathy with advices from London, prices all round
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  • 91 9 Batavia, June 29. Rubber The Rubber market m weak with a downward tendency m prices. First Latex Crepe per half kilo F 1.35 Ribbed Smoked Sheet 1.85 Outputs (75% First*) N 1.80 Robust There is nothing to report on the Coffee market, Robuata old crop per
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  • 129 9 An enormous banner captured from the Germans iv East Africa U beiDg displayed ac a war trophy m the Central Museum, Lahore. The banner ig eaid to be 86ft. long and of exquieite workmanship. Mohamt-d Sahib was brouzht before Mr Mudie m the Third Court on SUurday charged with being
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  • 183 10 Monday, July 2, 1917. SATURDAY'S CRICKET. The match between the two Cluba on the SCC ground on Saturday was an interesting draw. The home team made 132 for 8, while the SRC were 84 down for five wickets. Scores. S. C. C. Dr Campbell b James 15 A C Smith
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  • 150 10 A stout young Chinese of about the age of 21 was charged before Mr W Langbam Carter m the District Court on Saturday with the theft of a bicycle belonging to a boy nair d Yusoff. The complainant stated he weiit to Beach rd and placed his machine
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  • Correspondence.
    • 168 10 To the Editor, Sir, From recent Home papers it appears that the Dean of Canterbury and other learned and diligent men have considered the case of Charles Stuart. Otherwise Charles the First, 1625- 164 9, surely the lowest and meanest thing that ever disgraced the English
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  • 195 10 The friends of Mr O A Kimmel will be glad to bear that after a sudden illness on Thursday, necessitating an operation, his condition is now improving. An alarm of fire m Kling st was raised on Sunday morning, but when the engines arrived the flames had been ex tinguiehed.
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  • 824 10 The following is the directors' report to shareholders for presentation at the meet ing of July 7. Gentlemen, Your Directors submit herewith a duly audited statement of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 30th April, 1617. Accounts. The n*t profit for the year
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  • 643 10 The following hints may be of nee to those of your readers who take an interest m their household affaire. In theEe days it means economy. Vinegar For those who make their own pickles. Buy a jar of best quality Chinese vinegar. The market price fluctu ates. At
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  • 80 10 SWIMMING CLUB. Result of Yesterday's Races. 75 Yards Novices. Ten members entered, the limit man receiving five seconds from scratch. Davies won easily, Cherry being second, and McCali third. 50 Yards Team Race. Four teams entorGd, each of four men, and after a close raco
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  • 103 10 A Gazette Extraordinary dated June 29 extends for another six months the proclamation under the Arms and Explosives Ordinance, regulating the exportation of many articles. The daath occurred on Monday last of Mr J M Paul, familiarly known as Dr John Paul, of ChenderidDg, after 27 years' medical service m
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  • 492 10 Increasing Prosperity of the Undertaking The sevenih ordinary general meeting of the Sungei Kruit Kubber Estate (Limited) was held on May 2, at 80 Mincing lane, Mr. W. A. Luninp. the chair man, presiding. The Chairman, m moving tb: adoption of the report and accounts, 6aid that
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  • 386 10 Fourteen Japanese steamers, aggregating 57,874 tone, have been sunk by enemy submarines since the war began. The Cathedral Monthly Paper has tbeee paragraphs. The Memorial Braes to the late Stoker C F Anecombe of H M S. Cadmus, pre sented by the Association of Engineers, has been erected m the
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  • 790 11 The Indian Defence Corps marked for general service are to be supplied with a helmet, two shirts, two pairs of shorts and two pairs of boots. His Excellency the Governor, Sir Arthur Young Lady Evelyn Young and Mr Sherwood. Private Secretary and A D C. to
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  • 611 11 Tho h oaring of the case m which Tan Ken** Ltr*, proprietor of Chop Seng Guan, ana his raftomgtr, Tan Chin Keat, were charged with attempting to trade with an enec firm, that is to say, with Soo Hoe Sen» of Sourabaya, by declaring tJO bag-
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  • 151 11 An order appears m a Government Gazette Extrnordiu«iry issue'! yesterday applying Regolatfoa 4 of the Food Control Regulations 1917, to milk held by or belouging to the Nestle aDd A&glo Swiss Oonfonffftd Milk Company, Limited, and Messrs Ooanell Brothers Company, respectively, who are required to raakn a
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  • 105 11 Au Army Order just i?6ued states that General Officers Commanding m Chief at home may granti permlbticic to officers to wear plain clothed v;L n ou ItftTt away frcm their itfttlOOt, aui« a*: their stations when not on duty, foi* purposes of athletic exercise for which a special diess is
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  • 314 11 OUR DAY. THIS YEAR'S APPEAL. The following telegram rf ceivpd by Hie Excellency the Governor from the Secretary of State for the Colonie3 is pub lifcbed m a Government Gaze fe Ex**a ordinary i^eued yeaerday foe general information I have beau atked by Field Marshal Hia Royal Highnesb She Duk?
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  • 159 11 The classification practice for tbe Penang Volunteers (1917) which has been published is rather remarkable and shows how far Volunteer shooting has advanced. Compared with it tbe previous practice is child's play. The previous course aa a matter of fact could well stand a good deal of
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  • 228 11 The report of the Malaysia Rubber Com pany for 1916 state? that the amount of rubber harvested during 1916 was 378,626 lbs, against the estimate of 800,000 lbs. After allowing for loss m weight m transit, the net weight wad 372 080 lbe, of which the portion sold
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  • 105 11 In a case m the Kmg'a Beech Division Mr Jubtice Atkio, sitting as a commercial Judge, decided that all paper contracts were cancelled on March Üb, 1916, hy the enforcer/.unr cf tht Royal Commission's regulaiioco restraining output. Under the nuspicee of the Nippon Yusen Eaibba a memorial service was to
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  • 825 11 The Bulletin of the Imperial Institute, (vol 14, No 4) contains report on investigations of the quality of plantation robber conducted under tbs Ceylcn Rabber RfsearcVi Scheme. The General Conclusions are. The mere important conclusions wLich have been reached tiwung tLe course of tho present BOQoiry <\re eummatised
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  • 779 12 Mr H Stafford Morgan the private secretary to the Chief Justice ie leaving for the front. The death haß occurred at the front of Mr Rodger UptoD, 20th Durham Light In* fantry, who was horn m Bangkok. Captain H S Sugars r a m c, has
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  • 216 12 The funeral of the late Mr Kimmel, who died at the General Hospital on Monday after a short illness, took place yesterday afternoon at Bidadari cemetery. The service, both m tho chapel and at the graveside, was conducted by fbe Yen Archdeacon Swindell The
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  • 195 12 The following io the director's report to the shareholders to be presented at the annual meeting on July 9 at noon. The directors beg to submit their third annual report and statement of accounts as at 28th February, 1917. For the year the surplus of revenue over expenditure
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  • 221 12 The following properties were disposed of by auction on the 2nd instant by Messrs Ching Keng Lee and Co, at their saleroom: 99 Years 1 leasehold land and House No 84 Palembang Road, area 2261 sq ft, bought by Shaik Omar bin Maffor Ba Übaid for 91,600. Freehold
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  • 70 12 The Ladies July Spoon competition was competed for on Monday and resulted m a win for Mrs Lyall, who returned a net score of 48. The following cards were returned. The July Bogey compstition will be played on July 7th and Bth. Mrs Lyall 49 6 48
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  • 80 12 In the third court yesterday Mr Mudie heard four cases of affray. A large quanttty of poles üßc-d for fighting m connection with liie cased were brought mto courc, The fights which took place m the neighbourhood of Merchant rd, arose out of a dispute between two Chinese, one of
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  • 356 12 On the morning of Jane 80th three Chinese gentlemen, The Chinese Mayor of Deli, Mr Khoo Hun Yeang, and Mr Swee 800, all well known, went out for a motor car drive and met with an accident, colliding with a carriage. Mr Wee Swee 800 was
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  • 147 12 BANK MANAGER FINED. Yesterday m the District Court, before Mr W Langham Carter, Mr E J H Van Delden, the manager of the Netherlands Indieche Hand c! 3 Bank, was summoned by Mr W Bartley to answer to the charge of importing into the Colony unset diamonds, the
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  • 110 12 Before Me Justice Sproule yesterday the appeal of Aroomugum was heard. Mr Battenburg was for the appellant, and the D P P Mr Brown for the crown, respondent. The appellant was charged before Mr C H ft Clarke, police magistrate at Singa pore, with attempt to cause hurt
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  • 117 12 The appeal m the case of Leong Cheong, plaintiff, and Kwok Ah Choy, defendant, appellant, was heard on Monday before the Chief Justice Sir J Bucknill, c c, Mr Justice Woodward and Mr Justice Sproule. Mr A de Mello was for the appellant, and Mr Knowles for
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  • 55 12 The National Tidende learns from Christiania that Norway's first vessel built of steel and cement, popularly called the 11 stone ship," will be completed m September. The vessel is being built on a special system at a shipbuilding yard which, it is declared, will be capable of delivering 50,000 tons
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  • 808 12 Shipping Combines. Mr Field asked the Prime Miniiter whether, a« the railways are entirely a the canals partially under Govercmei control m the three Kingdoms, and m view of the fact that shipping comb: isa have been promoted so as to constitute almoit a monopoly on certain
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  • 35 12 According to the taMMM. D*+ shipowners have inbtrucud 22 Dutch ship* m American ports to leave for hoti the result of Dews received from an o of the Dutch Foreign Office at present m London.
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  • 2292 13 Rotterdam, Juno 27. There were noisy scenes m the neighbourhood of the lighters laden with export potatoes Mounted and foot police charged (he mob who were demanding the distribution of the vegetables. Hague, June 27.— Official. Germany has •j^reed to cede a numbsv of German ships m the Dutch
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  • 4363 13 London, Jane 27. Field Marshal Haig says we gained all our objectives last nighta m tbe operation northwest of Fontaine lez Croisilles Oar losses were slight. We drove off two strong counterattrack. We extended our gains southwest of Lens and captured positions astride the Souchez river on a
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  • 1533 15 London, Jane 28.- -Wireless Russian OAdftL We occupied Nania and Taliashab northwest of Etrdeeht driving back the Tiirks to the mountains. In the region of Bintana we continue to progress towards Peadjevin. London, Jane 27. Austrian Communiqr.«: We completely recaptured, after tenacious fighti;}*, the positions south of the
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  • 600 15 London, June 27. The Admiralty re. ports arrivals during the week 2876, sailings 2923. Twectyone over 1600 tons and seven under were eunk. Twentytwo Tassels were unsuccessfully attacked. Rome, June 28. The shipping return for the week ended June 24 Ehows GB3 ship? arrived and 536
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  • 3262 15 London, June 27. The Times 6tates i It is understood that Lord Hardings will seek the earliest opportunity for a statement m the House of Lords regarding (he Mesopotamia reports. The rule which prevents permanent officials who are peers from addressing the House of Lords will presumably be
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  • 71 16 Mrs Gcodman left yesterday afternoon for Penang, and will u^ke a etay on the Hill there. Mr W Hargrt'avf;e, who has been on a holiday vimt to Sin? pore, also left yesterday for Kuala Lumpur, but may return to Singapore before the holidays close. The hon'ble J Mitchell came down
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  • 129 16 Apart from the question of tonnage the prohibition of imports can be justi by the desire of all belligerent Govern meets to reduce foreign payments as far as possible. This necessity we understand only too well. But France and Grea Britain, who are to closely united
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  • 105 16 In proof of th» nomfinfttini < Arab character UN 'X- tbils HI MMHteg r'.-:-T Long BMfel accustcme-.d tbe Atabs to dig i email Fpade fitted boaloog 1 b/ tho way, is Hrn §m r: CornwoH, thry then put th. th inti a bag wbich they carry and
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  • 61 16 Geneva, May 21.— Mom Frederick Loewenstc-in, lecturing m Mun.rli day on Gcnuanx's ccoiu. ;n:c fu said England need oc!y Fell v- C.inda m order to pay her war expense* and itdtm nity. 11m Entente mHom ere Mm richly endowed than (Immj comply with QpnMQj'f I v.itbfmt imperilling
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  • 404 16 Mr Basil B Rhodes, of Iteffi Allm Dennys Co, vrho hag MMi r* .aed for a commission, has left for India (Ex). Mr B B Baylay, of the F M S Mine* Department, ha 6 beet! rppcinte J Teoipor ary Captain while con mnr.dirp the tunnelling company of tbe R
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