The Straits Budget, 31 December 1914

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    28 1 The Straits Budget VOL. LXVIII No. 2968 •KINO THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES." Singapore. Thursday, December 31. 1914. ESTABLISHED OVER NAIF A CENTURY Price 25 cents.
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    Table of Contents.
    230 1 LEADERS— Trading with Enemies 12 The Libel Law 12 Pressing Forward 1213 Herr Harden's Candour 13 Retaliation 13-14 Local and Grkkral— Local and Personal 1-2 Japanese Navy 2 Lodge Prince of Wales 2 Wedding at the Cathedral 2 The War 3-5 Singing Troops 6 Young Generals 6
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    LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
    3348 1 Major Edward Henry Edwin Daniel!, D. 5.0., Royal Irish Regiment, who was killed at tho front, was born in 1869, and obtained his first commission from the Militia in H 92; he was promoted lieutenant in 1894, captain in 1899, and major in 1909. Major Daniel! was
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    Japanese Navy. REVIEW OF THE FAR EASTERN OPERATIONS. The Official Report.
    1383 2 The following statement submitted to the .Japanese Diet by the Minister of the Navv is reproduced from tho Japan Times I esteem it an honour to report to the House a general outlino of the operations by the Imperial
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    LODGE PRINCE OF WALES.
    51 2 (From Our Own Corrkspondbnt.) Penang, December 29. At Lodge Royal Prince of 'Vales, last evening, Bro Ben Mitchell was instated as Worshipful Master. Bros. R* and A. R. Adams assisted at tlm cerem y and attended the supper. Bros. Manin«t Sewell and Wemyss responded for tue
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    Wedding at the Cathedral.
    243 2 At St. Andrew’s Cathedral, on the 23rd mat. the wedding took place of Mr. d Miss N. of the Sarawak Civil Service, and Warter, of St. Leonards-on-bea, bus arrived in the Colon, P. and O. steamer Nile, lhey tbe from Rosemount, Cliatswoitl tbe residence of Mr.
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    SINGING TROOPS. Effect of Music on British Soldiers.
    466 6 Writing to 11 home (taper from the Belgian coast on November 15, a correspondent nays:—The Germans have made no further advance li’ong the line Nitiqiort-Ypres. They continue to attack, in spite of the fearfully wet weather, it is a war of wearing
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    Young Generals.
    197 6 Since the opening of the present war a strain has fallen on the higher ranks of the British army such as probably has never previously been experienced by any similar number of general officers. Sir John French in his published despatches has told of the admirable services of
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    Seremban Races.
    95 6 The results of the first day of the Negri Sembilan Sp >rting Club’s Christmas meetiug run on Dtcember 24, in tine weather, were as follow: Race One. Faugh au Ballagh 1, Rifleman 2, Weribee 3. Race Two.—Accelerator 1, Weewondella 2, Margin 3. Race Three.—Barnabas 1, Flywheel 2, Revolution
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    NEWS FROM THE HAGUE. Telegrams to Netherlands India Papers.
    657 6 The Hague, December 21-24:—Tho Germans are taking piecautionary measures against the possibility of British troops being landtd at Zeebrugge. The inhabitants of the portion of the city where submarines are being put together are entirely isolated from the rest of the
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    A Gurkha Exploit.
    172 6 The latest Gurkha exploit is reported from Dixmude. For several days the British wefce unable to dislodge a body of Germans, apparently heavily reinforced. A regiment of Gurkhas arrived, and entrenched next to the British troops. Towards 12 o'clock one night the British officers noticed that the
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    PRUSSIA’S PROUD TRADITIONS. To Wage War Relentlessly to The Uttermost Degree.
    438 6 An amazing exposition of German mili tarism has been given by Major-General von Disfurtli in an article contributed to the Hamburg Nachrichtcn, in the course of which this distinguished retired oflicer of the German army writes “No object whatever
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    SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. Golf.
    266 6 Singapore Golf Club. The following competitions were played over the Christmas holidays, the results being as follows:— Bogey Competition— 18 Holes. H. B. Baker 20 2 down R. L. L. Braddell scr. 3 T. E. Winfield 14 3 P. S. Hunter 16 6 36 cards were taken
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    HOUR OF THE WOLF. The Greatest Enemy Of Mankind.
    612 6 A grim addition to the horrors of t been furnished by the attacks of r hu wounded and isolated men in olves part of tho war area in Euroix* RI1 1 e&htern Standard, it is sadly to be feared after the
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    A Novel Calendar.
    224 6 We have received from the P ro P™‘°” f Horlick's Malted Milk an tive almanac. A new ulea i 19 i5 this production. A date ca J 914 j 9 (moveable in months), a cale right—on the left and for 1916 on the nfl** an extremely useful
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    WAR MAP.
    79 7 As far as can be natbored, all the country oast of a line drawn from Ostond past Lillo, through Ouiso and then turuim! oast through Aiym.no and north of Verdun to the frontier is in the handsof tho Germans, while the allies appear to hold the positions wost
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    London Finance. THE STOCK EXCHANGE SHEWING RECOVERY.
    725 7 From Our Special Correspondent. London, November 27. So far as can be judged from all the available evidence things are going very well with us. Even the Stock Exchange has emerged from the ordeal of the settlement a great deal better than could
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    RUSSIA AND MONGOLIA. Terms of Far-Reaching Railway Agreement.
    395 7 A Reuter message from Peking dated Docember 9, published at Shanghai, states: The Russo-Mongolian Agreement, which was signed at Kiachta on September 80, begins— The Russian Diplomatic Agent in Mongolia lias signed, with duo authority, with the Mongolian Plenipotentiary, an agreement giviDg
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    British Contingent from Japan.
    219 7 Tho following aro the names of the contingent from Japan now proceeding to England to join the new Service Battalions: Messrs. Cyril E. Bird, W. Blundell, V. G. Bowden. I*. Bruhl, H. Esdale, F. A. Graham, G. L. James, W. K. Kingdon, W. Kirby, Lawrence Muchall,
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    Jottings from Java.
    900 8 (From A Correspondent.) Sourabaya, December 28. The London wire of tho 9th inst. announcing tho success of Vice-Admiral Sturdoe’s squadron and the sinking of the German warships Scharnhorst,(1 ncisonau, and Leipzig off the Falkland Islands was received here by the British Consulate and published iu striking type
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    SUPREME COURT. Judgment Against East Asiatic Company.
    559 8 In tho Supremo Court, on Wednesday, the acting Chief Justice, Mr. L. M. Woodward, give judgmt nt in the action brought by the East Asiatic Company against Guan Kiat aud Co., for damages on account of nonfultilmeut of contract. The offer was to
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    The Biters Bit.
    236 8 From the Daily Mirror:—There are two young men who, 1 hope, are wiser and better citizens to-day than they were a week or so ago. I heard their sad story yesterday. They were cycling, it appears, along a country road not very far from London, when they
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    INDO-CHINA AND THE WAR. Important Speech by the Governor-General.
    664 8 In the course of his inaugural address at the opening session of the State Council of Indo-China, on December 11, the GovernorGeneral, M. Volleuhoven, said that the military force despatched from the colony for service at the front comprised 250 officers,
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    PENANG NEWS.
    119 8 (From Odr Own Correspondent.) Penang, December 28. The Christmas day weddings celebrated here were Dr. J. Hall Tennent, Kedah, to Miss Florinda Wallace, the bcsttnan being Mr. Greevo. The bride was given away by Dr. Sayers, and Mrs. Sayers acted as matron of honour. The ceremony was conducted
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    STRAITS TRADING COMPANY. War Affects the Volume Of Business.
    439 8 The report of the directors tnti, of the Straits Trading Co., Ltd for year ended September 30 lyu h tbe Lalf first half of the buainess yenZV't? reads as follows iy G-15, After writing off depreciation and provision for bad and
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    EAST COAST NEWS.
    221 8 (From A Correspondknt.) Kemaman, December *2l. Messrs. 11. C. B. Hickling and D. k. James have arrived here by the AN ill o-ihe-\Ye-p. They experienced a rough passage on the way up from Singapore. Mr. James in going to take charge of the Sungei A yam Mmein
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    Russian Revenue.
    114 8 Two sets of estimates were duced in the Russian Duma. n 0 f j D these related to the adminis B pirit direct taxation and the ,ov 0 j a tfcer for shops. The receipts roubles 1915 aro estimated at os {()7 251.600 (£60,557,0*0), as compared with ar
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    War with Turkey. BATTLE IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN. How Indians Fought the Turks.
    1365 10  -  By MrZAFFKK.” Could anything be more suitable as a theme for a newspaper scribe than the few words in the recent telegrams telling us of how our Indian troops fought with and defeated the Turks at
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    Marvellous Rescue in a Gale.
    270 10 The Prometheus, which left Bangkok for Hongkong on November 22, reports having encountered a heavy northerly gale in the China Sea. Several of the crew were ordered to batten down the fore hatches and while they were so engaged a tremendous breaker washed over the
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    Lodge Zetland-in-the-East.
    139 10 In the Freemasons’Hall, on Monday, Rt. Wor. Bro. F. M. Elliot, D.G.M., installed Bro. A. J. Amery as Worshipful Master of Lodge Zetland-in-the-East, No. f>oB. The W. M. invested his officers for the ensuing year as follows —I.P.M., Wor. Bro. H. Carpmael; S.W., Bro. W. E. Hunt; J.W.,
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    On the French Frontier. A VISIT TO THE LORRAINE BATTLEFIELDS. Catching a Spy.
    867 10 There is a notice posted up on the mediaeval gates of N the handsome Lorraine city, requesting the inhabitants to maintain a calm and dignified demeanour when German prisoners are brought in. Women are really ferocious,” said
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    FLOATING MINE DANGER. A Re-assuring Statement as To China Coast.
    304 10 The China Coast InsDcotnr /ci issued the following stabnLnhi. On November 29 three were sighted in the neigbbouS bjects Tungsha Light-vessel, of which at all 0 tbe one was probably a mine Th 1 eve *>k were Heating and derelict
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    Christmas In Singapore.
    319 10 With Christmas overshadowed by the war, it was only to be expected that the local celebrations should be on a limited scale. There were one or two public festivities on Christmas Eve, notably at the Seaview Hotel, where a special dinner was served on the lawn and
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    The Samarang Exhibition.
    130 10 Before the Samarang Exhibition ■clo*£ the two Australian representatives,* N g. for West Australia, and Mr. Uavw i Wales, gave an official dinner to thou^ committee of the exhibition and a The chair was taken by Mr. h.lBritish Vice Consul, and am°n„ sent were the Resident of
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    Sporting Letter. FOOTBALL CROWDS AND CLAIMS OF PATRIOTISM. By Our Special Contributor.
    1963 11 London, November ‘27. The war, which has played ducks and drakes with so many sports, has done racing in one direction an undoub ,'odly good turn. It has brought out tho fact that the turf is not nearly
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    FAMOUS MONASTERY. History Repeating Itself In Poland.
    571 11 The small town of Czenstochowa, in Russian l'oland, continues to be the scene of stubborn fighting, aud the famous place of pilgrimages, venerated by the Catholics of Eastern Europe as Lourdes is by those of Western Europe, lias sprung into unusual prominence since
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    Hi Yah!
    64 11 A IYetoria message of December 8 says. The Germaus in South-West Africa are dis H'min .ting news amongst the troops to the i licet that a Russian llei t has been d< stroyr d oil Kronstadt, and that a great battle off Heligoland r« suited iu the destruction
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    Notes from Siam. THE STORY OF AN OFFICER’S DISMISSAL. Openings for British Business.
    715 11 (Fkom A CoBKlSPONWCNT.) Bangkok, December 17. Tlio German Legation in Bangkok baa just started banding out to tbe proaa tbo Gstasiatischo Lloyd and “Ovaraca” fcelograiuH (ho called) from Shanghai, they being brought boro by mail from Swatow.
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    Singapore Mortality Returns.
    88 11 The mortality returns for Singapore issued b, tiie IC< gistrar of Mirths and Deaths show tha*, during the week ending December 12, there were 210 deaths (I'm males,ss females), giving a ratio per mille of |K)pulation of 10. Malarial fever accounted for deaths, phthisis 00, convulsions 20,
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    BIRTHS.
    44 12 Armstrong.— On December ‘24, at Ashestiel, Orchard Hoad, Singapore, to Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Armstrong, a son. Nathan.— On December 25, at Avon Villa, Tanjong Katong, Singapore, to Mr. and Mrs. Ed. M. Nathan, a son. China and London papers please copy.
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    MARRIAGE.
    53 12 Boult —Wartkr.— On December 24, at St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore, by the Right Rev. Bishop of Osaka, Dr. Foss, assisted by the Reverend F. G. Swindell, Acting Colonial Chaplain, Francis Farrington Boult, of the Sarawak Civil Service, to Ellen Annette Warter, only daughter of the late Colonel Henry do
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      TRADING WITH ENEMIES.
      1308 12 anticipate that it will be abused.—Straits Times, December 24. The law as to trading by or with alien enemies is in a chaotic condition. The Imperial Government has seen fit to pass one set of laws for Britain and to order the passing of another set of
      anticipate that it will be abused.—Straits Times, December 24.  -  1,308 words
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      THE LIBEL LAW.
      1051 12 Straits Times, December 26. We aro pleased to see iu the last issue of the Gazette a draft of the New Libel Law Bill, for which, if we mistake not the press of Malaya has to be specially grateful to Sir Evelyn Ellis. The Bill originated in
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      PRESSING FORWARD.
      1108 12 saving of bis country. —Straits Times December 28. Few things during tho war have been mo gratifying than the behaviour of the I' roue troops. Tempermentally thoy arc tar e suited to bold dashing movements an slow plodding work. Just as the uhS 1 have tho reputation of
      saving of bis country.—Straits Times December 28.  -  1,108 words
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      HERR HARDEN’S CANDOUR.
      1044 13 -StraitH Timen, l>ocemb<T 29. Herr Harden is one of the best known German journalists. He differs from his class in being a fearless exposor of shams and an almost reckless opponent of censorship. His candour has led him into many troubles, but he has emerged from most
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      RETALIATION.
      1165 13 —Straits Times, December .JO. zation has produced.—Straits Times, December 24. What was the object of the British Naval Raid at Heligoland and ('uxhaveu If the object was to draw the Gormans from their fortified shelters it failed, as no doubt, the naval cxjierts anticipated. If it was to d&gt;&gt;
      —Straits Times, December .JO.; zation has produced.—Straits Times, December 24.  -  1,165 words
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      94 12 The pout tree pnce of the Strain Times la IM a year. Trie po*t ire price of the Straits Budget it fl 4 a Mar. It it not ueceatary to »üb»cribe for a year. The subscriptions for shorter periods are at the same proportion ite rate as for a year.
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    54 12 DEATHS. Wiaknk. —On December 24, at Sheron, River Valley Road, Singapore, Ella Dorothy, the dearly beloved infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. B. Wearne; aged 3 years aud 4 days. Slie fell asleep. Paxton. —On December 26,1914, in Singapore Hospital, William Paxton, Machine Shop Foreman, Siugaporo Harbour Board,
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    Malayan Tin Dredging.
    294 14 The report of the Malayan Tin Dredging, Limited, Rtates that the period to Jane 30 includes the results of working of No. 1 dredge for 12 months and of No. 2 dredge for two months. The total quantity of ground dealt with was 772,798 yards, yielding an
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    Howarth, Erskine Ltd.
    128 14 The ninth ordinary general meeting of Howarth, Erskino, Ltd., was held on Wednesday at Gresham House, Mr. V. V. Lomborgor presiding. The report and accounts were adopted and a dividend at tho rate of 7 per cent, for tho year ended October 31, 1914, declared on the
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    Letter From Home. FINANCE—AND THE FOLLY OF FOOTBALL.
    2119 14 From Our Special Correspondent. London, November 27. Your readers will learn, long before this letter reaches them, whether the Kaiser’s fresh attempt to break through the Allies’ lines and capture Calais has been successful, or whether General von Hindenburg has the remotest
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    CHRISTMAS AT ST. MARY’S. Festivities At The Tank Road Institution.
    430 14 On Monday night there took place at St. Mary'8 Home, the annual Christmas dinner in which, according to custom, the boys and staff of St. Andrew’s House always join. Owing to the kindness of many friends the festivities were no
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    Late Lord Roberts. ELOQUENT TRIBUTES IN HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT. Earl Kitchener's Homage.
    2152 15 In the House of Lords, on November 17, Earl Kitchener, wearing civilian dress, rose in a well-attended House to pay a tribute to the late Lord Roberts. Ho said: By the death of Earl Roberts the British Army
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    GENERAL BARNARDISTON. Enthusiastic Reception in Japanese Capital.
    323 15 General Barnardiston, commanding tho British Forces in North Chinu, arrived in Tokio at 9.40 this morning, says a Tokyo despatch of December 12, published in Shanghai. Ho was received by the highest military and civil officials. Tho arrangements made to express appreciation exceeded
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    Anglo-Swiss Co. Versus Scandia.
    186 15 Wo learn that a cable to Singapore con veys the nows that tho Supremo Court at Medan has given judgment in favour of tho Nestle and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company in their action against tho H. A. L. steamer Scandia to secure delivery of a largo
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    Trade and Finance.
    163 15 SlKUAPOKK I &gt;R&lt; KMHRK 80, 1914. BXCHANaB On London Bank 4 m/t M 9/4£ Demand m 9/4 Private 8 m/t 9/4] On India Bank T. T. m 175 On UoN(»KONo ..Bank d/d m 22% On SnANaBAi....Bank d/d 108 On Java Bank T. T. 1411 On Javan Bank?1/d
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    Stocks and Shares.
    359 15 SlNOAPOlN, Dkckmbiu 80, 1914. MINING. vTael 8aU &lt;"- 10 10 Ampang 7.00 8.00 1 1 Ayor Won# 0.16 C.20 10 10 Relat 1.00 9.00 10 10 Braang 0.75 1.60 10 10 Kampai 10.00 10 10 Kanabot 1.60 10 10 Kinta Aaaooialioo 8.00 41 41 Kinta Tin 1.19.6
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