The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 30 October 1918

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  • 5 1644 THE STRAITS ECHO MAILS EDITION
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  • 845 1644 Long before the war, the assiduous German business men Was a familiar figure ia Great Britain and the Dominions. It is frankly admitted that the German ie a bard workerg -industrious to a degree, an export salesman. Beyond that he was supported by the powerful system of
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  • 23 1644 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at 1149.25, and m Singapore (refined) at 1150, bnibbii done, changing hands 105 ton
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  • 314 1644 to tb»»k thoia ku d a h 't of bi b,0 ,,r ,h u.’ik !n d .r, Mr J Bh p ik K ti ‘j o r ho teodß <* ‘l>« of hi. Mlj daughter „d Hat wre.the. .ad latter. of oondoloioe. m Am Tbo Offloer Adraini.tariag
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  • 175 1644 [To Tan Editor or tmi Strain KeAe.] Bir, There is a groat deal of loose talk about “Profiteers"—particularly in relation to foodstarts and your correspondent “HopOfhl’* would be well advised to support hie Vague statements with some figures. Concerning shipping from Australia, the gentleman apparently is not aware
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  • Page 1644 Advertisements
    • 100 1644 Che Straits €cbo. "SEI f\P4D. WhtramT \«lk PUBLISHED DAIILiY (Except Sundays «nd public holidays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, LIMITED, s«i Beach Streett Penang. Price» Dally Loeal <BO Pep annum Outstation PoMare Extra. Mall Edition (Poet Free) US pop annum. Cable Addruaa: ECHO PENANG.” Telephone Noe. (Coho) »86. Printing, Department 343.
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  • 1102 1645 The Hohenzollems. This week will see the 503rd anniversary of the Hohennollerne’ accession to power. It is extremely unlikely that they will be in power on the 504th anniversary. Only five centuries ago the Hokemollerns were mere Burgraves of Nuremberg. One of them, Frederick, had rendered great services
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  • 104 1645 [Ruutub’s Tblegsam?,] Limited Overseas TotalLondon, October 14. The United States War Trade Board on the 10th authorised the issue of licences for the importation of rot more than 25.000 tons of crude rubber from oversea?, the licences to be allocated so as to enable one-quarter of
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  • 455 1645 >U Tbl egrams,] KEFOEMS and BKP0BT& Io the Howe of •eked whether Mrs Aml. n d ment was o.rre", to see end to disoues the report ot th. Vice’ey and m! U th L>rd Islington replied that Mr had not .Horded Mu. Beaut*» MMUp n’ty of
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  • 1573 1646 £To the Editor of tub Straits Echo J D>ar Bir -tv It is long o,nce biva troubl’d oB w jth my impressions of life in foreign land?, but now that I have left the States I Cil n write with more freedom thin when »T*ihng
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  • 195 1646 The Our Day Bridge Tournament at the Golf Club had a pett result of 1229 40, and thanks are due to the ladies who kindly presented cakes, ices, etc and also assisted in the sale for the benefit of the Fend The Town Band also gave
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  • 107 1646 The Secretaries to the M. P. A. A. are in reoeht of a telegram from the Soorttary P. A. M, advising them that the General Meeticg called for the 28th instant at Penang has been postponed. Chinese printers are blamed for much but American printers have
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  • Page 1646 Advertisements
    • 80 1646 ChamberUii’B Ceigk BemeiyWhen you have a bad cold you want a remedy that will not only give relief, but ef* f«ot a prompt and permanent cure, a remedy that is pleasant to take, a remedy that con* tains nothing injurious. Chamberlam s Cough Remedy meets all these requirement», It acts
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  • 70 1647 [RIUTM'I TM.MBAM,.] A WORLD-WIDE SCOURGE. London, October 16. Spanish influensa continual to rego in different parte of the world and ie part onlirly violent in Sweden, Holland, and Canada where hoepitale are overflowing and business disorganised. Cepe Town’s Death 8011. A cable from Caps Town of the 11th
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  • 176 1647 WORST OVER NOW. A gentleman who can «peak with eome authority on the preeent inflnenaa epidemic informs ue that the worst is over now and another still mere authoritative remarks It is not so bad as it seems to ba." These are indeed very encouraging statements and will
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  • 1251 1647 Noticu. The Municipal Sanitary Inspectors will inspect every house of the poorer classes every morning and report the number of casts to the undermentioned doctors who will visit ths patients that require free medical treatment. The poor are requested not to be alarmed at such inspections as
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  • 1106 1648 douhtedly participate largely,— Malayan Tin and Rubbar Journal. g t bb?r ia a commodl«y essentia’ly assooi- l< ated w.th tae <■ cf peace. The g etter the 1 volooie of excD»n<3 and the larger the < ia j O ant of t ansporr, the more exhroive
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  • 139 1648 The following list gives the results of the hearing on Friday last Goodall add Co. E. A. Gibson Temporary exemption to end of the year. SINGBB Si WING MACKINS Co. J, 0. Hamelin No Exemption, Bono Ltd. E. D. Kemp Conditional exemp* tion. Kodak Ltd. H. H.
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  • 441 1648 eionwa f.—S.T* The ffxiiway New* at BO has an art.cle under the htading ot la.lway communication between Btm and Barone in Which it is noted as remarkable that althoagb Burma nas now some 1 600 miles of railway or about one mile for avtry 7 500
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  • 219 1648 Another continuation was made In the Supreme Court on Saturday before Mr. Justice Ebden and two assessors, in tho hearing of tbe action for damages in the sum of 11,000,000, brought by toe owners of the 1,8. Laerht, and the master and efioers proceeding for their personal effects,
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  • 1414 1649 We (Siraite Timet) have been making Rome inquiries, and we have had certain information placed before «8 which bears out very fully the statements made by Britisher” in oar Friday’■ issue. There has been a good deal said which might rather suggest that the American rubber restrictions
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  • 392 1649 M The Ministry of Lsbcur whu7 ei «I th. Tb. Dep\“ ed officer ia often in ,ke *»W4. not only phyeidly bu’meX' v>«. tb.t he ,bo.ld b. moSj" 4 —Rood novels, poetry, or wbatXV reid leads him to. Afterwards h/ h >! tutJ the opportunity
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  • 65 1649 aS®®*®?; Yeeteriey. t I 1 Rubber. I W no 12$ 11.50 12.50 n.OO Ayer Hitam 5O io.OO 0$ Ayer Panes 600 0,50 O.W Indragin 3 15 340 Kedah goo 6.50 J* Ke’emak B5 0.95 f Tambalak 375 10-50 jjjs Teluk Anson 1,00 W Temerloh Mining* /6 32/6 30/6 Aeam
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  • 4657 1650 yfsterday’s proceedings. A FULL REPORT. IntheSupieme Court yesterday morning before Mr, Justice L. M. Wood ward and j(r, Justice P. J, Sproule Mr, Herbert Welham, Managing Editor of the Strait» Echo, Messrs. Quah Bang Ke o J, p Lim Seng Hooi, Lim Eng Hoe, Lim Eow Hong,J-P
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  • 137 1652 [To Twn Editor of thb Siraitt Echo,] Sir, Now that the registration of Chinese marriages in the Straits Settlements is on the eve of realiaation, may I therefore orave the hospitality of your columns to point out to my Chinese compatriots who are in favour of our movement
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  • 55 1652 Prlcei Maintained. CFhwa Our Own Singapore, October 24. At the Auction the market was weaker with a tendency towards a fair demand. Prices were level with those of last week. Fine pale crepe received good enquiry owing to smallness of supplier Ribbed smoked touched 57 cents. The
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  • 159 1652 •‘Our Day” Scottish Ebd Cmobb, The following further subscription? have been received i Total previously acknowledged w 16,76 Mr, W. 8. Dunn 60 Mr, E L. B. Jonas 25 Mr. J. D. B. Kellar 25 Mr, G, A de C. de Moubray 25 Dr. J. S.
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  • 403 1652 easy win fob p.c.o champion, There was little in yesterday's game between the Tennis Champions for the year of he P O O. and the C.BO„ E, A. Hunt and Khoo Hooi Hye. It was not the letter's day lecidedly, and Hunt won easily without being
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  • 112 1652 Birtley—Brown. Corona Our Own Corr&pondentb Singpore; October 24. The wedding took place yesterday at the Cathedral of Mr. W. Bartley, of the Government Service, with Miss Leslie Marion Brown, of Brisbane. The Ven. F. G. Swindell, Archdeacon of Singapore, officiated. The Hon. Mr* F. 8. James gave
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  • 58 1652 Pin amo Won bn Wobiirs. Amount previously acknowledged 19,042.07; Mrs. Pritchard 10, Mrs. Marshall (Alor Star) 5; No. 36 2.50; Total $9,059,57. Hospital garments for soldiers ready cut out for workers will be given out at the Town Hall every Friday at 9,15 till 10.30 a.m.
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  • 33 1652 The following are the particulars of out* put of tGe Eenong Tin Dredging Company's tin ore for the first half of October i No. 1 Dredge 275 picul; No. 2 Drudge
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  • 1043 1653 —Free Pre—, HORSES AND THEIB RUNNING. Intubbsting Comment. The IO U incident At the races on Saturday can hardly be passed over with out comment. In this case the horse was disqualified,.the ground being that by his fraudulent running on Thursday he ob tained the weight on Saturday
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  • 841 1653 Thu gentlemen who formed the Rubber Industry Protection Commission are to be congratulated on having produced such an excellent and exhaustive Report. It may be that some of the conclusions arrived at and some of the proposals made require further consideration, but the Report is certainly a good
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  • 1456 1654 Your German always was a poor diplo- 81 matiflt, ever mistaking brutality for strength and conning for finesse. Hence little surprise V will be felt at the manifest failure of the d latest enemy Peace Note to impress the Allies or convince them that Germany is
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  • 594 1654 -T.O.M. Mrs. May Scully desbea to thank all those who attended the funeral of her late husband, or sent wreaths and letters of condolenoe i Mr. L.urence Carrie, who ha. been saooeeded on the Coanoil of Indi* by Mr Frederick Goodenoa,b. had been on th, Coanml .moe
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  • 1127 1655 [Biers a’s Tulbobams.] GEBMANY’S third note. “Vox Populi” London, October 21, 5.10 p.m» A Wirelass German Officii! message states that Germany’! reply to President Wilson is as follow! i— a "In accepting the proposal for the evacuation of the occupied territories, the German Government has started from
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  • 1436 1655 [Bwtw-, Tii, laui(l Th» Advance on (fog. i Oo'-ober 21 3« neuter s correspondent at u,u*W 1 telegraphing 0. th 1,11 morning ttoß ■trong counter.,ttsok owJd “TtorttM from o Or po.ition in the MtMnw t on The weather g*|, Belgian ProgMß. London, October 22,1,20 a Belgian communique states.
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  • 28 1656 Mr. G. W. A, Trimmer, Manager, Messrs. Topham Jonas and Ballton, has been granted conditional exemption so long as he remains in his promt employment*
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  • 499 1656 [Bixrrin’e Tnianam.] ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINTED. Nmiutm Foreshadowed. London, October 11, The Press Bureau announces that, in view of the necessity of saving ocean freights, it is considered desirable to notify to the rubber trade that the Minister of Munitions has appointed a committee with Sir Clarendon Hyde
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  • 1700 1657 Stricken South Africa [Ruutbb’B Tbleqbams.] London, October 11. The epidemic of Spanish luflaeni* in Bonth Africa is extraordinarily serious. Doctors declare it is the worst epidemic South Africa has ever experienced, the plague being nothing in comparison. The outbreak inmost severe at Cape Town where there have
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  • 1697 1658 IxyLiTENZA. Rkliii* Fund, Previous subscriptions o $10,532 Messrs. Yee San»? Choon A C 0.... 100 Hr. Lam Chye Tain 50 Hr. Ooi Lam Chong 100 Mr. 8. Wood-Hill 25 $10,807 Lib Sung Hooi, Propose*. “Lam Hwab” Houmtal Ibbluinza Biliif Fumd For supplying free attendance and Chinese nedioine to
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  • 1351 1659 d going 10 oauuun -fforaw* Bird* [To the Editob or the Strait» Timet.] Sir,—l think it as well before Legislation it enacted M offer some comment and suggestion on paragraph 73 of the above report, and Mr. W. Lowther Kemp’s reservation, which deal with the question of
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  • 232 1659 D« r T “r 181 ■«.deßtwni y bast cornet, tot li 1 «incur.. >• taken we—t b u.nbsu-u,?’ knowledge a, to why ths at??”. 10 ‘“tai arbitijrily i n the acted Stewardi’niayfi.’ 'WeiH. Tk| n X jockey t jfi er or toqulity q»»Wy the bora, he ha,
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  • 197 1659 0 v An incident which occurred at ths Ipoh Station Hotel recently has resulted in ths local Magistrate allowing'the F. M- 8, Railways Department to summon two European planters under Section 39 of the Railway Enactments of 1912. They are charged with committing a nuisance on
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  • 1440 1660 We bava been redoing during the past f OW days a volume of "War Speeches by British Ministers and we have been c gtrtt ok by the manner in which an address delivered by Mr. L'oyd George some good I time ago at the Albert Hall
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  • 649 1660 Mr. Henry Ford is now said to be engaged in designing the poor man’s aeroplane. M*s. Byron Moore, who has been spending a lengthy holiday in Melbourne, returned by a recent Dutch mail steamer. Mr. A. M. Sellar, formerly of Massr», Sellar and Murray, has come back
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  • 940 1661 Local Publication». From the Methodist Publishing House. Singapore, we have received a copy of its latest publication, a brief Irfa of Sir SUmford Raffle» by Mr. R. D. Pringle T. M. 0. A. General Secretary for Malaya. It is attractively got-up and clearly printed* and should fulfil the
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  • 335 1661 Thu Finding, The Court, comprising Mr. Justice L, M. Woodward* Mr. J. R. Brown and Mr, Allen Dennys (Assessors), gave its finding to-day in the enquiry in connection with the acquisition of 23 acres, 3 roods, SI poles of land (Lot 188 XVIII Mukim I) from the
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  • 1906 1661 [Reuter's Telegrams.] BELGIAN FBONT. Tbt attacks with the vi Bw J bndgeheid were repulsed orosssd the Derivation e r tn *ting Germans into the Bruges-Ghent canal ThA°? ,Clei improved bridoL V ,rwioh of Deyoue and Other French troops, the Lys. The French have Ukm° m prisoners. The
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  • 1495 1663 [Rivrua’s Timonins.] The German Note, Prospsote DissipatedLondon, October 23, 1.10 a,m, A cable from Washington says that on receipt of the German Note President Wilson conferred with Mr. Lansing until midnight. Reliable circles declare there are no prospects of immediate peace, There will not be an armistice
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  • 17 1663 Late. 7 <J^»‘ io ri(t(h d, r st Tin («refined) or 6 (reM> 2 j tone,
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  • 2549 1664 MEMORANDUM by the f.m.s, CHAMBER OF MINES. Practical Suggestions, The following memorandum (which we tike from the Times of Malaya) has been prepared by the F. M. 8. Chamber of Mines for the Tin Commission In submitting the following expressions of opinion the Chamber has assumed that the
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  • 370 1665 Lban and Co’s Wbrkly Ripobt, Penang, October 25. Rubber, after slight (lactations during the week, closes practically unchanged on balance around 57/58 cents per lb. The out ook for the immediate and near future of the Planting-Industry io becoming daily more difficult to follow and the appointment
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  • 256 1665 Mbssbs Feaser and Co’s Wbbkly Circular In their weekly share circular, dated October 23 Messrs. Fraser and Co. report i The races rather interfered with business, but local rubbers on the whole continue fairly active and as the rubber auctions have started at good values to-day the
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  • 159 1665 [To THU Iditob O» THI Strata Twin.] Sir,—-I herewith quote from a letter I received to-day from Raffles Bakery, |r Wa commodities parohssed from the Singimr, Cold Storage a. they bm reoeired objecting to our retail trade, and as we do not with to dash with their business
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  • 67 1665 Markit Weak. (From Our Own Cwetfontol) Singapore, October 25. At the Auction 1,847 lots were cahlogsed and 964 sold. The Market was iligbtly weaker. Ribbed smoked sheets reached 57 cent, closing at about 55{ cents for pnw parcels. Finn pale crepes in smell ««PP" 111 h.d food
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  • 34 1665 (J'nm, Oar Own Singapore, October 25. Before Mr. J.etioe Ebden the the petition for a receiving. rd g V,noettt B. Down, partner in Mees'i. 4 Co., wae adjourned for a fartnig
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  • 5 1665 Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 58 1665 DU” Latest Qnotat iO grfl te-day Tin (unrefined) isi ff 10 (refined) Jj »149.25. end in Bg ‘J w ging handi 25 »150, business done, on. s tons. Another case of der {j£ p“w»» d murder 5» »> ee P b Anang- hM t Ahmat, while WOUB d on
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  • 1907 1666 It is with regret we n*ve to annoicoethe I t death of Mr. Cbm Fock SBOBg(tat a Chinese I a Interpreter of the Police Quarts, Batter- I worth, recently reti ed cn pension) from I j pneamom* of about one week’s duration at 6 30 p.m. ye’terday at
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  • 1032 1667 Elsewhere to-day (lays the Straih Time of Thursday) we print a alight elaboration of views waeiprened in a pievious article as to the manner in which the present rubber situation should ba handled» We do io partly in the hope of stimulating interest, because we hare a fear,
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  • 560 1667 SUGGUBTBD InDBPHWDBHT AoTIOM, We had an article the other day in which we suggested that the system of control proposed by the Rebber Commission may be found difficult to introduce owing to the necessity of prior agreement with Holland, Ceylon and lodia. We are of opinion that the
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  • 153 1667 A Victim to the Spldiato. (From Our Own Corrupendni) Ipoh, Ootobsr 2d. HH. Padoka Sri Sultan AbdulJaH Nasruddin Makbtaram Shah ibai Alme Sultan Idris K.C-M G. the Bullae °C Peraß died this morning at 3.15 from In finen [The late Seitan succeeded
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  • 1330 1668 Britons the world over will rejoice at I n Mg A. J- Balfour’s plain statement on the a subject of the future of the Garman Colo- g nies* When Herr von Kiihlmann waa I r j Foreign Secretary, when the Hohenzollern a star was rather more in
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  • 23 1668 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is qoo’ed here to-day at $149.25. and in Singapore (refined) »t $l5O. business done, changing hands 25 tons,
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  • 614 1668 Among the la'enr c ntributions to the F.M 8, War R-lM Fund is "In Memoriam J. W. C. Ellis >1000,” Second. Liout T. A. Robertson is at present in England, having volunteered in Palestine, for service in France. Mr. J. Maxwell Hall has joined the Inns of
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  • 1018 1669 Women in Parliament. In ordinary times the adoption by an overwhelming majority of the House of Commons of a resolution declaring that—despite the opinion of the Law Officers of the Crown—women should be allowed to become members of Parliament, would be regarded as revolutionary, For if women M.P’s.,
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  • 224 1669 [Rbutkb’b Tblbgbams.] EASTERN MACEDONIA* Bulgar Brutality. London, October 23, 3 p.m. A cable from Salonika reports that the Greeks have now occupied the whole of Eastern Macedonia. The liberated towns are desolate, indeed the Bulgarian destruction was so complete that it is impossible to trace many of
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  • 2044 1669 Ti MGUl(fc Fresh British Succwse, UETHEH PBOGr EBB qnartere, cabling Bnt h B*imidday we h*d “By ‘o. depth of nurl. of .boat seventeen »nd r«aohS’ a R.isme, Forest to “he A""*" Scheldt.” wertMß bu >k of the rh, Scheldt Cea,). Londe., October 23,1216.Renter oorrnpendent at Hudn! n
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  • 1428 1671 [Butter, Tblegrams] The German Reply. A Point Cleared Up. Amsterdam, October 23. The Frankfurter Zeitung elucidate» the ambiguous first paragraph of the German Note, saying that President Wilsou now possesses an opportunity of arranging a time and place to give representatives of the armies of both sides
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  • 1462 1672 CAPE TOWN’S DEATH ROLL. Five Thousand In a Fortnight. [Rbutbb’s Tblegbams.] London, October 21, A cable from Cape Town of the 14th says that deaths from influenza at Cape Town from Ist to 13th October, inclusive, were approximately 5,000. of which it is estimated that 75 per cent-
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  • 276 1672 A Victim or Influbnza. It is with deep regret that wa announce the death of Mr, John E. Scott Brown, Chartered Accountant, Penang Bibber Estates Co., Ltd which took place at the General Hospital yesterday from heart failure following influenza. Deceased who was
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  • 656 1673 The Topicist noted with pleasure that paragraph in the Governor's Address to Council which mentioned that the findings of the Housing Commission were embodied in a lengthy and valuable report. But he ventures to hesitate before accepting the opening of the next paragraph that the housing problem is
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  • 358 1673 [To thu Editor of thu Straits Echo 1 Dear Sir, J With reference to “Nil Desperaudurn's" letter in last Tuesday’s Echo, I wish to mike a protest against a statement he made therein, although I have no desire to enter into argument with him. He said, I think
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  • 296 1673 —B.FP. On the ninth day of hearing, a conclusion was reached last Thursday, in the Supreme Court at Singapore before Mr. Justice Ebden, with Capt. Rushton and Capt. Stovell as assessors, in the action, In Admiralty jurisdiction, in which the owners of the 8.8. Laertes, which was
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  • 454 1673 f. p. Lombok 2M? d 17t h follow. t-<. market active,” K «bber 2/8| Auction. 23n> .nd M Sinoo the l Mt Hction prioS u° ow 1 somewhat stead., and L u. M cent, to 57 cents,’ n W'* 58. cents respectively. b Riobed Smoked Sheet w J
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  • 1363 1674 THE EECENI CASE" IN PENANG. SINGAPORE COMMENT. We extreme/ te K ,et ta P««ecution for teßP t of coart which baa jest taken place t Penang. It seem 9 t 0 s— n<i wa spe.k •th the tallest possible respect tor the Zholfl iadioial body .in Malaya—to ba a
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  • 668 1674 A BRIEF QAREIR. H. H. Sir Abdul Jalil Nasruddin Makhiiaram Shah, K. O. M. G., Sultan of Perak, the news of whose death was telegraphed to us by our Ipoh correspondent, died on «fday morning last of inflaenu. Although it was known that His Highness
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  • 488 1675 authorities serious consideration. Free Prut. A correspondent who hti considerable acquaintance with the private rubber owner and who has made it his business to talk over the matter with Chinese, Eurasian, Malay and Indian small owners of rubber plantations in the Federated Malay States sends ns some
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  • 119 1675 Following were the subscriptions from July 20,1918, till October 19, 1918, Bearer Registered Bond,. Bond.. To I B’pore 7,108,100 i,,213,900 12.822,000 Penang 471,100 288,400 759,500 Malacca... 24,400 65 000 89.400 F.M.9 347,700 489,200 886,900 Johore 8,100 8,500 Kelantan. 5,500 5,600 11,100 Total 17,965,300
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  • 1080 1675 [Ritrrus's Tuliubaxb.] REPARATION AND RESTITUTION. Lord Fialay on Situation. London, October 26, 1.80 r.m. The lata Lord Chancellor Lord Finlay, speaking at thelnter-Allied Parliamentary Committee dinner in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords, said that Belgiuml had not only reis&ted the German armiesbnt the, insidious
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  • 1233 1676 Wfl are unfeignedly glad to hear that President Wilson—whose Third Note at noon to day had «till not reached the Straits—has intimated that any farther communications to Berlin will come not from Washington but from the Powers associated against Germany collectively. There has been all the time
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  • 567 1676 —BFf, Moh to tback those Who .ttuded the f.ner.l ot bi. wit. on I 7 Bd I ,ho "ho .ent wiuth. or letters of condolence, N>? I lrfS!.“p K B Bwi *PP° inted m-m-M ni in. J 1""""' for “>• u l h V OWD d fort
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  • 34 1676 DEATH. Scott Bbowk— Oj Oacober 27, 1918, at the General Hospital, Panang, John E Soott Brown, Carter;d Accountant of the Panaa* Rubber Eitatea Company, Limited,. elder son of the late Mr. John A, Brown,
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  • 2881 1677 [Ruutib’b Tulugbams.] New British Thrust. Progress Continued. London, October 25, 12.35 p.m. Sir Douglas Haig reports:—We captured Vondegies sur Eoailion on Thursday afternoon and progressed on the high ground to the east. We successfully repulsed a counter-attack* in the neighbourhood. Fighting recommenced in this sector at an
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  • 1064 1679 [BhUTUB’S TILIGBAMB.] PRESIDENT'S FINAL NOTE. British Press OpinionLondon, October 25, 4.5 a.m. The newspapers hail President, Wilson’s Mote as embodying the intentions of all the Allied peoples» The Daily Chroniele says i—“ If Germany desires to participate in a pesos-conference, Garman action must be represented by a
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  • 325 1679 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Th Vital Thutr,, The nain point of 10 centre of the 20Q it) 0 from Ghent to th, 1". .‘«Wn, •ttaoked on .front C.ttM again, 1 9 eneml a“‘ “«defeat atthi. Afe Th. Chandla’, Sm«h, i»:thX“',Vg “hi. Th. G«niu Bnly. The German reply will 4 .trengthmring
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  • 21 1680 Muibhexd —On October 28tb, at Good, wood, Peuang, the wife of W.J.M. Muirbead, •f B*k*p Rubber Plantations, of a daughter.
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  • 1861 1680 Altho.gh the British Agent remarks I at the end of his interesting report on Trengganu in 1917—which has taken some five months to print—that a general review of the year shows in many ways a definite though slow advance,” it can hardly be said that the
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  • 23 1680 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $149.25, and in Singapore (refined) al $l5O, business done, changing hands 150 tons.
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  • 608 1681 Kelts, who wm born on October 29,1795, was one of the shortest lived of English poete dying when he was but twenty-six years ef age. Chatterton the boy poet did mot see twenty. Mr. Yeoh Guan Seok begs to thank friends and sympathisers for their telegrams and
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  • 1110 1681 Old Lord Mayor's Day. There was a time when this would hive been Lord Mayor's Day.” It fell, formerly, on “the morrow of Simon and Jade,” wnich means October 29; and this was also the date when new calendars were published. The Worshipful Company of Stationers, while tbe
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  • 1732 1682 [RbUTUR’s TaLBGBAMB.] armistice approved in principle. I german proposal accepted. Decision with this Allies. London, October 25. A sable to London of tho 24'h from Washington says that the Secretary of State has forwarded through the Swiss Charge d’Affaires the following reply to Germany's Note j—-
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  • 1406 1683 [Riutsb’s Tileqrams,] BRITISH FRONT. Repulse of EnemyLondon, October 27, 9 45 p.m. Sir Dougins Haig report! —Preceded by b hoary bombardment the enemy counterattacked in the morning in the neighbourhood of Englufontaine and was repulsed, living many dead. Our positions remained intact. Wo repulsed with heavy loos
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  • 6022 1684 BRITISH AGENT’S REPORT. From the annual report of Mr. J. L. gecsphreys on the State of Trengganu we m tke the following extracts j I.—FINANCIAL. A,— EIVBBUB AMD EIPBNDirURB. The reveaie collected in the year A. H. 1335 (28th October, 1916, to the 16th October, 1917), was
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