The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 6 November 1918

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  • 5 1689 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION
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  • 1210 1689 As we remarked on Monday, the alliance of tbe Central Powers ia crumbling away. Austria-Hungary is now actually suing for peace, and if the Allies only stand firm on the diplomatic front Germany too will be obliged within a very short time to surrender unconditionally! Events have
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  • 231 1689 8-EC9 we wrote on the rubber petition the other day we have had official figures planed be.ora us which leave no doubt whatenr (1) that American imports are reetrioted to an equivalent of 100,000 tone per annum for n rmh. P ,?l (2) thU i|OHO permits is
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  • 170 1689 Special cables to the Deli Courani of Monday report that a Tbe Csicbo-Slovaks have established a Government at Prague, the capital of Bohemia. Hungary is ready to capitulate, regardless of tbe attitude of Germany and Austria. The Turks are murdering German soldiers in Asia. A secret session
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  • Page 1689 Advertisements
    • 97 1689 cue Straits echo. PUBLISHED daily (Except Sundays and public holidays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, LIMITED, S 9, Beach Street, Penang. Price: Dally Local ISO Per annum Outstation Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $lB per annum. Coble Address: ECHO PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Koho) 586. Printing Department 343. U.S,—AW buainoM eommuDieationa
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  • 527 1690 M'. A. Hottenbach ban given 11,000 to the Singapore Oar Day Find, Mr, C H. Waddell, of the Mercantile Bank, left yuaterday for Colombo, via Madras, on transfer to the branch therei Mr. Saw Swee Cheng begs to thank thoie who attended the funeral ef hie wife or sent
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  • 1189 1690 The Lord Mayor aad the Calendar. Lord Mayor's Day,” which, as we mentioned yesterday, at one time fell on October 29, would probably still have fallen on that day but for the adoption of the Gregorian Calendar in England, Pope Gregory’s calendar reform was legalised in Boman Catholic
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  • 1492 1691 [Ritrraa’a TiLiaiAMB,] ALLIED CONE EBBNOB AT PARIS, Whole Situation being Surveyed. London, October 28, 10-55 p.m. It is reliably stated that great importance it attached to Austria s desire for a separate peace. The question will be considered at in Allied Conference sitting in Paris which inclides
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  • 1567 1692 [Esutes’s TiLWiAMI] New British Thrust. Fight for Forests London, October 28,12 35 p.m. Sir Douglas Ha’g reports:—Tbe determined ooiinter>attack made on the 27th on Famars was repulsed after street fighting in which many of the enemy were killed. We slightly improved our positions on the borders of
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  • 489 1693 «UICUKUUU, —Pres Press. TflE EECENT PROCEEDINGS IN PENANG, MOBI SINGArOBB OPINION, The Editor of the Straits Echo has beea .gminoned before the Supreme Court at pen*Dg f«r contempt contained in a leading article of hi». The report of the proceedings i, too long to reproduce, and out
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  • 83 1693 The following are further subscriptions [•wards the above fund, which has now been dosed x Amount previously acknowledged >1506.00 H. Pearson 25 00 Lim Ah Teng 100.00 Oolkoted bj C, Joseph 10 8 *'Dub«ry 5000 Collected by S. Drriam (Baling) '93 00 >• R. Bt. G.
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  • 638 1693 Tnri? n Thb Judiciary. Privy CounnT COr JodlCl l “ember of the and biXy rf 8,,H k')' 0 0 the oh r ct er the MancW. B o’ h ba,tl6e P» bl >Bhed in u «ancwter Guardian a year a co said tiuh 6 ?V aW 18
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  • 1216 1693 Outbreak in Britain. Inoculation Bscommendid. [Riutek’b TuLlOlams.] T London, October 18. The severity of the influents in London and the country and in Ireland is unabated, borne of the schools are closing down Mortality is increasing though it is not eioeptionally high. A conference of bacteriologists unanimously recommended
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  • 700 1694 Special Meeting, A special meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held at the Municipal Office yesterday afternoon. There were present M/ssrs. A. B Voules (President,) A. M. Goodman, C. E» Craig, F. Duxbury, Quah B?ng Ke?, Cbea Wor Lock, L. M, Bell (Municipal Engineer) and L. A, C.
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  • 392 1694 A Successful A downpour of rain did not interfere with the capital sport provided by the '•Our Day” Gymkhana at the Singapore Bin Course on Saturday afternoon last. The attendance was fair and included H, B. The G. O. C. Major-General Bidoat, fj, B„ O. M.
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  • 2288 1695 and a wise ruler. May it ba so!— Timet of Malaya. imposing funeral ceremony. Fibst Impmmions or thb Nhw Rulib, Kuala Kangsar, Monday. Tbii morning broke cloudy and black and clouds hang threateningly over the town, the hill®» and the valleye. As the day jdnnoed
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  • 1230 1696 THE PENANG CONTEMPT OF COURT CASE. We (Straiit Timet) have had several letters in reference to our article on the Penang contempt of Oourt case, and in the name of the press we thank our readers for their expressions of appreciation and sympathy, Mr. Justice Woodward, quite
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  • Page 1696 Advertisements
    • 46 1696 Now In the lime. For rheumatism you will find nothing better than Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. Now is the time to get rid of it. Try this lini. ment and see how quickly it will relieve the pain and soreness. For sale by all dispensaries and dealers
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  • 1054 1697  -  (Bt Tom Wbight.) Your old friend Wright was shambling along Baretania tilreet one blaung afternoon lilt May, i° company with an Australian drsmmer. Three little Hawaians, with eyes iD d teeth moat cleanly white, and shiny akine of bronae, ran after them, calling Pig I
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  • 75 1697 The following is the health statement of the Penang Municipality for the week ending October 26,1918 (Male 244) Total Deaths < > 403 (Female 159) Death rate 196.86 per mille per annum compared with 127.98 in the preceding week and with 35.42 in the oorreeponding week ot M.
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  • 68 1697 Exhibition Tbnnib Nbxt Wait, An exhibition game ot tennis tor tbe benefit ot “Our Day" tend b»« been arrneged between Mr. fi. A. Hen» ot tb. P.C C. .nd Mr. J.H. Spower. ot Ipob, to bo played on the P.C.C. gronnd on Friday, the 8 Phy”o
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  • 629 1697 P.irxNa MoiTaurr Bitobm. The mortality retn>n witbin M.nidnal Lim't, tor the waek ended October 26 .bow. that.the total notnber ct death, dnrlno week was 403 (244 male. ,rd BJ 1 be death rate w.a 196.86 p.r mill. um a. compared with 127 »8 in the rSoeedmg week and
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  • 480 1698 REALISATION OF THE TRUTH IN GERMAN?. Growth* Awqmb od Drsprratiow. New York, October 1. A Rotterdam message of September 80th says i From a reliable soiree accurate information has been gained regarding the present feeling of a majority of the German people as a
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  • 1196 1698 The members of the F M.S Chamber of Mines were called together on Saturday for the special purpose of deciding two questions of outstanding importance to the mining industry at the present moment, As may be concluded on reading the full report of the proceedings elsewhere
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  • 17 1698 Latest QuotationsTin (unrefined) “Iff 101 >149.25, and in hsndi >l5O, basin* B done, OH 25 tone,
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  • 1221 1699 Mow that P MC0 Qd B v i°t° r ioOB pPSCO— doei seem to ba in sight it is fitting thst ,hoßld remembor how nearly, just loir years thfl enemy came to scoring Victory which would certainly have changId ths whole face of the war by land and h»ve
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  • 518 1699 A -J ol utcn < >' Me.,r.. Ifdli.tor “uMuZ 1 Nttr GenervUlR 0 a,,iitont Po.ta>„t.rhoX C ig W ,OT e frnm fione to Singapore n on P® nan 8 ake oTer for a time Maaare Caldbock MacGregor’, branch thorn. Tel®ffriMih^n^ mart °V be ®*’tern Extension n!r» g fn OmptllJ
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  • 1050 1700 The Mikado." The Japanese claim that their Empire was founded by the first Emperor Jimmu Tenno in 660 B. O. and that the dynasty (•ended by him etill reigns, It was revived in the year 1868 when the then (de Jure) rating sovereign overthrew, after a short war,
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  • 227 1700 using —B.T. The following are the alterations in Messrs, A, A. Anthony A Co.'s sfiare list to-day Ywterd.y, TMny. .11 11 CO 00 co co Ayer Kuning 1.15 1.30 1.10 1.20 Balgownie 4.25 4.75 4.50 5.00 Indragiri 6.50 7.00 6.25 6.75 Jimah 1.40 1.60 1.50 1.65 Kedah 3.15 3.30
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  • 924 1700 COMPLETE BUKHENDEB Tb. •M to oompl.t, .wneoder a. ed blow to the poaitio. of German.* B j oipedttie, t h j netit |e »< grietly teeming difflonltie, are inn» Aeitrli. general rebellion and gnetX Montenegro whioh th, r h •ro ev.oaating baitilr j! "«•’“M ‘bnt th. rebel,
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  • 1528 1701 [Rwm’e Tuimums J British Front. London, October 29,11,50 a.m. »rtiil.rT O Ml?.' 1 H lg epOrt Th e different pirt.Jf en onn,e A Quiet Tin,. Lindon, October 30,12.20 p.tn, sed and o 1 joports i— We progres'.Uri t r,d pri,0 M P*t«l rcrtnlght’i Fluid,r. Captor,.. London, October
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  • 516 1702 [Euuthb's Tulbgbams.J Heavy Enemy LouisLondon, October 29. A cable from Rome says that of six Austrian divisions half were destroyed in the latest fighting. The condition of the other half necessitated the employment of a large part of the reserves, Bssistanoe Weakening. London, October 29, 9.50 p.m, A
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  • 708 1702 <wm nnaa. judgment in the ..it in “Sh. tf’Mr.) for thecXn/iunM’"?‘•on Chin Hoe .nd 0. ?h.n n? I*' 1 merchant, of Penan,, on beh.l?”^ B, .elre. .nd numerous other BnrtilfViS®* th 8 i ere, Bad Cheng Bbow'V* »nd Cheng Gnan Sean olaimin. ?n A 8 o .r.tlon
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  • 1230 1703 —MeZaya Trikuiw, THE RECENT PROCEEDINGS IN PENANG. Mobb Bi vox pobb Comment. The recent case in Penang, where the Editor and Directors of the Strait» Echo were tried for contempt of court, has we confess* disturbed oar preconceived notions m to whet is legitimate criticism of matters
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  • 1051 1703 —Free /rna A particular interest attaches to the annuaf reports of the Briti.h Agent in irengganu, because through them we can see 'he gr dual carrying out of the process which has rescued other States in Malay* from the depression of the past and brought them into
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  • 1191 1704 T. O. M, Abating in Pbnang. The general opinion of the doctors in Penang is that the epidemic here is abating —there being fewer fresh oases now than there were a few days age. As all the reports of deaths that have occurred after the 26tn instant have
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  • 64 1704 4 Price» Agrin UP' (ftau Our Own Singapore. o£°‘% ert The Auction, ere not .yetfim b i, a ateady demand wth high gj pale crepe in a ,m»U »»PP J tbe cent,. Prime »heet fetched W u average for‘hie litor f p,rtioip» ted oonta. D» l r
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  • 22 1704 Mr. Khaw Joo T»k No output from p,b “.Joublo yard.Liability for October wa« stoppe d 60,000; Hour,, 46» seven days,
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  • 1242 1705 Here is a rough literal translation of rather a curious item from the German Oficial Wireless lent out from Nauen: In the same way aa the returning prisoners of war, io many inhabitants of the districts formerly occupied by the Germane are being influenced, with the result
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  • 470 1705 Anllwt' 7„ Hadd,B > A.ri.tentGovMata.at The Governor baa been pieaied to reoouPortu"uJ Bh>gjp d o‘e C h 0 ,or mV"£»X M d dB ‘X n t The Chief Secretary Io the F.M 8 a*™* ment record, with deep regret the doth of 0 w ki,w Mr. W..J. Trowell, Surveyor-Genera!
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  • 1251 1706 Et Dona FaranteaT It ii perhaps a coincidence, bi the Straiit pointe out, that a Government cirevlar varying its increases of salary to it* officers, should have been issued at ar about or shortly before the date of the last editorial reference to the matter by oar contemporary.
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  • 441 1706 [Bitrrn’, Tn, MMK q 810 BAG OP PBIBONIBB* Eritl »h Co-Opw.tlen, A Brithh.it,H.. oo obM W, th.t the Tenth Mm “ff'y “J« Sr •re not enumerated ria Ol 9tered prisoners. Io miß y Bag Victor at th* Trent L don October tv, Lite, front XL Btita arXJX KII
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  • 536 1707 [Bun tub’s Tulugbims] Italian Front. London, October 31,8,15 a.m. I An Italian communique itatei i—East of I the Pisve we ow advance, rapidly I Keeping away the enemy who vainly I attempts to item oar march, The head aof I o ir columns have reached Ssrravalle, I UriagOi
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  • 454 1707 [RiVTin’B Tilugbamh.] .British Front. Artllhry Actin. Sir Dowh/’n* tob *****<M P-“-been noX. a g ”P or There hu Mti.it," h g oep “«port artillmt, I*ocal Baldi. a;, n i London, October 31. I a S f.wH° lBlB H,lg "fort. .-We took nid. ‘oSiotod ouultiu in r*w« in
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  • 467 1707 [EltTH'l Tbcmuma] SERBIANS NEARING DANUBE. Biolaimlng Montenegro. London, October 30, 6.25 p.m. ,ho tta “b* B‘fbi.n. .Dm J 8 ‘“‘J iIM ,ro n.« n hl foroe f S.rbi... B ““>« Na.rly halt ot Montenegro has been reclaimed. Italian Advance to Skutari. London. October 80. n .Italian official
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  • 832 1708 AUSTRIA HUNGARY PEACE. [BhUTBRS Tulhubams.] EVACUATIONS PROCEEDING. In Italy and Serbia London, October SI, 6 a.m. An Austro-Hungarian offioi 1 message says Ob the Venetian plain the English and Italians thrift farther forward and appreciably extended the places which they have broken through to the north and south of Montello,
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  • 108 1708 Young Eurasian Shot» CFrom Our Own Correspondent Ipob, November I* Ten armed Chinese gang robbers held up six motor earn yesterday afternoon on the Karn par—Temoh Road and shot dead young Mr. Van Cuyknberg, a nephew of Mr. Allan Van Cuylenbarg. The former had just returned
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  • 528 1708 THE A. Uwt If i tuH BL °OD L wh*t i, meiut by th, p’hr.re'-y? 'J 00 U could not d Timst) have a better ilia>t».r > series of circulars issued hw lb 6 of th. Btr.it, Bottl.mMt, b in JefaeJi' us‘ pey of various daises in latest
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  • 935 1709 removal from In the Supreme Court, on Monday, the action brought by Aug Yong Yap, trading as Chop Soon Thye against Koh Teng Pow, trading as Chop Cbye Soon, was concluded before Mr, Justice Ebden. The plaintiff alleged that Koh Teng Pow went to him and purchased
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  • 261 1709 From the Deli Courant of Tuesday i The Vaderland denies the German statement that the Entente" is bringing increased pressure to bear on Holland. The Matin points out the great importance of the re-establishment of overland communication between France and Holland. The '•Entente ’’can now provision Holland,
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  • 437 1709 Within a reMoaanie timp, it it to be twant ‘fi“ the Pre en ‘«n and wi "I‘hdr.wn M lon Bnd replaced with the new silver coinage of such a low standard cf fineness that it will not pay to export or be attractive to hoard. It is,
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  • 165 1709 AnOTHHB POBTPOiriMUMT. The Penang Swinsmiog Club Carnival arranged tor Saturday, November 9th, 1918 and the celebration of Our Day" on November 16th and 19;h have been postponed on account of the influensa epidemic. Messrs Barlow and- Co, report under date, Singapore October 80 The market has
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  • 13 1709 Stiawan 7,500 lb, K.M.S, 15,387 lb. s.s, (Bertam) 65,000 lbs,
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  • 1430 1710 Doyin of Straits Bab’s Farbwill. The first division court, Supreme Court, presented this morning a most moving scene. The occasion was the local Bench and Bar’s farewell of Mr. B. G. Van Someren, the doyen of the Straits Bar, Mr. Justice L. M. Woodward and all
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  • 391 1710 In the course of a somawh&t rG P‘y to Food.tuff," who,o iX b 1 published on October 53,•• Hopeful” wriT from Kuala Lumpur: With all the control and There'"?. V he foodstuff* line. Thor. ha. been plenty o f meat, mutto. butter, cheese, and flour, etc, and
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  • 151 1710 "-B.T. Recently Mr. Duke who,. Chiel fere Ury of Ireland, had a .eat in the C»bme‘. wa. appointed to a Lord Ju*bo*rt>P« Appeal mad. vacant by the •PP’ Sir Ch.rle. Swinfen Eady J ol Rolle. In view of th. re en ••contempt" at P D g 'n
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  • 1298 1711 Jist one ye»r *go Mr. Bontr Law prowd to the House of Commons that the finsncial situation was not as bad as he B nd others had led the public to expect earlier in the year. -The expenditure on tbs war then was not
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  • 651 1711 Bi,i S d 'kM» h». bMS Appointed Governor of Pukat, WM 61 Th«r.d.y, He hi, now bean twelve year, in the Streit., Dr. Prosper Liston expeoti to be back in Penang m December. He is at pre.ent Qi klDg ttt m<ntbB, course in Twilight Sleep London Maternity Hospital/ Mr,
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  • 1262 1712 New Tobacco Duties. A.n irate correspondent writes to complain ef increases in the price of tobacco, in spite of his having been gravely and authoritatively informed the other day that the duties on European-smoked tobaccos had been reduced. Up to July last, he says, Garrick Smoking Mixture, which
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  • 369 1712 [Eiivm-e T.l» oUk COUNT AN DR ASSY’S NOTE, to th, Alibi. A cable Hungary has communicated th. Count Andrassy’s Note t® Mr ntent| th. Allied Governments •<.“ ±T R plete harmony with the endeavour. of President Wil.on to create .stega.rd. against future were end to oreete ,Qh
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  • 517 1713 [RlhTKB’a TILBGUAMB.] definite peace Proposals. Practical Unconditional Surrender. London, Ootober 31. Renter is informed that Great Britain his officially received definite peace propouia from Turkey which are regarded as tantimoant to «nconditional surrender. An Armistice Arranged. London, October 31. Turkey has agreed to an armistice, Beady to Lay
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  • 725 1713 [Rmn>, T WSawt i (Havas). PROOBIM op THBEE AEMIE3. British Enter AsiagoA British-Italian Pm nd< D Ootob 31. d r adT “oe Ye’m.nX‘opZtiß? N, tth n >P t <>“’l>i'e infantry, to’ok a C 9 ot thß Third Arm, J™ 0 The to the i ed tho Pia a
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  • 315 1713 ALLOWANCES TO DEPENDENTS, Government’s Change of Front (From Our Own Corretpondent). Singapore, November 2. A notification in the 8. Government Gazette regarding military separation al* lowanoes states that in the case of married men who are called out the Government may grant a wife residing
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  • 22 1713 Latest Quotations. Th (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $149.25, business donum Singapore (refintd) at 1150, basinets dors, (100 toni told.)
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  • 532 1714 LEAN CO’S WEEKLY EEPOBT. Penang, November 1. Rubber, although closing below the best, shows a further considerable advance and at one time made 65 cents per lb. The strength of the material quickly made itself felt in the share-market and there has again been a strong demand
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  • 279 1714 Fraseb and COi’s Eefobt. In their weekly share circular, dated Wednesday, Messrs,Fraser and Co. report: The rubber auctions this week more than maintained the levels of last week and akheugh very few, if any, dividends are possible for many months to ceme from most of our local
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  • 261 1714 >—Truth. Gbowing Sufpobt fob Output Limitation* The low prices for tne commodity now ruling in the East are gradually exerting a salutary effect in bringing into line those companies which declined to support the crop restiction proposals of the Rubber Growers* Asiosiation. London companies who a few
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  • 97 1714 The particulars of the output from the following companies for the month of October were: Kamunting Tin Dredging Ltd. —Piculs 300, Hours run 524, Yards treated 67,000, Value of output $25,500, Cost of mining $12,000* Chenderiatg Tin Dredging Ltd., Dredge.— Piculs 205, Hours run 576, Yards treated 65,000,
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  • 248 1714 p.r.’« l^d“ d fl hospital to-day to bs H Uh Lim Tai b UCQinat «d by Mr. w izl to the Poor. Mr. khoo Sian Ewe, whose name hn. frequently been associated with oharitahu work as chat of his late father, ha mt come forward with a project
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  • 312 1714 A Comfabiwn. Comparing th. figure. wired M Singapore corre,pondent firing “>• “““1 rate u.t week in th. .outh.rn with the Penang figure.. the |0 meat doe. not «eein to bare severe a vi.itation a, we have brite» death-rate for Singapore wa. 10 P gg per annum while
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  • 1195 1715 [To THi Editob of tu Straiti EchoA Dear Sir, J In continuation of my letter of the 21st instant, I hope you will find space (or these, my concluding remarks on the subject Throughout the.E-I.P. CommissSn report, 11 BOt ,T* d a a,r > or 1 bave missed
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  • 2137 1715 F ULL TKXT OP JUDOMENT. The following is the full the judgment of Mr. r Woodwerd in the ..it i. >. L I 1 Attorney Gener.l for the ColoZy Ad M #t Lm Cbia »»d Oog Hun Chong, merchants of Penang, on behalf of themselves .nd nnmeron,
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  • Page 1715 Advertisements

  • 325 1716 List of garments sent to Luly Tudor, Admiralty House, Singapore, for the British Troops in Siberia: 3 shirts, 14 helmets. 11 pr. socks, 3 pr. mittens, 1 woollen scarf, 10 pr. pyjamas, 28 handkerchiefs, 21 vests, 29 flannel scarfs. The handkerchiefs were given and made by the M.O L.
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  • Page 1716 Advertisements
    • 40 1716 Now Is the Time. For rheumatism you W p’- Now better than Chamberlain s is the time to get rid of it the ment and see how 9J IC I fc dispeapain and soreness. For saw J series aid dealers-
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  • 1169 1717 r-r- TO.M. Although not desirous of seeming innniiderate to the authorities at a time hen staffs are depleted all round, it is imLgible to regard the present position of Affaire in respect of crime in Perak with thing but misgiving. As our reader J observe from our
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  • 123 1717 The output ot B.hm.n Hydrsulio Tia, Limited, daring the month ot October 2 °Tne°oat’p»t ot Tbe R.hm.n TI» Co., Ltd., during the month ot October m> 294 pioal., Mui P« *****; Tribates PI.. 118.49. Mr Kh.w Joo Tok «d.isee as tbit the ontpnr, from the following three eomp.nie.
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  • 595 1717 Virclsnt in South Africa, O*!» T °wa of 24th October says that influenza continues to be virnlmrt jn country districts, but the towns are rapidly resuming their normal aspect The death roll at Kimberley is ten per cent, of the noonkt““- ProbablyaeiXdMth nJbK recorded at Cape Town. Settio
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  • 1217 1718 Romantic Carbir The news of tbe death of Mr. Tau Kim Bee, J. P., of Ku*la Kabo, at the comparatively early ag) cf 54 years, which we published on Wednesday, says the Malay Mail, came as a shock to bis many Lianas and admirers.
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  • 366 1718 A n. A Geruun evfnin. offioi.l > *t f ,—Wb of D™ ‘l f oa > Urthsr y M ok 6 b J'” *tb. grouoat.wMd, tha Solleld t ywWiag do., Nornnb,,. A win-leas German offi c Li >trei ■-The weffi p.. ne tl .l “T* 1 0
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  • 483 1719 [Ruutie’b Tiligiamb,] British Front. Second Army’s Advance. London, October 81,11.35 p.m. I Sir Douglas Haig reports The Second Army fcttaokad in the morning south-wesLof i a denarde and captured all its objectives and about I.tOO prisoners. Successful Minor Enterprises. London, November 1,1.4 p.m, I Sir Douglas Haig
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  • 521 1719 GENERAL ALLENBY DECORATED, ««•Ives Kings Congntnlations. London, November 1, w2 he P J e 88 Bureau announces that the Alhi’bv ard Braph Dg t 0 Qeßertl Bir flonr y n* 1 conferring on him the Grand for -fc B B*tb, expresses *'admiration whn Bpir A? cd eoduranca of
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  • 465 1719 [Kiurua’e Tbligiams 1 DISORDERS AT BOTH CAPITALS. Hungary Want, BipublloLondon, November 1. A cable from Berne says that a semiofficial message from Barlin states that the troubles at Vienna and Budapest broke out simultaneously. Insurgent troops at Budapest are well supplied wth machine-guns and munitions and hold
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  • 1471 1720 [Rbutur’s Tuluguamu.] ISOLATION OF GERMANY. Outlook In Black Sea. London, November 1. The surrender of Turkey and the imminent disappearance of Austria-Hungary have completed the isolation of Germiny, releasing formidable AHied forces for new fields of action on the frontiers of Saxony and Bavaria and elsewhere, and facilitating
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  • 19 1720 Latest Quota** o®*’ 0 d t Tin (.nrefined) is (refined) »149.86. business d0ne....) at »150. business done, w
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  • 51 1721 Bick’stt— Laing —On November 2 St, George’s Oburco. Penang, Frank B Bicktt-, of the Hmgkong sn4 Shanghai Bank, fourth son of M-. and Mni, John Rickert, of Upper Norwood, and Uta of Yokohama to Audrey Drake Laing (B abp) yoanger daughter of Mr. and Mrs W D* Liing, Pender
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  • 1727 1721 jrears -Ex. Events in Europe are moving with such .tartlmg rapidity that it is becoming increasmgly difficult for the would-be commentator on current affaire not to get hopelessly “astern of the news?' The outstanding feature of the weekend cables has been the collapse of Austria-Hungary not
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  • 516 1722 Mr. E. GF. Wheatley has resigned his appointment of Rural Board Bailiff, Singa* pore Land Office. Mr. E. Toon Hoe, eldest son of Mr. E. Kong Ann, of Malacca, died on October 29 of pneumonia at the age of 27. Oaptain 0. F, Nicholas will probably be returning to
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  • 45 1722 Striking Figures, Paris, November 3. Since July 15 the Allies have taken prisoners 7,990 officers and 354,365 men and 6,217 guns. 38,622 machine-guns and 3,907 mine-throwers. Of these 2,472 officers, 105,871 men 2,064 guns, 18,639 machine-guns and 1,193 mine-throwers were captured in October,
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  • 2027 1722 [Butrrsß Tbluouims] DIBMEMBEBMENT PROCEEDING. A Rumanian Stat*. Landon, November 2. A cable from Amsterdan says that Purwasrfs states that the Constituent Assembly of Austrian-Rumanian*, formed on the 28th October, demanded the union of Bukovina, Transylvania and the Rumanian territories in Hungary as an independent State. Polish deputies
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  • 2096 1723 [Rbutbs's Tblbgbamsl A COMBINED ADVANCE. Th» Scheldt ReachedLondon, November 1« »d T A 6 X"”’! iaFl d «obiewfroiLn. w depth Bil n Wer ,olied the Scheldt from Gh± W te mi!e > th Ghent. We .dT.no.d two mile, on k front AnlnnV o V.lanoienne., capturing ”°T ‘”1
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  • 1348 1725 interesting banishment cases. Two banishment oases which came up at I the present sessions of the Assizas which I opened yesterday before Mr. Justice L. M. Woodward, were very interesting as will appear from the following report Recruited for Basra. The first was that of a man named
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  • 387 1725 AT SHANGHAI. [Biutnb’s Telegrams.] Louden, November 3. A cable from Shanghai says influenza is greatly devastating the Yangtse Valley where whole families have been wiped out. Thera are many oases at Shanghai but only a few fatalities. Influnnra Rbubf Fund. Previously acknowledged $13,608,30 Mr. L. C. Hoe jo.OO
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  • 70 1725 Town Balded by Robben. (Prom Our Own Ipoh, November 5, Nearly fifty robbers held up Kampar last night and and raided three opium «hops A brisk fisrht ensured with the polices Three constables were wounded and two Bengalis (civilians) were killed, It is alleged that two robbers
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  • 1104 1726 anous experts r .—Malay Mail. People do not join the Civil Service, the Navy or the Army expecting to amass a fortune. But when they compete or apply for appointments which are at the disposal of the Colonial Office they naturally expect a scale of salaries which
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  • 284 1726 In discuss’ng the rubber question as regards sh p neats from the Colony to tin United States a short time ago, it was remarl ed that apparently th a Commission had failed to gets plain up to data statement from z* meric as to ths actual am
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  • 562 1726 remm eu —Strait» Tim* 9 b v B h9 SX n n L±T l,fo rft ‘F.MB. Settlements has concluded the -a case, make comment difficult and upon mere hearsay. We deat that one case brought to our^nM?* B™’ 8 sequel to action by the Tribunal shnVou? as a
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  • 39 1726 The output of Ksmpong Dredging, Limited for t e m Tiw000 tt "T"al Realised on iale 5109.6127 MiD(B frc m Tae output of The T Ooto ber was ull sources for the month ot u Piculs 1,651.
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  • 1210 1727 Only a ye*r *go tbe military situation WB i such that one of the leading London pipers wrote in all seriousness: v «The condition of Borne after the Trebia, Trasemene, and Cannae was incomparably worse than that of the Allies. Some won through in the end, not only because
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  • 1218 1727 Sleavig Holatetn- fronti"r”li»® ,de t ll W few •ettler. north rf BnBBB mea.ura of local Ho». n°i rBOBl T8,omB s ..'t sar-ia-nite. P .M Pn of bB Hua land m .g. te to Hd' d of Prawiaui.». farmer, Md^h.^”*' 7 F° plfd b 7 German, might find frff
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  • 974 1728 [Riutbe Telegrams] Resignation of Andraisy. London, November 3. A telegram to Copenhagen from Vienna states that Count Andrassy has resigned the post of Foreign Minister. ANOTHER ABDICATION. Earl Going to SwitzerlandLondon, November 4. A cable from Copenhagen says that the Berliner Tageblatt's Vienna correspondent states that the
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  • 1474 1729 [Ruutus's Tblugbams.] Belgians Push Forward. London, Ncvsmbcr 3, geuter learns that the Belgians in the sector north of Ghent have advanced beyond Baisevelde and Sleydinge eight miles east of tbeDfl^ vfc^on Canal. Big Advance on the Meuse. London, November 3. The French and Americana west of the
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  • 325 1730 [Rihthu’s Tuliqbams.] LORD NORTHCLIFFE’B review. Pmm and After. London, November 4, 12.35 p.m. The first reasoned exposition hitherto published of the situation with which Europe will shortly be confronted and of some of the problems attendant on the long transition period from war to peace and thence to
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  • 266 1730 The enquiry into the circumstances attending the death of an eight-yesr old Chinese child named Tan Hoi was held to-day by Mr. S. H. Langston, as coroner. Neow See, the mother of the child, stated that on September 29 she was leading her child to the opposite
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  • 991 1730  -  (By Tom Wbioht Ernest Smooge was born in the early seventies, when the good Victoria was queen, when Sandford and Merton was a best seller, and no lady rode a bicycle. For the purposes of this character study, the first eighteen years of Ernest's life are as
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  • 181 1730 Latent Quotations. Tin (confined) is quoted hers to-day at 1149 25, business done, in Singapore (refined) at >l5O, business done* (200 tons sold.) A correspondent writes: Jelutong Tiling, mi J”*’ 1 m the «cene of a gathering of .best tw« J tbon..nd people. aembled from th. Tenon, diitnjt, country
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