The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 17 October 1912

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  • 15 241 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES fHURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1912, No. 1,316
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  • 170 241 LEADERS. PAGE The Position in tbe li:ilkuiis 241 The Montenegrin Advance 241 I loiij»koTif* Finance 2 4 '2 limitation on the Brink 242 War DoefcM on 242 l)r. Morrison and China 24:> <ireece, Crete and tbe Powers 24:$ j Tin key's War Dispositions 348 POLICE AND COURT NEWS. Malay
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 65 241 On the 10th iu>t, in London, the wife of Dr. Norman Black, of Twin sons. On the 14th instant, in Ipoh, the wife of T. R\nsomk Toby, Es< t of a daughter. Lamb. At the Maternity Hospital, Sin^a |K)re, on the 12th October, to Mr. and Mrs. .1. M.
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    • 58 241 OaRVSB Law. On the 17th September, at the Parish Church, Breamore, Hants by the Rev. 11. Latimer, Hector of the Parish, GilBRRT BQUARJR CAKVER of Singapore, eldest son t)f the late Thomas Oilberi Carver, k. c. Judge of the County Courts, to Mary Harriktte, second dau[,hter of Sir Archibald
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    • 73 241 At tbe General Hospital, Singapore, on Oct. IMb, W. Spknckr, Engineer \V. D. Vessel Moonstone." A^ed 35 years. TI'NNK Lll'i E. On Sept. 9, at B lrgess Hill, Sussex, Harold Tunnicliffe. youn^tst son of the late Ralph TnuuiclitTe, of Leigh, Lancashire, ■ged :»6 years. Wifkratne. On October llth, MARIE
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  • 66 241 (Corrected up to Oct. 16J Bank 4 ra's 2-4 < demand 24 s Private credits 3 m's 2-4 916 credits 6m e 2-4^ Franxe demand Bank 294 Germany, demand 238* India, T. T. H«f Hongkong, demand lOwYokohama, demand 114 i Java, demand l 4^ Bangkok, demand 64f Sovereigns, Bank
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  • 138 241 Oct. 16 Tin 1 "2 5 tons sold $11 2.62 i Gambier 9 n0 Gambier Cube No. 1 14.50 Gambier Cube No. 2 norr Pepper Black ordin. Spore... 20 50 Pepper, (White fair) 34.50 Nutmegs (110 to the lb.) nom Nutmegs (80 to the lb.) nom Mace (Banda) llt
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  • 864 241 l-r»- nri''iot T^ijth r ion-, p»»-rcpts draw. Oct. 11. I'p to last night the political position in tbe Balkans was that Bulgaria and Servia, acting in diplomatic concert hail held in aheyance their replies to the representations of the Powers for the maintenance of peace,
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  • 242 241 Just at this moment of writing another telegram arrived confirming the theory that the main Montenegrin advance was on Scutari. Parallel with the Adriatic coast at this point there is an inland lake ahout nine miles from the sea, twenty-five miles long and four to five miles
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  • Page 241 Advertisements
    • 238 241 Snbseribers to tbc ''Singapore Free Press* iv nturnin_; fronn Europe lo the Straits i>\ an\ of the mail ttaes, aic invited to send to IIM Manager the name of their steamer and of arrival in Sm^ajM»re. (oj»ies will then bfl mailed to meet tlu in at various |K)its of call.
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  • Page 241 Miscellaneous
    • 145 241 THE WEEKS NEWS. The I>. 1. Teesta arrived ou Saturday last with mails up to Sept. 20. This weekly leaves by P. and (>. "China" to-morrow morning. A full account of the three days Autumn liace Meeting appears in this issue, to*4fSPr with notes on tlie mcing. The new Mossageries
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  • 1070 242 Oct. \'l By yesterday's mail the Hongkong Budget Speech is to band, and it is satisfactory to notice that on the first occasion when Sir HENRY MAY has hart the task of presenting the annual financial statement of thai Colony he is enabled to point to the maintenance
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  • 1098 242 Oct. II Dp to yesterday evening the general situation in the Balkans was that while the localised fighting to the south of Montenegro was heing carried on with a certain degree of vigour by the Montenegrin troops, there had heen no change in the state of
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  • 345 242 Oct. 16 The die is cast in tJio Balkan*, \ftei a protracted oonsideratioa of the nrgml representations of Austria and Elussu for the preservation of peace Servui has notified these Power- that H Ii nnahJT to Comply With their desire, or. the ground that the Anal co-Russian
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  • 1167 243 Uiing at SflJ rat j that Dr. MoßiM^oN has done for China during his brief >ta> in England has heon, by tlie ceasplete sincerity of his own convie- -()')<. to Impart to Britain and to the world .1 v«t\ considerable degree oicontdeuee in the future of
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  • 1241 243 Oct. 10. While the outbreak of general hostilities between Turkey and the other Balkan States is a deplorable thing not the less deplorable in that it had to come in some form some day there is one phase of the troubles that will perhaps come
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  • 1217 243 Oct. 17. Those who expect to see as a result of the extreme tension in the Balkans, accompanied with accounts of scattered fighting on the Servian and Bulgarian frontiers, an immediate development of big movements and immense sanguinary encounters, go quite too fast and too far in
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  • 227 244 The big hall was not nearly big enough to accommodate the crowds of people who, being either members or friends of the V.M.C.A., turned out to enjoy the programme of songs, recitations, and instrumental pieces that was provided for them on Tuesday night. Mr.
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  • 1744 244 The race meeting just over will possibly turn out to be a critical one in the sense that from general indications it seems to argue that there is a spirit at work which may in a short time effect very radical changes in horse racing here. The case
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  • 178 244 We have been reading ol the wedding of an American negro at the age of 111. Curiously enough, although all civilised lands fix an age below which marriag. cannot legally be contracted, Itussia is th<only country where a miximum age limit is imposed. The Tsar's subjects cannot enter the bonds
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  • 2661 253 Wednesday. Oct. 16, 1912. JOHORE PLANTERS ASSOCIATION. An extraordinary general meeting was held at the Johore Hotel on Sunday. Present. His Highness The Sultan. President; Mr E. I>. Bryce (in the Chair 1 A. L, Buyers, J. A. Brown. L>. C. Oakley, A Vesterdal, H. L. Coghlan, Committee: Neil MacKinnon,
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  • 112 253 The following lots were disposed of by auction at Messrs. Powell and Cos sale room yesterday afternoon Seven freehold allotments fronting a reserve for road off Gaylang Road, area 13,930 square feet. G. A. Fernandez 1890. Five freehold allotments fronting a reserve for road off Gaylang
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  • 434 253 Chief Detective Inspector Nolan is under order to proceed from Singapore and esta blish a detective department at Malacca. Mr. Spence, chief engineer of the War Department vessel "Moonstone" died in tha General Hospital at 3 a.m. yesterday, and was buried at Bidadari in the afternoon. The Rev. \V. Cross,
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  • 916 254 A Cmitled \nd Starving; Coolii:. Gerriz William de Doeve, master of the Dutch oil steamer Nerite was before Mr. If. W. Firmstone, in the District Criminal Court, yesterday morning, on a charge of voluntarily causing grievous hurt to a Cantouese coolie. Court Inspector Ambrose conducted the prosecution.
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  • 2882 254 Dutch Bank Sue Chitties. Ad action involving 1672,989.67 was commenced In the Supreme Court yesterday before Mr Justice Ebden. The plain tiffs were the Nederlandsche Haodel Maa tschappij of 1 and 2 Cecil Street, who sued K. M. C. A. L. Vengadasalam Chitty and R. If.
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  • 480 255 H iSii I'h.i im; in the China I.- »w Busnoess. Mr C. Birdi Crap, who baa negotiated d million loan with the Chinese i rnment, ii the founder and bead of known stock exchange linn of i B Crisp and Co. of 11, Throgmorton London. From the
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  • 146 255 TW Methodist Publishing House seud a book, which is very well got up, as a *><xm to lovrists." There is a short his •iy of siu^ipon'. places of interest, rail •aj tables, exchange tables (useless in th«.se days \vh*«n *1 equals 2s 4d and >60 "l".« I
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  • 3038 255 By Submarine Cable]. Recra't Service. Podgorit/a. the head quarters of tlie Montenegrin army, Oct. 9. After an artillery duel along the whole line, in 21 minutes the Turks were compelled to re tire from the first position on Mount Planinit/a. and by noon the whole moun tain was evacuated.
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  • 361 256 Before Mr. E. L. Talma, second magistrate, yesterday, further evidence was given by detectives as to the movements of a Russian Jew named Sawadsky \utte, alias Newton, charged with living on the proceeds of prostitution. Detective Inspector Taylor conducted the prosecution. The evidence showed that the accused was
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  • 89 256 The Kev. A. F. Loney, harbour chaplain, Bombay, died with startling suddenness. He had been in the Seamen's Institute, in which he took a great interest. During the day he was advised to go home as he was looking so ill and took to his bed in the afternoon but
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  • 458 256 [From Our Oun Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpor, Oct. 10, 7-10 p.m. A washout on the Tanjong Malim section of the Railway line this morning ended in a culvert falling in between Segambut and Kepong. It was repaired about noon, when the Penang mail proceeded. Ah a result of the
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