The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 21 November 1912

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  • 15 321 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES fHURSDAY. NOVEMBER 21, 1912. No. i,32l
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  • 167 321 LEADERS. p AGE ioAjirds Ml Armistice 881 Before TehateMja 322 Sif bin HaiattSea and National 1 .lining 888 Turkeys Grip Failing 322 Germany and Tariff Reform 'A-> 3 Stress of the Campaign 323 POLICE AND COURT NEWS l'u e Assise* Malacca Cass 325,329,333 Knticing a married woman 330 Siaaaaas
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  • 135 321 Nov. '20 Tiu buyers $114.00 C.ambier 8 15 v.ambier Cube No. 1 1 450 •bier Cube Nc. 2 noir i ,oper Black ordin. Spore 20.1 2 I'epner, (White fair) buyers 34.00 nntmegs ttlC le the lb.) nom Xntmegs H0 to the lb.) nom Macs Banda) lle loves (Aiaboitta) QOm
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 74 321 On Paurday, Nov. 18th, t^> Mr. and Mrs. RONALh Rogers, of Puchor.g Estate, Pttaliug, a son. I At Cave.agh Villa, Singtpore, on N(»vember Utb, tbe wife of Mi. (IE jury Garsett H ESFALL of a daughter. I'rankkl.-Oo Nov. 18th, at Frankfort House," Lloyd Rd tbe wife of Mr. Julian
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    • 192 321 On IMb November, 191*2, at St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong by the Rev. Copley MoyTe, Rl< Hard Maxwell S"\KER of Shaughai to Mary Girsox Silry Rll KBRR of Singapore. Craig Stevenson. At St. Andrew's Church, Colombo, on the 1 1 tli inst., by the Rev. David Macinichael, Thomas Crmg, of
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    • 16 321 On November 11 th at 63, Upper Serangoon Road, Sin._; i pore. Arnold Charles Yei.ge.
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  • 69 321 (Corrected dp to Nov. 20.) Bank 4ms 8-4 13 33 demand 24 3-32 Private credits 3 m'_ 2-4 9-16 credits 6rn a 2-4 1 France demand Bank 2V4 Germany, demand '23 8f India, T. T. 174j Hongkong, demand Hf* Yokohama, demand 1134 Java, demand 14 0_ Bangkok, demaud 65;
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  • 1111 321 Nov. 15. Although the attention of the British public must be necessarily absorbed by the details of the Parliamentary crisis produced by tbe defeat of the Government, that is m itself hut a small matter compared with the blood stained tragedy of the Balkan war. Nothing that
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  • Page 321 Advertisements
    • 151 321 Subscribers to the Singapore Free Press' 1 weekly retaining trom Baropeto the Btraita :i\ <<t the mail Hnes, are invited to send to the Manager the name of their steamer and r. of arrival Ln Singapore. Copies will then tiled to meet them at various ports of call. Subscribers ia
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    • 46 321 FREE FREE FREE RAI SAHIB Dr. K. C. DASS HEALTH REBTORER. A GUIDE TO HEALTH wealth and prosperity. It is a very useful book concerning tho daily life of young and old. Distributed gratis and post free. THE SWASTHYA SAHYA PHARMACY (DeptSli) 30/2, Harrison H«frd, Calcutta
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  • Page 321 Miscellaneous
    • 154 321 THE WEEK'S NEWS. The last mail from home arrived hy the 1\ A: O. "Devanha" with dates to Oct. 25, on I'tidiy, a homeward m"! was taken hy the "P. E. Frieifrich o.i Monday and this weekly goes by the I>. I. Taroba M to-day. At the Assizes the first
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  • 983 322 Nov. 10. From the last telegrams to hand, although there is no announcement that the negotiations Nazim Pasha was empowered to enter into with a view to an armistice have heen hroken off, the evidence of continuous lighting at the nock of the Constantinople Peninsula nullifies the hope
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  • 1257 322 Nov. IN. In Sir lan Hamilton we welcome a distinguished officer who has been entrusted with what some military opinions of weight consider to be the rather redundant oilice of InspectorGeneral of Overseas forces. As to that we express no view, although noting that
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  • 331 322 Turkey' s Grip Failing. Nov. HI. Notwithstanding the fact that uwa\ m the west of the Balkan Peninsula, m the Province of Monastir, where i reeks and Sei ians are searching the country westwards, and south of Mon tenegto, Skodra (or Scutari' still holds out and operations are being directed
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  • 766 323 Wednesday, Nov. 20, 1912. DARING ROBBERY. A most audacious robbery took place last Bight at the store of Yew Loong. jeweller, High Street. Twe men entered the store 'arriving m a motor car» and asked to be ihowa eartaia gems (reported to be worth some Hues thousand dollars.) Oe being
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  • 297 323 RnrniAL Yesterhav. A new jury was em panne! led yesterday m tbe case of Ahmat bin Mohamed Aris, who ii charged with murder by causing the death of Mr. F. 11. Bowen, an assis taut on the Bukit Ashan Estate, Malacca, by stabbing him with a knife
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  • 533 323 Smyrna. -A whole battalion of Ottoman troops was practically wiped out m an appalling accident at Kphesus station, ou the Aidan Railway. A troop train transporting a battalion of about O._o men became uncoupled trom the locomative m a tunnel between Azizis and Epheaiis ov
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  • 946 323 Malay Indicted on CAPITAL Cuabgb. The Supreme Court was crowded with Malays yesterday morning when Mohamed Effeudi was placed m tbe dock to answer to the charge of murder by causing the death of a small Malay boy named Mohamed on September 2S. The case was taken
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  • 773 323 This afternoon tbe S C.C. second eleven is dowu to play the Cnited Engineers. Tbe match perhaps hardly seems one to call for a special notice, but it is interesting m many ways and more particularly because if the original ideas and selections bold good we shall see
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  • 92 323 Mr. K. K. Stubbs, the new Colonial Secretary for Ceylon, sails from Marseilles on January 17, and arrives m Colombo ou February Ist. A quiet wedding was solemni/ed at the Presbyterian Church, Northam Koad. Pc nang, tbe contracting parties being In spector R. Cladwell, of Pitt Street Station, and Mrs
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  • 660 324 Thursday, Nov. 21, 1012. MALAY MURDER CASE. Proceedings m Assi/.r COUUT. The hearing of the charge against Mohamed Etfendi of committing murder by causing the death of a Malay boy named Mohamed, by throwing him m the sea on Sept. 28, was resumed m the Supreme Court yesterday before the
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  • 152 324 Messrs. Guthrie and Co. inform us they have received cable advice from the Secretaries that the annual general meeting of the Company will be held on 26th inst., when the Directors will recommend payment of a final dividend of 7i per cent making 22 _> per
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  • 51 324 Messrs. Guthrie and Co. have received advice from London, by cable, that the Directors of Kornhok (F.M.S.) Rubber Co., Ltd., have declared au interim dividend of ld. (one penny) per share on the fully paid shares and sd. per share on the partly paid shares of the
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  • Correspondence.
    • 1003 324 To the Editor. Dear Sir, We live m stirring times Wars and rumours of wars are on all sides, aud almost at any hour we might, only too easily, find the British Empire drawn into a struggle which would be none of her seeking. There
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  • 546 324 Use op The Knife at Teluk Blangah. A preliminary enquiry was opened hy Mr. E. L. Talma, second magistrate, yesterday, into a charge of murder brought against two Tamils giving the names of Avana Variamutu aud Seena Kavena Variamutu. They were alleged to have fatally stabbed a
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  • 136 324 Judgment for the Company. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Nov. 20. The case m which Mr. V. D. Parsons, formerly m the service of the Telegraph Co. and now a planter m Sumatra, sues for §2,982 under an agreement, was continued before Mr. Justice Thornton at Penang
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  • 21 324 The engagement is announced of Mr. A. R. Lowe (of Messrs. Lowe, Bingham and Matthews) to Miss Cecil Evans, of Shanghai.
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  • 349 324 Mr H. Cobb, of Singapore, m connection with the death of the late eminent Savoyard, Mr Richard Temple, sends a f,. more particulars of the deceased. who w his first cousin, and was also of tbe name Cobb. Mr Cobb assumed the name of Tempi
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  • 324 324 The 6ixth annual dinuer of the Association of Past and Present Buffs was held at the Victoria Station Restaurant, London, on the ;trd October, when a company nuni bering nearly 100 sat down. Many old friendships formed during military service m the regiment were renewed, another link forged
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  • 38 324 Mr Justice Sproule comes to Singapore by the German mail for four months to art as judge, primarily at the sitting of the Court of Appeal. The hon'ble A. R. Adams officiates SS Solicitor General.
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  • 59 324 The interport cricket match between Hongkong and Shanghai, at the H.K.C.C., fizzled out m disappointing fashion. Shanghai's remaining three wickets fell m the course of six overs and a ball for the addition of only sixteen runs, and the day's play was confined to the brief period of seventeen minutes.
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  • 1698 325 Thk si.v „htki< ok thk Inno'Tnt. No Tuan, said Ali, M neV er shoot a monkey. Who knows but that after death it may be my fate to take upon myself the form of an ape. even as some evil doers stalk the jungle m the forms of
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  • 967 325 "Mabel!" 'Yes, dear; oue moment. I want to see if this colour will Listen, Mabel. Put down that stuff, can't you. and "Oh, 1 really can't do that, Herbert. I've just got hold of an idea "So have I. That's what I want to tell you
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  • 117 325 A serious accident happened m High Street on Thursday owing to the collapse of a wall between two shops iv course of erection. The wall was about twenty Jive feet high and simply crumpled up. Six men engaged on the building were afterwards dug out by
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  • 101 325 In view of the extra expense involved m the working of lode propositions and owing to the fact that this Syndicate is doing work which is considered of value m the neighbourhood of its mine, the Acting British Resident, with the approval of the Chief Secretary, has agreed
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  • 528 325 KXTI.< TATIONS CVRKALISKD. The lirst annual general meeting of the above Company was held yesterday at noon at tbe offices of the secretaries, Messrs. Down and Co.. when tbere were present Mr. M. Meyer iv the chair, Messrs. Yeow Ngan Pan, Goh Khek Phian, Ching Seng Hiang.
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  • 240 325 Death oi a Prisonkh. Before tbe Chief Justice, Sir William Hyudman Jones. When the case m which Henry Van Schreveu and Anang bin Mohamed Ali were charged with forgery for the purpose of cheating arid abetment of forgery was resumed yesterday morning, Mr. C. I. j Carver said
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  • 33 325 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Nov. 15. At the auctions today the following prices were realised. Sheet No. 1 $207.30 Sheet No. 2 203.80 Scrap crepe 167 Bark crepe 165
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  • 777 326 Mr. T. Elizalde. one of the most promi nent members of the Spanish business j community of Manila, died on Oct. 21. A man engaged m looking after rubber trees m Negri Sembilan was attacked by a boar and killed. It is reported that the boar
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  • 1915 326 Chances tor Future Loans. Stem out trwn *.«>' '"sj'oniient.% Peking, Oct. 29. The outstandiug indebtedness for the Boxer ludemnity and War loans upon December 81, 1912. (assuming that overdue payments of iuterest aud principal are met m the interval) is nearly M 154,000, 000. This figure, however,
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  • 370 326 NO PORT FOR LUMUT. (From Our Own Corresjumdctd.) Kuala Lumpor. Nov. 14. At today's meeting of the Ftderal Council Mr Griffiths urged the construction of a railway to Bawang coalfields aud the desirability of suggesting to tbe railway authorities that rates be revised m such a way tbat
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  • 60 326 Mortality returns for the week ending October 9th show a total number of ISS deaths, or 31.03 por mille of population. There were SS deaths from malaria and 1 S from fever not specified, 22 from dysentery. 29 from beri beri, and 28 from phthisis. 197 were male
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  • 117 326 Two Chinese traders who have been ire quently before the first magistral.' for causing obstructions m Ord Street by plac ing buffalo hides out to dry m the roadw.n and fivefootway were yesterday fined the maximum penalty, $..<), and costs. Ons sf the defendants was fined a further *:_5 for
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  • 675 327 Saturday, No v 16, 1912. Mr. Rattles is leaving Kuala Lumpur on a round trip to Sumatra. Mr. P. B. Ford is leaving Kuala Lumpur for a short trip home. Nawara Kliya seems much m favour just vow. Messrs. Graham and Bell of the F. M S. are off there
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  • 146 327 For the first time, we read, the Turkish soldier is going to war without the fez. Mahmud 11.. when he changed the uniform of his army, tried to introduce the shako, but tbe opposition of the soldiers was too strung for him. The fez is certainly a poor covering for
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  • 3005 327 Ordinu.y Mnaruco, Pbidst Nov. 15th. PI.ESENi. 11. E. The Govt., Sir Arthur Young, K.C.M.G. 11. E Maj. Genl. Stephenson, 0.0.c. Tbe Hon. tbe Attorney General T. de M. L. Braddell. Col. Secretary. A. T. Bryant. Col. Treasurer, J. O. Anthonisz. Col. Engineer. F. J. Piggott. L. H. Clayton,
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  • 211 328 The market during the past week has been quiet and prices m Sterling Rubbers are slightly better after small changes. Local Rubbers maintain their prices although the actual business passing is small. There has been a moderate amount of investment m Industrials and Tin Shares continue m
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  • 188 328 THE CHILDREN' S CONCERT. ""ic fourth Children's Concert of the year came off yesterday afternoon at the Victoria Memorial Hall, when au enjoyable programme was presented for the pleasure and musical instruction of the little ones. The band of the Buffs, under Mr. C. B. Hewitt, gave a nicely varied
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  • 771 328 S. R. E. V. INSPECTION. AND SMOKEK. The annual inspection of the S.R.E. (V). took place at the Drill Hall, Beach Koad, on Saturday afternoon. There was a good muster of the unit under the command of Capt. A. M. Thompson, Lieut, K. J. Blair and
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  • 4744 328 THE CAUSES OF THE TROUBLE. UNANTICIPATED MUD PRESSURE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 22. The hearing of the action brought by the firm of John Aird and Co. against the Tanjong Pagar Dock Board was opened on October 22 m the King's Bench Division before Mr.
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  • 703 329 A HYLAM SacuaiTY Case. The Chief Justice, Sir William Hyaamaa Jones, and a common jury were engiged at the Assizes agaiu yesterday with th case iv which a ll y lam coffeeshop keeper named Ho Koon Tin was charged with destro\ing a valuable security, a promis sory note
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  • 61 329 So pressing is the need of threshermen m Cauada that farmers are reported to be going to Winnipeg and guaranteeing fines of men m gaol for petty offences if they will go out and work m the field. The authorities are agreeable, as the central police station is overcrowded, and
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  • 792 330 Tuesday, Nov. 19, 1912. GENL. SIR TAN HAMILTON ARRIVES. Genl. Sir lan Hamilton, Inspector General of Overseas Forces, and his staff arrived j from Hongkong by the P. and O. intermediate steamer Nyan/.a at H. 30 p.m. on Sunday. The Inspector General of Forces landed at Johnston's Pier yesterday morning
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  • 945 330 PERSONALITIES AND PAYMENTS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 24. Mr. Justice Parker who is hearing the great Singapore dock case is a tall spare man of dry ways and quiet demeanour. He knows his business thoroughly and his verdict, whatever it is, will carry conviction
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  • 234 330 Enticing away a Marhied Woman. Judgment was given by Mr. Firmstone at the Police Court yesterday m a case m which one Surairn Singh, Sikh Police Corporal from Kelantan, was. charged with having enticed away a Sikh woman by the name of Bersant Kher from Northern India and
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  • 140 330 The following properties were disposed of by auction by Messrs Cuing Keng Lee and Co. at their sale-room yesterday afternoon. 999 years leasehold land and house No. 81 Phillip Street, area 1,568 sq. ft. Quit rent $:>. Monthly rent |90. Bought by J. 11. Ellis for $19,000. 999
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  • 63 330 Iv the second round of the Dr. Yin Shield, the White Star Club's Ist eleven met the Sun Rays Football Club before a large crowd, on the Police ground, on Saturday last. The game was a very fast one and ended m victory for the White Star
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  • 284 330 Mrs. Travels has returned to Kuala Lumpur from England. Chief Detective Inspector Nolan, who has done very good work m Singapore, leaves for Malacca on Thursday to organize the detective department there. A military wedding took place m St. Mary Abbot's Church, Kensington, on 16th ult., when Major Reginald H.
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  • 696 330 Opening of New < i.m. K From Our Own C^erfespeaeVal.) On Saturday afternoon the New Club m Malacca was formally declared open by Mr. L. E. P. Wolferstan, Resident. After a group photograph of the com pan present had been taken Mr. Wolferstan m a short speech detailed
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  • 60 330 Tbe following was the result of November Medal Competitions: Mens. Ten cards were taken ou'. Lauces. Mrs. Donnet 63 10 55 1 ie Mrs. Cook Yarborough 67 12 55 Four cards were taken out. Lieut A. Creery 79 (> IS Lieut. < 01. I. T. OWMtI 1")
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  • 37 330 Mr. R. G. Watson, c.M.0., British Kesi dent of Perak, arrived at Penang ou Thurs day by the P. and O. Devanha and wen; on to Taiping where he took over charge from Mr. Hume on Saturday.
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  • 580 331 The CaatfteM Cup was run at Melkanrne ea Oct. lorh resultiug m a win for Mr W-. Reid's Uncle Sam. ridden by G Lambert. Mr E J. ravens Lady Medallit 111 ConnelP b n,g second, and Mr S. P. Mickay's R ,y.il Scotch LM'Lachlan) third We lake
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  • 393 331 A private wire received by Messrs. Logan and Ross, one of the legal firms who represented the Chinese m what was known as the Tin Cases, says that the appeal of the plaintiffs to the Privy CounCll against the judgment of the Full Court of Appeal
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  • 421 331 Lr Chi Ye m Singapore. Singapore, October 15.— Among the arrivals by the Hitachi Maru." on Monday, from Japan and China, was Mr Lv Chi Ye, formerly Assistant Commissioner of Justice to the Provisional Government of China, and chief assistant to Wu Tiang Fang. Mr Khoo
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  • 529 331 Chinese Press Angbv. The China Press Special Correspondent writes thus on Peking, October 25 In Chinese circles the one topic of conversation and com ment during the past week has been Russia's latest move m Mongolia. When, a few days before the announcement of Russia's recognition of
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  • 567 331 Shanghai v. Hongkong. This match took place at Hongkong on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week and was to be continued on Thursday, the result being a certain defeat for Shanghai, possibly by an inning-;. Hongkong batted first, and made the fine score of 417, everybody save one
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  • 30 331 Sir West Ridgeway was m the chair on Oct. 24th at the dinner which the Ceylon men m London gave to Sir Hugh and Lady Clifford at the Ritz Hotel.
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  • 422 331 The Balkan L'AMFAIQai m Colours. Great as are the possibilities of excitement m the life of a war correspondent, they fall far short of those which present themselves to a cinematograph operator at the front. The former may be able to obtain good copy many miles from the
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  • 345 331 There is one thing m which the Panama Canal will have the pull over the Suez ditch it will be able to boast about its scenery. The Rt. Hon. Mr James Bryce, the British Ambassador at Washington, was recently at Panama and went
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  • 100 331 Dr. and Mrs. McGregor leave for England by the P. and 0. Xyanza." Rear-Admiral Chagin, commander of the Tsar's yacht Standard, has committed suicide. Rumour connects his death with the accident to the Tsarevitch, who it was said, received his injury on the Imperial yatch. Rear-Admiral Chagin, who was regarded
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  • 1290 332 The Federal Port Can it Be t From a Special Correspondent.) The question of Port Swettenham is not one merely for Selangor, important as it is for that State. Port Swettenham aud Telok Anson, Singapore aud Penang have a close connection with one another, and with the general
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  • 443 332 The llou. A. R. Adams presided at Penang at the postponed annual general meeting of the Temerloh Coconut and Rubber Estate, Ltd., the other gentlemen present being Messrs C. W. Burnett, W. 11. Thome, Isaac Pitt (Manager) and E. R. Henderson (representing the Secretaries). After the minutes of the
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  • Correspondence.
    • 283 332 BATTERY ROAD OBSTRUC TORS. To The Editor, Si^ The recent correspondence concerning the congested state of BatteryRoad, crowded up with private rikishas, has had an effect on the Police. This morning at noon, there were two Malay policemen on duty, one, with his martial cloak around him on point duty
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  • 277 332 His Excellency Sir Arthur Young and the member, of the Federal Council honoured the members of the Selangor Club by partaking of tiffin there. Council rose rather late for the mid day recess and it was nearly half- past one when Hi 6 Excellency entered with H.II.
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  • 180 332 THE WRECK OF THE DACRE CASTLE." Chief Officer's Tbaoic Death. A correspondent m Formosa sends to the "Japan Chronicle," news of the tragic death of the chief officer of the British steamer "Dacre Castle," which it will be remembered struck a submerged rock m Keelung harbour during the severe typhoon
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  • 69 332 The committee of the local auxiliary of the Y.W.CA. has received the good news from India that Miss Radford is to be appointed as general Secretary for Singapore, being transferred from Calcutta, where she has helped to build up a splendid work. Miss Radford paid a short visit to Singapore
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  • 313 332 M. EUGENE OSSIPOFF 'S CONCERT. Last night at the Teutonia Club an m.i n teresting concert, to a large SBSsaS of Russian music, was given by Mr. Eugene OssipoiT, the well known baritone of the Grand Opera at Moscow. Mr. <k. bas been heard here before and it remains to
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  • 154 332 Lawsuit Settled. We are informed that m the lawsuit m London brought by the Association of Diamond Merchants, Ltd.. London, agaiust Lloyds, London, for the recovery of au amount due as insurance on a pearl neck lace sent by the former company to the Queen of
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  • 91 332 We are informed by Mr. Marriott, private secretary to EL E. the Governor that the Hon'ble T. de M. Braddell, Attorney General, Straits Settlements, has been offered aud has accepted the appointment of Cbief Judicial Commissioner, Federated Malay States. His many friends will congrata late Mr.
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  • 1333 332 The 'Malaysia Message" regrets to learn that the Rev. J. R. Deuyes, who is now on furlough m America, has been very ill. and that Mrs. Derives bus been to hospital for a serious operation. Both were nu proving by last advices, and \v»- traal that tbey will speedily be
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  • 1408 333 Nov. 20. How far the present Radical Government is near its final fall would be bard to say, when it holds clasped to its bosom a majority of over a hundred Parliamentary odds-and-ends whose common denominator, if thoy have no other, is that they are beneficiaries
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  • 1511 333 Nov. 21. Tn reference to what is taking plane during that infinitely tragical struggle m front of, perhaps sometimes among, the successive chains of entronchements and protected artillery positions that constitute the great Tchataldja lines, the outer world is baffled m its efforts to arrive at
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  • 27 334 A telegram to the X. C. Daily Xews dated the Bth inst. says Sir Francis Piggott is dangerously ill from peritonitis, following upon his operation for appendicitis.
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  • 971 334 Manager's Report for Four Wkeks Ending NOVEMBBB 2nd, 1912. Gentlemen,— l beg to submit my Monthly Report on your Mining and Milling Operations. The "Mine Measurements and Assay Results shows a total of 194 ft., made up as follovrs _Siuking 42 ft., Driving
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  • 169 334 The ease iv which Tan Ah _len| Chinese compositor employed, by Methodist Pnhlishi: House. i« eh;. with theft as a servant of type valui fifty cents, was to have some beaste Mr. Humphrey's, third magistrate. hut the accused was absent. His bailor, b Chfnan_an, laid I gone
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  • 253 334 Poll tax Resisted. The 'Malay Mail," Sumatra cones pondent. writing from Medan on S 13th, says A very ugly revolt has broken amongst the Chinese residents m vWstrn* Borneo 'hutch 1 This is the time of tl year when the poll-tax 'belaying* Is heing; amassed by
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  • 50 334 At the British Consulate. Shanghai. SB the Bth, before SirEverard Krasse, X < MM Consul-deneral, aud m the afternoon at Holy Trinity Cathedral, bf tin Dunn, Hff E. C. Kmmett, of Messrs. dardine. Matbe son and Co., was married to Miss Lydia Mary Fitter, who arrived iv Shanghai by the
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  • Page 334 Advertisements
    • 127 334 PROPERTY SALES. The following Singapore propertt. disposed of by auction at Mtssi- towel! and Co.'s sale room yesterd ;y noon Freehold land and four ho us. K< 187,189,191 and 199 Sirangoon lioad. aivi 19,415 innate feet, total monthly rental •MOO. Syed ONaar Alsagoll MO. lOO. Leasehold land and house No.
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  • 3974 335 [By Submarine Cable]. "KI'IKKS SEKVICh. London, Xov. I.C -A vigorous Fnionist campaign has begun m London this week. The speakers last night included Lord Melbourne, Sir Walter Long. Mr. Austin Chamberlain, Sir Edward Carson, Mr. Cieorge YVyndham. Mr. F. E. Smith, and Lcrd Charles Beresford. They all dwelt on
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  • 201 336 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 14. The following dividends have beeu declared. Anglo-Straits Trust, 0 per cent. Edinburgh, 10 Anglo Sumatra, 15 Anglo Malay, 15 llarpendeu has made a forward sale of two tons of smoked sheet mouthly at 4 4f. The Auglo Asiatic Trust is
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  • 503 336 THE MALAYAN WARSHIP. Loudon, November 13. Malaya's offer of a Dreadnought has excited the warmest interest throughout Britain and the deepest appreciation of all classes. The newspapers enthusiastically acclaim it as a striking new testimony to the vitality of the Kmpire. The House of Commons greeted the formal
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  • 1302 336 Cap. UaUR. Paiu Labt I>iv bcykk- mm+mm. 85.000 2a 2s AMatfM ?J Jj* 150,000 2s 2e Vnglo-Ma.uv 14% »nt 14 9 15 9 50.000 2e 2s Batons MaSakb If 30 000 1 I Uatu Caves *M int JIIN I 14 5 o 80,000 1 1 Batu Tiga (Selautfwr. I
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