The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 11 October 1917

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    15 226 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1917 No 1,576,
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    CONTENTS.
    152 226 LEADERS PAOR I Edl -:i;ii:jß the Public 225 tr.-tn. -i PtAOfl lailurea 2^5 bfl 111 lioo of (Jeueral Smuta 86 fprei Ridga 228 N rmtn Tactics 226 Phrata Making 226 [mperial ResouroM 227 N Diffl ulties 827 POLICE ;.ND COURT fci.WS. Milk Proi«oatioai 228 Bl s ciety 2^9 Tb*i
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    148 226 nubhcribera to the "HiDga|M>re Free Press* 1 klj returniDg rrom Buropeto the Straits tiy of tlu- mail lines, are Invited to send to Manager the name of their steamer and date of arrival In Singapore. Copies will then i) mailed to mccl them al various poits of oall. Sub ribera
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    EXCHANGE.
    24 226 Oct 10 I 4 I 2l| I 4* it 4 27-81' Bartl 81R 19§% Vr^tr llbj > 'BiJ f.bi s 18.14 -to 5% 45j <.
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    Domestic Occurrence. BIRTHS.
    125 226 Domestic Occurrence. BIRTHS. YUBLAVD Oa tho 2nd October, at the European i»oHpital, Kua«a Lumpur, to Mr. ad Mrs Archie Vlieland, a daughter. Wa d.— On Hept. 2-ith at the Residency Kuching rtu&wak the wife of tho Hon' le Mr. A. B. Wahd, Sarawak Civil Service, a son. Gattky.— On the
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    PRODUCE
    120 226 Oct. 10. Tin (125 tone) 5111.50 24 01 nrtlti .25 oi •W ik -pore 28 00 >&•!%) norn »da Dono 4% B] lOfc n'jru I tfftOOA, baU pot*] (I ill quality 1 )4 0 Si fc« m 50 pear? i« 13 o'j K'i z'* •< 6 00 6 00
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    Informing the Public. Oct 5.
    724 226 ■v X>rt:tfc Her f w*^^ ♦jn.*.. w- ».*j tad [<••» Ou many occasions the press has urged the necessity for greater publicity by governing authorities where their work affects the welfare of the people—a I greater taking of the peoplo into confi. dence than i
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    German Peace Failures.
    599 226 The attempt to utilise the Stockholm Conference as a method for so dividing the councils of the Entente as to hring ahout the possibility of a German poare, having failed lamentably from the Ger. man point of view— ihc*re is little donbt that a very energetic eodeayoor
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      211 226 THE W£hK a S NEWS. The last nail from Home arrived on Sept BOth, rvhb dalM to Aug 23rd. This weekly leaves to dvy but joins last week's mail ea route. The Awizef were continued thi6 week before the Chief Justice, Sir John Buck nill, X c, whan several cages
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    The Mission of General Smuts.
    854 226 Oct B. General SMUTS has been accorded a ratber peculiar, but utdoubtedly necessary, missiou, and that is the placing before the people of the real situation as regards the war. The need has arisen because the Nation has to a considerable extent reached a period
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    Ypres Ridge.
    891 226 Oct 8. The weekly advance of the British troops m the Yprea salient began during the early hours of Thursday morning and reached its objective? before noon—its geographical objectives, that is, which means another slice of enemy territory of about twelve square miles, the greater part m the
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    New German Tactics.
    448 226 There is one element of satisfaction that can bo derived from the latest development of the British Hack on the Ypres-Menin Ridges, anr] that j the succesa of the Rritish m«n j leaders m coping with the new Oorrrv defensive method. It will hav t! be noted
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    Phrase Making.
    536 226 Having pnt together an apt pbr^o, many people are content to beli6T6 t f iat all is well. Suoh an instance is the pft quoted "freedom of the sea*?'' which the Kaiser has helper! to bring into vogue, and the Pnpe has adopted with a variation that does
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    Imperial Resources.
    885 227 Oci 10. In brief official announcements made at Home, rarely telegraphed out here, there is to be found evidence that the prospect of British Trade and Develop ment abroad is receiving careful attention ab the hands of numerous com mittees and sub committees that have been formed to
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    Neutrals' Difficulties.
    770 227 Oct 11. The position of neutral nations, vis a vis the Great War ia not growing any easier, this being shown by the increas ing number of Governments throwirg m their lot with the Entente, not cf their own free will m moat oases, but because of the
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    54 227 Mrt Danube*. Ibf nt-w Pnncip 1 of St Gtoorge'i GirU 1 S?hvj.. arrived In Penang uom Singapore* or M «w<l»y. His M.jf-ety ?he Kn g of Siam has given his sanction to the Hnrbour Departmrnt to riise tho ttoAatblp D»j?raai, which f. undered at the Koh Pbra quarantine anchorage about
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    IN ADVANCE OF THE MAIL.
    777 227 (From Australian Papers.) Austrians Outgeneralled. Rome, September 4th. The Corriere lella Serra" 6aye M Several thousands of iuetrians concealed m the caverns on the uarso Plateau were instructed to remain until the Italians reached the third and fourth Austrian lines and then to emerge and
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    111 227 Major W M L D v.er bai retained from leave and is procaedn g to Malacca wbete he will be Chief Police Oiiicer. Mi V Q s :vi, who ia ufc prciant acting iv that capacity, will probh n turn 10 i. i.-iu^. The frerhold laud uuj compound \.< \i*e
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    THE WEEK'S WARRING.
    1152 228 E[The dates given are those of the telegrams from London.] Oct 9. Ten killed and 88 injured m last night's air raid. British raids on military points m Belgium continue. Fifteen eDeray aeroplanes destroyed m raid on Sfc Denis Wesfrem ee.odrome on Sept 30. Aeroplane of unknown
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    BARLOWS PRODUCE REPORT.
    164 228 BUBBEB. Singapore, Oct 10. For the usual weekly auctions which commenced to-day, some 1,246 tons were catalogued for sale. Tb« tone of the market was quiet, and demand can only be described ac fair. Afc the outsat, bidding was How, bat improved slightly as the Bales progressed.
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    96 228 On Tuetdav Oot 2 m Stem, In the v.c.mty of Nontaburi, lar«, aun ch called the RupU had .topped Jn order to have coma attention paid to her DJMhill cry. when, sudden.y, th« a v a3 a bIR explos.on, and th. boiler, w,-i a bio« about two tons, waa hurled
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    QUESTIONS IN PARLIAMENT.
    919 228 Machine Gun Corps Equipment. Captaia Beanett-Goldney as-k«d the Minister of Munitions if h? will take the nece^ary step* t > put; a stop to the waste f public money as well as metal »od 1 ibouc In fat* conticn, promotion of tLa met.d clips an 1 cotton
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    MILK PROSECUTION.
    170 228 The remanded c««e V P Oart ner. who wa. Oh el S.n.tary In.pecfo, SJ£tr Langhatn Carter. n Dr Glennie, Municipal fj i w?g present iv coart. Mr Upcott, (of D edfer the prosecution, and Mr was for the defendant! B a«enbar| la the course of a length, jad«
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    THE DRUG HABIT.
    202 228 Let us hope that m banishing opium from the country China has not raierd a greater evil m the morphine habit, to which our friend Dr Tuck druwa attention m a recent issue of the Lancet, and which iB referred to editorially m this issue. Compared with
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    233 228 Mr J Bond, of Messrs Evatfc k Co pore, arrived m Penan*? on Monday, on transfer to the branch there. The Ceylon Legislature have under consideration a bill to Suppre^j [nteri with suitors m Courts of Justice. That sounds Useful. The Jonff pending litigation arising oufc of the suit of
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    UNLAWFUL SOCIETY.
    213 229 the case m which 7fi R Lw ln m« a meetins of an uu!, w^l Jo'ietv and vtry fy off From tao flnt floor window MeA »«»o hold the doot. Bawral n the ftook room which wa 8 very hud lugoldlnme. Kood Cblneae nnd Cno] h picta Mi
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    F. M. s. War LOANS TRUST.
    369 229 Tho following nre tbe particulars of sub^ctiptiona to 30th Sepl 1917. It is reported from Warsaw that the grr.at Poniaioviki Bridge, which before the war w. t3 buiit by tuo Rutsiana at a COit of £1 ('OO,OOO, has been destroyed by firu, probably oinMd
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    AMONG THE "DINKUM" ANZACS.
    1165 229 AMONG THE "DINKUM" ANZACS. To b« id Palestine, actually m the Holy Land, m the wondeiful old Bible land of Childhood duys, and to receive these new. of tb i Australian Hoi-Mand m a p,per from Sirgipore— well hat i 3 one of the minor marvels that this r has
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    MOHAMEDAN WEDDING IN KUALA LUMPUR.
    236 229 At the residence of Tuan Syed S Al«a« Jff. Victoria Villa, 258 a, Batu Road, kuala Lumpur, afc Io.CO ou Sunday morning the marriage wag celebrated bet ween Tuan Shariffa Vi/ayah (eldest dau*hter of Tnan Syed S AlsagoffJ and Tumi Syed Mohaimd Alsagoff (only son
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    PROPERTY SALE.
    123 229 The following p-opnrties were disposed of by auction by Metiri Chiug Keng Loe and Co afc their sale room on Monday afternoon Three pieces of freehold land at Bukit Timfth, nrfa (,824 eg ft. Bought by < A B A Altway afc 61 eta per eg ft for
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    250 229 I Commander Hubert de has been awarded the Distinguished Service Order I rescuing Qermam. He commanded a destroyer m action m which an enemy deetroyer wan imik Ho ineeeeded m *-^ii.g er,ven of ihe crew while ucder baavj fira from shore batteries, aod three euemy seaplanes hover* og overhead. Officer!
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    AMERICA'S HELP IN THE AIR.
    792 229 What 1918 Will See. Only very gradually, and through a process of instruction hardly to be ignored, is the British public beginning to reahee the part which will be played by aviation m this and m future wars. The chief teachers co far, have been
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    94 229 Ac-ordm* to v German report permitMon !,ug been Riven the tant- o| Finland to eat down 7,000 trees m >rdpr to m*ke bread. Tins it no v p at for Finland as during |jm*i of fitifraa find famine bread bai frqa-ut! 5 t^> be mud, from both p-.i^-hnrk an.J OOI|
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    Friday, October 5, 1917.
    858 230 Lieut A H Barnes, h n r, formerly master of the Straits Steam Ship Co, has won the DS O fc>r meritorious work m mine sweeping. Twenty six merchantmen, each exceeding 1.000 tnr.a. aggregating 109,621 tons were launch .d at various shipbuilding yards m Japan during
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    THE ASSIZES.
    311 230 At the Assizes yesterday, before the Chief Justice (Sir John Bucknill, k c,) the trial was concluded of Foong La\ a Macau, on charges of robbery and using a deadly weapon, and house trespass after preparation for causing hurt. He was found guilty, sentence being deferred until this
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    F. M. S. MEN AT THE FRONT.
    302 230 Mr A Reid Stuart, late of Biknm Estate, who, went Home iv 1915 and is no»v Lieutenant m tbe R F A, was badly wounded near Ypres on Aug 12th. His right arm and left leg were fractured and as tbe result of
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    231 230 Mr E L Talma is expected m Penang some tirae next week and will ba attached to the War T.ix Office. (S Echo.) Mr W 15 Hawkes. of the F M S Minea Department, has been appointed a Lieut enant m the Sappers and Miners, Indian Army. According to investigations
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    BARLOW'S PRODUCE REPORT.
    401 230 Rubber. Singapore, Oct 4. The quantity catalogued for the Auction this week, which commenced yesterday and finished this afternoon, amounting to some 1264 tons created a new record. The tone of the market was weak with only a few Buyers operating, and demand was poor. Prices all
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    GUTHRIE'S RUBBER REPORT.
    157 230 Singapore, Oct 4. The Weekly Rubber Auction opened yesierday with a very poor demand, the earlier sellers being able to dispose of but a very 6mall proportion of their offerings. Although some demand sprang up later, prices were appreciably below tuo6e of last week. The top price
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    300 230 It is understood, says the Daily Mail, that Messrs. Harland and Wolff, the great Belfast shipbuilding firm of which Lord Pirrie is the head, are interested iv a new wolfram smelting enierprisa which has acquired a large property with rich deposits of this valuable ore m Burma. The purchase price
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    THE MANPOWER QUESTION.
    218 230 The following communication hag been received from Hie Eiceliency the General Officer commanding and his issued with the authority of His Excellency the Govevernor. With reference to the urguct call for A" Class men for Military Service, the G9neral Officer Commanding notifies for public information that the
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    "OUR DAY" FUND 1917.
    143 230 OUR DAY" FUND 1917. Thn Committee acfcnowlet'^a with tbanke the following subscriptions to the above Fund Previously acknowledged $76 909.08 u JD 10 Anonymous Malacca 25 Hen Mr A M Pountney 150 R Crichton 250 Mr and Mrs G P Owen 800 J A Elms 600 Collected by Madame J
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    PROPERTY SALES.
    322 230 Tha undermentioned propertic3 were sold by auction at the saleroom of The Commercial Rubber Company on Wudues day afternoon A rubber plantation situate cfl Tarnpenie Road, to the District of Teban, area 'J.\ Bcree 8 roods and 8 4 poles comprised m an indenture of lease No 782
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    Saturday, October 6, 1917.
    761 231 Mr C E Prentice, late of Kota Bahroe Estate, Perak, is now m an O T C. Mr F Neville Pigott has been appointed to act temporarily as Official Censor of Cinem Tbe total subscriptions to tbe Straits Settlements ft per cent war loan up to
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    SHORTAGE OF SUBSIDIARY COINAGE.
    168 231 The following appeared m n Gazette Extraordinary yesterday. Notioe is hereby given that m view of the prudent shortag3 of rabtt diary silver and cor per coins which is due to the fact that persons have not only been illegally taking tbrpo mm* from tbe Colony,
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    THE ASSIZES.
    358 231 At the Aesizca, yesterday, the Chief Justice (Sir John BuekDil), k c^ passed 6enteaco of threa years rigorous imprison raeDt on a Macuu Chinese named Fooug Lai, who had been convicted of robbery and using a deadly weapon, and houes trespabs after preparation for causing hurt. A Javanese
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    CRUELTY IN GERMAN GOLONIES.
    124 231 At the Harapstend Garden Suburb, Professor R irasey Mi.i. said that the m-;i'.» i at the end of the war had got to be not only a settlement for Europe, bu*i for !b« whole wjr'd. One of t.tf moil portuibicg features iv the oolooial ruth *aa
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    HEALTH OF THS ADEN TROOPS.
    118 231 Ifc is officially announced that returns of tbe health of the troops at Aden received up to July, 1917, gliow rather high r&tei of admission for the previous six months viz 60.01 per Mill, for British trocp3 and 30 6 for Judlau *ioop.- f but
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    44 231 With bread eolliog locally at eight cents tbe 8 Of loaf we ure actually payiag the oquivuleut if Is 6d for the earae amount c.f bread which ia now eclling m England for 9d. Potatoes vie also dearer here than at Home. (M M.)
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1502 231 Quicquid agunt homines nostri est farrago libelli Juvenal Generals have i:ot always 6ufficieut sympathy with Ibi trials of civi'vianp though m Ibest dayi nf wholesale r raiies thjire vLo irera Jutt civilians ion cc five j yeaiß ago &dJ nu,ii uo;? the right la wear i
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    THE "SEE-ADLER"
    93 231 German Raider Reported Sunk. New York, Aug 24th. The N«w York Evening World states that the British eteorrifcbip Harrington Head repotted that a B'iiifeb warship 6&nk ike Oerrnau tuider See A'jk;r m the Atluniic 1,000 tr.i'ta irom tbi« poet. The Sco Adlar W6nt down fighting, Some roerT.btra of
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    61 231 The annual general meeting of the Bangkok S: Andrew's Soelaftj Wc'.s held m Bangkok and waß presided over by Mi W A Graham. The bon secretary *»airl tbas J676 bad b «en Bent to the S ulor'e O'-phan Society of Scotland and it was sutucstei that the committee ehoulJ tcke
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    385 232 Control op Advertisement Hoardings, A epeciul meeting of the Municipal Commission wae held yesterday m the board 100 m, there being present Mr F J Hailifax (President Dr Y'eerasomy and Messrs A W Be*n, W A Sims, J A Ei.as, E Tessen-ohn, Set;t Tiong Wan, Taa Khoatn Hock,
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    S.L.R.A.
    53 232 Mrs O'dham won the October spoon, the following beiug the scenes 100 150 with h'cap Mr& O:db*m 25 23 67.38 1,, Thomas 29 88 67.24 •i Biooke 28 26 66.58 it Bjoty 30 30 66 55 n Lyflll 81 28 66 16 N Ferguson Davie 24 65.79 H MuglUton
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    32 232 An alteration to the Postal Rulee makes it perruUeible on paymeut of a fee to oaocel or reduce the amount collectable on a C O D packet, but not to increase it.
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    FRASER'S SHARE CIRCULAR
    329 232 Singapore, Oct 3. This week has exhibited no particular variations m either section of our market. Just a Bteady day by day businee is passing m rubbers except that orders of nny size are at times difficult to complete on the day of demand. Both im and
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    THE NATIONS HERALD
    2526 232 GENERAL SMUTS SURVEY [By Submarine Cable 1 [ftaitor'i B«rTi<»] London, Oct 4. General Smuts, speak ing at a luncheon given m the Connaught Roomc, tv the presidents of tbe Chi^b^r-i cf Commerce of the United Kingdom wad recriv d v ith enthusiasm. la tbe course of h
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    123 232 The R?v Donald J Rom, W Ai Preßbjttri.- Cl nrch, toft en Moi Medun, and trill ba nbaent from P for a fortnight, during which ho will cj duct several eervictH m Sumatra, including one m the Dutch Church at Mcdan. kindly lent to tba Bcottieh muoity for the occasion.
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    Monday, October 8, 1917.
    772 233 In the Our Day tennie match at Taipeng Spowers of Ipoh easily beat Threlfall of Penang. Lieut A. Dupuia Brown, m b v r, bna been seconded for duty at the War Office for the period of the war, m Mr Balfonr Nichol, Pon of Mr*
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    MERGUI RUBBER
    1162 233 REASONS FOR CONSERVATIVE DIVIDEND. Exchange and War Tax Calls. The Jmnual general mettir^ tf the Mergoi Rubber Estates was Leld v.m Satur day at lbs registered Offices, Ffrrb B*ck building it pi| |en| rg a E Baddeky (prebidicg) J A *ier and W A SimF, (director* C»pt J
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    SCBA 'OUR DAY."
    275 233 CHILDREN'S FETE. The children's fete, arranged under the auspices of the Straits Chinese British Association, took place on the Raffles Reclamation Ground on Saturday after noon and evening and the proceedings were favoured with exceedingly fine weather throughout. There were present Hia Excellency Sir Arthur Young and
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    PEEK'S JAVA PRODUCE REPORT.
    119 233 Batavia, Ocb 6. Rubber. This market has again weak ened and prices for both First Grades and Outputs are t\6 follows First Latex Crepe per ball kilo F. 1.86 Ribbed Snri' kid Short do 186 Outputs (75% Ftti-t*) do 1.30 Coffee. The Ooffefl Market shows no
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    171 233 The Hongkong Duly Press, which cele bratei its Diarnouii Jubilee on Monday, Ocfc l, marked tbe occasion by preeenting a ipecia] illustrated supplement fu:e to every parcb uei of ibe papei un th .l day. The inpplement contained a number of articles describing the wonderful progress of the Colony during
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    TAIPING PLASTERS MEET.
    239 233 From Our Oxen Correnvond^ni Ip h Oel ft. At t:^C xa y ::r I. Afcotciatioa £'2netal meeting i: wid lot ir*ted that test ciB«* h d bee j institute 1 m rccpscl of Govrn i claim? for rec very of cost of reuiovti* t f lit on
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    S. R. C. TENNIS.
    103 233 Iq the championship challenge round W A Aeria beat E E Sauza by 6— 3, 6— 2, The full list of winners is. Championship. Winner W A Aeria. Runuer Up A E Coetho. A Singles. Winner, EE de Souzi owe 40. Runner Up W A Aeria,
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    154 233 The October monthly med3l was competed for on Saturday and Sunday and resulted m a win for W C Phippß, who returned the excellent net score of 72. Thirty cards were taken out aud the following were returned. The ball sweepstake was wen by F. R. Heron
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    313 233 Mr C Darby, who joined the Imperial Forces at Home and was sent to Singapore with the Middles-fix Battalion, having returned to the F M S, has been appointed to officiate ac Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, MS V R (II MJ The Calcutta Univertitj Committee st;«r,eF thit twelve but rfred gradual*
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    Tuesday, October 9, 1917.
    812 234 Marine officers are m great demand foe Americas merchant marine. Many cap tains of freighters are at present receiving as high as five thousand gold dollars a year. In connection with the plan to eend Chinese troops to th 9 European front, a I movement is
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    THE LATE Dr GILMORE ELLIS.
    361 234 We lF^ret to state that Dc William Gilmor* Ellis, P C M O of the Straits Settlements, and Member of the Legislative Council, died yesterday morning at 11 o'clock m the General Hospital. Dc El«i** went into Hospital on Tuesday last urni underwent a severe
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    PLANTERS CONFER.
    236 234 From Our Own Corrupondtni Ipoh, October d. Central Perak P A general meeting die cussed the quebticn of a sanatorium. Mr Latbam suggested Batu Feringhi. The Penang Chairman, Mr Ferguson, advocated aco operative echetne. They resolved to confer with delegates from other Perak associations with a view to
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    182 234 Thfj Chiaeee Government propoeps to prohibit the export of copper vrn well as of A cnmpaign is on foot m Yokohama for the establishment of a chemical laboratory to be placed at the disposal of manufac turerß. So successful have been tha efforts of German industry to mr*kf> the greatest
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    A CURIOUS CASE.
    1652 234 From Our Own Oorrajoncknl London, A«g 22. Oa Oct 12ih an nppeal, which is greatly iiitere*titfs the Cbiceee community m Bogiaod, is being hoard at, according to present arrangements, the County ot London Session*. Tberu ;ire many pointa m connection with It which need a certain amount
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    127 234 Lieutenant T W Clayton F F *>( F M S Civil Service to on aetW« m Mesopotamia. Ltool Clayton was AMI* fcant British Aav^r, Kolantao at t he joined the Army. Ho is a coucin o Mr L H Clnytcn Srcretn/y K>« Affairs, F M S. Seven Indian*, who h»d
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    SIAM TO DAY.
    1080 235 In an earlier article I have observed that most of the ehopa which line the y e w Koad are ownd by Chinese merbftotfi u( Q act a l 3D X the whole length tbe roud the number of Siamese shops i counted almost on the fingers
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    FRENCH CONSULAR TELEGRAMS.
    159 235 By Courtesy of the French Consulate. Paris October 6th. 6. 10 p.m. The deputy Turnuel has been arrested. Artillery was veiy active m tbe sector of Hurtebiee and on the tight bank of tbe Meuee. The Peruvian Government hae handed hie passports to the German Minister. The
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    SHOCK FOR BERLINERS.
    168 235 In reviewing ita activities during the spring, the Wurtemberg Provincial Potato Bureau has revealed some facts which have not only astounded Berlinere, but caused them no little anguish. The Bureau announces that daring the months of March and M-.y the potatoes which had been promised by Bavaria
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    209 235 -o— From Oct 12 to 18th, th 3 price of rabbet is fix'd at 2t» 8d for duty anil taxation m the FMS, per pikul for all grr.dea. Mra Kenneth Stevens, her friends will be glad to hear, arrived safely m Liverpool on Friday last, the journey thus having taken
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    Scottish Letter.
    1388 235 Scottish Supplies of Petroleum From O*r Own Correspondent Edinburgh, August 22. In connection wifch the Petroleum Pro* duction Bill introduced by the Government before the recess, a passage from Mr Churchill's speech introducing the Naval Estimates m 1918 may be recalled. Speaking as First Lord of the Admiralty,
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    HONGKONG'S LOTTERY.
    318 235 Governor's Fine Distiaction. The Governor ot Hongkong aay3 the Our Day drawing for War Bonds differs from that obnoxious metbod of gambling called a lottery It is not a lottery m the sen6e m which the term ie need it is a drawing of War Bonds Tempora rrr.ifactnr
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    Wednesday, October 10, 1917.
    821 236 The Hon Mr W C Michel] has assumed the Resident Councillorship of Penang. He was accorded a guard of honour of Sikh police. Mr W Peel and other officials received him on Victoria Jetty. Mies Shilling, who was the head mistrees of the Primary Department m
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    FUNERAL OF THE LATE Dr GILMORE ELLIS.
    1074 236 AN IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY. The funeral of tbe hon'ble Dr W Gilmore Ellis, P c M o, took place yesterday amid universal manifestations of sorrow and respect for the deceased. The first pan of the ceremony took place at St Andrew's Cathedral at 4
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    THE LATE Dr ELLIS: AN APPRECIATION.
    507 236 Atß<dadari, yesterday afternoon, amidst the impressive ceremonial of an official military funeral, the curtain was finally rung down on a life o f which nearly 30 years had b.en .pent m the Service of the Crown. Seldom perhapa could be found more Jho c
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    ROWING CLUB.
    162 236 The annual meeting of the Singapore pT C1 b Wa9 held laBfc eve °i"K i» the t f^ avilloD fo' Preeident 'the bon'ble Mr U W Darbishire) being m the ohalr. Ihe report and accounts, recently pubhsbed, were adopted, the hon blp Mr C VV Darbisbire was re-elected
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    OUR DAY.
    172 236 Madame Ounatilaka'i Recital. The nu lience which RathecvJ at the Victoria Theatre last nitfht for the tlocil tionary and mtiaieal reci^l given by Madama FJoreuce Gunatilafca, L L c showed de rved appreciaMori ol 10 il ing performance. It is no me vement for onp artiste to can
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    49 236 Tb^re migbt bart bean t p oa at the Treasury y«tferd*y, jadfl -j, l by the eutly door Ilkfl c t Ml portals and foti^iit for prenederiCH, }5 J' >' w»ia only crowd of Dftttvei llrOfgllDl get a supply of tbe 10 cent uoteb uOiV beiug ibßued to tha public.
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    TRAINING NOTES.
    400 236 Owirg to tbe heavy ebon,* »«Bbt, the course w., "ocW" 1 Mc operations, althou R h there wo iain difference m the work theT? 5 lltll bow half pace, with iJ h little .harpenln* a b attendance w» e qn^^/ Tb, The following horees ban Penan, to race
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    TELEGRAMS.
    818 237 fßy Submarine Gable] [Router's Berrioe] Stockholm, Oct 3 —The King addressing the party leaders said "Since th* beginning of war my policy has always aimed at keeping Sweden out of the conflict and to follow a strictly impartial neutrality. Our difficulties: are increasing diily nrd the grn I nmdence
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    22 237 Mr X A Wilson, of Narborough Rubber Estate, Sunckai. has left for home. We hear that ho intends joining up. (P G.)
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    WESTERN FRONT
    7087 237 London, Oct 2. Reuter's represents tive at Headquarters save ac a result of fighting arising from tb« German counterattack yeeterdny our poeition beyond Cameron bonce leemi largely if not quite restored, whilat eleewbere we ad vauced over a hundred yards owiofl to the pallantrv nf the Welsh troops
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    AIR FIGHTING.
    320 239 LoiidoD, Oct 3 Toe Admiralty raportl thai naval uir crafu on Monday tiifiht bombed thb loekgatol of Zeehrup/re and dropped a quantity of explosive i jt^erday afternoon o?j dhed3 and machinal at Sfc Denia Wtttrem accodromt. They ehot down two en«mv nir-cr^ft. Ail oori re London. Oct 3.
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    MALAYA AT THE FRONT.
    274 239 The following two announcements which app?ared m the London Gazette dated Aug 1 6th ar»j of local Interest: Appointment us Companion of the D:3 tingnUhed Sorvic?, Order Onpt (T Muj) Frank Mi It, X W Fes,— Ha iho*ed tae greeteet cooloeti bin! ikill whe; m charge
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    29 239 A rubber tyred rikisha valued at 180 hab been 6to!en from 112 Prineep fct, the property of Tan Hoe Kia. A man haa been arrested and the vehicle recovered.
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    EASTERN FRONT.
    794 239 London, Oct 2. Mesopota-nia Official. Owing to the extent of th 9 fighting area pt Ri:m^ r e j«- {z p«*e§eot Impotttbffl *o give a complete lies of tbe captures which taeloda 13 gun-, 12 mtebiatfUßt, coo i wounded, 15,200 Daffoaodod pritonerc of j whom 200 v: officer!
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    WAR NEWS.
    2971 239 Romp, O?t 8. The 01 mala Italia pc»y« Mia P -to hfil ifltQisd I Ito ro the Bateote Powen lotimati ig his rr>& r -on fcr a b?li£f tl»ut the Centt. 1 Povrr i ;,liea 1 j note may In rsgai t] tti Qn intu.: >n of GermriT:.'^
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    WAR ON THE SEA.
    351 240 London, Ocfc 3.— The Admiralty reports the arrivals during the pail week were 2,680 and Failings 2 742 Eleven vessel? over and two und^r 1,600 tons were Bunk and sixteen unsuccessfully attacked. Rome, Oct B—During8 During the week ending Sept 30 482 steamers arrived and 486
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    'TANKS" IN EARLIER YPRES BATTLE.
    662 240 Hide and Seek with Germans In my first diepitch on thla b.'tle t reported the R ood work den., y V Tanks. The.r eerWce w,» ny or equal m aU patta ot thfi brt ,,/'^»> becauee m many places ther 3 w need of them,
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    "J' CCUSE" FROM THE AIR
    144 240 I have before me A oar ion I rest ing little book, ea^s a borne writer It is o copy of J'AcciiFf m O< ze cous'de.rvibly leuß Th.in w\ duodecimo, aud .Mr kut on ft dampy twelvH." Sra.«l! ft| it i B tbs priat ii
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    29 240 Mrg A W Still, of 15 Nftttim rd, report* the theft (,f a pUtinum diamood «Dd penrl p^odarit A Hvlaru boy who i^ leaving the colony is bfing watched.
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