The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 8 November 1917

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    15 289 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1917 No 1,580,
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    CONTENTS.
    150 289 i pjipfii pinD LEAUtKa rAUB Air Possibilities 289 The Italian Retreat 290 What is Happening in Russia 290 Eastern Fighting 290 The Navy and the »i il tic* 290 Vernacular HJucation 291 Italy's Trial 291 Malay for Commerce 291 POLICE AND COURT NEWS. A Doctor's Agreement 294 Subsidiary Coin
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    POSTAGE FROM ENGLAND TO THB FAR EAST.
    75 289 To Hongkong, Johore, Malay States (Protected —viz., Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan and Pahang), Sarawak, British North Borneo, Labuau, Straits Settlements. LETTERS. POSTCARDS. NEWSPAPERS Id. per oz Id. each Jd. per 2 oz. BOOKPOBT. COML. POST. PATTERNS *d. per 2 oa. id. per 2
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    EXCHANGE.
    44 289 COBBHCTMD tJP VO NOV 7.) Baut 4 on'B 2 4 di*n»»d 24* PllTftis 6M«dlflii mi 2 4 27-82 Fi»not d«m»nd Bank 818 HO»eiKOSB, d.meu)d 22f%Prem YOHCBAiiA, d^Hi'itt^ ICB jAVt. <fftt,iftlld 1£ DAEtkOK, 3«rfca.v; SovSßV^ONia. Bunk B«Ttn| 19 f 4 Bpok of «r«lan£l K»t©
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      BIRTHS.
      56 289 MacIver On the 2nd instant, at the European Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, to Mr and Mrs A. L. MacIver a daughter. Lane.— On the 2nd November 1917 at Keppel House, Singapore, to Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Lane, a son (still born). Macaskill-— To Dr. and Mrs. Macaskill at Klang
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      MARRIAGE
      60 289 Wilson— Stafford— At All Saints' Church, Taipiog, on 3'st October bv the Rev. E. A. Hone. m. a. .Chaplain, Perak North, J. Wallace Wilbon, fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Wilson, kirk, North Wales, to Joyce Elieabeth Grace, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs L. U. Stafford,
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    THE WEEK'S NEWS
    265 289 I The last outward mail arrived on Oct. 29tb with the intermediate mails prior to laat, Sept. 6th 4 18th. No mail ia yet anncnnced for thii week. There was a fair demand at the rubber auction laet week and prices on the whole were on the
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    PRODUCE
    136 289 Nov. 7. lo no market MmftUi* Owm ••«<>. i ?6 00 9MHN OaW« Nu. t 25 0( £*e??*i rUfcs k ordic;. B pore 81 00 Ptjflpftt, <TFtn« B9 0C H»qM|| «P0 »o tJOru n fir*i M*d« IButdal ootu H*i' Cnff*t -4% BliMi nom Ct-UtMa. tmal] peasl '*^if qnality 14
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    Air Possibilities.
    1067 289 ZCZXMKKVMXN.BNXCV,B,NB,N,., Nov 2. As about the doings of the Navy, the public is not told too much af the doings of the Avy, and it is per haps due to that that querulous comments are made against our further anpreparedness in not being able to transport an army
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      87 289 Subscribers to the "Singapore Free Press" weekly returning from Europe to the Straits by any of the mail lines, are invited to send to Ihe Manager the namo of their steamer and date of arrival in Singapore Copies will tlien be mailed to meet them at various ports of ca:l.
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    The Italian Retreat.
    739 290 We now know the main circumstances of the Italian defeat on the eastern frontier, the missing link, as to the fate of the Carso armie3, being supplied by the capture of 60,000 of them with out fighting near Lxtisana, which is on tha lower Tagliamento, some fifteen
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    What is Happening in Russia.
    1065 290 More often than not it is extremely unpleasant to be bluntly told the truth and M KEEENBKY has, by his most recent stalement, carried out a task which probably he liked as little as we do. The first sensational statement wired about the interview with
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    Eastern Fighting.
    573 290 Nov 6. A good deal more is occurring on the Mesopotamian front, and probably also on the Syrian front, than gets into the ordinary telegraphic news. The policy of the British commands— which senm to be pretty well synchronised— eeeras briefly to be that of making such at
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    The Navy and the Baltic.
    592 290 The enlightening and encouraging speech of Sir Eric Geddes on Admiralty affairs and policy, coupled with the results of the cheery little scrap in the Kattegat, when our naval forces des troyed an auxiliary steamer with six inch guns and sank ten armed patrols, call
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    Vernacular Education.
    772 291 Nov 7 There was laid on the table of the Legislative Council at its last meeting a report by Mr R O WINSTEDT, assistant director of education, on vernacular and industrial education in the Netherlands Indies and the Philippines. The report contains much of interest as to what
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    Italy'S Trial
    649 291 Italy'S Trial When tho correspondents at the front Me allowed jo tell us that a retreat to a certain point may bu only the preliminary to a farther withdrawal, it is safe to wait*patiently for a few d;iys to fini ibe correspondents' prophecy \eiifioJ. Iv is so in the caso
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    Malay for Commerce
    554 291 The School of Oriental Studies in London, in which this Colony has a small pecuniary interest, and a greater commercial oue, is now firmly esta Wished, and it would be well if the Chamber of Commerce and the Govern meat concerted action as to the best use
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    387 291 Thero aro 18, COO priests in the Italian Army, 17,000 of them combatants. The following is the result of the Caulfield Cup, run in Australia on Oct 20th Broneetti 1 Chrome 2 Rae Locin 8. Mr A C Rainaie, late of Messrs Harrisons and Croefleld, Kuala Lumpur, wan recently married
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    INDIAN IMMIGRATION COMMITTEE.
    878 292 INDIAN IMMIGRATION COMMITTEE. There were present at the meeting held at Penang on October tOth The Controller of Labour (Mr JRO Aid worth (Chairman), the Principal Medical Officer, F M S (Dr C L Sanaom C M G). Mr F G Harvey, Hon'ble Mr Mitchell, Mr E E Smith with
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    INDESCRIBABLE DEVASTATION BY THE HUNS.
    515 292 Speah.Dß of the terrible devastations wrought by the Hun in France sod Belgium, Sir Edward Carson eaid Just as no written occount gives a true notion of the magnificent work our men are doing ia Flande.s and m France, eo, too, no written account can
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    BARLOW'S PRODUCE REPORT.
    154 292 Rub p. Singapore, Nov 7. For thu week'a anotion, which commenced to-day, the quantity catalogued with weaker advices received from Lon don and New York price 8 all round show a decl.ne, and the demand was only fair. Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Up to $120 was pa.d for
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    44 292 lha staff of the Siamese Legation in Berlin arrived by the train in Copenhagen on Aug 28. The Siamese MinUte. in" ay ln Copenhagen for the present' hk" his former colleagues from Berlin the LTcw^T d aaaire9 M Beldiman, »nd China diplomatic repreaentative, Dr!
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    SHIPPING REGULATIONS.
    357 292 In the Gazette appear Regulations made by H E the Governor, under the provisions of the Imperial Order in Council providing therefor, requiring the notification of the arrivals and departures of ships, as follow 1. The master, owner or agent of any ship departing or proceeding from any
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    SPORTING CLUB CHARITY.
    244 292 The Singapore Sporting Club has handedover to the Honorary Treasurer of the Red Cross Fund a cheque for 17,888 being the total receipts at the recent Gymkhana held at the Race Course on the 26th ult, the Club bearing all the expensee in connection therewith. The items
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    THE ASSIZES.
    166 292 Before Mr Justice Ebden and a common jury yesterday, Mak Seng was charged with robbing Chiu Ah Fung and using a knife in committing the robbery. The D P P( Mr A V Brown) said the accused committed the robbery, carrying with him a deadly weapon. Chiu Ah
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    50 292 The mortality returns for the week ending Nov 3 show a total of 289 deaths Riving a rate of 84 66 per 1,000 per annum! Convulsion accounted for 28 deaths malarial lever 39, beri-beri 29,phthi B iB 28* pneumonia 19. There were no European j deaths and only one Eurasion.
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    THE WEEK'S WRRIANG.
    624 292 JZZTIZz r thoBe f back toTagliameoto line, d S communications M they retire V al British aircraft successfully 'attack British attack north of Ypres H-,,i railway, making good progress d« marshy ground. OutskirU o EhenT -chea; advance inp.aeee^XSZ 9 froni* 81 A B tiBh bftUetie9 on kalian
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    104 292 The Malay Mail regrets to have to an nounco the death at KuaJa Kubu on Sunday evening, after a lingering illnegp, of Dr Henry Phillips, Assistant Surgeon attached to the District Hospital at Kiwang. The late Dr Phillip 8 4iad been in the Gov ernment service for rather more than
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    RENT ASSESSMENT BOARD.
    771 293 meeting of this Board was held at the offices of the Municipal Commission yesterday afternoon, the hon'ble Mr C J Saunders presiding. Other members present were Messrs S Toralinaon, M Meyer, E Tessensohn, A M S Angallia, Oaw Khek Khium and II Carpmael (Secretary). No 52 Bencoolen
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    97 293 <* The KaiBer f B latest telegram, in which he speaks of the loyalty of tne German cation indiesolubly bound to ub ai»cebl»ral princes," remind* one irresistibly of the occaeion on which Mr^ Gladstone *aid that the English people eeeras to have become attached to tbe income tax. Asked for
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    THE MARK OF THE BEAST IN PALESTINE AND SYRIA.
    739 293 300,000 Victims The terrible conditions that prevail in the Holy Land ae a reeult of the Tuiki&h domination are graphically described in the following article fey an American offl cial recently returned from Syria. The appal)u:s: rpfniti of tb« Turks' policy
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    GERMANS AND ZEPPELIN DISASTER.
    39 293 Lahore, October 24. A Civil ftnd Military Gazette special cable 6tatea that the zeppelin disaster caused widespread coostemation in Germany. Authoritative circles admit that the zeppelin'e futility as an aggree sive weapon has been demonetratedt
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    62 293 What the Food Production Department aim at in their 1918 tillage programme for England and Wales is to secure three million additional acres under corn, potatoes and mangoldtj, compared with 1916. This they hope to obtain by breaking up two million acres of grass laud and by converting one million
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    LATE WIRE NEWS.
    367 293 Enemy Preparations for Retreat. Lahore. O?t 25. —Civil nnd Military i Gazette epecial Oftbltl quote the fiouuer i report that the Germans are evidently counting en further lo.>>B of ground end b*ve Witb-.irawn ib sir great ambul lucee j from M->orbici de la Wasingbe Great acti vity
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    ADVANCE ON THE DIALA
    291 293 Simla, Oct 23. The following telegram hae been received from Eyewitness," Mesopotamia: October 20, under Jebel Hamrio. To day we successfully completed opera tions which have been in progress since the 16th against the Turkish position on Jebel Hamrin, a low line of hilU which extends
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    183 293 The Times of Ceylon regrets to an nouDce tbe death which has taken place at Aboyne, Aberdeensbire, Scotland, of Mr W G Micvicar, late Agent in Colombo of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. Mr Macvicnr went Home in the middle of July, 1916, suffering from cancer of
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    AIR FIGHTING.
    501 293 London, Oct: 81. Offi 'iil. An ar rop'ane crobSc-ci U:n K^i/iru confrt thi* f.jori;iog but did cot penetrate inland. It drrpped tnmb? in fields and ma.ie off t>; n being togt&gcJ 1-v antiaircrt ft gum the re mmiader ct the bombs f l!ing ifi the iea. Lonaou, Nov
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    WAR AND CHEMISTRY.
    204 293 The Nene Zaricher Zeitang recently published a review of German activities in technical matters in the field of war economics, in which it is stated that systematic investigations into the properties of pit coal have been carried on by the Kaieer Wilhelm la3titut fur Kohlenforechung and have
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    97 293 The Australian Govern'/er* r.ff.^rs a bounty of 2^d a gallon foe oil ptoduced in the Commonwealth. In Papia the Government are monopolism^ boriof operatioue in the oil bearing nrea. Another interesting visitor to India, in addition to Mr Montagu, will be Db Michael Sadler, c b, Vice Chancellor ol the
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    FRIDAY, NOV. 2,1917. A DOUTOIi'S AGREEMENT.
    634 294 FRIDAY, NOV. 2,1917. A DOUTOIi'S AGREEMENT. DI-SATISKIED WITH CHRISTMAS ISLAND APPOINTMENT. In tbe Supreme Court, yesterday, the Chief Justice (Sir John Bticknill kc) ei^ ting as district judge, d<-.;vered jud«mtnt in the cuae of De C W S Bcq^s vs tbo Christmas IdJand Phos-pli.ite Co, Ltd i.nd Messrs I>ou*'ead and
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    220 294 The Berlin Po^t has published a statement admitting that submarine* bare foil. ed to nduoi England's mUttarj efficiency. A cap.urpd Gorman submarine flying the British fl ug arf i Fed o Ne York. Tbe Brltbh eaiiora wem enthusiastically By tbe Australien, duo here about the middle cf tho month from
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    Scottish Letter.
    1989 294 rrom Our Pun Correspondent The King on Clydeslde EJiubuigh, Sppt 25. Tha tour of H M tbe King through the Clyde* trict, his third visit in little mote than thiee y^are,— was a creafc and popnlai I access. He spent f-,ur srrenuom flays ia the roost intensely industrialised
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    TIRED OF POLITICS.
    544 294 Meaning of the Sinn Fein Victories. "George A Birmingham Mkl how are wo to understand tho rveenl ricfcoriai of Sinn Fein at the polls? Has Irehod gone Republican," and must we reckon in tho future with a demand tor complete independence Or ha* the Irish voter simply
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET.
    421 295 BARLOW'S RUBBER REPORT. Singapore Nov, 1. The quantity catalogued for thia week's auction, which was concluded to-day was 1092 ton«of which 1089 tone were offered and 536 tons sold. The sales opened with a good demand for good qualities of nil grades, with last week's prices well
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    KAMUNING RUBBER & TIN.
    52 295 KAMUNING RUBBER TIN. Messrs Guthrie and Co, agents for Kamuning are advised by cable that the directors of the Company have declared a final dividend of 10% in respect of the financial year 1916 17 payable on 80th November and have carried forward the sum of £27,298 subject to Excess
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    SEPOY LINES GOLF CLUB.
    34 295 The Meu'e Medal for October has been won by Dr T W H Burne. Scores Dr TW H Burno 48 48 17 79 W H Dinsmore 45 45 7 88
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    286 295 There was an exceptional cold snap in Kuala Lumpur on Tuetday night. The temperature at 9 p ra was 68 deg and in the early hours of Wednesday morning 65 des The Hongkong Sanitary Department announces that owing to the existence of anthrax in some portions of the interior of
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    Saturday, November 3, 1917.
    669 295 Mr A M Pouutney is appointed temporarily a member of the Legislative Copocil. Mr T R Davidson is appointed temper arily official censor of Cinematographs. The American Association of Malaya, Singapore, is exempted fi o registration under tha Societies OrdiuaL,j t Mr F M Porcber, un*-
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    UNCHANGING MAN.
    104 295 Despite civilisation and progress, man really changes very little. I have it on the authority of Me H G F Sparrell that the type of man has bo little altered in the last 200 000 jeara that uu indivi dual whose bones have been unearthed from pleiocene deposits,
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    899 295 Quicquid agunt homines nostri esi farrago libelli Juvenal The Topic of the week hag been a Bad one, since it has seen Italy, one of our earließt and moet gallant Allies, lose at one blow the whole of the hard won gains of nearly three years
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    CHURCH ARMY HUTS
    523 295 Mr Baxendale in a letter to the Biehop of Singapore says Please convey our moat grateful thanks to the people of Batavia, Malacca and Perak who have subscribed for a Church Army Recreation Tent on the Western Front These tents have already been forwarded to our Commissioner
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    ERASER'S SHARE CIRCULAR.
    240 295 Singapore, Oct 81. Industrials have again been the most active section of oar market and United Engineers were taken very readily. In local rubbers there is little change to report, and just a steady business prevails in most companies. A substantial advance is shewn in the price
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    24 295 2nd Lieut H G Bntler has been transferred to the active list and has been attached (or duty with the M S V K.
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    MUNICIPAL BUDGET.
    1740 296 THE PRESIDENT'S REVIEW. What Singapore Owes to the Navy. A special meeting of the Municipal Comtniaeionere was held in the boardroom yesterday. The President (Mr F J Hallifax) was in the chair, and there were also present Dr Veerasamy and Messrs Roland Braddell, W A Sims, E TeeGeneohn,
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    JAVA NEWS.
    1267 296 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Soerabaya, Ocfc 27. Cable Isolation. The Archipelago has since Monday last been entirely isolated from the outside world. The first intimation that "on instructions of the British Government all cables for the Netherlands Indies ex cept Consular and Government messages were held up" was
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    SUBSIDIARY COIN PROSECUTION.
    154 296 Yesterday Mr W LaDgham Carter heard a case of boarding subsidiary coin amounting to $920, of which 9270 was in cjpper and 1650 in silver pieces. The defendant. Mobamed, a Chinese converted to Mohammedanism, of 780 North Bridge rd, was summoned by Detective Inspector Lancaster, and Mr
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    S V C SMOKER.
    101 296 The Volunteer M Our Day Smoker lust nipht, presided ever by Lt-CoJ Derrick, v D, and attended by H E the G O C, Major General Ridoufc, and many officers of the garrison, was a very succeneful affair. The attendance wna large and the audience keenly
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    Monday, Notembb 5, 1917.
    129 297 THE SELANGOR LOTTERY. Coolie Wins First-Prize. From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Nov 8. The first prize was wen by ticket *****, vjlue ninety bix thousand dollars. The dinner i« a Hylam coolie of a coffee 6hop Kuala Lurapor aged twenty. The second t vm *****,
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    ADELPIII MASQUERADE BALL
    124 297 The masquerade ball at the Adelphi Hotel on Saturday evening, in aid of Our Day," proved to be very successful. After an excellent dinner, to the accompaniment of good music, the dancers withered in good numbf re, and tbe scene present d was most attractive. Prizes were
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    469 297 Inepector Costcllo is 6hortly going home on leave, and Inspector Millar, we understand, is to take hie place at the Orchard rd police station. Up to the end of last month Mr K Webb wae a sanitary inspector iu the Singapore Municipality, but froai the Ist instant he took up
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    PULAU BULANG RUBBER.
    848 297 CHAIRMAN'S SANGUINE OUTLOOK. The annual general meetiog of the Pulau Bulacg Rubber and Produce Co, Ltd, was held on Saturday at the registered offices, French Bank Buildings There were present Messrs W H Macgrejjor (chairman), J W van i?- Stait and DY Perkius (directors), L < Urgcave,
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    71 297 On Thursday and Friday last week the flag of the K P M was at half mast over their office aahore and on their steamers io the harbour, as a mark of reepact for the memory of Heer L J Lambach, who died at the Hague oa the 27th ultimo.
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    AN AUSTRALIAN IN THE FRENCH AIR SERVICE.
    738 297 IMPRISONED BY THE RUSSIANS. Singapore Visitor's Record. Pilot Frencia Lake, an Australian member of the French aviation corpg, ie now passing through Singapore, spending a few days h2re before proceeding to hiß home country, being on leave after some event ful war experiences.
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    73 297 The November Bogey was played for on Saturday and yesterday and resulted in a win for Mr F W Lyall, who returned a net score of 2 down. Twenty seven cards were taken out and the following were returned F W lyall 6 2 down L R
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    77 297 The F M S Supply Bill for 1918 deals with the cheecful sura of 153,976.131 to be vottd. IlailwHxri, including addition to capital expenditure, take 16} millions, and railway construction nearly 10 millions (truly a large development policy this half the expenditure.) Public works over 10 millions, half of which
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    FOOD REFORM SOCIETY.
    296 297 Menu. Barley Soup or Brotb. Savoury Roast. Spinach. Potatoes and Brown Gravy. Cheshire fritrerp. Leckie Cream. Recipes. Bablet Soup. Two teacups of pearl barley, 6 small carrots, i lb potatoes, chopped parsley, 2 quarts of water, 2 oz of butter. Wash and soak the barley all night,
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    WILLISON WIKTH'S CIRCUS
    162 297 The Willieon Wirth Circus opened their season on the Beach rd, site last evening with the encouragement of a full house, both the boxes and the cheaper seats being filled. They provided a really entertaining evening en conventional circus lines, with numerous skilful act! coupled with plenty
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    AMERICAN TELEGRAMS.
    296 297 The following are taken from the Manila Daily Bulletin German Captain s Guilt. Washington, Oet 5.— A dispatch from Philadelphia states that the commander of the Prinz Eitel Friederich has been found guilty of engaging in the white slave traffic. Japanese Shipping. Tokyo, Oct 5. Japanese shipowners have
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    30 297 Mr and Mrs Berry have arrived in Ipoh from Australia and will stay in Batu Gajab. Mr Berry, who was in the Flying Corps at Home, join* Kinta Valley Estate.
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    Tuesday, November 6, 1917.
    727 298 The Palladium Our Day Concert realia ed $1,200. A correspondent writes asking what camouflage ii. Camouflage is the Hearst outfit hiring Raemaekers. (New York Evening Sun.) A German navy officer said the other day that God hai called us by name. H No, we're curious to
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    1223 298 Ordinary Meeting, Monday, Not. 5. Present. H.E. the Governor (Sir Arthur Yonng G.C.M.G.) H.E. the General Officer Commanding the The Hon. the Col. Beo. (F. S. James cm a The Hon. Att. General (G. A. oE5Si£ tt M Act. Treasurer (H. Marriott.) m m Colonial Engineer (F. J,
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    COAGULATING EXPERIMENTS.
    127 298 Interesting experiments are now being conducted by Meaers Ilcken and Down, in conjunction with the Economic Gardens, in connection with the coagulation of latex, by the use of a process invented by Messrs Ilcken and Down instead of the ordinary acetic acid treatment. The experimentß do not touch
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    THE LOST MAILS
    261 298 London, Nov B— The Poet Office announces the loes, through enemy action of the parcel mails containing in most cases about a fortnight's postings of date Shanghai 28-8; Hongkong 81 8 Singapore 10 9 Penang 18.9 Colombo 22-9 Basra 15-9; Calcutta 22-8; Karachi 289 Madras 25 9;
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    MOTOR CYCLIST CHARGED.
    348 298 THE STAMFORD RD FATALITY The preliminary inquiry info fu« i a«ain.t Mr John t' rndr«"f of oan IT Estate, Johore, of causing the d e h tm a rush and negligent c of j Ba.lor in Stamford rd recent:,. T""' s'oZ dBy bef re Mt G L
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    'OUR DAY.'
    252 298 Middle Java. On the first of October the European British Community of Samarang, numbe-. ing now less than thirty men, women, and children, began a campaign for the Red Cross." The response from every section, allied and neutral, of this part of the Dutch East Indies, was very
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    VILLANELLE OF VILLAINY.
    108 298 Sink them, and leave no trace Of cargo, nor crew, nor boat Whelm all 'neath our disgrace, Grant not the 6lighteet grace, Leave not a corpse afloat, Sink them, and leave no trace. O'er Ocean's pathless space Avenging warships float. Hide ye, and our digrace. Tear from
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    61 298 During the heavy gun practice which is taking place on Nov. 13, 15, 20 and (spare days 21 at and 23rd) at Fort Serapong commencing at 8 a.m. owners and matterB of shippings are warned to keep their vessels clear from the range. A red flag will be flown for
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    Our London Letter.
    1802 299 Our London Letter. From Our (htn Cortupondtni The Battle of Menln Road. London, 26th September. Since last week we have fought and won a bg battle in Flandere-called the BattU o/ the Meala Road. It li qni^ th<moet tu M iefol enoonnter for a loog time, andthf War Office li
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    THE YPBES SALIENT
    1137 299 To those whose lot it wag to take* part in ov.e or ofber ef tbr- phse*^ of the fipbt in* iu itd Leigbbourhocd, Yores qlc! the mrroanding dtttriot will ever be remembered j', Uad t.f mud aci damp hud tarinete, a death trap fcr the living; I
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    THE UKRAINE QUESTION
    539 299 A Little known Movement Explained The questions of Finland and the Ukraine continue to eause anxiety in Petrograd. The Ukraine movement has developed rapidly in Kieff since the revo lution. Several congresses were held, including, baeides a general conference, congresses of teechere, peasants, and &ol diers, and
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    23 299 Pacifists always have to live in a Jaud where ofcher men will a*ht or they wouid be wiped out. (St Lonia Globe Democrat
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    Wednesday, November 7, 1917. THE ASSIZES.
    277 300 O Kow Sin, alias Kow Sin, was yester day charged before Mr Justice Ebden and a common jury, with unlawful return from banishment. He pleaded not guilty, wae tried and sentenced to penal servitude for life. Toh Kim Seng was charged with a similar
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    ALHAMBUA'd "OUR DAY."
    220 300 ALHAMBUA'd OUR DAY." Mr Tan Cheng Kee, the proprietor of the Alharnbra, is to be congratulated on the great success o! the Our Day show at that popular house of enteztinment on Monday eveniog. There was a crowded audience, and H E the Governor (Sir Arthur Young) and the Lady
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    EMPIRE DAY MALAY SPORTS.
    86 300 A meeting of the Mohamedan Comma nity was held on the ind inetant in con nection with the Shield presented by Mr Roland Braddell to the Empire Day Malay Sports Committee for Relay Race. The meeting decided that Empire Day being no holiday now, that the
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    THE REICHSTAG.
    203 300 Measures to Prevent Leakages. Amsterdam, Sept 13th. The Deutsche Tages zeituug Bays that the Reichstag Main Committee feels the necessity (or taking better precautions against leakage. One Deputy or other at every meeting complains of Press indiscretions concern ing the confidential sittings. Accordingly, the Committee has taken measures
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    THE STAMFORD ROAD FATALITY.
    563 300 ACCUSED COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. The preliminary inquiry into the charge against Mr John Terndrup, o( causing the death, by a rash and negligent act, of a Japanese sailor in Stamford rd recently, was concluded yesterday. Mr Sheedy. ASP, conducted the prosecution, tod Mr Smith Marriott appeared
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    PROPERTY SALE.
    124 300 The following properties were disposed of by auction by Messrs Ching KeDg Lee and Co, at their sale room on Monday afternoon Land and house No. 68 Tanglin rd, area 6,949 eq ft, bought by S T Aruna salam Chitty for 1620. 99 years leasehold land and houses
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    GREECE'S PREPARATIONS.
    119 300 New York, Sept 29. The Greek Foreign Office bas informed the Embassy at Wa6hiDgton that the delay in the mobiliea tioa of the Greek army ia due to the lack of equipment. England, France acd tbe United States will furnish the equipment, and Greece will supply 800,000 men.
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    31 300 Mr H M Shepton, late manager of Uln Pari Estate, ia leaving for India to join the Indian Army. He has been succeeded on Ula Pari by Mr H B Mollett.
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    TELEGRAMS.
    398 300 I*▼ BnbmariiM OabU] f Renter' Berrio*] London, Nov 1. The Pott Office an nounces that the parcel mails dated Cyprus o^t 8 and Malta Oct 18 have been lo=f through enemy action. Madrid, Nov 4 2 The announcement what Sr Maura ir*t making a Cabinet aroused a storm amongst
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    WESTERN FRONT
    3532 300 London, Oct 81. French communique North of the Aisne the artillery struggle proceeded, on the whole Vauxaillon Pinon sector and our new positions in the region of Froidmont. Enemy aeroplanes dropped thirty bombs on Dunkirk at present no casualties and no damage are reported. London, Nov It A
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    119 301 The Ceylon Turf Club proposes to give Rs 60,000 to war charities this year out of a profit of Ra 61,000. On Tuesday a ChiDese went to pawn a pair of slippers at pawnshop No 74 in South Bridge rd, near the corner of Cross-st. A woman bad also come
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    EASTERN FRONT.
    5561 301 London, Oct 81.— The Tagliamento on which the Italians are slowly retiring is eighteen miles west of Udine and is at present a broad swollen torrent. The rapidity of the enemy advance having failed to cat off the Italian centre and right an early pause in the onslaught
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    FORGED NOTES.
    370 303 Important Discovery In Ipoh. The Ipoh Police are understood to have made the important discovery on Friday that a number of forged 91 notes are in circulation locally. It appears that the mutter came to the notice of the local Pciice through tbe medium of the driver of
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    WAR NEWS.
    2519 303 Amsterdam, Oct 31— The Weser Zeitung ft&tes that Count HerthliDg the Bavarian Premier hae accepted the Chancellorship with certain reservations. The German newspapers state that the stained gla^s of Oologue cathedral is being replaced by ordiuaiy glass as a precaution in air raids. London, Oct 81.— A Berlin
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    WAR ON THE SEA.
    1149 304 Paris, Oot 81. —The captain and several cf the officers and crew of the steamer Loire have been decorated with the Croix de Guerre for defeating a submarine in an hour and half's fight in which two hundred shells were fired The Loire was proceeding to
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    TALK ABOUT PEACE
    898 304 MR. BALFOUR'S REPLY TO THE PACIFICISTS Austro- German Manoeuvrings [fteuter'i Service] London, Nov 7 ln the House of Commons, replying to a resolution mcved by Mr Leee Smith urging that if the independence and restoration of Belgium ad the evacuation of other occupied territories are satisfactorily guaranteed,
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    DEALINGS IN BEARER SECURITIES.
    191 304 Danger of Enemy Transactions. The following notification was issued from the Home Press Bureau "In view of the danger that bearer securities left by Allied subjects in terri tory temporarily occupied by the enemy may have come unlawfully into the possession of enemies who may attempt
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    173 304 The Our Day performance of The < ameos ia Hongkong brought in 1750 to the fund. They gave an excellent performance which was loudly applauded. A Kheh girl living at 167 South Bridgerd, who had knocked over a pot of boil ing eoup in her mother's room on Friday, and
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