The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 15 November 1917

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    15 305 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1917 No 1,581,
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    CONTENTS.
    170 305 LEADERS pAQE The Palestine Campaign 305 Ypres Ridge 306 The Straits Loan 805 Week end War News 306 The Turkish Reverse BC6 Russia in Revolution 306 Rent and Assessment 307 POLICE AND COURT NEWB. The Assizes 810,811 Marine Court gji LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Tbe Now French Wir Loan
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    POSTAGE FROM ENGLAND TO THE FAR EAST.
    74 305 To Flou^kong, Johore, Malay States (Protected viz., Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan and Pahang), Sarawak, British North Borneo, Labuau, Straits Settlements. LIRTTERB. POST CARDS. NEWSPAPERS Id. per oz Id. each £d. per 2 oz. BOOKPOST. COML. POST. PATTERNS id. per 2 oz. £d. per
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    BXCHANGE.
    53 305 Oohusotso or tc Nov 14 1 I? 4 8 2 4f &*ri,fxn.i 2 4; Irfi r»#« tfNtdllt 8 to 2 4 27-82 lTvsincd d^muad Bank 818 H358K053, dsmactf 27%Prem Ygsooama, demand 108 JAVA« damand 1-8 BAa&ftO.* 6 5i Sov*aß:&oi, Bank BoylDg %S 14 f-nnfc o< HnrJaxifl X-^u 5% iai
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      BIRTHS.
      85 305 Fitzgerald.— At Taiping. on the 4th instant, to Mr. Mrs T. Fitzgerald, a aon. Cubitt.— On the Hth instant, the wife of Mr. G. E. 8. CDBiTT, Conservator of Forests, of a Eon. Phillifi.— On Nov. 13, at 692, Kampong Bahru Road, to Mr and Mrs. C. M. Phillips,
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      MARRIAGE.
      113 305 Brown-Forbkb.— At the Presbyterian Church. Singapore, on the Bth instant, Colin Graham Bkown. of Port Swetttnham, F.M.S. e dest son cf George Graham Brown, Broomward, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire, to Margaret Miller Forbes, daughter uf William Forbes, Brook line. (Maes) U, 8. A. formerly of Bridge of v eir,
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    THE WEEK'S NEWS.
    199 305 The last mail from Home arrived oo Saturday, Nov 10, with dates to Oct 5. This weekly leaves on Friday. On Thursday Oct 8 H E Sir Arthur Young, a c M o, opened the new Y M C A Athletic Ground and afterwards opened the new
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    PRODUCE
    161 305 Tin no market (h'Miti C*4« Nu i 26.00 G \:a%A M«. r 26. 0C P« r ii». k otQ.t. pore 29 75 P* c»» 7»*ii»fi^l»i^ 89 60 If vmm illO ;D t e i Qcm H -r:u/;j;a (80 to ina ik ooru f^ *tt -i KW! Ooffx U% Ki*ok
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    The Palestine Campaign.
    598 305 KWETHJKHTKHHGH Nov 9. The news of the capture of Gaza is contained in to day's telegrams but up to the time of wiring no details were given. Indeed the news from the Egyptian forces has for some time been very scant, but, as one correspondent phrased it,
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    Ypres Ridge.
    439 305 The comparatively slow rate of pro gress on the Palestine frontier is paralleled by the slow process of the capture of the last ridge, north east of Ypres, from a different reason, but with the same certitude. The period of preparation for attack in Palestine is made up
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    The Straits Loan.
    915 305 Nov 10. Two more days remain on which subscriptions can be sent in for the Straits Settlements War Loan Bonds. Issued in November 1916, they are repayable at par on Nov 15th 1919, two years hence, the interest being six per cent, of which 5 per cent
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      87 305 Subscribers to the "Singapore Free Press" weekly returning from Europe to the Straits by any of the mail lines, are invited to send to the Manager the name of their steamer and date of arrival in Singapore. Copies will then be mailed to meet them at various ports of call.
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    Week End War News.
    902 306 Nov 12. The operations at Gaza have aohieved a notable success, for the whole Turkish advanced line has been broken and the enemy has had to retreat from Gaza in the west to Beersheba in the east. As the front in this area is limited to
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    The Turkish Reverse.
    590 306 Nov 14. If it be true that Falkenkayn is managing the Turkish campaign he must be beginning to feel that in preparing to smash General Allenby he was making an attempt to catch a flash of lightning. The progress made by onr Egyptian armies since the start
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    Russia in Revolution.
    563 306 Nov 15. It is quite impossible at present to disentangle the troth from the Petrograd telegrams, bat one thing is quite certain and that is that the response to the Extremists* assumption of power has been rapid and possibly to them disastrous. Writing on the subject some
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    SHABBY TREATMENT OF COLONIAL OFFICIALS.
    402 307 To the Editor of the Morning Post. Sir,— Several months ego a number of Colonial officials were passengers on a liner which was torpedoed and sunk in circumstances of peculiar horror. Several of them lost their lives. The survivors lost everything but life. Arrived in
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    77 307 leesra Guthrie and Co have received stating that the directors of ilang Beaac recommend a 7 per cent Jividend for the year ended June 80th, tt "d curry forward £5,873. Hf J J Virgo, who is shortly sailing for rnerica in responne to a pressing invita:i °Q to aid in
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    EASTERN FRONT
    5777 307 Loodoo, Nov 7.-Anglo- French critic* are of opinion that Italy'e fate depends on the rallying power of her army. They declare that ground most be sacrificed in Venetia in order to provide the Allies with a field of action adequ^e for a counterfoil \Z* PtiDCipl line °< de
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    VISITORS.
    1215 309 lam Bitting in the castle yard at St Andrews, and thinking of Singapore. The particular association of ideas is interesting to myself but irrelevant to my present purpose. The Colonel, who is sitting beside me, is faming and fretting in the truly British way— they call it grousing in
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    RUGBY.
    476 309 SCC DEFEAT A SELANGOK TEAM. On tbe SCC ground last eveniDg, a fast and Fportamanlike game of Rugby between the SCC aod a team of Selaogor players got together by Mr Folds was seen. It was not an official fixture, but it was keen enough, and thoroughly enjoyable. The
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    A CAIRO NOTICE.
    122 309 English as She is Spoken. The desire to handle Euglieh gold Bpurs tbe Dago to marvellous fluhts where our fighting men are to ba caught. An example id afforded bj the following Highly Im portant Notice which the Chief Steward says ifl to be s>en in Cairo:
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    Scottish Letter.
    1746 309 From Ow Own Corretpondeni Baldcne on Eduction. Edinburgh, October 2. Orcf! pgain Lcrd UnlCane bu« been hoodies forth iu ftcotli oi on his eld fciibject ot educat.on and hia ideal o( an aristo zratic utoiocracy." Wbcu be rose to Fpeuk be gave his audience the impression that lie
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    THE Y M C A.
    405 310 OPENIN3 OF ATHLETIC GROUND AND SUPPER BAR. H E Sir Arthur Young, o c m o, opened the new athletic ground of the Y M 0 A yesterday evening by throwing the foot ball on to the ground, for a match between a naval and
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    Friday, Nov. 9, 1917.
    429 310 Private David Westacott, Gloucestershire Regiment, the Wfl&h international Rugby footb -11 forwari, has bron billed in action. Penaog Our Day Fund on Tuesday bed reached 8139,651, of which Peuat:g alone was responsible for $118 844, Telegrams addressed to N ether lftndl Dependencies are acaeptec?, but &cctp
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    THE RUBBER MAKKET.
    369 310 THE RUBBER MAKKET. Rubber. Singapore, Nov 8. F^r this week's AucDion the quantity tt>Ulogu iwas 1,198 tone, of which 911 tons v.i offered and only 409 sold. In bymp'it^ v with waakor advices received from London and New York priee3 nil round fbow a decline. At tbe oommencti menl thwe
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    GUTHRIE'S RUBBER REPORT.
    124 310 Singapore, Nov 8. The weekly Rubbar Auction opened yesterday with a moderate demand, which, however, gradually fell away until, in the concluding stages of the sale to day, buyers were holding off completely. Fine Pale Crepe sold up to $119 per pikul (one lot fetched $120) which
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    THE ASSIZES.
    155 310 Before Mr Justice Ebden yesterday, the bearing of the charge against Mak Seng, of robbing au old woman named Chin Ah FuDg, and carrying a knife whilst com mitting the robbery, at 589 North Bridge rd, was resumed. The accused stated that he was a vermicelli seller, and
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    BELGIAN KED CROSS FETE.
    40 310 MrB Rupert Manasseh seeds the cash statement of the Fete on July 28th. Total receipts $7,187.83 and brought forward 11,682.04, Remitted to London £926, 15 2, expenses of Fete $195.81. Credit in Mercantile Bank $815 95.
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    88 310 The recruiting of oar Army has led to some curious experiences. A Birmingham professional man, now fortyone years of age, has just been posted as a private to a unit in which his son, until recently a High School boy, is a second lieutenant. He has several times had charge
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    ITALIAN RAILWAYS IN THE WAR.
    525 310 Remarkable Work TbkH mobilisation and assembly o f the army foe the great wnr of liberation proclaimed b^ [talyin Bf*?, 191.5. cor.etitutf»i H- ftrtft Mriotu le«t of the railway r. -i uof thfl peninsula This test ?as successfully p f -.d »:a p O t
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    STEEL PATRIOTISM.
    244 310 U. S. Price-Filing Triumph. A gigantic experiment in price fixing is announced- After months of difecuesion an agreement has been reached between the War Industries Board and the American steel producers establishing uniform prices for steel, whether sold to the United States Government, the Governments of the Allies,
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    43 310 The Rev Ronald A Kqoi, youngest ion of the Bishop of Manchester, has been received into the Church of Rome. Mr Knox, who was born in 1888, took Orders in 1911 and in the following year was appointed Chaplain of Trinity College, Oxford.
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    MR C V CREAGH, CMC.
    284 310 The Times obituary notice of the late officer of the FMS and Borneo, rends The death is announced of Mr Chotleg Vandeleur Creagh, CM G. a f e Governor of BMtiah North Bo^nea and Laboao Ifc oeonmd at hi 8 retfdtnca In Chirlfcon road, BUckheath.
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    HUGE OPIUM HAUL.
    179 310 One of the biggest opium cages before the Courts at Hongkoog this year was heard by Mr J R Wood, at the Magistracy recently, when the Chineee quartermaster and cook of a steamer were charged with having in their possession no less than 8,485 taels prepared French
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    PREHISTORIC FIND
    150 310 Bog Village Unearthed In Italy. Venice, Sept 5. At Fenilotto, in the Province of Verona, near the River Adigo, workmen, while excavating a morass, found numerous rows of pales about eight inches in diameter and ten feet long. These poets are not round, but ten or twelve sided,
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    THE LOTTERY WINNER.
    151 310 Apropos the Selangor War Loan Lottery, the first prize in which has bean won by a Hylam employed at a coffee shop in PetaliDg Street, Kuala Lumpur, it may be of interest to recall the fact that in 1901 when what was known aa the Convent Lottery
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    50 310 A court martial has cooderane4 <o death a Swiss singer Darned Regina Diane, who, daring last November, entered a military zone Of Paris to procure information interesting to the enemy and last March Attempted to procure information for the enemy which might endanger the defences Of the port of Marseilles.
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    Federal Council
    385 311 A NOTABLE BUDGET Heavy Wai Contributions Kuala Lumpur, Nov 14. At a meeting of the Federal Council the Chief Secretary, answering questions, said that the Government was unable to make a war grant to pensioned officers but cases of distress would be coo^idered. The plans for laving out
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    PERSISTENCE OF RACIAL TYPE.
    326 311 To the Editor of the Mobninq Post. Sir, It id instructive to compare the German reply to tbe Popes Note with the special pleading of the German King Ariovistus nearly two thousand years ago ;n an attempt to palliate bis crimes. The King had crossed the
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    12 311 Mr Jackson Millar's address is now 6 Great Western Terrace, Glasgow, W.
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    MORE V C EXPLOITS.
    465 311 GREAT DEBDS BY BRITISH OFFICERS Canadian's Amazing Valour London, Nov B.— Further stirring stories of heroism are told in the Gazette announcing the awards of »ne new Victoria Crosses?. Of the recipient, rrluding three Canadians, and one Ausiiauan, perhaps the most remark*^* is that of Captain
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    AUSTRALIA'S LABOUR TROUBLES.
    173 311 A Lesson for Extremists. Sydney, Sept 80. The miners in several districts have agreed to return on the Government's terms. This should mean the conclusion of the strike of seamen and the other remaining strikers. It is now possible to estimate some of the results of the
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    RADB GOLD MINE.
    115 311 Agents Derrick and Co. Bukit Koman. Stone Crushed 5,281 tons. Gold obtained 901 ozs. Average per ton 8 412 dwts. Bukit Malacca. Stone Crushed 4,514 tons. Gold obtained 301 ozs. Average per ton 1.833 dwts. IV G E Morrison, Political Adviser to the Chinese Government, hae left
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    TURKEY AND HER GERMAN MASTERS.
    1277 311 The Turkish people, even if under this term we include only the genuine Turk, and exclude the subject and alien races of the Ottoman Empire, has email cause to bless the Young Turk Government. There was little to be said for the re Rime of
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    RACK RENTS IN ENGLAND.
    258 311 Wicked landlords continue to give trouble in England. A local paper from a Yorkshire reports a discussion on the subject at a meeting of the trades and Labour Council, arising from a letter from a branch of an affiliated trade union, calling attention to a strike
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    197 311 Abdul Rahim, a jeweller, of High St, has reported to the police that his shop was brokan into and jewels to the value of 92,361.84 stolen between Monday night and Tuesday morning. The tramway electric wire broke at Tanjong Pagar rd on Tuesday night at about half past eleven, and
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    Wednesday, Nov. 14, 1917.
    699 312 Penang'e Oar Day fund on Friday last had reached $141,188 of which Penang was responsible for 1119,428. A Gazette Extraordinary issued yesterday extends the prohibition of importation into the United Kingdom of bacon, butter, hams and lard. In a Gaiette Extraordinary issued yeserday, regulations issued by
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    NEW YEARS SPORTS.
    469 312 [.Contributed.] For to morrow evening there is called the usual preliminary meeting of those interested to consider the desirability of holding New Year land and sea sports The meeting is usually a small one, and the buQinees passes off as a matter of course. m On this
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    RENT ASSESSMENT BOARD.
    349 312 The Rent Assessment Board met yes terday in the Municipal board room, there being present tho hon'ble Mr C J Saunders (President) and Messrs S Tomlinson, M Meyer, Gaw Khek Khiam, H Carpmael, and ti Tessensohn. Among the oases heard was one which the President described as
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    60 312 A Hylan, named Lai Ah Peng, aged 16 year* a tukang ayet to Mr M L Aepinall, N«wto D .ra. on Saturday tell down whilst he was washing the window ot the fLf I and BU9tain «d compoand haoture ot the ten thigh. He was re Sn. .1 1 8hetry
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    ASSESSMENT ANOMALIES.
    1282 312 SUGGESTED CO-OPERATION BETWEEN RENT BOARD AND MUNICIPALITY. Mr Tomlinbon's Pkoposal. At the meeting of the Rent Board yeß I terday afternoon, Mr S Tomlison submitted the following motion: That with the object of preventing the dissatisfaction that would ariee should the Municipal annual values for 1918 be fixed
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    SUNGEI PATANI LOTTERY.
    85 312 More Chinese Winners. From Our Chtn Correspondent Penang, Nov 12. The Sungei Patani Sweep winners are Mies Lim Ah Moey of Kuala Lumpur 10,000 The Jolly Eleven Kongei of the Hongkong Bank in Penang 14,000; end Mr Lee Keng Oon of Penang |2,000. The Muar lottery was
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    34 312 Play for the President's Prize was concluded on Monday last. Fortyone mem bers competed and the prize wai won by Mr W R Forde who returned a net »core of up*
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    SATURDAY, NoVEMBER 10, 1917.
    340 313 vmonaliy recogni.ed by H E the Governor si ££s£ sr •j5 the same ordinance. «««t It has been decided that in future no man will be accepted for any form of Millban 6*60 l itMdmrd io than 6-60 in one eje, with or without Rlaiiee, that
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    BOXING AT THE UNION JACK CLUB.
    363 313 BOXING AT THE UNION JACK CLUB. A large attendance was attracted by the Naval boxing exhibition given at the Union Jack Club yesterday afternoon and over two hours of excellent sport was enjoyed. The proceeds were in aid of the Our Day N fund. H E Vice Admiral Tudor, c
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    JAPAN AND AMERICA.
    516 313 Text of Recbnt^Undebstandin*. UhU C T BUIt f the mi ioQ of Visconnl Unn of Japan to the Uuited States con vereatJODß proceeded between the United States Government and the special missioned after nhich identical notes were exchanged (allowing for a variation o< the order of the
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    MARINE COURT.
    169 313 On Thursday, Capfc D Peaoe, of a British steamer, brought up 18 Chinese, members of the crew of his vessel, before Commander Cator in tbo Marine Court under two charges (1) Wilful disobedience to lawful command of the master on Nov 8. (2) Continued wilful disobedience of same
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    CANTON GOVERNMENT LOAN.
    79 313 The Consul General for China sends for publication the following wire received from the Foreign Office The Ministry of Finance writes According to reporte the Canton Military Govern ment propose to float a loan of fifteen million dollars in Nanyang and America. Arrange with territorial authorities to
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    27 313 Sir West Ridgeway, the chairman of the British North Borneo Co, on 26th Septem bet underwent an operation at a nursing home, and ii making good progreie.
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1294 313 Quicquid agunt homines nostri eat farrago libelli JuvENAL Strange discoveries are made in the most unromantic plac3B. Thus at the meetings of the Rent Assessment Board the Topicist has discovered that the kindly landlord is at a discount, because if he allows people to live in
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    THE ASSIZES.
    247 313 Before Mr Justice Ebden yesterday, the hearing of the charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder preferred against Soh Nung was continued. Mr H R S Zehnder appeared for the defenoe. The accueed had caught the deceased stealing his vegetables and hit him with a carrying pole.
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    AUSTRIAN TREACHERY.
    186 313 Attacking Party In Italian Uniforms. The command of the Italian 27th Army Corps gives details of a new violation of the laws and usages of warfare committed by the Austrians, which are farnißbed by Renter's Agency. On August 26 last, the command in question had been informed by
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    Monday, November 12, 1917.
    458 314 The engagement is announced between Mr Alexander Raeeell Smith, of the Char tered Bank of India, Australia and China, Yokohama, and Miss Miriam Margaret Hedges, daughter of the late John R fledges, of Galveeton, Texaß, USA. The wedding took place on Wednesday in Koala Lumpur of
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    SWIMMING CLUB CARNIVAL.
    343 314 The SwimmingClub's carnival on Saturday on behalf of "Our Day" was a splendid success, as it was a year ago, and again the weather was very favourable. There was a large attendance, and more tickets had been Bold. H E the Governor (Sir Arthur Young) and the
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    THE CAMEOS.
    183 314 An Excellent Opening Night. On their former visit to Singapore, the Cameos made a very favourable impression. They return a much improved company of artistß, having made the discovery that audiences in this part of the world look for and keenly appreciate good music and artistic effects, which,
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    FLOODS IN SIAM.
    506 314 Rice and Cattle Endangered We wieh saya the Bangkok Times of Nov 3 we could report that the situation as regards the crop is improving, but the blunt truth is that every day of continued flooding lessens the chance of saving the bulk of the Kao Nak
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    172 314 On Friday afternoon a steamer of the Rotterdam Lloyd arrived from San Fran cieco via Hongkong. She made a very good run from the latter port to Singapore, covering the whole distance in 4 days and 6 hours. Interesting experiments carried out by MRoubaud, of the Pasteur Institute in regard
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    GUILDHALL BANQUET
    993 314 A MODEST REPAST Bat Cheering Speeches [By Submarine Gable] [Reuter'a Serrioe] London, Nov 9.— The Gnildhall banquet to night was attended by four hundred guests and was of very modest proportions as regards food. Except for the turtle soup the same meal could be had anywhere for 3s
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    SEMBRONG RUBBER ESTATE.
    436 314 SEMBRONG RUBBER ESTATE. The following is the report by the directors to the seventh annual gereral meeting of Ehareholders to be held at the registered office of the Company, Chartered Bank Chambers, on Nov 17 at 12 o'clock. Your directors have pleasure in submitting herewith their report together with a
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    197 314 A new trade for disabled soldiers has been started by means of technical training classes in diamond cutting and polishing nt Brighton. The training li being given to legless men sent from Roeh«,mpton, and may be extended later to one-eyed men. The world-wide week of prayer of the Y M
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    THE STAR WORSHIPPERS OF MESOPOTAMIA.
    1327 315 A curious phenomenon exists in Mesopotamia in the form of a maea of people who have borrowed from all the race* about ibem and have adopted customs belonging to all, and yet who are totally isolated from tLem socially. The**, are the Snbeacs, knor-u to
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    ITALIAN TREASON TRIALS.
    327 315 m Milan, Sept 80.— Over fifty witnesses have now been heard in the sensational coortmartial at Rome on Boies concerned in the colossal tires at Genoa dockyards and the blowing up of the State dynamite factory at Cengio. Following np the damning evideuce produced against the accußed
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    119 315 The Hindu Association Festival in aid of Our Day Fund was held yesterday most successfully on Rattes Reclamation. There was a very large attendance, and H B Major General Ridout was there in the afternoon. Full provision was made for entertainment at the two halves of the festival, afternoon and
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    THE COOLIE COLONY !N FRINGE.
    1148 315 Writing in the Morning Po^t, Bflfli Cicely Sbe Ea?*: «r..,.., wfafve we foftdei ip '<vi the v.i i-t'jiil ■♦•J;a:- i Freocfa b -If British but onco we] oat :to tho conMtry thq land i ipe, bj tc i-- iof II be !gele»4 fields, was a
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    CANTON NEWS.
    272 315 [The following notes come from the Intelligence Bureau, Canton, and must therefore be taken a9 expressing the views of the southern government We have been officially informed that Inspector-General Lu Ying ting of Liang Kwang will leave Nanning for Wuchow on November 1 in order to be in
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    FRASER'S SHARE CIRCULAR.
    140 315 Singapore, Nov 7. All shares in this market continue very steady although some profit taking hae been noticeable in a few industrial stocks. Mining. Sungei Gaus are available at $18 50, Ting Kits were taken at 98 60, Ayer Wenga $2.20 and Titis 17. *i 5 but
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    PROPERTY SALE.
    100 315 The undermentioned Singapore properties wore sold by auction at the saleroom of the Commercial Robber Corapay, No 8 RaAes place, on Wednesday afternoon Freeehold land and three plauk and tiled roofed houses Xos 1400, 1401 and 1402 Joo Chiat Road, area 8 roods and 14 poles, bought by
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    35 315 The management of the Adelpht Hotel has handed to the Seoretary of Oar Day the ium of 11,016, being the reauU of the Masquerade on the Brd. The books have been examined by Mr Waring.
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    TELEGRAMS.
    384 316 {1? Submarine Oabl«] [R«ut«r't Service] New York, Nov 7. Mr Hylan, a democrat, has been elected Mayor of New York, The majority of the voters in the city and State were in favour of woman euff rage. There were four candidates for the mayoralty the ex mayor, Mr Mitchell
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    WAR ON THE SEA.
    107 316 London, Nov 7. The Admiralty state ment is: Arrivals during the week 2,884; sailings 2,879; eight over and four under 1,600 tons were sunk. Six wers udsuc cesefully attacked. London, Nov 8. The Italian Official returns are 85 3 arrivals, 812 departures. Two steamers under 1,500
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    AIR FIGHTING.
    203 316 London, Nov 8. Continuing his speech in Manchester, and referring to the German calumny that the British left all the hard fighting to Colonial troops, Mr Bonar Law said that nobody knew better the base lessness of the calumny than our Colonial comrades, who had fought alongside the
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    50 316 A marriage hae baen arranged, ucd will take place in November, leave permitting, betwe&u Lieut- Colonel T A Headlam, Bast Yorkshire Regiment, second son of the late Mr Francis Headlam. formerly stipen diary Magistrate foe Manchester, and Either Winifred, younger daughter of the late Sir Graeme Dalrymple Horn Elphin■tone, Bart.
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    WESTERN FRONT
    2846 316 Lon Inn. Nov 7. Router's correspondent at headquarters says that the capture of Passcheudaele by the Canadians was due chieflv to their most tkilful taotic3 and secondly to the Germans' sense of im muoity The place If hemmed in on the western and southern approaches by marches and
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    Rent and Assessment.
    537 317 The discussion at the Rent Board on Tuesday served to show, if nothing else, that considerable complications are possible in the near future. The Board itself was pretty keenly divided on the motion of Mr TOMLINSON, yet as iar as we can see, it is only by
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    WESTMINSTER ATHLETIC CLUB APPEAL.
    228 317 On Oct 1, nine Teoohewa were summoned by Mr D Beatty, Proteotor of Chinese, for as&isting in the management of an unlawful society and being members of the eociety the Westminster Athletic Club. The ca6e was heard by Mr W Langham-Carfcer, who discharged No 6 at
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    S. L R A.
    67 317 Mrs Payne *on the November epoon with a tiett score of 64. ICO yds 150 nett Total Mrs Payee 80 34 64 68.51 Mrs Booty 29 31 60 66.58 MreLyall 82 28 60 66 49 Mre Mualiaton 21 27 49 66.10 Lady Evelyn Young 22 22
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    109 317 Latest papers from Bangkok 6tate that the floods iu Siam ar« stiii vpry high, aad in some pacts tbo ichabitantß are diepoa geesed of all corofort by the floods. Ihoy hive bare accommodation with littlo rice nod no au-008 of getting any more Ruffn )o?s ate suffering lrauituaely, some ot
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    THE WEEK'S WAURING
    909 317 [The dates given are tbDse of the tele grams from Tjindon 1 N\»v 6. Britiah aitu.k in neighbour hood of Pasechendaeie cigb'.h battle of Flacder^ Hutninn campaign. Pjsscbfcn isetoctcrltd *o.i p^-itd, also MoHaelrnrukt acd 4o Mi pact Goujbeig ridge. AuBtr.» (JBrmens ch\im to have occupied waold Tai»iia;^ei.to
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      THE NEW FRENCH WAR LOANS.
      418 317 To the Editor. Daar Sir, I venture to offer a few figures showing the yield of the new French Loan in order that your readers may understand what a good investment it is, and in the hope that it may help towards a good amount
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      MOSLEM CLUBS.
      97 317 To the Editor, Sir,— From the Saturday's papers I understand that a club has no* came into existence called the Raffles Moßlem Club. On enquiries made I learn that the club is only open to old Mubaraedan djjs of the Raffles school. I am an old boy of
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    123 317 Mclvor Evan* of the Perak Museum &endß a copy of bis M Notes on some baliefo and customs of the Ocang Dneun of British North Borneo, in the Royal Anthropological luetitute Journal. It ia useful to put on record these tabu and other customs before they die out, for co>np
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    Our London Letter.
    1629 318 From Our Own Correspondent Life In Air Raids. London, Oot 5. Of course the experience of an air raid till you get accustomed to it is quaint. You come home at six let us say to dinner and ae ordered the blinds are drawn. Some one suddenly
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    LATE WIRE NEWS.
    1044 318 (From Indian Papers.) Anglo-Indians aod Reform Proposals. Calcutta, October 27th.— It j B under Btood that among the subjects to be sabmitted by the Anglo-Indian Deputation to Mr Montagu, decided on at the Conference of the 24th instant, will be:— (l) AngloIndian representation by election of all
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    "OUR DAY "FUND, 1917.
    176 318 Previously acknowledged •281,678.88 Col: by Lee Chin Tuan (list 1838) Anonymous Per Harima Cinematograph total receipts of "Our Day" 8 xNov 101 15 Per Singapore Cricket Club gross gate money at Football Match 'or Red Cross Fund 1 188 40 The Chiong San Choa Si Kong
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    210 318 The sum of £16,000 has beon remitted by wire from Hongkong to the Joint Finance Committee of the British Red oroaß Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem. Thia represents in round figures the result of <l Our Day" in Hongkong, but it is anticipated that there will be
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    WAR NEWS.
    6091 319 Amsterdam, Nov 7.— The Dutch branch of the League of Neutral Countries has published its disapproval of the Government attitude regarding the sand and gravel question. The Telegraaf has printed an appeal from a group of business men inviting signatures to a petition to the Premier urging steps
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    THE BORNEO MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
    574 320 The annual meeting of the Borneo Missionary Association wbb held in Bioo College, when the Primus of Scotland pre sided, supported by the Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak, Bishop Mouneey, Biehcp Montgomery, and The Ven A F Sharp. Apologies were announced from the Biehop of Islington,
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    69 320 Captain A C Ardfcr^on. H E the Gov ernor's eon, who was in CcylOO on leave, has returned to India for duty, travelling by the rail route (Ex). An old man named Oor Pah Wee waa found dead bv his son ou the ground floor of house No. 77 Kochore
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