The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 13 December 1917

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  • 15 369 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13. 1917 No 1,585,
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  • 172 369 L S fk ill X "5 ni np Water Power m Malaya 369 The Fall of Jerusalem 871 Varying thn Treatment R7i POLICE AND COURT HEWS. Attempt to trade w;th the enemy 372 Bankruptcy 876 Adplphi G^rußQ Case nan BPORT. 00U Golf SG C Scotland vs The Beat 877
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  • 145 369 Bnbsoribers to the "Hin^apore 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 m Singapore. Copies will then bo mailed to meet theru at various ports of call.
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  • 149 369 Tin (l2stons) $138.00 f tit* 20.0 C v 1 -i. 1 23 CC atttti Chi%« Mo, r II.OC t -4v BlMft orJiD, B pore M 82 60 Pi .%,> ;wnisi tail) m 4 r 00 v ff i 1 1 tbe U I oom BIMkJ aom ♦mall antl (tell
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  • Domestic Occurrences
    • 81 369 Wattb —On December Ith, at the European Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, to Mr and Mrs P. J. Watts, of Bakit Hitam Estate, a son. Adams— At Burgei Mahang Estate, Nilai, on the 6th instant, the wife of H. a. adamb, of a daughter. MutsELL— At the Maternity Hospital Singapore, on
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    • 43 369 Anthony.— At his residence, "Chatsworth." Northam Road, Penaiig on tbo Bth December, 19 i 7, Joseph Manoofe Anthony, aged 70 years. Gottlieb.— On the 12th DecrrLber at Orchard Road, Singapore, Felix Henry Valentine Gottlieb, Registrar of the Supreme Court, Singapore Aged 56
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  • 339 369 No mail has arrived from Home bidco Nov ii2nd. There have been several home ward mails and one is eti/1 announced as to leave shortly. Owinß to complaints that rikisha lamps are not visible from behind, and that fchera is danger iv overtaking these vehicles, the Municipal
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  • 28 369 ;ift?k. tc Dec 12 Vctear* cWvcsnrt FWi* 818 HG>. IKOJ3?, tomaatf 29% Prom YoK3n*tfA. 3«H1A84 108 SCVXJ&JB'sittF, RiMik BO9UM $8.54 Bar?* «<? S^t^^A 5* p*r Loa lei 42^
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  • 951 369 _ka< f »_i ir-AM .o fmci.l. i rijh* _*-»>«*£-., /.<-.!_*_.: t* v. Ik?*; 'L.-^-vlr* if* Xa*. Three things of particular import anco stand out m the cabled news which has been received from Russia to-day. First the sharp warning which M Troitsky has addressed tn the diplomats m
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  • 985 369 Dec 8. A good many years ago, when the progress of construction of the Kallang reservoir was being very considerably handicapped by the extraordinary difficulties met with m the Kallang tunnel, it was saggestoJ and advocated that the most permanent and satisfactory method of ensuring a
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  • Page 369 Advertisements

  • 974 370 J' 1 U The interest m the ta< U I war i from the various fronts this week-end I ia b m the Importance of the Btra* gical situation, which is rapidly m the process of becoming entirely altered The acceptance of an armistic j l\ the
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  • 988 370 School inspections and examinations play a very large part m school life, so large that it is sometimes forgotten that their object is merely to test progress, that they are a means to an end, a means of judging how the educational plant is growing, with the
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  • 416 371 Dec 12 fall of Jerusalem, or more correctly its rendering up by the Turks m consequence of our encirclement, has not come sooner than we expected as we Anticipated that our troops would be there by Christmas time, if not before. The final movements have however
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  • 383 371 An c x *mple of the sort of trouble that is likely to arise hero- likely to be accentuated, rather, for it has already arisen iv imrfc— is the irstance given m the Ceylon Legislative Council, which made an effort to relieve the distress of the copra producers
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  • 839 371 The skilful actor seconds the skilful playwright m working upon the audi ence's feeling, now harrowing with sorrow, now touching with sentiment, and then exhilarating with comedy. So do our news suppliers play upon the whole gamut of human feelings, from the deepest despair to the highest
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  • 94 371 RUBBBB. JSiogapore, Dec 12. For tbie wffh's Auction, which com manerd 10-day. Ibc quantity catiiloguod Rmmmted to nbonc 96U tont. There WM a poor deraaad and prices show a decline. Ribued .Smoked .sheet The highest prioa pmid w»t $94 a dnrhue of «7. Fine Pale Crete Up
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  • 73 371 The Malay Mj! just before goiog to prei-8 on Monday received the news of the death of Mr C E Donaldson of the F M S Civil Service. This gentleman wae a eon of Mr A L Donaldson formerly of DonaldFon aud Buikinßbaw, who was m practice here and retired
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  • 738 371 ANNUAL MEETING. Government and Higher Education. The annual general meeting of tbe Snaita Chinese British Association was held last evening at the 3ardtm Club, Raffles PJace. The President (Mr Kok San Hin) was m the chair, and amongst others present were the hon'ble Dr Lim Boon
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  • 94 371 The Hon Mr John Mitchell and Mra Mitchell are leaving for Chica next wetk, and will be absent for two months. Mr II S Blacklin, late occountant to the Puaiug group of inine*. haa emiered the Navy as an officer. The Hon Mr A H Lemon, the Hon Mr H
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  • 974 372 DEATH OF MR F H V GOTTLIEB. THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS IX GOVERNMENT SERVICE. The Government service has suffered another sad loss m the death at 480 o'clock yesterday morning of Mr F H V Gottlieb, Registrar of the Supreme Court, at his residence, 89 Orchard rd. Though Mr Gottlieb had been
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  • 1085 372 The ship came slowly into Midrns harbouc and I watched the red minarets and towers of what I imagined to be the motqueß of the city only later to discover that they belonged to the great buildings of the Law Courts, Bmkj aod other offices very dissimilar
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  • 1293 372 Every time the War Office war films come here complaints are beard of the prices charged and the email opportunity the poorer classes have of -_eeh g them. It may be useful therefore to state exactly under what arrangements the films are exhibited. The pictures are taken
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  • 67 372 See Teng Keh, of Chop Hong Hu«it, 24 Robinson rd, was yesterday charged m the first court before Mr Sugars' witn attempting to trade with Oeij Tetg Tice, of Balik Papan, who was cv the buck list. He pleaded quilts. Mr Koek appeared for the d^feres. and
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  • 119 372 We regret to record the death m h-^ Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday, of John H M Smith, of maliguuct malaria, Deceased, who was about 40 ytnrh of f\\>\ was formerly employed on the Ttkkfl Mines, but bad recently been miniug oq his own account m Pahang. The burial took
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  • 1018 373 When the doctors have passed o u rue the verd.ct of long residence m the tropics —that I cannot stand the winter* of mv cativn Scotland-I am going to build my castle somewhere out here. The English man's Home m bil castle, and every cock can crow oo
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  • 1770 373 Alor.'g certain corridors of tLo hotp the wacdi are rar^^d m pura. Dheii doors being immediately oppoiire-, the two wurds can be managed by one Sister, and their staffs are more or less duplicated and intorchaoseable. Thug when I was orderly m 816 the orderly
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  • 46 373 Any person I who have bought tickets In fcbo Birfk^k Our Day lottery are warutd that li i£6L9 QOl ***** to ***** have bf en cuDCftlled a* part of the book has Ijm>i lost or etolec. Holders of Ihotfl uumberh iboold to the Secretary m Bangkok.
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  • 511 373 ONE TRAFFIC PERIL LESS. In tbe notable traffic longer* emphasised m Lbe "Ft i Preti ri conretpondeuce iei mouths back v,as that of rikifibfti ut i ght time. Whh tbe lamp? id fc tLc thfalt, tbe red a.ic at tl < clien tl ttol, by tbe ov«,» iftpp
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  • 155 373 The Japanese Minister of Communications is said to have under consideration a scheme for appointing officials at various foreign ports to watch the development of Japanese shipping. According to tho Hochi, the reaaon for this is that as a result of the war, Japanese shipping
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  • 160 373 Germ m < ye fUed r new- date on which Eflciand will infallibly bioughs to bet kntEs" by Genuan Lub iuee. liifl Vienna Rtiohspos from Bsrlin tb.ii. Wilhelm Mol chief erintheVull i hipbaildinf vorks, j.i?b: j (i a c i bo whole qa I >n. Ha
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  • 772 374 A dividend of 2s per share, less tax, has been declared by Tronoh Mines, Ltd. The estimated total of the Kiota Oar Day Fuod is now 863 000. Sir Henry May, Governor of Hongkong, U going bunting m north eastern Korea, according to the Japan Advertiser.
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  • 279 374 Tho sentiments of loyalty of the citizens of Labuan and Brunei cannot be more clearly &UDwn than by the splendid res ponsa they made to Our Day 1917." Generous and patriotic Bupport to all undertakings on bihalf of the Fund was given by every Bection
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  • 264 374 BARLOW S PRODUCE REPORT. RUBBUL Singapore, Dec B. For this week's Auction, jrbieh \c*s concluded to day, some 1,0^2 tons wore catalogued, of which 868 tons were offered and 485 tons sold. There was a decidedly better tone to the market end although top prices for staudard grades show a
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  • 100 374 Singapore, Dec 6. The quautity catalogued for this week's Rubber Auction was 1125 tons, and, although prices for the leading grades are a shade lower, the general tone of the market shows improvement, and lower grades were m batter demand than they have been for some week*
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  • 148 374 According to the investigation of the damage done by the laefc typhoon and floods, as anncuuced at the Home Departmenf, ihe Jose m the prefectures throughout; Japan is estimated at Y7,000,G00. The F M S Railway on the Kuala Kubu section has been considerably impeded on account of floods on
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  • 722 374 From M Manila Bulletin.") Washington, 2nd November. In view of the decision of the allied nations to commandeer all available ships to relieve the need of bottoms for military and commercial use, the Norwegian government has filed a claim that UDder the treaty of 1827 with the United
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  • 80 374 Major A A S Barnes, who has just gone on retired pay from the Wiltshire Regimeut, coruruanded the Shanghai Volunteers from 190S- to 1913, and since August, 1915, was m special employment and m command of a Labour Corps. With the Chinese Regiment he took part m the Chinese Wai,
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  • 358 374 PRESERVED PINEAPPLES "FROM SARAWAK" We have before us a label off a tin of preserved pineapples. Thil label haa been sent from Mesopotamia by Lieut C Fenwick (late of the Borneo Co. Ltd., Sarawak) who rites that he came across it whilst supervising the dir.r.bution of rations to the mea.
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  • 248 374 It is worth wLila considering, «ay? thn Malaysia Message, tiret of all. what will constitute the true Itiuropb of the mis tionary enterprise. The tical success of foreign mießious will be marked, not by the trebling of our gifts or by the pouring into China
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  • 206 374 Washington, October 28th. Mr Mitchell Palmer, the Custodian of Eutr.iy Pmnerty, is preparing to use the huge amount of money owed to Germans m the United States to buy Liberty hon-?- ui-o to confiscate German-o^ned metali and materials. The latest reports indieata that the German monetary
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  • 961 375 fte. given are tho.B of th 9 tele g r ln London.] [-Declared (m view of possibility thfcana may y lo late Swiss neutra lif whole armed forces of Switz*r iJoppoee to laat extremity. T-Fighting m Albania, enemy c/ Orfum and attacking Albanians rfesulari drive them back with
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  • 175 375 Chief Officer sent to Prison. L McLaren, cMof officer of a ship employed on H M Service, who was cbnrged on Saturday Nov 24, at the Honkong IvUr iae Court, with absenting hiui6clf from hie ship without leave, was sentenced to 42 days' hard labour. Me Longinotto,
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  • 221 375 At the annual meeting of the Water wcrks Association recently, Alderman J H Lloyd, of Birmingham, m bis presidential address, said the Metropolitan Water Board now pumpei ready forty gallons per head per day. When it was recollected how much of this waU:r hi\d to
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  • 107 375 Though no definite dteitlon hid yet b?en reached by tho Dhectorate c£ tha Nippon Yusen Kairha, it expected, as mentioned the other da;\ tbnt ths Cora puny would pay a dividend for the last term of 50 p*_r cent aod un m the prsood ins tetm, Bet asid« a suai
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  • 887 375 There had been a Mftftla uneasiness m the air. Twenty four hours previously tb* On A!fr«" h Pr h->^: totalled, t< r Ihi wiud bud ihilttd to a qoaiuc :Lui gve the enemy every ehanca .o use hit Khs. v WM B pteadj win,i-fab;n: <j x mile*
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  • 25 375 PuJau Bcbfttok ie exempted from the cptraMon ol ihc Petroleum Ordinance io respect of many sections, and entirely as regards the Petroleum Re venue Ordinance.
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  • 615 375 To the Editor of tfte Times Sir,— Ti.e answers of th« two Katun to the Pr,pf ro. t- n to the dolleet p'^.^ot il^:-. Uiej m impenitent, Hcor rj«ib!p. treach ?rooi, criminate. They In their i Ernies— acd the German race glotiei v. them. Again, now I
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  • 176 375 Mr L A LegroH, Ibl outgoing Pre&ident cf the Automobile EugcebiG 1 Institution, eptcking afc t.he Royal Society of art*, oaid that the number of ingped';** of aaroplaned had urowii from a few hnndrejdl four v?ar^ ago to several thousand!. They had bee.n recruited from
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  • 45 375 In ordec t2 reliave the ihorUga of small change tba Philippine National Ban!: has issued 20 contavo arid 10 centavo "emergency circulation bills." About P250.000 worth of each denomination have boon ieaued. Peso and bftlf peBO bills have been m circulation for eotac week? past.
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  • 695 376 Penang M Our Day Fund total has reached H78.857. Me Marcr>3 Z?rner has been released on bail on depositing $6, C00 into court yetter^ny. A Itet nf .Tiirore foe the Settlement of Singapore is pablithed ia tho Government Gazette. Mr H FI Harden i 6 appointed
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  • 334 376 Singapore Dec 5. A steady oefc back m local rubhara has been rr corded this week this has cot been caused by any forced selling bufc by a growing tendency to reduce holding? m rubber shares m anticipation to gttting m &g*in et lower values. Market conditions
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  • 208 376 Chan Tek Hck yesterday wai pub y examined bf f jte Mr Justice Ebii.n sittit io bankruptcy. The bankrupt stated that he w -s >\ weighing clerk to ICeeeri Stephens, Paul and Co and lived at 8 A De k r i<l. o u rteeipu of the bankruptcy petition
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  • 180 376 The Turf Club general meeting; wr.fi held nt th 9 Chamber of Commerce, Panung, oa Mr Pde! fp-esidinß^ bniJ thr^t despite IUo abnormal lima tbe'f had held two meetings, the Aufpiet meeting oonatitnt ins a record flnanoi illy. Aq to tba ja^ificition at lacing m war
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  • 132 376 The BUhopof Loc.ion, at ?he College of A.ubu'anca, Vere str^i, W laid Ll9 h*.d offered the Wac Office to raise an 1 al aDC C °sP« foe service m the i.no of battle. Speakii 3 cf v chaplain who bad reoeived the Miiitury Croai thfl biihop that
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  • 1478 376 Quicquid agwit homines ?iostri est farrago libelli Juvenal A3 a Topic, Ru33ia provokes even more cL&gutsb now thau it did when the military Buandnls were revealed. But Pgain, Russia effurds an excellent example of tbe evil? cf a press cau&orehip, Nothing comet; out but what the
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  • 120 376 Pan*, The fallowing p ft b ania fchow bcvv efflo n> been tLe meaiorei adopted >.i the flgb gainat Germ.tii unrestricted Bnbmai rfare. At tho end or August Iv-i 7 Tie giao Mercantile Mari ii i <.*j' o veH»<ils, reprefteoticg a total 2 1 4 S
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  • 175 376 The necessary step ;cu- c negoMatiL-DP betwsrn Japan ai. i for the conclusion of a Trent of < merce and Navigation bat? j> 1 a m (he granting of on audience hid Majedi? ibd Emperor to Me Nikol Voj pol, aD cu\cy of trig Kicg of Hu. luuia. The auilieuce
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  • 745 377 A correspondent writewCoaPenanß paper--1 It no wonder, iiow :ver, to fiad chips of wood m Capstan cig. rettes but I think the diiCOYerj of a piec-* of rubber m one of these cigarettes is perUpe the limit ■J!y Rf\me or eoc.er on 7th on EUfllM grouo.i.
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  • 183 377 On Saturday at the V W C A Hostel the F^i BardeD Bals waB °P ened h Evelyn Young, the Patroness of Ibe Association, m the presence of veiy many ladies The reception ball of the new hoitcl contained a number of stalls Kind,
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  • 294 377 Th<> followicg are details of the snb scriptious to 30th November. No of Analysis No of No of O \.W. KJ. Tbe golf match Scotland vs The Reft was played on Saturday Afternoon Bootlaoel winning by 6+ to 4. The conditions were 18 holeg
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  • 92 377 The concluding performance ol Pirpro'^ farce by the A D S on Saturday nigbfc waci given m the pre Fence of a crowded bonifa which included His Excellency tbe Gcver nor and the Lady Evelyn Young, Hie Excellency Rear Admiral Tudor Tudor, naval commander m chief* The play
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  • 131 377 Cuptain H S Smith, one of the m >st popular and oldest skippers on the Pacide, hai just completed his 151 st voyage uc rosa the Pacific Ocean, and aC the svue time gives up hia post as commander cf the Tenyo Maru. Captain Smith is n t leaving tbe
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  • 861 377 British Industrial Onrest. London, November Bth. In the House of Lords yesterdny Lord Salisbury, referring to the Industrial Unrest Commission's report, said that it ehowed that the workiDg closes distrusted the Gov ernment, tende union officials, their employer?, and, indeed, the whole social 6y6tem. The rating classes
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  • 398 377 CODDLING THE CONCHVS." Bisbop on Dartmoor Danger. The Bishop of Exeter recently returned frcrn a visit to the Concbys of Dartmoor the local appellation for the "conscientioua" objectors at Princetown full of indignation at the latitude which is allowed these t-hirkere. In a letter to The Time^ he writes Eleven
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  • 351 377 The War Makers' Proposals. Amsterdam, Oct 17. Count Czernin, the Auatro-Huugarian Fore;ga Minister, ia a speech at Budapest said la broa J outlines our programme foe the re establishment of order ia the world (which might more accurately be described as the construction of new order m the
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  • 781 378 There are rumours that the acting bead* tna-ater of a school m Ipoh is shortly to be transferred to Singapore, Mr and Mrs H Wellham of Peuang who proceeded to India for a holiday have returned. Mr W Duncan has also returned. The Maharaja cf Jbind
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  • 1328 378 The annual report of the Committee for the year ending 15th November, 1917, contain* these paragraphs. The last General Meeting was held at tho Straits Chinese Recreation Club on Auc BOtb, 1916. The Committee regrets to record tb^ death* daring the year of Me-«rs i. Kaug
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  • 186 378 Goh Kit Jee appeared before Mr Sugars yesterday m the first court, being charged with uttering forged notes and being m possession of forged notes. Court Inspector Bourne conducted the prosecution. An assistant shroff of the Treasury gave evidence as to the notes being forged ones. The
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  • 108 378 X E the Govetnor of Ceylon, Sir John ADdernon, and party are cUll m residence at thj King's Pavilion, Kaudy, Tbota ia no chac^c. m H E's oondiftton, Bil Excellency has definitely decided to leave, tha Island as noon as hie health will permi*. him to do to. He bad
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  • 759 378 From Owr (hen Corrupondtni Soetabaya, Dec 5. Since last reporting, trade generally i v dicatea Borne alight improvement. The interruption m cable communications haa also during the past two weeks ceaeed to somfl extent, and commercial b"i:es are n >s7 d^ily m rocpip^ of ro<>~ ■< on oartoinlf
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  • 34 378 From Our Ot§n Correspondent Kuala Lumpur. The following interims have been declared Highlands and Lowlnuds 10 Hukit Cioh 12j, Bidor 20, H t irpandsa 24. The eharo market ia Tery 1 k.
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  • 44 378 The Caucasus his formed i'a own Par liament and only one Bolthtvik tIM )l en elected a member, Another Snub for the Kaieer why he did not come forward to Bghl m the war, a defendant at a Northern police court asked, What war
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  • 133 379 RIKISHA LAMPS TO BE PLACED HIGHER. We are informed that owing to complaints that rikieha lamps are not visible from behind and there is danger m over taking these vehielea the Commissions have decided that commencing, from Lt January no rikieha will be licensed i:ulesatbe lamps are
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  • 551 379 The Suppressed Austrian Telegram. From an authoritative British source iter'a Agency h<i« received the following exposition of the ftoti with regard to 'he lateat Guiiuan ■tatemtnl* as to the s.tulity for the -vir, ma de m the lorddeutflchi Allgameioc Zjituug on the I h in.r, and distributed
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  • 115 379 Mr E <i&on, frith a large staff of assisMiU, hat rtM:rned to New York after vine been absent for ten weeks on the '2b teas experimenting with anti sub fiaiirt devices. He endeavoured to duplicate the methods of the U-boats m 6very letall, He refuses to make a statement. Th€
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  • 501 379 Sir Harrj Johnston's Suggested Partition of Territory. Sir Harry II Johnston gave a highly m teresting lectore before the Royal Geop r S Ciety> BarliD Bt°n.garden c on The Political Geography of Africa before and cer the war." The lecture had special reference to the hievements
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  • 357 379 At a recent Imperial interview, a Berne despatch to the Agenzia Libera states that the Kaieer mentioned to Hindenburg tbe question of nominating him for the throne of Lithuania. It is said m Germany that Napoleon'e practice of conferring Royal dignities on his Marshals might useful)? be followed by the
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  • 222 379 The splendid war fi!ms now being shown at the Alharabra certainly should not be missed. They are quite remarkable, and give a vivii impression of the conditions of warfare on the western front that m is as well for people to have m these d*yg
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  • 294 379 Well Known V.A.'s Adventure. Many curious tiger stories have reached us fcom Taiping recently aavs the T O It, it remains, however, for Mr A B Milne to carry cff the palm for Taiping tiger Btoriee and adventures with tigers. Mr Milne was motoring back to Tuiping
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  • 194 379 A remark ib'f <M3e carae before Mr Faccer Magistrate, ia the Taipiug Police Court ou Wednesday la^., wht>u a Tamil tindal pwplcned on the F M S R^ilwuy at Kimu.'iiiia' wag charged with voluntarily causing burt fco five Tamil coolies employ ed xiDCer bint, by forcing their
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  • 110 379 A Result ct Carelessness. A sbootiug cucideut occurred m Light Street, on Dbc 6, resulting m Miss Wil helmina Nioholai being 6hot m the eide of tbe face. Young Boyle returned from school, and o&ked m- Aunt, Henrietta Boyle, to bandage a tore oo bin leg While
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  • 477 379 New York, October 26.— The American secret service has frustrated a second Sinn Fein rebellion which was planned to occur next Easter on the anniversary of last year's bloody Dublin riots. Ger. man gold was scheduled to play a part. The preliminaries bad been mapped out and
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  • 151 379 Cousin of Rev H C Henham. It will be cf interest to our readers to know gays the Times of Malaya that General R B Bradford, v c. (died of wounds) was a cousin of the Rev H C Hen ham, of Batu Gajah. In the Illustrated
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  • 150 379 The London correspondent of the New York Tribune (of Nov 7th) aeserta that the Entente is seeking a directing genius who vt ill gra«p the whole eituation, and the biggest man now visible is General Smuts, the South African statesman and soldier. Mr Lloyd George's vieit to Italy is the
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  • 109 380 From Our Own Correspondent Penang, Dec 11. The funeral of Me J M Anthony, whoee death occurred Saturday night at the ago of seventy yean?, and who waa one of Penang's best known and moat respected residents took place on Sunday afteruaon at the Western Road cemetery. It
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  • 730 380 Wednesday, December. 12, 1917, Ttao Rangoon Tarf Club bookmakers have given a donation of Ra 2,600 to the Our Day race meeting fund. Rice, they cay, coets 14s a pound m Prague, but you can, we suppose, buy it by the dozen if you like. The London imports of plantation
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  • 586 380 In tbe Supreme Court yesterday, Sir John Buck.nll, k c, tbe Chief Justice, de livered judgment m tbe ca*e of Tan Sian Chin aca another vs Tan Lian Boh and others. His Inrrl- Lip gaid In thie action, which waß m tbe nature of a friendly suit,
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  • 218 380 Bostan was yesterday charged m the District Court before Mr J 0 Sugars with rash and negligent driving of motor car S 1318, and causing grievous hurt to one Lim Kirn Hua, The complainant, a rikieha puller, was eerioußly injured on the face, body and feet m
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  • 80 380 Iti 13 rumoured that t<vo Straits born Chinese ot Singapore, Mr Wee Kay Chiang and Mr Tan Bee Joug, who ritited the formers rubber ebtate at Johore on Sun. day morning, have not returned to Sicgapore as usubl, and it is nupeoUd that they have been murdered Tlia
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  • 511 380 QUESTION 7 OF AN AGREEMENT. In the Supreme Court, before Mr Justice Ebden yesterday. tb«TG MOM up for consideration the matter of Muhi\ined Abdul Lfttiff v H R «-or and R U Tj«trd<»{n», the A.Uipbi Haul. Mr C Fvclc wvai for the plaintiff uod Mr V D
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  • 336 380 At a luncheon which followed a repre sentation of the official Scout Film v Boy Scouts, be prepared," Sir R Baden Powell expressed his confidence m the cinema as an educational medium. At present children were too much instructed and not enough educated. There was great
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  • 51 380 We hibr from Singapore rhat a party reaching double figuren are to epend the CliristiDae holidays m a trip to Bangkok and back by rail. We und* rstand that the F M S RoilwayH ate arrno^itig for a ealoon uiuiDg car, etc. for the parry to make the journey. (Bangkok
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  • 299 380 The Rent Assessment Board met at the Municipal offices yeaterday, there bfling i Q vUPudance the President (the hon'ble Mr C J Saunders) and Messrs H Carpmael, S Tomlineon, E Teseenaobn, Gaw Khek Khiam. M Meyer. 5 7 70 Albert at, owned h? !>h L%m. A. eete
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  • 56 380 The following property was disposed ot by auciion by Messrs Chicg Ken« Lee tnd Co, at their 6ale room en Mod;] ay afternoon Freehold land with bou*e No 106-B Orchard rd and freehold land at Cnirnhill rd, nreae 135 6?6 p.nd 37,172 eg ft respectively bought by P
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  • 208 380 The Bangkok Times heats that three European asaisfcints (two Englishmen and one Irishman) of the Malay Tin Corporation Ltd., registered m Sydney and operating at; Ratrut near Renocg, have been charged before the Renong court with unlawfully causing the death of Siamese subject, Nai Saang. at Ratrut
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  • 157 380 FSelangor v Negri Sembllan. Rugby football match between teams representing Selangot' ard Negri Sembilan was played on the Kuala Lumpur Padang on Saturday and resulted ?u a win for Selangor by two trioo (6 pointß) Co nil. The heavy rain had converted the ground into something appro -ic^ing
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  • 79 380 The Weaer Gazette taya that I foil famine is now beit?g dM b< »R the Bavarian Diet, where Dc Sobliftteofa a Centre deputy, *niJ lh- quarters bad been Informed of D 0 Beriousnesa of Ibo lltixatioo tJ uud tho* General Ludendorff said, "If I had km all
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  • 1594 381 By Vnbmaruift OabU> tifeuUr'g BorTiot] London, Dec f.— Tbe death has occurred of tbe Earl of Portsmouth, a Liberal peer formerly Under Secretary for War ,wd an Ecclesiastical Commissioner.) London, Dec 7. -The House of Commons s adopted Sir George Cave's proposal to sfranchiee conscientious objectors but tks peno
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  • 686 381 London, Dfc6. After a quiet moonlight period London was started late this morn ing by the air raid warning. It was bright starlight, with faint waning moon and frosty. The few residents m tbe city and m coming workers took shelter quietly and promptly. Soon the cannonade was
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  • 85 381 Me G J Harvey of Bangkok has been informed thut his offer of service as a veterinary Burgeon m the British Army has been accepted. He leaves with Mrs Rltrvej tol home via America as tsoon as possible. A ppecial Loudrfa wire to the Times of Ceylon early m November
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  • 3551 381 London, Dec 4.— Field Marshal JBaig says the enemy artillery was active at night m the neighbourhood of Botilon and Moeuvres. There was no (nattier infantry action. Reporting on aviation Field Maj&bal Haig Bays Our low fliers on Sunday bombed and machine gunned villages occupied by German reserves
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  • 2324 382 London, Dec B. Router's ccrrtepond ent at Italian Headquarters wiring oa Dec 3 saye come Britieh contingents by marching twentytwo mile? daily, succeeded m catching up those preceding them. The British have now reached their assigned positions aad have begun en trenching. London, Doc 5. A correspondent at
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  • 278 383 We have been Mtlng more BuHsh Government War Filmd m Bombay this week. By wo" ie meant a few of the people who daily read the war news m the newspapers and already had a good idea of what the Allies and th'd Empire are doi&g
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  • 103 383 It i .h ib'i da.ji^'j t:.i >; i Kortfa Ohir.jt represent 01 <i!r*d iv:. irt, 1 1 tL 11 cd d ii»an y pai bava been d Lven tc children Into slavery, m to :i »l?e rnt&r.e c keep tr baj i 'kilo lotsfet. Lateil paperi frcm BacKV(;k Lh V:
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  • 3182 383 Petrograd, D,c 4,-K lenko'g a-jjtant c f(1 that X dal i j ichcueuts ot .h* Polio* grid girrUon. Cassock ur} fathering t fl r.ka and re at R. b*t« •<■ r)88 of the dfl i-icch n l« ll>.: Cilj pOSsih I Ac tO ot!,fr toareei tbe P.--* nail
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  • 60 384 The Inspector of Schools has received a postcard from Sergeant W G Green m Mesopotamia addre^ed to tho children of Penang and Province VV« llealay saying Very many thanks for tobacco received. No gift could bo nppreciuted more by the boys out here. Id's always the right thing at the
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  • 422 384 London, Dec 6.— The Elder Dempatei liner Apapa has been torpedoed and sunk It is reported that 80 paeseuger* and orew perished and 120 were saved v is rumoured the iubmarine fired on women and children m the boats. L *»er. The Apapa was bone J
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  • 358 384 The following is the eighth yearly report of the directors to the shareholders to ha presented to the annual meeting on Dec 18. Your Directors have pleasure m submitting the Balance Sheet and Profit and LOEB Account for the year ended 80th September, 1917. The Net Profit v.a*
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