The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 3 January 1918

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  • 15 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. XD SERIES THURSDAY, JANUARY B, 1918, Ko 1,5*8,
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  • 352 1 PAGE 1 sl trs 9 wd Coc ie rip Uon 2 od War Poeitiona 2 sling P. ibber Production 2 h Pi aca Folly 8 MO OOC IT Ni:\VS. I [nsuraoce Policy 6 Cn?* 8 of Alien i 10 :tupl tor 12 urt 12 j mol d Murder 11
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  • 27 1 Jan 2 8 V 4 19 Ba 17 82 _U a 2 4 25 82 818 160 29 J% Prem 1 jftl <• i f 8 64
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  • 136 1 Domestic Occurrences. BIRTHS. Derrick.— _\t th- Maternity Hoapital, Sin- gapore. on Dec. *Bth to Mr und Mrs E, H. Derrick, a son. Thanh.-- At Bhutan Estato. Ntlai, F.M.6., on December 2 ith, 1917, to Mr. and Mrs. Colin p. Thane, a son. Latham.— On December 26tb, at Taiping, to Mr.
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  • 248 1 The last outward mail arrived last week with delayed dates of Oct 2d This weekly leavei to dn:. At a meeting of the General Committee of the Our Day Fund last week, it was decided to closo the 1917 Oar Day Fund. The total amount realized m
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  • 101 1 Jan. 2 Tin (Buyers) m 8127.50 Garni 19.0 C <B.CC 21.0t V k ick I pore 32 00 i 48 00 da li I nora i •hi II norn o noro »ia norn I H norn ial) laallif li.f o lO 16 50 1* 17 6 7 6 isat
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    672 1 X* PtOSM ilf* 1 -»-r fr'.. f* it tte tf Dae. 28 There has not heen much m the German method of conducting tbe war to form any r-olid grounds for believing that air reprisals will cause the Ger man High Command to give up bomb ing London,
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  • 579 1 Whilst the stringency of shipping has been felt very considerably of late months and will probably be felt even more during the coming year, the amount of cargo which has been coming into the Colony has still been much more considerable than a good many people seem ready
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  • 1316 2 Dec. 29. The position m Australia consequent upon the conscription referendum is a great deal more serious possibly than is realised outside the country, not perhaps so much because of its immediate military effect as because it indicates that the forces of misrule m the Dominion have
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  • 960 2 Dec. 81. At first sight the news of tbe week seems to be overwhelmed m a mass of babble about peace when peace is not yet possible, babble by people hke the Labourites and Bolsheviks who have no right to speak on peace except as insignificant
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  • 970 2 Jan. 1. Agreeing generally with the old mg that ••'you cannot ha\e too much of a good thing," we cannot lo bo far as to say it is impossible to have too much of a good thing m the wrong Place. One of the effer.*- ol I
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  • 1069 3 Jan. X We confess to aftotal inability to agree with the Daily Chronicle and tbe Daily News m assuming that the German negotiations at Brest-litovsk indicate any material change of attitude of the Germans m respect to the way m which the principles for which the war
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  • 666 3 The Committee of tbe Tientsin JTJood Kalief Fund begs to acknowledge with grateful thanks donation lrom fljn old soldier of UO per tne Hon'ble Di Lim Boon Keng, A marriage has boen arranged aotf will shortly take place between Miss Yaeult Willsher, only daughter of Captain aud Mrs Willsher, of
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  • 232 4 NETHERLANDS INDIAN RUBBER OUTPUT. The financial paper Nieuwe Financier publishes a letter from the Dutch East Indies m which it is said: 'Much bas been said m Holland regarding the shifting of the rubber and tin markets from Amsterdam and Rotterdam to the Dutch East Indies. In io far as
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  • 542 4 [Tha date? given are those of the tele grates from London Dec 26. Vice Admiral Roaslyn WemyEß appointed to succeed Admiral Sir John Jellicoe as First S*:a Lord. Admiral Jel' liooe raised to the peerage 'm recognition of very distinguished e^rvices," and *'it is hoped" that his
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  • 333 4 The fc Hewing is the eighth annual re port of the directors to the shareholder-* to be presented at the auuusl meeting at Malacca on Jan 10. Net profit for the year after deducting Directors' fees and Wac Tax $78,481 83 brought forward 52.478.01. Total 530 95P.
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  • 273 4 The weekly meeting of the Rent Assess* mrnt Board was held at the Municipal Offices yesterday, there being m attendance the President (the hon'ble Mr C J Saunders* and Messrs S Tomlinson, H Carpmael, Gaw Kbtk Khiam, M Meyer und A M S Angulia. A number of
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  • 202 4 A Tommy/ lying m a hospital, had beside him a watch of curious and foreign design. The attending doctor was interested. Where did your watch come /rom he asked. A German gave it me,'' he answered. A little piqued, the doctor inquired how the foe had come to convey this
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  • 777 4 Tbe following is the directors' report t^> Ibe sbntebol J^rs for the year ended 81st Ootob- r to be presented to the shareholders at the i-nni-ul meeting on Jan 9. The not profit for the year aa shown by the Profit and Loss Account amounts to 592
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  • 86 4 The death at Rancbi is reported of Mr T Southall, tbe well known trainer and jockey, who had basn for some months m failing health. He had gone there for a change from Calcutta. According to a Government investigation, the total number of tourists to visit Japan during the first
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  • 968 4 Tha pgreement between tbe United States end J*ipan oa the queetiou of China is ofthe first iroportanco to tbe futore of the Pacific and nl the world For a lortg time a cloud of suspicion and mistral has teeted on the relations of the t-vo Power*. Why
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  • 1295 5 Call ue not weeds we are the flowers of the Bea." E L Aveline. The very word Sea weed will take Home readers back to happy juvenile paddling?, and joy at low tide, when they could greatly dare over the slippery rocke :wjd tbrough the tiny crabby pools between
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  • 137 5 The December monthly medal was competed fer on Saturday and Sunday last, and resulted m a win for J D Morrison, wbo returned a net score of 77. Twenty-Bix cards were taken out and the following were returned. J D Morrison 46 45 14 77 L R
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  • 34 5 The December Medal has been won by Mr Haddon. Pcores J W Haddon 89 49 8 80 H Marriott 45 48 10 83 B R Whitehouse 47 69 17 89
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  • 100 5 Tbe Japanese sword presented by the Emperor of Japan to the city of Verdun arrived m Paris, and en the 29th November Mr Ma^Bui the Japanese Ambassador to Paris, banded over the eword to the Mayor cf the ci!"y of Verdun at tbe Grand Palace m a solemn cetemory. Ynle
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  • 640 5 NEARLY A MILLION DOLLARS. A meeting of the General Cnmmittee of (be Our Div" Food v?a«= hold afternoon, the chairman (eh* bon'b'e Mr F 8 James, c M g> presiding. Mr M Rod*s.~.M f hoo KK..r'ir> ol th- Qooetel Committer, preaeoted tlie following 1 >. o c
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  • 35 5 CONTRIBUTION. CONTRIBUTION. £350,000 SENT HOME. We are officially informed that j£3r:o,ooo have been remitted to the Imperial Government as tbe net amount of the tax received by the Government under the War Tax Ordinance 1917.
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  • 93 5 The lobs on working oC Cowie Hacour Coal Comp my last year was £3,884, com peted with £6,152 the p-edous year. A polo mulch at Kuala Lumpur between Peregrines »nd Selangor Polo Club resulted m a win for the larfer hy one to nil. Those dreary Willies who dislike opposition
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  • 138 5 The entertainment at the Alhambra last night was a success. The special box at 81 0(0 wa? cc;:nit-d by Chinese ladies, o^her boxes at $2f 0 and 55 three fourths were occnpfei, but they bad all been becked 11(8 $10 eeats wore filled cp, ool? some
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  • 111 5 The following constitute the above board S^cd Mohamad bm Agil (Chair* man), Mr J Locnic Collector, cf Land Revenue, Singapore, (Vice Chairman), Imam Hbji Mohamed Yusof, Ambik bin Haji Kamarudin, Mirza Mohamed Ali Kamasie, M Kader Sultan, A Bfl S Aoguliia, Haji Mohamed Ali b?n Haji
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  • 347 5 I, We have reason to believe" (says the Daily Mail that a feeling of more disquiet developed m Dublin recently as to the situation m some country districts. De V.ilera's Sinn Fein meetings have been proclaimed." The Sinn Fein movement, which m recent months has
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  • 151 5 His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong and Mr H J Gedge, who hava b?en to Korea on a shooting trip, rs turn ed to tbe Colony oc Doc 17 by the Tango Maru. M Otto Sverdrup, the Norwegian ex plorer, has returned his German decorations. Tbe ChristiHnia Seamen's Association b:.s
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  • 793 6 We wonder if Osdorna didn't try to stre^h h throe baee hil into a homer. (Naifaik Nnwa Before loving our enemies this time we are going to maks them worth loving (Clrtpugo Daily N'pwp.) New Yor\ City hud a Billy Sunday soeteal m the 6pnrg aud
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  • 188 6 On and from Jt-fc January next the rates of postage will be amended. The important poiot* to note are 1. Local Postage —Straits Settlements, X M S. Johore, Kedah, Kelantan, Penis, Trengganu (and Kemaman) British North Borneo, Sarawak, Biuuei: Letters. 4 cents up to 2oz (formerly
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  • 297 6 Japanese Walker m Burma. Among the interested observers at the Fancy Fair at Rangoon on Dec 16 while tha tickets for tbe Monster Raffle were being drawn was a well sec up kbcki-clad Japanese with a placard hung on his chest bearing the legend that
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  • 63 6 The petition of tl _'ese steamship companies ma services on the San Francisco and Png.-t Sound Lines, for permission to r-iee tbe freight; rates on tome 14 2 articles, has bfisn granted by the Mini.- ol Oommuniooaiooe. The advance amounts to trom 20 to 30 pec cent on timber, steel
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  • 252 6 FOB THE FRONT MEN. To the Editor, Dtrar Mr,— l do not know what sources of Information the organizers of the Ghristm tree r.j.d eclurUiumect mentioned uj \our issue ot ihe \9lh inst have for pobliclj seating that tba organize tioni workiog to look iJ>er the mi a iv
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  • 419 6 a meeting ol the Kent assessment Hoard was beld yesterday afternoon i r tbe Municipal Boardroom There were pre pfr:-. the hon'ble Mc 0 J sounders 'Pre sident) and Messrs R T*»cen*qba Gaw B i fa hi s Tomli n, M IM iyi r od H k
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  • 170 6 ALLEGED FORGED INSURANCE POLIOY. Khoo Tiam Swee was yesterday before Mr Ham, third magistrate, for the pre liminary inquiry as to the charge against him of forgery of a life insurance policy. Mr J C Burgess, of the China Mutual Life Insurance Co, gava evidenc3. He stated that the policy
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  • 50 6 Messrs Fraser and Co inform us that they have received the following cable from London "Owing to the late arrival of nails the annual general meeting of Eaßtem Smelting Co. Ltd, will be held on tbe 81et inst and adjourned for prepara tion of the annual accounts."
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  • 77 6 When Lord Ronaldshay, the Lieutenant Governor cf Bengal, paid a visit to the Dacca district, an aged Mahometan agriculturist, out of the fulness of hh-: heart, made him a little offering of three eggs aad s cucumber. Lord Ronaldshay has recently requited this offering by the gift
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  • 111 6 The Chugai Shog^o warns the Japa nese that tbe price ot rice on tho domestic market, will thow a furthur advance next >esr, ..nd ur?es tbe authorities to adopt lediate measures to prevent any further rite, with a view to relieving < v hfj distress of tbe people, who are
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  • 713 6 The dates given are tho-ie of the tele grams from London.] Dec 18. Eastern armistice declared as applying also to Russo Turkish theatres m Asia. Russian withdrawal from Persia provided for. Maximalists send ultimatum to UVraini ans. Dec 19. British orrl last week 2,401, sailings 2,409; sunk,
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  • 127 7 BtfBTINE HYDROCHLOR' (NICB GIRL I 1 IT0B2J nUBTSTBD LOVER Emetine cf ail the countless Terror bring to those amoeboid igi ie histoly. cles have spoilt eillifoi that line my led theii power to d d my heart vi? KB. P*s fairest Il f^i Emetine laid me on
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  • 145 7 STRAITS CHINESE LIT: ASSOCIATION. the raits Chinese ation held on tha 24th pin uas vers well attended the I'.nuual held on ths 2 sth inst, p its R Choo's bunga irerc elected for ct Rev Goh V cc Pf its Mr Chew md c i\ i Tock Bpng, v. Mr
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  • 56 7 TIENTSIN FLOOD RELIEF FUND. of tbs i.'rin F gi with thanks tbe new fully-equipped r c~t by ifi isrs Wt arno ss put nn for sale q by .Mr Mayhsw of X og L. i Co and after lown to Mr Kee for th 52.200. to acknowledge I s from
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  • 115 7 piracy tri-d at Sm san named Wilms il Q .i- Iswlti borrowed Manila osten ies but m reality to i Hokkien -»an, aged 29 night, found BCB to J.e door post at was suffering i*ed this probably had I Bxplo3ieee hai resigned bis rvioes to the He is proceeding hs
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  • 958 7 FIGHTING ON THE JEBEL HAMRAN HILLS. Turks Out Manoeuvred Bombay, Dec 10. Reuter's 6pscial cor respondent m Mesopotamia wires as follows, dating Dec 8, froo a bivouac five mile* north of Qara Thj. «h Th- right wing of ou r nrr>* h aB fc ien operr. irg against tbe
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  • 541 7 ATTEMPT TO LEAVE THE COLONY. >( No Tro bie m Singapore. At the Hongkong Magistracy yesterday (soys the M H.K, Daily Press "of DnC 19), before Mr Dyoi Bill, H Van do Donwer, who deicnbed hir^elf as a Dutchman, plef.ded guilty to attempting to leave the
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  • 252 7 Ho Ab i Cantonese, banged him sell oo C listmas Day _\t 1919 New M l I: ivmi ac 0 n !6 bin been destroyed by Are. jbe aege is estimated -it oue million \eu The mail w.is removed safely and no telegrams were burnt, bat ibu tel »ph instruments
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  • 367 7 Search for tbe Hitachi Maru No buccaneering expedition ot the* Main, no search for the gold of Captain Kidd was surrounded with more of a spirit of adventure, danger aud excitemant than tbe sailing of the Chiknmen Maru of the N V X line from Kobe on
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  • 367 7  -  Thomas Ogilvy. Dundee, 8 October 1917. The Editor, Saturday Review. Sir. Henceforward Holland ought to be exonerated from a Laodicean neutrality. It should be recognised as one of the most helpful, sympathetic, and friend1> States to the A'lies. Tens o(f thousands of expatriated Belgians have received a
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  • 95 7 Hoo Ah Soon, a Hylam, sent to hospital on Friday last by the Harbour Board police, was eaid to have been struck m the storaaca. He died yesterday morning. There is no ond to the ingenuity of opium smugglers, says the Englishman of Calcutta. A couple of days ago an
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  • 767 8 The leave of Mr Justice Sproule has been extended for two months from Jto 22nd. The Mohammad iU Advisory Board a* constituted" for 1916 li ol Gazette. R J Bartlett is plue d oo 6e v Bsrs cv the dish 0 tl 8 Cade*. Corp-. Rxeojuet
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  • 244 8 FRASER'S SHAKE CIRCULAR. Sir.£ip:.ro, Dr>c 26 Owirg to the Christm 15 bus! j m 1 been much restricted but tbe ffl market ia headier r.rd some robber* shew a slight advenes over their worst pc ot. Tbe Straits Trading Company ie* heir hall yearly 1 ti snd report with a
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  • 229 8 J: will be a sooroe of gratification to U»1..6 who subscribed toward tbe Solai.3r*j auu S.iilor«' Kmes Tree and Social to koow that the cveoicg was s un .net sac i, end that the men who partioipat I arc enthusiastic m their praise. Toe oiog's snjoyment begen at
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  • 189 8 Tbe iuGtallation meefcirj: of Lodge Zetland m the East, No. 60S, was held Ot Freemesons Kali on St Johos Day, V7tb, tho hon'ble F M Elliot, D G M, installing the W M E'ect Bro W J Garcia, bein.^ a^-si-v-ed by a number of past masters, Th 6 officers
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  • 146 8 Wee Bin Cheng and Kbo Hock Beng, cf the Kampong Kapor abattoir, w^ra yesterday before Mr Sugars, and the hearing ct too charges Bgainst them of receivicp iilega) gratificatioua and extortion of 11 50 against No 1, and of $3 against No *2, was resumed. Mr Smith
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  • 20 8 Tba following cadets aie appointed to Class V, F X Wilson, H F Monk, EEF Pretty, C W A Senaett.
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  • 957 8 A I QUESTIONS BY ME RS. etio,* of tl B Muol I Comm doners was held la tbe roc .h*y. There were m attert the President (Mr FJ He Dr md Messrs J I E Ses Tiong Wah, I her Kemp, B Ball (E P< 'Secretary.) )BBBIfBKT twCBMI
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  • 53 8 Tho December medal wes non v, v Mr Pli Lowndes (J8 18 80, The result of ths Mixed Foe »omes played on gOth December was. Mrs Elder an Ji Mr Mostertoo Sl 4 17 Mr and Mh Moocs/orasrie 61 8 4 8 Mc md Mrs J Binnie
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  • 332 8 Intimation bag been mode by sir Regi oold Brade to ths eJiror cf the Nation that the Ar.oy Council hat? removed tne ban c.i tlie foreign circulation of that joornal, which can.o Jnto m on Aprl 17 last. With reference to a tfoti flea tion probibiting tha expor ot tin
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  • 735 9 toes 110:1! ri est JVVBVAL iek wo muejh if feugh i tor P -iiifed iv ory has <i i and 1 ..al i coli be was two ga from .-ion s by an I t st ip I c 1 telescope, banged but worse. a uper*
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  • 457 9 Ths Hcngkang Y/ay They appear to make special efforts to invest fleld daya with real excitement m Hongkcng Roderick Random." ofthe 4 Hongkoog Daily Pesa" his ihe toi lon ing among other comments on the Defence Corps Cl nt cam;- As f v. the field
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  • 48 9 There is no disgnieiorj the fact that what is at tbe bottom of tbo Qermen desigo.and tbe desire of connecting Schles* wig with Holstein, is tho dream of a German fleet, and tha wish to get Kiel as a (Berman seaport. (Lord Paltnereton, 1864.)
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  • 45 9 British North Borneo had remitted £5,000 to the Homj Our Djty funds op to Dec 17. Ang Hong and Taa Seek weie oe Thursday committttd by Mr Sugars fur trial at the next A-eizee for possess:, n oi counterfeit coins und instru ments for coining..
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  • 1840 9 AFTER THREE YEARS OF WAR. THE ANXIETY OF 3 SRM ANY. The German newspapers Continue to sive their sunimaries of tbe three years of war. The usual, and, it might be semi official, attitude of self c< tec mi d determined opumiina is generally obei ed m these commentaries. At
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  • 17 9 Examinations for Government Offlcere m Law, General Orders and Colonial Regulations will be held on Jan 29th.
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  • 776 10 Up to Dec 19 the Indian Our Day fond had totalled 60 lukas cf rupees and ihat of Burma Ra 2,72.883. A bridge drivo at Kampong Kuantan on Dec 15 .resulted m 51,600 being realised for Red Cres* funds. Mr M G Ruddock cf tbe Eastern
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  • 457 10 THE THREE YEARS SUB-LEASE. Tbe fifth ordinary general meeting cf the Simoons Valley Hydraulic Mines, Ltd, was held on Saturday at the registered offices, Chartered Bank Chambers There were present the hon'ble Dr Lim Boon Keng (chairman^, Messrs Chew Woon Poh, J A Hamilfoa and W Lowther
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  • 274 10 The following is the eighth report of the directors lo the shareholders to be present ed at the annual meeting ou D_c 31 at noon. Tho Directors have pleasure ia Bubmuting the balance sheet aud profit and loss account for the year ended 30th September, 1917. Net
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  • 88 10 It is officially announced that promotion by seniority is abolished to tbe United States army. Henceforth 4be promotion of officers m the federalized militia and national army will depend solely upon the military qualities of tLe candidates. Among the visitors to Penang during the week end from Singapore and the
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  • 982 10 PRESENTATION OF ADDRESSES A*- Mi G 'i S-;u, ul tue Civil Service, is shortly goii g ou Usve, bis friends m the communities are etio«i...ring tokens of their respect on him. Mr Seth Iwho bas been sixteen years out here) has been brought c'o-.e!y m contact
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  • 242 10 The bearing cf tLe charge of being an alien, and not re« -/"-ing «ith thi Chief Police Officer, against Mr Marcus Zirner was resumed on Betnrday. The D P asked for a post poi m order tc produce cvi '-i.c from 9 mghai with respect to I
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  • 358 10 Commenting on the Selangor VI Singa pore match tbe Malay M*iil gtv< »i the foi Rowing praise to the Singapore team. The result was m accordance wiih tbe run of the play, since the visitors ri rs all round the superior te.«»n. They were younger, heavier Dnd fitter
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  • 176 10 Lady Evelyn Toung arrived In Penang by tho Ipoh on Fridaj lo spi mss holidays on Penang Hills, fi i grill bs joiued there by H E RChina's total length of railv fter forty yeors ol boilding, so>s riter m the Far Eastern R oold •m k ft double track
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  • 648 11 (incorporated m Queensland.) The General Manager's Progress Report fob Four Weeks Ending Dec Ist, 1917. Th" accompanying sheet of Mine I and Assay returns ehowq a total v r 289 ft roide up of 47 f!i sinking, 80 f. lfl2 f c cros«*cutting, as
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  • 318 11 Creation of two new Categories An Army Council Instruction issued Oct 27 states that, m order to simplify administration m the handling of personnel it has been decided to abolish tbe distiuc tion between Categories B and C." Tbe necessity for discriminating between men of ca v
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  • 300 11 Press dispatches from Xew York nn Douure tbe arrival at an Atlantic port m thu United States of the British steamship Justicia, n new veseel of 93,384 tone, ranking anions the greatest ships of the world, soys The Montreal Gazette Behind the Bcreen of 66creecy which the
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  • 217 11 In n. recent discussion ac to Mr Bonar I lef claim to fame ie was unhesi.rted tbat be would livo m bistm as the writer of the following no.'.* eu Sir Aequlth Lord Laa&dowLe and I f*:el it cur duty to inform you fi^t m our opinion,
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  • 22 11 Thor*. is a growing theory that tbe surest way to keep Germany fully occupied is to let her take Russia. (Emporia Gazette.)
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  • 679 11 NATIONAL HOME TO BE MADE IN PALESTINE. Get irnasat Approval* Mr Bilfcur bn« writt* o to Lord Bothpchild a letter c* nvi ying, on behalf I the Goverr.-nt.ut, lb* f J owing dccl iriti on of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations pproved by tbe Cabinet: His Mujdoty
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  • 84 11 Calcutta Racing Publics Contribution. Calcutta, Dec 14. The race goic, y public of Calcutta aro contributing no less than r.wo lakhs of rupees to the JleA Cross funds The Royal Calcutta Turf Oub have decided to contribute Rs 1,55,000 and the bookmakers of tha Calcutta race
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  • 68 11 elsrgci raised IJICB 014 fot King g *'s fund for Bailors. ...a tbe beginning of the war and with the departure of the German Consul the Interacts ol that Consul^U* have bsen buc ce^ively m tbe hands of the Con3ul« General for America an' is Netherlands. It is now reported
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  • 854 11 Developments ln Aircraft. Lahore, Dec 17. A Civil and Military G?z*tta ep«cia! cable says tbat great probers is bem,'» made m tbe air service for the purposes cf both peoei end v«r. The new Bra ieh -oachines are unequalled. A coreraerciwl >>s well ,as a mail service
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  • 804 12 Miss Pope and Mian K*y have left Kuala Lussjn»r on a trip to Hongkong. It is anticipated that Mr A X E Hampfibim will bi appointed an UncfficiaMosfcor ot tbe Federal Council en the iei tire&ent of She Hon Mr W F Nutt. Tbe committee of
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  • 584 12 EXTENSION OF TliE PROPERTY. The ninth annual meeting of Alor Gajab Robber Estate, Ltd, wue held yesterday at tbe registered office, Gresham House, Batteryrd.' There were present Messrs W P Plummer (chairman), J.W Campbell, E Kong Guan (directors), R I Saseon, aud J Bl Sime (for the
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  • 81 12 An ordinary general meeting of the Straits Trading Co. Ltd, was held at the registered office, 11 Collyer Quay, yesterday, the hon'ble Mc W W Cook presiding. The meeting adopted the statement ot accounts and balance sheet for the halfyear ended Sept 30, and the reports of
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  • 135 12 No 71 of the Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society ia an interesting number, opening with some language matter, tbe Advent of Mohara madaohism m tbe Malay Peninsula and Archipelago which began about 915, but probably di,d not make much way. Mr Win^tedt
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  • 871 12 IMPORTANT SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT. An im pot tant point io reference to the b-i_-»amptcy Irw-j was Involved ir a judg* ment give v bj Mr Jn a tice E*:>en m tbo Sopr'iui Coorl yesterday efttrnoooa la matter of Chop X m B- ng bis lordshlo .e> asked
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  • 274 12 SCC BEAT NEGRI SEMBILAN. On the esplanade last evening, the S C*rj Rugby team easily defeated a side reprn sentating Negri Sembiian. The ground was m a water-logged condition, and with this hampering tbe placer*-, aleo with the k«t.-i.6y ball, the gains was rutbrr epoilt, though it was m9tk
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  • 248 12 Their lordships the Chief Justice (Sir John Bucknill, kc) and Mr Justice Ebden sat m the Supreme Court yesterday morning to fix tbe cases for January. Tbe Chief Justice at tbe cutset, mention ed that the Assizes, which uh proposed to take himself, would begin cv tbe Sth.
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  • 178 12 Chan Soo, a Cantonese woman, was brought up yeßterday m the third court under charge of murder committed at house No 19, Amoy st, on Saturday. It ifl alleged that the accused threw her step son, aged seven years, over tbe verandah into the well. The boy's
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  • 104 12 Lee Ah Tak was yesterday committed by Mr Sugars for trial at the next Assizes, on a charge of gang robbery. Koh Tiam Swee, who was charged with using as genuine a forged life insurance policy, was yeßterday committed by Mr Ham for trial at the next assizes. Tan Kirn
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  • 180 13 Thursday, January, 3, 1918. MAX CLASSIFICATION. G3z->tte Extraordinary issued yeeterUy lives the new alteration of olassi* flcaticn cf men by categories. It was jo cor issue of Dec 28th and briefly Is -.ft?s A— fit for general service g| for general ssrvioc but fit for be roe (gar/ hon. labour,
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  • 90 13 Our Kuala Lumpur Correspondent wires ttjat a cable has bsen received there announcing the death m England of Mr FJB Dykes, forrueriy senior warden of mines, F M 8, and since 1910 deputy agent Malay States Development Agency. Mr Frechevillc Joseph BallaLtine Dykes came on
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  • Correspondence.
    • 324 13 To the Editor, Sir, as we are all deeply concerned m ihis dire calamity and its relief the latest r.ewE to hard will be of interest. It appears that once the situation was taken iv, organised relief worb look fnrm on the spot by tbo Tientsin Christian Union
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  • 164 13 Fire Brigade was called out on lay evening to a small fire at 66, W. caused by the overturning of an imp. The blaze was soon exting. the oldest and most beloved he Catholic Mission of Siam f Des lath, Father C A F Petit, at 72, after 42 years
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  • 1569 13 Malays* Happy Day. It is many years now sauce Orst land and sea sports were held on New Year's Day especially for tbe Malays, bnt on no occasion has the festival been more pleas ant or much more successful than on Tuesday. That oil Important fictor, the
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  • 151 13 A Ctntonete named Lee Teng Kuang, wes boccksd do«s by a motor- car at the jancMon ol Tan Q ;oe Lun st and Beachid ou Dec 24 Vac. c.\r sGoppad wh*iD be f-11 down, and a European and driver Came »ud lifted hrn into the car, end took
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  • 109 13 Fifteen Cbinese were yesterday charged by Mc D Beatty, Protector cf Chinese, with being members of an unlawful assembly. They were discharged by tbe third mogis trate. but all were bound over to keep the peace for six months m one surety m the sum of $100 each. L*it year
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  • 357 13 [Renter'i tierviee] Ottawa, Dec 28.— Stefansson, the great Arctic explorer, has arrived at Fort Yukon. [Steffanson returned north on his Arctio explorations m 1915 -with tbe idea of ex umining tbe land north of tbe Beaufort Bea and bad not since been heard o* though the southern parties of
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  • 430 13 Paris. Dec 25 —The newspapers em* phasise that the air-raid on Mannheim illustrates the extraordinary endurance of the British pilots who carried out their work at a temperature of thirty degrees below zero. They say that Hai* is concentrating the British aie forces m order to sternly reply
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  • 2070 14 London Dec 26V. -—Renter's correspon dent as headquarters saye tbat Cbri3tmas Day was blue and sunny. The festivuies were generally of a modest character compared with previous years, but the usoil cheerfulness prevails. Th^re is r.o question of even temporary fratemitOtioo witn tbs enemy. Plum pud ding was
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  • 895 14 London, Dec 26. Reuter's correspondent with the Frerch army m Italy, re ferring to a vigorous Austrian offensive on the Asiogo Plateau and west of the Brenta, mentioned m the communique, anticipates that if the enemy maintains bis gains he will attack Monte Grappa position m great force.
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  • 6479 14 Pefccograd, Dec 24 The members of the Ukrainian revolutionary etr ff ha\o been released. Later: Six thousand Red Guards m Petrograd and Moscow are bein^ against Ukraine. Iv is reported that tbe Austro Germans are moving troops from the Russian northern and western fronts to the south- western
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  • 347 16 London, Dec 26. Vice Admiral Roßslyn Wemyss has been appointed to succeed Admiral Jellicoe. The latter has been raised to the peerage m recognition of very distinguished services. It is hoped Admiral Jellicoe's experience will bo uti lised later m another important appoint ment. Vice Admiral
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