The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 14 November 1918

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  • 15 305 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY, NOVEMBER. 14, 1918, No 1,688,
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  • 181 305 LSADERS. PAGE The Chaos in Austria 305 Shipping Returns 305 The Crumbling of Germany 306 Germany*! Emissaries 8C6 Oermmni'i (ioes Under 306 lii'bbar Control 305 The Possible Armistice Torma 307 The Hour of Triumph :-5O7 The Fuil Terras 307 KtJeaee of Shipping 307 POLICE AND COURT NEWS. The AeBizaa
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  • 151 305 Nov 18 111 buyers 5146 60 \-t. *>- 14 00 G»-'< •♦lav v 36.t t G*<:**>»* Cn** %o -2.C0 I*. *> w hiuk ..--x. a d-j*« 82 CO Asanas iwma« **>-• < r »3 oo N7"»ti«r*' M*C In eHn non) N»'M*^t» 'M em t>- aoa Haas (Band* o-a\ Qictas
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 69 305 Crompton.— At the General Hospital, Singapore, on Monday, Nov. 4th, to Mrs. K. Cromptok, Nonh Hummock Estate, Klang. a daughter. Heddle— On Noverr be«- Bth to Mr. and Mrs Douglas Heddle, of Btraits Tradicg Co, Tongkah, Flam, at Maternity Hospital, 1 en--1 ang, a daughter. Striven*.— On the *th
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    • 59 305 Goff— Gkddes.— On the 22nd August, at St. Saviour's Church, Walton-street Commander Reginald stamnub Goff, D.e.o m., second son of Mrs. Trevor Goff and the late LieutCol. Trevor (Jeff, of Shesfleld Hall, Basing stoke, to Vbira Colvillo, -widow of ColoDel A. D. Geddes, The Buffa, and second daughter of
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    • 120 305 Mrs. Chan Cheng Him nbb Chua Ching Neo agod 63 years st No 6 Lorong .3, Gaylang on Saturday 9th November 1918. Gauld —At the General Hospital, Singapore, on the 1 th instant Alexandrina Maud Mlt ohell, beloved wife ef James Gauld, of Kapala Islands Estate, Singapore. Lemercier.— On
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  • 217 305 No mail from home arrived this week but one is expected to morrow. A homeward mail left on Tuesday. Tbe great news of the signing of ths armistice reached Singapore on Monday evening and soon became general property. There was muoh enthusiasm and a general gravitation to
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  • 49 305 otHmot*- < Nov 13 I .-*~ts 5- 16 U a 4 116 fri- vr. «4 9 16 Faa-ato fotOfrnH Htartft 802 IMi*. i .55 i«Oa---<r' 87$"* Pram 10 o-'a:* Itmi 101 l Jay U ataaV 128 i Bajmmkosl laoMwiM 16JI ii ■<• >i tt^gi.****?. aass 5% 8" *>-*» I
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  • Article, Illustration
    26 305 Smmn ik*C tka rrmm *h» ?••»!•> rifM •■•wad k-> laSaeacn aod »»Vt'm Sv 1 aatrlat Tratk ke.- jla^ienj or-Kw* a y» v*«**mS a Uclai. iM>ra".tT tnd L«a
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  • 624 305 Nov s It is plain that considerable difficulties will attend any attempt on the part of the Allies to utiii-e Austria as a base for a new attack on Germany. Apart from those members of the Austro Hungarian army who had al ready surrendered to the
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  • 440 305 No particular satisfaction can be obtained from the figures of our ship construction, now published, for the month past and for the third quarter. British construction, instead of showing a rise on the previous month, shows a small fall and the figure is little if anything above the
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  • Page 305 Advertisements
    • 157 305 Subscribers to the Singapore Free Press" weekly returning from Europe to the Straits by any of the mail lines, are invited to send to Ow 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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    • 18 305 TO rUOSE BOWBWAttO BOUND I CAftPMLL LATHAS a >-. 3a in llfii WllUrj tattan E-OMX Mr ii. a mat.
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  • 607 306 Nov 0 T\\? outlook bas change i so wonucifilly sin:? tbo 1 a f. t mail left Home that it ia an interest iog study to look back at tho views expressed by auth oriiics at the beginning of September. Nowhere more than m Germany, though
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  • 559 306 Germany 's Emissaries. We are not incline i as yet to attach too much importance to the visit, actual or reported of a German armistice delegation to the Allied lines. The dispo lition to take such reported visit as merely a preliminary to acceptance of the Allied conditions is a
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  • 669 306 Nov 11. It h now plain tbat Germany will go out oi the v v, and out of existence as a great nation for decades, m a great burst of involution that may easily turn into anarchy rivalling the Russian revolution at i! a worst. The wolf
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  • 1134 306 Nov 12. Penang Chamber of Commerce often takes a very different course from that pursued by the Singapore Chamber, probably largely due to tbe fact tbat Penang's interests are distinctly at variance with Singapore interests m many ways. Thus Penang did not feel the pinch a* regards local
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  • 681 307 Nov 18. Not much can be said as re gards the armistice from the point of view of its terms, mainly because these terms are not a9 yet fully known. We may however rest content m the knowledge that they wero terms agreed upon at a
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  • 507 307 In tlie hour of triumph, such a8 this, it might seem out of place or premature to mention that the victory of the armed forces of theAllies is but the determining cause of the end of the war. Tbe real victory, won by the sword, is
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  • 613 307 Nov 14. The terms of the armistice granted to Germany, as summarised by the Premier, are now before our readers, and will, we think, satisfy even those who feared that the Germans might be let off too lightly. They will probably admit now tbat the framers of
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  • 245 307 The Shipping Controller at Home has given the local shipping committee an excellent lead m stating that Governraent control of merchant shipping will not continue after the war any longer than is necessary to provide for the extraordinary conditions of trade arising out of the war, and
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  • 387 307 Thomas Henden, aged ninety, formerly a carpenter, of Bad street, Westminster, who died suddenly from senile decay and fatty disease of the heart, waa stated at the iuqu«st to have received Army calling up papers a short time before bin death. In connection with the X ray treatment of ringworm,
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  • 879 308 Thursday November 14, 1918, MASS MEETING ON THE ESPLANADE. GOVERNOR PROCL\IM^ THE NEWS. 41 Utter and Complete Defeat of Germany.'' Yesterday was observed as a general holiday m Singepore and unprecedented scenes of enthusiasm were again witne ssed. Decorations abounded everywhere. The chief function cf the day took place to
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  • 88 308 A very disastrous fire occurred yesterday morning at tbe premises occupied by the Australasian Films, Limited, Orchard rd. The local fire brigade under Supt Wilson turned out with the utmost prompifcitude but the fliines had got euch a hold th*t practically everything inside waa destroyed and £.11 that
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  • 246 308 General Marshal speaks cf the effect produced on his campaign by General Alleuby's successes iv Palestine. But what is not generally realised If that ail these outlying provinces of the Turkish Empire Palestine, Mesopotamia, and wo ought to add Armenia aud the Caucasus will ha interdependent m
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  • 349 308 Twenty-five Chinese, charged at an East Coast port with refusing to sail on the return journey m a British ship of which they were part of tho crew, were each fined £5 and sentenced to three mouths iuiprisonir ent. with hard labour. Pic.ventivo medicine, joined with antiseptic fcurgety, said Sir
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  • 437 308 IS TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION Some of tho unconfirmed rumours ot Peace Day Tbat the proposal of the hotels to close down at nine p.m. was frustrate! solely by the exhaustion of the stocks of dry ginger ale. That a well known shipping bouse has at last flown the Jack
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  • 349 308 When war broke out there was only a four mouth*' supply of tungsten m Eng land, said MrJLF Vcgel, at ;he Scientific Products Exhibition. A factory was started, with the result that one of the meat serious problems with which muni tions makers were faced had been s^.is factorily solved.
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  • 481 308 A Million for Approved Associations. Tbe third annual report of the Corn mittee of tbe Privy Council f^r Scientific and Industrial Research bas Inst be»n issued [Cd. 9144]. en It records a great extension of the work of tbe Departmenc The Couimniee an proved a comprehensive scheme of
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  • 330 308 At the meeting of Lodge Z «tland m ihe Eatfc, No 608, on Tuesday nifht, Wor Bro Makepeace was elected M.iaier fur tha ensuirg year. A similar announcement to this was made exaciiy twenty- fiva years ago. According to a report, th 6 Fourth Far Eastern Championship Gara« <s will
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  • 1424 309  - Wednesday, November 13, 1918. THE ARMISTICE NEWS. Long LOCAL CELEBRATIONS. Public Holiday Proclaimed. Peace id an amaziug thing, and paople took it m varioui way* on Monday night. r«ro things learned to recur readily enough t j most folk— -chaespagoe and cheers. Very ol tonics, too The hotels were •ceoes
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  • 233 309 Comm tted euicidft whiist temporarily insane" wa* the verdicS returned at an inquest h^ld on the body of Seah Seng Kye, a Cantonese woman, of 84 1 Tanjong Rhu, who took an overdose of opium. Messrs Harland and Wolff have made another worlds record at the Belfast shipbuilding yard by
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  • 192 309 Cables to Foch, Haig and Lloyd George. From Our Own Correspondent Ipoh, Nov 12 There is a great outburst of erthusiann m Ipoh. The day ii practically a holiday. There was a iplendid procession of all the schools, headed by the Perak State Band. A crowded public meeting
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  • 109 309 Bonfires on the Hill. From Our Own Correspondent Penang, Nov 12. People generally were acquainted with tbe signing of the armistica early this morning. Bells were rang at noon and there was a display of flags and bunting. Many people wore flags and rosettes shipping was decorated,
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  • 218 309 The Gossip Shop organisers gratefully acknowledge the following subscriptions to the funds Per Mrs Chancellor: AD Allan $100 Per Mrs Saunders J D Saundert 100, Joan 100, N E Bath 35. Per Mrs J A Webster W L Watkins 25. H R D Day 20, J A
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  • 156 309 A meetirg of the provisional committee of the Malayan Association of Rubber Producers, un Association m process of formation to reprebent the interests of locally ItfWtered rubber companies and private owners of rubber estates, was held m Kuala Lumpur m Sunday the 10th Inelanli The Memorandum and
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  • 99 309 Steel aod tin seem at tbe present time making strong oius for the rank of the world's most precious metals, says the New York Commerce and Finance. One dollar a pound now, tin was one eighth that price wheu William McKinley took his seat as President. Yet we imported m
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  • 296 309 Amongst the papers laid on the table of the Legislative Council on Moniay was one dealing with correspondence between the 00-eroneenl and the S-cretary of State for the Colonies oa the subject of the revision of Civil Service conditions. A despatch from M r Walter Long approves
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  • 210 309 The report of the Select Committee on the draft estimates for Singapore, Malacca and Labuan amongst other things recommends the provision of $250,000 for the temporary housing accommodation ot the poor during the demolition of insanitary dwellings and the carrying out ol Improvement Schemes. They also re.
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  • 2670 309 Heavy Fine at Penang From Our Own Correspondent Penang, Nov 12. In the district court to day, a Dutch traveller named Wyzar was charged with, on Nov 6, eUempttnf to export to Dutch territory jewellery to tbe value of $9,000, an offence under section 5 of the Arms
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  • 290 310 By way of celebrating thi news ill the street arc lamp* ware put on baforj midnight. Information has beeu received that a ateamer struck a submerged orj-ct m latitude deg 0 56 south and longitude deg 108 24 last. Will Mr John Masnfield use tho Doctor's degree which the University
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  • 189 310 The Gardens Bulletin for N 0 Pr keeps up iuterett A picture and speak of the great crop of the L! (Hibiscus Sabdnffu) which fruited faS Gardens and gave much for th-im«b, Jslly. Mr Matlv,n fl JT2S 2 the Cola trees, a crop of 0f gathered. It le
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  • 75 310 The above match 8 0 P A ys s C C will take place co Toured ay, 14th instant on the SCC ground, et 4.45 p m BUU rp'. It: will be under the patronage of H E the Governor, H L-: :;^'icral Ridout and the
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  • 68 310 In tha gemi final Mrs Holdea bael Mrs Diummond I up, and Mcrj Rw>* Ii rec.ived a "walk over" fcj>n Mrs G-Dtrell. The final between Mrs Holdea soil Mra Huseell will be played on lhe Garrison Golf Course on fuesdoy 19 h N'jv commencing at 830 p.m.
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  • 32 310 The result of the men's monthly medal for November was D M Grayburn 85 14 71 RL D Wodehouso 84 4 80 H R Buckland 82 pins I 84
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  • 364 310 The Men's Monthly Medal (Bogey^ will be played for on No? 16th and 17th. Inspector F G King, late of Balik Pulau, Penang, has beeu ordered home on long leave. Inspector H Lloyd is now m charge of the Seremban division of Police, while Inspector Garside has
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  • 117 311 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association's usual auctim was held ou Wednesday and yesterday when there was offered 2,284,684 lb l v 0l« 94 ton?. Phices Realized. cte pec lb. Bmci Sheet Fine Ribhed BI to 67$ ood h 524 64. Fine Plain 65 1 toked
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  • 266 311 S-cgopore, Nov 7. 1 •■■'•c tba interval between last aalea be auctions which concluded th 8 •■< ri I bee gradually Armed. hare u^^.n ed alightJy. The &d y«t*«rday fairy bt rong *nd lmpl '':°P to f! -e interval, but ou the resumption the market Cell away
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  • 143 311 The weekly rubber auction which commenced yesfierlay saw a further aub stautial advance m the prices of all grades In the earlier part of tbe Bale spirited competition rushed the price for Smoked Sheet up to 67i cents (which is 4} cents above last week's best), but this
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  • 250 311 f Singapore Nov 7. hating tbe past week the market has had a smart rise 69. cents was paid for Prime Ribbed Smoked Sheet and 70 was reported as having been paid for Fine Pale Crepe. The auctions opened strongly for Crepe 71% being paid for
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  • 271 311 Singapore, Nov 7. Some advances are shewn m Rubbero egain this week but deal* have t. en on smaller *cale. The raw material has been iv good demand, m both reads B nd f,r wird deliveries there, is a cubstnnc.Rl im proveioent. The Mini-try of Mooitiooa uuve
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  • 252 311 (81pt Oct 6th Nov.) Singapore, Nov 7. The amazingly good war news has led to a eharp rise m robber 6hareB, and apparently to a fall m tin and tin eharee, Rubber Auction Results 80th to BUt Oct (Guthrie's Report.) Total Offered tons 1196 total sold 736
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  • 303 311 A German Arm offered a Norwegian Arm for Bale a salvage device epleodidly adapted for the requirements of ahipwrecked seamen N The Norwegian firm, m declining wrote: We feel sure you will see that your offer of a salvage patent to Norway at this juncture, when Norwe gian ships are
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  • 993 311 [The date? Given are tLo:e of the t9le grama fr^m 1>: I ■> Oct 80,—Itelj Capturea yeeterdej **e-e 9 COD pri- irjen and 51 gun Bit'i aorth of Verdun of Ineieftenl ?eritj on ai milea front.* Since -3 pt 26, c p;ur<> lj r rH bave b*
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  • 485 311 The influence which, m the end, makea a nation great or small is its temperament. Either it can bear itself proudly its spirit unconquered m a period of aJveit-ry, or it cannot. How will the German temperament disclose itself when the pinch comes? N» ver
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  • 23 311 Mrs Cullen, wife of Mr J Cv leu, acting A C P, Ipob, haa left Ipoh ea route to India on a holiday.
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  • 784 312 Mr Tan Cheng Tiong is appointed a Municipal Commissioner of the Town and Fort of Malacca, to fill tho vacancy caused by the death of Mc Chi Kang Cheng. George Robey, wearing a CDmplete suit cf captured Garnan armour, has evolved a new character, Hane Knickerdingle,
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  • 83 312 •from Our Own Correspondent Penang, Nov 8. The death has taken place m hospital of Captain R A MeCulloch, Straits Be, tarn Rubber Estate, Province Wellesley, f^om pneumonia following influenza, The deceased, who was _7 years of ape, lost an eye m the flrat battle of
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  • 273 312 Amidst mPnymanifesiationsofHrmptthv and regret tbe mortal remaine of tbe lato Mr Jjhn Charles Sugars, cf the S'rails Settlements Civil Service, were -ever-n'iy laid to rest at che Btdadari Cemetery yesterday morning and the l*. r ga «nd I representative ooaooune of people who amended the oberquiee
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  • 117 312 A correspondent writes from Carey Island as to the incidence of Spanish m fluerza there. I Q the course of the letter which is too long to reproduce he pays a handsome tribute to the energy of the general manager and the dresser at the hospital m
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  • 328 312 The Government of India has lato'y framed new rules granting peneions of Indian officers of tbe Indian Army on more lavish and favourable terms. Mr H S Scrivenor, who underwent an operation for acute appendicitis at the European Hospital, Batu Gajah, laat week is progressing favourably towards recovery' (r o
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  • 908 312 A meeting of the Indian Immigration Comm^tcee was held at Penang en the 4*b i November. There were present The Controller of Lbb,ur (Mr J R O Aid worth; Chairmau, the Principal Medical Officer j F M S (Dr C L Sansom c M o\ tbe hon'ble Mr
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  • 3558 313 Tuesday, November 12, 1918, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Ordinary Meeting, ■otu.tj, Nov 11, 1918 PBl ,r. Es.tbaQoTorncr(3lrA_ 'iing,o.c.M.Q. k r fi 1 IK. lhe General Officer ornnianding the troops (Major-Gcu. Ridout, CM o cB Tht.Hon the Got. B*o. <_i F. s. James, c.M o on. Att. General (a. Goodman Ac rarer <a.
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  • 185 314 The following Singapore propeities were disposed of by auction by Messrs Ching Keng Lee aud Co at their tale room oo Monday afternoon Freehold land nnd house No 10 Neil rd, area 1,428 sq fc, bought by Tan Hrn B wan for 87,500. Freehold land and hcuso No.
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  • 208 314 The First Week m December. I. is probably well-kr»own to meet peopleby this time, that one of the results of the National Mission m this placi was the formation of what is known as Tho Social Service Committee.*' This Com mittne is compocpd of gentlemen, e'ergy and
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  • Correspondence.
    • 125 314 To the Editor. Dear Sir, In endorsing A W Pitt's letter of the Bth instant re padly, I shall be obliged if you would accommodate me with a little space m your valuable paper m order that I may draw the attention of the Food
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  • 274 314 Messrs P M Williams, of Glenealy Estate, Perak, C L Vermont, of Val dOr Estate, G B Stallard. acting general manager of Kamuning Rubber and Tin Co, and R M Dawson, of Tanjong Pau Estate, are leaving for India to join up. The Chinese Consul General for British Burma, the
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  • 391 314 Naw that tbe Straits Times, the Sicga pore Free Pre^s, the Times ol Malaya and the Penang Chinese Organ havo eich m turn told the F M S Government more or less politely what tbey think of the reign of terror io Perek enlminating In
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  • 170 314 A certain Canadian company took part m an attack writes General Maurice. After a hard and trying experience m over coming the German machine guns, it secured its objective, aud a platoon was withdrawn a short distance into support. The officers lay down for a well earned sieep,
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  • 50 314 The Sporting Club -j contributions to wards the following Charities are as follows Our Day Red Cross, (Gymkhana) one thousand guineas. Our Day Red Cross (Races), oue thousand guineas. St Dunstan's Home $5,000. The Local Workers for the Red Cross 18,000. The Children's Aid Society $2,000.
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  • 179 314 Mr B A Woodmansee, of Cluny Estate, Slim River, has been appointed manager of Alma Estate, Province Wellesley. (M M) Mr Justice Innos, acting Chief Judicial Commissioner, proceeds to Bentong on Tuesday morning, to preside over the Assizes which were postponed last week on account of the roads being impassable
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  • 1469 314 A Hundred Years ago Of tbe many ace uns of Bogl i d and tb« ES glieb tbat have been wri reo by Jureigu visitors m the the .bli-h--ed by Germans nr*- f particular 1 Merest at the present time. They ab ye sll continental nations
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  • 250 314 Despite most strenuous efforts the Do minion Premiers bave beeu unable to get the promise of ships to carry away tbs millions of pounds' worth of produce lying m store m their country. Australia is simply full of wheat m New Zealand there are 6,000,000 carcases of mutton and lamb
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  • 1810 315 Quicquid agunt homines nostri est farrago libelli Juvenai Tbe Topic of tbe Day, if not tb. week, is c-rtainly the Great Our Day Country Fair, which is to ba held this afternoon on the Eteeoooneoo. There will be many bpx:ou^ gleaadao at the sky thia morning
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  • 709 315 THOUSANDS A L TEND OOUNTB. FAIB Tha Country Fair held al lhe Race course oa Saturday mis an unqualified succesj. The thoiiBa*j.id ol people who pa:roniaed th^ fuuo i^n no"; only cave their dollar a freely bnt tbey aisj p*.d liberally for their purchaeti*.
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  • 142 315 Penaiig Deprecates Inteiforence. rFrom Our Own Correspondent Penang, Nov 9. iu9 Chamber of Commerce held a committee meeting at which the Rubber Commission report *-as discussed and It vat reso'vrd to write to Government that m the opinion of tbe Cbrunber tbs time bad not arrived for tbe
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  • 231 315 THRTLUN'G E3C\PE-; FROM UPPER FLOORS Theie vac- a aomawhat eericus citbrebk of Qre euriy yeeteday morning, resulting In tho almcs- corapi-te destruction of No 44 New Bnd^^-rd-a three etureyed shop house building et tba cnrnec of >:ew Bridge rd r.ad Nortlj Canal rd. The ground floor shop
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  • 67 315 Wa are a 1. id lo atate i. ;.»t the Trong dredge commenced work on the above properly at the bagiauing the enrrent month, and nperajione bare already beeu very auecesi f ul Great credit is due tc tba manager, Mr Price, snd lhe angineer In
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  • 477 315 The Sarawak Gazette understands that ahe Kan, >c cf Sarawak will ba ienviirg for Europe, vie America, duting Ibe current mouth. Lieut General Maxwell, ppep.kiog at Yjrk, a.rid that up to la*t March it could not be raid th.*t German; h;d not a sporciug cbance of winding the war. By
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  • 806 316 Shaik Daood was remanded on bail m the sum of $750 by Mr Ham yesterday on a charge of stealing six bags of tin ore valued $800, the property of the Straits Trading Company. A Gazette Extraordinary issued yesterday continues the proclamation prohibit iog the export
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  • 437 316 It ia with extreme regret that we have to record the death yesterday, under tragic circumstances, of Mr John Charles Sugars, of the Straits Settlements Civil Service. He was residing at Raffles Hotel, and was found lyiDg dead on the floor of his room
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  • 258 316 Fiiendß of R F Newton, of Tanjong Malim, who was officially reported missing, believed killed, m April, may be interested to know how it is believed he met his death. His brother, Capt C V Newton of the Royal Sussex Regiment, m a letter to a
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  • 200 316 The dfißth is announced m Manila of Mr John Kavanaugh, acting United States Marshal, formetly of Shanghai. King George's Fund for Sailors .now amount to £182.358, m addition to £i,22 five per cent War Bonds. The latest list of subscription includes .2500 from British Rodents, Allied and Neural Friends m
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  • 790 316 It is of interest to remember, parti cnlarly at the present juncture, that a state of war continues to exist during an armistice, and that although the latter usu&lly precedes, more or lees immediate ly, the negotiations for peace, it mey yet be concluded for other purposes. Though
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  • 40 316 The news was received m Shanghai by wireless telegraphy on Oct 23 that the Standard Oil Company's stenmer August, carrying 800,000 cases of oil, waß on fire to the eastward of Taku and wanted barges to take cff her cargo.
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  • 277 316 Gang Rorbeby Cask. At the Assizes, yesterday, betel the Chief Justice (Sir John Bucknill Xc Tay Bak Soo, a Teochiu, ehargtd Wlth being concerned iv a recent gang robbery at Serangoon-rd, wie convicted on tha lesser and alternative charge of reeelrle stolen property, the proceed* of the g
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  • 91 316 Telegraphic information has been received that 2nd Lieutenant Fted Cumming Brd Battn, tbe Black Watch (flojal Highlanders) waekilled m action on the Western front on the 28rd October. The deceased was the younger and only surviving eon of the late Alexander Cumming of Singapore, and Mrs C
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  • 45 316 Messrs Guthrie and Co the local agents of the X M S Rubber fnd Coconut Plants tion have received advice that a dividend of five per cent payable on Dec 2 is re commended with a carry forward of £3 06*.
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  • 156 316 I hope this story is not true, but I give it. A City man handed to his wife at the breakfast table a few days a§o five new £1 Treasury notes as bis con tribution to a shopping expedition. Shs went up to to*n wi.h a woman
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  • 209 316 Tho war has provided no rnnre interest ing paradox than that Glasgow whlcb Mr Barnes referred to ihe r Lber day as "the home of the Bolsheviks, and which has certainly displayed 6orn« perp!< xmg phenomena -hould head tte list of War Bond cities, with eve-ry prospect of H-eping that
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  • 662 317 [By Bnomano* UableJ* iter. t«tr'z '^rvioel i>3ndun, Njv c. Lt is stated that a ting of th« Whip, yesterday settled plain for an otficial election compaign. It |i expected that pj'.licg day will be Dae 7. ibituary -Connteea Meath. L odcn, Nov 4. The Press Bureau itei that Sir
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  • 253 317 London, Nov 4.— The Press Bureau says the Independent Air Force on Nov 3 heavily attacked railways m and around Saarburg and also Buhl aerodrome with good results. All returned. Amsterdam, Nov 4. A Berlin wire says that Germany, through the Swiss Government, has proposed to the
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  • 418 317 London, Nov 6. The Admiralty announces that the Uaited Kingdom and Allied und Neutral merchantsbip construe tion tor the third quarter of 1918 totaled 1,884,000 tons of which the Uaited King dom output amounted to 411,395 tons. The former figure exceeds the losses from all causes
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  • 19 317 Colonel Holbrook has been Appointed Rubber Controller, say* a special cable to the Times of Ceylon dated Got 'il.
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  • 7397 317 Amsterdam, November 11. The Kaiser and Kaiserin and suit have arrived at Maestricht m motorcars. I Amsterdam, Nov 6 Germau papers re port that serious disturbances took place tc Kiel on Nov 3 owing to naval men and civilians attempting to release imprisoned mutinous sailors. The crowd committed
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  • Page 317 Miscellaneous
    • 36 317 The Prime Minister announces that the armistice was signed at 5 a.m. on the morniug of November 11th and hostilities cease on all fronts at 11 a.m. on the morning of Press Bureau, London, 1120 am.
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  • 785 319 London, Not 6 French Baetaru com muo que, Th« ti ia *i en tha Save rtcros.ed ihe frontier and Sbabiti bas b en occupied. Serbian cavp.:»v enteroi Bosnia where they occupied Virdieta m the dirfcion of Viae gr ad Th.- Austriaag are retreating In disorder, their loldioig returning
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  • 3311 320 London, Nov 6. American communique. Our First Army continued to advanced on entire front between the Meuse and Bar. On tha extreme right we drove the enemy m o tho valley of tbe Meuse and fougbt through the forest ot Dieulet and occupied Laneuville opposite an important crossing
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