The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 26 December 1918

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  • 15 401 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1018, No 1,689,
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  • 201 401 LEADER 3. PAGB Future local dtfeoet 401 i [odeolarcd L-ibour m Dutch Indies 402 The .Ichors Straits 4C2 Hontiog Loarjß 402 Mjre cf Jjhore Straits Possibilities 10*2 1 britlmM 408 i ii 'Ji.rii'Lß P©»C« 403 POLICE AND COURT Na\V3. Uoi ed >*w Mills Fm J 407 LETTERS TO THE
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  • 153 401 Dec 24. Tin (100 tons' 3125.10 GaPibier 12.00 Gambiel Cube No. 1 26. 0f Gambler Cabe No. 2 22. C0 Pepper Black ordia. Spore 38.00 Pepper, (Whita fair) 58.00 Nutrceg3 (110 to the lb.) nom Nut:rif '80 to the lb.) nom Macs.! (B.inda) nom Cloves (Amboiaa) nom Bali Coffee
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 22 401 Pail,.- On the 30th ultimo, at Val dor Estate, ftovinco Wellotlcy, to Mr. and Mrs. I C. A. Paul, a eon.
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    • 86 401 At tbe General Hospital, Sicgapore, on the 23rd, James Henry, manager Booth rritinh Insurance Co., LtC. Cookc— Johh Walter Scott Cookb, Zi 1 years old, of Bingapcru Harbour Board, died Ruddei'iy at 5(3 Kampong bharu Road, BiDgayore, on aisti December 1918. Deeply regretted. Madras papers pleaso copy. Barpit. On
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  • 355 401 A mail from Home with dates &upp!a menti«iv of the previous wefk reached Singapore on {Saturday Dec 21. Tbis weekly leaves on Thursday Dee 26. The index of contents of the S'por;? Free Prefes 'Vfckly from July to December 1918 is Inoloded la this is&ue During iia
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  • 63 401 (Corrected Up to Dec 24 Bank 4m b '2 4 15-82 dbcxiu! d 2-4 7-32 Private ore dill 5 m a 2 4 2132 France demand! Banh 80V India, T. T. 166) Hongkong famand 44}%rrem Yokohama demand 10 i Java, demand 18' ii Bangkok deinaud 66j Sovereigns, Bank Baying
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  • 1177 401 ■m skall tk« Prats the rigbt »»i«^.n> V^awsd by iafnaace *rd «nb.i> id patriot Trath het glorlont t^«c*poi < IV I Dpc 20 The -period of quiescence m volunteer matters through which we are at present I passing is a convenient one for think ing over what
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  • Page 401 Advertisements
    • 156 401 Subscribers to the "Ringapore Free Tress" treekly returning (row X nope to the Straits by any of the mail Thus, are invited to send to the Manager the name of their steamer and date of arrival iv Singapore. Copies will thru be nailed to nic« t them at vruious ports
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    • 47 401 -.'rand for !r*Aßul*rU:£*. Ti.ouu.-t j itcs ker; a '''>* <•< Mar.. la the house. M that on the i.-> •^rv nt any l«r^fc,u ariry af th»: Sjrstrro a timely '!->«• aafty .?mlr.i«terc I tn«m recotninrrid tbem. h«oc« -^vrmoui nic At all ChemiMS and Storey ot pott in* r yint;i .waM.BOVSMAirnoi!-Er!%r'/LJi:>.
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  • 881 402 Indies. Dec 21. There are now very few defenders to be found of the indentured labour system which has m the past been the I cause of serious injustice and ill treatment of Asiatic labour, whether m this part of the world or m other parts
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  • 849 402 Next Monday the Legislative Council are to be asked to give their assent to the construction of a causeway or embankment across the Straits which separate the territory of Johore from the island of Singapore, "m accordance with the plans which were laid before Coancil on Nov
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  • 460 402 Government proposes at the next meeting of the Legislative Council to ask that the Treasurer shall be empowered to lend up to $800,000 to public utility societies or individuals for the purpose of erecting buildings to ba nsed wholly or m part a3 dwelling bouses, subject to such
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  • 858 402 Dec 24. We turn again to the propo*:il which the Legislative Council is asked to sanction next Monday, the blocking of the Old Channel, the Slat Tebrau between Johore and Singapore, by an embankment upoo which is to run the railway and a road connecting
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  • 434 403 Dec 25. Tbe great festival of the Christian Churches is wi'h m to-day an3 the contemplative will naturally torn their thoughts to the past four Christmase.:, with thankfulness tbat a great load of dread and horror haa now been moved, if cot entirely removed. Since the day when Christ
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  • 511 403 The conclusion of peace is an in comparably greater blessing than tbe cessation of war, and it is for this great blessing that tbe stage is now being set at Versailles. War is an irreconcilable conflict of wills, peace ehould be a reconciliation of wills, not merely
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  • 278 403 FRASER'S SH ARE CIRCULAR Siug»pore, Dec 24. In view of the Christmas Holidays we iaeue oar weekly circular two days earlier but shares have not altered much. Some rather depressing balance sheets have recently been issued which re ran I sham holders of the difficult times Directo-s of local rubber
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  • 200 403 TLo following Singapore properties were sold by auction by Mssers Chiog Keng Lee and Co. at their Bale room on Monday afternoon 99 Years' leasehold land and houses Nob 66, 67, 58. 581, 58-4 arrf 58 5 Jalan Sultan, arfca 9840 eg ft bought by Mr X M
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  • 286 403 The supper shadow dances at the Europe Hotel were very successful and reaiieed a Bum of $9,884 for the Our Day fund. Dr A J McClosky, Senior Medical Officer, Felangor, bus bgen unpointed to ant as Principal Medical Officer, federated Malciy StateB, v?ith effect, from Dec 3rd. The funer-il of
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  • 249 403 THE FOOD CONTROL. la a Gazatte issued yesterday appears a Proclamation by H E the Governor prohibiting, as from Dec '24, the importation into thp Colony of riot except under licence fron> the Governor. Tiie appointment is notified of the hon'ble Mr F S James as Food Controller
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  • 244 403 The great respect and esteem m which the late Mr James Henry was held were evidenced by the large concourse of people who attended hia funeral yesterday afternoon at the Bidadari Cemetery. The deceased gentleman, who was the manager of the South British Insurance Company,
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  • Correspondence.
    • 108 403 To the Editor Sir With reference to your two leaders on tbe above subject which present it m an aspect distinctly novel to moat of your renders, it is interesting to recall that the Russian cruiser Varyag steamed at full speed round the ißland, much to everyone's
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  • 144 403 Mr P C Jansz, of the Survey Department, Kuala Lumpur, has inveuted an automatic flood indicator, On the night of October 13 the German language was erased from all railway and other notice boards in Galicia aud Polish substituted. The American Consul at Penang has received cable advice that import
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  • 2547 404 ANXIOUS TIME TIDED OVER. A Careful Policy. The eighth annual meeting of tbe Maluka Pinda Rubber Estate?, Ltd was held yesterday nt thb registered offices. M:*rket-st. There were present M*«3rrs Tan Cheng Lock (cbiirraan anu managing director) Tan Wi Y*n, Clioa Eog Wan j (directors-), Lee Cboon
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  • 111 404 Mr Evans, work* manager, Eastern Smelting Co Ltd, will return to Penang I early next week from Australia. Fi*om Messrs A Clouet and Co, the local agants, we havJl received a file of recent numbers of L Europe Nouvelle, a veekly popf-r deaiing with foreign affairs, questions of economy and
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  • 366 404 ALO R GAJAH RUBBER The following is the ninth report to h. presented at the annual meeting on i» 80 at 12.80 p.m at Derrick and Co Th* net profit for the year waa $*****3! rM^r^Q balaDCe br UBht foFWard Tho directors recommpnilm tl v *v." amount bo dealt ritfa
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  • 287 404 There was a large company of visitors at the swimming bath at Tanglin barracks last evening, attending on the invitation of Colonel Ashworth and officers, to wit nees the aquatic eports held by the wing stationed here of the Ist garrison battalion Manchester Regiment. The evening's
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  • 110 404 It is proposed to plant oak trees at 101 ol the cross roads and other places l France and Flanders and name them notable men of the Dominion?, suet Robert Borden, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, < eral Sir Aithar Carrie, and others. 11 la there anything left of that ste pie
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  • 4021 405 JULY— DEC. 1918. [NOT INCLUDING THIS WEEKS.] LEADERS. PAGE i Ptaea Propaganda 1 1 tria NibbliLg 2 M I. 11 2 I Point i f.be Bill 2 Oa r Ti r 3 Matkal Prieet a Wai md s crticy 3 of Fjzhtiijg lien of the f 17 (^i i
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  • 490 406 Mr Justice L M Woodws d will ba leaving Penang this week for Sumatra on a short holiday. H* will be away fcr ,he rest of the year. Mr T F Dixon, formerly of Penan*, granted a commiHsion as Lieu ten., nt in the Royal Naval Reserve und attached to
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  • 776 407 Capt Kerr, well-known to old retidentf, of Penang, is coming from home (PO)™* 6 the Strait9 lQ th6 8priDf? Tur_ku Mohiinraed Jfwa, 80 n of His Highn ii the Saltan of Kedah, w Ra reosiv ed io andieooe by tbe King of Siam on the 9.
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  • 572 407 SEVEN DAYS LEAVE This Company, which waa afiiured of a. very warm welcome here by the memoti^ of its excellent perforro^ctje on previou, visits, opened a phort Christm?;* <^ason nt the Victoria Theatre last uveaing with tbq Lyototn w«<r piny Sev*n day&' Lf;avp Tb«pl»y i f-rkly melodrama b»r
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  • 176 407 Shipments to Straits Ports Forbidden. The rice market opened weaker on Dec 10 than on Monday with December at Ra. 325 uominally, January at R*. 802 8, the :hree month* February, March and April at R 3 818 814. Not a stroke of business was done and
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  • 109 407 A shocking fatality occurred at the 9th f mile from Raub on tbe Batu Talam road t on Friday last, v. hen Wong Tham, a well known Chinese timher sawing contractor, s who owned a herd of water buffaloes, was gored by one of his beasts.
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  • 43 407 Mr A R Angus, pastor of tbe Bluff Road i Evangelical Hall, Koala Lnmpnr, bas left for Ootacamnnd on a brief holiday. During i his absence Mr C WiUon, Ipoh, and Mr c R Thobnro, Singapore, will take the p service i. B
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  • 318 407 KED TAP*, TO KICK From Our Own Corrupondeni K-j.ila Lunopur, l>cz 19. The Mala> Mail onderatanda that Mr I F S Jamo.i id rellnqaUhinf t'ue Colooi»l Secretaryship femporatily m cr~-?r to take charge of |bi food oooftrol qaeetlOD, Mr W George Maxwell will by acting C. locia!
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  • 319 407 GOIVQ HOMB AT LAST. lescerday morning, the h b Dunern ar rived at the P and O wharf with nearly 700 Serbian refugees aboard, whom she has brought from Vladivostok, and *ho are being taken to Salonika. Theso Serbians 640 women aud children nod 48 iuvalid
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  • 157 407 The following commuuiqae id officially < forwarded for publication Id view of Btatemente mad« m various newspapers, f some of whicb are obviously irresponsible t imd inaccurate, we are authorised to c Btate that the questions of the eupply and f the price of rice m Malt*
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  • 677 407 MANY LICENSES REFUSED Until Stbuctubal Bkpairi Cabbied Out. A meeting cf the Licensing Jnstiosi waa held yts'.erday afternoon m tba First Ccurt, the Senior Magistrate Mr W Lmg. bin Carter presiding The otbet membest present were Mejtri the bit Mr agnaw, B J A-ldie, Dc J A R
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  • 72 407 Before the senior magistrate, Mr W Langham Carter, yesterday, the Registrar ot Societies proceeded against the United SawiTiillß, Ltd, who were fined $300 and 2oat£ for committing breaches of the Com--3anieß Ordinance. It was pointed out that ;he Company had been twice before the ;oart hence the
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  • 53 407 From Our (hen Corretpor *m Kuala Lumpur D«o 19. Joseph de Burlet of Kuala Se.'anpor bat Dtroduced through Carton c Wiaart, linister of Justice for Belgium bn cousin, n action again B t William Hob^czollern or illegal imprisonment and ill-treatment t his eiiter M idame
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  • 118 408 The usual auction of tbe Singapore j Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association was held on Wednesday r\nd Thursday when there was offered f^r «alo 2 lb tens 1 242.59. Prices Realized. Cts per lb. Smoked Sheet Fine Ribbed 72$ to 75J n Good 6 „72 m Fine Plain
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  • 266 408 Singipore, Dec 19. Notification has been received that tho Import restriction en rubber to the United States has now b^2ii roojoved. The result or the receipt of this news has j beoa a general flrmiug m the market, aud although value* hive ehown advances, j these would
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  • 209 408 Dae 19 Influenced by tha nnnouncemai/: thai: tho impirt reetrictiom en erode Rubber to the USA had bejn totally removed, j the Woekly Auction opened yast'-rd'iy to j a strong mark?!; aud a sharp rise m prices of all grades hua to be recorded. Tbere was an unuGucllv
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  • 354 408 Singapore, Dec 19. Theie have be«n no radical chengeß m any section of tho matket throughout the week. The removal of importation tee trictione m crude rubber into America m far has not iiffected dealings m shared and if anything sellers of Local Rubbers ac more plentiful
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  • 245 408 (I2TH-18'h Dec, 1918.) Singapore, D c 19. Tha American Government b» v i 're moved restrictions" on tbe Importation of cru J3 rubber but whether khil includes Import Permits or not is not yet certain. Rubber Auction Result 11th to 12th Dec (Guthrio's Ropcrt). Total offered tons
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  • 169 408 S.ngapoie, Dec 19. The Auctions opened with a much stronger demand, Sheet realising up to 75i and Crepe 77 ccnta the^e prues were fulls mainlaioed a feature o' the Auctions was tha extremely good demand for lower Grades and off qualities, piicas realised have not baen
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  • Correspondence.
    • 44 408 Dear Sir, In my letter of yesterday which yon are good tncugb to print m tbig morning's issue, I omitted word m the last tentenoe whioh ihoald r^ad Further, Brokers should agree not to riccopt: Matured Balance Tickets us good delivery. NOBALA
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  • 125 408 Tho und<u'tnention':d Ui;£apore pro portiea were ejld by auction al the sale room of tb^ Commercial Etabbec Co, Ltd, ou Wednesday afternoon Freehold laud and hou No. 3G Tanglin Roid, ?.rea 6,131 ro>ara (e>t, bought by Mr Hadji Dnirg for Freehold building allot eaente situate off Kcimp:i::jr j«
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  • 44 408 Bithop Boyd C:\rponter. ona of the most eloquent and popular pcaaehera of late Victorian times, died on the 26th Oct. For 27 yeara he w*d Bishop of Ripon, rasiguing m 1911 at tha age of 70, since when he has been Canon of Westminster.
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  • 750 408 H E the Governor ij expected to arrive j m Peoaog :.nis morning at about 9.50 j o'clock by iba S*»abet!e. The King baa signed his exequatur era powering Mods. Andre Danjou to act as j Consul for France at Singapore. Second Lieut F S Clarke,
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  • 567 408 STRAITS GOVERNMENT SERVANT HONOURED. At Government Bouse, Kuala [vunnur at 10 o clock on Thursday morning HE the High Commissioner, Sir Arthur Youne ocmg, conferred the Impend Servlee Medal upon Mr Horiea O Pelefogor who until recently was Chief Draftsman Surrey Offlco, Singapore. Me Felsinier' who recently
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  • 184 408 A PAIR OF MLX STOCKINGS." After their opening night's success at the Victoria Theatre, the Hovitt Phillipa Repertory Co were welcomed by nr I packed bouse la«t eve'.:i;c, when they j gave a very enjoyable performance ol the v^ry c'ever conjedy Pail cf j Stockings." The ?tni-y
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  • 105 408 The following will reprtieot v; H t> eleven against ;he BCL Football Club nt soccer this eveniDg ou the S R < g r cuni. Goal B W Swyny, B icke A> A < C A Johnson. Halves B W Tan, 1 sigliere ard L E D'Souzo., Forward
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  • 1365 409 Among the curiou- phenomena of life one maj count tucb man as hold the tele grr.nl. and the tolepbi if to be inventions bcceHcial to the hum to race. [f ever the -ixtyeeventh Mercia= cberiehed 6uch an erroneous belief, tbr illueion has long M departed (com Ifa
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  • 1735 409 What alwayi nunoys me infiuiteiy is to look dr vi from the bridge when we are plunging beadlo&f into a beast of a sea, onr foV j^.ie disappearing uader a mount aia of green water, the whole ship bat'en^d down, Anl then to see, on our starboard
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  • 346 409 I The report of the above Company for the half year endsd 30th Septerabar, 1918, i to ba presented at tbe meeting on Dec 81 at noon at 11 Collyer Q lay pays After wricing off depreciation acd making provision for bad and doubtful debts, the net
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  • 202 409 Me and Mca LeaVuerbarrow, the former I well known m the Siraitß, are booked to j leave Hongkong on tne 26th February for America, en route for borne. At tha last meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute Uie flowing gentlemen were elected non resident Folio. v? of the Rcy3l Colonial
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  • 169 410 [Courtesy of the French Consulate Paris, Dec 18th 6 50 p.m. —The French 8 per cent bonds are at francs 61.95 tbe 5 per cent at 88 16 an 3 the 4 per cent at 71. Rubber is quoted 2a B^l. The preliminary conversations of peace will
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  • 728 410 LECTURE ON WAR EXPERIENCES. Mr J W Bartholorneusz lecturnd at tbe Eurasian Literary Association rooms on Thursday night on big experiences at tho Western Front. M<*jor Dr Black, Mc, was m the chair. The rooms were full and a few ladiee. one of whom hoe two sous
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  • 388 410 A DECREASE IN EXPORTS Tbe trade returns foe the colony for i tlio third quarter of 1918 pJjow that the total imports are valued $194,171,068, an increase of $14,9*21,730 on the same period of lael year and exports $169,120,130 h decrease of 12,701,783. Thi* d.-crnase is due chiefly
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  • Correspondence.
    • 295 410 Sir,— With reference to tho Victory Ball which is being arranged primarily for the benefit; of the M Red Cross Fond," it seems to me that this very worthy object is not likely to benefit to any great extent from any balance of funds remain ing after all
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  • 160 410 o General March has announced that B General Perching has arranged for the early convoy to the Uoited States of 2 4 99 officers and 75 668 men. The Wai- Depart ment expects the monthly traneportion of i] 800 000 as soon as demobilization is under c foil Bwing. n
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  • 690 410 REtLTH RETURNS AGAIN NOUMAL. 0 An ordtnarj meeting of thn '"ruicipal Commidiiotjprs waa held m tlrf? Board Room yestetdiy afternoon Me W Pael prt-iiding. The other CoimniEtsiouerK prus-; were Meesri W LowHi^r Kemp, J a X n~ Dr Veera >i!n»y Se. j Teoug W*h, M A N -nazie,
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  • 153 410 In a soccer match on the SR C ground E m Thursday evening, McAlieter's beat l iobintcn's by seven goals to nil. t It is notified m a Gazette Ext aordinary 8 hat the Government is not prepared to d onsider applications for the payment of t: llowaoces
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  • 1016 410 Quicquid agunt homines nostri farrago hbelli stn j uvenm. So Raffles is to change the pl ace abode and i 8 to Ro to a T *£n l^' papers by m*y **c hlm an h «'e pan him by. Tv liW 8 bU which, bo the
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  • 357 411 i'cnacg Chamber of Commerce by of it* correspondence with the it Conucileor od :he rice question reflected the exaceibaui feelings of the corunanoify, ssya Thur^i^y's Pinang Ga- The Chamber useerts that "a hi»h!y unsatibfuctory condition uf affairs" "■oded by the statement o( the ResiCouncillor that "the Penang
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  • 244 411 Chinese House Burned. The Selangor Fire Brigade was called out uZ 10.55 ou last Monday night; to PetaiiLig Hill, when it was found that the reeicence of Yap Hen Chin, better known ai Kitebee, 100 c? tha late Captain China of Selanfor, wa? oa fire.
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  • 818 411 I SIMPAM VALLEY TIN, THE EXPIRING LEAS 3. c sixth ordinary g^uetal meeting of the SiiDpam Valley Hydraulic Mines, Ltd, was held on Saturday *t ;b* registered office^, Chartered Back bombers. There were present Messrs I *w Woon Pob j (presioing) Rnd W Low: ff*mp (direr:
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  • 191 411 There eeeme to be a.i irtooftti lack of continuity Rhone I i nent policy io dealing witb After the Kelantan lottoiy i .^c pub!f c!y ndvertised m the i Jna ny tickets vz J tent wn? suddenly i I ,Le lottery was not sanction* ult that everybody
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  • 127 411 EXPORT FROM UNITED STATES. The following telegrftm, icoived by Hie Excellency the < »n Hie IfajMty't Ambafl Wael agtoo, ii pub lished fox )u War Trucid B ißrd s^.a new raliDg by whiel epprmittdd undergone liceo< paxtl o2 the BriUih Empire y not includ ed m United nation list. Ifc
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  • 349 411 CRITICAL SITUATI ON IN BOMBAY. Bombay, December -i- -Tho failure of the mocfioon has liven rite to a critical situation over the greater part of tho i presidency. In the northern division the I districts of Ahmedfcbad aod Aira were most severely aftec J nad here as also m Kathin^iir
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  • 104 411 It is cow permitted to cay that tba croas Cbaonei train ferry service was of enorraon* advartigs m /jrwarditjg urgent replacernentn of gvn«, tanks, etc, during the Germans' :>::.r,:h cifenbivo. Ir id probably not an exaggeration to say tbat this aloue jnsiifled the whole outlay. A regular service was maintained
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  • 226 411 There wai the usual fall house on Saturday night for the production of Bernard Shaw'a Fanny'a First Plaj. 1 16 was very well played, but puzzled the audience u,*j c-ome of fhpT>l thought of Ij bii Vuu Aevf.r Gael :-V X t;jtBbcm to bave come into the piece
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  • 199 411 The British Met?] Corporation Negotiation i proceeding for the formation of a pur< \y British Company to carry on bftaii bbi oZ aJi kinds connected with metals. I la of the company is the British M rparaiion (Limited), find il will have r. capital of £5,000,000, ftl! m
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  • 143 411 At the r(ifcideuc-3 of Hajt Ismail, the iman of the Moeque vt Rftob, at the li mile on Lipis road, the wedding of Ram Lab, sistec-in law cf fche imam, to Abdul Latif of Menang Kabar, was celebrated on the 12th, 18th, 14th and 15thin6taut m
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  • 121 411 la the Supreme Courc, Penan*, on Tuesday before Me Jaetioe L M Woodward, Captain Dawioo and Lt W G Bennett, mr, (as rt?ee.-!SOER) the heating was began of tfcs sc'.t instituted by the Eastern Shipping Company, Limited, as o vnera c! the s a Mary
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  • 148 411 The Times of Itftlaja iea»-n3 that the inforinarcu coucained m its isbue relative to the fippoinfment of a Commission to enquire into the salaries of the pubordinftte service was, to Eay the least, preraafiuro. Certain names, bave iadeed, been Bcggebted, but no appointment bßve yet been made. What Great Britain
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  • 666 412 THE HO WITT— PHILLIPS COMPANY. "THE STORY OF THE ROSARY." I When this repertory company w» rt» here I la6t they give Singapore an fcx^pptioually j Rood selection o? plaja The Land of Promise," "The Mcml^ of Mare at," I IflleikOOM arnongß* them, but on tbia
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  • 193 412 The death occurred yesterday of Migs H M Cazalae. the daughter of a Me Cazalas who was established m Singapore as au engineer some forty yearn ago. The Singapore Fete Pruea wiil be pub liseed ok upuql on Christmas morning but not on Boxing Day. No telegram slip* on that
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  • 645 412 SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD. The report Gf the bo'»rs3 for ih« hn.lf year endinf BO6h June Bay? the credit balance of Idoome ami Expenditure Ac^ouot Coc the half- year vndet renew 11,107,667 54. Ot ibis sum, Ihs iDJeres. 4 oaid or dna to Ciovf rnmenfc on Loan Fande, urasr O^din rvneo
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  • 78 412 The Stcretario:. MftCtrq Gattey ani Bateroan write that M tbe Manager wriung oq 19th in*: v: lofoimi us that the water intake uiur. \;>^k\ y l! i» 3 and that owing to the prevailing weather conditions, it wiil be come few days before the breoch can be
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  • 22 412 From Our (hen Corrs»pond*m Penaog, Dec 20. Mr Khoo Sian Ewe has donated 95,000 to the Red Cross.
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  • 15 412 The death is announced of Fred Rickaby the well-known jockey, from wounda received m France.
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  • 550 412 Tbl I Dth yearly report of Ihc above j company to bj prssented k« I) innual j iYi<»otr)2 cr» The 80 at, 215 p m ft& 1) r I Co*a offioeji itetel thu^ th* ne r>: li for the year amounts to 9968.57, which with l>\'»utcß brought
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  • 118 412 The following statement has been made by the Hon Mr R C M Kindert-ky m a formal memorandum of views submitted to the Federal Council 11 Since the adjournment oJ the Federal Council, His Excellency bap informed the Unofficial members that duty will con tinuo
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  • 112 412 There will be a service tomon v-v morn* ing at 10 o'clock ia the Chape 1 Hall of the Anglo CbicePß Srbool. A collection will be taken m aid of Che British and Foreign Bible Society. H E the Governor and Lftdf Evelyn Youug, and party arrived at Penang on
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  • 504 412 News was received iv llcngkoj^ on D 10 that the Lok Sang, which had aground m the Hrnoan Straits, h- 1 b e refloated and was »te&nrics; to Honckono The Tung Sbing whioh had left for the ecppn with ?alv?>ff: gear that i lornlnc w a ri-cellea. The
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  • 208 412 Capt E McDouel!, master of the Rajah of Sarawak, wbich carca into port yesterday morning, reportl that wh.le nearing the port of Miri (Sarawak) on hie way to Singapore, he met a craft which shewed distress signals and proceeded to her aFsietance. It waß found to be
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  • 94 412 His Excellency tbe Governor B N f and Mrs Pearson returned to Jeeeelt 8 B Selangcr arriving on December I The landing was offieiol and Hie Exce was met on the wharf by tbe hocnurab the Government Secretary, the He the Resident We.t Cone*, tbe W General for China und
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  • 2205 413 ARMISTICE By libntni* Gable] •lUvter'i SerTioel Cologne, Dec 13 —The British cro?°n,] the Rhine m force by four brides at i Dine on the morning til? lute m the Dft^rnoon, v moat; impresnive eppc'uc'. A orotting waa oitnuUaneouf ly made at Bonn. Cavahy reached tbe limit of the BOne
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  • 1306 413 London, Dec 16. A meeting of cottoa i operatives at Manchester unanimously i approved the settlement. The operatives i I receive an advance of fifty per cent on the I standard piece price list, which is about ten per cent below their fall claim bat i more than the
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  • 2750 414 Paris, Dde 16.— France's demonstration m honour of the American President's visit etill continues with unabated anima tioo uad enthusiasm. Clearer every day is President Wilson's ho!a on the imagin fition aud minds of tha people. At each appearance of tha visitor from overseas the street* cf Paris are
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  • 2272 414 Lisbon, Dec 15- President p des assassinated at midnight while o iL t tha railway station en rome Three revolver bullets hit Paei T^' lariated i orowd lynched the anas'sin. p*' died m the ambulance at the etaiion London, Dec 16 -His Majesty's deen regrets at the atmseinatloii of
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  • 139 415 c i Sir Robert Dane, KCiE.ie (late Novera ber) now m Shanghai and ie leavinj t shortly for Ceyloa aud Egypt, He is thi a guest of Me A G Stephen of the Hongkonf c aud Shanghai Bank (China 111. Weekly il H<t rn*ny friends m the Colony am F
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  • 866 415 A BRILLIANT RECEPTION AT DOVER London* Magnificent Wei ome IB? »nfcmann« Oa»HJ K*vt»r'r B«rTio«j Lor.dor,. D;C 19 —Field Mai had a brilliant ufc^il n&d military i.c-a t:oj on «rtiv!ti2 a' Dover thin marniog en r:;u f e for L:r:ijon He vri I greeted by tt 'ij of thoa
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  • 534 415 Step by Calcutta Authorities. 1 1 U apparent ?athc lii c? .act Dec 14, (hat the powers ol ib- Pr tool pal Collector c' Coalome cvir itiu control of rice import are to b further rrej.--.td. i^orae of the local Imp v ri bare ri »i ed teiegcLms
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  • 298 415 Public Meeting m Ipoh. Whilst the general shortage of rice supplies, and the famine prices prevailing for what is available, have been exercising the public mind, eaye tha Time* of Malaya, the more respectable members of the lodiau and Ceyloneee classes are known to be suffering
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  • 39 415 a c Tbe business of L V Swee Co, of Kuala d Lumpur, Singapore and Vena, f, will r early next year be incorporated into a i, private limited liability company, witb Mr L V Swee as managing director.
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  • 988 416 The la<e Ray Charles L Dodgem, betttl known to fame as Lewi9 Carroll, was bet tei fcuown tc hie Uaiverniry as a mathema ticmn than as a wit. One of his achieve rue tits m the mathem&:rcal line was the invention of an Infallible system for bock*
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  • 288 416 Mr W Turing MacKet.z<o, who was out here 39 a piuuter m ohurge of the t e a eßLate r:t Skudai, Joboro, thirty year I "30, ftUo at Gh:*?-eii:wu E^taie, and lat-r at Bdc jjewsnei, is now chairman o* Larai i Sumatra and iv his epecrh tit thj
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  • 149 416 Tho King haa sr*ntt>d authority fciwearing thti following decorations Siamese Ordar of tho Crown CJa^F I, Me fi W Trotter, Adviser to tuo Royal Siamese Dpp.irtment of aenJarmarie. Siamese Ordar of the White Elephant. Cia^s 111, Me Norman Gihb. Chirf Mechanical Engineer cf tha Royal Siamese I State
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  • 80 416 Jud^a Ctawford's luncheon, ordered io be 6»?nfc to him aa ueual at Soothend Conntry Court, myaterioußly disappears i. —Inquiry showed that a new errand boy L\ad becu sent with it from the reettiuraat. A* he wfta paesin^ the prisoner's "cage* 1 m the courtyard a prisoner, awaiting
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  • 67 416 There wm a large attendance oa Friday, including Sir Edward and Ll&? Brookman, the Hon Mr E G Bcoadrick, >nd Mr w G Maxwell, c m g, at the opening cf the F M S Art Club Ex tiibition at the Viotoria Institution, Mrs Cubitt,
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  • 158 416 Dr Richard N Moore, of lb?> U 8 Bureau zt Mines, ennounceß the discovery of lubstitute for rp.dium, which ha namrj 11 menothorlam Prediction ii made that tha new mineral wil como into wide a tor luminous aeroplanes, dials, COmpaeses, md gun aighta, A large delegafion of Canadian newt paper
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  • 466 416 Progress of National Scheme 01 the 8( 0,000 new kcusr6 wbich, it is eatirnated, will be required Kfter tbt war, nnaily 2 50,000 have b<?en promised by local liutlioritiee, wiih the* floancial Hid ot the Government. Site* aro being selected, and designs are under OOHtideratioo. The Government
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  • 253 416 Proposed Transfer to Corporation. Thoso \7ho hold the opinion that any echamo of Singapore improvement should bo run by the Municipality will read this Borabny deeibio-j with In tot et ft. Bombay, Dec B.— lo February the Bombay municipal corporation »t the instance c? Sir Ibrahim Rahiaitalla,
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  • 118 416 Tho lUv A B Champion, m response to eeverai requestß, hue revised ac 3 published id booklet form a paper on M Races within the Christian Church 1 read befora a conference of clergy ia SaretnbaL; m May of this jear. The fourth annual mefltiuc of the Bant> kck British
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  • 379 416 Many of the vessel* of th« a Steamship Co w p. re built at th. Yard, of which the following ppi appears m the Times Q An account of the oftsn«ee, ci Ona and improvements io shipbnildii dariog the *-ac will *bow Ibmt i chant shipbuilding effort
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  • 380 416 Bombay, Dec 6 -The Persian incut gunboat Pdrsapalii is i a ed m Bombay about two me Lit <; ago >o be docked and repaired. The tflCcer com mandin* M Boucgeoie, c Belgian, wai at homo on Thursday to tbe ieading Pt> residents of Bombay composed
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