The Straits Budget, 11 January 1918
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Title Section28 1918-01-11 1 The Straits Budget BUNG THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” VOL. LXXII No. 3120 Singapore, Friday, January 11. 1918. ESTABLISHED OVER HALF A CENTURY Price 25 cents.28 words
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Article240 1918-01-11 1 leaders— Threats and Offers jjj The Mask Torn Off Mischievous Pessimism 1 British Peace Terms J Helping Wisely 151 Sir Douglas Haig s Despatch 1* Local and Ginrral—•'Oar Day,” 1918 jj Smokes for Our Soldiers and Sailors 2 An American Tiffin 2 The War 8 Penang Our240 words
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Article4063 1918-01-11 1 Snw 1 tb< L annual Mineral meeting of the Kn f 111 1 UelUjan Glub, Kampnng Bbaru, tt u ™P ur the following officers were p. **j Mr. C. J. Perkins Vice Strr 3* Hussain bin Abdul Rahman Assist jlj ai>iad Atuin bin Haji Hub ain Tahir.4,063 words
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Article93 1918-01-11 2 The committee acknowledge with thanks the following subscriptions to the above fund: D. Maw 100* Eastern United Assurance Corporation, Ltd. 250 Whiteway, Laidlaw and Co., Ltd. 100 From Pierrots 2 Chasing the Chink g. Collected through Land Office, Malacca: Mat bin Teoggin 125 H. Asan bin H.93 words
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195 1918-01-11 2 We very gratefully acknowledge the following addition to oar fund for assisting the Overacas Club to provide smokes for our soldiers and sailors:— Pip 9500 Mr. C. Cheng Lee (Kuala Lumpur)... 10 European Members of the Singapore Police Force, per Mr. F. O. Bourne195 words
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Article271 1918-01-11 2 On Saturday a very successful tiffin was given in the Hotel Europe under the auspices of the Amencau Association of Ma aya. About fifty American business men attended and the gathering was presided over by Mr. Seybold, President of the Association. The guests included Dr. C. K.271 words
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Article79 1918-01-11 2 That useful publication, the Postal Guide for 1918, is to hand and it is to be hoped that it will be studied with care by those who have not yet discovered that the postage rate has been raised. They have numerously bombarded this office, and no doubt79 words
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Article14007 1918-01-11 3 Reuter's Telegrams. Russia Awakens. TPOTZY’S threat to resume fighting. Reuter’s Teleobams. London, January 3, 7 a.m. J r "luai the o"in R r t 81SD ''tlmw'" the Russian industrial centre on retaining general peace is cooTsud on” Primary condition of the C Ud /,'.I O. rrnsu peace conditionsReuter's Telegrams. - 14,007 words
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Article3971 1918-01-11 7 PRESIDENT WILSON. German Peace Policy Analysed. London, Janaary 9, 1.40 o.tn. Washington: Mr. Wilson, in the course of an important message to Congress, said As repeatedly before, the spokesmen of the Central Powers have again indicated a desire to discuss the objects of the war and the possibilities3,971 words
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1304 1918-01-11 9 n f!lnb Grand War Loan Lottery Th i P f tho“Our Day” Red Cross Fund iD «'drawn on Saturday on the Esplanade, commencing at 11 a.m., says the p. oaog, The i ot tery has been ex 1'iuaug j au(1,304 words
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Article135 1918-01-11 9 As a preliminary step towards the establishment of a naval air service in Australia, the Government is understood to have entered into negotiations with the Imperial authorities for the engagement of an expert naval airman to organise this new branch of naval activity in the Commonwealth.135 words
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Article103 1918-01-11 9 It is notified in the current issue of the Government Gazette that under the pro* visions of seetiou 9 3) of the Registration and Medical Examination ()i (finance, 1917, the Governor baa established a nsedicqfrboard for the Settlement of Singapore fur The ixatuinatiou of persons nquircd to103 words
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829 1918-01-11 9 On the command of His Majesty the King the churches of all denominations on Sunday took part in the Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving. At tbe evening service in the Cathedral there was a large congregation which829 words
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Article123 1918-01-11 9 According to an Australian exchange Trong (F.M.S.) have taken a five months’ prospecting option from the Malaya Tin Corporation over 160 acres of land in the LangHuan district of Siam. The ground has been independently t( stod for two experts, and worth one lb. of tin oxide to123 words
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699 1918-01-11 9 The Bangkok Daily Mail of Deoember 28 haH the following At about 8 80 this morning an alarm of tire was raised from a building in the Krung Kasem road, near the San Chow Naa Dam, whero there was another conflagration699 words
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Article168 1918-01-11 9 A startling accident occurred in Victoria street in the early part of Saturday afternoon, two houses, near Victoria Bridge, Nus. 220 and 221, collapsing and falling in ruins of broken masonry. The premises were used as ricksha de pots, and it happened fortunately that nobody was in at168 words
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Article39 1918-01-11 10 I The Straits Times is not responsible fo. tho opinions of its correspondents. Correspondents should bear m n»nIt Intfe.ra must be short aDd to the poini ling, rambling epistles are liable to bi rejected or ruthlessly cut down.|39 words
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Article185 1918-01-11 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,- May I encroach on the hospitality of your columns so far as to ask any of you Jportsm.n nadirs for the temporary loan of aEy skulls of wild pig (boars or sows) in their possession from any partof185 words
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Article98 1918-01-11 10 To the Editor of tbo Straits Times, gjr,— lam considerably astonished at, and am prompted to make protest against, the action of a local hotel in announcing a dance for this evening. For the past ten days there has been advertised for this evening an ixbibition of98 words
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Article93 1918-01-11 10 To tbo Editor of tho Straits Times. Sir, I understand that a certain Bombay merchant in Singapore is selling tbo Kedah Lottery tickets at a profit of 60 per cent, i. e., 1.60 a ticket instead of $l. He is thus making a profit of more percentage than93 words
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612 1918-01-11 10 To tho Editor of tho Straits Times. Sir,—With reference to tho articles which recently havo appeared in your paper concerning the above club, might 1 beg your correspondents and also readers to kindly assist to bring this matter to a close As a member of612 words
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Article201 1918-01-11 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Id your issue of the 7th instant you gave an account of a startling accident that occurred in Victoria Street in the early part of Saturday afternoon in which two houses, Nos. 220 and 221, collapsed. There are still a201 words
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Article196 1918-01-11 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —In Waterloo Street, there are a good number of cast-iron pipes lying all along the side of the road to no purpose. They have been theie now, over a year. Could not the authorities see their way to remove them196 words
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Article92 1918-01-11 10 Tho rate of mortality in the Settlement of Singapore for the week ondod December 29 was 34 95 per mille of the population. Tht total number of deaths was 241, of whicL 169 were male subjects and 72 female Convulsions claimed 22, phthisis 41. malaria fever 33,92 words
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174 1918-01-11 10 Penang, January 8. Following are the handicaps for the first day’s racing at Penang r r«in 7 First race Black Prince 10 9. Oh La 10 Idunno 10 4, Bonnety Bob 9.4, Royal 1 lunae 9.4, Good Omen 8.10, Floradora 8.7, Rumania174 words
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Article264 1918-01-11 10 A correspondent informs us that a rumour is current that on January 27, there will be a flood in Singapore. The water will rise up to 22 feet and the street lamps will not be lighted in the night.” If the first part of that prophecy proves264 words
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Article190 1918-01-11 10 No one who reads tho American women's papers can (ail to be impressed with the extraordinarily able manner in which these journals are dealing with all questions arising out of the war that particularly concern women. Organisation, expert knowledge, and competency are written large on every190 words
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Article171 1918-01-11 10 Caterers are finding it very difficult to keep their waitresses. Notwithstanding offers of good wages,” amounting in some cases to 15s, a week and tips, girls are becoming less and less inclined to wait on customers at restaurants, says a home paper. The head of a popular171 words
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Article104 1918-01-11 10 Riutbr’8 Telegrams. London, January 2, 9.55 p m Madrid: The Riyal Palace atLaGranjai. aflame. No details have been received. London, January 8, 6.60 a m, Madrid: The palace at La Graoja i a destroyed and a number of houses adj„i n j D J set on tire.Riutbr’8 Telegrams. - 104 words
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Article74 1918-01-11 10 Rkutkr’s Tklborams. London, January 7, 7 60 p.m. Peking: Plague, believed to be bubonic, has broken out on the Shansi-Mongolian border and is spreading rapidly. Dr. Wu* Lien Teh, the plague specialist who distinguished himself in Manchuria in 1911, bag gone to Suiyuan, Shansi, to investigate theRkutkr’s Tklborams. - 74 words
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Article39 1918-01-11 10 Rkitbr’s Tklkoram. London, January 8, 12 45 p.m. Shanghai: The China Merchants Navigation Company’s steamers Poochi and H*inp. fung collided on the Lower Yangtse. The Poochi was sunk. It is estimated that one hundred people were drowned.Rkitbr’s Tklkoram. - 39 words
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Article38 1918-01-11 10 Rbutkr’s Tklkoram. London, January 6, 8.20 p.m. Washington: The American legation at Bangkok reports heavy floods in Siam. Water has risen to the house roofs on which peasants are living. Thero are great crop losses.Rbutkr’s Tklkoram. - 38 words
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Article32 1918-01-11 10 Rbutkr’s Tblbgrams. London, January 7, 4.20 a m. Washington: Further earthquakes at Guatemala City completed the destruction of the remaining parts of the city and caused three hundred more deaths.Rbutkr’s Tblbgrams. - 32 words
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Article170 1918-01-11 10 Messrs. Fraser and Co. advise that they have received cabled advice from London that the annual report and accounts of the Eastern Smelting Co. for the year ending August 31, 1917, were issued in London on January 7. The nett profit for the year was £49,931, which170 words
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160 1918-01-11 10 The following is an analysis of daily rainfall registered at Middleton Tin Mines, Ltd., daring 1917 Total rainfall for 1917 143 88 inches. daily average, 1917 -394 it monthly average, 1917 11.99 The heaviest rainfall was in January=37.02 inches, while the driest months were June160 words
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1886 1918-01-11 11 of the year opened in the Tbc fire ou Tuesday before tbo Cbief. f S’ (Sir Job" liucknift, K.C.). There i. Jostico (Sir oen cas0 comprising one 1 tr two of attempted morder, one of f i* Ul hi.V1,886 words
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913 1918-01-11 11 The Copenhagen correspondent of the Times gives an interesting acccuut of the difficulties caused in Denmark by the Euteote blockade, and the effect it is having on the minds of the people. He says:— At the beginning of the war a people913 words
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270 1918-01-11 11 The seventh annual report of the Road Board recently published in London as a Bluebook states that during tho year ended March, 1917. applications were received for over 1,050,000. The income fell to £152,000, while tho net payments were over £254,000.270 words
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79 1918-01-11 11 (Fuom Our Own Corrkspondknt.) Kuala Lumpur, January 5. Tho Selangor Chamber of Conimorco gave a farewell dinner to the lfjn. Mr. W. F. Nutt. There was a representative gathering. Mr. J. A. Russell, who presided, oulogised Mr, Nutt’s public*79 words
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Article185 1918-01-11 11 The wedding of Miss Margaret Hoisington, sister of Mr. H. Hoisington of tho Angloi hiuesti School, to Mr. Georgo Chinniah Proctor of Mossts. Harper and Co., Klang, took place ufe the Wesleyan Church, on Monday, at 430 p m., when tho ltev. Mr. Maxwell, assisted by tho ltov.185 words
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THE Straits Budget.
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Article1117 1918-01-11 12 bonitato in to coart disaster.—Straits Times, January 4. It would appear that Hhould the Huhho Gorman negotiations maturo a little moro at Brostlitovsk, tho Bolsheviks will present tho terms agreed upon to tho Allied powers. It would appear, also, that tho OcrmanH aro doing two curiously significantbonitato in to coart disaster.—Straits Times, January 4. - 1,117 words
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Article1088 1918-01-11 12 Straits Times. January 5. A momentous change has taken place in the situation between Russia and Germany. Wo do not know yet bow deep it goes, bat to all appearance the Russians, who blundered into peace negotiations under the impression that they could havo peace andStraits Times. January 5. - 1,088 words
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Article1222 1918-01-11 12 stronger tinder our pressure.—Straits Times, Jaunary 7. We saw recently a publication issued by certain Germans in Sumatra. It contained, among other things which bore the stamp of German lying, an extract from tho London Daily Mail. The date was not given, and wo have been unable tostronger tinder our pressure.—Straits Times, Jaunary 7. - 1,222 words
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Article1086 1918-01-11 13 —Straits Times, January 8. There can be no longer any oxcuro for n.any to say that she does not know iat the Allied poaco terms aro. They have stated by Mr. Lloyd George clearly. rDJ,y and bopo finally. Note that they So beyond the expression of a—Straits Times, January 8. - 1,086 words
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Article1239 1918-01-11 13 Straits Times, January 9. There are two rather big questions effecting the rubber industry before the public at present, and they are both, of coarse, connected with the war. The first is in reference to the Rubber Lands (Alienation) Ordinances, tho second is the proposal of the RubberStraits Times, January 9. - 1,239 words
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Article1198 1918-01-11 14 Straits Timef?, January 10. There aro kudo pn pliant passages in the long <]< spatcli v hicli Hums up op* rations en tho Western front during tho fighting months of 1917. Tor iuhtuuco: “It was tho longest and most succcsHful sustained offensive of tho war, yieldingStraits Timef?, January 10. - 1,198 words
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Article230 1918-01-11 14 ico-Admiral F. C. Tudor-Tudor, C Ti., promoted ieo-Admiral from October 23, had held that acting rank for somo time, says the Loudon and China Express. It may be recalled that sevt a months ago, when fat-reaching changes wero made at tho Admiralty, it was elli dally intimated that230 words
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Article120 1918-01-11 14 Messrs. Fraser and Co.’s Weekly Report. Messrs. Fraser and Co. in their weekly share circular, dated January 2, statu Comparatively little business was done at the close of tho year and so far no new ft aturo has been noticeable in tho New Year. Rubber advises from120 words
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Article201 1918-01-11 14 Tho following telegrams have been exchanged between His Excellency the Governor and tho Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonics in con nectiou with the “Our Day” movement fhrougkout tho Straits Settlements and the States of Johore, Kedah, Kelantan and Trengganu Telegram from the201 words
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Article163 1918-01-11 14 Mrs. Yenring Thomas writes from Borncay:—My husband went straight clf to Mesopotamia soon after our arrival iu liomhay, and has been stationed at Basra. 1 havo very cheery letters from him. Ho is extremely bu.-y and has very little span time but is very happy163 words
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Article63 1918-01-11 14 Tho Hon. Treasurer, Mr. S. K. Wong, acknowledges with grateful thanks tho following donations to the above fund Already acknowledged SI,OIO Mr. L,m Peng Siang I,COO Lim Cliweo Chian £OO Lee Choun Guan GOO Sim Kia Th’an 100 Tan Teek .Icon 100 Yeo Chu Eog 100 Tan63 words
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Article106 1918-01-11 14 A message from Wellington dated N weraber 1H states A great firo at Christchurch od Sunday night destroyed tho Caulerbuty hail, including Fullers’vaudeville theatre, Cant< r bury Industrial and Agricultural Associations.’ rooms; p!so tho Alexandra hall. The city organ, valued at I*o COO, which was pre106 words
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Article460 1918-01-11 14 (From A Cokkkspondbnt). The Straits Steamship Company having suspended their weekly steamer service on the Kelantan run, the inward and outward mails aro very irregular now a days. Of late, tho stoamers of the Siam Steam Navigation Company on the Bangkok Singaporo run have called in, but460 words
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Article478 1918-01-11 14 The weekly mooting rf the Rent Assessment Board wan Lit.i l on Tuesday afternoon. The President, the lion. Mr. C. j. Saunders, was in th*> chair, and the other mi tubers present who Messrs H. Carpmad. M. Meyer, A. M. S. Anguilia, G&w Kbtk Kl.iam and S.478 words
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8255 1918-01-11 15 The inquiry into the collision between the British steamships Warrimoo and Laertes in the Straits of Malacca on December 16, as a result of which the Laertes was «unk, was “tinned in the Marine Court on January 3.8,255 words
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Article317 1918-01-11 17 We had placed in our hands the other day a series of photographs representing what is being done by the special hospital for dealing with cases of serious facial injury. The pictures touch one with a sense of horror, and yet they produce a feeling of great317 words
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Article1104 1918-01-11 17 In the Times memoir of the late Sultan of Egypt, it is Raid that Hussein Kamel, the second son of Ismail Pasha, was born at Cairo on December 20, 1853. From bis earliest days1,104 words
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178 1918-01-11 17 Sir Auckland Geddes, Minister of National Service, has been giving good advice to his officials:— Whether the words that have to be said are pleasant or unpleasant to the hearer, whether they be of praise or of rebuko, courtesy and178 words
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Article232 1918-01-11 17 There has been great activity in tho shipment of wolfram ore from South China through Hongkong in the past few months, and present indications are the export will assume very important proportions. Because of war restrictions and other conditions most of tbe ore heretofore exported has gone232 words
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Article116 1918-01-11 17 Tho discontinuation of orders from the United States has caused a lull in the export trade of Japanese raw silk, so that goods began to congest, reaching 53,C00 bales, tho largest amount sinco tho opening of tho export trade in raw silk. The warehouse com panios are116 words
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760 1918-01-11 17 London and Berlin are to day world war antipodes, morally and physically poles apart, affording a fascinating comparative study for a correspondent who is enjoying the privilege of being the only former Berlin correspondent to reach London sinco America’s entry760 words
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2737 1918-01-11 18 Militarism Unabashed. GERMAN PLANS FOR THE NEXT WAR. Freytag’s” Deductions.” Tlio Times’ correspondent formerly in Berlin wrote recently. On Sop*< uib r 24 a sheet account, derived from a German review, was given iu The Times nt a sm ill book call, d Deductions from the World War,” which had2,737 words
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527 1918-01-11 18 The North-German Gazette has been publishing the telegrams exchanged betwoon the Kaiser aud tho ex-Tsar in 1904 and 1905, apparently to show that reoent revelations were somewhat onesided. The following letter from the Kaiser to the Imperial Chancellor, iB of interest. It527 words
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Article203 1918-01-11 18 The flrst forecast of the Indigo crop, based upon reports received from the six proviucts which contain practically the whelo ana under indigo in British India, shows that tho total area sown is estimated at 617,100 acrtP, which is virtually the same as the revised estimste at tfye203 words
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944 1918-01-11 19 Tbe following is trom the Manchester 0 Th‘ i “un’hc<l gone down in tbe tall eplendJ ot an autumn Betting, investing with a Sato of opulent colours the torn roots and truncated towers of tbe martyred oity of »len gaeiog back from944 words
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389 1918-01-11 19 It is not only in England that complaints are made regarding the sort of news that is given out regarding tbe army at the front. In the South German weekly, Marz, Milos publishes an amusing protest against the rubbish writteu by389 words
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223 1918-01-11 19 THE GLOW HAT. Fashionable Dress Popular With The Workgirl. Working girls are taking quite kindly to the rales which a number of business men are now making in regard to dress, says a London paper. This is because tbe regulation costume for office wear is usually an overall, which protects223 words
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Article145 1918-01-11 19 Tbe administration of the petrol restrictions has produced some curious grievances in Ireland. Tbe latest grievance comes from County Donegal, and, like many other Irish grievances, is of a religious nature. At the Letterkenny petty sessions the police prosecuted eight men for having driven a motor car145 words
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818 1918-01-11 19 Newcomers are apt to wax merry when China usob the word port for a place on the edge of a desert, perhaps, where water is, for trading purposes, a minus quantity. But it is as well to remember that porta818 words
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848 1918-01-11 19 Lovat Fraser writes in tho Daily Mail: It was always certain tbat we were not going to get through this war without suffering further occasional big reverses. The defeat of the Italian army is a big reverse for all the848 words
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2597 1918-01-11 20 M Emile Cammaerts writes in the Daily Teh graph: 1 had not seen the Belgian front for three years. It was in December, 1914, on the morrow of the battle of the a vision of mud and rain,2,597 words
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207 1918-01-11 20 WAVE OF SILLINESS.” General Lloyd Rebuts A Charge Against Young Women. When the war began a wave of silliness and giddiness seemed to sweep over the girls of the country, said Lady Codrington recent ly, at the opening of a Kitchener Club at Bromley, Kent. The girls, she continued, really207 words
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455 1918-01-11 20 Ton Canadian soldiers who escaped from captivity in Germany have reached London. Several of them belong to the Canadian Mounted Rifles, and were taken prisoners near Ypres on the same day—Jane 2nd, 1916 —that Msjor General Mercer was killed and455 words
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333 1918-01-11 20 A preliminary statement issued by the Board of Agriculture showing the estimated total produce and yield per acre of the corn, pulse, and hay crops in England and Wales in thy year 1917 states that the total production of wheat in England333 words
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1094 1918-01-11 21 The Frankfurter Zeitnng contains a most interesting review of wbat is evidently an book just published by General Ion Freytag Loringboven, who was QuarterLastor General under von Falkenbayn and is now Deputy Chief of tbe General Stall iu iwim The1,094 words
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67 1918-01-11 21 Receipts. Subscriptions 910,450.01 Interest 448.51 910,898.52 Payments. Stationery, Postages and Sundry Expenses 9 97.17 Paymeots to dependents of men killed on active service, £lOO 857.14 Investments S.S. War Loan Bonds 7,500.00 Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation— On current67 words
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186 1918-01-11 21 The annual report of the Straits Chinese Literary Association states that at the beginniny of the year there were on the roll fortyeight members. Duriny tbe year there were three resiynations and two expulsions. Thirty-one candidates were enrolled as members and this raised the membership to186 words
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Article225 1918-01-11 21 In tbe second police court on January 3 Lim Teow Teng was committed for trial on a charge of murdering Tan Pow Jui and I'an Pow Seah, Evidence was given by Tan Teng Whai, a clerk at Chop Say Joo, 242, Kochore Hoad, to the effect that225 words
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Article250 1918-01-11 21 Angels of Essex.” It may serve to illnstrate the persistency of the flimsiest story that appeals to the popular sympathy and imagination, Bays the Daily News, that the Angela of Essex who are said to have first been Been at Grays, are now declared to have appeared at Waltham Abbey.250 words
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Article95 1918-01-11 21 Rosskll. —On January 4, at Bushey Park Kampoug Bahru Road, Singapore, to Mr. and Mrs. J. MacArthur Russell, a son. (William Taylor). Cullen. On January 5, at tbe Maternity Hospital, Singapore, to Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Cullen, a daughter. Branson.— On January 8, at 2, Orchard Road, Singapore, to95 words
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Article75 1918-01-11 21 Holland —Wald. At St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Mnga ore, on Wednesday. January 9, by Archdeacon Swindell L. W. Holland, of Bukit Sembawang Estate Singap re, to Cbrissie, widjw of tue late George W.ild. "Web Kah Kiat Kuoo Kono Keno Nbo On January 8, 1918, at Ben Novis, Thomson Road, Singapore,75 words
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Article168 1918-01-11 21 Sinoaporb, January 10, 1918. EXCHANGE On London Bank 4 m/s 2/4| a Demand 2/4/, Private 8 m/s 2/4] On Frangb Bank 818 On India Bank T. T. 158 On Hongkong...Bank d/d 88%pm On Shanghai ...Bank d/d 61] On Java Bank T. T. 126 On Japan Bank 108168 words
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Article337 1918-01-11 21 Sinoaporb, January 10, 1018. MINING. J vSiw Berets Selim 10 Ampanu 7.00 8X)0 1 1 Ayer weng 0.80 0.60 10 10 Kinta Association 0.00 6.60 41 41 Kinta Ha 1.10.0 1.17.6 41 41 Lahat Mines 6.40 6 06 10 10. Malayan Collieries 10.00 11.00 41 41 Malayan337 words
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Obituary101 1918-01-11 21 DEATH. Chan. —On January 1, 1918, at 416, Gaylang Hoad, Singapore, Mrs. (Jtuu Hye Seug, beloved wife of Mr. Chan Hye Seng of Messrs. Boon Seng and Co. Tko.—On January 4, Mr. Too Kong Yang_ the beloved father of Too Boon Kim, Terr Boon Siang and Teo Boon Ctiye, aged101 words
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The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT.
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Article51 1918-01-11 1 Gsnrral Rubber Items F.M.8. Rubber Export Duty 1 Java Produce Market 2 December Rubber Returns 2 Singapore Rubber Auctions 3 CoBKIRI’ONDRNCB Rubber Crop Restriction Alor Oajah Rubber Estate 2 Mkktinoh am* Reports— Lunas Rubber 1 T< bolang Rubber Estates 1 Kamunting in Kedah 3 London and Sinoaporr Rurdir Phicbh51 words
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Article318 1918-01-11 1 Mr. J. O. Cruickahank, the former Ceylon planter, and now of the F M.S., haa gone to Ceylon with Mrs. Cruickhhank on a abort holiday. Two young plantera in tho Ragan Serai diatrict had three ticketa in kongai in the Peuang Lottery and drew three prixea totalling nearly318 words
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Article99 1918-01-11 1 for the period from January 11 to January 17, incluaive, the value of tin higheat grade of rubTfar ia fixed at two alul hnga and aixpmco farthing per lb., and th< duty on cultivated rubber on which export duty ia leviable on an ad vnlori m99 words
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1571 1918-01-11 1 The annual general meeting of Lunas Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held at the re gistered offices of the company, Froncb Bank Building**, on Wednesday. The chairman, Mr. P. M Robinson, presided, and the others present were Dr. D. J. Galloway1,571 words
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447 1918-01-11 1 Presiding at the third ordinary general meeting of the Tebolang Rubber Estate, Limited, Mr. H. Eric Miller said that the issued debenture stock had been substantially increased during the period under review, and of the remaining £2,600 only £2,593 had been issued.447 words
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Article40 1918-01-11 2 Straits Times is not responsible fo. (be op' 0 00 °1 correspondents. I'nrrespomicots sboold boar in m.nd tha, ,1 5nmt be short and to the point. Lon, ismblmx epistles are liable to be rejected o. fothlessly cut down.] i40 words
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Article2152 1918-01-11 2 i To the Editor of the Straits limes. tti.-Iboi! to refer to the proposal of the Rubber Growers' Association to reduce the nf of rubber to 20 per cent, below that of i ?Tve.r and to yoor excellent leader of .Vrtav's date, which just bito the mom.2,152 words
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Article249 1918-01-11 2 To tbe Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —la tbe report of tbe proceedings at tbe Auunal General Meeting of Alor Gajah Rubber Estate Ltd., published in tbe press I was surprised to notice from tbe speech of tbe chairman, Mr. W. P. Plummer, that tbe249 words
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Article144 1918-01-11 2 Messrs. Francis Peek and Co.’s Weekly Report. Below we give you quotations ruling in the Java Produce Market as cabled to us at close of business to-day Batavia, January 4. Rubber.—First latex crepe per half kilo f.1.15. Ribbed smoked sheet per half kilo f 1 15. Outputs144 words
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Article451 1918-01-11 2 Perak River Valley —21,642 lbs. Semanggol.—13, '33 lbs. Juru Estates.—16,500 lbs. KoDg Lee (Perak), 1,100 lbs. Straits Rubber,— lbs. Penang Rubber.—223 000 lbs. Tali Ayer 85,000 lbs. Rubana.- 78,1.00 lbs. BHgm Serai.—35,500 lbs. Batak Habit —24,600 lbs. Malaya General.—72.3'’0 lbs. Sedenak Rubber.—57 625 lbs. Puntiau (Malay).—10,700 lbs.451 words
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957 1918-01-11 3 The annual goneral meeting of the Kamnoting (in Kedah) Rubber Plantation Co., Ltd was held on December 21 at the offices of Messrs. A. R. Burkill and Sons Shanghai, reports the North China Daily Nows, there bomg present Messrs. E. W.957 words
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502 1918-01-11 3 The Singapore Chamber of Commeroe Rubber Association's 327th auction was held on January 8 and 4, when there were offered for aale piculs 15,854.12 or 2,118,883 lbs. (tons 918.65). Prices realised Smoked Sheet:— Fine ribbed 9100 to 9106 Good ribbed 70502 words
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1065 1918-01-11 3 Stock Singapore I Baaed Par Dividends. Malay** Exchange Fraser Co.-, r\ value Companies. Ibices, Closing Prices, a P jg lft i9i5 November 16. January 10. 2/- 16% 85% Anglo-Malay I®' 4 10/8 13/. T:™1,065 words
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