The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 6 December 1916

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  • 21 2034 THE TRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. 17.50 Per Abim#» Single Copy. 40 cts- Vol. 1,4/. Penang, Wednesday, December 6, 1916. No. <9.
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    • 199 2035 i. bfIN&MriHKMbS&I 5 Tm?s I STRAITS E< HO I J MAIL EDITION, Published the day prior to the departure of each mail h fl for Europe, and contains the latest local and States L flfl a news originally published in the daily issues, as well as ft all important news
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  • 1403 2036 In a Random Note the other day we referred to the increase in the price of chandu and we find the same subject treated in a leading article by tie Malaya Tribune of Monday. Oar contemporary is very wide of the ’mark when it asserts
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  • 12 2036 tbit tbe Maiheram arrived in London on tbe 27th m«t.
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  • 11 2036 of exceptional severity a weept over Ipob yesterday afternoon.
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  • 14 2036 of Ipob, are sturtly eprtirg a branch in Penang.
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  • 14 2036 have arrived in Penang for 8 Andrew's Day
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  • 14 2036 Minuter ot Oommu- mentions, has sent io bis letter f resignation.
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  • 18 2036 Mini»tor of Com- munications, has returned to Peking, but bis attitude is nut well defined.
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  • 23 2036 we bsve sea for a Inng, Inng time are published io the Jlritiek North Borneo Herald ot Novumbur 16.
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  • 40 2036 th J a t< ng kang with own mol and with h«jr d cks »w*ib has bwth* seen dr fling io a pns tion with Sultio lh *1 bearing 8. W. by W distance about 1| miles.
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  • 40 2036 of tbe Sungei Began Rubber Co. have de lirvd a first interim dividend of 7| p*r cent, for tbe year ending June 30, 1917. payable on D «ember 20 to shareholders on the bock« on D cumber 15.
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  • 41 2036 th st tbe Bengalee contractor wto sh<4 an I kd »>l Mr. L H. J. Willson, tw«n«g«*r of the Mengs ibol Rubber Co.’s JC'Ute <>u Thu lo.anl n>v*e his escape, wxi arretted at K Jiug, Jubere, on Saturday.
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    • 96 2036 703 suiaam 3329. qpslpl£ PaSBiM dailv (except Sunday 1 and public holidays) ATTBB cbitebion press, ltd. Ke. s‘J> Beach Street, Penang. Pbici. Daily Local 124 per annum. Oetctation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) 117.50 H CAB LB ADDRESS ECHQf-penang.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343 business communications should
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  • 644 2037 Major-General Ridout will inspect the Malacca Volunteer Rifles at 2.30 p.m, on Friday. Mr. L, H. Clayton has returned to Kuala Lumpur. Mrs. Clayton remains in Penang. A meeting of the F.M.S. Bar Council will take place in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday next. Mr. A. J. Bryant,
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  • 1011 2037 Seoteh Modesty. God gie us a guid conceit o’ oursel’s I Of course, the Scotch are the salt of the earth; nobody would ever think cf denying it—but the worst of these biblical quotations is that everybody knows the context. Latest Zep Raid. Better and better grows our
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  • 10 2037 of Tronob, is ill in Batu Gajah hospital.
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  • 17 2037 has asked the famous scholar Kang Yu-wei to be his high adviser.
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  • 17 2037 has wired to the Peking government accepting appointment as Director-General of Pukow development works.
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  • 27 2037 has telegraphed Io Dr. Wu Tiang-fang asking him to go Peking as early as possible to take up his post of Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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  • 188 2037 is retiring from the legal fbm of Meat rd. Adams and A lan, but we are glad to be able to state that Penang will not lose his valuable iff* vices just yet, for Lt, Col, Adams intends to stay on here and
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  • 510 2038 (Reuter’i Service.) Copyright Telegram- TWO ZEPS DOWNED. Our Effective Defeaee, Lindon, November 28. An air raid occurred at midnight. Some airships appaiently lost their bearings and wandered aimlessly. OFFICIAL ACCOUNT. London, November 28—Later. In yesterday night’s raid bombs wire dropped on Yorkshire and Durham. An airship was
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  • 507 2038 (fUoter'i Stnio). ottr ght T*i«cr*m. BERLIN VERSION. Admiralty Explaaalioa. T Londm, N vember 28. Ibe Press Bureau issues tbe Berlin efficial announcement claiming that German n.v l rai^e< T the proximity of the d itish coast and sank a British watching vessel n*ar Liwestoft, captured tbe crew,
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  • 449 2038 (Iflikf't Sevka.) M errohi T-:*er* u Bulgaria* Reports. Ljtdjn, November 28, I p.mIhe Bulgarian commumq'.e indicate* renewed fighting on the wnolo of tbe D< b udja front; also that the Bulgarians have made fu.toer crossings cf the Dinuba. RUMANIAN CONFIDENCE. Traat ia ths Allies. London, November 28, 2
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  • 633 2039 PENANG BABA CHARGED. Before Mr. V. G Ezechiel in the Third Court this morning the preliminary enquiry was commenced into the case against a Straits-born Chinese, named Oon Eng Soon, who was charged with fraudulently and diahonestly using as genuine a forged document, purporting to be a
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  • 683 2039 COMMITTEE MEETING. Excerpt from Minutes of a Meeting of the Committee of the Penang Chamber of Commerce, held in the Chamber on Tuesday, 21st November, 19 6. Present Hon. Mr. John Mitchell in the Chair. C. M. Henderson Esq. A. W. Blackstone Esq. A. F. Goodrich
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  • 358 2039 Ordinary Meeting. The ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held yesterday afternoon at the Municipal Office and there were present Messrs. W. Peel (President), P. T. Allen, Yeoh Guan Seok, F. Duxbury, A. F. Goodrich and Lim Eow Hong with Mr. L. M, Bell (Municipal Engineer) and
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  • 39 2039 The Sin Wan-pao says The Russian government has declined to issue passports to Chinese travelling from China to Mongolia and Sinkiang via the Siberia Railway. This is due to the Chinese opposing the engagement of Chinese labourers to Buisra.
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  • 408 2040 A Ixcal Man«Powrr Board. It is impossible on an occasion such as yesterday’s, when some eix hundred young men of British birth engaged all day in ebam battle in the environs of Kuala Lumpur, not to ask oneself the question, whether some of these able-bodied young,
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  • 201 2040 [To The Editor of thb Slraih Tunt Sir, Another suggestion with reg.rd to I the much disputed questic n of l<c»l 'at»tion, which might ba of mteie.t to your readers:— I And that is. why not impose a proportionate tax on retail or wholes ala pur •has*! not intended
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  • 23 2040 Evidently the British for we read in a French B German The British aviators brooght down aeroplane in Lorraine.
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  • 402 2040 The report of the Straits Pantations, I L qpited, states that the uurrb°r of coconuts I harvested in the year was 3,815,505, against an estimate of 4,600,000 and a cmnof 4,410,874 in the previous year. Mine I hundrd and sixty.four tons of copra were I manufactured ar a
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  • 257 2040 another useful contribution. A correspondent at Alor Star write*: The Members of the Kedah S ia Kaiukaan Club organised a Bangtuwan p rformince last Saturdav npht in Alor Star in aid of the British Red C'o<s Fund. There was a bumpir-hou-p, noarlv all the European Community
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  • 1146 2040 While ws admit, rays the Sfrai/a the excellence of the judgment giv-»o by the Court of Appeal in the cane it Song N’ee Churn. wunurt c- nfesv to very considerable sympathy with th* Muncipahly. Here we have a h us« decUrsd by the sanitary authorities t> be
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  • 49 2041 Though the fall of Bukharest is well witbin probability, the ground in front gives ample chances of a stiff defensive if our Allies’ preparations for resistance are so far advanced that the military direction feels justified in disposing its forces to save the capital.
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  • 263 2041 The Malya Tribune tells the following tale of a car, a cook and a fowl A motor car was rushing along a road in the Tanglin district early one morning, and ran over a plump hen that had strayed from a shop house nearby, in which lived a Hokien cake
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  • 1035 2041 The sudden increase of the price of opium from S 8 to 110 per tahil has caused much adverse criticism, especially as the reasons advanced by the Government do not appear to be either candid or sufficient. The Chinese, who will principally suffer, in the
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  • 303 2041 Damage to Property, A strung gulp, tho first of ths North-east Monsoon, swept over Penang yesterday evening, accompanied by a heavy downpour of rain. Shortly before 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon indications of its approach were noticed from the nertb, the sky being overcist with dark clouds. The full
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  • 2141 2042 PENANG BABA CHARGED Before Mr. V. G. Eze?hiel in the Third Court yesterday the preliminary erquiry was commenced into the ca«e ’agaiiat a Straits-born Cninese, nam’d Om Big Soon, who was charnel with fraudulently and dis' honestly using asgenuine a forged document, purporting to be a valuable
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  • 257 2043 Field Operations. The Field Operations for the month of December has been fixed for the 10th proximo. Time and place of fall in will be notified later. Sergeant Major's Parade. All are reminded that the Sergeant Major’s Parade will take place on Monday next, the 4th proximo. ‘D’
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  • 78 2043 charged with theft of 11,200 in cash and jewellery to the value of $393, were this morning sentenced to six months' rigorous impißonment each. Sevagami, a woman, was also convicted in connection with this case for dishonestly retaining stolen property, s j was Supramanian who
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  • 90 2043 states that the disbanded revolutionary troops at Chowchun, dissatisfied with the small amount of extra pay, mutinied and proceeded to raid the district, in co-operation with the disbanded troops at the Weihsen. The mutineers from Chowchun marched towards Chingchow, but were met by Government troops. A
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  • 358 2043 Annual General Meeting, The annual general meeting of the members of the Penang Recreation Club was held at the Pavilion last evening with Mr. J. D. Scully (President) in the chair. There were also present twenty five other members, including Mr, J. S Reutens (Hon. Secretary). The
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  • 46 2043 have resigned the Sarawak Government service and their resignations have beon accepted. Mr. England went home on furlough in March he joined the service in 1911, Mr. Bell entered the sei vice as a cadet last April.
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  • 179 2043 is thfir origin says one who has lived long in thtir midst. The traveller who casually alludes to them as a Balk m people will find himself at once on ve<y delicate ground. They assert their Roman descent, and claim kinship with the Latin nations,
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  • 123 2043 Penang Women Workers Amount previously l2 ***** Mrs. G. H. Pntcbard (7rh Dn oaS L idles Bridge Book Oct. (3rd Mrs. Heim (1 6 h JaS? Mrs. Welham Mrs. Peel J.OO Mrs. Samuel (Bth „”j 2.00 W)1843 Hospital garments for soldiers readTZi out for workers will
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  • 180 2043 Comforts for our Fighters»in the War’s Third Winter. Buckingham Palace, October 24, (>a the threshold of the third winter since the beginning of war I appeal to all those who have generously responded to my re. quests for work during the past two yean not to
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  • 67 2043 publishes the fol- lowing extract from a letter received by Colonel Thomp c on (of the United States Navy League) from Admiral Lord Beresford “We have escaped an appalling war. If the Germans had attacked us without warning, and had smt 140 cruisersand armed merchantmen to
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  • 195 2043 on November 21, sentenced Nai Rii to twelve years’ imprisonment for causing the death of Mr. A. E. Thoy at Rong Muang Road on September 4, last. The charge against accused was one of wilful murder but the Crown evidence did not substantiate it. It
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  • 853 2044 Not for the first time it his Es q remarked to us by a business man that the youths sent out to business houses from school are not nearly sj efficient as they ought to be. Precisely the same cry is heard in Britain, so that Miliya
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  • 27 2044 sprigs of heather, and small piects of tartan did a brisk trade on behalf of St. Andrew’s Society in Beach S*rM»t this morning.
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  • 31 2044 was brought up in the Kuala Lumpur Police Court on Monday on a charge of murdering a Ch’U'so at the first mile, Amping Road, tad remanded for one week.
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  • 31 2044 will give a lecture on Volunteering” to-morrow, Fiiday, December 1, at 6 p.m. at the Parish Hall, for the Members of the Eurasian community, who are all cordially invited.
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  • 38 2044 :—Messrs. Adams and Allan give notice of disao'ution of partnership The Rural Board gives notice if the dates on which their books containing tie annual valuation aid rates will ba opan to the inspiction of ratepayer*.
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  • 51 2044 as to ths Singapore Y.M.C A. special building fund shows that 120,196 whs subscribed up to the end of October. 320,000 wan invest'd on Nov. 15 in 6 pr-r cent. Straits GoverLincnt War Loan Bonds, and will be held by the Chartered Bink as security against the Association’s
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  • 55 2044 the t since May 16 there has not been a single bachelor's mmo in the doeat-ou bouk of Queen Mary’s Ncedlewoik Guild, a ”long-tdt w*ut” which this reiuiudur should stimulate thr bachelors instantly to supply. To quote Mercutio, why should our siog'e ad »pt an attitude so
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  • 63 2044 that shortly after midnight on Monday au elderly Chinese living in a bouse in Dunlop Street, Singapore, mxde a wholesale attack on a nuinlier of peopl»’, and stabbed to death his wife, bis motherin law and two children. Three other people weie seriously injured. The murderer m«de
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  • 63 2044 Mr. Mudie, the third mag.strata, is ill and the third police court yesterday morning wm full almost to overflowing of the usual delinquents for obstruction and Jiotty th-ft*. Thia continued until well in the until Mr Langham Carter had di-Pof over thirty aummonses under
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  • 73 2044 prevent am ng the Chinese that those desirous of inspecting the Tua Cboo”, the rap*r b?use to be erected in the grounds of Edinburgh House in connection with the P.k Jit” ce-c-m-ay of h»e Mr. Kboo Cheow leong, will have to p.y a chirge for adm’esion.
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  • 625 2044 Mr. Jarrett, A. D. O. Klaog, is uadisposed. e regret to bear that our former Pui«ne Judge, Mr. iiercoabe Smith, who since bis ret rem~nt on pension has b-*en doing war work at the Co octal Office, has been in ind ffcreot health lately. Owing to the
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  • 1018 2045 Well Doae, Davii I" To quote the greeting of the anonymous stoker on Admiral Baatty transferring his flag to the Princess Royal when the Lion was damaged in the Dogger Bank battle Well done, David I Youth will be served and Sir David Beatty, at 45, commands the
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  • 15 2045 the Kampong Martin Fire R diet Fund now totals 112,348.
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  • 27 2045 have to-dav rmived a subsjrip- tion of $2O from Mr. H. W. ard for the Air Fleet Fund, Ipoh.
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  • 30 2045 are asked to note that the kick off for the football ma f ch this evtning is at 5 o’clock sharp and not 5.15 p.m, as previously announced.
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  • 50 2045 for the twenty ft ur hours ended 9 a.m, to day was 1.76 i icbes as registeted by the gauge at Fort Cornwallis. The meeting of thi Legislative Council which wis fixed for Monday, December 4, has been postponed. Notice of the date selected will be announcid later.
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  • 60 2045 has proclaimed a parcel of land, situated at Tanjmg I iandang, to be a reserve for the purpose of a place cf public worship—to wit, a Chinese Temple, to be maintained by Cha Ah Hee, of Tanjocg Piandang, or such successor or successors as may be
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  • 96 2045 In the Supreme Court, this morning, before the Chief Justice, Mr. R. St. J. Braddell, mentioned the case of Mr. W. Lowther Kemp v. Mr. R. T- Reid, in the matter of Hug and Co., Alien Enemies’ Winding Up Ordinance, 1914. Mr. Braddell said he appeared
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  • 473 2045 (Reuter's Service.) CopyrigfatZTelegram. IMPORTANT APPOINTMENTS Commaad of the Grand Fleet. 4k rr London, November 29 In the House of Commons Mr Balfour, First Lord of the Admkdt'* announced that mir wty, Admiral Sir John Jellicoe had appointed First S=?a Lord, 0600 Admiral Sir David Beatty had Em. f
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  • 446 2046 (Pwter’i Service) Copyright Telegram RETIREMENT EXPLAINED. Impeadiag Battle. London, November 29, The fact that no battle has yet been fought between the Rumanuns and the invaders is regarded as showing that the former are methodically retiring to positions near Bukbarest there to give battle. The Fortress of Bukharest.
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  • 493 2046 (Benttf’i Unict) <o©vr <ht !♦:•<• k.u. Norik of Ypres, p, London, November 28General Ha-g rpput-: Continuous he»w enetr.v shelling took place to the north of Ypr s. Oar ca.ua’.t es were small. exploded a mine south-east of bouch z and consolidated a crater where we repulsed three bjmb
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  • 490 2046 fircter'i Unict) fcoynab* T..««-»a FRESH SUCCESSES. Fwrtber Capturua. Lend w, November 29. A Fan* c- mmun qte »t«U» 1 qh S-rb in- brilliantly earned a height no th w-.t of Gruoiata and ent of the Cerna and muntaioed tbemaelvee thereon, despite funoua attack* by tbe Garman and Bulgar
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  • 146 2047 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. A Trait Aceideat. Paris, November 29, The Belgian poet Emile Varhaeren has been killed while boarding a train in motion at Rouen. He slipped and fell beneath the wheel* and was shockingly injured. Obituary. Col. Eraett Fete», London, November 28. The death baa taken
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  • 37 2047 Melbourne, November 28. All the compromises of the coal strike have been rejected. Mr. W. M, Hughes (Preminr) has appointed a joint tribunal and hopes that a decision will be made before December 4.
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  • 137 2047 London, November 28, The Earl of Ronaidsbay has been appointed Governor of Bengal. [JF/io’» JFAosayj —Ronaldshiy, Earl of; Lawrence John Lumely Dundas, M. P. (U) Horn say Division M ddlesex, since 1907; e. surv. a. of Ist Mvqaess of Z tland b. 11 June 1876 m.
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  • 89 2047 London, November 29. The Admiraltv announces tin t naval aeroplanes carried out an attack on the harbour of Zjebrugge on Tuesday afternoon. Tbe results were not observed owing to the weather. All returned safely. Indian Officers in London. Landon, November 28. A number of Indian officers and noncommissioned
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  • 57 2047 Importaat Regulations, (/Irani Our Own Singapore, November 30. The Singapore Chamber of Commerce announce that if Straits coconut oil is shipped from Singapore to Hongkong the export from there to any foreign destination will not be allowed. Firms deuriog to ship for foreign destinations should apply to
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  • 222 2047 (Rritar’s Sw're.l Copyright Telegram. Proposed New Scheme. London, November 28. The Lords Commissioners of the Treasury have appointed a Committee, consisting of Mr. Stanley Leathes (Chairman) Sir Alf rec Ewing, Sir Henry Miers, Professor William I George Adams (of Oxford) and Mr. H. A, Fisher to devise
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  • 154 2047 General Meetiag. (From Our Oicn Correspondent.) Ipob, November 30. At the Ipob Gymkhana Club meeting it was stated that tbe revenue from the recent races amounted to $8,500 and the expenditure to $2,500. It was a ;reed to devote $1,500 to Our Day Fund and to redeem
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  • 79 2047 Riley Hargreaves Co. (From Out (Jun Singapore, November 29. At (In annual general meeting of Mobsis. R ley Hargreaves Cj. it was stated that the posit iin was very satisfactory. They were able to ciear up the accounts and pay dividends due to June 30 both on the Preft rance
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  • 30 2047 (/Vam Our Own Correspondent.) Singgpore, November 30. The S ngapore Rubber auction are unfinished. The prices of the grades have advanced. The amount catologued was 817 tons.
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  • 24 2047 which has been pass-d at home imposes a penalty of from throe jturs to six years’ penal servitude.
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  • 617 2047 [To the Editor of the Strait, Timul Sir,—Under this heading in Vou /T*j of yesterday you criticise the u Q amm judgment of the three learned *****1 the Court of Appeal in a™ fc 0 state that the tenderness for the dual owner in the law courts
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  • 54 2047 of Mr. Yeo Tiam Loke of Messrs. Y. T. Loke Co., Klang, will take place at Malacca on the 29th instant with Miss Tan, the third daughter of Mr. Tan hwee Kim of the Atlas Ice Company of Malacca. Mr. Loke is the eldest son of Tuwkay Yto
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  • 1349 2048 A distinguished neutral resident t Rt 9 l‘h l WaOiB Tisi iDg 8 de <Xtbe Stockholm co,respondeat of t e Daily Chronicle in mail wee k whtt be d the facts of the offic.at Ge,m,n X"! towards the present position of the war Toe authorities realist that the
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  • 510 2048 It is inn ucvd in the Louz/aw lhat the King h*i given directions for the appointment Mr. Cea I Ingram Carver to bean I, ffi'ial Member of the Iz*gialative C uacil < f the B’raits Settlements. We unders'and that the Goverocr has spi in’ d Mr, Chr'e
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  • 18 2048 for the month v( N ivember was 109,5 W lb. dry.
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  • 17 2048 wirje tbst a c.jn-niltee is p»*aliog for support to the Straits War L in.
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  • 126 2048 wo-j u.urlerM Li« wife, bit toother- n-1 ,w aol two children, tod aeriooaly it j irt<l thr moh» r p* p'e on M nday bat tut y<t l*wo at reefed. He ia not, ac w<« fi'.t -t ted, an elderly man, bat M»hq 39
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  • 410 2049 (tatcr'i copyright Telegrarh. London, November 30. A meetins of the shareholders of Router’s Telegram Company ratified the agreement by which the Hon. Mark Napier, Lord Glenconter, Lord Peel and Sir Starr Jameson purchased the property and assets of the Company for X 550,000. Mr. Williams, oue of the
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  • 491 2049 (*et»fr’s Servi e.) Copyright Telegram- THE FLEET’S GREETING. Admiral Jellieoe at bls Post, London, Nov, 30. It is understood that Admiral Sir John Jellieoe is already at the Admiralty, When ha struck his fligon board the Iron Duke the squadrons manned ship and cheered him as he left
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  • 458 2049 (Reuter’s Service) Copyright Teletram. NEW DEFENCE REGULATION. GOVERNMENT ACTION, London, November 29. An official announcement states that the Board of Trade, under the Defence of the Realm Consolidation R gulations, assumes control of the South Wales coal field from December 1. Board of Trade's Enlarged
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  • 390 2050 (Renter’* Senice.) Copyright Telegram ENEMY ADVANCE. Russian Aceouat. Lcnion, November 30. A Russian communique states: la Western Wallachia the Rumsnians are falling back eastward under enemy pressure, 3 '•The enemy has occupied four towns on the Alexandria and Zumnitzi roads and advanced in thedirection of Koulougoureni.” latease Artillery
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  • 424 2050 fcewter‘i Service I TROUBLE IN E IRUS. Italy*» Dtmaad. London, November 29. The Alued Min visited the Greek foreign Minister m connection with Epirus where Greek and Albanian guerillas had been organised to fight the Italian troops. It is stated that the M outers pointed out that Greece
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  • 448 2050 (Inter’» Senia,) Osprrtsh’ T-«*<nu» Air Fights. L ndoo, November 80. Au Italian official announcement reports reciprocal artillery firing in theTrcntino and aids Our batterie» 9 ®t on fira billets in the Aviso and on the middle Isocao and caught the escaping troops. Tb«re were numerous air fights. We
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    • 54 2050 Why It Seth. Chamber!.in’s C cgh is tbe largest selling cough med eioe in th) world U day. becauw* it do» exwtlv wh»t a oogh remedy is sufpoud to do. ft stops the cmgb bv curing 'ln c 'd, ant dote it BO j effec’*j». lt For by a!! apcßsaiinn
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  • 152 2051 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright T®le<ram. Large Lose of Life, Madras, November 30. Nearly three hundred were killed in a cyclone at Pondicbery and great damage was done to the city which is without light and without telegraphs. Relief works are being started. [Evidently the Equall which struck Penang
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  • 24 2051 (From Our Own Correspondents Landon, November 30, The prices in the London Rubber Market today were: Pale Crepe 2/10 Diamond Smoked 2/10}
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  • 44 2051 (Fhwi Our Own Correspondents Singapore, December 1. Messrs. Fraser Co.’s report states that industrials overshadowed the Straits War Loan calling up all the available cash, another factor being that the method of providing the war contribution has not yet been decided.
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  • 37 2051 (From Our Own Correspondents Singapore, December 1. The Htn. Mr. F. S. James, Colonial Secretary, has written to the Straits Chinese British As-ocistion thanking it for the success of the Our D»y functions.
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  • 64 2051 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at 192, business done, in S ngapore (refined) at 192.50, buyers no sellers, and in L mdoD at £lB9 10s. spot and £l9l ss. three months’ sight. Messrs. Boustead Co. inform ,us that the following were the quotations for
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  • 114 2051 arrived at Malacca by special train at about 4-20 p.m. on Monday. He was accompanied by the Lady Evelyn Young and Mr. M. E. Sherwood, Private Secietary, and was met at the railway station by the R sident. Mr. L. E. P, WolfersUn, the Cnief Pi
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  • 1013 2051 The Man Power Question, We confe is to a great deal of sympathy with many men here who wish very urgently that Government would give some official indication as to its vkw4 in regard to men going home for enlistment. The problem is not as simple
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  • 17 2051 tbs Imperial Chancellor has lodged a charge of libel against Count Reventlow
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  • 35 2051 otherwise known si the Hongkong Peak tiger, is the unfeeling way in which a contributor to the Hongkong Daily Press refers to cne of the most treasu-ed institutions of the Colony,
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  • 286 2051 a large demand for canned provisions tad fruits of all kinds, reports U- 8, Consul Harry Campbell. A growing demand ii appearing among tie Chirese andnativM for canned fish, especially salmon. Tbn Government statistics indicate that approximately $5,700,000 worth of dry and salted
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  • 759 2052 (Renter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. DISCUSSION IN THE REICHSTAG. German Admission, Amsterdam, November 30. Io the Reichstag, in introducing the Levy Bill Dr. von B’thmann-Hollweg B od that Germany’s enemies did not yet desire peace. They were much superior numerically and the reascns for the bill were forged
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  • 302 2052 respecting the outlook for rubber is afforded by Mr. C. Heath Cla k at the meeting of a well known firm of rubber agents and aecretariee. H a pointed out that for the 12 months ended June, 19 J5, the value of the
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  • 727 2052 Four Pbb*ons Convictbd. Sami Chatty and Vettivelu Costly who pleaded guiltv to theft of |1.2c0.n ca»h and j we *ry to tbs valu« 1393 cams op before Mr H. C. Sugars, District Judg-, yeataril y f < r t* nteoce. Court Inspector Nicol stated that there wac
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  • 249 2053 A Dishonest Servant. Lim Ho Chia this morning pleaded guilty before Mr. V. G. Ezechiel to criminal breach of trust as a servant of 16.80, the property of a Japanese woman named Chiyuno. Inspector McLernon stated that the accused was employed by the complainant as a cook-boy.
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  • 77 2053 The undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by Messrs. Allen Dennys and Co. at their Auction Sale yesterday Smoked Ribbed Sheet $l4l to $147 per picul. Smoked Plain Sheet $l2B $l3l No. 2 Smoked Sheet $136 $139 Unsmoked Sheet $l2B $l3 > No 2 Unsmoked Sheet
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  • 72 2053 At tbe Eastern Produce Exchange Auction yesterday the following prices were obtained; Diamond Smoked Good from $142 to $l4l Diamond Smoked Fair $135 to $l4l Plain Smoked $132 Diamond Unsmoked $127 to $135 Plain Unbmokel $122 to $126 Bark Crepe 91 Virgin Scrap 66 to 87 Pressed
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  • 1133 2053 The Patron of Farriers. December 1 is an unlucky day for shoeing horses, according to Sir Thomas More, being the Feast of St. Eligiu?, Eloi, or Loi, the patron of farriers, who figures in sacred art with a horse’s leg in bis hand. He was bishop* of a
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  • 39 2053 against Mr. R. T. Reid in the Singapore Supreme Court in the matter or Hug and Company, Alien Enemies Winding* up Ordinance, has been adjourned to next month.
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  • 65 2053 the retiring German V cl LI 1 VL I I LU QtUUj VUv Minister at The H igup, to the Grand Cross of the Order of Oranje Nassau, it is pointea out that all heads of Legations who retir from such
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  • 61 2053 who is alleged to roe Ionian conurauior wuu •’-■7° have murdered Mr. L. H- J. Wi Mengkibol Estate, was arrested on Satur J at Killing, the next station to MengkiWi. The Kluarg Forest Reserve adjoins Mengkibol Estate, and it is presumed, says Malay Mail, that he was
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  • 1737 2054 SUCCESSFUL CELEBRATION. Goad Work for the Red Cron, Well over three hundred Soot-men. member! of the Penang St. Andrew'. Society, and tbeir friends assembled at the E AO Hotel last night under thtir chieftain,' Mr William Duncan, to celebrate the festival of Scotia’s patron saint with a
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  • 370 2055 [To the Editor of this Malay Mail.] Sir, —Tour editorial on the above subject in your issue of Nov. 27 certainly M gives one furiously to think.” On the face of it, there appears to be a very good case for the institution of such a Commission
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  • 189 2055 [To the Editor of the Malay Mail.] Sir, —Yet another European planter has Inen foully murdered in cold blood, about the fourth or fifth, at the very least, within the last year. Is it not time that we Europeans took some strong action in the matter It
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  • 740 2055 England beat Scotland. Yesterday Association Football took the place of Rugby which used formerly to be played on St. Andrew’s Dty.The change was welcomed because Association Football is more familiar to and popular with the public of this place. The match was played in a drizzle. The state
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  • 86 2055 [To the Editor of the Straits Ecko.] Sir,—The Government will get its k come-tax all right. It has packed ths committee which is to meet in Singapore on 7th Dacember; it is preparing figures for submission then which the opponents of tbe tax will have neither time nor
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  • 94 2055 (From Owr Own ConwpondenL) Singapore, December 24, At the Singapore Rubber Auction the following prices were obtained: per picul Smoked Sheets $145 to $149 Good 140 to 145 Fine Plain 140 to 144 Good 128 to 187 Unsmoked 133 to 135 Good 130 Fine Plain 135 to
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  • 28 2055 for all good Caledonians Tbe Gula Recreation Club has sent a donation of $lOO to the St. Andrew’s Society of Penang for the Scottish Red Cross,
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  • 30 2055 «The Zudora Mystery M A Gentleman’s Agree* ment,” 3 reels, and Latest Gaunrut Graphic to-night when Charlie Chaplin in Tillie I Pur.c'ured Romance will be repeated.
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  • 67 2055 who owns a general store at 624, North Bridge Road, will be glad to learn of the whereabouts of her manager, L: w Soo Nana* and money and property to tbe value of $4,000. According to the story told to tbe police they
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  • 82 2055 who as Mr. D, A. Tbomss» was on the Lusitania when she was tor* pedoed, told a good story of how tM incident was conveyed to the people Cardiff by the contents bill of a local peper. It bore the words Great Nation» Disaster :‘D A.’ Saved.” These
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    • 42 2055 Early Co 1 ds. Be careful of the colds you take it time of the year. They are particularly gerous. A neglected cold may mean a tea-long cold. Take Chamberlain’s Con? Remedy at once. For sale by all Dispensarw 1 and Dealers,
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  • 2070 2056 [A Characteristic Series by To m Wricht Renewing Human Speculations from the Earliest Times till Now. “My two sons, students, Bay vou lre Dot so instructive now. Excuse them, wou d you not occasionally send an instructive wntm? That is an extract from a charmmg letter by an
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  • 1227 2057 Out of the discussion —not to say the controversy —which has been proceeding on the sunject of Malaya’s contribution to the war two main facts emerge, firstly, that opinion is unanimous that we can and should open our purses wider for the benefit of the Imperial cause, secondly,
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  • 41 2057 Golf Competitions, December, Men's Foursomes—Eutries close 2nd Dk*. Monthly M z, dal (Men) SdU'dty and Sunday, the 16‘b and 17(b. Monthly Medal (L<di»s’j—Wednesday and Thursday, Hie 6th ar.d 7th. Spjon (Ladies’) —Wednfsdiy ani Tfiuuday, the 20ih and 21st.
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  • 327 2057 The action iu which Mr. C. E Pater claimed damages against t ie Times of M J Press, Ltd, for libel came on for hear» yesterday afternoon before Mr J u ,ti Earnshaw in the Jud.cial Commi.,i OM r? Court Ipob, says Friday’s T\O,M, Mr. F. R. Howlett
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  • 107 2057 The outputs from the following compuisi for the month of November, 1916 were:— Kamunting Tin Dredging' Ltd. Piculs Hours run 568 Yards treated 81,000 Value of output $20,000 Cost of mining $lO,OOO Chenderiang Tin Dredging Ltd. Drdge Piculs Hours run 621 Yards treated 93,000 Elevators. Piculs 60 Total
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  • 927 2058 On the subject of education and business training, we «ail here, the other diy, that the teacher was not entirely to blame if business men did not get lads who reached the standard of training they regard as necessary. We hinted, however, that he was not entirely
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  • 17 2058 of the Stiawan Rubber Plantations, limited for the month of November was 10,845 lb.
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  • 19 2058 made against Jagat Siagh has b?en cancelled by order of H E. the High Commissionir.
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  • 38 2058 inform u< that th Directors of the C imp icy have declared an interim dividend of 5% in respect of the current year’s working. Warrants were posted on the 29tb ultimo.
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  • 58 2058 —From Landon Miss Lvoos, Miss Penno Lwytn, Mr. and Mrs. B irgtnan, Messrs. T. W. llinch and H. Stoetinga From Mr. N. B. Beach, Miss McMahon ard P. Baerlocko From Bimbiy: M”. B. N D.gari For Bingapirn: Mr. Trimmer; For Hongkong:
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  • 102 2058 elsewhere io this issue Mr. Bert, Willison, tbe well-known traveller. 14 a good man io know. He is out to buy and has been specially commissioned to purchase all kinds of wild animals for the American mark* t. Tigers, panthers and elephants—good, healthy
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  • 108 2058 report that widespread damage w<s do re in Madras and adjacent towns hy tie cyclone which struck that cast on the Digit of Norember 22, The northern arm of tl.e Madra* breakwater, with tie lighth us*, wis washed aw4y. Tw> steamers at Madras
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  • 557 2058 Mr. 8, M ffbrma, who bad Bmq to India on leave, returned terday by the s.s. Teas fa. I JL R V 00 b- iMTiBg for India m tho near future on sick I** vw. Mr Bi’Udrille wdl le)len him dsfi absence Mr. T. de Sdva, who
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  • 952 2059 The Dawa of Humour. Referring to the harvest in Germany and England, the Vostische Zeitung says The weather, which has shown us more than a mere benevolent neutrality, .will certainly not escape punishment, and will probably be placed by the English on the black list.” Take note, ye
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  • 28 2059 has been fined $5 and costs for trespassing in the Cathedral grounds by taking a short cut through in his motor-car.
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  • 25 2059 announce that a third interim dividend cf 10% has been declared payab’e on the 30th November.
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  • 25 2059 denies that any Russian representatives have been sent to Hap tranda or any where else to discuss peace terms with Germany.
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  • 28 2059 informed a deputation of Scotch trades unionist* in mail week that tho Government h is under consideration the fixing of a minimum wage for all workeis.
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  • 32 2059 had again to be postponed yesterday, owing to w<nt of a quorum, to December 8, Members are requested to attend if possible on that date.
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  • 31 2059 Austro-Hungariin Foreign Minister under Count Siiirgkh, has been appointed Minister for Finance under Her von Korber and at the same time head of the Government in Bosnia and Herzigowina.
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  • 123 2059 What will be the effect of the recent ambiguities of the Vatican on the future of Catholicism in France Toe Pope has latterly had a very bad Press in France; and we gather from the blank spaces interspersed in certain pamphlets which have reached us
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  • 455 2059 (Reuter's Service.) OoDyright Telegram. BEFORE THE B\TTLE Exodus of Goverumeat. c lt London. Nov. 30. lhe exodus of the Rumanian Govern ment and legations (from BukharesH k confirmed. r Refugees Bombed, 3 Kieff, December 1. Enemy aeroplanes are merciless!? bombing and using their machine-guns against the refugees on
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  • 464 2060 (Reuter’i Senice,) Copyright Telegram THE BLOMMERSDYK INCIDENTGerman Reply. Amsterdam, December 1, In reply to Dutch representations regarding the sinking of the Blommertdyk off the American coast German? has agreed to jay compensation for the ship and a portion of the cargo consigned to the Dutch Government. It refers
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  • 438 2060 (Beiter’i Service.) Oo®TH<ht T-i Rseiproeal Artillery Firiag. London, December 1. 12 20 a m. General Haig report# "Reciprocal artillery firing took pl.ee. e enemy s artil.ery was particularly severe between the Sjmme and the Aocre" South of Arraeatisrcs. London, D. comber 1, 1 20 p,m. General Haig reports
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  • 1066 2060 Volunteering Eurasians, Fathir Dniiii'g Lkctcbb Ciptain the R°v. L M. Du volte, Roman Cithohc Chaplin. Penang Vo!un’s*ra, delivered an interesting lecture on Volqbt enng at th* Parish Hall yesterday evening to an audience of over fifty members of the hurts in community, including several Volunteer*. There were a’so present Captain
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  • 267 2061 At the instance of Inspector J. Frayns two Malays, three Chinese and a Burmese, all bullock cart-drivers, were prod ucsd before Mr. V. Gk Ez’chiel in the Third Court this morning charged with obstructing the public road with their bullock-carts at Batu Ferringbi. The accused returned no plea as
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  • 1043 2061 The success of the rubber industry depends very largely upon an abundant supply of suitable labour, and the supply of labour depends very largely upon the health conditions on the various estates. It is almost superfluous to add that the success of the rubber industry has become
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  • 27 2061 charged before Mr, A M. Goodman in the Police Court, Ipob, with having committed house trespass, was convicted, and sentenced to 14 days' imprisotfmenr.
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  • 75 2061 that sentence was passed on the British M.P., Mr. King, for conveying information in a letter of the destruction of a large British munitions depot at Andruioq (10 miles south of Calais), The explosion is said to have been the loudest ever beard, and the Nieuwe Courant suggests
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  • 93 2061 that towards the end of mxt month another length of Siamese railway line will be opened to traffic. This will bring the northern line from Lampang to Pang Hoa Pong, a distance of thirty-three kilometres nearer Chiengmai. The new stretch will carry the traveller to the
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  • 141 2061 We extract the following from the Madras Mail We are invited by New India to consi what would be our position if. as the resu our articles, Lok. Tilakor Mrs. Annie Besans should be murdered.” We confess our imag nation boggles at the picture °M a il bureaucrat, maddened by
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  • 1552 2062 F inancial Statement The eubecription, .re nearly \u to hand ">tl> the Treasurer and Ihi following i, KMbSr 9 th6,ot,ib iDcetod T o kJ°!. lO n Og b F DID ial Statement of the Our Day account at Sun.ei Patani up to the 28th November 1916
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  • 849 2063 Correspondents in our contemporaries* paiticuHily in the Federated Malay States, any time during the past twelve months have called attention not so much to the frequency of attacks on p’ar tirs by gang robbers or employees- for they have not in reality been very fiequent —but rithor
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  • 305 2063 On the grounds of the Bindings Recreation Club at Lumut a cricket match was played on the 26th inst. between the Bindings Recreation Club and Mr. Hewett’s team from Sungei Wanghie. It resulted in a victory for the Club by twelve runs. R. E. Gread (41)
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  • 109 2063 Id a letter to the Straits Chinese British Association, the Hon. Mr. F. S. Janies, c m g. Chairmtn of the Main Committee cf the R d Cross Fund, thanks all those Chinese ladies and gentlemen through whose ff rts and generosity the functions organised
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  • 275 2063 Sligmt Bamage. The roefof the. Supreme Court caurit fire shortly after midnight last night fortunatpiy the blaze was* seen in time 25 the Fire Brigade summoned. The cause of the fire wis due to cindersand pieces nf burning paper from the “TuafiChoo" (large papp r house) in
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  • 45 2063 the number of deaths being 184. Of there 33 wen from malarial fever, 34 from phthisis, and 18 from pneummia. One case of smallpox w&s recorded. The Chinese deaths numbered 141.
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  • 335 2063 Regarding the use of estate motor-cars, “Agent” writes to a Singapore contemporary There is no question as to the proper use oi estate cars. Rubber estates are business propositions and the estate motor cars are supplied for business purposes. The manager of an estate is responsible for the car; and
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  • 1226 2064 Much more than the Channel raid, which is warmly discussed in the mail pipers, the failure of the Allies to render p oupt and effective aid to Rumania has, we believe contributed to that popular dissatisfaction with the Government that fiads such startling reflection in the cables
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  • 42 2064 from R me an noun'* 1 a the de<*th of the celebrate acng-writer Sir Paola ToUi, hapu Good-By Sir Paola, who c-me io England frum Italy «a 1876, bad the K C. V 0. cooferied oa him in 1908.
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  • 548 2064 Mr. Tai Jiak Km, c.uo, has re<gn*d his seat G n the Chinese Advisory S ogapore. Mr. L M Bell is appnot*d a member of the board appointed uod^rth* Muhsmtnsdan and Hindu Endowments Ordinance 1905. tor P-oang. Mr. H. G. S.rwar, R*gistrar, Supreme C urt, Penang, has
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  • 746 2065 Meaaea to Bukharest. General Brusiloff, Reuter informs us, has begun his relief offensive with “fresh troops and eountless guns and we sincerely trust that Too Lite will not be the epitaph of this campaign as it was of the Allied operations in Serbia a year ago. The enemy
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  • 36 2065 that a marriage has been arranged between Mr. Khoo Kim Lian, manager, Tambalak Rubber Estates. Pengkalan Balak Division, and Miss T ad, only daughter of Mr. Tan Kiong Patt, of Singapore.— B, T.
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  • 49 2065 has compiled a complete and useful wage-reckoner with table for months of 28, 29,30 and 31 days, as well as for daily wages. It is entitled, “The Straits Concise Wage-Reckoner and is published at $2.50 by the Commercial Press of Kuala Lumpur, IpOh and Seremban.
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  • 131 2065 at the advanced age of 82 of the Most Rev. Bro. Gabriel Marie, Ex-Superior General of the Order of the Christian Brothers, which occurred at Rue de Sevres, Paris, on Oct, 25. After a successful administration as General of 17 years the deceased
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  • 301 2065 are paiturbed because attacks on planters are becoming commoner than is pleasant, and they rather resent the suggestion thrown out in Federal Council that planters will insist on carrying about large sum of money. The Topicist forgets whether it was in the life story
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  • 882 2065 (Reuter’i Service,) Copyright Telegram. LLOYD GEORGE v. ASQUITH A NEW COMBINATION. A Place For Sir E. Carso», London, December 2 The newspapers are full ot rumours of Cabinet re-construction. They declare that at least the War Council will be reduced and reconstitut d and tho, Sir Edward Carson
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  • 53 2066 that wbis- keys and other British liquors have reached is creating an alarming increase in the quantity of samsui that is now being consumed iu the States, siys a Kuala Lumpur correspondent. The effect of thii upon the hialth of the community is not likely to
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  • 152 2066 We have received from the Colonial Secretary the following copy of a 1etter addressed to him by the British Consul at Saigon Sir,—At the rrquest of the GovernorGeneral of lado-Cbina, I have the honour to bring to your notice the following regu a tions which have recently broug t in
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  • 911 2066 < Center': Service) Corrrjtht T-l-araai TROOPS LANDED AT ATHENS. FIGHTING IN THE STREETS. A Near Thisi Lnion, I) 1, 8 20 p.m. A telegram from Athens dxt*»d December 1 states that a detachment of AIbod troops landed at the Piraeus at th r ee o’clock this
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  • 128 2066 that a* thw eipirat on of three months from l’ in st., the underwent! >owd companies will, unless cause is shewn to the contrary, struck < f! the K-gs er of Companies and wiil be dissolved Matnard and Co., I*td., Bayle and Co.,
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  • 395 2067 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. RUSSO-RUMANIAN RALLY. Austrian Claims. London, December 2, An Austrian communique claims that the Austrians broke the Rumanian resistance south-east of Petesti and south and east of Kimpolung and captured many thousands of men and a large quantity of guns and material. It says that
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  • 23 2067 of the Raffles Museum, who has been away for a collecting trip to Gunong Kledang, returned to Singapore on Wednesday morning.
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  • 57 2067 at Singapore on Friday three men were convicted of the robbery of a Chinese passenger while bring* ing him ashore in a sampan. The first was sentenced to nine months’ rigorous imprisonment and the others to six months’ each. The victim’s money was extorted by the
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  • 337 2067 (Lcuia’k Suvicd. Copyright Telegram, FURIOUS FIGHTING. Russia*» at Kirledaba. London, December 2, 7 20 p.m. A cable from Petrograd states that according to private advices the Russians, after fighting their way across the intervening heights, gained a footing in Kirledaba where furious street-fighting is proceeding, The Germans who
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  • 195 2067 In a recent speech at Home Sir William Robertson emphasized the fact that the British Army must have men and more mon to bring this war to victorious conclusion. Is it not time that the military authorities in this country issued a definite
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  • 185 2067 (Reuter's Senice.) Copyright Telegram. Serbia* OperatioAs. A Serbian official December 1, report,, deepite bad local fighting and artillery firing. noUb A' Sottol where th, fighfag had been very hot during the last few dan M I' oo don, December 2. A h rench official message states that the
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  • 82 2067 :—From Singapore: Rev. and Mrs. I. M. Tynan, Mr. A. G, Anthony. Mr. H. J. C. Lirge, Min. Hepwortb, Mrs. Toft, Mr. Hardwan and Mr, Khoo Hun Yeang; From Malacca: Mr. H. M. Herrup From Port Swettenbam s Mr. V.
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  • 96 2067 of hi» 3rd son Mr. Ahmad Jalaludin, Mr. M. Shaik Mohamed gave a dinner at bis resi* dance in New Laue on Saturday at which 53 sat. Among those present were Oapt. Hamilton, 2nd Lieut. Cheeseman, dolour Sergeant Hamid Khan, Mr. and Mrs. W.
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  • 113 2067 GERMAN SHAREHOLDERS. To the Editor of the Straits Timu. Sir, —Your correspondent Britisher s letter which appeared under the above hea i g makes amusing reading, especially as the» he refers to were forfeited many
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  • 508 2068 (Reuter's Senice.) ('opyr.sh’ Telerraia. URGENT NECESSITY EMPHASISED. Mr. Headeraoa at Northamptoa. Lindon, December 2. Mr. A Handeracn, Minister of Pension’, speaking at Northampton, said that we should challenge the Garman civilian compulaion and organise our entire manhood and womanhood for purposes of the war. Let us cease from
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  • 496 2068 (tatr’i krvia.) ’•ornett Further Sithiagt. Lis Palmas, liecember 1. The Dutch steamer K'din h<is been sunk. I The crew of 47 were saved. London, Dtc. 2 Tns Kediri, which was sunk, was a Rotterdam Lloyd liner which was proceeding home from the Dut?h East Indies. It is
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  • 432 2068 <tatn's tavtcf). Oryr gM T- Rseiyroeal Skslliag. f-onden. D cemt>»r 2. G neral Haig reports heavy reciprrel belling in «he n*igSb- urhu>d of Gu-odo court and on both aides of tha Ancre and considerable trench-mortar ac*ivity sixwhere. Eaeuiy Raids Fotlsd. London. December 2, General Haig rep r:s We
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  • 489 2069 (Renter's Service.) Copyright Telegram REICHSTAG AND COMPULSION. Socialist Protests. Amsterdam, December 3. The Reichstag has passed the third reading of the Civilian Compulsion Bill by 235 votes to 19 after a heated discussion, a section of the Socialists denouncing the enslavement of workmen and deportations of the
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  • 261 2069 peuter’s Sem e.) Copyright Telegram. Hague, December 1. The Finance Minister has resigned owing to the First Chamber’s rejection of the Inheritance Tax. Australia and the War. Melbourne, December 1. During the debate on the vote of nonconfidence in the Government Mr. Hughes said that the Government
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  • 72 2069 every person to king out a Mmey Order payable in D oimark, Norway, Sweden, Holland cr Swi’z *rtand to a person other than a Prisoner of W*r will be required before the Oid:r is issued to sign a declaration that the remi tiuce iu question is not
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  • 190 2069 are epriuging up like mushrooms in Kuala Lumpur to-chy, says the Kuala Lumpur cjrreepondeut of the Strait» Times. One effect of the prosperity of email rubber planteis is that the Euro* pean residents are being driven further away from the centre of the town. Ampang r<>ad, formerly one
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  • 392 2069 [To the Editor of the St ra u, Edu Dear Sir, I would esteem it a f.vur if you could see your way to publishing this letter to gether with the attached list of Bubecribers:— Office of the Sup rintendent of Posts and Telegraphs, Perak, F.M.S., Taiping,
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  • 174 2069 From Saturday’s Malay Mail L lULU UILUIUUJ o Mr. J. Ryder, formerly an InB P®f*° r f Police in the F.M.S., is now Sergeant m Hampshires, and is serving in India. Mr. H. Davis has taken up the dutj mo Treasurer of the Selangor Club. M Jackson goes to a
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  • 840 2070 A Chiuainar, umjdCbeah Huq S*ng, was tbia morning brought up before M 8. H Lwg’ton m the S coud Cjur\ with cheating la re-p ct of $4O, $2 and $B, tbe propn'ty ot Ch j*h Tat T b, Ct e r lit Ee and Choo Jio Jevk re
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  • 55 2070 The output of Kampong Kamunting Tin Dredging Ltd. for the month of November was: No. 1. No.' e 2. Dredge. Dredge. Hours run 604 594 Cubic Yards treated 87,000 96.000 Total Picoh 1.312 R alised on sale $71,230.00 Tbe output cf the Ayer W*ng Mine for tbe month
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  • 43 2070 (From Our Own Correspond tn*.} London, December 1, The prices in the London Rubber Market to-dav were Pale Crepe 2/10 Diamond Smoked 2/10] London, December 2. The p r ic n s in the London Rubber Market to-day were unchanged.
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  • 85 2070 Ayer Kuning (F.M.8.) 78,500 lb. Bradwall (F.MB) 46.630 lb. Chersonese (FMS.) 65 855 lb, D’noi*t>wn (Kh»d F.M.B 57.450 lb, Highlands 4 Lowlands 129.515 lb. 24.000 lb. Sungei Erian 73,710 lb. Knau Rubber Plantations 27.007 lb. Sungei Way (Selanwnr) 48 8741 b, K.M.S 16.6441 b, Padang 27 300
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  • 24 2070 from tie Qarmarthtnikxre, who < a overcome by the sulphur fume. .nd brought into boep tal at Kuala Lumpur, died Here on Thnraday.
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  • 39 2070 Singapore F eld Ambulance Company, Biter™ of Officer ba. been transferred to the Ac’ire Li.t. and appointed Officer Commanding Singapore Field Ambulance Company, rice 2apt on i D. Keith, with iffxt from Ntv c mber 7.
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  • 86 2070 in several C'aea the accused in one eue complainant in another. It if aa>d that there an at prevent two faction* which have hU i n Campbell Street Through the Jounce of the Police of
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  • 441 2070 Ato-at 11 15 last Digbt, s*v« Monday's T O. .If. the orcs pants of No, id* L*wch Btrtit. Ipob. found tbit the premises bad tak-n fhe and that lh«y w«-e io dar ger ot their l.v s. Tbe premises form ote of a row of s >op-bcu*ee.
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  • 128 2070 The P. W. D, is taking in hand the r«d from Sigan to tbe Perak boundary which i. being thoroughly repaired and ie now well maintained, considering the scarcity of labour in the Dindinga. Sown of the old wooden bridge, on tbe same road which have teen a
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  • 57 2070 The following w r. the export, of Penang forth e toco nd h«lf of N ivemhe*: To Uwitid Kiwodoii Tin 710 ton. Tapi c* (pearl) Copra Rubber 902 M To U 3. A neaica. T>n MW tOM B ack pTP*r 1 -p<oca (p,a-l) tl6 ft«jbb*»r m To
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  • 338 2071 COMMISSIONERS AT WORK. VISIT TO CUTLOJL Mr. N. E. Marjoribanks, of the Indian Civil Service, and the Hon. Mr. Ahmed Tambi Mara kk ay ar, of the Madras legislative Council, who have been appointed a Commission to study the conditions of Indian labour in Ceylon and the F.
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  • 103 2071 Nrtllmay 4,938 lb., Sumatra Consolidated 59 478 lb.. Bukit Mertsjam 80,665 lb., Taiping 65,000 lb, Sungei Siput 15,400 lb., Sungei R*yla (F.MS) 12,882 lb.. Sungei Batu (Malaya) 26,300 lb., Vai D or 30,8001 b., Kurau 31,200 lb., Malakoff 51.400 lb., Windsor (F.M.S.) 29,0 0 lb., Mayfield 23.000
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  • 76 2071 At the Eastern Produce Exchange Auction yesterday the following prices were obtained: Diamond Smoked Good from $l4O to $143 Diamond Smoked Fair $136 to $139 Plain Smoked $l3l Diamond Unsmoked $l2B to $132 Plain Unsmoked sl2s to $127 Diamond Smoked No, 2 $124 Scrap Crepe $97 to
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  • 46 2071 who was last week con- victed by Mr. V. G. Ezechiel for theft of three hairpins from a little girl in Kulim Ltup, Crime up this morning for sentence. Readmitted aprevious conviction for a similar offence and was sentenced to one month's rigorous imprisonment.
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  • 924 2071 (From a Correspondent.) The celebration of Our Day at Taiping began on Friday evening when a football match took place on King Edward VII School ground between an XI brought from Kuala Kangsar by Raja Chulan and an XI got together in Taiping by Mr. E.
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  • 23 2071 Previously acknowledged... $11,355.5$ E. Wolsely Kearne, Esq,... 5000 Collected Tikam Batu Estate per E D. Kearns... 77 00 11,<82.55
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  • 144 2071 [To the Editor or thb Straits Echo.] Dear Sir, It is very gratifying to learn that the stay of the Government clerks in the Bindings has keen now very much shortened—thanks be to those responsible for showing this consideration. Although it is a fact thst the Assistant Surgeons
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  • 100 2071 says that the close curtaining of windows in compliance Lighting Order that was in w last winter has had an effect in increasing the death-rate phthisis and other respiratory di in London, the mortality ro causes having been higher iu a* it had been for many years. Under
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  • 20 2072 Low -Oo December 3rd, at Cbancton. bury, Haywards Heath, Sussex, the wife of H, A Low, of a daughter.
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  • 969 2072 No doubt, the weather—which has been consistently favourable to the Germans and often a seiious hindrance to the Allied commanders —is responsible for the comparative lull on the Western Front. After the war, an interesting article might be written on the influence of the weather conditions on the
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  • 15 2072 during the uiuutb ot November was 400 pikula.
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  • 67 2072 nnmed O nur was this morning produced bhni Mr. V. G, Ezecbiel on a charge of criminal misaporopnatiou of property. Court Insjeitui Nuol, io app'ymg for the remand of the accus* d for furtb» r erqiirvs, sud tout bo understood be accused ws« also wanted on a Ked»h
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  • 153 2072 has bgeu mad* 4 in pr *vid- ing a secretary for tbe S-uttish Liberal p, r v in the Huusecf Commons, iu succts--BIOU t> Mr. D. T H* Im:a,‘Whom Mr. Tenant bua command*erfd tir Parliamentary Sec etary, M<. MscCaltotn Bc<ff\on wi.< m the choice has fallen, is
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  • 696 2072 M* Kboo BjoTeng, of t’n t d Euginttr*, Ltd., will be proceeding shorly to their 1 Branch on transft r to take up a temporary appointmrnt lh*rv The appointment of M*. I). A. M Brown a< H itdicapper tn the Pen «ng Turf Cub for the New
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  • 380 2073 '(Reuter's Senice) Copyright Telegtun. RISING FEELING Further Pressure, Paris, December 3. The Allies have decided to place an embargo on the Greek ships lying in the Allied ports. Greece is therefore in a state of blockade. Official Liat Casualties. Athens, December 4 The Commander of the First
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  • 59 2073 Mr. J. Henry Bastow of Pinji Estate, writing to the T.O.M. says I have a letter from Mrs. Frank Douglas who is working in the Weir Hospital, Ba'him, where she says they have 170 beds and they would be delighted to get a few Ipoh dollars for extra comforts for
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  • 493 2073 (Rwtr’s Venice.) Copyright. Telegram. OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. Reconstruction of Government, London, December 4, 1.20 a.m. An official announcement states that Mr, H, H. Asquith, with a view to the moet effective prosecution of the war, has decided to advise the King to consent to a reconstruction of the Government.
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  • 441 2073 (Reuter's Service.) Cooyright Telegram. LOSSES AND GAI\S, Before Bukharest, London, December 3, A Russian official statement announces: “The Rumanians,outflanked by cavalrv from the south, are retiring to t he south-east The Rumanians south of Bukharest with the assistance of Russians who have arrived, are successfully developing the operations.
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  • 996 2074 The Bulldot Breed. Overheard io a local club A. —Hullo, B, I thought you were going home. p—Well, no., What w'tb these beastly submarines, don’t you know, the Mediterranean is not very healthy just now, bo— I've cabled my wife to come out xnetead, A Yaakee Tip. Here
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  • 32 2074 (otherwise the Tank in Macalister Road is nea'ing completion and should soon be ready for occupation. The builder has succeeded in giving the edifice an appropriately Scotch and Presbyterian appearance.
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  • 62 2074 who was charged with impersonating a public secant, to wit, a Police Constable and thereby falsely inducing Teng Guat Eng to deliver to him the sum of SI and also committing extortion cf >1 by pu ting Teng Guat Eng in fear of arrest on November
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  • 91 2074 □fl J “The pr d ction that the war will last an ther two years is gain ng vogue “Geim ny ueems to te regaining confidence io the impregnability of her line* in the East and West, and is concentrating her
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  • 111 2074 Sir Robert Ho Tung hu suUmted to the Brit *h war 1 an, of which amount he hat donated >50.000 in war bond- to th* end ro# Q t fund of Hongkong I nirerajty, t««ng hi* fourth munificent gift to the U»i warty. Sir Robert
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  • 200 2074 Fmbtwiqktlt Handicap Snoot 200, 500 or n 6X) YM. This competition was shot off on flundav afternoon, conditions—a tighter and 7 counting shots at «*ach r*nge. H. P. 8. 105 A Clams. with b'cAp. made. Mrs. A. E. Murray 94.60 Pte AM F< rrest .64 94.56
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  • 38 2074 Nov, 18 By Balance 7g3 Bee. 1 Anonymous M monthly” 20 00 4 M Maude 15.00 Troh Cheow Cheang monthly 2 00 44 83 B.c. 4By Balance 44 83 Amount previously acknowledged 30,727.73 Total 130.772.56
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  • 113 2074 witoeaaod the match between Ipoh and cutatationa on Faturdav on the Ipoh Club padaog Tin game did not prov>de a high itiodard of fo< tball. The Outstations team scored a goal in the first half, and as this proved to be the only ore scored, they won
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  • 202 2074 whose rrcentlv publish- ed book on the Empire after Ihi war is recognised as the mo-1 useful cootribu’i n yet made to the diecu* sion of an ext re m* I v in podant que tion. was one of fxifd Milnete S>uth African kindergarten** rerruiUd, krgely. from
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