The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 27 June 1917

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1 964 The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)
  • 20 1 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. UlMFef Annu®* Single Copy 40 cH WoL 15. Penang, Wednesday, June 27, 1917. No. 26.
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    • 194 2 5 nP'KJTTJi B S JL XflL JEm STRAITS ECHO I MAIL EDITION. C I KMM— > fl Published the day prior to the departure of each mall a for Europe, and contains the latest local and States fl news originally published in the daily issues, as well as fl all
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  • 61 925 Tai-Lim.— At the Fitzgerald Memouil Cborch, Pining, on June 16 by the R v P.J. Btaghman, Tin Pong Seng, of Butterworth,Province Welbsley, younger brother of Mr. Tan Pong Guan, of Singapore, to L'tn Choon Nen, only daughter of M r and Mrs L’m T d j jj<e of Penang,
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  • 879 925 iMarJ 18 4 U l Ce l ate days, we have oJI n Ti that Chma 18 no be expected of her; the Chinese do nothing for themselves If we n ’an U V f° witbout being rude, that rubb h To say that the toXt d n° UOthlng
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  • 603 925 Mr J. H Lxmott. of the China Mutual Life losurito? Company, Kuala Lumpur, who was on a visit to Penang left yesterday by the s.s. Klang. J M r R, S. Jirvs, who is taking up an appointment «H Messrs. Harrisons A Crosfvdd at Ku<h Lumpur, left by the
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    • 88 925 ff3 a bflj Sunday! and pibho I Af wi JHTIBION PRESS, Ltd. 59 Beach Street, Penang. *< PMci-j W Ujlm) h. W 4 per annum. Postage Extra. IM* P*e) 117.50 h ftilLU ADDIISS c *KJHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343 ff.J.-All bfl’nen communications should be addressed B THE
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  • 1296 926 Traffic Regulation Some well meaning person has established a park for “halting” ricshas, gharries etc. in the middle of the very narrowest part of Beach Street, the neck of the bottle just south of its intersection by China Street, where in the ordinary way there is ■carcely space
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  • 1851 926 [Reuter's Telegrams.] INTERESTING REVIIW Valuable Historical Reeeri, air Dough, Haig in the operations from NoTembeMa Wu? the commencement of the nrawmi' u affords a connected story historical record elucidating much S hitherto been obicure and wetl lOg plans behind apparently isolated attaS raids which continued throughout
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  • 315 927 Ordinary Mrkting. An ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held at the Municipal Offices yesterday and there were present Messrs. W. Peel (President), F. Duxbury, Q uh Beog Kee, Chee Wor Look and Y-mh Guan 8 ok, with Messrs. L. M. Bell (Municipal Engineer) and L. A.
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  • 350 928 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] MARKED ARTILLERY ACTIVITY. Rheim* Bombarded. London, June 19,105 am, A French communique reports •‘There was marked artillery activity in the region of Laffaux, at Pantheon, and in the Craonne—Chevreux lector. We captured a system of trenches forming a salient in Champagne on a front of five
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  • 31 928 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-diy at >111.75, business done, in Singapore (refined) st 1112, buyers no sellers, and in London at £249 spot and £246 three months.
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  • 25 928 (From Our Own Corrcqyondait,') London, June 19. The prices in the London Rubber Market to»day were Pale Crepe 2/8| Diamond Smoked 2/8}
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  • 516 928 [Reuters Telegrams.] THE EXISTING AGREEMENTS. A Sigaifieast Step. Petrograd, June 17, The Provisional Government has published a Note suggesting an Allied Conference with the object of revising the waraim agreement?, excluding the London Agreement the signatories of which agreed not to conclude a separate peace. No
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  • 479 928 [Rnni-, fine aerul Woik Grouid Gaiui, a- T. L ndoß Jom 18, 11«. I Sir Dough, Haig rep()rt «1* We made twenty. 0M morning during the enemy-, S’’’ the position, on Infantry Hill "Our trooper, trained grooud I th. direction of Warneton. I An all day long
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  • 1726 929 U 8 CO P? iraitB our attention A£fcr Ja y nu.u on Penang and L »r fic!e Extraordinary how p'ans, Lrb l blll -Lpos which were then o<l a pl r caQ d preposterous either 38faDt t i e dorare in course of r «p ecter ot
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  • 1587 930 Some Unexpected Results. [To the Editor or the Free Press g ir> —Tne object of the War Tax Ordinance 1917 is to secure from every person in the receipt of a total income of $3,000 or more year a eontribution to the cost of the war. The
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  • 345 930 Proposed Programme Pabsw A special general meeting of tbe members of the Penang Tuif Club was held at th Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon and there were present Mews. G- A Hereford, F. C. Gregson, A, W-B. Hamilton, A. B. Voules, R. P. Phillips, E J. Bennett,
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  • 623 931 J «UU Oil 1.-S.T. d »sk'i^m’ poßTS AND TlV g bTATIBTICS. C° M? toe prolongations y continues to increase <:« ie o C 0 import. »nd expo. t. of ■^lXeot.fortb’q“‘ ,terended So t«» ed ,nd bo 8 appre b* nuporta and export i of figures for
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  • 156 931 A meeting of the Board of Licensing Justices to consider applications for public house and billiard saloon licences was held in the District Court yesterday afternoon. There were present R. D. Acton (Chairman) A. S Anthony, D. A. M. B own, Quah Beng Kee, D G.
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  • 56 931 Penang Women Workers. Amount previously acknowledged $5,251.53 M 8. Jamieson 10 00 Mrs, Penny ttt 5 00 Mrs. B ggtj 2 00 Mrs. Harrison 1 00 $5,269 53 Hospital garments for soldiers cut out for wo'kers will be pl ven out at the Town Hall on
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  • 29 931 (Mrs. Stephen Anthony’s and Mrs. Ebden’s List Amount previously acknowledged $516.00 Table money and contributions through the ladies’ Bridge book, Penang Golf Club 27.50 543.50
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  • 108 931 Whether as acn>bits, magicians, conjurers or jucgle'-s the Winson troupe, who have opened for a short season at the D ury Lane Theatre, are worth going some way to see. The items in la«t night’s piogramme comP'ised tU'ns some of which were new to Penang, But even
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  • 748 931 —free Press, In some w»ys rubber has tern one of the gr-atestcu see of Malaya and most parti, cu ar y in the eff.ee it has had on the cultivation of other products bss commercial y profit bea ing but more effective as regards
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  • 586 932 Times, Yap Hong, who waa found guilty of criminal breach of trust in respect of two bullocks and a cart, was this morning sentenced by Mr. R.D. Acton to two months’ rigorous imprisonment. It appears that the accused who got the bullocks and the cart from Yap
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  • 626 932 Says yesterday’s T. O, M.:— We are officially informed by the Hon. Mr. R. G. Watson, British Resident of Perak, that His Highness the Sultau of Pahang has passed away, news that will be regretted by all who knew His Highness or were interested in the
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  • 151 932 log on June 21, Raj ß rre, At th=» Bukit Mertiii. Pt before Mr. G a HereL d A*?* Cantonese, tamed Chew Ah 1 1 convicted of selling beef whm hurran con.umpbon, aod kl afioeof one hundred d011»,,T.” I b ought up before tbe Bukit Pol ce
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  • 357 932 Convictid, In the District Court before Mr.R.D, Acton this morning the hearing wu relined of the case against Ohu Kim Chang who was charged in that he between April 1 ud May 9 did cheat Cheah Keng Ee, by falnlj representing to him and causing to be npresented
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  • 1168 933 .J. often nccuied and 5» in easily gulled ra e It ““poMible to induce them to ,< L (almyi assuming that Xian and has official b 4 combination of the «petition and the art of C to,. But what IS even more is the way
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  • 699 933 The portrait ofMtjrr W. G. St. Clair, *b® Singapore Free Prese, by Mr. John Adamsox, is iu tee AiaJeuay this year. It is said to be a good likeness. The engagement is announced of Mr. A. St A. Harris, Huttenbach B r oi, Singapore, roßiryl, daughter of Mrs. A.
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  • 1322 934 China* America’! policy towards China is so transparently honest ard disinterested that it is a pity the Entente” Powers were not able to support it more effectively. We think we could hazard a guess as to the nature of the stumbling-blook. As it is, the condition of the
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  • 428 934 CRISIS IN CHINA> [Rwm-, T.uiZT' a MM ,c an INTUVWtio 1 laeideat Chui, I A telegram received I th»t the incident connect,! can Note to Coin. i, c10..d, Ttt>l that when the N.te wa. ent on June 6 a .imilar eo B Miei I b owing to a mi«nd OTto
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  • 991 935 fßirr»»’ 8 .Il WT Dt fOBTHE* ABVANCS. Fitia 6... C.»t««A. LoJ doUo«e 20, 12-40 a.w. g p,yl.i H-'J P°;J' t tbo Boa tb of w,, e™ .4 to -h’-.Uof tba *<Jl'’o 1 ,Xdm»aethirtyfi^pn8 ooer’. 0 oer’. oT r d y Digbt,D t>“ “‘Xoe.’did w'u'b l rk de
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  • 495 935 [RIUTBB’i TILIGBAMI.] Berne, June 19. A semi-cfficial messag-s rpg*rd nz the tAlegr.m by H.rr H. 8 „.n D w i„ Foreign Minister, to Ru-sia states that Grimm telegraphed to Hoffmann through the Svias Legation at Petrograd saying that a need for peace is generally felt and
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  • 465 936 [Eiotm’s Tblegbamb.] UNDESIRABLES EXPELLED, A Notable List. Athens, June 20. Thirty-one persons will be expelled and a hundred and three removed to places whence escape is impossible. The former include M. Gounans, M. Streit, General Dousmaniv, Colonel Metaxas, M. Sayias (the Reservist leader) and M, Livieratos (ringleader
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  • 25 936 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 20. The prices in the London Rubber Market to-day were Pale Crepe 2/7f Diamond Smoked 2/7|
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  • 298 936 [Reuter’s Telegrams]; Artillery Duel. London, June 19, 4.5 p.m, A French commun que reports:— A violent artillery duel took place at Mont Cornillet and Mont Blond. Our Are broke a strong counter-attack on the positions we won yesterday in this region. The enemy suffered serious losses and left
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  • 182 936 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at 1113.25, business done, in Singapore (refined) at 5113.50, business don*. (125 tons sold) and in London at .£249 sf. spot and £247 ss. three months. Messrs. Boustead Co. inform us that the following are the quotations for Rubber
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  • 402 936 [Rim»*, another good PUSH. Maty Priwacr* Tik tt We carried out a viol«n? the Asiago plateau, thslfe? 1 many point, and made proX "2"" heavy losses, p We advanced over difficult earned formidable pontioJX* We“took U 93fi g Bll office™’" Fn oM **l* Anti-Submarine Defence. New Freaeb Department,
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  • 948 937 [Reuter's Telegrams.] <«*SSSKUS?S ,ui«P» rt,Dt d k, tb« refer»» S uth t °X Jobe X. Merrimw ,b a r,n 'Torttb” bo o( Rapublcin pro- "now* b-iog carried on m this desires to record its opinion manifestations, whether by ,bit wJting or other methods, are Jt variance with the
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  • 93 937 The undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by Messrs, Alien Dennvs and Co at their 291 st Auction Sale to-day and during the week ending to-lay Smoked Ribbed Sheet |126 to $129 per picul Plain Sheet 106 do No. 2 Smoked Sheet Diamond 118 124 do
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  • 524 937 [Rxutbr’s Tiligbamb.] For the Royal Family, L >ndon, Jane 19, Toe Press Bureau announces that the King, desiring owing to war cmditions that those princes of his family who are his subjects but bear German names and titles should relinquish them and adopt But sh surnames, has conferred
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  • 633 938 Advisory Committie’s Decisions. The Perak Man-Power Advisory Committee met at the Ipoh Residency on Monday, the Hon. Mr. R. G. Watson, c.m g presiding. There were also present Messrs. G. Gordon Brown and J. H. Rich (civilian members) and Capt. J. C. Moulton (military member). The Committee discussed
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  • 793 938 WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT. I Formir Dirictor’s Viiw. I Mr. W. J. Gallagher, of Medan, Sumatra, who was Director of Agriculture in the I F.M S. a few years ago, writes to the I Malayan Tin and Rubber Journal as I follows May I venture to disagree slightly
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  • 409 938 FUNERAL CEREMONIES. I The New Suita*. We have received the following telegm I from the Resident of Pahang: PekiD, JuneSO Regret to announce the unexpected death I of H. H. Sultan Mabmud, C. M. Kuala Pahang at about 8 am, on Tuesday. His Highness sank after
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  • 563 939 nr tii Fret Press rf n m Edhob or tm* F w r fax p»P’'« t tf»”’’ If D d bearirg geo«»l'y h 1 jjpreft o>. T elf >■ tbe C 0U mmun'»y have to < X“ »">» T4l tb < 6 tba t tbe method come.
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  • 405 939 (To tbe Editor of the Straits limes.) Bi r —I read with much interest in the I Sbait» Times of toe 15tn idem an artic e on the compir<biive charges for foodstuffs in I Hongkoog and S ogapore There is no doubt that most people will agree
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  • 96 939 CFrom Our Otun Correspondent,) Singapore, June 22. At tbe Singapore Rubbir Auction tbe following prices were obtained Smoked Sheets $l2l to $132 pe” picul Good ribbed 108 122 do Plain 100 110 do Ribbed unsmoked HO 120 do Pam 104 120 do Crepes fine pale 132 135
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  • 39 939 Subscription List. Amount previously acknowledged $6OO, G. S Evans, Esq Mrs D. G H 11 s’2s, Dr. J. Sharp, 850, A r ooymcu9, $5, M. Catbifavalo, Esq $2O, T. Isaac Tambyab, Eq. $lO. Total 780.
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  • 254 939 pHE Editor of th® .by Mail.] Hr —I bhg !e<ve t 0 exp ihrougb ihe mMtum i f you pip r my en rp '♦rpreciation cf ’be criticsm of the Straits Echo ao«nt the position Of Ua ffieia s in t Qe Federal Council. It
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  • 287 939 Our BukitMpit'j *m correspondent writes: At tbe Bukit Mertnjim P lice Court, before Mr, G. A. H er? ford, yesterday (Thursday) a young Hokien named Yeo Ah Sai was found guilty of tbe offence of driving bis motor car in a manner so rash or negligent ss
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  • Page 939 Advertisements
    • 10 939 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Ctre Is. 6..
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    • 89 939 Chamberlain's Pain Balm A touch of rheumatism, or a twinge of neuralgia, whatever tbe trouble is, Chamberlain’s Pain Balm drives away the pain at once and cures the complaint quickly. First application gives relief. When a bottle of it is kept in the house the pain of burns and scalds
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  • 267 940 A Malay youth named Babyan was this morning charged at the instance of his mother Kukom Bee with theft of a gold bangle, valued at $9. Oa the accused pleading guilty, the mother stated that some time last month she put this bang!? in question into a
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  • 25 940 CFWi Our Own, Correspondent.) London, June 21. The prices in the London Rubber Market to>day were:— Pale Crepe 2/7| Diamond Smoked 2/6£
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  • 72 940 CFvwn Ow Own Corre-sp&ident.) Half-Years' Results. Singapore, June 22. The report of ths Straits Trading Company, Limited, for the half-year ended M<rch 31 shows that a net profit of $735,051 was made. Toe amount available for disIribution is $1,137,911. The directors recommend as dividend $1 bonus and
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  • 69 940 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to day at $lll .50, business done, in Singapore (refined) at $112.50, business don% (150 tons sold) and in London at .£249 spot and £247 ss. three months. Messis. Boustead Co. inform us that the following are the quotations for
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  • 187 940 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] THE FUTURE OF ALBANIA. Ministerial Statemeat. 1 Rome, June 21. In the Chamber of Deputies, Baron Sydney Sonnino. Foreign Minister, speaking on Italy's war aims, said that Italy’s special interests were equally in the destinies of Albania and the direct possession of Valona and its
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  • 127 940 TENNIS TOURNAMENT. The following were the results of the ties played off yesterday Ladies' Doubles Handicap. Mrs Powell and Mrs Ebden -—5/6 beat Mrs Macintyre and Miss Hooker —3/6 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 Profession Pairs, Penny and Goldie beat Winfield and Matson 6—3, B—6 Mixed Doubles Handicap» Miss
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  • 408 940 [Reuter’s Mr. A J, Balfour, P.mamenu.y Au O ,i. tio J g‘Ten j Q h b Mr. A.quitb pre.ided, limitless and unforcjett*hl« u mission received in Amerim formal and extern»! but the heart, He deeply i I spontaneous exhibition of the common cause of th. I
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  • 60 940 At the Eeetern ProiluceEMb.c?» Auction 8.11 the following pncei obtained: prpieol Diamond Smoked Good from »126 Diamond Smoked Fair us Diamond Unsmoked jq3 go 110 Plain Un-rucked M 71 Scrap Crepe gj to 62 Ba k Crepe 51 Pressed tcrap 39 to Loose Scrap 56 Vi-g n
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    • 49 940 Bewel Complaint in Children. During the summer months mothers should watch for any unnatural looseness of the child’s bowels. When given prompt attention at this time serious trouble may Ire avoided. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Dtairhoea Remedy can always be depended upon. For sale by all dispensaries and dealers.
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    • 36 940 Economy In It costa but a .«»11 •"’’’l'* B* berlain’e Colic, Cb»l<"“ U che t .nd >« edy always in ycur J O6 .ifiyi c® l economy in the end- K cures quickly. To* J and dealers.
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  • 1216 941 a hk of this morninz regarding Reuters cable Afghanistan and ft German intrl a 8 j t does with the coined Arjb reToU against < inner»"! ot «minder of the failure juHni Germ J w hicb Q, rmin ’«•“"InXtlr at the beginning Mtan upon stirring lelans
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  • 605 941 -Mg. Mr. Lim L a ong ask» ui to thank those who attended the funeral of bis iather yesttrd*y or s-nt wna.hs. kt.eis or telegrams of condolence. M r Hood of Messrs Guthrie and Co, is shortly leaving Singapore with Mrs. Bigg for a long deferred holiday at home,
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  • 1343 942 All Dressed up and Nowhere to go Tourist traffic, upon which so many of the inhabitants of the lovely region round the Italian Lakes depend for a living, has practically ceased since the war and one might have thought that the arrival of an ex Crowned Head, reputed
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  • 395 942 [Rivtzz-, VNFAVO »««u I E r Attack Loudon, Jg De 20 SirDougU, Haig t port ,J l fresh e e ouX!S k -I Souehez River. ,0 -Ths weztber did not I d ‘.ui Aer ?P l e «-oper»M flj »iV** I artillery with good mult. W. u
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  • 19 942 (i’rotn Our Own The prices in the London Bn to-day were 17t Pale Crepe Diamond Smoked
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  • 353 943 'X»' T,t,SRAM ’I ,D HI WUK SINKINGS. jUairal'T **P ort London, June 20. unsuccessfully atFreitk !<»«■« Briti,k Viet,os Pari. June 21. tab p.trol-boits picked op ninety men (Imßfitiib.leimere which bed been n’boanned. The submarine fired on the Jei it cm stumer, killing eight ot the 3tf. CoMPAikTivi
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  • 748 943 [Reuter’s Telegrams LABOUR LEADER'S VIEW. Speech by Mr. Baraev. Lcndon, June 20. Mr. G. N. Birnes, replying to the toast» Victory of the Allied at a dinner at Connaught Rooms, Loudon, made a speech for the first time as a member of the War Cabinet. He said
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  • 97 943 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Jane 22. At the Singapore Rubber Auction the following prices were obtained Smoked Sheets $l2 fto 1132 per picul Good ribbed 108 M 122 do Plain 100 110 do Ribbed unsmoked 110 120 do Plain 104 120 do Crepes fine pale 132
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  • 152 943 At the Eastern Produce Exchange 143rd Auction Bah the following prices were obtained: per picul. Diamond Smoked Good from 1126 to 1128 Diamond Smoked Fair 115 to 125 Diamond Unsmoked 113 to 115 Plain 103 to 110 Scrap Crepe 71 B*rk Crepe 61 to 62 Pressed Scrap
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    • 44 943 Economy in the End. It but a s all amount to krepCham* berldin’s Colic, Cholera and I) Remedy always in your mid c.ne chest and it is economy in th? end. It always cures and cures quickly. For sale by all dispensaries •nd dealers.
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  • 434 944 [Rbutbb’s Tblbgbams.] SPIRIT OF THE ARMY. Massage from Geaeral Bresailoff. London, June 21. General Bruuiloff, replying to Sir William Robertson’s message of congratulations on bit appointment ai Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armies, says that, as in honour bound, free Russia’s armies will not fail in their
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  • 389 944 REORGANISING THE COUNTRY. Veaizeliat Co-Operatioa. Athens, June 20. The Government has decided to form a committee of four, including two supporters of M. Venizelos, to recommend methods for re-organizing and re-constitutiog a unified Greece. The Ktsg's lateatioas. King Alexander has decided to reside at his uncle’s villa. This
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  • 327 944 [BW AND SOa »ing p Wcis I Gov.ram.at Ca. tftl I Rondos j Cotton prices have mrtftwd k the Manchester Exchange that future, in tbeXh? closed ,u heartily wel ’J 4 »R members agreeing th.t it speculation, wB 3'i L ropo 1 ,h tai control the whole
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  • 53 944 Latest Quotation*. Tin (uortfioed) is $111,50, business done, in Slog tO tf ed) at »112.50. buna... ui .old) .ad ia London at £217 ss. three months. Messrs. Boustesd 4 for i;be following are the q josUt*on Spot io London oo 1« to-day.:— .7. Plantation Ist Utwr crep.
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    • 50 944 Bowel Complaint in Children. During the summer months mothers onounl w<tch for any unnatural looseness of tbe cb»ld s bowels. When given prompt attention at this time serious trouble may be avoided. Chamberlain’s Co'ic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy can always be depended upon, For sale by all dispensaries and dealers,
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  • 1178 945 )hr^XnbeA’l iM handled S with hBaita,i n an d lit it continuously »nd developed to their manifest P^ la(t the y are diaand reaclution and the result factory. Constantine has ■“fid md hu’tied out of Italy I* V n wrfuee as we surmised theP™-° eera“ a
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  • 641 945 r»T be engaa!PmFat 18 between Ethel Mary Htvel ck Sevens,only daughter ot Mr. and Hildebrand W. H S evens, of Sydney, N.S.W., and Hvoid Rkwlin Buckl nd, younger i-on ot Mr. and Mr-. R. G 8. BickUnd. of Salte ns, Great Tonicston, North Duvon. A marriage has been arranged
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  • 1027 946 Multilated in Transmission. A Sunday paper is Stirling a competition in misrepeated jokes or stories that are mutilated in transmission —like telegrams sent over the F. M. S. Government land lines. It overlooks the classic instance, which, of course, relates to Sydney Smith, who, when at a dinner
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  • 303 946 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jun a 22, The prices in the London Rubber Market to-day were Pale Crepe 2/6| Diamond Smoked 2/6 [The Market Report of Messrs. Aldens’ Successors, Ltd, dated London, May 10, says:— “The market has been quiet during the past week with a
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  • 469 946 [Riwtf, Tr around lomb*, tiy d 1 the Bapau.ne--- P Cambni ld tbe,0 «M east of Lt Ventie. also ia ths n 10 1* I of Lomb»rtzyd. when •noth^ I I entered the front line but I driren out. A few of ow I The enemy’s artillerv
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  • 377 947 TILWBiMS]. rnw t Lindon, Jone 21. the iw p-iae »"d lndlkn t, on J,*» 0 *tb. P der g fir t proclai>*«p rM,6d bi dst6r I o«‘ •>« f,tber 8 "*i2 red t 0 -«townrtbv that the King < ’^t 0 We- to M Ur declaring himself as
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  • 422 947 [Rkutek’s Telegrams,] FIEKCE BATTLE RAGING. Heavy Artillery Fire. Amsterdam, June 22. Tbe Cologne Gazette says that tne new battle on tne plateau of Sette Communi. extending from dugaua Valley to Asiago, has assumed extraordinary dimensions. All the mountains of Tyrol are echoing all night long to the drum
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  • 505 947 [Riutsb’s Tiligbams.l BRITISH POST-WAR POLICY. Queitioa ia the Commas». T Lindon, June 21. in the House of Commons Mr. G. Stewart (Unionist Member for the Wirral division cf Cheshire) asked whether the proposal of the Hongkong Chamber of Commence that Germans should be excluded from the
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  • 29 947 Obituary. Sir Joseph Lyoas. Lindon, June 22, Tbe death has taken place of the well* known Sir Joseph Lyons, head of the firm of J, Lyons A Co. Ltd,
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  • 527 948 rßnrr»B*B Thliorams.) Debate ia the Coamo»». London, June 22. The reply of Mr. J. L M<cpbers n liaurntery Under-Secretary to the War Office) giten in the House of Commons yesterday regarding re-examinations of discharged and rejected men was made in the course of a debate raised by
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  • 872 948  -  [Bt Tom Wright The droving season has begun, and my mate cobber”) has left me. I would gladly have gone with him, but having seen me in the saddle, he declined responsibility So (n the kerosene tin that sits on a stump at the side of the track
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  • 210 948 Eith h Aaaaal Mcetisf. I The eighth annual general meeting d I the shareholders c 1 the Semanggol Bobber I Company, Limited, was held at theCbanbs I of Commerce at noon to-day and there I were present M> ssrs D. A. M. Brown (ii I the chair)
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  • 160 948 is uoab’ 6 Bru Haul at Tilw A m<n .y lender of Karutban Chetly by »»»■’> pleasant eiperience ot wn» by gang robber, m tto of Tuesday orD l^l fio J,pp®n tW poorer by nearly H.dO> b «ib«’*‘ be was .lumbering P““ t ll 1 r re
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  • 1463 949 R, SP icr ro R LD Ccstom. IT „i ir an? excitement, M'l l 1 e L Joe of erwt excitement Hiilont. tbeonw being the n brought from Vbe» da ‘"r, gr 7 8 U a 'old custom for- s cw i°i toB ?rt»pB of woman
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  • 512 949 CLAIM FOR 1 DAMAGES. In the District Court before Mr. B, D. Acton this morning the hearing was resun ed of the suit instituted by Mr. C. E. W. Hogg?, Agency Manager, China Mutual Life Insurance Co,, Ltd., against Dr. C. Francis, claiming recovery of 1315
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  • 822 950 [To the Editor of thi Free Press.] Sir,*—l should like to make the following comment on your Leader of June 19 The gist of the article is that Robber, owing to the extraordinary returns resulting in this cultivation, has been the undoing of practically all
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  • 462 950 In the course of a letter to the Ip oh poper the managing partner of the Keat Sng Leong Co. says The allegation of a scarcity of milk has caused uaeasines in the town for the last two weeks. Householders are partly to be blamed for this,
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  • 331 950 ned by the H Cn J, w w 2l '»l managing director, will bi i considered The directors now suhmii m. I the half-year endrd March 5 the second half of the buiiJ.' 9 After writing cff provision for bad and doubtful a I net profits amount
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  • 127 950 The following is the health statement of th Penang Municipality for the week w* June 9,1917 (Male 481 Total Deaths < t 80 (Female 32J Death rate 39.36 per mills per 'J pared with 38-37 in the preceding with 36.28 in the corresponding weex 01 year. m Nationality,
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  • 2422 951 tid’k Meet,i| ml pooBial mseting °f !W W'” n O f° t be Bubber ji>«‘« M r de ,4 1S bald at tbeCb»rab:r to SaurJar. Toere MaH.s D A M B.OWO (io P T« totb.rd, J. McNeill, A K. •"“‘"’r E M IL. M.Bdl Dr G.
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  • 759 952 THE NEW LAND RESTRICTIONS. An Authoritative Statement. Tbe action of the Government cfthe Straits Settlements in directing that no further applications for land exceeding 50 acres (20 cbo) are to ba received for the present, and that applications for areas less than 50 acres are not to
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  • 498 952 Saturday’s Field Dpbiaiioki, I The field operations which were held n I Saturday afternoon resulted inadeeunt I victory for the attacking force which co» prised the Vetsrane aud tbe Cadets under I the command of Lt. J. W. Hunt. I The men of the other unite, C’Conpuj I
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  • 1077 953 in xaipiog i] -T. 0. M. it satisfactory to find Russia Lnsire in the Caucasus and “the advance cont nues, to be gained by disguising *•22 ttte conditio»’ .t Petrograd a. “S m the cable» received up to >re .bout chaotic as can “i. Apparently the Leninist, outvoted at
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  • 52 953 We hear that the F M 8, Government has ur dertaken to nfund to ex Inspector Molyneaux the three months’ salary wb'cb it accepted from him in lieu of notice before crdering him to leave the F.M S. Oiher aspects of the case are still io process
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  • 530 953 has been appoint* F M.S. a 8 8 Public Prosecutor, Toun/ willT Th n Governor Sir Arthur C.p‘ SC.R ffl who i,now. Wins teU f b theK p c hM b »„pL^" ar r 8 d Tjad J Brockm.ii <nme H U n g 8 few d j 3
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  • 1251 954 M&lenttndu. One: Of course, they are nice to have, but they are a lot of trouble just the lame. Two (with a sigh) s Yea, they are. One Cost a bunch of money, too. Two You’re right—they do. One ’Tisn’t the first expense one minds —but the upkeep
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  • 428 954 [Rnum’, FURIOUS ENEMY TTack H ®avy Loaae. London, J Qne 23 i 2.. ■util morning, A attacks followed. The large forces on a lent of mrtres and the attack was L'* d e pl,e the heavy loan, enemy efforts were broken tor the part and waves cf assault
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  • 384 955 [Reuter's Telegrams.] |Dt m>t or tWHT- A t' M W 22 k '11.25 p.«. tjodor, J“ M 11,4 F JrW" to the east of >fir?p» leavitg several dead on Ji!,* 1 w« made prisoner» of a few •>'*• attempt on Gillemont A ’Xhbourbood failed. th,, e e
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  • 913 955 [Reuter’s Tilegrams,] PAN-RUSSIAN CONGRESS. Demaad for Coasticueat Assembly. Petrograd, June 23, The Pan-Russian Congress of the Workmen’s and So diers’ Delegates demanded the immediate convocation of a Constituent Assembly and the formation of a body representing organised democracy, including the peasants, to whom a Socialist Minister would be responsible.
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  • 24 955 Our Own, Correffpondent,') Lindon, June 23. Tbe prices in tbe London Rubber Market to-day were Pale Crepe 2/64 Diamond Smoked 2/5|
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  • 440 956 [Eutrruu's Tiliobam,]. COMMISSION FOR UNIFICATION. M. Vtsiselos* Cosfideaee. Athens, June 23. M, received, first, the Zaimist and, secondly, the Venizalist member* of the Mixed Commission for the unification of Greece. M. Venizelos is confident of the success of the Commission. M. Vsaizslcs Interviewed. Athens, June 23. I M.
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  • 403 956 [Rsutkb’s Tblbgbamb.] Russian Success. London, June 23. A wireless Russian offiriil announcement states Our detatebments attacked a position to the west of Kalkit and bayonetted the Turkish defenders. Only a few escaped. “We defeated Kurds to the north of Serdesht and occupied the summit. Our advance continues.”
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  • 55 956 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at 108.50, buyers no sellers, in Singapore (refined) st 1109, buyers on sellers, Messrs. Boustead Co, inform us that the following are the quotations for Rubber on Spot in London on the 23rd inst, received yesterday Plantation Ist latex
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  • 464 956 [Eiotm', tUeral»' One ot the mo.t 8 I favour ot th, CooKripu', I D d J an Ho«.e ot Commo», vered by Mr. P»rd«, Chief Wh > deeply regretted the necab b I Pardeeea.d that hew., in I in io/ ?r otMriDg elore I cnption. It WU
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  • 427 957 ■<C7 9 3,: lU.rkpt. etnn Lond-'O. June 22. p, ei ident of the Board of B L8»I* F L L.verpool repre4«":tr' eJ ”,tm tr.de .< length. The iw'H of te tat it is understood «rrtW P iw'udsdti>3 rocomooeoda. ’rn<ne»‘ should take oyer "rtf J ’“P 0 9
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  • 424 957 [Rbutbr’s Tbligramb FRANCE ANO GERMANY COMPARED. I»tere»ti»x Figures, Paris, June 23, It was announced in the French Chamber that the French mercantile marine has lost 560,000 tons since the war, but 680 000 tons have since been built or purchased and 140.000 tons are competing, whereas Germany
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  • 125 957 Gibbons Cur Compitition, The first rice of the series in the above competition. 50 yards handicap, was held at me v, miD B C ub yesterdiv morning. The winners of the final’’ were is follows b’esp. T me. B C isp ht io 39 R Rendle 2nd
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  • 214 957 The following are the alterations in Messrs, A, A. Anthony A Co,’s share list to-day Alor Gaj ah Rubber Estate $3.80 buyera and 94 00 sellers; Ayer Running Rubbar E’hte 91.17| buvers and 1125 sellers; Baleownie Rubber Estate $5 50 buyers and 95.80 sellers; Bukit K*til Rubber Estate 90.80
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  • 194 957 HoPand American 488,016 lb, Netherlands Lingkat 15,717 lb, 8i Pare Pare 22,898 lb. Says the China Prefs of June 5 A Mandate, pardoning Eugene Cben for his offence in libelling former Premier Tuan, is expected to be gazetted within the next few days. Application for the pardonine
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  • 317 958 The funeral of Mr. Eugene 0. Mathieu, which took place on Saturday evening when hie remains were removed from bio residence in Arratoon R ad to the new cemetery at Western Road for inter* meet, wai very largely attended. Toe R.v L. M. Duvelle conducted the
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  • 261 958 The following is the text of the American Note t) China to which Reuter's ctbles have refer 1 el on several occasions lately “The Government of the United States learns with the most profound regret of the dissension in China and desires to exp ess the most
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  • 647 958 Coroner’s Inquiry, Theinqu’ry into th*? inces attending the dt-atb of RJph L'sslar was held on Saturday before Mr. S. H. Langston, the Coroner, Inspector Alexander conducted the inquiiy. The first witness called was L m Tit Seih who stated that on May 28 at 1 p.m. he was
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  • 550 958 Accused Committed v O r t The preliminary inquiry misappropriating BU V I prefetred against Sinnkthn Fah.ndTE.de Financial Department n P Police Court yesterday aftern BCD A, W, Just. Magistrate, with°M Reay, D.P.P., conducting tbs the Crown, and Mr. Legg? c third accused, says the Kuala
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  • 1041 959 _re of order in tnat country gjUiinteaaDM f d i ya duce contained f^ u P°V b n S Note to the Chinese B tto ntol tof which we were .h yesterday. Whether, &gt; Lrth retain sufficient influence b Jlto avert civil strife is another rthtbep 6o
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  • 68 959 Latest Quotations. Tin (unn fined) is quoted here to-day ta $107.25, buyers no sellers, in Biug*P° rfl (refined) st business done, (109 toes sold), and in London at £239 151. spot and £243 three months. Messrs. Boustead Co. inform us that the following are the quotations for
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  • 578 959 I tnat a u .-T.O M. ioV F Hutcheion, of Jura Estate, hu lett tor home wbeie he intends joining up. Mr. M.D Dalv, of the FM 8. Civil Service, Baiu Gijah. has left for home on furlough. Mr. K oi Toay Jin, who is embarking on a wolfram
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  • 1319 960 The Cost of the War. It is a remarkable fact that the daily average of the first seven months of the war was quadrupled in 1916-17. Except between February 20 and March 31. 1916 there has been a constant increase, so th it against X 1.500,000 spent per
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  • 447 960 [thorn 1 MLVUW or THE HM Co,oM TbeiTtme,. summing Military Correspondent, Colonel ,t( on the situation at (he bdf., t that since January the chiefly upheld by T ßri-fch The prolonged battles of the &L the Anore compelled a Germ,, S •long a wide front and
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  • 461 961 [Reuter's Telegrams.] «'ill RoU*d s“.d--eorresp^9o'^90' tlU 77&gt;, drawing our salient I** T WI »d’.n« d to the j. Ri.nmont od oMa P ied x o^B®' 11 o f the German front I progreHiK &gt;» f nUl the «noth western fringe Tetter.was very little Vnn the Garmins falling
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  • 551 961 [Rbutik's Telegrams]. Resifaatioa of the Cabiaet. London, June 25. I A message from Athens states that M. I Jonnart accompanied by M. Zximis went to the palace where they conversed at length with the King. It is reported that the Cabinet has resigned and M. Venizdos is
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  • 524 961 [Rians'. TmaisM,.] an affair or potatoes. Grave Political Situafioa." Th o n-7 London, June 25. me ua\ly Mail correspondent at The states that th* populace at Rotterdam seiz d and distributed lighters of potatoes consigned to the British Government thereby creating a grave political situation. The Agricultural
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  • 608 962 [Rictus’s TlLioßAHa.] SPEECH BY GENERAL BOTHA. Necessity of Uaioa with Britaia. Cape Town, June 25. Speaking at Robertson, Capa Colony, General Botha regretted that the Provincial Council elections were fought on political lines. They should have remained outside party politics. Unfortunately politics had been dragged into many
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  • 1088 962 Dear Sir, I have Vested you badly of late, but it is difficult to make bricks without straw. At least the Israelites used to say so, though for my part in the many brickfields that I have seen I have never come across any straw. At
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  • 129 962 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, June 25, A telegram from Amsterdam s k »t‘B tbit the Garmin airman Brandenburg ried out tbe recent air raid on London w rec a ived tbe Prussian order roar Merit e” America and the War. London, June 25. Router’s correspondent at stabs that
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  • 24 962 (From Ovr Own Cr rr& f^ lat ih. Tbe prices in tbe Lindon to-day were:— J/j Pale Crepe M Diamond Smoked
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  • 249 963 L rfB X^'’ el,ootwii |Lj«d.-r- 3shotB 45 ElW 40 Withb’c»p- mad&lt;) 80 38 20 t 75 36 70 rjjErerest 36 64 Kennett 36 55 E^ n 36.40 KCbeng j tie 3640 J8 J grot ,55 35 95 73 35 95 IfFM»»» 2) 35 68 [iH tlB 35 68 l’
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  • 34 963 E 7BO IIA Brown V &lt;. kellur sh- D%’ 10 F G o b, J 2 “d dons ton M -2 H G,, h: I* 0 P»' Ken I "8 Pong Tu
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