The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 21 November 1917

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    21 1 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. 117*60 Per Annum. Single Copy 40 eta Vol. 15. Penang, Wednesday, November 21, 1917. No. 47.
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      259 1 CONTENTS. Leaders ljr Miscellaneous (Continued) I German Pres. View. 1,789 More Burb’e gi s TherZZv w Singapore aud 'tti. Bailey l' I.RW The Economic War ...1.805 Johore “Our D.y" Lottery ...1817 Japan, Chma and the U. &A. ...1811 A Pensioner’. Plaint 1823 Community ol(Servicel,Bl7 Far Eastern Finance l’.BSl Sir Starnley
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      172 2 V\m V'VY <> &\n v v*\K> ™*l I \fc THE %jX fe t I “STRAITS ECHO” I fap MAIL EDITION. V Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the M /fc? daily issues, as
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    GERMAN PRESS VIEWS
    882 1789 A most curious comment on the Luxburg affair comes from Germany. Said the Vorwiirts on September 14: “The worst disappointments which our diplomacy has given us during the war are greatly inrpassed by this latest sensation. No word of censure or of condemnation is ibarp enough for
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    M. A. P.
    559 1789 Dr, W. J. D ijs n oted. L.rut and M. .ng L,c n.wg tbe M YMCA PrB V I 11 Si I t on ye.t«d.y Mr. B. H. Bilke, Deputy Accountant, has been appointed Chief -num with effect from October 3 1915 7 Mr. H. H, Sevens,
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      97 1789 ftfbM Wj (except Sunday! and pvblio ChoMeyi) V AT TH /WTHMON PRESS, Ltd. g* 59, Beech Street, Penang. Pnion* Difly I*»l mW4 per annum. v Portage Extra. jfail SiMsn (Port Free) 117.50 OABLB ADDMM J «lOHO— PENANG’ i Telephone Ncs. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343 N.B.— All business commur cations
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    951 1790 Leibnitz. To-morrow will be tbe 201st year of the death at Hanover of Gottfried Wilhelm Liebnitx, a contemporary and rival of Isaac Newton, and like him a subject of King George I. When in London on a diplomatic million in 1673 he was elected a member of the
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    London Rubber Market.
    255 1790 (brom Out Own Correspondent) London, November 12. The prices in the London Rubber Market to-day were: Pale Crepe 2/7| Diamond Smoked Sheet 2/6 There was a heavy blowing last night accompanied by rain for about half an hour. The rainfall for the twenty-four hours ended 9 a.m.
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    ITALIAN FRONT.
    417 1790 [RbuTEß’s TlLiGUug,-] A Seeead De!u le RfEter’s CGrresponjant «"tuVc Hep-nrUr., wirrng on deluge filling up the cmTJd washing out road., while rivers nr...' d non-existent a fortnight .go, aren™?'*-/ wide. Snow is falling*thiokontheCnfi accomp.ined by storm .nd windsnd nu t T k '”B advantage of the stmoipta conditions
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    ALLENBY’S STROKE.
    473 1791 [Eiut«b’« Tilegbams.] Tke Loi<io»ers Gre&t CoupLondon, NovcmbsrlS, vggter’g correspondent at the Egvptian jjeidq ßirterP wiriDg NGveaibt3r 11» performance 0* ths Londoners in the capture of is a story of endurance, suffering, and conquest. It was the youngsters’ baptism of raal fighting. Not* single man fell out, excepting as
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    AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.
    876 1791 [Reoub’s Tn.an.Ms] M. KERENSKY’S VICTORY, The Triumvirate, Copenhagen, November 13. from Rn?" Wb h r e rriTed at Ter-’nskv CKfi 01 the re P ort that M. C pletelj d f Ud Jt'T d GPMrnorart xJ rn,ed a triumvirate m M. Kerensky, a tr PB row side
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    LLOYD GEORGE LUNCHEON.
    1193 1792 [Eiutir’s Telegrams IMPORTANT SPESCFSS. Freaeh Premier'* Tribute. Path, November 12. Speaking at a luncheon given to Mr. Lloyd George, M. Painilve declared that those who gave thought to peace at present were betraying, whether they intended it or not, the most sacred interests of their country, civilisation
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    In the Commons.
    387 1792 [RwtW. T. LMIUm Lt ndo N »«»kwia In the House of 13 Asquith asked if Mr. Uor W tt H be present to-morrow a. be 3 e wwl i him when he would bs prepared X? statement rrg.rding the ver, ,k d< Mr Bon' T“ v‘ ,U
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    Municipal Commission.
    356 1793 1918 BUDGET PASSED. Special Meeting. meeting of the Municipal Cnm. jniwiooerß was held at the Municipal Office yesterday afternoon for the purpose of MSiiog tbe dr ft eBtimateB for 1918 There werep roBenfc Messrs. W. Peel (President) L, M. Goodman, Yeoh Guan beok, Chee with Mr. L. M.
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    Penang Golf Club.
    110 1793 Colombia Lup Competition Result. Round o Wianer u r r u a lst 2nd 3rd 4th H bl wLv«v Goatly 47 41—44 -47—179—28—bV kzechiel 46—47- 43-41-177-18-1 Mr ir 46—46-44-44-180-20-Mr r ru bb att 38—39—36—39—152 4-10—1 Mrr D R S gers 43-41—40-39—163.. 4—1 6? Mr r n tz
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    October Rubber Crops.
    305 1793 ’5,770, S.rend.b 34,183. Bukit A»,.;5 7 'B°7. U«n Simpm 12,700, Holland 2867« 558.974, Neth«rl*ods LaDgk‘l •> w St P.re Pure 32.647 lb. Anglo-Chinese School Union. Union “aVoVe.'at 8:1,001 uietit, w 0 fsw it a r club toow last £n the J Dt°rtii nm p nt rh Town
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    The Pill Box.
    366 1793 A good deal has been written in the last few days about a new system of defence, and it has been hinted that new methods of attack have bern to defeat it. Napoleon rema r k a d that tactics change every ten years. In this new
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    Ipoh Chinese Volunteer Concert.
    1222 1793 SuccM, ri l E»ti» tuSMWT both from ro |ho h fi’„, D S r 1 on B.tnrd»y »Ut b. Ip h J”’ 0 H Chine,. Platoon oftb. M.u" b "k f ha Light infantry »nd f.. Vol, t9,r of the Chinese cotamneit, th British Bed cX
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    S. S. War Loan Bonds.
    916 1794 Two more days remain, says the S.F.P, of November 10, on which subecr ptions can bo sent in for the Stiaits Settlements War Loan Bonds. Issued in November 1916, they are repayable at par on Nov. 15 1919, two years hence, the interest being six
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    President Wilson and Peace.
    1387 1794 [Rioter’s Telegrams.] Stupidity of the Pacifist*. Buffalo, Not. 13, President Wilson addressed the Con* vention of the American labour Federation. The audience of six thousand gave him an ovation. He said“ This is the last decisive issue between the old principle of power and the new
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    Penang Rubber Auction.
    86 1795 The undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by Messrs. Allen Dennys Co at their 333 -d Auction Sale held t day: Smoked Diamond Sheet No. 1 $lO3 to $ll2 per picul Smoked Diamond Sheet No. 2 85 102 do Unsmoked Sheet No, 1 76 80 do
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    Queen Mary’s Needlework Guild.
    60 1795 Penang Women Workers. Amount previously acknowledged $6,070 38 No. 42 2 00 $6,072.38 Hospital garments for soldiers ready cut cut for workers will b« given out every Friday at the Town Hall at 9.15 till 10 30 a.m. r Workers are urgently needed. Also donations should
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    Dindings
    299 1795 CH G Clarke Amount Collected by Teow Hoop GnohEweKhooi w 70.00 Low Heongßwe 8.00 Wong Heng Kee 8.00 F A Petenou 100 Mohamed Ali Lim Ewe Lae G W Angus 8.00 H Mehta 8,00 2 5 Boh Bse Ben, Bahir Ewe Kang Lim F North Goh Yong Soon f
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    High Commissioner's Address.
    1897 1796 financial position. Malaya’s B elation to the War. In his address, at the meeting of the Federal Council H.E. the High Commislioner said:— At my last annual address, it was my sad duty to refer t 0 the do ath of His Highness the late Sultan of
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    THE INVASION OF PALESTINE.
    1167 1797 British armies in Palestine and tfe! opotamia, though operating under J lv different conditions, depend to a W 1 ;Lable extent on one another, and coQ h pursuing the same object. The Turks m»’ 4 regulate their strength in s theatre by their prospect in the
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    M. A. P.
    561 1797 Mr. B. D. Acton, District Judge, left tl morning for Bukit Me.t.jim on duty aid will return to-morrow Mr. F. W. Stones, of the F.M.B. Bailway, who has bepn on a business visit in PenSiv. returns to Headquarters to-day. The Russian Artist Count Tolstoi, who recently arrived
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1206 1798 The First Lady Russell* It io 102 years to-day since, to quote the contemporary announcement, was born to the E*rl and Countess of Minto, at Minto House, Hawick, a daughter”—Lady Fanny Elliot —who was destined to become one of those ladies who have done so much to sssist
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    London Rubber Market.
    26 1798 CLkom Out Own Covr&pondenO) London, November 13. The prices in the London Rubber Market to-day were; Pale Crepe 2/7 Diamond Smoked Sheet 2/6
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    ITALIAN FRONT
    402 1798 [Rbut Bs B Th, Mlu THE invading Armii N«w Lit. .f He^qw^r 0 rtK“‘ Cadore succeeded i n retiring ,“J loB.es and rejoined tbe “’w line runs from tbe sea to tbe L? 0 the A,ps, thence following tbs .l£ th 'L Brent. Eiver ttd S" the Sugana
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    ALLENBY’S STROKE.
    518 1799 [Rbutbr’s, Telegrams.] Fiae Woik by Loadoa Yeomat.ry, London, Nov, 13, General Alleoby,describing the operations no to Thursday, says that the Tirks on October 27, muda a strong recomiissanca with two regiments of cavalry and three thousand infantry to the south-west of Tel-el-Sheria. The London Yeomanry Brigade holding an
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    BRITISH FRONT.
    458 1799 [Bbutkr’s Tblbgrams 1 Eaemy Artillery Activity. Sir Novembar 14 12 40 a m. arH L D 8 rP P° rtB increased em my »ti lery activity ,i| day 1 OD? Rt anum Y r o. points on the Ypres bittie front especially in the neighbourhood of Passchecdaele. Aerial
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    FRENCH CABINET RESIGNS.
    883 1799 [Rbvtsr’s Tblbobams.l Pari», November 14, 5.40 p.m. The Government has resigned. The Chamber’s Vote. Tha Ph U F ari NOf< 14 130 The Chamber his passed a vote of eonfiance in the Government by 250 votes to after a "Po?ch by M. Painllve. TirTJ? ,h< purpose of
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    Bukit Mertajam Cases.
    229 1800 (From Our Own Correspondent,') Bukit Mertajam, Nov. 15, At the Bukit Meria jam Police Court, before Mr. G. A. Hereford, yesterday, a Hokien named Ng Ah Fo pleaded guilty to a charge of trespass upon the railway line by riding a bicycle along the edge. The accused
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    PREMIER'S SPEECH IN PARIS.
    1060 1800 [Reuter’s Telegrams TRFMENDOUS SENSATION. Attitude of the Cemmoas. London, Nov. 14. Mr. Lloyd George’s speech at the Paris luncheon had caused a tremendous sensation in the House of Commons which was taken by surprise and is disposed to be critical. It is interpreted in somequarters as
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    Federal Council.
    543 1801 War G« al t 0 Peßsio ed Of,ieeri CFrom Our Own Correspondent 1 Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 14. it the meeting of the Federal Council, rhief Secretary, in answer to questions, that the Government was unable to **b w w.r grant to pensioned officer», b t easel of diatreea
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    Rent Assessment Board.
    1758 1801 COO "ER4TION IN B1X1N& annual VALUES Resolution by «7 Tomlins». C>-Opa. ***** b-lwaon cip^Com’*” B Bol Dd lh cip4 Comaiiß.ioo.r, mide 8. Tomlinson at tbe weekly meetien ot“bĕ former body at Sing.pore on Tne.day Mr -To I'w P ĕ7 o ed I"- 9 ,ol:oBio 8 lint wuh
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    The Orang Dusan of B.N.B.
    2206 1802  -  Bt Ivor H. N. Evans, B A. [With Plate ll] The following notes oa the customs and beliefs of the so-called Orang Dusun” of British North Borneo were made during the months of July and August, 1915. They are supplementary to some observations of mine
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    Tin and Rubber.
    77 1803 Latest Quotations. il2o\n U, l re ia Qaotad here to-day at frafi jx u y erB no tellers, in Singapore T J ed ®I3O, buyers no sellers and in Months at B P Ot aQ d at •£277.108. three thefd? r, OUB^ea( l Co, inform us that
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    F.M.S. AFFAIRS.
    923 1803 high COMMISSIONER'S rev.ew. trade and customs, ®™oubaging Position Disclosed. Federal r CUU:be > m” a DU l uare 8 tin Counc.l cn Tuesday fi. E the Hiua Commissioner said g The aggregate v. lq mB ottr.de for the »175 372 o£ h,S J a r ‘”*'«6*t an increase
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    Open Line.
    1516 1803 The working of fbe ra Iway for tbs first bait of tha curr nt yea' h<» produced a net revenue am'-un!in< t $2.281,066 as compared with $i,*70,518 in the corresponding period of last year. The total 8i r ning4 amount to $6,456,000 as compared with $5,517,000, an increase
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    Alleged Theft
    121 1804 Langston, this wornin» l e 8.0 theft of gold jewellery^’ f r 0 th chI JVB of Temple m Qupen Street ho) god Bubramamayer, 8 on^n g to the It is alleged that the -a« the caret.ker «nd bJld th.?’ gate «nd door of the Temol. e, A
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    A.C.S.U. Variety Entertainment.
    168 1804 There was a crowded house at the Drew Rehearsal of the ACS. Union Variety entertainment last night. Over six hundred school children were admitted. Over hundred of them had to stand op throughout the whole play. The programme was an excellent one, Nearly all of the phyers
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    London Rubber Market.
    211 1804 (from Our Own Correspondent) London, November 14 The prices in the London Rubber Market to-day were: Pain CJrPTA Diamond Smoked Sheet 2/6 Singapore, November 15. Pale Crepe 3105 to 3112. Ribbed Smoked 390 to 3110. The unquenchable youth and our airmen is reflated in the slang they
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    THE ECONOMIC WAR.
    1187 1805 More end more, a 9 the P*’ B by, joei the bearing of the economic question on the war and after the war persistently come to the front At a recent Beating of the Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom the presidential iddreis put before the
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    M. A. P.
    567 1805 'he D Bhne®Gt n n t P bt «k d fot An r lia H; -> 1 Muro in 4. P k ni hon'ble P, 8. JaiuM to d*h* ppoi 1, d tb, b abeence of U. Vml’ whither he went on the 10th iaat. from SmgJpor?
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1332 1806 Oxford As It Is. Oxfud to-day is practically given up to Cidtts in training for tbs front, and the British Empire Review, in a vivid sketch, wondeis wh*t would be thought of its present asp ct by the pious founders, of L oo In or Exeter, or by
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    THE WEEK’S SINKINGS
    433 1806 [Reuter's Telegrams.] admiuit, Bitoins M ”kei Fill, I The A A 1 Londoo November U The Admiralty report» thu u. at British ports during the week numbered 01 and the Stalling. g Tot*l Al9a One vessel over 1,600 tom five under th.t tonn W Fe j2B'- OWlnBiBth
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    ITALIAN FRONT.
    529 1807 [Rbuthr’s Telegrams.] ANGLO-FRENCH AID, Premier s Tn bute, R imp, Nov. 15, At the opening of the Clumber of paputies, S OHaodo, the Piemier paid g handsome tubule to tae spontaneous help o f the French and British. Subsequently, a resolution by S’gnor Boselli, father of the Unambar,
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    ALLENBY’S STROKE.
    485 1807 [Riotw, i •UKIHFk Capiuke, lie H.. 1 o( h t mJ Loarloo, Nor. 14,8.25 p m. Ail6ntl y reports;— to the oortb e of ari K a d t,Jee e “y ««n miles R IC l° Cj erß the hundred p^^’^X s FURTHER ONWARDS. Comm&Bder-ia- hief s R
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    BRITISH FRONT.
    518 1807 LbuuTuas Ibluqrami] Saeetufoi R,, dt MV L ndOD N vpmber 15. Field-Marshal Sir D B M reports:— ■'We dropoff rlid r p ulJeiho k Woo,tolh 6co tllofJkn 0 K ■'“»'"><>•* entered ih«‘n' l1 B il,cb< ‘b. BJgi.n, entered the Geimm li JB e i a .t night. “To
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    “OUR DAY” FOOTBALL
    1779 1808 CLEAN AND FAST GAME. P.C C’s Creditable Win. The replay of the fiual na in the “Our Day” Football Tournament between the P 0. C. and the C. R C took place on the Esplanade yesterday evening and was witnessed by a large concourse of spectators. The
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    Chinese Commercial Bank.
    42 1808 (.Rom Odr Own (Singapore, November The annul! report of mereial Bank T h be director! the yetr was >.-9" 719. 1»e commend a dividend of ten P e t« sum of 1125,000 will be General Keaerve, making it loou.vu.-
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    Tin Outputs.
    43 1808 The outputs from the for the first half of November. M Kamunting Tin Dredging 400; Hours run 290. Cbeoderiong Tin Drf doing Ltd, B Piculs 150 Hours run 30d, Tributora—Picu's 50. lf «J, Larut Tin ~..«<140,005. Hour! run 267 ;Tsrda treated
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    Municipal Cases.
    717 1809 Adulterating Milk VoeriPP* K‘ inPnj a wi k VPo dor, w i9 Jmoned by Mr. W. A. W< d. Cb<ef Sanitary Inspector, before M 8. H. L»ng9ton for selling “ilk adulterated with 3 rpr cent of water. Accused p’eid'd guilty and was fined $75 d costs. He was
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    Orang Dusuns of B.N.B.
    2261 1809 Orang Dusuns o f B.N.B. (Concluded In my former paper on the Tempassuk Dusuns I gave a calendar of the d*y s of the month, obtained at K.mpoog which shewed the day-namea and their meanings. Gumpus has now given me the ci.endar in use at Tambatuan, whicn though veiy similar,
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    Eastern Produce Exchange.
    59 1810 At the Eastern Produce Exchange 185th Auction Sala the following prices were obtained per picul. Diamond Smoked Fair from 175 to 102 Diamond Uasmoked 61 to 68 Plain Uasmoked 57 to 65 Brown Crepe 70 Sorap Crepe 39 to 43 1610 26 6,416 lb. of rubber were
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    Balik Pulau "Our Day" 1917
    439 1810 Bed Cross Fumd. B p T U n y scko owMged >4357« I. Govt, servants r.i.l D 2 months W.r Boo», from S. K. Md. Ismail 29 (211 28 Bonus frem Hu-sem 7,1 m Jr Wlr Nyen 5. V Krishnsniy P- Nigalingbam 8/ sk v
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    London Rubber Market.
    26 1810 (I’rom Our Own L ndon. November 15. The prices in tho London Rubber Mar to-day were: 2 /gi Pale Crepe Diamond Smoked Sheet
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    Singapore Rubber Auction.
    67 1810 (From Our Own Singapore, November IL Fine smoked sheet... to $lll PGood Q Tig do Orepe fine pale t bl 10 g do Good ?6 d 0 Fine brown 7 q do Good brown Lq do Dark 43 do Barky do Scrap virgin preised The gross taking.
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    JAPAN, CHINA AND THE U.S.A.
    1141 1811 Once again the China question is beginning to attract attention Questions jj afo been asked in Par iiment regardin the attitude of Great Britain towards the gereement concerning China recently sign e d by Japan and America the Chinese Ambassador at Washington has protested against
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    M. A. P.
    463 1811 D C.opT„’ >n r T 1 In Pe«og",o.g” h,ar, d Ho'"’. Ipob, 'O,or 8 Mr. Lundgren. °‘P f and Mr. R 8. Wood, of Jeram Ea ate R\n»r Mui shortly on a boliday. a i? rlfeTe Manager of N.w Sjufl Id Estate, Selangor, is a pmeuger by
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    939 1812 Byron and War. Byron is not much read nowadays, and we bare not noticed the newspapers quoting bis remark that War is a braia-spattering, windpipe-slitting art.” Bra is a good phrase, with a double implication, which reminds one ot Dooley's reference to the mute, inglorious heroes; and not
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    Tin.
    250 1812 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $l2B, buyers! no sellers, in Singapore (refined) at $129, business done (150 tens sold) and in Landon at .£276.153. spot and at £275.155. three months. Sir Jahn Jordan, the British Ambassador, was entertained to dinner by the AngloChinese Friendship Bureau
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    ITALIAN FRONT
    471 1812 ITALIAN FRO NT [Rim»', Tbli #Mxi i pincers operation i B-ntof, correspondent’ I n p«rt 9tB wiliDg on I The enemy is attempting I Italian, m a p.ir 0 r,i DC6r tk I ’’h'oh >» pressing on the A»i« go ph'wj I the other upon the mouth of the Pj.„
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    AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.
    983 1813 [Riutir’s Telegrams PERPLEXING situation. Who Has Won London, Novemb?r 15, The Russian Situation is sti 1 perplexiog, M»ximali»t Versing. Stockholm, November 15. A. telegram dated Wednesday evening itstes that the news from Petrograd, received from indirect channels, is meagre and contradictory, some reports declaring that M. Kerensky
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    BRITISH FRONT.
    440 1813 [R«UTII B TlLlGllMg-] Batile of P»«.eh».daele, London, Nov. 15. wirings N^Xu.Tta'te. 0 in ik D trtm ,Jflt ,eQt «rtillerf battleraow he e *r T v L 3’ ui* dians sneak «f wounled Cine. Zbe b he Br h e ,6Bt ad U '‘'i>« rl »od J .»y ’bit
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    CHINA.
    480 1814 [Reuter’s Telegrams QUESTION IN PARLIAMENT. Mr. Balfour's Rep’y. Lindon, November 14. In the House of Commons M r Joseph King asked Does the recognition of the United States that Japan has special interest in China imply that Japan’s right to concessions and commercial interests in China is auperior to
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    LORD NORTHCLIFFE.
    509 1814 [Reuter’s Telegrams] LETTER TO THE PREMIER. Deeliaes Office ta Air Ministry, London, November 16. Northcliffe, in a le ter to Mr. Lloyd George declining the invitation ti take charge of the new Air Ministry, says that returning from the virile atmospheie of the United States and Canada he
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    Another Imperiai Conference.
    404 1814 [Reuter's Telegrams.] In the Wusa L 'ot’’ n e l) «ls. O Norton s .id Mt foot tbat 0 m Ia wcf th occurred in tbe .sprotof t he h M’■ |“'P e,i 1 Conference win Minister consider the admhiih 18 momng a conference to t.k ‘bonert
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    ALLEGED CORRUPTION.
    650 1815 ANO I HER K.BB. CASE FAILS. Building Inspector Acquitted. Mr. W. D. Scott, M*eistrat-, Ipob, has heard a casein which W. Read, Assistant Building Inspector. Sanitary Board, Ipob, was charged with having, on August 13, received from Yu Yaw, a Chinaman of Menglembu, a sum of $3, as
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    More Burble.
    1295 1815  -  [bt Tom Wright] Not easily can a man eschew tha h.w* truth 00 O mi g Wh he belie ei wbi rhe oX’r a”! Tb' aee J order a. I despjtoh them (a matter I .till ear’n. J h 6 >‘4 on fhTh. 9 ‘“a" f pCoki m
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      98 1815 Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Woen you have a b*d cold you want a remedy that will not on'y give rebet, but effect a prompt and permanent cure, a remedy tbit is plesssnt to take, a remedy tha‘ contains nothing injurious Ctamb ria n’s. Cjuirb Bern dy mtiis sll these nqu rements
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    Singapore and the Railway.
    1244 1816 Certain information has been conveyed to us from various sources, one specific fact being that the F.M.S. Budget will contain an item of $1,500,000 for the Fort Canning Railway Station, S ngapo e We find it very difficult indeed to believe that the serious intention of
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    THE FORT CANNING STATION PROPOSALS.
    497 1816 [To 1 88 EdiTO, 01 TH. R, I Sir,—l b ava ,l Tim, the .object of F M B estimates tor 1918 rL P A 1 on «count of the cost rf in the Colony which have becom^ 88 0 I owing to the great
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      32 1816 Accidents Will H«PPe« It may be impossible to pre*nt an dent, but it is not B .lm is net for it. Chamberlain sPa o f yond anyone’s purse, an far ffOlt anydealers.
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    BIRTH.
    13 1817 Biimam* fl Njvembar 17, to M-. and i Ernst Reimann, a son.
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    COMMUNITY OF SERVICE
    601 1817 The demand made in some quarters, f or what has been called equality of itcrifice,” emphasises rather late in the d>y the inter-dependence of the people of a nation. But the demand has all the weak neiie® emergency preaching. Never V as sacrifice more necessary, but it
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    JOHORE "OUR DAY” LOTTERY.
    540 1817 the WINNING numbees. Ba^ru l fn h conneci^ 1 b h L iri K g from J b <>« Day” WarU»»S “O«r Tbeva! M oftbe r a^ 00 No W S of C0 R D I w B drawn by No’i9 050 v 7& P u
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    M. A. P.
    424 1817 tbfTM B P ,eD of vi.it>», o f w »rTMfo' r l^ag'p 0 p P 1,,d collector Pen.ng "> p »■> Mr. and Mr.. Barue. of Mal.cc. 1a... for home this afternoon in a bolX' M. Henri Fauconnier, formerly of ?g U aii* SOr hM le£t for
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    NEW FRENCH CABINET.
    904 1818 [Eiutkr’s Telegrams.] It* Compoaitio*. Pari?, November 16. M. Clemenceau has formed a Cabinet including: Pbbmibb and War Minister— M. Clemenceau. Minister on Justice— M. Nail. Fobbign Affairs —M. Pichon, Interior -M. Panis. Finxmcb— M. Klotz, Marinb— M. George Commibcb -M. Clemente). Munitions— M. Louoheur, Colonies— M. Simon.
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    ITALIAN FRONT.
    974 1818 [Reuter's Telegrams.] resistance stiff ßnins I p.i.o oBr Naval Garriaoa't Fiu W*tk, London, November 17, An Italian semi-official meiowe 18 1. of the fine discipline and perfect characterising the retirement of tbeNini ganibons on the right wing. Tim precious war material which now confS the enemy m new
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    AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.
    1028 1819 [RlUTlfi’a Tilbgbams.l THE PARTY IN POWER. Strike Sp-e»dirg, Copenhagen, November 16. J An unconfirmed teipgram from Haparanda i states that the strike which began in Helsing- i tors on November 13 has spread through i the w hole of the country. The railway from 1 Petrograd is
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    BRITISH FRONT.
    942 1820 [RuUTH’s TILIGRAMB SIR DOUGLAS HAIG'S REPORTS. Aerial Activity. London, Not. 16, 11 45 p.m, Sir Douglas Haig reports —“Oar artillery, with aerial observation, successfully engaged many targets on Thursday, Oar aeroplanes carried out a number of reconnaisances. Lowflying machines at the battle front fired their machine-guns at several
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    FRENCH FRONT.
    285 1820 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Londoa, November 17 455 Artillery Activity. London, Norember 17, VO., both artilleries were active Schcenholz in Upper Alsace 7 dwllt Artillery Activity. London, Nov. 18, A French communique states “There w,s fairly great reciproc*! artillm firing to the north of ChemMei.Du™ the right of the Meuse."
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    Rubber Export Duty.
    86 1820 For the period from the 23rd^ November, 1917, inf la* j two highest grude of rubber is fixed d ings and seven pence P~ r (X on cultivated rubber on which leviable on an ad valore b CuB toma L with the Rules under tbe U» 1916,"
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    32 1820 Obituary. Auguste Redia. Paris, November 17. The death bag taken p'ace of the sculptor Auguste Rodin. Obituarv. I Sir Charlei Eolroyd. London, November 19. The dM bi. Moouoced ot Sir Obar-e ELolroyd,
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    Allenby's Stroke.
    1008 1821 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] THREE miles FROM J\FFA, The Toll of Piisoaert. London, November 16. Ao Egypt < fficial reports says Yesterday wa reacced the Loe RsmlehLadd to three miles south of Jaffx. “New mounted troops drove back B Turkish attack by a bayonet charge, inflicting bea’y l<> ssee m
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    Silver Market.
    221 1821 [KIUTII's TILIGIAMS.I Tk. wi London. November 16 The Silver market i. Latureleu. 0-1 1 Lindon, Ncv-mher 17 Silver i< at 43j The market i. dull. Anglo-American Conference. R n Washington, Nov, 17. R r^ P k e n nUt! 08 Cf tb9 Amsrican m 4 British Governments are
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    Penang Impressionists.
    205 1821 [To TH! Edito* or TH! Sirailt Echo.] Sir I shall be much obliged if you will kindly insert in your paper tbe following accounts of the Penang Impressionists At Home” held on October stb and 6 h in aid of St. Dunstan’s Home for Blinded Soldiers and Sailors.
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    The Federal Council.
    173 1822 Doßitiots to War Fuads. (From Our Oiun Correspondent} Kaala Lumpur, Not. 17. The Federal Council resumed its sitting this morning. The Chief Secretary moved a donation of £lO,OOO for the Belgian Red Cross Fund and £5,000 each for the Montenegrin, Rumanian and Serbian Funds. The unofficial members
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    SILT CONTROL BILL.
    2159 1822 UCU HUJ M.M. Town Planning. In the Federal Council on Wednesday the Adviser explained in some detail the objects and provisions of the Sit (Control) Bill, which, briefly stated, is to provide statutory means for protecting owners of land from damage caused by the inroad of silt
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    London Rubber Market.
    41 1823 (rom mi London, November 16, to.Ha 9 P^ lo6B in the Loudon Rubber Market vo a »y were: Crepe 2/6| i Arnaud Srn Shaat 2/6 p. Loudon, November 17. n 4 9 Cre P” 2/6| Smoked Sheet 2/5f
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    A Pensioner's Plaint.
    749 1823 Sir, r GJve’ O mM~PeV.io O n ..?2u d bt L wo ,d you would k iodiv find mi Cb ob:i ed if column, for tub“letter pl C 9 in J onr at KuV Of ,h 9 Feder o<Jn ’cil held L±- The make war grant to
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    Britannia Opera Company.
    269 1823 The Britannia Company, a Bew Malay Tneatrical Company, opt n d >U season in Penan? on Sdurday night at the Kuala Kangsar R )»d Tbeatiioal H*ll with the play entitled Noor Cbah.ya and, gi usual with all first night e&tertaiomsita, was CRswded, so much so that not
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    Tin Outputs.
    57 1823 The ou'put of the K«mp ng Ktmuit.ng Tin Dredgm?, Limited, for tue first fortnight November 1917, w-s: H urs run 547; Cubic Yards t'Uited 74 000; Total Piculs 549.14; Realist d on sale $39 088 83 Tbe ou’put of tbe Toogkah Harbour Tio D edgin? Company for the
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    Tin.
    53 1823 Latest Quotations. Tift (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $l2B 00, business done, and in Siogspore (refiued) at $129.00, business doo?. (150 tons sold). J 1,1 -1 Mr. Goh Soon Cheng's XL be*t the C R. C. by tbreu goals to one in the friendly' game of f jotball
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    A.C.S.U. Variety Entertainment.
    884 1824 A. Successful Function. The Town Hall was packed to its utmost capacity—Ute comers having to be content with standing accommodation on Saturday night when the Anglo-Chinese School Union and the students of the Anglo-Chinese School gave a variety entertainment in aid of ’•Oar Day” Red Cross Fund.
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    GOD SAVE THE KING
    198 1824 Orchestra. Ist Violins. —Chan Hock Seng, Khoo Khai Guan, Oh Jitt Seang, Tan Gim Hooi, F. D. C. AeriaATeo Saik Hock and Leang Loong Yin. 2nd Violins.—Lim Swee Kheng, Paul Matiniz and G. Matiniz. Oboe, Goh ChesgChuau; Cornet, Paul Domingo; Flute, Khoo Jin Hoe; Clarionette, Oliano;
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    The Malay
    600 1824 Th e Malay The High I meeting Of Federal cS Wfla. I reviewed the p, 6t m I Feder.tid Malay State, .h oMct ™«dth I ““exampled P< I Pro.pnately coloured bv’tt. ’to I asentance which the F«a? e,J W*. I to the Empire at war in m h ‘'«h» I
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    Clean Weeding on Coconut Estates.
    1036 1825 He de!eterio»« ot gr«.i on the >h and fruiting of fruit tr»es has 5 definitely proved in England by the baeo bes of toe Duke of Bedlord and h. U. reie conclusions on the result’ or J h in .be 18 th of the Experimental
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    Malayan Food Supply.
    934 1825 From time to time we have bad occasion to comment on tbe food of Malaya aid tbe necessity of an attempt being made to promute tbe cultivation of food stuffs which cin be locally grown, especially rice. His Excellency the H gh Commissioner in bis spaeeb at
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    More About Rents.
    1420 1826 e-B.r.p, Municipal Commissioners and Assessment Question. A meet og of the biogapore Municipal Commissioners was held in the Board room on Ffiday, thero beng present the President (Mr, F. J. Hallifax), Dr. Veerasamy and Messrs. Roland Braddall, D. Tesseneoho, Beet Tiong Wab, J. A. Elia 0 Tan
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    Taiping Cases.
    253 1826 Our Taiping I Inspector L lme rto n pro I I from service of other men I and $2O or imprisonment for 2 udui! I respectively. M <*«weeki I I Ten Kun and Lim Chai, being WIKoW I bad characters, were ordered to execX I a bond for
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    Physical Culture.
    136 1826 FTo the Editor of the Straits Jdv] Sir,—l have read with interest the various publications, in your paper, o EmerUmments in «id of the P? D JL and Red Cross Funds «rd»n> l,dto "S tbe improvements «cd P'°8 r L ..young Asi.tir." to«a-d. Pbjuo‘lo taj It will be
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    Eastern Produce Exchange.
    43 1826 Enable. i?YchBDS* At tbe Es.t«n Proto» 186 h Auction Sale the fol obtained per <7O to 89 Diamond Smoked Fair from w w 69 Diamond Unsmoked 50 0‘ Plain Unsmoked Brown Crepe 32 to 3 .X’U i,A private sal ol
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    SIR STANLEY MAUDE.
    1254 1827 Oise-hardened as we are, the news of the o f Sir Stanley Maude, the victor «{Bagdad and only a month a.o of Rimadie, leaves us aghast. Since he took JJtfCommand of the British forces in I Mesopotamia, where we made the great Jjti*] ]mistake of conducting a
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    M. A. P.
    443 1827 b.ck from B f M,l ce ‘> ••on hit way orTiud/b WMd bM W bo», on "om. e Mr. G. Fernando, of the Police Offin-. Selangor leave tc-% y i M P or dt p D, of Lunas Estate, haves for Singapore this afternoon, on a visit.
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1439 1828 Sensitive Sportsmen. “Toan jaUnu Kura” who writes to us from Ipoh regarding football league matters ia informed that he should address his letter to the Timet of Malaya,. It was that journal which made the alleged mistake in calculating the league points; we took no part in the
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    ITALIAN FRONT.
    374 1828 [Riot,*-, «si I w bich ~e Q entereiJ pb.w o L I Utaok, ..dated by reiStorcm,.?. I now p«rtioip.ti D g in S• I ttSr —ss l effort p* 1 I b’c.use it be break. the Italian cj,., I w.th th V' Bllt wiß rewm. ta 5 I
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    RUSSIAN CHAOS.
    965 1829 [RauTia’e Tilegrams.] A MAXIMALIST SPLIT. Several ResignationsLondon, November 18. r uter’i correspondent at Petrograd, o on November 18, reports toat a «pl>t b oocurre*. Foor mem. of the Maximalist Administration, Hlad Comminto nerl of the Interior, Cm--LrflP Agriculture, and Supplies respectively, ?.<e resigned on the ground that the
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    MR. ASQUITH’S MOTION.
    2288 1829 [Biutib’s Telegrams] DEBATE IN THE COMMONSA CROWDED HOUSE. Premier's Explanation. Lindon, Njve-mb.'r 19. loomenje internal wu taken > 0 th,, after. 0000 debite in tbe Houae of Common, inituted by Mr. A qoi>h on tbe p.am.ej sppfchin Pam, r Tho bouse and galleries were crowded. M galled?
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    Far Eastern Finance.
    624 1831 —Financier, I has changed many things, and th o economic dependence of ►S countries upon Europe is underfr 11 C gradual but profound readjustment, B° iDg ranidlv becoming a creditor, instead ■debtor. nation. Wbilo re P a y io her t debt outstanding from the Russor 0
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    British & Foreign Sailors' Society Centenary Fund.
    332 1831 British Foreign Sailors' Society Centenary Fund. ED U ITOE r TBlt Slrail> W bvVh' °B>‘iet 7*' c«rM on bv tha Biciety for our Sailors and for those A "x nd. “'J 0 hPra apDmval nftV 8 7 ei P 0 d her heappeal, andher earneBt h( r° the British pVopl7.
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    Age of Rubber Trees.
    704 1831 ,—M. T> R. Journal, Influence on the Quality The subj ct of the influence of the age of the on the quil’ty of the rubber is treated by Dr, 0. de Vries in a contemporary t D.rect experiments to ascertain the influence of the age of
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    P.C.C. Lawn Tennis.
    178 1831 List of Winners. With the victory of W H Tbrelfall over H E Mason io tbe Championship on Friday last tbe PC C Lawn Tennis Tournament was brought to a close. Tbe following is a list of tbe wioners in the respective events Championship; Winner: W H
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    SHARES.
    1782 1833 8 Dividend. iNumberef > fil j issued. [lasifinan- fer current oS J 5 oial year. year. J BUBBEX—BOLLAI SHARKS. x c etB iml 120 000 120,000 1 1 t3i Alor Gajah Rubber Estate, Ltd. ~n 1907 m «00,000 «8.000 5 *oi Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate Lid. 4.7 0 Jeon
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