The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 19 December 1917

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1 1990 The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)
  • 22 1 The Straits Echo MAIL EDITION. 117 60 Per Annum. Single Copy 40 cti Vol. 16. Penang, Wednesday, December 19, 1917. No. 5!
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    • 333 1 I I CONTENTS. I I S J Leaders Miscellaneous (Continued) Th B T°^ y Pkh TlrtF*” 1 OKI Biam &D<l kbo Wtr 1,956 > The Iniquity of the Rubber Duties 1,951 Straits CbinaM Britiih Allooiltion U 57 J Boloism in Excelsis 1,959 l Rubber in Jin 1958 I r6 Bt
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    • 162 2 THE “STRAITS ECHO” I jk MAIL EDITION. «*****00— i V> Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, A* and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the wr daily issues, as well as all important news from various parts of the Far
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  • 841 1951 It is satisfactory to find that the people of Britain, as represented by their statesmen and the press, are facing the unpleasant military situation created by what the Tim°s calls “the deplorable elimination of Russia’* with calm and courageMr, Churchill speaking frankly at Bedford, did not
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  • 778 1951 A notification in the F M.B. Government Gazette states that; For the period from the 14th to the 2yth December, 1917, inclusive the value of the highest grade of rubber is fixed at 1 a n d five p-nce halfpenny per lb., and the
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    • 95 1951 V9S StBSKDe MIM aaOy (except Sundays and public t boiidays) 4 AT Tpn (OQRIWBION PRESS, Ltd. Jfo &9, Beach Street, Penang. Bnicw DnOyLeri m W4 per annum. Portage Extra. IfaU M** (Port Fim) 117.50 CAJILI ADDKISS BOHO—PENANG.” Tel* >hone Ncs. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 343 M.B.— All business communications should
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  • 530 1952 Mr?. W. H. Thorne left for Singapore yesterday afternoon on a short visit. Dr. R. Dowden, Medical Officer, District Hospital, Batu Gajab, has returned and remmed duties. The following passengers arrived here from Singapore to-day:—Mr. A. H. Fisher, Mr, C. Bodin Kloss, Mr. Chong Wing Kham. The
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  • 961 1952 Vulgar I Io Timbucteo, ibe travellers tell, no girl can hope to marry wall, unless she possesses a dowry of a hundred cows. Whereas in other places the mere possession of a pair of good calves The Kaiser at Jerusalem. The Kaiser has an immense antipathy to fat
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  • 70 1952 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-dsy it 5137.50, buyers no s Hers, in Siompore (refined) at $l3B, business done, (125 tone sold) and in London st £296 spot and at 293 10s. three months. Messrs. Boustead Co inform w tbit the following were the quotations
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  • 175 1952 -B, T. Ssriods Chabos Asmnst EwoMU* w- bear that three European (two E 'uliehmeo and one Ineh»» J ‘j, Malay Tin C rporatlon Ltd., rw Sydney and °f' 0r t 1^ h e a before the ReooDg, h»« been oW( n g a sVe OO B Salng,
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  • 315 1953 [Rxvtbb's Telegrams TSE ZING’S CONGRATULATIONS The Holy Places. Landon, December 10, It is cffiiialy announced that H M the King has sent the following message to General Allenby, commatding tbe forces in Palestine The occupation of Jeruialem will be received throughout the Empire with the greatest satisfaction. I
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  • 208 1953 Tbe Hon’ble Resident Councillor writes to us as follows: [To Tan Editor of thh Str.litt Echo,'} Dear Sir, I have been requested to communicate to you immediately the following telegram which has been received from the Secretary of State for ♦he Colonies "Official news December 10
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  • 292 1953 [RkUTKb’s TlLto RxM8 official reports. Satisfactory News. M Lond <n, Drcember 11. L BirDOUBIH Hli -p—-a-tiller, .c'hit ““"’“I motu -d of tbeSoupe .7 northVth. Lp.’' 7 ruuc securing gome prisoners Artillery Activity. London ll, Liter. Sir Dough. H iig report, tb.t Scottish troop, attacked aod oipell.j tbe d
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  • 554 1953 [R.OT.b’, r,I.I3t AK a move last ssptsmbss. Eiwlosun in ths Ccmaoas L odor, D cemtisr 11. Ba 1? n? 8 a HOU f C-mnoon-, Mr. A. J. Aff Cr ary of Sf<ti 6d ,b<t ,a r lot the Government receiv d from Germ.ny a communication snt through
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  • 170 1953 Obituary. Lindon, December 10. The death is annonre’d of Signer Pasquale Villari, the eminent Itali n historian, rSgr. Pasquale Villari, Italian writer was horn at Naples in 1827, and having stud>ed for the law, in 1847 beca -e involved m revolutionary polities, for which he wis imprisoned. He the and
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  • 495 1954 [Reuter’s Tilegrams.] GREAT MUNITION FACTORY DESTROYED. All War Industries Affected* London, December 10. In connection with the report cabled last month that large chemical works at Griesheim-Elektron near Frankfort had been destroyed owing to an explosion, it is authoritatively stated that it is now certain that the
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  • 27 1954 (From Our Own Correspondents) m, OQ^on December 10. The prices m the London Rubber Marks’ to-day were: Pale Crepe 2/3* Diamond Smoked Sheet 2/3*
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  • 550 1954 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] FRANZ SPEECH BY MR, CHURCHILL Britain’s War Aims. London, D umber 11. Mr. Winston Chur chill. Minister cf Munitions, in a speech at Bedford, dealt frankly with the present unfavourable war situstion. This, he declared, was entirely due to the fact that Russia had been thoroughly
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  • 406 1954 [R-om’s t. UOWl(b] Mormons Danube. An official messageT"’ Dece fcet H th.t it i, now estimated'tbit .““’‘•hi* died, three thousand wer. XA thou.,nd rendered destitute d»mage i, e.tim.ted at JBAoftS JSt* Tt need of assistance in H,lif. urgent. «max is great inj Mansion House Fund* London, December
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  • 57 1954 Singapore, December i The Straits Chinese annual report states that fan September 27 resolved t |boa |j pronow arrived when Go7o rlll “®^’L foholi* mote higher education by jol schoolships or starting Govern»** Tbe resolution was for war iDt9I1 tion to which replied that 11 JuXred^ 011 inaugurate
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  • 469 1955 .-T.O.M. INTERESTING IPOH CASE. High Pribst Involved. Some quite interesting facts were brought to light during the hearing at the Ipoh Assizes ottbe case in which four Cbioaurn and a Cnio 0 89 woman were charged in connection with the recent Po'ice discovery that forged one-dollar notes were
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  • 110 1955 Two Well-Known Chinese Missing. (.From Our Own Correspondent,} Singapore, December 12, It is rumoured tiat two Straits-born Chinese, Wee Kay Cbitng aid Tan Bae who visited the former’s rubber fistkte in Johore on Sunday have not returned, Murd «r is suspeeted. The police, wno have the matter
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  • 591 1955 the economic dfnendenra n* s-» XX) 6 uk’-'T tb Tail enterprising country*?, t b creditor a.tioa i,.3,d of 1 tr. She is rapidly p.yitg <ff tb. d.bt with d iD < rtrw.le Uh Russ,. ,nd she hn m .de be.ry to lbe Cbioese
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  • 350 1955 Penang "Our Da y” RED CROSS FUND. Amount prevhuily acknowkdgHP a ...1140,418 91 H.C.Syke. 100 Coloited at 2od M.gi.trate’s Police Court -/a Pf D Ce j d cf PeDMJ K Golf Club idge Tournament, Golf Cjmpatiticns Cjllecfpd by Mr. Shafto at Cafe Shaftesbury Proceeds of Sundry cJkctirg boxes R n
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  • 774 1956 SUPPLIMINTAL BUDGET PaSSBD A special meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held at the Municipal Office yesterday af emojn for the purpose of considering and, if approved, of passing the Supplemental Budget No. 1 of 1917. There were present Messrs. W. Peel (President), Quah Beng Kee and Yeoh
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  • 307 1956 in the days of the old dynasty.— Shanghai Time», Fbank Cbiticibm. Some very pungent and vitriolic criticisms of the Peking Government are now adorning the columns of the Chinese Press, for of late years there has been a remarkable development in the founding of vernacular organs as
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  • 102 1956 Alor Pongsu 23,722, Brieh 17,248, Merbau 15,232, North Perak 4,150, Ayer Kuning 5,870, Temerloh 9,204 lbs. < A telegram has been received in Bangkok to the effect that the F,M 8. Government have sanctioned the proposed amalgamation between the Jendarata, Raj th Una, Westenholz and Corner Estates.
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  • 293 1956 TAMIL ‘r” ornin B »t th. Iwh i,*“ cfc ‘t|th. Ipoh paper ot Mond.y~» i^l'' '-’‘!i ot a wom.o Mmed p,< a ltll b 'a»td« Bharu K.tate, 8.1,k Nortll Mr. Joatice Farrer-llmU' .Ar 2J, with Mr. A G tt a Mathie. 0 0Bi X «d Mr.
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  • 211 1956 Military Mission To Eußori. An Army O der of recent date states,tbit Hts M»je4y the King of Siam haii been pissed to direct the formation of a Military Miss oa to proceed to Europe to act in hai-on with the Allies in the prosecution of the
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  • 1116 1957 Anxval Ripobt, The annual report of the Committee for for the year ending 15th November, 1917 contains these paragraphs,— The last General Meeting was held at the Straits Chinese Recreation Olnb nn Aug. «0, 1916. v,aD on The Committee regrets to record the deaths during the
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  • 495 1957 Taa Ai.xi.tt to Ti. Ur Piorun Judgment wm tin, in th, Supr.», Ooort br SV?' T.wd.y’. Time,) b 7 ‘be Cb'.t J.,t, e (B r JobD Bockoi|| nni t ßCtl n brou bt by Tao Sian o t b.' r.“’ d T« 7 ,tT4o Lun Boh end
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  • 297 1958 The Seerabiy* correspondent of the Free Ffsm. writing on the sth inst. says j •'Hardly but business w«« done in the week ending Not. 24, and what few transactions took place were limited to a few sales of Crepe, 75% basis, at f 1,10. No mictions have
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  • 200 1958 In the Supreme Court this morning (says Tuesday's BkaiU Tint) Mr. Justice Ebden began the hearing of an action brought by Mohamed AH Latiff against Mr. H. Reeser and another, of the Adelphi Hotel, claiming the right to continue a three years* agreement of the lease of
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  • 59 1958 The following are the results of the ties played yesterday i—jMSI^ ip r C fooktt B ta beat Oh JOO Kooi by 6-2, 2-6 and 6—B. wtvs:;?’;, g,t7‘ s 8 W B th# fixed tor Class B—Boon Bwea .or v« Chy, For to-morrow i DoublaOla.s A—Took
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  • 241 1958 Thu Usual Siqubi. About three weeks »go two Chinese named Pong Yi and Ah Kui were arrested in Chulia Street by the Monopoly authorities for importing opium into the Colony. After the first postponement when counsel wete engaged the cba-ge was altered to one of being concerned
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  • 199 1958 A murder is alleged to have been committed in broad daylight near the road to Tanjong Tokong yesterday, the victim being a Cninese hawker named Tan Ah Tok. From what we have been able to gather at present it appears that Tan Ah Tok was hawking with his
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  • 85 1958 Pkvamg Womix Wobkibs. Amount previously acknowledged. 16,158 58 Toffee 100 Mrs. Hyme 10.00 Samuel 400 Penny 10 00 Laing 200 Oxenham 500 16,190 58 Hospital garments for soldiers ready out out for workers will be given out at the Town Hall every Friday at 9.15 till
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  • 282 1958 AltWVii, Gbkbbu. m.„ The annual bsr.of the Penang ol b«ld > B the p.vd.on Cllb »u J D. Scully (P.e.ia/.t)'Mt, »«re twenty member.* d Th <« minute, of the l ul Tk, and those of a special genar»? m**!nid and confirmed. A Satisfactobt Ybax. wttb the members
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  • 193 1958 _B.rr. Th, case ajainst an Arab namedl Bb«k Abdullah T.ib, who was U/»* bare on instruction! received.from Bwg*P>" on the charge, of alleged of two sums of on ®y» Jz mentioned before Mr.B.H. LwgstoM l “mTw. R. A r ro fr I h tbltCtelS accused, Braddsll and W
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  • 22 1959 PigßiTT —On D cetnM 12th. »t K ec worth. Northam R>ad, Penins, to Mr end Mrs. 8. G. Parre't. a d?nghter,
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  • 965 1959 For many years a sinister figure in French politics, M. Joseph Caillaux has long been suspected of a certain resdi ness should occasion offer to treat with the enemy on terms less definite and comprehensive than those which the French and British Governments have put forward as
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  • 49 1959 Tb. Ho». Mr A H L o °4 ‘J* Mr. H W. Firm.toD», Mr. W. G.M.iw I, C M G, Mr. J- H. M Robioo, Mr. HESbawwdMr. 8.0. Wio.tedt b.« boon ippoioted a Committee t<.report oa tbe .oH.ct of Teoboical and Indn.tnal Educa tion in tbe F.M.B.
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  • 25 1959 Latest Quotations. Tin (nnrefioed) i. q.»ted •>." to- M $139.00, bu.w-’ «»"'< jB6 dno b u h B,t KW pUtol.t late. ore,. Smoked «keet
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  • 550 1959 Hom?’ Owrier btTe from Inspector M O'Hsnkn, of the F.M.B. ifcllw«ys, is |u PcQgog on duty. W S 0 110 eoeral ujdnigsr of tbe Malacca Robber Plantations, is back again in Malacca. Mr J G. Johnson, of the 1 utern Smelting Uo., has left for India for
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  • 1195 1960 Ob Probation. Wny not pat every official whom it ia intended to appoint to a really important post on lix montoe’ probation After all there ia nothing like a touch of real responsibility and being “on hie own to bring out a man's tree character. Some permanently elevated
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  • 331 1960 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Furth.r Tb« oslebratt.». l^;^ 40 of iMuuitt, i Mlgdea a Jto m-k JklWl 1 »01 O.tbidr.l, W V.L tt It, crowded U any -»r. a .psoial ‘“«tb. OJotralSyoagogg, Md 2?. lh *Foi4 bnllsat the Roman Ca»m- ofth Taunton, it min ADinnion. A Grut Moral
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  • 781 1961 [BiUTia’a Tiliomams.] FIGHTING IN PBOGBSS3. Oii&uki Stand FiraLondon, December IJ, Better’s oorreapondent in Petrograd says that the recent fighting in Tamarroka was between detachments of ahook battalions who declared against the Maximalists and the local troopa with sailors, Bedguards, infantry and armoured oars tent from Petrograd
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  • 408 1961 .Barren's Titnonxifß] asaut Aormn Straggl. f»r Awwimcy. London, December 12 ia oT*m. d ,b •“**">« Hiller, mtchio... Our m.obm., B„, bomb( M( »«ebio.. <In ro.ud. ,t Till.gr., hutments and trenches. ftJln Qr Oir an aoh,M >tr« brought are misting, uk,B »dn»t*g. of th, U ‘b" »•'«»>,. HurUd for
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  • 154 1962 [Ruutub’s Tkliobams.] IX-PEXMIEB’S ALLEGED TREASON Pros«cution Decided Upon' Pans, Dao. 12. The Government bae informed the Chamber of Deputies (of which he is a member) that the Military Governor of Paiis has requested the immediate withdrawal of M. Oaillaux’s Parliamentary immunity. DETAILS OP TBS CHARGE* A Bulging
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  • 48 1962 (From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, December 13. At the auction on the first day there was a poor demand. The highest price offered for ribbed smoked sheet was 194, a decline of 87 and the highest price for fine pale crepe 198, a decline of 14«
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  • 212 1962 The undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by Messrs. Allen Dennys A Co. at their 341st Auction Sale held today i Smoked Diamond Sheet No. lj 376t0 I 92 per picul Smoked Diamond Sheet No. 2 70 75 do Unsmoked Sheet No, 1 62 70 do
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  • 915 1962 [Ruutib’s Tblbgkams WAS IT WOBTS WHILE Great Speech by Mr- Asquith. Loudon, December 11. Mr. H. H. As juitb, speaking at Birming. ram, said that bibtury would ask, Was it worth Britain’s while to enter tha war F” He answered uodoubtingly and unhesitatingly only provided the
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  • 47 1962 .(Bern Our Own Singapore, DeoinberW The funeral of the Jg/tto Gottlieb took place ypsterd V’ fl, Governor, Sir Arthur F. S. James, Colonial Seer try I j (r jgstioi Justice. Sir John L. P. Ebden and many cfloi* members of the Bar atten
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  • 13 1962 The price, io the Londoa to.d.y«ere, P.leOrepe t yfl Di.mondBa.kWlk*
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  • 1146 1963 Io a leading article our Kuala Lumpur contemporary remind» its readers that the British Ministry of Food issued io October tbe following warning In view of the prevalent optimism in regard to our growing nitihry of the 17-boat campaign, Sir Arthur Tapp, Director of Food Economy, wietiea
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  • 87 1963 At tbe Eastern Produce Exchange 193 d Auction Sale the following p ices were b,,i d: per picul. Diamond Smoked F.ir from »65 [o 85 Diamond Uo«-moked Pi.in Un.moked Brown Crepe F.ir Lore UiUeeted Scrap 1610 69 468 lb. of rubber were c»U -k»’ 1 18,474 lb-
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  • 608 1963 «rn.p0.3., Wo.'.Mr WE P llc «Iler »“m-d T.. 1; T™ 1 Jib of’ g 111 h”’ B i,” Of pill, of c OJa sentenced to pay B g (ie of ukderan imprisonment for saveo days, •«Wfo e CbM H-.-Mfo.nd guilty ot being in po«sesij on o f
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  • 799 1964 F.M. S. Agriculture. MEETING OF THE ADVISORY COAIMIIIEE ImFOBTANT QuxSTIONI DISCUSSID. The following are minutes of a meeting of tbe Advisory Committee, Department of Agriculture, bald at the offices.of thO|Djpartment on October 31. Present t —Mr. L. Lawton-Brain, Director of Agriculture (Chairman), the Hon, Mr. R. C. M, Kindarsley, Messrs.
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  • 705 1964 Referring to tbe death of Mr, Gottlieb, already r-p >rted by cable in our columns, tbe Biraii» limes says in its issue of Wednesday i The legal fraternity of the Colony and tbe public generally will learn with much regret of the death of Mr. Felix
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  • 215 1964 [Reuter's Telegrams.] (From Our Own Corresponded) Singapore, December 14« The following were tbe prices realised:-1 Fine smoked sheet... I9oto I 96 par picul Good 70 89 do Unsosoked good 65 Crepe fine pale thm 95 101 do W do Fine brown 70 80 Good brown 52 70
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  • 643 1965 Mr. Asquith lived up to his character as a great patnot in hie speech at Birmingham and we rejfioe to see that he still maintains unimpaired the attitude he took up quite in the early stages of the war in hie memorable Ipeeoh at the Guildhall Banquet
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  • 533 1965 ber M oi' tU.* B’ei,t b j B ‘’yXg fo‘ h j Coo, u“ r ß g Order' Brlnch.' Mone .'r h i r <Mnt English *&fhool 0oT B C Wdiniß <K District Locomotive Supermtendent, F. J|. 8. Railway., Kuala Lumpur, will ba coming to Penang soon
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  • 1291 1965 French Martyrs b.rjxr t p o r :r‘ -od.™ •jg XXa .ad b hTed 1 1 “.'id “gmi"' ‘.a 7 b,rb,ri -ho ravaged Gail in the flub century. Theo b..tor, reput, ilßlf iB u The Caillaux Sensation. lk P 2!ft dB nio »«tb« indictment tbit th Military Governor
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  • 966 1966 [RiUTMB’b TILIGBAMB.] ADMIRALTY RETURNS. London, December 12. The Admiralty reports that at the British ports during the week numbered 2 426 and sailings 2,384 Total 4310 Fourteen vessels over 1600 tons were sunk and seven under that tonnage, making a total of twenty-one, Eleven vessels were unsuccessfully
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  • 553 1967 [Reuters lelegeams STRONG GERMAN ATTACK. Small Salient Entered. London, December 13, 12 30 p <lD( Field-Marshal Str Dougla- Haig report/: "The enrmy in the morning delivered' a itrong local attack on a mile front to the east of Bulhcourt and succeeded on tbe right iu entering a abort
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  • 677 1967 CIVIL W AR IN RUSSIA [Keutib’i j TH3 BUIgoKOD FIGHTING Vatwy for KomiloJ Th.. Deceujle 13 fiin o The corespondent f 8A V 1( 8 noat Petregrad *ratFi 39 Mormny p 0 B Jlsh&vik forces were vinr uotr “‘L lQ *t the Taeir »tl 6B) pt to iot.ro.ot Q "„‘.‘l
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  • 25 1967 {From Out Own London, December 12. Tbe prices in tbe London Rubber Market to-day were: Pale Crepe 2/3 Diamond Smoked Sheet 2/3
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  • 166 1967 -ST, Latest Quotation*. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at 8138.00, buyers no sellers, and in Singapore (refined) at 8139.00, business done, (100 tons sold) and in Lcndon al three months. Messrs. Boustead A Co. inform us that the following were the quotations for Rubber on spot
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  • 1496 1968 [RiUTTR’S TILEGBAMB J GENEBAL ALLENBY S ENTBYPROCLAMATION TO THE PEOPLE, Anttonnflamant in Parliament London, December 12. In the House of Commons the Premier, Mr, Lloyd George, announced that the following telegram had been received from General Allenby i "Jerusalem, 2 p.m. December 11.. «I entered the city
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  • 25 1968 (Awn Ow Ow» Sineapore. hort The iteamer Heck b" ie ng«i Mersing. The orew “PJ eft ■afo. It i. expected to g*
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  • 739 1969 A DBAff-MCTa DariNDANT, The preliminary enqqiry i„ to the char™ of M*Z,°Mr a' h“'t 8 ‘T b '“">“>»‘ wa, held by Mr. 8, H. Lingston, yesterday a f tbr noon, against a deaf and dumb Cantonese named Wong Cbai Hong alias Lj Cheat? Tai. 8 Acoueed wa,
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  • 603 1969 Ammual Muting Or Tn, Bmtisb Association. Chi',! 1 1 1 41 S e er l “meting of the Btr.it. Chin as British Association wae held last evening at tb« Gardea Club, Raffles Place, wys the Siratfs Timet of Tnursday. The President (Mr. Koh San Hio) was in the
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  • 297 1969 Aw Official’! Mowtklt Bvmhtt. A correjpondent writes to the Keala Lumpur paper i—- In view of the recent correspondence m your calumns I have been discussing the cost of living with different people and have ot timed a budget ot expenditure by an official
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  • 556 1970 Tries Distribution. The P?nang C icket C ub was the scene of a higd g’taeriog of meoibe s and their fiienut yest rday att roojn, the uccamoo beiuu the presentation ot p: z>s by the Hon Mr. W. C. Michell, Resident C uociilo 1 io tbe respective
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  • 682 1970 A large gathering < f f t iends and colleagues of the Ute M FJix Valentine GotTeb, of the Sup eme t attended at B diidari on Wednesday evrn ng to pay tribute to tbe memory of tbe deceased gentleman. Following immediately behind the effin were
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  • 389 1970 We are indebted tntk a of (.««.«a bl)ld n day, D cumber 11. on W f resent Messrs A V n Uormin, R. A< LI)W W. G. p eler E C-Bawi H u A. R. Adams. d G P*o^ 4“ 8te Th* Mmtne, 0 th, l„t
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  • 52 1970 THE LUCK! OTMBJBS. Names of the Winner* {From Our Own Correspond Singapore, December w. The drawing of tbe Sing»p®r o Club “Our D*y” Lottery wm held at Victoria Theatre last night. Tbe principal winning numbers m holders were: Pi ize. Ticket and Number "’ST uo.ow to-O.rD.y” will to*»
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  • 1057 1971 A Plea for. Mercy. In the course of a lead ng article the Jfotaya Tribune aye— The facts of the case appear to ba th°i’ according to the published version f a Tamil cooly nam-d Appadu w ss charged with the murder of his w.te. He wa
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  • 622 1971 —Bulletin- A Chequered Career. Port Swettenham Rubber Co., office in Meloournp, plantations in the Itderated Malay States Profit. Dividends. Deficlt Ta- £1 465 191“ £1,215 Nil «M® 1912 10,241 5p.0.=«2.875 1,916 7.16« 1913 4.312 10 VW »>'" 1914 1,047 Nil 641 7'*® Law costs written off. «3>’
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  • 26 1971 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, December 18 The prices in the Ixmdon Rubber Market to-day were: Pale Crepe 2/3| Diamond Smoked Sheet 2/3J
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  • 99 1971 Barlow and O\, report under Wednesday’s datei F;r thia week’s auction, which commenced to-day, the quantity catalogued amounted to about 960 tone. Tbere wa® a poor demand and prices show a decline. E bh*d smoked sb*et: Tha highest price pa'd was 194 a decline of |7. Fine
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    • 42 1971 Early €3old» Be careful of the colds you tak* at this timn of the year. They are particularly Jang( roue. A neglected cold may mean a wm-ter-loog cold. Take Cbambarlain a Long® R,m*dy at once. For sale by all diepensanae and dealers.
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  • 723 1972 be above athletic sports were held on th Free School ou Friday afternoon, comcog at 2.0 pm. The weather, which at ooh time looked fortunately kept fine long enough to enable the progr mme of 30 events to be gone through. ▲s ia past years the
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  • 1104 1972  -  (By Tom Wbight.) latiDg -raM. My heading is a phrase from a letter that has just come to me from the Front. He is a literary man and I had bogged him for local colour of the lan Hay or Patrick Mac Gill sort. That is
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  • 24 1973 WkWOX.—Kt the Maternity Ho’pihl, PgoaQZi on the 15th iost., to Mr, and Airs W H. Watson, of CaiDgkai Estate, Produce Wellesley, a son.
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  • 1058 1973 Despite the gloomy forebodings of the Timet we do not believe that red revolution is at hand in En-land While we read, talk, and write of organisation, of democracy, of militarism, of the capitalist and other “systems,” there is one that is at work all the time,
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  • 539 1973 G^ r A Hal A-t.r to the Ked.b is ud a vieit to Penan/. r J Bmd, of Messrs. Evalt A Co. <a Is tor Bio K aojre thi« attemo a un tu»ioe M Gil-.po’.f B g.o 3n. at P—b. ‘ra oo a ri.it ti cDSDg. Mr.
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  • 962 1974 A Generous Giver, Siuca the war Sir Arthur Young h-is m 3, as a Bishop cnee said of himself, tne merest dispenser of nis ifficial emoluments. Anh >ugh not a r«oh a min bis name figures at the bead of every subset iption list for war charities and
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  • 246 1974 [Rkutbr’s Telegrams] French FiguresLondon, Ddc. 13, 7-30 p,m. For the week end.ng D c-n.b r 8 the srrivats at the different French ports numbered 845 and the sailings 9(57, One ves e’ over 1,600 tons wag sunk, Three were uusuccts fully attack d. Bruges Docks Bombed, Enemy
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  • 880 1974 [Kbutbb’j T.7ZT* 1 Win T**! bolshevik tyranny*' T t RRORISING THE CADETS Coerci “8 th, kodMlt(8 TS Bolshevik news tJLl reports fie the event of a maUit/ 0 Ulie 1 tuent Assembly not fa} o X°i? be Ooß,ti of the Soviets it is Mob such Constitutional
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  • 33 1975 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to«day •138.25, buyers nosell 1 and in Singapore (refined) at $139=00, business done. (150 tons sold) and in Landen «£3Ol •lot and *****,10 three months,
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  • 514 1975 T,LIOB4M9, L10B4M9 j LORD'S Review SLB 'a A S- M AN SHIPB UILDING A waprahenyv, Statsaeat In <b a Hou.j“c 81 l3 625 p Geddep, Fir-t r >r-1 f ffiQlOQB 8r E Q .io C9 tbe Admir.u/tX'n’' d appointed io J uaa tha OjntrJitr repaired in dry
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  • 486 1975 '.RxUTia’s TsLXGBAMg 1 sutemeot la th, Coßmoa, In th» u, k- b 1 0 It. eaiber 12. L-.l’cLb“Z’o ’L?T.°’ M of .£4OO 000 (Ofl Ua 7 he T e of cred K".: ahq Daily Expenditure 9 average daily expenditure f-»r the t>3 t b B
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  • 504 1976 [Reuter’s Tilegrams] THE RECENT FIGHTING. Enemy Attacks Repulsed. London, D.cembdr 13, 1.15 pm. Sir Douglas H*ig in bid despatch states: The accounts of yesterday’s fighting show that the enemy after heavy preparation attacked from the north of our positions in the Hindenburg Line to the east of Bullecourt
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  • 500 1976 [Reiter’s Tilegrams] IN THE TRENTINO. SEEKING A DECISION. Desperate Enemy Attacks. London, Dec. 14, 5.50 a.m. Reuter’s correspondent at the Italian Headquarters cables “It is estimated that the Austrians and Germans have lost 150,000 men since the beginning of the offensive in tbe Trentino. Nevertheless tbe enemy is
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  • 458 1976 MiUv Uaiix 'l TflEBE MBEBPIiC "S’ I A M>l. I G«m,n offici.l n pl J*? 1 PH U, I A, J, Balfour’s ititunm I How. of Common,’ > It eays that Gm D y r I communication through a. 1 I to Germany’s war aims and thi/I*
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  • 1052 1977 Any hopes the enemy may have entertained of the British nation becoming war-weary as a resul of Russia’s treachery and Italy’s trials should have been dispelled by the speeches made last week by Mr. Asquith and the Prime Minister As in 1914 so now in 1917, difficulties
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  • 571 1977 U is eight year. tu-o.y oc K •ucceHMto Uethron/of B, g!Or A a A E ‘be Governor ba, given t donation of >3jo to the Tientsin Flood R het Fund. Owing to tbs unfortunate illness of Mr. uii u arP u D bl w< dd, °R w
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  • 1353 1978 Chinese and the Queen’s Scholarships. Tue Hon. SrCioUty of buatti Ca tese j Literary Association in a leitar to the I Straiti Times regarding the decision arrived at by the association on the subject of the resuscitation of the Queen’s tcho arship, states that it is doubtful wbetlertheCbinese
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  • 839 1978 [Reuter's Telegrams.] Si-0...!.. 5.7.“’.”'“a* Mi 1 bare w<« local fi l b l jo.'t W S ent of Polygon Wood «’l° M«kthe enemy .tt.ckpd out «eighbonrhood of Polderhoek Ctab repul.ed.il eic-pt.t ona Wl «fternoon to the e2t o“ I?* °on.id e r.ble recioroo.l between the Scarp. Valle, Lost
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  • 110 1979 (Faw Our Own Correspondent,) London, December 14. The prices in the London Rubber Market to-day were: Pale Crepe 2/4 Diamond Smoked Sheet 2/3j London, November 15. Pile Crepe 2/4 Diamond Smoked Sheet 2/3f Teoh Tf»k Li, a youn? Chinees B*b’, was fined 12 by Mr. G. C.
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  • 439 1979 [E»vteb’s T.lioum.l Ltd At. ack EepulseJ Lnd jo, D c -«aoii- is 12-35 n m A Pans Comunas p.m. mn attack W4S 8 u <‘hv. a GerArtillery Activity. A French c >« f re. reciprocal arti 'lory 7 the A'sne and th» n; oa Jj 17 between •be
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  • 491 1979 J-BVTta 8 T»Lia«AMS Ewmy Sacircling M :want r.iuo r 9 05 p-™-C »'g-prile .nd Cal D.ll.'^“7t.,‘'“' k Oer.. rO pU np ibe>kd hi, concc-ntr.ted troops. -neir^r»,’2 d Monte Solarolo The!*?’ o Ih il tbeecem?.' Venice Battlefield. Lord >n r D c-'Ojber 16 630 n m R U er
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  • 861 1980 [Keuter’s Telegrams.] Constituent Assembly Elections. London, Deo, 15, 2.15 a.m. The Bolshevik Petrograd Te’egraph Agency reports overwhelming pro-Maxim-alist majorities in the Constituent Assembly elections from the Twelfth and Fifth Armiea and the Army in Finland. Bolshevik Claims. Petrograd, December 15, 7 45 a.m. The Bolshevik Telgraph
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  • 55 1980 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at 1137,75, buyers no sellers, in Singapore (refined) at $l3B-00, buyers no sellers. Messrs. Bouetead Co inform us that the following were the quotations for Rubber on spot in London on the 14th inst. received yesterday Plantation Ist latex
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  • 490 1980 [Reuter's Telegrams.] question op I Authorltativ. I Lord B sneaking H b*”qu«t, B.id; 8 .id ''W-> are h favour of air reprisals to awsh». W Of innocent women and ehildw •hire for complete and ntlrfX J* 11 Our output of machine, ha’, ij,XSr' moat aati,factory m
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  • 391 1981 [Rbutkb’s TILKUBIMS.] THE BRITISH VICTORY, Chief Rabbi's Congratulations. London, Dec. 14. The Chief R»bbi has sect a letter to the King on behalf of the Jewish communities of the Empire congratulating His Majesty on the historic victories of the army io the Holy Land. He says, "The occupation of
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  • 33 1981 FINAL DIVIDEND. Our Own Correspondent,) Singapore, Dec. 15. The report of the Glenealy Plantation?, ’hows that the profit for the year a? The directors recommend a dividend of 15 per cent.
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  • 464 1981 [Bww, Tn lloWul ISU 1 J VonWDBNDORPraSRCRRTBWORT. Vuful Allied Work. Th.. k ,o<io| i. December 15, 7 50 m with the FreSob ber U. .t.te, .h. 7. w, D October 4 h.t bj tbe’c ”ef °th "ft wear and 10 B,ogle month either by WMMd 58Sh O
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  • 2232 1981 [BIUTMI, iILIGIAMa 1 SITUATION RXTIZTZ RLSSU S DEFECriOM 4 ITALY $bE FEAT, rocll.ox IN IHF WEjT. a cry or faith and courage. London, D.cember 15, Mr. Lloyd George, int-akm» at GcmU» ,b A B r ice of 1 t,r ‘“Pba.i.wg lb, mpoit.tco »f >ne ot lhe Al
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  • 276 1983 [RIUTIR’i TILEGSAMB.] London, December 15, A deputation of member* of the Housj of Common®, representing coostuuencicj engaged in the cotton industry and beaded by Mr. E. Nuttall, M. P. for Strelford. waited on the Controller of Shipping who in hie unavoidable absence was represented by Sir L.
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  • 251 1983 Central Perak Planters Association. SOME INTERESTING DECISIONS. (From Our Own Correspondents Ipoh, December 15. At the annual general meeting of the members of tbe Central Perak Planters’ Association it wae decided to amp’ify the scheme forutilising the services of Dr. Strick, land, the malaria expert. It was estimated that the
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  • 510 1983 [R«um’ B Ti tloWli umq» Historic Occasion. A k '“dun, December 15, e ent Wli oel b '“ed comm-tnor.tion cf“ h»°fi T ben b9 cboral of tbe men of th. who at great «an.fi British Army edds stemmed the Ga ag ID,t tremendous Tb. B 9 ni90
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  • 163 1983 Racrßß’a Tblbgbams] THE CONSCRIPTION IdsUE. Teitorday’i Referendum December Is. women o’-L>H" 0 L> H •‘"’“«'V -M-W to tb« propel. ,BPP r Sydney, D camber 15. Mr. W*tt in a speech said that io h optoion th. re.ult ot th. •d upon New B’,.tb W.>,„ d p upon
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  • 255 1983 The nett total raised in connection with the above was the gratifying figure of 825,000—0 f this 84,130 00 has been paid to tbe Scottish Red Cross io accordance with tbe wishes of tbe contributors and tbe balance of over 820,800.00 tj the Penang Oar
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  • 180 1984 Mor» Winning Numbers Appended is ifol of the smaller winning number in the Siogapoia •porting Club’s Oar Day Lotteiy. 50 Prizes of H>Boo Each***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** 4053 6847 8735 ***** ***** 6477 ***** 9762 *****
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  • 238 1984 It is notified in the F. M> S. Government Gazelie that: For the period from the 21st to the 27th December 1916, inclusive the value of the highest grade < f rubber is fixed at two shillings and three p ace half penny per
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  • 1212 1984 Tribute from Bench and Bar, There was a full attendance of members of the bar, together with a number of Goveminent officials, in the Supreme Court Singapore, on Fiiday morning, when reference was made to the lose sustained through the death of the Registrar, Mr, F,
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  • 30 1984 The particular, of the_outp ut, bobUl following three oompan of December were i K.munting TinDredgiogW 620; Hour, run SOB. CJhenderiaDg Tin p;««ls Sos.- -W 30S rributota- Fionli b
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  • 1086 1985 Now that Labour has followed the Prime Minister and the official leader of the Liberal Party with a statement of its war aims which in its opposition to German views and ideals goes quite as far as those statesmen, it is to be hoped that
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  • 638 1985 uV' B lf •»<> .furnX* ,Or h, U Lua, |.ur Ibl. •ittruo on bu* ne»s. th,?’ 1 4 8 Ad- ,or Smf.pore cJLJ'iu 00 d4 L’«>»lXre Council Meeting next Friday, Mr. C. Forbes Brown, of tbs Vsccum Oil Go., Singapore, who ms been here on busiueo, returns
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  • 1194 1986 Faddy Planting. So long ago as 1893 tbe Ute Sir W. EMaxwell.then Colonial Secretary, in a lengthy report over the causes of noncultivation of rice, said that it was due (1) to tbe want of popula'ioo, (2) high rate of wages, (3) competition of more profitable employment, and
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  • 31 1986 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at $l3B, business done, in Singapore (refined) at $138.50, buyers no sellers, and in London at <£3C4 spot and -8296 three months.
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  • 61 1986 The subscriptions to Our Day P. W. und already acknowledged as per list below *2? l state d to have been Cjntnbut“d by Sungei Duri E date. m t> UNGEI Duri Estatu, Pin» snn A D9b J ,al ,508< ’i Mr S.S. Mr i£*“ Kee SooD
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  • 419 1986 [Riutu’, BIEDO TO L ABHA i 0 8 IWwn Slightly I T We L e».t ot Avion south of Armenti* es. to the There was mutual arHiu». the south of the Soarm U hostile artiherying north of T "Our.eropiUfiX.n.on'» trenoue, tod dropped bomb, r,n target, including two loog.,,»»
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  • 488 1987 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] TROTZKY’S THREATS. Guillotine for the Cadets. Loudon, Dec. 17,120 s.m, A telegram from Pet ograd atatas that the m»j rdy of tha executive of tbe Soviet bn approved th) decree declaring tbe Cadets enemies of the people, M. Trotzky, iddreising the minority, said, Yon
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  • 862 1987 [Rwt.b’s T.nar iw -i skilful operations A e.l Aff.a,! Population, Reuter', “p’ Headquarters in tbe Palestine ber 11 and Bfl ni h T tch d<ted Rmfolly describes aer °plane from J rusalem J nsalem H?V aP re aDd CondltlOD Rladne s C f a ii\ e ph lBeB the
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  • 222 1987 CFrom Our Own Corrapondent,') Singap ire, Decembur 17. Tbs collision wb oh cc :urred on flaturday morning was bitween two 0 ohe ships and to )k place eight miles from Pulau Pisang. Tb-ire was one casualty, a coolie being crushed to dearb. Toe sunken vessel, which
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  • 560 1988 [Reuter’s Telegrams AN IMPORTANT MANIFESTOReparation Emphatically Demanded London, Do. 17. The Parliamentary Committee of the Trade Uuion Congress and the Executive of the Labour Party have issued a statement of their war aims which will be submitted to the National Labour Conference in Lindon on December
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  • 655 1988 Another Successful Year The feu th annuil ordinary general m n tt ng of the sh«r. holders of C ish Chemists,” Limited, w<s held at the Chamber of Comm ice yesteid*y af ein on. There were present VV. H. Tnomp, Yeap Keng Teng, LLah Swtp L®p, J.
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  • 121 1988 194 hAu o ti Ixehip I obtained:’ 10 oWlB gphceivJ| I Diamond Smoked Fai- fr nni I Diamond Unbooked 90 I Plain Uoemoked 0 ?0 I Scrap Crepe Fair l, H I Untreated Loose A M 28 to I Virvin Scrap I 77.841 lb. of rubber wp«^?
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  • 403 1988 The output of tbe K<mpoog Kunvnliag I Tin Dredging for the month of Deoeabet waiH<>uts run 539, Cubic Yard»| 74,000 Total Piculs 491.90, Betliied ob sale $39 020 57. Mr Khiw Jio Tok advises w tbit tbs outputs from the following four oonpsniM for the first half of
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  • 384 1989 RBI) cross GYMKHANA. (From Our Own Correspondent). The Entries. Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 17, The following are the entries for the Selangor Turf Club Gymkhana to be held on the 24th and 26th inat. in aid of “Our pay” Bed Cross Fund First Dat.J Races 1, 2 and
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