The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 8 May 1918

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    Masthead
    5 736 THE STRAIT ECHO MAIL EDITION.
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    MARRIAGE
    48 736 Twod-lodg’.—Oa April 27,1918, at th B nbyterisn Church, Singapore, by the it W. Crosi assisted by the W, Mirny, C&trlu Howard, youngest son of Hebert Trwoend, Bexhy, Kent and Marion TfmpletoD, y diugtrter of is* iteC»pt. Cohn Hodge and Mu, Hodge «IB cci- Doon, Nawtoo Road, Singapore.
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    ENEMY TRADE CAMPAIGN.
    1494 736 Tm fioal report of the Balfour Com®M|- Q on Eoapirs trade after the war owed forth a counter-demonstration "•lUeaemy. The Balfour Commission Us remit of the Paris Intei-Allied wxeaio CooLrtnoe which met nearly two h formulate an economic policy U Allies The Resolutions of the declared that
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    • Advertisement
      Page 736 Advertisements Column 1
      95 736 flx straits €cl)O. Lm f**-fT***Zyfls PUBLISHED DAILY c lM t $«»<•!’ Md pßbllC h011d1,,,) AT THE (lITimWI PRESS, LIMITED, M, Beach strett Penan price 2 jmiyLMal »80 per annum. OuuuUon Postage Extra, un Edition (Poet Free) 118 per annum. MMdms: "ECHO PENANG.’ Telephone No». (Echo) 58«. Printing Department 3*3. H!
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    M. A. P.
    526 737 Mr. and Mr». J. B Nicholson left Singagapora on Monday for bom* via Japan. Mr. and Mri, C. Pearse have retimed to Ipob from Singapore, after a ihort holiday in e The marriage hai taken place at Home of Oapt. Walter J. Ronan and Mary, daughter of
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1305 737 Wisdom of Our Ancestors. There is no such armour against Fate as a good lining of fat —Ancient Chinisu PIOVIBB. A Hint for Volunteers. An excellent story concerning leave is told in the sama issue of the Artists' Bfls Journal,” A young officer who applied for leave on
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    Local Wedding.
    259 738 liuham-Balavsxdrum. a prettv wedding was solemnised at St. aJe'iCbarcb on Monday afternoon by tt »B‘tK«ppel Garnier assisted by tbe l.i, DB. Ponniab, tbe contracting parties beioa Mr. Alexander John Abraham, of The Diipanwary, Limited* eldest son jf Mr. and Mrs. John Emmanuel Abraham of Port Trivendrum, Travanjon, and
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    Colonial Appointments.
    67 738 [Ewvil’s TiLBaBAMg •yloaiNew Governor, j. London, April 29. ""‘c B 'L W h ll n Hen,y «83 J,'n 0 CCtfdd Oener»l l,l4 n i«. succeeds Bir a ”««orottheßMb 1 d W E ®Peror’s P eace Olfensi Ve .J"* htJekVi- u Lo “d° D April 30* fe? '•'•-«Mi0.,1 rt
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    THE GREAT BATTLE.
    2571 738 [Rivtus’s Tilhgbams.] Sir Douglas Haig's London, April 29 Sir Douglas Haig reports:—"Following very intense bombardment the enemy in strength violently attacked the French and British positions from tbe neighbourhood of Meteren to Zillebeke. The enemy also attacked tbe Belgians north of Ypres. Very severe fighting developed on
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    The Meeting of the 19th.
    755 740 ..Tithe correspond® lso9 M- Ob ,h t 8" b bo t r *‘."«l t*» b Sira< I hen L' t 0 tbs public.tioa of Mr. *’tus«’< i <|,,r Dii m T 7° ,et t dite, »S I e»Bt •"'j M rr.<p»d.sce between V, g. icd
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    Lest We Forget.
    270 740 When we were advancicg on tbe Aisne I came across German trenches containing dead German soldiers, and I tbep found tbe dead bodies of two young French girls, not more than 20, stark naked, and in each case with their breasts severed except tbe lower end, by
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    Tin.
    90 740 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at *****5, business done, in Singapore (rehoed) at 1172, business done, 200 tons sold. The members of a certain exemption board shrugged their shoulders cynically when a youog man appeared before tl era, limping conspicuously, and asked for exemption on the
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    Municipal Commission.
    573 740 Obdimabt Muitimu. At the ordinary meeting of tbe Municipal Commissioners at the Municipal Offics yesterday af ornoon there were present Messrs. W. Peel (President) CE Craig Ytoh Guan Book, A M Goodman, Qaah B?ng Kee, Chee Wor Lock, L. M. Bell (Engineer) and L.A 0. Biggs (Secretary), The
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    Penang Bisley 1918.
    242 741 A‘ B'«l e y’’ op p n to Members of the ppnang Volunteers and Penang Volunteer Bfh C»b will beheldtbi» yeir, the firnt event taking place on Saturday, May 25 Tre events in the Programme are; Colonial Cbap’aio’a Ciock; Renfrew Challenge Shield; K>d«h Challenge Plate Moving Figure;
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    Teluk Anson Notes.
    212 741 Our correspondent writes i Inspector Gowland charged five Tamils before Mr. J. A. Black on the 25th instant with being the occupiers of a common gaming house at Teluk Anson and with others not in custody with having gamed for current coin, Four of them were fined
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    Haws Service.
    140 741 Pari», April 29. Le Tempt, whilst bringing out that it Is impossible forUkraniato supply the Central Powers with the corn promised, shows that the latter are cornered and brought to take grave decisions. They must either shorten tbe bread ration in Germany and Austria, or lay bands on
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    £40,000 Hospital Train.
    218 741 Tbe first aooba'irre tra'n built in England for tbe A'oericrn A'mv baa b’ea handed over to tbe American Exyeditiooary Force by tbe builders, the Midland Railway Company. Tbe train, built in the record time of nine weeks coat £40,000. It is made up of 14 cars and
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    May Day.
    211 741 O d customs die hard and although progress and commercialism and the struggle for existence have to a great extant caused this old-time celebration to fall into desuetude in tbe bigger cities in Britain, the quaint customs, survivals of both tbe old Romans and the older Dm ds
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    Chinese Students Arrested in Tokio.
    86 741 Tokio, April 9. Sixty Chinese students from Sz Q cbuen, enraged at the hesitation of tbe official supervisors of the students to comply with tbeir demand for more money, marched to tbe Chinese Legation to-day to see the Minister, Mr. Chang, who was absent. They
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    London Rubber Market.
    28 741 (From Our Own Carreiptndeui-) London, April 29, The prices in the London Rubber Market to-dav were: Pale Crepe 2/4| Diamond Smoked Sheet M 2/8 j
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    China's Monopoly.
    306 741 ■Nimhsii I >»’’bc oCn l p ct .in I •BlV.lO.tpot H.tt .t I t p ut .b,' .7,;’1 “*‘"S gold ..wed, io X I exchange. lctl! I Musk is a secretion c s a. I deer, Toree kind, of B J u. I in commerce, tbe no.t I
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    Jeram Kuantan Meeting
    157 741 Lou for thi Tur {.From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, Ap’d K At the Jtram Kuanlaog meetmi Chairman replying to Mr. Ch” Pob explained that the high for 1917 was due to arrears ofwoik« outfit to have been done J eir j Having been undertaken in 1 1
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    Rubber Estate Option.
    2216 742 Lm Soos Poi. C ii th’ f» 11 j ,d B me M°?J’'‘ ice ffood d th b* l niuol 110,000 commi»»lo“ L bb« «t«t” i« P,r “n'totar Uit J« r tbe Da,6nd t him »10.000, It he .old P JSOOOOO. Toil promi”, he -tud o> the
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    Tin Outputs.
    203 743 The output of Ktmpong Kamunting Tin Dredging, Ltd- for the month of April was i —Hours run 1,2251 Cubic Yards treated 161,000; Total Piculs 827,17; Realised on sale $74,885.00. Tbe output of Rahman Hydraulic Tin, Ltd., daring the month of April was 300 pikuls. The output of The
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    A Dishonest Messenger.
    249 743 81NT1NCID TO ImPHSONMBXT. In tbe Police Court this morning before Mr. 8. H. Langston, a Telegraph Office messenger pleaded guilty to a charge of cheating by personation by falsely pretending to Captain S. E. Perkins that he had bum instructed to collect the sum of thirty cunts
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    Correspondence.
    230 743 [To tuu Editob or tub Strait» Xcho Diab Mb Editob, Three Cheers for tbe Penang Food Control, and a great big Tiger I I recently paid a visit to the southern settlement; there I found the price of beef 28 cents per catty the best beef, maximum price, pork
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    Penang Rubber Auction
    84 743 The undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by Messrs, Allen Dennys A Co. at their two Auction Sales held this week i Smoked Diamond Sheet No. 1 s9oto 97 per picul Smoked Diamond Sheet No. 2 75 88 do Unsmoked Sheet No, 1 68 do Unimoked
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    LABOUR DAY.
    479 743 Today ig Labour Dat in n will be inter.,ling fo «Mr »e»tr»l countrie, have t( attit.de uf labour i B after jet another there wa, contiderable labour in Aa.tria and Germany J* near with the con. t q„ oc >“ the Ebineland »ot allowed tobe,entbe^ tP bowevei, d;()
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    April Rubber Crops.
    22 743 April Strait, 127.000, Aver 48.500, aqq 19,000, Batak B»b‘t 17/XJO lb. Tiff. Uteat Tin Bnrefioed Vnnr O is sight.
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    SOME REMINISCENCES OF KEDAH.
    596 744 Jto lirbc in K' da b Bt.te il i« er J D, iob be r »r.«» J l r **y th*n it waa wnan 111 ’Liisd from our Siamsss friends. B it will be remambered Tli ‘"“'“f the Bgreement bstween Biitam vw P* rt hT -bich
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    SMILE, D – YOU, SMILE.
    601 744 SMILE, D YOU, SMILE. Whenever tbe Uenualites find that their plats have not been realised on the field of battle they again begin to talk of Peace—a peace which shall guarantee tbe safety of the beloved Fatherland, the meek lamb beset by wolves whose sole obj-ct in continuing the war
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    M. A. P.
    592 744 Dr. and Mr., M.cOwkill, t f Kl»n f >ra shurtiy leaving for Home. Do al d Munro, of Messrs. McAlister and Co bas been transferred from Singapore to tbe Penang branch. Mr. and Mrs. T. Lathan have arrived in Kuala Lumpur, Mr. Lithan having bean transferred from
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1749 745 Married Men and Breach of Promise If we were not afraid of again calling from the vasty deep the storms of eloquence that accompany any discussion of the Marriage Question in Penang, we would quote the case of a young lady who recovered in the King’s Bench Division,
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    THE GREAT BATTLE.
    958 746 [Reuter's Telegrams.] S f -—Despatches. Lindon. April 30. i Hais in bi' vi tion r ®P ort Do'< 1M U drooped 275 bombs on iuu*:-"“^ ar o f L)cre and machinelector, tekimj pn.<mer M French improved tbeir li tbeoeigbbonrhood ULpn. F London, April 50.4 p.m. Djulm Heig
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    HOME RULE AND CONSCRIPTION.
    561 746 [Riutib’s Tuligbuts-] later dependent in IrelandLondon, May 1, An Order of Council has been gasHted farther postponing the operation of the National Service order as regards Ireland. Liie Daily News says i— “The Government has decided to keep its Irish Conscription policy in abeyance for a
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    MESOPOTAMIAN FRONT.
    491 747 [Riutbb's Tulugbams] MORE ADVANCES AND CAPTURES. Good Work by Cavalry London, April 30, 9.50 p.m. A Mesopotamia official message states: «Oar forces have advanced north of Bagdad along the road leading to Mosul via Kifri and Kirkuk. We captured Kifri on the 27th April making prisoner forty. The
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    Teluk Anson Rubber.
    1630 747 The ninth ordinary general meeting of the Teluk Anson Rubb r Estates, Limited, was held on Monday at Singapore, those present beins? Messrs J. A. Webster (Gcairman), W. P. Plummer, J. R. Crawford (director-), C T. de B, Whitehouse and Csptun Robinson, In moving the adoption of
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    Halifax Relief.
    107 748 D 8 lO6 Py of a letter received i °t the High Commissioner wCanada by tbe Crown Agents. 19, Victoria Street, London, 8. W 1. Mm, 6ih Feb,u r J 19| 8. 1 1 l,'L Kll w dg our M,or °f the of A 35 0n ecc;o,l °B
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    Death of Mr. George Logan.
    56 748 Own death h,. n n I P ob May 2, > mt.Jl C rre L d of Mr. George x} -W. Until st tha AD lo ‘Chinese CkhL at BO was in a J wb lh Penang Anglo‘nsf 3,bl WM r L hO W rked
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    A Youthful Food Controller.
    294 748 This little anecdote is what is known by the vulgate as a chestnut but is of such extieme age that it has probably been for* gottem In the oldea days, by wb-ch io meant the days before the war, many restaurants and hotels in London uied
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    A Shalt of Wit.
    386 748 Mr. Tom Wrigbt in bis last article to the Strait» Echo permitted himself to make a pun, qualifying his indiscretion by suggesting that puns are excusable, as indeed they are if tbdy are really shahs of wit or as our French Allies would say j-ux de
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    M. C. L.
    181 748 A picked house rewarded the efforts of the Children of the Ministering Children’s League who gave their first performance yesterday evening. The Entertainment went smoothly without a hitch from start to finish and judging by the enthusiastic applause was highly appreciated. The Town Band provided music during
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    Teluk Anson Topics.
    187 748 OerTeluk Anson correspondent writes:— A fine of 120 was imposed on Mah Thong for having taken two excess passengers in his motor car, while Kumariah was fined |lO for a similar offence in respect to one passenger. For having stored toddy in uoliceAed premises Mutbia Pillay was
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    Tin and Rubber.
    57 748 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at 1171, buyers no edlers, and in Singapore (refined) at 1171, no business done, Messrs. Boustead A Co. inform us that the following were the quotations for Rubber on spot in London on the Ist iost. received to-day. Plantation
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    London Rubber Market.
    102 748 (From Our Own Corruptndtni} London, May 8, The prices in the London Bobber Market to-day were: Pale Orepa 2/4} Diamond Smoked Sheet 2/3} There are cranks in the island of Ceylon as there are elsewhere, ae demonstrated by a memorial sent to the Secretary of State by
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    DUTCH SHIPPING.
    1156 749 rRIVTIB’B TILIGBAMB.] allies' explanation. London, May 1, 5 p.m. The British reply to the Netherlands says that while recognising that the Dutch delecratei who discussed the outstanding qiestiom at the end of last year between the Netherlands and the Associated Governments were not plenipotentiaries, Hu Majesty s Government
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    AFFAIRS in Ireland.
    470 749 [Rnm’g T»t l4 i 4a A Hom, Eai, Sir Edward r.r.o» J, y cf tbe I-, tb "X. Committee decl.rieg um it in.amty to re-open the qo e ,i lr ?'< Rule in tbe midst of tbe Lyeit v! 3 crim. The DaiZy New, Lobb, c, r
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    BIRTH.
    12 750 afa3o b inut, the EuroMr GMjer kiu L^P ,r a ,yo
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    MARRIAGE.
    19 750 m 5 iii Paris, G. G. £r,S, ‘'dukm‘»t<’o-<il Barrie-, to „f Let. Heory Segmfo pJp W d- «b-aTHH.
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    GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF MILLING.
    1051 750 Qa April 18 b there was published in tb« Gault* a Roe (Price of MiEw) order which affects an import* ul iadaitry ia tbe Straits, and still more n Kedah wd tbe S atei. There are three Uiet pointe io tbia order: A return 111 to
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    M. A. P.
    484 750 tbode.thia F M.S. R.Hwfj,. D. Ander.on, OH. Mil-r .nd ,il ot th. KJ.oiz Ua uXdßtat, 0 S diJ ~0“ t 0 now r t'.»’ l r r B,lle r- Sumitr,, now t.mpor.nl, re, ding ln Sn.g.r.or. h.i «ec‘ifiXTof‘° fil ,n ,be for tel*»” eD io ,or de,io
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    43 750 k DEATHS. Mirch 15. st Qiepn’g Gate, Xf Gro.ge D.lboue.e C.B, d d h er bB £&«.rA F.E 8, Singapore, T-rtlO f-M*tcb 8 after A Bubopi Te gntoo, South D=von. L iM geo« Tdobioo» formerly of Singapore. mH 80* a D otLa itbWb.BFO.
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    967 751 •^rtdm.rt^rder ‘o M.riwr. No. 372 of 1918 anoeunce» that the lights at p__ B— and several other p aoes of wbioh’we dare not give the sl.gbtest hint, •ven by tn initial, have been extinguished. Why the'Germana Can't Win Now. Toe AUgtimin* Xeiiung ■Util that the supply of barley
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    Halifax Relief.
    119 751 The following is a copy of a letter received from the Office of the High Commissioner for Canada by the Crown Agen'y. 19, Victoria Street, London. I?. W 1. 6.h Fob ua>y 1918. Gentlemen, I b*g to acknowledge your let-er of the 29th ultimo, enclosing a cirque for
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    Tin and Rubber.
    58 751 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at Si7l, bujers ro sfllers, aod in Singapore (refined) at >l7l, no business done, Messrs. Boustead A Co. inform us that the following were the quotations for Rubber on spot in London on the Ist inst. received to day.
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    London Rubber Market
    26 751 (From Our Own Correapandent) London. May 3, The prices in the London Rubber Market te-dav were: Pale Crepe 2/4| Diamond Smoked Sheet 2/8j
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    THE GREAT BATTLE
    2093 751 [Rwtw’, Tn, t9l E«my' s Black Mom s Ai det.il, of ce.Ted they cocfi-m tb t the enemy ba, ejp.r.eoced .it,S* of tbe greet offend,,. Th ™*«t hitherto have b«en reticent in eible I uctmtioni of the battle, on the oper.tiooi in ton, of they bare not
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    Political News.
    938 753 Japan and the Allies. London, May 1» A Tokio message states that Baron Goto, the New Foreign Minister declared to Benter that the suggestion was biseless that the policy of the Japanese Government had changed, or its loyalty to all its engagements lessened, owing to a change of
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    FRESH PEACES OFFENSIVE.
    412 753 [Rivtub’s 14 r n uM, i T .t- s tc £1) 6 ranf oat( l^.K 1 l Ypr 819 coit.iaed i, ■®x lo nc ol, leoe p’ 6 Uk., G.nn.o °P 9 I" «bat to Um,. G..n>. n P ,.ee Neutr.lc UMti-, ,0, '-J t.ined tbat tbe
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    Kedah Notes.
    777 754 Sn industry i/.r jal pe q»t’itP--I 3 og'™‘ 0 g'™‘ I>'« f 0 T,i b’« ke tb, r T»’ b b fron 100 imh "<'*> is height, tbe nearest •ft* bOßteo ..w g.-b tree bn >1 “>*°7 W iJI Dir »l the hooey <«“ 0D wblob •t*’ 1
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    Fraser and Neave Ltd.
    251 754 Tbe directors' report for tbe meeting on May 13 at noon states; After making ample provision for depreciation and debts, the net profits amount to 9132.062 34 which, with tbe balance of >8.478,07 brought forward from last account, gives a total of >140,540,31. From this has
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    Singapore Rubber Auction.
    60 754 Our Own Singapore, May 3. Bebber auction prices of ail grades show a sharp decline. The demand is only fair. Large quantities were bought in of ribbed and smoked sheet >lOO fine pale crepe (Harings small >lOl to 3105 among medium lewer grade crepes clean dark brown
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    Tin Outputs.
    89 754 Mr. Khaw Joo Tok advisee us that the output from Tin Baotong No Liability for April last was;—7l.3oo Cubic yards; 597 Hours, 465 Piculs; >44 000 Value all last half dredging old workings. The output of the Menglembu Lode Syndicate, Limited, for tbe month of April is as
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    Penang Share Market.
    600 754 mi WngxiT RbrolT. The following of Mt Mrs. Lean and Ce’s Weekly Market nport is dated May 3 i e JP®cted reaction in Rubber has s*t n I, tho matBrial records a decline of >8 k l 1 p ko1 dlriD tbe week. Sellers of Rubber-shares have
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    P.F.S. Boy Scouts.
    804 755 A Cbiditablb Dsmonstbation. Th*rfc was a l*rgA crowd nf spectators at the P-rnang F.ee playground yesterday evening to witneis the inspection of tbs Penang Free School troop of Boy Bcouti by Col. A. R. Adams, Chairman cf the Boy Scout Association, Penang, and the creditable demonatration of
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    China as an Effective Ally.
    673 755 China has given over 100 000 of her best men to the cause of the Allies. They are behind the lines working as mechanics, carpenter?, bridge and road builders. Tfcuy are strong, brave, and indefatigable and good-humoured workers. For two years or more they have
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    Bukit Mertajam Notes.
    361 755 Our correspondent wntesi-Tbe cbainrf the Senior District Office of this Prwu from here to Butterworth took place situ beginning of tbe month. Menu. Q Hereford, Senior District Officer. Hu Sts B»e, Chief Cieik and four other Chiisi clerks all left Bukit Mertsjm for Batter, worth on tbe
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    BIRTH.
    14 756 B!RT .f’oa S-d i»s‘* ot b° ni ß F, ,i, B w- and
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    GERMAN GAIN FROM RUSSIA.
    715 756 b 9 feelio s. pwitio" they hold m j ~mi.«cc»pl«<* territories in W"* uh sdrenttg’»"' ,0 tbf,D mU*. n t tua tl -g «088 OD, Ofl tne J( mcjreis into di.orgsnlsed on bemg .b’a to oonl Tr«. on the West »nd p*rticol*rly the British. b k
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    Y. M. C. A. HUTS.
    412 756 With ever growing armies in Picardy and Flanders there is ever a greater demand for accommodation for them in ouch institutions as tbe Y. M. 0. A. Huts, which have become, with the Red Cross organisation, an integral part of the work for tbe men
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    M. A. P.
    488 756 Mr. W. Duncan left to-day for the Federal Capital on a visit. Mr. W.B. Goldie, of Messrs. McAlister and Co,, left this afternoon for the Southern Settlement. Miss D. Campbel], who has resigned her position at the Taiping Hospital, has returned to Batu"Gajab. Mr, F.C. Gregson left
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    Tin.
    30 756 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here te-day at 3175 £O, business done, in Singapore (refined) at 3175.50, bujeri ro idlers, and in L jtdoa at X‘36o three months*
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1308 757 Captain Roald Amundsen. Ciptain Roald Amundsen, the fanaous Norwegian explorer, is setting out in Jane from Norway on another voyage of uxploration, his objective! being the Jeannette and Henrietta Islands. His chief idea is on reaching the islands, to push into the ice io far as the ship
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      A TALE OF TWO BROTHERS.
      173 757 Paris, Miy2J,«M The Parititn gives this striking of the dose collaboration betweesltaini and aviation. A recosnoltnst m squadron was attached to one of or itw divisions. Four battalions of Zara that division were opposed for aix ton five German divisions, one of whieh vs a
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      LES TROIS MOUSQUETAIRES
      86 757 Mr. Philip Gibb». write, in the Dail) ChnneU been among the French troupe and fancied be saw his or spirits of those old fneoJUJ* Artagnan, elegant A'am and Porthos, who lov.d good i* good wine.hr tb. old among the khaki l.di.nd of a fighting race and tbe
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      british Appreciation.
      42 757 Tbe fimw w»r r* tb.t tbe Briti.b »r. prieoner.. One of tb. Xrajw, which p re*" Meduerr.ne.o, wnHH Pontypool, ..y' 0 ,3 at W.o.ght to be P rrt saying. 1 a< l>- ’lss? r b,T I did O4 which brwd
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    THE GREAT BATTLE.
    2091 758 pm-'- sirpomns, am Despatches, London, M»y 2. g '‘i.VX^ood e,> ’:i U o’bXthe?.«. -jreod artillery Pirliiofli WafcUUi London, May 2. DoetlM Haig. ooogratulatingthe *-1’ f 0 f the Second Army, men ion. ?Tw#tri’ lDth di* i,ioD whioh by g 1 1D TrLward of Lyi in the early
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    TRADE AFTER THE WAR.
    596 759 [ElOIXl’s TILXGBAWB-] Commlttei'i SuggMtiou. L ndon, May 2, Lord Balfour of Burleigh’s Committee has presented a further report on poet war trade. It states that any general prohibition of exports co enemy cuuutnes after the war will be impracticable and inexpedient, but the Paris resolutions can
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    IRISH HOME RULE.
    337 759 [Rbvt.l-, Tn„, IM Premkri Strong Staafl. B’PUing to a «iny tboonod I,j, h te d(nt( Britam hfonno, imtnedut, M |?.2 ment m Ireland, the Premier.,*™? wbicb I bare B.r'ed,*’ heart than to a„i,t in co B p„, 0 eot controversy. Jam boned ton, e»er, that the d
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    The Share Market.
    95 759 The following are the in Mess... A. A. Anthony .barn list»it 8 J Rubber. £5 J a iso j T h 1W 14? Jimah 360 38 0 3 Ked h a 45 00 48.00 17/ 48/S B Kampong ]t3 111 T.Dgk.hCompoimii 1 jy.»--, Tougk.b -j, Menglembu ijn
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    Short Steps Eastward.
    726 760 njilfwClMW l.« to le* To C«y lon f r C por« “> d beld P tW Pk«?’“, 8, P Iter,llf looking for •<■> tO from Cook'. and from •M ,c mingled with economy, get b "illy old thing of a cargo p Lr mind it be tbe
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    A Singapore Bankruptcy.
    339 760 Spint 1100.000 in Niwi Tiabs, Before Mr. Justice Ebden on Friday afternoon, the public examination of Ong Hong Pin, in bankruptcy, was conducted by Mr, G. C. Valpy, Assistant Official Assignee. Tbe debtor is said to have inherited 1100,000 in 1909 and bad squandered it in nine
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    Floods in Kinta.
    142 760 ,-T.O.M. The heavy rain that fell in the Kinta District at tbe beginning of last week caused several towns in Kinta to be flooded, reports of which are only now reaching Ipoh. On Tuesday and Wednesday Kampa** experienced a heavy flood and a good part of the
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    Huts and Tents for the Front.
    700 760 Frindly Emulation On Saturday we pub label an appeal for moreY.M.O.A, Hats for the front. Below we have plvaaure in ioserfng another appeal for a similar laudabe purpose; tbe two need not clash, and it was understood that the Red Triangle initial appeal closed
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    “Once Upon a Time.”
    749 761 The M, 0. L, Entertainment on Saturday evening in tbe Town Hall waa an unqualifled success. There was a very large audience, the Children’! Phy Once upon a Time a delightful example of what a Children a Pity ihould be, well stagpd and managed, and above
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    “St. George.”
    99 761 [Te T«i Editob or tmi Straits Echo Sir. Kindly insert in your paper for the information of the subscribers to the above, the attached letter from the Over-Seas Club, London. It refers to the collection made round tbe ground during tbe Football Match last year, most of which
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    OVER-SEAS CLUB.
    84 761 Aldwycb, London, W, 0. 2. March 1,1918. Ben Mitchell, Esq. Dear Sir, Your letter of December last has reached us safely, with cheque for Xll 7-6 towards our Tobacco Fund. We very much appreciate the help of those who organised this collection, and I am sure tbe gifts
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    Bar Committee Penang.
    194 761 In accordance with tbe p oviiions of section 118 of tbe Courts Ordinance, -1907, it is notified in tbe Gazette that the following gentlemen have been duly elected to to the Bar Committee for the Settlement of Penang i—Mr. 8. F. B. Martin, Mr. W. H. Thorne,
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    A Germany Colonial Empire.
    431 761 A Germany Colo n i a l Empire. tR, T,M 8 manv CrvU-. d Beferesce j 8 German commerce! after the war. making a feature ot Qeitti» r 1 M uw materials wb ch are R Allies, and the consequent making the qy e ,t !On J r of the
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    LOOKING ROUND.
    1126 762 b —nwl briD B eid cf tbs w with all lortß the doings TDOM j!iIT wait» tho reilly how Ir-l-nd U* B < llb, C Mt dealt With in inffii pctK irl t gening worth while. to lk on the Western Front, Hto ths bt 7 ha “hole,
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    M.A.P.
    497 762 M.A. P. Dr. and Mrs. MaoGaskill, of Klang, are shortly leaving for Home, Mr, C. M. Harris, of Sendayan Estate, is now a prisoner in Germany. Lt.-Col. J. H. Tyte left on Friday night sn touio for Home via America, Mr. 8. A. Lane is appointed to act ae chairman
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    911 763 The Church Militant- A Hylam servant in the service of Archdeacon Swindell has been charged with being in unlawful poneiiion of a revolver without a licence. The Archdeacon teitified in accused’s favour that for the past three yearn he had been the beet servant he had ever had
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    Canadian Conscription.
    194 763 [Ruutub’b Teluguams London, May 4, 5.45 a.m. An Ottawa cable states that the tone of the Quebao in the laat few daya indicates a resignation to conscription in that province, but an incident in the House of Commons yesterday even more emphatically indicates the changed attitude of the
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    Kuala Lumpur Ricsha Strike.
    41 763 (Fro?zi Our Own Correspondent») Kuala Lumpur, May 6. The Ricsha pullers here went on strike this morning, the alleged reason being a Government order to change the position of their lamps to the side of the seat.
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    THE WEST FRONT.
    2897 763 [R'tttf, Sir Douglas Haifa Review ol It i. noteworth, th.t fi S h a“ g ,IBM the »11 German talk of th, kJL*]” h»i r.ni.hed from Germ,. «rrK,".' ,re bow people that no new Bed.n i, Ypre. i. w, .trong ..d stubborn; and after all Ynrw importance
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    The Austria Reichseat.
    486 765 [Eivtib-, An Amsterdam ported from Vienna that Vi* a I empowered von tJV 5 me»,era i. dne to th P»rl..ment to find that .tub. 2$ ’<* Th n ece ar io d£ci,i p Thereiumpt.onof the M i ch the’f'lfil^nt” 1 ch i i 'V < tbe dMi
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    BIRTH.
    11 766 t a# Paptai* No»* l F,fld Ar ill r7 |K*
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    AFTER THE WAR.
    994 766 .»*hivs a deadening effect **"*»reoo«nW tor adoption B,tß f i r p (l b>pi fortanitely, not w tbm will h a b«iu tM ,Bd no ha f f lllt Llr tt»po'«' *otioip*to. That 1 bit it ii rel,on for Oireful emitting onriiel«i or **L, to M y
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    Tin.
    19 766 Latest Quotations. bJ? i« qwted here to-day at 1176.25, business done, in Singapore (re- rt HW.W, bijtn hU.,*
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1312 766 The Number of the Table. Here is a variant e( the old dodge of the waiter who casta up the bill and includes the date. At a foreign restaurant in London, the bill when received was super-extortionate, The manager was sent for and glanced at it, e lt
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    Praise for the Lascar.
    425 767 [Eiutib’s Tblbgbamb] London, May 4. Lord Inchcape presiding at the Strangers' Home for Asiatics paid a high tribute to the splendid services and gallantry of native seamen during the war. The Home had provided comfortable quarters for torpedoed native seamen. Not many of our fellow subjects
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    THE WEST FRONT.
    775 767 [Bnwn’. Tii Mlai Sir Douglas Hsift Bit Dough, Haig report The French took a number ot during ,0.l night-fighting i. (J*" bourhood ot Loore. TMi, J* artillery work udlooal .ncoiMn,itM? ent points. w Aviation Report m* London, Miy I, 8:r Douglas Haig in his aviation m states
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    ECONOMICS AND LABOUR.
    465 768 [RiUTIb’B TlLlQßXlfe.] Liadir i Bioeptlon. London, May 6. At a Labour May day demonitration on Sunday, Mr. Ramiay Macdonald*! platform was itormed by a body of men, moitly discharged aoldiera, and only the prompt action of the police prevented them wrecking the platform. Mr. Ramiay Macdonald atarted
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    Political News.
    312 768 The Anti-Conscriptionists. An Appnl iw Unity. London, May 6. Mr. John Dillon and Mr. Devalera from the same platform on Sunday at Ballagaderein in Mr. Dillon's Constituency East Mayo addressed an anti-conscription demonstration of fifteen thousand, Mr. Dillon said that it the Irish people kept united and determined
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    Havas Service.
    211 768 Paris, May A. Tbe American labour mission comprehensive of many various elements of modern American life and thought, and representing a movement towards strengthening the Entente between America, France and Great Britain, arrived at Paris, when the mem bars were taken for a motor car drive through tbe
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    The Peace Offensive.
    696 769 [Eiutib’b Tilbgbamb] London, May 4. The newspapers d'icuiiing Germany’! p e .c P offe ß .if." reflect the determin.tion of the Britl.h netion and the Allie, to aee the war through and the impo.eibdity of their being doped into a peace which doea not fulfil the principle!
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    The Mahuts and the Elephants.
    708 769  -  [By Tom Wbigmt.] There was a great trumpeting among the elephants and I found that it had a meaning which I, as I lay bid and listening, could understand. Nay, Sah’b. I bad not been drinking.. It was as I say. They trumpeted and awoke
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    Teluk Anson Topics
    275 769 Oar Telak Amon correspondent trits Daring last month somewhat over 20$ si metres of rain fell her?, tbe biggest dots, pour being cn tbe first day of fa sou when 45 millimetres were registered. Ta temperature varied from 70 to 92 dagna daring the month. Bandry improvements
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    Good News from Kuala Lumpur.
    19 769 CFnK Our Th9 riki, t h h‘.w^‘ n> U miso m P 0 betn
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    Tin Output
    15 769 Tin Out p ut The output of Jflsoli for the month of A P r
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    HOLLAND AND GERMANY.
    265 770 RJrms Of E PACT liM T»e H.goe, M.y 5. fan of Uh* me« 8l 8® 18 DOt Tll frit prt‘ oß 01 811(3 that thB t* F a g in v deiired which were oriacoe ptibla BjeMuree, putf of transport which bad J&l7 bstwean Germany and m
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    The Singapore Bar.
    77 770 Oar Uwn Uoi respondent J Singapore, May 7. Bifore Sir John Backoill. Chief Justice, B,tlce Eodf D in rho Supreme bl! morning, Mr. F, M E hot, on MrEWT miDltte? »ppli'd that L J:,i fl!rb3 the list of IrtJin h o r zai has nc»ntly L u
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    Submarine Doomed.
    102 770 T ?or Evuar M., c Eo M,k '*wi“c? r :ri t h ,deoidtd Ktbof a V cb np ,0 co **J»| ««toed by lb it 8 t 0 ,o 2*’’ L ln n« mt -c 8 American *W,r. of n 1 Ut 11 wil?*b’.‘ The S* 1 5
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    Perak Chinese.
    837 770 The hon’ble Mr. Chung Tbye Phin was at home to the members of the Perak Recreation Club last Saturday on the occasion of the annual prize distribution of tbe Chinese Platoon, M V.L I. Mr. Oliver Marks, acting British Resident, after giving tbe prizesaway was interestingly reminiscent. He
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    The Alabama Claims.
    293 770 What was probably the most important settlement of tbe question of tbe rights of neutral countries to supply merchandise of war to belligerent nations occurred at Geneva in Switzerland forty-six years ago. The Alabama, a fast steam sloop, was built by Laird and Sjns of Birkenbesd for
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    Hotel Thiel Convicted.
    179 770 B fjre the Ciiminai District Judge (Mr, W. Lxngbam Carter) at Singapore, an Indian named Tasdsba was charged with theft in a dwelling, or alternatively rteming stolen property, of a gold p aca and a gold chain, tbe property of Mr Ma ir of the Europe Hotel,
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    Pearls From A Planter’s Diary.
    523 771 Aw»kened by obligato on tom-tom, Tecnoiqae ot op*» r.pidly becoming m.iterly, B» ct.icendo, in pwllcill.r, is fail of quality «nd timbre. A cold moromg. Dreeied bnni.dly, »nd »et out to muiter. The nen.l Monday Morning gloom apparent. Head Mandor reported three B.jiu tapper» abient without
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    Sea-Made Cheese.
    70 771 The incoming tide brought ashore, in the vicinity of the Old Fort, Tanjong Katong, 8 ngapore, several hundred rus’y tins of sterilised milk, probably from the stranded French mail steamer. A resident of the neighbourhood bad several of th*se tins opened, and found that whilst most of them
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    Siam At War.
    768 771 A Naw Ally in thb East. The situation that is now developing in the extreme East wi'l give Siam the chance for which she has been waiting since she entered the war in July last. Confronted with tonnage difficulties, she has bo far had to content herself
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    The Waterfall Gardens.
    368 771 In the repoit ot Mr. Birkll, Direct Gardens, he states that tbe position of the C nominee onjio, Utu year was a euro it credit ot >*****6 m revenue (or 1917 from the sale of pliati, almost »11 ornamental, being Uffiy largely due to Mr. Liwrie Bron’i
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    BIRTH.
    19 772 “J U.tertity Hoipit*'. Bi»»" A L t’b !»«<■■ Mr nd Mr P w a| 1 u‘B««» l31 D, ,On
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    THE TROUBLES OF QA NEIGHBOUR.
    840 772 T HE TROUBLES OF QA NEIGHBOUR. ,’jjjUHng P Ooloin’or ‘to fnlrowD or to offer advice «i;Xd” o koto prot..t ?d!X tb« ol B ag i!% st Mr. H. 0 Gollan, K.C., O' Ceylon from tb. I,tad. in pbr»« Tbi« L»gse is»° oloaely connected rJ lM t«et there wiled the Social
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    AN EXCESS OF ZEAL.
    887 772 Our Singapore morning contemporary has the following i Charged by Oapt, A. H. Chalmers, Senior Brarding Officer, with carrying 60 passengers in excess of his licence, Caph C E. Page, master of the Hai Mun, was on Friday afternoon convicted by Mr. Langham Carter and ordered
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1684 773 Cheapo*»* o! Living. Talk about war economy According to a newspaper account of the report of St. Mtry’| P Home, Singapore, for 1917, the fees "rimiin at *lB per annum with school feei Yet the management is anxious to hear of mora girls to fill up a few
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    Tin and Rubber.
    32 773 Latent Q**»** u*!* Tin (unrefined) i" <•’« »179.75. bn.ino.. don fined) ’'K,,. BOQtba. London at X3BO t inform Meear*. Bo.ateri' fcrWT on spot in received to-day. Plantation 1« Smoked obeei
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    THE LAND WAR.
    1692 774 ;s)rTn T^* WESTERN FRONT. despatches, London, May A P«'“ ?„*lXw"i' iM "«'‘’t' 4 **ssfr«“ de, p ita r ng I OO Oat ca! l e *^.X« bbwh do,L< on, ,i t* BlTer London, May 6. nidi «ootb of Loore. t K«I. froDt.. O.r m>l lory »wd the
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    The Singapore Bar.
    165 775 QFrwn Chur Own Correspondency Singapore, May 7. Bafore Sir John Bucknill. Chief Justic 9 and Mr. Justice Ebden. in the Supreme Court, this morning. Mr. F, M. E liot f on bphalf of the Bar Committee, applied that Mr. E M- Tozar be itruck off the list
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    THE WAR BY SEA.
    569 775 [Eiitbb’b Tiligbams.] THE FATI OF 39. London, May 6. An interesting account of the destruction of the German mine-laying lubmarine 39, has reached London from a Dutch correspondent. 39 was commanded by Otto Ehrentraut who was a close personal friend ot Prince Henry of Prussia and
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    UKRAINE PUZZLE.
    418 775 Tnneu^ GEIIMANY'S I AwiUtdn IL,, I German difficulties is |U r. I clearly brought out by I von Payer in the Bticbrt», ,*< I qaent debate. Ven P.,„ I the German» bed entered tk. r* I not merely for the parpen of IW I hut beoain they wanted
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