The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 12 June 1918

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    Masthead
    5 900 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION
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    BIRTHS.
    35 900 Hol-Oh Jin? 2, at the General Hospi* Ul,loftpore, to Mr. and Mrs, T. Hill, a taftUr. IWo-It the Maternity Hospital to-day to M% tod Mrs. Eloy 0. Misso, a daagiter. Cryion pipers please copy,
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    LOOJING EASTWARD.
    950 900 WrulTot uw f. om th, Wutsrn atta/».! 1 w °PP Or t»nity to refer wb i ch io ft, utl. ,Or ,he W>,lern Front Mkacfih D! aDe dec|f Vo military •aa-tirwi h.’ W r D °t Busnia Hen hlh? 10 1011 for «>|Ghrin A ny cod’d rfforJ in
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    M. A. P.
    565 900 Toe following passengers arrived here to-day; Mr. Mcß isn, Mr, Chua Bang Quee and Mr. J, W, Meehan. Mr. Justice L. M. Woodward and Mr. Justice P. J. Bproule leave on Saturday for Singapore for the Full Court of Appeal there. Dr, Wu-lienteh (the well-known Chineae bactinologist)
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      86 900 fjjfsirSts echo. ft xiil il&I rtBLISHED DAILY lWfl sit4»J> Mi P° bllc h011d5,,,) AT THE gntRION PRESS, LIMITED, SI, Beach Street, Penang, price: 180 per annum. Outstation Portage Extra. nA gdition (Port Free) •IS- per annum. ÜbUAddma: “ECHO PENANG.’ Telephone No». (Eoho) 58«. Printing Department 343, JJ-i hsidmi costnuDiCitioai «hould
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1102 901 Commons and CuiUw. Tu-j G b j Han of th} of ILm noons ondnr toe pientnc bureaucratic xex-ais aim! xb’y illustrated by the p.um bop eipreued by tne President of the Boi.d ot Trade that, although tna curfew order will not apply to it, be hoped that the
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    Some War News.
    205 901 [Ruwtib’b Tuligramb.] Haigs Baids. London, June 3 Sir Duuglas Haig reports I—Toe1 —Toe French repulsed r iide ro th of B-.iii ul Too total ot pri-on-’rs 'akyn in thy >u oet>sful eye at on of the 2nd June south-east of 8 Euz.de is 288. Thr-re wore vso
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    BATTLE OF RIVERS.
    969 901 ,DIU E m “"S"" Dt and to-d»y the A'.ne the .U, c k, Mcnb 1 I Mot da Cooi.j which tor th, 'St 11 recaptured. Ail other M '*M •ten the Ol.a and Ai,L .J* ot Moulin sou, Tour.m ~i > >•>. •be Germ.n, attempted hr iuL,.,'
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    ALLEGED FORGERY.
    1544 902 FUETHEB EVIDENCE. On resumption yesterday afternoon of tbe preliminary enquiry by Mr, 8. H. Langston in the Police Court into the charge of using aa genuine a forged document against Mohamed I am nil and K»ja Bee (his wife) the fallowing evidence was led, Solicit©*! Evidincb, Mr. D.
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    His Majesty King George’s Fund for Sailors.
    115 903 The Mon. W, C. Michull »>W Behr Co. “O •’Kinlo.s" w Per Penang Chamber of Oommeree Adamion Gilfillan A 00. iZd. 150 Sandilandi Buttery A Co. 150 Kennedy A Co. Pritchard A Co. Ltd. }5O Sime, Darby A Co, Ltd. J5O Kati Bros.
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    Penang Swimming Club.
    83 903 The June Monthly Midal Competition, 100 yarda hand oap for A Clans and 50 yardi handicap for “B Class, was held at the Swimming Club on Sunday morning with the following result A Chas. lat R A Hunt 12 secs, 2nd 8. A Yell Scratch. Sid C,
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    Man-Power.
    113 903 Conscbiption iob Hongkong. Toe Govarncr of Hongkong has received a telegram from the S ecretary of State for the Col mice elating that the propoaala of the Colonial Gjverament with regard to oonioription are generally approved but that the age-limit is reduced to 40 and the men conscripted are
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    Food Prices.
    723 903 Statement bt the Mirchantb, [To the Edito* or thi Straiti Timet,'] Sir,— -Since your correspondent, C. H, C., has hit the right nail upon the r ght spot by spying that before steps are taken to govern the local rice market, I suggest that the Food Control Committee
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    Teluk Anson Notes.
    394 903 QFrom Out Own following cases were heard h h. Buk, Magistrate, at Telnk Anion, ImL, Jadil bin Jabil,. a Benjaree of W. Datob, waa sent to jail for three nosthlv having been in poeaesaion of a lartsouit’r of clothing reaaonably inspected u hn b on stolen and
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    BIRTH.
    12 904 t .3it C o* boroo D P h M Brig df
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    MARRIAGES.
    40 904 Wmi-AP' 11 3 > D £t *•-**7?« ff 'T B H)Dgk 7j u" Li W.rf diO*“ lBr c( Jjfcn 'wr,J.ta o! c,l,toD| 1 Rimi-Mm»!» 23. it Folke- >‘““ I, 'r, a j«nck Cauoiagbam M.c(»dC.nl Service. Mr. »od Mre. ,C. F. jaintatow.
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    THE WAR POSITION.
    300 904 -•e (»f telegrams tb%t come littd make it pl *in t bat the moBt 08'nan forward off jnsive has been «Mtod. At what coat wo cannot say. fg i eoodsratioo of the general results •ftki 1918 fighting Cinnot ba very inspirit (or the enemy. The first great
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    PEOPLES’ FOOD.
    879 904 oa ’‘oitrtion oagut C3Q t tbe people L.’ e 1 ery “oo'b, Jrom tali. f cle “>lineu in do ,1 b'eithin<. That XT riS9 •'•">Xer T 3 b 6l b k9(i o. b‘ n b: Fdtdisic.l lit w 9I P ,3 '®rating who v?* Xb t 1 k'ms
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    Killed by an Elephant.
    228 904 WbLL-KmOWM HuNTBI MIITS His Dkatk. Sportsmen will read with much regret, says Ceylon paper, of tbe tragic drath of Mr, T. C. Wiggin, Superintendent of Minor Roads, N?ith Central Province, so well known as a successful buntjr of ropue elephant?. Thirty five rogue elephants bad fallen
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    Tin Outputs.
    315 904 Ratrut Basin 606 pikuls; Hours worked 612; treated 72,000 cubic yards output valued 158,000; working costs >ll,OOO. Rahman Hydraulic, 250 pikule. Tbe Ministry of Agriculture in Siam has bought between sixty and sevtn'y thousand bans of seed padi, at a cost of Toe. 610,000. This will be handed
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    M. A. P.
    484 905 M r H. W. Rip’*', director of agencies of thg Greit E starn Lt?, h onavi-it ti Peruoi?. e e Mbs BlackieOorlcff. Kuda m iko« a «bort stay in Taiping with Mr. and Mrs. A. L, Jumeaix.* Mr. P. Sootk-Falshaw, Government Veterinary Surgeon, Straits Settlements, has been
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    Tin.
    47 905 Latest Quotations. Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to day at 1162.50, business done, in Singapore (re. at |164, Lu iifloss done, (150 tons sold,) The mix'imum weight of each unofficial letter for the Indian Offices at Abadan, Ahwai or Mohamm rah ia limited to eight ounces.
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    861 905 “The Stuff io G ve Them.*’ For sheer c mm'nd m to the correspondent of the Daily Mail, who advocate, tout court, “L?t every cargo ship of more than 1,600 tons carry at hast two Germtn cfficeia with a guard, who will immediately sh ot them if the
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    Breach of Trust.
    300 905 Telugu Bbntincid. Mr. R. D Acton, District Jsdge, is delivering judgment in the case sgusst Appalasami for criminal breach ot trait os three counts in respect of $l2 75 on each count said that it was alleged by ths prosecution that the accused met certain coolies coming
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    THIRD AISNE BATTLE.
    454 906 [Bitt»’* T,t,o y*^ r posiu° n Rcv,eW r London, Ju° e fhe most i*t*Bf iC Oi y r«F»' ts i“' eb e Jt two d»p, but ~iM cler ij-dction tb»t the fi Vfi it» T checked. The 1 re .t% i‘ .odoobtedly ••/u’Toe riC‘P ;us M I
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    FRENCH PREMIER AT FRONT.
    514 906 [ElUTia’s TILIGKAMB,] AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE. Lndoc, May 31, The Times Paris correspond nt states that M. Clemenceau has just returned from the front where he had a narrow escape He had just left a o rtain point where be was smveying positions with a Gere-a 1
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    P.G.C. Tennis.
    45 906 To DAT 6 Til-’. D -übles Handicap A —Harris snd Preotis owe 15 v Rogers aud Styers owe 15. Mr-n’s 8 ogles Open—M D Rud y v E E Cnambers. Mod’s Singhs Handicap B—L M Evans >cr, v E A Swan owe 15,
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    ROYAL SILVER WEDDING.
    524 906 [Ruuth’b Tulugbams.] Their kajtities' Wishei. London, May 31. Great interest is being taken in he forth coming celebration of tbe Silver Wedding of Their Majesties wJeb is the first of such Cckbratioos in the cate of a reigning sovereign sioce George the Third. Tbeir Majesties are desiring
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    DARING DAYLIGHT BOBBERY.
    658 907 CONSIDERABLE PrOFERTT MUSING. A very daring robbery took p’ace yesterday morning at 14, Church Street, the residence ot Mrs. Chung Thye Pnia (Nonia Ihoo Joo Bee) when two Hylams, one of them a oock in the houiehold, effected an entry into the house and disappeared with b
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    Kuala Kangsar Malay College.
    1104 907 Farbvvsll to Mr. W. Hargrbavsh, Frw men in the F M.B. C vil Service have better ea the lasting gratitude cf the permanent pupu atioa of this country than Mr, William H*rg:eavt s, m a. who has just ret red from the beadm-uteiship of trie Kuaia
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    Q. M. N. G.
    77 907 Penang Womii Wobi«* Amount p evlcusly |7,301 »1 acknowledged Y. W. C. A. 10C0 Mis. Oxsnbam M W. Mrs C D. D. Hogan M i. Dodds IOC» Mmibtenng Child en s L ‘B m. K. A. B. H. G. 8. D. R. L. 15(4 K.A.S. Hoepit»!
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    REQUISITIONING LOCAL TONNAGE.
    5146 908 *****13 fi rP*)BTI GofiBMMIMT AcTIOM, U5B noting of the members b^o Commerce wai Ard.y .«««»000 (”re.«dent) tn «be cba.r Mr. 5 A I. present were Col. I: other »mb.r P M( j Mitchell, lli W B 8 Ttorne nd Tw i. Fell Ad msoDl I if. LU).
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    Destroying a Document.
    294 910 Acoubib Committud job Tbial The preliminary inquiry into the charge against a Tamil Manikam for destroying a valuable security to wit a promissory note for 1295.92 was concluded yesterday afternoon before Mr. 8. H. Lingston when the accused was committed for trial at tbe next As-izes. Mu»Un,
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    Malayan Trade.
    98 910 The .umm.rj cf Import, tod Eiport. for 1917 reschu u. from tbe Gu.erninent Printer, «nd from it we eitr.ct the following figures:— B Impobti. Colo Dy... $450,008 519 Federated Malay States 17 226 526 Non-Federated Malty 8 ates Totftl $467,880,660 X‘54.586 u 77 The total for 1916 was
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    TO-DAY’S TOPICS.
    887 911 F rat ia importancp, toe position on tbe road to Pirii. Ai expected the German oumm.nd ba. made determined effort to extend the M»rne lahent towards the weit, «bell the Pirii-Soiiiom road hee. Io e.t mating the feat of the enemy in making a ailient twenty mil.» deep
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    The Old Question.
    365 911 [To Tai Editoi or th Biraitt Echo Dear Sir, Having read the letters of “One who want! to Go” and Sympathiser’s” reply to bis initial letter, I consider that One who wants to Go” might let us have the facts of his case. He solicit! "Public” help
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    M. A. P.
    412 911 Col. A, R. Adams n i r a. confioEdtibisbouie. u:, Mr. R. N- Lewi» nf n*. to join th. Indi.o Amy C ß. e l,!;;“ a >J“ 4 g Cl Manning wflltje p-oc«d>n g Mr. J. Rutherford, liildiuW. Batat Kedab, ii proceeding HoanL-ta to join the Army.
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    475 912 G o t io the following I—'°»1' 1 t tb ,t th» >cbeme neoded by the Sf o“ “‘’’s' la .cc-pted by the i MS. 1«?. h* 4 th »t the .ppointment ot j.nn®"' puot Pbyiiologiet, and t Mycology h«d been W tbeie .ppomtment. were piro r.d. ne
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    THE THREAT TO PARIS.
    874 912 [Riutss’s Tbligbxms RHEIMB IN DANGER, Londe n, June 5, The fluctu&'iig cbaraeter of the battle was strikingly illustrated yesterday. There was every reason to hope that the enemy was held, but be madesnilher desperate effort between the Aisne and Ourcq, apparently endeavouring to outflank Villers Cotteret,
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    Death of Mining Magnate.
    40 912 Mr. Chow Kai of Ipoh (From Our Own Ipoh, June 7. The death has taken pl*c* with startling suddenness of Mr. Ohow K%i, millionaire mine owner and late president of the Perak Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
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    London Rubber Market.
    28 912 (From Our Own London, May 31, The prices in the I ondon Rubber Market to dav were: Pale Crppe 2/2 Diamond Smoked Sheet M 2/1
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    Tin.
    149 912 Latest Quotation*. Tin (uorefined) is quoted here to day at 1160.50, business done, in Singapore >l6l, told 150 tone. Mr. H. T. Morecroft, of the Straits Trading Company, Ipoh, has atvered bis connection with the fiim, He left for Sjuth Africa a couple of days ago, Wd are glad
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    THE TONNAGE PROBLEM.
    531 913 [RivTia’a Telxgramb.] FIGURES FOR MAY. Loudon, June 5. The Admiralty announce that 197,274 t)EB of merchantmen were completed in May compared with 111,533 in April. Lord Pirie comments on the satisfactory output that great credit is due to the whole industry especially to firms engaged in fitting
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    KEDAH NOTES.
    1186 913 (PVwn (her (fan Corr&yMndentJ Alor Star, June 5, Tne approach of the fasting month is burryii.g up the League matches, wbi;h the League Committee purpose to finish before the sacred Bamthan commences, as no good Islamite would entertain the idea of playing football during his puasa. According to
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    P.G.C. Tennis.
    43 913 S.Ttr»».’'* T T y i-« M n Double. ,ud Winfield owe 3d owe 15. v Wat* 1 Man’s 8 ngle Op- C AW Harries. Men’. 8 ogle H.nd.c*P B;. g vOA D M owe 15 t C B“*‘b o’* Boimeu owe
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    Free School Sports.
    452 914 r afternoon offered w.th bj tne ont afternoon ‘tc'fnd h ead, of tbe toe k,eDl? C ,e ’h'l -.,j J** 1 -a out *ro adtn he og bod» of < C? '< t*‘r. Mr.Ptnborn ‘■'■‘«'’d/M.Btowo to pre.ent ne M ««notUi" »»»r ind.vidu.l u^-- 0 d f e
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    To Go or Not to Go.
    603 914 [To Thh Editob or Ths Strain Echt] Dear 8 r, In reply to Captain McCulloch One who wants to go,” is class A, bat is also a Government official. His part of the service being short-handed is the cause of not beicg allowed to
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    The Rubber Position.
    820 914 Soul FaCTOM IN THU SITUATION. Tne following informat.on which we have obtained by enquiry in re table quarters gives we Proe Preir) consider a sound represi matiou of some of the main facts in regard to the rubber position, particularly locally. There are In London stocks of
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    Church Army Recreation Tents.
    84 915 During the German offensive in March and April, 100 Church Army Centres were lost and there is now a special need for more recreation tents. Bubscbiption List. Penang Tent No. 2 prev. acknowledged* 11,256 Mr H C Maas 50 Hon W 0 Michell 50 Colonel F
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    Penang Rural Board.
    148 915 Quabtublt Mrrtimg. The quarterly ratting of the members of the Penang Rural Board was held yesterday afternoon at the Land Office, There were present Mr. A. Cavendish (Chairman) in the chair, Dr. J. Gray, Mr. G. C« G. Muller and Mr. Cnee Kok Fee (Secretary), The minutes
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    Penang Hunt Club.
    179 915 Tl.cin Hunt C ub r du to-mirrew, mee* aid fiai*»h at BuJington—of Hunt Club fame —at 7 a.ro, where Mr, John McN ill will be at '‘Home” to the riders and friends. A d a lightful little bit of folk lore was dropped in the Liverpool police
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    Penang Share Market.
    663 915 Penang, June 17, 1918. The following is Msssrs. Lean A Co’s Wei-siy Markit R port, Wuile Rubo r .s easier, the Sha e Market since cur last Report ricirds on y few changes in quotit.oni and, a.though Actual business s.i 1 continues on a very limited tcale,
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    France's Day.
    565 915 leT ”EwToi Wlß|£ Dear Sh, The letter rf 1918. from te Dlre^,’S G.rra,,, e0 lBe ■T° j 1 i,w r 1 »»d -b c« u k.od y fi cd pK I.*/»!, decided to hold oo B.t«d«, A? next (Fr.oce’.D.n ul' kl Fnnob W.rOr P b’o.‘ IneO.g.oiter of th.
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    The Handy Ford.
    233 916 Biilluit Work at Biat. t. tu delays of thfl reat G e J® an aae tbe Canadian Motor JLieGan Corps dil heroic work, and fined apecial mention from tbe L2 4ir of tbe Brideh Army which Jfit Ul brant c! the wonderful retiremL (April 5 jennl hum
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    Holland And Germany.
    92 916 Tu TuclTmg of Histort h’UDf v March 28, k &Csfid c° mem our of r c ted°r ber ,k 3 H 13 his courtrycf d tiat J »ttet a) m ?B'ug to wia the War l|4, l«ctaen2 n t,;e i,D P°it»nt for ‘°?f 0 Wuat being th.
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    Alleged Forgery.
    675 916 Both Accdsid Dischargxd, The pre miovy enqu.ry into toe case against MouimeJ Isms and K»j* B»* 3 for us ng as g-ru.t.® a fo.ged documsnt, to wjt, a d'-ed t convAjanca purpoiuog to conv®v certs, n lar d to tnerr, was resumed yesterday afternoon by Mr. 8. H
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    London Rubber Market.
    29 916 (i'ro/4 0 ’<r Own, Cot respondentC) L iDdou, June 3. The prices in the London Kaubtr Market to»dav were: Pale Crepe 2/11 Diamond Smoked Sheet 2/OJ
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    Burble about Babies.
    890 916  -  (Br lom Wbi,it) Do not accept quit» without question these now prev* ent a»aeit one toat toe War tai changed eva.ytbing For example, toat the Quietist is extinct, Ind ffsreuce impotiib.e, and ail m 4 n de ply bitten wah a sense of Rei poD s i
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    Hongkong’s Subsidiary Coin.
    213 917 The report on the Hongkong B’ue Book states: —The currency of the Oolonv consists, in addition to the notes of the Banks, of British, Hongkong, and Mexican Dollars and of subsidiary coin, which continued at pai throughout the year. The total issue of subsidiary coins, less those
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    Weld Quay Murder.
    187 917 BIX PIHBONB CONCERNED, A murder occurred at atont 10 40 last night resulting in a K ing tongkang man named Mohamed Abdul Bthmin, who wjs alleged to have been (truck with a heavy piece of stick by one of six persons, dying io the hospital this mo>n<ng
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    A Charterhouse Brother.
    279 917 The death of an o.d Caarterhouse Biotber was irqured into ata City inqu'-s’ the dreeaeed being Frink Wiliin Wilson, teventy-pifcht, for tb.rty years an arch;, teutural draught-mar; Taken ill in tne Barbican on Ap.il 2, he died in St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. He had occupied two rooms at
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    Paper Clothes.
    132 917 If the price of materials persists in its mad upward tendency, we shall drift toward that Boche-iospired production, paper clothes. A suit, in an ordinary tailor's, now costs anything from JJ6 to double, and even treble, that figure. Paper materials, it appears, are making their appeararce, the price
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    Alleged Breach of Trust.
    160 917 Govkrnmint Bmutant Charged. Bef re Mr. R. D. Acton this morning A. Sinoatamby, assistant finarciil clerk of the Indian Immigiation Office, was arraigned on a charge of c immal breach of trust as a pub io sei vant in reepect uf $45 57 on June 7,1918.
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    DUTCH SHIPPING.
    450 917 R, w«’e Tnr (lat learns that the G-rm.^ I enrytbipg pcis.b.e to ■2cu ;ng tbe supplies which tbe a H; 4 placed It dispcul ctUAn/.,"' UUngover of Dutch sbippkA 4 m connection with an steams Ksnnemerland to go u n' With suppnea, on condition tbu vessel ssi.e from
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    BIRTH.
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    THE WAR NEWS.
    1758 918 .lack epall ol several days in A ‘“Li the dimmed stream has broken vh-eh was asaumedly someL*b now in full occttrMi in the p..tengendered f(i th»t lomething b»i g 3 ,e J la the field ®»d b b d Dew £V»g held up. The fear proved .oiadlMi
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    M. A. P.
    559 919 Oal, A, R Ad*ms is W *B*'° a^‘G to attend to h.s duties to d*y. Mr. B, E Mitchell h, wo are sorry to say, an inmate of the General hospital.* Mr D A. M. Brown, Official Handicapper, left by’ the mail train this morning to attend
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    THE THREAT TO PARIS.
    1135 919 [Riutkb’b Tuligkimb.] Astrids the Aisne. London, May 31. Router’s co-respondent at French Headquarters jnjSlbt M*y) says: There is no sign of relaxation of German pressure. The enemy on the right in spite of the most gallant resistance wss able to pu.->b out bis line north and
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    A SECOND MARNE.
    1461 920 [Reuter's Telegrams.] koodoo. June o. kain? redded with uuTH b*t: e nb=‘ Z Tfie strategic situation u de»e:op">« into <(ii>»M«» 618 o! f r K rc t6r j.r.*4 B*'“‘, pi,, t Tbe newspapers .beextraordinary nature ,r!W< m Pin faati. bat point out uratbe advantage to-day ’'lkl9l4 There
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    Tin and Rubber.
    71 920 Latest Quotations. Tin (mrefined) is quoted here to>day at |159, business done, in Singapore (refined) at Sl6l, business don?, (125 rocs -old) and in London at £319 spot acd at £349 three mon: hs. Messrs. Boustead Co. inform us th t the following were the quotations for
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    HUN SAVAGERY.
    1259 921 [Rxutke's Tklxgbams Church &nd Hospitals. London, M*y 31. In compliance with the British promise no A’lied aerial attack* were made yesterday throughout Rhineland, but the festival of Corpus Christi at Paris, which city, as the Wutminiter Gazette remarks, is certainly not leas devout—putting it-j claim at its lowest—than
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    Menglembu Lode Syndicate.
    233 921 Extxaoidikabt Mxitih The adjourned extraordiwry meeting ct the shareholders of tka embu Lode Syndicate, Limited, vuS the effioeof Meisrs, Brows Phillips this afieiroon. There were pni-t y.-. W. H. Thorne in the chair. B N and R P. Phillips (representing tbe taries, Messrs. Browa Phillips and StevaTho
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    The Share Market
    116 921 Tlo following ia M. wr,. A. A. Anthonj »d U-M* ,Ureli.t.- Yet)eritJ M sill Rubber. a 0• t im 135 1* Jeram Kuantan MalakaPinda L*J W k Perak River Valley 2.00 “I o*** 0 15U S’® Deebook 516 V 7 Kampong Kamunting 3< Katoo Deebook „33 9
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    Penang bisley.
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    The Produce Market.
    253 922 Guthrie's Huboer Report. Singapore, June 7. Owing to heavy arrivals from Java, the quantity of Rubber catalogued for the weekly auction which commenced yesterday was unusually large—l,4s3 tons, In consequence of the heavy (fi rings, buyers were disposed to hold iff and prices suffered a somewhat severe
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    The Volunteer Ordinance.
    97 922 The G maral OflLar Commanding the Troops, with the approval of the Governor, has made the followmg regulation under the Vo unteer Or I ins nee 1888 Non cjmmirs'oned (ffij’rs, o’her than tho-e of the permanent stiff, af’er n t le-s than six yea s’ service in
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    The Late Chow Kai.
    712 922 A Romantic Carihb The l.mtB of Malaya has the appended acciunt cf to.s (st.mable PtukTuwkay, wlo dad Midd *d yf ox haemorihage of the brain cn F<.day at Ipoh. Toe l.fe cf Mr, Chow Kai w e as romantic as any that has yet b en
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    The Stiawan Rubber Plantations Ltd.
    869 923 AnMUAL M««T1KO. Thu eighth annu.l gevril of tbe shareholders o! the Sn-.w-.n Bobber Plantation. Ld. was b“''l 0 B’gistered Office of the Company..No.,2l, Baacb S-reet, Prn.ng, on S.turd.y 8;h June. 19 8, Mr. Feme. Bel’.rprrei Hog. Other doctors present were i Messrs. J. W. Hunt,
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    Penang Hunt Club.
    178 923 The Hunt Club ride y?iterday morning was quite a pleasant one. The course extended to as far as Glugor House where a halt was called with the view of the riders taking a look at the surrounding beautiful scenery. From there a turn was made in the
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    Malaya's Chariable Funds.
    127 923 Over Seven Million Dollars. The Ag. Sac. to the High Commi sioner sends u? a list of vatioui private sub c iptions rdaed in the Clo y and F,M 8. to March 31st 1918, for pu pons ccnnecled with the war. He B>ys i Toe C’lonid Office
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    War Tax Ordinance.
    89 923 Under the previsions of the Wn Tix O.dmance, 1918, toe C ;vernor in C rune 1 has been pleased to appoint the following gentlemen to advise the Col eitors in fixing aesessmmta w thin the Sett'ement of Penang, Messrs. A. 8. Anthony, Messrs. Ahmad Oibman Merioan, Messrs.
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    King Edward VII. Medical School.
    207 923 The f.,r w; =e horn. Ex.aio.u ejinunm-. C;de tf Ml k 1. roo tree B -ne o W.. t i T.y SnoW ion, 4 H o Cti.H,?.®* 1 J- Cne ßM V.D.i.r.XVI Y.og Kne wB.Tm S H- t L n, 10. N. H. Perera U
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    “Have a Drink” Tabooed.
    251 923 Sib C. Monio’s Obdii. Bombay, March 2! The Commander-in-Chief is last year issued a circular is which *ho expressed hie displeasure st t e new custom of < fficera treating on another in their own mess, and gin» opinion that it wou d be to the
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    United Malaya Council.
    5020 924 u M. »O’ *^7V B "U«i«p r^3t ,ITe 1 5,-Ht L Jji ,ttbe r y? 1 M Mv 2»‘l> K d inrutfoo WM addressed to W- T t uin “.MiMioM. P‘»‘ n f 3l ‘r» dJ co id r °Vhfl C-*® f thiir functions. dhe SU of
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    BELATED NEWS.
    1326 926 Before the year 1870 this Colony was dependent upon mails brought by shipsfor all its news, and it was not till the Madras cable was laid that we were 11 brought into communication w.tb India and the rest of the world.” It may be a blessing to be
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    M. A. P.
    540 927 Captain S C R-Hhs b»s been promoted to Major, 2ad/Litu’. Hunt of the P, V, h promoted to be Lieutenant. Mr, B. 0. Wilmot, of Sungei Rinching Estate, is buying in Singapore for a few days. Mr. H. W. Jones, Executive Engineer, P.W.D., Pahang, is expected in
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    THE THREAT TO PARIS.
    2248 927 [Reuter's Telegrams.] allied STHIMGT HEsaa French oommsnqtii Nsi. 3 "i"w" didier ,nl we.t ot Nojon l, i ■ucoeß.fui coup, ds m.k t k b!w north of the Aisne. WebvA*^! 4 1 captured th} village of FonUnay. South of the 13,'. ho Ouucy and the Mam, J™*
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    SEA AND AIR WAR.
    538 929 [Reuters Telegrams.] American Coast Attacked. London, Jone 5. American official Germtn eubmirioM hire iunk ie.er.l h'j.pi off th® americ.n French Con.ul.r Td-gr.m (J»ne7) of the attacks on the American Cuau a A msssge from Washington says that German submarines attacked and «ink fifteen eteamers in American
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    GENERAL WAR NEWS.
    596 929 [Reuteb’s Telegrams] Result oi Check. London, Jane 2. Peacatalkia again infull xwieg in Germany. Tne Kreuz Zeitung aid Vorwaerte both urge the Government pub'ic’y to state its war aims. The Kreuz Zeitung says that the demands shou.d be coufintd to safeguarding Germany’s vital intens e. German military
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    GENERAL NEWS.
    432 929 [Bnm*, Tn***. The Honours U lt A Gazette announces tbs U-m’’ ofD M ‘k 8 PriV HR J T^ moreforB P sciil 10 C DeCtlOn Wlt Mr. Montagu. Knighth.odi on Mr. L. P. Wat.cn of badbikari. Vice-Chancellor of tbs University, Doctor Nilratin Calcutta, Gordon Fraser tf Midru masji
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    THR BRITISH FRONT.
    1296 930 [Reuter's Telegrams.] inc London, June 7. JtD’' 1 1 Im h th T" F ol Loera by no g ..koz pri“ oner fcW V l :t t 1» us B!r,,,tle ,eotor 10 d y UIUkM P n,,Mr Jane 7. Hile reports iWe raided a M U. BaU
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    P. H. Billiard Tournament.
    253 930 We append the result of the draw for the Billiard Tournament under the auspices of ihi Parish Hall:— Finglb Handicap, First ties:—Rv L M Duvelle (—10) bye; JW Boy e (—100) bye A P Foley (-25) bye; C C Stewart (-10) bve L de Souza (—4O)
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    London Rubber.
    27 930 (From (Fir Oun Coireepondent,y L >i>dou, June 7. Toe prices in the London Barber Marie! to»day were: Pale Crepe 2/l| Diamond Smoked Bhtat M 2/0
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    A. C. S. Sports.
    439 931 A Great (Success. Ths annual uports of the Anglo-Chinese Bibool ware hold on the H M.gil'ne Bud where tlnro wn I"K® attendance cf .peotztoi». The weather was all that could be expected but the ground was not in sery good condition owing to the recent rain,
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    Malayan Staples.
    73 931 The expoits of Rubber for th i first quarter of 1918 were:—P?r*k 8346 tins, Bslangor 8843, N-gri B‘mbilan 4496, Pahang 429. tot*l 22,116 tuns against 20 333 fi quarter tf 1917. Tae tin figure weift: l’e ak ora 116,785 pik.,' tin 4886; 8e tngor 44 701 ore, 12,226
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    Tin.
    35 931 Latest Quotationn. Tin (in etined) is qaoted here to day at 4153.50, befliatss dune, in Singapore (refined) at 1154 54 told 200 tons and in London at £335 spot and at £385 three Booths,
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    Malayan Charities.
    851 931 Li of r' mbic p- ors ra sed in the Bn.u Be'- r® nts Mal»y State for pJ r c r. cei w IQ t r i e w 4 r ib wng the fcuiis cv.>cud up to the 81st March, 1918. A 1 op ane and Motor
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    FREE OR FAIR TRADE.
    1014 932 JShaTom in ‘ha tea-cup C«F‘;"L" ‘iocd di’cmio»' on m.u--*«io' “n 1 ><q ai a ft-. f tIX «(tempt io rnV3 fct i;i;p3(» toe^“ o U cb qaettion tee 1,11 ?""1 wdb.o <ne t-. f-r W 'J tM AUi«‘. di.eri.nmd.oß tr*i« mi alien». protective duties u*m enemy
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    Weld Quay Murder.
    205 932 Estate Managers Evidence. Toe enquiry into tie death of M btm'd Abdul Rihiman, u t >nkk»ug cco i who dhd an tbo ie»u tof a woui d iccaivcd on his hea I was held tbR morning e*ore M'. 8. H Liogston. Rangco Faty* Singh, Jak<t Bmgb, Surgan
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    928 932 [Rbutbb’s Tblegbamb] The Perfect Man, dr.e Bishop of New Guinea, who Lag ordained to tne pr.eßtbocd a Dative of New Guinea—tbe first of b i rate to be ordained deacon—states that co sicgle moral fault has ever been recorded against the man. His Place ia not Hit Palace.
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    CHINA'S SORROW.
    267 933 CIVIL WAR Shanghai, June 4. The northern troops lave devastated Hunan and burned down the town of Liling and lacked Packing. The contrast is very marked between the d.fficuity of the British mission obtaining a guard and a staff officer spontaneously protecting a German. Wherever the troops pass,
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    NEWS FROM FRONT.
    552 933 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] CHIEFLY HAIG. Fcch’s Views Lordon, June 8. An impoitant article on st ategy by General Foch is published in to day’s newspaper The Field. G neral Foch ngues that modem war, in order to arrive at its end cf imposing its will on the enmy,
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    WAR NEWS.
    445 933 [E.wn 1 TruU/ 55 Ih Dutch Ship,. The Am.terdim ttaddfiM? G mao eif a cone uct cf it e u., 10 the Zai djk tectori. conclßiioa to the DuciQ..’ ‘gretroenfc, It belitvei tbit n tlß now dipped her tafiier vessels constructed in HUI u d w rial from
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    WESTERN BATTLES.
    1764 934 [Reuter's Telegrams.] iiaHirao B’”" j.iLl on 2nd Jan3e*ys: L hour'of ‘C.ley.nety of ->•" m.L oo b’ s ichsd t the "’ll toe front nc” ••»<”»<• ,end9 C J f I-»:?'' 111 j, becune tba .rnvil of r» hu iiiffeoed the line to a uJo'.-Ji-n j clS iy poll
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    NEWS IN GENERAL.
    587 935 [Kkutre’B Trlbgbams,] Aviators. Loudon, J one 4. Ths of Lahmr, Mr. Roberts, addre?? ng Q ipen Ma'y's W me a Auxiliaries at Bneffi-ild, annou-jced tbit later on there would be women aviators and he thought that they would make very good aviatc>«. Speaking generally in connection with
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    Alleged Forgery.
    1210 935 The pr-dinoiovy ppqu ry in‘o the case agun-t Maidin M*la r eah, who ia •charged w:th u-mg as genuine a f irged docum-nt, wag bagun this morning b-fore Mr. tT H. Langdon. Tne SJic tor-General, Mr. A, B. Vooles, prosecuted, and Mr. J. Crabb-Watt appeared on behalf of
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