The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 12 March 1919

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  • 22 1 The Straits Echo. MAIL EDITION. Single Copy 40 cts. (IS PER ANNUM. Vol. 17 Penang, March, Wednesday b 2, 1919. No, 11.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 176 2 <fc c, V'a THE c jC “STRAITS ECHO” 7/9 S MAIL EDITION. g —lBOOO 0008— {STpb c UA ys Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, jta Mr and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the /L? daily issues, as well
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  • 16 316 To Mr. and Mrs, Fred. J. Dxrby of 8 Gettah Eitstc a daughter March 3.
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  • 765 316 Oar Singapore morning contemporary, the Frw Prttt, is quite reasonably concerned aboil the expediency of everything possible being does to redoes to a minimum the rliki of farther epidemics of inflaenii, From Ila inue of the Brd instant we learn that at a meeting of toe Munioipal
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  • 462 316 In aucther part of this issue we publish a report of the dings at an interview, in the Government Olfices t -lay, between Mr. Ckyton, Deputy Food C ntroller, Commander Macintyie, an i Mr. Qiah Bring Kde and a number of the principal Penang rice merchants. As
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  • 209 316 A large circle of friends in the FM 8. and the Colony will, we are surp f cordially j )in with us in wishing to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Welham (who left here by the P. 0. liner Nellore about thirty-six hours ago) bon voyage, and speedy recovery
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  • 162 316 Good News fob Planters, In giving publicity a day or two ago to a notification by the Buperintendent of the F.M.S himigration Depot in Ntgapatam, advising planters that the Government of Madras has cancelled all restrictions imposed on the free emigration of labourers to Malaya, and adding that
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    • 104 316 Cie straits €cbo. IO A >|k. jp£p3ltfX9B E 2 D DA AXs IT (Except Snniajs and public holidays) AT THB CRITERION PRESS, LIMITED, 99, Beach Street. Penang. Price s Dally Local *BO Per annum. Outstation Poatare Extra. MaU Edition (Post Free) 018 per annum. Cable Address: ECHO PENANG.” Tslsphons Nos.
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  • 541 317 The Bev. William Oro** re'u ned to Biogspore from Penang Saturday. The Hon. Mr. F. 8. J*®"’ aM Mr*. James have retimed to Singapore from A telegram has been rsoeived in Hong kong mwo-kHM that O»pt Boyd Air Toro*, has been demobilised. Me will return in a tew month*.
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  • 400 317 fßiuTia's Tili®^ mi J TffiS LEAGUE OF MATIONS. Pre.ld.Etß Pwdictlon WMhißgtos, Fabr.MJ 27. Prendeßt Wil.ob di.BB.Kd tbs Igg*' N."ob. U 1.3. U w>»b U” F.r.ig» B W'»»' OommilUe «I Coßgten whom be*°’ d ..leu the United Stet,. «Btered th. Imm*. ««Id ««’I «4 <*“• rM,lt U Europe.
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  • 498 317 [Einn'i Tuliubams] THS GOVERNMENT Vi£vr t London, February 27. At the Labour Oonferenoe Sir Robert Horne invited the Conference iratly to ova. aider unemployment which was considerable and growing. But ba wa* not disquieted about the future fer soon there would be do lack of employment. In regard
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  • 57 317 The sittings of ths Public Services Sall* ties Commiteion, held for the purpose of takirg evidence, came to a con elusion in ths Bnprcma Court, Singapore, on Friday afternoon, and the members of the Commissio® will now sontinue the drafting of their report. Tljey have taken evidence drj
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  • 538 318 rßivTin'o TuliqbamsJ OtplUl Nurly liolaUd. Berlin, February 27, I Vba FsmwrAs Zeitung publishes report® 1 Xrtia brown coal district ha. extended, fill" ii to» «toto of rebellion and much I •rop.rtyh.ob.en do.treyed The BarlinHallS'Wsimar railway i. badly damaged and Yaffil on it to completely at a standstill.
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  • 688 318 A Woman’s Vibws, A correspondent of The Pioneer writes I wjuld like to express my views as a woman on tie cruel treatment of families out here owing to the inorcass of passages In my own case I have to take Home three sons for eduoation—one or two
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  • 180 318 In the course of the debate in the Heuas of Commons on new methods of raisin» revenue it was pointed out that the Empire possessed the main portion of the world’s Wh m lf d T ,tped b 7 national fishing fhet, would produce 10,000,000 tons nhi
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  • 351 318 SußFcaiPTiou List Closis Mabok 18. Messrs. Kennedy 4t Co. inform us that in view of the unavoidable delay in Issuing the prospectes of the Scottish Asiatic Company L m ted (Brian Bice Mills), and owing to the number of applications for shares by small Malay Investors, entailing
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  • 603 319 arrangements for NEXT quarter. Mr. B J. B Clayton, Focd H °Mr‘ Iroller, Cruder D. C. end Mn Qtah Bang Bee received twenty nee' of Penang Ibis »<* B,D ,B cfficei to duoiss nnd make the B8M J arrangements for the import l Bnrmth dering the secend
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 387 319 [To thk Editob or THi Slroifs KcAe 8 'When comm.nn»g on P ir I d,r <• 8.01. l Mntter.," in .pita of ‘J’ it «a. penned with ‘ho be.l »t intention., I ,m «orry I o.nnot help writing L“t. dip,l the notion, th.» I pjw.r of di.orimin.tion .nd
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    • 184 319 (To THB Editoi or THB Btraiie Echo 1 Bir, J 1 enclose a copy of a htter just to hand f’om the War Office, London, and weald iB k you to publish same Lr the intoi mation of your readers, 1 sm, Bir, Eoars faithfully, Fbidbrio
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  • 430 319 Full Text of nis Abdication Decree. An exact facsimile of the Kaiser’s Abdication Decree as published in the Batavia journal Het Niemua Van Den Dag reads as follows Ich verzichte hierdurch fur alle Zukunft, auf die Rechte an der Krone Preussen unddie damit verbundenen Rechte an der deautschen
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  • 1616 320 erquiry was adjourned until to-day,— Malay Mail, planters charged. The e»a»>ry reeimed »t the Fulios Oo«rt oa Siturd.y l»»t into the cberge ot onmiral breach of trust pre- C J Tgain.t A. B. MvCall.», D. Thrall.» and G. A. Brow, all «"t.i r.oenth e.pl.yed on B.pog
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  • 1597 320 Mr Zicharias concludes his article ae fol owe Hitherto the bulk of the educational work in this Peninsula has been done by private bodies and the State has been content to pay them back about a thiid of what that education cost. This is clearly not right
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  • 25 321 18 a| follows i—Mill 1K Pi«„) Eitimshd nip ««xr? C m 62 caUieß P’Ov’e 78 v 1 > n* Uiee Yml to Company »290
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  • 6 321 FrAin 1912 Ckop® *><•» hM
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  • 1295 321 LIGHT ON THE BATTLE 10YAT, ON WELD QUAYTmi Clashin® of Ln, l !M( ind Cku Bibs, Before Mr, 8, H. Lsngston yesterday afternoon the quiry was oontinaed into ths charge gainst fitty»one Chmeit—ten of Lae dan, twenty-seven Limi f ten Okewi, one Oj. one Gjb one Ohesh
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  • 1036 322 Before Mr* 8. H. Lmgston in the Police Court yesterday afternoon the preliminary enquiry into the charge against Lee Onio, o£ tne murder ot Cnew Yaw Pang as a result of the fight in Wold Quay on February 22* was begun, Court Inspector Nicol conducted the
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  • 171 322 BF.P. Mr, J, D. local manager for the Oriental Telephone ard Aieatric Co, Ltd,, bis received a cablegram from hie directors, intimating that the new Exchange apparatus will be shipped from America on 15th Match, Allowing six we*ks on thi water, and six months for instaLiag, with a few
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  • 103 322 The Banjkck Timet, in ynMisbiog Rdiitionat supple! by Ih? D n«rtuient of Public Health showiog tbe iff c.s of Lflirna* io Siam fieri’’? the four months Sfpiembi r to D'c nabri 1918. say? These are ail new fixure**, It new anpr>ars, therefor?, that in 45 out of
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  • 269 323 —MM. KUALA lumpub proposal. The qieitloe of ths adriiability cf in. trodueing the Hoerning or registering Atobitcets was discussed at lomfl t raoeut msetieg of Mui* Lemper baeit 1 Assitaut Government Architect inbBitted a memorandum and proowded nplaiu it dtUil Ue prinoipei poioti oa coming inte force tf
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  • 236 323 At the anneal general meeting of the Malacca Ph nt or s’ Association on Send ay test the Chairman, ths Hon, Mr. J. W. Cambell, in the coarse of bls address drew attention to the impcrtint matter of the supply of rice to estates. He saidi The
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  • 39 323 To-day 1 Quotation». <,,ottd t 0 IkFT?* W,U p “>i. ye. r y fa*. mb a di.Mter bu b ppned. Ta. Kum. «m relying on Ihl. riot.?.. re lo ,U 1 ,k <> Berlin Plt 0,1 ki UU Em
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  • 620 323 Ng Teonr. who ba, been an >.»•£ general h0.p.t.l e!»^ Deoemb.r 261""™ oomphoation to hie knee popping a tall >o tryiM p Bd Lit» Bong Mb. mo«i k d before Mr B D’L'o. w.tb vol.ut.rily oWl»g k »<‘ 10 o'clock o. the night of December 26 the
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  • 542 323 Btics, Daubt A Co., Momthlt Rwoit. Singapore, March 4 London prices during the mouth cf Pebru. ary for Fine R bbed Smoked Sheet and Fine Bale Crepe were aa follows i Oo the 13th Feb. nary Bubbsr l/o|, 2/11 market uncertain. On the 20th February Bobber 2/oj, 2/1L
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  • 710 324 from Netherlands Indie» jiimb we arrangements have been made I whereby at a comparatively early date lags of Chinese will be held at SouraSsmaraug and Batavia under the mmJ ol •‘y' ed th 9 C‘> n ttUe of Aoti.n w h >°b wlll b ’P
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  • 1193 324 In the course cf his address at the recent annual meeting of the Malacca Planters’ I Association Mr. Campbell, the chairman, expressed his satisfaction with regard to the marked increase of padi cu'tivation in Malacca during 1918 as compared with the area under that grain in
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  • 28 324 DEATH, °r i 73 K D! t o N K« n ..t A ‘Bo h »d ,b# i,a Mr Lt C fl-PP-«“ d P,MA p,por p!e e npy
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  • 498 325 w auy MM.T, The H Mr. Be T J «g 8w» M. F. 0, u Bl present on a visit to Kftftlft Lumpur.— T.o< e Amonrst the passenrere on ths Tai ¥*•> was Mg Darby, Who ii p.,i»t u,,w the evo of his departure to England, At the last
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  • 1228 325 A b Thirf- a* |o Loodoo. To, original Clab wa, loan i. Liadon a q.arttr h tho«e daya the mombere of the .1 thirt.» tabla, with thirtMW t. «aohJaWe Tb.y .11 P»««d and.r ladder, oa th«ir w.y to th. dining-room, and awy m a peuoah*. fe.th.r. A-tbar W.ltor
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  • 654 326 [Bivtib's Tblugbams.] HAVAL TEEMS foreshadowed. Surrender of Enemy PleetiLondon, F brusry 28. I mtg Tim" Pai* l correspond mt my» the I •ml term» of the preliminary peace are *Lfl»ioally identical for Germany, Austria, I Krksy wd Bulgaria, and provide for mnlate disarmament. The Germans are o.
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  • 297 326 SEVERAL COOLIES KILLED AND I EATEN. From the Malay Mail we learn that a man- I eating tiger ie causing great alarm amongst I estate coolies between the Ooast District I of N a gri Sembilan and Siliau. It is feared I that unless the
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  • 166 326 The total output of Tne Tronoh Mines, Ltdfrom all sources for the month of February was Piculs 1903Toe output of tin ore from the Ngow property of the Siamese Tin Syndicate, L mited, for the month of February, 1919, was 671 piculs. Tne output of Kramat Pula L
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  • 477 326 [Rbvtbb’b Tbligbams] A EENDERSON RESOLUTION. Naticual Industrial Council. fc London, February 27, At the Labour Conference, Mr. Arthur Henderson moved a resolution for the appointment of a committee of employers and employeas, including women, to consider the present crisis, and subsequently the appointment of a national industrial
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  • 89 326 Europaan Fined. QFrom Our Own Singapore, March 6. Mr. H. 8. Godwin was fined $lOO for driving a motor car rashly and in a manner 1 kely to csvs) injury. It appears that on Centenary night in Orchard Road, accused was driving a motor car at a rate
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  • 367 327 [Barrel's Tnuoxane J statement in the LOBL)8. FrWly Loodoß, Febri.rj W. fa the How ot Lord*. «pljijg killed by ahots and also «tabbed. My ,M T t»ke. to Rebel bj h< the family. It is kB0 T“ w /1! assassination was dee to 1 or rations, or
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  • 130 327 um, u tMM. Allxgid Bbbaoh of Tbubt, In the Port Dickson Police Court, on Monday morning, before Mr. C. F. MoOausland. Magistrate, Mr. H. M. F, Leighton, late Acting Manager ot Bendsyan Estate, Port Dickson,who was arrested on a warrant in India by Inspector Garside of the F.M.B.
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  • 563 327 PBBOAOTIONABy 90>E3 IN E.rosr or Sricui So C Th, following 1« o°Py b p floo ths .ig«ed b A> A B Voile*. Dd Mwm- F. D,x r J' d EGoodtioh .nd Ob*. Wor Lok, M,rcb to the M.Bicip.l C I ,O dr. The Bub-Committee appointed to enq«™ Into
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  • 247 327 BXVISION OP TiMI TAILS, Speaking at tbe recent annual meeting of the Malacca Planters' Association, Mr, Campbell, the chairman, said that, according to certain railway officials, the time-table of the F.M.S. Bailways is being revised. Although more information on this point will bs welcomed, perphaps the return
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  • 70 327 CHINESE ESTATE OWNER HELD UP, Thouiand Dollan Overlock idWorn Our Oun Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, March 8, Teh Sjow Teng, proprietor of Oheras Estate was stopped by fire robbers at neon on Tuerday last on his way to the estate to pay coolie», but the robbers overlooked the
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  • 132 327 it nrac u -M.I Frloti Slightly Lower* Owr Own Correspondent Singapore, March fi. The Rubber Auctions have not been finished. Prices so far are slightly lower. There is much talk locally about a meteor that was eaen in the eastern sky traveling from left to right,
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  • 3259 328 OfIINBSE ADOPTION CUSTOMS. Important Judgmentt* the Sapreme Ooart, Kiel» L«mp»r, 1„. south, and in “‘X* 1 ,B Thea Tb*i alwi Yep Fook 8 on. *S Hep Neo (t»mele)-o( great impor. Mwoonierning Cbin-.o lewi and oeetome, .ta wm heard before Mr. Jaetioe Kirn.h.w, 7X„ (thief Jedioiel Oommieeioner, quite of
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  • 126 329 TwUNTT-THISD LIBT OF SuBSOBIBIie, Amount previously acknowledged 1144,801.30 Collecting box 0 Nee 239, 160, 160, 157, 91, 163,262, 147. 148, 186, 16, 173. 161, 69, and 161 25 78 Penang Cricket Club 1,000.00 District Officer, Bindings g2l 53 Municipal Subordinate Staff ***** 30
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  • 61 329 CFrona Our Cum Singapore, March 7. At the Auctions 994 tons were offered and 571 sold, Th 3 prices were i p*r pound eta, cts. Ribbed sheet 73 to 76| Plain 65 Crepe first latex 73J 76} Banket 55 65 Brown 531 r 66 Dark 43 56
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  • 115 329 Penang, March 6. The undermentioned prices were realised for Rubber a Did by Messrs. Allen Dennis Co., this weak. per pound cts, cts. Smoked Diamond Sheet No. 1 68 to 73 Smoked Diamond Sheet No. 2 61 o 65| Uosmoked Sheet No. 1 59 h Unsmoked Sheet
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  • 653 330 t. th a course of editorial comment upon J B“« k k lloa tr d s’eh o.rre.der.wm reo.Uca wed by u“L rflr s of steamers refusing to carry ro* cvrect rate, of freight, the B>rg.r Prm says t*>ii illustrates the fiXd‘ffiou 7 ltie. the .Food C.nSier hr.
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  • 611 330 Rtv, Bro. James left by the mail train this morning for Singapore on his periodical visit to the Christian Brother Schools in the East, Admiral Sir Bosslyn Wemyss, First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, has had the Order of the White Elephant conferred on him by the King of
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  • 1298 330 Catalonian Autonomy, Tne cry for autonomy hag bean revived in Catalonia, an old principality of Spain, triangular in shape and occupying the north-east portion of the Peninsula, and now divided into the provinces of Barcelona Tarragona (where some cheap wine comes from), Lerida and Gerona. It has a
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  • 698 331 FRiutub’s Txluobams J PLIGHT 0? BERLINERSBolohotlim ToarodLondon, February 28. The condition of the poorer classesi in Berlin is truly debate. Apart fromi scanty official rations, food can only ba obtains from illicit traders at extortionate prices. The total of unemployed is estimated at 465,000 many of whom
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  • 281 331 TWO CHINESE SUCCtMB TO WOUNDS. Our Klang correspondent reports that a man named Lee Tob, a resident of the Main Street, Klang, hired a ricksha on the Bth February to carry him to the house of L«e Boh, a shopkeeper carrying on business at the Ist
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  • 75 331 The particulars of output ot The Renong Tin Dredging Company, Ltd ,for tie second half of February were:—No. 1 Dredge Pls. 349.39; No. 8 Dredge Pls. 300 26 1 Total Ph. 649.51. Mr. Khaw Joo Tok advises us that the outputs from the following two ooropaoirs for February
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  • 513 332 [Euuthb’s Thlhgbams] SUSPENSION OF CORTES. I Indwtrles Affected* I London, February 28» A serious industrial and political situation I ku »niea in Bp.m. The «ittiug the Cortes has been ■■■P® nd d indefinitely In order to enable the Government’ to devote itielf to questions of public older,
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  • 486 332 [Rhuthb’s Tulugbams.] BELIEF FOR AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. Future of Montenegro. London, March 5. I The Press Bureau states that acorn- I muniqud from Paris says the Supreme War I Council discussed the relief of AustriaHungary. Subsequently, Cvosdenovitch, I the Montenegrin Minister at Washington, I presented views on behalf of
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  • 343 332 SPLENDID RESULTS IN PROVINCE WELLESLEY. E 1917 Efjoits Icupsid, The following report and statement ?n°P W e effort forth wi‘h the 1918 O.r Rupobt Of Hou. Suobbtabt. The Hoaoiary Secretary, Our Day 1918, Penang. Sir. I have the honour to submit mv 1918^h. 0 7 ’i* P
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  • 1170 333 prevention and treatment of rB the disease. Th. following m»n>or»ad«« uiopted bj U. Bopl 0Z..« Pby.to.. o« 00 Not’mbot 8, b>> bee. i«-»ed <»' ener “Va“to it tb. .l.imi», report* ot the pre«nt epidemic ot that here appeared io the pab.ic p > Eoj.l P.y.toß. d«m eothoriutin
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  • 768 333 lots Kia -N.M. PLANTERS CHARGED, In the K«ln Lnmpur Police Court cn Monday, before Mr. A. W. Just, Matis. trats, with the D. P. P. (Mr. D. Daly) for ths prosecution, the preliminary inquiry into the charge of criminal breach of trust preferred against A. R.
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  • 295 334 Opportunity or the anneal report for I 1918 of the Y.M 0 A., Singapore, has just L o Lined. Ic ountains a fall record of the activities of the Association and in masking of the membarship the report says I that it io by no mesne as large
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  • 216 334 14 Voyageur :—Yes, we have seen in the Malay Mail of the sth instant a statement to the effect that the Singapore Chamber of Commerce has cabled Home in the names cf all the Chambers of Commerce of Malaya wging that the Admiralty should take immediate action ts
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  • 1101 334 I At last the germ of irflnensa has I been discovered, and credit for I riu it is due to British physicians. I Germ. Renter reports this on the authority of The Time», though I why facts regard n< such an important I matter were not supplied to
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  • 199 334 Opining of thu Gloii Cinima. Toe mw enterprise that has resulted in the Globa Cinema at the Drury Lane Theatre received a hearty welcome from the public last night, Toe hsll was packed to the doors and the large audience thoroughly appreciated all the efforts of the
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  • 39 334 8 000 Ccolies Oat of Work* (From Our Vivn Kuala Lumpur, March 8. The Milay Mail is informed that since the Chinese Njw Yaar, over 3,000 mining coolies have ceased to work in the Sus gel
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  • 1314 335 [■iry w»b Buju-i Malay Maxi, planters charged. UU^t y ibrJc.ied McOaliom ,U K’w.ld bm towk Srttf* Bd o, rt ißrtiir po® F~ day. *&,'XS I ,U u. writt.. ■ntioud jMtard.y b» 1 P-‘ ,B b J ‘J’ Xi °dT<»«Hw A«..ed ..id th*» be tr.d.wd to MoO»
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  • 315 335 In tuu FMS and Pinang, It is not fied in the GaMt of the 6th instant that the Food Controller has fixed the price of the various kinds of tinned milk in the F,M.S. as follows i Pkcms. >,r tia Bouden’s. u Eagle Braud Sweetened Condensed 520.50...43 Peerless
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  • 113 335 The mortality returns for the Municipality of George Town, Penang, for the week ending February 1, ihow that the total number of deaths was 73, of which 48 were males and 25 females, The death rate pot mills per annum was 3540 compared with 36,37 in the
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  • 6 335 Today s a Quotationu, here
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  • 2525 336 .—Malay Mail. OHIHBSE ADOPTION OU3TOMB. loportut Jadgn.nt I »»ilowi«« >• ,he o« BOla,ioB oI Mt J, v' O n „"I j.dgment in th» ,a Th.i.h»» X*P Took Siong Low ‘’«a--* P"‘ of whlob ”t‘m X d ““w/witb bin wiftb M« th"® I ud hi, mother flnt nt Klebang
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  • 73 337 Tbo following are the alterations of Moan. A> A. Anthony ACo.’s eharo liet to-dayi— Teeterday. To-day. H I I oS n co Alor Gajah 3.25 8.50 315 8.40 Bukit Kalil 0.05 1.05 090 1.00 Toaorloh Coconut 1.15 1.25 1,10 1.20 Toagkah Compound 18/6 14/- 13,9 14/3 Toagkah Harbour 21.50
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  • 54 337 Buka ui Shota Gutted. CRw* Our Own Cbrregwfent) 8 °ppw». March I 4|*< Ira btoka o.t .t Kot» B.br». K.lMtra, m Tk.r.d.j «rani.,, 45 Hop Io.M. dutroy.d aid alio th. D.« Div.lopm.it th, M.rcintil. aid th. premiM. of th. prloolptl OhlMM.bop-lt.ep.il, 8 AT 81MQAPOBE.| Sibkar Factory Bant
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  • 1003 337 Siam ObMrwr, BANGKOK DOCK COMPANT limiied. The anneal meeting of shareholders of the Bangkok Dock Co,, Ltd. took place at the Dock on Saterdiy, March 1, at 10 a m. On the motion of Mr. Adem seconded by Mr. Brigbome Dr. H*yi wee unanimously elected to the Chair. The
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  • 215 337 16.040 Wouth Found Missing. The local agents of the P. A O. Company have received cable advices from the Singapore agents regarding the Ices of S 5 Currency Notes on board the P. AO. s.e. Nelloro, which left here on Monday last bound
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  • 1166 338 w. wen told y«.terd»y by Bmt.rth»» Lwbologf »1 tbß io 211 prob.bly won lead them to Bob Th»t the H.n. are e»p»ble to I illp'ieg h Botahwi»*» bru t y 5« from th. aathentio .tory by a BritiA ldier whioh J’ a.“ 0W P“ b l,h B .hoald
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  • 115 338 New Imam and Katib. At the n quest of the ntcu moon (the worshippers) of the Kung M)tqu* regarding the appointment of an Im mu and Katib for the SnaLse Seet, H*je M .homed Hisbim was nomioatrd by the Manomed>n Endowment Board to the post from this
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  • 582 338 Lady Tudor eniC.piain and Mr«. F «her h-v« left tor Hoaggoug j tt p, a do< Nellore t Tuey hops to ru.uru to Singapore later on. F Among the psss?ngers from Penang by the Kiang to Singapore were General Wo droffa and Lieut. Colonel F. H» Griffiths. Capt. and
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  • 202 339 [Binn t ftw»w 1 TH! JXJQO-BLIV TANGLE, Pnuit Agttart luiu rtlon 8 Paris, February 28. Ths JugO’Blav Agates will short y £b.oh owm.to th. ST II fr’nti.t b.« tb« J«go Bl.« .<“rt that th. Italhu Mtri th<,, h T.”/ 2„t“..d iMrtari i. it. i>f'“ d.l H .U..
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  • 266 339 NO DIVIDEND DECLARED. Chairman and Foncaiti Cffon Our Own Cbrreapondcnt) Singapore, March 8. At the Titi Tin 0). annual meeting, Mr. J. M. Sime presiding, said that while the B’tt profit was 1103,720, representing oyer 14 per cent of the capital, the cash position did not allow
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  • 1550 339 GENERAL* MEETING. Th. .eoood erdimry general °f ♦v. MunoAi Patani Rubber Company Limited was held yesterd.y afternoon at the Chamber Ot comm.roe, Mr. W.lli.m Dano.it pretldIB Tb. notice oonmiog tb. eet B Auditors’ Report having bein read by Mr. F. H Gramitt, A. 0. A.. the
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  • 1148 340 A GLOOMY FORECAST, 84% Diobbasb in India, Calontta, 22nd February < The Department of Statistics has issued the final general «•«orandum of the Rica Orop of *****9 which is based upon the reports received from Provinces which contain 99 per cent TV. ./??*>• ar ®i lnder rioa k
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  • 71 340 Alma 30,030, Bsk t Toh Alang 18.500, Shanghai Kiebtng *****, Kota Bahroo 31,968. Sungei Dari 24,660. Ohemor United 19 070, Shanghai Malay 23,434. Kt pa vang 7.631, Ayer Ttwah 26,625, Oluny 16 662. Barg i Kiah 81 380. K-muntlng (in K-dan) 20 491, Kinta Ke 1 las
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  • 268 340 The Championship Meeting of above Club w«e held on Ist and 2ad instant. 18 holes bsing played each day. There were 13 entries, the best reau ti being as follows 1— F O. Maroles 174 DO, Lamb 175 a Tmj l n« 8.0 Guthrie 175 Mr. Marples,
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  • 978 341 Thi news that the Government is taking over the whole of the foreshore «,.4 from the town right up to Tanjong Bsngah-a distance NiW of ibout four miiei-oatne as terr glad tiding» indeed to the few who u 7« heard ef the recent decision of the oithoritlee. For
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  • 395 341 Lbak akd Co s Wbbkly Riport. Penang, March, 7, During the week under review the share m arket has shewn little activity in any direction. Rubber has fluctuated within narrow limits and closes practically unchanged Shires in this section have been in rather better demand wth. however,
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  • 487 341 Liutcn proposals tneir —TtmiA, January 29 f Mbssbb, Fbabbr and Co.’s Wbiklt Circular, Messrs. Fraser and Co., in their weekly report dated March 6, state The market is slightly more cheerful, but movements are so small that a good many orders remain unexecuted. The price of tin
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  • 195 342 GUTHRIE CO’S REPORT. Singapore, March 6» The Weekly Rubber Auction, which yesterday. disclose! a somewhat market and, although prices show or no fluctuation from last week, only IS very best lota were taken up by the few tan" opting, rubber little off in LLitr boil? neglected Bibbed Smoked
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  • 172 342 Singapore, March. 8 London Quotations.—The latest wire from London received here on sth instant, dated 21st ultimo, quoted i—Rubber 2/o}, 1/0} market qu et”. Auctions sth A 6th Mauch Demand this week can only be described aa moderate, fine paroela only finding ready buyers, and
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  • 159 342 BOUSTEAD CO.'S REPORT Singapore, March 6, Oatalojied 1 095 Tons rtd 995 Bold ttt 57J benl’L o la r P rt Wl M 2“‘ r »''y k »»e at tha t dy. There was a fair demand Brio In Wb,o l yesterday but Dirod nM?Z? ST 1 8 lhow red
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  • 127 342 The Ipoh Timet 001 respondent at Parit Buntar reports that Padi harvesting is in full awing just now. The weather is ideal, i.e extremely hot. Many good harvests have been made bat certain fields have returned poor yields. The local mill has not started work as yet
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  • 210 342 ASSOCIATION’S ANNUAL MEETING. The Chairman RirUvv. [From Our Own Correspondent,) Kuala Lumpur, March 10, Mr. Choo Kia Ptng, at the annual mtet* ing of the Selasgor Miaero* Association in his review of the year, said that even if the position of F.M.B. Miners and their concee* tions with
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  • 77 342 Thu Fixtukm ton 1919, The following dates have b?en fixed by the Committee .of the Straits Ricing Associ t on for the holding of race meetings in the various clubs of the Association during 1919» Singapore Sporting Club. June 10th, 12th acd 14th. October 14th, 16:h and
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  • 323 342 her. i. qui-e e.id.nt from wb.t ba. raoe.’; been anaounoed bj th. t Food Controller and bi. able and indefatigable Dinnty. who have aeemingly thoroughly manured .er. ocmplex food supply problem, and induoad the Indian Government to modify the special regulations it was compelled to issue in order
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  • 247 342 Ginbbad Managie in Pknang Mr. P. Art bony, O General Manager of the F.M.S. Bui ways, arrived here last Saturday. He io accompanied by Mr, P, H. Henshaw, Triflic Manager, who arrived this morning, Mr. F. 0 B, Opensbaw, Chief Resident Engineer for Construe* tion, and other officials,
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  • 341 343 BUBBEB FACIO&Y DESTBQYED. Th. Fr. Brigade «.I "“«“.Abe •’.l.ektbi. .orowg, «V» 'be S. Rtfe. from the telephone office, tee ZLiiithff from Yew Oaeong S*ng, 666. V.11.T Boed. Me... I W. 1.0. «d 8W...1 lett fmmedUtelj with ‘bre. niMbi-e. •TXa ther wnved on the eoene of the X..IV.
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  • Correspondence.
    • 245 343 [To THi Edit OB or thb 8 trait t Echo.] ein, Too pro ver till hospitality of the Penang Chinoie was exempt Aid in my case during my stay in the northern Colony, for none was oo atoidnoua in rendering my scjoirn as pleasant as poasibb, as did
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  • 267 343 Thie opened .n B.ti.d»y .ftarnoon wHb the Oolom.l Cb.pUjn'i OompeU ion. Twen'y-one competitor, hoed ‘he J < poor tire out, pouibly ted fl aomewb.t threatening ™»‘h« n y wer.C.pt. E.iobiel nd n® r Hint »od Flower Toroer. the BnttaOffio Coy. Sgi/M.j, G E Weight-. Motmn .nd the Binge
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  • 288 343 Mr. Teh Sww Tecg, the proprietor of United Cheras Estate, was stopp'd by five highway robbers about noon on Wednesday when on bin way to the rotate to pay his coolies. He win riding a Harley Davidson motorcycle end was accompanied by his cletk, who occupied
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  • 28 343 that X, D A Co officially informed output of the Ipoh Tin Dredging L.d. for February was 190 piculs. 8 H. biur Tin u M,n h
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  • 244 343 APPOINTMENT OF P.w. KATHIB. In exercbe of the powers conferred on him by section b of the Muhammadan Marriage Ordinance, 1908. Hie Bxoellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the following persons to be Kathis for and with n the limits of the districts described belowi Province
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  • 332 343 PiOBiBiTBD Abbas Dbvinkd, It is notified that His Excellency ths Governor, in pursuance of the powers conferred on him by the above Ordinance* hereby orders, for the purposes of ths safety and defence of the Colony, that the navigation of aircraft of every and description is ted over
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  • 1269 344 The oommeroial expansion of the port f PflDing in the g reat enterprise conducted J guidance of the F.M 8. Railway D "p.rtoent at Pr»i «d the oonver.ion of Rj’il.nd of Pen.ng >»‘o o' 3 l rket I.X tr.d.n.od* residential sanatorium 1 wdenioble poooibilitioo. They w..r unset,
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  • 454 344 Rkutbb’s Telkorams I FIGURES FOR ALL BELLIGERENTS. Greit Britain Leading. T Paris, March 2. It is authoritatively stated that the follow?V r 8 tho I° SB3B in the war of the belligerents, including vessels lost accidentally as well as by enemy action, British B 13. Battle-oruisersi 3.
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  • 1610 345 rßimn’e Tilmuams] fUTUBE MILITARY STRENGTH KtaMtr *f Wtr’a SUUmint. London, March 8. la ths Homo cf Commons Mr. Winston flharehilL Minister tor War, introducing the ntiX ft sterling, JnobMiMd the difficulties of framing the ZtimatM thin year, because every factor «aa aiMrUia and fluctuating. Wa were Ulf.mj
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  • 1546 346 [Biutwb’s Tulkirams,] REPLY TO CRITICISM. Mr. Balfour Sanguine* Paris, March 2. I Mr. Balfour, in an interview granted to I Baatsr. replying to criticism that the Con- I i-reioe had accomplished nothing, emphas- I iied the complexity and the difficulty of the preliminary work in the greatest
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  • 115 346 OHENDEEIANG SURROUNDED. Booty of 116,000* CFnm Our Own Ipoh, March 10. There was a gang robbery at Chenderiang at 1 a,m. on Sunday. It is reported that 100 robbers surrounded the police station and shot one constable inside it. The robbes looted a goldsmith’s shop and also
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  • 1004 347 [Bhvtm’s Thlmbamb.J QBE&T LABOUB MOVEMk.NI. Qt&trtl Btrlk. AjerttooMLondon, Msrch 2, Bwol»tio»«r, development. U Beth» prooMdiat with gtMt repidity. been a great labonr movjm.nl ta the l»«t bTdayi Hum expect, that g»«*l itrika in Barlin will begin on the 3d March. A meeting ot the Co.noil.’ Exeoative bae decided
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  • 240 347 [Riuna’s Shbvicb]. Successes and DtfsaU London, March 1. The latest telegrams, bearing on the Russian Bolshevik situation, show that al. though the movement io progressing in some areas, the Bolsheviks elsewhere are suffering military defeats and encountering other irremediable difficulties under existing conditions. Telegrams from Stockholm say j|
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  • 153 347 Long Missing Suspiot Abihsthd Tins a Taping correspondent of the Ipoh Times One of the accused in a sen* sational murder which took place at Temerloh, on the road to Bruae, some years ago has been arrested and sent to Taiping from Biodr The circumstaoces of the
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  • 120 347 Frobabh Interim Dividends* (From Our Own Kuala Lumpur, March 8J The Buklt Kcpong Meeting on Saturday adopted the report and accounts and declared a dividend of 15 per cant, The Chairman, Mr, Jeavons, said that, with rubber at its present price and their low cost of production,
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  • 1359 348 m., M i»t and ipintnal aff uri ot *b« i 5.. thrifty, «nterpri.in», and, in th. l ,r wealth; M0.1.® coaam.nity of I ’trading osntre do not seem to b« 1 ‘‘“.Jl" Janagod moat people wdl aeenredw LSaie highly deelrable. Certain it io I here. good deal to
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  • 423 348 GREAT SOARCI LY IN PENANG. Necessity for Strong Official Control To Puotect Ignoxant COMsUMSBI. _Mi R. F. Bradford wruos to us as foltlnw- i [To TH® Editor of the Strait» Echo! Dear Sir, With reference to what appears in your paper of yesterday under the heading Far toiLKD
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  • 88 348 Alleged Threat of Wab. Netherlands Indies j mrnab state i It is reported from Shanghai that Jepau has intimated to Ooioa that, unless she agrees to tbe conditions of the Japaw-China treaty oodc roiog tbe handing over to J p*n of German ojtnmerioal rights in Ooioa, the
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  • 469 349 [Rim*', lino* 11 IJaLT AND JUGOSLAVIA. Commlnlsa to Lilbath. London, March 8. The Press Bureau states that BBBiqUfrem P*ri« “J 1 th B *L M Oetaii this afternoon •ppolnted G.noral. Gordon (Great Britain). Bavy (F'O«*), Traat (Uaited States of Amerio.),and (Italy) w term a Commission to L*ib*c
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  • 946 349 [BnUTKi’t COMMISSIONS’ REIOBTB. Th. World’. Nsw Ccnwntlca. P,rir, March 9. The Council of Ten has addressed a circular letter to the Commissions, urging them to have their reports finished by the end of the current week. Th.i step will meet with general satisfaction as there is a unanimous
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  • 238 350 PASSAGES HOME. Eduatlon Boport (From Our Own Singapore, March 11. la the Logi«l»tire Council, ths vote to Hiog’i Fend for the Disabled was passed, ■jr Arthur Adami seconding. H. E. the Governor said he (m«oh preferred that praotioal manner of shewing gratitude. The other vstes ae on the
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  • 275 350 Spliidid ErrouT Among Malays, The Ipoh Times had a call the other day from Mr G, 0 Khan, a toicher in an Ipoh school and an enthusiast io disciple of the Man methods of phys cal culture which he desires to propagate among Malays, Chinese wd others in
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  • 730 350 FURTHER PROCEEDINGS. The hearing was resumed yesterday afternoon before Mr. BH. Longeron of the ores against the fi(ly-:ns Chinese who are charged wi‘h committing an affray in Wald Qaay on February 22. Mr. C. R. Samuel, with him Mr. G.H. Gob. appeared for the Lime and the
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  • 404 350 Directobs’ Repobt eob 1918, Following 18 the report, of tbe D rMers for the year ended 31 December 19.8 >• be presented to shareholders at tne fi at annual genera! < f the Company to ba held at Ni> 1, Weld Q say on the 29ch iostant
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  • 44 350 The foUowirg are tie remits of the ties playrd off yestaid*v: A Smg’e®—A W Harries b.at B W B Powell by 7—2. 3-6 6—2. Mixed Doubles—Mr and Mrs E J Bennety heat Mrs Samuel aad ffi H Erersil hy §-3,1-6,6-3, I
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  • 1037 351 ['o th« Editor or thi Blrailt Kcto-J nfervnce to tba artlo’eon tbe above llbiwl by "Frir Pm” wh,cb •PP“ md ronat i»*u»« of the Tims* of b Fwana Oavilo, plewe allow ma tu r^, g or yu.rV-ltMOle columns to point out whetoer the faos mentioned by him
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  • 294 351 Opportunities for extending American trade m two countrk® of the Far East that seem to off *r an attractive field for the sale of American manufacture® will bt studied by Mr, J huA F wler, who has bean appointed a Trade Commissioner of the Bureau of Foreign
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  • 384 351 —Bangkok Timet t March 5, Shcrlaji in Burma. Acc r rd pg to a correspondent to the Ttmtfs, when the Chrirman of the Unacuber of Commerce at its annual meeting said that the shortage m this year’s rice crop in Burma was 15 per cent, it was
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  • 126 351 Tbe 6 h Director®' report of the Siam Chment Company states that tbe gress pro* fl for the year h«s been Tos, 571,726 and after dedudion of general expenses, auditor’s fee, depteoialian and amount written efl preliminary expanse®, there is left a net profit of Tea 455,172. To
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  • 80 351 The following are the scores in the com® petition for the Monthly Modal for March»— nett. H. □xenham(Winner)46+4'= s 91—18=78 J« Ttyner #st 63+51=103—24=79 J Crabb Watt 88+38= 7C+ 4=30 G. A. Ca miohael... 41 41= 82— 2=30 B F *i<erald 42+44= 86— €=3o A. Dmtys 48+48=
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