The Straits Budget, 28 November 1907

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  • 28 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES.” VOL. LXI. NO. 2598. Singapore, Thursday, November 28, 1907. ESTABLISHED OVER HALF A CENTURY Price 25 cents*
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  • 243 1 LEADERS Municipal Contracts 12 ]>l itisli Cabinet Changes 12 Dutch Governor-General'* Mission 12 Gambling in Jolioro 13 Mr. Balfour and Tariff Beform 13 Philosophy and Dress 13 A Warning to Chinese Reformers 11 Matters Matrimonial 14 Another Voice Against the Military Contribution 14-15 The Nobel Peace Prize
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  • 614 1 A se rious conflagration, which luckily had do fatal termination, occurred in a house in Dublin Hoad at midnight on Tuesday. The occupants, Mr. H.Th. Jensen, Manager of Messrs. Lambert and Company, photographers, and his wife, had a narrow
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  • 48 1 As we go to Press, we learn that a telegram has been received from Kajang, Selangor, to the effect that Buildings 45, 4b, 47, 48, 49, f>0. 51 and .72 have been gutted by tire. This message is believed to refer to Main Hoad. Kajang.
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  • 131 1 Yap Choo, living at No. 99 Duxtou Road, was before the Second Magistrate, on Saturday, on a charge of selling chandu without a license. A coolie testifies that he had bought twenty cents’ worth of chandu from accused almost every day for several weeks past. Accused
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  • 105 7 (From Our Own Corkkhpoxdkst.) Hongkong, November 23, 10.55 a.m. Mr. A. G. Wise, Acting Chief Justice, has dismissed the application for a writ of habeas corpus in the case of the Swatow Reformer named Iu Ki
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  • 184 7 On Monday of last week, Mr. A. C. Ilmira began, before the Acting Chief Justice. Mr. Justice Law, his appeal against the decision of Mr. E. C. Howard, Commissioner of the Court of Requests, ordering him to refund to one Mohamed Hashim the sum of $50, which
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  • 79 7 Canton Residents Object to British Patrols. Indignation meetings of Chinese are being held in Canton to protest against allowing British gunboats patrolling Chinese rivers on the excuse that they are needed to prevent piracies. The Chinese have prepared a petition to the Throne suggesting that there
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  • 123 7 At the funeral on Saturday morning of the late Mr. Lim Kek Cliuan, the senior partner in the Penang Opium Farm, all classes and creeds were largely represented, denoting the universal esteem in which the dec eased w as held. The coffin was covered with
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  • 516 7 flic ictoria Memorial Hall presented a gay appearance at the opening of the sale of 1 work of the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society, on the 22nd inst., -he walls were not adorned, save for a banner bearing the
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  • 105 7 In July last, a Chinese employe of a camfactory belonging to Messrs. Belin, Meyer and Company, in Alexandria Road, was badly assaulted, receiving a deep cut across the nose by a bar of iron. Two of h.s assailants were arrested and fined 100 each. On the
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  • 117 7 (Fhom Ora Own Cokkkhi'ondi^t). London, November 20, 5.25 p.ui. The Yorkshire Post, which is usually well informed in political matters, states that a re arrangement of Cabinet offices is under contemplation, tiuder which the BM
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  • 49 7 Fkom Oik Own Cokkksi*om>knt). Penang, November 22, 11.40 a.m. The death has taken place in Penang of Mr. Richard Broughton Howe, the Senior Hoarding Officer. The debased gentleman was years of age, and had occupied the position of Senior Hoarding Officer since 1896.
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  • 218 7 We have received from the Rev. P. N. Hunter, Hon. Secretary of the local branch of the St. John Ambulance Corps, the following results of the final group examinations for the year. Medallion Examination Lecturer, Dr. Young; Examiner,
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  • 46 7 A Malay woman was sent to gaol for oue month by the Second Magistrate, on the 2fith inst., and, in addition, fined $25 or, sentenced to another month’s rigorona imprisonment,for stabbing a ricksha coolie ia the arm with her hat pin.
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  • 13 8 [The Strain Times is not responsible for the opinions of its correspondents.]
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  • 1032 8 Straits -Born Samsengs. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Singapore, November 21. Sir,- 4The charges of outrageous conduct towards singing-girls, made by your Chinese correspondent in your issue of the 19tji inst., against the Straits-born Chinese who frequent that quarter of the town in which he ’complains of the
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  • 90 8 We have received another long letter on the subject of the conduct of Chinese babas towards Chinese singing-girls. This controversy is degenerating into personal abuse, totally unsuited for the columns of a journal. We cannot believe that the flagrant abuses to which our original correspondent called attention are
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  • 101 8 Hussin, P.C. 122, was before a Bench Court, consisting of Messrs. Michell and Gibson, on Monday, on a charge of allowing a prisoner named Lim Tek Seng to escape at the Police Courts. Inspector Nolan prosecuted, and Mr. R. St. J. Braddell defended
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  • 280 8 Singapobk, Novkmbbr 27, 1907, PRODUCF. lambier buyers 7i < do (Cube No. 1) unpicked iol»o t H«i. do Pootianak 7UP I* pper, Black do White 6* buyers 2050* S«o Flour Sarawak 8 .07 C.(fee Bali, picked 0550 C iffee. PaJembang, 20% basis 22 .65 Cou66, Liberian oa Tapioca, email
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  • 110 8 A letter from Dr. Lim Boon Keng, one of the representatives of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce at the Conference of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce at Shanghai, was received by the local body,on Tuesday. Besides dealing with the matters discussed by the Conference, the
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  • 697 10 (From Our Own Correspondent). Bexliill, October 28. aud Bexliill, three miles from Hastings and nine from Eastbourne along the coast, though close to one another, and urbanly connected and municipally united, are two different places. Bexhilf on Sea more
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  • 164 10 Discussing what is described as an anomalous constitutional position of the Federated Malay States, the Pinang Gazette points out that it is doubtful whether it is correct to describe the States as protected, for they possess neither internal nor
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  • 227 10 Two Danish gentlemen of respectable appearance were before the Second Magistrate, Mr. C.F.J. Green, on the 21st iust., on a charge of disorderly conduct at the shop of Mr. Louis Molteni, in Victoria Street, at 10.80 o’clock, the previous night. Mr. Molteni said that
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  • 87 10 Two Malay boys were before the Senior Magistrate, Mr. W. C. Micliell, on Monday on a charge of theft of a pair of silver anklets from a little girl in Kerbau Lane. A Malay man was charged with pawning the anklets. He said that the boy
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  • 331 10 Speaking to a representative of the Hu* bane Courier, Mr. H. W. H. Stevens, of the Singapore Cold Storage Company, is reported to have said: One of the things which told against the company last year was the excessively hit’ll price of all
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  • 223 10 Many of our readers will regret to learn that a telegram has been received morning by Messrs. Boustead and Company, announcing the death of their senior partner, Mr. Jasper Young, which took place at his London residence on 22nd instant. The deceased gentleman arrived in
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  • 41 10 Inspector Connor purchased a fine specimen of a tigress, on Saturday, from a Chinaman who had just shot it at the 8,1 milestone, Bukit Timah Road, and brought it into town in a bullock cart.
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  • 36 12 Gii'DY.—On November 12, at Kadat, B. N. Borneo, the wife of Dr. C. F. Giddy, of a son. Sinclair! —At Spottiswoode Park, Singapore, on November 28, the wife of J. E. Sinclair, of a daughter.
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  • THE Straits Budget.
    • 431 12 bavo been inserted.-Straits Times, Novem- At the last meeting of the Municipal Commissioners, an important alteration was made in a contract which may have a far-reaching effect, not only in regard to the matter under consideration but in regard to future contracts with the Commission. It was reported
      bavo been inserted.-Straits Times, Novem-  -  431 words
    • 645 12 —Straits Times, November 21. The announcement made by our London Correspondent in his Special Telegram of a contemplated re shuffling of Government positions and a change of Colonial Secretaries will come as a surprise to our readers. Nevertheless,it has been whispered more than once that Lord Elgin
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    • 608 12 —Straits Times, November 22. Ihe visit of His Excellency LieutenantGeneral J. B. van Heutez to Singapore is not the first which a Governor-General 0 f Netherlands India has made to this Colony, although to-morrow’s reception of Holland’s Colonial Governor is the first accorded to the present holder
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    • 467 13 arrangemeut being made. —Straits Times, November 22. For painful reasons which it is needless to recapitulate, the Governments of the British Eastern Crown Colonies have endeavoured to put down gambling within the Colonies, even to the retailing of lottery tickets; but when an official totalisator is allowed
      arrangemeut being made.—Straits Times, November 22.  -  467 words
    • 796 13 comments of the Unionist Press.—Straits Times. November 28. During the past week, Reuter has sent us various comments on a speech made by Mr. Balfour at the great Unionist Conference at Birmingham. But, with a lack of journalistic instinct, he failed to send us the
      comments of the Unionist Press.—Straits Times. November 28.  -  796 words
    • 724 13 lation such as that under discussion.— Straits Times, November 28. We think it is a pity, for more reasons than one, that he who was known as the Sage of Chelsea is- no longer with us. We# faucy that his criticisms ou the social questions of the
      lation such as that under discussion.—Straits Times, November 28.#  -  724 words
    • 474 14 —Straits Times, November 26. The last h&8 not been heard of the cane of Iu Ki-shing, the Chinese Roformer, who sought asyluifi in Hongkong after the failure of the rebellion in the Swatow District. The •Chinese government obtained his arrest for complicity in ermed robbery
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    • 826 14 be easy and where justice clearly is swift.— Straits Times, November 26. America is the land of records. It is also the happy hunting ground of those to whom legislative experiment is attractive. This is of no small advantage to European com* munities, because it frequently enables sane
      be easy and where justice clearly is swift.— Straits Times, November 26.  -  826 words
    • 1035 14 altercd conditions.— Straits Times, November i ">. We are pleased to note that the agitation raised in Singapore against the military contribution has spread to Hongkong, anil better pleased to learn from one of our contemporaries in that Colony that the Unofficial Members of
      altercd conditions.— Straits Times, November i ">.  -  1,035 words
    • 484 15 .—Straits Times, November 27. It will be seen from our German telegram to day that Mr. William T. Stead, Editor of the Review of Reviews, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. There was something peculiarly Shavian in Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, leaving for
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    • 474 15 match is played to a finish.—Straits J iracs, November 27. I The news that the English team has defeated New South Wales by 406 runs I inspires the hope that it will win the rubber, i and something more, in the forthcoming test matches. The
      match is played to a finish.—Straits J iracs, November 27.  -  474 words
  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 91 12 The pout free price of (he Straits Times in tJW n yea The post fret pritc of the Straits Hud net is tU a year. It is not neteaseri to subscribe for a year. The subscriptions for shorter periods are at the same proportionate rate as for a vear. T*.ie
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  • 15 12 DEATH. YorKf).—At 74, Gloucester Road, London, S.W., on November 22, Janper Young; aged 74 years.
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  • 577 15 Baddy prospects this year at Kuala Pilah arc rejiortcd to be unfavourable. During the week, Mr. Justice Sercomhe Smith has been going through the small causelist with celerity. On Monday morning, he started with 23 cases. bu*»the li*<t w«fs reduced to eight when be adjourned 1 ite on
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  • 432 16 Lloyd’s Register of Hritish and Foreign Shipping is kept so closely associated with •w- movements of any craft, from a battleship to what hardened salts describe as a windjammer, that interesting facts can always be gleaned from the
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  • 85 16 The following are the returns of the average amount of bank notes in circulation and of and securities in reserve in Singajtoiv and Penang, during the month ended Octoiler :U, 1907, as certified by the manaof the respective banks: Sinoapork. Average Specie Ac. Amount in Keserve.
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  • 501 16 Mr. Lai Titian Poh, an interpreter at the Third Magistrate’s Court, has tendered his resignation. Mr. F. K. Hariner. of the Police Department, has passed in the Cantonese dialect of Chinese. The Rev. H. C. Izard, Colouial Chaplain. Singaj>ore. and Mrs. Izard, are spending the winter at
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  • 342 16 Writing iu the October issue of the cultural Bulletin of the Straits and Fedora ted Malay States. Mr. ,J. R. C'arrutherv Director of Agriculture aud GovernuiPnt Botanist, F.M.S. says The rubber shewn at the Peninsular Show this
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  • 242 16 Mr. Goh Tat Pang, a well-known local steamship owner, prosecuted Chia Cheng Ho, the cliinchew of the steamer Aing Hin, before Mr. E. E. Column, the Third Magistrate, on Tuesday, on three charges ot criminal breach of trust in respect of the
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  • 132 17 (From Our Own Corrksponi ent.) London, November 20. Ihc market in Rubber Company shares continues quiet. It is hoped the legislation that is being adopted in the United States to relieve the financial stringency will have a good effect on the
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  • 260 17 Particulars of the recent massacre of Dutch soldiers in Mid-Timor show that the detachment, under command of a Sergeant, went out to compel certain villagers to surrender their firearms. All went well until the party reached the village of
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  • 123 17 Inspector Nolan prosecuted two Chinese named Chang Tong and Yip Kwee, before a Bench Court consisting of Messrs. Michell and Gibson, on the 26th inst., on a charge of breaking into the house of Boh Ah Seng, No. 137*9 Neil Road, with intent to commit theft.
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  • 673 17 Tl»e Coroner’s inquest into the murder of Mr. Tan Hong Wee, familiarly known by his !u aU %n rieu^s as was continued at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital, on the 25th inst.. by Mr. Alexander (ientle. Inspector Hart, who is in
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  • 287 17 (From Our Own Cokkkmp< drnt.i Hambifrg, November 1. The failure of Messrs. Haller Solile and Company, which I mentioned in my last letter, is of a magnitude unequalled by any similar disaster in this town siflee the crisis of 1857,
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  • 137 17 (From Ouk Own Corrrhfondknt.) Muar, November 20. A great deal of mischief is being done by wild boars to the various estates in Muar. Hunting parties are continually in search of the animals and, daily, a number of the boars
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  • 127 17 Lai Chan and Lai Kai, who were convicted of murder and sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Woodward at the Jast Ipoll Assizes. Appealed against their conviction and sentence. The Court of Appeal altered the charge against Lai Kai to one of voluntarily causing hurt, and the
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 1029 19 To the tune of four goals to nil, the S.C.C. beat the S.R C. iu an Association football match, in connection with the Football Association Shield, on the Esplanade on the 22nd instant. There was a large attendance of spectators. The teams
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    • 484 19 Veterans v. The Rest. On the S.C.C. ground, on Saturday, a cricket match was played between the Veterans, with two bowlers, and The Rest. The following were the scores The Veterans. W. Dunman c and b Noon 0 R. T. Reid b Talma 49 C. I. Carver c Oliver
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    • 154 19 S.C.C. V. 95th Russell*. Second elevens of the S.C.C. and the 95th Russell's Infantry met in a Hockey match on tlie former’s ground on the 20th insfc., Wellbalanced play prevailed in the first half, but while l>oth sides were given chance*, neither was able to take them, and na
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    • 403 20 The winners of the Chiengmai Cup in the Singapore Rowing Club’s recent com petition were challenged by a crew stroked by J. H. Keor, but, on Tuesday, they managed to retain possession of the trophy. Another effort, however, is
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    • 144 20 Merchants v. The Rest. A match was played at the Race Course on Saturday by the members of the Singapore Golf Club. The teams w ere Merchants and The Rest, and the result was an unexpectedly easy w in for the Merchants by 6 points. One point was allowed
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    • 845 20 S.V.A. Rifle Club. On Saturday, in connection with the Singa;«»re Volunteer Artillery Rifle Club, the S.V.A. Cup was tired for on the Balestier Range, the conditions being seven shots at 200, 500, and 600 yards. The second and third prizes were presented by Messrs. Howarth, Erskine and Company,
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    • 279 20 S.C.C. v. S.R.E. (V.) It was plucky of the Engineer Volunteers to put a team into the field against the Club, and, considering the lack of practice of a number of the men, they made a very good show’ on the Esplanade on the 21st inst., The teams
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  • 2568 21 London, November 19.* President Roosevelt states that the leading members of Congress are considering a currency measure which will meet permanently the needs of the present situation. It appears that the people realise the fundamentally sound business conditions of the country, and the absurdity of panic and the
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  • 593 22 Berlin, November 21. The Russian and Japanese Governments have agreed to connect the railway lines in Manchuria, which have been separated by a w ide gap since the close of the war in 1905. The Japanese Government is starting a steamship line between Shanghai and Port Arthur for
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 172 22 Important Property Sale. At Messrs. H. L. Coghlan and Co’s Auction rooms, on the 25th inst., a large assemblage of those interested in land and house property witnessed the sale of the following valuable town properties:— No. 12, Trafalgar St., area 3,062 square feet, freehold, rent #40, buyer Mr. Tan
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  • SHIPPING IN PORT.
    • 616 23 November 19 Amiral Fourichon, Fell str, Blanchard, Antwerp Moine Comte Wakayima Maru, Jap str, Takada, Hongkong, Paterson Simons 20 Arcadia, Brit str, Valentini, H’kong P.AO.Coy Hakata Maru, Jap str, Murai, Antwerp, Paterson Simons Dovre, Nor str, Paulsen, B’kok, Hong L. Chau Palitaua, Brit str. Mnofodyen, lt’goon, Boustead Carlyle, Brit
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    • 411 23 November 20 Inaha Maru, -lap str, Antwerp wa ports Norman Prince, Brit str, Dalny, Kobe. Y’hama Newton Hall, Brit str, Calcutta Pahud, Dut str, Deli Cliieng Mai, Ger str, Bangkok Tsintau, Ger str, Bangkok 21 Islanda, Brit str, .S'ourahaya Teresa, Brit str, Gorontalo via (torts Amherst, Brit str, Pontianak
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    • 634 23 Name t port probable date of arrival, and name oj Agents. STEAMERS. 9 Achilles, China, Dec 12 Mansfield Airlie, Sydney, Dec 23 Boustead Alcinous, China, Dec 8; Mansfield Arcadia, Colombo, Dec 21; P. A 0. Coy Ayuthia, Bangkok, Nov Borneo Coy A. Apcar, Calcutta, Dec 3; Paterson Simcna
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  • Stocks and Shares. SINGAPORE, NOVEMBER 27, 1907.
    • 350 24 Date of Number r aßno Paid Shares form. Capital Subscribed of v*loe opto Unissued Company y-nm-v. ion b bares j 1903 9300,000 #300,000 30,000 10 9 10 j Bo at Tin M. Co., L*.J. 11.10 1907 9300,000 #225,0<T- 22,500 #lO #lO 7,-',OO Bn.kng Ltd. 700 1901 #600,000 #600,000 60,000
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    • 411 24 1905 £150,000 £ll6 625 f 1 1 10,000 Anglo-Malay Robber Co., Ltd. ((ally paid) £4 15.0 1 98,500 1 15/ M M (contrib.) £4 5.0 1905 1200,000 #105,000- 10,500 610 610 Balgownie Rubber Estate Lid. (fully paid 930.00 1904 £30,000 £l5 260 f 7,000 12,000 Batu Oaves Rubber Co.
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    • 130 24 II £4,805 7,688 12/0 12/6 916 Balia Asbestos Eastern Agemy, L*d 17.00 6225,000 6225,000 4,500 6 50 6 50 Fraser A Neave, Ltd. #< 147.50 615,000,000 615 0)0,000 1\Tk aVo* 5 Hongkong and Shanghai B*ok 592.5 41,COO 6125 6125 587.50 1905 62,400,000 62,*00,000 I A 2*222 !i!5J Howarth Erskine,
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
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