The Straits Budget, 23 December 1909

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1 26 The Straits Budget
  • 27 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES." VOL. LXIII. NO. 2706. Singapore, Thursday, December 23,1909. UTABUSMED OVII HALF A CHTMV Price 25 cents
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  • 227 1 LEADERS Scots Wha Hae 12 Federal Legislation 12-13 Leopold II, Rubber Merchant 13 The Strife of Parties 18-14 The Rubber Position 14 Whither Tending ...14 16 Local and Gbnrral The Federal Council 2 6 Penang’s Water Supply... 6 Prince Waldemar 6 Agricultural Bulletin 6 Research Chemist for
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  • 725 1 The first ordinary general, or statutory, meeting of the St. Helena Rubber Co., Ltd was held at the registered offices of th» Company, The Arcade, Singapore, on Saturday at noon. Mr. A. D. Allan was in the chair. There were
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  • 88 1 (From Ouu Own Corekhpondrnt Hongkong, December 16. Ncwm has reached here from the Portuguese Settlement of Macao that a sailor b* 1 rngiog to the German gunboat Tningtau ban been shot dead, bin assailant being a Portuguese. Another sailor wan
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  • 3898 3 Kuala Kangsar, December 14. Tho Council held its first all-day session to-day. commencing at ton o’clock, rising at one o’clock until 2.30, and sitting until 4.30, by which hoar the supply bill was practically disposed of, having been under consideration all
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  • 123 6 A Hokien named Gob Tok was tried before Mr. Green, on Saturday, on acharge of helping the Government eject the trespassers on the foreshore at Kampong Samboe or, in other words, with removing 1,100 pieces of crockery belonging to a Malay named Hadji Abdul Lat b, from
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  • 48 6 H. M. S. Kent came in from the Westward, on Tuesday. She has been to Colombo to take over a new crew brought out from home by H. M. S. Niobe. Captain Stuart S. Farquhar is the new captain of the Kent.
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  • 394 6 A second action in which the Deutsche Asiatische Bank make a claim in respect of the security of their late compradore, Seow Ewe Lim. was commenced iu the Supreme Court, before the Chief Justico, on Tuesday. It is a claim
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  • 91 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, December 15. Penang’s water scheme has been approved by the Government which also approved of the sum of $200,000 being taken from the 1907 loan and utilised for the improvement of the drainage in the Prangin district,
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  • 67 6 (From Our Own Correspondent). Penang, December 15. The steamer St. Croix has arrived here bringing Mr. H. N. Anderson, of the East Asiatic Co. Prince Waldemar and his three sons were on the ship as far as Colombo, but on hearing of the
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  • 346 6 The December number of fcbe Aprimifn Bulletin of the Straits and Federal i ral State, i» at hand. It open, rtS® t.on, from the pen of the editor, of the t 0 Brazil-nut trees K rowin K i u the Economic Gardens
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  • 125 6 Just before the steamer Gorgon set sail for Australia on the 15th iust. the u«ual search party went aboard to ascertain whether any stowaways were about. A marine constable accompanied Insp. Kedrup to the steamer and commenced operations with
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  • 158 6 Just before the elephant parade at Kuala Kangsar, on Friday, while the beasts were being lined up in front of the Idris Club, says the Piuang Gazette, a European got into conversation with an elderly Malay who was taking a keen interest in the proceedings The conversation
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  • 556 7 An agreement between the Government of the Philippine Islands and Mr. K. L. Poole has been consummated at Manila, says the local Times, for the sale to the latter of the dose Friar Estate, in the Island of Min* doro, which
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  • 513 7 1 he appeal of a Malay police corporal and a Bengali policeman, of Bukit Timah Road station, who were convicted by Mr. Arthur ot having obtained an illegal gratifiestion of $2 as a motive for omitting to charge a Chinaman with carrying
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  • 93 7 lu the course of an editorial dealing with the meetings ot 4he FeddTa* Gounod, the Malay Mail says Altogether, our conclusion cannot but be tliat the Council has made a tuost auspicious beginning, and we would like to take this opportunity of expressing our appreciation of tho
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  • 573 7 The appeal of Lee Son rieng, for whim* Mr. Knowles appeared was taken at tl*» court of appeal, oi: Thursday, it bomf. a bankruptcy matter .u whi:b the Chartered Hank of India, Australia and China had b»*«i» interested. Appellant was sentenced to
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  • 37 7 iKuo.m Ouu Ows L* .1 ('•(os^sr.) L im|> ir» 1 <• The. Malay Mail learns that tho government has agreed to appoint a research chemist in connection w:t.. too departmoD of agriculture, I M.
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  • 784 8 The osual weekly session of the bankruptcy court was held by Mr. Justice :*ercombe Smith, on Friday. The list was not a long one. Mr. Mundell appeared for Chop Lee Nam Heng, applying for a receiving order against Chop Thyo Heng.
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  • 514 8 (From Ouk Own Correspondent.) Malacca, December 19. Malacca will shortly lose another of its residents in the person of Mr. W. B. Campbell. assistant principal at the High School. With the new year ho takes up an appointment in the Johore Rubber Lands. Since May last, three European
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  • 436 8 It was but a few [days ago that Mr. Lov Kim Pong was being congratulated on attain ing his seventy-second birthday. His r< sidonce in Devonshire Rd was the scene 0 merriment for a whole week and many friend*
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  • 78 8 (From Our Own Corrrspondknt.) Penang, December -1. j\lr. F. J. Ilallifax, president of the Municipal Commissioners, has been thrown from his horse while practising polo. He remained unconscious for thirty minutes, and it was found that he had sustained
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  • 53 8 (From Our Own Corrrspondknt.) Penang, December 15. The Bertam estate rubber return for November is 9,400 lbs. Messrs. Derrick and Co. report the following mine outputs for the month of Novemb* 1909:— Belat Tin Mining Co: Ltd: 44.J.96 Pels. Kuantan Tin Mining Co: Ltd: 64.»'' Pels, and Bruang,
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  • 551 10 The claim of Towkay Lim Ah Siang, of Johore, against Chop Guan Hock Hin, the prisent opium farmers at Singapore and fo»merly the Johore farmers, for $60,000, as commission for obtaining a reduction of the rent of the
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  • 49 10 (From Oor Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, December 20. The first annual South African Dinner, held at the new Orand Hotel, Ipoh, on Saturday, was most successful. Mr. A. L. Knaags presided, and the guests included Mr. F. Douglas Osborne. The speeches were very interesting.
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  • 328 10 Tho Singapore Phil harmonic Society deserved better patronage than waa extended to its concert in the Theatre on Monday Musically the effort was distinctly excellent, but it is difficult to see how the Society can succeed in its t fforts to advance
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  • 210 10 A demonstration for the purpose of showing the power b of the VaDguard chemical hand fire extinguisher took place, on Monday afternoon, at the Old Gaol Site, and attracted a fairly large number of people, Messrs. Pett and Wilson of the Singapore Fire Brigade and Mr. Cresson
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  • 625 10 The subscription lifet opened on Tuesday and closes at 3 pm. on Thursday 23. d inst. for shares in a rubber planting company to bo known as Henrietta Estates Limited J The Directors are tbe Hon. Hugh Fort, Alfred
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  • 56 10 The Indra liner Indramayo arrived from ongkong, on Tuesday, with a goutra cargo. Capt. Thirkell reports that on the 19th instant, at 2.40 p.m in latitude 6 North and loogitude 107 37 East, he picked up an iron lighter, which had been abandonee* at sea. The
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  • 446 11 (From Oitb Own Correspondent.) Labuan, December 11. Insp. Crnmmey left for Brunei on the 6th fto make further enquiries into the shooting case, aft Pantai. The liner Cleveland is due here from Baftavia on the 16th inst., and the Coal Co., Agents, are makmg arrangements for the entertainment
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  • 132 11 Seasonable RreetingB have wafted over from the Isle of Spicy Breezes in the form of an elegant Christmas supplement to the Times of Ceylon. While punted and pro duoed in Colombo, its interest is not conb ued to the neighbouring Crown Colony, there being many residents
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  • 307 11 In thoir report just issued the directors of the Straits 1 railing Company say Your directors duw submit the accounts for the half year ended September HO, 19< 9, being the first half of the business year 1909
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  • 157 11 We are indebted to a correspondent at Malacca for the followingWe regret to announce the death of Mrs. Dame! Neubrom ner, which took place on December 19, at 4a rn She was Malacca’s oldest parishioner and is the last of the old regime. She has lived to
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  • 306 11 'From Otr Own Cokrkspondsnt.) Ponantj, l IV Messrs. John Turner and W. Duucau havt presented cips for the roadster races the next Penang meeting. l'» nuug. December 21. The folly wi ng are the entries for the Penang January meeting First Day. Maiden Plate. —Roulette, Para King. Prin
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  • 98 11 Lord Kitchener, when travelling by rail from mid Java to Sourabaya, had a narrow escapo on leaving Solo. The train was being backed out of tho station there, when by some means or another the front coach in which His Lorship was seated, became derailed and overturned.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 134 11 Property Sales. Thu following property was disposed of by auction at Powell and Co s sale room, on Tuesday :—The coconut and rubber plantation, known as Emerald Estate, situate off Thomson ltd., 6th mile, area 8b acres 1 rood 20 poles, statutory laud grant, quit rent #37 per anuum, together
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  • 80 12 Kowlky.— On December 1«, at Kuala Lumpur, the wife of Thomas W. Kowley, of a daughter. Pin horn. —On December 13, at Winscombe, Somerset, England, the wife of R. H Pin) torn, ma Headmaster, Penang Free School, of a daughter. Clakkk. —At 84, Waterloo Street, Singapore, on December 16.
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  • 52 12 Jakgbu Quitohavkn —On December 17, at St George's Church, Penang, by the Rev. F. W. Haines, Johan Jaeger, third son of Prof. J Jaeger, formerly Prof., D«ad Languages, University nf Leyden, now of the Hague, Holland, to Johanna Marie Pettonells, seoond daughter of Mr. J. Quitoha*en, director, immigration bureau,
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  • THE Straits Budget.
    • 1017 12 Straits Times, December 16. These be sad times we livo in. The ohcri«hed delusions of our youth have been 9 shattered one by one by nersons who call themselves critical bistoviaus, and if we wonld preserve our reput itious for candour, we must be prepared to doubt
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    • 1034 12 .—Straits Tiroes, December 17. Our special representative at Kuala Kang, sar tells us that the general opinion is that the work has been one of unqualified success, beyond the most sanguine expectations.” We have been prepared for that satisfactory announcement by the very full telegraph and mailed despatches
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    • 1091 13 reiiiM'i'w *iiu r r of justice and civilization I—SiraifcH limes, December 18. If we expressed one single word of regret at the news of King Leopold’s death we should outrage our own feelings. The world is cleaner since he breathed his last, yesterday morning, because the
      reiiiM'i'w *iiur ■—— ,r. of justice and civilization I—SiraifcH limes, December 18.  -  1,091 words
    • 1234 13 —Straits Times, December 20. Oue wonders why Mr. Asquith has played into the hands of the Unionist party by pledging himself* to Home Kule at tho same time as he is calling for a mandate to hr. ak down the power of the House of Lords.
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    • 1113 14 Straits Times, December 21. We have been watching comments in the London financial press with much interest ately in the expectation of finding some Indioation of the attitude there in regard to the present price of robber stock. To those who know something of the inside working
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    • 1064 14 -Straits Times, December 22. To the vivacious enterprise of our oM friend «;T. P.” O'Connor wo are iodebS for a glimpse into the minds of sundry Bood men who, like the rest of ns, good and bad have been wondering whither all the pro. gress of recent years
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 93 12 The n o»t free price of the Straits Times in S3S a year The post free price of the Straits budget is $l4 a year. It i* not necessary to subscribe for a year. The subscriptions for shorter periods are at the same proportionate rate as for a year. Hie
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  • 831 15 Nearly one hundred candidates, seven of wbfftn are girls, from the F. M. S. have stood for the Cambridge Local nominations now being held at the Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur. The visit of the party of American tourists in the Cleveland to Batavia passed off successfully under the
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  • 512 15 Mr. W. W. Bailey is expected in Peoarg about January 4. Mr E. L. Brockmau, C. M. O., It/ of 1’dhdDg, goes on long leave in February next. Mr. St. V iocent B. Down ha« been elected a Fellow of the Itoyal Geographical Society. Inap. Marquess of
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  • 13 16 (Tho Straits Times is not responsible for the opinions of its correspond^nts.j
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  • 693 16 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—Some of the stations on the outer of the British Empire are quite unknown to tho British general public. You might as well talk to them of p aces in the heart of the Chioese Empire. Still
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  • 197 16 Is the Bishop a Lord To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Recent notices in our local newspapers referring to the Bishop of Singapore designate him a Lord Bishop. If I mistake not, this is a title which properly belongs to those Bish >ps whose position qualifies them tor
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  • 185 16 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —I trust that you will find space to insert these few lines in your valuable paper and oblige. Yesterday afternoon, at one o’clock, a gentleman and myself happened to bn in a rickshaw at the fifth mile stoue Bukit
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  • 63 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, December 15. In the case in which a oonia, Yi Boi Nin, summoned her husband, Lim Li Tat, sliav Mohamed Noor, a Christian Chinaman who turned Mohamedan, for maintenance, the matter has now been referred to the Assize*. The point at issue is
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  • 116 16 A very pretty wedding took plaoe at the First Presbyterian Church at Manila on the 7th inst., when Capt. Haskou Melnom, of the steamer Solsfad, wtll-Jtnown in Singapore, was married to Miss Johanne Bergen, of Tonsberg, Norway. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. S B. Rossiter,
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  • 624 16 Some weeks since we reported that cyclone bad swept across Cocos I«l aD t causing great damage, especially i a thft coconut plantations. Details of the dis aster were not available locally and ara now
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  • 1775 20 London, December 15. An rfficial statement, issued at St Peters burg, denies rumours circulated in the Press that another war with Japan is inevitable. The ttatement declares that Ru>sO Japanese relations a e m( st friendly, and have j been consolidated by recent agreements. j Prince Henry of
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  • 620 21 Berlin, December I,". The Brunswick wedding is taking pi ace to-day. and the Emperor and Empress of Germany and the King of Bulgaria are present. Holland has withdrawn tho bill for making a thirty per cent, increase of import duties. The Turkish parliament has passed the Tigris-Euphrates Anglo-Turkish
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  • 1158 21 A shipment of horses by Abrams Horse Repository to the Shanghai Horse Bazaar led to an action iu the Supreme Court, on Tuesday, when Mr. Justice Sorcombe Smith was engaged in considering a claim for 51.117 brought by Mr. H. Abrams
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  • 85 21 The planters of Malacca have issued invitations for an At Homo to bo bold at the Stadt House, Malacca, on the night of December 31. Tho new year sports arc to be bold the next day, January 1. Mr. Jt J. Bartlett baa been appointed
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 384 22 Singapore L. R A. At the Balestier Range, on Thursday the monthly spoon prosentod by Sir Arthur Young was shot for, Mrs. Bowes securing a most popular w in. Tho scores were as follow Mrs. Bowes... 31 30 5 65 5 Miss Kerr 34 80
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    • 469 22 Farrer Cup Junior Competition Final. An immense crowd, including Mr. Justice Sorcombe Smith and many other Europeans, gathered on the Beach Road reclamation ground, on Saturday afternoon, to witness the playing off of the final in the junior football competition for the cup presented by Mr. Farrer and
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    • 148 22 Tanglin Club v. Teutonia Club. Tlio match between these two clubs was resumed on the Tauglin Club alleys on Saturday. Tanglin Club finished strongly, and eventually won the match by 52 points Tanglin Club. Teutonia Tanglin Total V. A. Flower 635 740 1375 H. Freeman 635 739 1374 C.
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    • 356 22 S. C. C. Probables v. Possibles. Another rugger match was played on the Esplanade, on Thursday,between teams representing the Probables and Possibles. The game was a fast and keenly contested one, and the tean» were w$ll matched. For some time from the start play was more or less
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    • 422 22 Garrison Golf Club. Members ol tlio Garrisou Club, while tlu-ir own course is resting durin K the current month are enjoying the hospitality of other local clubs. As some doubts appear to exist as to the days set asido for them at cacii of the clubs wo give the
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  • Shipping in Port.
    • 487 23 December 15 Inverclyde, Brit str, Lea Cebu, Pehn Meyer Selamor, Brit str, Sandereon, Teluk Anson, Straits Steamship Coy Hydia, Nor str, Kircebom, Bjmbay, Borneo Coy Ltd Trin ganu, Ger str, Reamer, Ilo Ilo, Behn Meyer Van Goene, Dat »tr, Dencher, Anamba, Islands. Snips Agency Lang /ale, Hnt st*, Gardner,
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    • 530 23 December 15 Sa to M ru, .Tap B*r, Antwerp via ports Antil chut, B it Bt*’, Puget S uod via port 1 Gorgon, Brit bt*, Fiemautle via SouraDay^ Pr- fit, Nor str, Bangkok lHeim, Nor str Natuna Islands Can Piemen, Dut ht-, Munt»k Brouwer Dut str. Moeara Saba sinm
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  • 243 23 Srv iiposi, Dkckmhxu 22, 1909. PRODUCE. Gambicr ns® do (Cabe No. 1) unpicked 14 53 Copra BaU 10 40 do Pootianak H 9 80 Pepper, Black buyers 15 50 do While 6% buyers 27 00 Sago Floor Sarawak buyers* 4 00 do Branoi No. 1 nom. Pearl
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  • 159 23 (FkOM Our Sl'KClAL RtPRKSIIMTATIVi.) Kuala Kangnar, December 16. Yesterday evening, Sir John Anderson gave 11 h final banquet to the Sultana, at Government House, at which only the hull e p«rty wan present. It ih undt wood that, in the ooarse
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  • Stock and shares
    • 352 24 Date of Number <*> “77 b™«. Capital Sobaeribad jj apio D 8 nlMned Oompwy < Som' 1908 9300,000 300,000 30,000 10 10 Belat Tin Mini ag Co Ltd. 6.00 12< y f 1807 MM),uuo ktetOJU as, 600 is lo 1 7.600 t»ru*nK u. 4.75 or 08 1901* 9600,000 600,000
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    • 928 24 lfl r 9 120,000 105,000 1 1 Alor Oajah Robber Estate 91.80 1909 £8j,000 75,000 7fl> ,0 n 2- 2* Aliagar Rubber Es atis, Ltd. 3/1 i»o.« Mio t C00 £160,0 0 1,501’,* 03 2/- 2/- Aoglo-Malay Rubber Co., Ltd. (fully paid) <4/3 24% in''m 1906 ***** 00 161*2j0
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    • 76 25 1908 £<0,000 101,(00 lt0 j5 10o M •jsS is: <« s i r ss«se«u ss M»b tni.000 116,000 4100 AO n Ivp 1(K for 'flu SSSsya z "ZZ 'ZZ 1 *5 S a j-T* 8& SftS >890 88TI.000 670,000 J B8a!£2&fEii. IS SHS SIS "fesis a**srf-Jffl&r r 88 1&5
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
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    • 392 25 C0N8TIPATI0N. A Rbliabli and Lasting Cubb. Constipation means that these is no# a regular and sufficient action o! the bowels. It is a very dangerous disorder beoause it prevents the body’s waste from leaving the system, and this waste soon turns to poison. 1 his is how many frtsl diseases
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
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