The Straits Budget, 10 October 1912

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1 6 The Straits Budget
  • 28 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” VOL. LXVI NO. 2852 Singapore, Thursday, October 10, 1912. ESTABLISHED OVER HALF A CENTURY. Price 25 cents
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  • 309 1 LEA DISKS Failure in London 12 The (iaol Brand 12 Much Cush and More Deaths 12-18 Currency Questions 13 The Powerless Powers 13 Novels Had and Good 13-14 Local and Gknkral Local and Personal 1-2 The Halkan War 3-4 St. Mary’s Home 5 Fire in Singapore f»
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  • 4650 1 The Sungie (lau Tin output for September was 170 piculs. The output of the Rahman Tin Co., Ltd., during September was 738 piculs. The output of the Rahman Hydraulic Tin, Limited, during September was 350 piculs. Mr. K. F. H. Edliu returned from England on the 1th,
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  • 4264 3 Rbdtkr’s Tblboram. I*kh Ontahiatisciik Lloyd Tklkoram. Formal Declaration By Montenegro. the action of the powers FORESTALLED. lighting Begun on the Frontiers. London, October 2. It is stated at Vienna that Austria and Hussia will exercise strong pressure at Sofia with a view to Bulgarian demobilisation. A semi-official
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  • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE
    • 710 4 Championship Final. Despite the general feeling that rain was imminent a large gathering of spectators assembled on the padang on the evening of the 2nd instant, to watch the final tie for the S. C. C. tennis championship, between C. F. J. Green and C. M. Howe. His
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    • 197 4 S.C.C. v. S.R.C, The first elevens of tho S.C.C. and the S.H.C. met on the Esplanade on Saturday afternoon, the match the foraor Sc™, ull,n «“> a „i„ L. Talma b James 21, o i» I 1 11 n b James 8, Capt. Rooko W b Chamberlain 89, W.
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    • 325 4 Keppel Golf Club. A foursome match, Keppel Golf Club versus Sepoy Lines Golf Club, which w u Played on the 6th, at Keppel Harbour, resulted in a w’in for the former, scores being:— Sepoy Links. Keppel. tH. R. L. Dyne n l Dr. R. A. Campbell n t R.
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    • 93 4 Ladies' Rifle Club. The following scores were made on the r in the Mills Trophy (October) competitionMiss Huxley I.!, Mrs. Venning Thomas Mrs. Goldie Miss Kerr Mrs. Mauldon Mrs. Watkins 183 Tho spoon competition was won by Venning Thomas, scores being To Mrs. Venning Thomas 82 83 Miss
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  • 495 5 t i.lly lino weather, a huge nttenil l tin* presence of 11Excelleucy l l A nior and Lady Evelyn Young, won u |iicli contributed to the unqualified ,j t.|n* gardi it party belli at Abbots 4< 11 v loaued for the
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  • 295 5 A Malay named Yakub was chained i' Mi I-irmxtune,outlie Jrd, withrobbery. *>'•» with going armed in public with a i ttigerous weapon, to wit a life preserver w. iiit.. n itl. lead at the cud of it. The complain. mt. a
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  • 66 5 broke out in tl.o small hours of ri in t.. in a saw mill, mar Kul'afrj tile propeftX of Chop Ho llniHi .jo is estimati d £'2(UldO t but ‘In «m •apod injury. It is siipp* *f-'» <1 that 1 oriyinati *1 iiom soue saw-dust 1 1
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  • 748 5 In brief telegraphic form we have already given the gist of the remarks on solicitors’ clerks made by Mr. Justice limes, at Kuala Lumpur, on 1 liuisday, iu tbe eourso of a judgment concerning a Ha wan g
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  • 132 5 1 n days of old at Artaxi xc s b >.u «1 A gentleman of note naim d Ncliemiali Aski-d Why art thou so -ad e plied “My 1 .oi d. M v land lies waste, its gat( s consumed w itli fir* \'ou with sad eves i
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  • 792 5 The half yearly administration port of the Tanjong Pagur l>ock Hoard is to hand, signed by Mr. Lane, the Acting < liairman. It is mainly a statistical record, w ith many statements of account. Tho report covets
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  • 168 5 An official statement of block tin and tin ore exported from the F.M.S with approximate value (in SiiigajMin I and duty ci-III-eted, during the months of January to August, 1912, and cotupai isoti with (’orresjioiiding pe l iod ot previous year, gua s the following figures (cents
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  • 300 5 A telegram from our correspondent at Port I)ickson dated on the sth, but delivered at this office on the 7th, stated that an unkunwn oil steamer was on lire off Port Dickson,on Friday night, and that the Straits Steamship Co.'s
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  • 193 5 A vi ry on|(»yabli i v< riiiu; wa-> -*i>♦ -nt at tin: residence of tin* Itev. A. .1 uni Mrs. Amery, mi the ‘2nd, when a reception was jpveti to Itishop .1. I'l. ltnbirisou, tbo success ir to Itishop Oldham. There whs a fair utti ndanco
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  • 171 8 It appears that about eight o’clock on the night of the 2nd, motorcar No. 641, driven by a native chauffeur named Ah mat, overtook in Orchard Road a carriage and horse belonging to Inspector Meredith, containing two ladies aud two gentlemen. It is alleged that the
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  • 83 8 The mortality returns for Singapore, issued by the Registrar of Births aud Deaths, show that during the week ending Septette ber JK, tldere were 22S deaths, "ivino a ratio per millo .of population of :s.>.90. Malarial fever accounted for .19 de aths, phthisis 19, eouvulsioilH 19, beriberi
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  • 340 8 The final for the Harms play* don the Itli and rcult. q less draw. The teams 1,1 Not Civilians; .\j r> i H. Charters Coates 2, Mi ii 1 !r borough Mr. O K v V* r I Back
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  • 239 8 Messrs. Fraser Co.’s share circular iat* 1 October d states The announcement of interim dividend* has strengthened a few of the local rubber companies, but the market generally liubeen quiet throughout tin* week. Sterling rubbers have received a setback hie to
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  • 92 8 A certain State—a certain I own Where is the local bard To haunt the Club, and note it down As whisp’ring groups, with no* -m 1 Talk “catties to the yat > They speak of bores ,the mil*-' That probo the ground for tiui. An«l, with the
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  • 13 11 fThe "trait* Time* is not responsible tot tufc opmiouH of its correspondents.
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  • 502 11 1V» the Kditor of tho Straits Times. ir About two thousand four hundred „ixty-three years ago, one of the greatest, Hll 1( greatest, philosophers was born in ut ilu‘ provinces of China, and he was pn'ufucius, the greatest teacher on morals. J (il u j, his great influence
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  • 85 11 To tho Editor of the Straits Times. S: r, It was Dot only in ludia that the Muslims offered tlieir prayers to H. I. M. Pultun of Turkey and his 5luslini subjects, but Ik re. yesterday, special prayers were also •.'Hen in every mosque for the Sultan
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  • 270 11 There’s Nothing Like Advertising To tho Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —'The Ninth Annual Convention of the '"dated Advertising Clubs of America will held in Baltimore, Maryland, in June, 'M.;. The association is composed of 182 iii the United States and Canada with -la aggregate membership approximating At the
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  • 350 11 To the Kditor of tho Straits Times. Sir,—Referring to your leader of tho r>th inst., headed as above, tho dreadful state of alTairs disclosed in the passages of H. K. the Governor's address rotating to the death rate, deserves the serious attention and consideration of
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  • 806 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Wo are thankful to you for your valued suggestions to tin* local Chinese community to start Medical and I'risoners Aid Societies and shall feel farther grab ful if you would lend your pen to the formation of a society, or failing
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  • 307 11 With reference to the death of General Nogi and his wife after the death of the Emperor of Japan, a correspondent writ* s to the Rangkok Times:— In Siam wo have a better way of showing respect and loyalty
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  • 214 11 Tin; report and statement of acc*.ants f* r the year ending August Jl, states that tin balance at tho credit of the Hongkong »it. Andrew’s Society now stands at 1*.,7-12.71, ag linst 1M.7n9.d0 hist year. St Xnirew’s I >ay was celebrated by a ball, which proved
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  • 963 11  -  Ry J. M. Hall. That their manners and methods are remarkable goes without saying, for scores of married women are dwelling iu a single house under a single roof with a single room a few feet square allotted to each. There tin y all live with husbands
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  • 45 12 Boi mi iium.- On Octets r 2, at the Maternity Hospital, to Mr. and Mis. C. A. Bourn phrcy, a daughter. Both well. Maim.ks.— On October 2, at the Nursing Home, St. Thomas’ Walk. Singapore, the wife of K. R. Maples, of a son.
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  • 49 12 Booty— Rohkkth. —At the Presbyterian Ohnrch, Singapore, on Friday October 4. Ralph C. S. Booty second son of W. F. S. Booty, Esq., Hast London, South Africa, to Laura M. Roberts, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Roberts, Northwich, Cheshire. South African and English papers, please copy.
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  • THE Straits Budget.
    • 1161 12 Crisp is a si«»u of prudence.—Straits Tunes, October !i. It would appear that the attempt of Mr. Crisp to float a live million loan in London has been a failure. The public, in spite of much drum beating in the press, only asked for two millions of
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    • 1061 12 aud k>n at lit public. —straits Times. Octobe 4. Cliin.i is beginning a now stage in her history, and tin; Chinese everywhere, if they u,< W(,rl *i ,e p s i*lt, arc looking earnestly into Western social and political and moral influences, and wondering how much or
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    • 1020 12 Straits Times, October His hxc« Honey tlie (imt i uor wa** able it make aw ry satisfa, tory report uj».>u t!.t fluaucial position of tin Colony in L.-s annual review yesterday. Ihe revurie tliisyc.tr nearly three millions mon than was estii;:.-.? ed, aud as the
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    • 1037 13 —Straits Times, October 7. •Soint* references made by the Governor in i‘ ls annual review on Friday remind us that *s nearly seven years since the "old sUudanl was adopted in this colony and the value of the dollar fixed at 2 h ii“ wisdom of that measure
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    • 1099 13 Straitu TiinuH, October H. Nothing is moro powerless than the Powers, because they are powerful enough to paralyse each other. If tho only great Power in Europe were Russia, or Germany or Britain or France, a short sharp notice to tho Balkan Confederacy, or to the Sublimo
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    • 1240 13 Straits Times, October 9. Novel reading is becoming <pute respeet able. We can remember thirty to forty years at»o that a novel reader was regarded as a mere weakling who could not stomach strong meat and had to feed on the milk and watery pabulum provided
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 97 12 Tie I out free price of tli* Struts Times i* |:ts a yer Th*; free price of the Straits lit. tgit is Sir a year It is not necessary to sut>«crilx for a year. 1 lie subscriptions for shorter periods are at the same propor lionate rate as for a
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  • 17 12 DEATH. Rest.—At Singapore, on October 51, 1912, Alexander Duncan Ross, aged 8f>. South African papers please copy.
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  • 231 14 A pretty wedding was solemnized at tin Presbyterian Church, on Friday, the 4th inst., the contracting parties being Mr. Ralph C. S. Booty, of Messrs. Richardson and Rooty, Johore Bahru, and Miss Laura M. Roberts, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Roberts, Nortliwich, Cheshire, England.
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  • 195 14 Keplyiug to a letter from the Imperial Merchant .Service Guild in regard to the composition of the committee appointed by the lioatd of Trade to advise on questions of boats in connection w ith the new regulations for the safety of life at sea, the Hoard
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  • 642 14 A number of processes in accordance with The Acquisition of Land for Public Purposes Ordinance of 1890 were down for hearing before Mr. Justice Ebden in the Suprtmo Court on Tuesday, and Mr. R. J. Farrer,
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  • 188 14 Under the auspices of the Ceylon Tamils’ Association, a reception was given on Saturday night to Mr. Voluppillai, B.A. (Cantab), L.L.8., on his return to tho island with a view to enter the local bar, after an absence of seven years. The hall was tastefully
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  • 199 14 Stoa t ,i h V“!' a S Iy c„ D W iTf U* su, offices of tlm Kast Aaiatic Co L td U «U» of the director Your directors be<» to *„i„ oighth half-yearly balance “IV 10 U* company showing a
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  • 222 14 An echo of the Cooper-Abbs matrimonial suit which was tried in Singapore Supreme Court in August last, was heard on Monday. The action, it will be returnbi ied. was on a petitiou by Bryan Cooper Abbs for restitution of conjugal rights, aud
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  • 155 14 In his annual report on the Survey Ocpar. ment F.M.B. for 1011 Colonel Jackson, tie Surveyor General, states that the new sinvey offices fronting Java Street, Kuala hum pur. having been completed towards tho cu*l *j 1910, the Trigonometrical Branch, whose headquarters had been liitlu rto in
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  • 140 14 A shod of twelve 1 which the Dalai Lama of f* on tciu going to issue, has been sen <> porary. It is a curious P l 0 f the"l* tive of tho crude stamps of so tr( ot datory States, of l-djj. each stamp ih a deuce
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  • 231 17 1 lie Advocate of India nays: —A few y« ms ago wp understand the 1\ and <>. Com !'•«*>’ ,li; *de certain proposals regarding the a ’"J"al Government trooping contract, and itd to take over the larger Koyal Indian o iuc
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  • 500 17 The following special dispat'di sent from ai to-tei, dated September Ih, appears in the Japan Chronicle Tho British steamer Dacro Castle was wrecked at K< clung in a typhoon on Monday night. The storm was one of quite unusual violence, and it
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  • 189 17 From information contained in the report of 11. M. Consul at Tamsui on the trade of Formosa in 1911, which will shortly be issued, it appears that the export of camphor (a Government monopoly) showed a decrease of b 72,. r »54 lbs. last year, the estimated
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  • 167 17 'l’ho Sultan of Treugganu, who has her n tin guest of 11. 11. the Sultan of Perak at Kuala Kangsar, visiter! the famous Tarubun mine, Mr. Nutter explaining the use of the machinery and appliances on the mine. Ilis Highness was most interested in all
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  • 476 17 A striking verdict and judgment was, says the Wall Street Journal, rendered in a recent case in the Court of King’s Bench, London, which is of more than passing interest to tho American investor. Ou the strengtli of
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  • 257 17 Chief Surgeon Andradco, who returned to Shanghai from Timor hist week, told a Cublencws reporter that when the reinforcements arrived at Timor from Macao the governor general organized a column of troops divided into three battalions, and with great valour led the
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  • 52 17 hollowing is the result of crushing opera tions at the* Kaub mines for the four weeks ending October f» Itiikit Woman Stone rushed 4,127 tons, gold obtained H'Ji ounces, average per ton 4.0.1 dwt. Kukit Malaeca Stone crushed l,W#(j tons, gold obtained I.>0 ounces, average per ton I
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  • 328 17 The case in whch Archer, alias iseharged with cheating in respect of Messrs. Katz Bros and the Hotel van Wtjk, came up before Mr. Forreron Wednesday. Tho accused, who was brought up 011 remand, was produced by Inspector Tyrivl who told
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  • 375 17 The Kinaneial News publish* s the following correspondence from AIllHlerdiltii, d.iU-d September It: In most departments of tho Amsterdam Bourse dealings have been very restricted, and prices have only fluctuated within narrow limits. There ware some exceptions, however. In the first
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  • 207 17 Muring a tierce gale at Sydney, early in September, says an Australian pip*r, a big tree was brought down The tree in its fall crashed through a small In k r shed, Imjm ath which a man and his w wen having tea. The woman w .is I«
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  • Shipping Intelligence.
    • 319 18 October 2 Ben led i, Brit, *tr., London, P. Simons River Piute*, Biit. str., Smith, Soars bays, P. Simone Kirin Maiu, Jap. str., Deguchi, Hongkong, P. Simone Devanhn, Brit, str., Hickey, Hongkong, P A Coy Iyo Mini, .Jap. str., Takoda, Antwerp, P. Simons 8 Matoppo, Brit, str., Dormand, New
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    • 250 18 October 2 Achillea, Brit, str., (Lnoa Maraoi'loH A L'pool Flintshire Brit, str Japan via ports Dilwaru Brit. sir., Japan via ports River Plate, Brit, str., Moji 3 Atsnta Maru, Jap. str., Antwerp via ports Benlodi, Brit, str., Hoogong A Japan Muttra, B‘it. str Calcutta via ports Kirin M tru
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  • 287 18 Siaearoaa, Octoukb y IVil IXOHANQI. On Laanva—Bank 4 m/s Mi Demand Mi Private 0 m/s Mil 0 m/a Mil Oa OaaaABt—Bank d/d Private 0 m/a 842} Oa Faaaca—Bank d/d 894 Private 0 m/a 199 Oa Ibdu—Bank T. T. 174| Private 80 d/r m. 176} Oa Hoaeaoae —Bank
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  • 1102 18 Swoaponn. Octorkh 9 Itfi 1. MINING. Issue 2 Valne Buyers. SollerB. 10 7.00 Ampang 6.60 par l 10 bo.at lie *2.95 8X6 10 10 Brnang 1.76 2.00 10 10 Kanaboi 2.45 2.66 41 41 Biota Tie 1.18.9 1.19.9 10 10 Kampar par 10 10 Kinta Association 12.00
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  • 265 18 The following decorations conferred by the Kings of Sweden, Denmark and Norway, in connection w ith the Siamese Coronation, angazetted, and permission to wear tb* m Lw been formally granted Fkom Swkdfin. Grand Cross of the Order of Vasa—Prince Damrong. Grand
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  • 152 18 Per P. and O. China connecting at Colmb’ with Macedonia, sailing October K Gamier, Mr. R. P. Brash, Mr Alexaod Mr. D. McGregor, Mr. and Mrs. Benmt Per P. and O. Namur sailing Octoue Major and Mrs. Vaurenen, Hon. K. °j Mr. E. Lees, Mr. W. W.
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  • The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT.
    • 1361 1 Wo qnote below the boot available London lifrt from the reports brought by the last mail, and add local aaotationu from the lint prepared by Messrs. Fraser and Co. (Singapore 30 the corresponding date for
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    • 125 2 London and Sinoaporb Kcbbkr Prices 1 Qbnkral— Big Robbery at kajang 2 The Future of Rubber 2 U.S. Rubber Company 8 September Rubber Petunia 8 Coolien for Malaya 8 The Putumayo Imlians 4 Shanghai Rubber Companies r > On tho Indian Coast H Valuation by Acreage ft The Rubber
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    • 137 2 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, October N. The auction this week was very weak and the fall in prices was marked. Eight hundred and twenty tons of Planta tion was offered (685 tons Malayan) against 1,100
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    • 45 2 Kino Kura Plantation. X Spot Forward First Latox Oct. 2 4/ft} 4/5$ 4/4$ 3 4 4ft 4 5 4 4/6'} 4/6 4/4{ 5 4/64 4/6 4/4$ 7 46j 4/54 4/4 i. H 4 6 4/5$ 46]
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    • 48 2 (Fkom Ouu Own ('ohkksiondknti. Kuala Lumpur, October '1. The Highland* and Lowlands Rubber Company bavo boon awarded tho Rubber rowers’ Assoeiatiou gold medal at tbo Now Toik Exhibition. I bo Highland* and Lowlanda Company ■o»it toNow York from their Midlands KstaU, ItiH of RUioked ihtet.
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    • 177 2 (From Our Special Correspondent.) Malacca, October 7. When tho Chief Justice, Sir \Y. II. Hynd-inau-Jones, took his scat at the Court House to day, Mr. R. C. Could, who appears for Ahmat bin Mohamed Aris, the
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    • 499 2 The report of the Selangor I'nited Rubber Kstates, Limited, for the period to March 81 states that the total area of the company’s two estates is 1,704 acres, 1 rood, luade up as follows: —Browneomet estate, 70.5 acres, 3 roods; St.
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    • 109 2 Two Tamil servants, employed by Mr. R. W. (1. Mrrrer, of Dominion Kstato, Kajang, who had recently como over from India, absconded on tho evening of Friday last, taking with them, it is alleged, $1,!.",() wortli of silver pl.'itcj and other property. The sus pM ted
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    • 646 2 The report of the Pelepah Valley (Joliore) Rubber Estates, Limited, states that the total area of the estate is at present about .'{,020 acres. The acreage planted at April 30, 1912, was 1..701 acres containing loO,255 trees. A further 14 acres
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    • 232 2 The report of the Strathisla (Perak) Rubber Estates, Limited, states that work ou the estate is going on satisfactorily. At the end of March, 19il, the planted area consisted of 632 acres, made up as follows: —Old rubber, 4 acres; two and a half years old, 25
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    • 685 2 THE FUTURE OF RUBBER. Influence on Shares Invesment Considerations. A correspondent with writes thus to the Kiua,„. a v’ b, her 9 1 1,11 V*w s 0 f hi my article of a w«,k the conclusion that then- k arriv «l at anticipating any decliue fa pnee of rubber— at
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    • 120 2 The directors of the Java V&n Estates, Limited, announce that ing crops have been harvestn 1 period from July 1, 1911, to Aligns ■> viz.:—7,781 piculs (9,422 cwts) 13,844 lbs rubber (1’astilloa and Nj For the corresponding 14 iuoiitl J31, 1911, the tigu.es w.re: (3,955 cwts)
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    • 585 3 laminating figures, aa American paper mys, us to the income producing possibilities [tin. I’uitcd States Kubber Company's huge >ainatra plantation are being made from mujc to time by thoso with a penchant for prophecy «aud statistics. For instance, it is
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    • 1255 3 I'ebone.—9,000 lbs. •liisin (Malacca). —2,77.1 lbs. I V^oli.—23,481 lbs. Alor Gajah.—5,490 lbs. Him (Malacca).—6,175 lbs. Hradwall.— 9,286 lbs. Chersonese.— 22,602 lbs. Liang. —3,261 lbs. Uiw-rside.— 18,202 lbs. 8u alb more.—2,100 lbs. Maug is.—2,647 lbs. KLbaug —5,085 lbs. St| nnei Kriao.—5,7:15 lbs. s uugei Way.—28.610 )bs. \ycr Kuning.—
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    • 277 3 The report of the Kuala I'abi H libber Estate, Limited, for the period to December 51, 1911, states that interest at the rate of 5 polecat. per annum was paid on January 12, 1912, to the holders of the 480,000 shares subscribed for cash, out of the
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    • 495 3 Tlio report of the .Minister of Finance of Kra/.il was presented to C<ingress on September 1*2. In 1911, the Government paid into the special account in London and into the hank ot Brazil ,1;500,imhi and 2,000 con ton
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    • 336 3 Ib-fore Mr. Justiee Dom|N-rt/. in the Sumniary Com t, Hongkong, on September 27, says tin; S. C. Morning' I’ost, the ease was again mentioned in which a Chinese sued a boarding house keeper for the recovery of $l,()()0 alleged to
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    • 2907 4  -  By Sir Roger Casement. Putumayo haw recently loomed large in tin public eye by reason of the horrible eriu Ities alleged to have been practised on the inhubi taiitH of the ilistriet by seekers after the wild rubber of the Amazon forests,
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    • 664 4 Tho annual general meeting of the Manda. Tekong (Singapore) Rubber Estates Ltd was held in tho board room, No. 5 Street, on the 4th. Mr. Lee Choon Guan p r sided and there were also present Messrs. Tan Cheng Kee, Lee
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    • 3520 5 it xtraordinury general meeting of the Rubber Compauy, Limited, was held \u_list 90, at 14, 1 logout Mutt, S.W., \j. utliur I >11 Cros, M.l\. presiding. I! Cliairnmu sai l that the object of th** jug was to
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    • 275 5 We welcome a Handbook of Shanghai Rubber Companies just issued at Shanghai by Messrs. Kelly and Welsh (Shanghai price DI.60). It is something alter the style of Dollar Share Values but while tlio author, Mr. 11. II. Read, offer* a modification of our Songat Scale in l.is
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    • 1279 6 Under the pseudonym of Study 'Km a planter, apparently, contributes a very chatty letter to the Times of Ceylon, and some of the advice tern lend is applicable to the Straits which like Ceylon will, no doubt,
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    • 264 6 Presiding at the meeting of the Lamag Rubber Kstates, Limited, held at Winchester House, K.C., on September 9, Sir C. 11. Rasou (the Chairman) informed shareholders that some of the reports received on the estate were unsatisfactory. One of tlicso was to the effect that the trees
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    • 272 6 Maori writes to The Financier:—Latterly I see you have been publishing correspondence on the subject of an acreage valuation of rubber shares. Considering that all companies. with but a few exceptions, report only the acres and dates of planting, I can not see any better way of
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    • 432 6 The second annual report of the Seaport (Selangor) Rubber Kstate, Limited, for the year to .June 30 states that since the date to which the accounts have been made up the 1,150 forfeited shares have been reissued at par. The total crop
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    • 334 6 The following circular, signed by h. Boss Dugg, aud dat'd Uroneini, July 9, has beeu issutd to tlu* shareholders of the Zongo I lubber Estate, Limited I beg to confirm Mr. 1 hatch's letr of June 20. Mr. iilatch left on the 7th inst. for La Pa/,
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    • 142 6 The report of the Shwegyin (Burma) Rubber Estate, Limited, states that the lut profit for the year to December 01, after providing fur administration expenditure, directors’fees, allowing for depreciation, and providing CJ,OOO for a reserve lurid, is £2,134, out of which a dividend of 4 per
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    • 608 6 Tlio London and China K\nr<*. t **1™ contains the followL rubber industry: n u °tcs on the The market for Plantation has be,-* and prices have declined ho.„™w? T' leltex Crepe spot quoted Is 7 ,i lr st
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    • 149 6 The Singapore Chamber of CoUIUIL 1 Rubber Association’s fifty-sixth auc place on Tuesday, when there 1 l Halo 105 ciihoh (pels. or |"j which amount was sold. Ihe l 111 "sheet Smoked *«g Lnsmokod t 0 240 Crepe No. 1 [u v’ o 192 to 4 17H
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