The Straits Budget, 11 February 1915

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1 4 The Straits Budget
  • 28 1 The Straits Budget BUNG THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” VOL. LXIX No. 2974 Singapore, Thursday, February 11, 1915. ESTABLISHED OVER HALF A CENTURY. Price 25 cents.
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  • 272 1 leaders— The Necessity of the Training 12 Labour and Fighting The War Area ...12-18 Pacifists J* The Bigness of the W ar 13 14 The Hobble Kilt B Local and General— Local and Personal 1-2 The Late Dr. Crystall ‘J The War 3-5 The Late Mr. S.
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  • 4191 1 »od .Mr of y ,ss Hulon Jean Brand Tri “'ly CatbXl "Jr*" Sp'i“sfleld at Holy au fcVL nt Shanghai, on January 27, interest tl, f f, Juit u exceptional social S lonoTi of the bride having tyringtidd hav? te< Shanghai, and Mr. distinction jn 8 J 0
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  • 540 2 The Times of Malaya, iu recording tbe death of Dr. Crystall, which occurred ut tbe Batu Gajah hospital in the small hours of Sunday morniDg, says his death was in. directly due to his military enthusiasm, coupled with his obedience to
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  • 339 2 The annual general meeting of the Ladies’ Lawn Tennis Club was held in the pavilion on the 3rd iust., Mr. W. E. Hooper being in the chair. The chairman drew attention to tbo very satisfactory balance-sheet. He said that notwithstanding the various improvements which had been
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  • THE WAR.
    • 693 3 Kkutkk’s Tklkgrams. London, Ftbruary 2, 5.50 p.m. a p a ris commuuique says there has been won- lively artillery struggle with a series of German attacks of secouaary importance All were repulsed with serious German 8
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    • 1010 3 Turks Beaten on Suez Canal. GERMAN CRUISER SUNK. Fierce Fighting in the Carpathians. London, February 3, 8.20 p.m. Cairo A British force met the enemy in the vicinity of Ismailia. The enemy’s ardour was checked by a sandstorm aud their shooting, both art.llery and infantry, was bad. The
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    • 1174 3 Hard Fighting on Both Fronts. GERMANS SUFFER SERIOUS REVERSES. War Draws Closer Imperial Ties. London, February 4, 5.85 p.m. Paris commnniquo There has been artillery liveliness in Belgium, at La Bassee, Bothune, Arras, Albert, and on tho Aisne, tho conflicts being to our advantage. The Germans have made
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    • 1485 4 Allies’ Finances United. i IMPORTANT CONFERENCE < HELD. Russians Making Great Progress. London, February 6, 10 80 p.m. Paris, official: Tho Financo Ministers of Great Britain, Franco and Russia have met i in Paris to examine financial questions creat- oil by the war. They rosolved to unito in
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    • 722 4 Violent Battle At Bagatelle. ALLIED POSITIONS MAINTAINED. Russians Progressing. London, February 7, 5.50 p.m. Paris.—A communique says Belgium is quiet. The British, near La Bassee, carried a brickfield a kilometre eastward of Cuinchy, where the Germans hitherto have maintained themselvos. There were artillery duels elsewhere, except an attack
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    • 1159 4 British Confidence Affirmed. SPEECHES IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Canadian Sentiment. London, February 8, 6.40 p.in. In the House of Commons, Mr. H. J, Tennant, Under Secretary for the War Office, introducing the Army Estimates, said be was debarred from dwelling on the size or distribution of our
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  • 332 5 The New \car’s number of tho Syren and Shipping Illustrated is again au excellent one, remarks The Times. There aro photographs of men distinguished in the shipping industry, and many photographs illustrating tho articles on tho shipbuiidiug of tho past year,
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  • 249 5 Supplementing the observations of the Hon. J. B. Elcum concerning the late Mr. S. B. Henson, which appeared in our columns, the Straits Echo says: Mr. Henson was a young man of reckless courage, to whom the very idea of fear was unknown. Some
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  • 245 5 Although the mail gun was fired at 7 a.m. on Sunday, it was not until after ten o’clock that the Malta was moored alongside the P. and O. wharf, some difficulty being experienced with the strong current running. There was a large crowd awaiting the
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  • 1110 5 Some time ago, says the Financial News, of January 5, we wore showing by what means Germany had obtained a trade foothold in China. As amply demonstrated then, pushfulness and patienco were important factors in the rivalry
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  • 203 5 The following obituary notice of the death of Mr. George S. H. Gottlieb, which occurred in Cairo, it* taken from the Egyptian Gazette:— Mr. Gottlieb had never been in very robust health, having suffered severely from asthma, and it was on this account that
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    80 7 As far as can be gathered, all the country east of a line drawn from Ostond past Lille, through Guise aud then turning east through Argonae and north of Verdun tc (he frontier is iu the hands of the Germans, while the allies appear to hold the positions
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  • 1478 7 (Ikom A Cokkkspondknt.) Sourabaya, January 28. The news of the Zeppelin raid reached us on the morning of the 21st, and that name evening it was impossible to discover one journal throughout the island that contained a word of praise for the German achievement. A leading journal,
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  • 1234 8 Tim Russian victory in tho Caucasus in midwinter is of tho most striking character, says The Tirm h. In the long, arduous campaign iu Kant Prussia aud Poland the Russian arms at different times have boon able
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  • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
    • 147 8 Tlio following scores were made by the Singapore Ladies' Kitlo Association at Balestier range in tho February competition for the Uidgway Cup, the top tivo scores constituting tho learn 4 v. -2 m uo? 00 a ao J* IU 2U -3 58 £8 18 Q
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    • 180 8 Singapore Golf Club. The February monthly medal was played on Saturday and Sunday and resalted in win for Mr. H. B. Baker, who returned the excellent net score of 74. Thirty cards wore taken out and the following were returned H. B. Baker 49 45 20 74 1). Miller
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  • 30 8 Hkutkr’s Tklkorams. London, February 4, 4.40 p.m. The death has occurred of Miss Dr add on vMrs. Maxwell), tho wellknown novelist, at the ngc of 77.
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  • 522 8 Apropos t*f an article reproduced elsewhere from a I-ondon financial paper, on tho subject of Gorman and Austrian trade with Malaya, it may be recalled that the suggestion to capture that trade and lia\e it transferred to British hands has already
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  • 333 8 There are rumours, says an Indian exchange, abroad that P. and O. passengers may hope soon t<» recover the privilege of embarking aud disembarking at Marseilh s in their voyages to and from India. The enforced resumption of the long sea route to India
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  • 452 8 A correspondent of the North China Daily News writes from Hainan, the home of the Hylam boy I have just returned from several weeks spent in Vang-neng District. The lottery business in this district goes o» with unabated vigour. The arrival
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  • 187 8 From the beginning of this year Government has brought into force a re-arrange-ment of its representatives in Labuan and Brunei. Hitherto there ha« been a post of Resident of Labuan and Brunei, with a District Officer at Labuan and an assistant Resident at Brunei. The last assistant Resident
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  • 168 8 We are informed that Indian residents here, including the soldiers, are experiencing difficulty in getting wheat flour of good quality. That obtained from some of the dealers is said to contain offensive insects of various kind 3, which make the Hour objectionable and unwholesome, and it is
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  • 1969 11 n he annual meeting of the shareholders of Tnn°kali Harbour Tin Dredging Co., vm was held ou December 16, the chairman N I a rs i Mr. A. S. H. Ashbolt) presiding 0 d r a J0
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  • 264 11 All German firms in Hongkong are being liquidated by order of tho British Government. Below we (China Press, Shanghai) give a list of the respective firms and liquidators (latter appointed by the Government) as compiled by Rosenstock’s Directory of China
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  • 167 11 A correspondent at Uairo has had placed in his hands the story of an eye-witness of the destruction of the Emdon. It agrees with the accounts already given, but reports an incident on the Sydney’s returning to her place to escort tho convoy, after smashing tho Emden,
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  • 140 11 The contest committee lias decided to hold the second annual championship games of the b'ar Eastern Athletic Association in Shanghai from May 15 to May 22. All nations in the Far East arc cordially invited to take part. There will bo two distinct programmes. The Far
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  • 810 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —With all the calls that this war has already occasioned and the generous response they have met with in tho Peninsula, Heel diffident in making yet another appeal to the charity of your readers.
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  • 73 12 Blair.— On Brd inst., at tho Maternity Hospital, Singapore, to Mr. und Mrs. K. J. Blair, a daughter. Tayk.—On February 5, at ‘21.*1, Orchard Hoad, Singapore, to Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Tayc, a daughter. Bangkok papers please copy. I Klkmino. —On Oth inst., at Lahat Hoad, Ipoh, the
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  • 62 12 Mitchkll—Fiktu.— On .lanuary ‘2,1915, at Emmanuel Church, Dulwich, William, on er son of Adam 11. Mitchell, of Cpper Nurwo d, to Kthel Alice, second daughter of .lames F. Firth, of Dulwich. Mokimhon —Muklky.—On February 7,1915, at St. Andrew’s, Singapore, by the Hevd. F.G. Swindell, Victor Robirt Morrison, 1.M.5., sth
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  • Straits Budget.
    • 1149 12 Straits Times, February 4. What wo said yesterday, in reference to the gigantic numbers that may yet bo drawn into tho fighting lines at the command of the Kaiser, was meant to impress the importance of relaxing not ono whit of our military activity. The Gorman
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    • 1141 12 —Straits Times, February 5. The indirect effects of war aro almost as worthy of notice as the incidents of war. Those who were in the inner circles of the Labour l’arty tell us that during the first half of 1914 there was an exceptional degree of activity
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    • 1180 12 —Straits Times, February t>. We wonder if it has occurred to anyone that, while there are from ton to twelve millions of men engaged in war, there is scarcely a yard of British territory on which an enemy has a footing. The revolt in South Africa was
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    • 1269 13 nularity would have been in peril.—Straits Times, February 8. The idealists, says Archibald Hard in The Fortnightly, are the salt of the earth. In their opinion all war is hateful and they refuse to have anything to do with the preparations for or the prosecution of hostilities. The only
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    • 1113 13 —Straits Times, February 9. Almost everything in the present war has been on a bigger scale than anybody expected. Writers on naval matters were perfectly content to speak of battles at sea beginning when the rival fleets wore as much as seven miles apart. In
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    • 1181 14 ve ry frightened for our skins.—Straits Times, February 10. Thoro is a story abroad that, when a certain distinguished Scot was urging the formation of a certain distinguished Malayan unit in the early days of a certain war, Authority suspiciously demanded an assuranco that there would bo
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 94 12 The poat irff price of the Strain Timrx l« a year. Tie poat fre-* prica of the Striiili Itwigrl i» $14 (i y*<* r II i« not nerea«ary to «ubacnbe for a year. The *iilr aerip.ion* for thorter period* are at the tame proportion itr rate aa for a year.
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  • 92 12 DEATHS. Dkw. —On January 8, at Cranborne, Eastbourne, the Kcv. G. Platt Dew, B.A., late rector of Sbirenewton, Monmouthshire, formerly Domestic Chaplain to the late Lord Itaglan, youngest son of the late Hcv. John Worgan Dew, M.A., vicar of St. James’, Halifax, Yorkshire, dearly-loved husband of tlio Lady Mary Dew,
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  • 238 14 The Siam Observer learns that the Government of Indo-China have prohibited the export of rice until further notice. No official intimation of this step has been received at the French Legation here (says the paper quoted), but we are informed that it may be regarded as a
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  • 230 14 Those who have to do with the Girls’ Friendly Society arranged a most enjoyable function, a combined sale of work and at home, at Woodstock, Grange Road, on Saturday. They were favoured with a tine afternoon and a good attendance, which included the Lady Evelyn Young and
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  • 114 14 Hie action of Turkey in entering into the conflict has greatly shaken tho opium market. It is the opium used for medical purposes, for tho manufacture of morphine and not that used for smoking, that is affected. Although Chinese and Indian opium is obtainable,
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  • 736 14 London, January 8, 1915, After being closed for just over live months the London Stock Exchaog-j Wu upened last Monday, the 4th inst., auiid scenes of considerable enthusiasm. There was au unexpectedly large attendance, but quite a number of members
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  • 38 14 (From Our Own Corrkspondknt.) Kuala Lumpur, February 8. r ifty Chinese raided a houso at KuanfJ on Saturday, indicting injuries on three Bengalis, two of whom have since died. A child was also wounded.
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  • 3262 15 Th0 general report of tlie Singapore Dioco1 iMociation lor tho year ending Decomber 22? 'S 1914. We reproduce tbe ie* year *1914, which was tho fourth r of tbo association, the main advances r wo ,-k of
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  • 440 15 The Sze Hai Tong Banking and Insurance Company’s eighth annual report, dated Singapore, February 4, for the half-year onding December 31,1914, states: —The gross profits amount to 9132,243.20 which, including 9197,988.40 brought forward from last account, amounts to 9330,231.60. From this amount has to be
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  • 1406 16 Though tho following letter from Nairobi, British East Africa, is dated so far back us December 4, it is of inti rest uh showing the remarkable state of affairs existing in East Africa in the earliest stages of
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  • 241 16 Tho Aden correspondent of tho Times of India, writing on January 9, says :—A communique published here this moruing states that 11. M S. Fox and Goliath have bombarded tho troops which occupied Dur-os-Saluum, in German East Africa, and have disabled all the enemy’s ships
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  • 376 16 A Blue-Book gives tho first report of the Committee on the Sub-Division of Merchant Ships (popularly styl' d tho Bulkhead Committee) appointed by the Board of 1 ratio in May, 1912. The report is confined to passenger steamships. Tho bulkhead recommendations,
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  • 224 16 An officer in the R.A.M.C. attached to the King's Shropshire Light Infantry, in a letter to his father, who resides at Wimbledon, says: Tho pluck of tho chaps is qoito beyond belief. The dressing station itself is a stable and really a cowshed
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  • 157 16 There was a largo gathering of civilians at tho 1*. and O. wharf on Friday to say good bye to friends homeward bound. Two military bands discoursed music in honour of the departing General Ollieer Commanding, Ills Excellency Major-General It. N. K. Rea do, C.B., Major and Mrb.
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  • 163 16 Simcupom, Fkbkuary 10, 1915 exchange On Lohdoh Bank 4 m/s 2/4 Demand M <1/41 Private 8 la/a m i/41? On Indu Bank T. T. 1741 Oh HoNOKOMu...Bank d/d 28% On Shanghai.... Bank d/d 10a Oh Java... Bank T, T. Uty Oh Ja*am Bunk d/d 1141 Sovereigns—bay mg
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  • 366 16 Sihoapobk, Fkuruary 10, 1915. MINING. vXj ““J 0 10 10 Ampang 8.00 8.50 1 1 Ayer Wong 0.15 C.20 10 10 Belat 2.50 3.00 10 10 Broang 0.75 1.50 10 10 Kampav 10.00 10 10 Kanaboi 1.30 160 10 10 Kinta Association 8.00 11 £1 Kinta Tin
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  • The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT.
    • 58 1 Gknkral— The Singapore Rubber Auction 1 January Rubber Returns 2 Export of Raw Rubber 2 Exportation of Rubber 8 Tklkorams London Rubber Specials 1 Mmtinus and Reports— Sbangbai-Malay Estates l Kong Lee Plantations 1 Sembrong Rubber Estate 1 Taiping Plantations 2 Glrnealy Rubber 8 Malay Rubber Planters 8 Asaban
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    • 52 1 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, February 6. Ratanui pays a final dividend of 8$ per cent., making 17$ per cent, as before. Mr. E. L. Hamilton is the Chairman-elect of tbe Rubber Growers’ Association. Penang, January 10. Linggi Plantations are about to issue 100.000 shares at eight
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    • 390 1 An extraordinary general meeting of the Shanghai-Malay Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held at Shanghai on January 21 to confirm Bpecial resolutions passed at a meeting held on January 5 providing for an increase of the Sni? f tbe cotn l )an y by the creation of -JU.UUO new
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    • 878 1 The fourth ordinary general meeting oj the shareholders of the Kong Lee (Perak) Plantations, Ltd., was held on December 28, at the Registered office, 22, Reu field Street, Glasgow, Mr. Lawrence Duugal (chairman of the company) presiding. The Chairman
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    • 616 1 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association’s 177th auction was held on Tuesday when there were offered for sale 2,605.39 piculs, or 847,385 lbs. (tons 155.08), and sold 1,254.04 piculs, or 167,205 lbs. (tons 74.65). The prices realised wore:—
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    • 331 1 The directors of the Sembrong Rubber Estate, Ltd., report for the year ended July 81 last:—The company's operations during the past year resulted in a net profit of 1,594.78, which is subject to proportion of directors’ fees, and also to an amount necessary to provide for bad
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    • 1702 2 The fourth annual general meeting of the Taiping Rubber I'laututions, Limited (F.M.S.), was held ou December 29, at Winchester House, Old Broad Street, E.C., tho Hon. Evorard Fcildiug presiding. The Chairman said Gentlemen, I regret that this year
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    • 795 2 Mount Austin.—63,426 lbs. Glenealy.— 11,620 !bs. Teluk Ansou.-6,800 lhs. Alor Gajab. —120.000 lbs. Ayer Panas.—32,500 ibs. Paj im. 30.750 lus. Pautai. —9,828 lbs. Hay tor. —9. M2 lbs. Sckong.—11.263 los. Majedie. —6,895 lhs. Pcrmas. —18,220 lbs. Jimah. —6,964 IbH. Alor Gajab Estate. —12,000 lbs. Ayer Panas. —32,500
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    • 218 2 Paterson, Simons and Co., in their weekly rubber circular, Htate: —Intimation has now been received to the effect that His Majesty’s Government have approved arrangements whereby under a system of guarantees applications for permission to ship rubber to the United States may be entertained. All such
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    • 2144 3 Glenealy Rubber. DECLARATION OF 2 PER CENT. DIVIDEND. Thinning Out Recommended. am, vr-arlv report of the directors of TbC i ?on«: Limited, to be pre°'Tf tn tbe shareholders at tho annual meetim:, and which is signed by Keneral k chairman, i«as follows: >M'- A l to submit herewith the tDdiB
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    • 766 3 The ordinary general meeting of the Malay Rubber Planters, Limited, was held at Salisbury House on December ‘28 under the presidency of Mr. A. J. Stevens (the chairman of the company). The Chairman said Gentlemen, you will notice that the profits for
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    • 678 3 We reproduce the following article from The Financier of January 8 Mincing Lane, the great clearing mart for the nalo of plantation rubber, is keenly awaiting the decision of the Government with regard to the exportation of rubber, the prohibition of
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    • 1722 4 Tbo second annual general meeting of shareholders of the Asahan Rubber Estates, Limited, was held ou December 30, in the council room of the Rubber Growers’ Association, 38, Eastcbeap, London, E.C., Mr. George Croll (chairman of the company) presiding. Tbo
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    • 961 4 Stock Singapore r« B .iPd Par Dividends. Malayan Exchange Fraser Co.’s Capital Value Companies. Prices, Closing Prices, 1 1014. 1918. January 8. February 10. 150,000 2/- 12% 44% Anglo-Malay 8/- 7/8 g/. 26 750
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