The Straits Budget, 13 September 1918

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1 4 The Straits Budget
  • 28 1 The Straits Budget RUNG TJJL WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES." VOL. LXXII No. 3161 Singapore. Friday, September 13. 1918. irtariiihed over naif a century Price 25 cents.
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  • 243 1 leaders— Tbe Fighting Lines Military Service 10 n Some Grave Points Rubber Problems y* \a The German Stand lO JT The Robber Commission Local and Gbnbral Local and Personal The War 88 Riveting Record War Week by Week 9 F M.S. Loan to Maaritios 9 Hongkong University
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  • 4759 1 There is much complaint in the Philippines regarding the fixing of the price of hemp by the Government. A Manila contemporarj says it has been estimated that the total loss caused by the Government’s vacillating price fixing activities amounts to P.‘2,C00, 000 in the Philippine Islands. The
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  • 15172 3 Piuter’s Telegrams. Allies Continue Advancing GREAT CAPTURES OF ENEMY MATERIAL. PlCTlR's TELEGRAMS. London, September 4, 12 80 p.m. The alvanco towards Cambrai is at present dangerous menace for the enemy tocau-c the loss of Cam'orai will certainly V t c lean of D.mai whose fall would make ,i
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  • 3105 7 German Colonies. EXPOSURE OF REVOLTING METHODS. Rauraa's Tblbokam. Paris, September 10, b 33’p m. Tho Allies progress is blackening as they approach tho liiudonbarg line but a reerudi HCenoo of tho battle seems immineut. An artillery duel is already ragiug. It ia more and more doubtful it the
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  • 349 8 A world’s record in riveting has b* CB established at Vickers Naval Centime’ io* Works, Barrow, by William Moses, who drove 5,894 rivets in nice hours. TLie wins back the lead in the competition from America Tho performances to date are
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  • 279 8 It will be remembered, says tbe Japan Chronicle, that in January last the warsb:p Kasuga, which had been operating in certain waters in co-operation With Allied warships stranded off one of tbe South Sea Islands, and subsequently returned to this conctryIt is now reported that
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  • 2344 9 London, Jaly 3. Herr Kablmann’s delicate intimation to the Reichstag that force would have to be supplemented by politios before the war could be brought to an end, has had to be explained away, in order to
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  • 240 9 It is notified in tho F.MS. Gcvornmont Gszetto that: The High Commissioner rocontly rnooivod a telegram, dated July 24, from tbe Secretary of State for the Colonics stating that there was a serious situation in Mauritius in regard to tho sugar crop, and asking whether the
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  • 82 9 Tho Matriculation Board of tho Hongkong University has recommended the award of the following scholarships and cash prizes on tho results of tho recent Matriculation exam ination King Edward Scholaships. Aunual value £4O, tenable for 5 years open to Briti h subjects: Oon Khye Hong and Ng
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  • 451 9 In a supplement to tho F.M.S, Government Ga/.otto, dated Monday, tho following important notification said to bo tbo outcome of a recommendation of the itubbor Industry Protection Commission—appears urider th heading of Tbo Publio Emergency hnactn it, 1917, Postponement and Suspension of
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  • 318 9 A dastardly and ingenious attempt to in* jaro—if not to kill—a well-known European resident in tbo Colony was made on August 80 by some person unknown. The medium employed for the purpose was one of the mo*-! poisonous snakes found in
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  • THE Straits Budget.
    • 1106 12 —Straits Times, September 6. 1 Field-Marshal Haig, most cautious of cbroniolers, permits himself to speak of the heavy defeat" iofliotod upon the enemy on the 2nd inst. We may be sure, therefore, that it was a good deal more than a casual phase in a long drawn
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    • 1144 12 -Straits Times, September 7. It is announoed that the Tribunal under the Military Service Ordinance will hold its first sitting on August 28, »nd we have noted a gradually diminishing expectation of mnch disturbance of existing conditions. The married men are not to be sent, though apparently they
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    • 1142 12 Straits Times, September 9. On the 17th of August we wrote, “At tb e moment when we seem to need every man we possess in the Western area, and while the necessity of keeping a great army in Palestine and another in Mesopotamia has in no way
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    • 1347 13 their neighbours are rained.—Straits Times, September 10. It is good to look abroad occasionally and to see whether, in the highways and bye* ways, there may not be some glorions light, hidden under a bushel, which being unveiled would dissipate all our gloom. So we do sometimes excursion
      their neighbours are rained.—Straits Times, September 10.  -  1,347 words
    • 1083 13 nation that cannot fail. —Straits TimoB, September 11. There is a general belief among experts that the German army haß turned and that it will fight furiously in what remains of the Hindenbnrg lino. It has boon hammered mercilessly since July 18, throe days after it began
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    • 1037 14 w k j vv UU UUQBIG -Straits Times, September 12. So far the results of the Rubber Commif sicn are (1) somo attempt to supervise tho displacement of labour, (2) suspension of collec tion of tho export duty as well as the special war tax on exported
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  • 96 14 Mr. W. George Maxwell, acting Secretary to the High Commissioner for the Malay States, has sent a letter, dated An gust 16, to the British Adviser, Kelantan, acknowledging a letter of August 6, relative to a message received by him from the Kbalsa Diwan of Kelantan
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  • 99 14 With a view to making enlistment in the combatant branches of the Indian army more attractive, the Government of Bombay have come to the conclusion that an educational concession in favour of the children of those who enlist is likely to be appreciated and to stimulate recruiting. The
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  • 53 14 Derrick end Co. adviae tbo follow inp output for tl e ftur wcika mdcd tbe 7tb iDHt Bokit Kcdjbd, atdio eronhid 0,822 trcp, polo obtainid 984 ran., average per ton 2.788 dwto. Bukit Malacca, atone cruf-bid 4,828 trna. gold obtained 289 o/a., average per ton
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  • 668 14 Mr. J. M. Simp, chairman, signs (be following report to be presented to shareholders at the annual mooting on September 19 vJentlooun, —Yonr directors submit here with a du'y audited statement of the accounts of the company from its inception
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  • 203 14 It will be remembered that a short while ago a series of thefts were committed in some Singapore hotels, and that, in this connection, two Pathans, Prassod Shat and Hazrat Shat, were arrested, the former beiDg a watchman and the latter a police constable. The former,
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  • 366 14 Messrs. Fraser and Co.’s Weekly Circular. in their Singapore abate circular, dated yesterday, Mowers, Praser and Co R La fn The report of the Rubber looked for in the near future, bat in the ,1 18 time the prioe of the oomuaodity H Con^ n ably higher
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  • 218 14 The eleventh annual report of the directors of Rahman Hydraulic Tin, Ltd shows that after writing off deprnciation to the extent ol 18,959, the nett profit amounts to *lO2 537, to which has to b-3 added the balance of •76,831 brought forward from the last account, making
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  • 232 14 On Tuesday morning the Horley, Principal of the Anglo-Cbi?«* School, Ipob, paid a tribute to the late Lieoe Eric Maulf ffinch, who was an old boy o the school, and who was reported to been killed in action. The Times of Malay* says that Mr. Horley
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  • 298 17 We have received a lotter from Mr. W MiPar Mackay, Hon. Secretary, Genuang Club, enclosing a cheque, and explaining as fellows:— I have pleasure in banding you a cheque for $1,640 of which $770 is to be donated to tbe St. Ducstan’s Homes fer blinded soldiers and $770
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  • 161 17 Telegraphic information has been received in Hongkong that tho Sang Kiang has been wreckod off the East Hammocks. The news received so far is very meagre, and the actual cause of the disastor isuot definitely known. It is stated, however, that tho loßt her way
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  • 90 17 Tho rate of mortality in tho Sottlomenl of Singapore for the week ended August HI, wan 29.38 per millo of tho population. Tbt total number of deaths was 210, of whicl 148 woro rnalo subjects and 6'2 female Convulsions claimed 18, phthisis 31 malaria fever 29, bnri
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  • 1221 17 Mr .1 li. It,oh, presiding at tho adj timed xtrao d.oary genera! meeting if the K M S Chamber of Miues, hold ut Ipoh on August 31, and speaking in regard to the proposal of the
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  • 736 17 Whon tho St* wards of tho llaeo Clab anrouncod a wrik ago tho np* cial me* ting «>f mjoujhors which wax hold !u*-i night, there 'Vt.ro probably lew people to Shanghai, saya the N U. Daily Ncwh of August
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  • 1967 18 A fr»“h phase m the diabolical mnrdcrs which wif cariKvl eu. i«h such cruelly in tho Gleb H it'1, North li»«dgo Hoad, on tlx night ut August‘25 last, wuh introduced out Tuesday in the t jrm of tlio coroner's enquiry which,
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  • 494 18 The fnneral of tho late Ong Joo Re Noo, widow of the ltito Sen Eng Watt, took plac‘ on Sunday, tho cortege leaving 10, Balmoral Road, at ‘2 p.m., for Hollaed Road Cemetery, the ceremony was in tho
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  • 225 18 Both Hongkong and Singapore are, or have boon, involved in cocßiderablo difficulties over the problem of separation allowances following on the adoption of compulsory service, says The Statesman, and the lodian Government would be wise were they to make themselves conversant with the facts of those two cases
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  • 149 18 A Calcutta wire of August 20 says Yostf-rday morning a European married lady ia said to have shot herself dead. Deceased was tbe wifo of Mr. W B. Mook and lived with her husband at 8, Waterloo Street, Calcutta. She waa agod about 44 and had
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  • 855 18 Tho United States Geological looking for tin, and, writes Mr. o .r2?? Serviss, has fonnd some promising d<‘£! tinstone,” or tin ore (cassilerite) on .ft 0 Ihdge Mountains, in RockbriJ.,, H,ae Virginia. These dt posits, which quartz veins cutting a peculiar Kr anit«.
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  • 28 18 Wo andrrntancl tbo npccial vlih* y Tribunal will itn RifctinnH in J from September 23 under the prowidurcy u the Chief Juatioo (Sir John Bucknill,
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  • 1316 19 The annual general meeting of the Ain iKiota) Tin Mining Company was held t the registered offioo of the company, Chartered Bank Buildings, on Toesday. Mr. P M Robinson presided, the others present Messrs. Ong Soon Tee, W Lowther n P. C.
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  • 175 19 In tho annual report on the state of British North Borneo for 1917 it is stated that timber as well as J r *o such as dainar, rotan, gutta, and campho. was hit by shortago of shipping spaoe, whu' in tbu case of tho jungle produce meant noor
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  • 154 19 The tenth annual report of Whiteaway, Laidlaw, Ltd is as follows —Tho accounts show a profit of £147,004 Bs, and, after providing for depreciation on buildings and plant, iDComo tax, directors’ and managing director’s fees, tho payment of the preference dividend to December 31, 1917, aud an
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  • 44 19 (From Olk Own Corkksi*ondknt.) Penang, 8' ptombor J. A party of armed .Javanese on Saturday night entered Bukit T. ugali Railway station b tween Piai and Bukit Mertajaui tied the station master and injured several porters They decamped with $30.
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  • 876 19 What will mark a now ora in tho history of tho port of Singapore will bo tho launch iog, in the conrso of tho next few weeks, of the first of two woodon vessels, each about 2,400 tons, for the Anglo-Chiueso
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  • Miscellaneous Reuter Telegrams.
    • 68 19 Kbutkh’s Tblkokam, Lon Jon, September 2, 2 35 p.tn. Hie Imperial Institute haw found that lal*Dg gruss from the Malay States compares favourably an a paper-making material with Algerian esparto an i would bo suitable for utilisation in the Malay Seaton for
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  • 62 19 Wcltovrodon, September 11, 9.25 p.m. Captain aviator of the Dutch indioH army Engelbert van Buvervoordo this morning while Hying above the Preanger fell with his burning machine. Thu oaptain wan killed and Lieutenant Sneep wan badly injurod. Engelbert wan an international airman who
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  • 395 19 Macphail and Company’s Weekly Report. August 6 to September 11, 1918. The share market continued in a depressed condition. ItUliliKK. There has boon a sharp rovival in tho price of rubbor, but tho pnoe closes slightly under its highest. A notion Kosults.—September 4 to 6 (Gath* rio’s
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  • 98 19 OBITUARY. HiUTBR’s TkMUKAMB. London, September 7, 4.CO p.m. The death is aunounced of Sir Katan Tata, of Bombay. London, Spptomber, 5, 6.5 p.m. Molbourno: Thu death is announood of Lord Forrest, former Commonwealth Treasurer, at qua while goiug to England. DEA1H Maclb-ffincu —2nd Lieutenant Brio H. J Mao'e fliLtij, {Seventh
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  • 40 20 |The Straits Times is not responsible lo» |he opinions of its correspondents. Correspondents should bear in mind that letters most be short and to the point Long, rambling epistles aro liable to b< rejected or rathl ssly cat down.|
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  • 161 20 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Referring to yoor correspondent Dost of the 2nd inst., I quite agree with him regarding tho non-observance by these motor car drivers of the speed limit; but I fail to understand why he should confine his suggestion to Heeren Street
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  • 118 20 To the Editor of the Straits Times, gjr,—I read in the press that the Colonial Secretary, actiDg as tho Governor’s Deputy, recently made the following remaiks Suddc-n changes came almost daily, and even if promises were given one day it might be easily necessary to break them the next.
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  • 129 20 To tho Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—It is really rather ridiculoos that “Temperence Cracks” jost because they don’t care for Iiquour tbe'mse Ives, sboold describe all liquor as poison. Our forefathers for many centuries have drunk maDy gallons of it, and yet have managed to produce a very
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  • 223 20 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—With reference to the article For the Red Cross in your issue of the 8rd inst may I take the liberty of pointing out a few inaccuracies. 1. If the distribution of prizes did not take placo it is for
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  • 74 20 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— For reasons not give n we see it pul forward in the Press here, that the family o: tbo tamoua OonoralißHiiuo frocb ia credited with being of Celtic origin, but we have it on the authority of a Frenoh officer,
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  • 64 20 To the Editor of the Straits Timos, Sir,—May this letter catch the eye of some of the owners of the dogs that continually do yelp at night time, in the vicinity of Rochalie Drive, Grange Road, in the hopes of thoir restoring a little quietness to
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  • 285 20 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—To the trained mind no problem is too itfinitisimal or too unimportant for serious consideration and discussion if by its solving the burden of existence be lightened. The correspondence columns of the Straits Times have for some weeks past been filled with
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  • 400 20 In this case, reports the North China Daily News, of August 27, H J. R. Grover was charged in the Supreme Court, Shanghai, on tbrcet^oa&4'<*i*u > '»£b etuotzßidoient of 885 bf, 8103 and 8461 28, the moneys of his employers, Messrs tionigsberg and Co. Defendant pleaded guilty
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  • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
    • 117 20 The September Bogey competition was played on the links of the Singapore Golf Clnb on Saturday and Sunday, 7th and Bth inst., and resulted in a win for Mr. J. McKenzie with the score of 3 down. The following scores were returned. J. McK nzio handicap 14
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    • 50 20 A well-contested game of football was witnessed by a large crowd of spectators on the St, Joseph’s Ground on Saturday between McAlister’s team and the United Engineers The game was keen throughout, McAlister's winning by an odd goal, towards the second half of play. Mr. H. W. Brown refereed.
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    • 88 20 Mr. N. Kathirayscn, of Messrs. Rodyk and Davidson, has presented a cup and 22 medals for comp- tition by the clubs affiliated to the Malaya Football Association Tbis cempeti tion, together with the yearly Colman Shield competition, the 1917 holders of which are the Simpoan Mubebah Club,
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  • 228 20 A Reuter message from San Juan, Porto Rico, says German poison gas has given the r shell of the coconut a human as well as a commercial value, and thousands of coconuts are being shipped from Porto Rico, so that the shells may be used in
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  • 86 20 Ybabwood. —On September 8, at the Maternity Hoppital, to Mr, and Mis. P. A. Year wood a son. Van Dbr Lindb —At Maternity Hoppital on Hiptetuber 1, H srel Tobias, son of Mr. and Mib li. J. Van Der Linde. Java papers please copy. Monk —On September 10, at
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  • 167 20 Singapore, September 12, ig l8 EXCHANGE On Lomdom •••Bank 4 m/s Demand onwna 2/8*1 Piivate t tala Om New Yonn...Demand Private 90 day.... (j 0» Fuici Bank 8M 0» I»DI* Bank X. X. I{0 O. Ho«aao»....Bank d/d Om SsAManu ...Bank d/d 4] Om JifAitMitMtatBaik Ti T H>
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  • 302 20 Sinqaporb, Sbptbmbib 12, 1018 MINING. Iseoe Buyers. Sellers Value fi r t 7 I{J5w#u 2 83 8 00 1<* II Ettta Absoo‘M»o» 14 00 16 00 xd 41 41 Kiata Tia J.M 41 41 Lahat Miao 8.60 7 26 6 6 LinguiTia 6 40 6.80 10 10
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 87 20 NOTICE. The post tree price of the Straits Times to the United Kingdom and foreign countries is #3n a year. Tu.. post fre price ot the Straits Budget is $14 a year to any part of the world. It is not necessary to subscribe for a year. The subscriptions for
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  • The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT.
    • 59 1 (JlMKKAL Robber-Soed Oil M J Rubber Position Rubber Thi fta Singapore Rubber Auctions Agricultural Labour 8 August Rubber Returns... Mbbtinos ani* Rbports— Jasin (Malacca) Rubber... 1 bukit Katil Rubber Estates 1 Malacca Planters 2 bukit JeJotorg, Ltd. 2 Tbe .Vhrluuau Rubber Estates 8 Sungei Bt» t,'au Rubber 8 LUtav.ah
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    • 401 1 At the prcHont time, considerable interest :h b* id»4 taken by home manufacturers in the iuiufral and vegetable oils produced in tin* British Empire. Various lectures at the technical and learned societies have dealt with the subjeot, and members of the Oov
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    • 873 1 A correspondent managing a largo estate in the F.M S. sends ns some letters he hat recently reccivud from rnbber experts in tlx United States. One letter, dated July 10, reads as follows: "Notwithstanding the maximum price of rnbbt r has been fixed at
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    • 363 1 Following was the report of the directors to be presented at the mooting on July 9: The directors herewith submit thur eighth annual report and statomeut of accounts to December 31, 1917. Tho total are* of the estate remains the saino as last your, at 1,260| acres,
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    • 618 1 Tho eighth annual ordinary g» neral mooting of the shareholders in tho Bukit Katil itubbor E-tates, Ltd., was held at tho company’s cflico, Malacoa, on September 8. A report of tho meeting circulated by tho Secrotary reads as follows Tho minutes of
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    • 3109 2 A lately attended special general mreMng of the Malacca Planters’ AS'-cciaho, *r i> September 1, discussed the prtKint rubber position aud its effect on teu couUiUju of labour. With regard to tho rubber position the following resolution, proposed by M*\
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    • 542 2 The eighth annual report of the above company for tbe year ended May 31, 191& to be submitted at the annual general meetmg to bo held on Stptcmbt r 10. at the rrei|. tered c ffices, Riverside, Malacca, shows that tbe pretits
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    • 1368 3 I At a meeting of the Planters’ Association I f Malays on August 28, the Secretary I -orted that a copy of a letter had been l eceived from the Under Secretary of State, I Office, addressed to the Secretary of
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    • 354 3 Following is the directors’ report, which was to be presen ed at tbo moetiDg on July 4 The directors have pleasure in submitting to the shareholders their report, together with the audited balance sheet as at December 31, 1917. The output of rubier during the year
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    • 495 3 The Singapore Chamber of Commuroe Bobber Association held its 362ad auctions, on 6th and 6th instant, when there was offered for sale 1,636,263 Ibs. tonH 730.47. Prices Hialisbd. Cents per lb. Sheet smokod fine ribbed 424 to 474 •i n good 8I4 42
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    • 191 3 Wo have received the following from the Colonial Secretary :-AU employers of agri cultural labourers who propose to redace their labour forces, more especially those who are about to discharge tapping coolies, are requested to give early notico of t'u ir intention to tho Labour Department, in order
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    • 679 3 The eighth report of tho directors’ of Sungei Bagau Kabbor Company, Ltd. signed by Mr. W. F. Nutt in an follows: Yoar directors bog to submit a duly auiitod statomont of accounts for the twelve months ended .lane
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    • 772 4 Djasinga.— 41,464 lbs. Langen.—19,000 Ibn. Kasintoo.—18,000 lbs. Pahang.—81,798 lbs. Tanjong Olak —‘<>7.960 lbs. Haytor.—11,018 lbs. Nyalas.—12,688 lbs. Lanas. —18,600 lbs. Johore Para. —19,880 lbs. New Colombia —26,866 lbs. Kelantan.—80,880 lbs. Ayer Hitam.—27,0)0 lbs. Bahra Selangor9 800 lbs. Boverlao.—20,408 lbs. Blaok water. —14 666 lbs. Bokit Cloh 86,800
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    • 183 4 Id connection with a report in tbelndiscbe Financier, it is understood that, consequent npon the ever (ailing prices of robber, the Executive o( the Batavian Robber Association, called a meeting of members on Aogost 21 and of interested persons in the robber prodocing world ana commercial oiroles,
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    • 1023 4 Issued Pat Dividends. Malayan Exchange p^5 a e Capital Valuo Comfanim. Prices? Clo s in„ p?°' 8 1918 Jane 12. Sep^fe 150,000 2/- 65 85% AngloMalay 11/10* i 0 m 6 1,000 *1 30%
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