The Straits Budget, 1 December 1922

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  • 31 1 The Straits Budget VOL. LXXVI No. 3381 Singapore, Friday, December 1, 1922 BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES. ESTABLISH HI) OVER THREE QUARTER OF A CENTURY. Price 25 cents.
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  • 288 1 leaders— Criticism 12 (iunong Pulai 12 Price of Rubber 12-13 Public Opinion Prevails 13 Legislative Council 13 Worn Out Europe 13-14 General Local and Personal 1-2 Infant Welfare 2 Hongkong News 2 Baby 2 Reuter’s Service 3-6 Sul'an Idris College 7 Legislative Council 8-11 l’eoang Chamber of Commerce 14
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  • 3659 1 many friends in the F.M.S. will i|(..,(i' 1 v hear of Che Abdul Majid’s Host >i’» „i '.j 1 to °k place at the General ult. huala Lumpur, on the 18th Assist•, 4 Ahdul Majid was Hospital p.nd I* 1 the District Hospital, Kajang kaim )on S
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  • 288 2 We have been favoured with a t 0 r of the confirmed minutes of the Infant Ware Advisory Board meeting held i, the P.C.M.O.’s Office, Kuala Lumpur October 27. They are as fallow. Present.—Dr. F. E. Wood (vice-Chair-man), Drs.. A. K. Cosgrave, M.
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  • 71 2 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Hongkong, November 2P. The Governor is appointing a Commission to investigate the Sui An piracy. The owners are claiming damages from the Chinese government. Punitive expeditions are making for Shanmei, the pirates’ haunt. Describing himself as an able Indian
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  • 192 2 Baby.” A ik w Baby and every motherly heart flutters, though the little stranger may have come to unknown parents. Tht Baby that has reached us is a new and revised edition, and it is quite true that no mother would dream of revising her own perfect darling but here
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  • 140 2 An important reduction of passage rates to all ports West and East by P. and U. steamers comes into operation to-day-First Saloon from Straits to London will be £98 and £104 and Second Saloon £6G and £72 according o the position of the berth. First saloon
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  • FRIDAY’S TELEGRAMS
    • 311 3 KfctTKK’s SKKVUIfc London, November 22. Lausanne M. Stambuliski contended Bulgaria must have absolutely unrestricted outlet to the sea. It is understood that the British, French and Italian representatives unanimously rejected the proposal for the autonomy of West Thrace. London, November 23. Lausanne
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    • 198 3 London, November 22. Birmingham, Alabama One hundred :ik r> are reported to be entombed by an explosion in the Woodward irontnine at Dolomite. London, November 2d. Birmingham, Alabama It is now believed hat a hundred are dead in lIk mine explosion. Eighty-three bodies have been recovered and
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    • 80 3 London, November 2d. Washington In opening the debate on 1 Ship Subsidy Bill, in the House of b< presentatives, Mr. Garrett, the I)emo- rat i° leader, declared that the Republican ,n lustration, with the death rattle in I s was running true to form by ‘.'’’ring special
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    • 296 3 London, November 23. Trig!!",?* J ntorv h*wed by the Chicago Inbum*, M. Leyguos. the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs C nimittee, in the Chamjci ot Deput.es, declared the committee uoul, report against he ratification of l.e Washington agreement. If the Chamh»i of
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    • 122 3 London. November 24. Berlin In the Reichstag. Herr Ctino stated that the new Government firmly resolved to execute the Wirth Government's programme as outlined in the note ♦n the Reparations Commission on November Id. Germany must have a complete moratorium for reparations payments in (•ash and kind
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    • 105 3 London. November 2d. Washington: Mr. (Jrmpers. on behalf of *lv American Fedora 1 ion of Labour, has rejected the invitation to participate in 'he International Trade Union Conference at the Hague on December 10. The American Federation of Trade Union sent Mr. J. H. Thomas, head cf the
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    • 54 3 London, November 2d. thrilling story of the gallantry displayed by Captain Evans, who commanded H.M.S. Carlisle in March last year when he rescued 1,100 Chinese aboard the Hong Moh, which was wrecked near Hongkong, was told at Lloyds on the occasion of the chairman presenting him
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    • 41 3 London, November 24. A message from Bucharest states that tin* King of Rumania, while returnin'/ from a hunt in Transylvania, escaped «n attempt on his life by the destruction of the railway lin<*. which den;did preceding train.
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    • 467 3 London, November 23. Their Majesties opened Parliament in state this morning with the usual ceremonial and were loudly cheered by large crowds. The weather was dull. London, November 23. The King’s speech at the opening <>f Parliament says he has summoned Parliament
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    • 29 3 London, November 2.'*. Amsterdam The police charged crowds of unemployed who were creating a disturbance and smashing the windows of warehouses in the centre of the city.
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    • 30 3 London, November 2d. Reval The Moscow newspaper Isvcstia states that the Russian railways are suffering so seriously financially that it is proposed to suspend traffic on certain lines.
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    • 122 3 London, November 2d. Berlin Herr Von Rosenberg, tlie Minister at Copenhagen, has been appointed minister <f Foreign AlTairs in the Cum> Cabinet. F.omlon, November 2d. Halifax, Nova Scotia A quarter (if a million dollars damage, hut. no casualties, were caused by a fire in the business quarter of Sydney,
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  • SATURDAY’S TELEGRAMS
    • 243 3 Kki TKIl’h SKKVICK. Ijondon, November 24. In the House of Commons, Mr. Honar Law introduced the Irish Free State Constitutional Hill and the Irish Free State Consequential Provisions Hill, which were formally read a first time. The first division of the new Parliament
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    • 101 3 London, November 24. A Vancouver message states Mr, Barrow, the Minister for Agriculture, in advocating in the provincial legislature an amendment to the British North American Act, to give the province the power to prevent Oriental ownership of lands, said that 14,000 acres of the province were
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    • 144 3 London, November 24. lJorlin A British and a French officer, belonging to the Inter-Allied Control Commission, who arrived at Ingolstadt, Bavaria, to inspect the munitions depot, were attacked with clubs and stones hy a hand of civilians hiding in the vicinity. The British officer was injured in
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    • 55 3 London, November 21. Lausanne Th»* first commission con ferenee has appointed a suli-nimmisson to consider, inter alia, the establishim nt of a demilitarised zone on the K i <t Thracian frontier and to endeavour *<> arrange a Bulgarian outlet to the Aegean. London, November 24. Constantinople: The new
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    • 42 3 Lor don, November 24. Rome: distinguished callers at the residence of the late Baron Sonnino included the King "f Italy and Signor Mussolini. In accordance with the deceased’ wish s, the funeral to-morrow will he of the simplest character.
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    • 237 4 London, November 24. Washington :M. Clemenceau’s utterance came under fire in the Senate, where, in a sharp debate covering l the recent relationships, Mr. Hitchcock declared that M. Clenienceau’s attitude to Germany detracted from his appeal to the American people, although it
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    • 288 4 London, November 21. Krskine Childers was executed at seven this morning. It is believed he was shot. The oMicial army report states that Childers was trod by a military court at Portobello barracks, Dublin, on November 17, on a charge of possessing an automatic pistol without proper authority,
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    • 36 4 London, November 24. IViris The Senate Army Commission decided by 16 votes to 15 in favour of a period of military service of IK months, instead of two years as up till now.
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    • 55 4 London, November 25. The League of Nations Labour Office announces that tin* International Advisory Committee on anthrax meets in London <in I)« cumber 5, under the chairmanship of St iIlium Middlchrook. The experts nominated by their respective governments include Sir Thomas Oliver, Australia Lieut.-Colonel Hutchinson, India Mr. Dixon, South
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  • MONDAY’S TELEGRAMS
    • 846 4 Kkiter’s Service. London. November 25. Lausanne An arrangement has been reached providing Bulgaria with an outlet to the Aegean. London, November 25. The arrangement providing Bulgaria with an outlet to the Aegean is regarded as the next best thing
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    • 119 4 London, November 25. Athens The Cabinet has resigned in consequence of the refusal of M. Zaimis to as-ume the Premiership, following the demarche of the British minister, urging the non-execution of ex-Ministers and others on trial for treason if sentenced to death. M. Gonatas is forming a cabinet
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    • 113 4 London, November 25. Boston Cheering crowds greeted M. lenienceau as he entered Tremont Temple where he defended himself against the charges of militarism made in the Senate yesterday. London, November 25. Washington The British Embassy issues a statement taking exception to M. lemenceau’s recent declaration that Britain secured
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    • 95 4 London, November 25. Ottawa The announcement is made of the amalgamation of the militia, navy and air force into one department under the Minister of Defence and effective on January 1. Commenting in the statement of the United States War Secretary that Canada has trained 100,000 men this
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    • 80 4 London, November 25. The Ministry of Health is insisting on the necessity of vaccination owing to reports of smallpox of a virulent type in various parts of the country. Since the first case was discovered at Poplar on October 27, 57 cases have been sent to hospital in
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    • 192 4 London, November 25. Dublin is quiet and the feeling of Un easiness created by the execution „f Firskine Childers has apparently disin peared. p London, November 25 Fo rn hundred political prisoners hav P been removed from gaol at Limerick and conveyed to the docks t under
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    • 136 4 London, November 25. Berlin A sensation was created in the Reichstag by an attack by the Socialists on Mueller, Minister of Food, whom they accused of complicity in the separatist movement in Rhineland. Mueller repudiated the accusation and the Chancellor promised an investigation. Mueller subsequently resigned. London, November
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    • 107 4 London, November 25. Calcutta After a four days’ discussion the All India Congress committee failed to achieve unanimity on the question of whether non-Cooperators be allowed to participate in the elections to the legislature with the object of weakening ti e reforms. The question was finally referred to
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    • 45 4 London, November 25. A commission consisting of representatives of the United States, the British Empire, France, Italy and Japan, "ill meet at the Hague on December 11 consider possible changes in the laws °f war since the Hague Conference of 190 1.
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    • 40 4 London, November 26. Santa Fe An explosion in an anthracite mine resulted in the death and injury of a large number of miners. London, November 26. Santa Fe Seven were killed and 30 injured in the mine disaster.
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    • 62 4 London, November 24. The British Government has made representations to Germany against the excessive taxation of British residents and visitors in Germany. London, November 25. Paris Women suffragists have decided systematically to refuse to pay taxes till granted the vote, following the Senate s action on November 21. London,
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  • TUESDAY’S TELEGRAMS
    • 379 5 Reuter’s Service. London, November 27. In view of the speculations evoked by the American observer’s statement at Lausanne on the 25th inst., it is noteworthy that Lord Curzon authorised the Daily Mail's Lausanne correspondent to state that the British delegation welcomes the
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    • 87 5 London, November 27. New York There was a hubbub outs.de the Lari Carroll theatre owing to a police endeavour to dissolve an overflow Iri.-h meeting favouring the release of Mary McSwiney and the condemnation of Erskine Childers. r l he <!»• nionstracors, especially the women, attacked the
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    • 80 5 London, November 27. Baris A Washington message states that the American Ambassador at Paris has been instructed to make representations to the French Government with regard to the bill adopted by the French Chamber of Deputies, now’ before the Senate, forbidding aliens to hold property in France
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    • 76 5 London, November 27. It is asoer f ained that. Erskinc Childers as shot at Beggar’s Bush barracks. He best shook hands with the firing party ,n, l bis last words were I <1° not j l grudge against anyone and trust nobody T S a grudge against
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    • 365 5 London, November 25 I,n^ a ton Th L Government has belt tnir P roc V t (^ln gs to recover sums totalling 17.) million dollars, alleged to represent excess expenditure involved m the construction of recruits’ cantonments luring wartime. Mi. Lehlhach, a Republican
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    • 106 5 London, November 27. New York The Hearst newspapers, which strongly support the Ship Subsidy i,i;l launched an anti-British attack on h e eve of the vote on the measure in Congress. The New York American publishes socalled disclosures showing alleged efforts bv the British diplomatic and consular
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    • 52 5 London, November 27. Barcelona A customs vessel ran into and capsized a small passenger steamboat serving the scuside suburbs of Baicelond, hurling into the water all the HO passengers on board. Ten bodies have been recovered and it is feared there are other victims. Seventeen of the survivors
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    • 40 5 London, November 27. In the House of Commons, Col. Amery stated that tenders for the construction of tw’o new battleships had been invited and some had already been cons dered. He hoped a decision would be reached shortly.
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    • 38 5 London, November 27. Winnipeg A fire has destroyed St. Boniface, the largest Homan atholic boys’ college in Canada. Six boys are dead and ten seriously injured. I lie daniup is estimated at $1,000,000.
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    • 20 5 London, November 27. Athens Colonel Gonatas has formed a cabinet consisting of five military officers and seven civilians.
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  • WEDNESDAY'S TELEGRAMS
    • 461 5 Kei.'ikk’s Sr.avicb. London, November 28. The outstanding feature yesterday at Lausanne was the presentation of the Russian note to the Presklent of the Conference, insisting on participation in all discussions of the Conference on a foot’ng of equality with other Powers. There
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    • 109 5 London, November l's. New York A close alliance has been f< rmed between the American Woollen Co. and the Consolidated Textile Corporation which controls 700,000 cotton spindles. Fond n, November 2H. Sir Edwin Stockton, M.P., in ;on address on conditions in the eott< n trade and the
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    • 51 5 London, November 2*. That Anglo-Russian trade was makiag slight, headway was shown in the figures given in the House of Commons. Br tish imports from Russia in 11*21 were 1*2.01*4,000 and exports to Russri 1*3,31*1,000 compared with £3,1 Hl*.oo*) and £3,37K,000, respectively, for the first nine months of
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    • 225 5 London, November 28. I'aris Stringent coercive measures against Germany with a view to enforcing reparations were considered by the Cabinet, presided over by M. Millerand, at which Marshal Foch and M. Harthou, President of the Reparations Commission, were present. Ihe schemes considered
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    • 182 5 London, November 28. The Irish President, Mr. Cosgrave, in an interview, declared the execution of Krskinc Childers was inevitable and he feared there would he many more before trouble would end. He was anxious to cease executions, but that could he <»»|y upon the complete disarming of tho Irregulars.
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    • 57 5 London, November 27. Copenhagen The Great Northern Telo"rnph t'ompany experts to open offices at Moscow and Omsk on December I. Tho Soviet Government has guaranteed tho oflirials of the company full liberty uri-l has allowed the company to establish food centres. All telegrams for Hast Asia by the
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    • 45 5 London, November 27. Home The Chamber of Deputies by 277» votes to !t0 passed a resolution entrusting the (Government w th full powers till December .‘II, l'J2d, to reorganise tho fiscal system and the administration of public affairs. The Chamber then adjourned indefinitely.
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    • 46 5 London, November 2C The Austrian Parliament has accepted the League of Nations scheme for the financial rehabilitation »f Austria. [The scheme agreed to is the offer of a I an to Austria of fi.'io,(HH),ooo gold kr nar guaranteed by the Kur< pearr nations.)
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    • 40 5 London, November 2s The rise in the price «»f crude rubber to I .‘Da pence pound yesterday, is attributed mainly to the support front American man fact mists owing to I >scried prv sure to sell forward.
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    • 152 6 London, November 28. Athens The trial of the ex-cabinet ministers aind officers in connection with the Greek debacle in Asia Minor has concluded. Gounaris, Stratus, Protopapadakis, Theotokis, Baltaz/.is, General Radjianestis, have been sentenced to death and Admiral Goudas and General Stratigos to imprisonment for
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    • 103 6 London, November lit*. The House of Lords, by a majority, dismissed the appeal, from a judgment of the Court of Appeal, reversing tin* order of Mr. Justice McCardie affirming the award given by ihe umpire in the arbitration, that the charterers of the steamers Ambaticlos and I'annghis,
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    • 120 6 London, November 29. Lausanne In the course of discussion in the Economic Commission, M. enezclos said that if the Turks pressed their claim for damages the Greeks also would da m expenses of occupation and claim on behalf of Greeks driven from Turkey. The latter claim alone, would
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    • 62 6 London, November 28. Mr. Bonar Law and the ministers of the Exchequer, Board of Trade, Labour and Transport conferred at Downing Street wMb representatives of th<* railway companies, whom the Prime Minister had invited to cooperate in anticipating construction. replacement and capital works with a view to relieving unemployment.
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    • 58 6 London, November 28. Home An official decree has been issued ordering the dismissal from January 1 of all Italian Consuls, vice-consuls and agents abroad who are non-Italians and their replacement by Italians, preference being jriM-n to ex-service nu n. The appointment or foreigners will only be considered in
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    • 49 6 London, November 28. Washington: The Secretary to the 4 *ivy has issued a statement arraigning as a disgrace to the naval academy of Annapolis, the conduct of midshipmen indulging in widespread drinking after the annual army and navy football match on Saturday. An investigation has been ordered.
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    • 42 6 London, November 28. f ash n^ ,n c Thl! administration forces in the Senate suffered their first defeat since the elections when the aml ro^rt ssivt Republicans united to recommit a resolution authorisa loft n of $5,000,000 to Liberia.
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  • THURSDAY’S TELEGRAMS
    • 579 6 Reuter's Service. London, November 29. The Greek executions arc unanimously condemned in the morn ng papers as outrageous, brutal anil mediaeval, though the papers are divided regarding the wisdom of severing relations. A wire from Athens says the courtmartial's dec sion was unanimous.
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    • 53 6 London, November 29. A Washington message states that the i,. I'Apartment announces that the will '‘ifc v‘ 4 S u hn i S s V ,rß ,sU,fl Participation it*i fbe Netherlands, at the meeting of lx* Commission of Jurists at the Hague law >< 0< m ><>r 10,
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    • 180 6 London, November 29. Mr. Tung Kang, President of the Supreme Court, Peking, in an interview in London, said that although the new Government of China has necessarily an uphill task, it was doing reconstructive »vork. He intimated his intention, on Ins return, of urging
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    • 157 6 London, Xovombt r 29. The uneasiness caused in London over the deliberations at the Elysee, which continued yesterday, was unallayed by the French official description of the Paris newspaper statements on the subject as inaccurate. Paris Le Petit Parisien to-day publishes an account of the proceedings. It
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    • 79 6 London, November 29. Washington: While the House of Representatives continues to wrestle with the amendments of the Ship Subsidy Bill, the Senate has become involved in a complicated dispute on another issue. The Democrats, after three hours’ obstruction, notified the Republicans that thev proposed to hold up all
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    • 64 6 London, November 29. Delhi An almost complete lull exists m the external and internal situation. Ihe country is quiet, the autumn crops are satisfactory and the aspect of the spring crops is good. The political situarPPn 1S c a^m The Sikh situation is easier. Ilu> police have
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    • 81 6 London, November 29. Brazil holds the key to the solution of tin* cotton shortage problem according to the Lancashire cotton trade deputation who have returned from a visit of inspection. They state that practically the jvholc country is suitable for cotton growing and that it was possible
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    • 66 6 London, November 29. °n the London foreign exchange market the outstanding feature is the strength of sterling on New York, which is reflected in the growing confidence of merica in the British trade and financial 5??? i n 11 touched 4/52% anci c’osed •>- r re'nch francs were
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    • 261 6 London, November 29 Ut the House of Commons, asked sUW* the present relative streneu 'J Britain, the United Mates and Jaw n f capital ships, Comffiander Eyres-MonJ.? replied that mere were 23, 2t> anu i pectnciy, ot wfticn one, eight anq were due
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    • 216 6 London. November 29. The question of the association of Chinese with English girls has been brought before the House of Commons as a result of a sensation in Cardiff where a Chinese laundryman died, it is believed from an overdose of op um, while three English girls
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    • 64 6 London, November 20. A New York message states that urgent appeals are being made to Government to employ the authority of the Federal Cour s to disband the Ku Klux Klan. who, according to Senator Walsh, conducted no fewer than oOO tar and feather parties and whipping
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    • 51 6 London, November 20. Marseilles A fire in a shed destroyed 4,000 bag-s of copra and considerably damaged the P. and O. Khyber. The damage to merchandise alone is estimated to exceed 000,000 francs. The P. and O. steamer Khyber, 0,014 tons gross, was built in
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    • 28 6 London, November 2!). olonel Leslie Wilson has been adopted ns (onservative candidate for South I ortsniouth in succession to Major Cayter who has resigned owing to ill-health/
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    • 18 6 London, November 29. Berlin The Disconto Oesselschaft has increased its capital hv 290,000,000 marks L. 900,000,000.
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  • 1412 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, November 29. There* was an important assembly of officials this morning at Tanjong Malim j the official opening of the great new Malay Teachers’ Training College. The thief Secretary, the Hon. Mr. W.G. Maxwell i bt his
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  • 42 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, November 28. T (U Cnnrcme Court this morning, Mr. >u U,x K»?w "unby delivered ju. tem«t ‘he with c aJe in sue,Mho Chief Sem l»ry Si:.„7srar.?K»«- k»r.u. <.«*,« the rice crisis in 19U-
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  • 75 7 in'r the Police* at dm off Kalian*? U«»ad, mill, Smi k° h S I 1 I,'f re Mr. Gourlay. oi* the* 10th «nst., 1 L an charK e*s of Third Mngistiat robbery jittoniptrd nnl 'j. h( "iusc*!. nu.nl>.-. aga nst some "f i s |v»w cause
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  • 1814 7 An interesting ease dealing with the LflYnnt ejval ties of rice sold on the mur;et was heard hy Mr. Justice BarrettLtnnard in the Supreme C urten Tueselay. The plaintiffs were the Mitsui Ilussan Xa's'iu, Ltd., and the defendants, Messrs. Ail: Seng and Co.
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  • 160 11 While passing the Europe Hotel on M. nday morning his way to attend the A>sizes in the Supreme Court Detective inspector Phear, who was riding in a ricksha, had a narrow escape. He has had two of these recently, in the first r -tance of being shot
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  • 135 11 Tan Ah Bocm was eharged on Wednesday at the instance of Traffic Inspector T. W. Uorben with rash and negligent driving in Gaylajng Road, near Grove Road junction, at 11 a.in. < n November 2i, of re Mr. Gourlay, third magistrate. The uvused pleaded guilty and
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  • 157 11 A conclusion was reached on Friday in 'he appeal of the Official Assignee of tho estate of Sim Choon Tee against the Judgments of the Chief Justice, Sir Walter Shaw. Mr. Mundell, who presented the respondents’ case, denied that there was any evidence of rescission of the
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  • 65 11 CORRESPONDENCE 1 ,#1 S’rHH* lime* i* not responsible foi it* 1 ipiniori* of its correspondents. Corn?'|."od**nt* should bear in mind that letter* uu< end to the point. Long epistle* art* liable to be rejected or "'hlt-Hsly cut dowa. Correspondent* must 'fif .se their r.anH-H, not necessarily fo■’indication but as guur'tnt*'*-
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  • 74 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—The traffic in North Bridge Road is so heavy that the sooner the tramway posts are removed to the sides of the street the better for all concerned. If my memory serves me right, it is some time
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  • 321 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Arising from the question of petrol prices, there is a much more important one in the cost of kerosene or petroleum, the pre-war price of w’hich was below $1.50 per tin of 4 gallons and advanced to $11.60, the present price
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  • 1065 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, In the able speech made by Mr. Lowther Kemp at the Singapore Chamber of Commerce meeting held on the 17th instant for considering the Income Tax question there is a very significant remark concerning the Chinese trading community
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  • 301 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— May I ask you to kindly allow me some space in your valuable columns to voice what I is a grievance under which the residents of Katong District are labouring. Wh on plans are submitted to the Rural Board for
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  • 74 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Jn Malacca there arc cases where men who have been pensioned have shortly afterwards been re-employed in Government Departments. I know of no less than twenty Asiatics both Chinese and Eurasians unemployed, with families almost starving, who can till
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  • 320 11 To the Kditor of the Straits Times. Sir, —As Mr. Lowther Kemp has gone out of his way to criticise what 1 said at the last I'ublic Meeting I think some reply is due from me. He did not like the argument that public altmtion may be diverted
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  • 100 11 To (To the (“old”) Duke of Arc’ll.) “O Patriot Statesman, he thou wise to know. Tin* limits of resistance, and the hounds determining concession still be bold Not nly to slight praise but suffer scorn And he thy heart a fortress to maintain The day against the
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  • 41 11 The result of t he voting for a no mi net on the Municipal Commission to replace Mr. O. I*. (iriflith-Jones was as follows Mr. W. Dunman 91 Mr. II. W. Paper 87 Mr. T. O May hew 44
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    • 1271 12 Straits Times, November 24. There ran be no doubt that the* Hon. Mr. A. N. Kenion has sot a precedent in the I* odoral Council. Ho has mado a vigorous and direct criticism of His Kxcelloncy the High Commissioner, and, a'-' wo shall huvo occasion to point out, wo
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    • 1072 12 -Straits Times, November 2i>. There is a good deal of curiosity about what has happened to the Gunong Pulai Water Scheme. Col. Deacon, of Binnie, Son and Deacon came here and offered to prepare the plans and supervise the carrying out of all the work for a fee
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    • 1182 12 hui! linvr up »n s; urul foundations. Straits Times, November 27. Thu top price quoted f. r rubber on the Singapore market on Saturday was j* cents—the highest figure reached f two years, ami the first month of restriction is not yet at an end. It is
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    • 1249 13 S'.i'nit Time*, November 2H. The income tax is dead and we have no tears to shed over its fate. The Government grabbed the tax from the Imperial Exchequer, squandered the money it produced, and insisted on reintroducing it even when it was proved to demonstration that it
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    • 1237 13 r nriuct res conlid rir<*.—Strn't.s Tirms, X’lveiiilx r Looking over the report of the Legislative Council meeting again, one or two points strike us as worth observation. I Obviously the Governor has no faith in [the unofficial members as a representation of public opinion, and surely one can-
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    • 1090 13 can at present &lt;li*scc*rn. —Straits Tinn*s, Novt*nibi*r -Hi. Thor# 1 is something rotten in the state of Europe. The Conference slowly on, there are disturbing rumours of reekless action by the French, the Greek military revolutionaries have perpetrated an atrocity hy shooting two ex-Prime Ministers, Gounaris and
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  • 118 14 Our Kuala Lumpur correspondent wires Lee Chin Cheng, late canvasser for the Assurance Franco Asiatique Co., has been arrested at Kuala Lumpur on a charge of criminal breach of trust in respect of $440 of the company’s money. The accused is alleged to have received money from
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  • 116 14 At a meeting of the Penang Chamber of Commerce, a letter was submitted from Mr. H. Dove tendering his resignation as chairman of the Chamber in consequence of his proceeding to Europe on leave. It was resolved that Mr. H. Dove’s resignation be accepted w’ith regret
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  • 99 14 The .Monopolies Department, on Friday, discovered a large quantity of cocaine and morphia, about 11 lbs. in all, on board the Lloyd Triestino steamer Nippon, which arrived here from Trieste on the 22nd ult. A storkeeper oti board, named Simeone Perich, is being charged before the
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  • 90 14 The Netherlands Abroad Society states that contact has been established with Siam. The Dutch colony at Bangkok will endeavour to arrange a Dutch Day, where lantern views of Holland will b« show* and a lecture on Holland given. If negotiations now in progress are successful, the
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  • 126 14 Our Penang correspondent wires Two Chinese, stealers of bicycles and other property, and two other Chinese, receivers of stolen property, wore sentenced to two years rigorous imprisonment by the district judge at Penang on Monday. His Honour complimented the police on bringing to book a dangerous pest.
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  • 1241 14 The annual general meeting of the I’iang Guan Brick and Tile Manufacturing company, Ltd., took place on Monday at Winchester House. Mr. Chew Woon Tub presided and amongst those present were Messrs. C. J. Schirnter, Choa Eng Wan, Dr. J.
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  • 248 14 We have been looking our the annual I addresses of His Excellency the High I Commissioner for the years* 1020, 1021 I and 1922, and the memorandums which ac- I company them. It is our habit to file I these speeches and memorandums as the I most concise
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  • 189 14 We have already announced, sn&gt;&gt; Courrier d’Haiphong of th« 11th un- a division of our cruisers was about make a propagandist campaign 111 Far East. etc. They will star fro m France about the beginning of for the Indian Ocean and hina During their voyage they will
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  • 93 16 During the early hours of Monday Captain 1). Russell of the cahb* sh’p Recorder, belonging to the Eastern Extension Telegraph Co., was driving car M 32 from town towards Taniong Pagar •dong Robinsitfi Road when the car collided with a trampost opposite the Union .Jaek Club. The
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  • 257 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, November 2s. For a long time past the Kuala Lumpur ricksha pulleis i avc own getting out of hand and law’ll ss, but after the big disturbance which took place a couple of weeks or
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  • 232 16 Mr. Justice Barrett-Lennard presided over the Bankruptcy Court on Friday. In the case of Tan Lian Chye, the Hon. Mr. Kve-itt, on behalf of- the creditor*, a. ked for a receiving order. It was said ‘be.t the debtor owed large nniounis to nil banks and that some
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  • 130 16 The last mail by which to send Christmas parcels for the United Kingdom wa&gt; despatched by the B. I. steamer Ellenga. via Madras, on the 23rd alt., though really the delivery in time for the festival cannot be guaranteed. The post offices in London will be
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  • 157 16 It may not be generally known that a* th&lt;* present moment a well constituted committee is sitting in connection with propounding a scheme for the independent electric lighting of this city. The committee is comprised of Lt.-Col. R. L. B. Thompson, C.M.G., D. 5.0., commanding Royal Engineers
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  • 945 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bandoeng, November 17. With regard to the new process of vulcanisation direct from lUtex, it will doubtless be of interest to Straits producers to know that the Dutch-American Plantations Company (Fast Coast of Sumatra) very recently completed tests for the storage of latex.
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  • 298 16 About tin* middle of next year Singapore and Penarg will be visited bv 10 000 l ner- ihe British Trader, formerly the well-known Orient boat Orcntes-1 carrying a unique exhibition of British 1 manufactures. The scheme has bivr referred to
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  • 140 16 The Municipal health statement fur tlu' week ending November 18 gives the t number of deaths as 230, representing death-rate of 33.04 per mille, compare** with 30.02 in the preceding week ana with 38.14 in the corresponding week ot last year. The chief causes of mortality were
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  • 140 16 Contractor Ah Lee who with his wif&lt; and children was returning in his eat from Malacca on the 10th ult. met wit a serious accident when they came to Kota in Rembau, states the Malay Man He was at the wheel when suddenly tingear went wrong. He
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    • 97 16 Sale of Property. The following Singapore properties were sold by auction by Messrs. Cheong Koon Seng and Co., &lt;m November 22: 2,250 Changi Road, 20,000 square feet, bought by Mr. Adam Saiboo, $2,475 987 Upper Serangoon Iioad, 27,270 square feet, Mr. Wee Chwee Chin, $2,800 Freehold land at Telok Kurau
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  • 2416 17 (Front Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala LumjMir, November 23. After adjourning yesterday to allow the Select Committee to sit on the Supply Bill, Council resumed again this morning at ](lf All the members, the High CominisChief Secretary, Rulers, Residents, and unulticials were present.
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  • 177 17 Kuching, the capital of Sarawak, is sh-r'ly to have electric light. The contract for the installation has been placed with United Engineers, Limited. 'I he power station will be operated by the public Wbrks Department and Mr. A. O. Tlu mas 1ms been appointed electrical engineer. The
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  • 441 17 Mr. I). II. Grist, the Hon. Organising Secretary of the Malayan Agri-Horticul-•ural Association sends us the following for publication At a recent meeting held in Kuula Lumpur it was decided to form an Association bearing the above title. The Assoc ation which is now in
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  • 226 17 An old ar.d esteemed Kurasian resident of Singapore has passed away in the p&lt;*rs« n of Mr. Alphonse Howland de Souza, who died at the General ILspital, on the li-»rd ult., aged &lt;WI. Like all his anres'ors, he came from Malacca. If«• was
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  • 102 17 Our Kuala Lumpur correspondent wires A s&lt; rious motor accident took plan early &lt; i Wedi eselay at .lafan Uaj». near the Chartered Hank. While Mr. A. Karc|uharson, of Messrs. Outline and Co., was proceeding towards the post office on a mot r cycle, Mr.
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  • 487 18 The British Malava Return of Foreign Imports and Exports for the month ended October 31, 1922, is issued by the Registrar of Imports and Exports, ihe following points should be noted Only articles imported into or exported out of British Malaya are
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  • 407 18 The clergy of the Diocese of Singapore held their annual conference this ycai at Molacia. Clergy coming from all p*rls of the Diocese arrived on Monday and Tuesday last, the conference beginnings on November 21. The following were present :—The Rt.
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  • 82 18 The design of Mr. S. J. Edwards, M.A., A.R.1.8.A., P.A.5.1., architect with Messrs. Ralph Booty and Co., Singapore, has been awarded the first prize in the competition for the best design for the new town hall an l municipal offices, Colombo. There were 32 competitors, and the
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  • 972 18 The ordinary monthly meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held in the Municipal Office on Friday. Mr. R. J. Farrer presided anil the other commissioners present were Messrs. J. A. Elias, W. A. Sims, See Tiong Wah, E. Tcssensohn, E. S. Manasseh, the
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  • 398 18 On Monday soon after Mr. I*. p David took his seat on the bench, A S P Mr. A. Sheedy, head of the Traffic Depart! nu.nt, said he appeared to prosecute in a case in which Mrs. M. Shalless, living at
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  • 141 18 Simione Perich, storekeeper of the Lloyd Triestino steamer Nippojn, who was charged before Mr. Dawson on Saturday with possession of about 11 lbs. ef morphia and cccaine and being concerned in the importation of the same, was fined $750 or feur .months’ rigorous. Court Inspector
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  • 58 18 Our Penang correspondent wires B‘" fore Mr. Scott, as a sequel to the Scully case, Khoo Chin Leong was convicted receiving stolen tin, belonging to the Eastern Smelling Co., cn October 21. Tin* accused was sentenced to nine month' rigorous imprisonment ami bail v; fixed
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  • Sporting News and Notes.
    • 761 19 S. C. C. A beat Johore ttahru. On the 23rd ult. on tin? Radang the S^lC. \V put up the best show toty have nuMo this season am%beuL J chore Bahru i i\vo goals and two lot., i quints m It was a thoroughly interesting lt from start to
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    • 133 19 1 1 I’oni Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, November 25. annual St. Andrew’s Rugby match 1 ayed to-day in heavy rain, ScotSn,r .ing six points, and the Rest points. The Rest scored first 11 Liston, the try being unconverthV r&lt; w as no further scoring to half‘iston
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    • 217 19 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, November 2G. Negri Sembilan’s Rugby team were visitors to Malacca yesterday for their match against the local fifteen. From the commencement the visitors showed their superiority and the ultimate result was never in doubt, the margin of victory being the only
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    • 305 19 Despite the pouring rain, the annual soccer match between Scotland and the Rest was played on the Padangon Wednesday. The Scots, who had been the previous year’s victors, were up against a wry tough proposition as the Sassenach ‘.vain was composed of nearly
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    • 614 19 Selangor beat Negri Sembilan. K;,a!a Lumpur correspondent win The inter-state hockey match, Selangor v. v, Sembilan, played at Seremban on Suf’rduv resulted in a win for the visitors Pv six goals to nil. It was an altogether one-sided affair. Selangor showing hr lian form, seldom permitted the Negri to
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    • 622 19 The Guillemard Challenge Cup. The last race for the Guillemard Chal/mee Cjp was sailed on Sunday morning, for the most part in light and fluky airs which, however, added to the interest. Mr. i'lett sent fifteen boats away at 10 o’clock and the big muster made a
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    • 101 19 The linal of the triangulur match between The Merchants and The Rest resulted as follows Mrs. Cantrell and Woilehou.se beat Miss Fawcett and Cameron o—7, o—o, 7—5. Mrs. Pnhorn anil Sinclair beat Misa Stephenson and Potts .’&gt; 0, 0 4, 6—3. Mrs. Saunders and Miles beat
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    • 146 19 Some excellent tennis was seen at thn Queen’s covered courts during last week end. A singles between Sri Luang Kiteb and Asano was undecided at set all. The Siamese played an excellent game in (lie first set, which he won 0 2, hut Asano got going n
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    • 90 19 In the tennis tournament, Results on November 4 ties resulted as follows Champion hip. C. K. Smith v. Cheong Chee Him (unfinished.) Handicap doubles. Chia Kirn Siong and (log Swee (iam ;rr. beat Poole and S. K. Travis, &lt;&lt; r. Monday’s ’l ies, Championship ll*
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    • 143 19 A Reuter wire of November 27, states At Sydney, New South Wales, heat the M.C.O. hy five wickets. Chapman made a century in the first innings for the M. C. C. A Reuter wire of the 21th inst. states At (Jrahamstown, lli home t «;iin
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    • 56 19 A Router cable of Saturday reports the r«- ult of the Manchester November Handicap .as follows TORELORE l ARRAVALK 2 OKI'? Fourteen ran and the race w.a won hy three lengths, six lengths separating ••.•con 1 and third. Startup' prices were Torelore G to 1, Arravale HM)
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    • 59 19 Our Ipoh correspondent wires Tho Tpoh Races on March 1 and offer ivc stakes totalling $2H,400 in addition to ten per cent, of the ‘‘ash .weeps each day for placed horses. The hig race is the Huh Handicap, on th** first day, value $1,500 and cup with
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    • 251 20 An interesting game of cricket was played on Saturday at Blakun Mati when the K. G. A. were at home to the Y.M.C.A. Go ng in first the Association compiled SO, Ignatius and Stack being the only two to reach double figures, viz If.*} and Hi. The R. G.
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    • 37 20 The -esoPs of the November monthly competitions of the Keppel Golf Club are Medal (Bogey) G. Cullen 3 up. Ladies Spoon. Mrs. G. W. Hurt. Ball Sweeps. S. F. Derbyshire All square, J. Tryner 2 up.
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    • 162 20 As has already been announced, the New Y ear Land Sports are to be held as usual at the Race Course on January 1, 1923. The committee this year have decided that, in view of the general impr&lt; Venn nt in athletics in Singapore, it is
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    • 111 20 A Thoughtful House Hoy Mr. R. M. Williams, rosidng at 9, Nassim Road, has been missing small amounts of money for sometime, and suspected his hylam hoy,” so he marked some 10-cent pieces and put a marked onc-dollar note en the floor afti*r getting up yesterday. lie went ou* on
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    • 102 20 On Saturday, a medical student, named Than Ying Khaw, was charged at the instance of the Traflic Department with negligent driving on November 10, at about 9.40 in the morning, at the junction of Bencoolen Street and Fort Canning Road, win n, in turning his
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    • 97 20 On Wednesday afternoon Mr. David, District Juii;e and l'irst Magistrate, delivered judgMvnt n the ease in which W. J. Leonard, late boarding house keeper of 300, Serangoon Road, s'ood charged wtli cheating i second-hand furniture dealer named Aii Mohamed in respect of a furniture deal. His
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  • 928 20 Messrs. Fraser and Co. report under date November 29. i runsuclions .n the local share market have continuid on similar lines to those n ported lasi wee a and whilsi a fair busihas been pa: through in Industrials and Mines. Rubbers are
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  • 70 20 After an absence of seven months Lady Guillemard returned to the Colony on v b; he P. and O. steamer Piassy, and will be heart ly welcomed back. Her ladyship, who is accompanied ly her sister, Miss Walker, w’ns met at Pert Swettonham by His Excellency, who
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  • 67 20 On Wednesday before Mr. Gourlay, third magistrate, twelve Chinese were charged with playing in a common gaming house a 5, Manassch Lane. Three were Uiseenrged, and the others fined 815 each. Following the hearing of the case, the informer was assaulted by ttvo of the gamblers. They
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  • 46 20 The Hon. the Governor’s Deputy presented the Imperial Service Medal to Mr. Libanio Rangel, formerly storekeeper. Prisons Department, Singapore at 8 n.m. on Friday. November 24, in the presence of the Inspector of Prisons. Straits Set tlements, and the staff of the Prison.
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  • 55 20 The authorities at Meklong have arrested a man on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of the late Mr. C. R. Allen. The Steam Packet Company Ltd. have offered Ticals five hundred as a reward for information which will lead to the arrest and conviction of
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  • 39 20 GAfitilN’O. On November 2’.*. 11*22. to Mr. end Mrs. .Martin L. (Jaggino 1 nee Maoe’ Anchant at *!udr residence Gaylang il ad. a daughter. Both mother and child art doing well. Italian. Saigon and K.M.S. pr.pors plear-e copy.
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  • 111 20 MAYGER KK.RK. At the (’athe.’ral ef tli. Good Slu piierd. Singapore, on November 25 1922. Capt. F. J. L. Mayger. M.C., of Lt.indudno, to Mary McConnell Kerr, o.’ Orange Free State, South Africa. GAN SEE. On November 2H. 1922, at 25. Oxley Road, Gan Khck Keng, youngest son of
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  • 50 20 KHOO-KOH. The engagement is announced of Mr. Khoo Kaon Liat, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Khoo Tiam Hock (eldest grandson of Mr. Khoo Swee Yeow), to Miss Koh Sb;n Neo, fifth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Koh Keng Chuan. The marriage will take place on December 1. 1922.
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  • 154 20 EXCHANGE I Singapore, November 30. I On London, Bank 4 m/s 2 4 J Demand 1 B Private 3 ms. credits 2/4V/l On New York Demand -,,'j Private 90 d/s# On France, Bank On India, Bank T.T. On Hcjigkong, Bank d/d 1T i( ‘“1 On Shanghai, Bank
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  • 503 20 .vtiiitp n*. X.vemhor 3i» H MINING. I I SMC. I VaL Pd. Hiy»rk 'WtaH 1 1 Ayer W«*ng n«.*ri* H 1 1 Batung Padang 0.55 0.05 H I 1 Hitain Tin 1.35 1.45 H 1 l Jclant &lt;V3f&gt; *U5 1 1 Johan Tia 0.40 0.50 IT IT
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    • 93 20 NOTICE All communication* for both the Strait* Times and tho Strait* Budget should be iddre*»ed to the Head OtTlce, Cecil and Stanley Street*, Singapore. Straits Settle Ti ••*t fr**e ’'rice of the Straits Times to •he f nit.* 1 Kif!,.* !on; and f &gt;reicn countrio* i c $M a year.
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  • 142 20 DEATHS Id'. SOI./A. At tire General Hospital, November 2.‘», 1922, at 7.35 p.m., Alphonse Row land de Souza, late Secretary, Widows and Orphans’ Pension Fund, Singapore, in his doth year KHOO.- On November 23, 1922, Khoo Kay l’iow, at No. 6, Sin Koh Street, (ofT Kallang Road), Singapore. IAN' rECK
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  • The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT
    • 61 1 rneral October Rubber Returns 1 Kubber Position i Heavy Rubber Shipments 1 K,*rw*ard Rubber Sales I Indian Immigration 2 Siiigei Parit Rubber 3-4 Y Rubber Parliament 4 S.ngapore Rubber Auction 4 Irdings and Reports— Waterfall Rubber 1 .Mambau (F.M.S.) Rubber 1 Teboiang Rubber Sai- ai-t’humour Rubber 2 Sira. Plantations
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    • 54 1 lb lf« r*l Plantations. —4,600 lbs. Hi mam Perak. 36,014 lbs. B- uis Perak.—13,812 lbs. 1, :.ar Estate.—12,244 lbs. fiKi.valy Plantations.' —35,004 lbs. H Hr c Estate.—16.500 lbs. Kuala Pergau.—40,300 lbs. I/ v. ggeng Estate. —19,03«&gt; lbs. V.' .and Estate. —0,881 lbs. Ku'..nui Estate.—24,050 lbs. Estates.-25,000 lbs.
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    • 173 1 W. are indebted to Messrs. Wilson 3 gate and Co. for a copy of the Rub. itr Trade Association of London monthly covering the nine months ending S u mber 3d. The total United Kingdom i.rts were 46,533 tons (28,682 tons Mu.avai;i against 69,684 (30,048 Malayan) r. 1p21.
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    • 71 1 The steamer M. S. Dollar, _which r.\* il in Colombo on November 17 fi‘ on1 r Straits on her way to New lork i the Suez Canal, had on board n port of destination 13,000 cases of rilt ’ber. This is the largest shipment rubber taken by
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    • 96 1 8 umtra contemporary states that whoU of the 11)23 output of rubber ’"in the x. E. I. Government rubber ess has been sold by contract at 4U cents per half kilo. (1 1 5 Ihs. 1,1 '(lupoids). In commenting, the jour;,‘.Vs who can tell but what the
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    • 1094 1 The second ordinary general meeting of Waterfall (Selangor) Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held on October 13 at 2-4, Idol- lane, E.C. Mr. W. R. Davis presided, and, in moving the adoption of the report and accounts, said I would first explain the reason I
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    • 908 1 The 13th annual ordinary meeting of 1 he Mambau (F.M.S.) Rubber Company, Limited, was held on November I at the office of t lie company, 1*5, Phil pot Lane, L.C., Mr. .1. L. Loudoun-Shand (chairman of the company) presiding. The Chairman said: Gentlemen,
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    • 904 2 The eighth ordinary general meeting of Tebolang Rubber Estate, Ltd., was held on October 25 at the registered office of the company, 1-4, Great Tower-street, E.C., Mr. H. Eric Miller (the chairman) presiding. The Chairman said Gentlemen, —With your permission I will take the report
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    • 719 2 The sixteenth ordinary general meeting of the Sungkai-Chuinor Estates, Ltd., was held on October 23 at the registered office of the company, 1-4, Great Tower-street, L.C., Mr. Thomas Ritchie (the chairman; presiding. 1 The Chairman said Gentlemen. —With your permission 1 will, as
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    • 921 2 The 23rd ordinary general meeting of the Straits Plantations, Limited, was held on October 23 at the registered office of the company, 1-4, Great Tower Street, E.C., Mr. Francis William Chaine (the chairman) presiding. Tlu* Chairman said Gentlemen the report
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    • 781 2 The following report of ;i M H the Indian Immigration ronimit "iB. at Penan;? on November W officially J M‘B Present.—Acting Controller „f t I (Mr. E. W. F. Gilman) chairman a?® Principal Medical Officer. F.M S ’,i| l "B
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    • 1512 3 Tee thirteenth annual general meeting the Kamuning (Peram Rubber and Tin anpany, Ltd- was held on October 2o the registered office of the company. Whitt ington-avenue, E.C., Mr. Charles eur-on (the chairman) presiding, j'he Chairman said Gentlemen,—We ill, if you please, take the
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    • 1374 3 The twelfth ordinary general meeting of Victoria (Malaya) Rubber Instates, Limited, was held on October 20 at the registered office of the company, 1-1, Gieat Tower Street, E.C., Mr. II. Eric Miller (chairman of the company) presiding. Mr. R. T. Bartley, i
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    • 622 3 Hu* directors of Sungei Pari! Rubbr C'i. in their audited statement &lt; f the aec unts for the year ended September states that the expenditure on development are. ui.t for the year amounted to A call «.f 1*0 cents p&lt;
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    • 645 4 The first annual dinner of the Institution of Rubber Industry was held in the Kdwarel VII. Rooms, Hotel ictoria, S.W., on the night of October 24, Mr. Alexander Johnston, the President, occupied thu chair, and among the large company present were Mrs.
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    • 599 4 t Messrs. Guthrie and Co., Ltd., report. j Singapore, November 2-3. The past week has been without particular feature, values remaining steady r on a moderate demand. The full eirect of restriction w’as seen in the decreased quantity on offer at the
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    • RUBBER SHARE PRICES.
      • 334 4 Stock Par Excba»ga Par E value. Compaay. Price*. Value. Compkiy. Pric? lT Anglo-Malay 20/ AT Lendu 12/(5 il Ayer Kuning 37/6 il Lumut gw.. £1 Bakap Plantns 12/6 3/ London Asiatic /9 ill Banteng (Selangor) 26/3 A 1 Malacca Plantations 49 IT Batu Caves
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      • 831 4 Capital Issue lx PaiJ Up Value Dividend, Fr^ef' 4 Company Co. Evatt. 120,000 nil year 30-9 21 Allonby New &lt;$1, 0.40 0.60 0.55 0.65 046 414 2 t 9 Alor Gajah ($1) 1.25 1.50 1.40 1.50 4.1!i4'&gt;-&gt; 5 -&gt;- P I yett Am. Malay
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 155 5 URMETS HY8EMQUE MIXTURE (FOB LADIES) WASTE MO TIME T«st«d *nd Pr«T«d for Years, d lately you uotieo any disorder of thJ m take Fournier's Hyfenique Mixture. U qaickly restores all suffering. Is nothing to equal it. Anything so Wide 1 Known. It is justly decried as the TNEST REMEDY Df
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    • 23 5 PHOTOS of Actresses, Beauties, Studies, Drawings. Great choice and ▼•ricty. State wishes clearly **d write to Mr. Gennert, Call© Cuyas, Sarria Barcelona, Spain.
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    • 27 5 NOW READY SCRIBBLING PADS FOR CASH SCRIBBLING PADS 10Vi in. by 8y 2 in. 100 SHEETS FOR 20 CERTS Postage 14 cents' each extra. Apply STRAITS TIMES.
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    • 39 6 rnimi THIS QUALITY OF CAMEL •is r.rZty HAIR LF G&lt; Is only obtainable from Kiam Kiat Co 108 109, MARKET STREET, SINGAPORE. SOLE DISTRIBUTING AGENTS Full Rango of Stock on Han BEWARE OF IMITATIONS OF QUALITY P Ijdfi, ■MllkE
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 130 7 Ltd. ENGINEERS BOAT BUILDERS 20 H P. V Ford Marine Engines Complete with PropeBor, Shaft and Coupling, Water and Oil Pumps and Reverse gear. bM ft. K. Gray Marine Engines i Complete with PropeDor, Shaft and'Couplings, Salt waier outfit, Oil pump, .Magneto, Controls and Reverse g&lt; 3 H.P. Single Cylinder
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