The Straits Budget, 13 November 1925

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1 6 The Straits Budget
  • 29 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES LKSI Alil.lSHII!) EIGHTY YEARS.] So. .‘UWS Singapore, Friday, November 13, 1925 Price 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7d.
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  • 236 1 ■adkks— 4 many and Locarno ■p,. Governor’s Return J ■ur Remembrance Day ”>-4 ■reiich Finance j ■»«d< ra! Changes l *o ■rerams. Reuter and Special Kivering Past Wie.x’s N* ws 15-Is ■til re** ■laicda-tonus Collision View- < F.A. the Rest 1- L» ■I'udehouse-Cook \\e*lding 14 ■ingapofe Chinese Gui- School
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  • 3265 1 Municipal hea th statement for th* yk ending October .”1 gives the total ■fiber of deaths are 251, representing a h rate of .‘>2.02 per niille per annum ■tparod with d.’LDS in the preceding ■k an*l with 2G.G2 in the corresponding ■‘k of last year. The chief
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  • 47 2 It is notified in a Government (luzettt Extraordinary that HE. Sir Laurence (fUillemard resumeil the Administration of the Government of the Colony on Saturday on Ins retu«n from leave and that Hon. Mr. E. S. hose, resumed tho duties ot nis appointment as Colonial Secretary.
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  • 79 2 Whilst in Red Sea, the I*. and O. steamer Kashmir received a wireless from the Denham of London, on a voyage from Port Said to Bombay, asking for medical help. The Kashmir steamed back and found the ship. A boat was lowe.ed in charge ot Chief
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  • 80 2 An inquiry will bo hold in tho District Court on November IT, regarding the collision iti the roads between the Marella and the Conus a fortnight last Saturday. Ihe First Magistrate (Mr. Franklyn Robinson) will preside, and the assessors wiil U* the Senior Naval Officer (Capt. F.
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  • 78 2 Following the fifth annual session of the course for the diploma of the Royal Sanitary. Institute 3»; candidates sat for the Sanitary Inspectors’ examination from November 2 to t. The following 12 candidates have been recommended for a pass by the Board of Examiners 'l. Sivapragasam, S.
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  • 81 2 We have received the Armistice number of the E. S. A. M. Magazine, the organ o| the ex-Services Association of Malaya, and it is a credit to the Association. It comprises an abundance of reading matter, and deals with both local and iiiqicrial aspects of i\-Servieo problema’ul subjects
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  • 131 2 Tlu* vc*port on Langsuan Tin. Limit*. <1 for the month ended October :tl. states —Lrection of godown, tin-washing shed, and power house on the company’s property in Siam lias been completed.* A pa!oni; of 1 i*2 feet in length is ready fo* operation upon erection of the
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  • 163 2 The steamer ape Receife, which lost her propeller after leaving Singapore some days ago. was brought in tow to looming on Monday morning by the Singapore Harbour tug Varuna which was sent to assist the disabled s tea me-. A* a matter of fact, the (’ape Re*eif
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  • 45 2 Armistice Day in Singapore w*i< .lay for tho police. A detective f," S' dead, a murder was committed motor bus, there was a gang rob be 1* Chinatown, and two persons wer«. lV“ in a traffic accident in Havelock p f J
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  • 99 2 aptain J. H. Abbey, of the p H j k P received a gold watch and gold f 1JUI I*en at Sourabaya from the .ml*, iain v;lm had trav.ll,,! up on hj.< Xu fydnuy and otho. AurtriluT 1 In making the presentation on i.. i f of
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  • 182 2 At the meeting of the Kuala 1 m, Sanitary Board, on Oct. 4. Mr j gave notice of his intention to’ a ’-i. the price of ice had been luised Tr*.* > cent to two cents |**r lb. He s;,i i ti the fishing fleet
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  • 179 2 th.- Times of Saiuni.v November 3. 1803.) j Ihe British barque Henry Darling, belonging to Singapore, which left Swat <w Ovt'.hvi- iS. arrived at Heaton* gn ti,o -sth. and the survivors of tin* crew I »ep.*rt thru at s p.m. on the 20th they were attacked by
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  • 235 2 At M. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church. Penang, on the 5th instant, the Ke\ Archibald Ewing solemnised the marriage <»t Mr. Win. M. Henderson, of Sepanj; (Selangor) Rubber Estates, Selangor, ami Miss Aileen I. ('alder, of Hon Vale, Bridge* o! Don, Aberdeen, who arrived by the Morea. Mr. H. C.
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  • The Straits Budget
    • 1033 3 iti’ooni jili-she*! so lurch.—Straits Times November There appears to be an pmazing amount ,,f madness in Germany. The Locarno pact restores to that country half the national picstige she lost under th" Treaty of Versailles, yet the so-called Nationalist parties are raving against it l.ecruse they say
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    • 1198 3 THE GOVERNOR’ S RETURN. Stntils Times, 7. Sir Laurence Guillemard lias h turned to the Colony to-day, and we presume that he does so as Governor and Higii Commissioner. A doubt has been created by the somewhat cryptic wording of a message cabled to our morning contemporary, but iu all
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    • 1063 3 Slmils 'l'inu-s, November ‘J. Occasionally in the 1 :♦1 few years we luive heard the question asked, how lon*f it is intended to keep up the memory of the Armistice by a public holiday, and services spell as have been hold hitherto at the war memorial. We
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    • 1184 4 --Strait.~: Times. November I”. ThiI\ i> it said that desperate diseases require desperate remedies, and if what M. Painlcve is proposing is essentia 1 then, indeed, the financial state of Fiance must be desperate. Britain at the end of the war begun slowly to repair the damage she
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    • 1180 4 «Straits Times. Nuvunlwr 12, We gave on Saturday last a resume of the proposed administrative changes in the Federal area, as sent to us by a gentleman whose knowledge and experience we can trust. As we understand it. the statement claims to summarise wha: Sir Laurence Guillemard has
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  • 169 5 Smart Arrest at Tanjonq I’agar. A particularly daring murder \va< .iinmitted at Tanjong Pagar in broad daylight on Wednesday, and was promptly followed by the arrests of three men, dl, god to be memliers of the gang conerned. It appears that about mid-day a gang ,.f -ix
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  • 186 5 Detective Killed and Informer Wounded. Chinese detective was shut dead anil infumcr narrowly escaped a similar f V m Banda Street on Wednesday night Hiree Chinese secret society men. In detective was walking up Banda Street, which is in a notorious district North Bridge Road, in
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  • 194 5 TE LOK BELANGAH LAND CASE. Evidence Concluded Judgment Reserved. 1 he Teh k Blangah land case which been before the Acting Chief Justice several occasions, and has occupied a -'i»at deal of time came to a conclusion Friday, when his Lordship reserved udgment. 1 he plaintiffs, who were represented v
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  • 1358 5 New Municipal Schedule Of Taxes. Twenty Per Cent. Increase For Motorists. The Municipal budget for 1020 was considered at a meeting of the Municipal 1 ommis.vioners held on Friday afternoon, when a twenty per cent, increase in the taxes on motor-ears and motor-cycles was approved. i lit* President
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  • 245 5 Alleged Illicit Chandu Shop As Background. A charge of armed robbery was preferred against two Chinese, named Aug Giok and Tan Tay, alias Bopcng, in the Assize Court on the nth inst., before Mr. Justice Deane. Mr. Williamson prosecuted. The complainant was a Chinese woman, Chew Ilian,
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  • 346 5 Abolition of the Federal Council Proposed. Assurances have been i* *m hy th» C.oionial (Hlice that no -tep w .1 n»* taken to change the present system of Administration in Malaya without full public discussion. We are now in a position t«» briefly describe the proposals which are
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  • 357 5 Former (Governor of British North Borneo. A Reuter wire from London announce* tlu* «J« ath of Major-General Sir William Kycro.T, until In: L May Governor of British North Borneo. Tht* late Sir William -i\ months ago was in lh«* Singapore General Hospital and was announced shoitly
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  • 2482 6 The sL-Niiith ainriveisary of t!’.** Arini.**ticc was lirt.iiglv ionimemorated in Singapore and tl.iei gtiout Malaya on \V<*dnesda> religious ser.ices and ex-serviec* t -iebratioiis expressing the serious and Ih Jeotive aspect.- of the day. Yesterday was observed as a public holiday, and th* shipping in
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  • 75 6 Exhibition Early Returns To Malaya. 5 A party <>l twenty-one Malays who have been displaying native arts and ;atts at the Malaya Pavilion at Wemhiey if turned to this country by the Blue Funn'.'l steamer At reus, which arrived lu re yesterday. The majority of the partv disembarked
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  • 2475 6 Governor's Speech at Annual Dinner. I Tlu* ex-service celebrations ul the Kuionr Ho;cl on Wedns. s<lay night were l;,i jr,.| v I attended ami very successful, there beiim a gathering of ex-service women on one side of the dining-room, and the members of the Singapore branch of the
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  • 143 7 Japanese and Chinese Child Killed. A Japanese gentleman who was staying in Singapore on his way to South America and a Chinese child were killed by a lorry in Havelock Head on Wednesday, afternoon. The driver <ff the lorry, which was loaded with sand, apparently swerved in
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  • 928 7 I’ound (iuilty ot Falsifying Accounts. A difficult case was heard in the Assize oi.i t on Monday afternoon before Mr. Justice Deane, Ng Siang Sung, being charged with falsifying the books of the Dunlop Uunber Co. (Far East), Ltd., K*-L He was charged in respect of two entries
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  • 454 7 Spreading the Net Through Singapore. i he Straits limes of Tuesday ontnined the following The scarlet poppy hue is very much in evidence in Singapore to-day, when the annual collection in aid of the various funds for assisting disabled ex-service men IS being made throughout Malaya. The net
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  • 199 7 Distinguished Gathering At 1*. and Wharf. There* was a distinguished gathering at the I\ and O. Wharf early on Saturday to meet II. E. the Governor (Sir La u re nee Guillemard) and Lady Guillemard on their return from a holiday in England. The Morea berthed at
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  • 3092 8 Evidence at the Coroner’s Enquiry. Ship’s Officers and I ollce Witnesses. The amok tiagcdy o.i the SLrai,s St<*ainsn.p < inp:ny’s \es.-ci Klaug «*n October 51, in which seven per. mis were totally stabbed, and the amol.kei himself shot by tfa- pi .ice, was tin* satinet. of an enquiry
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  • 351 8 New Schedule tn Municipal Hudget. The taxes on mots r vehicles have i»»-, increased by twenty per unt. in the j;q»q Municipal budget, which was approved* It a meeting ot* the Municipal l onimis-ioi}-ei> on Friday. The most important item, in tin- new schedule of taxes are
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  • 189 8 I’rosentation for Arbitration. Some 500 squatters from an estate at Qeylang marched in procession through tlx* town on Friday, with a l and playing* ami a huge address in Chinese charactercarried hy four men, to make a presentation to Mr. Quah Choow Kay, of h°P Sin Djit Hin,
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  • 506 9 l? ipo rts Exports for the month ended September .’10, 1025, is issued by i&i oi imports ana exports, ihe following points should be noted-— vmy articles imported into or exported out of British Malava are induded. irade between
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  • 324 9 MR. SOMERSET MAUGH AM. Famous Author Arrives In Singapore. -Mr. Somerset Maugham, the well-known author and playwright, arrived in Sir.gai)(,re cn Saturday by the Morea. In conversation with a Straits Times -epresentative at tlie Van Wijk Hotel, U. 1 Monday, Mr. Maugham said this was :s hfth trip to the
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  • 119 9 b ill til (Quarrel in Japanese Mess. The servants’ quarters of an N.Y.K. mess., number 100, Orchard Iload, was tiie cene of a murder on (hi* evening of flic nth instant. A Chinese hoy employed at the house surrendered himself at the Orchard Road police station
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  • 671 9 Probate Opposed in Supreme l Court. Ihc e-latr of a wea thy Mali y landowner, Sycsi Ai dulluh bia Andu.razMrt Hadji Julia, who died in July of thin J 1 t J" d ihc object of I: ipation in ntirt Im*i mi‘ t* Artni"' m .> us
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  • 242 9 Kcviiiin* Officer's i' irid On SUMMIT. ‘•'out Chinese, Ling Ali lling, Ching Hai, < 1 11 ig l.fi* < liu and Ivomo AM Chu, '”’e:e charned ,n 'In- .tiny, n i •<> l iisi Police on 1 1. prosit|t <1 ovt |.y M r j Franklyn Robinson.
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  • 65 10 (The Straits Inn** >» not rcspurmible for ♦he opinions of its correspondent* Gorrcapondnnts eioulil bear in mind tn»t letters must be hurt and to the point. Long rambling epistles are liable to be rejected or ruthlessly cut down. Correspondents must enclose th ;r names, n«*t necessarily lor pubiicatlon but
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  • 180 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Recently judgment was given in a local court against th»* owners, Captain ami < hsuehew of the steamer Hock keng for taking an excess number of passengers. The magistrate refused to a.low cither the shifting of the responsibility from
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  • 357 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, bile travelling in the Peninsula some weeks ago, 1 noticed you published an article on the age* of schools -of the Knglish public type in particular—in which it was stated that Winchester is the oldest school in Britain. This
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  • 1396 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —I have tried not to write to your paper, since the matter is in very capable hands or minds. But I feel that most i*f the friends who have written on the subject have missed the main issue. Briefly stated,
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  • 96 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —May ask through the medium ot your paper if there is anyone who has the authoiity to condemn buildings in a dangerous condition A short time ago a portion of a building in d*Almeida Street fell down. On this occasion there
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  • 388 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.— It seems to me that the proposed changes in the system of administration, as announced in your issue of lust Saturday, cannot he comprehensive unless they embrace the Settlement of Penang equally with the other States in the Malay
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  • 750 10 President C omments on The Budget. The following a ri* extracts from memorandum on the l!»2‘> budget place,| before the Municipal Commissioner- i, v the I’resident (Mr. R. .1. Kami). On the revenue side the material changes are as follows Kates The estimate has K calculated to meet
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  • SUPPLEMENT TO THE STRAITS BUDGET
    • 135 11 A collision took place in the roads, off Katoni? on tvtnh*.- 01 k„. bourne, and the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company's tanker C mns V« 00I J c I hilp steamer Marella. of 7.700 tens, running between Singapore and Melat Keppel Harbour. nUS as a rosi,,t of wh,ch l)oth essl,s
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    • 121 12 The SI rails hint sr loot hall \'.social ii.n w inm rs nf the Sinter pore l.eauue an I (up competitions, plated the Host, at the Siudiuir. nil Saturday. The resu! „f an c\ceidiiml> well-omit ted match was a u in lor the IP
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    • Article, Illustration
      114 13 Mr. ('haties (i. (iarrard. Manistrate. Assistant Keijistrar and S!uri,T, of the Supreme Court. Malacca, who retired in November, K. Mar.o, Penang's Tennis Champion, and winner oi the Tat Jin” ChallenKe up. Kuala Trengganu. Mr. H. W. l irmstone, Director of Kdiirntii n. Straits Settlements and federated Malay States, who
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    • 97 14 •I I,,. niarriauf look nlarc on \u C ,,sl K la-1, at Merslhain I'arish Church. Surrey. Knuland. of Richard, youngest win of Mr. II. E. "odehousc, C.M.C.. an Mr-, house, of Itexhill. Sussex, and Kitty, eldest daughter of Mr. W. Wallace t ook. O.H.K.. and Mrs. Wallace t
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  • PAST WEEK’S IMPERIAL AND GENERAL NEWS Contained in Reuter and Special Telegrams.
    • 704 15 [KEI'TER telegram.} London, November 5. lionu' A sensation has been caused in Italy by the discovery of a plot against Signer Mussolini. Special editions of the newspapers denounce the culprits. Signor Mussolini has sent a message to the pro
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    • 402 15 General Foch Reports on The Position. London, November ft. Paris According to Le Journal, Marshal Foeh’s report on German dLanuum< nt, which the Conference of Ambassadors will examine to-morrow, declares that the German Government recently made undoubted efforts to comply with the military clauses of the Peace Treaty,
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    • 148 15 London. November ft. New York The crescendo of enthusiasm for popular speculation on the Stock Exchange culminated today, breaking all records for the past 20 years, the total sales aggregating nearly .”,000,000 shares. London, November ft. Washington: The Ways and Means! Committee of the House of Kepresenta-!
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    • 754 15 Mr. Baldwin’s More Hopeful Outlook. Earl Beatty Explains Naval Policy. London, November 0. The feature of the Lord Mayor’s Show was a Pageant of Fmpire Trade.” The customary banquet was given in the Guildhall and was attended hy the leading statesmen, diplomats and Dominion and Indian Hi“h
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    • 367 15 The Farmers Load a Cargo Steamer. London, November 5. Wellington Mis Melville, who contested Grcylynn, was defeated hy a Labourite. London, Novemher a. Brisbane The farmers at midnight loaded 700 tons of suj.ru r on the steamer Fort Hardy at Howen. Twelve* railwaymen have been suspended for refusing to
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    • 73 15 London, November Peking In view of tie* recent Yellow River catastrophe, the Netherlands (Jovernment have proposed that the whole of tho outstanding Noth* Hand. share of tin* Boxer Indemnity he devoted to a scientific survey and a definite plan for the regularization of the whole eotirse of
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    • 64 15 London, November ft. Geneva: The com nr- Jon of enquiry I into the reeeiit. burn Bulgarian frontier incident, which i- jr**i»i tr to the Balkan* ofi the 8th inst., includes Sir Horace Rum hold (Chairman). General Scrriguy (France), Genera' Forario (Italy). Heor Fortwyn (member of t o
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    • 1381 16 M. Painleve Expounds His Plans. A Pull Tax on All French Citizens. London, \ov« usher d. Paris The Cabinet sat throughout the day elaborating the financial proposals and agreed to the so-*.ailed capital levy which will take tin* form of a permanent I "exceptional tax on ;*1! ton.:-
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    • 116 16 London, November <>. That leprosy is now curable in its early stages is emphasised in a memorandum by Sir Leonard Rogers adopted i by the executive committee of the British i Knipire Leprosy Relief Association. It sa\s that the* medical profession in i k’prous countries requires to be
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    • 700 16 Damascus Situation Very Serious. London, November 5. Pam a s<us T!ie nix Is have blown up i bridge, cutting the railway to Haifa. London. November 5. Paris A im -sag'. from Damascus -•at s that tin* military authorities have warned the popuiati u that there may In*
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    • 30 16 London. November 7. I lie i »mes understands that negotininos are proceeding? in connection with mo early flotation of n Japanese loan in London and New York
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    • 403 16 Russian Methods of Foroiirn Trading M London, November Mosc ow The Central Committee 0 f Russian Communist Party, t*.• ;i i>,»»'at»V with rcprosentaUNes of the 'oinmi.-sariiD if l*'or» ie.n Trade, passed a res-bjtion di during mat monopoly of fo.\* fl!l rai j* is one of the factor* in the
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    • 189 16 Locarno Spirit in Economic Discussion. London. No ember «>. Peris The application of the Locarno spirit to economic relations r the inter tn.ji of industrial Germany cu-ojiero e in the economic restorati t» of Kiir'-p** was °\omp!iiieiJ by the presence for the first time of a German delegation,
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    • 66 16 London, November Mr. N. U. Wadia, Chairman of 'to Bombay Mill-owners’ Association. privately conferred with the President the Manchester Chamber of Co nine 1 < and other representatives of the I a cashire cotton trade. It is under.-- that he submitted constructive propo-a for joint action to
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    • 723 17 London Honours the Great* Anniversary. Marked by Reverence, Not Ry Revelry. i Lomlon, November 11. Wk; the passage of year the coloi .i,,.f Armistice Day becomes ever mi MV ,cv.*vrp. 'flu* day broke with t r- i Mhtial rain, sleei and thunder in Lomlon v ith ss "W.-tornis
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    • 54 17 London, November 9. As illustrating the revival of Russ o' •de, official figures show that LTPJ.OO'l of tea were shipjiod from Lomlon to issia in October compared with h >.»/hO in September. 2dl,(i00 lbs. in Angus* ••■'id 517.000 lbs. of cotton yarn, oom “ed With 350.000 lbs.
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    • 301 17 (Treat Welcome on Reaching Rome. Lomlon, November r». 1.., unto t ol. do Pined i has arrived. London, November (5. Naples Maiquis <li Pinedo has arrived, completing his return flight from Japan and Austra'ia. London, Nov<*mbor 7. Koine oj. di* Pinedo has arrived. Hr* ahghted on the
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    • 136 17 London, November fl. A function reminiscent of the CzarDt regime ha- be*n h-Id at the Soviet headquarters in London, viun Kuk -\-kv, tne r cwly-ai*pi>iiuc*l Soviet Aa:b *s-*-a«!or in p.»ri«. held a vec;pti«*u. Five hundred l ).-l> were invite*!, am *:.g them being diplomats, hankers, bu.-inessmen, and Russian
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    • 147 17 London, Nov**nd’cr *’>. The Harley Morriss has been re-a*l-iour ned to Mon-lay when the acc used y. i-i !>e formally committed for trial. Ihe accused pleaded not guilty and reserved their defence. A fifteen vear- old si-ter of Miv. Mornss gave evidence that her dster had nothing r,
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    • 67 17 London, November 11?. Kiftwn poopln in iure,1 f ,ll "T; caufcl by !*><• tlimwnv; n( .«m .lv hointis ami n;rhls tu-tv.-.-.-n ln.'l Kx-Corporal Oates ha- su-eumoed v ="1 1 *r 1 *nLlrhtf; 1 11. Republican dem -n- i♦ /.<1 n the streets arm ok* w •n (h, M«■«>>'•<•
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    • 162 17 Reference to Reports From Syria. London, November M*\ Baldwin, in a speech at Aberdeen, refoi red to the value oi the Locarno Treaty as securing the peace of Kuiopo and tin* eflicacy of the League as exemplified by the settlement of the GrocuBiiluniian u.spule. Li an allusion
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    • 145 17 Prince Rupprecht’s Scheme Rejected. London, November 9. Bei lin Claiming unimpeachable authority.” tlie Frankfurter Zeitung discloses that Count von Soden, chief of the Cabinet of ex-Crown Prince Kupprecht of Bavaria, and General Noehl, ex-Coinmand-or of tin* Bavarian Beichswehr division, iceeiitly visited members of the Bavarian («o\etnincnt and asked
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    • 136 17 London, NovemU*r (J. Moscow Jt is semi-otheially stated that the Soviet Government have ratified the programme of the oil production in Russia for the veer 1925-tl itt 51 3,000,000 poods, and assigned 119,000,00(1 roubles for the renewal of the plant and equip- M,c:.t ef the industry. Last
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    • 89 17 London. November 1). The Admiralty have ordered a now (lew to he detailed at Chatham for the cruiser Hawkins, which will be recommissioned at Hongkong for the third term of sen ice as flagship in the* Fur Last,. The new crew will leave Kngland early in December. London,
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    • 49 17 London, November 0. A .striking indication of the improvement. in Franco-German relations js afforded by tin* French Ambassador, M |)e h leuriau, entertaining tH«* (h i man Ambassador Herr St. Hamer and his wife, at dinner at tho Embassy for the first time since the war.
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    • 39 17 London, November II. The Chartered Lank of India, Australia and China announce that Mr. Edward Kairhairn Mackay, late of Messrs. HuHerfnld and Swire, Shanghai, has been elected a director succi ssion to no late Sir John Jordan.
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    • 284 17 C urious Political Situation (.'routed. London, N vemb: r If. d he Hague: In the Second < number of the State, (ieneial, tProtestant Deputy, Heer Kersti n. r »pose.f an amendment to the foreign i annates to withdrew the Legation to the 11 >;y Se«*. Monsigimr
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    • 204 17 London, November 10. It Iran spires that only an informal *nchangc of views occurred between Mr. Wadia and the Man.dm ter trade representatives. It is understood that the object* of 1 iie visit is to secure, if possible, the co-operation of leaders the Lanca shire cotton industry
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    • 183 17 London, November 10. K,w York: The .Stork Exchange has experienced one of tin* hi J trailing in its history. .xeai ..,o°0,00U shares change I linnls. 1 ho previous reconi was on April 30, IDOL The market witnessed unprecedented scones. Bear trailers, after vain attempts to stem the
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    • 38 17 London, Novrntor fl. 1 arid I*. Coup's n«‘t nr f'”‘ He* vear en.MJ.iru* :;<» were A*"-’ 1 ne0 thn boom H»ia rh annual distribution simoi.nl to l.'a pur ffjt. in the previous h»e year#.
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    • 1648 18 American Bank Rate. London, November 1>. Boston Tbe Federal Rieserve Bank has incrous.d the discount rate by onelm If to 4 per cent. Portsmouth Command. London, November 7. Admiral S r O-mond Brock has boon appointed to succeed Sir Sydney Fremantle as CommonJor-in-Chief at Portsmouth. More Tea
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    • 139 18 London, November 5. b reni h francs arc quoted in London at .2l.J1 which i> a new low record. London, November 5. Mr. Ronald McNeill ha* been appointed r liiancial Secretary to the Treasury. London, November 0. Moscow Aoroshilov, a member of the Revolutionary War Council and Commander ot
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  • 26 18 Aneta's Service. Batavia, November C>. An enormous fire destroyed r,,r>00 tons rwn n t\, tho "tatlon a' 200,000 guilders. ,S C^,n,atvJ a
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  • 430 18 Handwriting Experts Supreme Court. I he litigation was resumed Supreme Court on Tuesday i U l< the acting Chief Justice (Mr i,, Sproule). The w idow applied fer D rohH C ami deceased’s nephew opposed the If 1 lion, alleging that the will in 1 1( was
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  • 66 18 Aneta’s Service.) The Instigator of the Trouble Killed. Aneta’s Service.) Batavia, November 1 2. It now appears that the trouble ir Aehin was started by a dissatisfied Aehinese chief, who assembled fo!. w ers for u holy war. A military patrol, under t'aptain Meihuezen, last night killed
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  • 82 18 (From Our Own Correspondent.) I poll, November The t rial of Warder Williamson for causing grievous hurt to a prisoner, who subsequently died of a ruptured spleen, wa c concluded yesterday. The accused pleaded grave provoeat'.en on account of an indecent personal remark and said he only gave
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  • 70 18 Another Municipal Lorry In Accident. Municipal lorries have been involve three or four traflic fatalities and another occurred on Saturday r ing, in New Bridge Road when a ''< old seller,lhoy, mured (.i 2 i Muang was knocked clown and k:l!ed inslar 1 ously hv a municipal
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  • 1186 19 Brutal Corporal Gets Three Years. On Friday, in the Assizes Cmut, be for. Mr. Justice Deane, a Chinese, Lee Pah. was charged with committing tm.b.vy while armed with a revolver in company with two others al o annod. Prisoner pleaded guilty ami said that he had lived in
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  • 221 19 CONSTABLE’ S STORY. Alleged Bayonet Stab by Fellow Sentry. A case came before the Second Magistrate (Mr. H. R. Built on Mon lay in which a Sikh constable was alleged to have stabbed a fellow constable while both were on sentry duty at the Mandai oil installation. Mr. da Silva
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  • 377 19 Crowded Audience at The Theatre. Tiit* Poppy I'unti and other ex-service funds should benefit very materially from U’»* enterprise of those who organised tin* M i.itaiy Musical Chronicle, which was sta gi d »t the Victoria Theatre on Tueday uight before II. K. the Governor (Sir Laurence
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  • 553 19 Nav.ur Pet Tin, October: Hours run 259, yardage treated 18,000, ore won piculs 258, rainfall 10.59 inches. The Secretary of Austral Malay Tin, Ltd., reports the following output of it associated companies for the month of October kampong Kamuntiug Tin Dredging.— Hours run (two dredges! 1.150, cubic yards
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  • 864 19 Arming the passenger* hooked lor Malay* o.i the I*, and steamsr Morea, which came in from 1.0i.e on Saturday were Mias Avrton, Mr. ami Mrs. l-\ I Anderson Pole, Mr. P. P. Andrews, Misses Andrews. Master Andrews. Mrs. Itealty, Mr. I*. His«*et, Mr. and Mrs. T. It. Minnie, Mrs.
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    • 202 19 Proper!} Sale. The fallowin'.' Singapore properties were sold by auetion by Messrs. Ch“ontf Koon Scrip ami Co., at their saleroom .‘>0 (’India Street on October lit ami MU and November I Freehold land at Oairnhill Head, area 1*2,450 s«|. ft., Mr. Anp Koh llin. SM.7M5 freehold land at Cairnhill Road.
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  • Sporting News and Notes.
    • 337 20 The Rest Defeat The C hinese. On Saturday, the S.C.F.A. met the Rest in tin* concluding match of the sea on, and it might be said that from every point of view it was a fitting finish. 'mere was a largt attendance, though not so large as was expected,
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    • 484 20 [Renter Telegram.) English and Scottish League Matches. [Reuter Telegram London, November 7.. The following are the results of today’s English and Scottish League matches Division I. Birmingham 0, Bolton W. 1. Blackburn K. 2, Leeds U. 2. Bury 1, Newcastle l 1. Cardiff City 5, Leicester < 2.
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    • 350 20 Singapore Win at Seremban. (From Our Own Correspondent). Seremban, November 7. Singapore A team were fortunate in finding weather conditions almost ideal in their match with the Negri Scmbilan .second hftoen on Saturday. Some rain had fallen earlier in the afternoon, which probably made the hall rather difficult to
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    • 451 20 University Player in S.C.R.C. Match. S. M. Hadi, captain of the Cambridge University tennis team, who is returning to India after competing in the national championships in America, was .-eon in action at the S.C.R.C. on November o, when he partnered D. IL Kleinmnn in a match against Hooi
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    • 47 20 [Renter Telegram] West Australia Heaten At Melbourne. [Reuter Telegram London. November 9. Melbourne Victoria beat West Australia by an innings and 2S2 runs._ West Australia’.- totals were 151 (Ironmonger seven wickets for 30) and 103. Victoria replied with 536, Porsford scoring with 158 and Love 103.
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    • 36 20 [R«ut«r Telegram London, November 7. Sydney For the world’s sculling championship. over 3 miles, HIT yards of the Parramatta River, Major (Todsell (holder) beat James Paddon by two lengths. Time 22 minutes 50 seconds.
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  • 99 20 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, November 10. In the Supreme Court, before Mr. Justice Acton, a ease has begun in which the Bruas Rubber Company are suing the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation as holders of $250,000 debentures of $5,000 each, of Taylor and Company. They are
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  • 89 20 DAVIES.™ On November 9, 1025, at the Maternity Hospital, Singapore, to Ruby, wife of W. A. Noel Davies, Registrar, Supreme Court, a daughter. MOOTATHAMBY. On November 7, 1925. at 8.29 p.m., at Taiping, to I*r. and Mrs. Mootathumby, of a son. F.M.S. and Ceylon papers please copy. WFE.- On
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  • 34 20 The marriage between Mr. V. Kylnsam Pillai, of the Pamanoehan and Tjiassemlandcn, Soobang, Java, and Miss Annam Karthigcsu, took place on November 2, 1925. (F.M.S, Sumatra, Fast (.oast and Java papers pleas* copy
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  • 139 20 Singapore, November 12. EXCHANGE. On London, Eank 4 in/s 2/4 15/32 Demand 2/4 5/32 Private 3m. credits 2/4^ On New York, Demand Private 90 d/s roi s On France, Bank T. T. 1;;^ On India, Bank T. T. j *,.p On Hongkong, Bank d/d 3 p.c. prom
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  • 449 20 Singapore, November 12. MINING. Issue Vai. Fd. Buyers Selisrs i’l £1 Asam* Kumbang 54/- 55/1 I BaUing Padang u.78 0.82 1 1 Hitam Tin 1.47* 1.52** i'l- £1 Idris Hydraulics .VI/- 34/1 1 Johan Tin >.01 0.63 10, 10. Kampong 4'J/- 51/t‘l i'l Kumunting Tin 63/6 66/6
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 86 20 NOTICE All communications for both tha Straits Times and the Straits Budget should be addressed to the Head Office, Cecil and Stanley Streets, Singapore, Straits Settlements. The post free price of the Straits Times to the United Kingdom and foreign countries is $54 a year. The post free price of
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  • 20 20 DEATH MAN DORK. On November' 10, 1025, K. Fro lappa 4aru!ore. Buried on November 11 1 1025, at 4 p.m.
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  • The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT
    • 89 1 tieneral Singapore Official Quotations 1 Rubber Price Averages London Rubber Stocks I Rubber Posit'on I Re Diction Reviewed L Rubber at the Fair I Rubber Kstate Buying 1 New Craigielea Meeting Ceylon Rubber Statistics 2 Local Rubber Auction Rubber Smuggling *2 Rubber Results 3 Noiseless Roads 3 October Rubber
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    • 55 1 Singapore Official Quotations. Forward I’oiuraii Quotations Spot S.ller Prices Jhii. Apr. I*, te LMon S’pure Pec. Mar. June Nov. s. d. 3 II 1.01 1.57 1.12 1.32 7 :t 11 1.K2 1.68 j 1.15 135 II'] l.og 1.5*'1.151.35 in ;i |.6I 1.57 1.15 1.35 11 Holiday. 12 3
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    • 27 1 The average price of rubber in Singapore .and London during the current quarter to November 12 has been Singapore 161*5 cents London 3s. ll*45d.
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    • 32 1 Messrs. Lewis and Peat’s cable received from their London office on I uesdav gave 20 tons down, making the total London rubber i locks at November 4 900 tons.
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    • 106 1 The grant of 2 catties per acre special allowance on the first five acres of holdings of 25 acres and under is now officially confirmed, and the amount exportable under this concession will be 1,800 tons during the Novembcr-January quarter. A day or two before the concession was
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    • 460 1 Three Years of the System Reviewed. The third year of Restriction came to an end on October 31, and a few figures extracted from Import and Export Department reports, and from other sources may be of interest. First of all a comparison may be made of the second (1923-1)
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    • 477 1 K.G.A.’s Interesting Collection Of Footwear. The first impression gleaned from a casual observance of the Shoe and Leather Pair is the prcdominence of rubber compared to a tew years back. Whcie in previous years this commodity only appeared at a few stands in the form of
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    • 55 1 [kkutkr tklkcram.] The Allowance to the Small Holders. [rbutkr tklkcram.] London, November 5. It is rumoured in London that tho Malay States (iovernment have made concessions in regard to the rubber output, affecting only private enterprise plantations not exceeding 25 acres, which are estimat'd to involve 3,000 tons
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    • 193 1 (Prom Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh, November 6. A special enquiry was made of the Lubber Controller with reference to the. above Reuter wire. It is explained that the special allowance of three catties lor small holders last quarter for the first five aeies of holdings not exceeding
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    • 61 1 Lrkutkk tklkc.ram.] London, November 10. The Hague With reference to recent reports of an American movement to establish rubber plantations in the Dutch Indies, especially to supply American needs, it is stated by the colonial department that they arc not aware of any direct negotiations between the
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    • 40 1 (Ancta’s Service.) Batavia, November 0. A London financial trust has bought the rubber estate of Fapos in the I reanger Residency of 1,000 aeies, of which 300 are cultivated. The transaction involves a sum of 100,000 guilders.
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    • 47 1 Messrs. Saudi lands Buttery and Co.. on lx half of the Singapore I’ara Rubber Kstates. Ltd.. have* acquired the group of K tates called «I*»r*ik. The Krian Rubber Plantations Co. Ltd, have declared an interim dividend ,,f |n per rent., payable op <M**ber 22.
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    • 1792 2 IsoiiKlit Outriulit *•>' London S\ lulscato. An extra.*!ilinary#geiieral meeting <3 New Craigielea. Ltd., was held at the offices of Me- vs. Derrick and Co. (secretai ies» j n Hongl Bank < 1 l.or when tIn* following re- d'Ui n v-as passed Th it the «.*•> of Ihi-
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    • 212 2 Exports of rubber from* Ceylon during tlu* three restriction periods 1«j22-v 1921-25. Ceylon Rubber Inipoted Rubber Rubber Latex Month Tom 1 rom Gallons 1D22-3 1923-4 1924-5 1922-3 1923-4 1924-5 1922-3 1923-4 190 r v. 3,700 2,817 3,558 90 IX4 429 953 12 4,023 4,10(5 4.1 I‘s 215
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    • 729 2 A Steady Tone In Evidence, Me*, rs. Barlow and Co. report: Singapore, November The market has fluctuated within narrow limits during the period under review. The official announcement that the expot table allowance of rubber, for the quarter beginning November 1, had been raised to 85 per
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    • 487 2 Furl her Captures by Preventin' launches. (Front Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, November 0. Since the last report of rubber smuggling captures appeared in the Strait* Times the preventive fleet stationed on the West coast has been successful in arresting a further number of smugglers. At 9.45 p.m.
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    • 1662 3 The twenty-sixth ordinary general meeting ot the Straits Plantation., Ltd., was held in mail week at the registered office of the company, i-4, (Ireat Tower Street, Kd Mr. John MeXeile Miller (the i huirmaii) presiding. The Chairman said Centlemcn, —2'he directors’ report and the
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    • 67 3 [The Straits Times is not responsible fot tno opinions of its correspofelonts. Corrs flponrients ehould bear in mir.d that lotterr must be short ar.u to th* point. Lon* laniiding epihtle* are liable to be rej-ctod o* lutnicably cut down. Correspondents mu*; unclose their names, not necessarily f 0 i
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    • 307 3 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—With reference to your leading article on the above as a practical planter 1 am at raid I disagree with you. I can only speak from my knowledge of estates in Negri Scmhilan. hut from what 1 Know of these, at
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    • 280 3 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—As you have been advocating t!i« further panting up of rubber and that the Government should give every encouragement to such schemes 1 should like to draw your attention to the followI ing anomalies'. In your contemporary I The
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    • 160 3 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—Knowing you ere in favour of more rubber being planted and of small holdings, do you think some acceptable scheme could be put before the Government to give areas to ex-service men who have conic to Malacca since the war. The
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    • 463 3 I!rof»kl:in<Js. I>iv<1. 211 percent. KnUiim*. .Int. (livd. 7’a per cent. Eedgi ley.— Int. divd. 10 per cent. 1 ocrangie. Int. divd. 10 per cent. r.Hndtaisarie.— Int. divd. 7Vis per ccrt. Alor Toiigsu.— Int. divd. 7*2 per cent. Sungei Silak.—Int. divd. 12 1 per
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    • 227 3 The use of rubber for roadway and pavement .surface has not yet developed beyond the experimental stage, but that a certain amount of progress has been made may be gathered from the report of Rubber Roadways, Limited, a company formed ten years ago to
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    • 801 4 Messrs. Macphail and Co.'s Weekly Report. 1 Me- 1 s. Macphail and C<*. Lt l.’s weekly! report, dated November 11, stat**- r l he special feature of our share market during the week under review been the great activity in 1 ubher shares. With the teady price
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    • 476 4 Ayer Kuning. SO,000 lbs. A r ahan.—- 30,000 lbs. Anglo-Somatra.—*30,44.» lbs. Alor (lajah.—10,380 lbs. A>i*r Panas.--43,000 lhs. Australasia. —1 1,700 lbs. Angln-.Lih iv Consididated. —37,000 lbs Hukit Palung Syud.— 1.>,0.» 1 lbs. Hanteifg (Sclangnr).— 47,110 lbs. Jiiuufert Horiien. 44,000 lbs. Halgic.vnii*.—21,7t50 lbs. Hukit luibn. is,000 lbs. Bert
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    • RUBBER SHARE PRICES.
      • 442 4 Stock I Stock p MT Exchangt Par K*cruu*t V»lu. Company. Pricat. Value. rnmranj. Prie*. 3/4% 2/ London-AMal it 0/4% Anilo-Mnluy l'? 3 32 Lunv :l Ayer Kuning II Malacca 4% I! Buntmg i) Mnmbau 1! 7/10 2 B.iU.ug (%m.a.l;d;.ted 2 0/ Merbau 1 9
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      • 683 4 Capital Issue Closing Prices. Paid Up Value Dividends Fraser I.yall A Company Si Co. Evatt 312.500 20 p.c. int. a c year 28-2-26Allenby (sl* n. 10 3.55cd. 3.40 3.60cd. I do,ooo 1 Hi p.c. int. a/c year 30-9-25A10r Gajah ($1) 10 3.20 3.2,'* 3.50
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 363 5 IV THEM ARE M« THAN A MILLION Sport Touring Five-seater Touring $2,800.00. Buick m Two-seater Roadster $3,000.00. Distributors C O (Incorporated in 6.S.) 20, GRANGE ROAD, SINGAPORE. Cantilever Rear Springs Full Cantilever rear springs absorb the shocks of the road and give maximum riding corn* fort. The Buick "Sealed Chassis"
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 256 6 Printing Blocks LIME OB HALF-TONE i MADE BY The Straits Times Press, SINGAPORE. Prices Quoted on Application. SECURITY EFFICIENCY THE BRITISH MALAYA TRUSTEE AND EXECUTOR CO., LTD. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) DIRECTORS: A. E. BADDELEY, Esq., Chairman. Hon’ble Sir D. J. GALLOW A K.B. Hon'ble Mr, TAN CHENG LOCK.
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