The Straits Budget, 2 December 1926

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  • 29 1 The Straits Budget v. BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [KSIAHI.ISHKII kk.hty YEA ItS.] SIXtiAl OKE. IHIKSUAX, DKCIvMItKIt 2, l)(2li I’lic.’ 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7d.
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  • 386 1 1’ajje w\|ihh*"'* j,... .,•»■*> and ,u i >..»• To*'" n 1 t \yaiu>t Malaria v: vV* Pay j shadow vv... k-- N.WS IT--- t 1 «'lfllia II. alt\ in Singapore i"ji fsi> Wedding 1 1 >.!• .1 umrli* 1 < him se l'rotci'torutt 1 I I .\<*'emln-r Kates 11
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  • 3297 1 Mr. K. ,1. Dunti. manager of Sum*. I larky and Co.. I poll, is bark ayain from home leave. The Cantonese .1 inri ki»|ia\v Pullers' and Owners Society in Penanjr has; keen n tristered. Ihe Hishop of Raiiiro'n xviis a visitor the Corf* retae ;.t Ip di.
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  • 1166 2 Arrival at Singapore On World Tour Cn-neral 1’ramwci! Booth, '.(u* icin.- r ol th-* Salvation Army, arrived in S' ‘lira pare mi Tuesday »n the P. and hevanhu, from lioiiir Koim. I'-ie lieiieca!. who is nnikiuu a :*.*ur i f the \so*l»i. was accompanied by l.t.-Go!. t unninulmm.
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  • 29 2 Sydney Mr. Lang. I*r* I Si- :h Wall present'll.; i*« I Kwtg ivnuesting the *v<a:. f I j n'Vci !:nr. Xiio.it a! de h i I
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  • 37 2 A police constable, vie*. V. a seen tal.iny bribe, f: o' r.vu.-r* iii.yh Mreet. has been ,Te. »> uin.y i 1 ley:. I yrit iiK at :<»n. v.. i r d by Inspee’ >r Na.,
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  • 39 2 Bar* *v and < »*i p* rt >\ < 'J > stati —Th** price t«*r n* t«* drop, ami tin market i* *:*>.e A proxiniat* Iy TOO 1 av« ha durine tl'.e week. Clo*:ng •j.;.*!;/.. a-* a> fo!!ow> Standard n \<.
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  • 67 2 (>r \h \«m!n*r 'J4 1... !y Cm.' a very s-vuessfui da»o at C -.-r’urt H-Use. Tiler. were about J 1 sent, includinu H. 11. M S T. F user. K.( (\S.!.. C.M.tl., Miss Fraser, H«»n. (’hief 4 W iiiam Muri'ou ;--i i I i. M >■ Mi'. Maire-tt.
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  • 85 2 Tlu- Strait' Tina- fur.d ir !r -1 c Siieriiian. o the >■”«;»: la i. who has hc< n iavilidc I imn lie It of iniuric' throiiuii h ns -y a uaiiy r<>l her. wa« closcil total >.f S-l.il?-’*. Two further contril»utii»ns t<» tin speetor Sheridan Fund of
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  • 147 2 Hi.- Excellency Senhor T.-igni:im H Iti.osa, tin* new Governor id •p ,ll il accomnipaiiied I>\* his wife n:<t y H children. arrival from Lisbon. v| a 1,1 S soil!*** on Sundiyy by the fl which continued her voyage on M"nu*>.' Hong Kong where the gubernab party
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  • The Straits Budget
    • 927 3 THE DOMINIONS THE BASE. Straits Tin;* November -o I we caught siffht of the words I pi»re Naval Base” in the cables I ilu> final report of the conclusions I 'TZ Imperial Conference we quite exI that some statement had been I ivirarding the share the Dominions I to* take
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    • 954 3 tinent in the years to come."-Straits Times, Novemlier 2<>. An old adage has it that comparisons are odious, and this i- often strict iv trui when comparisons are made between arsons, but it is in no sense odious when applied to places, rather is it often
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    • 949 3 ;ir:!in‘i's campaign.— Strait?* Tiim-s, N\&gt;vi'iiiUt L*7. The forthcoming v sit of such an nin-r.t aitlioiitv as Sir Ronald Ros. j f h at tent ion to the v. ork v hicl hi- b'.-.-n .ion in Malaya over a i: imlc* of year.-, to fight the great
      ;ir:!in‘i's campaign.— Strait?* Tiim-s, N\>vi'iiiUt L*7.  -  949 words
    • 828 4 is tneraven theroon.—Straits Time*?, November if*. To-morrow the Scot celebrates St. Andrew’s Di.y. The origin as to why the S.rtti.-h i eoplo adopted St. Andrew as Sc iland’s patron saint is shrouded in obscurity. liven traditions vary. But they chose well. St. Andrew was a missionary the
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    • 971 4 itnuiT now in our midst. rimes, November 30. Should the banner of the Salvation Army wave in Singapore should the war cry of this great institution resound m our midst It floats around us on nil sides it echoes from shore to shore in Java, in l
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    • 784 4 a Straits' I'l' iir-Kt-r 1. When the Red Indians lit files mountain tops, the arising smoke w a visible warning to pioneers. A halt W."* called and waggons laagered. ing Low landers, on glimpsing ti e fiery cross passing from hand to ha/, in the valleys of Scotland,
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  • 142 5 hmmrarv secretary of the Muslim er.t&gt; Aid Society writes:—A Euro- Lvntleman who is a prominent lie man and who wishes to remain :.y:r. ~s, lias seiit us a cheque fo: as a donation to the fumis of the Students* Aid Society. In fr•r g the cheque,
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  • 184 5 t!'.&gt;* motor smash which oeat *hc* l'* mile, Am pane Hoad, on v right. of O.tober dl, when a 'bus and i \w'il car btl nging to Messrs. Borneo 1 bt«i.. Kuala Lumpur, eame into &gt;."n. and several persons wire injur* j- Hayall. of the firm, wh
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  • 73 5 pi&gt;h« p of Singapore has returned 11 1 his visit to the npcountry chaplain- and the diocesan Conference. At the jjb ~u&lt;‘ ting of the Conference, his Lord- 1 announced that lie had arranged j. 1 *he Archbishop of Canterbury to ,j, !un n the middle
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  • 2013 5 Me have heard several reports of late that an tupuusej attempt is being made l\\ the Indian taxi-cab drivers in Singa0 f Sr ce the Ma,a &gt;- d«’ivcM off the streets. \Ve do not know how far thifoun 0 rr ,i lt n f Ut :f u thcre
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  • 201 5 Sandham Makes His Fourth Century. Drawn Match Against Combined Team. (Special Cable to the Straits Times.) Calcutta, November 21. Sandham scored his fourth century of the Indian tour this morning, in the match between the M.C.C. and a combined Kaipulana and Bombay, Parnda and Central India Railway eleven
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  • 209 5 Successful Banquet At Singapore. Five hundred hosts and quests of tlie Singapore St. Andrew’s Society banquet ted at battles hotel, Sinenpoio on Tuesday evening and St. Andrew’s Day was brought to a close amid timehonoured ceremonies and fraternal conviviality. The ballroom, where dinner was served, was handsomely
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  • 111 5 Two Nominations for Vacant Seat. Two nominations liavr hern roceivi-1 for tlir varanry on thn Muniripal Cnmmission as r* present.V.ivo of the Straits Settlements Association—Messrs. .5 ol »n l.ayco'k ami C. C. Dm. man. y.w K (battry was nominated hut lias sineo withdrawn as In’ is about to
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  • 2828 6 Huge Increase in Estimate For Power Station. Tanglin Market Scheme to Go Forward. At an ordinary meeting of the Municipal held on Fridity afternoon an explanation was given by Mr. Fyfe with regard to the great increase of the cost of tlu* work performed by the Municipality at
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  • 273 6 Mr. W. A. Phipps and Miss Aiken 0*SuIi\an. Ti e wedding of Mr. \V. A. I’hipp?. t hi* electricity department, S.i.-u; Municipality. and Miss A lifer. O'S-.;.-,.,:.. k.ughu r Mrs. O Sulivan and t: Mr. James O’Sulivan. of Giv« r iJ'a';.. was eeii*orated at the C:u: f ti.o
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  • 41 6 Sime, Darby and Co., Ltd., advise that 450 tons of dredge material v shipped from Holland on November for the Kuchai Tin Dredging Co., and it is expected that the balance material will be shipped on Decern
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  • 72 7 I &lt;naits Tim&lt;» not responsible for I "f it* correspondents. CurreI 11 '-iuc.d.d bear in mind tout letters I K snort mi* i the point. Long I ’"t,, ,.i,i.&lt;tli*s art* liable to b** rejected or I U c ui down. Cor»*es|jondeuts must I l 1 'I’lcir names, not necessarily
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  • 377 7 I t,. t o Editor of the Straits Times. I &lt; i ke recent public utterances of I ih'ii. Mr. tan Cheng Lock on I v |j i reform in the constiluiion I r 1 cgi- ature have given all thinkI l „.",,V|.|i in the t’. lony
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  • 143 7 H E.i:tnr of the Straits Tim's. ur answt r to Mr. Stirling’s gi.iuinu sural-. .\&lt; an o’1 S’Tigapoi*". want t«* slate H .ucrce witii you. 1 loiisidc*; :;h.•!&gt;!;:. the only we have, altnougii it may 1 Its utility touid i&gt;c greatly w ever, it’ every surat was l
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  • 139 7 I 1 the Editor of the Straits Times. 1 1 a regard t" your correspondI *'iitmu on C hap Jot* Kuo, there are I k- V!* t nl ur hanlvrs. one at (Jelatig I j, Vi :i! *d the other th'ec at Kreta Ayer I ii U
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  • 166 7 To the Editor of the Straits Times. &gt;hr, -May I draw attention to a d&gt; ‘aisting practice which s-em.- to be inv pt 1:1 Sf,,u V part&lt; of Singapore at ret or to the spreading of tb*n n hu r u ls 1,1 (l, v in order
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  • 277 7 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, 1 iind this interesting opinion in your pa|H*r a- having been expressed by Mr. Siiiney l*a call Rotarians believe that if tlu* ideal of service above self lead obtained in c. *ry section ot the mining industry, there would
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  • 485 7 To the Editor of the Straits i inies. Sir.— Your small leaner criticising a certain da** of taxi-ca’a .(rivets w t.H. i.iii.l a- umiv'i wnh «hat he pt&gt;cn v and the nm.-t sunisjent &gt; &gt;•■!“•»■ arc ro-war.v I- ensure I'pl'er and re-pcctfu! treatment to me puma Wit), Singamoe's
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  • 223 7 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—May I he allowed to express through the medium of your paper, my humble opinion on the advertisement Offer wanted for fiOO kinta Association Shares which appeared in your columns a few days ago. I do not knotv the
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  • 1136 7 To the Editor of the Strait* Times. w",jj.. 'j'lv.- pres* reports of tin 1 monthly meeting of the Municipal t’ommissioner* ci main interesting matter with reearo t.i the engineering work in tin* St Janus Power Station. The p::hli cannot help being h; vv il&lt;l-*r-r.i i*y the
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  • 282 7 To tlie* Kditor of the Straits Times. Sir, in the light against malaria, t&lt; aliirh ymi refer in your hading nrtieh of November li7, the most satisfactory feature to my mind is how members of ■very class of the community have worn •d for one end
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  • 234 8 Progress of Schemes For Internal Colonisation. Mr. Man* (J vest era nu-. director of th* 4 Department of Interim, li.it- h East Indies ,n company with Mr. Bastiaan*e, Inspector *»f Agrarian matters, have just returned from a visit to the Javanese colonisation &gt;i*ttlenient* at Ccdong Tataan.
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  • 128 8 A Mtdda tow n. Nc'v ■lci's&lt;*y, message l&gt;r:ntfj in tbe Toronto Dailv Globe .'avs: Somewhere in Middlesex *or Monnoutli County a lull sized Indian lent ard is ;u large, and jtersons living near woods, fields and lonely roads art* not 't rring .rom their homes. The
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  • 218 8 Subscriptions already acknow- $1,758 v ollected by Mr. Boey Kok Leong: Mr. Tan Kah Kee, J.P. 200 Mr. him JV-ng Siang, J.P. 200 Mr. Seah Kng Tong, J.P. (in memory of the late Mr. Seah I.enng Seah) 200 Mr. Ong Kah Lock (in memory of the
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  • 820 8 Acti\ities in Sporting Circles. (From Our Own Correspondent). Ma!: ecu, No\&lt; mber 21. In flic si ir.i-fiiwil &lt; f the I’earcc Biil'Mils up comp'Lt i''ll whi li has been going on in M; lacea Flub for tlu* pa*t I month, Muni- (5) I* foetid live; on fser.)
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  • 298 8 London Times Correspondent’s Views. In Malaya and the Dutch East Indies, say* a correspondent to the London Times, native audiences are regaled with film programmes which display the white man. and tlu* white woman, in the worst possible light. They arc exhibited in surroundings of rime
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  • 140 8 The culminating- meeting «»f the .V V: A U^*K J' aycr and World l ei’owsmp took the form of a symbolical ?eiv ice .entitled “The (iolden Chain of liajer. Thirty-four girls, dre-sed in the -National costumes of the countries which they represent*d. in which there are National A.
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  • 253 8 Handicaps for First p av The following are the i the lirst day of the Selan-mr t'•* A.nai,.u, im-winv, whi.-h iA,M I rula.i and Saturday &gt;n 1. Ponies 1). &lt;5 furlongs, 11.10. Ja.va 11.10, Posh ll x j I,vna&lt; W 11.0, la ree 11.5, St. Andrei- i
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  • 138 8 Company's Dredge Sold to Ihtdang. Freni Our Own Correspc &lt;Lntg ]‘enang. Xovem *er 0. At the annual r.ueting of Tepah T.r, Mr. A. M. presiding. *a d tha* the l.tn.'cng Ton A'.tr.g option h.ail le&lt;.n duly oxer i*ed and the purchase pri of Si'.O.OuO had been paid by
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  • 287 8 On Saturday. an old Mui.r I nought before Mr. K. K. Colmar v r»istriet Court, an was found g .*y using criminal force &lt;&gt;n a trolley at«l attempted theft. C hief Inspector Meredith, who prosecuted, said that eused had a long list of offi dataat iron.
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  • 179 8 The exjH»dition of three local men fn.ni ingapore t»* London, in a Iroian motor ar. has terminated according to a cable received in Singapore on Saturday from which it appears that they arrived at Dover. The party which consists of Mr. Chri&lt;-tophi-r ,U. Silva. Mr. Marvin Kana
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  • 642 9 Malaria Expert’s Visit To Malaya. To Inspect Preventive Work In straits and I t iotercst to all concerned in of health in Malaya- hi The realm of anti-malarial forthcoming visit of Sir m 'iv.-si the world recognised autho- .malaria and the discoverer of the Xu Yoe mosquito
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  • 832 9 V alue to the Public Becoming Recognised. 1 he annual general meeting of the British Malaya 1 rustee and Executoi ompany, Ltd., was held at the Chartered Link chambers on Friday, Mr. A. K. Badcieley (chairman) presiding. Others present were Sir David Galloway, the Hon. Mr. 1). J.
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  • 549 9 Final Race for Bomo Cup. Ihe third and last race for the Bomo Cup provided a most sparkling exhibition of dose sailing on Sunday with results in keeping as to ultimate points. At 10 a.m. Captain Flett started ten beats for the Oscar il, with Jean 11 making a
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  • 217 9 &gt;ir. K. T? Ford and Miss Vera Florence Gleeson. Our Kuala Lumpur correspondent writ on Moutlay :—St. Mary’s hutch, Kuala Lumpur, was the scene of a pretty wedding on Saturday afternoon, the contracting parties being Mr. R. B. Ford, of Boustend and Co., Kuala Lumpur, and Miss
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  • 364 9 Conviction For Negligent Driving Upheld. 1 he thief Justice (Sir William Murison) was occupied in the Supreme Court on Monday with the hearing of police court appeals. Mr. Storr, on behalf of Mr. Hansard, appealed against a conviction of rash driving in which the accused was fineu $25.
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  • 162 9 (Aneta’s Service.) Demented Soldier Kills Four Men. (Aneta’s Service.) Batavia, November 2^. A terrible case of amok occurred here to-day. A Menatloncse corporal, sentry at tne military hospital, ran amok and shot a Menndonese sergeant guard-commander and a corporal. Both were killed. The murderer fled, swimming the
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  • 152 9 Interesting Papers Before Malay.’! Branch. A meeting of the Malaya branch of the British Medical Association was lvld on Monday in the College of Medicim*. I)r. Hope Falkner, F.R.C.S.I., read a paper on “the significance and manage meat of gonorrhoea in the male," and Professor Kingsbury contributed
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  • 558 10 JUKI TDK FAK KaSTDKN SKRVICF..] Members of Catholic Mission Robbed. TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE. Question in the House Of Commons. [Rut ti:k Far Eastern Service.] Hong Kong, November 21. The steamer Waihoi from Kongmoon fi r Yeung Kong was pirated on November 10. After leaving the Maritime Customs station
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  • 171 10 Judgment Delivered in Estate Case. The Chief Justice (Sir William Murison) gave judgment on Saturday in th. Supreme Court, in a ease in which Tan (’hong Kee sought to have his brother, Tan thong Lay, removed as a joint rusteo of his father’s (the late Tan Khcai.i
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  • 285 10 First Appearance* of New Orchestra. 1 \Ye have receive.1 the MK-witg f»vm i co»'iT: j r.dcr.t l micr the auspices o: I tin* Old R;»n'.isian.»’ Associatka siu-'cest-fu, I'-iiKiit was heul in Lai.as Ills-.--luti-'U oil November 27. In the ahsence of Mr. i*. YV. Stubbs, the proidint, the
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  • 133 10 Pilot in a Motor Car Accident. Mr. Neville Yintcent, of the Air Survey Company, who was flying from Jesseltcn to Singapore in a seaplane, via Kuching. Sarawak, has been delayed through an unexpected cause. He arrived safely at Kuching on Saturday, and was out with some friends
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  • 64 10 (From Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh, November 29. Four hundred guests attended the or; k St. Andrew’s ball, which was held 1 ,i, ,&lt;l own Hall on an elaborate scale ihe decorations were magnificent mmature fountains being much admired ]he eightsome reels were a dclightfu l •eature.
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  • 201 10 iBETTER TELEGRAM] No Absolute Majority For Swarajists. Hope That Reforms Will Now Work. iREUTER TELEGRAM] London, November 28. Lill i The general election returns !&lt; ufirin the earlier forecast, inasmuch as tlu- Swarajists, while forming the largest v'gic group in the All-India Assembly cud the provincial councils of
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  • 58 10 Nominees for the Federal Council. (F: m Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh, November 21. It is understood that a conference ot all the Indian associations in the F.M.S. will shortly meet in Kuala Lumpur to recommend nominees to Government for the appointment of one to the Federal Council.
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  • 95 10 I inai Dividend cf Five Per C ent. Declared. (Fum Ojr Own Correspondent). Penang, November 2-~. Mr. I&gt;. A. M. Brown presided at the annua* meeting of South Taiping Tin. A final dividend of live per lent. was passed uranii.u usly. Mr. A. H. Miles was reelected
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  • 107 10 The output of Talam Mines Limited for the month of October, from all sources under tribute arrangements was picul*. 5-19. The output of Nawng Pet Tin Ltd. for the first half month of Novemb»i was piculs 00. The output of Phin Soon Tin Mine-. Ltd., for the
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  • 94 10 A Chinese syce, Ng All Tong, who had trial for murder and had been ac putted, and had later been sentenced to two months’ rigorous imprisonment, on i charge of mischief, appealed against i.e sentence in the Supreme Court on i-"n- ily JC’ f r&lt;! the Chief
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  • 278 10 [Reuter Far Eastern Service Propagandists Active n Shanghai. Urgent Question Regardine Foreign Interests. [Reuter Far Eastern Service Shanghai, November 2i». The unenviable reputation of the K tian troops is rendering the Southern propagandists task in Shanghai v &lt;»»&gt;•• There has been niu.-h JA against Sung Chun Fang and
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  • 70 10 Mr. J. Bagnall to Represent Commerce. At a formal meeting of the Sir. .rap re Chamber of Commerce. ht*l»l on N e:r- r 24, Mr. J. Bagnall. f tin Str iu Trading Company, was elected re; sent the Chamber on the It-'-- t Council. He was the only
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  • 248 10 The current issue of the F.M.S. Government Gazette contains the following appointments Capt. E. H. Ilime to lie a Superirt n icr.t of Customs, F.M-S. Mr. A. Lb Maln r. t he an Assistant Conservator nt Loix—Malayan Forest Service Mr. K. lb to be an Agricultural Field
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  • 457 11 Swedish Crown Prince And Princess Arrive. i IT government house. Inolticiiil Stay in Course Of! 1 World Tour. Vt !e(*meil two very distinv it *r&gt; i*n 1’riilay morning in tin Their Koval Highnesses the i r* Pnr.ce and Princess of Sweden Vrl j the Kalori Maru
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  • 143 11 m lollop ing properties were disposed 4 auction by Kstate and Trust l.td. at their Singapore sale- Xovi rnber *24 before a large '’dance years’ leasehold land and J'.T'' l.t and Id, Synagogue Street, area f" K It., bought by Mr. Low Thong lor .Cl-&gt;,OOO Pi) years’
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  • 590 11 Prospects of Second Interim Dividend. 'tin annual general meeting of the Lmgm Tint Ltd., was held on Nov. j;,. at t.ie "ftici *d tlu* secretaries, Chun Sze 0,1,1 ami Co.. Market Street. There were pioent Messrs. J. M. Sime (chairman) Lie him Tuan, J. A. Klias, S. Q.
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  • 125 11 Kereiviim Orders (iranted In Five Cases. Hi the Bankruptcy Court on Friday before Mr. Justice Deane, receiving and adjudication orders were granted agMins Chew Lai Hoc. trading as Hup Hoe and ompany and 1 iam huati. motion for substituted service \\a- I asaim-t Ah U-*W. Chon Ban 11
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  • 1151 11 N. Y. K. Steward Fatally Stabbed. Five Injured at the Hospital. A young Japanese steward, named Kubota, of the N.Y.K. liner Suwa Maru, which arrived in Singapore on Novc nl'ir L’.". from Europe, has died in hospital as the result of stab wounds received on the vessel
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  • 369 11 Injunction Sought By Australian C ompany. In th* Supreme Court, on November 114 l&gt;o|oro tlio Cliiof Justice (Sir William Morison Mr. K. Page, on behalf of I’cii» ml .Milk Proprietary. Ltd., sought •mi injunction to restrain the Societa Coinmissionaria di Kxpurtuzione e di |mpoi trzioue, from using
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  • 791 12 The Zane Grey-Alma Raker Expedition. New Zealand The Sportsman's Eldorado. Mr. Alma Baker, B.L.. who lias large rubber and tin interest.* in Malaya, left on Sunda;, i»y the Malabar for Sydney, en route to New Zealand, where hi vvill be joint'd in .humar;. Mr. Zane Grey, the
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  • 1428 12 10. Rest-House Rosie: A Tropical T raged y. I What really annoys me." said the Oldest inhabitant, as he lit his pipe with a grateful sigh, “is the kind ot I ample who come to Singapore thinking ihey know everything.” “Some of them are golfer* In
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  • 233 12 l nil sun I Casi* in the lVnang Court. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, November *J»&gt;. An umi'.ial case was heard in the District Court to-day, when Mohamed bii. Noordin. at one time foreman n the Tramway* workshop, was carri&lt; *i in 1 a stretcher and
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  • 81 12 !s 1 be introduced into the Legislative Council to give oslect to a .mniendation made by the* wireless ■’«-H in it tee. Its object i s to place upon an .it deonscu person, who is f-umd in poss- &gt;s!, nof appnir.us oapabl rtf transmittng or receiving wireless
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  • 862 12 Combination of the I I Canneries. I The following notes on a I bination of the local pineapple cutln n I are contributed by Mr. t’. g. a Singapore I’nitid Pineapple I Company, 14 South Canal Road I in August of this year was uii*tiy a*. I unostematiously
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  • SUPPLEMENT TO THE STRAITS BUDGET
    • 217 13 c i u.r TMnir Rnval Hitrhnesses the Crown Prince and the Princess of Sweden on November 2&lt;i. Singapore was visited by Iheir Ko\ai iiirhuw 4 The Royal visitors are homeward bound on board the katon, Maru the course o a world tour They stayed at Government
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    • 29 14 I In- wedding ot Mr. Monj; Nam; C hinn, eldest son of the Hon. Mr. Wong \iik Toni:. Sere in ban, and Nj; fhi ()i.
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    • 32 14 A tiuer rt cent l\ captured on l.anusat Estate. Johore. It was the seventh caught on this estate in the course o| a few months. h V„ c
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    • 57 14 II.II. Sultan ..I Johor.. I.a.lina in Son,. Silk, winner of ,ho firand St. I to /'Wo., by 7V.-, winning. J. I he Sultan of Johor. leading in John s-...a of the race for the Stewards’ Plate, Sollltswaj John Sands, wanner of the Kedah Purse for class
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    • 31 14 Mr. Ilo Sink Kuan. M.ll.K., "ho recently retired front the position of A&gt;st. I rotector ol Chinese, Straits St ttlenu nts, after forty-t"o year"' sen ice.
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    • 22 15 Sir I&gt;;i\id (Jalloway (loft) in oonxorsation with tho Hon. I)r. A. I.. Hoops. /'•jo* by S\i .r.ir.t c'o
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    • 36 15 I h«‘ lifts promises &lt;&gt;l tln* C harlcrcil l&gt;ank ;it I poll. In.ill l&gt;\ Ingdm, I'risliant* and u., and df'iiiiH'd l&gt;\ .M»‘ssr&gt;*. Hants and Kdttiirils. The hankinu lull of lln* m*w ItuiUlintf
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    • 13 15 The teams of Penang and IVrak, who recently met at I,,oh.
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    • 155 16 The Rritish steamer Sunning was the scene of a desperate tight with pirates on November 13. eightv miles from Hong Kong. Pirates, who had come on hoard a&lt; passengers, overpowered the officers, hut later the officers regained control after a revolver battle in which eleven
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    • 41 16 To Meet Long-felt Want in Singapore. A new mental hospital is being built at a cost of $2,250,(1(10 on the Trafalgar Estate Yu Ch.. k ■Sepoy Lines institutions. Kan,! K ad tl r&gt; placi ,hl l&gt;asir |,an,ans an&lt;l
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  • PAST WEEK’S IMPERIAL AND GENERAL NEWS Contained in Reuter, British Imperial Radio and Special Telegrams.
    • 679 17 favourable Comment in The Dominions. WISE AND INEVITABLE." P r*,|i Ireland and the Kins’s Title. Rugby. November &lt;•:' the Imperial Conference »vt of favourable comment in opinion is particularly if document in which the recorded its view- as to the existing Itetwecn tit** various Kmpire. ar.d telegram*
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    • 1058 17 Cooperation to be The Keynote. Rugby. November 27. I A farewell dinner was given to the Dominion Prime Minister' la-t night, l nc King’s aoknowi- dgment of the Imperial Conference address of loyalty and fcaity to the Crown was read by tin. British Prime ?»!ini-ter. who presided.
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    • 57 17 Rig Majority for Conservative Candidate. London, November 2*5 The by el **’ti&lt;*ii in How.! ti.-hirr* resulted follows .Hr. &lt; a’’ i r. Col) ervalive 1 o.07:l. Mr. 1 i 1 Liberal, Mr. Km sii.tw, i.abmir, 2.Ms. liie occas a of l.v-i *.ion v\ a the Mon. Mr. K.
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    • 371 17 Soviet Ambassador In London. Attempts to Improve AngloRussian Relations. London, November 24. The death has occurred of M. Krassin. the Russian Ambassador in London. M. Krassin had been ill for some time and had had several transfusions of blood. He died from pernicious anaemia. Rugby, November 24.
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    • 96 17 Question in the House Ot Commons. I.ondon, November 27 In the House of Commons Mr. H Day (Labour) asked what was the British (lov meat's attitude towards the Belgian Government's request for British Mippor* in opposition to the art ion of the Govern nient of Peking denouncing
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    • 101 17 Arrest of the Rebel Dictator.” London, N’nvt mb»*r 27. I’al.'i' ut I !.c ft 111*1 dictator Stir Snparnio la s hccii arrested. It appears rlftir that the &lt; tmmuni organisatir»n i- now broken up and al* i!i lend* i’s a pt tired. The •in’ liorit ie.s ha*
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    • 1034 18 Foreign Companies Protecting Properties. Firm Tone of United States Government. London, November 24. Washington Following the State Department’s publication *»f hitherto -ecret correspondence with the Mexican Government with regard tn tlu* application of the new land laws to the l nited States oil and mining interests, it is
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    • 94 18 An Interesting Betrothal Recalled. London. November 24. Rome It i&lt; learned that the Sacred Rota examining the ca-e for the annulment of The marriage of Signor Marconi and his wife, whose maiden name was Beatrice O'Brien, alleged that nullity consists m the condition said to have been agreed
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    • 47 18 Bootleggers’ Hangs Use Machine-Guns. London, November 2*5. Chicago Two gangsters and a bystander were wounded in a machine-gun battle in Chicago streets, while a building in Harrisburg was dynamited and riddled with bullets as a result of renewed hostilities between rival gangs of bootleggers.
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    • 62 18 London, November 2D. Washington President Coolidge has increased the tariff on methanol from 12 to In cents a gallon, the maximum possible under the flexible provisions of the tariff law. Ho explained at White House that imports of methanol increased from IS 000 gallons in 1024 to
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    • 28 18 London. November 20. Moscow Karakhan is taking charge ot Kastern affairs during the absence of mchorin, who i- going to Germany t" undergo medical treatment.
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    • 203 18 Sixty hilled and Much Damage Done. Homes Wrecked on Thanksgiving Day. London, November 20. New York Sixty were killed and 15tl injured, according to the latest information available, as a result of th: tornado in Arkansas and Missouri. lhe tornado suddenly swept many hemes and
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    • 189 18 Accidents But No Loss Of Life. Rugby. November. 25. Fog prevailed widely throughout Britain yesterday and to-day. necessitating tile lighting of street lamps. Transport was greatly hampered on reads and railways, and river and seaborne tratlic suffered delay. S» vend accidents haw &lt;• vurred but there ha*
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    • 87 18 Lloyd George in Optimistic Mood. Rugby, November 28. Mr. Lloyd George is optimistic regarding Liberal prospects, in spite of the differences in the party which have !x*on further emphasised by the refusal of the Asquithian section to accept the conditions on which Mr. L.oyd fieorge’s fund
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    • 54 18 Dock Labourers Cease Work. London, November 2d. Melbourne Owing to the strike of lumpers throughout Australia, following their refusal to work overtime, work ceased at noon to-day until Mondav morning. The P. and 0. steamer Mooltan will consequently be delayed at Adelaide for two days. The situation generally
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    • 177 18 Meeting with German Representatives. Development of Friendly Kclations. Rugby, Noveii r ■&gt;• The Federation of British In*"' ha., i**u.-.l a stat.-mam forthcoming meeting of i lv u lh lives with those of the in.; Der lb* ut sc ho Industrie to i next month. The staten.eu .1 meeting
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    • 192 18 Both Seaplanes Forced To Descend. L don. Nov r ashingt n i Both ve&piaties weiv attempting a non-stop il -r.t on. Panama. iflYred fore, ..a iin.-. i &gt;ne ai He down by the I»!t- f pintCuba, the pi tied btir.g exhaust and tr.other was FU'ced to descend
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    • 116 18 Open Breaches of the Trade Agreement. Lug by. Novri rr Replying to a question in t:;«• H 'use Commons abou’ open and •■antinutu breaches by the Russian S«»v;e* :c; *&gt; of the trade agreement with tni- .-•’unir.'* Sir Austen Chamberlain stated that, re had recently «*rce more made
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    • 70 18 Over Thirty Dead in I rendi Disaster. London, Noveiii' or Nice There are over ”.0 dead tbrou'-’ the landslide at Roquebillierc. An avalanche descended on ttl1 r ;c at midnight. A baker who |v:e t;i and a gendarme who was ill in t f roused the villagers,
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    • 965 19 I grave Anti-Foreign Movement I Developing. I QUESTIONS IN COMMONS. I Demands of Lower Grade I Customs Employees. I Shanghai, November 27. I r- u* advices from Hankow report i valence cf numerous strikes, the I j .'bitterness of the lower classes of I m 'A
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    • 362 19 Foreigners at Kiukiang Ask Protection. Shanghai, November 00. The Municipal Council and the British Chamber of Commerce at Kiukiang have petitioned the Biitish Consul to endeavour to secure the ret-nti n of a warship at that poit, in view of possible antifore ignis m. The fo-eign
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    • 234 19 Organisation Continuity Not! Affected. London, November 2&lt;&gt;. New York It is learned that th«i sale of the White Star line to the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company for £7,000,000 has been practically decided on London, November 27. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. i animunci o that
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    • 110 19 Death of Famous American Inventor. London, November 27. Brussels The death is announced of the American, John Moses Browning, the inventor of the famous automatic pistol. Mr. J. M. Browning, who was 71 years &gt;f age, made his first gun, when lie was of scrap iron in
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    • 68 19 Germany Suggests An International Court. London, November 2”&gt;. Berlin The Reichstag rejected the non-confidence motion lodged by the Communists and extreme .Nationalists, and a resolution by lh n non-Socialist parties requesting the Government to examine whither the Longue covenant offered a possibility of referring the investigation ,,f
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    • 34 19 London, November 25. His Majesty has approved of the up {■ointment of Mr. Charles Vincent Massey im Envoy Extraordinary and Ministei Plenipotentiary at Washington to represent Canada’s interests.
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    • 163 19 Huge Enterprise Discovered At Boston. Bank Officials Said to Be Concerned. London, November 24. New York Prohibitioners have seized a Belgian freighter from Antwerp with a cargo listed as steel and hams. The latter are alleged to have concealed bottles of champagne and other liquors. London, November 21).
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    • 304 19 Accused Woman in the Wit nos Box. London, November 28. Somerville At the Hall murder trial Mrs. Hall, charged with the murder of her husband and Mrs. Mills, appeared dressed completely in 1 lack. She formally t]e;ii&lt; &lt;1 any participation in the crime. Replying to questions she
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    • 41 19 Feared Total Loss of Ayrshire At Colombo. London, November 28. Colombo The British steamer Ayrshire, from Brisbane to London, is on fire. It is believed that she will be a total lot s. All hands were saved.
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    • 52 19 London, November 2 Oslo: Tin* official committee icvestijratinj? the recent Prohibition j.V: cite is reported as over s o ie restrictions and recommcndiuT t!i t li(|iior can (nly be procured I v licem which would be i i.'ed to adults who did not prove themscives unworthy of
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    • 52 19 London, Novi ruler L' I. New York Some of th" leading sou'hern manufaet»ir**rs of feitili er and c. t tonseed products have iuauirurat d a nationwide movement to use roll n ba*'s instead of jute for half their pr •&lt; u t; in older to as ist the
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    • 986 20 Forecast of China Commission’s Report. Chinese Judicial System Criticised. Shanghai, November 27. Peking The papers are publishing many unotlicial forecasts of the extraterritoriality commission’s report. There seems no doubt that the Chin so judicial sy-teni conies in for severe critictsm heme the report oppo e* tae immediate abolition of
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    • 118 20 Eiir Extensions Planned At Cardinjrton. Rugby, November 2'. The Air Ministry contemplate the construction of a second huge airship shed at Cardin :t«&gt;n. Ihe one now being built will accommodate the R 101 and tne new shed is designed for a second state airship, which is being built
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    • 76 20 Programmes to he Relayed Throughout Empire. Rugby, November 2*. The Sunday Times says the propo a Is uncer the favourable consideration of the new Britain Broading Commission, which will assume control ot wireless telephonic broadcasting in January, include a scheme for broadcasting from Daventry throughout the Empire by
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    • 62 20 London, November 27. Ihe Hague Hear van Vredcnburch, Minister at Brussels, will succeed Dr. yan Booyen at Romo, when he departs m February for Washington. London, November 27. Moscow M. Kamenelf, ex-chairman of the Moscow' Soviet, is appointed Soviet Ambassador to Italy, vice M. Kerjenzeff. M. Zinoyi dl
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    • 33 20 London, N »vemher 27. New York Eighty dead have now ii on .'lentiiied, as a result of the tornado i, A: t-.ansas. Im* lb i Cross are umler--f extensive relief.
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    • 748 20 Lord Cecil Considers It Practicable. British Hopes for Conference Success. Rugby, November 24. Sir Austen Chamberlain will break his journev in Paris when, in eight days time, he leaves London to attend the meeting of the League Council, which opens at Geneva on December tJ. The Foreign Secretary will
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    • 121 20 Alleged Mot to Murder Troops. London, November Ht rlin Following the ad:r.is&lt;j,« uerr Gess er, Minister for Defence .he Reichstag, that at the time „f V Rum- invasion the German Xatiora'frganRations contemplated forcible .ion of the invaders, it now appear/tl ‘he i timers of the old German arnn-
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    • 94 20 Rough Weather Prevent* Arrival by Air. London. November 2 New York: Rough weather u:-.: Sir Alan Cobhain’s idea of maks picturesque arrival in New York &lt;. Accompanied by his wife on Homeric, with a Moth seaplane he reached the quarantine anchorage a: the seaplane was put
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    • 78 20 Rebels Claim Important Successes. London, November 2v Montevideo: According to report? fr the Brazilian frontier, several nun ir Brazilian rebels and Government tr were Killed anti many more wounded in battle at Bellavista. The rebels took prisoner the e der of the State forces. London, November 2'. Rio
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    • 89 20 Suggestion of International Conference. London. November In the House of Commons. I-ord tcrton told a questioner that j e received a communication from tr.*.* G irnment of India regarding the lion of tlie International Labour ’rga** sat ion to call a conference of rei n *e•
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    • 76 20 London, November -b Coleman, Alberta: Ten men v.eie tomb, (1 through an explosion &gt; n ;jb McGillivrny coal mine and two weie l ed. There is no hope of saving t- u mainder owing to further rendering rescue work impossible. London, Novembci It is reported from Hazleton.
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    • 1084 21 Varb All Restrictions Being Withdrawn. increasing Production Eases 1 Position. London, November 24. „w 421,000 miners working. ’,..‘,Vidlv increasing production of :t xv to 2,000,000 tons a l 7 u subject of a statement by “j .'.‘,-lYx in the House of Commons Mi'-i'.ti*ally all restrictions on the 1
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    • 61 21 Questions Affecting South Africa Discussed. London, November 29. ui„,n: tien.-nil H.-ir/.'H. U&gt;&lt;- Snulh Ur Prim,. Minister, has (he basis for the conclusion &lt;&gt;f ,.ti a-' o'ent in South Africa. j.mifir'int ns Tin* visit wn- the mure sign;. Ixinv tho t'.rst ocvnM.m Ou t a l rm c
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    • 180 21 Big Work Starting At Southampton. Estimated Cost of Thirteen Millions. Rugby, November 20. \N ork is to be started immediately or the Southampton docks extension scheme lor largely increasing the accommodation available. The scheme will cost £12,000,000 and involve tlu* reclamation of over 400 acres. The boundary of
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    • 103 21 Captain of Sinkiang Maru Released. Shanghai, November 27. Peking: The Captain of tin- Sinkiang Main has been released. Twenty-three looters have been arrested. They are stated to have been deserters from the Cantonese army. A llankow message of November 20 stated thiit the Japanese steamer Sinkiang Maru was
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    • 98 21 Commons Rejection Of Proposed Bill. Rugby, November 2d. Tlu* House of Commons decisively rejected the City Churches measure last night. The bill scheduled for tin* possible demolition of London churches. &lt;&gt;f which 1.2 are- by Sir Christopher Wren. They have a value of approximately' and tin- bill contemplated
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    • 58 21 Active Steps by French legation. Shanghai, November 29. Peking: Di-banded soldiers captured tiie Rdgian Father Petecn last week in liu* bishopric of Suiyaii and Shansi. The French Legation, which has always been responsible for the protection of Belgian missionaries, has protested to the Foreign Olliee urging that
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    • 118 21 Shanghai, November 24. Tokio It is reported from a reliable source that the (iovernment do not intend to lift th&lt;* gold embargo until August. 1927, prior to which tlvy propose to further lower tin* hank rates, increase the -inking fund and ship another 7.j,000.000 yen in specie
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    • 111 21 Shot Fired at Socialist Demonstration. Cnitormed Assailants Roughly Handled. London. November 29. Lerlin li;h* Herr Loebe, (‘resident *d the Reichstag, w.i addressing a Socialist La lion r dcinotist i at ion in the square a fascist final a shot from a train car. I be bullet graved
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    • 89 21 A Policy of Friendship And Cooperation. Rugby, November 24. Replying to a question on the policy of the Hritisli (iovernment in Kgypt, Sir Austen hamberlian said this was unchanged. He had noticed with pleasure the re-feren-e t«&gt; Anglo-Kgypt-an relations iu ill speech from the larom* at tin*
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    • 61 21 Conference on Tnited States Cruiser. London, November 27. Managua A conference lias been held aboard of tin* American cnii.-u r Rochester, between Rear-Admiral Latimer and tleneral Moncada, leader of the Nicaraguan Liberal n volutionariex. It is reported that tin* latter is now considering the offer to buy him
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    • 54 21 Prices of Yarn the lowest Possible. Loudon, November ‘27. The Federation of -Master Cotton- &gt; pinners’ Associations in Manchester has issued a statement claiming that the prices &lt;d‘ yarn and eloth are now the lowest possible, and buyers holding back for a further fall are likely to find
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    • 100 21 Reasons for Reduction Of Subsidy. Kuguy, November 20. Th»* Health Minister, Mr. Neville Chainheriain, announces that the object of the (lovcriiment’s proposals for reducing the housing' subsidy next year is to reduce the cost of building, which tho subsidy served to maintain, and not to cheek housing.
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    • 75 21 Eight Mexican Agrarians Killed. London. Novmnl&gt;er 20. Brownvillc, I Yxas Might were killed nn&lt;l three wounded in an attempt hy Mexican agrarian t«» ei/-■ an American owned ranch neat* Matanmros. The hand had been transporting a house round the countr\- ide as their headquarters. When the&gt; began
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    • 173 22 Comdr. Kenworthy Returned For Central Hull. Reasons for Leaving Liberal Party. London. November -’ll. The Central Hull by-election, duo to Commander Kenwnphy's j*»ining the Labour Partv, resulted in him being again elected. The figures were as follows Comdr. Kenworthy. Labour, ln.lt-’. Conuir. (lauat, i on&gt;ervative, II.ton. Lieut.-t
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    • 110 22 Will Continue “Path To Revolution.” Support Promised in Dutch Indies. London. November It'ga It is lvported froir, Mo*i'&lt;y\ that at the plenary eotiference of the executive of the Communist International. M. Hukhurin. in a speech, declared that, in .*pite of the recent internal crisis, the &lt;’ommuni*t |&gt;artj yvoitld
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    • 99 22 Settled C onditions Enable Reduction. Lugby. November It is understood that it ha- been tlei i ded to reduce the strength of the lloyti Air Force in Irak after t&lt;» morrow from eight to seven squadron-*. This reduction has been made p«o*;bli by the more settled
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    • 120 22 Pointed References in Briand's Speech. London. November otk Fpoakittg in the Chamber. n tlv course of pointed references to Italy, M. Itriand said evetjy country had tlu? right to choose their own govirnmei-t and had every right t-&gt; fits of bad temper, but th- ie yyas a
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    • 30 22 London, Noveml.er .’’o •Mexico City: The Departim nt of In d'i-tr\ states thei the Aym a Chi Cotnpany bus formal y accept'd t•.. new oil Jand- law.
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    • 140 22 Unparalleled Level Reached Last Year. Mood Prices Except 1-or Earniers’ Produce. London, November -!h \V a-hingtoii Mr. Hoover, in bis annual tc port on tlu- Commerce Department. &gt;a&gt; &gt; the material ctunlition ot the peop *d the I'nitcd States rose la*t year to an in paralleled
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    • 111 22 M. Claudels Appointment To Washington. London. N«»\ctub r '-tt. Pari' M. Paul C’lau-lei, whose aTijt -intm*nt to the Kin has sy at Wa-hingtor., i* K.i.tidi-ut!y expected, start*-i his carevj in the l ,msular service til- l’nitc-1 Sta'es and was afterwards for i n ,w-af-iu &lt; lib.a. After tilling
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    • 98 22 Hoxin* Hedged bv Laws In V. S. A. London. November I’u. New oi k (lene Tunney, the new champion of tin* world, after a seric* &lt;•; exhibition bouts with t*\'o sparnrs. was -•min &gt;r.e«i f.-r vioUttion of the b- xing law prohiliiting sparring in unlicensed places. A
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    • 41 22 Retention of Republican Control. London. Xov(*mb(*r tju. Portland. Maine Mr. Arthur (ion!,: (Kepubiieanl has been eleetu-1 for the Senate, thus assuring the retention o. Itepuiuican control ot the Senate wlieie hitherto there were 17 lb-publicans and 17 Democrats.
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    • 45 22 Luyhy, November MO. The Kintr has approved the appointment of Mr. Arnold Hoilsnn, of the Consular service, to be Governor of the Falkland Islands and their dependencies, in succession to Sir John Middleton, whose term of office will expire shortly.
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    • 56 22 London, November ,‘;n. Taunton. Massachusetts: Damaue tr the extent of a million" dollars, not covered by insurance, is estimated at the factory ot H. it. (tubers Silver Company, winch, with other property, was wiped out by fire. 1 lie conflagration threatened to spread through Ihe heart of
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    • 28 22 London. November Mfl. New York: The hundred and twenty million dollars five per ecu'. dobontui\ !--ue oi the Standard Oil New Jersey ompany v.as ever-subscribed.
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    • 118 22 Effects of a Conservative Policy. Causes Militating Against T rade. London. November ‘-'b 'i'lie P. and (&gt;. Company Min tors pr l-&lt; -o t&lt;» distribute ort of tl'.e balae.ee ot i'.'J'd.ddf* for the year i*n&lt;led Septenibei :‘.o, 10 |K*r cent, i-u tin- defeneii stock. t t\
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    • 69 22 London. N"\« tuber 4. New York A me nb«*r of the Merman Consulate having assured American ortieiuls that tin* sliink papers were regular. ordi is have Ivon given to release tlu* Herman ship seized i". mysterious cin um.-tances on the high sea-. Ih* mi’c' Hon: the coast.
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    • 34 22 London. N’ovomVr -4. N Tw\ n?y*five fatalities irk ho.ns de at l! »ijUihil.iere, a* n .'i a'.* f *o la’ mil A -.-ore of ii ;s wi i -w;d o\v{*d up.
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  • 115 22 Commission Appointed By lion* Kon* Governor. (From Our Own Correapond-rt). I! g Ko.ng. Novi* i hi r l’*-. The Ci,-v rn«*r h i* app-&gt;inti&lt;l a c *m-| mission .ri eouneetiun with tile piracy of! t 1 icr S inning en |uir*.* how was nossi -ii f--r tin*
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  • 65 22 Confers with Governor Of Hon* Kon*. (From Our Own Correspondent l. 11"”-*' K**ng. Nt.v nib, r 'J*t. Mr. Miles La*up«.*n. the new lb Minist *r P k ng. iiis n-.baike-i f--oiv. th M; ceMonia at Hovg lv-ng. ami corn*!: -l with the lloverr.or «n the situation
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  • 191 22 Mr. O. V. S nalley. siiretary of tile Pontianak (lob; Oredyny &lt; once sloes. Ltd., forwunls as a copy of the report of Mr. if. WiNon. manayiny director of the company, yiviiy details of horiv.u ooeru* tims, et'-., on the various concessions. In a covering idler Mr.
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  • SPORTING NEWS
    • 1581 22 Nejfri Sembilan J! 0at Singapore. H (From Our Own Corre&gt;por.rj,. r Scremban. X v Singapore cannot haw* been P‘ istul than \w wuv at tr.. Saturday's match. r« lL p, thick and thin support* r&gt; ,,f 1 hoped lor \ui, t give tin- visitor' r luni game on
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    • 533 23 Malays and the Regiment Share The Honours. 0:i November 24 at the Stadium, in a 1 ic.er match the proceeds of which go to I •si. l»ur,sum’s Home, the Regiment and the Malays drew, each side scoring three goals each. The result somewhat Hatters -he Malays, who, in
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    • 62 23 Outsider Wins from Field of 1 1. London, November 11*. The race for the Derby Cup (1 mile 5 fur.) resulted as follows INVERSION l NEW SOHA HERCULES ,J Fourteen ran. Won by three-quarter length, one and a half lengths between -erond and thi d. Betting: 1
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    • 574 23 [Reuter Telegram.] Results of League Matches. [Reuter Telegram.] i London, November 27. The following are results of league matches played to-day Division I. Birmingham 2, Leeds 0. Blackburn 2, Manchester U. L I Bury o, Liverpool 2. Evorton 1, Bolton W. 1. I Huddersfield 4, Derby C. 2.
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    • 237 23 Arrangements for Land And Sea Events. A meeting for the purpose of electing Committees in connection with the New Year Sea and Land Sports, which for many .years have been organised by the European firms and are well supported by Malays, was held at the Cricket Club
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    • 27 23 [Keut&lt;*r Telegram.] Cambridge Heat Oxford. [Reuter Telegram.] London, November 2*5. At Cambr3il.ro in the inter-varsity reay nil *’an.bridge bout Oxford by fivo •rent' to two.
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    • 360 23 Negri Scnibilan v. Lnited Scniivs. This match was played on the Kantnu padang en November 20 and resulted in a win for Nejrri Seinbilan by 1 goals to 2 Considering the heavy vain that had fallen ihe ground was in very good order though a little slippery. The Kamo
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    • 108 23 S.C.C. Tournament Final. The final of the A class billiards tournament was played at the Cricket Club, on Friday when W. II. Mansell hen* C. E. Winter by 1J5 points, in a I'amc of 2f)0 up, each flayer being minus loft. At the start Mansell made great headway, but
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    • 280 24 [Reuter Telegram.] Australia and the Davis Cup. [Reuter Telegram.] London, November 10. Melbourne It is understood that strenuous efforts are being made to induce Anderson, the well-known tennis player, not to become a professional. It is generally realised that in view of Patterson’s present form Australia would have an
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    • 137 24 Double Handicaps. Tanjjlin (Tul&gt; Tournament Results. Double Handicaps. Dr. Elder and Mdiigan beat Nicoll and IIill, 21 12. Championship Pairs. H &gt;ught« n and Bennett heat Dr. Chill and Winter, w.u. Singles Handicap. Griffith Jones beat Webb, 21—15. M* nday's results in the Tanglin Ciub bowls tournament Mixed Doubles.
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    • 116 24 Murray Cup 102'i. Iho following is the result of tin Murray Cup competition &gt; -i., 2 plat.., Eura. ian Co., S.V.C. 109. 1 see., 4 plat., Eurasian Co., S.V.C., 135. i 1 plat., Eurasian Co., S.V.C., 120. r&gt; see., plat., Chinese Co., M.V.C., 122. 1 see., 3 plat.,
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    • 528 24 [Reuter Telegram.] Race Course Pavilion Opened. The Race Course Golf Club was opened an Sunday morning, before a large assembly of members. It hr.d been gaily i decorated and about 0 o’clock, Mr. J. Layeock, the captain of the club, drove from the first tee. A crowd of caddies
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    • 28 24 [Reuter Telegram.] M.C.IVs Argentine Tour. [Reuter Telegram.] London, November 25. (I. Weigall, Kent, replaces Mann in tire* M.C’.C. team which is to visit the A t gentine.
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    • 55 24 Penang New Year Meeting. The Secretary of the Singapore Turf Club informs us that the committee of the Penang Turf Club are including in their programme for the Penang New Year meeting two races for opon ponies •ne on the fourth day, and one on tin 'ast day. Distances
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    • 112 24 [Reuter Telegram.] Winning Owners, Trainers And Jockeys. [Reuter Telegram.] London, November 28. Four Petrs head the list of winning owners in the p::&gt;t llat season —namely Lord Woolavington, £17,011 Lord Derby, 43:: Lord Astor. £2 1.187 and Lord Losebery. £15.8;»2, after which come Sir Ale i5alley.
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  • 108 24 Caui»ht Whilst Attempting To Sell Arms. A him so found guilty &lt; n char.es K ing ia. y ssv urn a ms and amnia1 it it n, wi on N» ml« 2«». «u nt» &lt; t&lt;&gt; six nucihs’ iiv. vis. r.ir.ent and t stroke* of th&lt;
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  • 117 24 (Fr m Oar Own Correspondent^. 11 liiiiif,. No\ iiv jpr The deali toe-!-: place yesterday of Mr. V. L. Reuten*, a well-known Eurasia resident, aired 75. The funeral took place this morning at Western Hoad. Cemetery after a requiem high mass at the t'hunh
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  • 72 24 !.OW. (’;&gt; November J‘*. 1:*23. r* Vo S* nt.' *n Road. S.r.c.tpoie. t.i Mr. ;&gt;t&gt; Mr.-, l.ow Kh'.e O.i.r.g. a sin. Chinesi paju please copy. (&gt;\YNUN!'. On November 30, 11*20. at tl.&lt; Mat -rr.ity Hospital, S'ngaporv. to Mr. ;.rui l Mr*. C. H. To.vmiul, a son. ’A 17. On
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  • 124 24 Singapore, December 1. exchange. On London, Bank m/s 9 Demand 2/9 Private 3m. credits On New York, Demand Private 00 d/s 00 }d( On Franco, Bank T.T, 7 On India, Bank T.T. On Hong Kong. Bank T.T. 131. lo, ?*4 On Shanghai, Bank T.T. u On Java,
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  • 638 24 ':'.gv.p 1 -v.v m’vr 1. MINING. 1**110 hi. IM. Bli:&gt; T3 Strl'A—£1 il A«m Kumbar.g .'7 3* &gt;j. 1 1 Batar.- Padang 0.92% e.‘.*7-, il i*I Chen icriar.*? 3«&gt;. 6 JIG il il Eastern Siam 20 27 il jo liaad Ya: 0 0 in pr.. 1 1
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 97 24 NOTICE 11 c mr. .r.cation* f. r both the Strait? T i m s nr.d t:.e Strait* 1 kT"t should bo ail r t v t'r. Head Office, Cecil ar»i S* .S*ie*-ts, Singapore, Straits Settlements. r.o Tif;t tree price rf the Straits Times tr t d Kingdom and foreign cou.urltv
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  • The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT
    • 105 1 1 Pa*e "ipore Official Quotations 1 ;,!;»“iL. r Price Averages 1 Rubber Stocks j J.,.i,lH*r Price for 1927 1 Singapore Auction 1 flulbor Position (By A. W. S.) 1 Iw ul Rubber Auction 2 I fiber Statistics 2 rirt-rs* Association of Malaya 2 w Rubber Process 2 i'ru.it Rubber
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    • 50 1 Singapore Official Quotation. Forward Contract Quotations t Seller Priest —x J:m. April l t Spore Nov. Dec. Mar. June S O.Go’a 0.66*4 0.67'a 0.69 (1.6.*, 0.65*2 0.66*2 0.63 i *.4 0.64 0.64 0.66 0.67 ».6:?-_. O.Ct 0.64*2 0.65*2 0.67 0.6‘J0.62*4 0.63*2 0.64*2 0 66 0.6:’,*2 0.63 0.64*2 0.66*4
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    • 29 1 k r price averages in the present k n quarter up to December 1 a- f *llo\vs c ;n.a: r.* 64** cents k d Is. 7*ud.
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    • 30 1 Lewis and Peat’s cable from their I i r. t'rtioe gives 698 tons decrease, fifing the total London rubber stocks N\-vt rnber 27, as revised 43,851 tons.
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    • 27 1 A cable received by Lewis and Peat their London office states that f **r iv- quoted for the whole of 1927 1&gt;- 7\d.
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    • 181 1 Tk.o Singapore Chamber of Commerce 'cr Association hebl its TSSth auction 'December 1, when there was '"•a.ogued 1,652,173 lbs. or 737.fi7 tons; r d 1,096,003 lbs. or -189.28 tons sold lbs. or 428.65 tonsSpot ndon is. GVjd. New York 37 cts. PRICES REALISED. •*'d Smoked Sheet Cents
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    • 1457 1 The New Export Rules Discussed. Notes by A. W. S. A. V*. S., writing from London under date November 4, t~ays There are a good many misupprehen-.-'oils abroad about the exact meaning of '-he new runs for rubber export which I endeavoured to summarise as clearly as possible
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    • 289 1 [kkutkr tklkuram] New Statement by Colonial Office. Question of Export Rights In Ceylon. [REUTER TELEGRAM] London, November 24. With reference to the statement on rubber export rights, the Colonial Olli.c announces that in the interests of uniformity, as between Ceylon and Malawi, respecting the period of validity of
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    • 182 1 [REUTER TELEGRAM] Commons Question Regarding Rights. Mr. Amery Will Consider The Position. [REUTER TELEGRAM] London, Novomber 29. In the House of Commons, replying to Mr. K. T. (Campbell, Mr. Amery said no time limit hud been fixed for the validity of rubber coupons issued to small holders prior
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    • 66 1 [REUTER TELEGRAM] Possible Extraction from WildGrowing Plant. [REUTER TELEGRAM] London, Novell Per L'fi. Bogota, Colombia A&lt; cording to a lit* Hadia message, the Venezuelan Consul, Rodrigu 7. Atria, after expet innntinfor 15 years, lias di covered a process for •xt ranting 1 rubber f**r eomm»*rcial purnoses from a
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    • 769 2 Support from Chinese Covering Sales. Barlow and Co.’s report of November 25 states Since our last report prices have had a sharp setback, with a quiet and uninteresting market. The usual weekly auction was held ye-ti-rday, and although both London and New York showed a furthe»* decline,
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    • 568 2 Forecast for the Coming’ Year. E. A. Barbour, Ltd., have furnished is with the following information, dated Singapore. November 2'f Our circular dated February 25, 192*?. giving foicoasts for the current year met with a mixed reception—main, y hostile—but lias justified itself to such in extent that we
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    • 559 2 Distribution of 60 Per Cent. For The Year. The general meeting of Jong-Landor Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held on October 22. Mr. R. K. Magor (the chairnan) presiding. The Chairman said Gentlemen.—The quantity exported iron: the estates was 824.845 lbs., or slightly less than the fu l exportable
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    • 81 2 T.'x- half-yearly genera! meeting of the I mnter* Association of Malava will be no&gt;l on December 10. at Kuala Lumpur. 1 l.e agenoa includes rubber statistics: v.pri sealers’ Kill resignation of Mr. i. .J. umming as chairman cf the Association; labour matters: (a) Health Loams Enactment,
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    • 228 2 Further Details Promised i n January, 1927. Supplementing Aneta's eubl ■&lt;( iegarding the patenting 0 f t a^ Proiaav Whicn it is stated. wi^“ ,ki some extent, revolutionise the 10 dure of preparing latex for I)rut e out the use of machinery on ‘.V, ,t:i this News
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    • 114 2 CORRESPONDENCE Rubber Forecasts for l:;27. To the Editor of the Strait?* Tim.-. 8 r, -According to Messrs. Bar rubber forecasts, 1927 will be a ‘ji year, slioul 1 tile local planters i *j. t.iat the calculations are facts. Is possible ft-r the associated planur* Ma.aya and Ceylon to request tin
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    • 206 2 Importations into the United States. We are indebted to the Planters .W-• elation of Malaya for giving the t lie* details of toe importations of crude r-a--ber into the foiled States during 8cr*.t ber 1926. The figures have been o :n; .v: and distributed by the Rubin*:* A"
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    • 1041 3 Statistics for the Month of October. Ta Controller of Rubber Export, Kuala Lumpur, forwards us the following ,«i up to and including October l‘»20 g (4th Restriction Year). l. F.\p«»i't* and Imports of Rubber, British Malaya (Trade Figures). i, i i Total Imports °isr't Tuta !.f^--^-uubbe, I 8«
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    • 265 4 Ceylon Estates’ Products Committee Meet. Kand, November 12.-The Rubber Research question was discussed at great length at the meeting of the Estates’ Products Committee. The disa ussion was not open to the Press, hut the Hon. Mr. F. A. Stockdale, Hirectoi &lt;d" Agriculture, issued the following statement. The
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    • 230 4 George W’ldte ami Co.'s report of i k tober 27 states The announcement from tin* Colonial Office giving the future ha.-is for restriction lias now been puUished. I’ntil, however, it is known whether any action will Of taken in regard to ruined coupons.it is difficult to form
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    • 66 4 Ank01a.— 2.;»66 lbs. Ayer M01ek.—21,728 His., total for 12 months, 227,071 lbs. Bajoe Kiiloel.—l2o.7oB lbs. Bedford Plantation.—l 4.724 lbs. Brunei Cnited Plantations.— 22,lo2 His. D.iasinga.—BB,l*32 lbs. Gleneal.v Plantations.—74,Bo9 lbs Hill Ri5e.— 22,200 lbs. Juru.— 22.087 lbs. Kasintoe.—ls,423 lbs-. Lauren.—74.6l6 lbs. Perak River Va11ey.—32, 1.77 lb«. Sapong.—9o,ooo lbs.
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    • 92 4 Rubber from Potatoes According to Mr. A. L. Friedlander, l\ cc President of the Dayton Rubber -Manufacturing Company, the dav is coming when synthetic rubber will bo made from potatoes. A process now under experimentation, says Friedlander, involves the breaking up of the vegetable constituents into alcoholic products from which
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    • 887 4 Messrs. Marphail and (’o/s Weekly Report. 1 I Maephai! am! Co., l.td/s weekly rejwrt dated November .'»&lt;• states:— Our markets have been quiet during the week under review. Huhbor.- With a further drop of a pcm.y in the price »t tin io,nmodit&gt; lubber shares have &gt;h*.wn weakness
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    • RUBBER SHARE PRICES.
      • 396 4 Stock Par Exchaugt Par Ei&gt;v? C Value. Company. Pricaa. Value. Company. p 41 1 fl Aim... |-on&lt;lon-A*iatlc 1 A"»r r M :!f 1 i cl ii" Jill 1 Ki:tu Tijra 2/J3/H 1 B.K..1. 2/10', J l I Au,tm I Urn 2 Con...lt.l. S/ Moor
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      • 705 4 SINGAPORE DOLLAR SHARE PRICES DEC. 1 Capital Issue Company A Co. Evatt. I'ai.l lip Value Dividends Ly.il* -.00 10 p.o. ir.t. a e yr. 28-2-27Al!..nhv C !f*“* IM\OOO 1 30 p.c* int a/c 30 Q.2fiAi &lt;» i •&gt; »)&gt; jo- c JT. 60 9 ZoAlur (.ajah (.si 2.90 :;jm&gt; -i..
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 236 5 WWW* w Distributors for S.S. and F.M.S. and BRITISH BORNEO Guthrie Co., Ltd. Motor Department, 20, GRANGE ROAD, SINGAPORE. Sab-Agents GROSVENOR MOTORS, Penang. METCALFE’S MOTORS, Ipoh. KYLE PALMER MOTORS, Kuala Lnmpur. ANGLO MOTORS, Malacca. TONG HUAT A CO., Seremban. MOHAMED JAFFAR CO., Kelantan. The “Britisfi Empire BIIICK" This title has
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 302 6 SECURITY EFFICIENCY THE BRITISH MALAYA TRUSTEE AND EXECUTOR CO LTD. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) DIRECTORS: A. E. BADDELEY, Esq., Chairman. k Hon'ble Sir D. J. GALLOWAY, K.B. Hon’ble Mr. TAN CHENG LOCK. Hon’ble Mr. I&gt; J. WARD. GAW KHEK KlIIAM. Esq. R. M. ME\ ER, Esq. The Company is
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