The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 19 January 1926
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Title Section20 1926-01-19 1 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. $lB PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CENTS VOL. 24 PENANG JANUARY 19, 1926 NO. 320 words
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Advertisement268 1926-01-19 1 S LEADERS I MISCELLANEOUS: (Continued) S M w. Jj Women and Woik a 3 The Perfect Broker oO fe Australia an 1 the Colour Bar 39 Singapoie Tailors’ Strike 50 aS t£ The League and Malaya 41 Naval Base Barges Overdue 50 |rM H The Colour Bar 43 Sarawak in268 words
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Advertisement211 1926-01-19 2 4 j?m Sc xJvA^JxS v*Vj a v**4 JT^*/^E/SM” tgKrxvkj y*<H> I>V4 £v*4 <SW vmvs4 w jSJ TH« 3k I STRAITS ECHO g MAIL EDITION. g 3w> Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe. and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the211 words
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Article909 1926-01-19 33 Women in England now possess practically the s'ame political rights as men and the few anomalies that still exist in regard to the voting age and other minor matters will doubtless be removed as time goes on, for even those who were among the most convinced opponents909 words
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Article472 1926-01-19 33 Mr. 'E. W. Howl, of the F.M.S. IL, and Mrs. Howl are leaving for Home on the Macedonia this week. 'l’he marriage took place on Tuesday last week, at St. Agnes’ Church, Teluk Anson, of Mr. P. C. Baptist and Miss J. Bellamy, headmistress of St. Agnes’ School. Mrs.472 words
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Advertisement28 1926-01-19 33 Cix straits echo PUBLISHED DAILY MAIL EDITION Containing the news of the week prior u departure of Mails for Europe fhe Criterion Press, Limited. 59, Beach Street, Penang28 words
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Article952 1926-01-19 34 Penang and Council It h-*d been generally anticipated that Mr. Palgrave Simpson, who has done excellent work in the Legislative Counoil as tbe representative of the Penang Chamber of Uommeroe and resigned on Mr. D. A. M. Brown’s return from leave, would be nominated by H. E. tbe952 words
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Article452 1926-01-19 34 Thom who went to Saint George’s Church yesterday evening for the organ recital promised by Mr. F. R. Vodden cannot but havn enjoyed the musical programme which, though short, was w*4l selected and capably rendered, the silo items by two w 11-known lady sinee r s adding452 words
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Article78 1926-01-19 34 We are officially informed that recruiting has been generally resumed in the Madras Presidency, but the following taluks are closed to recruiting owing to prevalence of disease: District Taluks South Arcot Gingi. Tanjore Papanasam, Nannilam and Tiruturaipoondy. Trichy Kulitalai. Karur, Trichy and Lalgudy. Madura Palani, Dindigul, Nilacottai and78 words
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Article198 1926-01-19 34 More Shooting in Merchant Roav On Saturday night a Chinese was shot at and seriously wounded in Singapore by a gang of men whom he did not see. He was walking along Merchant Road when the shot was fired and although a police Lance-Corporal went to the seen®198 words
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Article1594 1926-01-19 35 WHY IT SHOULD BE CONTINUED (To the Editor of the Malay Mail) Sir, It is universally admitted that Restriction has been a great success. The principle, however ill was the method (some of us may consider) by which it was applied, has been abundantly jus* tiffed. It has saved1,594 words
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Article525 1926-01-19 36 me strike habit is growing in Malaga, auu it io (LIIICUII io say exactly where it is leaning us. Tins last week we have hud in bingapore one set of engineering employees out on a demand ior higher wages and just a little bit higher than were525 words
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Article1105 1926-01-19 36 -F FT. CEREMONIAL OPENING Interesting Banishment Case The first Session of the Penang Assizes opened this morning before His Lordship Mr. Justice A. V. Brown. Following precedent, the session was opened with ceremonial. There was, first of all, a service at Saint George’s Church which began at 10.15-F FT. - 1,105 words
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Article938 1926-01-19 37 Some little time ago, taking all such etlicial 'iiformation as was available, we estimated (says the Straits Times) that the standard lor the Restriction area stood at 280,000 tons, that the islands of Singapore and Penang would answer for at least 5,900 tons, and that the allowance- to938 words
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Article105 1926-01-19 37 F. M. S. v Colony (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, January 9 The hockey match between the Colony and the F.M.S. was played in ideal weather and before a large crowd, including the British Resident. The F. M. S. were the first to score, through Bede Cox, of105 words
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Article730 1926-01-19 37 THE COST OF LIVING i here is no uoubl mat a gradual rise in Hie cost oi living locally is taking place, declares me Singapore rre< i ic-ss. rnewood gol a lillip when large demands were iiiade lor Ixoilgkong months ago in consequence ot mat colony being730 words
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Article948 1926-01-19 38 In the course of a leading article the Malay Mail says: From time to time we have found ourselves at issue with the present Chief Secretary on all sorts of points, much as we admire his remarkable gifts of mind and character, and if we wanted to948 words
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Article729 1926-01-19 38 A somewhat doleful tone pervades the latter half of the report on anti-opium work at Klang, remarks the Malaya Tribune. As Hie year closed only three patients were in the Klang Ward taking their treatment and this avalanche drop from previous records is accounted for, by729 words
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Article1135 1926-01-19 39 11 there was one thing that impressed it sell upon the delegates to the Imperial I les’s Conference in Australia it was the taut that without doubt the most determined ambition of all men in the Aus tralian Commonwealth is summed up in the words1,135 words
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Article479 1926-01-19 39 Mr. G. M. P. Hornidge is an inmate of the Batu Gajah hospital where tie underwent a slight operation last week. 'l’he Rev. Mr. Blasdell, of the Methodist Mission, Ipoh, will shortly be leaving for Kuala Lumpur, to take charg* of the Mission's work in that area. Mr. 'l'.479 words
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Article1144 1926-01-19 40 The Better Part Apropos of the latest American scheme for breaking the alleged British robber monopoly”, a story reaches us from New York wbioh is certainly worth repeating. Mr. Harvey Firestone, the tyre manufacturer and leader of the anti-British campaign, met recently his friend and competitor, Mr. H.1,144 words
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Article410 1926-01-19 40 THE BANISHMENT CASE Tbe trial of Chow Tan Pi, alias Lim Chin Teik, who is charged with returning to the Colony after having been ordered to quit, was continued before Mr. Justice A. V. Brown at the Assises thio morning. Mr. G. E. Wright Motion, nho appeared for410 words
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Article150 1926-01-19 40 ACTION AGAINST GOVERNMENT Bit Claim for Damages (#rem Our Own Cwptndtni) Kuala Lumpur January 13 An interesting action for damages is being beard before the Chief Justice in which Mr. V. H, Collins and his wife are suing the Government of Selangor for $28,000 for alleged injuries150 words
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Article1481 1926-01-19 41 The fact that the first institution of the League of Nations in the Far East lias been established at Singapore lent especial interest to the visit of Dr. Rajchman, director of the health section of the League, last week, and to what he had to stay1,481 words
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Article1158 1926-01-19 42 S.F.P. The Opponents of Restriction Are th-jre today, anywhere f nlside America and Bedlira, any opponents of Restriction left Even too Times, whose Financial Editor was one of the strongest opponents of the Stevenson Soheme from the time of its inception, is now devoting its editorial columns toS.F.P. - 1,158 words
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Article455 1926-01-19 42 Mrs. W. L. Forwell has returned to Seremban after a long holiday in Eng. land. Mr. W. Kinsey. Deputy Conservator of 'Forests, Negri Sembilan, is in the Seremban Hospital suffering from influenza.v The Malacca Observer learns that the term of office of the Hon. Mr. Tan Cheng Lock on455 words
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Article1022 1926-01-19 43 One satisfactory result at any rate the recurrence of the Indian crisis in South Africa has already had in that it has caused several of the leading organs of public opinion in England to consider carefully the situation created by the existence of a colour bar’’ in1,022 words
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Article447 1926-01-19 43 wir. a'.d Ans. Ensor and family have returned to Alak.xa from Tasmania. Mrs. Dunford Wood, of Ipch, is visiting Kuala Lumpur. Mr. D. Iraser, of Kepong, has returned to the F.AI.S. from leave. Reuter cables from Rapallo that Sir Austen Chamberlain, K.G., is convalescing. Lt.-Col. A. J. R. Leslie,447 words
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Article1094 1926-01-19 44 The Pity of It! A Singapore lawyer josh back from Home le'kvo met another* legal luminary on the steps of the Supreme Court. After the usual greetii gs, he >sked him, By the way, what hanp.-ned in the X Y Z estate ease P” Oh rep’ied the the’",1,094 words
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Article693 1926-01-19 44 SUMATRA JAVA NEWS CHINESE NEW YEAR SPORTS MEDAN VS. PENANG Translated For the Echo) A special m eting of member* nf committee of the Erst Sumatra Football Association was h Id at Med in last week in order to consider certain proposals put forward by various sporting clubs to send693 words
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Article1558 1926-01-19 45 With the provision of three new professorships and the completion of its new buiding, the College of Medicine at Singapore enters upon a new era in its history, and medical education in Malaya niav now he said to be on a sounder and wider basis than it has1,558 words
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Article904 1926-01-19 46 Mr. Lloyd George’s Birthday The fact that to morrow ia Mr. Lloyd George’s 63rd birthday reminds one of the passage of time. He was a young Premier when be took office in 1916, the youngest there bad been since Lord Rosebery; and now he is qualifying for a904 words
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Article241 1926-01-19 46 T.O.M. Chulia Street Murder The trial was continued before Mr, Justice A. V. Brown and a special jury this morning of Munusamy, a Tamil, charged with the murder of Saverjmuttu, another Tamil, at 370 d Chulia Street on October 31 last. Mr. R. D. Hume is appearing forT.O.M. - 241 words
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Article630 1926-01-19 46 The world s tin position is intriguin.r if not entirely puzzling, says the Malay .Mail of Thursday. The statistical situation. not only of tin, but of almost all the base metals, has not been as clear since the war as it used to be, for neither the producers630 words
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Article2798 1926-01-19 47 SECOND DAY'S RESULTS Governor and Lady Guilieniard Present. Bonnie Friend Wins Governor's Cup Socially, the second day’s races of the l’cnan°' Turf Club, yesterday, were even more successful than the first day. His Excellency the Governor and Lady (iuillemard were present and there was a verv large2,798 words
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Article386 1926-01-19 48 Government A S.S. (Singapore) Association We have received from the hon. secretary of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association a copy of a letter received from Government in reply to certain questions raised by the Association. The questions were as follows: (a) II the Alcdical Officer in charge of386 words
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Article1106 1926-01-19 49 (To the Editor of the Malay Mail). Sir, Your leading article oi to-day gives a promise to deal with what is of more importance to Malaya than anything else. Of what use is wealth to the country if her citizens do not understand how to1,106 words
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Article675 1926-01-19 49 SUBSTANTIAL RISE IN PROFIT The fourteenth ordinary general meeting of lhe Eastern Smelting Company, Ltd., was held in mail week at the registered offices, Stafford House, King William Street, E.C., Sir Ernest Birch. K.C.M.G. (the Chairman), presiding. lhe Secretary (Mr. F. C. Bell) having read the notice675 words
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Article162 1926-01-19 50 Two Chinese were arrested in River Valley Road on Wednesday in possession of an automatic pistol. A Bengali motor driver, Ainhi Sultan. was stabbed in the forehead at I a.m. on Tuesday in Rowell Road. Four Malays whose names arc known are suspected, but none of them have162 words
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Article180 1926-01-19 50 Hie Perfect Broker is a man of this kind: lb' invariably sells at the top price, and buys at the bottom price, of the marks recorded in the Stock Exchange Lists on the day when his client deals. He always secures for his client a substantial allotment180 words
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521 1926-01-19 50 SOON THEAM CO.’S WEEKLY SHARE CIRCULAR Race Weeks are usually dull ones for share business, and the present one is no exception. Tin after some slight recovery shows a further drop to-day, and loses 35 z on balance, the closing prices £276 10s. three months and £283 15s. spot. Rubber521 words
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Article250 1926-01-19 50 A GILBERTIAN SITUATION The following, from the Free Press, amplifies our telegram of yesterday: A rather Gilbertian situation has arisen in connection with the strike of tailors employed by the Singapore shops. The employees have been awav from work for over a month and when representatives of250 words
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Article230 1926-01-19 50 The Times of Ceylon of January 4 says: The Dutch tug Witteze, which left Aden on November 26 on her way to Singapore, towing two barges for the British Naval base there, has not yet arrived in Colombo, which port she should have reached on December230 words
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Article3192 1926-01-19 51 third DAY’S RESULTS large gathering and fine SPORT Gloaming Springs A Surprise. Fine weather again favoured the third day’s racing of the Penang Turf Club’s New Year Meeting and there was also present a large and distinguished gathering. There were probably more people present than on the3,192 words
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Article949 1926-01-19 53 With the year barely completed, and with no annual Report Statistics yet available for comparison, one can but briefly summarise the events of interest which have transpired during 1925. H.M- Sumbarines L. 19, Lieut.-Com-mander C. R. Thompson, and L. 15, Lieut. W. L. Berridge, visited Kuching in949 words
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Article690 1926-01-19 53 BOWLS TOURNAMENT The following is the draw for the January 1926 Bowls Tournament: Championship Byes: D. S. Harvey, A. Ferguson, J. G. Allan, D. McLeod Craik, A. Lindley, B. E. Mitchell, J. Ford. G. B. F. Southam v. J. M. Chalmers (C.S.); L. W. Richards v. J.690 words
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Article744 1926-01-19 54 THE LAW OF THE AUTOCRAT The Emergency Regulations Bill, which was published in the Government Gazette on Friday last (incidentally anticipated by publication in the Penang papers of Thursday) is causing alarm to some law-respecting people, says the Singapore Free Press. lhe proposed measure, because it is dated744 words
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Article293 1926-01-19 54 It -is too early yet to expect any definite statement from the Secretary of the Colonics in regard to the final settlement of the long drawn-out case in which the Dull Development Company has been awarded £378,000 damages together with costs, against the Government of Kelantan. u.\o293 words
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Article664 1926-01-19 54 -T.O.C. The Einanc al Times outlines a u ew Restriction scale which it believes is go. ing to be adopted in the future. cording to this, if the average price of rubber for any quarter is not less than 15d. per pound the percentage of release for the-T.O.C. - 664 words
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Article1153 1926-01-19 55 His Excellency the Governor and High Commissioner, there is the very best authority for believing, does not object in the least to criticism of his policy and his actions. In fact, he welcomesi it and this not only when it is constructive, for destructive criticism1,153 words
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Article411 1926-01-19 55 Dr. G. J. Castellain, Medical Officer, Kiang, has retired from the Service. The Hon. Mr. Justice Sproule is granted eight months and twelve days leave. Lt. R. C. Boyle of H.M.S. Durban left for Home by the P. O. Macedonia. The Rt. Rev. 'Ferguson Davie, the Bishop of Singapore,411 words
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Article1043 1926-01-19 56 The Price of Rubber Tht>re i as b-’wn a d-op of Is. 3|l- io the psice of robber fine December 10. It w< u.d almost pt era >s if the commodity were Audios its economic level without any of the outeiJe assistance i by Sir Wiilum Letts, who1,043 words
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Article336 1926-01-19 56 The trial was resumed this morning, before Mr Justice AV, Brown and a tommon jury, of the Chines? motor bus driver, Goon Bm Hock, who is changed with causing dpa‘h by a rash act on October 14 last at McN ir St r eet. The accus d was336 words
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Article434 1926-01-19 56 Vellasamy. a Tamil, this morning produced before Mr. O. W. A. Sennett in the Police Court charged with having attempted to cheat Mr. K. T. Ganapathy Pillay, the well-known race horse owner of Kuala Lumpur, on January 16, by asking him to donate towards the feeding of the434 words
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Article4119 1926-01-19 57 CLOSE OF SUCCESSFUL MEETING RECORD GATHERING Genzano Wins the Gold Cup What was unquestionably the most successful meeting in the history of the Penang Turf Club came to a close on Saturday afternoonperhaps to the regret of a few but to the relief of many, for it4,119 words
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Article770 1926-01-19 59 The statistics published below will be perused with interest. A great feature of the meeting just concluded is that the stakes have been very evenly divided and no owner or owners have been able to monopolise, as it were, the stakes which such big owners as770 words
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Article229 1926-01-19 60 Perak Decisively Beaten (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala- Lumpur, January 17 In the final of the Ma’aya Cup rugby football match p ayed here yesterday Singapore very decisively heal Perak by eighteen points (three goals and one try) to three points (one try). there was229 words
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Article136 1926-01-19 60 .—M.M. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, January 17 The boxing tournament on Saturday night attracted a record crowd, including Sir George Maxwell and a party from Carcosa”. The fight between Key and Santos was declared a draw, also that between Yeoh Chai Lai and Yew.—M.M. - 136 words
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Article1180 1926-01-19 60 BUSY YEAR’S WORK REVIEWED The Provident Fund The annual general meeting of the Incorporated Society of Planters as held at the Venning Road Masonic Hall, Kuala Lumpur, this morning (says Saturday’s Malay Mail) with the Hon. Mr. J. W. Campbell in the chair. The chairman delivered an1,180 words
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Article1198 1926-01-19 61 SINGAPORE SUPPORT A Necessary Measure There was printed in the Straits Government Gazette of January 8 a bill entitled "An Ordinance to confer on the Governor in Council power to make regulations on occasions of emergency." We looked at it, recognised our old friend the Order in1,198 words
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Article483 1926-01-19 61 CAUTION NECESSARY DURING 1926 Questions arc put to us (say> the Straits limes) about the future and we answer them as best we can, but no man can answer for a thousand rubber producers great and small. What we wish to point out now is that, in 1926.483 words
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Article1081 1926-01-19 62 VOX POPULI Wise men sitting in the seats of the mighty never ignore the voice of the people, and this aphorism holds good In Malaya just as much as anywhere else, declares the Malay Mail. It applies equally to High Commissioners and to Malay Rulers. A High Commissioner,1,081 words
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Article501 1926-01-19 62 The year opened with the London market selling price oi tin standing at £27i> ss. as compared with £233 15s. twelve months previously. ]i was anticipated at the close of Li 24 that generally satisfactory prices would be maintained throughout 1925 and this proved to501 words
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Article874 1926-01-19 63 LEAN CO’S WEEKLY REPORT Thursday evening Tin, after having moved in a dingdong fashion closes £278. 17.6, £1.17.6 below last week's leve'l. Rubber during the earlier part of the week remained 1 quiet, but steady, but closes weaker at a loss of fd. per lb. under the period874 words
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Article733 1926-01-19 63 There lias been, notes th* Malay Mail, a reaction in the rubber market, with the inevitable lengthening of faces, and serious losses to speculators. It should not be regarded too serious! v. If there were any possibility of real overproduction and re-accumulation of surplus stocks, as distinct733 words
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