The Straits Budget, 9 January 1908

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  • 27 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE ‘STRAITS TIMES.” VOL. LXII. NO. 2«OA. Singapore, Thursday, January 9,1908. ESTABLISHED OVER HALE A CWTTJfeY Price 25 cents.
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  • 206 1 LEADKKS: Private Interests and Public Contracts 12 Restrictions on British Shipping 12 An Innovation in Imperial Politics 18 Indian Government and Tamil Labour Recruiting 18 Tin Miners Seek Government Assistance 13 Nasty Jar in the Legislative Machinery 14 Year’s Record of the P. and O. Company 14-15
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  • 908 1 From a criminal point of view, judging by the calendar of persons awaiting trial at the Assizes for the settlement of Singapore, the new year opens badly. Thirty prisoners are concerned in 19 cases, ranging from murder to theft, five being
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  • 425 2 Mr. Justn e T. Mnith appeals on hi* lint on the 6th innt. Mr. A. K. Lowell appeared for Giant Sit Tec-, who wan convict**! by a Bench Court con‘-i‘-tiug of Messrs Michcll and Gibson, on a charge of breaking
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  • 95 2 (Jlicw Ail Boon api**ared More the Second Magistrate, Mr. C.F.J. Own. on the 4th inst.. on a. ph&rge of fraudulent possession of 36, empty mineral water bottleH and military cloth, and spoons bearing tlu impress of the Manchester Regiment Accused said that he bought
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  • 54 2 A man took a sampan containing a dead bodv to the Master Attendant’s pier, on the 4th inst., and decamped. Medical examination showed tbat the deceased came to his death from small-pox. The sampan was towed over to the Quarantine Station with the bodv. The number bad
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  • 101 2 <Fkom Ouh Own Coi:i:ksi-om»km.) London. .January 3. Owing to tin holidays, there have been practically no sales in the Rubber Market this week. The tone of the share market all round, however, is better. Enquiries have been plentiful,
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  • 272 2 Sympathisers with the work which is being carried out at the Saint Anthony’s Convent, who availed themselves of the invitation of the Superioress to the entertainment on Saturday, must have been gratified at the result of the efforts of the nuus.
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  • 149 2 The annual Calico Ball took place in the Victoria Memorial Hall on the 3rd in9t. and was largely attended. The fancy dresses worn were exceedingly attractive it was evident that some of the guests had put themselves to considerable expense in providing a suitable
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  • 328 2 A wrong impression has been created that gharry fare* from New Year's Day have been increased, whereas, as a matter of fact, nearly all the gharries are being reduced to third class, owing to the bad condition of the vehicles
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  • 160 2 Mr. C. E. Spooner, C.M.G., has had liin salary raised to X 1,400 per annum. This is the salary attached to the appointment of British Resident, Selangor, or £lOO more than that drawn by the British Residents of Negri Sembllan and Pahang. Mr. Spooner has
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  • 90 2 Before Mr. Justice Fisher, on the 3rd inst., Chia Keng Hin sued Messrs. Riley, Hargreaves and Company for #l2O alleged* to be due to him as one month’s wages, and a second month’s wages in lieu of notice, at #6O a month, as storekeeper. Defendants admitted owing
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  • 755 3 Ou the list before the Bankruptcy Court, ;L 2nd inst.. there were 19 petitions for receding orders, three against Chetties and aeainst Chinese, hye apphca- L, (or discliange from bankruptcy, eleven nubile examinations, three examinations of witnesses under Section 26, aud hve
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  • 230 3 (From Our Own Correspondent). Lipis, January 2. Mr. Cecil Wray, British Resident of Pahang, left Lipis. yesterday, on three months’ full pay leave, at the end of which he will retire on a well-earned fusion. Mr. Wray, who was born
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  • 136 3 Before Mr. Justice Fisher, on the 3rd inst., Messrs. Dupire aud Company sued Tan Lian Chye for $B9O as three months’ rent of a shop in the new Hotel de l’Europe buildings. Mr. C. Everitt appeared for the plaintiffs and Mr. L. E. Gaunt for the
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  • 110 3 The output from the Fusing Lama Tin Mines for the month of December was 057 piculs, of an approximate value of $23,000.. The output from the Serendah Hydraulic Tin Mining Company’s mines during the same month was 1090 piculs, 24 catties. The returns of the Mines in
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  • 479 3 Tophik bin Khurshid Aljonid leaned against the dock rail in Mr. dolman’s court, on the 3rd inst., listening to the evidence tendered in support of the charge, against him, of being concerned in the muraer of Syed Alsagoff in April
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  • 108 3 Wan Yun, Chan Fat, Yip Kwee and $66 Toll Yip appeared before the Third Magistrate, Mr. E. E. Colman, on the 7th inst., on a charge of murder of Wong Seng, a gambling informer. Inspector Meredith informed the Magistrate that he desired, with the approval of
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  • 38 3 Inspector Frayne made a successful raid on a counterfeiters’ den in Range Road, near the Balestier Ride Range, yesterday eveniug. A number of counterfeit foliar* and a complete outfit wore secured. Two Hokiens wore arrested.
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  • 329 4 '1 !.< woekiv return of mortality in tjore. prepared by Dr i». K. McDoweli the Kegi'-Jtrar of Birth* and Deaths, shown a decrease of 2 in the number of deathh occurring during the week ended J)ecemb< t g-j. an compared with
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  • 87 4 IvtM-tive Inspector Frayne the other day rM-eivrd information that property which had been stolen from Europeans at Tauglin wa.' concealed in a certain European's ccmpopnd. On the night of New Year's I *a>. he proceeded to the spot along with a couple of detective** and
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  • 167 4 Two Chinese twakow men were tried by the *V‘Coud Magistrate, on the 2nd inst., old familiar eharge of bleeding rice bagr. Acting Inspector MacNamara of the Mar.n* Station, prosecuted and Mr. R. St. .1. *Braddell defended the accused. One of the met was also charged
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  • 373 4 COLONIAL FRUITS. Should Singapore be Represented in London (From Olh Own Corhksi*om»knt.» London, December 0. \\c have been favoured with a very interesting exhibition in London, this week, at the Vincent's Square Hall in Westminster, w here Colonial products have been shown on the invitation of the Boyal Horticultural Society.
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  • 200 4 At the BuukiuptcyCourt. on the2ntiin&t. Mr. A. J. Mclntyre applied for his discharge. The Official Assignee said that the debtor, who was a book keeper ou a salary of $275 a month, owed SS,(HH) to Cbetties and had been ordered by the
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  • 282 4 Samples of Para rubber (Heveu Br.isi liensisj. specially prepared iu the Federated Malay States, were forwarded by the Director of Agriculture at Kuala Lumpur to the Imperial Institute, for the purpose of being examined chemically iu order to determine their
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  • 159 4 At the Bankruptcy Court, on the 2nd c.. Mr George Michael, proprietor of Messrs. Wilson and Company, was examined relative tc the bankruptcy of Mr. C. Chaytor. He pointed out that he stood security for the bankrupt, who owed him, in consequence $1,400. He met the debtor on
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  • 65 4 Sulong, who was arrested in Cucob, at 5 p.m. on December 18, on a charge of the murder of Syed Abdulkader bin Abduirah man Alsagoff, on April 17 last, was brought over from Johore, on Sunday, and appeared before the Third Magistrate next morning. The preliminary enquiry
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  • 52 4 Sanitary Inspector Jeremiah was attacked by a mad dog in Serangoon Road, at 5.45 p.m. on Monday. The dog seized him by the trousers, but, fortunately, it did not scratch the skin. Mr. Jeremiah secured a club and pursued the dog into a hou*»e, where he
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  • 270 5 \ruid a crash of chimes from the Cathedral *nire. a volley of crackers, and the tooting of hvrc us, 1907 was consigned to the past, and the new year crept in. Celebrations in Singapore
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  • 772 5 The committee of management of the Sea Sports arc to bo congratulated upon the success of their efforts on New Year’s Day. Charming weather favoured the sports, which took place in the morning, and the sea being calm, the various events were
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  • 494 5 An ideal afternoon, a large and representative attendance, a varied and well-designed programme, excellent police surveillance, and most important of all, a large number of entries in each of the events, and enthusiastic participation, all made the land sports, on New
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  • 108 5 The charge against a Javanese woman mimed Timah, of committing criminal breaoh of trust in respect of property valued at $629 belonging to an employee of the civil prison,, occupied a large portion of the day with* the Second Magistrate, on the Brd inst.
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  • 125 5 Mr. Ho Yang Peng, formerly Chinese Postmaster-General, appealed successfully before Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith, on Monday against his conviction by the Senior Magistrate, Mr. E. C. Howard, on a charge of furiously driving his motor car. The complainant was Detective Inspector Meredith. Mr. Rowland Allen appeared for
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  • 161 7 There is much musical talent among the Warders at the Singapore prison, and on Saturday night an excellent concert was gven in the Warder’s Concert Hall, Pearls Hill. There was a large attendance, among r t? 6 P reB ent being Mr. G. A. Hall,
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  • 1171 7  -  (By Phila Pknn.) If there is romance in the history of commerce, then the annals which describe the development of Singapore and the Straits Settlements are fall of the deepest interest. Founded in the year of the
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  • 101 7 Two British steamers belonging to Messrs. Wee Bin and Company, the Ban Hin Guan and Amherst, which are now running between Singapore and Pontianak, have been sold to the Chinese Chamber of Commeroe at Pontianak. The amount paid for both the steamers is $150,000. They will
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  • 55 12 Baore*.—At HentoM, Stevens Road, on January 1, tbe wife of A. M. Hnrkiea, of a son. papers please copy. Gum. —At Caldsr, Upper Bcrangoon Road, Bmgapore, on Janaary 0, (be wife of R. W. Chafer, of a son. Hn^paaiAN.—At (be Maternity Hospital, Singapore, on January 0, tbe wife of
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  • THE Straits Budget.
    • 1175 12 i.—Straits Times, January 4. Daring the paHt two years, the of poblic enquiry lias been turned upon municipal administration in England, with the result that many abuses and wholesale corruption have been revealed. Without going the length of saying that the corruption revealed in Ijondon
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    • 641 12 —Straits Times, January 2. Our London correspondent’s special telegram shows that an old grievance is being ventilated iu England. A quarter of a century ago there was a great outcry against the iniquities of the coolie emigration to Central and Southern America, where the Chinese were
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    • 841 13 life of the Mother Country.—Straits Times, January 2. It is satisfactory to learn from Reuter’s telegrams that the negotiations between the Hon. Mr. Rudoipbe Lemieux, the Canadian for Labour, and the Japanese authorities at Tokio, with regard to Japanese immigration into British Columbia, are progressing
      life of the Mother Country.—Straits Times, January 2.  -  841 words
    • 430 13 —Straits Times, January 8. It would appear that the recruiting of Tamil coolies for the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States is not quite approved by some people in India. We learn from a Madras contemporary that the following Government Order has been issued
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    • 665 13 are so closely allied with that of tin.—Straits Times, January 8. Two important questions relatfhg to the staple industry of the F.M.S., havd been brought before-the notice of the Federal Government. One of them is with reference to the cancellation ot the leases of unworked
      are so closely allied with that of tin.—Straits Times, January 8.  -  665 words
    • 1366 14 to argument in the local courts. —Straits Times, .January 8. Wt- conceive it to b*- our duty to direct the Attention of the public of tin Straits Settlor ll* nt«* to a very extiar»rdieary state of affairs which ha*- arisen in w<nnoction with the
      to argument in the local courts.—Straits Times, .January 8.  -  1,366 words
    • 1001 14 ports from Port Said to Yokohama. —Straits Times, January 6. The P; and O- Company is a prosperous Company, and the full text of the speeoh of the Chairman (Sir Thomas Sutherland) wt the annual mee ting, last month, is wo interesting
      ports from Port Said to Yokohama. —Straits Times, January 6.  -  1,001 words
    • 333 15 —Straits Times, January 4. An exceptionally heavy settlement characterises the closing of the year on the local stock market. In many instances, in Penang, as well as in Singa{>ore, for both are hit hard, speculators are unable to fulfil obligations, so that the inevitable crash
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    • 1194 15 Straits Times, January 8. The hopes we expressed a'fortnight ago that fresh interest would be infused into the test matches in Australia by an English victory at Melbourne have been realised. When our mid-day telegram arrived yesterday, stating that eight wickets were down for
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 83 12 n# paat tr M yric# of tb« stram Timm Ii W* J w Ttopwt fr* price of the Are* I*4 Jre*rH Moot aecemry to Mtacrifce lor a year. The mb•criptiotM lor tborwr period* are at the taste proportionate rate at for a year. The 5*041 be teat tomeet returning pwenter*
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  • 719 19 (Fkom Ouk Own Correspondent.) Labuan, January 8. u e of the biggest ana certainly the most f li n sends-off ever accorded to an official civilian in Labuan tool: place on the 2nd instant, when Mr. Harvey Chevalier, Acting Resident
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  • 483 19 Before Mr. Justice Fisher, on the 7th inst., Mr. F. T. Ellis, formerly Fourth Magistrate in Singapore, who had come from the F.M.S. on purpose to give evidence in the suit of Dr. F. W. Goonetilleke, agaiust the Opium Farm
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  • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
    • 138 19 S.C.C. v. The Garrison. An interesting Rugby football match was placed on the Esplanade on Monday between teams representing the S.C.C. and the Garrison. The game was a good one and some neat passing displays were shown. The Garrison combination proved the stronger, and showed somewhat better play.
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    • 159 19 Singapore Chess Club Tournament. The result of the 1907 handicap compeiition of the Singapore Chess Club was as follows:— 1 A. W. C. Hanbury D. McLeod Craik Iie 8 R. Smith 06 4 L. M. Cordeiro 35 5 S. Rosenbaum 294 6 J. B. Elcum 28£ 7 P. McIntyre
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    • 257 19 Singapore Golf Club. The December Medal was played* for on Saturday and Sunday, and resulted in a tie between Mr. A. C. Padday and Mr. W. J. Mayson at 81 net. Mr. Mayson won the sweep for the best 9 holes net, Mr. Edmondson being second. The following scores
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  • 2703 20 London, December *5l. Mr. KdwVd Dicty. the well-known litterat publishes in the Empire Review for January an interview with the Km|>eioj of Germany. \k the eldest grandson of the late Queen \.ct<«ria. to whom he was deeply attached, the Km per or stated that he felt most keenly
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  • 933 21 Berlin, December 31. The Governments of Brazil and Peru have decided to give public receptions on the occasion of the visit of the United States squadron. M. Pichon, French Minister of Foreign Affairs, will visit Madrid at an early date in order to confer with Senor Allende Salazar,
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  • 254 22 (Fh -.'j orn Own L’orkksposhknt.) Penang. January 4. liu heading way well bo applied to :nc Inisfortuue which lias befallen Mr. Klton Moll, Municipal Veterinary Surgeon, Penang. On New Years Day. Mr. Hell had occasion to go into the house
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  • 281 22 Sinoapork, January 8, 1908. PRODUCE. Gambia buyer" 6.70 do (Cube No. 1) unpicked Copra Bali do Pontianak '•J? Pepper, Black buyers 12.<-» do White 5 MM S igo Flour Sarawak 2.9tj do Brunei No. 1 2.93 Pearl Sago Coffee Bali, picked 25.00 Coffee. Palembang, 23 ba*i* 22.55 Coffee, Liberian
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  • 111 22 Our Pahang correspondent writing from Lipis on the 2nd inst. says From a return published recently by the Superintendent of Indian Immigrants, Straits Settlements and F.M.S., it appears that the number of coolies applied for, from January to November, 1907, by certain estates
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  • 625 22 Mr. Justice A. G. Law, acting Chief Justice, engaged all on the 7th inst., with an important estate case, in which five Counsel were engaged. Mr. Khoo Tiong Poll, a millionaire mer. chant and shipowner, having business concorns in Hongkong,
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  • SHIPPING IN PORT.
    • 594 23 January 1 jjtnckucli, Brit str, Thomsou, London, PaterPolvph“ mu"?Britstr, Chrime*. Liverpool, W. K»w»*h?M»ru, Japetr, Petersen, London, P. p gickmMa, Ger str, Walsen, Knchinotzu, Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Auamba, Dan «tr. Hansen, Antwerp. East OsDs A bruck, C Ger str, Maeir, Adelaide, Betan Karangf Brit str. Troan. Natuna Is, Batam Bricks
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    • 376 23 December 31 Pitsanulok, Ger str, Bangkok Gilbert, Feh str, Saigon Simongan, Dut str, Saigon Ayuthia, Brit etr, Bangkok Pontianak, Brit str, Kuantan Ban Yong Seng, Brit str Pontianak Ban Hin Guan, Brit str, Pontianak January 1 Segovia, Ger str. Havre, Rotterdam, Hamburg Sheikh, Brit str, Sonrabaya Kanagawa Maru, Jap
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  • LIST OF PASSENGERS.
    • 292 23 Per X.D.L. steamer Prinz Heinrich. From Southampton, Dec. 10. due Jan. 10: —Mr. B. Brandt. Dr. J. H. L. Bergsma, Mr. Carl Knopfl. Mr. A. D. Pluim Mentz and family. Mr. C. G. van Duesseldorf, Mr. Ca*l Schroeder, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Pearson, Mr. W. H. Heil,
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    • 307 23 By the Devanha. Captain T. H. Hide, Jan. 8. —From London: Mr. and Mrs. Ruxton and infant, Mr. C. Emerson, Mr. Paxton, Mr. Downie, Mr. Whitgreave, Mrs. Beale. From Marseilles: Mr. and Mrs. Rendle, Mr. and Mrs. Laidlay, Mr. C. F. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Thomson. Dr.
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    • 61 23 By the Delta, Jan. 3.—For London via Marseilles: Dr. B. Suggit. For Bombay: Miss M. Bell. For Penang: Bishop of Singapore and Sarawak. By the Devanha. Jan. 3.—For Hongkong: Mr. Lim Cheng Khee, Mr. L. C. Coventry, Mr. W\ G. Blackwell. For Shanghai: Mfr. E. Wellmann, Mrs.
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  • Stocks and Shares. SINGAPORE, JANUARY 8, 1908.
    • 313 24 lm\* of amber Tggne Paid shares Company Quotation* -rro»- (3apiu. Subscribed j of Value ap to Unissued lon i Shares r n» .<rn $$00.0% $*0.00 $0,000 $10 1 $10 HelntTinM. Cc„ Ltd. nm'SS Sb'wo Sooo »!o $!o 7 ‘Sfe *3S S i! T° a SS' W tt V? W&*--wl
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    • 344 24 fiaoMiA 46.500 £1 £1 10,000 Anglo*Malay Robber Co., Ltd. (fully paid) £4.7 6 iW5 £150,WJ0 £116,625 W(600 £l 15/ (contrib.} £3.10.0 1905 9200,000 5105 000 j 10,.500 HO 610 Balgownie Rubber Estate Ltd. (fully paid) 125 00 T9M k‘.? o (toe S 7,000 £1 12,000 Batu Cares Rubber Oo.
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    • 89 24 1«&4 i £5,377.10.0t £4 80A 7 hum m I’iSf Nil),000 yi'ig’ooo 4,900 918 Bell* Asborto. BMtern Ag«noy. Ltd |T,00 m l,s 08 0 8 »»000.000 55 B.OK Jgg *8,400,000 M.,00.000 U.000 *100 gfg im *'•«*>•«» j-2» j! 8 jjoo k«. u». “®|5 ,840W 1 To T Wo-.'**,. 2SL *j*
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
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