The Straits Budget, 6 October 1910

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1 8 The Straits Budget
  • 27 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES." VOL. LXIV NO 2747 Singapore, Thursday, October, 6,1910. ESTABLISHED OVER HALF A CENTW Price 25 cents.
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  • 228 1 leaders— Payment of Parliaments 12 Unawed by Threats ...1213 The Malacca Explanations 18 Municipal Commission ...13-14 Our Recording Angel 14 Defending the Classics ...1415 Local and Gbnbral 4 Social and Personal 1 Railways in China 4 Notes from Kelantan 4 A Sacerdotal Jabilee 6 Correspondence 7-8 The
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  • 677 1 Mr. H. Marriott is appointed Superinten dent of Census, Straits Settlements. The Rev. F. R. B. Pinhoru goes home, accompanied by Mrs. Pinhorn, on October 23. Mr. F. A. D. Evans of Jong-Landor Estate, Chenderiang, has left for home on a short holiday. Mr. O. F. Stonor,
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  • 84 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, October 3. The following September mine outputs are notified: Lahat 710 pelsTronoh 4,830 Salok South 110 Sungei Gau 105 The total quantity of tin ore exported by the tributors on the land of the Royal Johore Tin Mining Co., Ltd., daring
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  • 129 4 It is considered by tUe F.M.S. Government that in order to facilitate the identification of automobiles in motion the number of plateaffixed at the back should in all cases be such and so affixed as to be readily decipherable by persons on the road behind
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  • 125 4 (From Oor Own Corh« si .ond.nt., HoB H ko DK October 1 His Excellency. Sir Fra. ni u u K. C. M. G., the Officer Administering Government, opened the Bri isl. Lc the Kowloon-Canton railway presence
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  • 459 4 (From Oor Own Corrbspondsnt.) Kota Bahru, September 2v. The Kelantau Rubber Estates, Ltd, (Mr. W\ O. Anderson, manager), have applied for and have been granted, 5,000 acres on the right bank of the Lebir opposite their estate. This land was previously held under mining rights, whicli have
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  • 11 7 Straits Times is not responsible for the of it* correspondents.]
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  • 866 7 T, the Editor of the Straits Times. i n thanking you for your editorial •content on my letter in Monday's issue, I Id like to point out that the ornx of Situation is, to what sort of freedom aro •rdders entitled There are two sorts
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  • 77 7 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —It is somewhat surprising to see Mr. Huttenbach coming forward as a champion of the Homeward Conference. I have a distinct recollection of his firm, in the year 1900, trying to fight the Conference by chartering steamers and loading them
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  • 980 7 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —With reference to our latest public scandal it may not be inappropriate to recall a case of some twenty or so years ago where the transgressor, up to the time of exposure, was ever quoted as a paragon of
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  • 109 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Id view of the colony's financial position and the necessity of seeking fresh sources of revenue. I suggest that a tax on matches be levied on the same liues as the tax now collected in French Indo China, where
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  • 399 8 The preliminary arrangements for the annua! bn 11 \v*re made at the general meeting of the St. Andrew's Society, held in the Cricket Club, on September 80. The Hon. Dr. Galloway presided over a largo attendance of members In
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  • 71 8 (From Oua Own Cokrhspondbnt.) Kuaia Lumpur, September 29. A meeting waß held here yesterday evening, for the purpose of forming a local com mittee of the Boy Scouts’ Association. The Rev. P. G. Graham was elected chairman and Mr. Evans’s son, secretary. It was decided to form
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  • 516 8 The Legislative Council met on Septem her 40, His Excellency the Governor (Sir John Anderson, G C.M.G presiding. Ther*» were also present the General Officer Commanding the Troops, Major General T. E Stephenson, cii. the Colonial Secretary, Hon. W. Evans;
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  • 134 8 A new publication in promised for the beginning of November next—The Singapore Diocesan Magazine. It is described as a quarterly record of church work, etc., in the diocese of Singapore. The pages will contain contributions practically from all the churches in the diocese, the chaplains in each place
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  • 415 8 Over two thousand tronn. L part in the just closed min."?'' 4 1 “ken on the racecourse on Sent.ml P ara, led were reviewed by Major-G^KSg ll The picturesque ceremouy J large crowd of visitor/ Mtheii ty i saluting point,
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  • 144 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, September i* l At the meeting of the Municipal Commissioners, the President stated that there a been no cases of small pox in Penang three days. The total number durm September was IJ6, of wbicb 5° j were
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  • 645 10 The Hon. W. Evans, the acting Colonial Secretary, forwards to us the followug document for information The following bulletin has been issued by the Entomological Research Committer (Tropical Africa) In view of the increasing attention wilier has been paid to the subject of
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  • 77 10 (From Odb Own Corrbspondbnt.) PenaDg, October 1. The Eastern Shipping Company’s steamer Avajyee has arrived here with a damaged bowsprit, the result of a slight collision with the steamer Perak in Perak River. On bis arrival in port on October 1 the captain of the steamer Perak
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  • 67 10 (From Our Own Corrrspondfnt.) Kuala Lumpur, October 8. In the cricket match played at Serembau between a Ntgri Sembilan team and a Selangor eleven, Selangor in the second innings' scored 828 runs for six wickets Negri Si mbilan made a total of 109. Selangor won by
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  • 53 10 (From Our Own Courkspondknt.) Kuala Lumpur, October 8. The tin exports for the States for the past eight months are as follows Perak 284,282 pels. Selangor 168,116 pels. Negri Sembilan 28,895 pels. Pahang 26,155 pels. Total 497,450 pels, against 527.418 pels. The value increased by $2,295,477 and the
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  • 39 10 (From Our Own Corrbspondbnt). Penang, October 1. The output of tin from Tongkah Harbour for September was 1,818 piculs, making the total for nine months 9,232 piculs, against 6,126 for the corresponding period of last year.
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  • 211 10 Messrs. Fraser and Co ’a circular for the B. I. mail of September 29, says:—The local market remains extremely dull and we have again only a limited amount of business to record. Industrials are steady, but rubber and mining shares have again dropped. Rubber. Quotations from London
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  • 382 10 across the harbour on OotobeMU a trial ol disaster and death’ a i lfcl wake. Up till six o’clock the at harbour were as placid as a miIW,L there was nothin* to betoken tK M storm. A large number of ships were
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  • 233 10 Before Mr. Justice Fisher in the Supreme Court, on October 4, an action was begun io which A. W. Westerbout claims from J Cbaffonjon, contractor, of Pulau BulaDg, ami another (L. Herment) $6,776 and cowts. Mr. Parsons appears for the plaintiff, Mr. hoik for the
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  • 734 11 AY are indebted to a correspondent for the <SS r 24 a P ablic meeting was held u Malacca Club to discuss the formation “il .oiunteer corpn and/ or a rifle club. Tbe Hesident, Mr. Wolferstan, occupied thp chair, and in
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  • 91 11 (From Our Own Corrrspondrnt.) Penang, September 28. The wedding took place at St. George’s Church, to day, of Mr. George Frederick •Tames Kigg, of Messrs. Coode, Son and Matthews, Singapore, son of Mr. James Rigg, of London, and Miss Kathleen Frances Brodrick, daughter of Capt. Herbert Stead Brodrick, of
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  • 59 11 (From Our Own Corrrspondrnt Kuala Lumpur, September 29. The Malay Mail’s Malacca correspondent reports that the police have unearthed a dangerous secret society there. A fight cc cur red on the night of September 26, when one mao was killed with an axe. Documents belonging to
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  • 40 11 (From Our Own Corrrspondrnt.) Penang, September 29. The Straits Steamship Company’s steamer Malacca which left here on Tuesday, for Telok Anson, is reported to be ashore at Bagao Datoh. It is hoped she can be re floated.
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  • 79 11 Another notable naval visitant, the Austrian cruiser Panther, arrived in the roads on October 4. She has come down from HoDgkong and will, in a few days, proceed from this port to Colombo on her way home. She is a vessel of 1500 tons, carries 14
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  • 218 11 Sime, Darby and Co., Ltd., is the style of a now busiooss concern which certain planting gentlemen are forming as a private limited liability company, with registered capital $500,000, and with offices in Malacca and Singapore, with the object of more efficiently carrying out tho
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  • 540 11 Mr. Firmstone, first magistrate, on September 30, gave judgment in the case in which Syed Omar Alsagoff was summoned by the Municipality for having failed to comply with certaio notices in regard to a house at 80”) North Bridge Road. His Honour
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  • 93 11 (From Our Own Corrkspondrnt.) Kuala Lumpur, October 1. The Taiping correspondent of tho Malay Mail, under date September 28, comments on the unreadiness of proper accommodation in Perak's isolation hospital which is only in course of erection. He alleges that Dr. Orme, who has been dealing with
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  • 55 12 Turner—At Joliore Bahru, on September 80, Hie wife of Frederick Arthur Turner, of a daughter Shepherd.— At 89, Orchard Road, Singa pore, on October 3, the wife of Ernest Shep nerd, of a son.” Stevens. —At Corbally Cottage," Cavenagh Road, Singapore, on September 29, the wife of Mr. Kenneth
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  • THE Straits Budget.
    • 1129 12 that is what is needed.—Straits Times, September 29. Mr. F. E. Smith is one of the rising hopes of the Conservative party. A lawyer by profession, a talker by nature, he sprang into almost instant prominence when be entered the House of Commons as one of a
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    • 1158 12 KjnrowvMv 4 nd stimulating competition. —Straits Time?, September M. Converts are notoriously intolerant, and if it be true, as a correspondent tells us, that once upon a time the good old firm of Hnttenbach fought the Shipping Ring and failed, we can better understand the great length
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    • 1304 13 Straits Times, October 1. The fault we have to find with Mr. Dod veil's speech at the meeting of Malacca Plantations is that from first to last it is an ewion of the facts. We do not mean that Mr. Indwell has deliberately misstated anything, for, in
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    • 1107 13 —W WW W —Straits Times, October 8. A perusal of the evidence given before the Municipal Commission tends rather to deepen than to relieve the suspicion of systematic corruption in connection with certain branches of tho municipal service in Singapore. In connection with the 44 grave irregularities of
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    • 1171 14 -Straits Times, Deleter 4 The public will be grateful to Mr. A. Stuart for his long and interesting letter on the Shipping Conference, but there would have been yet more gratitude if he had provided the colony with statistics which the average man could understand. We should
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    • 1092 14 Straits Times, October 6. We have been a good deal interested in report issued by the Board of Education which deals with The Teaching of Classics in the Secondary Schools of Germany.” Mr. J. w Head lam, who makes the report, is one of the Inspectors for
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 95 12 The Post free price of th uStraits Times i» f W a y® ar The post free price of the Straits Budget is $l4 a year. It is not necessary to subscribe for a year. The subscriptions for shorter periods are at the same proportionate rate as for a year.
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  • 1340 15 A juugletire occurred at the tenth mile on tofc Cbangi road and coconuts to the value of $ll5 were destroyed. The Taiping small pox scare is abating, the isolation sheds are completed and house examination has been carried out. It is stated that H.M.S. Astrsea iB shortly
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 439 16 The Ladies' Bisley. The members of the Singapore Ladies Rifle will hold a Bisley meet iog at Balestier range, after the races, in accordance with the programme attached Entries hive to reach the honorary secretary on or before Thursday, October 13. Each competitor will provide her own ammunition,
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    • 415 16 The 5. C. C. Championship. With tie exception of the Championship Pairs, the final of which is to be played off on Monday, the S. C. C. autumn lawn tennis tournament was brought to a conclusion, on September 40, on the Esplanade, when a large crowd of spectators,
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    • 57 16 The Garrison Club. Play for Sir A. Law’s Cup for an eclectic competition took place on Saturday, Octo ber 1. The winner on this occasion was Mr. J. Dixon with:— Mr. J. Dixon 40 8 82 Major Ravenshaw 42 8 34 Mr. Scarbrough 89 4 35 Mr. Lightfoot 44
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    • 107 16 Positions in the League. The following table shews the position of the various clubs in the Association Football League:— P. W. L. D. Pts. Mids I. 6 8 0 2 10* R. G. A. 6 3 1 1 9* Mids II. 7 4 2 1 9 S. C. C.
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  • 189 16 The Secretary of the Bruseh Hydraulic Tin Mining Co., forwards tbe following for publication:—The tenth ordinary general meeting of the Bruseh Hydraulic Tin Miniog Co., Ltd.,was held at noon on September 30 at the Company’s registered offices, 1 Robinson Road, when tbe report and accounts for
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  • 474 16 Sooiely was li6ldTn D o C tokeTT r tr 1 A d his remarks, laid stress on t.o .Tn 601 work which the society Wi T shown in the aoDnal report h“° k M oat that the
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  • 125 16 The recent dissolution of partnership between A. W. Tully and Michael 8. Cowan, bookmakers, lias been followed by a rather sensational development. In the third police court on October 4, before Mr. Robinson, Cowan appeared on a
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  • 320 17 The following letter, dated September 27, been addressed to tbe Bangkok Times hi Messrs. Tellike and Gibbinß Dy Wt> are instructed by Messrs. J. D. Mac •rtbur and Co., Ltd., to write you with a uef >t that you may insert the
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  • 101 17 (From Our Own Cokrkspondknt). Penang, Ootober 4. The trial of Mr. R. G. Gould, the lawyer, before a f-ptcial jury at the Assizes, has been concluded. The Hon. A. R. Adams defended. The verdict was a unanimous acquittal. Mr. Justice Thornton
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  • 147 17 Now that the F. M. S. Government is taking steps to facilitate the identification of motor cars in motion by legislation requiring tUe r<ar number on a car to be properly illuminated at night, it is time such action is takro in Singapore. Possibly the local regulations
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  • 52 17 (From Our Own Cokrbspondent.) Hongkong, October 4. The German steamer Lydia was wrecked on Lamyit Island while endeavouring to find more Recare shelter during the recent typhoon. The Haichow effected a brave rescue of the crew who were afterwards brought on
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  • 280 17 Before Mr. Jußtice Fisher in the Supreme Court, on September 29, a claim for damages for alleged libel was commenced against the Tnion Times, the plaintiff being a Cantonese named Lobe Chow Loo, described as a miner and trader of Pahang and Singapore. The alleged libel was
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  • 47 17 (From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, October 3. Mr. George Harold Day has been gazetted an acting member of the Federal Council, during the absence on leave of Mr. J. H. M. Robson. Drafts of seventeen enactments have been published in the Government Gazette.
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  • 141 17 The following second year students in Singapore and Penang, have qualified for certificates Singapore.—Chan KeDg Swee (a), Miss E. Norris (6), Goh Hood Keng 'c), J. A. Supramaniam, It. H. Minjoot (c), Miss T. Fernandez, Seow Kway Fah, Miss K. da Silva d Miss K. de Souza, Miss
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  • 39 17 In practice for the interport ritlo match at Balestier, on October 4, the following excellent scores were returned Chater 102, Tan Chow Kim 101, Ferguson Davie 99, J. Wakeford 96, Song Ong Siang 96, Fowlie 94.
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  • 246 17 Lord Skerrington, in Edinburgh, on Septem ber 7, heard counsel in a petition and answers relating to the bankruptcy of Edwin Rowland Clnnies Ross, whose late father was Chief of the Cocos Islands, in the South Indian Ocean. The
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  • 36 17 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Hongkong, October 4. The steamer Kutsang on the voysge up from Singapore encountered the full force of the typhoon and had to put back once. She is undamaged.
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  • 191 17 The Times of Ceylon, of September 27, says AruoDg those who left for homo by the Nubia yesterday was Mr. Mcltitchie, who. some months ago, fell from a window in the Queen’s Hotel, Kandy, and has been laid up ever since. Mr. Mclhtchio had just finished an
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  • 140 17 The Times of Malaya ot October 1, says About a week ago a Chinese kapala received from the Manager of Pusing about 81,000 which he carefully secured in a bag and went along a bridle path from the Pusing Bharu Mines. When he was about twenty
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  • 2173 18 London, September 28. At the Saratoga Convention, after a stormy sitting, Mr. Roosevelt was triumphantly elected chairman by 567 votes to Sherman’s 445 votes. Lieutenant Sutor, author of “The Army System,” has been sentenced to bo dismissed the service, but this was commuted, on the advice Mr. Haldane
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  • 524 19 Berlin, September 28. fbe Reichstag will meet on the 15th of November. Uie first visit of King Manuel of Portugal to Berlin will take place in November. Hakki Pasha, the Turkish Grand Vizier, conferred with Baron von Aehrenthal at Vienna in reference to the loan which has recently
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  • 109 19 It transpires that Sir Hugh Clifford was married very quietly on September 24, in the crypt of Westminster Cathedral. Only a few intimate friends of the bride and bridegroom were present. The bride was Mrs. Henry de la Pasture, novelist and dramatist, and is the widow
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    • 223 19 September 28 Tamarac, Brit str, McDonald, New York, Asiatic Petroleum Coy. Clara lebsen, Ger str, Bondmen, Poloc Laat, Bebn Meyer 29 Kuni Sang, Brit str, Loask, Calcutta, Boustead Heim, Nor str, Erik son, Bangkok, Borneo Coy. Humphius, Dut str, Donok, I)eli, Skips Agency Astyanac Brit str, Read, Liverpool, Mansfield
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    • 214 19 September 28 Priam, Brit Htr, Hankow via ports Lai Sani/, Brit str, Penang and Calcutta Heller opium, Brit str, London and Liverpool Tamarac, Brit Htr, Hongkong 29 Chiny Wo, Brit str, Antwerp via ports Mataram, Brit str, Sydney via ports Thong tea, Brit str, Madras via ports Candia, Brit
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  • 240 20 SrNf*4P0&a, October 6 1910. EXCHANGE. On London —Bank 4 m/s 2/4$ Demand 2/4-^ Private 6 m/s 2/43 do 8 m/s 2/4-jjj On Germany —Bank d/d 240 Private 8 m/s 244 do 6 m/s 246$ On France —Bank d/d 295 Private 8 m/s 299$ Jo 6 m/s 808$
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  • 904 20 Singapore October 5, 1910. MINING. Issue V, Value. J Bayers. Sellers. 10 10 Belat Tin 8.75 4.00 10 13 Bruang 5.25 6.50 10 10 Bruaeh Hyi. 4 00 5.00 10 10 Kanaboi 2.40 2.60 £1 £1 Kinta Tin 15.50 16 50 £1 £1 Kledang Tin 1.75 1.90
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  • 145 20 The naval authorities have been apprised of the programme arranged for the Australian destroyers Parramatta and Yarra on their long voyage. The itinerary, which will be adhered to as closely as possible, will bo as follows: —September 15, leave Ports month
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  • 145 20 The mortality returns for Singapore, issu* by the Registrar of Births and Deaths, show that during the week ending September there were 234 deaths giving a ratio per mi lit of population of 42.79. Malarial fever accounted for 4Q deaths, phthisis 25, convolsious H. beri-beri 34, bronchitis
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 518 21 n, or,', ««dlelnt oftho kind awarden a uorlipcalo at tha Calcutta exhibition, 1883-4, upon taaU —Dr. LALOR’3 Trade Mark. PHOSPHODYNE HAS HE LARQEBT SALE OF ANY PHOSPHORIC MEDICINE IN THE WORLD. for j y ea y.» h f int^* d ««rfi«i« f effects are shewn from th» world-* eputat'°ns toe
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    • 472 21 RHEUMATIC GOUT. For years I suffered cruelly from rheumatie gout,” says Mr. E. Phillips, of 7, New Riverside, Sprmgtield, Wellington, Somerset, England, who has been a nurse for eight years. The pains in my legs were so awful that I couldn t stand. I was as helpless as a baby.
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
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    • 91 22 SEE ZMUJN, No, 50.2, Victoria Street Agent for Ran ford Bicycles, prioe 146 Ojcle aooeasoriea, etc. Kitson Lamp 0B hire, 2,500 CLP, Gbni&al Ripaieik:—Cycle®, Sewing Machines, Typewriters, etc, Al« Robber -tyred Ricksha wheels. Order! promptly attended to. Moderate charges. Try DOIHI'S Louis con CHiMPAOSI, Retailer* KIM HIN CO. KW0N6 YAN
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  • The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT.
    • 1988 1 A number of shares in which local investors are interested are not quoted in looaJ share lists, and there are occasionally wide 4r gj nH between quotations here and in London. Transactions take place in
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    • 67 3 Lond0 N and SINOAPOBB ROBBBB Pbicbs 12 fIgNBHAL Tbe Rabber Industry 8 September Rabber Return** 5 Anglo Java Eatats Hevea Cultivation XKLBORAM3 Penang Share Auctions 3 Rabber Export London Rabber Auotions 8 Mbbtinos and Reports Malacca Plantations 4 8 The Sale of Hevea Estate 5 Tempeh (Java) Rabber Plantations
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    • 78 3 (From Oor Own Corrrspondhnt.) Penang, September 28. At Messrs. Cunningham’s share auction to day the following prices were realised 800 Lunas 200 Estates of Krian 500 Nellmays 250 Narboroughs 3'o Perak River Valleys -27 1,000 Jitras no buyers. Penang, September 29. At Koh Eng Bin’s share auction
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    • 54 3 (Fbom Ode Own Coeebspondent.) Koala Lumpur, October 3. The following are the quantities of rubber exported from the different States during the past eight months: Perak 2,800 ll* 8, Selangor 4,970,601 lbs. Negri Sembilan 843,652 lbs. Pahang 2,731 lbs. Total 7,229.284 lbs., against 3,447,888 lbs. tor the same
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    • 294 3 Prices Still Tending Downwards. [From Our Own Correspondent.) London, September 30. The price of rubber still continues to decline and fioe*sheet is quoted at 5/6 to 6/1 compared with 6/10 to 7/• at the last auction Para rubber is still keeping ahead
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    • 865 3 The London and China Express of Sep tember 9 5ay5...... The market for Para has oontmued dull and easier, with little business doing. Fine Hard on the spot is quoted 7s. 9d. value; Sept.-Oct. delivery sold at 7s. 9d. and sellers. Oct.
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    • 2922 4 The fourth annual ordinary general meet ing of the Malacca Rubber Plantations, Limited, was held at Winchester House, Old Street, E.C., on the 6th inst., Mr. George B. Dodwell (chairman of the com pany) presiding. The following
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    • 935 5 (From Our Own Corresponding) Kuala Lumpur, October 3. Tbe following crops are notified Inch Kenneth. 12.896 lbs Shelford, 11,700 lbs., Highlands and Lowlands, 43,178 lbs., Carey United, 11,250 lbs., Anglo Malay, 69,162 lbs Pataling, 27,654 lbs London Asiatic, 18 678 lbs., Golden Hope, 9,180 lbs., Selaba, 8.072
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    • 141 5 An extraordinary general meeting of the Hevea Rubber Planting Company. Limitod, was held at No. 45, The Arcade, on October 1, Mr. A. Diehn, who presided, moved :—That in view of the fact that tho company’s estate has been sold it is desirable to liquidate
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    • 1106 6 Properties in Java. Speaking at the statutory meeting of the Tempeh (Java) Rubber Plantations, Ltd. Col Ivor Philipp*, D.S.O M P. (chairman of the company), in the course of his remarks said Since the prospectus was issued we have received a fuller report
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    • 294 6 Experiments with rubber trees are being made in Suriname, says a 1909 report in the Indische Mercuur, from the Department of Agriculture in that colony. But these are on a very limited scale. Samples taken in that year from eight year old Hevea trees were
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    • 1427 6 The much discussed scheme fnr the An«lo Java Estate., Limited, inmTc? 1 paoies registered under Engligh la*.. M subjoot of an extraordinary JUV* o( the shareholders of mefet,D K pany on September 22. Ti,* m C m was held in
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    • 826 7 The report of the Tehran Knhber Estates, Limited, stages that the planting programme foreshadowed in the prospectns dated March 18, 1909, has not only been successfully carried out, but substantially exceeded, in respect that the whole of the original estates will now be
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    • 449 7 The Cultivation of the Hevea is the title of a work from the pen of Dr. P J. S. Kramer, Direotor of Agriculture in Surinam, which is published by Mr. J. 11. de Bussy, of Amster* dam, says the Financier.
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    • 1108 8 Sir Raymond West, presiding at the fourth annual meeting of the Liberian Rubber Corporation hi Id at Salisbury House, said that the acoouots, for the first time, showed a profit, though a small ooe. Tho expenses both in England
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    • 430 8 The vast amount of nonsense which has been written with regard to the present posi tion and prospects of plantation rubber shares during the past few months, says the Financier, leaves one open to wonder as to the number of folk who are left
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    • 411 8 The statutory meeting of the Mergrn Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held at the registered! offices of the company, The Arcade, at noon on October 5. Mr. Hood Begg, who occupied the chair in tbe absence of Mr. Baddelty, offered a few remarks
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