The Straits Budget, 13 October 1910

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1 10 The Straits Budget
  • 27 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE "STRAITS TIMES." VOL. LXIV ON 2748 Singapore, Thursday, October, 13,1910. ESTABLISHED OVER HALF A CENTOO Price 25 cents.
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  • 145 1 leaders— The Conference War 12 Lord Crewe and The Ring 12 13 Republican Portugal 13 Mr. Hroadrick’s Defence 13-14 Britibh Intrigue 14 Shanghai Prospects ...14-16 Local and Gbnkkal Social and Personal 1 Municipal Commissioners 4 The Institute of Journalists 4 Legislative Council 5-6 St. Andrew’s Ball 6
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  • 754 1 Mr. W. J. P. Humo, Auditor-General F. M. S., is expected to return from leave on December 15. Commander Mills, it. ishas gone up to Kuantau to inquire into the stranding of the dredger Kuantau. Mr. Jvens of the firm of Messrs. Hogan and Motion, Penang has
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  • 101 4 (Prom Ode Own Corrkspondrnt.) Penang, October 10. At the half-yearly meeting of Karangan Hydraulic Tin Mining Company, the Hon R. Young, who presided, said that the profits bad been maintained and the question of planting up rubber was under consideration. The Beard were in communication with the
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  • 639 4 A meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held in the Board Room, on October 7, Mr. E. O. Broadrick presided over a board consisting of Messrs. F. E. Jago, W. McBean, J. Carapiet, and Dr. Fowlie, Mr. Peirce, engineer, and Mr. Polglase, secretary,
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  • 497 4 The severance of the the Standard Oil the Asiatic Petroleu£ ZZf implied declaration of open war-L?. were conveyed in a britf cable frm to. the Straits Times the being felt in a very material wL Singapore.
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  • 44 4 (From Odr Own Corrkspondrnt). PenaDg, October 5. Papers to hand by the P. and O. mail, tbiimorning, state that Mr. W. O. Bt. editor of the Singapore Free Press, has i beec appointed one of the vice-presidents Institute of Journalists.
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  • 46 4 The following are the outputs of tin ore fo, the mouth of September; brorn u «er ltliaru Tin Mines Won by Piculs, won by tributors 7.) ujgg The Siputeh Tin Minos (26 day only, four days stopped for rene 1 chute) 244 Piculs.
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  • 265 6 A meeting of the General Committee of the Singapore St. Andrew’s Society was held on October 10 at the S. C. C. Pavilion, under the chairmanship of the Hon’blo Dr. D. J. Galloway. The following Committees were appointed for the approaching ball to be h*dd on St.
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  • 183 6 Mr. C. F. J. Green held his last Bitting in the Recond court, on October 7. In the evening ho left for Malacca by the steamer Lady Weld to take up the position of Registrar of the Supreme Court of Malacca, District Judge and
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  • 111 6 Mr. Firmstone, District Court Judge, gave judgment on October 8 in an action at the in stance of Seth and Co., brokers, against J.M. Armstrong. Plaintiffs, who wore represented by Mr. Maundrell, sued for $2BO, damages for breach of contract in respect to a rubber share transaction.
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  • 923 6 At tlio meeting of the Legislative Council on October 7 the following remarks of the Municipal President, Singapore, on the report of the Commission on Municipal Administration addressed to the Colonial Secretary, Straits Settlements, and dated Singapore, September 23, were
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  • 269 6 The litigation arising out of negotiation? for the purchase of Lunas E-tite (P.W.) wa* disposed of in the Supreme Court, od October 7, when Mr. Justice Fisher, who had been occupied several days with the evidence, gave judgment in favour
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  • 50 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) PenaDg, October 10. As a result of the oil war local prices dropped ninety per cent. A 0 ,f < ment arrives to-day from Hwgo will probably reduce prices still is stated that the Chinese are speculating heavily in hopes of a rise.
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  • 155 8 iFrom Our Own Correspondent.) PenaDg, October _lO. Mr. Mitchell, the chairman of the Penang Chamber of Commerce, in tbe course of an interview with a representative of the PinaDg Gaaetfe, on the subject of railway extensions in the peninsula, emphasized the fact that
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  • 50 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, October 10. Mr. H. C. Welham, lately editor of the PinaDg Gazette, contributes a two and a half columns letter to that paper, criticising trenchantly and outspokenly, Mr. Hntten bach’s pamphlet, reprinted from the Straits Times, on the Freight and Steamship Bill.
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  • 221 8 Messrs. Fraser and Co’.s circular for the P. and O- mail of October 7, says:— The market has remained in a depressed state daring the week and a continuance of falling prices in rubber shares, advised from London, tended to further this condition. However, latest advices indicate
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  • 1265 8 The Grimes Case. DEFENDANT’S REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS.” Profits on Rubber Flotations. Mr. Firmstone, District Court Judge, had a prolonged sitting, on October 5, taking further evidence in the case in wbiob P. A. G Grimes is charged, on three counts, with cheating. Defendant himself was under examination and cross-examination for two
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  • 11 9 W—ffr. a Ktraita Times is not responsible for the oorieipondenta.]
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  • 286 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times. __on behalf of those who worship at t Matthew’s Church, Sepoy Lines, I beg to most grateful thanks to all those who “eDeronsly came forward to help the rj W bich in being raised for tbe re Nation
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  • 533 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir—1 have read Mr. Stuart’s elaborate article with interest. While admiring the threat trouble, taken by this statistically inclined gentleman, 1 am afraid, that owiDg to the impossibility to judge of the extent which the Conference has influenced the development
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  • 216 9 To tbe Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —I read with great interest your leader in Monday’s isBue on the Municipa Enquiry Commission’s report and its results, and ro thoroughly agreed with its general tone that I was more than horrified at your assumption that anything could
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  • 1970 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—Until 1 read your succinct leader of the 6th inst, under the above heading, my impression was that the Freights Bill was in the nature of a protective measuro by the Straits Government, but it appears from your remarks that
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  • 403 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —It is not only in England but also among residents in the colony and F. M. S. that Government aid to the Bishopric Fund is criticised and I venture to submit that though the Bishop on Friday attempted to
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  • 448 10 The French Bteamer Arniral Olry, of the Chargeurs Rounis, which left Singapore for Europe on Sunday, put back on Tuesday with tire smouldering in her bunkers and ber forehold. She has been berthed at the East Wharf, Tanjong Pagar. The
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  • 43 12 Yin —On October 7, at Florentia, Leonie HilLHoad, the wife of S. C. Yin, mu.mrcs, l r 7 p., of a son. Koknig. —On October 10, at 7, Penang Lane, Hugarore. the wife of Caj t. B. H. Koenig, of a daughter.
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  • 71 12 Somkrville— Mkrckb. —At the Church of Saints Philip and Janes, Holywood, Co. Diwn. on October 6, by the Right Kcvd The Lord Bit-hop of Down, Connor and Prnmore, assisted by Cannon Joseph B MoCheane, m a.. Rector of Fresbford, uncle of the bride, David Kemp Somerville, of Singa Ei
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  • THE Straits Budget.
    • 1221 12 are outside tiie i&voured circle. Straits Times, October 6. Heaven helps those who help themselves, and in certain matters Government has to be* substituted for Heaven. At the urgent request of the general trading community the Government of this colony has entered into what has been described
      are outside tiie i&voured circle.— Straits Times, October 6.  -  1,221 words
    • 1027 12 neatest exaltation.— Strain Times, October It in a very groat misfortune wethi.i. tbe deputation of shipowner u k was f ''""actor, and h .«T report wbicb wan published or. Klntll tmred b, far tbe leant interne,, pj**' decision. To-day we are able to „ll a
      neatest exaltation.— Strain Times, October *  -  1,027 words
    • 1124 13 last thing we look for in Portugal—Straits Times, October 8. For the moment it appear that the Republicans are triumphant in Portugal, and that the boy-King has tied to Gibraltar, to obtain the benefit of Brtish protection. We may hear within a few days that the Loyalists have
      last thing we look for in Portugal—Straits Times, October 8.  -  1,124 words
    • 1177 13 n ———n—of the too much for one-mao type—Straits Times, October 10. If anything were required to round off and complete the indictment of Mr. Broadrick by the Municipal Commissioo it would bo supplied by his own defence. He did not attempt to exercise an efficient financial supervision
      — — —n — — — ———nof the too much for one-mao type—Straits Times, October 10.  -  1,177 words
    • 1028 14 —Straits Times, October 11. There would appear to bo a certain cumber of public writers in Germany who believe that British diplomacy rivals Chinese in its subtlety. One estimable journal is convinced that Britain engineered the revolution in Portugal so as to create a situation favourable to the
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    • 1107 14 whatever zig-zag movements follow. —Straits Times, October 12- A long letter clearlv written figures based on tire s eDK »t Bc Ck d things, appears in the North News. It presents the outlook or"”,' S rubber shareholders in a better ft* has been usual of late, and the
      whatever zig-zag movements follow.—Straits Times, October 12-  -  1,107 words
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    • 91 12 The Post free price of th uStraits Times Hb a year The post free price of the Straits budget is $14 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. The Straits Budget
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  • 26 12 DEATH. Allkn. —At Gaylang, on the morning of October 6, Charles Henry, second son of the late Charles Martin Allen, of Perseverance Estate aged 42 years.
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  • 925 15 Smallpox at Taiping is abating, occasional cases only being reported. The output of tin ore for the month of September, from Messrs. Societe des Etains de Kinta is 2,046.87 piculs. The output of tin mined on the Heawood Company’s account in September was 805 piculs. Proceeds of
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  • 588 15 It is our regrettable doty to make known that Mr. W. W. Bailey, so well known for years as being the pioneer plantor of rubbor in Malaya, has died at home. The which was contained in
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  • 39 15 Following is the result of crushing operations at Raub for the four weeks ending October 8 —Tons crushed Bukit Roman, 3,605, Bukit Malacca, 1,153. Total gold obtained, 766 ounces. Average per ton 3.43 dwts.
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  • 2454 16 London, October 5. The English newspapers comment sympathetically on the opening of the Chinese Imperial Assembly and say that it is a vivid illustration of the world-wide movement towards parliamentary institutions. Rumours have been curreut during the past few hours of a revolution at Lisbon, and there is
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  • 728 17 Berlin, October 5. Sympathetic comments are being made on China’s Imperial Assembly, and tbe Frank turter dwells upon the true national character of its task. The Emperor William and the Czar are to meet in November. Lisbon is in tbe hands of revolutionaries, and the army and navy
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    • 120 17 October 9 Dingo Maru, Jap str, Parsons, Bombay, Paterson Simons C L. y I.opez, Span str, Cisa, Mani'a. Barlow Hu$hu Maru, Jap str, Masurnoto, Kaugoou, M. Bussan Kaibha. Deucali n, Brit str, Smallwood, Hongkong, W. Mansfield Apcar, Brit str, Hudson, Hongkong, Paters u Simons Seirntad, Nor str, Larsen, Bangkok,
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    • 120 17 October 8 Gorgon, Brit etr, t rerniiitlo via ports Vorwaerta Ana str, Aden via porta Soifo Maru, Jap btr, Yokohama via porta Siahan. Bus str, Vladivostock Devon ha, Brit btr, Hongkong and Shanghai Hohilla, Brit transport Hongkong K Wilhelmim, Dot str, Arnnerdam via porta liitley, Hi it btr, Manila
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  • 249 18 Simoapobs, Ootobhb 12, 1910. EXCHANGE. On London —Bank 4 m/a 2/4$ Demand 2/4 Private 6 m/s 2/4| do 8 m/s 2/4 tJj On Germany —Bank d/d 240 Private 8 m/s 244 m do 8 m/a 248$ On France —Bank d/d 295 Private 8 m/s 299$ do 8
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  • 911 18 Singapore, Ootobhr 12, 1910. MINING. Issne B Value Bayers. Sellers. 10 10 Belat Tin 8.75 4 00 10 10 Bruang 5X0 6.50 10 10 Bruseh Hyd. 4.00 5.00 10 10 Kanaboi 2.40 2 60 £1 £1 KintaTin 15 50 16.50 £1 £1 Kledang Tin 175 1.90 10
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  • 86 18 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, October 8. Ipoh wires that Mr. J. B S. Campbell, the assistant manager of the Tronoh Mines, en oouotered several Chinese tin stealers down the mine shaft and a desperate tight ensued One robber
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  • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
    • 50 18 5. L. R. A. The Singapore Ladies Rifle Association fired on October 7 for the Mills cop, when the following six best scores were returned: Miss Gann M Miss Kerr Mrs. Felkin Miss C. Anderson 82 Mrs. Fisher 81 Mrs. V. Thomas Taiping scored 201 and Ipoh 191.
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    • 50 18 Sepoy Lines Club. Mr. Muodell on playing tie with Dr. Keith won the men’s monthly medal for last mon The following is the result of ladies mod* this mouth Mrs. Peirce 85 W Mrs. Keith 35 Mrs. Marriott 10 Mrs. Hartnell 6 M Mrs. Livesey r.» Mrs. Ransford 37
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    • 70 19 ..'*1 Try min LOUIS ROTBB CHABPitINK, Retailer* KIM HIN GO. KWONG VAN HIN GO. TECK WHAn CO 1SW1 Y/RlOHT'5 lets iMft lb' «n rum i 0 n Oaatala all tk« OfutlN fanMAti, »U.; Paaaraatla, Ranitin ul Ol«»ti»» JAMES WRIOHT, LONDON, Zn&v* CALCUTTA A COMCAT Price 1 >00. The Pharmacy, A
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    • 338 20 LEA PERRINS SAUCE —gives a delightfully appetizing flavour to all Meat Dishes, Fish, Soup, Salad, &c<, and assists digestion. f By Royal Warrant to H.M the King. Original and Genuine WORCESTERSHIRE. W mm 1 The only Medicine of the kind awards a certificate at the Calcutta Exhibition, 1883-4, open te
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    • 423 20 STONE IN THE KIDNEY." AttONlrtlNU B LADD IK DikoUDKBM. Mr. James Moe» resides at 66, Brace Street, Walsall, England, aod in highly respected Speakii g of hit terrible snfferitg from. in the kidney—cue of the moat agot itiog of all diteaeeH he •aye:—** T have {mseed three atooee at large
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  • The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT.
    • 2006 1 number of shares in which local investors are interested are not quoted in local share lists, and there are occasionally wide QH between quotations here and in London. Transactions take place in Mincing-Lane as well
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    • 132 3 isn Singapore Rubber London ANP 1.2 Pbicbs 5 om-nt Rubber Company 3 M Rubber Exports 3 Lasting Rubber Values 4 5 Kamunintf Rubber and Tin Co. Vew Jobore Company 6 iltembor Rubber Return* 7 A Shanghai Rubber Deal 7 [lindiogs Rubber Kobber in Honduras Übu »F. M. 8.) Dividend
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    • 47 3 iPxom Oub Own Corrrspondint.) Kuala Lumpur, October 5. The Planters’ Stores and Agency has a London wire that plantation sheet biscuit is at 5 3, crepe at 6/6, best scrap 4/9, bark wrap 4/3, scrap untreated 4/2, Rambong 4/ and fine hard para 5/10.
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    • 47 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, October 6. At to day's share auctions the following prices were realised 300 Ulu Pandans at $0 50 1.00') limays at 080 100 Glenealys at 1-30 500 New Tambuns at 450 Rahman Hydraulics were offered, but found po buyers.
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    • 43 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, October 7. The rubber < xport duty prices from October 7 to October 20 will be as follows Sheet biscuit $270 Crepe 285 Best scrap 245 Bark Kcrap 215 Untreated scrap 210 Kambong 200
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    • 68 3 From Our Own Correspondent.) PeDaog, October 8. Messrs. Kennedy and Company, on behalf of ttie Malayan Planters’ Association, having pointed oat to the Government the inconveniences and hardships that would be oc-*-ioned if the importation of indentured Indian coolies was stopped on October 31, *jve r< chived an
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    • 1107 3 Orient Rubber Company. SHANGHAI INVITED TO GO IN ON GROUND FLOOR.” But the Actual Ground Floor Is Occupied. A curious prospectus is being handed ronnd Singapore and is also, we presume, being freely issued in Shanghai. It has reference to 8,760 acres or thereabouts of virgin jangle on the island
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    • 157 3 Following is tho comparative statement of cultivated rubber exported during the years 1910 and 1909 Exported Tola, enduring -port daring August, 1910. the year. Perak 251.0 J 8 1,412,300 Selangor 598.770 4,970,001 Negri Sombilan 129,957 843,052 Pahang 069
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    • 2337 4 The Financier, of September 12, gives a page to an extremely interesting article by Major L. E B. Dykes on methods of deterruioing the value of a rubber company’s
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    • 14 5 (The Strain Times is not responsible for the opinions of its correspondents. J
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    • 162 5 To tho Editor of the Straits Times Sir, Have you any information upon the subject of the prospects of the Pantai Bobber Co. that you could give me. It was stated at a meeting held some time in the Spring that tapping was to be started upon
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    • 155 5 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Our clients, Messrs. Aylesbury and Garland of Tapab, have instructed us to call your attention to the inaccuracy of the report contained in a recent issue of the Strait* Times with reference to the proceedings in
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    • 144 5 (From Our Own Cobrbspondbnt.) Penang, October 10. A mooting of tbe Committee of the Malay Peninsula Association discussed the recruiting of Chinese Sinkohs with a view to asking Government to legislate in the matter. It was resolved to send a petition to
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    • 53 5 Messrs, (ruthrie and Co. are in receipt of. cable advice from tho secretaries, Kamuning (Perak) Robber and Tin Co., Ltd., that the directors have decided to recommend payment of a dividend of 15 percent, in respect to the financial year of the company which ended
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    • 1147 6 TREMELBYE (SELANGOR) AND OTHER REP0RIS. Estimated Crops. The report of the Tremelbve (Selangor) Rubber Company, Limited, states that, aft*r wiitieg off the preliminary expenses and charging all the expenditure in London, the prcAt and loss account shows a balance of £6,333. Oat of this the directors recommend the
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    • 215 6 It appears from an article in the Financia’ Woild of New York, that Wall-street has begun to take an active interest in the rub ber tyre output, because it has been rumoured for some time that a rubber tyre Trust, con trolling largely the bicycle and
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    • 706 6 Last week’s mail brinuw K P "ht OB r° f be Men «‘‘.bol (C eo ui l |Vi P, Kubber Company, Limit*d Ti, a be £160,100, divided into' 15oW £1 each and the present i HiJSfll HOl ■diaren at par of which
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    • 1118 7 To tne Editor of the Straits Times. H hould like to reply to some of A S ker After Knowledge” ’s remarks on my itLr on Fomes. nf course, if there is no machine that will t the ela ticity, toughness,
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    • 679 7 (From Our Own Correspondbnt.) Kuala Lumpur, October 5. Chersonese 2,385 lbs., Dennistown 1,198 lbs., Cheras 865 lbs, Federated Selangor 17,058 lbs., Batu Tiga 9,602 lbs, F. M. S 34,145 lbs., Kuala Lumpur 49,216 lbs., Tan jong Malim 900 lbs., Damausara 93,290 lbs. (three months.) PenaDg, October 5.
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    • 166 7 An interesting action arising out of the June Settlement was heard before Mr. Sun, assistant magistrate, and Mr. C. F. Garstin, British assessor, at the mixed court, Shanghai. The plaintiffs in the case were Messrs. Wingrove and Barrett, the well-known stockbroking firm, and the defendant Weisum
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    • 955 8 The Financier writes as follows Like the dirigible that circled the dome of St. Paul’s on Saturday, a new rubber company, of weird aspect, attempts a perilous flight in the nipping air. It hails from Ipswich, the ca*nty town of silly Suffolk —a town
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    • 235 8 According to the Globe of September 15, the London boom appears to have given considerable impetus to the cultivation of rubber in Honduras, particn’arly in the vicinity of Ceiba, and it is not improbable that the in dustry may become an important one, given a little encouragement
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    • 69 8 (Messrs. Guthrie and Co., agents of the Labu (F. M. S Rubber Co., Ltd have today, received a cable stating that the directors have declared an interim dividend of 10 per cent., payable in London on the 28th inst. A first interim devidend of 20
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    • 585 8 Tbe London nod China Express K tember 16. contains the tolW io S< formation respecting the rubber indu,?„ The market for Para, after beinu S closes easier, with few buyers. Fine H.. > the spot is quoted 7-. fijd* value s.p 't”
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    • 699 9 Tk fcr e iB now a general recognition, how- f) grudging it may be in certain quarters, a y S the Financier, that plantation rubber aitivation as a Middle East tropical agri. altural industry has come to stay. That v’ ry area planted
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    • 472 9 Reference has been made ol several occasions in the«<e columns, says The Fin ancier, to the importance of the motor industry throughout the civilised world in nruM M^OD the raw rubber outlook >N hue therein always the danger of undue exaggeration in
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    • 176 9 A meeting of the Planters’! Association of Malaya will be hold at 11-30 a.m.,on October 23, at the Masonic Hall, Kuala Lumpur, to transact the following business:—Minutes of meeting of August 18; absconding coolies; London rubber exhibition compulsory grading of agricultural exports Brussels robber exhibition Straits
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    • 401 9 The report of the directors of the United Sumatra Knbber Estates, Limited, states that the accounts for the year to June 30 again show a satisfactory result. After transferring £730 to reserve, which will stand at X‘>,ooo, and writing
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    • 257 9 Writing on September 28, tho North China Daily Nows Raid Wo understand that the Shanghai Taotai is in receipt of an Edict authorising him to conclnde another loan of Tls. 2,000,000 (amount issued Tls. 1,000,000) for tho purpose of taking
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