The Straits Budget, 19 January 1911
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section28 1911-01-19 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE "STRAITS TIMES VOL. LXV NO. 2762 Singapore, Thursday, January, 19, 1911. ISTASUSNID OVER NAIF A CENTUR* Price 25 cents28 words
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Article244 1911-01-19 1 LEADERS Arbitration ami Reciprocity 10 India and Opium 10 The Triple Entente ...10-11 The Great Peace Fund 11 The Unpopular Tax 11 Misdirected Taxation 11*12 Local and Gknkkal Local and Personal 1 The Income Tax 2*3 The Opium Loss 3 The Festival of Taipusam 3 Teutonia Club244 words
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Article1636 1911-01-19 1 I'he Hoard of Trade lmve received, through die Foreign ()tfice, a binocular glass for Lieut donald Mansfield, master of tbe Indrapura, of Liverpool, awarded him by the President of the United States for saving life bom the wreck of the American schooner 'eorge L. Drake on December1,636 words
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4644 1911-01-19 2 No Necessity for Increased Taxes. Memls rs of the Singa|N*ro hamlx r of oininerei met at the Lxchaugi oil •lannary Iff, to consider the proposed imposition of an income tax. Mr. D.4,644 words
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210 1911-01-19 3 1 lie annual festival of Taipusam, which commemorates the appearance of the god Siva to his devotees mounted on a peacock, was in course of celebration -at the temple in Tank Hoad during the week-end. 1 lie celebrations commenced on210 words
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Article227 1911-01-19 3 The report of Messrs. Fraser and Co. for the I*, and O. mail of the 12th inst.. states Husiness has been more active since our last report, with more enquiry for mining shares and some investment buying of Rubbers, the latter closing at slightly lower prices. The227 words
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Article195 1911-01-19 3 Teh Moh Soon, of 76. Cpper Circular Hoad, who was the victim of the recent big robliery involving 524,(HH) worth of gold, was comp 1.- 1 i 11 111 1 in another charge of theft heard by Mr. Robinson in the third police court, on January195 words
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Article86 1911-01-19 3 News of the serious illness of the Municipal Fngineer, Mr. R. Peirce, has been received in Singapore with universal regret. Mr. Peirce was taken to hospital some days ago suffering from internal complications, and bis condition on January 16 was far from satisfactory. On enquiry86 words
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442 1911-01-19 3 I he attractive nature of the programme drew a large audience to the Teutonia Club on January 16 to listen to the string orchestra of the German cruiser Scliarnhorst. Apart from its general excellence, the programme was well arranged, the bright442 words
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191 1911-01-19 3 In the Supreme Court, on January 17beforc the Chief Justice, Sir \V. H. Hyndman Jones, Moey Yeak Kuni. a planter and trader, of Singapore, claimed 55,(HH) damages and costs against Mr. St. V. B. Down, merchant. in respect of an alleged191 words
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Article145 1911-01-19 3 The mortality returns for Singapore, issued by the Registrar of Births and Death*, show that during the week ending January 7, there were 216 deaths, giving a ratio per mille of population of 68.54. Malarial fever accounted for 55 deaths, phthisis 25, convulsions 17, lieri-beri 20, bronchitis145 words
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297 1911-01-19 3 iFlow Oiu Own Cokiikm'omiknt.i Lainmn, January 12. Irn Malay ami eleven Sikh police arrivim| from Singa|n»re in tin* Trengganu on the ifc)i inst. to strengthen tin* force here. Thin }>r*‘cautionary measure was taken owing to the dosing down of the coal297 words
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Article173 1911-01-19 3 Cecil Clarke, the Kurasiati who was charged w ith the thefts of two raincoats from the Supreme Court on January 0, reappeared Indore Mr. Robinson, third magistrate, or .Januard 12. and pleaded guilty to both eharg' He described himself as "a planter hi. he had173 words
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Article143 1911-01-19 3 A malpractice* tliat lias lece*n causing considerable trouble to its victim was brought to the notice of Mr. Acton, second magistrate, on January Id. when a K ling tamby employed by Messrs, (iosling and Co., liohinson Hoad, was charged with stealing stamps from letters, criminal breach143 words
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Article142 1911-01-19 3 A comfortable way e>f e*arning bis passage* home* was practiced bv a Turk last week. |)re*ss<*el in a shabby military uniform, and. armeel w ith a passport, a discharge'certificate', and a subscription list lie' we nt reeutid the Arab emmiminity and tbe Kling keelaistelling a we*e*f l142 words
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Article31 1911-01-19 3 The* I’.elat Tin Mining Cei„ I .tel., De'eemlsr a Ife.a’i pie 11 Is. Ihiiang Limited, l>e*ccmlH*i* bbk.Vt piculs, huaiitan Tin Mining Co. Ltel., I feccmleer 1.2 S piculs.31 words
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1236 1911-01-19 4 The case of nllcg*od abetment of at tempted bribery of a municipal servant was heard in the fourth court on January M before! Mr. Seth. Tin; defendant, Chong; Hoo, wan charged on two counts: That you, on December 27, 19l<),1,236 words
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269 1911-01-19 4 An ordinary general meeting* of the- Straits Trading* Company, Ltd., was held at the company's registered office, 11, t'ollyer tjuay, on January 12, when the statement of accounts and balance sheet for tlu; half-year ended September .'lO, 1010, and the reports269 words
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Article190 1911-01-19 4 A few days a hinaman living in tin* interior of the island reported to the police t hat, he had lost a quantity of rice and tisli and oil, valued at 5-17.20. lie had t»iven it to a sampan coolie to brine down the river to Singapore,190 words
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268 1911-01-19 4 Tin* iinniiiil report of tho Sin«a, mmv Sjm.il- lith for tho your 1910 i« short but satisfactory. Tito statements of account shew a credit balance on tlic working ticcount ot *20,575.47 and a cash balance of 4 1. after transferring268 words
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163 1911-01-19 4 The advance statement of the export of tin front tho Federated Malay States during the months of January to Decernls-i*, 1910. as compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, reaches us from the office of the Federal Secretary.163 words
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Article104 1911-01-19 4 I lie first class armoured cruiser Minotaur, 14,6 m tons, readied Singapore from Pemvng shortly lx*fore seven o’clock on .lanuary 1.1 ami proceeded direct to the Tanjong Pagar wharves when- coaling operations were commenced. As she steamed into the harbour Sl.c was flying the Hag of104 words
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Article76 1911-01-19 4 The local manager of the Hongkong and hanghai Hanking orporation has received a telegram from his Head Oflicein Hongkong stating that, subject to audit, the Hank divi' loin half-year ended December HI, lawniw t In, y l”' L ]M V H]uint t,,at 2.»<> nm will be76 words
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266 1911-01-19 4 \t the annual general meeting of the Perak Chamber of Mines, held at Ijm.li on January 11 at which there were twenty present, over whom Mr. It. P. Ibasoh. PresuW presided, a discussion arose on the subject of the necessity266 words
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Article155 1911-01-19 4 M*wo large |.ictures of Kuala Lumpur in the past are now in the Selangor Club. 1 hey are enlargements from original photographs l>clonging to Mr. .1. Ihisst'll and have In-on very successfully carried out. One depicts the Padang and its surroundings in 1882, two years before the155 words
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Article155 1911-01-19 4 Mr. A. T. llryant presided at a dinner given in the Sincpore Club, on .lanuary IT. by the members of the Civil Service in honour of the lion. W. Kvans at present officiating as I >cputy-( lovernor. and who leaves at an early date for Penang. The hosts155 words
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Article156 1911-01-19 4 c are informed that tor some time there has been considerable inconvenience in Tan l ock Scum s Hospital from the accumulation of Chinese inmates who are incurably blind, while otherwise in good health, and who occupy space which is thus rendered unavailable for true156 words
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Article60 1911-01-19 4 1 "Ini'KiTOiis ciincnts in (lie nciidibniir- of Kcppel Harbour got the better of the olomal steam yacht Sea Mew on January She WHH leaving the harbour when she got into a strong current which carried her head on to Pulau llantu. When the tide receded she was60 words
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Local Telegrams.
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Article65 1911-01-19 5 (From Our Own CorrkspondkntJ Penang, January 18. It is officially announced that the wedding of Mins Anderson, daughter of Sir John Anderson, O. C. M. G., and Mr. D. Y. Perkins, of Messrs. Drew and Napier, will take place in Singapore on February 25, and not February65 words
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Article40 1911-01-19 5 (Iron Our Own Corrkspondrnt.) Penang, January 13. Cowan, tlie bookmaker, has been committed for trial at the next Assizes on charges of using as genuine a forged document and forgery. Bail was allowed in the sum of *3,000.40 words
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Article44 1911-01-19 5 (From Our Own Corrkspondknt.} Kuala Lumpur, January 14. In the match Selangor v. Negri Sembilan, the first-named team scored 66 in their first innings and 78 for six wickets in the second against Negri Sembilan*s 94 in the first innings.44 words
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Article45 1911-01-19 5 (From Oui Own Corrksfondknt.i Kuala Lumpur, January 14. The cricket match between Selangor and Negri Sembilan ended in a victory for the latter by ten wickets. For the winners, M. K. Foster made 51 not out. and Small 20 not out.45 words
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Article45 1911-01-19 5 (From Our Own Corrkspondknt.) Hongkong, January 18. Mr. Kavenhill, the cashier at the Hongkong offices of the Canadian Pacific Kailway Company, has been remanded at the Magistracy on a charge of embezzling over $9,000. Bail was granted in the sum of $20,000.45 words
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312 1911-01-19 5 The Bangkok Times assorts tli.-it:—On the matter of the much talked of railway extension. Penaug. at last knows exactly where it stands. At any rate it ought to, for Sir .John Anderson put the |>osition very plainly. He312 words
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Article108 1911-01-19 5 I he forteenth ordinary general meeting of Neremban Tin Mining Company, Limited, i V;,s to be held at Redruth, Cornwall, on comber 29. Tim directors state that the ''•ims of tin show a decrease of X'42B 75., whilst ue expenses show a reduction of X’2lB 12s.108 words
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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
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Article499 1911-01-19 5 S. L. R. A. The S. L. R. A. opened the season for 1911 with the competition for the Walker Trophy, on January 12, at Balestier Range. The wet weather kept away a few competitors whose scores might have proved useful to their side, and under the circumstances499 words
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Article197 1911-01-19 5 Sepoy Lines Golf Club. The following are the draws for the first and second rounds in the men's competition at Sepoy Lines, for the Young de Rougemont Cup:— First round Everitt v. Finlayson and the rest byes. Skcond round: David v. Hcllier, Draper v. Ellis. Baddeley v. Cowap, Melville197 words
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Article121 1911-01-19 5 Tanglin Club Match. A prize preseuted by the President, Mr Itowland Allen, was bowled for at the Tang lin Club last week, and was won by Mr. It. L Dunman with the excellent score of H76. Tin following are the full scores R. L. Dunman 756+120=876 C. G. Adams121 words
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Article77 1911-01-19 5 S. C. C. v. h. M. S. Newcastle. The beautiful weather on January 11 attracted quite a large crowd to the Esplanade where the S. C. C. soccer team was engaged in a match with representatives of the cruiser Newcastle. The ground was extremely sloppy, the sailors apparently being77 words
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Article207 1911-01-19 5 In the Supreme Court, on January 18, before the Chief Justice, Sir W. H. Hyndman Jones, the case was continued in which Tan Mong Tlio, trader, sued L. Herment, broker, for the recovery of $718.50, being one half of the amount of difference between the contract207 words
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Article86 1911-01-19 5 Tim Seamew wj* successfully refloated at high tide, about 10 o'clock, the same night. Fortunately no material damage has resulted from the mishap. Divers went down yesterday while she was still stranded and they reported that her bottom was resting on soft coral, so that there was86 words
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562 1911-01-19 5 Calcutta experienced a novel sensation on December 29 when, in the afternoon at 4.80, M. Jules Tyek, a Belgian aviator, ascended in his Bleriot monoplane from the Tollygunge club grounds ami Hew over the city of Calcutta,562 words
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Article532 1911-01-19 5 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,-—In addressing you these lines, I am following the suggestion of some Singafiore residents. After all the niee progress I had made in arranging for an aviation meeting here, hav ingbeen promise! the aid and patronage of the Acting Governor, the532 words
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Page 5 Advertisements
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Advertisement217 1911-01-19 5 Property Auctions. At Messrs. H. L. Coglilan and Co s Salerooms on January 9, the following properties were disposed ofLot 1. Freehold Land at Syod Alwi Hoad and Jalan Bezar. Area 30 acres, 29 poles. Sold to N. C. Chellapa Pillay for $20, (XX). Lot 2. Freeliold land at Syed217 words
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334 1911-01-19 6 <ireat Hrilain's Capital Investments in Individual Colonial and Foreign Countries waH the subject of a paper read hy Mr. (Jeorgc Paisli at a meeting, on December 20, of the I toy a I Statistical Society, the president, Lord George Hamilton, luing334 words
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Article121 1911-01-19 6 Mr. .1. A. Mint*), su|>orintendent of tint boring section under tile Department of Mines, Siam, lias sent in his resignation, ami will he leaving Government service in May. Mr. Minto is leaving Siam for |>ersonal roasons, lint wo Timos) nmlorstaml work in tliis section is practically121 words
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Article73 1911-01-19 6 In framing the national the (irand Council at Pekinj' has decided that the salaries of all the (Irand Secretaries and N iceroys of ddb rent provinces will be tm Is |M>r annum. It is estimated that taxes W J increasoil so as to produce an < itional five73 words
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651 1911-01-19 6 Before a meeting of the China Philosophi eal Society held at Tientsin lately, Dr. NVu Licntrh delivered an address oil Some Rcflcctions on the Practice of Hygiene, in China. He Ik •gan by drawing attention to the651 words
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Article142 1911-01-19 6 I lie cruiser Creseent, of Portsmouth Sub division of the Home fleet, will proceed to the China station with relief crews for China destroyers and half-crews for the river Kunlsiats and for the Tamar, about February 1. Five of the destroyers are tobccoimnis-smm-d witli full erews142 words
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1085 1911-01-19 6 A paper was reud at the meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute, (Sir Gilbert Parker. M.P., in the chain, by Lieut.-General Sir .1. Bcvan Edwards, K.C.M.G., C.B., on I he Necessity for an Imperial Parliament. It may1,085 words
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417 1911-01-19 6 The tw in-screw steamer Maloja, for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, was launched at Belfast on December 17. The new vessel, w hich is 569 ft. long by 62 ft. in. beam, w ill be417 words
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Article202 1911-01-19 6 There is a deal of romance in the hunting for orchids, says W. G. Fitzgerald, in the Windsor Magazine. The discovery of the Elephant Moth is an excellent example of this. A German collector, passing up the deadly Hy River, in New Guinea, came suddenly upon202 words
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1360 1911-01-19 7 Sir J. West-Ridgeway presided at the fiftysixth half yearly meeting of the British North Borneo Co., held in London on December 21. After referring to the loss the company had suffered through the* death of the late*1,360 words
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633 1911-01-19 7 The Earl of Crewe was the principal guest at the annual dinner of the British North Borneo Company, at the Hotel Cecil, London, on December 2. Sir J. West Hidgeway presided, and a large gathering included the Governor of British North Borneo, Lord633 words
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335 1911-01-19 7 One' of the principal American steamship companies, making a sjxiciality of tours around the world, has made out itineraries for nine such tours. These are known as Independent Around-tho-World Tours and can lx* taken at any time during the year, or335 words
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Article195 1911-01-19 7 Captain Owen F. Gillett. commander of the cruiser Warrior, luts received from the Admiralty an expression of the Sea Lords’ appreciation of the good seamanship anil excellent services rendered by bis officers and ship’s company in averting what would have undoubtedly been a disaster in Plymouth Sound195 words
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812 1911-01-19 7 Further curious facts have couie to 1 iKh* I in connection with the llounclsditeh murders. They are referred to in later telegrains via Rangoon. Reuter has telegraphed from New Y'ork that the Boston and New York police812 words
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1105 1911-01-19 8 Capital and Commerce, a Shanghai weekly journal, has a lengthy reference to the judgment given by Mr. Justice Fisher in the oaae in which a plaintiff was induci*] to take Up 200 shares on a circular, or tcm|>orary prospect us of1,105 words
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570 1911-01-19 8 An iui|M>rtant communique has been issued by the Government of Iudia to the press, as follows: The complicated negotiations over the future of the opium trade which have been procissling at Peking during the last year seem still to be some570 words
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315 1911-01-19 8 lu connection with the rejiorted intention of the Admiralty to despatch a small flotilla i of submarine boats to the Far Fast this year, it is of interest to note that at present the only submarines in Far Eastern315 words
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411 1911-01-19 8 Liu-yuk-lin, the new Chinese Minister to tin; Court of St. JanieH’H, has been received in audience by the King at Buckingham Palace. Discussing, in an interview with a Keuter’s representative, the relations of China with (treat Britain, the Minister said:—l am411 words
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Article56 1911-01-19 8 A terrible accident happened at Kmmaliavrn, on the West Coast of Sumatra, I (t n d)er The Ocean Company’s bner Ixion was taking in cargo, when the hauling tackle gave way and a beam struck a mate and a sailor and killed them. broken’ribs' r56 words
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895 1911-01-19 8 Speculative Wall Street —that is to say, that part of speculative Wall Street which is ready at all times to place a stake upon tho drop of the hat or the flip of the coin—has consistently895 words
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549 1911-01-19 9 Reynolds s Newspaper, of December 25, contains the following report:— An extraordinary story was told at Teigniiiontli, when I)r. Henry Francis Conyngham was summoned for making a false statement to the registrar of births. Mr. El well, London, defended, and549 words
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145 1911-01-19 9 It is stated that with regard to the lndoCeylon railway connection which is being pushed forward by the South Indian Company, the question of the design of the bridge across the Pamban Pass has now been finally settled. Originally the145 words
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Article105 1911-01-19 9 Mr. Dickinson, American Secretary for War. who recently paid a visit to the Puilippines, in his report to President Taft, says that in his opinion the people of the isl inds are not yet prepared for the resi>onsibility of self-government. He recommends that a system of105 words
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506 1911-01-19 9 A remarkable discovery of a new radioactive substance by a Norwood doctor should before long place the radium treatment for cancer and other malignant diseases within the reach of every medical man m the country. Hitherto, owing to the enormous ex)teuso506 words
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321 1911-01-19 9 The North China Daily News, in the j course of an article on "The Evils of AntiOpiumism," points out that reform and not the suppression of opium should take first place in the national progressive movement l of the day. Our contemporary remarks321 words
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354 1911-01-19 9 At a meeting of the Hongkong Legislative Council, on December 29, the Hon. Mr. ReesDavies, in moving the second reading of the bill to consolidate anil amend the Ordinances relating to Companies, stated that the bill aimed at a consolidation354 words
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476 1911-01-19 9 Ou the occasion of the launching of a new motor-driven tank steamer, the Vulc&nux, on December 16, Mr. Deterding, the head of the Royal Dutch-Shell Combine, gave some ]>articulars concerning the situation ou the petroleum market. He declared that at present476 words
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294 1911-01-19 9 It is with the deepest pain, says the Shanghai Times, of .lanuary 7, that wo have to record that the Engineers’ Dance at the Alitor House last evening—the first of the season was brought to a sudden and terrible close294 words
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311 1911-01-19 9 The London correspondent of Manchester Guardian, wiring to his journal on December 21, stated To shipping people the great surprise of the week, 1 am given to understand, has been the announcement of the intentions of the Union311 words
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169 1911-01-19 9 Writing oil December 22, the Macao correa]K>n<U>nt of the China Mail says The infantry sergeant who was tried on the charge of having abetted the riotous conduct of the deputed privates on Monday last has been sentenced to ten days’ imprisonment ami to169 words
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Article81 1911-01-19 10 V 1 wan —Hi kokhm.—> On .laminry 14, 1911, \ii<licu'h ('athedral, Singaiibrc, by the Binluip of Singapore, Archibald Coniley Vivian, of Sarawak, third Mon of the late \iviau of K» iinini'ton. to Fanny, daughter of Iho Inti* i* IhngcHHof Wick, (iloticcHtcrahire. McKkn/.ik Sanoimon. At Malacca, on January !1, in81 words
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THE Straits Budget.
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Article1054 1911-01-19 10 Straits 'l'imes, January 12. To Lii* itude-iith of tliat wielcr world from which we are* apt at times to fe*e*l emrselves some what separate-el, three items of Cable* new published yesterday must have* been of veay ooiisielerable* interest. We* have to note*, first, the iiiee*tiiig of CanaeliaiiStraits 'l'imes, January 12. - 1,054 words
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Article1111 1911-01-19 10 any responsibility. Straits 1 hues. January 18. N<> i.iic, so far as we have seen. lias been al)lo to so I\ o tin* mystery of opium prices, j I mlia. the grower of best quality opium, under| toolv in 11MM» to reduce Iter output by one- iany responsibility. Straits 1 hues. January 18. - 1,111 words
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Article1064 1911-01-19 10 tenour of his remarks. —Straits Times, January 14. We are not iucliued to pay much attention to the statement of a correspondent in the Daily Telegraph that the effect of recent 1 negotiations has Ixvn to destroy what has 1 become known as the Triple Entente. Ittenour of his remarks.—Straits Times, January 14. - 1,064 words
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Article1056 1911-01-19 11 struggle for survival ?—Straits Times, •Iannary lfi. A week or two ago we had a brief telegram stating that Mr. Andrew Carnegie had found a new use for his superabundant wealth. He had transferred -£‘2,000.000 of 5 per cent, first mortgage bonds to a Board ofstruggle for survival ?—Straits Times, •Iannary lfi. - 1,056 words
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Article1044 1911-01-19 11 -Straits Times, January 17. r l be Singapore Chamber of Commerce expressed its views strongly yesterday with reference to the proposal for an income tax, and we find ourselves in full sympathy with most that was said in the very able speeches of the Chairman, Mr. Baker,-Straits Times, January 17. - 1,044 words
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Article1004 1911-01-19 11 contribution into our own IiuihIh. Stiaits TiiiHfH, January IK We are indebted to Mr. T. S. Baker for a new thought in regard to the much discussed question of an income tax, ami the freshness of his comment intensities our extreme feeling of regret that ho is sooncontribution into our own IiuihIh. Stiaits TiiiHfH, January IK - 1,004 words
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Page 10 Advertisements
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Advertisement91 1911-01-19 10 Tb* free price of the Straits Timet is a year, rhj post free price of the Straits HuJgrt is fl 4 a year. It is M accessary to subscribe for a year. The subscriptions for shorter periods am at the same proportionate rate as for a year. The tlrailt liudgrt91 words
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Obituary25 1911-01-19 10 DEATH. Lim, »ii January 16. at H o’clexk, at 89, Chin Sw»x* M«»ae|. Smga|xire*, Mrs. Lilli Tex;k Kim, oldest dayghte*r of Mr. Ong Sam Lcong.25 words
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397 1911-01-19 12 HOTEL VAN WIJK COMPANY, LD. Dividend of Thirty-five Per Cent, for Past Y ear. Although there was a small attendant e of shareholders at the ordinary general meeting of the Motel van Wijk Company, Ltd., mi January 17. there was little doubt that entire satisfaction with the conduct of affairs397 words
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Article222 1911-01-19 12 The majesty of the law is evidently a quantity that is unfamiliar in the purlieus of Tanjoug l‘agar. At all events, thieves have l**cn making very free of lab- with the pro(s*rty of Police Sergeant Donovan, who is statiomxl (low'll there. Not long ago, one Chinaman222 words
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Article130 1911-01-19 12 The Government Gazette of January 15), contains notification of the following appointments:—Mr. G. G. Wilson to be an assistant sujierintendcnt of Chandu and Liquors Revenue, Penang, and to act as assistant superintendent of Government monopolies, Penang. Mr. F. T. Ellis, to be assistant superintendent, Government monopolies, Singapore. Mr.130 words
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Article12 1911-01-19 12 (The Ktraita Times i* uot response" f pomions of its correspondents12 words
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Article741 1911-01-19 12 “First-Class Rickshas. To tin- Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. I shall feel much obliged if you w ih kindly spare me a *mall space in >om a l, palter for a few words regarding the nu.same caused to the public by the first class ricksha* of Singapore. You rcniemlier,741 words
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Article66 1911-01-19 12 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Will you kindly allow me through the medium of your paper to ask the owner of motor i;ar S «6 if he will instruct his chauffeur to sound his horn when coming round a corner like Mt. Elizabeth into66 words
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867 1911-01-19 12 \i the Assizes, oh January 11, A. V, e |!,»»ri». a le.lKei- clerk, recently in the i'liinhiv of the NeUicrlftmlft Bunk, wa» found cuilty ot Iihintt as K cn.iinc forgral document and 'falsifying aecouut lxH>ks. "he Chief Iustiee Sir \V. H.867 words
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Article1608 1911-01-19 13 London, January 11. At Calcutta 2,620 chests of opium were wold yesterday at an average of Rs. 8,865 $1920) per chest. The government has already made 858 lakhs of rupees(=r £2,886,666) over the budget estimate, and 5,240 chests more will be sold before the close of the year.1,608 words
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Article584 1911-01-19 13 Berlin, January 11. NewH from Harbin in to the effect that plague is spreading there. The 250 million markH Hungarian loan has been twenty times overHubscril>e<l in Getmany, Austria, and Hungary alone. Berlin, .January 12. At Zizikar, on the Chinese East Hailway, all Chinese travelling West stop five584 words
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407 1911-01-19 13 The death is aunoum-ed of Mr. Reginald Frank Doherty, lawn tennis singles and doubles ex-champion of Kngland. The brothers Doherty have never had their peers on the lawn tenuis court, and their victories were not confined to407 words
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340 1911-01-19 13 For want of a better index one may divide the general literature on Japan into throe classes. Kipling, brightest of travel-writers, represents best that class which depicts the artistic exterior of Japan. Hearn was deeper and his work opened up to us the340 words
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Shipping Intelligence.
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Article284 1911-01-19 14 January 11 Kitano Maru Jap atr, Cope, London, Pnteraon Himone Vermont, Brit atr, Le Bran, Newcaatle, lint tenbaeh Bros. KlUn Hickmcrt, Ger atr, Schultz, Vladivoatock, Mitaui Huaaan Kaiaba Chakralihotifii, Biam atr, Valdby, Bangkok, Kant Amatio Coy It Tambo* >, Rna str, Gomahanaky, Odeaau, Borneo Coy. Ltd. Uevanhn, Brit atr,284 words
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Article322 1911-01-19 14 January 11 Pangan, Biatn sir, Copenhagen via porta Vltt'o, Brit atr, Natuna Inland Ceylon, Brit atr. Antwerp via porta boribat, Siam atr, Antwerp via porta Piteanuloh, Qer atr, Haigon Hong Moh, Brit atr, Hwatow via porta It Bratilia, Oer atr, Hamburg via porta Solva, Nov atr, Bangkok Qiang Ann,322 words
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544 1911-01-19 14 Some idea of fcho enormous value of birds to the agriculturist overseas was conveyed by Mr. James Buckland in a lecture at the Royal Colonial Institute. The real pur pose of tin- lecture was to protest against the savage cruelty544 words
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Article176 1911-01-19 14 A well preserved skeleton of a dinosaur, .’toft, to 40ft. long, and 15ft. to lHft. in height, has 1 leen found in the Palisades of New York. (Mlicers of the American Museum of Natural History assert that the discovery is jierhaps the most interesting and important in176 words
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Article116 1911-01-19 14 Pengkalen shareholders were to meet at Redruth on December ‘29. The directors’ rejHirt to end of September says:— During the early part of the year operations resulted in a loss being made, but this was almost cleared off by the better output obtained during the last two months116 words
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Article231 1911-01-19 14 Singapore, January 18, 1911. exchange. On London -Bank 4 m/s Demand 2/4 A Private 6 m/s do 3 m/s 2/4$ On GfRgANy -Bank d/d 240 Private 8 m/a 244 do 6 m/s 246$ On Feanur -Bank d/d Private 8 m/s do 6 m/s 8081 On India -Bank231 words
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Article942 1911-01-19 14 Singapore, January 18, 1911. MINING. Issue IS Value- Buyers Sellers 10 10 Belat Tin 6.00 5.80 10 10 Bruang 6.00 6.60 10 10 Bruseh Hyd. 5.00 10 10 Kanaboi 1.75 2.00 £1 £1 Kinta Tin 16.60 17.00 £1 £1 Kledang Tin 1.76 2 00 10 10 Kuantan942 words
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Advertisement525 1911-01-19 15 X j *ufc\Z53& MU MINTS FOR HORNSIV’S "•:';4 V*' o»xid Contractors, Singapore. GAS ENGINE AND SUCTION GAS PLANT. (SUITABLE FOR ANTHRAOITB, COKE, CHARCOAL AND OTHER FUELS). Ti NOW IN U8E ON NUMEROUS E6TATES 5 *sr BIO 8UCCE88. 'HZe&Jc Nv'.'VSpi--*.Xv />V r H S is'r-'V'; Man m tramraavs OIL ENGINE SMALL525 words
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Advertisement540 1911-01-19 16 Electrical, Mechanical, Marine Civil Engineers Shipbuilders. ESTATE T00L8, 8T0RE8 AND REQUISITES. Prompt Delivery. PROPRIETORS OF THE PAT" TAPPING KNIFE. BERTRAM'S Rubber Machinery AWARDED 1st PRIZE AND GOLD MEDAL, SINGAPORE, 1910. Rubber Factories, Drying Sheds, Smoke Houses, Coolie Lines, etc., etc. Entimates and designs free. LARGE STOCKS HELD of Pumps, Piping,540 words
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Advertisement311 1911-01-19 17 P SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LIMITED. 188 i m -mJ i I Importers of all descriptions of AUSTRALIAN FROZEN MEATS PRODUCE INCLUDING Choicest Australian Fresh Butter. “Pineapple” Hams and Bacon Fresh Concentrated Milk Fish and Fresh Fruit w BUPPLIEB FORWARDED REGULARLY TO ALL PARTB OF THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES V*311 words
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Advertisement578 1911-01-19 17 DEUTSCH-A8IATI8CHE BANK. FULLY PAID UP CAPITAL: 8h. TmI« 7,500,000. Head Offloe Sbajghai. Board of Directors...Berlin. BRANCHES: Berlin, Calcutta, Hankow, Hongkong Peking, Tientsin, Tsinanfu, Tsingtau, Kobe, Yokohama, Hamburg. FOUNDED BY THE FOLLOWING BANK AND BANKER8: Bkrlin Koenigliche Seehandlung (Preossiache Staatsbank). Direction der Diflconto-GcBcllsohftft. Deutsche Bank. S. Bleichroedtr. Berliner Handels Gesellschaft. Bank578 words
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The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT.
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1325 1911-01-19 1 A aombet in which local invertor. are interested are not quoted in local share lists, and there are ooeasionaUj wide margins between'qnotations here and in We quote below the best available London list from the1,325 words
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Article111 1911-01-19 2 London and Sinoahikk Rohhmb Pricks 1 Genrrai.— Flotation Profits 2 Supply and Demand 2 Novemls r Rubber Returns 2 Shanghai Ruhlier Sensation 2 Plant Protection 2 Rubber in Guiana J Rubber Washing J Pigs for Singa|M>re 8 Rubber Topics 8 December Rubber Returns 8 Planting in the Philippines 8111 words
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218 1911-01-19 2 (Fkom Ouk Own Cokkksi*oni>knt). London, January 10. A declining tone was manifested at the Second Rubber Auction of the year, which began to day. There was again a record <|Uuutityou offer •—O7H tons of Plantation, of218 words
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1136 1911-01-19 2 Before the Common Serjeant (Sir I 4 Kosanquet, K.C.) and a special jury, in the Lord Mayor’s Court, Mr. Harold Burges Watson, commission agent, late of Angel-court, I hrog morton-street, K.C., and Mount-street, W., brought an action ou the1,136 words
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270 1911-01-19 2 The question of supply versus demand has been ri*ceiving a great deal of attention of late, and many extraordinary and sensational estimates of the probable production of the Middle East in the fateful year 1916 have cotne under our notice, says270 words
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Article130 1911-01-19 2 The following additional crop returns for the month of November are taken from home papers:— Galang Besar Plantations. Crop of dry rubber for November, 2,425 lbs; total for five months, 8,951 lbs. Kamna Estate.—The amount of dry rubber harvested for November was 8,000 lbs. Lumut Estates.—November crop,130 words
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Article59 1911-01-19 2 I he China Mail s Shanghai correspondent telegraphed to Hongkong on the loth inst.— Mr. 11. J. Craig, a member of the Municipal Council, and managing director of the firm of Criug and Company, was charged at the V Court to day with fraud in connection with59 words
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360 1911-01-19 2 In the Agronomic Tmpioale, the monthly oruan of the Sociotc d'Ktudoa d Agriculture Tropiealo. a magazine of much value to all planters in India and the taat, there is an interesting review of legislation against tlie dissemination of and fungi injurious360 words
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422 1911-01-19 2 in their first annual statement and balance sheet for the year ended September 30 last, the directors of Carey United Rubber Estates say Paradise Estate. —The total area of this estate is 573 acres, of which 451 acres422 words
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1026 1911-01-19 3 Several experimental rubber stations were established by the Government of British Guiana some little time ago, with a view' to obtaining experience in regard to the class or classes of rubber trees which would yield the best results under certain1,026 words
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425 1911-01-19 3 Edmonton is the birthplace in England of a new industry connected with the preparation of rubber for its everyday uses. The Constad Mills of the Crude Rubber Washing Company are now established there, adjacent to the Great Eastern Railway sidings. The business of425 words
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186 1911-01-19 3 A new industry has recently begun between this j)ort and Singapore (says the Bangkok Times) and one which bids fair to assume large dimensions. A shortage in the usual supply of pigs for Singapore, has led to a demand for186 words
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1041 1911-01-19 3 A survey of the different assets of the rubber industry is interesting at the present time, says a waiter in The Globe, in view of the fact that the year has brought excellent results to many companies, and1,041 words
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Article443 1911-01-19 3 Haytor.—December, 866 lbs. Cheng.—December, 1,400 lbs. Klebang.—December, 511 lbs. Kota Bahru.—December, 1,845 lbs. Alma.—December, 1,800 lbs. Pengkalan Durian.— December, 1,080 lbs. Merton.—December, 8,041 lbs. Ulu Pandan.—December, 676 lbs. United Malacca.—December, 2,165 lbs. Bukit Katil. December, 1,000 lbs. Brieh Rubber Estate, Ltd.—December, 8,182 lbs. Alor Pongsu Rubber Estate,443 words
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Article121 1911-01-19 3 With the vast increase in the world's deiu and for rubber, and the rise in price of this product, considerable attention has been given to rubber cultivation in the Philippines. Exhaustive experiments have been made by the Bureau of Agriculture ami by private persons, with, on121 words
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1088 1911-01-19 4 The annua) meeting of the Cher&s Buhls i Estates Ltd., was he ld on January 10 at the; office* of the; Planters’ Store's and Age ncy Co., Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Zacharias presided, and there we;re* also pre*sent Messrs.1,088 words
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315 1911-01-19 4 Owing to a variety of causes, ways a home |>a|M a r, tltere ia a greater shortage of tea in the English market to day than haa been known for the past 20 years, and consequently there ia a boom in prices315 words
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251 1911-01-19 4 'Hit! following is taken from the Financial Nows of December 17 NN ith reference to a recent quotation from the Straits 1 imes, wo have received the following from the Straits Settlements (Borhim) Rubber Company, Limit**) Sir, Itcfcrring251 words
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770 1911-01-19 4 rhci following report of proceedingsat the fiiHt ordinary geme:ral meeting of the Sungci Halo KSbbi, Ltd., held at the offices of tlm company. Winchester House, on .January 10, is supplied by Messrs. F. M. Barker and Co., the company's secretaries770 words
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Article82 1911-01-19 4 Ihe directors have declared a dividend of n en i M ,<>HM Uix at lH 2d in the pound, on the 1 reference shares for the period ended December 81, 1909, payable December 31, 1910. A third call of 2s. 6d. per share, making the shares 17s.82 words
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Article760 1911-01-19 4 From the London ami China Kxpress of December 23, we take the following information regarding the rubber industry: The market for l’ara has been dull and rather easier. Hard b ine on the spot and near is quoted760 words
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Article51 1911-01-19 4 (From Our Own Corrkhpondknt.) Kuala Lumpur, .January 14. Mr. Harrison, a planter of Kuala Selangor, has been brought into hospital with his throat cut. It is believed that he was attacked while asleep, but at prestint no details are forthcoming. There is no immediate danger concerning his51 words
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3066 1911-01-19 5 The third annual general moetiug of the shareholders of the .Java Hubber Plantations, Limited, was held on December 16, at the •ffices of the company, 59, Eastcheap, E.C., Mr. Frank Copeman (chairman of the company) presiding. The Chairman said3,066 words
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869 1911-01-19 5 At the fifth annual ordinary general meeting of the Sembilan Estates Company, Limited, held at 7, Crosby Square, E.C., Mr. C. R. Gilliat (chairman of the company), who presided, said in the course of his remarks:—■ In the year under review, 64 acres869 words
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Article2124 1911-01-19 6 The following is a condensation of an article on Hubls-t' l*ros|Nx:ts l>y Mr. C. C. Malct: H. K. 'l'ho Governor of the S.S. in undoubtedly very near the mark when he puts the returim from2,124 words
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506 1911-01-19 6 Discussing the state of the rubber share market last month. The Financier expressed the following views:-A noteworthy feature of the share market of late has beeu the re- markable steadiness of Rubber shares, in spite of the existence of a506 words
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Article69 1911-01-19 6 lii the official returns issued by the Ceylon Government appear the following statistics of the exports of rubber from the island during the three months ended September, 1910, compared with the corresponding months of the preceding year: •Inly-Kept. July Sept. 1909. 1910. Cwts. Cuts. 1 nited Kingdom69 words
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890 1911-01-19 6 At tho annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Sungei Kari (Sumatra) liubber Estate, Limited, Sir William Hood Treacher, K.C.M.Ci. (the chairman) presided. The Chairman said Gentlemen, —There is not very much to add to the890 words
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