The Straits Budget, 2 February 1911
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section28 1911-02-02 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” VOL. LXV NO. 2764 Singapore, Thursday, February, 2, 1911. ESTABLISHED OVER HALF A CENTOS* Price 25 cents.28 words
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Article200 1911-02-02 1 LEADKHS Tlie lVclaration of London Id The Freaks of Genius 10 Further Postponed 10*11 An Outpost of Empire 11 A Wail From the West H Local \m* Gknkkal— Local and Personal 1 Legislative Council 2-4 The Harbour Works 4 Burns Niclit Pianoforte Hccital Municipal Commissioners Farewell to200 words
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Article1819 1911-02-02 1 The Christmas mail from India consisted of two thousand bags. During Christmas week London dealt with 24 million letters. A normal vo'k is 14 millions, there was evid< nc' of congestion, for Indian letters which reached London at two o clock on tl o Saturday morning were1,819 words
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10178 1911-02-02 2 The Le gislative- Council met on January 27, for the; jmr|M,se of oonsielering the, mnnane tax hill. The, Governor, Sir John Amiornon, G. C. M. G., j,re-sie|e*el, ami there were10,178 words
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699 1911-02-02 4 Tlu* secret of the cessation of work upon the harbour sea wall—a matter uism which there has been much local simulation—is disclosed in an official paper laul on the table of the Legislative Council, on .hum,,v699 words
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Article128 1911-02-02 4 In the Supreme Court, on January 27, Mr. Justice Fisher gave judgment in the action brought by Sit Wall to recover $2090 from S. Kader Meydin in respect of damages occasioned by the sinking of defendant's tongkang \v hich vvas hired by plaintiff to proceed128 words
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917 1911-02-02 5 The blast o’ Januar’ wind that attends on Burns Nicht at home is wanting in Singapore unless one’s imagination is coutent with a gusty electric fan at the back of one's neck as a substitute. Still, Burns Nicht is Burns Nicht, at917 words
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278 1911-02-02 5 In their weekly share circular, Messrs, h raser and Co., state: —A considerable improvement has taken place since last mail with higher prices, generally, in all sections of the market. Rubber shares have advanced sharply in sympathy with a rise in278 words
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Article213 1911-02-02 5 Monsieur Jacques Pintel, a Russian holder of the premier prix of the Paris Conservatoire, arrived from Shanghai on January 26 on the English Mail ami left for home next morning. He came out to the East with Madame Calve’s concert party and when in Singapore a few w213 words
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Article186 1911-02-02 5 The Hon. \V. C. Micliell presided at the twelfth annual meeting of the Singapore Polo Club, held in the Exchange, on January 26, others present including Major Geddes, Capt. A. Elliot Cooper, l)r. Saunicr, Dr. C. Werner and Messrs. C. Emerson, G. E. Venning Thomas, 1). Y.186 words
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379 1911-02-02 5 A meeting of the Municipal Commissioners w r as held on January 27. Mr. F. .J. Hallifax presided and thero were also present Dr. Murray Robertson, Dr. Croucher, Messrs. J. Carapiet, Tan Khoam Hock, W. Peacock, A. M. S. Augullia, and Chia379 words
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Article168 1911-02-02 5 There was a very large gathering of members of the Singapore Cricket and Golf Clubs at the farewell dinner to Sir Arthur Young in tho Singapore Club on January 27. Mr. G.P. Owen took the chair, and the health of the guest was proposed by168 words
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Article162 1911-02-02 5 While Mrs. Stevens of Teluk Anson was out driving on January 21 with a lady friend, the horse suddenly took fright ami bolted down the Batak Rabit Road. The reins gave way and upon turning the corner leading into the road dow n to the162 words
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Article96 1911-02-02 5 The mortality returns for Singapore, issued by the Registrar of Births and Deaths, show that during the week ending January 21, there were 242 deaths, giving a ratio per millc of population of 4.4.1H. Malarial fever accounted for lf> deaths, phthisis 22, convulsions 2*5, beri beri It),96 words
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176 1911-02-02 5 Two Morions oases of criminal broach of tniHfc were mentioned in the third police court on January 27, Mr. Robinson on the bench. Mr. Gaunt appeared to prosecute a Chinaman named Koh Eng Hoh, living at 70 Amoy Street, against176 words
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Article219 1911-02-02 5 Among the numerous pickpockets who have I been busy of late collecting the wherewithal 1 for tin* suitable celebration of the New Year there is one who will not enjoy the fruits I of his lalniur. He was captured, it is pleasant to learn, by219 words
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Page 5 Advertisements
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Advertisement424 1911-02-02 5 PROPERTY SALES. Old Singapore Estates Disposed of By Auction. The following Singaporeproperties belonging to the estates of Catchick Moses (deceased) and Katchkatoun Aristarkies Sarkies (deceased) were disused of by auction at Messrs. Powell and Co.’s sale-room on January ‘24: Dwelling house 11 l)hohy (ihuut, area 20,182 square feet, freehold, part424 words
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Article13 1911-02-02 6 [Tlio Straits Times is not responsible for the opinioiiH of its correspondents.!13 words
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Article263 1911-02-02 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Kir, —We have all read no doubt of the ter riblo disaster w hich occurred in one of Lan cashire's fatuous coal districts and, syni pathising as I do with the suffered, it was a real treat to think263 words
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Article340 1911-02-02 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, In fairness to the large audience of Chinese and other Asiatics, allow me to say that it was most regrettable that the resolutions, prepared by the Straits Settlements Assoc nit ion, were not translated into Chinese or340 words
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Article112 1911-02-02 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I should he glad if you will kindly make it known through the medium of your pa|s*r that I have already started a subscription list towards the belief Fund" and have received a number of contributions. I am closing112 words
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Article105 1911-02-02 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times. So, May I lake the liberty to suggest salt and eraeki is us dutiable articles in addition to those alrcad) suggested. b is |n-ihaps not generally known that in the Whole Of Asia salt is taxed. India anil "V t,M ,NS105 words
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Article168 1911-02-02 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Audit this momentous question there is at the present time a most amusing <iovci mm lit proclamation posted upon various trees etc. in the Colony. It contains a naive clause to the effect that |H*ople (it168 words
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Article155 1911-02-02 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, As I was passing Cross Street at about H o’clock this morning, I saw a motor car driven by a Euro|H:an doctor, and it seems that a band cart drawn by a Chinese coolie was in the way. Thereupon155 words
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Article1442 1911-02-02 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, < >ne cannot help wondering at Captain Stov« ll s letter in your issue of the 2Jrd inst. Surely if he thought his knowledge of local tides placed him in a position to give exjiert opinion as to where1,442 words
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Article148 1911-02-02 6 To the Editor of the; Straits 1 iines. Si,- With refiwnce to Mr. .1. Wilrony ((i.eiy the Daily Mail OvewoM Ml"'“wLv is Singapore (Free Trade) more expenaive U> live in than .lava (Protec“"’rhe'eaptien on title pa(!e of John Hull ia a Hintpiiarly nppmpriaU. answer: The world148 words
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Article217 1911-02-02 6 The Scotsmen in Malacca are nothing if not enthusiastic, and after celebrating the day of their Patron Saint last November by giving their first St. Andrew’s dinner, they took the opportunity on January 2'» of celebrating the anniversary of the birth of their national poet by217 words
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Article216 1911-02-02 6 A general meeting of the congregation of St. Andrew’s Cathedral w ill Ik* held in the Victoria Memorial Hall, at 5-30 p.m. on Monday, February 6, to elect committees and inaugurate the Cathedral CJlee Society. The reasons w hich have Its 1 to the projtosal are enumerated216 words
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Article217 1911-02-02 6 Pocket-picking is alarmingly rife in Singapoie just now. Several cases have come up in the police courts recently but one so serious as a case which occurred on January 2,1. but in which the criminal has not yet been traced. A towkay, of 5 Cecil Street, went to217 words
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1040 1911-02-02 7 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,-.May I once again trespass upon your space The sjwech of Major-General Stephenson in the Council on January 27 appears to me tp Ik* likely to cause a good deal of1,040 words
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526 1911-02-02 7 Mr. A. W. Westcrhout, merchant, of Change Alley, has sued Mr. J.Chaffonjou, contractor, of Pulau Boelaug, to recover the sum of SI,0(H), the case being heard before Mr. Justice Fisher in the Supreme Court, ou January 25. According to the statement of claim,526 words
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Article125 1911-02-02 7 Promotion to the generals’ list docs not come very often to those from the ranks; but the case of Maj.-Geu. W. R. Robertson, V. C. 8., D. S. just promoted to that rank after 22 years’ commissioned service, is unique. Gen. Robertson, who is commandant125 words
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799 1911-02-02 7 The atory of the Pulau Obin murder waa related to the second magistrate, Mr. Acton, on January 26. Two coolies, Ngang Thye and Lee Chiew, were charged with the crime. Mr. Edmonds, D. P. P„ conducted the; cast* for the799 words
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Article70 1911-02-02 7 Mr. Mahomed Hanill, ovri’Hocr of the Penang Hotanioal (iiinltiiiH, proceeds on an orchid-hunting Expedition to the Lanokawi Islands early next niontli. These islands, wliieli have been recently acquired Irom Kedah, are lieine fast cleared for rubber planline and unless the orchid limiter m ikes hast*' before the70 words
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Article237 1911-02-02 7 On January 29, the F. M. S. Govern* incut yacht Seabelle left Singapore for a short sea trip, having on board His Excellency the Governor, Sir John Anderson, G. C. M. G., (’apt.237 words
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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
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Article68 1911-02-02 7 Tanglin Club Championship. The bowling chatnpionHhip of tlic Tanglin Club for 1911 waa decided on .Tanuary 24, when Mr. E. R. Thomas won with the good Hcore of 7H9. Appended are the full scores E. U. Thoniaa 789 A. G. Harrington 761 H. M. Cantrell 649 W. Lowther Kemp68 words
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Article178 1911-02-02 7 The ease witli which the minor public Hcrvant can Ik; personated by the unscrupulous is made evident by the number of cases of the kind that come into court. A typical case was tried by Mr. Firmstone on January 26, when a Teochew was charged with |>crsonating178 words
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Article112 1911-02-02 7 The Chinese New Year celebrations commenced with the usual festivities on Sunday night and have been continued with tho usual ceremonies. Hatties Museum was besieged on January 510 with crowds of gaudily attired Chinese of all ages and descriptions who inspected the numerous exhibits with much interest,112 words
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Article62 1911-02-02 7 Following is the. result of crushing operations at Haul) for the four weeks ending January 28: llukit Koman stone crushed tons, gold obtained 200 ounces, average per ton 1.67 dwt. Itukit Malacca: Stone crushed 1.***** tons, gold obtained 22H ounces, average per ton I’.aO dwt. Mr. 11. C.62 words
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Local Telegrams.
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Article69 1911-02-02 8 (Fkum Ouk Own Cokhkhi*ondknt.) Hongkong, .Innnary 26. Tim charge against (leorgo A. itavcnhill, accountant, residing at <l, Morrison Mill Hoad, for that ki«* on divers dales Ix'twecn July 20 and December 111, 1010, lx*ing then employed hy the (Canadian Pacific Hallway l)o„ an casliii r, feloniously did emhi69 words
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Article105 1911-02-02 8 (Kao ()ua Own Cokkkhi*ondknt.) Penang, danuary 20. Will'll the ease of M. S. owail, charged with for* e.ime 111 1 at the assizes to day. Counsel lor the accused objected on technical grounds to lurther proceedings. Alter h -.-al argument. t in- judge ad journed the trial105 words
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Article97 1911-02-02 8 (Fitow (lei: Own Coiii{ksi*ondknti. Penang, January 27. The pqtci'M by P. and (I. mail show that, among the New Year honours, the King’s police medal is bestowed upon Mr. W. A. Ciisoadon. Inspector General o! Police, whose services are stated to be Genet.ills distinguished and of97 words
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Article515 1911-02-02 8 (I’iiom oi a Own Coiikksi’ondknt.i Kuala Lumpur, January 27. Tin •re was a fair attendance at the start of the second day’s races of the Selangor Turf Club. Light showers fell after the liltli race. The attendance was licttcr later in the afternoon. The results were as follow:515 words
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Article185 1911-02-02 8 (Fiiom Out OWN Coiibkhi*oni»kntJ Kuala Lumpur, January 2H. At a public meeting held at the Kesidcncy yesterday evening to consider schemes for a memorial to the late Line Kdward, there were thirty thiee jkisoiis present, inch.dine Mr. It. O. Watson, who presided. 11l the course of185 words
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Article278 1911-02-02 8 iFi:om Oi k Own (’ouukscondi-.nr.) Kuala Lumpur, .January -‘50. The cricket match lietween the oloiiy and the F.M.S. opened here to day. I In* Slate* won the toss and put the Colony in. I lie scores at close of play were as follows: Tiik Colony l*r Inninos.278 words
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98 1911-02-02 8 A correspondent informs us that after an unbtvourable report by Messrs. Osborn and i Impel, the Klian Bbaru Tin and Gold I respecting Syndicate did not exercise its "pfion. ’I lie property i* situate at Tnpii, and ,t ,H Ni,, i* 1 l,lt it isM ilin98 words
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Article499 1911-02-02 8 (From Oi k Own Coukksponpknt.) Kota Bahru, January 26. A mooring buoy is being fixed in the Kelantan harbour, which will be of gtva service to steamers loading or discharging cargo during the N. E. monsoon. I p to the present, steamers lying off the port have499 words
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Article150 1911-02-02 8 There are twenty-three cases set for hearing during the February sitting of the Supreme Court including two in admiralty jurisdiction, the Eastern Shipping Company Ltd., versus the Straits Steam Ship Company Ltd.; and the Kukub Rubber Estates Ltd., against the steam launch, the Busso. Other suits include150 words
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Article181 1911-02-02 8 It is officially stated that the Kiel submarine disaster was due to water from some unexplained cause flooding the engine-room, entering at a point where the ventilation tula* is fixed in the side of the vessel. Theoblimie position of the boat upset the acid in the181 words
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510 1911-02-02 8 Tele*'rams to Hongkong indicate the great alarm which has boon caused in North China by reason of the serious nature of the plaguo outbreak. It has spread with alarming rapidity and the mortality is tomb e. The disease510 words
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140 1911-02-02 8 Ilu* B. X. B. Herald rejiorts that a serious amok ease occurred on Teluk Bukan estate on December 19, resulting in the wounding of Messrs, hid wards and Skinner. A Sulu coolie hn\ inga grudge against his mandore140 words
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Article132 1911-02-02 8 1 he Liberal papers, including the Westminster Gazette, indicate that there will bo a p«nt\ in the new Parliament optioned to increases in the Xavy estimates, says a London telegram of January 25. It is pro><i > e that there w ill he an important debate thereon.132 words
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868 1911-02-02 9 Tim Economist of December 31, contains ail interesting review of capital applications during 1910, some portions of which we reproduce here as being of general interest. The paper quoted says The year 1910 has w itnessed a remarkable revival868 words
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592 1911-02-02 9 The Chief Justice of Hongkong made some severe comments at the recent criminal sessions with regard to insurance companies ami fire policies, at the conclusion of a case in which a Chinaman named Li Hing was charged with setting592 words
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Article107 1911-02-02 9 The British Vice-Consul’s report on the trade and commerce of Port Said and Suez for 1909 has just been issued in London. An interesting table gives particulars of the extent to which the principal steamship companies use the Canal. The Peninsular and Oriental heads the tonnage list107 words
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863 1911-02-02 9 Messrs. Samuel Montagu and Co., of 00, Old Broad Street, E. have issued a comprehensive review of the money market during 1910. It is far t*x> extensive to reproduce here, but we extract a few jxiints that are of863 words
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863 1911-02-02 9 The inquiry into the mystery surrounding tin* fate of the Waratah will doubtless have the effect of causing some amount of nervousness on the part of those who have to under* take long journeys by sea, says863 words
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Article56 1911-02-02 10 Dalky. On January 2H, at 4.1, IVinscp Street, Singa|>orc, Hit' wifi; of Albert L. A. Daley, of a daughter. Pk.kt. On Ilet-ember .'ll. at Kegent’* Park, Mary. daughter of late .1. Pt#*t, of Itatavia. Hot gt'AHD. On January 111. at Kost-neath, 4, Wilkie I toad, Singa|>ort*, tin- wifn of56 words
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THE Straits Budget.
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Article1102 1911-02-02 10 boon asccriaimtl. Straits Times, .Iannary 26. After many months, a suspicion Liiat tin f fovernment was prepare*l to ratify the Hcclarution of London lias produced one of those |Mipnlar outbursts wliieli lielie the that the I'ress is no longer a |mwcr id (Ireat llritain. 'l’rtily theboon asccriaimtl. Straits Times, .Iannary 26. - 1,102 words
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Article942 1911-02-02 10 —Straits Times, January 27. Almost wc are; inclined to quamd with Mr. Whitolaw liciel for his discourse on Lord Uyron at I'niversity Cedle-ge-. Nottingham. He went to the place so nearly associated with the, subject of his address and unlike Baalam la* vent to bless, hut—Straits Times, January 27. - 942 words
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Article1211 1911-02-02 10 —Straits Times, January 28. In the face of the strong expressions of public opinion, ami in the face, also, of the reasons specifically laid before the Legislative Council itself, it was impossible to go on with the Income Tax Bill. It is hung up. therefore, until the Government—Straits Times, January 28. - 1,211 words
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Article1062 1911-02-02 11 Empire’** insurance.—StraitH Times, January 81. A few months ago we quoted from some very able articles in an Indian journal, and drew attention to the importance assigned to Singapore by their writer. The same idea seems to have been taken up in the Morning Post, andEmpire’** insurance.—StraitH Times, January 81. - 1,062 words
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Article1108 1911-02-02 11 —Straits Times, February 1. Sir Frank Swettenhaui has sent an exceedingly interesting letter to our contemporary the Malay Mail on what he calls the abolition "of the Hesident Generalship. All journalists, like poets, are allowed a certain licence in the use of words, either because—Straits Times, February 1. - 1,108 words
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Advertisement90 1911-02-02 10 Post fr*« price of the Slrailt Times la |BH a year. The poet free price of the Slrailt UuJgei it $l4 a year. It ia ot neceaaerv to auhacribe for a year. The aubacriptiona for ahorter periods are at the aame proportionate rate aa for a year. SlreW* Budget can90 words
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Obituary37 1911-02-02 10 DKATIi. ('lakkk. At Victoria Street, Government Outdoor DiH|K-nsary, Smga|K>rc, on January 90, at 12.40 p.m., Augusta Jessie C'huke, widow of the late Francis Clarke. Funeral cortege will leave the Dis|>ensiwy at f p.m., today, January J I.37 words
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Article78 1911-02-02 11 The annual settlement which takes place amonu the Chinese community at the end of the Chinese year passed otT last week end very satisfactorily. The settlement affects only dealings between Chiuese houses, not dealings with Kuropcau firms, but it is usually an extensive affair. Money, however,78 words
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1208 1911-02-02 12 A correspondent discusses, in the Kn gineering Supplement of The Times, the use of oil engines for marine propulsion. I heir reported installation in a Dreadnought, lusays, is, on the most favourable interprets tion, to be regarded as1,208 words
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240 1911-02-02 12 A masonic club was to In- oja-ned on .lannary 1, the membership of which is to Is* entirely restricted to Freemasons, at No. if, St. .lamcs’s-street, S.W. Thu premises, which are those formerly used by the Junior Turf Club240 words
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256 1911-02-02 12 At the resumed enquiry into the loss of the NVaratali, on January 16, Mr. lioarsel, for the Hoard of Trade, announcis! that exhaustive enquiries regarding the alleged messages from the Waratali in bottles which had been washed ashore showed that altogether there256 words
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681 1911-02-02 12 The trial of the twenty-five persons charged with conspiracy to assassinate the hnipt-io of Julian opened at Tokio on Decern be i 10. IVsllv as three o’clock in the morning hundreds of persons pressed against the gates leading to tin-681 words
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153 1911-02-02 12 The following item (heading included) is from the New York Sun: Governor-elect Lee Cruce, of Oklahoma City, says lie will not dance at his inaugural ball. He also balks at wearing evening clothes for the153 words
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Article552 1911-02-02 12 One of the most disastrous accident* that has occurred in the Raugmiii River since the Inirnin" of the flotilla steamer Kashmir took place at O’Silva Point at alx,at 11 a m. on the 17th552 words
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232 1911-02-02 12 The report ou the condition of the Sikh police at Shanghai drawn up by Major S. K. Davidson, the officer lent by the Indian Government for the purpose of the investigation into the causes that led up to the overt act232 words
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Article1526 1911-02-02 13 London, January 25. A Vionua telegram says the explanatory statement on the Austrian Navy estimates points out that the increase in the Navy is duo to the necessity of maintaining an open seaway for Austrian commerce, and for tho protection of the coastline, whose importance has been increased1,526 words
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Article693 1911-02-02 13 Berlin, January 25. The Kiautschau report for 1910 says the whole trade was the same as in tho previous year. Tho commercial crisis in China has been overcome, although some of the Chinese firms are still, perhaps, in difficulties. Private housebuilding has increased, and progress is reported in693 words
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457 1911-02-02 13 Information has reached Hongkong from Haiphong which indicates that the construetional work on the mills at Vietri for the Tonkin Pulp and Paper Company is being rapidly pushed farword. It is exacted that tliey will soon be ready for457 words
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250 1911-02-02 13 The Commonwealth Bureau of Census has issued tin* following figures showing tho estimated |H>pulation of Australia on Sep* tcmher 00, *****, and the estimated increase for the quarter ended on thatdate New South Wales. —Males 874,790, females 770,7. r >H; total,250 words
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Shipping Intelligence.
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Article317 1911-02-02 14 January SI Da Kerens, Dut. air., Deooher, Batavia, The Ship* Age dot, Ltd. Kueichow, Brit, atr., Forgth, Swatow, W. Manafield. D. van Twiat, Dot. atr., Wiakel Batavia, The Ships Agency, Ltd. Mahidol, Siam atr, Svarrer, Bangkok, East Asiatic Coy. Ltd. Cliumpon, Siam atr, Haan, Copenhagen, East Asiatic y. Ltd.317 words
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Article217 1911-02-02 14 January 25 Inverclyde, lirii. ntr., Penang and Now York Toaa Mum, Jap. Htr., Hongkong and Japan AndaDg Siam. str., Hangkok via porta Fau Sang. Brit str, Penang and Calcutta fWong Koi, Oor. Htr., Saigon 26 Cbmnpon. Siam Htr, Ktngkrk OracliUH, Hrit. Htr., Sydooy ?ia ports Kwong Ei g. Ger217 words
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Article796 1911-02-02 14 In Some Recollections, contributml to the Cornhill Magazine, Mrs. W. Y. Sellar draws on her unpublished store of Kdinhurgh reini- niseences. She giv< s some inte resting details concerning Lord Liste r’s career after taking796 words
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Article247 1911-02-02 14 Sinoapork, Fkbroary 1, 191L EXCHANGE. On London—Bank 4 m/s 2 /^t Demand 2/4 fir Private*6 m/s 2/4*} do 8 m/s 2/4} On Gskmany—Bank d/d 240 Private 8 m/s 244 do 6 m/s 240* On Francs-Bank d/d 295 Private 8 m/s 2991 do 6 m/s 808$ On India247 words
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Article974 1911-02-02 14 Sinoapork, Fkkruary 1, 1911 MINING. taue Value Buyers Sellers 10 10 Belat Tin 4 90 5 00 10 10 Bruang 6.00 6 60 10 10 Brunch Hyd 6 00 10 10 Kanaboi 1.60 1.75 XI XI KintoTin 1700 17 60 XI XI Kledang Tin l.fO 2 00974 words
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Advertisement39 1911-02-02 15 “Three and 1869 Vintage. I I THEMOST FAMOUS FRENCH I FOR AIT'dESCROTIONS OF ESjjiL' I Champagne j I Samples and Prioea from I CALDBECK, MACGREGOR AND COMPANY, Wine and Spirit Merchant*, 1 SOLE AGENTS. I —i— m^mmm ||mm||mhmmp|i fHHHIMNWVIM^VMHHMIHMIRHHIHI^^39 words
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Advertisement559 1911-02-02 16 I*'.'-* F433 V ERSKINE. LD And Contraotops, Singapore; I win mm ipr GAS engine and suction gas plant. < (HUM ABLE FOR AN t TUR\01TB, COKE, CHARCOAL AND OTHER KIIBL8). m .•f-y-v* i' o V S9S.WSL r T B !SV 'V<o VrA, V i-i -n J P «rw L»-V* HI559 words
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Advertisement549 1911-02-02 17 February 2, 1911 the straits budget Electrical, Mechanical, Marine Civil Engineers Shipbuild E8TATE TOOLS. 8T0RE8 AND REQUISITES. took*. Prompt Delivery PROPRIETORS OF THE “PAT’ TAPPlNO KNIFK BERTRAM'S Rubber Machinery AWARDED 1st I’RIZh AND GOLD MEDAL, SINGAPORE, 1910. Rubber Factories, Drying Sheds, Smoke Houses, y* Coolie Lines, etc., etc. BaSimsten and549 words
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The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT.
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1356 1911-02-02 1 A number of shares in which local investors are interested are not quoted in local share lists, and there are occasionally wide margins between quotations here and in London We quote below the best available1,356 words
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Article116 1911-02-02 2 London and Binuai>oiim Rijuukh Pricks I Gknkual— The Rubber Year ‘2 December Rubber Returns ‘2 Rubber Tree Disease *2 Ruhls-r Decks on Hoard Ship ‘2 The Lalnair Question .‘i The Kuhlier Industry It IttihlxT Planting 4 Ruhlx r Investments r> Ruhls-r Room Confusion f* Rio (Jraiide Rubber Kastates f>116 words
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204 1911-02-02 2 (From Ouk Own Corrksi>onhknt.) London, January .‘11. The auction to-day showed a very active market at lx*tter prices. There was 254 tons of plantation rubber on offer, of w hich 1112 tons wiih Malayan. This was a great204 words
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1187 1911-02-02 2 While it had not attracted tin* daily attention of descriptive writers in lay journals, (says the Financial News of January .’b the Immuii in rublicr shares which was destined to become the event of 19101,187 words
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390 1911-02-02 2 The following crop statistics, gathered from London journals, have not hitherto appeared in our columns:— United Serdang.— Decern her crop. 18.257 'pounds; corresponding {>eriod of 1909. 2.063 jHiunds; increase, 16,194 lb. Total for four months from September 1. 57,736 lb.,390 words
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Article603 1911-02-02 2 Nearly i‘5(),000.000 of British capital has been invested in the growing of indiarubber trees Many enormous estates are being planted with* this profitable crop within the British Empire. Thus, both British money and British land are603 words
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Article212 1911-02-02 2 Dealing with rubber prospects, Mr. How land Cater states in The Financier that tlie British Admiralty lias Wen for some time considering the use of compound rubber flooring as a deck-covering. The advantages of rubber decks-additional cleanliness, sound and vibration-reducing properties, vapidity with which they212 words
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1106 1911-02-02 3 Ajax, in The Financier, makes some instructive points in a series of articles upon rubber shares as investments. He takes a very optimistic view of the position as dislosed at the opening of this year. To-day, he declares,1,106 words
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466 1911-02-02 3 Before Alderman Sir Walter Vaughan Morgan, at the Guildhall, on January 5, William Standish Roberts, of Walm-lane, Cricklewood, appeared in answer to an adjourned summons charging him with embezzlement, the prosecutors being Messrs. R. G. Shaw and Co., merchants and commercial466 words
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Article200 1911-02-02 3 Messrs. John E. Watson and Son, 30, George-square, Glasgow, the secretaries of the Rio Grande Rubber Estates, Limited, have issued a circular to the shareholders, in which they report that they have received a cable from the company’s bankers in Manila, stating that completed documents have200 words
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415 1911-02-02 3 The fallacious idea appears to be held in many quarters, says The Financier, that since tho boom a vast number of people have found themselves loaded up with far more rubber shares than they can conveniently do with, and that415 words
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209 1911-02-02 3 From the roport of the Canadian Trade Commission at Shanghai we extract the following details, says the Financial Nows of January 5 Early in the year business in all Hues was opening out well, and the business209 words
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Article166 1911-02-02 3 Mr. W. A. S. Hellyar, who presided, on December 31 at Winchester House, E. C., at the annual general meeting of the AngloBelgian (Sierra Leone) Corporation, Limited, in moving the adoption of the report and accounts, said the directors had been successful in raising fresh working capital, and166 words
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418 1911-02-02 3 The second International (lubber and Allied Tradeu Exhibition will be held in London from June 24 to July 11, the competitions being open to planters in all partsof the world. The President, Sir Henry A. Blake, G.c.M.0., will present a418 words
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334 1911-02-02 3 The following circular lias been issued by the secretaries to the shareholders of the Bantam (Java) Rubber Estates :—We are in* structed by the directors to inform you that upon a close estimate of the number and ages of334 words
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2227 1911-02-02 4 Through Messrs. Bohn, Meyer and Co., Ltd., wo have received a copy of a hns-hun entitled “Dangers, Mistakes and Improvements connected with tho Production of Buhlx-r in Asia,” the author of which is D. Haudmunn, and its birthplace,2,227 words
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1358 1911-02-02 4 The sixth ordinary general meeting of the Malay Kuhticr Planters, Limited, was held on December .’>0. at Salisbury House, London Wall, E. C., Mr. \V. H. Peach, J. 1\, (Chairman of tin* company), presiding. The Chairman said Having1,358 words
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1835 1911-02-02 5 At the ordinary general meeting of Membakut Rubber, Limited, held at the registered office of the company, 37, Threadneedle Street, E. C., Sir William Baillie-Hamilton, K. C. M. G., C. B., (chairman of the company), presided and1,835 words
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515 1911-02-02 5 From the London and China ExproHH of •January 6, we take the following:—The market has Hhown increasing weakness, and priceH are lower. A fair business haw been done in Fine Hard Para, including Jan.-Feb. delivery at 5h.515 words
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Article140 1911-02-02 5 The directors’ report to the shareholders of the Indrugiri (Sumatra) Rubber and Guttapercha Company, Ltd., states that in order to comply with law s in force in Netherlands India, w here the estate is situated, a subsidiary Dutch Company called the Naamlooze Venucotscliap Kxploitatic Maatschapi j Soengei140 words
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Article125 1911-02-02 5 At the annual meeting of the Kclantan Ruhlier Estates, held at Glasgow, Sir Andrew H. E. Fraser, who presided, stated that the w ork on the estate w as being pressed forward and making marked progress. The labour trouble had been practically overcome. The estate was of125 words
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901 1911-02-02 5 Mr. H. W, Hailey, of Vallarnbrosa estate, who passed through Colombo the other day, homeward bound, gave a representative of the Times of Ceylon some experiences of tho F.M.S. as regards labour, and described tho I proposals901 words
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Article1265 1911-02-02 6 An intercHting rubls'r market report for 1910 it! issued by Me-ssrs. flow, Wilson and Stanton, which we reproduce below. Dealing first with market conditions, they state: It can Is; no exaggeration to say that the;1,265 words
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Article131 1911-02-02 6 Messrs. T. F. Ho and Bros., Shanghai, secretarica and general managers of the Provident Kiiblier Estates, Limited, have issued the following extracts from the annual report for 1910 from Mr. 11. 1). Jensen, estate manager of the company, for the information of tin* shareholders:— Coolie lines for131 words
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Article77 1911-02-02 6 Messrs. Cmnherhateh and Co., Kuala Lumpur, have received advice by cable from their heild office that notices of a new issue of 41,‘2.iU shares, in the Klanang Produce Co Ltd. at a premium of 10s. per share” liiino Im cii posted by the mail of January 2?’77 words
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1193 1911-02-02 6 k 7th‘ iSbtaf ass! iixathu- a I of the company) Haul: r oh »m*n this is your first annual ordinary I ££££«&LVl«.o7-* -g-J paving been in your hands for some. days, 1 nronose, with your permission, to take tin m is read. I1,193 words
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527 1911-02-02 6 In a review of rubber in 1910, Messrs. S. Figgis and Co. estimate that the enormous acreage of 750,000 acres are now under rubber cultivation in the East, and though some quantity of this is only in course of planting,527 words
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