The Straits Budget, 16 February 1911
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section28 1911-02-16 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES." VOL. LXV NO. 2766 Singapore, Thursday, February, 16, 1911. ESTABLISHED OVU NAIF A CENTUM Price 25 cents.28 words
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Article239 1911-02-16 1 LEADERS— What arc Profits? 10 Was Indragiri Sold 10 Payment of Members ...10*11 The Ethics of Noise 11 Invasion Impossible 11 Panama Fortifications 11-1*2 Local and General— Local and Personal 1 Legislative Council 2 Rattles Museum and Library 2 Girls’ Friendly Society 2 Agri-Horticultural Show 2 Tragedy239 words
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Article1683 1911-02-16 1 Sir Hubert Laidlaw sailed hence for Egypt on February 14, in the 1*. and O. Nubia, ho lie will not be present at the opening of the new Y.M.C.A buildings, lie was not able to visit, in the interests of the London Missionary Society, Peking, Hankow and1,683 words
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1010 1911-02-16 2 A mooting <4 the Legislative ('oiincil was held on February 10, there being pro sent Tins Governor, Sir John Anderson, (ft C. M. G.; tin* C 'olonial Si •< rot ary. I Ion. ft. ft. Brockman, M.G.jthe Attorney (ionoral, lion.1,010 words
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576 1911-02-16 2 Mr. ft. ft. C. Ay re, Acting Director of the Baffles Museum and ftihrary. signs the report on that institution for the year 1910. I ndcr the heading of the ftihrary, it is recorded that tin- number576 words
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Article115 1911-02-16 2 I In- advance statement of block tin and tin I exported, approximate value and duty •**1 lj »'tj ■< durm M January and the comparison uit li the eoi i»oriod of the previous >ear ik now to hand although the* figures for I'p'115 words
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445 1911-02-16 2 A ''iris’ rliil> in connection with the Girls Friendly Society was oiienod, on February 9, in a building at the corner of \ictoria Street and Stamford Road, which is in future to he known as the Church Home.445 words
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206 1911-02-16 2 That the Agri-Horticultural Show, hold in Singapore last August, was a success from every point of view is evident from the statement of receipts and payments which will be laid before the General Committee on February 20 when the question of the206 words
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Article151 1911-02-16 2 On a previous occasion we noticed the very fine work done in special numbers of The Australian Traveller called Australia lo-day. A copy of the issue dated November 1 came to hand recently and, if possible, it is better than anything we have seen before. here could be151 words
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604 1911-02-16 2 A sensation was caused in the busiest centre of Siuga{K»re on February 9 by the tragic suicide of a cashier employed by Messrs. K. Meyer and Co.. Malacca Street. The name of the victim was Jacob604 words
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Article178 1911-02-16 2 Among the notifications contained in the last Government Gazette aro the followin« —Mr. D. Beatty is appointed magistrate, assistant district judge and coroner for Malacca. Dr. F. lb Croucher acts as P.C.M.O. Mr. A. B. Chamberlain acts as deputy Master Attendant. Messrs. N. A. M. Griffen and178 words
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Article39 1911-02-16 2 VV e hear that the proposed Country Club at 1 yersall is likely to be proceeded with on the revised estimate of 965,000. The matter will be decided at a meeting to bo held next week.39 words
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1160 1911-02-16 3 Tho members of the Amateur Drawing Association held a dinner in the Adelphi Hotel in honour of the society’s first anniversary, on February 11. The company was a Homewhat cosmopolitan one, presided over by Bishop Oldham, and it included the American Consul1,160 words
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268 1911-02-16 3 Chinese New Year celebrations are generally attended with tires of a more or less serious character and, at one time, incendiarism was pretty rife in the Colony. Energetic efforts on the part of the brigade and the police soon put268 words
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Article166 1911-02-16 3 The Follies, who concluded their season in Singapore on February 10, leave the Colony with the knowledge that their visit has been a boon and a blessing to men,” as the wellknown advertisement runs. Their last performance had less of the boisterous humour of some of their166 words
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Article117 1911-02-16 3 The mortality returns for Singapore, issued by the Registrar of Births and Deaths, show that during the week ending February 4, there were 219 deaths, giving a ratio per mille of population of 89.07. Malarial fever accounted for 45 deaths, phthisis 20, convulsions 10, beri-beri 24, bronchitis117 words
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505 1911-02-16 3 Singft|)ore did not evince over-much anxiety to be present at the Musical Kennedy s’ opening i»erformanccon February 18. Theaudience was not half as big as the excellence of the show would warrant, but of those who were present it can safely505 words
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Article245 1911-02-16 3 The members of the Moslem Association have given a dinner in honour of Mr. A. M. S. Angullia who was recently nominated by H. E. the Governor as the first Mohamcdan Municipal Commissioner. The rooms were tastefully decorated in accordance with European style and the following gentlemen were245 words
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Article23 1911-02-16 3 The output of tin ore from the mines of the Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd., for January, is 647.04 piculs.23 words
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258 1911-02-16 3 In thoir weokly share circular, Messrs. Frasor and Co. Htato :—At tlio clone of a very steady week we have but slight alterations to make in the prices of shares, with the exception of local Industrials, some of which have advanced258 words
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Article165 1911-02-16 3 There hcciim little doubt that the Straits Settlements will be represented by officers and men of the Singapore and I'enang Volunteer CorpH at the Coronation celebrations in London in June. The final selection has not so far been made, though preference will be given to those at165 words
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Article281 1911-02-16 3 The first Hitting of the nineteenth session of the Malaysia Annual Conference of tlio MetliodiHt Episcopal Church was held on February 11, bishop W. F. Oldham presiding. After a brief aervice, the bishop gave one of his characteristic addresses, full of cheer and good counsel, and then281 words
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Article71 1911-02-16 3 A European named Henry Liddicoat, employed in the Government Monopolies Department, was arrested on February H,at the instance of Mr. F. M. baddeley, on threo separate charges of theft. The offences are alleged to have been committed in licenced opium shops on February 10 and 11, and Liddicoat71 words
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Article13 1911-02-16 4 [Tin* Straits Times in not responsible for the opinions of itH corres|x>ndents.]13 words
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Article1410 1911-02-16 4 To the: Keliteir of the: StraitH Timem. Rir,--Afte;r suffering, with tho re:st of tho ooiiiiuunity, tho noisy disexnuforts of tho opening elays of tho Chiuoao Now 1 oar, I w»ih awakened at mieluight on Monday hy deafening iioihoh of oriwkor and bombfiring in all dirootionw round my1,410 words
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Article276 1911-02-16 4 To tin; Kditor of tlie Straits Times. Sir,—In your issue of the 1st inst. there appeared an article to the HTeet that the general meeting of the Singapore Catholic I'uucrul Association had l>een postjHmed to the 15th inst. and this, 1 1mto state, was occasioned owino to276 words
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Article543 1911-02-16 4 To the Editor of tho StraitH Times. Sir,—Not unfrequently does ono eome across the word Kling in tho newspapers of Singapore. This term is considered by some iM'ople to be a suitable alternative for the v ord Indian," but it never strikes them that while the latter543 words
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Article91 1911-02-16 4 Wo aro given to understand that Mr. Kuller, a well-known Dutch aviator, who has Mown at Houen, Bordeaux, Milan and other places, will arrive here by the Dutch mail steamer duo on the 21st iust. and will bring with him two Antoinette aeroplanes. Negotiations are now in91 words
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Article119 1911-02-16 4 "bile the Dutch mail steamer Honing \\illem III, which arrived from Europe at the same time as the 1*. and outward mail <»n February II, was leaving Tanjong ag.u wharf in the afternoon for Batavia, she '•an on a shoal near the middle channel and remained fast119 words
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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
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Article482 1911-02-16 4 Singapore Qolf Club. On Saturday, the 11th inst.. plav in the iwstixmed gold medal competition, 1910, will take place, and on the same day and the Sunday following the February monthly mesial will be played for. The following are the draws for the Club championship and handicap sweepstake, respectively.482 words
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Article273 1911-02-16 4 S. C. C. Tournament. 1 he Telegraph representatives and those °I the merchants finished their match in the S. C. C. tournament on the Esplanade, on February 11, the former securing ail easy win over the latter. The scores were Mkkcuams.— H. W. Noon h. McKay 5, B. Tj.273 words
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482 1911-02-16 5 (From a Corrp.srondknt.) Batavia, February 11. The Gazette of the Netherlands India G overniuent contains the following official st atement: The Sultan of lthio, though rejxjatedly warned by the Government, has refused to fulfil his obligations and482 words
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827 1911-02-16 5 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I shall feel much obliged if you could spare space in your valuable paper for the following account of the circumstances attending my receut deposition, in reply to the official announcement827 words
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312 1911-02-16 5 In its Metal Trade Review of January 14, the Globe says, under the head of tin.—Last week closed at AT79 os. cash, X‘179 os. three months. This week closed at £188 10s. cash, £188 Pis. 6d. three months. The quantity that312 words
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63 1911-02-16 5 (From Our Own Gorrrspondrnt.) Penang, February 8. Mr. Justice Thornton has granted a habeas corpus order on the Governor of Singapore gaol calling upon him to show cause why Syed Mohamod bin Mocin, who is at present detained on a warrant for extradition at Netherlands63 words
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Article42 1911-02-16 5 (From Our Own Corrkspondk.nt.) Penang, February 8. The Court of Ap{>eal has reserved judgment in the tin cases, iu which Messrs. Strauss and Co., London, and Messrs. Behr and Co., Penang, were plaintiffs, and a number of Chinese merchants defendants.42 words
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Article120 1911-02-16 5 (From Our Own Corrkspondk.nt.) Penang, February 11. In the Cow’an case, the Court of Appeal has decided, by a majority of two to one, that no appeal lies against the magistrates' order of committal. The three judges are now deliberating on the question whether there is a120 words
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560 1911-02-16 5 There is a very interesting appreciation of Scotsmen by a Chinaman in the World's Chinese Students’ Journal. It gives the Impressions of Aberdeen of Siow Thye Lee, who was a student at Aberdeen University. Aberdeen, like Oxford or Cambridge,560 words
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544 1911-02-16 5 In his recent book on tho Prevention of Malaria, Major llouuld Kohm makoH a computation of the economic loss which is caused by malarial fever in the inland of Mauritius, which in a faint indication of the enormous damage544 words
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Article124 1911-02-16 5 In a letter written to a friend just before tlio Terra Nova quitted Lyttelton for the Antarctic regions, Captain Scott, the commander of the new expedition which it is hoped will reach the South Pole, said: —1 am glad at such a time as this to bo124 words
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Article125 1911-02-16 5 At the first general meeting of the Ulu Johan Mining Syndicate, Ltd., held in Ipohon Monday last, the manager, Mr. Deseraques, stated that the preliminary operations of opening up the mine commenced soon after the incorporation of the syndicate. Arrangements have been made to secure a125 words
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1118 1911-02-16 6 Prince Henry «»f Prussia, whorecently deli vercd a lecture on Ins fust trip in an airship has described in the I’rcss how ho won Un qualification of an aeroplane pilot. At any rate, says tho lierlin1,118 words
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322 1911-02-16 6 The follow ing details of the tragic death j at Harbin of Dr. Mesny, the French bacteriologist, are translated by the Japan Chronicle from the Novaya /hi/.n, of .January 18, as follows: At H o’clock last night Hr.322 words
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Article193 1911-02-16 6 An act of bravery displayed by the two i Malay policemen in Colombo who have been rewarded with the King’s Police Medal, occurred in August last, in connection with an attempted burglary at the residence of Mr. Mootatamhy in De Sarain Place. The two eonstahles were doing193 words
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Article92 1911-02-16 6 I Al «>n the Jlrd inst., Mr. van den i nMI 'Viator whom it ia Imped we may sr, I’" n h >rt -*li<l w'veral lon« tli K l lt with i passengers. With Mrs. Hamilton hire he j we nt ov,. f;»r ft flight towards92 words
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440 1911-02-16 6 As we have already announced, says the Hongkong Telegraph of .lamiary 31,,» serious lire broke out on Ixtard the steamer humsang, w hile on her last voyage from Singapore to Hongkong. tuil lx*twcen the former port and Saigon.440 words
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434 1911-02-16 6 Since the close of the metal market on Friday last, says the Investor's Chronicle of January 11. the cash price of tin has risen over .1*6 per ton, from .1*179} to .11 Hog. This is the top notch touched since434 words
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Article549 1911-02-16 6 Dcnjiro Kotoku and twelve Japanese Anar cliists expiated their crime of plotting to kill tin 1 F.ni|xror of Japan, u|K>u the scaffold of t| lt Tokio Prison on January *24. The cere moiiy opened at about 9 a.m. and549 words
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279 1911-02-16 6 The following cutting, from the Hongkong Daily Press of the 3rd inst., supplements the telegram we received announcing the death of Mr. Cochrane who was well-known in Singapore: At about five o’clock yesterday morning an Indian policeman found279 words
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1005 1911-02-16 7 In the intervals of looking after tho interests of America in Singapore and round about, Mr. .Taint's T. Dubois lias lately been investigating a rather vexed question, as to whether or not the shark is a man-eating1,005 words
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Article786 1911-02-16 7 The very existence of the island of Grand Cayman seems to be outside the knowledge of the average Briton. Yet it has some claim to fame. It differs from the other West Indian islands in having a mostly white population it is farthest to the west of786 words
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913 1911-02-16 7 At the conclusion of the Easter Term, in April next, the Prince of Wales will complete his course of training at the senior division of the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth, and the first phase in913 words
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661 1911-02-16 7 Stern Measures Adopted. The action of the P. and Company in sending on Home of itn big mailsteemers from Australian to New Zealand ports has led, reports the Daily Telegraph, to stern measures on the part of the661 words
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Article196 1911-02-16 7 The annual march of the orchid was ono of tins many wonders of Nature described b .y Mr. F. Martin Duncan in the course of his address to juveniles at the London Institution, on Summer, tin* Pageant of Nature.” He reminded his audience that many plants, although196 words
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992 1911-02-16 8 |»;i|H-rs to hand on February 11 publish full.'. particulars of the H|»coeheH at till* n|x>nilii> of Parliament last week. In the House of ('ominous Mr. linker, who tnoved the Address, said he |io|ms| that the inhabitant-. of the vast992 words
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1163 1911-02-16 8 Mr. W. It. (h»ilvie (iraut. and secretary of the Ihitish exjiedition in Dutch New (iuinea. informs lieiiter (says the Mornino Leader of January that, according to letters dated as late as the middle of Novemlier, Mr. Walter (Joodfellow, the leader of the1,163 words
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338 1911-02-16 8 'riu* ninety-first rejKirt of tlu* court of directors of tli«* Hongkongand Shanghai 1 lankin*' Corporation is signed by Mr. C». Ballock, tin* cliairiuan. and says:—Tlu* directors have now to submit to von a general statement of the affairs of the bank338 words
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Article126 1911-02-16 8 The grave of Charles Dickons’ soldier son who died in India, and which hitherto could’ not be found, lias been discovered after careful search in the Alipur Cemetery, Calcutta, lumk grass and vegetation had compleiely concealed it from view, but the inscription oil tlie tombstone is still126 words
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772 1911-02-16 8 Colombo pajiers to hand by the mail, on February 11. bring further details of the case against Ed ward F. Mylius who has Is-on sentenced to twelve months’ imprisonment for libelling King George. The accused is772 words
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3103 1911-02-16 9 Iu ft series of Survivors’ Tales of Great Kvents, published in the Hoyal Magazine, apiH'iu s a picturesque ftccouut of the Perak war of the early seventies. It is the narrative of Private Smith,3,103 words
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430 1911-02-16 9 Thu history of mining in Burma, successfully on modern lines, dates back less than five years. The great success attending most ventures founded there, CH|H‘cially in thu districts of Tavoy and Mergui, augurs well for the future. The |Mmsihilities in this430 words
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Article156 1911-02-16 9 In Humming lip to tho jury in a society case at homo, Mr. Justice hurling said:— On tin* question of what hospitality iu law meant, In; hold that if it was proved that, in consequence of tin: slander, the plaintiff lost tin; opportunity of briny received into156 words
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Article22 1911-02-16 10 Hithskli,.— At Argyll,” Kampong Bahru Hoad, Singapore, on February H, to Mr. and Mnt. J. Mr.A. Bussell, a hou. Both well.22 words
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THE Straits Budget.
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Article1044 1911-02-16 10 the profit account. —Straits Timcis, February 9. Wo hooiii to hear a good many of our readers saying What an alisurd question when they read tlie line above this article. I'rofits, of oourne, are understood by everybody, and are just the oppoaito of Iohhch. Nevertheless the rjueMtionthe profit account.—Straits Timcis, February 9. - 1,044 words
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Article1031 1911-02-16 10 Straits Times, February 10. It is necessary to restrain a natural feeling of indignation in dealing with tho disclosures about Indragiri estate. It does not seem |M)Hsible to doubt that the (icrson Burchardt, who was vendor and subsequent manager of the property, was an extraordinary obstinate fool,Straits Times, February 10. - 1,031 words
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Article1156 1911-02-16 10 StraifcH Times, February 11. It appears to be quite probable that before the end of the present year the payment of State salaries to members of Parliament will be incorporated in the British political system. We regret the fact on sentimental rather than on practical grounds. ItStraifcH Times, February 11. - 1,156 words
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Article1062 1911-02-16 11 and mutual consideration.—Straits Times, February 18. We have given a good doal of freedom tately to correspondents who very bitterly protest against the cracker firing which is one of the features of the Chinese New Year celebrations. There is some cause of complaint, no doubt, butand mutual consideration.—Straits Times, February 18. - 1,062 words
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Article1134 1911-02-16 11 Sir Arthur Wilson ignores. Straits Times, February 14. We have just been reading Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson’s reply to certain questions addressed to him by Mr. Haldane, the Minister for War. Sir Arthur is First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, and represents the consensus of opinion of hisSir Arthur Wilson ignores. Straits Times, February 14. - 1,134 words
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Article1112 1911-02-16 11 of |Milicy are to Is* expected. —Straits Times, February If*. It does not matter very much to us out here whether the Panama Canal is fortifies! or left, like the Sue/. Canal, an open world highway. It is about the same distance from Singapore to the Canal whetherof |Milicy are to Is* expected.—Straits Times, February If*. - 1,112 words
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Advertisement89 1911-02-16 10 Ib« Post treo price of the Strath Timri I" 7»H.r. The poet free price of the Strain HuJgtt it Si 4 It ta ot neceeaarv to euhecribe for i year. The subecriptione for shorter period* ere ai the wmt proportionate rate a* for a year. The Strain Hmigrt can he89 words
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Obituary24 1911-02-16 10 DEATH. McNaiic -On January 1H, at Proa ton, Brighton, Madalona, widow of late J. F. A. McNair, C.M.O., Major K.A., retired; aged l-t yearn.24 words
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272 1911-02-16 12 HOTEL PROPRIETOR SUMMONED. Counsel Declares That Local Law is A Hass.” The difficulties of a hotel manager s job were cx|Kiundcd in tin* District Court, on February la, during the hearing of a ease; against Nlr. J.Carapiet, of the Adelphi Hotel, wlio had lieen summoned to ap|>ear on a charge272 words
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Article242 1911-02-16 12 A. well-attended meeting of the Anti-Opium Society was held, on Fehruayy 14, at the society's preniiseH in Middle Koa<l, Dr. S. in presiding. Bishop Oldham said tliat the strong pro-opium sentiment was not with the Chinese, but with some of the not-too- wisely-opin ion uttering* Englishmen, and242 words
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1006 1911-02-16 12 The Colonial < Journal otTors some (l ,„ni(>ut oil tin* recent Municipal Enquiry in Singiuiore ami says tin* report ot tin l oin mission has, naturally enough. made a deep impression in the Colony, ami has a considerable interest1,006 words
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390 1911-02-16 12 The annual general meeting of the Straits branch of the Hoyal Asiatic Society is called to bo held at the Baffles Library ou Wednesday next, at 5 p.ni.. when the following report of the council w ill be submitted390 words
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Article133 1911-02-16 12 Flying the Italian fiag. the gunboat Piemonte entered port on February 13, after a trip across the Indian Ocean from Italian Somaliland and Aden. She is commanded by Captain Orturo Cavassa, and during her stay here she will probably be placed in dry-dock to have her hull133 words
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Article141 1911-02-16 12 Hie question of delay in handling shipping business at Port Swettunhaiu is dealt with in a leading article by the Malay Mail which, in conclusion, remarks: We have always maintained, and our opinion is shared by many who should be in a position to judgo that141 words
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Article1477 1911-02-16 13 London, February 8. The Australian billiard player, Gray, has made a record break of 1402 in a match against Diggle. The printer of the journal Liberator, whose editor has been sent to prison for libel on the King, has refused to continue printing the paper. He has informed1,477 words
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Article442 1911-02-16 13 Borlin, February 8. The Kaiser will not visit Rome either on his journey to or from Corfu. With a military airship a trip was niado j from Gotha to Metz in twolvo hours. Everything went smoothly Berlin, February 9. The Kaiser is suffering from a slight cold. The442 words
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181 1911-02-16 13 The Standard Oil Company of America has replied to the recent action of the Royal Dutch Shell Combine in securing a number of Glasgow-owned vessels to carry petrol from United States ports to China and Japan by chartering nearly181 words
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Article69 1911-02-16 13 The First Lord of Admiralty has informed Mr. G. F. Holder, K.C., M. I’, for Chatham, that no difficulty or delay should have arisen in paying compensation to members of the ship’s company of the wrecked cruiser Bod ford for the loss of their effects, lie adds69 words
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806 1911-02-16 13 Physiologists claim that growth from in fancy to old age is a process of gradual ossitication and that the stiffness of age is caused by the deposits of calcareous matter or earthy salts. Therefore, a diet806 words
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Shipping Intelligence.
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Article291 1911-02-16 14 February 8 Delhi, Brit, sir Bradshaw, Shanghai, I’ a Yugala, BriJ. str., Jenson, Bangkok, Kant Asiatic Coy. 9 Atniral Niolly, Fol). htr., Brnouf, Haiphong, Moino Comte Slavonia, Oor. str., Peter, Hongkong, Bohn Moyer Hirario Marti, Jap. Htr. Frasers, London. Paterson Simons Argenfols, Ger. str Yolkruann, Vladivostok, Pate rson SiiuonH291 words
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Article231 1911-02-16 14 February I Hild, Nor. str., Bangkok I’racliatipok, Siam, str., Bangkok via portH Ambria, (kr. str., Yokohama 9 Indramayo, Brit. Ntr., Busan Prot« silauH. Brit. str.. London and Liverpool Aruiral Niolly, Fob. str, Dunkirk via poits ISofala, Brit, str, Haugoou and Calcutta Vorwacrts, Auh htr, Japan via porta Argunfols, (kr.231 words
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547 1911-02-16 14 III. Whitby, m mi entertaining volume. The Makers of Men. denis with the greatest and West of men. lie selects forty men whom h<‘ considers to lm* the cream of the human i«u <. and analyses their physical,547 words
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Article179 1911-02-16 14 W alking is not merely moving two legs rhythmically over certain intervals of ground. It is the primal and the* only way to know the world, the deliberate entering into an inheritance, whose parts are wind and weather, sky and prospect, men and animals, and all179 words
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Article237 1911-02-16 14 SlNUAPORK, FEBRUARY 15, 1611. exchange. On London- Hank 4 m/s 2 /*d Domand 2 4 w Private ft m/s do 3 m/s 2/4J3 On Grumany Bank d/d 240 Private 3 m/a 244 On Franck Baok d/d 295 Private 8 m/8 299} On India—Bank T. T. 474 Private237 words
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Article1036 1911-02-16 14 Sinoaporh, Frbruary 15, 1911 MINING. l=Hue y Value ftj Buyers Sellers 10 10 Bclat Tin 5 25 5 85 10 10 Bruang 6.00 6 50 10 10 Brusch Hyd 5 GO 10 10 Kanaboi l.f.O 1 75 XI £1 Kiuta Tin 17 00 17 60 Xi XlKledangTin1,036 words
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Advertisement547 1911-02-16 15 M. V'U, J ll/i J I J I O i Ilf* I Electrical, Mechanical, Marine Civil Engineers Shipbuilders I ESTATE T00L8. 8T0RE8 AND REQUISITES. Laptfe Stock**. Prompt Delivery PROPRIETORS OF THE “PAT” TAPPING KNIFE BERTRAM'S Rubber Machinery A WARDED.1st I’RIZK AND GOLD MEDAL, SINGAPORE, 1910. Rubber Factories, Drying Sheds, Smoke547 words
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Advertisement323 1911-02-16 16 ‘i:, m &Hr i' Jut •OUI AOSMTS FOR HORNnY'l ;*> i GAS ENGINE AND SUCTION GAS PLANT. (SUITABLE FOR ANTHRACITE, COKE, CHARCOAL AND OTHER FUELS). Kr h t.v- tV A NOW IN U8E SW'rXW r > vi sa A*5“> T. ‘-i. > ■*3r y,» >-5fi3nr -i TV Oik n JM323 words
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Advertisement201 1911-02-16 16 57? ■Z'% Vi/, ’^y i 5^ >-s V-' ofc p OMi < e. 2V tr y ;V >5 /'y y .< v P.OYAL fo>- ANIMALS S00 //ia Elhmen E.F.A. Booklet UNIVERSAL for HUMAN.USr See the El Ilmen R.E.P. Booklet found enclosed with bottles of ELLIMAN'3 THE NAME IS ELLIMAN PAIN201 words
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The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT.
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1326 1911-02-16 1 A Dumber 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 available1,326 words
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Article170 1911-02-16 2 London and Sinoapokk Kcrhkr Pricks 1 Gknkral— Planted Acreages ‘A The Labour (Juestion Markot Notes H Sierra Para Itubber Syndicate Government Exhibitor at the Show 2) Itubber v. Tea 8 Lowtnont Estates Co., LUl. Buhls r IteoiH •Share ValuoH Huhls-r from Tar 1 Itubher in Malaya New (iutta Pere.ha170 words
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Article298 1911-02-16 2 (Know Oi’u Own Co|[kkhi>oni>knt). London, February 10. Tin- rubber market is rather unsettled, but there lias Is-eu an i111|»»-«»v«-in<*»it in priccs t and there does not apfiear to is- any e-xeess of supplies Fine para298 words
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576 1911-02-16 2 The India-rubber Journal gives the following as the world’s planted rubber acreages as at the beginning of the present year Acres. .Malaya 400,000 Ceylon 200.000 Dutch Hast Indies, Borneo, Samoa and Pacific Islands... 200,0(X) S. India and576 words
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827 1911-02-16 2 The ordinary general meeting of the shareholder* of the Kuala Klang Rubber Estate, Limited, was held ou .January 18, at the London Chamber of Commerce. 2, Oxford t ourt, Cannon Street, B.C. Mr. Gibert F. Traill (chairman827 words
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Article29 1911-02-16 2 (From Our Own Corrkspondknt.) Penang, February 9. A cable message from Colombo announces that United Serdang pays a dividend of ten per cent, and carries forward £‘9,277.29 words
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894 1911-02-16 2 The Planters’ Association of Malaya held a meeting at Kuala Lumpur on February 12, for the purpose of discussing the labour problem with the High Commissioner. It will be remembered that the P. A. M. had suggested894 words
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776 1911-02-16 3 The following rubber market noteH are bv ■G. V. W. in the Financial News of January 20 A combination of circumstances would seem t*> l>e responsible for the continual fall in quotations. To the liquidation of large deceased776 words
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189 1911-02-16 3 f* l the Chancery Division, before Mr. Justice Swinfen Eady, Mr. Kerby on behalf of the plaintiffs in the actiou of the C'hristineville Rubber Estates Company, Limited, v. the Sierra Para Rubber Syndicate, moved for judgment in default of defence.189 words
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200 1911-02-16 3 The International Rubber and Allied Trades Exhibition, which will be held at the Agricultural Hall from June 24 to July 11, will be the most complete exhibition of its kind that the world has yet seen. Already twenty-three Governments have taken space, ami each of200 words
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Article172 1911-02-16 3 Not the least remarkable —though, of course, a wholly ex]x*cted feature of the trade returns for 1910 is rubber, says the Rubber World. The amount imported—876,968 cwt. —was valued at .£26,097,000, an increase of £11,958,784, or in round figures 85 percent. In gutta jiercha the imports172 words
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Article220 1911-02-16 3 At a meeting of the Planters’ Association of Malaya, held at Kuala Lumpur, on Sunday last, a letter was read from the Malacca Planters’ Association stating that, at a meeting of that body held oil the 5th inst., it was resolved that the association220 words
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531 1911-02-16 3 The price of tea has advanced, and the shares of tea com|>auies have res|>oudod by a rise in value, writes a correspondent of The Financier. Good dividends are paid by the best tea companies, and very much lietter dividends by531 words
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Article153 1911-02-16 3 The following circular, dated January 11, has boon issuod to the shareholders of the I)avid Young Rubber Estates (British Guiana), Limited: —From mail advices, dated the Whanamaparu Camp Concession, Barium River, N. W. D., November 26, from Arakaka, December 5, and from Morawlianna, December 7, received153 words
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135 1911-02-16 3 This company was registered on January 8, by Radcliffe, Cator and Hood, 20, Craven Street, Charing Cross, W. C. Capital .£40,000, in j£1 shares. Objects: To carry on the business of tea and rubber planters, cultivators of tea, coffee, cinchona, rubber and other produce, etc.; to135 words
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Article665 1911-02-16 3 Mr. Rhodes Iiah returned from England and haw gone to his rubber estate near Kota Tampan. Homance in commerce in by no means dead, says a writer in the Young Man. Ho must have been reading rubber prospectuses.-The World. The Taiping pa(K?r ways that thirty aero* of rubber,665 words
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1104 1911-02-16 4 In viow of tin*, innumerable notes, special ArticloH, corrcsixindcncc and daily market re porta which apjKuirixl in The r'inancier on tho all abnorhing topic of Rubber shares dm ini» the year 1910, we do not intend (says the pajxn*1,104 words
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589 1911-02-16 4 A patent sjxs ification lias been filed by Artliur Algernon Wellesley (irist. Highlands," Canon hie Road, Honor Oak, S.K., reluting to iiiiprovenients in the production of rubber artificially from raw materials such as tar. Hitherto there have been various suggestions589 words
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Article1014 1911-02-16 4 For sonic nionths past, the Field has bi*cn 1 publishing a series of articles dealing with Life in the Ktnpire overseas t<* which Sir Frank Swettcnham contributed that portion which treats of British Malaya. On the1,014 words
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290 1911-02-16 4 Mr. Justice Sw infen Fady.iu the Chancery Division, heard the petition of the New Gutta Pereha Company, Limited, to confirm a special resolution of the company to reduce its capital. Mr. Arthur F. Hughes (instruct ixl by Wajnwright. Pollock and Co.)290 words
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Article215 1911-02-16 4 The secretary of Soconusco Bubher Plautu tions announces that until the new vacuum drier arrives on the estate the rubber will continue to require up to three weeks for drying, and that, owing, perhaps, to the diffi cnlty of judging the dry weight of rubber w hen215 words
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Article233 1911-02-16 4 Cultivated rubber is still in the experimental stage in Siam. Several plantations, says the Society of Arts Journal, have been started by Siamese officials in the States of Sing£»ora and Chuinpon. and the trees are said to be thriving. In the region ofChantaboon there are many233 words
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449 1911-02-16 5 Alleged Damage To Quality The Ceylon Observer has been furnished with the translation of an article which appeared in the Quinini Zoitung, one of the leading rubber )>criodicalK of Kurope, on December HO last. In it attention is drawn to a449 words
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358 1911-02-16 5 It is usual in rul>bt*r factories to shield the rubber from direct sunlight and to have the windows of the drying rooms of red glass or screened with ml materials. The following note, taken from the December number of358 words
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395 1911-02-16 5 In the Manchester County Court .John Herbert Gooden, cotton agent, of Ashleigh, Hrooklamls, sued Claude Hart, manufacturer, of Hoi x‘ House, Smedlev Lane, for as the price of 200 Christineville Rubl>er shares, or, alternatively, for t'* r395 words
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342 1911-02-16 5 Sonhors Emilio C'astre and Victor F. Ysla, who have been deputed by the Peruvian (iovernment to investigate rubber conditions in the East, and are now in Ceylon, have given the Times of Ceylon some information with reference to their interesting342 words
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Article104 1911-02-16 5 The number of acres of land obtained in Malabar by European capitalists for the cultivation of rubber now amounts to nearly 19,000, of which nearly 11.000 appear to have already been planted and the taking of another 5.000 acres is being discussed. Malabar affords abundant natural104 words
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136 1911-02-16 5 The following in the comparative statement of cultivated rubber exerted from the Federated Malay State's, during tin* years 1910 and 1909 KxjHirted Total during export durDec., 1910. year. lbs. lbs. Perak 882,222 2,541,756 Selangor 745,890 8,241,888 Negri Sembilan 155,997136 words
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303 1911-02-16 5 Considering that Lancashire is one of the most ini|K>rtant centres of the rubber manufacturin'' industry, it is interesting to note what the Manchester Guardian writes on the important subject of standardisation of plantation rubber. Cultivated rubber, says that ))aper, in303 words
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Article132 1911-02-16 5 Ucg'ardiug' the Straits Settlements, the annual report of the Hamburg' Chamber of Coinmerce remarks that the commercial development in 1010 has steadily advanced, so that im i>orts and exports have shown a record. The rubber industry brought a and steady alHux of capital, and that has132 words
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Article107 1911-02-16 5 A Berlin paper refers to a (lerman patented invention for an artificial rubber. It relates to the employment of the oil ot the Soya bean for the production of a substitute for rubber. The inventors claim that tin* oil by the use of nitric acid is transformed107 words
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534 1911-02-16 5 In their rubber review for 1910 Messrs. Grisar and Co., brokers, of Antwerp,deal with the present position in the Belgian Congo, and report iqion the experiments now being carried out there. They then give an abstract of the output534 words
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Article174 1911-02-16 5 At the adjourned first ordinary general meeting of the London Syndicate, Limited, held at Cannon-street Hotel, K. C., the Hon. C. H. Strutt preside si, and slated that the meeting' calk'd for December 50 was adjourned in order to enable the directors to bring' before the shareholders174 words
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Article103 1911-02-16 5 An elephant bclonoing' to a Malay of Tan* jong' Itamhiitan went roaming' about of his own sweet will, which said sweet will led him to the binding' BubUr Syndicate’s estate, to the latter’s less to the extent of twentylive young' ruhher trees which the (londrrnUH103 words
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975 1911-02-16 6 Exhibition Arrangements. Pat t and Ccjiiu i iiMh i hh w 11 11s iiiIiImi ▼ines, arr rc|M»rtcd to exist in largcqnantiticH in tlif. Itali-cl .IcIh I (liKtnct in ilir Soudan, anti if a through means of communication could bo opened up, it975 words
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Article365 1911-02-16 6 Kuala Kangsar Plantations. *,022 ll>s. Koi lb 10, 02,29H ll»s. For January, 1010. i 4,1 HO lbs. C oconuts .Junuiiry. PHI. 26.100 nuts for 1010, 120,001 lints. Scndayan iF.M.S.l Publici C o.. Ltd. 1.0.12 lbs. The harvest in December. 1010. was 741 Ihs. and the total quantity365 words
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Article240 1911-02-16 6 Iii their report on tlit* Sungei Rubber Kstate, Ltd.. tor the first financial period to September 550 last, tlic ilircctors state: The area of the estak is now 1.5124 acres, against an original area of 1,016 acres, the directors having acquired on favourable terms another 550H240 words
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331 1911-02-16 6 Sir Daniel Morris, in the course of a p»l»*» him hi the rial Department of Agncu tine in the West 1 1 in lies, before an audience of members of the Royal Colonial Institute, assembled under the presidents <>t331 words
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421 1911-02-16 6 Tin* Loudon and Cliinii Fx press of January j 20, contains the followin'' information resjiectI ing the rublier industry: Tin* market for j Para is very quiet, and prices have declined. Hard Fine on the spot and near delivery is quoted Is.421 words
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Article42 1911-02-16 6 I'lnntcm M l "tlim, intcrcsUil in the 5i',,,,"1 I nu, national Itubbor and Allied on, I I i""!1 lH in Lon<l “'> .lu.i 2Uo.luly 11 may obtain copies of the conditmns of competitions and other infonnaS.^u^ud 011 404,10 Man 1^42 words
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Article13 1911-02-16 6 'Tlu* Straits Times is not responsible for tin* opinions of its coiTOspontloutH.13 words
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Article415 1911-02-16 6 To the Fditor of the Straits Times. Sir. With reference to your two leaders on the Mergui and the Indragiri Rubber Companies. I am surprised to see that you pass over in silence so many other companies, the prospects of which arc in a sad contrast415 words
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397 1911-02-16 6 Mr. .1. W. Bicknell. of the General Kublier Company of Now \ork. which is a subsidiary company looking after the crude interests of the l nited States Hubbcr Company, is among the visitors to Ceylon, says the Times of that397 words
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348 1911-02-16 7 A planter addresses the Kuala-Lumpur paper on the estate agency system. I beliove I am right, he remarks, in saying this system, as now known, originated in Ceylon, but I do not believe tobacco or sugar, both big planting industries,348 words
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354 1911-02-16 7 We recently quoted from the Malay Mail an interesting letter by Mr. C. Baxendale, of Jugra Estate, on the subject of the pioneers of the coconut and rubber industries in the F.M.S. Mr. Baxendale now writes to the same paper354 words
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Article142 1911-02-16 7 The secretaries of the Consolidated Malay Rubber Estates, Limited, announce that the directors have purchased the C'onstantia and Tulloch estates, which adjoin Atherton and Leigh estates of his company. T he area of the properties approximately is 401 acres, of which 90 acres were planted with Hcvea142 words
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1673 1911-02-16 7 The ordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Bukit Cloh Kuhtier Company, Limited, was held on January 20, at the registered office of the company, 189, Cannon Street. E.C., Mr. R. Hoffmann (chairman of the company} presiding. The1,673 words
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Article169 1911-02-16 7 Wo have received, says the North China Daily New's of February 4, a copy of a report upon the Kota Baliroe Rubber Estates, Ltd., compiled by order of the Board, from written reports furnished by the General Manager and Agents, supplemented by verbal information given to169 words
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371 1911-02-16 7 Mt. N. (loines, secretary of the Ayer Molck Rubber Company, forwards the following account of proceedings at the company's first annual ordinary general meeting held at Malacca on January 21. The chairman, Mr. Chi Kang Cheng, presided and371 words
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216 1911-02-16 7 William Standish Roberts was indicted at the Central Criminal Court, on January 17, for converting to his own use 1*60 lf>s. and other sums received by him for Merlimau Rubber Kstates, for which Messrs. R. O. Shaw and Co. were agents216 words
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149 1911-02-16 7 Glassel estate factory, at Dehiowita. Ceylon, has been destroyed by fire. It ap|)ears that a spark from the engine first set tire to the top loft of the withering shade. The sii[)eriiitendent of the estate, Mr. Mackenzie, w ith149 words
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Article42 1911-02-16 7 Shareholders in Sungei Krian xhoul i uoto that a final call of‘i/6 per share, making them fully paid, lias been made by the directors of the company in London. 'I la call should be paid without delay.42 words
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Article2971 1911-02-16 8 At Uu< hist annual Rpnr>r&l mooting' of tl»«* ludrugiri (Sumatra! Hubls-r and (iutta|»erclia t'o., Ltd.. held in tin- company's offices in Till- Arcade, oil February m, Mr. Van Hijn berg, tin-( liairinaii. madr a lengthy report on2,971 words
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326 1911-02-16 8 In his annual report on the condition of Jamaica in 1909-10. the Governor of the Colony. Sir Sydney Olivier, states that the year w as. on the whole, one of prosjicrity and progress for the island, notw ithstanding that some326 words
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Article133 1911-02-16 8 We hear on excellent authority that a number of forged transfers of rubber shares, other than those previously mentioned, arc in circulation. Persons dealing in shares are vv ai ned not to accept transfers unless they aie in a position to verify the signatures of transferor and witnesses,133 words
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