The Straits Budget, 20 July 1911

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1 6 The Straits Budget
  • 28 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE ‘‘STRAITS TIMES.” VOL. LXV NO. 2788 Singapore, Tlmrsday, July 20, 1911. ESTABLISHED OVER HALF A CESTUI Price 25 cents
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  • 238 1 LEADERS— A Plea for Trust in Trusts 8 Rubber Company Prospocts 8 Japan and Ourselves 8 9 Spain and Morocco 9 The Seamen's Lot 9 Nearing the Crisis 9-10 Local and General Local and Personal 1 Musical Evening 2 Local Telegrams 2 F.M.S. Contingent's Grumble 2 Disgusting
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  • 1777 1 At a general meeting of the Straits Chinese Heading Club, held in the C.C.A. Hall, Prinscp street, on July 1H, the following oflice-bearers were elected for the ensuing months:—president, Mr. Song Ong Siang; secretary, Mr. Tan Yew Chav; librarian, Mr. Lim Thiatn Pee. The books for study
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  • 1898 2 Tho preliminary enquiry into the charge against A. I'. Marie and nernard Caldera of murdering a Tamil petition-writer named Edward Knungasamy was reKtimed ou.luly 11 in the third police court. Mr. Edmonds, li.lM'., for the prosecution, Mr. Rraddell
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  • 273 2 Shortly after ten o’clock on July 16, the Straits Steamship Company's new vessel, the Krian, started on a trial trip from off Johnston's Pier and proceeded in the direction of Horsburgli lighthouse returning to tho roads just before 4 p.m. It
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  • 298 2 An enjoyable concert was given on July 15 in the Boustead Institute, the chairman being Mr. A. M. Smith. The programme was of a varied nature, and all the items were much appreciated. Mr. Fred Knight worked hard as accompanist, and his
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  • 119 2 Mr. Pierpont Morgan is the present ownci of Gainsborough’s famous portrait, Tlu Duchess of Devonshire, which was once stolen from the Messrs. Agnew, and was afterwards found at Chicago. The authenticity of the picture has been challenged by another Duchess of Devonshire, says a Loudon telegram. The
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  • Local Telegrams.
    • 165 2 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, July 12. Tho following handicaps for tho Penan. race meeting, which opens on the 25th insi are published Mixed Handicap.— Chanticleer 10, Rowhili 9.0, Chesterbrook 8.7, Tom Lees B.r>, Ben., volencc 8. Kuala Lumpur Plate.- Chanticleer 11 Lossie 10.9, Carlo 92, Sirdar
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    • 92 2 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, July la. 1 lio wedding was celebrated at St Georges Church, the Rev. F. W. Haines, 1 olouial Chaplain officiating, of Mr. James Gordon, manager of Val d'Or Estate, and Miss Louisa Campbell Brown, a nurse at the General Hospital, eldest daughter
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    • 42 2 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Peunng, July 18. The Straits Rubber Company’s London office have cabled that the claim for insurance in respect of the rubber destroyed by tiro at Gedoug Estate ou May 31 last baa been satisfactorily settled.
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    • 28 2 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, .July 18. At the meeting of shareholders of the Georgetown Dispensary, Ltd., a dividend of 18 per cent, was declared.
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    • 30 2 (From Our Own Correspondent). Penang, July 18. The Tongkah Tin Co.’s output for the lirst fortnight of this mouth, with tour dredgers at work, was 1,104 piculs.
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    • 15 2 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, July 18, Mrs. Proudlock sails for home to-day.
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    • 57 2 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 12. Government has already commenced tho erection at Port Swettenham of quarantine sheds for the accommodation of Indian immigrants to relieve the congestion at Penang. Twelve sheds are being put up to accommodate 2,(K)» coolies, anil other sheds will tollow
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  • 179 2 The F.M.S. contingent were stationed in the neighbourhood of Buckingham Palace both for the Coronation procession and for the one through London next day. If the idea was to give the Malay States a good advertisement (says tlio Malay Mail), it appears from a private letter received
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  • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
    • 54 3 Malacca Ladies' Rifle Club. At the monthly shoot for tho Walker trophy by tho members of the Malacca Ladies’ Rifle Club, the following scores were made;— Mrs. Watson 27 Mrs. Hargreaves 21 Mrs. Harmer 2d Mrs. Darby 22 Mrs. Swindell 22 Mrs. Rock 18 Total 136 The umpire
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    • 112 3 Keppel Golf Club. The following cards were returned for tho Keppel Golf Club’s duly medal, which was played for on July 15 and 16 M D. Rutley 504-48=98 --15=83 winner W. U. Swan 45 45 90 6 84 A. W. D. Dove 47 47 94 10 84 1C H.
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    • 1007 3 Singapore Cup Competition. The football cup tie between the S.C.C. II. and the Government services, which had previously ended in a draw, was replayed on the former’s ground on July 12. Play was not of a very high order though there was a hard tussle throughout. The Government
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    • 308 3 L.L.T;C. Tournament. The following results were recorded in tho Ladies’ Lawn Tennis Club tournament on July 12: Mixed Doubles A.” —Mrs. Salztnann and Mr. Royd beat Miss Morris and Mr. Leggutc, 6—1,6-5. Miss J. Gunn and Mr. Eventt beat Miss Marsh and Mr. W’ishart, 6 3, 6 —1.
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  • 104 3 The Legislative Council meets on July 21 afternoon, when tho Hon. O. Macbain will ask the Government to consider the possibility of equipping Penang with a wireless installa tion to form one of the chain of state-owned stations referred to at the Imperial Conference. The business will also
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  • 450 3 The report of tho directors of tho Rolat Tin Mining Company, Limited, for tho year ending March 31 last states that tho ore won during the year amounted to piculs 4,919.21, Singapore weight, as against piculs 5,753.57
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  • 414 3 Times without number, occasion has boon found to comment severely on tho indifference to public welfare exhibited in the modus operandi of the coroner’s department. When a dead body is found in a public place, which happens almost daily, there appears to be an extraordinary reluctance, on the
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  • 466 3 A correspondent writes: Groat indignation is felt aud expressed by certain respectable Chinese at the annoyance their womenfolk, wdien disembarking at .Johnston's pier, are subjected to at the hands of tile- preventive officer. There is no room there adapted
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  • 326 3 The annual report of tho British and Foreign Bible Society records tlio addition of eioht versions to tho Society's ever lenotheniti(4 list. Ono of those is in Balinese, properly the languaf'e of Bali, an island oast of .lava.
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  • 51 3 Following is the result of crushipi» opera* tions at Baiib for the four weeks eimnij’ loth inst. Bukit Komaii: stone ••rushed 2, 04 tons, 14 .Id obtained .')O2 o/.5., per leu 0.10 dwt. Bukit Malacca: stone crushed 1,5 >8 tons, jjold obtained 225 ozs., average per ton 2.92
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  • 1002 4 Tho second general meeting of the shareholders of Sungei Gau Tin Minin)' Co., Ltel., was held on .Inly 17 in Gresham House, Mr. G. A. Derrick presiding in tho absemco of Mr. Lee Choon Guun. Tho other shareholders
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  • 440 4 Evidence was resumed on .July 17 in the senior magistrate’s court, in the prosecution against Captain Mellor and tho Labuan Steamship Co., master and owners of the sunken steamer Karang, for loadiug petroleum without a certificate. Mr. Edmonds, D.
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  • 216 4 Mr. A. \V. Bean lias accepted tho office of President of tho local Y.M.C.A., to the great satisfaction of liis fellow-directors. Mr. Bean lias been a warm friend of the Y.M.C.A. for many years and has manifested bis present interest not only by accepting office but bybearing half
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  • 747 4 At the meeting of the Hongkong Legislative Council on sth inst., His Excellency, says the China Mail, dealt exhaustively with the question of the salaries of civil servants. His Excellency said that in connection with the financial minute which had
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  • 118 4 Some months ago, we announced the fact that a Chinese syndicate had been formed hero to acquire the necessary plaut to embatk in deep-sea trawling. The steam trawler Golden Cross, which hud proved a lailuro in Indian waters, was hired by the syndicate with a view to
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  • 569 4 The fourth assizes of the present year were opened in the Supreme Court, on July 18 before tho acting Chief Justice, Sir Archibald Law who was confronted with a calendar containing the names of thirteen persons awaiting trial
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  • 246 4 With reference to tho recent telegram re lating to the contemplated withdrawal of the Shire steamers from the China run and the transfer of their business to the Glen Line, the Shanghai Mercury learns that control of the Glen Line fleet has been acquired
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  • 1073 6 In 1010, remarks Mr. Hull, the Postmaster General, reporting on the year, there has been a considerable increase of business in every hrancli of postal work and the work lias been done with a minimum increase of
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  • 175 6 Considerable excitement prevailed on the Esplanade, on July 14, in consequence of a horse bolting an<l smashing the carriage to which it was attached. It was about half jiast five when the Esplanade is generally crowded with carriages that a tine spirited horse and palanquin belonging to
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  • 167 6 Additional evidence in connection with the chargo of rash driving and causing the death of a Chinaman, preferred against a Tamil motor-car driver named Eusope, was heard by the second magistrate on July 12. The accident by which the Chinaman was killed occurred in Gaylang Hoad
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  • 229 6 If all that is said of “Cormastik,” one of the latest patent road materials, is correct, it ought to be an excellent thing to use for roads in the East, as one of its conspicuous merits is that its binder has a very highsoftening point—2so° F.
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  • 248 6 Tho report of the Harbour MaHter of Hongkong (Commander Basil Taylor, lt.N.) for the year 1910 has been issued. It showed that tho total of the shipping entering and clearing at ports in the colony during the year 1910 amounted
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  • 224 6 Tho annual report on the British North Borneo customs department for 1910, shows that the total imports for tho State aggregate 5:1,801,306, and the total exports 14,609,021, or a total volume of trade of 58,410,327, for 1910. In 1909 tho imports were 52.918,307, and the
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  • 153 6 A miserable-looking fellow was haled before the Bloomfield (New Jersey) Police Court, charged with druukenness. He said, according to the New York correspondent of the Telegraph, My name is Kipling, Rudyard Kipling. ’Tis my only fault. I pray the good magistrate to admonish me, aud I’ll go
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  • 175 6 According to tho annual report of the Judicial Commissioner of B. N. Borneo, the cases of murder in the territory in 1910 were principally those of head-hunting and tho majority of these were confined to the interior. The principal of these cases was heard at
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  • 783 6 We reproduce below the text of the agreement between Great Britain and Japan signed at London in August, 1905, now replaced by the newly-concluded agreement to which reference is made in Reuter’s telegrams. This will enable
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  • 39 8 Sutolifk, —On .Juno 12, at Alderney, the vrifo of Capt. A. A. Sutcliff, k.a.m.c., of a son. Allkn. —At Butterworth, on .luly 12, the wife of W. H. It. Allen, of the Straits Trading Co., of a daughter.
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  • THE Straits Budget.
    • 1183 8 tion wo cannot answer.—Straits Times, .Inly 18. Genius has been described as the art of making the worse apjiear the better reason. We reject the definition because it would compel us to put all the lawyers and all the journalists, not to mention company
      tion wo cannot answer.—Straits Times, .Inly 18.  -  1,183 words
    • 1094 8 become so if reasonable care is taken.— Straits Times, July 14. When Messrs. Tarry and Muraour brought out their A. 11, C. to tho ltubbcr Companies of Malaya, it was a comparatively modest little book dealing with 140 companion. Their second edition, dated April 1911, reaehed us
      become so if reasonable care is taken.— Straits Times, July 14.  -  1,094 words
    • 1085 8 Straits Times, July 15. The full bearing of the discussion which has arisen with reference to tho AngloJapancse Treaty of Alliauce is not made manifest in the telegrams which have come to hand. We gather that tho treaty of arbitration with the United States has made it
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    • 1071 9 —Straits Tames, July 17. For Home time past it has been abundantly evident that Spain, instead of co-operating with France for the pacification of Morocco, as she is honourably bound to do under the treaty of Algeciras, has been studying how to mako the task of France
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    • 1032 9 protection of foreign Hu}»h.—Straitn Times, July 18. As the seamen’s strike is now at an eud, one may express some satisfaction that the claims of the men havo, generally speaking, received favourable consideration. It was a needless provocation of popular feeling, and alienation of popular sympathy to
      protection of foreign Hu}»h.—Straitn Times, July 18.  -  1,032 words
    • 1033 9 .—Straits Times, July 19. It must be confessed that (heat Dritain, and the Kmpiro also, takes the unending political crisis very philosophically. Nobody is arming, and iu one of the |m»l itic*al camps the most burning question appears to bo whether Liberal barons shall Is? turned into
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 92 8 The Poet free price of the Straits Times la |hh a pear The poet free price of the Straits budget it $l4 a year. It it not neceetarv to tubtcribe for a year. The aubacriptiona for ahorter period* are at the aame proportionate rate at for a veer. The Straits
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  • 47 8 DEATHS. Cunlikkk. —On July 10, at the General Hospital, Penang, F ranees, wife of Percy CunliiTc, «»f Singa|>oro, aged HO years. Mail* Chester and Colonial |><ijhth ji lease* copy. HarrihoM.—At Sea, on tlio morning of July 17, J. S. Harrison, Chief Officer, S.S. Edcndalo, aged 72 years.
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  • 200 10 An iiiqiortant communication has beeD sent by last mail to Mr. James Graham, sc long aud so well-known here in connection with Messrs. Syme and Co., Singapore, nnd now of Kor, Holton, and Co., London. Mr. Graham is the Hon. Secretary of the Straits Settlements Association in
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  • 186 10 Operations have started for the salvage of the Penang dredger Crab, which sank ofi Butterwoith on Sunday. The salvage wili bo entrusted to Mr. W. J. Trowell, Inspector ol Marine Surveys, who will employ a particulai method of his own, presumably that whicL he employed in
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  • 167 10 Tho following further subscriptions received are acknowledged:— Amount previously acknowledged $85,749 99 Interest to June 80,1911, on current a/c. 24 79 A. W. Still 50 Straits Times Staff 50 C. J. Bakor... 10 L.*Moltcni 10 $85,894 78 Tho Hon. Secretary has received, in addition to tho
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  • 13 10 [The Straits Times is not responsible for the opinions of its oorrespoadeuts.
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  • 272 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —I am at present a patient in tlio first-class ward of the Singapore General Hospital and I think it hardly fair either to the Hospital ollicials or to the public to let the detrimental suggestions of l)eus et Libertas
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  • 180 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —While reading the report published in yesterday’s Straits Times regarding the prize distribution at tlieOutram Hoad School, l was surprised at the mention made of Mr. Hcllier’s going home on leave and the
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  • 300 10 To tlio Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —An extremely interesting letter by Paciticus appears in your issue of the 12th inst. It seemed to me, however, that in his appreciation of Norman Angell’s book, a very obvious point was missed. With some reason he points out
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  • 235 10 To The Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—It is a noteworthy fact that during the last two years, cases of smallpox have been regularly and continually reported, so much so that it seems this epidemic h af} taken root hero. Notwithstanding the zealous and ener<r 0 tic
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  • 319 10 There was a large gathering at St. Andrew’s Cathedral, on July 28, to witness the marriage of Miss Elizabeth Sarkies, daughter of Mr. A. M. Sarkies, and Mr. John J. Carapiet, only son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
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  • 97 10 Among the passengers who will sail for homo on July 20, are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dunlop. With the departure of the former, Singapore loses its longest-established European resident, Mr. Dunlop having arrived in the c olony more than half a century ago. It was as a
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  • 147 10 Writing in the Daily Mail, W. H. Fitchett, in the course of an article on New London, says: —The street noises of London have undergone a subtle change of note. The general volume of sound is not less, but it is different. The noisy battle of rough wit
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  • 4372 12 London, July, 12. Pari« telegrams Hay that the FrancoGerman conversations are proceeding amicably. It in understood that they relate to the agreement of 1909 and that the Agadir incident has not yet been broached. Sir Eldon Gorst, ex-British Consul-OcncrtJ in Egypt, is dead. London, July 18. A Paris
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  • 425 13 Berlin, July 12. The German press emphasizes the fact that M. de Selves, French Foreign Minister, in his speech, said that good relations between Franco and Germany are desirable. According to Tho Temps, Herr Kiderlen has repudiated M. Gambon’s expression of regret that a man of -war had
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  • 250 13 The preliminary report of the Census of Great Britain contains a valuable and interesting introduction, which confirms the deductions made from the bald returns lor tho great tow r ns and the counties published recently. The main features of the movement
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  • 199 13 The following letter, addressed to the Officer Adminstering the Government, Hongkong, from the Secretary of State, appears iu the Hongkong Government Gazette Downing Street, 3rd .June, 1911. Sir, —1 have tho lionour to inform you that from cases which have come beforo me it would appear
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  • 103 13 Canon Ainger was passionately fond of children, and nothing pleased him better than to make sport for the benefit of his youthful friends. One evening he set out to call at a house whose young ]>eoplo were particular favourites. On the door being opened he whis|>crcd to
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  • 907 13 The Hpirit of litigatiou in Homo cases in in tho bl.Hxl and it will out. In Inlia, Raya Tho Englishman, tho passion for law suits aiuountn to a mania, witnoHH tho crowdod Courts. Numerous inHtancoH are
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  • Shipping Intelligence.
    • 328 14 My It Nuentung, Ger. str., Hinscb, Bangkok, Bthn Meyer Slavonia, Ger. str., Peter*, Hongkong, Bebn Merer Patella, Brit. str,, Nasbet, Yokohama, Asiatic Petroleum Coy. Yaroslavl, Ran. str., Alexeieff, Shanghai, Bor nr o C y. Ltd. Dunera, Brit, str., Neilson, R’goon. Bonstead Raiaburi, Ger. sir., Wolff, Swatow, Bebn Meyer 11
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    • 178 14 July IS Wray Castle, Brit, str., Manila Slavonia, Ger, otr, Hamburg via ports Umta, Brit, str., Sydney via ports Yaroslavl, Rag, str., O lessa via ports 11 Brnlawers, str., Hongkong and Japan fGlenroy, Biit, str, Bangkok Carmarthenshire, Brit. B tr„ Shanghai, Japan Delta, Brit, str., Bombay via ports Danera,
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  • 863 14 Tho Globe's review of the tin market for the week ending Juno 17 stated: Last week closed at £222 cash, £lB9 15s. three months. This week closed at £lBB 10s. cash, £lBB throe months. Tho turnover for tho week
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  • 226 14 Singapore, July 10, 1011. EXCHANGE. On London—Bank 4 m/s 2/4} Demand 3/4 A Private 0 m/s 2/4} do 8 m /s 3/4| On Gnbhaxy—Bank d/d 288+ Private 8 m/ft 242} On Feanoe—Bank d/d 304| Private 8 m/a 300 On India—Bank T. T. M 174} Private 80 d/a
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  • 999 14 Singapore, Jolt 19, 1911. MININGL Issue IS Value Buyers. Sellers 10 10 Belal Tia 6.76 7.25 10 10 Bruang 6.26 6.76 x div 10 10 Bruseh Hyd 6.00 6 00 10 10 Kanaboi 1.60 176 £1 £1 Kinta Tin 21.83 22.C0 ill £1 Kledang Tin 1.60 2.00
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 338 15 5S&i§5 >, *1. 3k2K WNnmii -JijjMjLjj *8M tV r tui jK i"^ GAS ENGINE AND SUCTION GAS PLANT. (8UIT ABLE FOR ANTHRACITE, COKE, CHARCOAL AND OTHER FUELS) u I r\-- -> i.vv*i> W >- nor E8TATE8. j 1 jsjv 2 t r f •*->. s >-.' r- II E Hi*
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 607 16 I Electrical, Mechanical, Marine Civil Engineers Shipbuilders, y/ I ESTATE TOOLS. BTOREB AND REQUISITES Large Stocks. Prompt Delivery. > I PROPRIETORS OF THE “PAT” TAPPING KNIFE. W I m < yr I BERTRAM'S Rubber Machinery AWARDED Ist PRIZE AND GOLD 'Wt' I w MEDAL, SINGAPORE, 1910. ;-Jr IA .n y^
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    • 129 16 THE If t AUTOLUX” m A Gravity Lamp of 700 and 1,000 candls power NO ARTIFICIAL PRESSURE. oreat Saving in spare parts. BRILLIANT LIGHT GIVER. CAN BE CARED FOR BY ANYBODY. NO COMPLICATED PARTS. GREATEST ADAPTABILITY. LIGHTS IMMEDIATELY. SIMPLE, INEXPLOSIVE A ECONOMICAL. Agents i 6ADELIUS CO., Singapore. 29-3-1 ill important
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