The Straits Budget, 27 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. 2789 Singapore, Thursday, July 27, 1911. ESTABLISHED OVER MALE A CENTUM Price 25 cents
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  • 201 1 LEADERS Hovea and its Diseases 8 Man's Inhumanity to Man H Some Rubber Literature 8 9 The Pmts BUI 9 Mr. Lloyd George Warns 9 Prudence and Passion 9-10 Local and General— Local and Personal 1 Correspondence 2-3 Mysteries on Blakan Mati 3 Local Telegrams 8 Municipal
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  • 1808 1 A painful sensation was created in Tientsin on the Gth inst. by the suicide of Mr. 11. Henry, manager there of the aciiutu Oil Co who shot himself in his quarters adjoining the ollice some time during the night of the oth, or < v aily in
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  • 15 2 [The Straits 1 irncH is not rtßponaible for the opimous of its corresp nids'ls.
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  • 363 2 To the Editor of the Stra’.ts Times. Sir, 'The high ratio of mortality of Singn pore during the last week i- enough to make every man’s hair stand on its end. Beyond oiling a few (Minis where larvae are swarming and dumping ou some low and marshy
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  • 341 2 To tho Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—I venture to appeal to the wide circulation of your paper in support of a subject which though ot passing interest to many is of much iuqioitaucc to not a few, 1 refer to the maintenance and upkeep of the graves
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  • 1660 2 To tin: Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,-We are thankful to think that you have some public spirit in you, and are willing to work lot the public weal. l>o not get ills-ciiiii-nged, ns some seen, to have become, Imchiis.' your onus* I is not
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  • 213 2 To The Editor of tho Straits Times. Sir,-I am, together with five coolies, isolated on an island off Kallung River where it is quite impossible to get a water supply laiel aud we have had to get our supply from a standpipe on the Kallang Road about
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  • 552 2 To tho Editor of tho Straits Times. Sir, —I am much obliged to Vao Viet' for his comment on Norman ,\i v h ideas (not mine). Would the ruin of a nation’s shipping ,j 0 troy its export trade 1 can only repeat tf question. I am
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  • 259 2 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Siuce January this year it has been my lot to live at Labis, Johore, where decent bread is au unknown quantity. On the advice a friend in Kuala Lumpur I arranged that the train boy should bring me four
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  • 541 2 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —I have read with much interest the letter of your correspondent <J. D.” which Appeared in your valuable paper on the HKl* inst., and 1 quite agree with the views expressed by him. 1 am strongly of opinion that
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  • 388 3 The following Singapore properties were disposed of by auction at Messrs. Powell and Uo.’s sale-room on July 25. Estate ot Sheriffa Katijah biute Omar al Juuied, deceased: Shop-bouse premises 41 and 42, Circular Road, 1,580 square feet, lease 999
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  • 1144 3 A serious theft of securities from tho Ilank of Indo-China was made public on duly 19, in tl io third police court, during the hearing of evidcnco in the preliminary enquiry into a charge of assisting iu disjM>s ing of
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  • 625 3 Wo havo received a copy of tho Prospectus of The Singajjoro Marino Motor Service, Limited.” Tho company proposes to start with a capital of $75,000 in $lO shares payable $6 on application and $6 on allotment. The directors are Manassch Moyer, Martin
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  • Local Telegrams.
    • 41 3 (Frcm Our Own Cokrkhi*om>km). Penang, duly 19. A section of the Muslim community is endeavouring to secure the nomination of Wan L'hcc Aritlin, son of Mohauud Ault, the Malay millionaire, to succeed Hr. Locke on the Municipal Commission.
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    • 78 3 (From Our Own Corrksiminhknt). Penang, duly 24. Tlio hearing of tho case in which Mr. ltrooksbank is charged with causing hurt to one Somanda, a puolie servant iu the execution of Ins duty, at Gedong, has been commenced at Parit Bun tar. The accused pleaded guilty but
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    • 46 3 (From Quit Own Cokkksi>oni>knt). Penang, duly 24. A rich Malay passenger from Deli, bound to Penang on the Cornelia, lost a hand bag containing 14,210 guilders. The Penang (Milice raided the ship and thoroughly searched her but fouud no trace of the pnqierty.
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    • 136 3 (Fuom Ouu Own (Jokkkkcondknt.) Penang, duly 25. Enquires made by the Piuaug Gazette have elicited that certain alterations and improvements are advisable at the new quarantine camp at Pulau derejak. The congestion there has been accentuated by exceptionally large arrivals of coolies and recurrent outbreaks of cholera, as
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    • 83 3 (From Ouk Own Cokiiksi*onj»knt.) Kuala Lumpur, July ‘25. Mr. J. A. S. Jennings, editor of the Times of Malay (Ipoh) has been served with a summons following upon tho publication of articles on the I'rouilook case containing strong comments by Capital (Calcutta). Tho Times of Malaya, on
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    • 308 3 There is a certain very CHtirnablo Malay, living on Pulau Brani or thereaboutH, who is a proud, proud man this week. He is a diver, largely employed by the military authority H oil tlio islands” for recovering articles that might have taken the wrong turning in
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  • 910 4 A meeting of the Municipal Commissioners i was held on July 21. Mr. F. J. Hallifax presided over a ls»ard consisting of Dr. J. Murray Robertson. Messrs. J. Carapiot, A. \V. Bean, Tan Kheam Hock, Cliia Keng Chin, A. M S. Angullia, and
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  • 420 4 Dr. Mawson, whose exjMxlition was to leave England on July 26, on route for the South Pole, is himself in Australia. He will join the ship at Hobart. The expedition is expecU*! to be absent about two years, and lias
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  • 168 4 The Kan egasamy murder case, in which the defendants are A. 1*. Marie and Bernard Caldera, was called again in the third police court on July 25. Detective Inspector Tayloi represented the I) P.l\ aud Mr. Rraddell ap [stared in defence of Mario The only witness
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  • 161 4 Throughout Joliore except in tho vicinity of Johore Rahru and Bandar Maharani, com munication by road is still very undeveloped The total road mileage at the former place is 112 miles. The chief road is that running to Kota Tinggi (30 miles) with extensions across the
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  • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
    • 474 4 Singapore Cup Competition. A largo crowd assembled on tho S.C.C. portion of the Esplanade, on July 20 to witness the re play in the football tie between tho Huffs II and tho Wanderers, aud the game was a keenly contested one. Tho Wanderers, tho team with tho less
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    • 498 4 Singapore Golf Club. In ttie Vado Cup competition W.J. Mayson beat 1‘. F. David in the final. The rounds were Fikst Round. —Griffith Jones (10) beat Tongue (8) all square and w.o. Gilchrist GOi beat Fiulaysou (scr.), 3 and 1. David (12) beat Gaunt (8) 0 and 5. Darbisliire
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    • 208 4 L.L.T.C. Tournament. Results in tho L.L.T.C. tournament <>q .July 19 were Mixkd Doublks A.— Miss J. Gunn and Mr. Kveritt beat Mrs. He wan and Mr. Treadgold." 0—5, 6—5. Ladies’ Doubles.— Mrs. Salzmann and Mrs. Cantrell beat Mrs. Mayson and Mrs. Gatty, 6—4, 6—5. Mrs. Sanderson and Mrs.
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  • 476 4 Tho great and growing demand for agricultural and mining implements which has for months past been apparent throughout Malaya and, indeed, over the whole of the Eastern archipelago has brought iu its train the keenest competition to those engaged
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  • 912 5 Although Mr. M. Hellier, Inspector of Sc hools, Singapore and Malacca, has been associated with the Education Department for close upon twenty-four years his connection with the Government Central School dates back to 1896 and during the
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  • 586 5 Thirty-three Chetties, all hailing from 83 Market Street, appeared iu the senior magistrate s court, on July 24, to answer to charges of failing to report to tho medical authorities the faet that five of tho occupants of their house wero
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  • 134 5 From tho Government Gazette of July 21, wo unearth what are presumably the final figures of tho recent census of tho Straits Settlements. There are no introductory re marks, but the figures show that in the Colony there are 869,8-1:1 Chinese, 240,206 Malays, 82,065 Indians,
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  • 287 5 To tho Editor of tho Straits Times. Sir,—In April last year I bail tho misfortune to become au inmate of the Isolation Hospital, Ralestier Road. My experience of a night’s stay in tho native ward was ho
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  • 312 5 To begin with, in April last year I bad an attack of small qtox. As Hoon as I knew the fact, 1 thought it my duty to have my case reported to tho authorities. 1 was iu due course removed to the Isolation Hospital and put in the
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  • 465 5 Then, at night, tho ward was lighted up with a single hurricane lamp—not of A 1 quality of course. There was not a single attendant. Kach inmate was left to bis own resources. At the call of nature, be bad to crawl barefooted over broken stones and
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  • 228 5 Messrs. Fraser and Co’s weekly share circular dated 19th inst., states:— Tho iiiarktsl improvement in sliaros to which wo referred iu our last circular was only temporary and tho market has onco more assumed a very dull tone, business in rubbers
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  • 245 5 Particulars have reached tho Pinang Gazette of a narrow escape from death experienced by Messrs. W. M. Dodds, acting Sii()erintendent Enginocr, Penang Sugar Kstates Co., Ltd., and .f. S. Wilson, of tlowarth, Erskine, Ltd., Penang, who were last Friday involved in a motorcar accident. They wero
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  • 142 5 Antony a batch of papers lai<l before the Legislative Council, on July 21, whh a bulky document gi ving the financial report and statomentH for the year 1010. This is u new departure and shows the actual financial transactions for the past year. It is prepared
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  • 2295 6 Among the new measures introduced to tho Legislative Council, on July 21 was one to provide for the management and con trol of the ports of the Colony, and which the Attorney-General said w»s of considerable importance
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  • 177 6 One of the heaviest shipments of machinery ever received in Manila is that of a new generator for the Manila electric light and railroad company, which arrived recently on the Chicago Maru from Seattle. This is the lirst shipment of this nature that the company has received
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  • 63 6 A statement laid before the Legislative Council on July 21 of the actual revenue of the Colony for 1910 on which the 2 l per cent defence contribution is payable, shows that the amount assessable is $7,778,889.91, ol which 20 percent, is 1,554,777.98. The sum paid in
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  • 821 6 What transpired at the Colonial Offico dig. cussiou of the Shipping Conference by sir John Anderson and the representatives of tho Shipping Conference, on May 25 last i 8 set forth in a paper laid on
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 73 6 Local Property Sale. Tlio following properties were sold at Messrs II. L. Coghlau and Co.’s salerooms on .July 19: 00 Jalan iiesar, shop-house, 999 years leasehold, quit rent $1, area 1,560 sq. ft., monthly rent $20, bought by Mr. ,J. A. Klias, for $2,750. —25, Robinson Hoad, statutory grant Vo.
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  • 2111 7 We havo received from Mr. D.G. Campbell. General Adviser to tho Joliore Government, a report compiled by him upon tho affairs of the State of .Joliore in 1910. It is a doubly interesting document in that it
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  • 888 7 To tho Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, -Where is your Malacca correspondent Surely Malacca has not gone to sleep again that it has no news for the outside world About this time last year there was at least a promise of awakening
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  • 314 7 The valuation of tho jewels of tlio late Haron Stefan van ltonicxky and his wife drowned in the wreck of the La Seync, took place on the 4th, r»11» and Oth inst., at the buildino of tho Java Hank, Hatavia, in the presence of tin;
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  • 114 7 Tlio following report of a somowlmt extraordinary accident comes from Luudu, Sarawak. At tlio latter cud of .)tin«? a party of live Slakow Dyaks started out to Heart’ll for honey in the jungle. Arriving at ulu Siamatan tin y came aerons a Ixn-hive attach* ed to
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  • 33 8 Darkk. At Singapore, on .Inly 21, fl e wife of the lsto Air. C. il. Darke, of u daughter. Lyons. On .Inly 2.', the wife of apt. il. Lyons, of a non.
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  • 33 8 Dribhkn Schuhtkr. On .Inly 25, af the Presbyterian Church. Sin jipore, by tho Itev• W. Ittmcimau, Wilhel n Drieseu, of Sonrabaya, to Helene Schuster, daughter of Richard Schuster, Ks<|., of liaspe, Westphalia.
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  • THE Straits Budget.
    • 1023 8 precaution which should be taken.—Straits Times, duly 20. The model text book for planters has still to be written. In all probability the writer of it will uot be a great scientist, but a man who lias the knack of lucid exposition and orderly arrangement, combined
      precaution which should be taken.—Straits Times, duly 20.  -  1,023 words
    • 1063 8 —Straits Times, July 21. Wo are publishing to-day a letter from a cultured and able, though not a wealthy, member of the local Chinese community. It describes a night ho spent in the native ward at the infectious hospital, and we have every reason to believe
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    • 1031 8 —Straits Times, July 22. The last mail brings us a copy of tin Official Guide Book and Catalogue to the Second International Kubbor and Allied Trades Exhibition. It is a volume of nearly six hundred pages and some of the sections are admirably well done. Tho Malayan
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    • 1066 9 Straits Times, July 24. Wo do not propose to criticise any of the clauses of tho Ports Bill in detail. A draft prepared under the care of such men as Mr. Beliield, Sir Hugh Fort, and Mr. Braddell is not likely to contain defects which it would
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    • 1198 9 Straits Times, July 25. We have been specially impressed by tho speech of Mr. Lloyd-Georgo at a dinner of bankers and merchants because it crow’ns the thought that has been underneath some of our own comments on the European political situation. Tho Chancellor of the Exchequer
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    • 1049 9 is his duty to keep iutuct. —Straits Times, .July 26. Much may be Hai<l for and against tho Unionist members of the House of Commons who lent their heads the other night when Mr. Asquith rose to make a Htatement with reference to tho intentions of the
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 94 8 Tb* 1 out |>ricw of the Straits Tima l** $.’»H tt y»nr The pott free price of the Straits Hmlgrt it $l4 a year. It it not necewarv to sulMtcribc for a year. The tub•cnptiont for thorter permit arc at the tame proper tionate rate at for a vear. The
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  • 29 8 DEATH. Backiiouhk. On June 19, at Tunbridge Wells, Colonel Julius Butt Backhouse, c.n.. of I Jos 1, late commanding 2nd Battalion East Kent Regiment (The Buffs), aged 57 years.
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  • 2359 11 That a new stylo in tho cut of the hair may mean, on tho one hand, a saving of millions of dollars a ye ar to a whole people, involving the destiny of a nation, and, on the other hand, tho most disastrous derangement of economic conditions,
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  • 304 11 The Bombay Malaria Investigation Committee*, in forwarding to their Government their final report after two years’ inquiry by Dr. Charles Bentley, say the figures show an appalling prevalence of the disease, esjiecially among children in parts of the city. Tho annual
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  • 699 11 The Hongkong Telegraph of tin; 10th inst. remarks that without any exaggeration of language, tho preseiit position of tho opium market, iu ho far as Hongkong and Shanghai aro concerned, may bo described as iu a slate
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  • 105 11 A banquet was given on uly Id in London in celebration of Mr. .loseph Chamberlain's birthday. There were 110 guests, representing Mr. Chumlierluin's ago with the number of years of his memhership of the I louse of Commons. All wore orchids. Mr. Halfour paid a tribute to
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  • 5165 12 London, July 19. At Bisloy, tho Canadian Corporal Trainor haH w'on the bronze medal for the first stage in the King’s prize. Another bye-election is impending in the Middleton Division of Lancashire, as Sir W. It. Adkins has been appointed Recorder of Nottingham. Teheran messages state that tho
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  • 833 13 Berlin, July 19. A Vladivostock press message Hays BuHsia intends to make Pctropavlovsk a naval |x»rt and fortress, because the port is larger than that of Vladivostook. The Emperor Francis Joseph personally delivered his s|>eecli from the throne. He dwelt the good relations of Austria with Germany and
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  • 287 13 At the Sinnajioro Assizes, on July 19 G'hiow Ah Tiew, a II y lam motor car driver, wah found not guilty on a charge of causing tin* death of Ang Teow, by driving a car in a rash and negligent manner
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  • Shipping Intelligence.
    • 300 14 July II Ajax, Brit, str., O ven, Liverpool, Muostiold Auihria, Gor. str, Foldtanano, Hamburg. B-hn Mcy* r II rtnione, IMt. str., John, Novorossisk, Paterson S moon C. A pear, Brit, sir., Towokcii 1, Hongkong. Paterson Simons Hirgola, Brit Mtr., Seot\ N’castl Bonstead Jahu', Bus Htr., Jorgonitn, Dalny, Ka>.t Asiatic
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    • 290 14 July 19 B r a«*ira. 0>)r. H*r., Antwerp vis ports Jdkut, Hiih. str., Penang and Calcutta 20 Achilles, H'it. ntr.. Antwerp via ports J-tpan, B'ir. st-., P.-na» g and C+lcutla Arub ia. (Tt. rtr., .Tspan via ports Nutiia, Brit, str., Antwerp via ports T* i*h‘h. Hr it. st*.. Nfgspa*nni
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  • 715 14 (From Our Own Cokhkhl'ONDKNt.) Penang, July 25. The I tacos o|>onotl iu splendid weather and under ideal conditions. The attendance was fair at the start, improving later. The results aro as follow’s Mixkd Handiuai*. For horses. One mile. Mr. Lee
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  • 238 14 Singapore, Jclv 26, 1911 ■XOHANQB. Ok London—Bank 4 zn/s 2/4} Demand 3/4& Private 6 m/s 2/4}} do 8 to ft 2/4 J i] Ok Gbkwant—Bank d/d 288} Private 8 m/t 242} On France—Bank d/d 294} Private 8 tx/r 299 On India—Bank T. T. 1741 Private 80 d/e
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  • 950 14 Singapore, Jolt 26, 1911. MINING. Issue IS Value Buyers. Sellers 10 10 Belat T» 4 f0 4.26 lO 10 Brnang 4 75 5 25 10 10 Brunch HyJ 5.00 6 00 10 10 Kacaboi 1.60 1 65 £1 £1 Kinta Tic 20.05 22 lb £1 £1 Kledang
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 211 15 t ■3 ,LD. k .*v w HORNSBY’S t GAS ENGINE AND SUCTION GAS PLANT. (SUITABLE FOR ANTHRACITE, CORE, CHARCOAL AND OTHER FUELS). NOW IN USE v ON NUMER0U8 ESTATES. BIG 8UCCE88. m THE MOST ECONOMICAL PLANT EXI8TENT. EASILY OPERATED. <•»** AGENTS FOR HORNSBY’S OIL ENGINE. SHALL OIL CONSUMPTION I NO
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 609 16 m la Electrical, Mechanical, Marine Civil Engineers Shipbuilders. E8TATE TOOLS, 8T0RE8 AND REQUSITES. Large Stocks. Prompt Delivery. PROPRIETORS OF THE M PAT M TAPPING KNIFE. Bt RT RAM'S Rubber Machinery AWARDED 1st PRIZE AND GOLD MEDAL, SINGAPORE, 1910. Rubber Factories, Drying Sheds, Smoke Houses, Coolie Lines, etc., etc. Eutimates and
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  • The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT.
    • 1400 1 A Dnnober of shares in which local inventors are interested are not quoted in local share lists, and there are orcas’ooa'ly wido margins between quotations here and in London Wo quote below tbo best available
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    • 111 2 London and Sinoarork Uctrbku Pricks 1 Onnkral— Tho Rubber Exhibition 3 Tho Rubber Industry 8 Dutch Analyses of Rubber 8 Tho Wickham Testimonial 8 Jitnali Estate Case 4 F.M.S. Rubber Ex]H>rts 5 Rubber Items 5 Rubber Production 6 Malacca Rubber Auction 6 Tklkokams.- London Rubber Auctions 2 Linggi’s New
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    • 175 2 (From Our Own Corrkhpondknt.) London, July 25. The lfubber Auction which opened to day was marked by a briske r tone, better demand and more confidence among Hcllera. Tho total (piantity of plantation offered was 292 tons (289 Malayan)
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    • 66 2 (1'Kom Ouk Own Cohkkmi'ondknt.) Penang, July 19. A London telegram states that Linggi i mutations are issuing £10,000 of further capital. Already a largo area, somo 265 square nnlcH.of the lands adjoining the Johore State railway has boon alienated for cultivation, tut a trade In the valuable
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    • 1395 2 The statutory meeting of the members of tho Kombok (F.M.S.) Rubber Company, Limited, was held on June 29 at the registered office of the company, 5. Whittington Avenue, E. C., Mr. Ronald W. Giblin (chairman of the company) presiding. The Chairman
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    • 121 2 (From <>ub Own Corhkspondknt.) Kuala Lumpur, July *24. The Port Swcttenham Co’s, appeal was heard to-day, the result being that the Appeal Court, consisting of Mr. Justice Law, Mr. Justice Kbdeu, aud Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith, allowed the appeal
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    • 156 2 (From Dim Own Corukspondbnt.) Penang, July 24. At the meeting of the Nellmay Rubber Company, the report was adopted. With reference to tho proposed sale, Mr. Cecil Law stated that Mr. E. L. Hamilton, of London, had offered 115,000 in shares, but Mr. W. Duncan on his
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    • 902 2 The first annual general meotiug of tho Strathisla (Perak) Rubber Estates, Limited was held on Juno 21, at Salisbury House' E.C., Mr. A. L. Ingall, chairman of tho com-' pany, presiding. The Chairman said Gentlemen, it is suth a
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    • 2194 3 The following description of the Loudon Hubber Exhibition is takeu from tho Loudon and China Express to hand by Saturday s mail: The Earl of Seiborne on June 26 opened the second International Rubber and Allied Trade’s Exhibition at
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    • 491 3 The first report on the Punggor Rubber Estates, Ltd., since the dotation of the company, for presentation at the annual meeting called to be held at Malacca, on .1 uly 22 states At the commencement no trees had Is sen
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    • 372 3 The following apjiears in the liondon and China ICxpress of June 80: The market for Para ia rather firmer, with a moderate buainena doing in Hard Fine at slightly dearer rates, closing at 4a. Id. valuo ou the H|»ot, last year 10s.
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    • 232 3 Tho Ddi Courant contains the articles regulating the condition under which Lho Department of Agriculture (in Holland) will undertake the chcmieal analysis of raw and prepared rubber and similar products, beginning from August 1 next. The work will be carried on at tho Technical University at
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    • 102 3 Tin? Rubber (i rowers' \ssociation, at a banquet in Loudon oil .Inly 7, presents*! Mr. Homy Wickham with .111 allress, a cheque tor a tlions md guineas and an annuity in recognition of 1 1 oi introduction of l*<tra rulibor into Ceylon. Sir John Anderson, who was
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    • 2968 4 Before Mr. Justice Fisher, iu the Supreme Court, on July 19, the case was continues! in which the Jiinali Rubber Estate, Ltd., are suing the; Hongkong und Shanghai Ranking Corporation to recover 97,500 the value of a
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    • 153 4 (From Our Own Corrkspondknt.) Kuala Lumpur, July 20. The wedding took place yesterday at St Mark’s Church, of Mr. R.C.M. Kiudersley, sou of Capt. H.W.O. Kiudersley, late 29th Regi meut, to Miss Collis, elder daughter of the late Major-General Collis. The bride was given away by
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    • 376 4 Presiding at the meeting of the Oriental Rubber Company, Limited, on June 27, Mr. F. T. Vcrner said that the expenditure of X*t> per acre, as against £4, for the previous year had been much heavier than contemplated, especially on the eradication of cover plants. In making
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    • 928 5 TALI AYER RUBBER. Large Increase in the Planted Area —Dividend Outlook. The statutory meeting of the Tali Ayer Rubber Estates, Limited, was held on .Tune 29, at Winchester House, Old Broad-street, E. C., Mr. E. L. Hamilton (chairman of company) presiding. The Chairman said: This is the statutory meeting of
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    • 397 5 Tlie second annual report of the Changkat Saluk Rubber and Tin, Limited, states that the manager had assumed that tho area under rubber at December 81 was 2,(MM) acres, but the survey disclosed a shortage <9 115 acres. While this is
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    • 294 5 Ft was mentioned at the goneral meeting of the Cameroons Kautsclmk Compaguic, which was held in Merlin towards the end of June, that the negotiations for the sale of the undertaking to an English syndicate had been broken off, in the sense that the company had refused
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    • 102 5 A comparative statement of cultivated rubber exported from tho F.M.S. in 1910 and 1911, published in the F.M.S. Ga/etto, supplies the following totals .Tuue, Total this Increase*. 1911. year, on 1910. lbs. lbs. lbs. Perak 342,806 2,171,640 1,227,892 Selangor 725,468 5,267,284 1,555,076 N. Sembilan 161,265 904,570 284,898
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    • 877 5 The statutory mesiting of the members of the Selangor United Rubber Estate**- Limited, was held on June 27. at the offices, 5, Whittington Avenue, K.C., Mr. T. X. Motion (the chairman) presiding. The Chairman said Gentlemen, this meet ing, as
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    • 500 5 'Hie first report of the Jurti KsUtcs, Liiui U<l. for the* m 1 riot! of 14 months to March 81, tlmt tlio property wan taken over on bt'half of the ootu|NUiy on February 1, 1910, an«l situs* then wort hat Ux*n t
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    • 321 5 The engagement is annotmaed of Mr. 0.0 Ash, manager of Klaming estate, and Mian Gibson, sister of Mrs. Prior, of GolduQ Hope Estate. A school for agriculture has been o|>onod at Buitcnzorg. It commences with 50 students including 14 natives, and there are 120 applications more to be
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    • 764 6 Having published the various estate returns as received,, wc now tabulate them so as to show the monthly pnxluetion since the beginning of the year together with the average monthly output, fiactions excepted, during 1910. At tin*
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    • 167 6 \Nt! ftre indcbtcil to Messrs. Barlow and Company for the following statistics of the export of Bara rubber from January 1 toJune 30, IUII, (Singapore), to .lune 21 (Penang) and to Juno 23 (Port Swettcnham), tlio correspondin'* periods of 1910 and 1909 bein" also oiveu: From 1911 1910
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    • 1568 6 The sixth annual ordinary general mooting of the Federated Rubber Company, Limited, was held on June 29, at the office of the company, Mr. H. K. Rutherford (chairman of the company) presiding. The Chairman said In a small
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    • 172 6 The report of the Central Sumatra Rubber Kstates, Limited, states that since the meeting of the shareholders on Februrry 14, 1911, good progress appears to have been made with the development of the property. The visiting agent’s report, dated May 13, gave the following particulars 473
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    • 47 6 The following prices were realized at the sale of rubber at Aialaeca auction mart on July 22 Fine Sheet $228.00 per picnl Lark Crepe No. 1 $141.11 liark Crepe No. 2 $121.75 String Scrap $120.10 The bidding was keen and all lots were sold.
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