The Straits Budget, 13 June 1912

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  • 28 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” VOL. LXVI NO. 2835 Singapore, TMay, Jane 13, 1912. ESTABLISHED OVER HALF A CEHTW Price 25 cents
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  • 309 1 leaders— Majorities Tho Tanglin Club 10 Soiuo Indian Queens ...10-11 Mr. Kdisou's Solution 11 Military Power... ...11-12 Mr. McKenna’s Lapso 12 Local and General— Local and Personal 1-2 Tanglin Club 6 Ricksha and Trap Collide 5 Local I. C. S. Students 5 Singapore Mortality Returns 5 The
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  • 4083 1 The outpnt of the Rahman Tin Co., Ltd., during the month of May was 1,205 piculs. A Chinese patient hanged himself in the General Hospital on June 5. The output of tin oro by tho Sungei Gan Tin Mining Co., Ltd., for May was 155 piculs. The
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  • 13 4 [The Straits Times is not responsible for he opinions of its oorrospondonts.)
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  • 154 4 To the Kditor of the StraitH Times. Sir, —I have waited a week and more for a reply to my first letter and, as none seems to be forthcoming, 1 have come to the conclusion that no one can me a satisfactory reply. The many evils that
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  • 98 4 To the Editor of tho Straits Times. Sir,—His many golfing friends will bo delighted to hear that Mr. Crabb Watt has done great things iu the Amateur Championship. J fancy, however, that the cablegram an notincing this has been a bit mutilated, and that the player whom
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  • 398 4 To the* Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— 4 Exercise is one of the primary essentials from the lowest to tho highest in animal life," says Eugene Sandow. In continuation of my letter to you dated the 29th ultimo advocating and recommending physical culture
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  • 141 4 To the Editor of tho Straits Times. Sir,—With regard to tho recent sad nccident which occurred to Mr. Loeder outside tho Victoria Memorial Hall, it brings homo very forcibly to all ricksha occupants tho danger they run daily. Could not something be done, hy the authorities responsible, for
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  • 407 4 To tho Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Tho leader of 7th inst. ro Tanglin Club states tho obvious aud is not very suggestive— as it probably was not intended that it should be. If the writer, however, in his courteous restraint from indulging in what
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  • 768 4 To tho Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—All those who are interested in the health of this place will have noticed with regret the local mortality returns for tho last month from which tho following particulars are taken, viz Week ending: May 4. 265 deaths (21 from
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  • 197 4 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —This morning between 8.30 and 9 a.m. while I was walking along Diver Valley Road, I saw’ a single rubber tyred ricksha No. 1375 occupied by a European, going at a great speed. It dashed into a school boy about
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  • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
    • 60 4 Y.M.C.A. Tournament. The final of the Y.M.C.A. Billiards Tournament will be played off on Friday at 8.30 p.m. between Messrs. A. W. Merrill and J. D. Klcinmann. A member has presented a silver °np for annual competition and tho winner of t riday's encounter will have his name inscribed
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    • 211 4 S. R. A. Meeting:. The Singapore Rifio Association’s annual meeting was continued at tho Dallcsticr range on June 6, when tho Ladies Handicap A took place. The scores were—100 150 h’cap. Miss Huxley 45 44 89 ser. 89. Mrs. Durege 42 38 80 .7 87.7 Scoular 42 43
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    • 267 4 Oarrison Qolf Club. The following is the result of the Ladiw medal for June:— Mrs. Carver 53 g 4. Miss Cumming 55 9 4* Mrs. Donnet 71 3 Five cards were taken out. Keppel Qolf Club v. S.Q.C. A most enjoyable golf match was played over the Keppel Harbour
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    • 393 4 Singapore Cup Competition. It was a strenuous game which tho largo crowd of spectators on the Esplanade witnessed on Juno 10, when the 11.G. A. met tho first eleven of the Bull's in the opening match of tho Singapore Association Cup compcti tion. There was scarcely a dull moment
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  • 1369 5 Despite tli* imporUMe of tlio busincs VI, might have been expected to make all S Members sit up in alarm, there was the ,,l difficulty of securing a quorum at the i SiuKofthoTwiKlii. Club held ou h P lLK q'jje
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  • 341 5 Many people witnessed a very serious accident that occurred opposite tho Victoria Memorial buildings on Juno 5. The facts as reported to the polico authorities by Mr. H. J. Fougere, of tho South British Insurance Co., 2 Finlayson Green,
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  • 242 5 Writing uuder dato June 5, Messrs. Fraser and Co. state: Thero has boon a steady business doing in our market during the week, although as before, it has been chiefly confined to loeal rubber stocks. Sterling rubbers again close a little
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  • 168 5 A special meeting of the local International Correspondence Schools students was held at the Association Room, Grand Continental Hotel Building, on Juno Ist, to mako a presentation to Mr. C. Hunsley on his handing over tho agency to a new agent. Several students spoke regarding
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  • 176 5 The American Consulate in Singapore has issued the first of a series of leaflets giving a list of the American firms from which inquiries have been received with reference to the imports and exports of Malaya. The names of tho firms and the classes of goods in
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  • 85 5 Tho mortality returns for Singapore, issued by the Registrar of Births and Deaths, show that during the week ending Juno 1, there were 2yH deaths, giving a ratio per millo of population of 40.47. Malarial fever accounted for 50 deaths, phthisis 80, convulsions 10, beriberi 20, cholera
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  • 78 5 Sultan Singh, the Sikh jaga, arrested on suspicion of being the man who entered Miss Eunice O’Connor’s bedroom on Grove Estate, Tanjong Katong, on Juno 4, appeared before Mr. Arthur in the second police court on .lime 6. The charge is one of criminal trespass. Sergeant
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  • 512 5 Kkotkr’s Tklkuram. London, Juno 5. The outstanding feature of tho now volume of tho Dictionary of National Biography, published to day, is Sir Sidney Lee's candid memoir of King Edward VII. It is largely based
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  • 234 5 Caught in tho act of dumping tho body of liia dead child in tho roadway— froquent practice among ChincHO—a Chinaman wan convicted and lined by Mr. Arthur in tho second polico court on June ft. Another man was also charged but was acquitted. Wee Chin Teck,
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  • 676 8 Tho German Press states that drastic steps are being taken to force tq>on the State a due recognition with regard to the married women and children of tho Empire. There is indeed occasion, when wo realise that iu Germany
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  • 96 8 News has reached Hongkong to the effect that the well-known Cholon rice mills, situated about four miles from Saigon, which deal largely with Hongkong, are in serious financial difficulties, states the S. C. Morning Post. At thisdistance it is not easy to confirm such a report and
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  • 717 8 Twenty or twenty live million taels to start with" is the amount that Chinese merchants of tho Straits Settlements and .lava art.* willing to spend on the building of a modern city on the ruins of Hankow, according to a
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  • 146 8 The proposed increase of freight rates on Conference steamers—which was to como into force on May 15—has been postponed, says the Japanese Chronicle, owing to the N. Y. Kaislia insisting upon special rates being arranged for cheap lines of export goods. Meanwhile, an interesting development has
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  • 406 8 A collection of papers connected with the Fishery Survey ot the Hay of Bengal has just been issued at Bengal, it shows that considerable progress has been made by the Government with a view to the provision of a large
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  • 195 8 A sensational robbery took place during last night or in the early hours of this morning from the Japanese liner Soshu Maru, belonging to the Osaka Shosen Kaisha, reports the China Mail of May 29. The steamor arrived from Canton on
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  • 188 8 A historical article on the Oxford and Cambridge Sports iu the May issuo of the Arena serves to rciniud one of some of the very many instan -es in which distinguished athletes have subsequently laid claim to a moro lasting fame. Thus, R. E. Webster (now
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  • 816 8 The Colonial Office has issued the ing memorandum lo, *o» From July 1 the Sleeping Sic-koc, i tll ssjj: kaown tUc iSSS The Sleeping Sickness Bureau I, i origin in tho International Confer, .n ItM Sleeping Sickness held in London, under tP presidency
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  • 70 10 Scott —Clkavkk. —On May Ift, at Wont Derby, Ralph Scott, Straits Settlements Civil Service, to Kina ('leaver. Rosa I’kkks.— At. St. Andrew’s Cathedra'* Singa|>oro, on Juno 11, Harold S. Ross, of Malacca, son of the late William Ross of Albert I'ark and Whittlesea, Victoria, and Mrs. Ross, to Olivk
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  • THE Straits Budget.
    • 1027 10 —Straits Times, June 0. Somewhat fierce rioting has taken place in Belgium during the last few days, aud it is rather peculiar in its origin. There has been a general election and tho Government has increased its majority from six to sixteen. This Government is what is called clerical,
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    • 1123 10 .—Straits Times, June 7. It would bo Hoiucwli.it gratuitous impertiuonco to sot about telling gen tlomeu who Wave given voluntary aud ihaukloss sorvico to the Tuugliu Club how they should have dono their work in order to ruako the club a success. The simple fact of the
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    • 1147 10 ,aru u 10 hauler task.—Straits Times, •'iiuo h. An Account of My Life by Her Highness Nawab Sultan Jahan Begum, G.C.5.1., G.C.1.E., Ruler of Bhopal, reached us recently. The royal lady does not anticipate that what sho has written will interest the general public, but we have
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    • 1124 11 in fact, destroy efficiency.—Straits Times, Juno 10. no question about Thomas A. r a genius. We saw recently a 1 “f tlio thousands of tilings for which taken out patents, aud there is Ulll y n 'uan in the world whose name as patentee so frequently. True,
      in fact, destroy efficiency.—Straits Times, Juno 10.  -  1,124 words
    • 1270 11 rJaae II if Lord Haldane lias boon accurately reported, his speech at tho banquet held in connection w’ith tbo review of reservists in London is epoch-making. Ho asks that tbo British Empire shall bocotno not only tho greatest naval Power, but the greatest military Power that tho world
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    • 1179 12 *fc- Wl >CTi. i* Z U1U Li. Ther\ ar»' a few men exmuxeted w;th trtcy Government wlxi art' 1 o-.ir\Y of irry v iv* leaden. Mr Mihenna lias the rx rota t*oc. w t bx'hevew of Jx .sc on:' of v.e tusn at tLjuresk is K.ss.isd and
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 94 10 The I'owt free price of the Straits Times in fss a year The po-t free price of the Straits Budget is $l4 a vear it i* not necewarv to Milisc-rilx* for a vear. The subacripttona for shorter period* are at the same proportionate rate as for a vear. The Strait*
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  • 52 10 DEATHS. Lincoln.— At Bencoolen Street, Singapore, on June ft, Sybil Grace Lincoln, beloved daughter of Mr. and Mrs. .1. A. Lincoln, aged 13 months. Funeral at 7 a.m. to morrow. Mitciikll. —At Johoro Bahru, on June 7, at 8 1 'am., John Charles Harold Mitchell, of Middleton-on tho-Wolds, England, aged
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  • 689 15 Berlin, June 5. The situation in Belgium is critical, the result of the elections having induced strikes. The Kaiser and Prosideut Taft have exchanged telegrams. His Majesty anuounced his decision to maintain and strengthen the good relations existing between Germany and the United States. The Powers have warned
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  • 179 15 Mrs. Gosling informs us that tho ptoceods from the pantomime Princess Chrysanthemum last Christmas amounted to 9280 after paying all expenses including the costumes. Of the balance 9100 was given to St. Mary’s Home, 9100 to the Convent and 980 was kept in reserve for the Empire Day
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  • 184 15 The dramatised version of Dumas’ Damo aux Camelias which is being shown at the Alhambra Cinemstograph at ptesent, has the supreme merit of being the medium by which Singaporeans sec viadamo Sarah Bernhardt for tho first —and probably the only—time in a uioviDg picture. The exceptional attractiveness
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  • 120 15 The 71st annual meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain lias been held in Loudon. Mr. C. B. Allen presided. From the report it appeared that at the end of Decern h< r i lie membership stood at 7,871 the highest in the Society’s history. 'I
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  • 468 15 Ridtbh's Tslkokam. London, Juno 11. Another Congress of Chambers of Commerce of the Empire mot to-day, in tho Guildhall. Thioe hundred delegates were present aud tho Lord Mayor and Mr. Asquith cordially welcomed them. Mr. Asquith said ho would
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  • 247 15 A Seromban correspondent writes :—That such iucidcuts as the recent drowning fatality are provcntiblo. That the existence of deep ponds within town limits is a standing menace to the town's folk, and steps should be taken to fill them all immediately. That while the public arc
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 171 15 Property Sales. The follo*vin«> Singapore properties were disposed of by auction at Messrs. Powell and Co.’s salo*room on Juno 11: —Freehold land ofT Gaylang Koad, area 186,455 Hipiare feet, H. Somapah and Koh Sek Lim 92,450; freehold land adjacent to the abovo, area 128.200 sqm re feet, S.N.S. Letchiuan t
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  • Shipping Intelligence.
    • 285 16 June 5 Pa*rinv Gt-r. trn. lhedin, Thingtau, German Cor mil Id' nirm un. Brit, atr., Bactena, Liverpool, W. Mansfield Bm 1 iw, Gi r. htr., Formes, Yokohama, Btlin Mcy«r Kar>HH«, Brit, str., Linklater, Now York, McAlister Horg 800, Brit. atr,, Kinghorn, Penang, Ho Hong E F. Ferdinand, Ana. atr.,
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    • 256 16 June 5 Kiev, Rns. ntr. t Odo°Ra via pnrtfi Borneo. Rrit. htr., An werp via rorta Caleb**. R'it.rtr., I,'dnn A'dam «Sc Antwerp Keprnun, B r it *tr. London A Liverpool Mam, .1 p. ntr., Colomho A Bombay Hum Sant», Brit «dr., P< nang A Calcuttta fKuotjri Maru, .Tap. htr.,
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  • 257 16 8imoaporb, Junk 12. 1912 EXCHANGE. On Connor—Sank 4 m It 1/44 Demand 2/4<ft Private 6 m/s 2/4{i 8 m/a 2/4i* On Orrmamv—Hank d/d 2884 Private P m/s 2424 Jr Ffcsnoa—Bank d/d 294 Private 8 m/s 299 )n lwoia—Bank T. T. 1741 Private 80 d/s 1762 > in
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  • 1200 16 Singapore. Junk 12 1912 MINING. Issue 7?. Value o* Buyers. Sellers. 10 10 Belat Tin 4 85 4 40 10 10 Bruanp 1.90 2.10 10 10 Kanaboi 2.81 8.' 0 £1 £1 Kinta Tin 2.1.3 2.6 1 4 £1 £1 Labat Miner 1.18 9 1.15 6 5/.
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  • 224 16 Per P. and O. Delta connecting with Macedonia at Colombo, sailing June 14. Mr. .T. M. Milno, Mrs. Hammond and child Mr. C. Nash, Mr. and Mrs. Craib, Mr. H. 1\ Clodd, Mr. G. M. Brown, Mr. P. Russell. Mr! S. H. Poole. Miss S. Tennet. Miss
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  • 191 16 Mr. Justice Ebden opened the hearing on June 12, an action at the instance of Messrs. Guthrie and Co., against Mr. F. It. Hill, of Malacca. Plaintiffs claimed $5,ft77 as money due for the hire of a Marshall motor tractor for defendant’s estate in Malacca
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  • 179 16 Mr. Arthur, third magistrate, took a very serious view of a case of breaking quarantine which came before him on d une The accused persons were eight hint so firemen from the steamer Chow 'lai, "1"'' 1 the words of the charge, had landed from ship suspected of
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  • The Straits Bubget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT.
    • 1392 1 We quote below tbe best available London list from tbe reports brought by the last mail, and add local a notations from the list prepared by Messrs. Fraser and Co. (Singapore) os the corresponding date
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    • 148 2 London and Sinoapokk Rubber Pricks 1 Gknkual Singapore Rubber Auction Rubber Items 2 DiscaHCH of Rubber Plants 4 May Rubber Returns 1 Camels for Rubber Instates 4 Malacca Rubber Auction 4 Rukit Asalian Estate 8 The Rubber Industry H Tklkgrams— London Rubl cr Prlcos 2 Mhktinos and Rkports— Nyong
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    • 36 2 (Fhom a Malacca Corrkspondent.) Tho following prices lmvo been received during the past week Fiuo Para Plantation. June 5 4/7 4/10$ 6 4/7$ 4/11 H 5/a 6 10 4/9$ 5/1 11 4/9$ 5/1
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    • 174 2 The thirty eighth auction of tho Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association was held on .June 5. There were offered for salt 92 cases, equalling 98.07 piculs or 15,150 lbs and the sales amounted to HO cases, equalling 99.90 piculs or 12,520 lbs. The prices realised were
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    • 1941 2 The first annual ordinary general meeting of the Nyoug Rubber Plantations, Limited, was held at Finsbury Court, Finsbury Pavemeut, K. C., the Earl of Buckinghamshire (chairman of the company) presiding. The Secretary (Mr. Charles Larder) having read the notice
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    • 510 2 The statutory meetinu of tho To« t Rubber Estate, Limited, was 10, at the registered offices of the cm 7, Martin’s Lano, Cannon Street r P \7’ W. Arthur Addinsell presiding. r The representative of the (Messrs. Bright aud Galbraith Lii TT having
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    • 251 2 The Sungei Buloh Rubber Company, Ltd., pays a final dividend of 15 per cent., making per cent, for the year. It carries fora an £2,288. The estimated crop for the curn u year is 160,0C0 lbs. Mr. J. E. Bingham, of Messrs. Lowe. Bingham and Matthews, chartered actonn
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    • 3330 3 The third annual ordinary general meeting Nirmala idava) Plantations aud Lands Uoiupauy.'uiulM* 1 was hold ou May 11 at jOU don Chamber of Commerce, Oxford Court, K.C., Mr. Walter Hilliers (chairman) of the secretaries (Messrs. Rowley, Davies aud Co., Limited) .‘livin''
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    • 292 3 The report of the Third Mile (F.M.S.) lhibbcr Company, Limited, states that tho issue of 30,030 shares at a premium of 3s. per share, made in October last, was not fully subscribed by the shareholders, but tho shares not then taken up have siuco been disposed of at
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    • 207 3 The second annual report of tho Rubber Instates of Krian, Limited, states that the profit for tho year to December .11 amounted to X 9,798, to which must be added tho balance of .£‘.72*2 brought forward, after payment of dividend and manager's commission, giving a total
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    • 536 4 Mr. Herbert Wright delivered Inn fifth and l&nt lecture at the liu|>erial College of Science on May 13. lie pointed out how in the pant the bent agricultural yields had frequently been obtained on Hiuall plots; when largo acreages of
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    • 310 4 The directors of tho Johoro Rubber Lauds (Malaya), Limited, iu their report for the year ended December 81 last, Htate: Tho plauted area at the above date waH 4,013 acres, 2,02 n acres having been brought into cultivation during the
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    • 248 4 The British Vice Consul at Medan (Mr. A. L. Mathcwson), reporting on the trade of the Fast Coast of Suuiutra in lull, says: The cultivation of plantation rubber is ulready one of the most im(>ortant industries in Sumatra and bids fair
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    • 267 4 At the annual meeting of tho Scottish Malay Rubber Company, held at Edinburgh, on May 16, Mr. J. A. Hunter, who presided, said the extensions during the year had amounted to 390 acres, making tho total planted area 1,581 acres. A further 112 acres was ready for
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    • 265 4 The report of the Kombok (F.M.S.) Rubber Company, Limited, states that the acquisition of the estute and property took effect as from January 1, 1911, and the company was incorporated on March 23, 1911. The transfer of the property has been completed and the titles are lodged
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    • 462 4 Teluk Anson.—3,192 lbs. Keiubia.—3,886 lbs. Krubong.—1,790 lbs. Lendu. —1,250 lbs. Per mas. —2,967 lbs. Majedie. —1,615 lbs. Durian-Sabatang.—866 lbs. Banteng (Selangor)—6,019 lbs. Anglo-Sumatra.—21,281 lbs. Pelepah Valley.—2,000 lbs. Kota Tinggi. 1,880 lbs. Tebong.—7,081 lbs. Choinpodak.—2,732 lbs. United Malacca.— 4,000 lbs. Keleinak. —734 lbs. Punggor.—2,095 lbs. Langen.—16,650 lbs. Bukit
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    • 426 4 Th® directors of the New Crocodile lu„., (Solancor) ltubbcr Company, Limited, i nl report for the year ended December 81 \u\\ stato that the rubber obtained in 1911. ceeded the estimate by some 2,000 lb but for the exceptional droughts ihiS
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    • 198 4 Camels on a rubber estate as beasts of bur den is decidedly a new venture, says tho Ceylon Observer. The steamer Marquis Bacquehcm, which arrived on in Colombo on May 23, however, landed two camels, in addition toaconsignmcnt of Sciud
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    • 138 4 The following are the prices of rubber, realised by public auction on June H, at J Auction Mart, No. 77, Kiver Side, Malae< i. Sheet No. 1 Sheet No. %IQ-tO a I'll .15 Scrap crepe Bark crepo 187 Following were the prices of rn^) f realised by
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    • 2374 5 The sixth ordinary general meeting of the iac St tnoor Uubber Company, Limited, MavO, at Winchester House, Old ''“''.‘"t i c, Mr. William Austin !i r vliiirman of the company) presiding. ■J'ireury ,.«r. S. L. Thompson) having ,j lhe notice convening
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    • 302 5 Mr. G. G. An let nv>u, presiding at tho meeting of the Sungei Salak Rubber Company, Ltd., said that tho total crop for the past, season on Sungei Salak Estate was 8),179 lbs. and on New Labu 32,921 lbs., tho total showing an increase on tho output
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    • 184 5 The report of the oit.tugkat Salak Rubber and Tin, Limited, states that 618 acres wore planted with rubber during tho year to December 31, bringing tho total up to 2, 01 acres. It lias been decided to curtail further developments during the current year to opening and
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    • 448 5 Tho second ordinary general meeting of tho Suugci Sayong Rubber Company, Limite<l, was held on May 8, at the offices, Leadenhall Street, Mr. K. K. Magor presiding. The chairman, in moving tho adoption of the report and accounts, said there
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    • 446 5 At tho third orumaij general mooting on May H, Mr. Arthur A. A lion, M.l\, said tho company hail now rcachud tho producing stage, though, of course, only ou a rather small scale. Tho output of rubbor for tho year —13,831 lb—was
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    • 1704 6 The sixth annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Tenom (Borneo) Rubber Company, Limited, was held on May 0, at the registered ollice, 22, Renticld Street, Glasgow, Mr. T. A. Gallie (chairman of the company) presiding. The Secretary
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    • 142 6 An extraordinary general meeting of the Galang Besar Rubber Plantations, Limited, was held on May 10 under the presidency of Sir William Hood Treacher, to consider a resolution making certain alterations in the articles. In moving the resolution the chairman said that, as explained in the circular which
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    • 1561 6 The annual ordinary general meeting of tho Kapar Bara Rubber Estates Company, fjimited, was held on May 13, at the Chamber of Commerce, Oxford Court, Cannou Street, E.C., Mr. Artliur A. Baumann presiding. The representative if tho
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    • 214 6 The statutory meeting of the Hongkong (Selangor) Rubber, Limited, was held at the Institute of Directors, 4, Corbet court, Grace-church-street, London, E.C., on May 9* Mr. W. Artliur Addinsell presided. A representative of Bright and Galbraith, Limited, tho secretaries, having read the notice convening tho meeting. The
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    • 2164 7 Mltcs'co,■ p»»y. Limited, waUield un May £TE A Tk A repn«n a ta“iv P c reB i( tl>e secretaries William N-jvett and Co.) having read iienotice convening the meeting and there. po TlieCl»irm»" >l id: Gentlemen, if you Uiiullv take the
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    • 312 7 The secretaries of tho Langen (Java) Rubber Estates Company, Limited, have issued a circular to the holders of fitst mortgage debentures, which states as follows: When the first mortgago deb< ntures of this company were created, it was intended that tho company’s financial year should commence
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    • 281 7 At tho annual meeting of the Riverside (Selangor) Rubber Compauy, held at Edinburgh on May 16, Mr. W. B. Rankin, who presided, said the planted area at December 31 last was really 1,557 acres, as compared with 1,455 acres when the last report wus issuod. Their extensions
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    • 866 7 The annual general meeting of the Teluk Anson Rubber Estate, Ltd., wan held in Gresham 1 louse ou June 10, under tlio presidency of Mr. S. Katz. In moving the adoption of the report and accounts the
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    • 2515 8 The sixth annual general meeting of the Rubber Estates of Johoro, Limited, was held on May 9, at the Loudon Chamber of Commerce, Oxford-court, Cannon-street, E.C., Sir Frank A. Swetteuham, O.C.M.O., presiding. Mr. R. W. Reid (tho representative of
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    • 166 8 On the afternoon of June 1 the Europeau employees of the Malacca Itubber Plantations, Limited, resident oa the company's largest estate, Bukit Asaliau, inaugurated the opening of their now club pavilion and enclosure. Tho pavilion, tho cost of which and the tennis courts was generously defrayed by
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    • 219 8 The following information is f rom L. and C. Express of May 17 :-Tho market for plantation has been very quiet, and prices show a slight decline. First Latex spot quoted 4s. IOJd. value. June delivery 4 S 104
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    • 207 8 The report of tho Golconda Malay Rubber Company, Limited, states that the total amount of rubber harvested during tho year to December 81 was 208,302 lbs. against an estimate of 250,010 lbs. Tho crop secured in 1910 was 178,315 lbs. The phenomenal
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    • 287 8 The report of the Alor Pongsu Rnbbir Estate, Limited, states that the balance standing to the credit of protit and loss account for the year to December HI, after deducting £1,625, the dividend paid May 12, 1911, is -£7,111 from which the directors propose to pay
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