The Straits Budget, 15 August 1912

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1 8 The Straits Budget
  • 28 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” yol. lxvi NO. 2844 Singapore, Thursday, August 15, 1912. IISTAIIIBHEO OVM NAIF A CWTISY. Price 25 cents
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  • 310 1 SADEKB Sngar Bounties jj? The Trouble Alif act Some Labour Problems 10-JJ Result of the Poll P, ttl Wain Pro German 11 Putumayo ami Monroo OCAL AND OkNKRAL— Local and IVrsonal I*2 Sir A. K. 0. Law Retires 4 How the Persia Grounded 4 Public Works Singapore
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  • 4517 1 Lady Hardinge will spend next summer at home, leaving India in April. Tho output of the Rahman T in Co., Ltd., during July was 1,099.14 piculs. The output of tho Rahman Hydraulic Tin, Ltd., during July was ROD piculs. Dr. Sun Yat Son has been elected a
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  • 14 3 ,The Straits Times is not responsible to, tb e opinions of its correspondents.!
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  • 4284 3 To the Editor of tlio Straits Times. Vour partisans in this campaign for Ki-'istration of Servants (a pretty com imu-avc title) ami tho possibio taxation P f l .‘iplovcih have up to the present had a fairly field ami met with but scant open 0P Krou‘ K
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  • 428 4 To tl ic Kditor of the Straits Times. Sir, Ho arding Orang Scot’s effusion of bmg, bigotry and bile in Saturday's issue, intendtd to discuss the mod for registration of servants, but rcully an excuse to vent his spleen on eertaiu members of society In considers deserve it,
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  • 615 4 To tho Editor of tho Straits Times. Sir,- \V1 it i) one writt h to t)n> public press, if he vvihlu h to pr< su vo dignity, it is csscntial that lu should ho decorous, aud bo sure of hi- facts, b< foro ho luiltichcH abusoH
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  • 100 4 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—I notice there are some errors in the record of the result of the match Singapore Chess Club v. S.C.lt.C. published in your issue of the 5th inst. and 1 will bo glad if yon will get same corrected. C. W.
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  • 523 4 Bow Down To tho Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—Whatever may havo been its other merits, there arc two words in your leading article of yesterday’s date, which w ill not fail to excite tho just resentment of every self esteeming Asiatic. I refer to the words “bow down.” Is
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  • 51 4 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —The outward mail arrived yesterday and was distiibuted before tittin. The parcels mail however was only distributes! along L'oliyer Quay at 11.80 this morning. What is the cause of such delay—red taj»o or iuelliciency ?—Yours, etc., Dilatoiiy Parcel. Singapore, August 10,
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  • 403 4 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —May I be 1 lowed to draw the attention of the proper authorities to the bad state of theabovetiamed pier, which has been going on for a period of about 4 months. 1’art of it lias been broken, and
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  • 374 4 His Excellency the Governor Sir e Iv.C.M.G. on August 14 a telegram from the Sccretarv’of^ IVed for tho Colonies anuouncin<> tln/rrtir from the service of Sir A. F. (> j w lu fcct
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  • 205 4 As the result of observations kept on promises iu tho Hotel de PEurepe building*, High Street, a .Jewish shopkeeper named Sigmund Forschmidt was arrested on Au.Ubt 12, by Detective Inspector Tyrell ou a charge of living on the procetdi of prostitution Tho
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  • 136 4 A passenger on bouid tho P. and O. limf Persia, which giounded off Sausst t, ten mi ef west of Marseilles, says The liner had bun steaming for two and a half hours at rtdia »,< speed through a thick fog'. r l lino hell* 1
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  • 51 4 Tho output of tho ltaub Australian UoM Mining to, Ltd., for the four wc ks August 10 was as follows: llukit Stouo crushed, 3,317 tons; g" l 094 outlets; uv« tago per ton. liukit Malacca. Stone ciushd, i.* 1 gold obtained, 130 ouuccs u\ciago p 1.44
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  • 237 6 Following upon the action of the managing director of the Grand Hotel do I'Europe in discharging the whole of the stall for iusub ordiuutiou a Himilar stop Ims been taken at the Sea View Hotel which has roee ntly
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  • 395 6 A special general meeting of the Tanglin Club is to be held at the Exchange buildings on Angnst 16, to consider a scheme for establishing tlu> club upon a firm and profitable basis and, if thought tit, to authorise the committee to
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  • 151 6 Mr. Georgo A. Derrick, who rained a fund locally for tho benefits of relatives of the Titanic victiniH, has received the following acknowledgment from tho Mayor of Southampton Gear Mr. Derrick,—On behalf of those who are left dependent on tho Titanic Fund, I beg to acknowledge with grateful
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  • 380 6 Tlio existence of a reprehensible but not uncommon practice that is carried on among the lower class of < hinese resident in the Settlements was indicated by the allegations in a ease heard by Mr. Arthur, in the third police
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  • 164 6 Tho following is a statement of block tin and tin ore exported, approximate value (iD Singapore) and duty collected, during the months of January to July, 1912, and comparison with corresponding period of previous year: Total Tin Increase or Decrease: 1912 1911
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  • 88 6 According to the Statesman of July 27. Mr. J. 11. liutkill, Economic Botanist to tin Botanical Survey of India, lias bceu appoint ed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to succeed Mr. Hid ley as Superintendent ot the Government Botanic Gardens, Singapore. Mr.
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  • 422 6 A satisfactory year was reported to the members of the Singapore Rowing Club at the annual meeting iu the S. C.C. Pavilion. Thero was a large number present, over whom Mr. A. Cruickshauk, captain, presided. The report and accouuts were commented
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  • 304 6 Tlio attempt of a corporation organized in Hongkong with foreign capital, largely from Honolulu, to establish a brewing business on the South Asiatic coast has been unsuccessful, writes the American Consul at Hongkong. The concern erected a modern brewery on a
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  • 83 6 Tho wireless telegraphy station that is to be opened at Colombo on July 22 is under stood to bn of low power and only able to meet the requirements of shipping, says an Austra lian paper. A larger statiou is to be erected in the Straits Settlements,
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  • 532 6 Jungle-Folk. INTERESTING EXPERIENCE OF SPORTSMEN. Sakais on Neighbouring Island. Son.o cur.omty -and not a little -lias been aroused in Sinus, recital of an interesting story iLn i by a party of gentlemen t Holiday week-end on a shooter e at Pulau Batam, the Dutch island IT'‘l 10 South and a
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  • 178 6 There liavo been quite a number of theft* committed in the neighborhood of Instita tion Hill during tho past week or so, and residents should keep asharplook oat on their belongings. One of the latest cases was brought to tho notice of tho second magistrate Mr. E.
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  • 97 6 At tlic half-yearly general iwetioß of the Straits Athletic Club held at tbechib P miscs on August 11 the following wen ed office-bearers for the ensuing baltyea• President, Leo Kim San; vice rc X. Ourubathurn; lion secretary, chandra; assistant lion secietary. A. j lion, treasurer, Ee Kiong
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  • 2116 7 Chairman of thu General Committee of i >,.‘ion School of Tropical Medicine, the t,;( it lion listenChamberlain, M.l\, makes K 1 ll n, al for l* 100,(XX) to provide for the D 1 md the more efficient carrying on tl«
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  • 641 7 (From Our Own Cokkkspondrnt.) Kota Dharu, August 5. Mr. N. C. Wilson bas taken up the duties of agent of tho Mercantile Bank of India, Ltd., here, relieving Mr. C. Muir, who returns to-morrow to Singaporo after six months'strenuous work in oponing up tho branch. On the
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  • 333 7 Tho ninety fourth report of the court of directors of tho Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation to tho ordinary halfyearly general meeting of shareholders to be held at the City llall, on Saturday, August 17, is as follows: To tho proprietors
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  • 178 7 According to the American Consol Genera) ut Shanghai, the condition of the American cottou goods trade with China is such as to merit the most serious consideration of its future. Coiii|N)tition from Japan, he reports, has become formidable, and the most strik ing features
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  • 117 7 Lloyd's register shows that never was tho Knglish shipbuilding industry employed at such high pressure. \t tho close of .Juno a gross tonnage of over 1,770,(MX) tons was under construction. That was 80,000 tons more than in tho March quarter, ami nearly 300,000 tons more than in the
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  • 730 8 Having given prominence to correspon den to appearing in the Sarawak Oa/ctte in connection with the controversy between the British Malaysian Manufacturing Company and the Chinese jelutong tradcis in Sarawak wo publish the follow ing letter, written by Mr. W.
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  • 151 8 Tho Sarawak Gazette of August 1 nays:— Wo regret to lioar of tlio death of Dr. R. Iv Adamson, M.D. Krlin, which took place ro cently in Caiman. Deceased first caino to Lahuan seventeen years ago, more or lohh, as medical oflicer in the R.N.R. service,
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  • 391 8 Oue of the most interesting sections in the newly issued volumes of Lloyd’s Register, says The Times of July 6, is that dealing with oil-tank steamers, because, though in almost every direction tho demand for ton uago is now in excess of
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  • 279 8 Mr. C. W. C. Pan, acting British Hesident, Negri Sembilan, in the course of his administration report for 1911, writes:—The mortality on estates was exceedingly high. Of 83 estates for which returns are available, 32 had a mortality of 8 per
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  • 166 8 During the whole of August 7, Mr. Justice Sproulo was occupied in the Supremo Court in delivering judgments in appellate jurisdiction. They were those in which appeals were made from dccisionsof the Chief Justice, Sir W. 11. Hyudmau Jones, and were heard by Mr Justice Fisher,
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  • 531 8 On July 25 the Hamburg-America Lime's steamer Loongmoon put out from Tsingtau for Shanghai iu fair weather. Her cargo consisted of bean cake and oil. The trip is only a short oue, and for a vessel of her si/e
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  • 239 8 Tliero is a man in Texas who has found out a new way to fight the mosquito, llis name is Dr. Charles K. Campbell. He is official bacteriologist of the city of San Antonio. His idea, says a writer in the Technical World
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  • 71 8 His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to add the names of Messrs. Lawrence Anderson, .John Wilson Campbell, Chau Cheng Siow aud Herbert Thomas Clark, the Hev. Keppel Gamier, Messrs. Nazario Gomes, Harold Foley I ukson, Charles William Keppel Powis, Edward Hampton Moss, Frederick Harry Malcolm Staples,
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  • 373 8 The Krupp Fetes. SPEECH BY KAISER ON FIRM'S SERVICES. Greater for Peace Than f or War Kbutkk’m Tklkokam 'TV, u LODdon A '»2My The Emperor, Chancellor fcnd attended the Krupp centenary (J^ to day. Hie Emperor, replying toa^2S M| rom Krupp men. made a lone s,» a ,,|r he dealt
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  • 197 8 Writing for the mail of August 8, Fraser aud Co. state: The holidays have interfered with bosinM? to somo extent aud although sterling rubber shares have recovered somewhat, the volume of business is small. There is a bett* r tune at
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  • 148 8 Confusion of traffic at the busy j Kochore Hoad aud North Bridg< l l the cause of a fatality there on Aiitd 1 certain Hadji Omar and a fnond riding; double ricksha were approaching the |u when another ricksha got in the waypuller of their ricksha
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  • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
    • 576 9 1.1 .c. Tournament. are tho results of play on tho Ladies’ Lawn Tennis Club u r rD an^nt: A. Class Doublks. atl( j Mr. Cantrell roc. 6 beat Mrs. Donf r 'i Mr Vowlor scr. 6—1, 6—2. ft I (iimn aud Mr. Mugliston owo 5 r V. Auckland
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    • 405 9 C, n^a P ore Ciolf Championship. n lrs t round of tho Singnporo Golf l u,, pioiiHlii|) was |>layc«l on tlio Keppcl xStJU August 10and risuited as follows:— L l»rad<l( 11 boat Mugliston, w.o. 'Into boat King, 2 and 1. •nvlu! b. at Winter, 1 up. lris ut Lorn
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    • 350 9 The ChienRmai Cup. Thelinal tie in the Cliienginai Cup raco, for vvhicli three crews competed, was rowed at Tanjong Uliu, on August 9, between the following crews Dakc, bow; Gaggiuo. No. 2; Berry. No. 3; Taylor, stroke; 1'asli. cox; and Powell, bow; Elgcc, No. 2; Paterson, No. 3;Buchanau, stroke;
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    • 159 9 S.C.C. 2nd XI v. Y.M.C.A. This match was played on tho Esplanade on August 10 and resulted in an easy w in for the club. Following are in complete details gleaned from tho scoring book S.C.C. 2nd XI. Elder b Keyt 14, Boyner c aud b Oehlers Of, Eenthall
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    • 43 9 Tanglin Club Bowling. The result of tho monthly modal compcti tion was as follows W. A. Sims 738 scr. 738 D. McLeod Craik 585 rec. 120 705 F. E. Worsley Taylor 612 rec. 60 702 T. O. Naughton 405 roc. 240 644
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    • 72 9 5.C.C. v. R.G.A. A splendid game was witnessed on tho Esplanade on August 12 when tho S.C.C. met tho R.G.A. in tho Football League competition. Winter opened the scoring for the club by obtaining two goals in rapid succession, the artillery responding with one j oint and making strenuous
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    • 377 9 Malacca Rifle Association. Tho first annual meeting of the Malacca Uitlo Association took placo at the Bukit Sebukor Range on August ft, 4, ami 5. Tinweather conditions throughout tho meeting were, on tho whole, good, although cloud} at times which perhaps accounted to some extent for the poor
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  • 95 9 (From Our Own Cohrf.spondrnt.) Penang, August 12. Mr. Justice Fisher sat in the Supreme Court lu re to hear thcap|M-al of four directors of the Criterion Press and tho editor of the Straits Echo, Mr. T. Wright, against the find ing of tire District JmLo on tho
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  • 334 9 The rejily given by Mr. Acland to Sir J. D. Bees, in the House of Commons, with regard to the exclusion of British vessels from the Japanese coastal trade, while Japanese vessels are cutting into the Indian trade by the aid
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  • 337 9 Information was received at bombay on August 2 that the Horn bay anil Persia Steatn Navigation Company's steamer Naeicri while on her voyago from Husrah to Jeddah with pilgrims hud met with u serious accident lei her pro|ielle-r. She was entirely
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  • 141 9 Wo have received from the East Asiatic Company, agents for the Carlsborg breweries, an artistic brochure de-scribing the progress made hy this world renowne-d Danish industrial company of Copenhagen. f l ho work is fully illustrated and lrom tho letterpress one is able to gathe r the extent
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 87 9 Property Sales. Tlio following i>ro|M iti< h veto disposed of by auction at Mchhih. idling Leo and Co.’s huIoiooiii, on August 1 2 'I \\o pieces of ‘J'J years’ leasehold land fronting Sophia Itoad, aicu 0,719 wj. fo« t, (piit rent ml; bought by Miy. Tan Chow Noo for frTMid
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  • 55 10 Skwfi.li. On July 21°, at the Nursing Home, Bangkok, the wife of C. A. S. Sewill, of a son. Dkkiiolw Yoi no —On August 7, at Singapore, the wife of W. G. Denholm Youug. of a dam hte*, Mili.nit NUrKtY.-On August 9. at Singapore, the wife «*f 11. Miller
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  • 65 10 Cri.iKN- Lkonard— On dune Vf> 1912, at Hi. Raul's. Arran CJuay, with Nuptial Mass, h\ Hov. .I.l*. Mulcahy, C athedral, Leeds,assisted by Very Bov. Dean Shine, Bev. Father Ria n dergast, Leeds, and Bev. Father Msrtin. Dubli i, Garrett Cullen, Chief Rulice Otlieer. \V%elantan, Malay Roniusula, sou f the
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  • THE Straits Budget.
    • 1026 10 Straits Times, August 8. Not enough has been published to enublt us to form an opinion as to whether or not the decision of the British Government to withdraw from the Sugar Convention is warranted. There has been some friction following upon short crops in some parts of
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    • 1138 10 are strictly defensive. Straits rixot 9 9. Caf-tinj; one’s eye over the leading nmnaziuiH, one canuot fail to be struck by the prominence they *»ive to the military and naval situation. Gathering from them some fuller and more accurate details than are available in the daily presH,
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    • 1177 10 Straits Times, August 10. We have been favoured with a copy of circular which a person called A. M. Boss o! Berhampere is sending to a large number of rubber estates in" Malaya- H'' s l Krv3 tells all whom it may concern that t" has “been
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    • 1187 11 Straits Times, August 12. We are now in a position to cease worrj ingour readers with a daily reminder of the servant question. Tho poll we have taken is on the whole satisfactory, and when we have to make a clean copy of tho names of
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    • 1121 11 Straits Times, August 13. The other day wo had a Beuter telegram in reference to a fanatical Ban Islamic monthly which is printed in Tokio and circulated largely, though for the most part secretly, iu India. We are indebted to a friend for a copy of tho issue
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    • 1191 12 Straits Times, August 14. Tho worst parts of the Putumayo atrocities report an those w hich cannot be published in a public newspaper. Where there is horrible brutality, however, ono knows that there is revolting beastiality also, and enough has been priuted to make all civilised nations
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 89 10 Pott prlrs ul tho Straits Timn > a, The |kjn‘ frer puce of the- Strait* ItuJgrt i» fi4 yea? It i» not r.« iev.arv to *ul*cribc tor a vrar. Ihe *u*>•eriptionk for ihoiter tv-n»l» aie ai the »ame propor lionatr rt:.- m tVr a vrar Ttor Straits HaJjttcnn he cent
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  • 45 10 DE Al iHkwki.l. On August 1, a Home, Bangkok Ethel I Dorothy itAm Nur-ing dearly beloved wife of C. A. S. SowellV' (Jrylls) Bowks. On August 7, at Unkit A Balia. Malacca, Frederick Hyland Bowen, Assistant, Malacca Rubber Plantations, Limited, and of Waley Bridge, England.
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  • 310 12 Tudcr the Indian Act of 1835 certain regulations have to be complied with by whosoever undertakes the printing and publishing of a newspaper in the Straits Settlements and for failiug to carry out these obligations a .Japanese named S. Yamamoto, of 51
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  • 380 12 Happeningcoincidentally with the campaign for tho registration of domestic servauts in the Colony, the unusual sucoession of crimes by Hylam house employees which have been and still are engaging the attention of the Singapore police is not un welcome. Tho existence
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  • 111 12 Among last mouth’s exports figured 11 chests of iudigo, manufactured at Lagos estate, Kalutaru— the first fruit of the introduction of a new industry into Ceylon, says the Ceylon Observer. Tho Indigo plant at Lagos is ready for another cutting, and manufacture will be resumed there in
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  • 477 12 Registration of Serva nts. THE CLOSE O F THE SINGAPORE POLL. Overwhelming Majority in Favour of Registration. As we announced on Saturdav closed the poll on the question J’ti hav< tration of Domestic Servants posted or received on that day. Vot The questions in the circular We on July 27
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  • 74 12 (From Ocr Ow’N Correspondent.) Penang, August l* 1 At tho general meeting of tho Penang -'n tomobilo Association tbo lion. K. presiding-the following matters wire co sidered: —the division of chauffeurs IK skilled and unskilled classes, the adoption o a barge, tho acquisition of power to g l
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  • 106 12 Homo papers record tho t&ct n Royal Humane Society’s medal ia awarded to P. C. Baker, of tho Met Police, for saving tho hto of ft who fell into tho sea off Pier, Singapore, last year. 1 rl ula) one of thecontingentof Metropo i came out hero
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  • 687 15 Berlin, August 6. HorrKiderlen.in ati inti rview with a Figaro reporter, mentioned the disarmament pro posals. He said that the proposed Franco German rapprochement is only possible it both countries conn to an understanding as to particular questions, such as the financing of the Bagdad railway. It is
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  • 515 15 Ill the Slmnf'liui .Municipal Oa/otto there appcnrscorrcH|>ondcuoo between fclio Shanghai Society of Killin' era ami Architecta and the Municipal Council with loforencu to proponed experiments in connection with the uiucliora tion of indoor climatic conditions. The subject was first introduced to discoshion in
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  • Shipping Intelligence.
    • 296 16 Autust 7 Jdnngv H it. str., M*cia<l,eu Calcutta, A. UillUiD Ermpur*, Brit. str,, Brook*, Calcutta, Bouhiend Liu'luo, Ger. str., Nildahn, Melbourne, Bi-hn Mcytr ToriMa, Brit. 84. r.,B 4 .r., Swdnwn, Yckcharua, A. GilfilJan Itinrla, But. Btr., Evans, Yokohama, Bouhtrad Delta. Bnt. atr., Maitir, Shanghai, P. A O. Coy. JiDMtii
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    • 257 16 August 7 B'in? (’boon, Brit. Mr,, Swatow via porta Do Kluik, Du;, htr., Muutuk Liod-n, O r. s‘r., Him burg vis porta O'ot’us, Htr Bitavia bili-uia, Aim. Htr., Trieste via porta Djlta, Brit, r Bombiy via porta Hydal Ha I, Brit. *-tr„ Haiphong Iliad*, Bnt. utr,, Ctlcutta via porta
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  • 274 16 8imoafobs, Acouht 14 1919 ■XOHANGE. 0 ~Bank 4 >M S/41 Demand *M 2/4 Private 6 m/a S/4| 0 U)/« 2/4^ >* ')•»»*•?—Bank d/d Ml 2081 Priiae 0 m/h 2421 Kmabub—Saak d/d 204 Private 0 m/a m 209 )it i>ui* -JBtok 7. Ti 1741 Private 00 d/a 1762
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  • 1158 16 »lH*AFOfcB. ACOUST 14, IBIS. MINING. lame S Value (2 Buyern. Seller*. 1 10 Belal Tie 3 86 2.70 10 10 Braud 1.76 3.00 10 10 Kenebol 2.25 2.40 41 41 KintaTin 1.1V9 2.0 6 41 41 Lahat Mire# 1.9.0 1.14.0 5/• 6 Pahang Conao) 9/• If/. 41
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  • 252 16 I’er P. and O. Arcadia connecting witt Mongolia at Colombo, sailing August 23Dr. and Mrs. Day and infant, Mr. and Hope and child, Mrs. Scott and infant, Misi Harvey, Mr. R. C. M. Kindersley, Mr. N E Bath, Mrs. and the 2 Misses Black Hinton’ Mrs. E.
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  • 164 16 Mr. W. Fisher, presiding at the meeting of the Indo-lbina Mi am Navigation Company, Limited, on July 17, said that the company had acquired a one third interest in two steamers previously run by French competi tors on the Yangtsze. Duirng the year they had had to
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  • 171 16 Much interest is being taken in r the Daily Mail of a first prize tf second prize of XI00; and athiid| ,rizi for the best sets of twelve photogiap* lS 0 ,l particular holiday of not less than sew n < a In caso of
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  • The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT.
    • 1319 1 Wo quote below the beat Available London list from the reports brought by the last mail, and add local quotation* from the list prepared by Meanrs. Fraser and 00. (Singapore m the corresponding date for
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    • 130 2 London and Sinoapobb Robbib Pkicib 1 Gbnebal— Rubber Auctionfi 2 Tho Rubbor Export Duty 8 The Rubber Industry n. 8 Tho Tumang Murder 4 Tho Guarded Rubbor Microbol 4 Rubber Won by Crimes 5 July Rubber Roturns 7 W. W. Railey Memorial Fund 8 Planter Murdered 8 Tblborams— London
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    • 174 2 (From Ode Own Correspondent.) London, August 13. Tho auction this week wan quiet, but a fair quantity was put up for salo. Seven hundred and Hevonty nino tons of Plantation was offered (690 tons Malayan) against
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    • 2359 2 Tl»e sixth annual ordinary general meeting of tho i’orak Hubbcr Plantations, Limited, was hold on .July 15, at 4, Lloyd h Avenue, E.G., Mr. Montagu Hattyo, presiding. The representative of the secretaries (Messrs. Howe, White and Co., Limited) having
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    • 209 2 Singapore. The forty-seventh auction of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Abso ciation was held on August 7, when there was offered for sale 236 cases equalling “261.14 piculs or 34,819 lbs., and sold 174 rases equalling 193.10 piculs or 26,014 lbs. 1’ricos realised: Sheet Smoked 1234 to
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    • 2687 3 The 1’iirJ ordinary general meeting of the ]L b r plantations Investment Trust* Limitf,l was held on July 16, at the Cannon ,,a Hotel, E.C., Mr. Charles Arthur Lam parti (the chairman of the company) presiding M- 8. Woodward,
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    • 79 3 The prices for tho period from August 9 to 22, 1912, inclusive, on cultivated rubber on which export duty is leviable ou an ad valorem basis iu accordance with the rules under tho F..\l S. Custom* I) dies Enactment will be assessed, are as follows Shot
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    • 567 3 The following extracts are from tho L. and C. Express of July 19:— llio market for Plantation continues quiet, but steady. First Latex Crepe spot quoted ss. OJd. value (last year 4s. lid.), July delivery sold at ss.
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    • 267 3 The report of the Brauuston (Malay) Rubber Estates, Limited, for the six mouths to March 31 states that iu order to comply with the provisions of the Companies (Consolidation) Act, 190 S, it is Urci ssary to hold a general meeting once in eieh year. Owing to
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    • 1013 4 Of tho 49 Javanese tappers originally arrested in connection with the murder of Mr. J. P. Mackay, assistant on tho Tumang Estate, Johore Rubber Lands, on July 8 last, tho 89 still in custody appear in tho
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    • 953 4 BUKIT RAJAH. The Monotony of a 150 Per Cent. Dividend.” The aunual ordinary general meeting of the above-named company was held on July 15 at tho London Chamber of Commerce, Mr. li. K. Rutherford, presiding. Tho Secretary (Mr. George F. Wooda) having read tho notioe convening the mooting and the
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    • 202 4 Cable despatches printed in New Yoik with reference to synthetic rubber have this to say Well guarded are the microbes used in the recently discovered process of manufacture synthetic rubber. Great precautions are taken to prevent intrusion at the works
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    • 365 4 Tho report of the Kim (Malacca) Kubber Estates, Limited, states that tho directors arc glad they are able to annonocc that tho dispute between the company and tho original owners has at last been satisfactorily settled by payment to the company of .£2.500 in cash, by tho
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    • 882 4 The second annual ordm* meeting of the United y Estates, Ltd., was held aH pany s office, Malacca, on \n<. 10 COt a Tan Chon,- Lock (the chairman ll company) presidio,.. There Jcl i 0i sent Messrs. Chi Kang Client* Cl.i
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    • 2136 5 T crimes and atrocities committed by 1 4ll Louts of the Peruvian Amazon Company winning of rubber in the Putumayo rirfc 0 f the Amazon from tho subject of I IIia *in*» aud terrifying Blue Book.
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    • 417 5 The fourth annual general meeting of the Tebong Rubber aud Tapioca Estate, Ltd., was hold ou July 29, at Shanghai. Mr. W. S. Davidson presided, supported by Mr. E. O. Cummiog aud Mr. J. A. Wattie, directors. Tho Chairman ia presenting tho
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    • 464 5 Following is tho report of tho directors of tho Mount Austin (Johoro) Rubber Estates, Ltd., to March 81, 1912: Tho scheme of amalgamation sanctioned by tho shareholders at tho extraordinary general meeting on September 20, 1911,
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    • 369 5 Tho report of tho Telult Piuli Rubber Estate, Limited, states that tiie net amount at credit of profit and loss Account for the year to Mirch 31 is £674, to which should 1)0 added tho amouut brought forward, £B3, making a total of £757, which il
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    • 1819 6 The second annual ordinary general moot ing of the Sempah 1 lubber Kstatos, Limitod, wan bold on duly 10, at the offices of tho company, Mincing Lane Houae, 59, Kastcheap, K.C., Mr. Frank Copomau (chairman of the company) presiding. Tho
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    • 1157 6 The ft rut annual general meeting of the shareholders it: the Sampaug (.lava) Rubber Plantations, Limited, was held ou July 16, at the offices of the company, 80, Mincing Lane, E.C., Mr. It. N. O. liingley (the cliairiuan of tho company
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    • 330 6 The report of the Anglo Johore Robber Estates, Limited, states that shareholder* were informed by circular dated March tt that the directors were, after prolonged negotiations, enable to compromise the cu:o pany’s claim for £‘20,000, payable:— Ry the surrender of 16,500 fully paid shares, part of the
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    • 250 6 The report of the Dukit Selangor Knbber Estates, Limited, states that during tbt period to March 61 the cultivated acuagf ou the company’s estates has been extend* by 698 acres. 'A he estates have been regu < ir ly reported upou by Mr. A. Irving, and
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    • 785 7 Following is the report of the director* of the KotaTinggi (Johorc* Rubber Co., Ltd., forthc year to March 31, 1912 Tho total urea of the estate is at present 1121J acres including a further grant of 8 acre*. The
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    • 418 7 Kempos. 3,600 lbs. Anglo J0h0re.—5,935 lbs. Glenealy.-- 2,932 lbs. Kuala Sawah.—l,Bol lbs. Sumatra Para.—3o,soo lbs. Bukit Je10t0ng.—2,377 lbs. S.S. Bertam. 23,400 lbs. Ayer Molek. 6,495 lbs. Sungei Kari. —6,300 lbs. Asalian.—2.o97 ibs. Sialang.—l6,s6o lbs. (Juited Scrdaug.—6l,7os lbs. Tandjong.—9,9ol lbs. Serangoon. 1,675 lbs. Anglo-Malay. —68,326 lbs. Uataling. 36,720
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    • 1928 7 Tho third annual general meeting of the Sialang Rubber Estates, Limited, was held ou July 15, at the London Chamber of Com rnerce, Oxford court, E.C., Mr. Charles Arthur Lampard (tho chairman) presiding. Mr. James M. Kemp (representing the agents
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    • 1977 8 Tbo aocond ordinary general meeting of tbo Tem|>rli (Java) Rubber Plantations, Limited, wan bold at Winchester House, Old Broad Street, K. (J., Colonel Ivor Philipps, D. 8. M. P. (chairman of tbo company), presiding. The Secretary (Mr. W. Bellamy) having read
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    • 320 8 The report of the Asahan (Sumatra) Rubber Estates, Limited, for the period euding March 81, states that at tho last general meeting it was reported that, according to tho titles, the area of tho company’s concessions did not apparently exceed B,oo)acres. Since then a survey has been
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    • 321 8 The report of the Tali Aver Rubber Estates, Limited, estates that during the year to April 30 the area under rubber has been increased by about 1,017 acres, viz.:—l39 acres on Tali Ayer estate and 878 acres on Suugei Bogak estate. The total rubber crop harvested
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    • 133 8 The Planters’ Association of Malaya has handed over to the Council of tho Straits and K.M.S. Government Medical School the sum of $1,629.28 to be used for the provision ot scholarships to bo called the \V. W. Bailey Scholarships. For tho same purpose the Highlands
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    • 210 8 Scanty details are available from \i i concerning the end of a young assist 3 ,&cc H Uowen on the Malacca U„hh tiong 1 estate at Bukit Aaal.au ‘u r 1 however, that he met hie death n
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    • 387 8 Tlio repoit of the Bukit Mertajam Rubber Company, Limited, .states that during the year to March 81, holdeis of options over the unissued shares have exercised their rights to tho exteut of 36,000 shares. Tho total issued capital ou March 31 last
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    • 202 8 The report of the Teekoy Rubber Estate, Limited, states that the directors aro tied with the progress luado during tho to March 31. About 800 acres aro umier clean weeding, aud will bo so muutaim- Additions to this acreage win made as labour permits, aud it >«•
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