The Straits Budget, 26 December 1912

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1 6 The Straits Budget
  • 28 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” VOL. LXVI NO. 2863. Singapore. Thursday. December 26. 1912. ESTABLISHED OVER HALF A CEkTVBV. Price 25 cents.
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  • 238 1 LEADERS Political Shuffling 10 Expiring Aristocracy 10 Victims of Warfare ...1011 Churchill v. Bridgeman H Diplomacy and Sentiment 11 Local and General— Local and Personal 1-2 The Turkish War The Pitman Centenary 3 Victims of the War 4 The Municipal Hoard 4 Big Fire in Selangor 4
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  • 4718 1 From tlic Fnion Trading to., Singapon md Kuala Lumpur, we have received useful blotting pad in desk form, also a spc< m 11 of stationery case issued by M«‘-sis. husli and Co., Hackney, Loudon, the wellvtiuwn make rs of essences, essentia oi s. < for which the
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  • 2625 3 Riutir’s Tblboram. Dbr Ostasiatischb Lloyd Tblboram. TURKS WITHOUT NECESSARY POWERS. The Austro-Servian Tension. Rbutbr’s Tblboram. London, December 17. Reuter says there was no hitch in the peace conference, and that the best feeling prevailed though surprise is felt that the Turks had neglected to obtain further instructions
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  • 179 3 Arrangements for the centenary festivals in commemoration of the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Sir Isaac I'itmau, the inventor of phonography, are now said to be almost complete. Tho Bath Shorthand Writers’ Association has fixed its centenary meeting for January I. when tho address will be
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  • 479 4 Government House, Singapore, December 19, 1912. To tlio Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—His Excellency the Governor observes from the Home papers which arrived by the last mail that the Lord Mayor has opened a fund
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  • 149 4 According to a London cable, dated December published in Ceylon: —The Kelantan Produce and Development Company, Limited, prosjiectus which has just been issued states that the company will be profit-earning from the beginning. The capital is .£102,500 sterling, of which £lOO,OOO are 7 per cent, participating preference
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  • 66 4 A fully attended special meeting of the Municipal beard was held under the presidcm;y '*> I'- *l. Ilallifux, in the Hoard room, on the 20rd, when the Supplementary budget No. 8 of 1012, amounting to ~lU' ‘‘d by tlu President, was passed in. con. Some dismission took
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  • 376 4 Messrs. Fraser and Co.’s woekly share circular dated the 18th inst. states Local rubber shares have remained remarkably steady and tho demand for this class of stock is widening. The commodity market displaying a rather easier tone has caused a slight
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  • 459 4 A whole block consisting of thirteen shophouses in Pudu street, Kuala Lumpur, Was completely gutted as the result of a tire which broke out shortly before midnight on Friday. The tire was tirst noticed, says the Malay Mail, at about
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  • 279 4 A serious trap accident, in which a wellknown lawyer was injured, occurred in St. Andrew’s Road about o’clock nine on Saturday morning. Mr. H. C. Cooke-Yarborough, of the firm of Messrs. Allen and Gledhil), was driving to town, accompanied by Mrs.
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  • 332 4 The case affecting the price of six acres of land in Alexandra Road, which the Municipality is desirous of acquiring by compulsion, was continued and decided in the Supreme Court, before the Chief Justice aud Messrs. S. Tomlinson and H. Robinson, assessors, on
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  • 193 4 The now numerous students of the International Correspondence School, in Singapore, are pushing a project to acquire an institute of their own where they may receive more complete instruction than is at present possible, and to assist that end a ball was held in the Victoria Memorial Hall
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  • Local Telegrams.
    • 60 4 (t Rom a Coukkspondknt.) T •ui P rt DickBon December on The night goods train from Port iv to Seremban collided wit). o t Dickson ne Roth U l ttl ?T S i aWal1 at about 1 .B0 O a b u Uf aloe8 > Roth buffaloes
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    • 115 4 (Fbou Oob Own Corrrspondknt., Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 20. The annual Christmas tree was imu A Town Hall last night, aud will te rewal j tlna evening. Over a thousand JhSISf children received presents. Urist,an 1 he F.M.S. police have been increased U two clncf aud KuropeanS*
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    • 128 4 (t kom Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, December 23. Dr. Travers, who presided at the annual meeting of the Selangor Turf Club, Kuala 1 urnpur, said the accounts showed that the June meeting and the two Skve meetings resulted in a net profit of 96,412.94 against a
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    • 83 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, December 23. Major the Hon. A. R. Adams has presented Sergeant-Major Hills, drill instructor of the volunteers, with a draft for 9400 subscribed for by the corps. Sergt.-Major Hills is a popular man, aud a footballer and cricketer. He rejoins his regiment, The
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    • 125 4 (Fkom Our Own Correspondnt.) Penang, December 23. The following are the entries for the first day of tho Penang race meeting on January 7 Mixkd Handicap. —Melodist, Golden Nugget, Silent Knight, Lah, San Sebastian, Lodestar, The Friar, Sweet Marie, Lossie. Kuala Lumpur Platk. —La Cocotte, Seronok, Nantisikit,
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  • 116 4 Tho State of Negri Sombilan estimates of revenue and expenditure for the year 191-» reveal a state of prosperity which is on a par with the progress of tho F. M. S. in general. The revenue is estimated at >2,442,994 an< the expenditure at 93.237,092. Among larg«
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  • 410 7 Messrs. Welsh and Co., tho secretaries of the above compauy, have furnished us with the information received by them from the manager relative to output aud estimated profits from the time the company took over tho property, October 15 until November JO. October Results. Particulars of
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  • 61 7 Mr. \ust( n < hamberlain has n <•< ivcil intimation from tin* (iovnnoi of Tauntim that a sum of IJJifO lias In i n vot'''l bj tin I,, yj tlativo Council an a contribution tow 11 I tin: fund wlm li lie is raising for flu
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  • 898 7 M.iny in Singapore will hoar with regret that Mth. I larmston Lovc, proprictrix of tho well known Harmston's Cirrus, passed away in Calcutta on tho lHth inst., at tho ago of Tho information was brought to Singaporo iu
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  • 283 9 Karly uii the 19tli inst., Mr* Macintosh, a newly appoiuti d Municipal do;* shooter, standing on the five-foot way near t hap Hung Sang Loong, watchmakers, at the corner of Smith Street, in South Bridge Hoad, shot at a dog. The first shot, it is alleged,
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  • 1553 9 An interesting paper has licen laid on tho table, at the Legislative Council, that being the- report of Mr. Herbe rt C. Robinson, director of museums, K.M.S., on the results of his recent visit to the Cocos Islands. Mr.
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  • 269 9 Tan Wall Ken, the Straits born Chinaman, was again before Mr. l’’irmstone, on the l'Jth inst., on the charge of tin ft of a quantity of jewellery from lew Leung s shop in High Street, on November 19. Mr. <•. <».
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  • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
    • 147 9 Garrison (iolf Club. Tho following is result of play at tlio Garrison Golf Club for monthly menials, December:— Mens. Gross. H eap. Nett. C&pt. A. N. Fraser H9— If* 71 (winner) L. K. Gaunt H4 6 7H •I. Addio Hi 4 NO Maj. W. II. Stanbury 102 1h hi
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    • 98 9 S.L.K.A. The December spoon Hlioot took place on Thursday, Mrs. < loldie bcino w inner. The scores follow: <c *> Q» mm 5 c o U S. X H Mrs. Goldie iU 61 +.2 62.4 Miss Huxley 61 .‘51 62 scr. 62 Mrs. Scoulur 60 61 61 scr.
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    • 159 9 S.C.C. 2nil v. Municipality. On Saturday, the Municipality played and beat# the S.C.C. 2nd eleven by 17 runs. Scores:— S.(!.C. A. Youii<* b Iteven It. H. Hunt b Iteven 0, II. Itcllairs lit wkt b lieven 15, F. Blackwell lit wkt b Iteven 19, D. .1. Ward b lieven
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    • 198 9 i'anglin v Teutonia. Tlii> howling match was finished on tho Teutonia Club alleys on Saturday evening, when the 'lanolin Club team won by the narrow margin of hi pins. The oamo was well contested from the hcoinnino and tho issue was in doubt almost until the lust roll. Stur/'-nei'yer,
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  • 34 10 Maddkn. —At Taiping, Perak, on December 15, the wife of L. J. Butler Madden, of a son. CocmiANK,—At the Maternity Hospital, Singapore, on Decombcr 22, to Mr. anil Mrs. William Cochrane, a daughter.
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  • 70 10 Day—Padday. —On November 22, at Kil burn, R. Day and Mabel Clara Padday. Wkskniiaokn —Palmkr. -On November 22, at Hath. W. 11. Paltlic van Wosenhagen, of Java, to Elsie Palmer. Goydkk—Martin.—At St. George's Church, Penanp, on December 20, 1012, by the Rev. E. O. Swindell, Arnold George Goyder, third
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  • THE Straits Budget.
    • 1168 10 Straits Times, December 19. The price of food has been rising steadily for some years past all over the Western World. Germany, which has numerous food taxes, has had a good deal of rioting and has had to make some modifications which are a grievance to the agrarian
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    • 946 10 id blind anti misguided democracy.—Straits Times, December 20. The sale of Stafford House, that noblest of Loudon mansions, by the Duke of Sutherland, aristocrat, to Sir William Lever, soapmaker, has set tongues and pens wagging about the passing of the aristocracy. If one listens for half an hour
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    • 1132 10 should bo kopt waiting. Straits 'limes December ‘21. We art* glad that our Governor. Sir Arthur Young, lias given a call to the people of Malaya to take a hand in swelling the fund opened by the Lord Mayor of London for the relief of non-combatant sufferers
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    • 1174 11 then our first line of defence. —Straits Times, December 2d. One of the penalties of being unpopular is that good actions become as liable to suspicion as bad ones. Mr. Winston Churchill is loveil by few men, hated by many, and mistrusted i by most. That he
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    • 1119 11 Straits linns, Kecouiber 1. The Turks or the Hulkauites may be blidling, and possibly they aro both doing so, because the strain of war has severely tried all concerned. Turkey is eager to savu as much as she cun she is alsounxious to avoid a revival of
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    • 92 10 Tj« Post frtw prictof the Straits Times i« l-W ft year The past free price of the Straits Budget i* $M yc» r It it not necetnarv to subscribe for a year. The subscriptions for shorter periods are at the same proportionate rate as for a year. The Straits Budget
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  • 56 10 DEATHS. Gan. —At Aurora House, Light Street, l'enang, at 7 p.tn., Deceuibei l‘J, 11*12, Gan Teong Teng, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Gau Ngoli Bee, through heart failure, aged 'l'> years. Fraser.— On November *il, Duncan Mackintosh Fraser, at his residence, Banksia Street, Heidelberg Victoria (suddenly). Inserted by his
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  • 791 12 Judge Kcntoul gave an interesting decision on the question of betting recently in the City of London Court. Collin and Co., turf commission agents, Lcadenhall street, E.C., sued S. .1. Girling, an insurance agent and clerk of Lincoln’s Inn
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  • 65 12  -  W. Sianlky Kamks. Mock not the lily, love ly row, '1 site is pale as winter nuow Such love it was that wanuc cl her check Ah thou canst never know. I «>r thou want horn to flaunt awhile Mea t ''jilt tidal, passionate
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  • 695 12 Giving evidence before a recent meeting of the Lomiuions Royal Commission in London, Colonel II. I’ilkiugton stated that the objects of the Soldiers’ Land Settlement Association were (1) to provide training in agriculture and rural industries for soldiers
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  • 157 12 There is again, stystlie Central News, a persistent revival of rumours concerning a coming deal iu the shipping world which is going, so it is said, to embrace the controlling interests of the leading great companies iu general, and the Koyal Mail Company and the I*. and
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  • 766 12 Arrangements liavo been completed for a series of hydro aeroplane exhibitions at Singapore by Mr. \V. R. Atwater, a young American who has distinguished himself within the past year in aviation work and who w’as one of the first to take up
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  • 83 12 Tho mortality returns for Singapore issued by the Registrar of Births and Deaths show that, during the week ending December 14, there were ‘2O-3 deaths, (IJS males, 57 females) giving a ratio per millo of population of 92.28. Malarial fever accounted for 99 deaths, phthisis 27, convulsions
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  • 311 12 The funeral of Mrs cm,.. v pW on tho 18tli inst. k Tlil eW fa, tu; k residence in liatu Hoad, K u ’u y pur, was left at 8.30 a.m. butdJ hour later before tile imiuciiHn had been marshalled
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  • 366 12 The Straits Steamship Company's steamer Penang, with the same company's steamer Kuala iu tow. arrived in Kcppel Harbour on the 20th, when the latter was berthed to one of the' wharves there while the Penang, having completed her second mission of mercy
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  • 137 12 Tan Lim, a cashier in tho Fire Brigade, who is charged with criminal breach of t r ls in respect of a cheque for §1,171.82 entrusts to him to pay the firemen, etc., was produce before Mr. Firmstouo on the 19th inst. accused pleaded guilty. Mr.
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  • 13 13 |The Straits Times is not responsible tor the opinions of its correspondents.]
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  • 547 13 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—I wish to bring through the modium of your valuable paper, to tho powers who have the sampan traffic in charge, the crying need there is for a drastic change in the filthy conveyances that at present nlv for hire at
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  • 216 13 To the Editor of tho Straits Times. Sir,—The professional examinations of our local medical school are going on apace aim I have had the opportunity of seeing the pap* rs that have been set so far. I wish to make a few comments-quite disinterestedly of course—ou
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  • 204 13 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—I have read with much interest your paragraph relating to tin* proposed memoiial to His late Majesty the King of Siam. I fail to mo why the memorial should he confined to the lluddliist community a’om* and thereby make
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  • 378 13 To tho Editor of the Straits Times. r —The decision of Mr. Justice Innes at Kuala Lumpur on the application of my friend Mr. lingers not to take any cases in the absence of counsel engaged fur a period of ten days or so during the
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  • 449 13 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I venture to ask if you will allow me to soonest that you would bo doing a great and charitable act by opening a fund to assist the <4 od work of The Daily <i rapine iu
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  • 996 13 The British North Borneo Herald of December ft publishes tho following details of the tragic death of the Governor of B. N. Borneo, Mr. .1. Scrtt Mason: The lamentable aud tragic accident which resulted in the death of His Excellency,
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  • 413 13 We aro informed, states tho Standard, that harbour work* aro about to bn carried out at Victoria, Vancouver Island, and that tho contract for tho first section, tho construction of a break wator of about 2,.700 foot in running into
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  • 446 13 Tim Will for tin istahli.shmtiit mi (lormany of ;i monopoly of tin* Main of illuminating oil has laTii publislinl. Tin first, section ilodurcH tin asHiini|itloli liy tlm linponil (ierimin < iov( rtmiMil of tlm rxcluhive to import ami manufacture oil,
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  • 3090 14 Long and specially important messages will lx; found under separate headings. All the other Reuter telegrams received during the past week are given below. Wednesday, December LS. The army airship Beta has been wrecked at l'arnborough.
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  • 287 14 Berlin, December IT. From St. Petersburg, it is reported that the dirigible Albatross, ou her first i‘l burst, but no lives were lost. Beilin, December 1H. In Westphalia, there has bceu a mine explosion, with thirty deaths. Berlin, December K». In the ltaliau Chamber, Count < 11i...• i
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  • 490 15 (lu Sunday afternoon, writes a correspondent, an incident occurred, which gave the onlookers the feeling ot being for once: in a world of adveuturo. As the good mail steamer Sri W carryiug the karimon mails ploughed °tho smooth seas of the Singapore Strait on its way to
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  • 175 15 Deprecating the interference <»€ tin* < Jovei nmunt in the regulation ot and freight rates, the manager of a leadin'' shippin;' firm in Manila said "1 o protect the public and shippers the customs authorities requite the shipow net's to keep th'-it ships in a first class and
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  • 1149 15 (HkOM A l'n><KK'l > OM>KKT.) Malacca, l>cc. 21. „.l| h,^ UD V a distribution of prize* at the 1 i *mi C ,0 Mil,acca took pi a* on I (ecomher n.,V U T l t nt < Mr L K Wolierstan)
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  • 310 15 The share holdi*rs ot the* Straits Trading Company are called to meet ou Decemib* r :;ei, when the following report of the elii. i. i s for tho half year ended September 20, I N being the first half of the*
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  • 332 15 The Dilector of St. Joseph’s Institution has requested us to publish the names of those gentlemen who have complete 1 their collection for the Diamond Jubilee Scholar ship, as well as the names of those who have contributed to the j»ood
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  • 518 15 fit Saturday nii'lif,, at tin* Smnn I lull, which was suitably <l*corat. d for the <ht tsion, t)i». cli ri •il stall i*mi int* rpreters of tlio Police I>i |>.ntmen?. utcrLaincd .Mr. .1. N. ;ui lick, 1.5.0., i-iuaucial
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  • 426 15 'l’ll.- sujtjKis* dly mysterious death of lourth Ollieer I',. Morse, <1 tin* I'uciln: Mail liner Manchuria, .it ianila, was explain) <l, says a lima |>.Lper, when that vessel arrived fin re li'iin the Orient, hr inline disclosures of a opimii siiiiit»e|iti;* plot. Morse
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  • Shipping Intelligence.
    • 248 16 Dkckmiikii 1h Van der Hagen Out. str.. licit, Gnroiitalo, Ships Agency Paroo, Brit, str., Richardson, Fremantle, Boil stead 19 Nolens, Brit, str., Lewis, Liverpool, W. Mansfield Annan Maru, Jap. str., Takainura. Mnke, M. B. Ivaisha Kirin Maru, Jap. str.. Deguchi. Kolas I*. Simons Erroll, Brit. str.. James. Yokohama. P.
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    • 252 16 DKrKMBF.il 18 Cyclops, llrit. str.. Manila Hongkong .laj um anti Pacific ports |Lindahl, Brit. str.. Rangoon j Rajabtiri. tier. str., Bangkok (ileiioglc, llrit. str., Penang A Rangoon Sandon Hall. I b it. *4r.. lloston A Ww York via Penan,', 19 Tee-sta, lb it. str.. IV nano Madras and Ncoapatani
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  • 256 16 Singapork, Dk.ckmrkr 21, 1912 exchange Ok London Bank 4 m/s 2/4& Demand 2/4-flj Private 6 m/s 2/4^ 3 m/s 2/4 On Gkrmanv Bank d/d 238$ Private m/s 242$ On Franck Bank d/d 294 Private 3 m/s 299 On India Bank T. T. 174$ Private 30 d/s 17f>i;
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  • 1047 16 Sinoapork, Dkckmbbr ‘24, 1912. MINING. Value 5 Buyers. Sellers. 10 10 A in pang 9.00 10.00 10 10 Bclat Tin 8.40 8.60 10 10 Bruang 1.25 1.40 10 10 Kauaboi 2.40 2.50 XT XT lviuta Tin 1.14.9 *2.0.1*. 10 10 Jvanipar par 10 10 Kiuta Association 14.50
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  • 269 16 A Calcutta wire to the Tiiuts of Ceylon states that a plaint was hied in the high Court, Calcutta, ou December 14, by Mrs. Warwick Major, Utter known as Miss Gccrgie Cor lass,” claiming Rs. 18.861 and costs from Maurice P.andmanu as
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  • 331 16 Per P. and O. Himalaya connecting at Colombo with Mantua, sailing December *27. —Hon. A. T. llryant. Mr. A. van Alaasdvk. Mr. Day. Capt. tl. D. Ilushtou, Mr. \V. E. Aloulsdale, Mr. C. A’. Hett. Per. I*. and O. Sicilia sailing January I. Lieut. Arthur Smith, Mr.
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  • The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT.
    • 1338 1 We quote below the best available London list from the reports broight by the last mail, and add local quotations from the list prepared by Mossrs. Fraser and Co. (Singapore) jo the corresponding date for
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    • 101 2 London and Singapore Rubhk.r Pricks I Oenkkal Dollar Share Values 2-3 Japanese Coolies for Malaya 3 F. M. S. Rubber Exports 4 Rubber Items 5 Sequel to a Rubber Deal r > Rubber in the East Action Against Broker 6 Home Rubber Share Market 0 Telegrams— London Rubber Specials
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    • 84 2 (Fbom Odr Own Correspondent.) London, December 23. The rubber share market is strong again. Forward sales aro announced as follows: Sembilan twelve tons at 4/5; Jugra Land twelve tons at 4 6). Interim dividends: Selangor 62.); Pataling
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    • 37 2 Fine Para Plantation. Spot Forward First Latex Dec. 18 4/6) 4/5) 4/4) 19 4/5) 4/5) 4/4J 20 4/6) 4/53 4/6) 21 4/6) 4/6 4/51 22 4/6) 4/6 4/6
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    • 219 2 The reduction of capital necessitated by the adverse circumstances that have attended the progress of the Nyalas Rubber Instates, Ltd., and foreshadowed in directorial remarks at the last general meeting of shareholders, has now taken the shape of a definite proposal
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    • 856 2 Wo have boon asked repeatedly to issue a second edition of our handbook on Dollar Share Values," but liavo been reluctant to do ho until a good deal of fresh material became available. Further, we found that
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    • 499 2 Fokmkd May, 1910. Situation of Estate: Sunffei Tinjggi, 17 miles from Taiping, Perak. Original Board of Directors. lion. A. 11. Adams I E. A. Patsy Geo. Stothard A. Hood Begg Kua Chooi Sen*'. Secretaries and Registered Offices: Anthony and Anderson, 9 Beach St., Penan*;, j Original Capital $300,000 Present
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    • 469 2 Fokmkd Apkil, loio. Situation of Estate: About 8 Mll from Singapore town. S oa d Directors. o. liaat|(j Secretaries and Registered OfficesI ate,son. Simons and Co., Singapore Capital Authorised $175,000 Pa,d U P $175,000 tho company’s financial year ends March •51. I lie shares aro of $2 each. arcl1
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    • 432 3 Foumkd May, 1910. Situation of Estate: Near Town of Singapore. Board of Directors. «ffi C S°° n i? U s n I Tan Khcain Hock Scab Eng heat Lee Cbim Tuan Secretaries and Registered Offices: Evatfc and Co., Commercial Buildings, Singapore. Capital Authorised $425,000 Paid up $371,700 The
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    • 544 3 Formki» March, 1910. Situation of Estate: Kuang, Selangor. Board of Directors V. U. KoIho A. K. K. Hampshire O. A. liuBHcll H. E. O. fc;olbe. 1 Secretaries. Boustcad, Hampshire and Co., Kuala Lumpur. Capital Authorised $150,000 Paid up $100,000 The company’s year ends at June 30. The Estate
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    • 641 3 Presiding at the meeting of tho Devon Ks tates (Malacca), Limited, on November 28, Mr. George B. Dodwoll said that great progress had been made with their estates during the period covered by the report, and the clearing, ploughing and planting had
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    • 321 3 The first annual general meeting of the Villa Nova Rubber Estates and Trading, Limited, was held on November 28, in Lou don. Mr. E. G. Windle, who presided, in moving the adoption of the report, said that, in one respect, the result of the working for
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    • 463 3 Mr. Alder non Burrell Horne, preluding at the meeting of tho Morib Plantations, Ltd., on November 27, said that when he last AddreHHed them lie snid they were looking forward with confidence to be able to doclare a dividend at thAt meeting, and he
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    • 343 3 Tlio Kirini Maru, which arrived in port on Friday, brought a (batch of M Japanese coolies for Kota Tinggi Kstate in Johoro, tho coolies being despatched in launches to tho Hcono of their now labours. Tho arrival of Japanese coolies
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    • 1785 4 The third annual ordinary general meeting of the Bandar Sumatra Hubber Company, Limited, w as held at the olliccs of the company, Mincing Lane 1 louse;, Eastcheap, E.C., Mr. Frank Copeman presiding. The Chairman said Before proceeding to review the
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    • 51 4 The F.M.S. Government Ga/.ctte contains the following figures of cultivated rubber exported during November v Total Increase IQio during on 1 A- year. 1911. lbs. lbs. lbs. l’erak 911,709 9,202,017 4,349,941 Selangor ...1,512,119 16,116,889 6,750,728 N.Sembilau 037,393 5,509,808 2,298,185 Pahang 16,952 101,772 71,761 Total ...3,111,473 31,021,0*0
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    • 617 4 Tho report of the London Laugkat Syndicate, Limited, states that the directors' report, submitted as recently as March last, gave the particulars of tho planted area on tho syndicate’s two estates. Mr. Jonkers indicates that the actual planted area may, on
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    • 277 4 The report of the Serinha Rubber Estate, Limited, states that no separate profit and loss account has been kept because the year has been still one of development and it is dithcult to separate, except approximately, the actual amount properly chargeable to capital. The returns, however, in
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    • 871 4 1 lie annual general meeting of *li« Kan (Sumatra) Rubber Kstate 1 f S Un Cl held on November >0 at th mtHl "as Directors, 4. Cortt Addmsell presiding. Al> A. A representative of the secretaries (Me... Bright
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    • 1469 5 The second annual general meeting of the ltangoon Para liubber Estate**, Limited, was held on November 27, at 5, Whittington A venue, Leadenhall Street, E.C., Sir William Hood Treacher, K.C.M.O., (the chairman), [(residing. The Chairman said: Gentlemen,if there is no
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    • 240 5 The output of the Beaufort Borneo Rub. ber Co., Ltd., during Noveiuber was 8,000 lbs« The November rubber crop of tho Serdang Central Plantations, Ltd., was 9,557 lbs; to date (11 months) 69,976 lbs. A number of well-known members of the planting community will be going home early
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    • 414 5 The directors of Fa jam, Limited, report for the year cudod September 30, 19.2: Tho net profit for tho period as shown by tho accounts auiouuts to 9165,323.63 Which is subject to tho follow ing deductions Manager's bonus in accordance with
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    • 291 5 The report of the Seychelles Rubber and Cocount Kstates, Limited, state's that the manager reports that labour continues to be sufficient for all present requirements. Some 10,1140 rubber plants have been put in, which, with those already established, makes a total of about 62,000 trees.
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    • 410 5 The r« pit of tlio Hila (Sumatra; Lubber Lands, Limited, for the year to Judo JO statesthat the survey of the company's proprrty has boon completed, and tho area is 51,0*25 acres. In accordance with tlie agreement for sale and purchase between
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    • 439 5 On November 111, in the Appeal hi vision, in a court composed of the Master of the I lolls and Lords .Justices Farewell and Hamilton, an nppcul was heard in the case of the Victoria (Malaya) Rubber Kstates, Limited
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    • 2430 6 Wo are greatly indebted to a distinguished representative of American rubber interests for tbo following copy of a translation by Mr. George K. Pell, Uoneral Manager of the General Rubber Company, of a message to the
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