The Straits Budget, 7 January 1915
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section28 1915-01-07 1 The Straits Budget BUNG THE IWeEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES." Whjprm'm ■HUV*A) > Bmq Jw Singapore, Thursday. January 7. 1915. ESTABLISHED OVEH HALF A C'STUBV. Price 25 cents.28 words
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Article60 1915-01-07 1 Ini- Iff'aP .«B‘ 12 Ilßi* 12 gig ...12 13 It ■atJfcWT 12 ByimCi* i»9 Blf&id 9 1 ifr, 9 'mm*™ ii j BV*. 13 Hegljltitingcut n B§ t l3 l4-15 Hjtni... MfColquhoun 15 Kfcng 15 H4jpri‘SH lfi ■jPeturnf- Bkcb f H ■l Service 9 If ■/Ltd 5 9 960 words
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Article3466 1915-01-07 1 eßtioS aiv T. Fisher Unwin some C **J. 0 t ith regard to the activities V yj 1 aent in publishing good of, rical material on the war ,B uV'V A million copies of the 1 Vjk” have already been dis■op'°s the original nine-penny en r fti\ess3,466 words
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1367 1915-01-07 2 Singapore may he far removed from the seem s of the great tragedy which js being enacted, but it is not beyond the range of influence— it would be diflicult to lind a place which is and,1,367 words
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Article164 1915-01-07 2 An inqueai wt^ ,a Mr. McLean 6 co death of a M ua,,J cd Mat who wat Bhr'V? wljilst In y inc in the 111 °> Bontonj' m on Deceir co vvas h' lv 11 Buyonc w,JO ver J defense i compaD. u n c cr was BuyonV164 words
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Article6483 1915-01-07 3 —Straits Times, December 31. t oSt uf tlx-! year 1913, there was a ’of'im.. f oiiml thankfulness that the fCt in the Hast of Ktirope had i if to au end without involving the rU lt i. oWc rs in strife. They had played jlv—Straits Times, December 31. - 6,483 words
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389 1915-01-07 5 The second annual general meeting of the Kampar Tin Mining Co., Limited, was held on December 30 at Gresham House, Mr. A. I). Allan, the chairman, presiding. Othors present were Messrs. G. A. Derrick, D. W. Reid aud P. Plummer (for389 words
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Article203 1915-01-07 5 A statement which should give motorists in Singapore plenty of food for thought was made by Inspector Costello in the second court on Saturday. A Malay named Abib, chauffeur to Lient.-Col. Derrick, V.D., was charged with the theft of two tins of motor spirit, a friend203 words
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813 1915-01-07 5 The ninth ordinary general meeting of Howarth Erskine, Ltd., was held on Decern* her 80 at Gresham House. Mr. V. V. Lem* berger presided, others present being Messrs. J. W. Watt, C. R. Harrison, Robinson, Murchie, Kirkpatrick,813 words
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Article8687 1915-01-07 6 America’s Shipping Complaint. PRESIDENT WILSON MAKES COMMENTS. Heavy Fighting Near Lihons. The Germans Suffer Great Losses. London, December 29, 6.16 p.m. Washington The notn to (Iroat Britain adds, with reference to detention of American ships at sea, that the American government cannot tolerate undue dclayH in examining or8,687 words
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202 1915-01-07 9 There are only seven cases to be heard at the first assi/ts of the year, which opened on Tuesday before the acting Chief Justice, Mr. L. >1. Woodward. There is the usual prosecution for counterfeiting, but for once in a way there202 words
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Article147 1915-01-07 9 The Nippon Yusen Kaisha’s European sen ice has been remodelled on lines that p 1 no doubt be very much appreciated, rotu this month, the sailings are accelerV 1 a °d the journey between Singapore and aiseilles will in future be accomplished in wenty-four days. Five large147 words
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Article112 1915-01-07 9 o Peratior°!! a? al the results of crushing the 2nd inst *r tlie four ceks endin 5,16 j tfin« |>ukit Roman: Stone crushed <*taioea W 7 oza., average wished 'iVi7 Wts Malacca: Stone PG ton a g dwts obtain<!d 838 ZS t hat tho mu" v ie Critic112 words
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965 1915-01-07 9 Messrs. Powell and Co. issuo the following interesting report:—The land and house property market during the past year, parti cularly sinco the early part of August, has not been a good one for all those who965 words
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641 1915-01-07 9 Sunday, selected by His Majesty as a day of thanksgiving, intercession and memorial in connection with the war, was marked by a special service of public intercession at St. Andrew’s Cathedral. The inclement weather no doubt prevented some people from641 words
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Article22 1915-01-07 9 Kkutkk’s Tklkoiums. London, January 4, 7.40 p.m. Official: Baron Wimborne has been ap pointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.Kkutkk’s Tklkoiums. - 22 words
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767 1915-01-07 9 London, December 4, 1914, In ray last two letters I have felt impelled to criticiso the Committee of tho Stock Ex* change rather severely and some people may be inclined to thiuk that I have been unnecessarily bitter.767 words
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54 1915-01-07 9 Ukutkk’s Tklkuram. London, .January 5, 6.15 a.ni. After the wettest winter on record, floods in the Thames Valley have assumed alarming proportions. Au emergency committco has been formed at Maidenhead to consider tho serious position of tho town, which is threatened with thoUkutkk’s Tklkuram. - 54 words
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Article, Illustration79 1915-01-07 10 Ah fur as can bo gathered, all tho country cast of a lino drawn from Ostend past Lillo, through Quiso and thon turning east through Argonne and north of Verdun to the frontier in in tho handsof tho Germans, while tho allies appoar to hold tho positions west79 words
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1346 1915-01-07 10 Writing in Tim Standard, Cosmo Hamilton Hays: Wo must, of course, agree with Lord Kitclmnor in hiH abHoluto and rigid determination to prevent the plann of tlm Allied Forces from being made public by moauH of duHpatches from1,346 words
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1959 1915-01-07 11 Kkom Ol’K Own Corrkspondknt.) London, Docember 4. Thn racing season wound up with a north f l irtorv in the Manchester November JSSTS* was wo l c,sily by >A'I) J Jarijine's Wardba, a three year-old by hat redoubtable1,959 words
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1006 1915-01-07 11 The Secretary of tho Singapore Chamber of Commerce lias received from tho Mining Association, Calcutta, a copy of the proceedings of a recent committee meeting of the Calcutta body at which tho nature of a proposed scheme to iucreaso tho export of1,006 words
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400 1915-01-07 11 I met a soldier to-day, one of the King’s Own Scottish Borderers, writes a correspondent in a London paper. He was trying to buy tooth-paste in a chemist's shop, and not embarrassed by a total ignorance of French, was rubbing400 words
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Article55 1915-01-07 11 (From Ouu Own Corrkbi’ondknt.) Penang, January 2. The annual report of the directors of the Menglembu Lodo Syndicate, Ltd., hliowb a loss on the year’H wcrkiug of 925,883.26. Lconomies made i-ince August Imi resulted in a monthly protit from 91,000 to |2,600. The December output is owtimated55 words
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Article90 1915-01-07 12 M tiKAiiT. —At Uni Maternity Hospital, Singapore, on Friday, .January 1, 1916, tin: wife of G. I*. Muckart, of a non. Fluid. —At tho Lake, SingA|>oro,on January *2, tin; wifi; of F. K. Frail*, of a son. Bakkni>Th/.kn. At Tjitrini Hospital, Batavia, tin; wifo of J. Barundtszon, of a90 words
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Article43 1915-01-07 12 lIKI KINOIIAM Paling. —On January 4,1015, at S. Andrew’s Cathedral, Sini!ai>or<>, hy the ltov. The Lord Bishop of the Diocese, John Edward, son of Frank Williams Buckingham, of Winterbourne, Fcrnhill lleuth, Worcester, to Fatherino Anna, daughter of John Albert I’alino, of Leicester.43 words
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THE Straits Budget.
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Article1133 1915-01-07 12 for their sufferings and humiliation.—Straits Times, .lanuary 2. We are starting a new year and there is, perhaps, less doubt than usual as to the nature of impending events. Six months ago a i{ood many of us dreaded civil war in our own country, and few offor their sufferings and humiliation.—Straits Times, .lanuary 2. - 1,133 words
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Article1215 1915-01-07 12 Straits Times, January 4. The loss of tho battleship Korinidablc illustrates onco again tho greatest of tho risks to which tho llritish navy is exposed. It is almost certain that the warship was sank either by a mine or a submarine, and it is absolutely uselessStraits Times, January 4. - 1,215 words
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Article1065 1915-01-07 12 upon the Government.—Straits Times, January 5. The planters, at tbeir meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, complained of the growing scarcity of labour, and urged the Government to resume recruiting. There is no doubt, we think, that the stoppage of recruiting, plus the repatriation arrangements which wereupon the Government.—Straits Times, January 5. - 1,065 words
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Article1058 1915-01-07 13 nations into this ghastly war.—Straits Times, January 6. The third despatch written by Sir John French deals with the transfer of his army from the Aisne to the extreme west. It reveals also, what few of us had fully realised before, that a second British armynations into this ghastly war.—Straits Times, January 6. - 1,058 words
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Advertisement96 1915-01-07 12 Tin p«at |r«« price of the Straits Ttmrt I* a veat. Tde poet fre 4 prire of the Str utt HuJgri it fl 4 year. It it not nccettarv to tuhtenbe for a year. Ihe »ul.ecrlptiont for thorter p* nod* are at the taine proportioiiate rate aa for a year.96 words
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Article179 1915-01-07 13 Before bringing his official visit to a close, Brigadier-General Barnardiston sent out, through the Kokusai Tsushinsha, the following farewell message to tho Japanese Press and public:—l cannot leave Japan without expressing, to as many as it is possible to reach through the medium of the press, my deep179 words
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Article125 1915-01-07 13 Some thirty members of the Japanese Red Cross Society arrived hereon Monday aboard of the Fushima Maru on route for England aud France. The party is under the charge of Dr. liirosliigo Shiwota, aud includes three doctors, one pharmacist, 21 nursrs, two chief and nineteen assistants,125 words
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370 1915-01-07 13 Rkutkr’s Tklkuram. London, December 31, 8 p.m. The Now Year honours include no Peers. The Earls of Detby and Chesterfield become Knights of the Garter, Baron Lovat a Knight of the Thistle, the Earl of Aberdeen a Marquis,Rkutkr’s Tklkuram. - 370 words
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297 1915-01-07 13 A mooting of tho Municipal Commission was bold on December 30, the President, Mr. F. J. Hallifax, presiding. Others present were Messrs. Roland Br add ell, E. Tessensobn 4 Leong Man San, Tan Khoam Ilock, Cbia Keng Chin, W. J. Farrer, Dr. Fowlie,297 words
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Obituary24 1915-01-07 13 OBITUARY. Rkutkk’s Tklkokams. London, January 3, 3.50 p.m. The death in announced from typhoid fever of thu Government Cbiof Whip, Mr. P. 11. Illingworth.24 words
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3467 1915-01-07 14 Now that proper arrangements Imvo been made at the depots and training centres at home for the reception of recruits and the 1 soaa aro practically awept of enemy ahipa wo are enabled to publiah interesting liata of men3,467 words
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Article121 1915-01-07 15 of X'liis r Rambutan states that a loss June ;io n m ade during tho year to and tbe ebifc balance of prohowever ntf^ C °+i nt The directors, Quarter enrlin 6 10 P ro fit-s for the tin were over R r->r{* ember f ™m 57121 words
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2111 1915-01-07 15 (CONTltlBUTKD.) It is a far cry from the drunken, ignorant and long-suffering soldier of Wellington’s days to the educated self-reliant reservist who is now doing such heroic work in the trenches in Belgium. Yet human nature remains the same,2,111 words
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Article77 1915-01-07 15 (Fbom Our Own Cokuksi’ondkkt.) Fenang, January 4. One hundred and seventeen volunteers paraded yesterday and marched in two contingents to St. Gecrgo's Church and to tho Church of tho Assumption, respectively. Tho Resident-Councillor and many officials were present at St. George's where tho service was conducted by77 words
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Article291 1915-01-07 15 Mr. A. K. Colquboun, who has died in his sixty-seventh year, was at one time well known in Burma, to which he came in the Public Works Department and was attached to the Burma State railway. He was interested in travel and made his291 words
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Article195 1915-01-07 15 As briefly recorded in our columns by wire* on Monday evening an installation ceromony and supper took place at tho Masonic Hall, Penang, in connection with the installation of Wor. Bro. B. E. Mitchell as Worshipful Master of Lodge Prince of Wales. Tho Pinang Gazette records that195 words
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2164 1915-01-07 16 The Chancellor of the Exchequer marie bin promised financial Htutement in the House of Commons on November 28, anri in bin speech reviewed nil the steps which have been taken by the Government to preserve the financial2,164 words
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350 1915-01-07 16 Mr. M’Kenna, the Home Secretary, is being attacked in various newspapers. As Home Secretary lie is the official head of the police, and in that capacity he has some uupleasant duties to discharge just now. In any action350 words
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Article92 1915-01-07 16 The mortality returns for Singapore rnsutd by the Registrar of Births and Deaths show that, during the week euding December 26 there were 208 deaths (155 males, 53 females), giving a ratio pi r millo of population of 32.85. Malarial fever accounted for 28 deaths phthisis 28,92 words
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Article153 1915-01-07 16 Sikoapoek, Jam aky 6, 1915. exchange On London Bank 4 m/s h. 2/4$ Demand 2/4 Private 8 m/a 3/4] On India Bank T. T. 175 On HoNOKONO...Banh d/d 22] On Shanghai.... Bank d/d 108* On Java Bank T. T. 141* On Japan Bank d/d 115 Sovereigns—buying rate153 words
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Article362 1915-01-07 16 SlNGAPO»«, Jandaky 5, 915 MINING. Issue !5 Value Ba y*" s Sen*"10 10 7.50 8.25 1 1 Ayer Wong 0.15 C.20 10 10 Belat 1.00 1.75 10 10 Braang 0.75 1.50 10 10 Kampar lO.OOj 10 10 Kanaboi 1.60 10 10 Kinfca Association 8.00 £1 £1 KintaTxn362 words
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The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT.
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Article65 1915-01-07 1 GlSiRAL Claim by Contractor 1 The Singapore Rubber Auctions Rubber Production 2 Penaug Rubber Auction December Rubber Returns Tampin Rubber Instate 4 Telegrams— London Rubber Auction 1 Loudon Rubber Special 1 Mketisob and Reports Majedie Rubber Estates... 1 Broome Rubber Plantations 1 Amberst Estate Kuala Lumpur Rubber M Rassak65 words
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422 1915-01-07 1 There is proceeding iu the Supreme Court, before the acting Chief Justice, Mr. L. M. Woodward, an action in which M. Marimutoo, a contractor, is claiming against the Bukit Timah Rubber Estates, Ltd., for work done ami materials provided and damages422 words
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67 1915-01-07 1 London, December 81. The Rubber sales have bien fully resumed and business was steady. The prices quoted were: Sheet 2/1 to 2/3 Crepe 2/1 to 2/2 Para 2,8 to 2/10 The last auction was held on August 25 when67 words
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Article41 1915-01-07 1 (From Our Own Corrkspondknt.) London, December 29. Many companies aro withholding dividends against contingencies. The situation is becoming critical, due to export prohibition. Bukit Rajah pays an interim dividend of 6 per cent, and Trolak 10 per cent.41 words
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Article173 1915-01-07 1 The report of the Majedie (Johore) Rubber Estates, Limited, Btates that the output of dry rubber for the year to June 30 amounted to 47,712 lbs., against an estimate of 44,500 lbs. Tho average gross sale price per lb. obtained was 2s. 1.9 d. Deducting freight, insurance,173 words
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Article173 1915-01-07 1 The report of the Broome (Selangor) Rubber Plantations, Limited, states that the amount of dry rubber collected during the year to June 30 was 111,078 lbs., which has realised tho gross average price of 2s. 2.66 d. The estimate for the year to Juno 30, 1915 is173 words
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1006 1915-01-07 1 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rub her Association’s 171st auction took place on December 80, when there were offered for sale piculs 1,929.41 or 257,255 lbs. (tons 114.85) and sold piculs 1,186.91 or 158,259 lbs. (tons 70.65). The prices realised were:— Sheet1,006 words
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1335 1915-01-07 2 Having published the various estate returtiH aa received, we now tabulato them so aa to show the monthly production since January 1, together with the average monthly output, fractions excepted, during *****. At the foot of thn table wo1,335 words
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Article71 1915-01-07 2 The undermentioned price h were realised for rubber sold by Messrs. Allen Dennys and Co. by auction and private tender at J’enang on December 29. 42,236 lbs. were sold 9 Smoked sheet good $lOB m No. 2 85 to 9105 Unsmoked sheet 70 H 6 No .171 words
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2205 1915-01-07 2 The fourth annual general meeting of tho Amherst Rubber Estate, Ltd., was held at Shanghai on December 18. Mr. J. D. Clark presided. There were also present Messrs. J. W. Gande and R. D. Neish (directors), and Mr. A.2,205 words
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Article314 1915-01-07 3 Sumatra Para.—50,000 lb-). B.uu Rata—25,797 lbs. Alor Gajah.—11,000 lbs. Ayer Panas.—29,100 lbs. Bukit Liutang.—28,020 lbs. Chimpul.— 8,000 lbs. Chempedak.—8,000 lbs. Krubong. 8,200 lbs. Lendu.—10,043 lbs. Pa jam.—29,500 lbs. Pautai.—8,286 lbs. Permata.—6,500 lbs. Pegoh.— 56,581 lbs. Radella. —11,800 lbs. See Kee.—3,350 lbs. Kembia.—20,664 lbs. Sungei Bahru. —17,805 lbs.314 words
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1552 1915-01-07 3 The ninth ordinary general meeting of the Koala Lumpur Rubber Co., Ltd., was held on November 26, at the Cannon-street Hotel, E.C., the Hon. Everard Feilding (chairman of the company) presiding. The Chairman said: With your permission I will take1,552 words
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Article216 1915-01-07 3 The report of the Rassak (F.M.S.) Rubber Estates, Limited, states that owing to difficulties, mainly connected with the management, and the fact that the cultivation of the estate had not been proceeding satisfactorily, the directors came to the conclusion that the additional capital to be provided216 words
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1150 1915-01-07 4 The fourth annual ordinary general meeting* of the liatu Kata (Sumatra) Rubber Plantations, Ltd was la id on November 26, in the council room of the Rubber Growers’ Association, 88, Kustoheap, E.C., Mr. Philip Kustaco llorvey (ciiairman of the1,150 words
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971 1915-01-07 4 A meeting of the Planters' Association of Malaya was held at the Chamber of Com- merce at Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, the Hon. > Eric Macfadyen presiding, with Mr. 11. C. E. XuchariiiH as secretary. i The following further details aro taken from971 words
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962 1915-01-07 4 The tenth ordinary annual general meeting of the Sagga ltubber Company, Ltd., was held on November 27, at the Rubber Growers’ Association, 38, Eastcbeap, E.C., Mr. J. H. Staroy (chairman of the company) presiding. The Chairman said In the report962 words
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Article471 1915-01-07 4 Several correspondents have asked us for an opinion upon the handling of this property. We are reluctant to say all that might be said, because tho Chinese have their own ways of doing business, and some transactions seem to be regarded as tolerable which we should unsparingly471 words
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