The Straits Budget, 30 March 1916

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1 8 The Straits Budget
  • 28 1 VOL. LXX No. 3033 BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES." Singapore. Thursday, March 30. 1916. The Straits Budget ESTABLISHED OVER HALF A CENTURY. Price 25 cents.
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  • 328 1 adeks•resident AN ilson Jjocal Defence 10 }r •iiibtiut: tor a Draw 18 Vliat is tbe Limit i )utcb Opinion 18 cal and (jKNKRAL—,ocal and Personal [be War Jccnomic Strength h iermau Intrigues in Morocco Siberian Hail way disaster G 7 ,M.S. War Loan 1 ■kd Cross Craft
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  • 5065 1 C,,i<-f Artificer. H X «vt v 1 on January 29, had twentyAdiui r;t ,*7 rviC( He bad received the Patent \T l auks or inventing an oil fuel n w,,l ,lson thci Minotaur when tbe Htrv *‘'i in ti li* 'i *V (1 b y wireless, aud
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  • THE WAR.
    • 1671 3 KBUTKR’S TkLKORAMS. I German Efforts. I IgREAT FIGHT ON THE MEUSE I CONTINUES. I Great Destruction at Zeebrugge. I Rbutkr’s Tklkorams. I London, March 22, 4.20 p.m. I Paris, communique: West of tho Meuse 1 a very lively artillery duel at r, Esnes and Hill 304. It was
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    • 1020 3 The French Line. HEAVY FIGHTING STILL CONTINUES. Big Battle in the Riga District. London, March 23, 1.30 a.m. Paris, semi-official: The German advanco of eight hundred yards at Avocourt is tactically unimportant. Before they can threaten tho Morthomme position tho Germans must advance over a long glacis devoid
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    • 4084 4 MONDAY S TELEGRAMS. Another Battle Expected FRENCH READY FOR FOE AT EVERY POINT. Cross Channel Steamer Torpedoed. London, March 24, 2 30 p.m. Paris, semi official: Tho enemy’s intense artillery preparation on the whole front at Verdun indicates that more furious assaults than ever are imminent, but, owing to tho
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    • 517 5 TUESDAY S TELEGRAMS. The Allies’ War Council. ADDITIONAL SHIPI'ING CASUALTIES. More About the Naval Fight. London, March 27, 6.20 a.m. Paris Mr. Asquith and the other British delegates to the Allied War Conference have arrived and were ovated. The Daily Telegraph says it is understood that Mr. Bonar Law is
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    • 1827 5 WEDNESDAY S TELEGRAMS. The Great German Losses. REFORMING THE SHATTERED REGIMENTS. Allied Conference in Paris. London, March 27, 5.40 p.m. The terrible losses of the Germans at Verdun are shown by tho fact that the greater part of more than twenty-seven divisions hitherto employed by the Germans had to be
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  • 13 8 [The Straits Times is not responsible for tbo opinions of its co-respondents.J
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  • 493 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Will you kindly insert in your valu able columns this humble letter of mine as an appreciation of one who is shortly h aving Malacca on a well earned furlough prior to his retirement This person, whom
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  • 723 8 NIGHT BOMBING ATTACK.” Canadians Plucky Dash Into An Enemy Trench. A more detailed narrative is available regarding an alt air which took place at the front recently and then described simply as a night bombing attack, says an Kxthango Telegraph Company's special correspondent. The young Canadian ollicer who led his
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  • 303 8 On February 14, the Chicago Daily News publishes the following cable dispatch from Mr. liarry Hansen, its Copenhagen correspondent, dated February 5. The Standard oil tank ship Moreno, flying the American flag, and coming from New \ork to Copenhagen with
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  • 167 8 A correspondent writing to the Straits Rcho on the progress made in the construction of the Kedah Railway, states that the line is mnv open, and trains running, to Kubaug Tiga, Jl5 miles from Alor Star towards tho Siamese frontier. Considering that the line up to Alor
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  • 364 8 Mr. li. Wtumr Alien, special representative rf the British Press with the French Armies, writ* h from Pars on February 21 I have received *>n unquestionable authority figures which make it at least legitimate to regard w ith the grav* st suspicion
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  • 216 8 MERCHANT OFFICERS APPEAL. Admiralty Refuse to Issue A Distinctive Badge. The Imperial Merchant Service Guild has not succeeded in inducin'' the Admiralty to issue a distinctive war badge for the officers of merchant ships that are not taken over by the Admiralty. Officers of ships taken over have been given
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  • 196 8 The leading Chinese doctors who have received foreign training and Western degrees have recently formed themselves in the National Medical Association with a view to conserve their interests and act for the welfare of China. Though distinctly indigenous they express a strong desire fora closer cooperation with the
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  • 873 8 The N. C. Daily Nows of Match n The NM .K. Yokohama-Shar<>haj n n 8tt J’ s Chikuzen Maru, Captain \asuhart T* arrived in Shanghai from Nagasaki L .lay, was fired at by tho llritisl, co cruiser that took oft
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  • 943 9 Kk.»i Gcit Own Corukspondknt.) Kuala Lumpur, March 23. wn( rs of motor cars plying for hire s t *rimban and Tampin charge for u ;v Us from Sore iu ban to Tampin, and tor .'.s from Tampin to Seremban. Ihe eiuct byroad was formerly 33 miles but
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  • 508 9 Messrs. Fraser and Co.’s Weekly Circular. In their share circular, dated the 22nd instant, Messrs. Fraser and Co. state:— As far as any movement in shares’ is concerned our report for last week could practically be repeated. The business passing here has again been mainly confined to
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  • 65 9 (FitoM ork Own Cokkksi ondknt.) Information has just been received that a destructive tornado has swept over the Trong, Solama and Taiping districts. Large forest trees were uprooted at Selama and thrown on estates. One estat > is reported to have lust over 800 trees. At
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  • 618 9 Mr. 1100 Wei-yen, Chinese Consulate Geuoral at Singapore, sends us the following copy of a telegram, relative to the abandonment of the monarchy, which he received yesterday from the Foreign Office at Pekiug By mandate twenty second Since esta blishmeut republic disturbances followed
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  • 160 9 The Sumatra Post prints the following cables from tho Hague: The Dutch press regards as mero diplomatic quibbling the German contention that the Tubautiu cannot have been torpedoed by a German submarine because the spot wdiero tho disaster took place is not within the limits of
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  • 827 9 London, February 18, 1916. Last week's sales of Exchequer bonds amouuted to just over X11.000,000 raising the total issued to nearly lOOJ millions, and it may be inter, sting to show how the money has bet n coming in.
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  • 2347 10 Menglembu Lode. DIFFICULTIES THROUGH LACK OF EXPLOSIVES. The Manager s Hopeful Statement. Tbo seventh annual general mooting of the Menglninbii Lode Syndicate, Ltd., was held at the registered offices of the company, No. 1, Downing Street, Penang, on Saturday, reports the Piuang Gazette. Mr. W. 11. Thorne, chairman of the
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  • 273 10 Thoso takiug part iu the Imperial Trans* antarctic Expedition, nccordiog to the latest list available are as follow:—"’eddell Sea Party: Sir Ernest H. Shackl»*ton, leader of the Expedition Mr. blank Wild, second-in-command, m charge of provisions; Mr. George Marston, in charge of general stores, artist; Mr. Tom
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  • 52 10 The following is the result of crushing operations for the? f» ur weeks ended March 25. link it Ivmian, stone crushed 6,429 tons, gold obtained 758 o/.5., average per tou 2.858 dwts. Bukit Malacca, stone crushed 4,286 tons, gold obtained 378 ozs., average per ten
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  • 427 10 The Government Gazette public I Friday contains the following notice J An Ordinance to amend the Reserved I and Civil Guard Ordinance, 1913. ror *B It is hereby enacted by tbe Govern,. ,1 the Straits Settlements with
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  • 214 10 It has come to our knowledge that a phrase we used in reference to the duty thrown upon the Volunteers by the departure of the Yorkshires for active service and the break up of the sth Light Infantry (Indian' might be construed as iguoring the services of
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  • 136 10 The installation meeting of Batu l1 j a Lodge was held at the Masonic j q' Lumpur, on Saturday, when l» r0 u i’ooley was installed W. M. M* l‘ ,r 1 (nvr itig year and invested his officers as -1.1*. M .NVor. lire. F. H.
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  • THE Straits Budget.
    • 1111 12 without tbo power to tyraunise.—Straits Tillies, March 24. Wo have lj«:< 11 reading the full text of President Wilson's «pceeh ;it Des Moines on February 1. It is a clovi r fqieecb, made before a at audi* nee, and the manner of delivery HoeinH to have been all
      without tbo power to tyraunise.—Straits Tillies, March 24.  -  1,111 words
    • 1180 12 willingly ami cbeorfully.- Straits Tl I March 25. I The shortest and most direct course has been taken in order to create a force adequate for purposes of local defence. By the amending Bill, the text of which we published yesterday, tho Reserve Forco created under the Reserve
      willingly ami cbeorfully.-Straits Tl I March 25. I  -  1,180 words
    • 1012 12 -Straits Times, March 27. It would appear that our enemies can neither accept defeat nor orgauise victory The reports from France show cliarly »Lat the battle of Verdun has gone against them but they continue to struggle east and tBt of the Mease, searching for that
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    • 1145 13 —Straits Times, March 28. < »ae wonders whether there is any limit to German perfidy. Pure frightfulness,” we C'uU understand if it were straight and masculine. But the Germans descend to ‘.Lings that are not masculine. The Appam was taken by a ship which was flying
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    • 1096 13 uivu it their confidence.— Straits Times, March 29. Wo have a letter from a Dutch correspondent. He writes from Wcltevreden anonymously, and there are some things in his letter which it would not be expedient to publish. Ho speaks of the destruction of the Tubantia, and other Dutch
      uivu it their confidence.— Straits Times, March 29.  -  1,096 words

  • 251 13 Amono the officers mentioned in Viscount French's last despatch is 2nd Lieutenant Ewcn I). H. Thomson, the younger son of tho late Mr. dames Thomson, planter, who was a native of Grandtully, and related to the Campbells of Garrow, and a brother of Mr. H.
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  • 1888 14 (FkoM A 111. I.E-I ONM s I Malacca, March 27. Pli.Li vain.—H class handicap—1.70up. For a place in the finals, G. Peatty, scr: beat A, P. S. Murtou, nv\i 15, rather easily. The lat'er was nut up to Iuh usual form and put up lathi i .i j
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  • 737 14 Its Objects and Reasons Fully Explained. The following Circular letter has beeu issued (hintIt men.—Tlio general committee of this scheme finding tlieiuselves compelled by the decision of Government tu begin buildiug operations before the end of 1916, under j penalty of losing the site promised in
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  • 827 14 Amahs are very versatile beiu,.* ari(l most dcnse-lookiug of their nomCer i V the head of a flourishing money loan tiou, states the Hongkong Daily Press of their uuiuber figured in au action at o Summary Court,
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  • 1061 15 Alma |laker has been in correspondence Ihe Board of Trade on various uiatters a wi tu Imperial Trade after the war. enabled to«ive a few extract. from bi von ’aiTa business man are of courw, a j the verv vital question of the evpaosion
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  • 450 15 The new session of the Legislative Council commences to morrow when several new measures are to be introduced and carried through to the final reading. The acting Colonial Secretary will move that this Council approves a vote of 920,000 for the destruction of
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  • 142 15 The fc llowing telegram, received by the General Officer Commanding, is published in the hope that it may meet the eye of the person for whom it is intended Soutli A frican records to George Henrys Courtneys, Malay Straits Settlements. G. UU legret infoim you Courtney
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  • 1038 15 Honoured by Chinese Chamber Of Commerce. The members of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce gave a party in their rooms in Hill Street, on Saturday, in honour of Mr. Tan Jiak Kim, C.M.G., on bis retirement from public life. There was a large gathering present
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  • 438 15 To the Editor of the Straits Timos. Sir,—Will you please allow mo space in your columns to let it be known that tbo Malayan Squadron Air Fund is still open, and will remain open during tbe continuance of tbe war. Arrangements bave
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  • 271 15 Amongst tho soldiers reported drowned in tlie sinking of the transport Provii co 11. .vhich was torpedoed in tho Mediterranean, on February 26, is Mr. Frank Posth, of tho I'renoh Kuala Selangor plantations. Tho late Mr. I’oHth, who left by the Syria, oo August 14,
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  • 1351 18 Sensational revt latinos were made at tin. French Mixed Court, SI anghai, on the 13th inst., in the ease which arose out of the discovery of the 2<K) shells in a pond in a garden formerly occupied by Mr.
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  • 398 18 Alleging that her husband, Mr, Joseph Bowuu Elwell, known as the Bridge King, often won from $l,OOO to $lO,OOO in a night and that she had known him to win as much as SMO,OOO in an evening playing bridge, Mrs.
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  • 124 18 Ueutkk’s Tklkorams. London, March 22, 12.50 p.m. Columbus: There is no news of the American anti-Villa expedition owing to the hiilure of the wireless and the cutting of the telegraphs. Two aeroplanes which are accompanying the expedition have not arrived and are possibly lost in the
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  • 85 18 Reuter's Tklkgkam. London, March 24, 2.30 p.m. A liill proposing to transfer the management of the Imperial Institute from the Hoard of Trade to the Colonial Office, provides for an Kxecutive Council to consist of twenty-five members, two each from the Hoard of Trade and India Office, one
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  • 66 18 Rhutkr’s Telegram. London, March 25. An article in the Indiaman draws attention to the need for a central authority and a definite policy to regulate emigration from India* The Westminster Gazette suggests that the Colonies be asked to cooperate with tho Raj in finding such a policy. London,
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  • 72 18 Reuter's TeLKGRhM. London, March 22. Coiambus: Damage amounting to three million dollars has been done by a mysterious tiro at Paris in Texas. London, March 23. Now York: There have been fires at Augusta in Georgia and Nashville in Tennessee. The damage is estimated at six million
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  • 46 18 Reuter’s Telegram. London, March 23, 9.25 p.tn. Lord Scarsdale is dead. London, March 25, 3.30 p.m. Lord Cur/.on was present at Lord Scarsdale's funeral at Kedleston to-day. It has been decided to retain the present title and not to use that of Scarsdale.
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  • 59 18 Reuter’s Telegrams. Lordon. March 23, 3.10 a.m. New York An Associated Press telegram from Peking says the State Department in a mandato announces the abandonment of the monarchy and the resumption of the republic. London, March 28, 1.55 p-m. Shanghai: Representatives of seventeen provinces have telegraphed to
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  • 50 18 Reuter’s Telegram. London. March 22. Sir .lohu Anderson has had an audience of the Kiug and kissed hands on his appointment as Governor of Ceylon. Calcutta is oxperienciug abnormal heat records and on March 18 the temperaturo was 102 in the shade and 125 in the open.
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  • 168 18 Singapore, March 2d, I9ig EXCHANGE, On London Bauk 4 m's I 4/4|| DTaiaud Private 8 m/i On France Bank T. T. tM 3 On India Bank T. T. On Hongkong...Bank d/d On Shanghai ...Bank d/d On Java Bank T. T. j 3 On Japan Bank Sovereigns—buying rate
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  • 352 18 Singapore, March 29, 1916. MINING. vStol Bu i ers se,!cn 10 10 Ampang 6.00 1 1 Ayer Weng ,0.85 0.50 10 10 Belat 1.60 2.00 10 10 Kaoabol 0.95 1.05 10 10 Kinta Association 5.00 £1 X‘l Kinta Tin 1.5.0 1.10.0 £1 £1 Laliat Mines 4 -5
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  • The Straits Bubget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT.
    • 82 1 Ghnhkal— Penang Rubber Auction... 1 Venus' r.libber Companies 8 r.M.S. Knbber Export Duty i Municipal Rubber February Rubber Returns 6 'fIsLK'iKAMS London Rubber Spec'al... 1 MntTlNu> AN'l> IMPORTS Pataliog Rubber 1 Kougsi Rubber Co., Ltd. 1 Rubber and the War 2-8 Cbangkat Serdong Estates 3 Bataug Reuar Rubber 8
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    • 40 1 iKkom Oi'K Own Corkkspondbnt.) Loudon. March 25. iu! dividends are announced as fol bk-: —Keubuk 10 per cent., (tula K alum pong L>aman=tra 22j, and Kepong 45. North ll-immock pays au interim dividend of 10 per Cent.
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    • 359 1 T. e rt-purt of the Pataling Rubber Estates •'yti licite, Limited, states that the crop b&rvctitud for the year amounted to 603,145 lbs against an estimate of 540,000 lbs., and f a yield in the previous year of 583,705 lbs. Ilk average gross price realised for 602,122 lbs.
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    • 1906 1 The following report is from tho Times of Ceylon The tenth ordinary general meeting of tho above company was held at the Hill Club, Xuwara Eliya.on March 11. There were pros. ut Messrs. John
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    • 119 1 The undermentioned prices wore realised for rubber hol<l by Messrs. Allen, Dennys and Co. at their auction Hale at on Wednesday:— Smoked ribbed sheet 9175 to 91H5 plain 157 104 No. 2 smoked sheet diamond 108 175 llnsmoked sheet 155 164 No. 2 unsuioked sheet 155 154
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    • 4832 2 The annual me ting of the Rubbers Growers’ Association was held at the Cannon St. Hotel ou February 1H. The chairman. Mr. E. 1.. Hamilton, s lid In moving the adoption of the report, I think you
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    • 832 3 >Jr. C. Everitt signs the following directors’ report on the Changkat Serdang estates to be presented at the meeting, on Saturday, April 1. Gentlemen,—Your directors submit herewith a duly audited statement of the accounts of the company for the year
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    • 784 3 The sixth report of the directors to the shareholders of tho Batang Benar Rubber Co., Ltd., states Your directors beg to submit a duly audited statement of accounts for tho year ended December 81, 1915. The profit on rubber production
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    • 140 3 Mr. K. L. Killiok in rubber notes iu Tlio Financier points out that iu the share market attention is being largely concentrated upon the young producer group and iu those trust companies havin'* extensive holdings in this class of share. The year 1911 witnessed very extensive plantings
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    • 72 3 For the period from March 111 to April H, 191 b, inclusive, the value of the highest grade of rubber is fixed at -»s. 6Jd. per lb., and the duty on cultivated rubber on which export duty is leviable on an ad valorem basis in accordance
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    • 2037 4 A general meeting of the Kuala Lumpur District Planters Association was held in the P. A. M. meeting room, Mercantile Bank Buildings, Kuala Lumpur, on March 23, says the Malay Mail. Mr. F. G. Harvey was
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    • 456 4 MALAKOFF PLANTATIONS. Year s Working Shows Satisfactory Profit. The annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Malakoff Plantations Co., Ltd., was held in tho Chamber of Commerce. Penang, on March 22, says the Straits Echo. Mr. J. C. Benson (of Messrs. Boustead and Co., the General Agents of the
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    • 679 4 The sixth report of the directors shareholders states Your directors beg to submit a ,1,1 audited statement of accounts for ended Docember 81, 1915. fcar Accounts. The nett profit for the V ear after
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    • 4373 5 Anglo- Java Estates. MESSRS. WATTIE CO. TO TAKE 12,500 SHARES. Dividend of TIs. 0.45 Per Share. •n.e aunual general meeting of the sharoholders of the Anglo Java Estates Co., Ltd., 1 e ld on March 14, at the offices ot the ucrettries and general managers, Messrs. I Wattic aud Co.,
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    • 59 6 I>r. Fowlie lias given notice that at the next meeting of the Municipal Hoard, on the 31st inst., he will movo:—That the Municipal Commissioners decide to utilise the rubber trees on the reservoir catchment area for revenue-producing purposes, and that an expert planter be asked to report on
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    • 84 6 Sapong Estate.—‘26,Him lbs. to date 54,4H1J lbs. Mr. Patrick lladow, the well known visiting ageut to rubber estates, replies to a query regarding rubber nomenclature. He says the Allagar Company was originally callc-d II tgalla, a local dollar company in the F.M.S. named after another estate known
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    • 381 6 The sixth yearly report of the directors of the Teluk Anson Lubber Kstate, Ltd., is a* follows Your directors big to submit the company’s accounts for the year ended December 31, 1915. The profit for the period after making
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    • 276 6 The report of the Escot Rubber Estates, Limited, states that the rubber crop harvest edi for the season under review was 119,251 lbs. Loss in w’eight daring transit to London reduced this to 118,468 lbs., against an essimate of 116,000 lbs. The crop realised an average gross
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    • 1033 6 Stock Singapore IhhuPar Dividends. Malayan Exchange Fraser (Jo 'b Capital Value Compasiks. Pnces, Chains j M 1 1915. 1914. February 18. March 29 l'>0 000 2/. 20% 32% A agio-Malay 13/8 9/0 l0 6
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 118 8 WL S M -'.r' A v BUN ml) t .fSk Obtainable from every Liquor Dealer at the following prices from April*!, 1916. ASAH1 BEER, Quarts $11.80 per case of 4 doz. (Retail Price $3.00 per doz). ASAHI BEER, Pints $10.50 per case of 6 doz. (Retail Price $1.90 per doz.)
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