The Straits Budget, 10 November 1916

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1 7 The Straits Budget
  • 28 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” VOL. LXX No. 3065 Singapore. Friday. November 10. 1916. ESTABLISHED OVER HALF A CENTURY. Price 25 cents.
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  • 229 1 LEADERS Stagnation 12 The Income Tax 12^ To Pay or Not to Pay 12-18 The Straits Loan 13 Suggestions 13 Winter Campaign ...18 14 Local and Gbnbral— Local and Personal I*2 Children’s Aid Society The War 3-7 Death of Kev. Mother St. Hombeline 7 Theft at Federal
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  • 4185 1 Colonel Sir William Dunn, who is to be the London’s New Lord Mayor, was born sixty years ago in Lancashire, and set up business in London on his own account as a land agent and surveyor when he was twentyfour years old. He is honorary colonel of
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  • THE WAR.
    • 1773 3 Rkutkk’s Tklkgrams Western Campaign. I GENERAL HAIG SURVEYS I EVENTS. I Success Against Bulgarians. Rkutkk’s Tklkgrams. H London, November 2, 1.40 a.m. I I i, ni val Haig iu a summary of operations there has neen heavy rain almost daily Binee October 18 Tho chalky soil of the
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    • 2925 3 Fall of Fort Vaux. A SIGNIFICANT GERMAN ADMISSION. America and Submarining. London, November 2, 7.55 p.m Amsterdam: A Berlin official message says Under a violent French bombardment we evacuated Fort Vaux after blowing up tho important portions of the fort. We stormed the Russian positions on the left
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    • 3418 4 Rumania. THE DESPERATE STRUGGLE CONTINUES. Italian Victories. London, November 3, 6.40 p.m. Udine: Prisoners state that the Austrian commanders urgently asked for reinforcements for Rumania. Tho Austrians have lost 25,000 since October 10. London, November 4, 1.25 a.m. Bnkharest, communique: Our pursuit iu the Vulkan Pass continues. We
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    • 1924 5 Saving Rumania. PHASES OF THE GREAT STRUGGLE. French Make Excellent Progress. Loudon, November 6, 3 a.iu. A Rumanian communique Hays: We ropulscd Hcvoral enemy attacks in Prahova Valley. The enemy in the evening succeed od in occupying part of our tronenoq on Moant Dihamu, north went of Azngo.
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    • 2215 6 Rumania. THE CRISIS BELIEVED TO BE PAST. Attempt to Malign Britain. Loudon, November 7, 12.5 a.m. A Russian official message says: Repeated enemy attempts to wrest the dominating heights east of Lipitzadolna were repulsed. Enemy attacks in the Wooded Carpathians wero Nullified and we here carried a series
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    • 1775 7 German Claims. CORRECTED BY FRENCH REPORTS. Admissions inAustrianCommunique. London, November 7, 11.80 p.m. General Haig reports that there is hoavy raiu aud considerable hostile shelling in the Li sboeufs area. We bombarded the enemy’s support and communication trenches in the neighbourhood of Armentieres and Wytschaete. London, November 8,
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  • 181 7 To a very circle of friends in pore, including hundreds of former pupil-, tho ncwH of the death of the Kev Mother Sf. Hombeline, the Lady Supciior of the convent of the Holy Infant Johuh, will bo motived with poignant sorrow. Of late tho
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  • 181 7 The Tiujoh of October 11 For scum dayH paMt tin shares have bom increasing attention on tho Stock Kxchat <»»•, and yesterday the market recoiled an additional fillip by a further sharp ii o in the price of tho metal, which advanced 4 to £lBl
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  • 881 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—The report of the committee on the v propomd income tax taken in conjunction with certain speeches in the Legislative Council insk'Hone woiid»T whether one has read aright. You would do uh a service if
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  • 743 8 Mr. Justice Sproule presided at the sixth Assizes of tho year, which opened in the Supreme Court on Tuesday There were only five cases on the list, one of attempted murder, two of unlawful return from banishment, one of gang robbery, and one
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  • 133 8 What ban tbo appearruce of being a tbeft of a very daring nature was discovered at tbe Federated Engime ing Kuala Lumpur store on Monday morning. On Saturday afternoon, it is stated, tbo Htoro was closed with everything in correct order. Yesterday morning,* reports tbo
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  • 661 8 There war nothing wanting to make the Swimming Club carnival held on Saturday afternoon in aid of the Our Day Fund the complete success that the organisers hoped for. The attendance waH large, most of the accommodation provided being occupied, and the spectators
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  • 189 8 The following is a copy of tbo communication which was forwarded to the Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C., by the Clerk of the Council, informing him that his second ques tion, regarding unofficial representation on the Hongkong Legislative Council, had been deleted from the Orders
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  • 870 8 t London, October 5 Investment business is still in flux owing to the decision of th« at Btatt to issue 6 per cent. Exche gu the market is greatly puzzhd about aJ f d and the wheiefore. Even in
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  • 231 11 Here’s Fun! The Singapore A.D.C. have had a very busy year since last December when Messrs. Francis Graham and Roland Braddell produced for them The Queries and My Word." Last August Mr. E. A. Brown produced 44 The Queries and The Lay of Ancient Rome," and in September rohearsals began
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  • 38 11 following is the output for the month fcmied October 26 No. 1 No. 2 Dredge. Drodgo. f Jars run 674 657 Uibic yards treated. 02,000 100,000 yjtal piculs 1,256 U( alised on sale 964,865.00
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  • 1323 11 The report of the committee appointed by the Governor to advise as to the lines and details of a bill to provide for the levying of an income tax in the Colony waR laid on the table of the Legislative Council
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  • 255 11 Following is the report of the committee of tho Singapore Rowing Club for the yoar ended June 80, 1916. Gentlemon, The committee beg to submit to you their report and statement of accounts for the year endod June 80, 1916. No club racing was held during the
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  • 94 11 Tho rate of mortality in tho Settlement of Singapore for the week ended October 28 was 28.27 per millo of the population. The total number of deaths was 190, of which 124 were male subjects and 66 female. Convulsions claimed 17, phthisis 26, malaria fovor 25, beri
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  • 416 11 Messrs. Fraser and Co.’s Weekly Circular. In thoir Singapore share circular, dated the 1st inst., Messrs. Frasor and Co. state: A steady business has been recorded in local rubbers throughout this week and an several companies have just closed theii financial year there should be moderate disbursements
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  • 391 11 Captain Norman Black, K.A.M.U. arrived back in Singapore on Friday after two years crowded experience at the front. Daring that time the doctor wax through every phase of war or far as a medical man can be, from the training
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  • THE Straits Budget.
    • 998 12 —Straits Times. November 8. The capture of Combles and Tliiepval was the last great stage of tbe British advance and it took placo at tbo end of September. Throughout October tho British havo been unablo to do any more than hold tho ground they took. They have been, it
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    • 1201 12 Straits Times, November 4. There was laid on the table at the meeting of tho Legislative Council yesterday a report by tho committee appointed to draw up a scheme for an income tax, and its suggestions certainly cannot be considered drastic. They are in suspense, however, becaaso
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    • 1141 12 -Straits Times, November 6. It is good for all of us to subject oursel, e to scrutiny sometimes, and good even to have a scrutiny forced upon us. At the meeting of the Legislative Council on Friday, one member at least was having this
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    • 1022 13 menace of militarist despotism.—Straits Times, November 7. Elsewhere to-day, in reply to a correspondent, we give a few particulars about taxation in the United Kingdom and how it affects people of different incomes. There was a phrase in Mr. Darbishire’s speech at the legislative Council meeting which
      menace of militarist despotism.—Straits Times, November 7.  -  1,022 words
    • 1066 13 Straits Times, November H. It is not our intention to write on taxation, but on trade after [tho war, yot wo aro all looking around for ideas, and ono was brought to us yesterday which may bo well worth a little consideration by the committeo which is trying to
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    • 1074 13 the name of Kultur. StraitH Times, November 9. KoportH from the front all seem to point to the winter having set in solidly and bitterly, with heavy rains which make tho shellploughed land between the trenches a sea of mud. In Rumania the chango is welcomed —it may
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  • 2207 15 The Prfme Minister. of Australia (Mr. Hughes) opened the referendum campaign at the Sydney Town Hall. It was in all probability the greatest meeting that has V er been held in the Town Hall. Hughes said: "I speak
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  • 279 15 A very singular and alarming experience befell tho Java-Pacific liner Tjikorubang, bound from San Francisco to Batavia, when she was one day south of Nagasaki. Shortly after six o’clock in tho evening of tho lHth ult. tho vessel was shakon violently from
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  • 155 15 The depth of tho whirlpool rapids in the Niagara Kiver just below the falls has been estimated as anywhere between 250 and 1.000 feet, but as no boat can live in the rapids it has been impossible to verify this estimate. Engineers now propose to
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  • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
    • 184 15 Tho November bogey of the Singapore (iolf Club w&h competed for on Saturday and Sunday, and resulted in a win for Mr. F. S. Gibson, who returned a net score of 1 up. Thirty cards were taken out and tho following were returned K. S. Gibson 2 1 up
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    • 211 15 It is ostimatod that nearly four thousand spoctators gathered on tho Reclamation Ground on Saturday afternoon to witnoss the final for tho Tan Kwoe Swee Cup botwoon Straits United and tho White Star first team. Major General Kidout kicked off, and an excellent game ensued with both teams so
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    • 80 15 In the S.L.K.A., in making a possible at 160 yards, Mrs. Payne was the first to win one of tho pendants presented hy Lady Kvelyn Youn<' for a possible at any Mrs. Payne also won the November spoon 10() 160 Total with yds. yds. Nett. h eap. Mrs.
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    • 37 15 Members and subscribers are requested to note that the American Tennis tournamont which was to have been held on the 9th and 11th instant, has been postponed to tho 16th and lHth idem.
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  • 108 15 We are asked to mention that as |Mrs. Lowthcr Kemp is shortly Iravin# for homo, the treasurorship of the Women s Fund for Blinded Soldiers and Sailors will in future be carried on by Mrs. Wreford alone. A letter, dated September 7, from
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  • 30 15 Messrs. Boustead and Co. inform us that they are in receipt of the following telegram from the Gleu Line, Loutlou Glenlonan all crew passengers lauded safely.”
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  • 2166 16 London, October 6. The nation is in huppy, nay. a merry mood to day. it has much to comfort it. It has seen three months' progress on the Sorume, and laughed consumedly at the antics of the
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  • 243 16 (From Our Own i'okrespondext.) Malacca, November 6. Mr. E. C. W. Morgan, of Tampin Estate, a division ot the Malacca Rubber Plantations under the management of Mr. C. W. IveppelPowis, has gone away ou leave. Mr. F. P. Marshall, of Tongkah Estate, is shortly leaving on furlough.
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  • 661 16 Our Day Fund. GOOD RESPONSE FROM INDIAN COMMUNITIES. Fine Effort at Batu Pahat. (oMoJ n 0 e POUdtUt kiuJ1 > ‘"wards the liatii Pabat, a fast rising town on n West coast of Johore, came into h n bt considerable eclat on October‘2h to ,th its best efforts to swelltbet,?
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  • 146 16 Second Lieut. F. E. l>i<loy lias issued w| Messrs Kelly and Walsh, a Xlau.lbooK W the Singapore Volunteer Artilioiw convenient pockot size and g iv s necossary bints and reminders as to a'a signal dress, outfit, etc., but its l0 1 is to provide each member of
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  • 1413 17 The Hon. i,r Dilmore Ellis, Principal jviJ Medical Officer, S raiL Sottliments, in hi' report for tlie year 1915, siys: The population of the la-t Census (1911) 711,951, and is estimated Rt 776,444 for ly
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  • 323 17 When the cruiser Emdcn disappeared from Germany's fighting fleet, says the Naval and Military Hecoid, the Austialians expressed themselves anxious to salve her. She was a ship with a famous career, and she was, moreover, the first vessel which
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  • 466 17 (h rom Our Own Cokrksponi»knt.) Ipoh, November 3. Tho weather was tine, the going good, and a splendid attendance of spectators watched tho sport. Results aro as follows Rack 1. —Black Prince Don 1 Lettorhumie J. C. Osborne 2 Kovuma |>iekson 3 Won by two lengths, short head
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  • 196 17 Bradford on-A von in Wiltshire has a church reputt d by antiquarians to be the oldest complete Saxon church iu the kingdom. Here, the other day, the first baptism for HUO years was performed. Until 18.77 this little church was entirely lost sight of. It, had been
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  • 233 17 “<>no Interested writes to the China Mail an follows: I cannot understand why tins Pilgrims’ Ship Ordinance of Singapore in not applicable to all vessels of the coolie line of steamers that ply between Hongkong and the Straita. From what 1
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  • 251 17 Before Mr. W. Langham Carter (Pronidont) Lieut. Bennett, U. N. K, Deputy Master Attendant, and Captain E. K. Stovell and G. hollott, pilots of tho Singapore Pilot Board, sitting with him as assessors, io tho Marino Court, ou Tuesday tho inquiry was opened regarding tho collision between the
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  • 138 17 Tho Colombo Momoward Conference baa addressed the following circular to shippers through its local secretary, Mr. 1* Fowko steamer lines constituting t lie Colombo Homeward Conference hereby |{ive notico that, on instructions received from the London Secretaries, the rates of freight on all carj»o to the Luited
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  • 144 17 Prospects, w<! fill) *»lad to hoar, arc* very L'oo<l tor tho Straits War Loan. |{y tho Oi linunce the (iovi rnor is authorised to i.iiso auy humi which tic may think tit, and au impression Hint, in the tirst instance, tlio issue would be six millions is*
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  • 39 18 (The Straits Times is not lospunsiblo for the opinions of its correspondents. Correspondents should bear in mind that letters must be short and to the point. Lon#, rambling epistles are liable to be rejected or ruthlessly cut dowu.j
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  • 220 18 To the Editor of the Straits Timex. Sir,—At a time when much is being said of making use of British man power to Lhe fullest extent, conscription in the duminions and the like, I think many youug men in the Stiaits and F.M.S. would be glad of advice
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  • 363 18 Stagnation.” To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. Your leading article of Friday headed Stagnation is surely very incoirect and misleading in its opening sentences. To state that “throughout October the British have been uuablo to do any more tbau hold the ground they toek is, with evuyrtspect, deplorably
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  • 340 18 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —If the purchaser ot S.S. War Loan Bonds were to go homo to England, aDd be there when tho principal is repayable, would he bo ablo to recover it from auy of the banks at home, or is it confined
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  • 142 18 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, If your advertising columns may bo takon as the basis for forming bu opinion, it would appear tbero is a wide field in Singa pore for competent Stenographers And Typists. Is this, however, really the case, or is
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  • 28 18 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —What do they know of England, who only Darbishire know ?—Yours, etc Cuamhkk of Horrors. Singapore, November .6, 1916.
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  • 332 18 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—It is quite a long time since I wrote you about the w-ork we are doing hero iu the way of training and educating soldiers and sailors who have lost their sight in the war. As the result of
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  • 114 18 The Sarawak Gazetto of November 1 says It is with feelings of the doepest regret that we have to record the illness of His Highness the Uuj&h, the sfato of whoso health during the past week has caused the utmost anxiety. The acting
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  • 248 18 Reuter's Telegrams. London, November 4, 8.10 p.m. Tbe North Western ateamer Couuiinara, going troua Holyhead, collided last night with the Hteamer Ketriever. There was uuly uue burvivor Itulu the two vessels. it ia estimated th.it three huudrea penciled. LjikJoo, November 4, 0.15 p.m. There were titty passengers and
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  • 173 18 Rkutkr's TkLK(’.U>II. London, November 6.25 a.in. The Times’ correspondent at Cairo says that the ceremony of receiving the Holy Carpet on its return from Mecca was hi Id ou November 2. Participant in the pilgrimage are most satisfied with the manner in which the Grand Shoreef in Mecca
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  • 164 18 Reutbr's Telegram. London, November 8, 12.50 p m. To the Committee of the Commons den ling with the Rhodes Estate Bill, counsel explained that the trustees proposed to abolish tho German scholarships and to establish instead twelve scholarships of three hundred sterling ycaily, each Unable by students
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  • 73 18 Reuter’s Telegram. London, November 3, 11 p.m. Mr. Bonar Law received a deputation interested in the Crown Colonits and colonics not possessing responsible, government. The deputation urged the appointment of a commission to investigate the conditions of trade, the development of resources, the labour supply, and communications. Sir
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  • 111 18 K.utkk’, Tklk„,um. liondou, November 1 *> Daring the hearing of an lnd; Q Ptt the Pr.vy Council, in a suit w ap P*U ID 191)1) and the final decision to appeal was made was K i, e n ,1 ,5 h II* Loni Chancellor said it Wat
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  • 23 18 Reuter s Telegram. London, NovemU r 7, ■>:^ p Cairo The cotton crop condition n r is tw (per cent.ucd m I'pper^j^
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  • 24 18 Rkutnk S 1 KLSUIiAM. Loudon, November i l e < >wen P h,, ;P ps ro ’>P has acquire] ft, >loss Steamship Company.
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  • 335 18 We very'gratefully acknowledge a dona tion of $10 from C. Hall to our fund for assisting the Overs* as Club to supply SUK) k w to our soldiers and sailors aDd $38 ccivtd per Mr. F. O. Bourne, that amount beiDK the Singapore Police subscription for
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  • 241 18 For the r. pose of the soul of the late Uev. Brother Disethius, who died in Singapor last week, a requiem high mass was pet orm ed on Monday morning at the Church o Francis, Malacca, the Rev. Father Angum officiating. Our Malacca corrtspon e
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  • 105 18 OBITUARY. Rkutkr’s Trlroram. Loudon, November 6, G 6 a.m. The death is announced of Lord Clan morris. DEATHS. Mkukditii. On September 26, at Berkswell, Ven. Thomas Meredith, M.A., Vicar of Wolston, late Archdeacon of Singapore aged 71. Thompson.— On September 24, at Cookham Dean, Berks., Charles Cartliew Thompson aged 64
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  • 784 19 Rkutkk’s Tklkgrams. London, November 2, 7.25 p.m. Washington Close estimates give Mr. Wilson 197 certaiu votes and Mr. Hughes .y.j |ioth are strenuously pushing their canilidatore in doubtful States especially w York. New Jersey and Connecticut whose votes total 66.
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  • 1036 19 A correspondent sends the following which forms an interesting contribution toJ£astern folk loro tales Tho burning down of Katupong Martin seems (according to a llokien lady) to have been a much moro complicated alTair than it would appear to the ordinary
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  • 226 19 The report of Harrisons and Crosfield for tho year ended June 30 states that tho total net profit, after making provision for excess profits duty, was somewhat greater than iu the previous yeAr. During tho year tho business of Chisholm, Ewart aud Co, at Guilon, has been
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  • 80 19 MacDonald.— On November 2, at Sungei Liman Estate, Trong. the wife of A E. MacDonald, of a son. Fouokkk— On November 6, at the Maternity Hospital, to Mr.and Mrs. II. J. Kougere, a son. Mo. Cully —On November 5, at Ionic Villa. 16H-1, Tanjong Katong Bead, Singapore, to Mr.
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  • 152 19 SlNOAPORR, Novkmubk 9, 1910. PRODUCE. viatnbior 12.76 Uj (Cube No. 1) unpicked 22.00 Copra Sundriod 9.00 do Mixed 8.60 PoDper, Black 20.60 do White Sarawak 86.00 Sago Flour Sarawaa 4.16 do Brunei No. 1 8.00 Pearl Sago 6.60 Tapioca, Bmall flake 10.10 do small pear, 9.00 do
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  • 351 19 Hinoaporr. Notkmhkr 9, 1910. MINING. vJiuo Buyors Sollers. tO 10 Ampang 6.00 6.00 1 1 Ayor Weng 0.60 0.60 10 10 Kanabol 0.90 1.60 11 10 Kinta Association 6.00 7.00 01 XI Kinta Tin 1.10.0 1.17.6 41 XI Lahat Mine* 8.00 6 00 10 9.26 Malayan Collieries
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 139 19 NOTICE. The post tree uricc of the Straits Tinus to the United Kingdom and foreign countnes i* a year. T ie po;t tre once ot the Straits Hu lun is I14 ft yea r to any part of the world. It is not necessary to subscribe for a year. The
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  • The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT.
    • 94 1 Ginkral— Robber Items... 1 Sungei Boaya Rubber 1 Singapore Para Rubber 1 Rubber Research 1 The Roll of Honour 1 Java Produco Market 3 October Rubber Returns 4 Rubbor Dividends 4 Rubber Thefts 5 Singapore Rubber Auctions 5 Telegrams— London Rubber Market 1 London Rubber Special 1 Tragic Death
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    • 382 1 Mr. Winton has taken charge of Kirby Estate in succession to Mr. Dapnis Brown. Mr. M. Sharpe-Smitb, manager of Kinrara Estate, Pataling, has returnod from leave. Mr. W. 1). Magiil, of Highlands and Lowlands Para Rubber Co., is now at tho front. Mr. John Flint, of Sydnoy, claims
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    • 83 1 London, November 4. The tone of the rubber market is firm and the pricos are higher. Quotations are Fine sheet 2/5 to 2/6 Crepe 2/4 2/6 Fine hard Para 3/4 3/5 The last report was as
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    • 34 1 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, November 4. The following dividends are announced Tandjoug 15, Anglo Sumatra 20, Sumatra Para 7d., Bakap 10 per cent., Heawood 5, Broome 6 and Chimpul 6
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    • 89 1 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, November 2. Mr. J. St. Clair Saunders, an assistant on Beverlac Estate, Klang, was found dead yesterday on a small island off the Swimming Club, with a revolver wound in his mouth. He went across in a sampan with a coolie
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    • 63 1 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, November 9. At the Amalgamated Malay Estates statu tory meeting, the Hon. Mr. E. Macfadyen, presiding, stated that the issue was oversubscribed. Tho shortage of 520 acres iu the planted land had been made good by the vendor transferring 520 acres
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    • 111 1 The directors of tho Sungei Buaya (Sumatra) Rubber Company, Limited, recommend a final dividend of 124 per cent, 'actual) in respoct of the year, to June 30, making 224 per cent, for tho year tho placing of £6,000 to reserve and carrying forward approximately £5.600, subject to
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    • 65 1 Mr. J. Davidson MoCullooh, general managor of tho Singapore Para Rubber Estates, kindly informs us by wiro that tho secretary of the Singapore Para Rubber Estates cables that tho annual report has been issued. Tho directors recommond a final dividend of 7 4 per cent., tho carrying
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    • 999 1 The work nndertaken by the Group of Subscribers, the Department of Agriculture, and the Imperial Institute, to investigate the problems connected with the coagulation and preparation of rubber and the effects of tapping on trees, has been iu progress three years, says
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    • 198 1 Mr. R. F. Talbot, of Bukit Jelutontf Estate, Batu Tiga, is reported missing. Talbot went home not so very long ago, o tained a commission and was attached to Royal Flying Corps. No news of Mr. Ambler’s death has reached Kuala Lumpur, last information being conveyed
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    • 1400 2 A final dividend of four per cent., making eight per cent, for the year ended Juno 30, ly|6, was declared on October 20 at the sixth auuua! general meeting ot the Cheng Rubber K-ta'es, Ltd.,
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    • 1205 2 The report of the Kota Tiuggi (Johore) Rubber Company, Limited, states that the estate has been maintaiued in excellent condition throughout the year, in spite of labour difficulties and financial stringency brought about by the war. In the autumu of
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    • 1827 2 The fourth ordinary general met tiny of tho members of tho East Malay Coconut Co., Ltd whh hold on September 29, at tho registered office*, 28, Suffolk street, I'all mall, Loudon, S.W., Mr. Georgo St. Liwrcnct Mowbray
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    • 1100 3 The ninth annual general meeting of the mi nibers of the Banteng (Selangor) Rubber Estates, Limited, was held on September 29. at the registered office of the company, 5. Whittington Avenue, Leadenliall Street. E C., Mr. Vincent
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    • 954 3 The report of the directors of the Pulau Bulang Rubber and Produce Co Ltd., to the shareholders states: Your directors submit herewith a duly audited statement of the accounts of the company for the year ended Juue 30, 1916. No
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    • 197 3 Messrs. Francis Peek and Co.’s Weekly Report. Messrs. Francis Peek and Co Singapore supply us with the following report on the position of tbo Java produce market for tue week ending November 4: Batavia, November 3. Rubber.—In sympathy with the borne and Singapore positions, the market is
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    • 1178 4 The sixth annual general meeting of the Batak Habit Rubber Estate, Limited, was luld on September 27, at the offices of the company, Pinners’ Hall, Austin Friars, E C., Mr. Murison Allan, presiding. The Chairman
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    • 953 4 The report of tho Pelopah Valley (Johore) Rubber Estates, Ltd., states that the estate has been maintained in excellent condition, and tbe visiting agent reports that the appearance of practically all the fields is now eminently satisfactory. Considerable new areas have been
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    • 663 4 The Malaysia Rubber.-35,878 lbs Singapore Para. —53,623 lbs. S. S. (Bertam).—92,000 lbs. Poutiau (Malay).- 3,410 lbs. Straits Rubber. —226,(XX) lbs. Penang Rubber Estates.—174,000 lbs. Tali Ayer.—7H.5CO lbs. Kubana. —55,000 lbs. Ragan Seiai.— 35,000 lbs. Ratak Habit.- 26,500 lbs. Batu Kata.—43,999 lbs. Mount Austiu (Joboro). —117,257 lbs. Lanadron.
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    • 167 4 Messrs. Whittuli ami Co, advise receipt of advice from the secretaries of Tlio Huqkol Kapar Lubber Co., Ltd., that tho directors have declared an inti rim dividend of ‘2O pet cont. on account of the year ending December HI, 191*, (i|ual to 4 Hd. per share j>uy> able
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    • 926 5 Mr. J. B. Harrop, manager of Ayer Tawah Estate, writes to the Pinang Gazette I road with interest, bot no surprise, your report of the meeting of the Central Perak Planters’ Association wherein
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    • 617 5 Tho Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association’s 267fch auction was held on November 1 and 2 when there were offered for sale piculs 9,837.88 or 1,244,984 lbs. (tons 555.79). Prices realised: Average Prices. Sheet smoked tine ribbed $l3O to $l3B $134 good
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    • 981 5 Stock u' Issued Par Dividends. Malayan Exchange PnSPK 8 Capital Value Companies. Prices? cfiSLpS 0,1 1918. 1915. October 10. Notfe 150,000 2/• 15% 60% Anglo-Malay 11,9 xd 10/. 6 ),000 <£1 20% 25% Bakap
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