The Straits Budget, 12 October 1917

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1 4 The Straits Budget
  • 28 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES." VOL. LXXI No. 3113 Singapore. Friday. October 12. 1917. ESTABLISHED OVER HALF A CENTURY Price 25 cents.
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  • 238 1 leaders— Bombast 12 Blow After Blow 12 Beating Him Back ...12-13 Tirpitz 13 German Honour ...13-14 Making for the Coast 14 Local and Ghnbral— Local and Personal 1-2 Overseas Club Tobacco Fund 2 Tbe War 3 9 I China Floods 9 I Saltan of Egypt Dead 9
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  • 3362 1 English School at Alor Star is makiog KOo, l progress under the guidance of the head I Sn 1 r r K Stuart. There are over boys on tho roll, the majority of whom Malays, nays the Straits Echo’s corre 9 There aro 20 per cent, free
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  • THE WAR.
    • 4685 3 Rbdtkr’s Tblborams. Another British Push. AN ADVANCE EAST OF YPRES. British Speeches. Rbctkr's Telkgrams. London, October 3, 11 p.m. Field Marshal Haig reports The enemy lie&viiy bombarded this morning onr positions between Tower Hamlets and Polygon Wood- iefautey attempted to advance D d our artillery broke down the
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    • 4650 4 Splendid Success Gained. GERMAN ARMY HEAVILY BEATEN. Every Objective Gained. London, October 5, 1.5 a m. Field-Marshal llaig reports: Tho attack was over an eight miles front, from south of Tower Hamlets to YprtH-Staden railway, north of Langcmarck. Wo were completely successful, all tho objectives being gained and
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    • 4045 5 The Great British Victory. FULLER DETAILS OF HARD FIGHTING. German Peace Efforts. London, Octobor 5, 11.10 p.m. Field Marshal Haig reports: There was no infantry fighting of importance. We consolidated our positions. Wo have taken 4,440 prisoners, including 114 officers, sinco yesterday morning. London, October ft, 11.40 a.m.
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    • 2197 7 TUESDAY S TELEGRAMS. Horrible Germans. EXAMPLES OF DEGRADED ACTION. Things the World Should Notice. London, October 8, 10.5 a,m, Madrid Tho crew of the L T 293 which as reported yestorday has escaped, were given full liberty ut Cadiz, The officers gave their word of honour not to nttompt to
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    • 1436 8 WEDNESDAY S TELEGRAMS. British and French Attack. BIG MOVE EAST OF YPRES BEGINS. German Politics. London, Octobor 9, 12.15 a.m. Field-Marshal Haig reports: There was stormy weather all day long with heavy rain. Both artilleries wore activo on the Ypres buttli front. Oar aeroplanes on Sunday dropped two and a
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    • 4065 8 Flanders Battle. HEAVY FIGHTING STILL GOING ON. The German Position. London, October 10, 2.15 a.m. Field Marshal Haig reports: Continuous heavy rain yesterday noon and evening made the ground sodden and very difficult for the passage of troops. Notwithstanding stormy weather and the waterlogged ground, we launched an
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  • 201 9 No ofliciul announcement has boon made, but tho Bangkok Daily Mail believes it is correct io Haying that o( tho uino sea-going vossols already condemned by tho I’ri/.e Court, throe, viz, tho Deli, .Samson aud Chiongmai, are to be chartered by a
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  • 161 9 Kkutkr’s Tklkoham. London, October 9, 5.6 p.m. Shanghai: There are enormous floods in North China in a tonsi ly populated area. Twenty thousand square miles have become an immense and deep Ukr. There in a likelihood of Tientsin becoming icebound and uninhabitable and of a removal of the
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  • 45 9 Kbit Kit's Tklkorvms. London, October 10, 12 p in. Cairo: The Sultan of is dead. London, Octub' r 10, b. 40 a.m. The death of the Sultan of is an* uounced. London papers state that Prince Ahmed Fuad ih succeediut{ him.
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  • 3232 10 Londou, August 22. Since 1 last wroto tin; real peace movement, tbat which holds out the- best promiso for the future, has been going strong. The real peace movement does not draw its inspiration from Stockholm ortho
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  • 246 10 The Siam Prize Court has delivered judgment in tho case of the steamers Cbiengmai, Petchaburi and Koh si Chang, all three of which were condemned as prizes of war. Repairs to tho condi mn* i Gorman ships are now well in baud and the Bangkok Paily
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  • 115 10 The report of the Sungei Kint f ing Syndicate, Ltd., for the y< r 1 DUa 81? J be submitted at at general meeting of ►Larehohuf Sa?» r tho Chamber of Couirm roe, 1 enang, day, October 13, at 12 noon, stat during the year the option
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  • 867 11 iiirictors report to tho shareholders ,u K in pong Ivauiunriug Tin Dredging, Ltd., fjr the bait y» ar »ruled June 30, 1917, says pronging Operations.—Both dredges have woiKel welt and without more than ordinary throughout tho period. Tho fob j oS
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  • 592 11 1 r 'Tort. on the F.M.8. Railways for iwl«, 31 r. G. H. Fox, then acting General 3Ianager, writes:— The working of the Federated Malay States Railways during the year 1916 has produced a net profit of $4,027,228 54 cum
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  • 172 11 The following appeared in a Gazette Extraordinary on Friday :—Notice is hereby given that in view of tho present shortage of subsidiary silver and copper coins which is due to tho fact that persons have not ouly been illegally takidg thoso coins from the Colony, but
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  • 39 11 It has been docidod to extend tb" period of this luttery and the closing date for sale uf tickets will be Dec* mbi r 14 instead ot i l/,rr.lh£i»* Urt f rt.Q nnhlin drawiglf of illfl
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  • 400 11 A special meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was hold on Friday r.f -rnoon to consider tho proposed new bye li,wh with regard to advertisement hoaruii »s. The 1 resident (Mr. F. J. llallifax) w s in the chair, and the others pros-nt wt re
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  • 396 11 Messrs. Fraser and Co. in their share circular dated October 8, stat‘*: This week has exhibited no particular variations in either soc'.ioo ot cur market .IuhI a stoady day by day business is p»Hhinu in rubbers except that orders of auy
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  • 123 11 JtHUTKKM TbLIO&AM. London, October H, 4.30 a in. Tokyo: The numb* r of deaths reported an a roHult of Monday'* typhoon increases hourly. Thu casmilties and damage are ho tliat a comprehensive estimate is not y» t available. It ih believed
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  • 594 11 (Fkom Oou Own Coukbspondrnt). Malacca, October 9. At tho inquest held on the body of tbo robber who was shot at Hatu Heron dam by T wkay Chia Hian Wan ou tho night of I Lhuisday, September 20, it wuh a unanimous verdict returned exonerating Mr. Hian
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  • 67 11 Wo have received from l)r. K- unody, fiction Piincipal King Kfward VII Medical Si iiei I, cinques for s.‘>oo being inouoy Hibar'ib*d by tlio Medical Student Kocroation Club for the following war funds: The Ollirors Families Fund $lOO lllinded Soldiers and Sailors Fund 100 Indian War Relief
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  • The Straits Budget.
    • 1221 12 i—Straits Times, October 6. Nothing could bo in greati r contrast than tlio bombastic message Hindenburg ha 1 addrcssod to tho German people, on tbe occasion of his birthday celebrations, and tbc* pporcb Mr. Winston Churchill has just delivere d in London. No more peace talk,” Bays Hindiuburg, “till
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    • 1116 12 Straits Times, October 6. Victory is ours” said Hindenburg to his countrymen while they wero celebrating his birthday. It is a pity that Germany was not as easily satisfied before the war as she seems to be now. Victory is ours was what every German could say
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    • 1224 12 constant supervision. —Straits Times, October 8. Within a fortnight wo have struck the I enemy in Flanders three staggering blows at I a very vital spot and sent him back reeling I abont threo miles, mostly uphill. We Lave taken prisoner aboat Dine thousand and indicted casualties
      constant supervision.—Straits Times, October 8.  -  1,224 words
    • 1090 13 Straits Times, October 9. Yosterday’s telegrams contained a reference to what is known as tbe Tirpitz Fatherland Party." The name of Tirpitz smells strong among law-abiding nations, for of all Gorman fanatics he is perhaps, the most dangerous and the most extreme. Ho is the father of submarinism, the
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    • 1125 13 those h) j has wronged must impose,— Straits Times, October 10. Wc placed at tho head of our war news yesterday two cases which appear to us to merit more than passing attention. In one, the officers of a submarine interned at Cadiz were given full liberty in
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    • 1075 14 —Straits Tiiues, October 11. Tho first battle of Yuuiu Road was begun on September 'JO, end tho second followed within a few’ days. Then came tho battle of Broodseiude on October 4, one of the severest blows tho Gorman army has yet received, and yortorday wo
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  • 260 14 On and after October 15, the line between Tembelmg and Kuala Lipis will be opened for traffic, and the train service between Gomas, Bahau, Kuala Pilah, Kua’a Krau, Tembeling and Kuala Lipis will be as follows:—A train will leave Kuala Lipis every Monday, Wednesday and
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  • 1435 14 Wo regret to announce the death of the llou. Dr, Gilmore Ellis which took place at the General Hospital on Monday at eleven o’clock. Ou Tuesday last week Dr. Gilmore Ellis umlerwt ut a sovoto abdominal operation and his condition
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  • 60 14 (Fhom Our Own Correspondent-) Penang, October 9* In the Our Day" footbill match on die Esplanade enclosure, Penang C r(.t. Perak C.R.C. by 3-2. It was a good watcu and there was a largo attendance. The Cantonese theatrical P r, r organised by Messrs. Goodman an
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  • 128 14 Tho annual meeting of the Rowing Club was Leld on Mr. S.G.C. Pavilion, tbe President (the TJ)fl C. W. Datbinhire) being in t»o cn_ r e report anil accounts, recently 11 u J adopt* d, Mr. Daibihbire wa* President, Mr. A. P. Ro* inson vie T A
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  • 1084 15 I CONTUIUL’TKl).] I Our public men have recently been lamentI in,, aud rightly lamenting, the terrible toll I 0 f life levied by tho war on tho best of our I nation, aud incidently, of other uations. I >My suggestions, some v ell
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  • 196 15 Hace No. 1.—Tho Earl 10.10, Fallowland 10.10, Pretty Molly 10 2, Ampang 9.9, Oh Li La 9 5, Field 9.4, Idunno 8 6, Bonnety B jh 7.11, May B 7. Race No. 2.—Princess 9.7, Polar Star 8.12, Dara 8.9 Argyle 8.3, Farisha
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  • 108 15 1 J.° Amount. Applications. November, 1916 237 9427.760 December 144 283,040 January, 1917 192 243,870 February ‘205 332,630 March 328 246,900 April 142 314,560 May 115 ‘265,220 June 74 159,440 July Ill 152,470 August 117 133,340 September 110 166,970
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  • 56 15 Mrs. Oldham won the S L.R.A. October spoon at Balcstier on Thursday. The scores m m SS yds. yds. score. h cap> Mrs. Oldham <J5 28 =53 =67-38 Thomas M 33 6: f 6i.24 lirooko W -6 Booty 30 00 60 66.65 Lvaff 81 28 60 66.16
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  • 1098 15 Tho following minutes of tho seventh annual general meeting of the North Borneo Chamber of Commerce held on Septembt r 12 are communicated Tho Hon. Mr. W. G. I>aiby was in the chair and addressed the meeting as follows, viz.:— Our
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  • 255 15 Tho following two announcements which appeared in tho London Gazette dated August 16 aro of local interest:—Appointment as Companion of the Distinguishes! Service Order: Capt. (T. Maj.) Frank Mills, It. W. Fus.—“Ho showed tho greatest coolness and skill when in chargo of tho tiring lino of
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  • 187 15 With reference to the urgent call (or "A Class men (or military sorvico, tbo Qonoral Officer 'ommundini/ notifies (or public iu(ormatioD that the War Office has recently relcaHod a 11 Class man (rom military sorvico in order to obtain the nervicoH of an A Class man from
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  • 123 15 11.11. the Sultan of.lnhere has kindly offered a very handsome brown Idiom Hpecially imported from Australia an a saddle horse* and general hack for himself, to be put up for sale by auction after the third day’s races on Saturday, 20th inst., at tho Race
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  • 1971 16 OUR DAY” FUND, 1917. Tho committer 1 acknowlodgo with thanks tho following subscriptions to tho above fund:— Previously acknowledged $76,909.06 J.D.” 10 Anonymous,” Malacca 25 Bon. Mr. A. M. Pountnoy 150 K. Crichton 250 Mr. and Mrs. (1. P. Owon 300 J. A. Elias 500 Collected by Madame J. de
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  • 1753 19  -  By W. Douglas Newton. I Tho linesman was an ordinary, non-heroic L i| w and when the explosion occurred he r ,.xtremely scared. It sounded horribly End in the confined space the noise, not the E r seemed to have charged solidly
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  • 1159 19 A correspondent writes to the Manchester Guardian. Many people must havo noticed a remarkable fact about the recent engineers’ Ntrik< Obviously, a strike of munition workers i war-time is a very grave proceeding, and to nation which is thinking first and
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  • 402 19 A leading firm iu Singapore has received a letter from its American export agents in which the following very interesting passages occur: At the present time oxport business is becoming more dilfioult evory day owing to tho tromendous
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  • 187 19 Admiral von Crapow, in an articlu in a publication called Germany's Renovation, urges that the now hlogau of tho Fatherland should be Down with England Like auother writing on thu wall there appear before our Hcarod viHion tho datus 1.088, 1713, 1805, the years of tho destruction
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  • 1506 20  -  By Victor MacClure. Jack worked in a certified occupation. Ho rollod stool rails. The plant in the work in which he earned his pay was not a big one; it was capable only of turning out tho small sizo of rails
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  • 275 20 The annual meeting of the shareholders in the Packa Coconut Estate, Ltd., was held on September 24 at the offices of the company in Bangkok, Mr. G. K. Wright presiding. The third directors’ report stated During the period under review the planted area has been maintained in
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  • 1142 20 Three years ago we took tho groat rosolve, and disappointed, in a mornt nt, the sanguine arrogance of Germany. The Kaiser’s was a brilliant drcAm of sudden and happy conquest, says an Englishman in tho Daily Mail. In
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  • 534 20 A Belgian lady, who Las escaped through tbo electric frontier wire into Holland, bn given a vivid picture of tbe terrible fated Belgian women in tbe occupied territory She tied because sbe was wrongly snspectd of forwarding soldiers' letters. In
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 326 21 Select Eleven Defeat The S.R.C. select eleven from the League had a aio# practice game with the S R C. ou Tuesjay- They won by only one goal to none, but wero much the better eleven and might lip-vt' had at least three goals with any luck. v or
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    • 140 21 Tbo October monthly medal was compoted for on Saturday and Sunday and resulted ins win for W. C. Phipps, who returned tbe sic* llent net scoro of 72. Thirty cards were taken out and tbe following were returned W. C. Phipps 43 53 24 72 J. A.
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    • 304 21 August Competition. M b’s Medal:—For the men's August ■n dftl seven cards were returned. 8. 11. being the winner with a nett score of 79. R. H. Webb 49-1-54—24=79 winnor. M E. lUyner 54 51 20 85 B \>. Butler 46 59 20 85 A. H. Morton
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    • 241 21 Tho following were Thursday’s results Mixbd Doubles Skmi Final. —A. E. Coelho and J. T. Andrews beat E. E. de Souza and V. D. Pounofather, 6—2, 3 6, 8-6. Mixbd Doubles Final.— A. E. Coelho and J. T. Andrews beat W. A. Atria and M. L. Marcus,
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  • 39 21 [Tbe Straits Times is not responsible for tbe opinions of its correspondents. Correspondents should bear in mind that letters mast be short and to the point Long, rambling epistles are liable to be rejected or ruthlessly cut dnwn.|
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  • 364 21 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Wo are Britishers all, rowing the same way, in tho samo boat. Our case is tragic; our loyalty is unswerving and our spirits are willing but our pursis aro weak, for ftH a class we are poor. A inau who
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  • 365 21 To tho Editor of tho Straits Times. Sir, —A paragraph has ricontly appeared in tho local newspapers anont the relcaso of A claws mon by H class at homo and it seems that tho G.O C. hero ip making au attempt to have tho sbino d<>uo out
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  • 302 21 To the Editor of tho Straittt Times. Sir, —Will you or any of your readers kindly let me know through the coluuius of your journal whether at a general meeting convened for the purpose of considering the formation of an association, the office-bearers of the contemplated association
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  • 157 21 Cantkkll. —On Octobor 4, at 27, Cairn Hill Road, Singapore, to Mr. and Mrs. 11. M. Cantrell, a non, I Cowan.— On Octobor 5, at E., Adis Road, Singapore, to Mr. and Mrs. II A. Cowan, a daughter. Penang paportt phase copy. Gattry. On October 4, at the Maternity
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  • 176 21 SIMQAPOSS, Oc'TOUHR 11, 1017. BXCHANOC 0* London Bank 4 m/a 1/4# Demand 1/41 Private B m/a 2/4|J On Franci Bank T. T. 818 On India Bank T. T. 158 On HoNOßgNa...baxik j/d l«l%pm On Saanuuai ...Bank d/d 68 On Java Bank T. T. 1811 On Japan Bank
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  • 327 21 Hinoapom, Ootobih 11, 1917. MINING. Value Buyoru Sulim 10 10 Ainpang 6.00 1 1 A yur Wong 1.90 9.16 n 10 Kinta Association 7.00 41 41 Kiuta Tin 1.10.0 1.17.0 jil 41 Lahat Mi a oh 6.9$ 6 63 19 10. Malayan Collieries 12.95 12.75 41 41
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 135 21 NOTICE. The post free price of the Straits Times to the United Kin*'lorn and foreign countries i« Ms a year. Ti post fre price ot »lie Mrails Huig>•: is $14 yea r to any part of the world. It n 110: necessary to subscribe for a year. The subscrip.ions for
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  • The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT.
    • 44 1 Gbnkral Rubber Items Dollar Rubber Companies Java Produce Market 1 Singapore Rubber Auctions September Rubber Returns 2 F.M.S. Rubber Export Duty 8 Mkktinos and Rkports— Prye Rnbber and Coconut 1 Mergui Rubber 2 A Largo Profit 3 London and Singaforr Rubbkr Pricks 8
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    • 328 1 Mr. C. E. Prentice, late of Kota Babroe Estate, Perak, is now in an O.T.C. Mr. E. H. Farqubarson, late ongineer, KamuniDg Estate, is now a Lieutenant iu tbe A.E.F. and is in Franco. Mr. R. S. Nelson, manager of Ulu Tiram Estate, Jobore, is leaving for borne
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    • 90 1 Messrs. David aud Toft, Broker**, Singapore, issue Records uf Rubber CutupuuioA in u v< ry convenient form. K.w h company has a P go to itself, ami tilt) irife-ruiatioii giv* n iticluiit k capital, aen age, capitalisation jut oil ivaltd acre, reserve, crop from 1912 13, divid.
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    • 1855 1 development reserve account £2,500, to recommend for payment a dividend of J5 per cent., less income tax. which will absorb £13,007, and to carry forward to next yoar £2,926. It is proposed to pay the
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    • 160 1 Messrs. Francis Peek am! Weekly Report. Messrs. Francis Peek and Co.,^, r a tbe supply us with tho following r 0( ;Ue position of the Java produce week ending October 5 r Batavia, October 5.1^ Rnbber.—ThiR mark; thas T^atpute and prices for both first g ia u
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    • 1145 2 The annual general meeting of the Mergui Hubber Estates was held mu Saturday, nfe ihe registered offices, French Bank buildings. Tlure were present Mesrrs. A. E, Baddeley (nr* Hiding*, J- A Webster and W. A. Sims, (directors,), Capt. J. Craig,
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    • 550 2 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association’s 315th auction was held on October 3 and 4, when there were offend for sale piculs 16,985.19 or 2,264,692 lbe. (tons 1,011.02). The prices realised were— Sheet smoked fine ribbed $llB to $122 I.
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    • 776 2 Ayer Molek.—14,084 lbs. Asiatic Industries —5,849 lbs. Anglo-Malay.—142,549 lbs. Ayer Hitam.—46,200 lbs. Bahru Selangor.—2,000 lbs. Boverlac.—16,100 lbs. Blackwater.—12,745 lbH. Bukit Cloh.—18,500 lbs. Bukit Selangor.—22,205 lbs. Chota.—19,878 lbH. Dusun Durian. -71,590 lbs. Jeram. —20,600 lbs. Kapar Para. —92,608 lbs. Laugat River.—28,951 lbs. Pilmoor.—32,015 lbs. RoHuvale.—12,155 lbs. Selinsing.—26,592 lbs.
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    • 1627 3 Tho eighth ordinary general meeting of tho British North Borneo Rubb“r Tiust, Limited, was held at Winchester House, Old Broad Street, E.C., the Earl of Verulam (chairman of tho company) presiding. The Chairman said: Gentlemen, in accordance with
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    • 132 3 For tho period from Gctobor 12 to 18, inclusive, the valuo of the highest grade of rubbor is fixod at two shillings and eight pouee per lb., and the duty on cultivated rubbor on which export duty is leviable on an ad valorem basis in accordance
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    • 1012 3 •Stock o' Issued Par Dividends. Malayan Exchange FraUl 84 Capital Value Companiks. Prices, Closhw, u^ 0,8 1916. 1916. August 17. O cto 150,000 a/. 85% 60% Anglo-Malay 15/- i 0 fi 1n 6’J.OOO XI
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