The Straits Budget, 28 December 1917

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  • 28 1 The Straits Budget BUNG THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES." VOL. LXXI No. 3124 Singapore, Friday, December 28, 1917. ISTABIISMIO OVfR HALF A C'NTIIBV Price 25 cents.
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  • 202 1 LEADERS— Germany A Republic 12 Dismemberment 12 No Halfway House 12-13 Strange Tales From Russia 13 How The War Goes 18 Local and Gbnbral— Regarding Passports 2 The War 3.7 Buckland-Stevens Wedding 7 Smokes for Our Soldiers and Sailors 7 Diamonds in Borneo 7 Letter from Home
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  • 3537 1 It is notified in the Government Gazette that Mr. H. A. Stallwood, Pnblic Works Department, will be honorary secretary of Priority of Indents Committee in succession to Messrs. Evatt and Co., from January 1. The next meeting of the committee will be held on January 2. All
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  • 367 2 The report of the directors to the members of the Straits Trail inn Company, Limited, for the half-year ended September 80, 1917, being the first half of tho business year 1917-18, states: After writing off depreciation and making provision for
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  • 225 2 We congratulate the producers of What Thing a Christmas Annual for the East (Kelly and Walsh, SI). It contains poetry, fiction, and much caustic comment on things in general and life in the East in particular, and reveals a quite unt-uspected amount of real literary craftsmanship, though much
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  • 203 2 It is announced that the business of secretaries to public companies and estate and general agents, hitherto carried on by Messrs. Barker and Co, of Singapore and Penang, and the business of rubber selling agents, hitherto carried on by Messrs. Kimmel nod Co., of Singapore and London, will,
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  • 522 2 The following information reu ar din„ ports is published in a Gazette l P&B6 for the guidance of travellers to iTSS?! mentioned:— countries Greece: By an Order issued 19 last, entry into Greece i 8 torbijfc anyone whose passport baa not boon
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  • 295 2 A meeting of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce was held at the Exchange Rooms on Friday afternoon for the purpose of approving tho revised scale of tonnage for lighters and tho revised scale of boat hire and demurrage and to fix dates for these scales to come
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  • 12054 3 Reuter s Telegrams. Italian Struggle. ENEMY CAPTURES MOUNT ASOLONE. Reuter s Telegrams. LondoD, December 19, 6 p.m. Italian, offloial: After violent efforts to advance southwards from Col Canril 1 Mount Pertica, the enemy only succeeded in jjaimn* advantages on Mount Asolore Nevertheless we took 100 prisoners. o£ naval
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  • 1269 7 ITALIAN POSITION. The Troops Cheery and Quite Hopeful. London, December 26, 6.20 p.m. A wireless Italian official message Rays: The struggle on the Asiago Plateau recommenced at dawn yesterday. The enemy concentrated between Col del Rosso and Yal Frenzelamaise. Ho was unable to advance beyond Sasso. Wo recaptured
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  • 364 7 A vory pretty and popular wodding was solemnised at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singa poro, on Saturday afternoon. The principals were Mr. Harold Rawlin Buckland, son of Mr. R. G. S. Buckland, of Salternes,” Great Torriogton, Devonshire, and Miss Ethel Mary Havelock Stevens. The interior of the Church had
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  • 78 7 We very gratefully acknowledge the following additions to our fund for assisting tho Overseas Club to provide smokes for oui soldiers aui sailors Friend $lO Mr. Frauk K. Loat-o, Sapong Estate, It N. Borneo 50 Mr E. C. H. Wollf 10 The total we
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  • 19 7 W« have to acknowledge 11 from D. M. Srt.li incr J.A.C.) for the Red Ctohs Fund.
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  • 325 7 lu tho Hongkong Haukruptcy Court oo December 11, thoro caruo up (or public examinatiou one Ma l’ak To, who bis insolvency to debts owing to him by Mr. IS. M. Tw aor, a solicitor, by whom he baa been oioployed an
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  • 281 7 Tho Pinang Gazette understands that Messrs. Fraser and Co. have resignod tho management of the Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd., the duties of which Mr. F. G. Penny has so efficiently discharged in Penang sinoo September, 1016. The change does not effect until the end of February, 1918.
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  • 211 7 A message (ram tho dated Decernber 18, states: lu the First Chamber iieev J’olak proved that diamond* had been found in Borneo for pant. The primitive in* HtrumcntH of the nativeH were tho cause of the smallness of the Buds. lleer Polak asked for exploration on a
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  • 1943 8 From Our Special Correspondent. London, November 9. When the volatilo Voltaire lauded at Greenwieb on his first visit to England, ho was assured by a Court physician that Englishmen in large nombers haDged. themselves in November. The weather in
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  • 39 8 [The Straits Times is not responsible for the opinions of its correspondents. Correspondents should bear in mind that letters must be short and to the point. Long rambling epistles are liable to be rejected or ruthlessly cut down.]
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  • 152 8 To tho Editor of the Straitß Times. Sir, —Many thanks for your explanation (as far as you could find authority for) of the abbreviations I wrote you about. In one however you are incorrect. M. I. Min. E. is the correct term for the Institute of Mining Engineers and
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  • 91 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, With reference to the C.P.O.’s advertisement re registration of British subjects of European descent, I shall be obliged if yon will kindly let me know if it applies to Anglo-Indians or Eurasians, i.e., to say men who are of mixed
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  • 423 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—As one who takes an intense interest in everything done on behalf of the men at the various fronts, it seems to me that the local organisers of the Army and Navy Department of the YM.C.A. do not realise
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  • 176 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—Referring to the paragraphs which have appeared during the past few days in your paper anent the Registration Ordinance as so many people like mysolf, especially Volunteers, are misunderstanding it, wiu you kindly allow me a little space for this letter
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  • 298 8 In the third polico court on Monday afternoon Mr. A. E. Pattinson, supervisor of the Government Monopolies, was charged with committing extortion from a Chinese ebanda dealer with a shop in Selotar Road. Mr. Battenburg was for the prosecution and Mr. H. R. S.
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  • 112 8 The establishment of a College i I ft pore by the American Mission see fair way to becoming an i 1 j Recent correspondence betwoen tb S. Nagle and Mr. Mauesseh Meyer e interesting facts that one gontle w jtb initiated the subscription cainpaju $lOO,OOO and
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  • 2610 9 From Our Own Correspondent. London, November 7, 1917, When I wrote a week ago we wore all depressed by the increasingly serious news from Italy. The news grow worse day by •day, its gravity made plain by the huge tally
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  • 456 9 Messrs. Fraser and Co.'s Weekly Circular. Messrs. Fraser and Co. in their woekly share circular, dated December 19, state: The week began and has continued very <]tiiet iu all sections of our tuatket. The price quoted from homo for rubber indicatoH an advance of about ljd. from
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  • 289 9 Tho American Consulate General has received telegraphic instructions from tho Department of State to tho effect that tho President has by proclamation prohibited importation into the United Status of a number of commodities, except under license grantod’by the War Trade Board to American importers to be presented
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  • 335 10 The official return of imports and exports of tbe Straits Settlements for the quarter ended September 30, has betn issued and shows appreciable advances in the imports and exports of the three Settlements. The figures for tho quarter, as
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  • 286 10 The Chinese community bad made special arrangements for the fete in aid of the Tientsin Flood Relief Fund held on the Reclamation Ground on Saturday and yesterday, and it was unfortunate that tho tain on Saturday rather spoilt what otherwise would
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  • 758 10 1 A meeting of the Licensing Justices was hi Id on December 20 for the purposo of considering tho list of applications for renewals, transfers, removals and now licences. The chairman (Mr. W. Langbam Carter) presided, and the other members present were
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  • 61 10 The committee gratefully acknowledge tho following additional contributions to the W. C, T. U. Christmas Fund Trer iously acknowledged... $250 Mrs Juliun Frankel 5 Rev. V. Cross im g Mrs. Scrymgeour #ti jq Mrs. Chen Hu Lan it> g Mrs. Dewar g Mrs. Donghty
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  • 670 10 Id the third police conrt on Friday >, Marcus Zerner pleaded not guilty to a I charge that, being an alien, he (ailed to register under the Registration of Aliens Ordinance. The Deputy Public Prosecutor (Mr. A. V. Brown) appeared for
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  • 121 10 The following list of holidays in the Colony during 1918 is published for general information in the Gazette New Year, January 1, public holiday. Thaipusam, January 26, bank holiday. Chinese New Year (2 days), February 11 and 12, bank holidays. Good Friday and following day, March 29
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  • 419 10 Tho capture of Jerusalem bv thn p 4 forces is a memorable landmark i lt,8b history, for associated with the Krea?«??- Wi,h triumph there is the solemn LJL British Government to maktf iv? J? tbe home for the Jews-tbe only*
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  • 194 10 An order of tho Governor in Coancil published in Friday’s Gazette makes tbe following rates of postage applicable from Janaary, 1918. Letters for F.M.S., Johore, Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis, Trengganu (including Romanian), British North Borneo, Sarawak and Brunei —4 cents op to two oz., 2 cents for eacb
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  • 74 10 It is reliably reported from rI t[ an brochures are being circulated > D e u ,j n j trenches under official authority, a that for the purposo of increasing the e population it is tho duty of every ao a man to have several mistresses
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  • 2118 11 A correspondent ot tbo Manchester Guardi*11 lately returned from Vienna writes as follows: There were not wanting voices in Austria, and in Huugary, too, to assert that the old .Emperor Francis Joseph would be
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  • 473 11 (Kuom Oi k Owm Cokkrhi-ondrnt.) Kuala Lumpur, December 24. Ttiu weather was Hoo to day (or tho first day of thu S* Oyinkhaoa, but there was ouly a moderate attendance. Ouiut; wax lit avy. Tlio following worn tho results Kirs Itaco: 1,
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  • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
    • 31 11 The Sepoy Linen Golf Club ladies' monthly medal competition (or Documbcr reunited an fdlows: Minn McNair 49 4 45 Winnor. Mrs Duncan fid 15 4H Mrs. Halhfax 49 nor. 49
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    • 118 11 A friendly K&mu played between tho Singapore Harbour Board's and Borneo Co.’h ntatfs on the Keppe) Harbour ground resulted in a win for tho lormer by H noals to 1. At the general mooting of tho Hukit Bahru Football Club held at tho residence of Mr. Leo Kim 800,
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    • 115 11 A correHpondcut describes tho match at Kuala Lumpur—in which the S.C.C. beat SelaiiKor by five trios to nil for the trophy—a** a forwards’ name on what appeared to bo a perfect throe quartern' day. It was Singapore forwards’ superior weight anfl energy, .specially noticeable m the half, which had
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  • THE Straits Budget.
    • 1176 12 is greater Might.—Straits Times, Decern* ber 21. The Daily Tehgraph has been issuing a series of articles which may bo described as the foreprint of a book written by Mr. Carl Ackorman, after having worked for two years in Germany as correspondent of the United Press of
      is greater Might.—Straits Times, Decern* ber 21.  -  1,176 words
    • 1064 12 explains the present situation.—Straits Times, December 22, At the beginning of the war there was a prospect of Russia being made the greatest Power in the world, apart from the British Empire which, as a family of nations, is unique. There was a chance—more than a chance —that the
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    • 1096 12 -Straits Times, December ‘24. It is being rumoured again that, under threat of a huge offensive in the West, Germany is about to make a fresh offer of peace. The basis of that offer is understood to be the status quo ante, with certain reservations in favour
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    • 1123 13 fodder against us.—Straits Timos, Docetu ber 26. Strange talea continue to come from Russia. There has been an orgie of drunkenness at Petrograd, in which, from all accounts, released German war prisoners have taken an activ part, and there is a statement that German officers have
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    • 1171 13 Thore is little nows except of tho war, and there is little in tho war news that wears an aspect of freshness. Another Frenchman has assumed command at Salonika, and it is announced that a goneral mobilisation of the Grock army is about to take place,
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  • 1549 15  -  By F. J. Sleath. F®w things have better illustrated Britain’s adaptibility to war conditions than the growth of her aeroplane industry. Boforo the war it was a case of two or three pioneer firms getting along as best they might without any
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  • 118 15 Hero is a little story of the Italian Royal Family for which the Corriore della Sera vouches. A train in which the Queen and her two daughters, Jalsnda and Mafalda, were travelling, stopped for a few moments at (Jivita Vecchia. The two pi incenses, looking out of the
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  • 1105 15 Alsace-Lorraine is more than a question of politics and sontiment, though it is that first of all. It is also a many-sided problem of international and competitive industry. In tho current number of Sperling's Journal, a privately circulated City magazine,
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  • 416 15 What wo took wo keep; what wo had we hold. Nothing is to be subtt acted from the sum of our gams ou the ridge, writes Mr. W. Beach Thomas. The Canadian line ruus solid across the road that go«
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  • 97 15 When is a Government not a Government Como to China and the answer will be apparent, Hays Mr. David Fraser in Tim Now Fast. It is a notable tiling that the Chinese after thousands of years of civilisation should have developed a mentality which euablcH them complacently
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  • 111 15 |t, was with homo and f< ar, and not (.imply with astonishment. that I ri• reci ntlv m tli*' column of wills of jo i» io,” yn >r. Foray tli, io the London lartrrly Tho head of ouc of t' u Uti.i *s imlustro y of
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  • 835 16 We take tbe following from tho China Press (Shanghai) of December 12: A startling story of embezzlement involving figures variously estimated at from Tls. 890,000 to Tls. 600,000 went tbe rounds of tbe financial circloß yesterday. Iu connection with tbe allegations
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  • 795 16 To us veterans the surprises of war have become commonplaces. Looking back to the ideas of three years ago is like turning up an old volume of Punch or diving into some of tho first numbers of The Spectator, tor
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  • 89 16 The rate of mortality in the Settlement of Singapore for the week ended December 16 was <53.34 per mille of the population. The total number of deaths was 230, of which 170 wero malo subjects and 60 female Convulsions claimed 25, phthisis 37, malaria fever 81, beriberi
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  • 252 16 (From Oi k Own Corrkspondrnt.) Malacca, December 22. The first Christmas Tree, this season, was given at the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus on Wednesday, the 19th, when a goodly number of children received toys from Father Christmas. The treat was got up at the expense
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  • 34 16 Reuter's Telegram. London, December 21, 6.55 p m. Shepberdsville, Kentncky Sixty-seven people were killed and 50 injured in a collision between the Louisville-Nashville passenger train and a local train yesterday evening.
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  • 212 16 A large meeting of Chinese residents under the chairmanship of the Hon. Dr. Lim Boon Keng decided at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday at 2 p m. to collect subscriptions in aid of the victims of the Halifax disaster, and also to hold
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  • 83 16 Lnwis.—On December 23, at the Maternity Hospital, Singapore, to Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Lewis, twins (daughters). Roisrrts.— On December 25, at 21, Wilkie Road, to Mr, and Mrs. W. F. Roberts, a daughter. McCclly. —On December 27. at Bandoeng Villa, 16--1, Tanj mg Katong Road, to Mr. and
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  • 42 16 Pcrshr Robrrts, On December 6, at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, by Archdeacon Swindell, Claud Barrington, second son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Purser, Barnes, London, to Dorothy, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Croydon Roberts, Barnes, London, English papers pleaso copy,
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  • 183 16 SINGAPORE, DbcKMBIR 27, I917 exchange On London Bank 4 m/s 0/ll Demand 0IA Private 8 m/s 2 /4U On France Bank 1 8l8 On India Bank T. T. 180 On Hongkong...Bank d/d 28J%p m On Shanghai ...Bank d/d 5.^ On Java Bank T. T. i 2 7
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  • 321 16 Sisoafork, Dbcbmbbk 27, 1917. MINING. 10 10 Am pang 6.50 7.60 1 1 Ayer Weng 2.00 2.20 10 10 Kinta Association 6.50 6.50 41 41 Kinta Tin 1.10.0 1.17.6 41 41 Lahat Mines 6.40 6 65 10 10. Malayan Collieries 10.50 11.00 41 41 Malayan Tin 1.10.0
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    • 88 16 NOTICE. The po«t free price of the Straits Times to the United Kingdom and foreign countries is fo? a year. T it post fre price of the Straits tiudnet is $14 a year to any part of the world. It is not necessary to subsirioe tor a year. The subscriptions
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  • 25 16 DEATH. Nicholas —On December ?0, at Singapore. Doris Aurora, infant daughter of Mr and Mrs. VV. D. Nicholas; aged seven months. Fonang papers please copy.
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  • The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT.
    • 125 1 OINBRAL Robber Items 1 Robber Land Purchase 1 Singapore Rubber Auctions 4 Robber Exports to U.S.A. 6 F.M.S. Rubber Export Duty 6 Robber in the Philippines 7 November Rubber Returns 7 Tblkgkams.— Robber Dividends 1 CORRESPONDENCE Robber Lands Alienation 3 and Reports— K.M.S. Rubber 1 Malayan Planters 2 3
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    • 294 1 Mr. R. W. Tnrton, of Selinsing Estate, Perak, and Mr. J. K. Crawford have left for home. Mr. and Mrs. Hnson. of Hidden Streams Estate, Trong, are leaving shortly for A ns tralia and New Zealand, and expect to be away about six months. Mr. Charles D’Croz, book
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    • 1139 1 The ordinary annual general meeting of the K.M.S. (Malay States) Rubber and Coconut Plantations, Limited, was held on November, 1 at the office of the company, 5, Whittington Avenue, E.C., Mr. J. H. Renton (chairman of the
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    • 663 1 The Government Gazette of yesterday contains tho text of an ordinanco to amend tho Rubber Lands (Restriction) Ordinance, 1917,” which is about to be introduced in the Legislative Council. Wo give tho full ll °l t'is hereby enacted by the Governor
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    • 53 1 (From Our Own Coiikki*i*on»knf.) INiuang, Drcmubor ‘24. lut.r.rn dividend-: l‘.»UlinK 50, Ciojjljj 52J, ()iicnt.il ft Final dividends fluid :iO, BrookluudH lift. Mr. and Mrn. Hyvon, of Touiorloh BaUte, urn leaving for a tliron mouth*’ holiday in In lm Mr. W. J. U. Tr.anu*# MU u I manager of
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    • 3806 2 The Planters’ Association of Malaya held A general meeting at 11 a m. on December 18 at No. 12, Market Street, Kuala Lumpur, reports the Malay Mail, the following delegates and visitors being present: —The Hon. Mr. R. C. M.
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    • 1165 3 The tenth annual general meeting of the Bukit Lintang Rubber Estates, Limited, was held at Edinburgh, Mr. William Greenbill (chairman of the company) presiding. He said Tho balance-sheet shows that the profit on the year’s working has beon £19,478, as against £21,151
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    • 290 3 The report of the Dangan Bobber Company (1913), Ltd, states that the profit on the working of tho estates amounted to £7 624 adding thereto the balance brought forward, viz., £4,01)4, makes ‘otal available in the appropriation account of £11,688; from which has to be deductod—amount written off
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    • 1094 3 At tho meeting of tbe members nf the Central Perak P.A. in Ipoh on Saturday the question of tho shortago of small change eamo up for discussion and it bccauio evident that another pnblio question was already developing
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    • 39 3 Tho Straits Tirnos is not responsible (ov (ho opinions of its correspondents. Correspondents should boar in mind that letters must bo short and to tho point. Long, rambling epistles aro liablo to be rojoctcd or ruthlessly cut down.)
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    • 581 3 To tho Editor of tho Straits Tun on. Sir,—In your article on tho alienation of land, you take tho viow that in tho rubber industry in Malaya, tho essential thing is tho control of tho product. May 1 vonture to emphatically disagree with this viow Is it
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    • 1879 4 The seventh annual ordinary general meeting of the Kota Tinggi (Johore) Rubber Company, Limited, was held at the Great Eastern Hotel, Liverpool Street, London, E.C., Mr, L. Byron Peters (chairman of the company) presiding. The Chairman
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    • 526 4 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association’s 326th auction wan held on December 19 and 20, when there were offered for sale piculs 13,781.69 or 1,837,558 lbs. (tons 820.34). Prices realised Smoked Sheet:— Fine ribbed 994 to $108 Good ribbed 70 92
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    • 606 4 1 t T he ordinary general meeting of th« i holders of the Hevea Rubber Trust r hare 'ecectly .t the renUte re d L 'S' M the company, 139, Cannon Street “e,? 1 r Mr. J. L. Loudonn Shand (the’.h^’ man)
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    • 249 4 Tho report of the Victoria (Malaya) Rubber Estates, Limited, Btatf9 that the crop harvested for the year amounted to 182,000 lbs., against an estimate of 1(34,000 lb? and a yield in the previous year of 71.500 lbs. The average gross sale price, including the estimated value of
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    • 1461 5 Seaport Rubber. VERY HIGH YIELD PER ACRE. F.O.B. Cost Under 8 ¼d. T he seventh ordinary general meeting of Rn 6 hW er r f th Soa P° rt (SolanSor Rubber Estate, Limited, was held in *tbe Council Room of the Rubber Growers’ Association (Incorporated), 88, Eastcheap, E.C., 3, bn
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    • 252 5 The report of the North Hummock (Selangor) Rubbor Company, Limited, states that the profit for the year to Juno 30 was £52,447, and, after bringing forward the balanco from the previous year, providing for excess profits duty for 1914-15 and 1915-16, and deducting the interim dividend of
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    • 998 5 Tho annual general mooting of Glonoaly mutations, Ltd., was held ou Saturday at the registered offico, Gresham House, Batteryroad The chairman, Mr. H. ltobinsou, presided, and the others present were Mr. 11 Ashworth Hope and Mr. W. P. Plumn r (directors), tho
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    • 678 5 Thu following in communicated by tho lion. Secretary A meeting ot tho Cmtral I'ahaug Planters’ Association wan hold at Hootong on Docuuibur 15, Mr. I*. J. A. Williams presiding. Tho Secretary, Viscount It. do Hondy, expressed regret on behalf of Messrs. Willis,
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    • 1667 6 The seventh ordinary general meeting of the Tanjong Malim Rubber Company, Ltd., was held at the Cannon Street Hotel, E C., Sir Frank A. Swettenham, G.C.M.G. (chair man of the company), presiding. The Chairman said Yon will, I feel
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    • 94 6 The local secretary of the Rubber Growers’ Association, writing from Kuala Lumpur on the 24th, says I have to-day received the following cable Rubber-Tin Exports Committee advised nineteenth December that henceforward grant of permits for shipments rubber to United States America, whether from I’nitod Kingdom or
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    • 1344 6 The seventh ordinary general meeting of the North Labis (Johore) Rubber au<1 Produce Company, Limited, was held in the Council Room of the Rubber Growers’ Association, 38, Eastcheap, E.O., Mr. H. Eric Miller (the chairman) presiding. The Chairman said
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    • 319 6 The report of the Pahang Para Rubber Syndicate, Limited, states that the revenue account has been charged with all upkeep expenditure of producing area, 75 per cent, (against 50 per cent, last year) of estate general expenditure and the whole of London administration charges; £l,OOO has been
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    • 80 6 For tho poriod from Decowber January 3, inclusive, the Y. al c highest grado of rubber is fixed at lings and four pence half-penny per lb-. duty on cultivated rubber on whic j Q duty is leviable on an ad valorem accordance with the rules under
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    • 1244 7 Tbo seventh ordinary ernpral mn tho 8u»«,.i Sipui H„bb“%“r;” e Limited, mu, held at Windiest,..H Old Broad Street, London EC g~"S Slr lvor fliilipp", K 0.1: l)S J 0 The 2“ th a C< OJ “J"' P" The Chairman Bald:
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    • 216 7 The report of tho Djaboong (Java) Rubber Estate?, Limited, statin that sinco paying the interim dividend, the company has been faced with several difficulties. In tho first place, inability to sell tho coca stored in Java and its deteriorating iu valuo; the prohi bition of tho import of
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    • 213 7 When it was decided, scientifically, that rubber could not profitably be grown in Mindanao, a largo American rubber company established its plantation in the Dutch East Indies instead. A smaller enterprise persisted nevertheless, and its success has revealed the entirely erroneous character of tho scientist's findings.
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    • 1524 7 Tho eleventh ordinary general mooting of tho Laugkon North Borneo Rubber, Limited, was held at tho company’s offices, 37, Threaduceclle Strai t, London, E C C done! Sir Augustus FitzQeorge, K.C.V (>., O.B. (chairman of tho board), presiding. Tho Chairman said
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    • 32 7 NethiHands Langkat.— 21,268 lbs. Si Pare Parc. -88,210 lbs. Taipitii* Kubbor. —14.7*27 lbs, lhikit Jclotoiitf. H,U57 lbs nix months 41,481 lbs. Holland Amor man Plant at ion 626,884 Ibn,
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    • 214 7 Tho report o( tbo lh rnam Porak Rubber Plantation l Ltd, staten that tho not profit (or tho yoar to Jnno 80, aftor writing off X*soo (or doprocintion, amouute-J to X‘12,119, to which has to be added tho crodit balance o( X'4.571 brought forward. A(tor tho payment during
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    • 912 8 The adjourned meeting of the Somp&li Robber Estates, Limited, was held at 59, Raatoheap, London, E.C., Mr. Frank Copeman (chairman of tho company) presiding. The Chairman said: Gentlemen, I have fto move tho following resolution That the directors’ report and
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    • 841 8 The statutory meeting of the Sungei Patani Rubber Co., Ltd., was held on Saturday, the 22nd inst., at tho offices of the company, Government lluildiugs, Penang, Mr. W. Duncan (the chairman) presiding, says the Straits Echo. Mr. F. H. Grumitt, on
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    • 970 8 Stock Sin«aDor,> Issued Par Dividends. Malayan Exchange Frase? Capital Value companies. Prices, Closing Pric^g P 1916. 1916. October 16. December^?.’ 150 000 2/- 15% 85% Anglo-Malay 15/7* 10/0 13y 0J 000 £1 30% Plantations
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