The Straits Budget, 23 January 1920

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    • 119 1 mm BE8T AT ANY TINE TINNED PROVISIONS From Henry Olsen Go., Pty., Ltd., Melbourne and Sydney. PAGKEO UWER GOVERNMENT 8UPERv/siON AT REASONABLE PRICES 6-8, Mtlioot Street) 8ingap#e Phone IIOI Cable Address: Borlf Blngaj JTftli lmr-c; BoDOiBk' htii fttaiD joihr LiccefHful but pla.Uy t??. ustralia. K 7al Colonial Ion*..,, «t tuoto
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    • 175 1 u f I I I I I 1 t r< j f I sir* i Wherever the British Flag fliee there you will find LIPTON’S TEA Millions of people drink and enjoy it, millions of people buy it again and ag&ir, therefore it can correctly be designated THE National e
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  • 29 1 The Straits Budget VOL. LXXIV No. 3232 Singapore, Friday, January 23. 1920. 9 BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES” ESTABLISHED OVER HALF A CEHTItt Price 25 cents.
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  • 219 1 BbadbrsB Tbp VipHry Loan Bill 10 B Strait- D nner Speeobes B Tbe New War B Legiilatife Council {J B The Printing P/ea-ea Bdl 1 H Cbaoa in tbe World ...1112 Hjq.il and GiNiaaL B Local and Personal Renter Telegrams 3 J Barntoi (or tbe Profiteer o
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  • 5009 1 M ■wt.ch t i h f St. Aib>»c ■tetreht-j u .j for Hongkong, ana fletfe h% H v, C C U 18 EUfltd tb«t ox. B Ul -0h.. J iLH WLr jnnd Rnd CD B^ Dr) b:i’k cl .1 t t^ ,18rD, 88 8 o vereigE8 B*boiii
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  • FRIDAY’S TELEGRAMS.
    • 401 3 |{*ora* T«it»<* KAMS I London, January 1J. B„ Tbo ntMojtlo." of ‘be Po.ce B[. 0 re«eb»otiedat4.15, i LoodoPi Jaeoary id. I The crretoooy at the Vo,ti|fO Offioo Ha"’ bM au d p,M»io, and lit.le tato H' e 7t»" o io it by tbo
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    • 519 3 London, Ja-uary 10 M*. ThoniM't bo wilwiTtmn'« ci oitbo. Ea B b tbo lio™ ot B»cM„ t info-. iR rr*t’“«. -uec-.iLK bunt ti.o J,l ren n !lt y 't' fl oto;cfia»} He will dr. tt wu 6f be to.o bis eel Horent. wi n i,,° *bo eorlieet possible
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    • 75 3 London, lO. A hundred Siun with bombs, revolvers and sbet gans mado a nigbt attack on tho police barracks at Castlehackett, Galway. A 6iigcant aud a cois'.ablo wore the sole d funders aLd replied to the volleys, refnsirg to surrender. A patrol cf four con stables two mileß
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    • 97 3 London. Janaaiy 10. The secretary of the Klin burgh Anti Opium Committee in a letter to the Times urges the Government to ad.'pt the Associat-e-1 British Chamber of Commerce resolution passed in Shanghai in November as regards the control of morphia factories in Britain. The writer advocates an immediate
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    • 72 3 London, January 10. Rome A Caproni aeropUne left for Salp a ka to see if the lan hug et»gos on the Komr-T kio route are in proper condition. l« I*4ll. d at Valona owing fo fog. London, January 10. A Rime message states that Lieutenants Scavini aud Banalumi, who
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    • 43 3 London, January 10 Havana: Tho President rf Cftba met Admiral Jollicoo and Sir Robert Borden ou fcUeir arrival. Admiral Jofiiooo doparts for Sooth Africa on January 11. Thore is co Affirmation of the report that Sir Robert Borden will accompany him.
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    • 208 3 London, January 10. Bombay Practically all tho Bombav cotion operatives have Btrnck and 2C0.C00 are oat. Definite demands have not yet been formulated. There have been no disorders. A Bombay message of January 6, says An insurgency meeting cf the Mill Owners’ Association waR held this afternoon, and
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    • 237 3 Paris, Jannary 13 There is little comment at present in iLio F/enoh newspapers on the ooorde of the peace confurnnc!) negotiation;!, In C)U3eqaeDce cf the I? d hovist menace cu India a change is expeo’od in English circles regarding the future of Caostanti Qopl?, whioh are now in
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  • SATURDAY’S TELEGRAMS.
    • 561 3 Rbutbi Tbligkams. London, January 11. Washington: The United States has for* rnally notified Gc-rmacy in connection with the exchange of ratifications that the condi tions of the armistice still govern the relations of the United States with Get many. London, January 12.
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    • 107 3 London, January 15« An official statement of tho terms aocpt.d by the rail way tuon shows that Go?* rt ment oid net depart frem *h«' principle of basics the standard rates on the average instead of on the holiest pro w.r ratQ, as d« tnan led by th
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    • 59 3 London, J unary 11. Washington: The S;«nito has passod thft Anti-Sedition Bill, nroviliog tor a maximum j&gt; due of 9500 and live years imprisonment, 'ind in tho case of aliuos snbscqit at deport** lion, (or act* or propaganda with the object of overthrowing tho Government by violenoe.'
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    • 48 3 London, January 11. ft Tbo oargo boat Trovaal, from Calontllt|' ,lf with a oargo of jatn and manganese,' mi 1 bt n wrecked otf Woymooth. There ate seven survivors. It is feared that thirty* 1 time p-sihbod. Twen.y have been M washed ashore. j tiled
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    • 133 3 Paris, January 16. An interesting situation is arising oat gi next Saturday's pres.dential ‘diction u*.) Frttoco, end tho faot that M. Poiocatd ban y. cow available Lib seat in tbo 8* iato oonli* ducs to bo tbo main topio of discussion ia Paris. i A cmp do tboatro
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  • MONDAY’S TELEGRAMS.
    • 974 3 P.IUTSB TILBORAMS London, January 12. D.ssupsing the pence Iho Daily Chronicle f hjh it will Have UiUch trouble i l the Allies ftl the outset b»o rigorous ia exacting paAO* tnalityand stviotQjss ia&gt;tho fu of Germany’s obligations. The ti 1 xation of terms
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    • 631 4 London, January 12, Moscow. virolcsfl message stnt s that risings In adod by Bolsbovists have broken out tu tbo burroutidiags of Tallin, London, January 12. New York: All Amevioan troops in Siberia, totalling 8, r OO, will begin to go borne in tbo middle of February, leaving to Japan
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    • 150 4 me ■1 London, Janaary 15. Speaking National War Saviogs banquet in LoMfttt, Mv, Chamberlain. Chanoollor of tbo A ihoquor, announced that Government wM* making an early issue cf five year Kaobtw.it bonds at 6] per cent, to moot tbo six cent, exchequer bonds maturing in FcMuaty, the
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    • 224 4 London, l6 A comprehensive acoount of BKR influonaa tpidemio has bjen imp \l&M n Jl^ o nport of tbo Local Government Boa* tf!ik writer, tracing tbo origin, points an epidemic of ittiatcza wu prevalent in Chinn and Japan in Match, 1918, and was not repotted in Spain onlil
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    • 181 4 London, January 12. Paris: The liner Afrique with 465 passengers outward bound to West Africa has sunk 50 miles to the west of La Rochelle. Sue was putting back to port with hor engines disabled escorted by tho liner Ceylan when she struck a sandbank. Water immediately
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    • 139 4 London, January 16. The newspapers, commenting on jester day's decision ol the Appeal Court that Australian naturalisation dia not bold good in Britain, emphasise that in spite of the apparent incongruity there underlies the paradox the very principle of self determina tion and voluntary inter dependence in imperial
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    • 134 4 Londor. January 18. The Priaco of Wales and Ptinoe Albert were guests of the Canada Club at the Savoy last evening. Five hundred guests were individually introduced to the Prince of Wales at his request and he shock hands with all, mostly ujing his left hand. Replying
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    • 113 4 London, January 12, Owing to doubt as regards Sir Robert Bordon’s visit to South Africa, Ottawa cablos that when Sir Robert Borden sailed from Canada ho purposed accompanying Admiral .Tollieoe, via the various West Indian and South Afrioan ports, to Capetown and Bgypt, roaohing Fogland in April.
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    • 142 4 London, January 19 General Townshend, the defender ni u\ resigned from tho Aray on January 10 'nr* action is apparently cooneosed WIV iS? serial publication, begun on January n book on the campaign in Mesopotamia* l which is reiterated the declaration tn.! J 1 was ordered to take
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    • 97 4 London, January 12, Washington: The report of the iuthea. tial American Bcouomic Association a committee on foreign trade is of opinion tuat the United States, and not the Govern ment bat private sources, must lend Earope money it only for purely selfish reasons, but each should be devoted
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    • 103 4 London, January 12. The Times gives prominenoe to a letter from a correspondent referring to Major Strand's death. He nfentions the latter’s advo-icy of a Central African confederation of which the northern pvovinoe would be the southern part of the Sudan. The writer conteidi that incidents similar to the
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    • 88 4 London, January 13, Hia Majesty baa approved of the weariag of an emblem on the riband of the Victory Medal by all the personnel on the strength of the British, Daminion, Colonial and India* expeditionary forces who have been men* tioned in military despatohes in the late wn
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    • 69 4 London, January 13. The Admiralty list of saluting stations has been amended by the deletion of 14 ports shown under China and the substitution of a new regulation that foreign warships may fire ealntes at any port in China where Chinese warships able to return the salates
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    • 58 4 London, January 16. The travelling exhibition leaves the l'sited Kingdom on January 6 next, opening at Darban on May 21, Johannesburg August 14, Capetown September 14 Perth December 8, Adelaide Janaary 25, 1921, Melbourne March 28, 1921, Hobart May 6, Brisbane Joly 7, Sydney September 2, Christchurch November
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    • 74 4 London, January 18' Paris: The results of the Senatorial elections held on January 11 confirm tbo verdiot of the legislative elections in favour of the moderate parties with a corresponding dofeat of the extreme left. They constitute a victory for M. Clemenoean. M. was returned almost unanimously for
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    • 36 4 London, January 14. Tbo moulders' oonferonco baa deoided tc tako a farther ballot and is strongly reoow mending aoooptanoo of tbo employers’ terms, namely a 6s. wm kly advknoo and a conference on worfcingj)onditionB.
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    • 23 5 LondoD, Jbvumj 18. states paii*: 711(1 J,p oow»c3if®t ha* decided It e J ‘F aU c from F’oocliot k9 winM
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    • 16 5 Louden, January 12. Mikd nor oanoe oai*h, a J*Xla Jliutj ow, DK etort ’««&gt;»"•
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    • 139 5 (Uivas) Paris, January 15. r«pLtnti*n cf tbe text of the peace Tb9 T Hui“w.nn dak gates will take of Honour The ftn( j Sr. N ,1i« tt^covi 0 0&lt; itt U a h -rr/mo— R p-M£D«»ti«8 Ol *l.e 40 pnn-MtD'iug ‘ho league will muet at fh*" urchab.y unJe.
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  • TUESDAY’S TELEGRAMS.
    • 283 5 KlOTl* Is L Hi RA M Loodcu, Januavy 16. Paris: Tbe inaugural meeting of the Lewne cf NvMcrs counc ia the deck room at tbe CJ jai u’O »*v at 10 80 ibis morning was c! aserico :c -:usiiii8«hko cbrftsc or M
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    • 158 5 London, Jenaary 18. b7 T.ihofc*, tiikt HKpitV. e orc Ajtontniice salt I.t T *1* e«»M ft,.D. ,tr *'e etu nrf’c't“ Btations cl f ®Rr.nBM nil y D. j rfr:ut 15 20 w.tn a vie J b tWc Crj J nD tewoii,betiiifa 6 v k cu a S -lw mrn^oo?,
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    • 132 5 London January 17. The National Savings Assembly had its first meeting yesterday to arrange for county oonfirenocs, eve. It was auonred by nin- iy delegates from all parts of ill i kiegdom a message from the Kmg was tcvd o ophausing that eounomy v. as needed low und
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  • WEDNESDAY’S TELEGRAMS.
    • 1660 5 RaUTBB 'iBLBO&AMS. London, January 14. Tbe Daily Chronicle Paris oovtssp.odent says the Adriatic qocstion Las be u settled F:am i remains ihI.au but the port will be internationalised nnd.-r tbs Loigie cf Nations. Tbe hint?rlaud remains Juvo-Slav, but lu.y is guaranteed tbe use
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    • 404 5 London, January 14. A. Bolshevik wireless messago states that since the capture of Krasnoyarsk no army wor«h ppraking of coafrom &lt; tbo Reds in Si* bitia. The Soviet army win soon arrive in Ibo proximitv of the Japanese bat will not under* take notion calculated to proveko oollision, not
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    • 68 5 London, Janaaij 14. The rc.ilway loader Mr. Thomas, opm.ibe &gt;irnm?at rf the dclegat* s' meeting. staked a&gt; the Government's r'pi? hid been fully "abated lot oo deri ioa bad arrived it, iho coxft-tcnco ftßumoi on J*rony 15, v London, January 18. The rai.wavoaen havu aocepkod the Gcv.romoxl’a t.nas.
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    • 103 5 London, January 15. New Yirk: A number cf wo I know* fi--. A icier-, includ nj, M» Hoover, M?. P&gt;* »poob 1 j'K«r. M Vxud.rbiit nvd Mr. T»ft havw repealed »o tho Gov. ton’ nts of France, Holland, Switzerland, D ouiwk* •iwf d o ntd Norway
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    • 115 5 Lindoit, J vrmry 14. Wvhinr*on: T o J p o *po nnibs»:r\d:r in u fctat-i a nt t J »&gt; G v» r.i&gt;*ik Iuh not b a ft p“r,y &gt; if c-'y or «r* In-ncily u&gt; h p ij i g tru tu M i o, sodxg
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    • 86 6 Lon 100, January Ift. Pafifl: Thn Rfoond cWcer of Iho Afr«&lt;ju«» d&lt; claves II at Iho ►hip u.d not striku a rei f but wan disabled for two hours with the ■uddnr inoperative aod with tho maohiaery •od electric bait. ri. s under wan I'hi Afriq io
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    • 87 6 London, J muary 14 Borne: The Cartoni acoplane, flying i»om Homo to Tokio, amvoi a* A *slia ou tie l'&lt;£lh. London, January 15 Melbourne A Joiol A r B jard, repre sou tug the Navy and Army, is boug Ol ilhtiluted tj las.) over o iatcol of the present
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    • 45 6 London, January 14. Paris: M. Leon Bourgeois has been elioted president of Ihe Senate. London, January 14. Pans: The Echo do Paris states that M. Cli mi net an has informed a d&lt; puUtion that he is willing to stand for Ihe presidency.
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    • 456 6 (H&van.) Paris, January 18. Yest -rday at Versailles when M. Bourgeois aiiuci.iicod M. Dot chanel's election the whole as in My at onoe ro«*e and acolaimed the tr sult with ovies of Vivo la France! Vive Drchaiol!" M. Dosohanel, much moved, rtood up in his place and returned
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  • THURSDAY’S TELEGRAMS.
    • 844 6 H»i;tbb Tbliuhamh. Lend Paris The Supremo Council has afpiov&lt; d the letter a&gt;&lt; n gauds the extraditii n of th( ex Kaiser wl.. h mh drawn up by Ihe French, and i olu.es a pvragrrph frrtn America's draft h Urv on thr
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    • 241 6 Jaonary 14. lO ;W M j r Oar oral Dtnn ling ban lam in now at Pot' otion otV Ar-mr y interest mg and valoVi^- H goiont o u iral icntr i •neats antr( ki»\V rc’ g. p^juito rial Rights »d;1 V lt objoct* of esqUßitc woikrur.Jfc, .-Xe
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    • 292 6 Loudon, January 15. Montagu's silver »cpo*t states that the rt.ff roooo between to day’s cash and for ward priotP. winch aro 79 acd 7ft repp c 'ivclf, is a record The caune is t.ie un r-codt nt'-d quantity of rtfinablu silver i ff rea. This is almost oertaiuly
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    • 151 6 London, January 16. The Daily Mail states that seven people, including a barrister and h s wife aud two Hat.ou (Jard n diamond merchants, were arrested .a London lant evcoiug in ornucC t'ou with a reiuarkuolo case i* which the bank of Eoglaud ar, prosecuting under a
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    • 167 6 London, Jaauaey 16. Tho Nitrogen Products Committee’s fiua! repot, recnmoirnds tbe alopii m of neannrt&gt; for tho iy nihe-Cc p*oduclioo i.f ciircgt-n o .m pounds on a largo scf.lo to tiablc the country to di.fcnHU with Chile au nifcrato j n c cf war. It urgeH the eptablishuieo;
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    • 166 6 London, January 16. Sydney In tho siugleß match cha'lentzo rorsr_.fl b'ltwf.. Australia enJOriat u r^r. D %vif Cu h- L Patterson (Australia Nat Major A* bat Lawe, 6-4 6-8, ‘2-6, t V? ,0 D °J K DfeHo 6 (G«eat Britain) best J. O. Aaderitn, 7 6, 6-2, 6-4.
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    • 75 6 (Havas.) kondoD, .J ailn Pans: The joiut Parliamottar* b&llol in connection with the election, which ooours to uorm® M. Deobanel 403, M. Clomoc e n M. Pomcaie 10, M. Jonnart 4. M 1^° 8, and Marshal Fooh i 3u, »*ii London, M Clemonceau withdrew his candiw for the
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    • 104 6 London, Jauosiy^ L'.oyd’B states that the folio wine vesaah which have not boon heard of sinco the data! specified, aro considered very muoh overtoil the Piking, of Gjthenburg, which sailed fam Kaiatsa for Hull on August 81, aud w M S wireiesi CouimaoicA.ion on September 2 th! tug
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    • 117 6 London, January 16. The appeal of fininoievs meutijoed b yesterday's New York message, wbiob wg also addressed to the United States Government, was simultaneously published it Britain and the other ouantrLs mactioted on the-fitb. Tug British memorial ia signed by Sir C. S. Adiia and Sir R. Kiadetsley,
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    • 55 6 London, January 14. Bombay, J senary 8: The situalion aria iug out of iho Biriko of octtou mill banda a undue god. The strikers as a body baveoot yet formulated definite demands. The Millowrtire A acciation announocs that as tue mill Landd struck witLoat notice, no wage* will
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  • 383 6 W iting from Taehionlu, Sze., China, a cjiiosp ..doat of the N. C Daily Nowb fliys: i. b feeble orit g bacilli have infected certain of cn« icon tuctsuitn, wi«h the reßaitibat taey Lave aevdeped a malignant form cf 1 profiteering
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  • 1259 8 A Strait Settlomoi Guvernment Gtzotte Exit tor.iinary was issued on Saturday after oojn giving the draft cf an ordinance to p»ov do for tho establiohmcnt of a defonoe force. Tho Attornoy-G neral, the Hon. Sir J. W. Nlurisor, appends the following
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  • 303 8 The Djngola, taking away the wiapoftb# Manch38ters and otter military dot*%.ia from heie fJf Bl'ghty left tin P and 0. Whirl it 10 i.nn.oo Sitordayi A large number olperpi# civil and military assembled 10 bid the non#. «nirg draft goodbye The bind
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  • 143 8 The Mataran which, under ordinary oiloiiHstanoea, should bs arriving bore fro® WV raJian ports about the 6th proximo is r.-poited to bo held up at Sydney oiV&lt;Dgfo *in Aastoali-v. The dilay in b n r »rrivw 'll, it is feared, aff iOt tho supo’ies of f- 10(
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  • 417 9 (p|0B O0» OWl* C0BB.BP0ND.KT.) Kuala Lumper, January 19. P Council uet this mornirfi Tbe Federal u te pve sent exoepl .be...'I* 6 JdiheSolUDB. The Ibe BMlb Corn: j„,,odooed, Bod the SSlJSU 1,6 ,eM0,M wh,cb eb,t H‘TMr P B M^*d T
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  • 166 9 (FiOM Olr Own Correspondent. Kuala Lumpur, January 19. At the Federal Council meeting to day. on J* e motion for the adjournment the Hon. Mr. Madadyeo said that the Defence Bill which the Government was introducing in the Colony to-day was an indication that the uoveinment’B
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  • 61 9 (Fkoji Ocr Own Correspondent,) Id in v K ala Lam P a, January 1». motion for adi* nr C n ?**4 Ch lm bef &gt; on the 8 Hod Mr E lo n soldiers and IS B i ,0D ol ,and Rrnntß Mating that tho Secretary
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  • 38 9 I hciyg jn ,ollo io K F.M.S. Is IH I n'T'S; Kend.il, ■W'tSUB, V„“?■ c C Kiwa.dt, R A ISm H t M. C H(iv II &lt;• I* Just l */*'&lt;», N. k,I1b F fin- C Rp**&gt;»Sf3i
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  • 658 9 few minutes aftor 4 p.m. on tbe 16th inst., tbo .sensational oase in whiob two well Known looal Indian*, Basapab and Bndda Singb, were obatged hofore Sir John Bnoknill, K.C., Chief Justice, and a speoial jury, with the mnrder of tbeir
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  • 95 9 Mr. Pearce of metallurgist to the Straits Trading Co., has been granted the rights of an invention for an improved method for the reoovery of solid matter or fume contained in smoke or gases from metallurgical furnaoes, and Mr. J. W, Jones of The Burlington, Colemen Street, Singapore,
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  • 114 9 The following promotions in the F.M.S. Civil Service are notified. Mt.L. A.S Jermyn to be Headmaster, Malay College, Koala Kangsai: Mr. N. Jones to be a Cadet. Mr J E. Camming to act as telegraph engineer, P. and T. Department; Mr. J V. Cowgill to
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  • 381 9 The steamer Islander returned to Singapore on Friday from Christmas Island, bringing Mr G. 0. Valpy,‘&gt;rbo went there specially to inquiry into the recent disturbances, the Sikh detachment sent from here and fourteen prisoners who were arrested and tried. No iaformation was
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  • 446 9 A special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, presided over by Mr. W. P. W. Ker, and attended by a number of the members of the Chamber, was held on Monday afternoon for the purpose of passing the following resolutions: That the
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  • 356 9 Before Sir Jobs Baoknill, K.C., Chief Justice, and a speoial jury in the first Supreme Court on Friday, the oase via taken up in which a Chinese named Teng Peng, was oharged with the murder of Tan Seok Lieu, on October
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  • 214 9 Macpbail and Company, Ltd., Weekly Report. January 16 to 31, Tbe week has been marked bj a distinct sagging in rubber abates aooompanied by a alight (all in the ptioe of the oommodity. Laat week’s aaotiona as sammasiaad by Meats. Gathfie and Co., were 'rj a •n
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  • 196 9 I turned ir m after the luncheon hoav, is the seoc Jourt on Friday, before Mr. J. D. Hall, I» Jrtor Dyas said he would likejo men ticu in wbioh Mr. Tiedoman was with rash driving. The Magistrate: V^Weia Mr. Braddell I aaderstand he is replied Mr.
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  • THE Straits Budget.
    • 1200 10 pali.ativo, not a cuio for the evil Straits TimoH, January Id. Wo are glad to see an announce mi nt cf the Victory Doan. Malaya is capable of •aiding a substantial sum and though lie rate of inti rest is moderate, a investment at five per
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    • 1133 10 ub—not a man made into a diudge."—Strait* Time?, January 17. No maiKthoald bo judged by an after dinner hfeiM' but wo cannot bolp fooling that anyonitt r ,ho roadn tho rtmarku of Sir Laurence G®:;'mard at the Straitb dinner will be HarJSk two iiavo obtaiood a very
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    • 1003 10 is cur duty to difeud.-Snail* Time*, IiBUiry 19 We bad a pitiful description the other day ◦f the dreadfal conditions which prevail ia Potrograd, where there appears to bo no form of Government except tha. of brati forco. Later we have published some messages which seem to
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    • 1188 11 consider it supcifluoas—Straits Times, Janaary 20. N’omeioos aad important questions weto i:Fc:s«id at yestirja/’s meeting of tbt Legislative Ccauci). but the debate if it cau bt called aacb, Lad a stated aud artifi ial kno, TUt will alway:, be tbo case until tfci pysteu ef dining together and
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    • 1141 11 &i! Iho viyoat wo Skvaits Times, j January ‘21. 1 We are sorry that it is necessary to make &lt; one more protest against the Printing Pr sees Bilk In its revised form, tbo bill oame before i the Legislative Coanoil on Monday, and anti) a
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    • 1135 11 Straits Times, January 22. of well known \morioau finan* r\ &gt;ra r\to making an appoal lot a oonforence to find a roraedy ot the chaos in the world.” It im to be l&gt;oped that their efforts ill f uce-f d and th* k ni n competent
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  • 196 12 In August last two diamonds in a ring, v* ued about 95,658.45 disappeared from the jowc llery establishment of Messrs. B. P. do Silva in High Street. Mr. de Silva purchased the stones from Messrs. Kino Bios; of London, and though everyone ia tho shop looked
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  • 130 12 Hongkon* new Oovernov, Sir Reginald Stubbs, ref* o tly oabled the Secretary of Siato say in IfeLat it would be a source of much lo tion to tho Colony if the Prinoe of W# oould inoludo it in bis forth ooming toarw' au be Legislative Council,
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  • 102 12 l 'ia v MJ. yesterday abowtL dway betwocYV’ho Memorial Hall aud Bridge iSJKn motor car 1876, b- Water4aupe Company, ran agaicht a hioyclo Hibft LP ak time by Mr. B. tho ''inmenl Mono polies. A v v f oUicated and is said to have boon
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  • 68 12 (The 8traits Times is not responsible for tbo opinion of its correspondents. Corre ipondevts should bear in mind that letter* most be shrrt and to the p iiat Long ramb liog epistl s are liable to bo rejected oi ruthlessly cut down. Correnpondents mast osolose their names, not necessarily
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  • 173 12 To tbe EJitor of the Straits Times. Sir,—Tbe Governor Designate in his speooh at the Strata Dinm r said, that the wisest tb.ng I can do. until I have tot out there, is t i suck the bra ns of anyeve I o imo across. WLiie be
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  • 309 12 To tbe Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—In these days of feverish rush it is well to consider wbat real thinkers have to say on big international questions, as we are all b:&gt;uod up in tbe one bundle of life, and know it now as we
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  • 124 12 To tb'j Editor of the Straits Timer. Sir,—The money changer at Rsffl Hotel refuses to aooept the one dollar noto at par, and ohanges samo at five oents discount. The management of the hotel states that the money changer in within his rights an tbe discount oa
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  • 152 12 To the Editor of the Straits Times, Sir,—The difficulty of getting Bmall ohauge is growing worse and worse daily, unnotioed by the authorities. Yesterday I went to an eating house and after taking my meals paid a dollar note, to which the shopkeeper smil mgly said don't you
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  • 156 12 To the Editor of the StraitB Times Sir,—In view of tbe alarming made by General Ridout t at an society exists in Singapore fo* the maid ,6&lt;1 all Europeans, it is to be Loped that lif* Government will ose more drastic moa* for tbe suppression of all unlawful
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  • 514 12 To the E litoi of the Strata Times. Sis,—Allow me a few lines in joat ▼nloabu papev to say something on behalf 0 f the pool Assyrian Christians who ate destitute all over the world. 1 The following groaps tie the remnaai of the nation: 1. Group 60,000
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  • 66 12 A despatch has been received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies statisfl that Mr, F. Bolton has beoa selected M Expert Adviser on the provision of electric power and light in the larger towns in the F.M and that he will be sailing
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  • 55 12 The Shanghai Brush Factory in the Cbapet district was ablaze on the night of Janaarj 12. Many lives, probably between twenty and thirty, are believed to have beon lost One woman leapt frem a high verandah was instantly killed and inoinerateu Toe foreign fire brigade was
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  • 167 14 The polilioal situation is most onfortunato and will prove a serious hindranoo to ti e business of the port, writes the Swatow correspondent of Fmanoe and Ccmmeroo. A most disastrous attempt to make much of little was the interferunoo of the military authorities with tbo
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  • 92 14 Tbe srentary, Aust»a’ Malay Tin, Ltd., vrports tin* folloAirg •eturo* from iti r, r* j ci«*tid rompam p f&gt;»r tie C**-t 1 Mf of VO'irr. nt m inthKaniporii.F D»* dviug, Lt l.—H &gt;u«s *Y„ u iVd 66,8 f io. tin r* o'ivi i -d fOt pieu’.H, rea'i-e
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  • 1884 14 The oigbtb annual general meeting of Malayan Tin Dredging, Ltd., was held on Dooem ber 4, at Winchester House, DM Broad Strce 1 Sir Krnost Woodford Birch K.CM.G. (chan man of tho oompany) presiding. The Chairman said 1 propose to ask my colleague,
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  • 629 14 In the Divorce Court on Deoomber u before Mr. Justioe Shearmau, P t »cy Win 6 field, a chattered aooountant, practising an iaHaranoe broker, sued lor a divorce i, Elizabeth Maude Wingfield, on the gm aB j ber adultery with George Egerton
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  • 257 14 Ob the 15th iast. Honri Gewgo H inib- t.j, alias Colonel Prior, cxuradited hom Bai gkok on a charge of obeatiag the Belgian Coußil here in respeot of a sam of 9 ICO, was produced before Mr. Sykes, third nugii* •rate, for Sentence. His worship
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  • 466 15 Americo- Eastern Trade. Mr. R. Dollar on its Phenomenal Development. These tM b r e rg o;f 01 Mr. U *bt rl Djllar, 3ing»4 ore 4 a P stao owners of the hi Bar vbie fao' ll y ft otj mamtam an import bee of b twec n Singapore and
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  • 39 15 (From Oik Own Cohkisi ondbnt.) Bangkok, January 19. A Royal decree, waa isened on tho 7th i®8*., alitn ecexits eLtermg 5»dUi 1 ptiiod of throe yo&rs, ixcept ulspecial l.censa from the Miuiater for rcre:gn Afftiit.
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  • 44 15 1 (From Oik Own Corrkspondbnt Poracg, January 21, Jed 7 th Ba,tu oee RitLs to be eta ihe Wu are due Lirt- to morrow bv SE*.”' L TJ“ k B.iUbto, 17 D«.vl ‘MtiKht M m w,il bo q“»'*nlined la,
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  • 78 15 T iV‘ Vl '-'t.litr, &gt;etDint, L lk »l‘«,C(b 1 t 4 r J, n ltld l° lB 178 ’86 lle 1 D Oo, wire "t 1 1 *'»?ik d, rS| toiierb laipiDn T f‘ «'W III, or.**"* on‘-pot (0, 7 &gt;° P'ools C j,- •o»oio 5,,me owio„
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  • 271 15 A Government Gxzjtte Extraordinary issued vest* rday states It is bon by not.fi.d that under the powers «*0Lh-rred opon him by 6 (2) of the Food Cintrol Regulations, 1918. the Food Controller will on January 22,192l\ take over all stocks of rioe in
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  • 106 15 The American Consul-General at Singa pore has reoeived telegraphic information (mm tbe Department of State, Washington aivising him that a stat&gt; uuni harf been forwnidsc. to the G«*m»n Government to th» i (lect that the G.vrrnmcnt cf t&gt;,t Uc.i.«-d States ifga* 's tie armistice r,&lt;
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  • 121 15 Professor C. A. Miidkton Smith Taikoo Profenpot ol Engineering in thb Univeirity of Hongkong, in the coot e of a paper read b foio tbe members of the Rc.ya! Colonial Institute on December 16, paid a tribe-e to .be work cf tbe British in f
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  • 127 15 On Sunday January 11 Mrs. M.les presented tho piiz s for tho jear'a work to tl 0 membtvs of tie St. Andrews Cathedra* Sanday Schorl: G,*Ia.- A Howtll, O Cacace, R. alvis, K. Alvis, F. Gaicia, J. Kock, M. S-rnyp, S A imoct, L. A'vi-, E.
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  • 154 15 The rafeo of mortality in the Settlement ef Siogaprio for the weik rndod January 8 86.19. Tb' total numb* 1 of deaths 261 of whioh 181 were male eubjeots and 83 f. male. Couvuimcns claiiiKd 39, phthitis 27, m.'lana fe ver 46, typhoid fover 1, bon ucri
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  • 259 15 Messrs. Fraser and Co's Weekly Circular. MeBBtfl. Fraser and Oo., ia their weekly report, dated Janaary 21, state Kabbrr Hbares have lees active and priod moveinents more irvcgalav toao for uome time past, the changes, however, very smsll ether way. The m 1 j irisv are in
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  • 32 15 (From Our Own Corrkspondhnt.) Penang, January 17. Mrs. Speers, of Sungei Pataui, who nnd»r ment an operation in Singapire a few montht* ago, died at Larnu, Ireland, on the 9th iust.
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  • 145 15 The following Singapore proporties were c old by auction at tue saleroom of Messis. Cbeong Kojn Song and CJj., 80, Kling Street, on the 14 b inst: Frcnbjid land ana house 8. in Drong 7 off Gaylang Riad, aiob 6.890 eq. ft tough! by Mr. Tan Cheng J’»n
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  • 23 15 Albxandkk LRicßiiKK. i Jvy yonngeal d^ugh 3r of rtui lse Wt.lia t AltxvaJor, j4.i1., of Ga&gt;g/|XbO Maur.o Barnacy Loiot ot ji*, of
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  • 67 15 Thompson—Spick—A6 S m rai. o’a JAoaary '.4, by the &gt; 1|An M&lt;ks B. D. G. i'buapBOD, R vUvm jiiat. y eoa of Goo The Sisdubar t&lt;r&gt;ad, Brocki'—, to iVJ joa-KOBt cf Fie.‘ S B si Illicit ITM Hall. A Howard ~D j;.wkll a. &lt;7, at t’if F»io*y, CuMBlob'j /®A
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  • 118 15 SwoAPoma, January 22, 1920. EXCHANGE Or UiM«. Mw huUm 2 4 f 7 r Deinaai 2/4 i Private 8 m/a **o Q* Nbw A*ri M 48* Onxkht 94 dAjra 47| On /'*iub«m mm 440 9y Impia... Bm&gt; T T 100 Or dj&lt;3 M 122% pm On 8BAM»RAi...Bwain
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  • 377 15 Sukiaporr, January 22. 1920 MINING. vXj Bn e,a 8e A/nfa** 16.C0 15.50 i 1 Aye* Weafc 1.05 2.25 4! 41 a eun. Ksmaatug 2.17.0 2 18.0 t 12 KiMlR AsBOciailra 2.60 10.60 £t 4i Ku»Ia Tim 2.7.C 2.1C.0 bob V 1i LaLst Mures T OC 7.60 t
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  • 80 15 Tl o S K. Hl«aar:r Himalaya Mata has *1 1 w fLuaa wat QvJuljAy &lt;*ooi *hu J*pv jr\ o’ of lv ,vtfm &gt;. B .ndo, N*, ;jy and iiu Th "ts l was 'pioulij b.tjd oat a f K b? and wm tj hw&gt; lofi tueio
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    • 92 15 NOTICE. Thi post tree price of the Sl'atli Times to the United Kingdom and foreign Ci.antr.es in #3- a v-ar. T lepost fre price oi the Straits HuJjct &gt;s $14 year to any part of the world. It not reecs* irv to subscribe for &gt; rear The subscription- for nottet
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  • 73 15 r Cecils Gaudkk Ca Jr ak Rori&lt;«iii, Jobcro, dUv«y Ed' 1, ’'i f&lt;*«b..r cil At. Lch Oiri,»Eiiito. Jo oro 70 ytariHf(Ot.y.oo p,. r^iT^' McCull.iv W— J* D*ndson Mo arddfjt^, tW&gt;» i".it Rnplaad f* t■ri.tvfal li n..A e &gt;ci«o 'a»a &gt;2 W llBkal'H JiW.i Pt'fbni.'tiftR Tmg.i, SeuibiU'Jy Tfa*' |»on Tuck -On
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  • The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT.
    • 95 1 Oimu Tragic Death ofKMS Planto* 1 Singapore Rabbit Auctions Rabbi r l&gt;- velopmoats 1 Prioe of Rubber December Kubbor Returns 4 Maatinds and Rn pouts— Jobovo Para Rubber 1 Kamuniog Rubber Pilmoor Rabbi r ‘J Federated Hubber Growers Sroioty of Planters 8 Mekong Robber Lanas Rubber {Estates 8 Ayer
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    • 90 1 (Faoh Ouh Own Cokunscondhn r) Ipjb, January 18. The Central Perak Planters’ has diH'Ussrd (hr qui i i-n of allowirg Ta»x*il lo run t to Icdia at an on) anced rate o exchange the octal s b aring tho lo?s nr Barer. This wv diirnsprd in camera
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    • 388 1 Tho death took place at borne rarly in I )o oec. b r iu tragic CtrcutLstiDoeR cf M**. R &gt;b r’ K.ic Govi tV, a rotter planter who had o taV if the M .’l. y Stat* s and i&lt; b hi Vv.il to
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    • 1252 1 Johore Para Rubber. A Fair” Profit and Increased Dividend. Tin ordinary general meeting of the Jjl.ore Para Rabbet Company, Lmailed, waih. Id oo December 17 at Ilio regi-Mored office u! li o compmy, 189. Cannon Struct, EC. Mr. R. Arnold (chairman of the company) pie j ic ing. Thu Chairman
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    • 756 1 Tbs 429th auctions of the Singapore O'iarcb o r ff Cnmnoion Rnbb r A'-RocHi v; re hr-M on .T ,nr j 14 ar.d 15 w&gt;\. n tlu r was offered 2.1C3 839 Ibr, .‘om 845.81. Pkicbs Rbalissd. Cents gtor lb Ribbed
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    • 1691 2 general meeting of the &lt;Pe'» k &gt; RMe r“ b; °kouip.«». Limi ed bold 00 V T, ,7 tbo Office Ot Ibe Rubber B 9 ob F B C r o k. t»‘iu 01 be comp T te» idiBg in moving tbs adoption
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    • 1103 2 The ordinary general meeting of the Pilmoor Rubber Oompany, Limited, was held on Dooember 17, at the registered offioe of the company, 189, Gaunon Street, E.U., Mr. R. Arnold (ohairmao) presiding. The Chairman said i Gcnt’emen, the profit for the year of
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    • 713 2 The statutory mooting of the Federated Ruob jt Growers and Manufacturers, Limited, was held at tho offices of George Spencer Moulton and Company, Limited, and WoodMilne, Limited, 42, 44 and 46, Wigmore Street, W. 1, Mr. Alexander Spenoer presiding. The Chairman,
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    • 1208 3 Thr np'rtcf c unci! o’ Mi IrevP”' al-d S r.. t v of l'i,,i,,rs f'r he p i &lt;• October H. 1919. ko J.u.nry h, I 0, t r. priRCjutrd to mu' M &gt; ti* t g meeting to bu
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    • 1459 3 T.n IHh anuaal general moptinii of tbo ■t( U c(* K itber C mipany. Liniitecl, wah bold iu I) io- mb' r »7, tGi) r* yntered r fTno of the '•ouipaoy, (Jorlon II mao, 40 aui 1 51, I salchoap, ,tj., Mr. T.
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    • 78 3 [The Straits Times in not rr •spounihl'* for the opinion i f its correspond •n;'*. Co re npondents ehomd bear ia m.-J .hat le?‘‘jri mast bo short aud to the uomi. Li iambi ng epistles ar i liable to o? r j ct- d o» rothlesHly cut down. Corrojpouoejtp
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    • 169 3 To tho Editor of tho Straits T mcs. Sir,—Y mr correspondent Mr. M non lately rnado a moeriug remark to tho i ll iot that tho plant rs made a good doa! of the R'jeis taneo given to Tamil ooolios by wi,y of food stnlls eulkivated
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    • 851 3 LUNAS RUBBER ESTATES. Total Dividend of Twenty P er Cent Recommended. Tho f Ihwiag is tbo directors’ r« P0li M Lanas Rn‘»b( r Estate* Ltd to bj p?cV n »gJ it t &lt;o annual meeting on January VQ Your directors submit lit-rowitu‘ a dni anrtitcd stat-moot cf tbo acojouts 0
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    • 916 4 I nri orDtrsl moetiog of the I C A, t ltrjb^ 1 Lrebolie** &gt;“ 5 Le wft J held at Shanghai Jo L Lu Mr L J. Cobitl p.o L Dto&gt;i» l, r J“- M li. N Trnom.o La. di, t
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    • 241 4 That rubber should remain at 2*. 61 per !b and look like k oping about the figure, ix held by a section of rubber shareholder an somewhat disappo nting, s&ys the' Locdor Observer. They had hoped that, as soon a&lt;&lt; the Central
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    • 409 4 The report of the Kdantan Kibbe* Estates for the year ended June 80 state a that it is with tbe greatest regret the board record the great loss the eompany baa undergone through the death of tbe ch airman, Sir Andrew Fraser. KC.SJ In the aocoaotß the
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    • 52 4 With rofertnoo to Notification No. 28 published in tho F.M.B. Government G *z tto of January 8, 1919, it is notified that the price of fim* gratio rubber for the period January 16, 1920 to 22, 1920, indu pivr, is |1.12 per d pound, equivalent tc 1149.8
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    • 1145 4 The fourteenth ordinary general meetiDp of the Kiala Lumour Rubber Co Ltd., was held on Di nember 9, at Cannon street Hotel, K.U Mr. E H. Tootal presiding. Chairman said Owing to the ro strioted output of the first six
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    • 91 4 Lcnf'go'jg.—2s,7lo Iba. Henrietta.— 58 400 lbs. Hongei Mataog —B6 67 !b«. Liras (Samatra). 34 317 lbs. Hiverviow.—l2,674 lb*. laorsLiri.- 27 586 lba. Tapali.—F9 788 ids. Mergoi.—24 240 lbs. Tanrang —90,843 lbs. Btnaar.— 62 7f 0 Iba. S wJang C ’ntral. 42,685 iba. Glen 8jrvie.—36,221 lbs. L m-k
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    • 269 4 Tbo report of the Way-Halim (Sumatra) Bstatea for tbo year ended March 81 last states that the not veaa!l is a loss of £559. Deducting thin sum from tueamiaot broughb forward, £1.899, there remains £B4B whioh tho board tccommecdt should b carried forward. Tne total crops htrvea.ed
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    • 215 4 Tlio report Ae Singapore U aitod Kubbea Plantation tho y ar ended .Inne bO last states tb -eta output wan 461 h98 lb’., aa OL:p%* ,Xtb 488 Hill. Of Kj 228 585 lbs. Iikh bf /%ul\ ia Lunina at aa average gross i prircfTla. 9.7 id. pet
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    • 995 5 IT ider th m ro'hdeLcy of Mr. H Robinson tbe general ru '--;ir t f (i'i u*-a'y l'.'aoiaiion-i Ltd., w%h h 1 1 oi» vi it'.Jii/ Gii -ham H us' Bkttory R/ad, »h rtho.'i prc-if ut being Meshrs O J. l| &gt;pi-, W
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    • 902 5 Th i 6fth ordioa.y g' m ral rnertiog of the Sagh,i Rubhjr C LiJ hu hi.ld on Dseem turf, iu **'j (J tuuoil Kjoru of tue Rubber A'HTOiat, n, a- 4 Kistch up, KC. M*. R N, i itugi y (ciiaotiiiu u(
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    • 1052 5 LONDON AND SINGAPORE RUBBER PRICES. STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSING PRICES DECEMBER 17 AND SINGA PORE QUOTATIONS JANUARY 22. Issnod Par Dividend*. Malayan Exchange Fraser*!?^ Capital. Value. Cosifanibs, Prices, Closing d.- 1018. 1017. Djcoaibor 10, 150,000 2/. 41% 65% Anglo-Malay 14/3 iq/6 6j, J00 XI 10% 25% L.ikup Plantations.. 86/6 1B 26,750
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    • 30 6 ,.A\ IP**-' PM^A" BZQISTERKD ANTI-CORROSIVE BLACK ENAMEL For the protection STRUCTURAL IRONWORK There is Nothing Belter if anything so good. Mh tor doooriptivo loaflet. g McAlister Co., Ltd. SOLB AOBMTS.
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