The Straits Budget, 27 August 1920

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  • 29 1 The Straits Budget O KINO THE v> WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES VOL. LXXIV NO. 3263 Singapore. Friday, August 27. 1920. ESTABLISHED OVKR HAI.F CENTURY. Price 25 cents.
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  • 267 1 LEADERS' Counc il of Action 12 Indian Labour Municipal Finance l--j;J Botanical Research 1 Poland Saved Future of Egypt Id-14 brneral Local and Personal 1-2 P.euter’s Telegrams o-b Adventure with a Croc 6 Death of Mr. F. W. F. Day b Singapore Film Comedies K Cost of
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  • 4476 1 Tne distribution of prizes in connection r' ll iit. Xavier's Institution was held for f“ e first time since 1916 on Friday in the i n S(, nce of a large gathering which in[Mvd the Acting Resident Councillor, the P'n. Mr. II. W. Firnistone, who distrithe prizes,
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  • FRIDAY’S TELEGRAMS.
    • 624 3 Reiter Telegrams London, August 1G. TV Times i\ m correspondent states that Da' on. •;isrand and other members of the diplomatic corps have arrived from Warsaw. The Italian and Danish representatives have received orders tu remain in
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    • 162 3 London, August 17. A J*°. ya Proclamation announces that His Majesty s hope to send tin* Prince of Wales to India next winter cannot unhappdy be realised because the u,< isim and devoted labours of the Prince of Vvales in other
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    • 372 3 London, August 17. ork M. Parmentier, representing ■he French Minister of Finance, states hat France is paying her share of the \nglo-French loan maturing on October 15. London, August 17. Wellfleet, Massachusetts: The people of ape God district have begun a lung ?cries »f celebrations in honour
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    • 65 3 London, August If*. His Majesty has sent a letter to the Lord Lieutenants, Lord Mayors and Lord Provosts emphasising that ho is anxious that every effort should be made to support Field Marshal Haig’s appeal on behalf of unemployed ex-Service men and repoesting recipients to cooperate wholeheartedly to
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    • 35 3 London, August 17. Captain Fryatt’s vessel the Brussels realised i'.'blOO on the Baltic Exchange. London, August 17. Berlin The money order service with British Colonies and post offices in foreign countries has been resumed.
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  • SATURDAY’S TELEGRAMS.
    • 277 3 Reuter Telegrams London, August is. Paris, from Warsaw Tho Polish coun-ter-offensive, in which French officers, ui•ludmg two Generals, are participating in the front l.no, is developing very succ -s--inily. lie Bolshevists are repulsed along the whole
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    • 189 3 London, August 18. Berlin Crowds at Kattowitz, Silesia, demonstrating against the Russo-Polish war, attacked French cavalry, killing a trooper. The French replied with ma-chine-guns and grenades, killing nine and wounding 20 rioters. The police refused luty. A crowd besieged the police-stations to obtain arms and the French
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    • 39 3 London, Augw.t 17. Quebec British companies in which Lord Rothermere and Lord Northcliff'e are interested have assumed the ownership of the Gulf Pulp and Paper Company, which has a daily output of 150 tons of dry pulp.
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    • 73 3 London, August 17. Following the shooting of Inspector Wilson, armcd t police turned out and practically wrecked the town of Tomplemore. The town hall, a large building in the main street, was burned and many business premises were wrecked. The rifle fire lasted for about four hours. London, August
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    • 304 3 London, August 18. The romantic story of how the stock of ’•'Id led i by Russia when the Tsar wof I« ‘posed iiS betM dispersed is related by Noviuky. ex assistant minister of k* ad Russian government, in Samuel Montagu s review
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    • 140 3 London, August 18. Her.in It is •'•mi-ofllcia)ly announced tunt negotiations have taken place at •'h rlin regarding the restoration of direct wireless communication with America for private traffic. Hitherto the American naval station controlled the entire seri ice, but transferred on August 1 private traffic to the
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    • 132 3 London, August 18. 1‘nris Le Temps fully agrees with Mr. Lloyd George's frankness regarding the council of action threats and declares that there exists an international conspiracy not only against the Treaty of Versailles hut against the Hritish Empire, the directors of which are carefully concealing from
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    • 103 3 London, August 18. Four amendments to the League of Nntom c< venant have been submitted by O' nn ark, Norway and Sweden for consideration cf the League at Geneva on January lb, one providing for a fixed annual meeting, the second for a special meetng on tin*
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    • 43 3 London, August 18. The Empress of Canada, tin* largest •ssel on the Pacific, has been launched. IP r tonnage is 22.000, and she carries 840 rat and second class passengers and 930 Vbntic steerage pa .sengera, with a crew of 65.
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    • 159 4 Crave Reports of the Military Position. London, August IN. Alarming reports have reached London, ▼ia Paris, to the effect that the situation in Mesopotamia is growing worse and the reb *ls are trying to < a I Bag i ii Reuter learns that the position last week was admittedly
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    • 187 4 London, August 18. Columbus, Ohio Mr. Baker, Secretary for War, addressing the Democrat! slate convention, spiritedly defended the* League of Nations. He declared there would be no peace or disarmament without article 10 of the Versailles treaty, which was America’s own invention. London, August 18. Washington Following
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    • 213 4 London, August 10. Berlin A somi-ofliciul account of the disturbances at Kattowit/. says that the crowd insisted on forcing its way in a street where a cordon of police and French cavalry was stationed and demonstrated before the quarters of the LiterAllied commission. The French troops drew
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    • 60 4 London, August 20. Paris Eleven anarchists have been sentenced, ranging from four to twelve months, for inciting soldiers to disobedience. London, August 20. Tlm* Lord Mayor of Cork has born sentenced by court-martial to two years’ imprisonment. London, August 19. lans Mr. Lloyd George arrived in laris en route
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  • MONDAY’S TELEGRAMS.
    • 690 4 Reuter Telegrams London, August 19. Warsaw A despatch describing the Polish counter-attack says that the Poles, after allowing the Bolshevists to approach the outer forts, counter-attacked on both wings, one from Ivangorod in the direction >( lirest-Litovsk, under
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    • 424 4 London, August 19. The War Office reports little change in the .Mi j. .aiuian situation. The Bakuiah ai a. a far as the neighbourhood of aluii'l- still in revolt. Defences have ‘stablished at Bakubah raihvaybridge. A •olumn has been sent to clear up the* situation. A British post at
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    • 130 4 London, August 20. Sydney The Prince of Wales aboard tue R.nown departed for England amid scenes > f the greatest enthusiasm. He was farewelled by flotidas of water craft of every description, while all the hoadlan Is were thronged with people waving farewell. London, August 20. The
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    • 125 4 London, August 21. Armed and masked men burnt clown Brown the h* a coastguard station in Ireland, at midnight, and took off ail stores. London, August 23. Altogether seven policemen were murdered in Ireland during the week-end. making a total of Go since the beginning of the year. The
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  • TUESDAY’S TELEGRAMS.
    • 375 4 Reuter Telegrams Paris, August 20 Every report arriving f rori T makes it clearer that U> R 1 "land lM overwhelmii g and hat tk 8 s *an armies :.;v on u,.; U 1 --isHerald wr us
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    • 163 4 London, August 21. American sugar speculators are having a bad time. Their predictions that prohibition would lead to an increased consumption of soft drinks and sweets has utterly failed to materialise, and housewives are economising to the utmost. Moreover a great sugar beet crop will ■dr rtly
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    • 55 4 London, August 19. The Times understands that the hrern h Government will issue a loan in Octo >e at six per cent interest, exempt from P sent and future taxes. Several; e ,st r issued French war securities will be mitted in payment of subscription at 1 price
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    • 149 5 London, August 21. Berlin The Government is preparing a note protesting against the Allies’ suspicions that the Government was involved in the Kattowitz disorders, and demanding that the inter-Allied commission in Upper Silesia strictly carry out the task contilled by the
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    • 111 5 London, August 19. Ottawa: Considerable interest has 3 aroused by the New \orlt World statement that Mr. Lloyd George will visit AnwrTra in October, to rieet the Prime Ministers of the British Dominions for a conference regarding the renewal o. the Anglo- Japanese alliance. Government circles know
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    • 83 5 I London, August 19. Christiania The importation of luxuryarticles. for example motor cars, pearls, diamonds, lmc. pianos and phonographs baa been forbidden. London, August 20. Stockholm The Liberals have declined the Conservative offer. to co-operate on a common platform against the Socialists in the coming Riksdag elections, believing it
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    • 56 5 London, August 20. Brussels: L’Tndependence Beige says that notwithstanding trade union measures Antwerp firms are loading for substantial quantities of munitions, which the Americans have sent from the Rhine and which are being shipped by an American steamer. London, August 20. Le Libre Belgique says trance has prohibited the
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    • 62 5 London, August 20. The civil commissioner at Baghdad telegraphs that Mr. Buchanan s wife was captured but is reported to be safe and well treated. There is no news of her child, which is believed to be accompany ing her. Mr. Buchanan, an irrigation officer, was killed by Arabs
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    • 53 5 London, August 10. Paris Three hundred Knights of Columbus, who have come to I*ranee resent a statue of Lafayette to Metz, visited the ruins of Rheirns. M. Mdlerand, presiding at lunch, paid a tribute to the Americans who fell beside the I' rendition defending the cause of
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    • 28 5 London, August 21. Cairo, from Haifa Bedouins attacked a train from Damascus, killing a trench tMcer. Damascus is notable for the niultJcating and robbing of passengers.
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  • WEDNESDAY’S TELEGRAMS
    • 494 5 Reuter Telegrams London, August 21. Berlin It is reported from Warsaw that the Poles have, captured Litovsk. The report adds that three Bolshevist divisions w**re annihilated in the operations around Warsaw Paris Le Matin, confirming the capture of Brest-Litovsk, states
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    • 69 5 London, August 19. New York It is reported from Mexico Citv that Cantu has announced that Snlzar succeeded him as governor of the northern district of Lower California. London, August 20. Mexico City Bandits un-!< r the leadership of Zamora raided Autlan in southwest Mexico and captured Herbert Johnson,
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    • 511 5 London, August 23. i The Times publishes a summary of the agreement reached ;n London between the Milner Mission and the Egyptian Mis.-ion headed by Miaghlul Pasha, whereby Britain recognises the independence of Egypt and guarantees Egypt’s
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    • 44 5 London, August 21. The Manchester Chamber of Commerce sub-committee has decided to recommend a postponement of the proposed cotton mission to the Far Eastern markets until 1921, when it is hoped t.iat difficulaes i connection with the arrangements will have been surmounted.
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    • 121 5 London, August 21. Berlin The troubles in Upper Silesia culminated, according to the Berliner Tageblatt’s Breslau correspondent, in the Boles entering Kattowit* in the afternoon. The German inhabitants arc reported to be fleeing. The Poles bad previously lodged a series of demands arising out o «l, c anti-Polish
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    • 248 5 London, 22. There has a been a series of attacks over t!i<* week-end on police in Ireland. District Inspe.’tor Swanzy was shot dead nt Liaburn, Lister, while leaving church, by five men who escaped in a motor-car. Swanzy was stationed at Cork. His name was i r *rpi *ntlv
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    • 71 5 London. August 22. Par is, from Haifa The Premier of the -rovisional Syrian Government anil an>th**r minister have been assassinated *t Damascus. It appears that the ministers were in i train hound for Ilnraa whe n they were attached by armed bands. The Premier r*nd the President of
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    • 52 5 London, August 22. Lisbon A sensation has been created y the shooting (lead in the street of .»unt Yi!!ar by Colonel Vieini Rocha, Director of the Gunpowder Factory. The ;a*Li r’s wifi*, who was accompanying Villar, was wounded. The lady was instituting divorce proceedings on the ground
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    • 39 5 London, August 21. Tim National Relief Fund has decided appropriate £700,000 towards meeting be outstanding liabilities of voluntary hospitals in the United Kingdom incurred is a result of the war. The fund will **ind up shortly.
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    • 29 5 London, August 20. The Times states that merchants have offered to deliver 200,000 tons of Chines* coal to Europe at an inclusive price of £lO a ton.
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    • 18 5 London, August 22. Major-General Baron Rawlinson sue:eeds General Sir C. C. Monro us com-nander-i»-chief in India.
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    • 98 5 London, August 21. The Osaka Fhoson Kaisha has opened a regular service from Hamburg and Rotteriam to the Dutch Hast. Indies. Messrs. TIarland and Wolff have delivered t lie Glenogle for the (lien line. She is 11.500 tons gross and will be employed on the Eastern trade. London, August
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  • THURSDAY’S TELEGRAMS.
    • 1027 6 Reuter Teleura.nm London, August 2k. Warsaw By grouping the I\ !.:di fere.' two army .groups have keen formed, the northern under Haller ami the centre under Rilsudski. The lat‘- r is a*ter.'. to cut o’f the lino of
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    • 93 6 London, July 23. The great Clyde industries are practically at a standstill as a result of a no col twenty-four hours strike against high rent:-. In one shipyard employing 7.000 mly 350 turned out, and in other large the stoppage was complete. A hundred thousand men are
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    • 39 6 London, August 23. Mr. Buchanan’s child is safe in England. [Mr. Buchanan, an irrigation officer, was killed by Arabs at Shahraban on the 15th inst. Mrs. Budiar.nn was captured, but is reported to be safe and well troate
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    • 22 6 London, August 2d. Santiago, Chile An earthquake has occurred between Chilian and Concepcion. 8oVv.-rnl towns were damaged. No deatlis are reportuJ.
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    • 45 6 London, August 2k. His Majesty has conferred the Dame Gr.ml Cross (G.B.E.) of the Grier of the liiil.ah Empire cn airs. Lloyd George. Lornh n, August 23. Kingston: The Prince of Wales has band >ned his visit to Jamaica owing to a thickenpox epidemic.
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    • 181 6 hat would have ended in tragedy was averted by the promptitude and pluck an oh! Malay at Port Dickson harbour ..t eleven o’clock on Friday morning i writes a correspondent in the Malayan L.ead(>r) when a crocodde seized by the livid a boy who, unaware of
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    • 800 6 The \ng!o- r; dan arm Domiciled European Association understand that a system of registration is in vogue in some of He r tonments of India, mil they would for on extension of sub registri to oth portions of Bengal where d lestie
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    • 42 6 (I* rom Our Own Correspondent.) 1 rpv, r K T un la Lumpur, August 20. 1 he General Labour Committee’s suggestion that an increase be made in the recruitincr allowance for Tamil labourers from S10 to $20 has been sanctioned.
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    • 301 6 From 19th to 25th r s t. The week under review has shown weakening tendency all alon- bnl l ins and Rubbers and the bus'ne i m has b,,i ii .derate. USne d °no Kubwr s :,ar«._Buyer s for the bettor clashed
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    • 261 6 The statutory general meeting of tho Kepong Tin, Ltd., will be held on Friday, August 27, at 7. Hale Street. Ipoh. j The directors have issued the following i report to shareholders :—Since the registration of the company «:i April 22 I last, your property at Kepong has
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    • 123 6 Y*’o regret to learn that the death ec currod at Sitiawan on Tuesday morning oi Mr. F. W. F. Day, of the Rubber Growers Association, Ipoh. Mr. Day was sude in.sr from malignant malaria, and his 1 ness was only a very short
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    • 92 6 Wo nro informed by the secretary thn the company’s dredge lias been completed nna is now ready for shipment by the steamer Malayan on her return voyage from Melbourne direct to Port Swettenham where' 3 it will be railed direct to the mine, J ho
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  • Sporting News and Notes.
    • 1980 7 \Ve all breathed more freely on Friday evening. The Problem was solved at last. V'-f fr-m the r.cti.’e supporLers of ea h li'»P the •’■eneral view of the thrice played between the S F..C. ai:d the o.C.i- .A. a (ievout hope that iho
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    • 129 7 Another correspondent, who signs himsell A i*ootball Enthusiast, writes:— I have been waiting for an abler pen than mine to ask the committee of the •Singapore Football Association publicly for um announcement as to the reason for the non allowance of the National Union Club and the
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    • 144 7 A correspondent writes :—An enjoyable lay was spent at the seaside on Sunday •y the members of the Boustead’s Stall Football Club, the occasion being the third Anniversary. The house kindly lent for die occasion by Mr. Ong Boon Tat was tastefully decorated with flags. In the
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    • 442 7 Mcrchants A to K, who have not had the best of luck in the cricket tournament, mot with a crowning disaster on Saturday, when they opposed Civil Service and Law. Going in first, with a man short, they found Brad lcll’s bowling too good altogether, and he
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    • 683 7 The following is from the report of the committee of the S.C.C. for the year ended June .’U), to be presented at the annual meeting on Tuesday, August 111 The income and expenditure account s an excess of income over
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    • 596 8 The following wore the results in the tournanment at the Ladies' Lawn Tennis Club on August 19 Championship Lairs. Mrs. Turner beat Mrs. Wishart, 8—6, 9—7. Ladies Singles. Mrs. Maxwell plus 15.4 beat Mrs. Cringle scr., G—1, 6—2. Lad ies Doubles. .Mrs. Hunt r and
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    • 306 8 A stnrt rouM at last bo made with tho S.Tennis Tournament on Friday, and the following were the results l’rofeKHi((h Pairs, Qualifying Pounds. Municipality 1, Marsh and Fulcher beat Press 2, Ag r and Ilopkin, 0 t <;—j. Army 2, Cot arrive and Oxlade bent Merchants 4,
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    • 137 8 The match between the Singapore Garrison Golf Club and the Singapore Golf Club, played on the formers course, resulted in a win for the visitors by 8 to 6. The scores were as follows, Garrison players being mentioned first Mills and F. G. Stevens 1V4, Forbe and Smith 1.
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    • 72 8 The August medal of the Keppel Club was played ofT on Saturday and Sunday last and resulted in a w\n for Mr. D. Suttie. The four best scores were D. Suttio 81— 5 equal 76 J. W. Hodgins 92—14 78 S. C. Campbell 98—18 80 C. M.
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    • 155 8 A Reuter wire of August 17 states Enormous crowds at the Oval each day have testified to the revival of public interest in cricket. The weather has been brilliant. Spectators have lined up ten deep beyond the appointed limits, and each day queues of 200 and 300 have
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    • 46 8 A sweepstake race was sailed on Sunday morning. A nice sailing breeze prevailed and the boats covered the course in excellent time. Gertrude being first over the line, lost to Helen on time allowance, Petsy .Tan? was third, Dorothy fourth and Joyce fifth.
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    • 638 8 A Reuter wire from Antwerp, dated August IS, gives the following results in the Olympic Games 110 metres hurdles: 1. Thomson, Canada, 2. Barron, America, 3. Murray, Amenta. Won by a yard, half a yard between second and third. Time, 14 4/5 secs.
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    • 25 8 Our Penang correspondent wires that Rugby matches are being arranged, t< take place in November, between Penang Bangkok und Selangor or Perak.
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    • 412 8 A special general meeting of the pore Yacht Club was held in the S Tr on Tuesday, the Hon. Mr. W.F. Nutt (i ir presiding over a good attendance. At the outset the chairman said he harf to apologise for not calling the
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  • 159 8 A case of some interest, says the Malayan Leader, was heard this week in Second Magistrate’s Court, Kuala Lumpur, before Mr. W. Pryde. The plaintiff, Frederick E. Dingle, sued Chow Kit and Co., Ltd., for the recovery of $5OO, being three months’ salary due for dismissal without
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  • 94 8 Singapore, always an ardent SI JPP. of the shadow drama, is now to na film comedies of its own. Th? Film Company has been established, in conjunction with Pathe Freres 1? ducing.pictures with a Singapore On Monday an interested crow i\ operations near Johnston si with Mi
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  • 103 8 The Labour Garotte, P ub, 1 |f v h n C 1 d 0 f"reM 20. says that the averagelevel ol J| arices (including food, c 1i '|?'t u |v ']"flj light, etc., ns well ns rents) ndicated by the statistics p '1' j-j El Ministry of
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  • 2064 9 The following article is contributed t t he first issue of The Planter, the of"ij4, organ of the Incorporated Society f Haulers, by the Hon. Mr. W. Duncan, h0 it a member of the I.S.P. and also a nember of the
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  • 394 9 The mining of tungsten ore has gone on apace during the past few weeks, writes the Kanchww correspondent of the N. C. Daily News, there being report*-1 to be a few thousand people here, and w hat was only a shori time
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  • 54 9 For snatching a hand-bag. containing from a Japanese lady in Middle Itnud on the lHth inst., while she was cnanging money in a shop opposite the ricksha station, a Chinese, named Xg Poo ()o, was sei.i -need to two month rigorous impri. onment by the magistrate i tin
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  • 662 9 An ordinary mooting of the Municipal Commissioners will in* held to-day at which Mr. Mugliston will ask the following question For the purpose of enlightening the public on the question of roads will you kindly conlirm the following facts The total lengths
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  • 134 9 A correspondent writes to the Malay Mail The voluntary parade at Klang on August 17 was a great success. Over •>») turned out and every one carried a rifie. The ranks contained several ex-officers, some of hi> h rank, and comradeship was good. Sergt. Major (Instructor) Ingate
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  • 1304 10 Tin* following minutes have been of finally communicated Report <if committee meting <*f t!:t* Straits Settlements Associaten held at the board room of tin* Straits Trading Company, Limited, on Thurs day, .1 uly 1', 11*20. Present :—Mr. G. S. Carver, vice-pre-sident (in
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  • 362 10 Photography has done so much that the black and white artist is almost ousted, hu* one welcomes such a publication as «'bo,,. Junks A Book of Drawings in Blaek and White by Ivon A. Donnelly, recently issued by Messrs. Kelly and Walsh. A prefatory note remarks that it
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  • 681 10 Messrs. akor, Learon and Co., Kuala Lumpur, u port under date, August 20 i Business during the past week has shown considerable activity with attention chiefly centring on the rubber section, which is no doubt due to the sharp rise in the
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  • 137 10 A Tokio message dated August 3, gives further details of the fatal aviation accident in Japan. It says :—The seaplane smash whi di occurred here yesterday evening, resulted in the death of both occupants of the machine, Flight-Lieut-enant Kilby and Mr. A. Sunman, his mechanic. They were
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  • 767 10 Following are included in the n*,i, the day for the meeting of the LeiriniJl* 0 Council to be hoi,I at IVnanu September 3 1 ri(1 «*y, Petition by the managers and tv, managing committees of th«* rv,; Schools in the State
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  • 1061 11 My dear Madge,—The subject of Profiteers and Protiteering has loomed so large in the papers and in the minds of j t u public that the following story, told to me by one of the newly-arrived ladies in this
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  • 283 11 The following information is forwarded by the Municipal Secretary for publication Question by Mr. Mu glisten at a committee meeting held on Fri lay.—- In view of letters appearing in the rress on id:., subject of the construction of sewers, wi.l the Pn
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  • 334 11 The anonymous author of a series of sketches which originally appeared in the Penang papers has beyond question the happy knack of seeing the grotesque side of things and producing a must humorous result. Hints to Big Game Hunters, Home Truths,” and Wayside Episodes arc excellent in their
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  • 730 11 Mr. T. Wilson, Superintendent, Singapore l ire Brigade, in the course of his report for 1919, says The number of calls to fires or supposed fires wi.s 48, a decrease of 2 on 1918. Of cheou cUi s 52 proved to be genuine
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  • 68 11 The Straits Settlements Gold Medal has this year been awarded by Aberdeen University to William Linton Millar, M.A., M.P. (10IK), for.the best thesis handed in during 1018, 1010 or 1020 fur the degree of M.D. on a subject dealing with tropical medicine. Hr. Millar was killed
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  • 517 11 Authentic cal.! information has reached Singapore to tin* elfect that nearly 20,00.) Muhajirin have pm through the Khaihar and Mohnsan < »untry since August. Most of th«-m are Irani the Paeshawar and Nowsheri*. <3 ♦rids, wh<*ra there has been great excit**. tent
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  • 281 11 Among the many articles of daily uso winch have be* n in reading in price, says the Malayan I eadcr, is firewood, and in recent tin.es there has La en talk of a scarcity even at the cur rent h'gh rates. It is, therefore, of considerable interest to
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  • THE Straits Budget.
    • 1177 12 —Straits Times, August 20. Thore is hardly anythin'? more pungontly illustrative of the widespread, wholly unreasoned unrest in the world to-day than the attempts of the Labour Party to upset the democratic principle. Recently we had direct action” threatened about Ireland, and the latest phase is the
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    • 1092 12 -Straits Times, August 21. The report of the Labour Committee of British Malaya seems to us very correctly to sum up the situation both here and in India. It is no use lookinp at one side of the position only. The source of labour supply in the past,
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    • 1264 12 forward than we are.—Straits Times, August 2.j. There is a tendency, we fear, to con ►inue the local policy of living from hand to mouth, but vigorous efforts should be made to see that it is not applied to municipal affairs. In course of time we shall, no
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    • 1170 13 to its security and prosperity.—Straits Times, August 24. We are glad to see that the Rubber Growers’ Association is giving very hearty *nd substantial support of the Botanical branch of the Imperial College of Science and Technology, South Kensington. The Imperial Government and the London County Council give
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    • 1082 13 nureial morality.—Straits Times, August 26. It would be rash to speak with gr< nt confidence ns to the situation in Poland but for the moment it appears to be nquestionable that Warsaw has been saved j and that the Red armies have suffered the I heaviest reverse that
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    • 1205 13 t traits Times, August 20. One does not fool excessively confident about the new agreement which is about to bo lmxlo with Egypt. As far as we can •rather there is to bo com plot o restoration of Egyptian national independence within the very clearly defined limits
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  • 344 14 The following properties were sold by -ton by Messrs. Cheong Koon S ng and < o. at their saleroom, 3<», Kling Street, on August 18: —Freehold land ar.il 1 >ie s 100-2 to 100-1, Bukit Tirnah Hoad, at a 13,1*$0 sip ft., bought by Mr. Abdul K
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  • 210 14 Further particulars have reached us, says the Straits Echo, in connection with th>- loss of the Chinese-owned steamer Stephan which foundered in Sumatran waters on the night of the 11th instant. It appears that at about G. 40 p.m. the steamer left Sabang for Penang with
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  • 126 14 A case of considerable interest to promoters and shareholders in local companies was argued in the Supreme Court, Kuala Lumpur, on Friday, the ruling by the Court on which, sa; s th .Malay Mail, will alieg large sums of money, to be, or not to he, paid over
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  • 80 14 A report has been made to the police that an assistant shroff, a Chinese, of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, at Hongkong, has absconded with $22,000. The shroil was at work on Thursday morning, August 12, and is alleged to have received the money from some Chinese
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  • 950 14 Reports to hand from the native States of of Kelantan, Kedah, and Perlis uive evidence of the silent revolution that is in progre. in the Malay Peninsula, rites a corresp indent in a financial paper. Under the Treaty of
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  • 341 14 Money remains wry tight in this k. 5 and the present position is no* n:proved by the importation of p of German marks. I'hr Pay hv ready business is cm sound 'linos very little element of speculation'“j 3 noticeable. The bub.
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  • 99 14 Mr. M. J. Chisholm, deputy inspectorgeneral of police, Burma, received the oliowing telegram on July I<> f roin the m ilitary secretary to t’.e Commandcr-m--v'hief in India, “lnformati n has been reeived that yo.;r son Capt. Ik thisholm, Ist Gurkhas, was s.nt to Teheran vis aucasus with
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  • 108 14 Replying in the House of Commons to Col. Wedgwood Col. Am cry said he that instruments providing for changein the constitution of Ceylon would be i ti e hands of the Governor when he returned to Ceylon in September. In ur reply be said it was not
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  • 84 14 The rate of mortality in the Settlem of Singapore for the week ended Augu-, was 82.07. The total number of «c£tns was 240 of which 164 were male su >jc and 76 female. Convulsions damiertJi; phthisis 42, malaria fever 23, typhoid 1. dysentery 12, beriberi 10, small-pox
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  • 64 15 [The Straits Times is not re^pon.-iblo 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. Correspondents must enclose their names, not neees>anly for publication but as
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  • 858 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —My object in venturing to address vou again is not to indulge in lengthy argument with Mr. Choo Kia Peng respecting his lengthy letter of the 11th inst. in reference to myself, but to endeavour to convince him and
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  • 145 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—Regarding Mr. W. Dunman’s suggestion which appeared in of the 18th instant, you can take the follow',, K as authentic, my bein K aware of the topography and strata of the island of Singapore. Any boring will be sheer waste of
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  • 145 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—After reading O Vis Inertiae’fc letter in your issue of the 17th instant the average educated Chinese must certainly hold the highest opinion of him Nothing in the world can contradict his statement that not much in the way °f
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  • 920 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —1 have read with interest and profit the letters of Belum Tentu and Oil Palm in recent issues of the Budgets. Belum Tentu may be only a seeker after information, but on the other hand he may merely he trying
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  • 896 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—Once more do I seek the Press to give publicity to the backwardness of the Indian community here when in comparison with the others. Is it not high time that they had formed an association for their betterment and general uplifting Will
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  • 240 15 lo the Editor ol tht* Strait rimes. Sir,—I have read with mut li i*. .-rests tho I report of the resolution pas* i bv tho Straits Merchants Service Guild I Poes it not seem a pity to rake up old scores, just when everything a SingaI pore, pointed
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  • 476 15 What Can the League of Nations Do for the World To the Editor of the Strait rimes. Sir, Peoples of every nation practical, philosophical or sentimental na'. .rally ask what is the League of Nation; likely t<> ecure should it conn* into e ’’ect tal opera f ion The answer
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  • 366 16 To the Editor of tin* Straits Times. Sir,—Tlv value of I>r. Ferguson Davie’s Iota letter ii jpjiort of her statement: “whit I d<- m particularly here to make clear is that with the < hurch in this matter is a great body <>f scientific evidence and
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  • 2583 16 To thi* Editor of the Straits Time*. Sir, —Tin* subject of high prices is one of such yit:u importance and deserves such dost* criti i n and study, that I welcome the public t; that it receives from time to time in your paper. It is disao
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  • 323 16 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —No wonder Chinese coolies are becoming so bold, lifting handbags from ladies’ laps in a ricksha, stealing our clothes linen from off the lines, stopping our motor-cars, and overthrowing them in the ditches, sometimes making a bonfire of them, etc.,
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  • 251 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Si r> My attention has been drawn to the somewhat lengthy report of the meeting which appeared in your issue of the 17th instant. To say the least I would point out that yo U r correspondent’s
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  • 126 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— Counting upon your liberality I once more take the liberty to reply to the article wihch appeared in your journal of the 17th inst. under the above head.ng end signed “Worshippers.” From enquiries made I understand that the alleged writer
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  • 40 17 [Aneta Service.] Weltevreden, August 24. The aviators Lieuts. Parer and Mclntosh arrived in Sydney to-day and had a mayoral reception. They will continue their flight in a iew days, proceeding to Melbourne.
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  • 80 17 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, August 20. The Pinang Gazette asks the committee of the Chamber of Commerce to reconsider its decision regarding the straits Settlements Association. It also points out, dealing with the Defence Force Ordinance, that Sir Arthur Adams was a compulsionist only in respect
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  • 135 17 The statutory report for presentation to shareholders in Robinson and to., t-tu., at the general meeting to be held at Chartered Bank Chambers, Friday, September 10, states that the total number of shares allotted is 5,000 preference and 100,000 ordinary of which 2,0,)0 preference and 40,000
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  • 532 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —With reference to the article which appeared in your paper some time ago regard rig Mrs. Minto’s passage per our s.s. Pilsna, I am instruct d by my owners, to hereby publicly
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  • 154 17 The matriculation examination results at the University of Hongkong for July included the following King Edward VII. Scholarship.—No. 07. Tan Teik Guan, Anglo-Cliim.se School, Penang). Honours List.—Anglo-f hinese School, Penang :—No. 07, Tan Teik Guan, No. JJ, Yeoh Kok Cheang, No. 102, Khoo Gee Lee St. Xavier’s
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  • 389 17 A RACING SUIT IN RANGOON. What is a Trainer’s Adequate Remuneration Mr. Justice Young has had before him the last two days, says a Rangoon message of August 5, the hearing of a suit which has created some interest in racing j circles. Mr. H. E. Smith, a big lo?al
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  • 161 17 A Seoul message, dated August 10, says :—The police to-day issued an explanatory statement concerning the arrest of Mr. George L. Shaw of Antung on July 11. The statement says: “Mr. Shaw, who is Irish, used to declare
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  • 62 17 GOWV At Strathmore. Penang, on August 21, to Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Gow, a son. PETERSON. On Sunday, August 22, 1920, at the P.W.D. store Kandang Kerbau, to Mr. and Mrs. ,1. It. Peterson, a son. (Penang papers please copy). WYNNE- JONES. On August 24, 1920, at the
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  • 127 17 Singapore, August 26. EXCHANGE On London, Hank 4 m/s 2/41/15 Demand 2/313/15 Private 3 in. 3 credits 2/3 25/32 On Now Y< rk Demand 40*4 Private DO days 47 On Fiance Dank 570 On India, Bank T. T. 110 On lIon..’k( ng, Bank d/d 01 p.c. pm.
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  • 410 17 Singapore, August 2G. MINING. l Iss. V'al. Pd. Buyers. Sellers. 10 10 Ampang 16.00 1 1 Ayer Weng 1.25 1.50 £1 £1 Kam Kamunting 2.16.6 2.18.6 10 10 Kinta Assoc. 7.25 8 00 £1 £1 Kinta Tin 2.7.6 nom. 1 1 Hitam Tin 2.90 3.10 1 l
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    • 87 17 NOTICE. The post free price of the Straits Times to the United Kingdom and foreign countries is $38 a year. The post free price of the Straits Budget is $14 a yeur to any part of the world. It is not necessary to subscribe for a year. The subscipttons for
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  • 74 17 DEATH SIDDONS. On Augu t 21, at No. 9, Tiverton I.ane. Harriette Caroline widow of the late T. W. Siddon. Aged 72 years. IN MEMO R! AM In ever dear memory of my darling hu hind and churn, Commander Charles P.ertram Ward. O.H.K., Merlirnau I- tate, Malacca, who passed away
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  • The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT.
    • 110 1 Genera] Price of Rubber 1 July Rubber Returns 1 United Malaysian Rubber I Local Rubber Auctions 2 The Plant* r .‘t Rubber Tapping .‘i Telegram— Kajang Planters 1 Correspondence— Tamil Labour Meeting and Reports—(lolinsburgh Rubber Estates 1 Galloway Rubber 1 North ltorneo Trading 1 Besoeki Plantations 1 Johore Rubber
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    • 256 1 The report of the directors of Colinsburgh Rubber Kstate, Ltd., to be presented at Malacca, on September 4, covers the year ended March .‘5l. it says :—After charging to revenue all secretarial and office expenses, directors’ fees, $l,OOO, an 1 writing otf depreciation, $7,056.18, th. year’s working
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    • 128 1 With reference to Notification No. published in the E.M.S. (lovernmont Gazette of January 3, J'.H'j, it is notified that the price of first grade rubber for th< period August 20 to August 20, 1020. inclusive, is l>'J’ a cents per pound, equivalent to $02.00 per picul. We
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    • 1103 1 The third annual ordinary meeting of the Calloway Rubber Company, Limited, was held at Messrs. Whittall and Co.’s >fl: in Klang on August 14, when the following were present, says the Malay Mail :—Mr. A. Douglas (in the chair), Dr. \Y\ M.
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    • 101 1 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, August 24. At a farewell at lu me at the Kajang lub, in lion ur ef Major C. Flurn Murdoch, Mr. Kind u-sley paid a tribute to n;s services in two wars. Mr. Kin ler. ley ref-rued to the split amongst the
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    • 17 1 Eukit Jelotong.—7,011 lbs. Malacca H. Plantations.—243,050 lbs. Malaka Pinda.—33,001 lbs. Taiping Rubber Estates.—a,750 lbs.
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    • 82 1 In the Supremo Court, on Monday before ir John Bueknill, K.C., the petition for the winding up of the United Malaysian Lubber Co., Ltd., was mentioned, Mr. U. S. Carver asking for a postponement for a fortnight as he was awaiting instructions from London and there was
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    • 456 1 Tho report of the North Borneo Trading (ompany for 1919 states that .1*77 000 debenture stock remained deposited as collateral security fer temporary loans which during the year were reduced fmm to Tho Tirarnn I’u'bTr Eotatca havinit allotted its share capital •n
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    • 197 1 Tim report of the Besooki Plantations for 1019 states that the coffee crop rcacnca 8,200 pi. Is. (0,057 cwts.) and realised i" 1 10’jd. per cwfc., while the cost, mclaum., cultivation, harvesting, preparation, etc., was £1 10s. Had. per cwt. The estimato for 1020 is 6,000 piculs. Of
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    • 1413 2 An extraordinary general meeting of the jo!v>re Rubber Lands (1913), Ltd., was y-Ad on July 15, at Winchester House. OM Broad Street, E.C., for the purpose of considering and, if tnougnt lit, of passing the following resolution in manner required f,»r the passing
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    • 402 2 The report of the Malayalam Rubber and Produce Ccmpany for 19 1 9 states that the •viler crop totallo 1 1,752.709 lbs., against 'n estimate of l.Sl'l.O')) O' o The cost f production f.o.b. (excluding loss in exh.vnge, 2.151. per pound) was J 1.0 id. per muni, cent
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    • 848 2 The -IGOth auction of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association was held on August 18 and 19, 1920, when there was catalogued 1,920,030 lbs., 857.13 tons. Offered 1,095,107 lbs., 756.77 tons. Sold 1,171,008 lbs., 522.79 tons. PRICES REALISED. Ribbed Smoked Sheet
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    • 738 2 The ninth annual general meeting of tho Port Dickson-Lukut (F.M.S.) Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held on July 21 at tho oflices of the Rubber (Irowers* Association, Eastcheap, Mr. J. 11. Renton presiding. the Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report and
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    • 65 3 [The Straits Times is not responsible for the opinions of its correspondent*. Corr* ■por,dents should hear in mind thut letters must bo short and to ibe .point. Long rsmhlmg epistles are liable to be rejected or ruthlessly cut d'>wn. Correspondents must enclose their names, not necessarily for publication but
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    • 386 3 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —The question of raising the rate ©f pay of the coolie, and the cost of his living, is being actively discussed now everywhere. One of the recommendations made has been that every estate should run its own shop as it
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    • 340 3 The Incorporated Society of Planters is to be congratulated on its sturdy offspring The Planter, which is the official journal of j the Society and which gives every promise of having come to stay. It is an excellently produced magazine, full of
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    • 389 3 S .S. P.” writes to the Malay Mail as follows Your correspondent A.K.W. inquires re alternate day tapping in the August 21st edition of the Malay Mail. A very careful experiment was carried out under scientific supervision in Selangor recently. From the data
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    • 233 3 The report of the Heawood Tin and Rubber Estate for 1910 states that the revenue account for the year shows a profit of £13,971, after debiting all home expenditure and a full allowance for Eastern charges. After making the allocations mentioned in last year’s report there
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    • 200 3 Presiding at the meeting of the Lankat Rubber Company, Limited, on July 20, at Winchester House, E.C., Mr. H. H. Nelson said that £12,083 of excess-profits duty had been recovered owing to their profit for the previous year having been considerably below the pre-war standard. As the profit
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    • 986 3 Stock Par Exchange Par FxpU? Value. Company. Prices, Value. Company. p r j n g» July 21. July 21*' 2/- Anglo-Malay 42/6 £1 Linggi 2 £1 Bakap Plant ns. 31/6 £1 Lumut t> 68/3
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    • 6923 4 t; folio win?: is taken from the report f the executive of the General Labour (Vnmittee, British Malaya, on Indian hluujr and labourers The formation of *V .committee was due tuusu.ggcslicn.inadc t ,V the Planters’ AssiviaGon o f Malaya I Indian In'.ni; vra-aori oinmittee,
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    • 141 5 The statutory meeting of Broga Rubbef Estates, Ltd., was held on Tuesday, Kuala Lumpur, with Dr. E. A. 0. Trav in the chair. The chairman announcea that there were already 100 Tamils on estate. The Visiting Agent s l Bevan’s) report on Kingsland Estate favourable, an up-to-date
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    • 2461 6 The ordirsry g* r\' n e'-tiru o’ ‘.ho SuffiFftCfc iJava) Rabbet Pjantaki?ci>, L.iu.iiGd, w*t» uol1 recently id the Coaoo’t Rojiu-.f the Babbit Growers’ Ases-oiatiev*! U«<v rporatcd), b«, EC., M». R N. Bioghy (chairman of the comp»nj) presiding. Thb Chairman said: Gentlecjen,
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    • 707 6 The fifth annual goueral meeting of share boioeta ia the 8ong:ls Rsbbe* Estate, LM. was h’.H at the roenn of ibe Riyil As m: Sooitky, Shanghai, ou July 27. Mr. Cuv) Hollilsy presided supported by Dr. C. T K-w, ani Moss
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    • 241 6 The report of 6b«i Meant Aae'iu (Johore) Rabbet B inter fer 'he year »nded Maroh 81, 1920, slatt h that the net profit w *s £l6B 899, after provid og for 10 prr coat, depreciation cn bailficge, plant and iDicbfcrry. The amount bronpht forward was £8.287, and
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    • 211 6 The report of the Lo ndon A»•* tie RobVer and Prodooo Coa.pt> nv ter IS IK nsles that the crop of rnbbe- au .j-t d to 1 i 15,660 lbs. •gainst an estidmto rf 1428 6 0 b<., snda yield in tin prfvlooa 'etvuf 1,.'<7,919 Iba. Tbn
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    • 146 6 Tho report ct the Bruas P. »<*k Robber Estate for tbe ended b»r.»-y 29, 1920, states that the output of diy rubber from Galubi amoonlrd to 82,278 lb nod from I)nd»ng to 167,2C6 lb«, m%Vi'>,/ a lots! of 169,479 lbo., against au eetiiuotH 210 001 lbs. Tbe estimate
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    • 2003 7 The t nth ordiuny general meeting of the Anglo Johove Rubber Estates, Limited, waa held oo July 20 in the Council Ro ,m of the Rabbt r Growhis’ A-sociaiion. 88, Eaatoheap, B.C S r Biota* W B rob, E C.M.G. (ohair* xuon
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    • 1008 7 Tbe ekvtnlb ordinary general mw t jag of th' Britinh North Borneo Rubber 'lrust L*miv«vd, was held cn July 21 at Winchester tl ure. Old Broad Street, R.O., tbe Bin of N tiiuiaoi (r.baLman of tbe eompaay) pr*. sidiog JL’te Obairmau taid
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    • 797 7 The tenth annual general meeting shareholders in the Padatg Rabbet Co was held at the cffiocs ot tbo general mansgftR (M.sirs A R. bark ill and Sons), Shanguai on Aagast 4 Mr A. W. Barkill prtsidoc' supported bv Mr. bun Bing-biru (Directs*) and
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 280 8 IET twisted ankle, ft sprained wrl*t, ft strain, j m U H Cl thooo ftn thing* that demand LJJ in huny. And thftt i* just why iusund* who aro lUWo to thaao mishap* keep bottlo of LUtlo»* OrioaUl Iff Ho** at hand. tfert is absolutely nothing equal to it for
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    • 59 8 FOURNIER'S KVfiEIUUlF IIXTUBE (EOR LADIES) WASTE MO TIMS TtUtd u4 Proved for Toon 1***U***T {w notUo oar ditordor of tho Thon is Nothing to o««al It. A*!*** m Widely Known. It in Juotly described on tho WNK8T REMEDY IN THE WORLD Mlxtare. oU onhotltntoo which on lnjnrlons and honnfaL ■old
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    • 87 8 fa 'IV •iw 5331 Prepared solely from pure Lime Juice and the finest refined sugar. THE STANDARD FOR WnTT »n4 EXCELLENCE. t insist on having ROSE'S. a* iiiiiiii(iiiiiii'HiiiiiiiifiiiritiiiiiitinitniiiiiiHiiiin»iiniNM THE UNWIN FUN Hold* the Singapore Automobile Club'* ofleial oortifieata lev petrol consumption, S4.6 mile* on 1 gallon. WEMNE BROTHERS, LTD. I
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 97 9 if- u.* UPTON S TEA Nothing can satisfy the millions of people all over the world, if it is not the Beat. Nothing can make them buy it again and again unless it is the Best. Upton’s Teas have the largest sale in the worm, and can therefore justly be
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