The Straits Budget, 27 January 1922

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  • 30 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE ‘STRAITS TIMES'' VOL LXXVI NO. .3337 Singapore, Friday, January 27, 1922 ESTABLISHED OVER THREE QUARTER OF A CENTURY. Price 25 cents.
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  • 243 1 I LEADERS—- rail- Trading Company 12 Lower l’erak Planters 12 Government and Education 12-13 Trie Royal Visit 13 H l/egihlative Council 13 The Hand Str.ke 14 General— Local and Personal 1-2 UeiiterX S»rvav. 3-6 Hun.- Night in Singapore 6 H Gov r; neat'- Emergency Powers 0 DipoGts or Chit*
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  • 4581 1 Mr. Botien Kloss when last hoard from was arranging a trip to Corsica. Mr. K. L. Talma returned from homo on the I*, and (>. steamer Kashgar. l.ieut.-Co). \V. H. Whyte has been appointed 'Adjutant for the Penang Volunteers. l.ieut.-Commander C. A. Peal, R. X. R.. has
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  • FRIDAY’S TELEGRAMS.
    • 780 3 jjr I r'K SH!' 1 (tool., unuary I s reliably stated that i our i'ower Paeitie pact Hr hv ex-President Wilson H- jus retirement, has reH'* 1 7 interference in politics, ■fa y\ v ilseti opposes the pact ■Api' J,r :it it does not constitute
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    • 220 3 London. January lx. Delhi: The Legislative Assembly adont-Ml with acclamation a resolution welcoming the Prince of Walts’ vMt, express'rig confidence that a fall measure of responsible government would u t long be uelayed and anticipating tlu* day when India w .\iid take her p”i p- r place
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    • 131 3 Paris. January 17. I lu* Banque Industriolie de Chine matter is soon to come up again before Parliament. According to Le Petit I’ari--ien, the relloiatior, scheme provides for the appottioimient of .’120.000,000 francs, out of the nearly 400,000,000 still owing on the score of the Boxer indemnity, to
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    • 97 3 I mlo:i. January Is Far Creni di*appea-”ing rapidly like lln epidemic of HHS, influenza is spreading and has broken out in many new areas in the lust fiw day*. Neuralgic and rheumatic conditions and s metimes b.*ii> and absia :*>••* are a feat ;iv of tlv jittaeks. The
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    • 91 3 London, January IN. Washington As a concession to the agricultural 1 loc, the Scna.v ha.- amended tin* federal reserve law, permitting the appointment of a farmer to the rrsetv* hoard. London. January I s Los Ain't es Th populace was aim nitty uitn earthquake ,-h >eks <
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    • 346 3 Paris, January IT. M. Poincare and Lord Curzoti met ’e. terday and had an informal conversa--1 en on pending questions. The utmost cordiality prevailed. According to the papers, all problems regaiding which France and Britain are still tit variance tire due to be thrashed out through the
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    • 56 3 London, January 18 Johannesburg A communique states a* t!" progress was made at the conf. nmv between the Chamber of Mine* and the Industria’ Federation, whieh has .rent's disappointed the public. The pompon is now described as the worst since •lie berinnimr f th strike. Pumninvr in
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    • 77 3 L mdon, January I x. Melix urr:.* W'th a vLw t.» fost. rinyr t;v.l'an tru'A m ill. Hast, a conf re hi state Crime Mini.-t r-. pr sided r h; Ml. II ;’.v .eci.i .1 lo appoint L. 'l*. Sh.af i presentative at e. var;. i i
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    • 60 3 London, January !x. i is atm mired that in view of the ’.ostdo attitudi* of the Federal Council itiatimtala has withdrawn from the ('enra.l American pact union and resumed vercigtity as an indepen lent republic. London. January IX. Santiago: Chile has accepted President larding’.* invitation to meet Peru
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    • 48 3 London, January 18. Cairo: Three natives were killed and five wounded in :m afl'ray at Shnndawil, Cpper Egypt. A large crowd attiicki d the British company’s market in connection with the anti-British boycott. The police tired in self defence. Some policemen and company’s men were injured.
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    • 59 3 London, January In. The Cost of living fell seven per cent n December. On December -1 it v.a lie I »west since Mareli, 1!*1S, namely 1*:! p r cent, above pre-war. London, January IN. '’opeiihayen The (ireat Northern !'<'liyr.'ipli Company has re-opened its of, at I’ctrograd for transmission of
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  • SATURDAY’S TELEGRAMS.
    • 323 3 Reutku’s Skk\ u;f. I. iid' ii. .January It*. I'afi.' M. I'oil.ran*, in a statement of policy in the* Senate and Chamber, said We re be urj hapjiy il the Anglo-French pact, destined to consolidate peace, should be shortly signed. We do not
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    • 104 3 London, January 19. The i‘5,000,000 Commonwealth six per cent, loan has been very amply covered. The list was closed in advance of the appointed date and the market that subscribers will receive only a percentage of their applications. Dealings commenced this morn ng and their quotation steadily advanced
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    • 99 3 London, January 19. A message from Delhi states thut a Democratic party has been formed to conluct opposition in the Assembly. Fifty members have joined, and it hopes to make an effective debut by passing a resolution condemning the vernment policy. The party aims to secure tho
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    • 48 3 London, January 11*. Roiik* Tin Dope i> ill with influenza. Theie is .-onic anxiety as his temperature has reached 104 and complications aro feared. I,at r A reassuring buPetin regardinir the condition of the Pope* says he is expected to recover in a few days.
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    • 53 3 London, January IS Delhi It \\;e ofliciai'y stated in tho eunril of Slate that L’.'J.Vi Muphills w re I; i i! d ;.nd .'>,7:17 hove been -'.nteneed to imprisonment. Many tli<m ands of Hindi’. were forcibly converted t > klam. Fho niiiitnr\ expenditure the Moplah catnnrtivri amounted t
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    • 352 4 London, January 11*. Washington The Chinese and Japanese o i at< have mach'd an agreement l»y which 11 < iron and coal mines in Kiaochow ha-i-hold will ho operator! hy a company for rnerl o'id'T a special charter l»y the <'hinese <lovernrnent.
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    • 52 4 London, January ID. Melbourne: Mr. Hughes is considering H scheme which will be submitted to the Queensland Premier under which the Federal Government would cooperate with the Queensland Government in carrying oid oilhoring operations in Queensland. It suggests that the Anglo Persian Com pan.v should put down
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    • 64 4 London. January ID. Mr. Austen li.iinlierla ti, in addr<*ssmg the Scottish Unionist at Glasgow, sai»l that the unanimous decision of the Prime M mister and his colleagues whom lie had consulted was tliat th** di*• ’*:I'• in f Parliament xxas impossil ;e until the legal establishment and
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    • 61 4 l.otidon, .lanuary JO. home: A a n ait *f a w.w d quite hetween the leader of the Seamen' Union and the m r I ed« ration the latter ha decided to hr, up all vessels and d mi' tli ill w I p to the pee nt
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    • 39 4 I-oiidon, .lanuary lit). I lie linn policy of the (iovernment in I ml.a was. upheld hy the Legislative A emhly at Uclh which rcjc«-ted hy i t votes to a resolution recommending the abandonment of (iovernment re('MS |(i||.
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    • 39 4 London, January ID. < ontatlt llioplc At the request of tin Aniqiia <ln\ rniiu iit the Soviet aulhorilie have arre ted Knver I’asha who will h. conveyed to Angola where he will he tried for high treason.
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    • 44 4 I >l. i., ,i. .11 I* l asoje ’III :O' I lllnelit ha i< ||ei| ,'I ontract with the Standard <>: i.m o American <ompany to i•pl ot .1 li.yd in < /echo K'o\ la, for a pi ro d of .'Pi von*'.
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  • MONDAY’S TELEGRAMS
    • 567 4 Keijtkk’s Skfvuk. I lie Italian t on-ul is in receipt ol an official wire from the Italian Kmbassx, London, dated Sunday, statinu that Pope Benedictus V is chad. Reijtkk’s SKRVIIK. London, January 2<>. Rome The Pop i (iiidition suddenly rr w worse at i a.m. I
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    • 43 4 Paris. January is. Ihe IVr'ian (lovitmiuciil has sent t!a* League if Nations secretary at (iemwa. lor purpo.es of record, a copy of the IV r inn < htt:e e treaty of friend hip i tied in dome in January. IPJO. i!la\a
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    • 22 4 London, January 20. •bn i' ed r f A'-it'an dinlmrgh. held •> b ..t;.;V v.'l! r- an I stul u;:u.
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    • 72 4 i *l .i uai 1 al and haP* -million sterlin b., n eiin. b,* fi, in (Ja-"uw li Ice railway gu ids stores in b ft (it we. e ;,utted. Lola 1 li, 1 11 U;- j* (I 'b"' •> 1 lie teal’* f li.. r 1 n
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    • 240 4 London, January 2<h Washington The Naval Limitation i fat',' v.hicli > practical.y c(.mplet»*d gives’ America a total battleship tonnage if r,on.xvith til" following ships:-— I ary V. nd. California, Tennessee, Idaho, New Mi\i i. Mississippi, Arizona, Penn.-..’Ivan.a. Oklahoma, Ncxv York, Arkansas, Wyoming, Florida, IJ
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    • 638 4 London. Januurv 20. Washington The Far Has tern Committee lias adopted, substantially as pre.-enie I. the Anglo-American resolutions regarding the Chinese railways. It then took up the existing commitment* which is the last item on the agenda. The committee agreed that all nations represented at the Conference
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    • 178 4 Reuter’s Service. Urndon, January ,'i. New York The Commercial Cab,? Company announces that two new eabhj between New York and Knulen wil, iaid and put into operation by tbt-.Ur IKJJ umlor contract with the *ii-nn;,r» Atlantic Company. London, January J(\ Lima Peru has accepted the Fmt*.! States
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    • 217 4 L* mion. January Jt Tlu A ntral Hull at W ■•stminstcr w gui.y decorated with national flairs t occasion of the Coalition Liberal <*onference. Nearly .*1,000 were present. The Attorney (leneral, Sir Garden Hexvart. *.n moving the formation of a National Liberal Council, said lhex xvere f"rnunc n.*t
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    • 147 4 Paris, January 1 M. Poincare’s ministerial statement i‘> y that the cabinet will strive to coopei-h-intimately with Parliament for can mb' out treaties and organising nati'»n:il defence and financial reforms, but !l French linances can be saved «>i y < C-ennany fuliils her engagement- !1 rejiaiis 1 e
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  • TUESDAY’S TELEGRAMS
    • 398 5 Reuter’s Service. H I. mien, January 21. I i.-.rned that Mr. Lloyd George and a„Y Chamberlain have reached an m. ,i*' for continuing the present ;i ,id coiieent rating on a policy of Yi.'n f ixponditure and taxation and ,i,, Ul.'.ur party. It
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    • 263 5 I "t \Vaie>' t amp. Mysore, Jan. 22. I L;c I’rince <>f Walts has been spending I yuy* in a jungle tamp at Karapur I Nuniay lie witnessed a great khcddah I .V, drive. The herd was I t’ded into a stockade and <!i tiifv Kvrv finally
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    • 59 5 London, January 21. 'rtu’in!! 1 f,. lA rt nii( r who ln the relief expedition to a l»l>ealed to the Swedish lij d,1< People to help the starvV' ‘Ut; n t uh Y r< not only reduced r ‘"V'i >ut Wm °y <,n com pel led i’A i
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    • 251 5 London, January 21. A message from Washington states that the Far Eastern committee has postponed taking action on the American proposal to publish all the Chinese treaties at the request of the Japanese who desired to refer the matter to Tokio. The commitoo passed a resolution expressing the
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    • 137 5 London, January 11). After hearing M. Poincare’s declaration the Chamber expressed confidence in the •lew cabinet by 472 to 107. (Havas.) Paris, January 20. The unusually large majority by which ’he Chamber manifested appreciation of the principles clearly sot forth by M. Poincare in yesterday’s statement and
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    • 121 5 London, January 21. There has been a promising outcome of the personal consultation between Mr. Collins anil Sir James Craig. It was mutually igrced that instead of a boundary commission as outlined in the treaty the north and the south will each appoint a representative to report on the
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    • 110 5 I.' ndon, January 21. New York Tex Rickard, the pro motor, inter alia, of the CarpentierDempsey boxing match, has been arrested it the instance of the Children’s Society ind charged with criminal assault. Later He has been released on $l.OO i oail. which he will answer on the
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    • 238 5 London, January 21. Rome The sudden and unexpected news of the Rope’s relapse caused a tremendous sensation among all classes. A feeling of hopefulness came during the day owing to the small proportion of fatalities in the present influenza epidemic in Rome, even where pneumonia supervened, hut
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    • 115 5 London, January 21. Berlin A destructive fire has almost completely destroyed the chocolate factory :t Tempo hoe. near Berlin. It is stated that MOO w ukers were injurtd and that die damage is estimated at between 40 and ’>o million marks. London. January 21. Berlin Official figures
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    • 218 5 London, January 21. Johannesburg, January IP in consequence of tho miners’ strike no trams have been run since midday. Considerable income nieiue is caused throu.h lack >f power to businesses and industries. Ten thousand mine natives have already been •ipatriated. There
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    • 89 5 London, January 21. Delhi The Council of State rejected by 2.‘5 votes to 10 a motion advocating a joint session of both houses to determine on lines for holding a conference of all shades of political opinion to consider the situation. (iovernment announced that it. was considering measures
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    • 25 5 London, January 22. Bombay Lord Northclitfe lias arrived •’r m \urn and D the guest of the Cover nor, Sir (Icorgi l Lloyd.
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  • WEDNESDAY’S TELEGRAMS
    • 815 5 Reuter’s Service. London, January 22. K'inio Tin* I*ojh» died at rix a.m. «.n Sunday morning. la nd n, January 22. Koine: immediately after the 'pope's '•yatli Cardinal (iaspairi, Papal Secretary (f State, took charge of affairs in the apacity of ardinal Camerlcngo
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  • THURSDAY’S TELEGRAMS.
    • 511 6 Reuter's Service. London, January 22. Washington The Kar Eastern com mittee in their perusal of t h«* agreement shows that the seetion re quiring reports to he made to tie* Seer«*tariat-(»eneral of the eonferenee of eommitments ami eontraets, etc., hy China with nationals of the participating power 1
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    • 89 6 London, .lamiary 2.2. Washington President Harding in an a.Mr .v.s declared that the feasibility of a waterway between the ureal lakes ami I lust. I.awrenee was um|iiest ioncd. The heart of the American continent with its \ast agricultural and industrial resources would thereby he brought into
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    • 63 6 London, January 2'!. it is i flicially slated that Princess. .Mar\ s wedding is fixi-d for February 2^ It is i flicially announced that Princess Mary’s bridesmaids will he the follow inu Princess Maud, l.ad\ Rachel r M ven d>sh. I.ady Mary Th>une. Lady Victoria I «"ilin< Kv
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    • 183 6 Reuter’s Service. London. January 21. Jimne The death c-rtificatc of the Pope ciit to tli** Municipality by tie- Holy See says he died of influenzal broncho-pneu-monia. The body *f tin* Pope was transferred from the throrc- r om to St. Peters fir the lying in state this
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    • 152 6 London, January 2-‘I. New ork Significance is attached to the statement hy the l int d States section •f the inter-American high commission, if which Mr. Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, is chairman, as reflecting con-id: rations whi( h are likely to weigh largely with the (Government in connection
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    • 123 6 Prince of Wales' Camp, Hyderabad. Deccan, January 25. Hyderabad gave to the Prince of Wales a fine reception tins morning on his arrival after thirty-five hours in the train. The ancient city rose to the occasion with adornments of true barbaric splendour and colouring. I he ceremonial
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    • 84 6 London, January 2-'!. Montreal A beneficent action is announced by Lord Athol-tan in a letter to tli-' I riiicipal of Met till t diversity with the object of stimulating tin- work of ;aii( r research throughout the world. His lonk hip idlers a prize of $lOO,OOO to the
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    • 62 6 London, January 22. In pursuance of the (Jovernment’s policy i'f economy and disarmament, orders have Ijeen received by Itosyth dockyard to reduce the programme and nearly .2,000 men will consequently lie discharged at the rate of 200 M week, leaving a maximum stall of 2,000. It is estimated that
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    • 45 6 London. January 2.2. Jidi.iiim shuru, January 22 Kvcrythmg was quiet during the week-end. Two Nationalist leaders made a speech urging U,r "liner- to persist in the strike and do everything their power to support, the Nationalists in sweeping out the Smut- < eriiuient.
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    • 125 6 London, January 22. Pan- Le Journal declares that, in agreement with the (Government, M. l asti yris, Minister of Finance, wiL introduce at the beginning of the week a measure for saving the Banque Industrielle de Chine which is practically the same as introduced by the previous (‘abinet.
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    • 60 6 London, January 2.5. It is reported from Constantinople that Mr. John li. Hodge has been released. [A wire of December US stated that Mr. Hodge, who had he n visiting Australia, China and North Persia investigating trade po-sibilities, had been arrested hy the Bolshevists at Batum <
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    • 30 6 London. January 22. Twenty countries, including (Gnat Britain, the Dominions, the I’nited States and China will In* represented at the Irish World Congress opening on January 2:5.
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    • 36 6 London, January 2-I. The new issues, < f i’GJO,OOO,OOO, three per rent. British Local loans stock at 57 and the Anglo-Persian Oil shares have Been over subscribed. The lists closed within an hour of opening.
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    • 30 6 London, January i*:». Washington The National Agricultur ongress, attended hy .“00 delegates and representing all branches of agriculture and all industries related to farm rig, has been opened.
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    • 21 6 London. Janua: y 2d. alii ut The Moplali rebel chief Kui.hamad Hadji and six othois have been shot dead.
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  • 185 6 A very delightful variation fr m the ordinary* course of Freemasonry in Singapore took phu on Wednesday viring, the Burn; Anniversary, at Goodwood Hall, when the ladies were invited and att Tided in large numbers. Members of Lodge Ai:.'.'i. th hosts, were in their masonic regalia,
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  • 128 6 Mi. F. W. Douglas, on behalf of the hon. tin- Thief Secretary, has filed an answer to the plaint of tin- Central Milling Agency of Kuala Kurau which was published exclusively in the Straits Times about a fortnight ago. Tlu- defence tiled through Messrs. Bannon and Bailey,
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  • 699 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Hongkong, January ip. The employers’ action in insisting on a return to work has embittered the strik ir seamen, who have now' reverted to their original demand for an increase of :;n r cent, in wages over $.50 a
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  • 47 7 I T u not responsible for I ill correspondent*. Co^caft [i.moi I Hf j n mind that letters sidled point. Long I* liable to be rejected or l ‘P‘ wn Correspondents must c 1 not necessarily foi K guarantee of good fa*tn. b»- Iho wntti 1"
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  • 175 7 K.i'b.i of tin- Straits Times. Mlt ,too late to mend, A too late to correct a mis- v, a meeting of the Chinese K' „f the Singapore Social held yesterday afterk W as drawn to the fact at mooting »f the Legisla- Hon. l>r. Galloway, in u 1
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  • 396 7 Editor of the Straits Times. v j ;i";iL’e under Selangor notes in E. *J7th ult. on the above E'. t" th etrivt that tirst class pa»B England had been provided in B' tin > for unemployed men who B \ii\ refused to avail themselves of B <•.« iuM
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  • 1452 7 H' t»i H l( Straits Times. of yesterday would H h wr 'tten without full T I{ »rine r in which the mipany’s business is .“'Klewloo by »liari'- that each '•>lances it- purchases of Tin ore by sales of Tin, u> near as '.ay he, and that
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  • 151 7 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. Kindly allow me a litt.e space in your valuable journal to support An Indian’s plea appearing in your issue yesterday for Government resuming import of Indian sheep and goat. Unlike your correspondent, I have no special dislike for Australian meat,
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  • 124 7 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—Much attention is being given to Ih question of school accommodation at the moment and a supply of qualified European teachers is necessary before things can be put properly in working order. European teachers have had theit allowance cut 2*» per
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  • 274 7 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Your hadi-r. written in dcfonei if a limit'll autocramay n d In* con .•ant with v'Tyotu*’ ideas IVrhap v'i will permit ive I ■> ply horMv air '9 or; nd that tie exe« at ive i" i haw iner a
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  • 289 7 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, At tin meeting in connection with ho d accommodation held at the Victoria Theatre on Friday, January 20, one of the ukers from the audience advanced a statement which, I am sorry to say, is entirely wrong. From what was
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  • 178 7 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—Mr. Campbell's letter in your paper of yesterday seems to be too lenient for what many motorists think of the apartment in charge of road repairing fo»’ keeping Kal ang Knud in such a shameful state. I he taxes on vehicles
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  • 377 7 To the Editor of the* Straits Times. Sir, I have road with interest the representations to he made to the general inerting through the medium of the Singapore delegates for the Malaya (’up Com petition next year. I would suggest instead of that in the event of
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  • 138 8 To the Kditor <ff th*- Straits Tirr.*s. Sir, I shall l» ohligi-vl if you will allow a lut* pace in pun widely read paper to put forward a grievance of the poor ion*- of th* Kurasian fi-l-rimn of Malacca. At the opening -ff the Ii -ol aft T
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  • 484 8 The second annual general meettnu of Southern I'eruk Dredging, I.muted, was held ori |December ll* at Winchester House, K.C. Sir Ernest W. Bireh, K.C.M.G. (the eliHirmiin), m moving' tin- adoption of the report and accounts, said We huvu been taught to look
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  • 2148 8 It wa- unanimously decided at an extra ordinary general meeting of the I'enang t’ricket ('lull on the l*th inst., to j aholi h tie- chit -y-tem. and introduc t lie i n h depo it -yslem without Imoks, as from .March I,
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  • 423 8 The Dutch steamer Van Neck, wnich arrived in Penang on Tuesday brought the Knglish members of the crew of the Danish steamer Chassie Maersk, which was wrecked on Poelo Rondo, recentlj. Seen by a Pinang Gazette represi nu,tiv»- one of
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  • 195 8 News has come to hand, i iiiaiiu' tie of i h-* iPHh i. .Messrs. I!, I and .Johnston, win through nanj; about a fortnight a th-'ir at mpt to make the journ- v S ny; po. to l.endon on motor i i inched Hand Yai,
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  • 331 10 'I i,i i,i t,f I’anu Kuhnian ah Marti Mi i f Ml. .11l I ice Hamit l.< nnani in tin- Haul > on tin- -Oth on a lijoli h hy flu (>;lic..il As-lgnce In rninmil M. ..:i ri;:** l i |*r at tor not
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  • 344 10 In I ».<l<l l npondby or rat her ail rcvoir, to Mr. (i. 11. Mugliston. tin senior part nor of (lie firm of Mi sis. Sand.land Hutto iy ami Co., who li ft t'oi lioino hy I tin* Kpy pt on Tia ilay. tin farewell is tinged
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  • 1604 10 take the follow ing from the Municipal A- e.,sor’s memoranduin on the asscs.--..icnt of tie Sugrapore Harbour Board] roperty which xva* sulnndted to the eon: ission appoint <i by the Governor t < n 11’(‘ into the hnaneial position of the Iunn’ipality
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  • 412 10 The twelfth annual general nioeta Pantai, Limited, was held at (in han House, Mattery Knael, on Tuesday, w ith \j P VV. L. Watkins in the chair. The- ,,ti 1(r present were Messrs. .1. M. Sinie idir. t r G. Knox, W.
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  • 238 10 MUNICIPAL COMMISSION. Will Sky Scrapers be Allowed In Singapore At the ordin;.n mrnth'y mcetinc !l A! n t < i«* i >;« Ca iriinissioK, to I <■ It rid to ii *_Mpm. I >r. v cerasamy wiii move ti r Mutiicip.il Commissioners ho good Hot :i burnt ground for the
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  • 54 10 As the result of u raitl hy the fi’ 1 I’olice Oflicer, the Adjutant, chief detect w Insp. Costello tind a posse of Kur<'l ,<an and Asiatic police, about ‘2O men with artn* and ammunition were arrested in a house off Halestier Bond durinp the early hnuff
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  • The Straits Budget
    • 1384 12 timr of t rouble. Straits Times, January •JO. Sir Frank Swettenhani, as Governor, passed a protiil»itiv<* tin ore «*xport duty, am| on effect of that hold and most wise policy wav to enormously consolidate the position of the Straits Trading Company. At tho opening of tin* pi
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    • 1219 12 \v!u-ic there art* no masters.— Strait* Times, .January 21. "Sir. said a visitor the other day, "you Imu* been neglecting rubber: you have not written on it this year." We gasped at the severity of tin* tone, until xve detected the twinkle of an eye, and then
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    • 1115 12 I In, sympathetically.- Straits One of the important questions that come before the Legislative Council to-day is the inadequate provision of school accommodation. With regard to this we have been making some searches through the financial records of the Colony, and they are rather surprising. For instance
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    • 1139 13 Straits Times, January ‘J4. We are drawing towards the time when the Prince of Wales, having finished his tour in India, will pay Malaya a visit. It is a long long time since we have had the opportunity of welcoming a guest who stands so close to
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    • 1206 13 Strait." Tiitit't, January 120. We are glad that the Registration Biil received its quietus at the meeting of the Legislative Council on Monday. Also we 1 are a good deal surprised that it was introduced. It is not so very long since a full census of the population
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    • 1099 14 Strait Times, January 20. A new phase of the strike on the Kami Mining aria is suggested by Sir Ala* Hailey's allegation that the Nationalist party is using the white minei to create opposition to ami ovei throw the Smuts’ Government. It is difficult at this distancc
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  • 175 14 We rugrel to record the death in distressing circumstances of Mr. G. 1). Lucas, Senior Warden of Mines, F.M.S., which occurred on Friday night, the cause cf death being two shot wounds in the head. Mr. Lucas, says the Malay Mail of Satur- «»»>’,
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  • 118 14 The North Borneo Official Gazette of January 0 has the following notification His Excellency A. C. Pearson, C.M.G., u tires from the post /if Governor on the expiration of the term of office, which is six years, hut in his ease has been extended to seven
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  • 1007 14 I*lolll Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, January -4. On his first appearance on the Supreme Court Bench, after his return from a holiday in India, Sir Lionel Woodward, the Chief Judii al Commissioner. K.M.S., receive I a cordial welcome from the member
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  • 257 14 Stamp duties as revised at the hot meeting of the Federal Council havt m.u come into effect. The principal change.*, says the Malay Mail, are as follow* The death duties are now 1 per on properties from s.*>oo to $5,000,
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  • 343 14 Mr. J. I). l’ierrepont, General Manager ot tin.* Singapore Telephones, has issued to subscribers a circular informing* them of the results obtained from the recent reconstruction. Ihe circular, to which a chart is attached, says 1 would explain that an earth on the line (there are two
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  • 1093 15 I ui'uii had already been once I cut given for plaintiff, and l! wcuted for perjury and acl u,f !m.' before tb Chief Justice. I 4U u "haw. in the Supreme ourt on My 1 »t|, mst., on an order for t
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  • 425 15 Before ihe business of the day cmmenced and in the presence of the assembled Bar the Chief Justice, Sir Walter Shaw with whom was associated on the bench. Mr. Justice Barrett1. unard, midressing Mr. Koek. senior, ami li-- mbet-s >f
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  • 35 15 Tenders are being called for the denioli1 e.| „f th- old Post Office. Master Attenots Office and the .Surveyor of Ships’ Office, etc., between Cavanagh Bridge and .Cider-on Bridge and Singapore Club
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  • 1008 15 (I* rom Our Own Correspondent.! Kuala Lumpur, January 24. The members of the Kuala Lumpur ami their friends, including a arKe number of ladies, heartily welcomed to their midst the new physical-director-secretary Mr. J. I’pfoid, at a social gather, mu- held at
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  • 316 15 ’ln- m>»ttcr of the M)«n>|iir Industrinllo do t bine a* til. before Mr. .1 u>»t t>a rrol t I .enuard, iii lhi* supreme <!• urt on Monday, when > nplication was mad*; liv Mr. Mundcll, on liehalf of the Dank f*>r tin* further
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  • 313 15 Ilefore the < !i i»-l .lustier. Sir Walter Shaw "u Monday, in i lie Supremo Court an'application w»s m*de by Mr. J. (i. Campbell on Indialf ol the defendant that the intorlocatnrv judgment deli vend in the ea«e of Oscar Wilson versus l>
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  • 66 15 .Mr. i'. (I. Ih'itrn who has been acting; with much acci ptunce as tile city coroner, in been eotiiirmed in tliat position with retrospective effect as from September 20, IH2O. Mis appointment is one that is not. only a compliment to the police department. in
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  • Sporting News and Notes.
    • 1848 19 I r ii-tve been selected for the l Til f ".''which will play in the '•""Vi Cun competition final at L' m. Saturday the 28th j* k. Ablett, Lt. Hogben. 1 11 (,al !Vr J P t. Sloper; C. Graham l“ r K.nw!iv. H.
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    • 409 19 Members of the Singapore Club saw some very interesting billiards i n the 20th nstant, when the fi.nnus professional Mr. H. W. Stevenson engaged in a match with Mr. R. K. Mugliston. The game was one of 750 up, the visitor
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    • 80 19 The S.R.C. and the No. 1 company R.O.A. met in a well contested game >n the 20th insi. on the S.R.C. ground. Th game, which was very even throughout, ended in a draw of one goal all. There was no scoring in the first half and the visitors opened
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    • 275 19 naval lc\ er< m I a f "a. n n pn ntiny the S.R.t II n Gn* dub’s yround *.n W* «lm*s«lay and again hH w'tli a rather <1 cisi* <• defeat, this time to the tune *.f four goals to nil. A peculiarity of both th** games the
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    • 582 19 On Saturday night a farewell dinner was yiven to Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Nutt by Cu* Singapore aeht (Tub, His Excellency the Tovernor, Sir Laur.nee GuiTemard ptesiliny. as the Comm alort* of the Cluh. On Sunday morning the final race f lithe Somerville Howl came off,
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    • 155 19 t is officially announced that the Selangor Turf Club race meeting has been abandoned for lack of support. The Penang meeting indicated that racing is being carried on under difficulties at present, entries not being exactly large. The simple fact of the matter is that money i<
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  • 268 20 A (i ri tiiii< lit (la/a-tt*- l-.xt laoidmaiy, i -'U* *1 <n Saturday, t;tt that H.F. the Governor ami .»inmamli-r -in -Chief lias I,.picax-tl to approve of tin- following ollicM' being P< rill it t- <1 t" retain rafnk a> wnd'-r, with permission
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  • 259 20 Tin* dim-tors of tin* Fustern Smelting Co., l.td., in tln-ir report for the year i ii'lcl August 2*l, 1021, regret that tin* accounts disclose a lo>s of t’l 0,250 His. lid, on tin- year’s trading. In view of tin- conditions
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  • 135 20 In eight years tin* trade at Tumljong Frink lias increased t*y about 50 per cent. In 11*13, pre-war days, 1,000 vessels with a tonnage of 4,004,753 railed in then*. The figures dropped to 1,3H0 vessels and 5,271,071 during lltlH, but recovered gradually in the siibse(|Ueiit years
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  • 123 20 The* following wore passengers to Fromantl* per the Bin* Funnel steamer Char* n which sailed lienee on the 19th Mrs. and Master Lambert, Rev. W. E. Horl y, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. McClary and Master McCInry, Mr. and Mrs. A. II BarIce and children, Mrs. Small,
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  • 323 20 A d.stn .-sing motor cyc le accident occurred in Beach Road late on Saturday night resulting in the death at the General ||<,-filial on Monday of Mr. L S. Duniop. of the Borneo Company's stall. Tim late Mr. Dunlop came*
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  • 441 20 Weekly Reports of Singapore Firm*. Messrs. Fra.-er and Co. report, under late 25th inst. as follows The share mark t remains lifeless in every section, uid with few exceptions, the changes in |Uotati( ns are easier. Rubber at 30 ets. quit and Tin at £160 5s. both
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  • 134 20 il iom Our Own Com-spomhtit.) Ivuala Lumpur, January 10. Another big haul of smugg-d < hiiu.-c Ib.iioi- made at Malacca is said t" be part if the sun u s'-i/ed recently by the police Klang. R s 1 polled that a jetty
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  • 176 20 A nucling of the general committee of the proposed public hall for Singapi re was In !d in the Mtmotial Ha l on Wednesday, with Major W. (I. St. Clair in the chair. The m eting elected Messrs. Jdm Layroek and Wee Swee Teow to act
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  • 144 20 UOI.LAN At Reigate, Surrey, Junrury 15. 1! 22. to Mr. and Mrs. J. M. (i dlan, a daughter. (My cable I. lIARRINtiTON. At the Maternity Hospital. Singapore, on .lanuary 25, li*22, to Mr. and .Mr.*. A. Harrington, a son. KYI.L. On January 22. 11*22. to Dr. and Mi Hbicker
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  • 95 20 PAN 1 >A\ IS. (in January 21. 11*22. at St. Andrews athedral. Singapore, by the Yen. Archdeacon Swindell. Hilbert, eldest son f th«* bite (J. Morland Day aid Mrs. I*ay. of Hurton-ou Trent, to Doris (Dux L daughter of the late John Davis nd Mrs Davis of Hampstead, London.
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  • 129 20 EXCHANGE. Singapore, January 26. On London, Bank 4 m/s 2 4 i p Demand 2/3 ii'-JS Private 3 m. credits 2/ 4 9 On New York Demand 4k Private 90 days 2 Oil France, Bank 2 On India. Bank T. T. On Hongkong, Bank d/d 14% p,
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  • 462 20 Singapore, January 26. MINING. Isa. Val. Pd. Buyeri. Sellers. 1 1 Ayer Weng 1.00 1 1 Hitam Tin 1.30 1.40 1 l Jelantoh 0.60 t'l £1 Kam. Kamunting 1.15.0 1.17/* 10 10 Kinta Asoc. 8.60 4.60 IT £1 Lahat Mines I 5 Lingui Tin 3.75 I Ht
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    • 86 20 NOTICE The post free nrice of the Straits Times to the I'nited Kingdom and foreign e..untries is S.'tR a year. The post free price of the Straits Budget is $11 a year to any part of the world. It is not necessary to subscribe for a year. The subscriptions for
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  • 100 20 DEATHS ASliin. on January IP, at Ipoh. Perak, r.iipheiiiia Ashli.v, widow of the late Wiliii'i" A-hhy, Inspector, Straits Settlements •"'ice, and mother of Mr. W.J.I5. Ashby Secretary, Kinta Sanitary Hoard. Aged years. ADLKK. On January 20. IU22, at 7, Kuo Conscience, Antwerp. (Voile Adler-Konst', age .*1. lieloved wife of Adolphe
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  • The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT
    • 53 1 r*d l.na: Rubber Auction* Rubber Returns 4 Correspond* ncc— K-?atf 1 aboiir Rates itln-lintt** *nd Report*— i; »:-t:»t. I-til. 1 t;.i -'5 alacca I*2 K,.i-i f aM Kj)d«r 2 i Tetviant* a, IV rak Plant s 2 it, > hir.i tvr* 4 Mi *t S U'iai. Limited KuKlh r
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    • 341 1 Tm f et*. > anary general meeting of Kstat*-. I.td., was held at the "inpatiy, (’hartereil Bank ('*,;i* It. *i Saturday, the Hon. Mr. i presidiil. the others pre-1-i-n: t-i e.u i.i' Hon. Mr. W. Fowther I Kdi.i. e M-
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    • 2792 1 The annual general meeting of the Devon Fstates (Malacca' Lt<l. was held at noon on the 20th at the registered offices <*f the company. French Bank Building*, Singapore. Mr. H. C. Stewart presided and others present were Messrs. S. Morgan
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    • 325 2 The follow itig j. hi ill Secrel;. ri Al I lei I hint or u<> n. Ivu.ml.in Nutil-'f t ..if..i, ,t h, i i tli-i <omit.in < h«f| .1 I*... i, i mi,.., noon oil Ti .»i th'* to!) v. u;* ,< t
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    • 1947 2 1 he eleventh annual general moetiny of tie; ineinhei.- ot till I'ruled Teiinaiig ii*..M.Sj ituhhei Iv-tates, J.td., w;e hel'l n I leeeioher I ;.t the registered ellices, Vv luttingtoii axenue, hJ Mr. li. I'. •u.Nai r .Scoit it he hairinani pi esaiing.
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    • 727 2 Al a General Meeting of tlu r I‘ernk Planters Associati 11 held a .Cower Perak Club on December in. i* following fi discussion on labour, tin p. tl was raised as to wliether or not nu 1 .ml wcu* .n u position
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    • 1690 3 I (ll uug is taken from the K.G.A.’s I report of a largely attended B f dir«*ctor < f rubber companies i 1 sit,-, t lloi«v on December lf < aniH'ii >* 1 1 1 ,lu fl«v. I <• aniev Hois (chairman)
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    • 760 3 Messrs. Guthrie and Co., report:Singapore, January 19. Consequent on reports of doeliniug value- in London and New York, the auctions opened yesterday to a weak market, and an all round fall of 2/3 cents has to be recorded. Demand was fairy good,
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    • 61 3 J o*' >tmo I is ii..t responsible for vo.ni'O.i- of it.- ponden** Corr**!undent.- -houid bear in mind ’hat letters ,iu-d he short and to ttie point. b»n(C ambling epiftluj. are liable to l« rejected or > .luwii, correspondent! must i in-1 r name.-,, not necessarily for .blu-Htinn but guarantee
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    • 558 3 To the Editor of the Strait* Timet. Sir, i should like to make a few comments on the report of the Lower Perak Planters and your remarks on this in your leader of the 21st instant. In conjunction with the resolution passed at a meeting of the
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    • 1241 4 An extraordinary general mooting of Scudai, I innt'd, was held at the registered ofl'u of (lie ronqiany 64, 65 and 66, Market Street, at noon on the 20th, with Mr. J. M. Smie in the chair. Olliers present. iv(*rc r J. A. Elias, E.
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    • 293 4 Alor Hukit. 1,852 lbs. Atbara.—2o,ooo lbs. Bedford. 8,200 lbs, liernam IVrak. 35,196 lbs. Burns Perak. IK,OOO lbs. Batu Anam.- 26,051 lbs. Batu Village.—2,2oo lbs. Benar. 12.2.V2 lbs. lbitang Benar. 552,5545 lbs. Bukit Kajang. 61,557 Ihs. Bute. 21.1M0 lbs. Cheng. 1 5,5(15 lbs. Cluny.— 22.0(10 lbs. Clenealy.- -.‘1(5,255
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    • 983 4 Pw •achao** Par fxth, Vgiii# Pt.chs, Valna. Company. Pri^ t r)«*cember 28. December 2>> tl Angle-Malay U i.endu 1 i'l HaKap Plantati >ns 12/6 i'l Binggi l'l Banting tSelangor) 22/6 2/ London-Asiatic il Batu Caves
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    • 357 5 iniHER’s mtatm MIXTURE (FOR LADIES) \V \STE NO TIME of th. Ji ui y Fo U urni.r'. Hygoniqu. Mixturo. *;**ekl, removes .11 nothing to equal it. Anything so Widely Known. It is justly descried as the FINEST remedy in the would. I ).„u net Fournier'. Hjrgeniqu. Mixture. ,ii substitutes which
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    • 58 5 Steels. THOS. FIRTH SONS, LTD. SHEFFIELD. High-speed “Speedicut” Tool Steel Cast Steel for Tools Mining Steels Alloy Steels, specially for Motor Car Parts Twist Drills “Speedicut" High-Speed Morse Taper and Parallel Shanks Best Cast Steel Files “Chain" Brand “Die-Hard" Hack-Saw Blades Spring Steel, etc etc., etc. STOCKS OF ALL SIZES
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