The Straits Budget, 7 July 1922

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1 8 The Straits Budget
  • 30 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES. VOL. LXXVI NO. 3360 Singapore, Friday, July 7, 1922 ESTABLISHED OVKIt THREE QIIAKTMI OF A CENTURY. Price 25 cents.
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  • 230 1 leaders— Battle of Dublin 12 Holland and Rubber 12 Mailers Municipal 12-18 The Stevenson Committee 13 These Concrete Roads 18 Hope for Ireland 13-14 General— Local and Personal 1-2 Malacca News 2 Motorcyclists' Narrow Shave 2 The Admiralty Oil Tanks 2 Reuter’s Service 3-7 Malaya Dinner 8-9 Kuala Lumpur
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  • 3072 1 I'r. Walter Davenport, of the American jV ‘‘cf Administration, announces that Dr. t''h, the* woman director of the Inichcrsky Hospital Laboratory, has vered the typhus fever perm, isolat‘A r 1 he coccus, which is disc or biscuit 'japed, and much like the pneumo-coccus. n typhus perm was
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  • 513 2 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Muiacca, June 21. On Saturday, 24th in.-t., on the CluL i’adang, the local rabbet linns tried conelusions at cricket. The selected sides were Sime Darby and M. R. P. versus Dunlop, hut in each case “others” had hi* brought in to complete {Strength. Although
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  • 73 2 About 2 a.ni. on Saturday a gang robbery took place in Tiong Bahru, and twelve persons concerned in it were arrested at <5 a.in. by Inspector Barry. Later on six more were arrested by Inspectors King and Barry in conjunction. Nearly all the property was
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  • 83 2 On .June ;;0 while Captain Riley of t!v Straits Steamship Company’s vessel Penang was in the Medical Hall his bag. with wages of his crew, which he left on the counter while making some purchases, was removed, evidently by mi.in* tollowirs. A brother captain who was walking
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  • 561 2 E. P. Fernando, late recent!,.,. the Europe Hotel, who is en bail •us appeal against the »t*ntenl. P 7"'!? months r, r °us imprisonment in 7 on hint by Mr. David, District J U( wd charge ot criminal breach of n
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  • 122 2 Our Ipoh correspondent wires There was a miraculous escape from fatal results from a collision between a car and a motor-cycle. The latter was being ridden on Sunday evening by Mr. Riley of the Station Hotel, Ipoh, with Mr. J. Thirtle an assistant at Messrs. Pritchard and
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  • 123 2 The fact that the exact venue of the id oil tanks that are in course of erection n Singapore for naval purposes, as well us of the lf> additional ones to be put uj in the near future, is not generally known, l'-as made many people
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  • FRIDAY’S TELEGRAMS
    • 1013 3 Kehtkb’B Service. London, June 28. in the House of Commons at question tune. Mr. Churchill said that the Provisional Government’s decision to attack the r our Courts in no way arose out of the debate in the House of
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    • 191 3 London, June 28. Berlin The police fired on demonstrate rs who wrecked the houses of two nationalist deputies at Darmstadt, killing three and wounding 25, otherwise the Kathenau demonstrations all over the country were quiet. London. June 29. Berlin It is officially stated that the murderers of Dr.
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    • 94 3 London, June 20. A Baris message says that it is officially stated that the cabinet council has approved of M. Porte’s scheme for the establishment of the Banquo Indust Hello d<* Chine. The capital of the* company of management which is the basis of the scheme is already
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    • 50 3 London, June 2*. The Burma Oil Company made a profit for last year of £902,790 and pays a dividend of four shillings per share, making 30 per cent, for the year. The sum of £200,000 has been placed to generalrcs r-e and the carry forward is £360,000.
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    • 195 3 London, June 2a. Messrs. Sanderson’s have communicated to Reuter that the rubber commodity has been excited by the news from Holland which, while satisfactory, is only the first step towards Government control. Undoubtedly a lot of discussion will take place before any scheme is agreed to. In the
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    • 150 3 London, June 20. Following the Parliamentary agitation in connection with the conferment < f honours principally arising from the birthday peerage to the South African. Sir Joseph Robinson, which n'ral Sn uts, in replying to attacks in the South African Parliament recently, said he had never recommended, a
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    • 99 3 London, June 28. Mr. S/.e, the Chinese Ambassador to Washington has arrived in England on a inontih’s vacation. London, June 20. Washington President Harding intervened in ihe coal strike and arranged a conference for Saturday of about 30 mineowners representing all the United States’ coal fields and
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    • 62 3 London, June 28. Mexico City Mr. Bielaski has been re leased. London, June 28. Mexico City The majority of the seized employees of the Cortez Oil Company arc report.sl t<» be British and the remainder African. The Secretary for War has directed the Government commander to pursue a
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    • 52 3 liondon, June 20. The labour conference at Edinburgh, b> .3,694,000 votes to .386,000, defeated a reso lution that no useful purpose could b< served by any Labourite becoming i Privy Councillor. A resolution was passed against an alliance or electoral agreement with any section of the Liberals or
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    • 50 3 London, June 20. Washington The American consul at Tampico states that the rebels have evacuated the oil property and hav» liberated the employees. There are m damage or casualties. Later they seized a camp belonging to La Corona Oil Com pany—a Dutch-British concern— and madt 85 employees prisoner.
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  • SATURDAY’S TELEGRAMS
    • 165 3 Reiter’s Service. London, Juno 2tf. Tlit* l»u.st Oftlce announces that the cable between Angleseu and Kingstown hat been out, presumably near the Irish coast. Telegraphic communication between Britain and South Inland has, therefore, reused. The cable
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    • 206 3 London, Juno .‘50. A I* fee Stain ci mtaunique announcing thn unconditional surrender of the Four Courts states that Kory O’Connor, Liam Mellowes and the ail principal insurgent officers are among the prisoners. Major-General O’Connell, chief of staff of the Free State LK.A.'s, who was kidnapped on June 2d,
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    • 505 3 London, June 3U. The hour Courts were brown up and set on lire by a terrific explosion which shook Dublin. It is believed to have been due to u mine laid by a band of rebela holding out in two isolated parts of the building. Their
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    • 229 4 London, June JO. While the capture of the Four Courts is a good omen for the ultimate success of the Provisional Government in restoring order, it is evident that the Government is still faced with a difficult task in rounding up the rebels and their communist allies, not
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    • 109 4 London, June 21). Tokio The* Privy Council has approved the naval treaty adopted at the Washington Conference and has submitted it to the Prince Repent for ratification, also the agreements prohibiting poisonous pas and restrict inp the use of submarines. London, June .'lO. Paris It appears unlikely that
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    • 60 4 London, June 30. Washinpton President Hardinp, speakmp at a dinner of the agricultural leaders at White House, said the ship subsidy legislation now before Conpress had been offered as a solution of the national problem. Farms could no lonper be independent of overseas trade and only an American
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    • 36 4 London, June 30. The by-election in East Nottinpham, consequent on the death of Sir J. 1). Rees, resulted hs follows Houston, Coalition Unionist 10,404. Jones, C o-operative and Labour, 5,431. Graham, Independent Liberal, 4,005.
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    • 315 4 Londou. June JO. With regard to the case of Sir Joseph Robinson, of South Africa, who was offered a peerage which he declined, Lord Birkenhead’s announcement was made on the resumption of the debate in the House of Lords on the question
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    • 142 4 London, June 30. Her!in Ernest Teehow has admitted that he was aware of the plot to assassinate Rathenau and drove the car from which the shots were fired. London, June 30. Berlin Ebert has issued a decree stating that members of secret societies planning to murder prominent men
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    • 81 4 London, June 30. The check to the rise in rubber shares and a fall in the price of rubber to B%d. yesterday were due to disappointment at the vagueness of the outlook. The Dutch Minister for the Colonies has been asked to appoint a commission to inquire
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    • 53 4 London, June 30. The Anglo-Persian Oil Company’s new refinery at Swansea, constructed in three years at a cost of £3,000,000, was opened yesterday by the president of the Board of Trade. When fully operating it will be able to supply at least one third of the total consumption of
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    • 46 4 London, June 30. Paris There will be a meeting of naturalists and jewel experts shortly finally to decide whether natural pearls are distinguishable from cultured ones 1 he two varieties will Im* indiscriminately mixed and be rut open where there arc differences of opinion.
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    • 132 4 London, June 30. Paris In the Senate, M. Poincare, dealing with reparations, declared that Germany’s apparent poverty was simply a pretence. Germany was spending on her commercial fleet twelve milliards that •light to go to the Allies. Germany was buying back vessels surrendered to
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    • 206 4 London, June 30. Paris Le Journal states that the Chinese Government has notified its desire to participate to the extent of one-third in the capital of the Banque Industrielle de Chine on reconstruction. London, July 1. Paris In the Chamber the Minister of Finance announced that negotiations with
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    • 56 4 London, June 30. Amritsar Gurdit Singh, leader of the Sikh emigrants in the fatal affray near Calcutta on the return of the Sikhs in October, 1014, from the Far East in the Komagata Maru, voluntarily surrendered to the police after absconding in September. He will be tried at
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    • 52 4 London, June 30. Paris Marshal Joffre has transmitted to the Minister for the Colonies towards the reconstruction of the commune of Barisis in the Department of the Aisne 100,000 francs to be received from Shanghai from a French committee there, also 10,000 francs to be received from the
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    • 65 4 London, June 30. Amsterdam At the annual meeting of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company Sir Henry Deterding said the Company’s liquid assets were now larger than on December 31. As regards the allied companies it was not thought in the interests of the shareholders to publish the balance
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    • 69 4 London, June 30. Gibraltar Thirteen large American destroyers, with the tender Blackhawk as supply ship, have arrived from New York hound for Asiatic waters. London, June 30. Paris The Conference of Ambassadors has resolved in principle on the recognition of Lithuania de jure. America abstained. London, June 30. Moscow
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  • MONDAY’S TELEGRAMS
    • 1309 4 Riutcb’B Service. London, July i Ihe fate of three British officer* k ,i napped at Macroom on April beyond doubt, states the Ulster" C ,T tion. It appears that the I.R.A. them to a tree. k London, July
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    • 86 5 London, June 30. Lfilin Herr Kuezhenmeister, the industrialist, whose motor car was "I h.V the murderers of Rathenau, has n arrested at Oetz, in the Tyrol. London, July 2. Hcrlin Fifteen were killed and 25 founded in a collision at Gleiwitz, Upper dcsia, between German civilians and I’ench troops.
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    • 284 5 Lon km, July I. The identity of Connolly and O’Brun, the murderers of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, was revealed at their reappearance in Westminster Police Court as Reginald Dunn and Joseph J. Sail.van. 1 hey are described as ex-soldiers. Little public interest
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    • 173 5 London, July 1. Chicago Thousands of railway shopmen are responding to the call for a nationwide strike, issued by the presidents of the six shoperafts unions. Mechanics from the New England railroads to the western trans-continental lines are generally joining in. It is estimated that 50,000 have
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    • 62 5 London, July 1. Kingston The steamship companies have been informed that the Jamaican Government is determined rigidly to enforce the literacy test in the case of Chinese immigrants on whom the legislature is urging the imposition of a tax if £4OO each. The question is greatly ex■rcising
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    • 69 5 London, July 1. The cotton revival has induced some British cotton interests to seek Parliamentary power to impose a compulsory levy of £50,000 a year on the trade for extension of cotton growing in the Empire. A bill to this effect will shortly be introduced in the House
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    • 55 5 London, July 1. Nome, Alaska Capt. Amundsen has started on the first lap of his attempt to cross the North Pole by monoplane. He intends to land in Spitzbergen or northern Greenland. He hopes to make the trip in wenty-four hours. The air portion of the journey will
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    • 460 5 London, June 110. The Hague M. Litvinoff presented the credits sub-commission plan, involving an expenditure of 3,224,000,000 goid roubles lor the reconstruction ot :Cussia. London, July 1. The Hague The non-Russian delegates were staggered by the figures quoted by M. Litvinoff, when
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    • 34 5 London, July 1. New York The Mexican Government has ratified the plan for the payment of Mexico’s debt recently signed by the Mexican Secretary to the Treasury and the International Bankers’ Committee.
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    • 48 5 London, July 1. Amsterdam Nothing has been announced regarding the terms of the proposed Rotterdam municipal loan of 12,000,000 florins. It is reported that the whole amount has been taken up by one concern and will not be issued for public subscription in the British market.
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    • 42 5 London, July 1. Melbourne Seamen having refused to man the Commonwealth liner Largs Bay, the management of the Commonwealth line has ordered the Largs Bay to be laid up and other Commonwealth liners will be laid up as they arrive.
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    • 37 5 London, July 2. Tokio The Privy Council has passed the Nine Power Agreement as concluded tt Washington. It is understood that formal imperial ratification to all the Washington agreements "ill be concluded before July 0.
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  • TUESDAY’S TELEGRAMS
    • 471 5 Reuter's Service. London, July 3. Nows from Dublin is conflicting. According to some reports the rebel headquarters put up a white flag, while other reports state that the red cross flag was mistaken for a white flag. The truth ap-P'-ars to be
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    • 99 5 London, July 3. Marseilles Admiral fiilly, when he assumes tin* command of the Atlantic flying squadron consist ng of the cruisers Victor Hueo and Jules Ferry on the 13th inst., will proceed on a nine months' cruise of the world, visiting Port Said, Djibouti, Tamatavi, Reunion, Australia,
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    • 75 5 London, July 3. The International Federation of RadioTelegraphists was formed at a meeting it Rrusscls attended by delegates from Belgium, Denmark, Britain, (Jreecc, llolr.nd, Italy and Sweden. Resolutions were arried demanding, inter a I in, that the federation be represented on the International Rad o-Telegraph Convention tixn.» the
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    • 158 6 London, July 4. Tin* newspapers state that important Cabinet changes arc* impending. It is anticipated that Mr. Shortt will be elevated to the bench and Mr. Baldwin will leave the Board of Trade for the Home Ofliee. Sir llamar Greenwood and Mr. McCurdy are both candidates for Cabinet
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    • 103 6 Lniub'ii, July I. At the annual meeting of the Shell Tiansport Company at Canon Street Hotel tl.e < hairman, Mr. Walter Samuel, after inferring to the decreases as to la* cxpcct- <1 in a year <»f industrial depression,’said it had been rumoured that a large amount of
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    • 104 6 London, July 3. An appeal to churchmen all over the world to contribute £100,000 to preserve St. Paul's Cathedral from serious danger and decay is made in The Times by the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul’s. The appeal states that though the work of strengthening one
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    • 73 6 London, July 1. The King, on hoard the yacht Victoria Albert, nut the Atlantic Fleet of ninety ships in the channel, lifty miles from Tor Bay. After inspection the fleet returned to anchorage, where the King will visit the ships to-morrow. His Majesty on Thursday,
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    • 45 6 London, July 3. Berlin 'l'he likelihood of the Reichstag dissolving has disappeared, owing to th passage of Grain Bill in spite of strong opposition. London, July 3. in London German marks made a record of sellers no buyers, due to the situation in Germany.
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    • 37 6 London, June 30. The Unite<l Kingdom revenue for the first quarter of the financial year ending to-day is £105,000,000 compared with £201,000,000 for the previous corresponding period. The customs duties were £31,000,000 compared with £28,000,000
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    • 75 6 London, June 3<h The Postmaster General announces tha 1 tin* mail service !o south and west Ire land is suspended. London, June 30. Paris The Emperor of Antrum at tended a gala performance at the King Edward Theatre in aid of the Indo-Chin e.se students’ fund. London, July 2.
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  • WEDNESDAY’S TELEGRAMS
    • 486 6 Kn tek’s Servic*. London, July 3. A lime battle has been raging in Dunim intermittently all day long. The m.ti lal army in the afternoon communiques report continued closing in l> rations ami cutting of the irregulars’ ,!,-.n.ui. nations within the restricted area.
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    • 182 6 London, July I. i lie Hague: Litvinoff has handed to he commission the text of a decree issued ■>y the Council of Commissaries in May enforcing some of the* undertakings by Ihe Soviets regarding private property. lie decree admits rights to property ac(l,Jir‘ d since May’,
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    • 115 6 London July 3. Leipzig The supreme court has acquitted Michelsohn, the Berlin doctor, who was accused of illtreating French prisoners in German hospitals in French villages in wartime, although the prosecutor demanded a sentence of one year’s imprisonment. Michelsohn’s case is the first f
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    • 132 6 London, July 5. Opposition cheers greeted Mr. Wood’s announcement in the House of Commons last night that Mr. Churchill had decided to abolish the West African export duty on palm kernels, on the ground, firstly, that the Colonies concerned complained that the duty had ceased to
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    • 73 6 London, July 4. Sir L. Worthington-Evans, Secretary for War, unveiled the memorial in Westminster House, Millbank, the offices of the British-American Tobacco Company, in honour of the firm’s employees who fell in the war. Sir Cunlifle Owen mentioned that 3,383 -»f the Company’s employees joined the forces in
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    • 98 6 London July 3. In the House of Commons, asked whether the British Empire was the only tfreat power unrepresented navally at the Brazilian Centenary Exhibition at Rio de Janeiro, Mr. Lloyd George said the t abinet on reconsideration had decided to send the Hood and Repulse
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    • 65 6 London, July 3. New ork :An express loaded with excursionists on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, which was travelling at 70 miles an hour, missed the points at Winslow Junction and fell down an embankment. Nine are known to have been killed and 75 injured. London, July
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    • 32 6 London, July 4. Amsterdam The Bataafsehe Oil Company denies the statement of the State Department at Washington that 85 employes of the Corona Company are held prisoners by Mexican bandits.
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    • 21 6 London, July 4. Horatio Bottomley’s appeal was dismissed and the sentence of seven years’ penal servitude is unchanged.
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  • THURSDAY’S TELEGRAMS
    • 346 6 Reuter’s Service, London, July j There was heavy fightinir thi* t the Nationals employing smokcbomb?°[/ cover their rushes against tlu* ivr Street stronghold, into which thiv hurt- grt nades, simultaneously armour, heavily machine-gunning the building the few defenders of which were conipffi
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    • 156 6 London, July ■’>. Mr. Chao Hsin-chu, proposing a vote of thanks to Lord Chalmers, chairman ot the Royal Asiatic Society, on the occasion ot the presentation of the triennial gold im dal to Professor Herbert Giles. Chinese professor at Cambridge, eulogised Professor Giles’ great work on behalf ot
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    • 147 6 London, July b In the House of Commons, Mr. Womb introducing the Colonial Office estimates, dwelt on the Colonial Empire’s debt of gratitude to the Prince of Wales, whoso self-sacrificing devotion it was impossible to exaggerate. He emphasised the difficult period through which all the colonies were
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    • 228 7 London, July 5. lie*rlin The central committee of the I ~j, U .i dent Socialists issue a manifesto v j,!i states that, in view i f the militarist monarchist reaction, it is essential ji t unity of the proletariat be achieved, tbrefro the Independent Socialists are jip-d
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    • 120 7 London, July 5. Tiie report for 11)21 of Rubber Road- a;, s, Limited, a company formed under the auspices of the Rubber Growers’ Asso- < iation to foster the use of rubber for leads, states that a portion of the roadway laid at Southwark eighteen months ng with
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    • 101 7 London, July 5. omnu-niing on the Crown Colonies, the I»;iily hronicle deems the policy south) whereby loans were raised in the British ii.aiket for development work during the last year. The danger to be guarded •gainst is saddling the colonies with too laavy taxation, which in many
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    • 74 7 London, July 4. ienna The Austrian police have IIM to prosecute Gerard Bevan for assaulting the detectives at the time of arrt s t. The trial will be held shortly. punishment which may be inflicted ,om s x months to a year’s imprison--IMeanwhile the extradition pro11'lings in
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    • 57 7 London, July 5. c After a meeting of the ‘•aniens Union in Sydney, it was an- ,lr,( r t *d that seamen would be permitted l T P e r services to the liner Largs M *ne management of the Commonaith Line declares that it will be four
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    • 37 7 London, July 5. laris: The census returns show that re are 235,86.3 widows in Paris, mostly u(\» re °f the war, compared with widowers. The unmarried number >.OOO including 100,000 more women man men.
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    • 122 7 London, July 5. Lio de Janeiro A seditious movement >roke out last night but was immediately repressed by the Government, which, s .p--ported by the bulk ol tl„ .and and s,a torccs, controls the situation. The movement followed the recent disciplinary measures taken by the Federal Government against
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    • 65 7 London, July 5. Chicago The extension of the railroad sti ike to 40,000 trackmen has been averted through the efforts of the railway labour board. The union leaders have instructed the men to continue to work and will take up their grievances with the individual railroads.
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    • 64 7 London, July I, Bombay In connection with the disrrders at the tiihe of the Prince of Wales’ isit in November, 2nd claims for compensation and losses suffered, mainly by l’arsees, totalling Rs. 28 lakhs, were eventually reduced to Rs. 6>a lakhs, the bulk of which will be paid
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    • 57 7 London, July 4. An attack on the Palestine mandate and the Ruthenberg concession in the House of Commons was made the ground of a motion to reduce Mr. Churchill’s salary. The mover, Sir W. Joyn-son-Hicks, charged the Zionists with aiming at complete control of the Palestine Government. The
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    • 54 7 Loudon, July I. Paris The Cabinet has decided to forward to the Reparations Commission the tirst section of the reparation scheme drawn up by M. Trocquer, Minister of Public Works, whereby German labour will be employed throughout France in rebuilding roads, waterways and othei iniblic works at a cost
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    • 63 7 London, July I. Athens The aviator Major Blake has arrived here. London, July 5. Tokiio The Cabinet has approved plans for the reorganisation of the Japanese Army, involving retrenchment of 56,000 enlisted men. London, July 4. Enquiries at Oldham elicit that the information about orders for spindles from Platts
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  • 161 7 Larut Tin Dredging, Ltd.-- Dredg« worked 502 hours, yardagu treated 85,000. piculs 583.05, lest 38 hours cleaning boilers. The secretary of Austral Malay Tin Ltd., reports the following outputs of its subsidiary companies for June Kampong Kamunting Tin Dredging. Ltd.— Hours run (two dredges) 1,143 cubic yards
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  • 1401 7 The following report on the Fisheries Department, Straits Settlements and Al S. for the year 11)21, signed by Mr. C. F. Green, was laid on the tabic* at tlu* meeting cl Legislative Council 1’ievi *usly to 1921 the Fisheries in the Colony have
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  • 231 7 An interesting case will shortly come up for hearing in the International Court, in Bangkok, says the Siam Observer. The llongk' rig and Shanghai Banking Corporation is being sued by H. K. Chao I’hya Yomaraj, as Chief of the Central Legion of Wild Tiger Scouts, and
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  • 232 9 i ho wedding took place on Saturday >s t. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, l,aJa Lumpur, of Miss Dorothy F. E. -man, fourth daughter of Mr. and Seaman, Lee, Kent, and Mr. hallen, director of Messrs. .John 1 and Co., Kuala Lumpur. The Rev. Marcus officiated, and the Church
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  • 327 9 Over lot) ex-Service men gathered at the Goodwood Hail on Saturday evening ior the dinner held in celebration of the 1 of the Battle of Somme. General Officer Commanding tMajor-Cemual Sir Neill Malcolm, K.l .B., D.S.O.) presided over a convivial gathering in an appropriately
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  • 406 9 In thi* Marine Court, or. Tuesday, before the Master Attendant, Capt. Calthroo Calthrop. R.N., the ease was heard in whieh three Eastern Bengalee seamen, named Khader Hussain. Drake and Noor Mcnh, employed on board the British .'■tearner Kazcmbe, were charged at th instance
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  • 1436 9 Bef< re Mr. I*. A. F. David, District Judge and First Magistrate, the cast* was commenced on Monday afternoon m which C. D. Ort, a director of the firm i Ales. rs. I.atham and Company, stands charged with cheating Lim Ah
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  • 336 9 Mr. L. E. Haynes writes thus to the China Express und Telegraph, under date .May 24 .Many years have passed since S r .John Andorson, when High Commissioner in the Federated Maluy States, warned Malaya about “putting all its .•ygs into one basket,” and in
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  • 173 11 !l» f< Mewing pa sengers sailed from Singapore ami JYnang by the Ellora to cm Meet at Rangoon with the Henderson and Bibby Lines Henzada sailing from Rangoon July 5. Mr. <». W r ght-Motion, airs. II. L. U pkin, and Misses Hopkin (2), Mr. Ty.uk, Mrs. Tyack
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  • 102 11 Happy Jack.” ;‘pf>y "lack as some call him in honour a recipient of the gift, or Malaya as do in honour of the land of his I it other werds the elephant pro[j I by the Hon. Mr. Maxwell to Sir y b' 1 v Scaddan. was, according to a
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  • 125 11 I Kmpress of France, IS,421 gross I 1 the Canadian Pacific Line, has I N bartered by Frank C. Clark of I Writ for a round the world cruise I p v "ar, and will carry 800 tourists. I < s'(!. on its world tour,
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  • 688 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. ov r t is noticeub'e tl.at both in ativc Council and Mun cipal debates iher. n a tendency t shirk giving direct i a. v\ 11 s << i t j make statements so as
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  • 142 11 The will of the late Syed Shaik bin Ahdi’lrahman bin Ahmed Alkaff earn.- on i„ r.re the acting Chief Justice, Mr. .Justice P. J. Sproule in the Supreme f ourt »>n Tuesday—the cast* of Syed Shaik Alkaff versus the Attorney-General «nu thers, the plaint i Ts being
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  • 766 11 Tin* second ordinary general meeting of tiie shai\ holders of Nawng Pel Tin. Ltd., win held in the Company's Ofikvs at Tuiping on Tuesday, .iune 27, and wa. followed by an extraordinary general meeting. The Managing Director, Mr. A J. King, presided, and
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  • 631 11 Ceuulueling a lengthy report on the I’.AI.S. in 11*21, tin* Chief Secretary, tile lion. .Mr. (<e*org«- .Maxwell says It has been a ba<l year for Malaya. I'JJO had opened so brightly that even amidst, the gh>nm and depression of the .nd oi
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  • 159 11 At 1 h«* sixteenth annual general moetM'j, of the Shanghai Klectrie (‘oustruction Ltd., held in London on May HI, Sir \|fml Dent, K.C.M.Ci., chairman of the ompany, made the following reference the Singapore Development We were r -cently approached by the Singapore Klectrie Tramways Company, and
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  • The Straits Budget
    • 1127 12 ?ai«l of them eentury hence. Straits Times, .lime ,‘{0. Ireland is proving herself amazingly well Atrocious murder in London, pitched battle for the Four ('ourts in Dublin, and all within a week i> surely enough to justify anything we have ever said about the people in a
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    • 1153 12 Straits Times, July 1. Wo art* very far indeed from disregarding the importance of the decision arrived at by the International Association of Rubber Growers in the Dutch East Indies in favour of restriction. It has had one effect, very clearly indeed, for it has demonstrated that,
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    • 1193 12 Straits Times, July 3. Sundry matters of interest cam, Jp the Municipal meeting o n Friday. nr dentally we may congratulate thV lv dent on a motion which, w c hope w j« result in the deplorable friction and wane of time due to Government control. ver the
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    • 1144 13 —Straits Times, July 4. T!h report of the* Stevenson Committee i> a sorry document. A telegraphic error led us to suppose that a 75 per cent, restriction had been advised. Actually "hat was meant was that production should he reduced to 75 per cent, of normal, which
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    • 1142 13 —Straits Times, July 5. There* are about 130 miles of public roads in Singapore and to lay them ail with concrete would cost about 25 million dollars, even on the conservative estimate of $8 per square yard made by Col. Pearson. The matter, therefore, is one which
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    • 1177 13 wf majority must he* obeyed. Straits /Times, July 6. J It may seem rather an absurdity to nay so, and yet we see more hope for Ireland in the desperate fighting which has been taking place in Dublin than in anything else that has happened during the
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  • 714 14 Tlu* < use in which t ceil M. Kiel*, for- |y an assistant with tlu* Borneo t'oin •any. Mil., stand chawd with having mmiticd criminal breach of trust in t< spot t o r >’ 1 ,000, the
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  • 113 14 In exorcist* of the powers vested in him by section 5 (i) of the Customs Enactment, 1020, the Chief Secretary, I'.M.S., cancels with effect from June .‘10, 1!*22, the duty on matches imposed by Notifications Nos. 5027 and 582G published in the Federated Malay
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  • 1013 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Miri, June JO. Miri town’s by Miri River, and wc leave Miri at 4 a.m. by the light of the tars and a hurricane lantern. Most maps do nat mark Miri, but a glance at Sarawak (Borneo) in the liarmsworth Atlas will sh
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  • 654 14 Messrs. Fraser and Co.’s report i 4 state# port nf July The share market has been much during the week than time past all sections being n dema JL j as." Tin at £155 12s. (id. is £1 lu.s. (u hi,* whilst
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  • 55 15 tlho Strait# Times not responsible for of its correspondent# Correnould bear in mind that letters v„. aort and to the point. Lone r pieties nre liuble to be rejected or \ut down. Correspondent# must l,v name#, not necessarily for but as guarantee of good faith, i r unaccompanied by
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  • 221 15 ;ii.. Editor of the Straits Times. Sir In view of the sentiments express,‘ii/the »ml<>sed letter, I think that you uill agree that it is not surprising that rm ;i n and other foreign firms are cut- t iti. h firms in the East, factually sent cash with the
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  • 880 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, May l reply to your French correspondent. Jean-Picrre,” on the above subject. Il» complains of Britain supporting Emir -fI in Syria. Britain’s erroi there was in not carrying out her pact witi l eisul to make him head
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  • 259 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sii7--Wc arc in a receipt of a circular letter from the Oriental Telephone Co., Ltd., Singapore, intimating that as from October 1, 1922, the existing rates will be increased by 25 per cent, and requesting the subscribers accept, their intention to
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  • 429 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —I was very pleased to see an Old Malacca Resident’s letter of grievance in your valuable paper, and am hastening io add my little say. I have been resident in Malacca since the early days of rubber, and during the
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  • 216 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, in your edition of 29th ult. uppears t notice to the effect, that the annual sports meeting will be held in September, if the sum of $2,000 is guaranteed by :II'diaLd clubs. Of this sum the Selangor Club generally
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  • 950 15 What the Public Pays For.” To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Referring to your correspondent’s letter of yesterday’s date, above the signature of vV. Dunman, may 1 take it that he is interested in local buildings, as a shareholder On looking around Singapore, one does realise that people
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  • 333 15 Tin* name of Tin s. Cook and Son is* a household word a I over the civilised world, and wherever the traveller goes. Kast or West, ah ut the first place he gets t i on disembarkation is
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  • Sporting News and Notes.
    • 1696 16 S. C. beat S. R. C. Thi S < .< and S.R.C. nu t fur the second time hi itic* tirst divi.iun of ttic* League, .'ii \Vi«lm w *lay on the latter’s ground. This tune, in spite of the heavy handicap of having to play short of I'orben.
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    • 813 16 A IL liter wire of the 28th ult., states There was a drizzling rain at Wimbledon which later turned to a downpour. The interest was centred on Mdlle. Lenglen’s nitial appearance, the inter Colonial ini lie between the favourites Norton and An Arson, and the Franco-Spanish contest between
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    • 275 16 .lu A fo R 10wing Wi ;e e sulfs: h !,#,h At the Oval Oxford University 1». i the first innings against Surrey, Dki ami Lyon made 61 all rUp' for the University. 1 At Gravesend Kent won against Lti»« tershire by an innings and 162 Woolley made
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    • 209 16 The following were the scores ui a match played at Pulau Brani on Sunday between the S.S. Police and the Military of Pulau Brani Pulau Brani.—Burgess c X. H. P. Whitby b Matthews 0, Barnes b X. H. PWhitley 3, Lumsden c N. H. P. Whitley b
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    • 414 16 A fast game of hockey was played on June 30 between the S.R.C. and the Middlesex, and the play was of a very interesting character. From the bully-"” the S.R.C. attacked persistently hut found the pair of the Middlesex backs very sound. Play then fluctuated to the other end.
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    • 351 17 T July moi thly medal ‘Bogey) Compiiition was held at the Singapore Golf flub hi Saturday and Sunday and resulted in a tie between A. H. Gallie and M. \V. Chill with net scores of 1 up. Kitty three cards were taken out and the following were returned A.
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    • 667 17 I "C* first of the races for the Elizabetl < hallenge Cup was* sailed on Sunday morning over the new course, which is practically the Club Course reversed, an' ;;s 15 boats stalled the competition was Vl y keen. The Polly had stepped a new "last, and
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    • 235 17 A Reuter wire from New York dated June 30, states Dempsey has accepted the challenge f the negro Wills, which he had hitherto declined on the question of colour. Tin decision follows the ruling of the New Yoik Boxing Commission that the chalhnge
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    • 205 17 On the Negri Sembilan I’adang, !a t Saturday, a large crowd willies.- d li.* fli.nl match for the Hose cup, th* inulists being the S.I’.A.A. (A) and rIampin. The former were nut fully re presented, as ti e left buck was unable t turn up at the
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    • 881 17 Malacca's Collapse. Saturday’s whole day’s match ngu n-t ike S.C.C. was rather a fiasco, the (Ink winning mere than easily to the tune of t!*r e wickets and 172 runs. Malacca w .it the exception of P. A. B. McKerr n .It only one of the side to score
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    • 720 17 Start of Singapore Competition. '1 hi- Singapore Tennis Championship was begun on Tuesday on S.C.C. and 3.U.C. urts and attracted much public inter* *st. Indeed the at tent i< n of the spectators was somewhat embarrassing, for on iccount of the public nature of the >ud:mg admission is
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  • 660 18 We have referred .several times to the invention of a rubber faced paving block by Mr. Lionel (Yesson, chemist, of the Singapore Lubber Works, and we are now able to congratulate the inventor on the marked success of a set ere test to
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  • 98 18 ,1 heroport of the Oriental Telephone and Electric o. shows that the net revenue r n }> 2l amounted to £4!),228 (against 147,1*14), and l‘l 0,41(0 was brought forward. A final dividend is proposed of G pet vent, on the ordinary shares, making per cent, for
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  • 108 18 Between G and 7 o’clock on Wednesday morning a Sikh Sergeant-Major at the Police Depot, Kuala Lumpur, was fatally stabbed while a Lance-Corporal, who went to his assistance, was so badly stubbed (Imt he is not expected to live. Two Sikh police constables are said to be
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  • 500 18 When the tdal solar eclipse takes place on September 21, scientists from ureal Britain, America, Canada, New /.calami, and a party from West Australia will view it at Wollal, on the north-west co.-.st of Australia, where the eclipse will l»e total
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  • 306 18 Cardinal Logue (Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh), speaking at Dundalk, 1 said that there was a danger of the freedom they had won slipping from Irishmen. A senseless war was going on on the frontier. There was no reason why th.«* two armies should be blazing
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  • 280 18 Are we at the dawn now of a marvellous era when we shall be able to cycle along the cool, free highways of the air ju: t as we do at present along the dusty, crowded highroads of the earth
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  • 189 18 The acting Chief Justice, lion. Mr. P. J. Sproule, had before him in the Supreme Court yesterday a ease in which the Banque de l’lndo Chine is suing Chop Choo Quan Lan, as second defendant, judgment having been already assigned against the tirst, for $5<,501.77
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  • 104 18 CH KANG.—At 191, Havelock Road, Singapore, on June .*lO, 1922, to Mr. and Mrs a H sons J,m Kht an (ncC> Kho Sw ee Neo), M.LUIER.— At the Nursing Home, WimbleV w I. fh Mr »nd M,.. W. r. Fulcher, a daughter. Alr '-Vn Tm ly 3 VJ22 «t
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  • 52 18 t IIAI,LKN- S EAMAN. At St. Andrew’s Pres dHv iu r iv l ,U li. K r, ,a Lumpi,r SatiiJ- vl y 1 i* Edwin, only son of the late Mr. nnd Mrs. Challen of Wimbledon to Dorothy Florence Ethel, fourth daughter *Ii. and Mrs. C. J. Seaman of
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  • 29 18 iniO-IWi, «'u nn< an**' l 1, p e rr eau will celebrate the.r Silver Wedding at 9 Hurmah Road, on Monday, July 3, 1922. No invitations.
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  • 149 18 Singapore, July EXCHANGE. On London, Bank 1 m 8 Demand 1 I ir Private 3 m. emits V* On New York Demand 2 1 7/ fc Private DO d/s ‘1 On France Bank 5:;t, On India, Bank T.T On Hongkong, Bank’d/d n On Shanghai, Bank d/d 1
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  • 418 18 Singapore, July 6. mining. I.^sue. al Buyers Sellers l 1 Ayer W<eng 1 uo 1 1 Hitam Tin 0.85 n.95 l 1 Jelantoh <»,;<) _J J°han Tin o.50 0.60 it il Kam. Kamunt 1.12.0 1.14.0 10 10 Kinta Assoc. 3.00 4 00 an K in ui Tin
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 84 18 NOTICE All communications for both the Straits nmos and the Straits Budget should be addressed to the Head Office, Cecil and Stanley Streets, Singapore, Straits Settlenents. The Post free price of the Straits Times to K,ng m ant foreign countries is $51 a year. The post free price of the
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  • 23 18 DEATH SS i lT Iay 24 1922 nt Forest Gate, Peter 74th th yeur tC CH f Knginecr p a »M 0., in
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  • The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT
    • 71 1 (•<n<r«it—.l uiu’ Rubber Upturns 2 I* r«k in Sanguine Vei i 2 Rubber Industry 5 Local Rubber Auctions 6 orrcspondence— Rubber Rotate Finance 1 Meetings and Reports— Rubber Enquiry 1-2 I .ulm k Rubber 2 Itukit Radung Rubber 2 I'nited Sua Belong 3-4 X rdnnal (Johorc) Rubber 4 Merlimau
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    • 70 1 i Ihr St not* Times is not responsible for t:.e opinion.' of it» correspondent*. Corm-'p-oi.ioTi** -houil bear in mind thut letters must t»e short and to the point. Long tan l.tinp rpistlcs arc liable to be rej.“tod or nuldc'i v out down. Correspondents must enclose thtir names, not necessarily
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    • 336 1 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—The rubber industry would appear to be the only one that appreeiates its assets instead of depreciating them. Had lliis not been done, even at present prices the inuustry could if properly handled pay 10 per cent. <>n a capital
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    • 2904 1 The Committee appointed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to investigate and report upon the present rubber; situation in British Colonies and Protccto-j rates, was composed of Sir James Steven- j son, Bart., G.C.M.G. (Chairman), Sir Stanley Bois,
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    • 1232 2 The fifth ordinary general meeting of Lubok Rubber Estate, Ltd., was held on May 21) at Winchester House, Old Broadstreet, E.C., Mr. Joseph Ramsden (Chairman of the company), presiding. The Secretary having read the notice calling the meeting and the auditors' report, The Chairman
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    • 65 2 Ayer Kuninp:.—78,000 lbs. Rangoon Poerba.—56,000 lbs Ratu Rata.—31,000 lbs. Rradwall.—46,761 lbs. Chersonese.— 42,168 lbs. Dennistown.— 42,026 lbs. Rubber.—07,000 lbs. Highlands and Lowlands.—104,700 lbs. Kuala Lumpur.—00,000 lbs. Kuala Nal.—17,600 lbs. Klabang.—42,500 lbs. Krian Rub. Plantations.— 26,400 lbs. Malaka Pmda.—21,106 lbs Pantfkattan.—105,000 lbs. Sediceley <F.M.S.).-18,000 lbs. ►Sungei Krian.—58,200 lbs.
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    • 724 2 The tenth ordinary rr noi of the Bukit Badang Rubber Ltd., was held on May 30 -.t pan v tered offices of the coLuJ h V>* Helen’s-place, Bishopsgate 'V r St. Archibald Grey <the P chairmanTV 1 ing. Presid. The Chairman said Gentlemen
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    • 77 2 Our Ipoh correspondent wires: W l< spread relief is felt throughout Peru I' the new restriction agreement. 1 opinion is voiced by Mr. F. S. Pny> c that it will hit forward contracts l i;,|l and that prices will quickly doublewill probably increase unemph*y m 1
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    • 3725 3 United Sua Betong. C ompany Shews Increased Profits. ;> lt thirteenth annual general meeting numbers of the United Sim Betong t/ u ,1.. i instates, Ltd., was held on May tin- Council Hoorn of the Rubber r,-. ■A.-rs’ Association, 2, 3, and 4, Idol- Haste heap, E.C., Mr. Charles r„
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    • 1535 4 Th< tenth annual general meeting of the .Not danal (Johorc) Rubber Estates, j Ltd., tt.t.’i held on May .'{0 at the registered t oilier of the company, 1 l!», Lcadcnhali-| street, Ed Mr. K. I.. Hamilton (tin* chairman* presiding. The representative of the
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    • 1686 4 I he twelfth ordinary general meeting of the Merlimau Rubber Estates, Ltd., was hehl on May .'>0, at Winchester House, Old Broad-street, E.C., Mr. A. H. Bagnall (chairman of the company) presiding. The representative of the Agents and Secretaries having read the notice
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    • 1256 5 iin-llsh planter, whose* work is in i d writes to ,!S ns Allows j o j st is being discussed in cum* .1 s in Malaya and the* Dutch liw ’j u ;*t s to-lay exempt the* very vexed .f iJh* restriction
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    • 931 5 Tin* fourteenth ordinary genera! meeting of the Stingei Saluk Rubber Company, Ltd., was* held on May 30, at the office of the company, l»>, Philpot Lane, E.C., Mr. A. H. Bagnall (chairman of the company) presiding. The Chairman said Gentlemen, a- you have
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    • 652 5 'I he lifth ut.nuul general meeting of Chognr L’alah, Ltd., wan hold ut the registered offices in Ipoh, on June 2d, Mr. J. H. Ilastow being in the chair. The directors’ report and the accounts for tlie year to March Ml, 1922,
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    • 641 5 The following report is supplied by the secretaries The second ordinary annual general meeting of liedford Plantations, Limited, was held on Saturday, June 21, ut the registered offices, Ipoh, Mr. Cecil Pcar.se (chairman of the Company) presiding. Mr. I*’. Carlaud on behalf
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    • 1081 6 The following report is supplied by the secretaries, Messrs. Derrick and Co. The seventeenth annual general meeting of Halgownie Rubber Estates was held at Gresham House, Battery Road, on Wednesday. There were present the Hon. Mr. R. C. M. Kindersley (in the chair)
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    • 382 6 The 558th auction of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association was held on July 5, when there was catalogued 1,712,1)35 lbs., tons 764.70. Offered 1,588,358 lbs., tons 709.08. Sold 1,200,345 lbs., tons 535.86. PRICES REALISED. Ribbed smoked sheet Cents per lb. S’pon* std. quality 261* (4
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    • RUBBER SHARE PRICES.
      • 338 6 Stock P**r Exohang* Par Stock Vuiut. Company. Price*. Value. Compaa* June 7. Hr June m £1 Anglo-Malay 16/9 £1 Lumut (14 23/9 L‘l Ayer Kuning 30/ London Asiatic 5 il Bakap Planters 13/9 £1 Malacca Plantation* il Banteng (Selangor) 20/ 2/ Merlimau il Batu
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      • 711 6 P.“§’Up Value Dividend. Fn'jT* 4 Pe* Company Co. Evatt. iPKonnn i JuIy 6 Jul V 15 120,000 1 Ail year 30.9-2i‘ V. Alo 00 1 o 0 ?on 646,414 2 6 p.c. for year 30-6-20 Am Malav <$*V J l5 S? 180,440 I iil
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 187 7 FOURNIER’S HYREMQUE MIXTURE (FOB LADIES) WASTE NO TIME Tested and Proved for Years, immediately you notiee any disorder of the t em take Fournier's Hygenique Mix tv re. r u quickly removes all suffering. •here l» notnin* to < ual it Anything so Wid#*jv Known. It is justly descried as
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    • 22 7 PHOTOS —TActresses, Beauties, Studies, Drawings. Great choice and variety. State wishes clearly and write to Mr. Gennert, Calle Cuyas, Sarria Barcelona, Spain.
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    • 35 7 CASH SALE J.Y. t 'iyi vijY V > BBBBBBBBABBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBABBBBBBBBBA SCRIBBLING PADS > j rj: -fe. v, y 10 in. by 7 in. 160 SHEETS FOR 20 GENTS Postage 14 cents each extra. Apply MANAGER, STRAITS TIMES. I-
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    • 59 8 OVERTON HULL, ENGLAND %y HIGH GRADE FLEXIBLE ROPES Si~ Launching, Towing and all Marine Purposes. i 'v V, j >■% V x* 0 :V. 1 v V v w 'i f Derricks, Lifts, &c. Sole Agents: C\f I V /v' yOs Y *y r stl* €o 61, Market Street, SINGAPORE.
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