The Straits Budget, 22 December 1922

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1 7 The Straits Budget
  • 30 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES. VOL. LXXVI No. 3384 Singapore, Friday, December 22, 1922 ESTABLISHED OVER THREE ((CARTER OF A CENTURY. Price 25 cents.
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  • 287 1 LEADERS— Lausanne t \o Britain and France J 2 World Slipping Backward 12-13 Will America Help? 13 Lau-anne 13 Smuggling Rubber 13.14 General— Local and Personal 1-2 Kcuter’s Service 3.7 Companies Dissolved 7 Christmas at the Hospital 7 Licensing Justices 7 Aladdin at St. Andrew’s School 7 Big Donation
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  • 4479 1 )vvinp to trade reasons Macmillans lav e delayed until the new year Kipling* history of the Trish Guards in the great war, Mr. E. L. Talma is to act as Treasurer, Straits Settlements. Mr. A. H. do R. Fonseca is to be a Deputy Controller of Labour.
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  • FRIDAY’S TELEGRAMS
    • 373 3 Powers and Turkey. C oncession on Minorities Question. Reuter’s Skkuu.. London, December 14. I isanne Turkey has accepted the V 1 proposals in regard to the minor* on the same basis as the treaties .v ilt iiig the neighbouring States. London, December 14. Lausanne At the morning meeting of v
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    • 151 3 London. December 14. Washington: Addressing the National \$so n of Credit Men, Mr. Burton, member of the Allied Debt Funding Asso»n, was of opinion that the remedy f.*r !!epe did not lay in the cancellation cf ruicbtedness to America, but in the mn of more mtional fiscal
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    • 47 3 London, December l b Allahabad Serious rioting, arising |-ut „f the strike of the Bengal and Nagpur cotton mills, has occurred at Hajnandgaon. Crowds stoned the poliic. .vh were arresting the disturbers. The hulice fired, killing one and wounding Tuu. Seventeen police were injured.
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    • 36 3 London, December 14. baris The Minister for Marine an'luunced in the Chamber of Deputies that u- 1 Government would submit the dington agreements for ratification V’ 1 the reassembling of Parliament in hi Hilary.
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    • 32 3 London, December 11* h' l Portsmouth South bye-election, t i'cii by the resignation of Major H. L<'i-, has resulted as fclb ws 'donol Leslie Wilson, Conservatiw. U,3ni rhomas. Tmlependent, S.i.'M.
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    • 377 3 London, December 14. I ,?i‘; hnc i Z W. H. Bennett, also v Haynes, have been charged at Westm.nster police court with “eons* Ut V‘ s t 0 cht at P c rs °ns who Xv b n Uced t0 l invtst money in
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    • 140 3 London, December 14. Washington Mr. Volstead, chairman of tile Judiciary Committee of the House of Kepresentatives, which has been hearing charges against the Dougherty act, declared that judging from the character of the evidence already adduced he did not believe it possible to secure an impeachment. London,
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    • 62 3 London, December 14. A parcel of chocolates, addressed to the Home Secretary, lias been delivered at the Home Office. The police found arsenic inserted similarly to the chocolates sent to Sir William Horwood. The parcel was posted at Balhani, where Sir William Horwoou’s were also posted. It is
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    • 66 3 London, December 1 L In the House of C mum ns, replying to Air. Trevelyan, who suggested approachnt r the Iher powers represented at the IVashlmrton Confonncf with *w <■ u.ininir in fi it-n.Oy irprrsentatiuns to tr withdraw the troops fi'n Kussian Mr. Honor .aw sanl .1,,.
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    • 16 3 London. December 14. v X’ rk •In connection with th” >n Lendi n.
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    • 161 3 London, December 11. Flu* Times gives prominence to a despa'.li front its Peking correspondent strongly urging Great Britain to renvt the Boxer Indemnity and devote it to Itincse education. It declares that it is impossible for Britain to continue to take what the United States, France and Japan
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    • 95 3 London, December 14. Mr. Lloyd George expressed real satisfaction at Mr. Bonar Law’s statement and cordially agreed with his outline of policy. They could not hope to achieve finality, but he hoped that when the conference was resumed they would be able to register a further step on
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    • 92 3 London, December 14. A sensational forecast regarding the future is made by Sir K. Macay Edgar, interviewed on his return from America. He declared that the American demand for oil, metals and cotton was increasing at such a rate that a world wide shortage was inevitable, lie
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    • 76 3 London, December 14. New York At the annual conference of the Governors of the United States, at White Sulphur Springs, Mr. McKeJvio, Governor of Nebraska, advocated the United States increasing credits allowed to foreign governments with stable forms of government as a means for increasing the demand for
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    • 56 3 London, December 14. Kiga A telegram from Moscow states that on account of the non-payment of wages strikes have broken out in Petrograd, Kharkoiff, and the Ural and Don regions. 73,000 unemployed arh registered at Petrograd, with large numbers elsewhere and these are rapidly increasing. Thousands are
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    • 35 3 London, December 14. Algiers The British steamer Ulan Mactavish and the Japanese steamer Krie Maru have collided, both being slightly damaged. The former proceeded on her voyage, but the latter will temporarily repair.
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    • 122 3 London, December 14. Berne M. Scheurcr, a member of the Federal Council, has been designated President cf the Confederation of 10-3. London, December 14. The Shell Transport Co. has declared an interim dividend of 2s. fret* of income tax. London, December 14. In the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar
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  • SATURDAY’S TELEGRAMS
    • 294 3 Reuter’s Service. Loudi n, December 15. The King’s Speech on the pr* rogation cf Parliament earnestly trusts that a ,-a‘isfacti ry solution <f the Near Kant problems will shortly be reached at Lausanne. The task if restoring conditions favourable to
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    • 106 3 London, December 15. Washington Mr. Kelley, a Republican, who had prepared a report for the appropriation* committee on the annual naval bill, spelt king in the House of Representatives in support of the bill, declared the committee had fixed the gross amount of appropriations as high as
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    • 76 3 London, December 15. Paris: The Franco-Canndian commercial convention has been signed. It is of indefinite duration, terminable by six months' notice. France giants to Canada a minimum tariff on I2X items, Canada receives on the remainder as favourable treatment as that granted to the United States. As
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    • 62 3 London, December In. Mexico I'ity The* leader of Hie Fas- isti” here says the movement is extending nil over tin n mu try. Ho ox poets i membership of a million uj ix months. 11“ declares that the movoinont is not military l»nt aims at controlling the
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    • 47 3 London, December 13. The evacuation of the remainder of the Itritish troop in Dublin has begun. Free State troops took over the guards at Viceregal Lodge, and occupied cveiul barraeks from whence the troop marched out with bands pla>ing and colours flying a mi«Lst cheering crowds.
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    • 524 4 Debate on Reparations Problem. Lorn ion, December 14. The* House of Commons debated reparations, following a series of questions by Sir John Simon, framed after consultation with Mr. Asquith, Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Kanisay Macdonald. Replying Uo Sir John Simon’s anxiety lest the ellect of the
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    • 78 4 London, December 15. Riga A message from Moscow states that M. LiivinolF, chief Russian delegate at the Moscow Disarmament Conference, in a statement to journalists, complained «f its breakdown. He declared that Russia was not guaranteed against Japanese aggression or British intrigue and charged the latter with fomenting
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    • 88 4 London, December 15. Berlin The two assailants of Maximilian Harden have been sentenced to 4% and 2% years imprisonment respectively. The trial revealed that they were members of societies closely connected witn the consul organisation founded by tvhrhardt. Harden, leaning on a stick gave evidence that he became
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    • 135 4 liOndon, December 15. The New York World's Washington correspondent suites that though official •onfirmation is lacking, it is generally accepted that Mr. Morgan’s visit to Mr. Hughes was c nnectcd with the possibility f a vast international loan to Germany, provided that. France consents to a
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    • 102 4 London, December 15. Reports from New York that the rise in sterling is due to exceptional operations in which Britain is concerned, are u’vnied in Lendon. A telegram from New York mays the attention of financiers is concentrated on the spectacular soaring pound, whose approach ro purity,
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    • 56 4 London, December 15. Washington The Republican, Senator Pro khart, proposed an amendment to the Ship Subsidy Bill granting a subsidy to American industrial and agricultural producers. He said he favoured a ten per cent, rebate in freight charges on products for export from the points of origin,
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    • 42 4 London, December 15. Sir Eric Drummond, in an interview in London, said he believed that if the League of Nations got the full support of the Governments concerned, if might be able to suppress the cocaine traffic in five years.
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    • 287 4 London, December 15. Mexico City Chile has invited Mexico to participate in the Pan-American Conference at Santiago de Chile in March. London, December 15. Lausanne The minorities sub-commis-sion sat for two hours. The Turks were present and good progress was made. The sub-commission meets again on Monday. London, December
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  • MONDAY’S TELEGRAMS
    • 966 4 Reuter’s Service. London, December 1(5. Paris M. Briand supported M. Poincare, after which M. farmed attacked, ieproaching ihi* Government for following: a similar polity to its predecessors, notwithstanding: ti e fa *t that it criticised them, lie comp ained that M.
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    • 172 4 London, December 15. The Hague In a memorandum. r eply ing to the Second Chamber rep> rt r. tin Dutch East Indies, the M nister foi tiu Colonies states Oil exp rt duty will hi definitely abolished on December 31 aim any duty, subsequently paid, will bo refunded
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    • 163 4 London, December IT. Constantinople British and American destroyers hastened to the assistance ano picked up victims of the French hospital transport which w'as on fire otf San Stefano. Three women and three children were burned to death and a number are missing. The vessel was destroyed. London,
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    • 34 4 London, December 16. Allahabad It is reported that Lieut enant Dickson, employed cn the new Tshor-Raemak Road, was shot dead by sniper. Lieutenant Bn mhead, who w:« accompanying him. was slightly wounded
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    • 281 5 London, December lfi. Warsaw' The r#w President of the j\Yp :l>: c, M. Narutcwicz, has bo. n ated during a visit to the Arts Exhibition. Later. The assassin was a painter n;; vd Niowadowsky, who fired* a rc- •hree times at M. Narutow’icz,
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    • 181 5 London, December B>. Melbourne Keen interest is being taken in the Federal elections to-day. T* e n pp sod candidates include Mr. Vat: leader rf the new' Liberal party, Mr. Oiarlton, Labour leader and Mr. ti ry. deputy Leader of the Country party. Londcn, December 16. Melbourne The
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    • 84 5 London. December 16. Now* York The recent sensational rise in sterling exchange, which reacted to-day, presumably being in an overbought condition, is variously attributed to a mysterious British Government operation, possibly preparatory to the payment of debt interest, a reduced supply of commercial paper and a general
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    • 83 5 London, December 17. Brussels Le Nation Beige states ia .it has been decided to send a commission of legal experts to Amsterdam to “'P the Netherlands legal authorities to enquire into the (diaries of illicit oxspeculation, in which a firm iti 1 in the Netherlands is alleged to
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    • 293 5 London, December HI. VIA' 0si U ~t »< a letter to Th( T mber of mm( rce in (iovmmunt w"| V** t l he strong sentiment .f u <• ua lse the f av(Vll "Htish commerce in .r2h!„tfe^ n lh< Boxcr the
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    • 88 5 London, December 18. Ihe me ting <f the shareholders cf Dunlop Rubber Company unanimously passed a resolution in favour of paying S r Eric Gcddes £”>.000 f r his services as a director, also £lO,OOO for special services as a director during the twelve months ended September 21.
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    • 116 5 London, December 17. Remarkable scenes marked the completion cf the British evacuation at Dublin and the transfer of the remaining barracks and posts. Dense and cheering crowds lined the streets when the last Lur Biit sh reginunts, numbering between .1,000 and 4,000 men, marched past Gen.”"’.! Mccrcady. The
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    • 45 5 London, December 17. Washington The Secretary for Labour, Mr. Davis, with whom Sir Auckland Geddes discussed conditions at Ellis island affecting British immigrants, staled that he had ordered a thorough investigation with a view to providing separate accommodation for immigrants of different; nationalities.
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    • 46 5 London, December 16. Riga A Moscow message says that a tribunal has sentenced a hundred people accused of resisting Government orders regarding the confiscation of church property. The terms include two cases of live years’ imprisonment and seventeen to suifer confiscation of property.
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    • 60 5 London, December 1"*. Washington: In the Senate, Mr. Lafollette. on behalf of the e bloc, ojK*ned the attack on the Shq Subsidy Bill, which was fiercely condemn (M I ;he worst measure ever put before the Senate. It meant 1 »M, tu ,ver the p.-« property to
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    • 193 5 L< nden, December lt>. Lausanne The Turkish delegation has 'oceivod telegrams from Angora strongly en.pbus sing the necessity for an earl’v conclusun cf the peace negotiations, as the financial position of Angora is beaming untenable. The Turks, und übtod- >, wm be greatly
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    • 79 5 London, December 17. Washington In the Senate, Mr. King, tail, introduced a resolution authorising Resident Harding to fall at Washington a disarmament conference of the Governments with whieh the United States are in diplomatic relations, with the object of arriving at a general international agreement to effectually reduce and
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    • 72 5 London, December 16. Los Angeles The steamer Chicago Maru, with a cargo valued at $750,000, is jen lire beyond control. The passengers, numbering one hundred, have landed. The decks wire so hot during the Japanese crew’s light with the flames that the sailors’ feet were burned. Many of
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    • 44 5 London, December 17. Ymuidon The British steamer Elizabeth Harrison, outward bound, and the Dutch earner Rrinsos Juliana, from Batavia, collided in the North Sea Canal. The former was badly, and the latter slightly damaged. The former is returning to Amsterdam for repairs.
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    • 50 5 London, December 16. The death is announced of Lord Marcus Beresford. The deceased, who was in excellent spirits yesterday, dined at the Turf Club. He was found dead in bod in the morning. He had suffered from heart trouble which is believed to have caused his death.
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    • 146 5 Lon Jon, December 17. The first death in the new parliament is the Labourite, Mr. Bell, involving a byeelection at Newcastle Last where he gained the seat with a majority of 3,085. L< ndon, December 10. Lome Dalian representatives abri ad have been instructed to see that the portrait
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  • TUESDAY’S TELEGRAMS
    • 442 5 RXLIEK’.) ol.K» let. London, December Irv Lausanne: In all the conferences I attended l never hud oucii au experience, declared Earl Cuizon hi a ion ami somownat heated discussion »d the Stiaiis Commission. inis was evoked by u.o Russian iurk sh proposal to
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    • 108 5 London, December Ik. Denver Three bandits shot one of the guards who wore transferring SIiUU,iMO worth of gold from the United Sta'es nun! to a local branch of the Federal Deserve Bank ami escaped with the entire booty. Ihe guard is not expected to recover. London, December
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    • 114 5 London, December Is. I’aris Dur mr the Chamber debate on tie naval estimates, M Raih»*rli, Minister of Marne, oiiUimd th Governin' rr’s policy. Iledi hired that Britan, America and Japan have been building \\h le Franc h..s b t h r navy dwindle. Fra ice needed a
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    • 192 6 London, December IS. Several of the papers regard the statements from Washington as regards p. .s.sible American intervention in the reparations question as probably in the nature of kite-flying to tost American opinion, before White House commits itself to any decision. London, December
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    • 213 6 London, December IN. An article in the Financial Times on tin* financial needs of l hina dwells on tin* new consortium's unpopularity in China. Jt compiains that the British attitude seems to be to insist lhat China do business witii a consortium of nobody. The writer asks, if
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    • 43 6 London, December 18. Delhi The early winter rains have greatly improved the crop prospects and a bumper wheat crop is expected. Th° outlook is the be-st since the record harvest of 1913. Prices are steadily falling despite the export of wheat.
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    • 60 6 London, December IS. In London, foreign exchange opened with a decided recovery but later relapsed. Rumours of an American loan to Germany have not been taken seriously. French francs touched <lO/95 and closed <l2/75, Belgian francs (Kl/S0 and closed <>B/45. Marks opened at 25,000 closing ;it 30,000. Sterling
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    • 51 6 London, December 19. Melbourne The elections have reached an interesting stage. The Nationalist and Labour parties each now number 28. It is reported from Sydney that the Nationalists and Country party are negotiating with regard to co-operation, and Ihe Count ryites are stipulating that the Nationalists drop Mr.
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    • 37 6 London, December 19. Official Seven men were executed at Kyit i«<v Prison, Dublin, this morning, 1 1 found in possession of arms f ‘•aptured at a National’s house near U!*eh last week. JUit v\
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  • WEDNESDAY’S TELEGRAMS
    • 757 6 Kkuikk’s Service London, December IN. Facsimile: Earl < u:z*n. in the course of expounding h s sclu-me tor the freedom of the Straits, which was submitted m jKiniid form to the delegates at tne S;ra s Commission, dwilt on the fact that many
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    • 191 6 London, December 19. The Chairman of the Peking Syndicate bus issued a special statement pointing in. that the native ills of China are aggravated and envenomed by the strange c nllict ng influences of the AYestein world. The Time:?, in a leader commenting on i*s Peking c<
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    • 98 6 London, December 19. Borne Owing to an attack on Fascists at Turin, on the evening if the 17. h inst., in which two were killed and one w. utided, the Fascist headquarters hero decided to mobilise the Fascisti at Turin, who occupied the Labour headquarters, and hoisted
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    • 99 6 London, December ll*. In the Admiralty Division, Mr. Justice Lli refused to extend beyond the two \vars allowed by the Maritime Conventions Act of 1011, the time for bringing: action against the P. and O. S. N. Company by the mother of one of the 100 American soldiers
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    • 41 6 London, December 19. Prince George was operated upon for appendicitis at King Edward VII Hospital for Officers this morning. London, December 19. The official bulletin states that Prince George stood the operation for the removal of his appendix well.
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    • 40 6 London, December 19. The Times New York correspondent says the failure is announced of the Houston Fibre Company, one of the largest commission houses in the West, dealing in securities, grain, etc. The known liabilities are $5,500,000.
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    • 30 6 London, December 19. Washington The House of Representatives lias passed the Naval Appropriation Bill and endorsed the recommendations (T the international negotiations limiting the construction of smaller craft.
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    • 31 6 London, December 19. Constantinople The Angora Government has decided to extend indefinitely the period in which the Christians must leave Anatolia, which was originally fixed for a month.
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    • 47 6 London, December 19. Johannesburg The remaining three persons who have been tried on charges arising from the attack on the Brakpun nine during the Rand revolt, have been sentenced to death. The court expressed ‘be strong hope that the Governor- tenoral would reprieve them.
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    • 352 6 London, December 20. Sir W. Joynson-Hick# was the guest of .he Royal Colonial Institute at a lun /heon on taking over the Overseas Trade Department, lie emphasised that the sole remedy for the present unemployment in Britain was the development ,f inter-Empire trade. He pointed
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    • 186 6 London, December It*. New York The Morgan Co. has made a .saitfiiiint at a conference cn Saturday between the’d and the German minster, Hoir Wudfcldt. when the latter was informed that loans could not be granted to Germany until the reparations quisti n v.as settled. Mr. Morgan
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    • 57 6 London, December lib Washington In a speech on the Ship Subsidy Bill in the Senate, Senator Kansdell (Democrat) charged the British with waving the big stick against America. He instanced the alleged British discrimination, including the recen* rubber for the shipment <f raw rubber which, he stated,
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    • 29 6 London, December 20. Havre M. Clemenceau has returned from New York. In an interview he denied having said he was opposed to tin occupation of the Ruhr.
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    • 48 6 London December 19. The Hague The bill authorising a state loan of 350 million florins for consolidation of the floating debt has passed through the Second Chamber. London, December 19. Stockholm M. EwerlofT, the Swedish Minister of Vienna and Budapest, has been transferred to Tokio and Peking.
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    • 304 7 Reuter's Service. London, December 20. Paris A mernbA of the Turkish delegation has informed the Havas agency renirsi'ntative at Lausanne that the Angora (iovcrnment has instructed the delegatto break off negotiations if, before f ui to-morrow afternoon, satisfaction is not given
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    • 104 7 London, December 20. Paris Discussing the Government’s •Iccisi n to recommend parliament to ratify the Washington agreements, l.'K. ho ele Paris complains that the agreements do not favour France, because on December 16, 1921, the French delegates were suddenly confronted by the Anglo-Japanese-Amcrican accord, which was negotiated very
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    • 89 7 London, December 20. New York The Supreme Court has adjourned till December 27 the hearing of the Irish Free State Government’s application for an injunction to prevent the rebel leaders, De Valera and O’Mara, withdrawing funds of 2 x /a million dollars collected in the United States.
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    • 68 7 London, December 20. New York The Supreme Court has upheld the contention that the National y Bank was not responsible for the unds of the depositors of its Petrograd 'Unch, as the Soviet seized their assets, hcrefore, the liability rested with the 0Vl yt- This decision, if
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    • 39 7 London, December 20. Washington The Central American inference has decided to postpone con- ation of the question of union of <; ontral American republics until when another conference will he l| ied to establish a basis of union.
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    • 70 7 London, December ID. Washington Counsel for the foreign steamship lines has filed a brief in the Supreme Court attacking Judge Hands’ decismna, regards liquor on foreignvesleetlJL 8 aar r etl that whi, <’ Prohibition legislation applies to the cn.ted Stales and the territories subjeet thereto, it int
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    • 57 7 London, December 20. j lv directors of the Indo-Burma Oils' \i w r?, t-".a07 in cash remaining oi. March 111, propose reorganisation of the capital with the object of writing otF h“ll tju* issued amount and raising iIOo.OOO by offering preference shares to shareholders proportionately to their holdings,
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    • 67 7 London, December 20. New York Mr. T. W. Lamont, of Morgan’s, referring to newspaper reports giving the impression that the German envoys’ request for a loan had been refused, said they told Herr Wiedfeldt that a loan was impossible because at present the American public would not
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    • 73 7 London, December 20. Washington Mr. Denby, Secretary for he Navy, has transmitted to Congress a report showing that neither the United States nor Japan plans the complete scrapping of existing capital ships, at least pending the promulgation of the Armaments Treaty, although both have ceased work on capital
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    • 43 7 London, December 20. The British American Tobacco Company net profits for the year were i’4,400,000 as compared with £4,323.000. A dividend of 25 per cent, has been declared, compared with 24 per cent. The sum of £3,276,000 is carried forward.
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    • 37 7 London, December 20. Brussels As the result of an incident in the Chamber, M. Franck, Minister for the Colonies, has sent his seconds to M. Paul Hymans, principal Belgian delegate to the League of Nations Council.
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    • 42 7 London, December 20. New York The cx-Premier Chow Tsu Chi and 22 other Chinese have arrived. Chow Tsu Chi denied that he intended to negotiate a loan, but admitted he would talk to the American bankers on the subject.
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    • 56 7 London, December 20. Prince George is progressing satisfactorily. London, December 20. Ottawa The Federal Bureau < f Statistics estimates the value cf anada s grain crop this year at 084 million dollars. London, December 20. Paris The Chamber has adopted the naval estimates. London, December 20. The newspapers are
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  • 16 7 j* sr 4K TftJjSg i<. I til Moruya Hyflraulu l.t «Vi Scmbita.. W-U-r Ltd.
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  • 627 7 On or about January 20, writes the N. Daily News, five present members of tre crew of the (ireat Northern Co.'s i-abb 1 ship Store Nordiskc are to leave Shanghai hound for (’opt nhag« n in a small f-ail.li/; yacht. The
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  • 153 7 Anangemen's are being made I" give the patients at the Singapore General Hospital as happy a time as possible on Christmas Day when, f< r those who are able t'> indulge in full diet, a good oldfashioned Christmas dinner will be given, and turkey and ham
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  • 75 7 Messrs. William Gray and Co. launched the steamer City of Singapore, which Di.-v are building for the Hall l.«ne Kllcrman Lines, Ltd., Liverpool, on N m her 17. Handsomely modelled tln vessel has a cruiser stern, and her dimensions arc: Length overall, I breadth extreme, '>7
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  • 189 7 A meeting of the* Licen ing Justices was la Id a* the First Magistrate’s Court, on the Mth in*t. Mr. I*. A. F. David presided. The other justices present were Dr. ,1. A. It. Glennie and Messrs. See Troii* \\;,h t A.
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  • 205 7 Inspector Meredith, Oiehanl Itoael division, on pmilue-iiig a .lavane-se- named hahmis before- Mr. Dawson, se-e-onel magistrate, m the- 1 Itli inst., on a charge* of musing hurt by a rash ae-t, state*e| that he- re-ee-ivod a le-hqihom* e-oinmunieation from Mrs. Wynm--.li m-s staying in Watten
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  • 195 7 St. Andrew’s School Hall was transformed into a theatre last week when the boys gave three performances of Aladdin written and produced by one of the stair, Mr. L. C. H. Woodgate. The wonderful lamp found in the cave when rubbed by Aladdin summoned the
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  • 157 7 Our Kuala Lumpur correspondent writes The Court of Appeal delivered judgment in Hie ease in which the State of Pahang appealed against, < rders made hy he (’hi* f Judicial Commissioner in the ~;i in which Inch** fatimali, widow of IPs Highness the lat*- Sultan
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  • 39 7 (From Our Own <’• m* pondenf.) 11 < 1 1 I:«• n December In cell hiatiun of his HI t birthday. Sir Robert II" Tun it has «loriut«-d $100,000 t«» found an industrial school for poor children.
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  • 1048 8 In spite of the lock* star at (loodwood Hall, a large and enthusiastic audience greeted the musical and topical revue, The Follies of 1922, written and produced by Mr. Francis (iruham, and presented publicly for the first time
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  • 365 8 The annual general meeting of the Simpaiu Valley Hydraulic Mines, Ltd., was held on Friday at the company's 'dices, Chartered Hank Buildings, SitigaP* re. j Mr. t hew Woon Poh presided and was supprrted by the Hon. Mr. W. Lowther Kemp, Mr. W.
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  • 108 8 W.D.” has rendered good service by publishing Malay for Beginners.” It is the perfection <f simplicity, and is intended nut for the serious student cf Malay hut for the newcomer who must acquire some knowledge of colloquial Malay if he is to move about and have dealings
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  • 98 8 Mr. Hoy Smith, manager of J. C. Williamson, Ltd., writes from Calcutta to inform us that the Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Co., of Australia, are due to play at the Victoria Theatre, Singapore, from January 23 to February 11, 1923. The company number 40 strong, headed by
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  • 1207 8 The imposing five-storied structure, which was commenced on the site of the premises formerly occupied by Messrs. Mansfield and Company in 1919 at the corner of Collyer Quay and Prince Street is practically completed, except for a few finishing touches, ami will be
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  • 343 8 At Goodwood Hall, on Friday afternoon, the younger students of Miss Lillian Newton’s School of Dancing gave a demonstration to mark the close of the school’s first session. Attendance was by invitaticn ami naturally there was a large gathering of parents and
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  • 90 8 Tan Ban Chiat, cashier of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, j s being charged with alleged cheating in respect of $l,OOO, alternatively witn criminal misappropriation of the same amount. The complainant, who is th** cashier of the East Asiatic Bank, allege that he tendered a
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  • 1709 9 Beautiful weather and ideal conditPnx f -admg find rowing favoured the thirl uir.Uil regatta and At Home arranged I u.yal Singapore Yacht Clubmen c’ ':n afternccn. re w-.s a large attendance of nvni1„: and friends including the Com- 1 c, HE.
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  • 1685 9 Karikal Mahal, the residence cf Mr, ul 1 1 ‘'ultan, at ianjong Katong, was thi* seeno of an inti resting event on Saturday, attmnoon, the t.ccasion biing a farcweil 11.. gain by the Muslim conimunitv I <> ungap ire t»
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  • 136 9 The Burdwan eorrespondent <if th« Rangoon Gazette wired on the v <t h inst. as foil ws! Mr. Chnrlen W. Blythe* »r» Englishman wh I* ft Singapore on Mv ’1 with the intention of making Irs w i\ ■in f of to Calais for
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  • 1086 10 A fairly largo house attended the first performance of Anna Pavlowa and her company atGoodwoodllall on the 14th inst. The nest use possible was made of the facilities the hall offers. As a concert room it is ideal, with the best accoustics of any
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  • 182 10 1 hr follow mg is the Cufenov Commissioner*’ Provisional return for the inoma of November, I922: > f/l) Whole t mount of Currency Note.' in Ciuu'u *en on November 30, 72,934,149.7(1 Average amount of Notes in Circaijti'u during the m nth of November, 1922 72.490,040.37 /b C-
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  • 93 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, December 19. Mr. Scott, in the District Court, is hearing three charges of criminal breach of trust against Khoo Chin Teong, while storekeeper for the Borneo Company, in respect of the disappearance of the contents of 23 cases of soap, medicine and disinfectant,
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  • 62 10 I he Governor has granted commissions as Second Lieutenants in the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force to the following Messrs. J. J. Saunders, C. D Iwynam, M VV. 11. Mnir, M.M m R M Richards, M.8.E., E. E. Watson and Crosse Second Lieutenant W. A. r. Crosse is
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  • 897 10 On Sunday evening, December 17, lit. W or. bro. i. Nutt, 0.8. E., the District Grand Master of the Eastern Archipelago, visited St*rcmban with his olhccrs to lay the foundation stone of the ~0 v masonic Temple whicn is about to be elected by the Brethren of
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  • 891 10 Nga Ba and Nga Po -Hnan, escaped prisoners from the Andaman h| tl m s during the past six months, were am e«,i in the Pazundaung quarter on December 7 by Mr C. A. Kcynell, D. S. !>.. i aw Htun, and
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  • 2797 11 i rum Our Correspondent.) Kuala Lumper, December ]H. In the Supreme Court, :h.s m. rnm„, K gifc M t Justice hanvr-.uauuy, a cumnu a .ia’iu was mide in the c.vii actim in w i -Mr. F. O. Deck, on behalf of huu>t,i and other
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  • 304 11 The Singapore Court of Appeal sat on I*ridny when the Acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Spnmlc presided and was associated with Mr. Justice liarrettLennard and Mr. Justice Brown. The apP *il heard was one against a judgment given by the Chief Justice,
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  • 231 11 In the Supreme Court on the Itth insL, hef uc 4 he act ing (‘liicf Jig t ice, Mr. Just ice Sproule, M. li. M. S. Soekalingain Chetty sued a Chinese, named 'lan Miang Sung, and his wife and mother for the sum of
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  • 153 11 Yesterday the Christinas Houblc Number ef Straits Produce was put on sale, price <ne dollar. The previous issues have been excellent, and there is about twice a much in the present one, ne re especially in the way of illustrations, which are many, varied, and both clever and
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  • The Straits Budget
    • 1126 12 —Straits Times, December 15. The Lausanne Conference drags on tediously and inconclusively, and there are indications that it may come to nothing. Because they gained victory over a few thousand ill-led and weary Greeks, the Turks have managed to persuade themselves that they have recovered their military prestige. The
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    • 1187 12 Straits Times, December i6. America is now the great neutral and we ask no more than that France will judge our policy by American opinion.” Thus we wrote on November 1”, and it is curious to find the same idea voiced by M. Clemenceau on the eve
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    • 1246 12 stored to their fufl efficiency.—Straits Times. December 18. We read the other day a singularly thoughtful address delivered by Mr. [J Wells at Manchester. He was’a candidate for the Parliamentary representation 0 f and had gone to the great Lancashire city to address the tors who are*
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    • 1113 13 WILL AMERICA HELP Straits Times, December ID. The mere suggestion that America is about to take a hand in the solution o r ti i German financial problem has created a reaction favourable to European currencies. We welcome it because it seems to open a way of escape from the
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    • 1217 13 Id* neoflcnt >f foreign trade.- StraitTimes, Peri mher 'JD. We ventured a forecast of results ’it ti e Lausanne Conference, and it is st’ll loo soon to say that it will be justified hut the progress so far made and the tone of the discussions seems to warrant the
      Id* neoflcnt >f foreign trade.- Strait-Times, Peri mher 'JD.  -  1,217 words
    • 1097 13 Ji traitor to the industry.—Straits Times. December 21. “There is no doubt," says the Controller of Rubber Kxport, “that the incentive* to smuggling rubber at present are very, great, and that a well-organised proven tive force will be required to keep smug gling within bounds." The statement reveals
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  • 1824 14 The adjourned seventy-ninth half-yearly c mg el il»e do.«.;:ouit rs n tiie i>ri*. rsli North Borneo (Chartered) Company (Inc ■■•rporated by the lloyal Charter) was iii id at Liver Plate House, Finsbury Circus, H.C., on November 14. Tim lib.vt Hon.
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  • 451 14 The report of the directors to the mem bers of the Straits Trading Co., Ltd. f or the year ended September 30, i >(•>•> states After writing off depreciation and making provision for bad and doubtful debts, the net profits amount
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  • 182 14 The following appointments are notified in the F.M.S. Government Gazette, of the 15th instant:—Mr. C. Bazell to be a European Master in the Education Department, S.S. and F.M.S., Mr. G. Wilkinson to be an Assistant Conservator of Forests, F.M.S., Mr. F. T. Tree seconded for service
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  • 1570 15 K n 11 injf of the Legislative Council u ,iii Wednesday afternoon. II.K. (j.iv. rnor, Sir Laurence GuiiKma.d, .H. presided, and the othe.s present H. v H E. the General Officer Command- < Major-General Sir Neill Malcolm, Hv i; t D.S.O.), the Hon.
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  • 27 15 1 1 a\ <* been or f India it ent d plat'd oi goon the\ i f: I„• th( earner Gre* ..r. .‘'atm la/.
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  • 87 15 [T lie Straits Time* n not responsible f<o (no opinions of its correspondents Corn* spondents should bear in mind that lettermust be short and to the point. Lonp rambling epistles are liable to be rejected oi ruthlessly cut down. Correspondents mua. onciose their numea, not iifti'aiuni) u* publication but
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  • 304 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—Within the last few days cabled inquiries have reached me from the Straits Settlements with reference to the discovery 1 have succeeded, after three years oi research, in making for the destruction ot all kinds cf insect life. 1 do not
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  • 428 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,- The letter fr m the Secretary A.D.C. < n 'la* above subject is very interesting as showing up the Strok of bad luck that landed Madame Pavlowa and tho finest show that has ever h nour:j Sutgapr
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  • 210 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. S.r, i lie last issue of the Times l •''uppii meat remarks Europeans l n'slud to iind m the sayings of Confucius no inquiry into the nature of knowledge, <f truth, or of good, but only dogmatic assert.ons about the light sort
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  • 679 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,- Recently an appeal was made for the Medical Mission, it would net be perhaps realised by most po pie why the Medical Mission requires any funds. Having seen the work and realised with a mat wonder the rnarv< ||i
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  • 215 16 A very successful meeting of tin* Singapore Natural History Society was In Id on t lie loth inst., at the Raffles Museum. The agenda was full of items of topical interest. Mr. Holttuin exhibited a collecticn of fungi recently obtained at
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  • 579 16 The existing divorce laws, in America, for which Congress is being asked, by the general federation of women’s clubs, to substitute a uniform system, differ in alino-t every State of the Union. New Volk, until the last six months, allowed divorce for
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  • 215 16 Mr. G. C. Valpy, Collector-General of Income Tax, in the course of his report upon the working if the department under the Income Tax Ordinance, 1021, ,’< r the financial year. April 1, 1021, to March 81, 1022, says The
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  • 334 16 At the invitation of the Patron. Pr. Vrcalister, and members of the Medical College I'nicn, a large gathering if the -e dints «f the Medical School and theiri friends assembled at the hostel on Saturday night for the annual social gathering. The greater part of the
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  • 155 16 In thethird magistrate’seourt on Wednesday, before Mr. Gourlay, Inspector Kenney charged three Chinese, Tong Kah Song, Tan Peng Kwang and Yong Kai Lan, with dishonestly retaining stolen property. The first accused is said to be the manager of a dispensary at 098 North Bridge Road, which was
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  • 66 16 The Daily Graphic, of November 11, has the following:—“A Penny all the Way,” the title of a poster supporting Mr. Penny, Conservative candidate for Kingston-on-Thames, has led his opponent. J olonel Harvey Day. to retort with When there’s a Day before you, a Penny doesn’t go far,” and
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  • 656 16 I London telegram of November 30, states More like roman ic fiction tnan sober fuel reads tin Tim accounts oi rb-s n an/..m which runners nave i ro gut posi-naitt irom tile seene to Luxor. Tne narrative says a discovery has j;st been made
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  • 73 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, December 19. Before Mr. Bathurst, in the police court, this morning, Jewa Singh and Inda Singh were charged at the instance of Chief Detective Inspector Mann with being in possession of seditious literature. Accused arrived by the Edavana from Rangoon. hen arrested they
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  • 317 16 Mr. See Tiong* Wall presided 0V e. I fair attendance of fticm.bers at the fl meeting of the Singapore Family ig?® Society held in the Victoria \[L Hall n the 14* h evening. On the proposal of the Chairman thl report of the
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  • 347 16 The Riviera is passing through a try® ilig time, and the sudden fa., m the has raised new hopes of a re.urn of ’>'l .id prosperity. Without a big increase in if visit is this winter, casino authorities and h tei
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  • 104 16 In large stores like John Little s Robinson’s a certain amount of P 1 1 is to be expected in spite of the 1” cautions taken to watch thieves. understand that cn Tuesday afterno n. Criminal Investigation Department ra 1 'j a certain dispensary in Singapore found a
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  • 1456 17 (From Our. Own Correspondent.) B Bandoeng, December 4. B Thl> local government has permitted Bh> recruitment of labour from among B indigenous masses for service M < and timber land* in British North Btornet*. The period ft recruitment is a B\ r beginning from the 23rd ultimo,
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  • 140 17 Our Kuala Lumpur correspondent writes on Friday :-There was a scene n t ho Assize Court this morning. For a long time past the Chief Judical Commissioner Sir Lionel Woodward, had continually boon disturbed by so,no noisy .•■iso that was
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  • 1185 17 I he second annual general meeting of I “apan I in, Ltd., was held in the Chamber •»f Commerce, Penang, on )ee. 7. There VVi r present:—Missis. ,1. Baumann (in the chair), F. II. Grumitt, N. P. Walshe, II. E. Sparko, M.
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  • 303 17 Our Kuala Lumpur correspondent wiites Mr. T. Coe, of the Federal Secretariat, was the victim of a daring burglary. On the 6th iii.<*., at about 2 p.m. when Mr. Coe was in office a Malay, named Olat, entered his bedroom and
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  • 231 17 |scf re Mi\ Just ic Barrett-Leonard in the Supreme on it, on the 1 It li insta t him se contactor, See Ee, sued a property owner, named I'ana Abdul Kader Mariean for SL’l,r,!il.:;r>, being the balance due oti work completed by plaintiff at •’>, Battery Road
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  • Sporting News and Notes.
    • 571 18 Our I poh corresponednt wires :—A formidable Selangor team was defeated decisively by Perak, at Ipoh m Saturday, by tw< goals and one try, 13 points to one gcal, five punts. The weather was fine and the gume was witnessed by a very
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    • 205 18 The following short account of the S.C.C. A team’s visit to North Johore has been contributed :—The Rugger match between the S.C.C. A and North Johore was played at Segamat on Saturday and resulted in a draw of one goal, live* points
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    • 438 18 The hockey match between teams representing the S.C’.C. and the 2nd Middlesex regiment on the padang on Friday, resulted in a deservedly easy victory for the military team by three goals to nil. The soldiers showed splendid combination, especially among the forwards, anti it was to this that they
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    • 518 18 The final of the See Ewe Boon cup competition of the St. Joseph's Old Boys’ Association was played off on the 14th inst. before a large gathering of students, past and present, between the F team (F. de Souza) and the school team (Koh Koon Yam.) The game
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    • 46 18 R. F. Smith and C. E. Smith owe 30 beat Oh Jitt Siang and Tan Ah Hung scr. S—(s, B—(s. Tuesday’s Ties.—R. F. Smith and C. E. Smith owe .‘5O v. I.im Bong Soo and Woon Seah Long, plus 3.
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    • 486 18 The result of match played at the Garrison Golf Club on Wednesday, December 13. was as follows Mrs. Elder and Mrs. Jackson beat Mrs. Blair and Miss Law, 2 and 1. Mrs. Webb and Mrs. Cantrell beat Mrs. Montgomerie and Mrs. Wade, 4 and 3. Mrs. D. J. Ward
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    • 306 18 state, i> of the 14th inst. "inn V At Pretona the M. C. C. made 300 for seven wickets and declared Iretona were all out for 116. Macauley took six wickets for 18 runs. The MC C thus won by an innings and 47 runs. A Reuter
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    • 421 18 Ideal weather prevailed for the nimJ annual athletic sports of St. Anthony! School which were successfully held undJ the patronage of the Portuguese Consul Mr. I* ereira, on Saturday afternoon. Thl success reflected much credit upon thl large committee which was under tbl presidency of Rev.
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    • 489 18 There was a large gathering at the Stadium on Saturday night when the return fight between Seaman Baker and Edwin de Souza took place. The weights were 10.8 and 10.4, respectively, and the match was for ten rounds’ duration. Major Millard was referee, and, in spite of his appeal
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  • 164 19 I p notified fu the Government El that privileges under the InvenE *> finance have been granted to It! A. Bre reton, rubber planter, Ev f..r improvements in the nianuH:. f compositions fur paving, roofI;.t ng, clothes and other purposes; I Vr. \V. Francis, planter, of P* ntian
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  • 157 19 •is just run into Singapore a 4' by the name of Tooranpo, come all the way from Part- t her cwn steam, anil is b und I* »urne. She was built a* Part- C urge Philip and Sim f r the Steamship Company and is. we i
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  • 132 19 hnala l.umpnr corcesnondenC writMonday, says: -Kuala Lumpur is, ’im of wvit’ng, on the verpe <<t ’''‘> 1 1 < {l—at least one part of the 1 fact, it has boon so during the part of to-day. The heavy rain lay night and Sunday have help--11 the rivers
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  • 148 19 (I'rom Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, December IS. n.e renting Harbour Hoard report for t M-ar en, June ISO last shews a loss yil.Ml, but after transfers to the anous res: nes the income and expend). V. c account shows a deficit
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  • 225 19 Tronoh Mines.— Pis. 2,341. Ting Kil.—Plant piculs 120.74, tribute v ’u!s 36.06, total piculs 15(5.50. Sungei (lau.— Ore treated 20»J tons, total t.n won 75.5 S piculs. Knmunting Tin Dredging.—Half Deccivher was 200 piculs. Chenderiang Tin Dredging.—Half December dredge 171 piculs, tribute 75 piculs, total 240 piculs. The
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  • 73 19 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, December 20. The directors’ report of the North Snlak (Perak) mines, for the year ending .hmo 39. states that opera t nns <r; >1 a,us ceased carle in the year owing to unexpected shrinkage in the value of. the ground treated. Unsuccessful
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  • 33 19 Some anxiety is beinp evinced regardin„- the whereabruts of the comprad-re (>r'tho Asia Dankinp Corporal ion, m Prince Street. Enquiries regarding his have been made, but so fat without success.
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  • 20 19 The Acting <'hi**f .Justice*, Mi’. i h-4 declared a vacation th< c rnu.t from i* to Court.
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  • 28 19 i..... ivnunir cormponik'nl. wires that f rf U Comn"’^r a '’Mt,; IT thj *lh«- nteht .nail train. i r 'ts. nppoir' l‘;,s in a.»istanl sp.P'on.
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  • 422 19 General Sir lan Hamilton, speaking cn November 12 at the Working Men’s Col(,y St. i’aneras, said a natural and e.'i.-able way «f making a league of Nil. :>ns would he to start by continents. L hat Europe should have quickly wa.-i
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  • 150 19 AF.RIA. <>n December 17, 1 t»2J, at th<‘ Maternity Hospital. Singapore, to Mr. an I 'I/s. K. <• Aeria, n son. IVnanp papers please copy. AIUJ MAKAR. On December 14, 1 t»2l!. at 10, Knmpong Hulu, Malacca, l.atefah, wit of Abu Ilakiir bir: Abdulrahman, and daughter of Haji Hassan
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  • 33 19 IiI'NIKY IJ'ZZENA. The wedding was solemnised in the Registrar’s Chambers, Singapore, on December Hi, 1022. of Her I, (j. Henley of Toronto, t anadii, to Mile. Malvina I.uzzcna of Brazil, South America.
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  • 159 19 EXCHANGE Singapore, I lecember 2I. On liondon, Bank m/s 2/4 5/32 Demand 2/4 1/16 rrivaie 3 ms. credits 2/1 ;i/H On New Y.»rk Demand 53% I'rivatc Oft d/s 55% On Frame, Dank r»!»0 On In: :a, Dunk T.T. 174% On Hongkong, Dank d/d 2% j».e. dia. On
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  • 467 19 MINING. Singapore, December 21. lasae Val. Pd. Buyers. Sellers. 1 I Butang Padang 0.50 57% l 1 llitani Tin 1.30 1.35 1 1 .1 elant oh 0.20 0.40 nom 1 1 Johan Tin 0.45 47% l‘l Cl Kam. Kamunt. 1.14.0 1.10.0 ed. 10 10 Hint a Assen.
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  • The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT
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    • 1286 2 annual general meeting of Devon B 1 ».Malacca) Limited took place <n nst•» ai the company's registcrc I B "i’ iv nch bank buildings, Singapore. ..muander F. W. K. Fegen, K.N., B u v to the chair and amongst those B" xvere
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    • 1185 2 A correspondent forwards to us a report of a general meeting of the Johore IManters’ Association, held at Batu Anam Club, Baiu Anani. Johore, on the 14th inst., with Mr. \V. Miller Mackay in the chair. In the course of the proceedings, the
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    • 831 2 The annual meeting of the Alor Gujah Rubber Estate, Ltd., was held at lie* company’* registered 1 Hire, Greshuai House, Singapore, on .Ni«>n«ii.,. Mr. J. M. Si me occupied the chan and was suppiiud by il.e Hon. Mr. J. W. Campbell
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    • 1009 3 From an extended report of a general meeting of the Malacca i’lanters Associution held on Sunday and forwarded to us by a correspondent we taue the lohowing account of a discussion on Sunday labour which arose out of a letter received from Mr.
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    • 1052 3 Tee twelfth ordinary general meeting of the North Labis (Johore) Rubber and Produce Ltd., was held on November 10 at the registered office of the company, 1-1, Great T*Aver Street, E.C., Mr. 11. Eric Miller (the chairman) presiding. Mr. E. .Martin,
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    • 1150 3 The ordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Johore Para Rubber Company, Limited, was held on November 20 at the registered office of the company. 139, Cannon Street. E.C., Mr. R. Arnold (chairman of the company) presiding. The Chairman said
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    • 193 3 Messrs. Wilson Holgate and Co. favour us with a copy of Rubber Tiade Association of London monthly statistics tii-a; ii£ with the rubber position up to »ii<1 f October, 1922. For the ten month' 1922 the United Kingdom imports were A1 19 tons compared with 75,450 tons in
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    • 134 3 In the year ended June 30 last tnj' Singapore Para Rubber Estates, Limited, secured a profit of 1*071 (as compared with a loss of £2,440 in the preceding year), while £7,127 was brought forward, giving an available balance of £8,0i)i. P is proposed that this sum be
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    • 63 4 rThe Straits Time* la not responsible foi opinions of ita correspondents. Correnjpnts should bear in mind that letters p t be short and to the point. Long wbling epistles are liable to be rejected or hiessly cut down. Correspondents must u ose their names, not necessarily for “f iction
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    • 95 4 Xu the Editor of the Straits Times. \ew uses for rubber are eagerly for. Yet the most obvious is overU'Vth rubber cheap and leather dear, V boots could have the former affixed the welts at the same price as leather. Rubber is silent, endurable, non-porous j a s
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    • 166 4 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir —lt was announced in the papers that while in Ceylon Mr. W. Duncan had an interview with the Planters’ Association there. Lot us hope that they realised that Mr. Human has most persistently “Hunted with the hounds
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    • 145 4 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —The method of elect’iig annually Chairman and Vice-Chairman for the coniine year is an anomaly that needs attention. The Society has repeatedly claimed that represents in every possible way the r.ied.' and opinions of its members how then
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    • 597 4 l,xtraor dinary general meeting of j u pah Rubber and Tapioca Estates. x p, held at Shanghai. Mr. Brcdie larke, presided, supported by Messrs, an I a vr p e and P. C. Inglis, directors, 1 •!< f rt> Was an attendance represertting u
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    • 434 4 The thirteen.h annual meeting of the Sungei Buaya (Sumatra) Rubber Co., Ltd., was held at 5 Whittington-avenue on November 21. Mr. A. G. Angier presiding. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report and accounts, said that it was a great relief
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    • 590 4 I he annual meeting of I’ajam, Ltd., was .held on Monday in the company’s regis-' tried utlice, Ciresham House, Singapore. 1 Mr. W. L. Watkins presided and amongst 1 timse present were Messrs. J. M. Sime, W. I*. I Mummer, L. J. Hayes
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    • 475 4 The twelfth annual general meeting of the Eastern Sumatra Rubber Estates, Limited, was held on November I I at oil, Eastohcap. E.C. Mr. F. B. Budgett, who presided, said that the company’s cash resources were a cause for satisfaction and might well he
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    • 484 4 Messrs. Guthrie ami Cm report Singapore, December 11. I* Mowing a dull period tin 1 auctions ipened to a weak market and easier values. Standard sheet sob! up to 4K' a cents, but was nit in general request at bat figure. Gaul f.a q. and oft sheet
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    • 967 5 Messrs. Fraser and Co’s weekly report of the 21st inst. states A steady business lias again to be recorded in Industrials, and dollar rubbers have come in for a fair amount of attention, Tin shares being rather depressed during the week closing
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    • 289 5 Ampat (Sumatra). —21,170 lbs. Alor Gajah.—ll,Blo lbs. Australasia. —7,000 lbs. Ayer Panas. —28,000 lbs. Balgownie.—lB,64o lbs. liukit Kubu.—l2.2oo lbs._ Bedford Plantations. —6,500 lbs. Benar. —0,660 lbs. Bernam Perak. —24,121 lbs. Bruas Perak.—ls,os2 lbs. Bukit Timah.—o,oo7 lbs. Buloh Kasap.—l4,6oo lbs. Changkat Serdang.—2s,oo4 lbs. Glcnealy.—22,o42 lbs. Gadek. —22,518 lbs.
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    • RUBBER SHARE PRICES.
      • 332 5 Stock Stn-w P-* Exchange Par ExeWl V.".. Coinpaiy. Price.. V.lue. Comp«iy. Aycr°Kuning I! W S t- t*l liakan Plantns 12/6 2/ London Asiatic 3/i 0 H Banteng (Selangor) 26/3 £1 Plantations 42/6 H vi i2*i ii 17/6 jVlerlimau 9 3/114 t Batu Tiga »»/3
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      • 755 5 Capital Issue Closing Prices. I Paid Up Value Dividends Fraser Lyall A I Company Co. Evatt. I 1 Allonby Xew 0.65 0.75 0.75 I 120,000 1 nil year 30-9-21 ..Alcr Gajah ($1) 1.40 1.50 1.35 1.45 I 646,414 2 5 p.c. for year 30-6-20
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