The Straits Budget, 12 January 1923
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section30 1923-01-12 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES. VOL. LXXVII *\o. 3387 Singapore, Friday, January 12, 1923 ESTABLISHED OVER THREE QUARTER OK A CENTURY. Price 25 cents.30 words
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Article325 1923-01-12 1 LEADERS— Salving Germany 12 Lloyd Ge rgc v. Bonar Law 12 Consequences 12-13 Rubber Statistics 13 Debts to America 13 Will Germany Yield 13-14 General ...r- Local mid Personal 1-2 Reuter’s Service 3-7 The Seletar Rifle Range 7 American Tourists Coming 8 Mail Service .9.-.. Singapore Wedding v 'J325 words
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Article4577 1923-01-12 1 *&,s"*** ny nicd Yew Tcan Soon, who jnauistiM» KUl ty before Mr. Gourlay, third ►(■inu i n <>n Tuesday to a charge of rmovirur < i^ tHS on dutiable liquor and Ibcc nil, l(,u ,r on importation, to a ■k liii..,i than a bonded warehouse, u $254,577 words
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FRIDAY’S TELEGRAMS
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Article1298 1923-01-12 3 Reuter’s Service. London, January’ 4. m Th# Conference has broken down. London, January 4. The French, Belgians and f ._i‘ continue the conversations to- hiih ,hc Bc, s i n8 ho“e■jh. disagreement was friendly. The iff q-h goReuter’s Service. - 1,298 words
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Article25 1923-01-12 3 London, January 4. It is announced that a research expedition to the South Pacific is being organised to start early in the summer.25 words
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Article18 1923-01-12 3 London, January 4. Barclay’s Bank made net profits in 1922 of approximately 2 1 i millions.18 words
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Article123 1923-01-12 3 London, January 4. Frederick Lugard writes to The Times championing the Hongkong University’s claims in connection with the Boxer indemnity. He says the rapid increase recently in the number of students testilies even more than its academic successes to the position it occupies. He thinks the present condition123 words
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Article78 1923-01-12 3 London, January 4. Paris The remarkable feat of remaining in the air for 100 minutes in an ordinary aeroplane with the engine shut off by utilising aerial currents was accomplished by a French lieutenant named Thoret according to a telegram from Biskra, Algeria. L eut. Thoret subsequently made78 words
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Article158 1923-01-12 3 London, January 4. Sir Edwin Stockton, M.P., writes to the Times relative to Italy alone among the Powers refusing to consent t<> an agreement bringing into force the effective five per cent. Customs duty in China, except on conditions, w'hich are reported to be the handing over158 words
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Article51 1923-01-12 3 London, January 4. Constantinople Reouf Bey, the Angora Premier, in a speech before the Assembly, insisted on full satisfaction of the entire Turkish programme as regards Thrace, the Straits capitulations and racial minorities, and suggested that the United States should provide a national home for Armenians on American51 words
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Article55 1923-01-12 3 London, January 4. Berlin Professor Klemperer, the specialist on internal diseases, has again been summoned to Moscow to attend Lenin, whose health has become worse. London, January 4. A Riga message states that it is reported from Moscow that there is «i serious new crisis in Lenin’s health.55 words
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Article47 1923-01-12 3 London, January 4. New York Eighteen persons are reported missing as the result of the breaking up of a log jam destroying the footbridge over the Colitz river, Kelso, Washington State, which was crowded with spectators. Many motorcars also feU into the water.47 words
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Article34 1923-01-12 3 London, January 4. It is announced that Princess Victoria has been suffering for several days from bronchitis and pulmonary congest on, hut was a little better last night. Her strength is maintained.34 words
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Article30 1923-01-12 3 London, January 4. An Amsterdam message states that the issue of H 0,000,000 florins new six per cent, state loan will be* made on January 10 at 97%.30 words
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SATURDAY’S TELEGRAMS
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Article2271 1923-01-12 3 Belter’s Service. London, January 4. Paris Since the conference in London, M. Poincare and Mr. Bonar Law realised the virtual impossibility of reaching an agreement, said Mr. Bonar Uw in a statement to-night. Nevertheless, that had notBelter’s Service. - 2,271 words
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Article129 1923-01-12 4 lend .n. January •>. A Corporation for the hconomic lopment of Turkey has been registered with a nominal capital of a quarter of a million, to In 1 increased to a million or more as necessary. Shares will not i offered to the public. The principal subscriber129 words
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Article110 1923-01-12 4 London, January The Daily News state? that it has authentic information that the formal announcement of the engagement of the I'tince of Wales to a daughter of a wellKnown Scottish Karl w il be made in the next two or three months. The family js one of110 words
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Article31 1923-01-12 4 London, January 5. The Russian trade delegation in London announces that the British White Star line has proposed to the Soviet Government to establish services between Britain and Russia.31 words
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Article34 1923-01-12 4 London. January 4. Quebec The Good Shepherd convent at St. George, Debeauce, has been destroyed by lire. This is the eleventh Catholic institution to be destroyed by tire within a year.34 words
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Article37 1923-01-12 4 London, January a. Melbourne The final state of parties in the House of Representatives is Labour -t'J, Nationalists t!7. Country and Liberal ll*. Mr. Hughes will consult th< Nationalist party with regard to his course.37 words
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Article62 1923-01-12 4 London. January .">. New York The town of Rosewood. Florida, has been destroyed as the re* suit of a class war between Negroes and Whites following an alleged attack on a white woman. The Whites poured in from neighbouring cities and attacked the Negroes who were barricaded62 words
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Article43 1923-01-12 4 London, January 5. Prague A young insurance clerk, named Sourek, twice fired a revolver at Hr. Alois Rasin, Minister of Finance, Czecho-Slovakia, who was seriously wounded and taken to hospital. The assailant is said to have been actuated bv political hatred.43 words
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Article45 1923-01-12 4 London, January Washington At the opening hearing of the prohibition cases as affecting steamship companies, Mr. Wickorsham, counsel f<r the f; reign steamship lines, cited a I reasury circular issued in December in support of the contention that sea and ship’s equipment were identical.45 words
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Article178 1923-01-12 4 1 lid m, Ja runny 5. •n >4 Times. Professor "i V,;;'". tl‘.' principle 1 f m,. ..ulcmnity to the "f ulIcKuti I. 1 J students not with serious opposition, but ;t p houl.l be borne m mmd. or "...prove the moral spiritual n .|..i advantages f nina,178 words
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Article189 1923-01-12 4 London. January 5. Thi 1 profit? of Barclay Bank < l2.«>00,000) include t'.Y»."»,( mm > carrie 1 forward. The net profits, after providing for bad and doubtful i.ebts, are iI.sTd.OOO compared with 12.2* •!.<***" n ncji. The dividend on B and t' shaves is maintained at 14 net189 words
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Article140 1923-01-12 4 Lotah n. January G. Sir Edwin Stockton, •M.P., writing to the Manchester Guardian, expresses his pbasure that Italy has now given way. Provided the policy < f force is abandoned, there will he a new era in negi tiation with China, which will be entirely to iniernational140 words
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Article81 1923-01-12 4 London, January 6. A train smash, attended by serious damage to life and property, has been caused by armed men, who hold up a goods train at Raheny, five miles from Dublin, uncoupled the engine and sent it at full speed towards the capital. The locomotive on81 words
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Article64 1923-01-12 4 London, January 5. The Chinese Legation states that Mr. < hao Hsin Chu will attend the Opium ommission at Geneva on January G. London. January 5. Malta The ex-Sultah of Turkey has gone to Mecca aboard of the British warship Ajax. London, January 5. Moscow The Stock Exchange will64 words
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MONDAY’S TELEGRAMS
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Article1276 1923-01-12 5 Reuter's Service. London, January’ 5. j« 4'. is understood that the Poinv I h iiiis conversations related to the n taken in the event of a deciv t ,„vupy the Ruhr. No decision has i i, hedReuter's Service. - 1,276 words
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Article47 1923-01-12 5 London, January 6. Washington British and American diplomatic representatives have simultaneously lodged a complaint against the action of the authorities of the State of Durango expropriating 200.000 acres of /and, comprising the Tlahunlilo Plantations, the stock of which is held by British and Americans.47 words
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Article37 1923-01-12 5 London, January 0. Sofia Twenty were killed and many injured by an explosion in a larg quantity of material used for the production of ammunition stored in ar ironwork The buildings were completely wrecked.37 words
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Article46 1923-01-12 5 London, January G. It is claimed that the current issue of the Investors’ Chronicle is the first newspaper to be printed on rubber latex paper. The journal thinks that rubber in this form is likely to prove a valuable ally to the paper manufacturer.46 words
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328 1923-01-12 5 London, January G. Notwithstanding the Anglo-French reparations differences, the Allies are cooperating closely at Lausanne and it is not believed the Turks wdl derive any encouragement from the’ failure of the Paris conference. It is expected that the Lausanne conference will wind up328 words
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Article67 1923-01-12 5 London, January 6. It is expected that export trade will be stimulated by the establishment of a Harwich-Zeebrugge train ferry, for which an agreement is being signed to-day between a Belg an and English company. It is hoped the ferry will start in August, enabling goods to be67 words
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Article66 1923-01-12 5 London, January 7. Paris I.e Matin states that the Soviet Government has requested the French Government to send to Russia a Military Mission headed by Marshal Joffiv to reorganise the Red Army. The French Government replied to tile effect that it was not disposed at present to66 words
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Article71 1923-01-12 5 London, January G. The Dakar Maru and a Danish schooner collided in the Channel with serious results. Both are still afloat, and steam tugs from Dover are standing by for salvage operations. London, January G. Lloyd’s report that the Dakar Maru is from Yokohama and is proceeding to71 words
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Article41 1923-01-12 5 London, January G. Last year lid new limited eompanft-s were registered in Czecho-,Slovakia with a capital of six million sterling. While the failures <,f 100 large firms totalled nearly the same, 1,105 firms sought judicial settlement of their liabilities.41 words
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Article33 1923-01-12 5 London, January G. Melbourne An increase in production is expected to follow the Victorian Cabinet's decision to co-operate with the Commonwealth Government in giving a glmrantee to the cotton growers.33 words
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TUESDAY’S TELEGRAMS
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Article473 1923-01-12 5 Reuter’s Service London, Januury 8. The decision about to be taken by the Reparations Commission is awaited with the keenest concern as, according to a Paris message, if the Commission declares that Germany has defaulted in the matterReuter’s Service - 473 words
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Article91 1923-01-12 5 London, January K. That plantation rubber reached the level which was the aim of ihe restriction scheme, namely Is. 3d., is acclaimed with general satisfaction by rubber interests. It is pointed out that much could have been sold at that price at the end of last week on91 words
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Article48 1923-01-12 5 London, January K. A Moscow message states that Trotsky, speaking at the All-Russian Congress, said the biggest task of the communists was to capture the English and American workers. He boasted that Russia could feed the European proletariat in the even* V an Ameriuin food mockade.48 words
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284 1923-01-12 6 London, Jauuury X. There is a feeling of pessimism, akin to apprehension, in diplomatic quarters as regards tin* fate of the Lausanne Conference owing to the stiffening attitude of the Turks since the collapse of the Baris Conference, notwithstanding the Allied solidarity284 words
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Article95 1923-01-12 6 I.Midon, January H. Washington Mr. Hoover has declined the nM>r*of an exchange of the Secretaryhip of Commerce for the Secretaryship of the Interior vacateif by Mr. Fall. London, January X. Washington The first formal conference •between the British and American debt funding commissions has opened. It is95 words
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Article90 1923-01-12 6 London, January x. I'be latest contribution to the hinese Education discussion in The Times emanates from Mr. I*’. M. II. Holman, cxlecturer at Hongkong University, who emphasises that any educational edifice (Ik* British wish to build in Ghma must lu* based on a solid foundation of sufficiently endowed90 words
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Article50 1923-01-12 6 London, January X. I’.u is: The mw lvnglish torpedo-plane ha been tested before Drench experts at l.e Bourtfotv’lio were very impressed with the new suited wing device, enabling landing and ri.sirjg to be made in most confined spaces, also to stabilise the machine after launching a ton projectile.50 words
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Article48 1923-01-12 6 L< ndun, January X. I’itris (lustave Bouvet has been sentenced to five years’ penal servitude in connection with the attempt on the life of M. Naudin, Prefect < f Police, whom he attempted to shoot on the •cenlon of the National Fete in Paris on July 14.48 words
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Article27 1923-01-12 6 London, .January H. I Km* Stul( deserters, who wore* captured while fighting ori the .side of the r regulars, have been executed at, Dublin.27 words
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198 1923-01-12 6 London, January X. A deputation from tin- Empire 1 res.-* I *nion urged up#n the Bo.stiiiaster-Geueiai ihe noecss ty for an Empire wireless system and requested a statement of Government policy, pointing out that present communications were of little service in the supply of198 words
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Article179 1923-01-12 6 London, January K. Washington: Cordiality marked the first formal conference of the Debt Turning Commissions. Senator Mellon deeply appreciated the British courtesy in unprecedentedly dispatching the Chancellor of the Kxchequer on such a mission. Mr. Stanley Baldwin declared that he sought no favours, l>ui a square deal179 words
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Article121 1923-01-12 6 London, January S. Geneva i he League of Nations Opium t onimilK e. which assembled under the pi esidenry of Sir Malcolm Dolcvingno, discussed the Assembly resolution. The American iv presen tativc declared that the I nited Slates was already giving ell\ < t to the resolution.121 words
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Article78 1923-01-12 6 London, January X. I A New oi k message says American capital is aiming at a big business invasion of hina. It has organised a concern called China Kntcrprisos Incorporated, which through two subsidiaries, is about to establish numerous factories and open 11,000 kuicma theatres in China.78 words
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Article36 1923-01-12 6 London, January it. Paris A message from Angora states that an Indian Nationalist delegation, presided over by Mr. Velihan, who is a colleague of (lanilhi, has arrived at Angora and proceeds to Lausanne.36 words
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Article30 1923-01-12 6 London, January D. The London, County, Westminster and Parrs Bank made a net profit last year of I'I ,XXX, OOO, compared with i“-U<>7,ooo in the previous year.30 words
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WEDNESDAY’S TELEGRAMS
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728 1923-01-12 6 Keutek’s Service. Paris, January 9The Reparations Commission has officially established default in the tierman coal deliveries by three vote3 a^ 1 to one. The minority vote was that of tne British delegate. (Havas.) London, January 9. < With a desire to maintain a correctKeutek’s Service. - 728 words
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Article353 1923-01-12 6 9. The Italian Embassy demes Sir Edwin Stockton’s statement of January 4 'that the Italian refusal to approve the new Chinese customs regulations was in any way connected with Austrian warships. It says the only question involved related to three steamers belonging to the Lloyd Trcstino. The controversy353 words
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Article153 1923-01-12 6 London. January 9. The failure of a number of Scottish houseowners to give their tenants formal notice to quit before increasing the rent under the wartime Rent Restriction Act, which is due to expire in June 1923, has resulted in an extraordinary situation at Glasgow and on153 words
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Article69 1923-01-12 6 London, January 8. Register records a decrease of 47,000 tons ui the world’s tonnage launched in the final quarter of last year compared with the previous quarter, but an increase of 148,000 tons in the tonnage commenced. The total tonnage under construction in Britain on December 3169 words
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Article14 1923-01-12 6 London, January 9. Unemployed have increased by 128,000 since the middle of December.14 words
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THURSDAY’S TELEGRAMS
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Article1312 1923-01-12 7 Reuter's* Service. London, January 10. Washington? President Harding has rtJalid the American troops from the Rhine. London, January 10. Ww York The transport St. Mihiel to-day ‘>r to-morrow to repatriate the \ifierican troops on the Rhine The announcementReuter's* Service. - 1,312 words
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Article134 1923-01-12 7 London, January 10. New York The papers unstintedly praise Mr. Stanley Baldwin’s straightforward and masterly exposition of the debt situation, and urge Congress to make an agreement on the easiest terms possible. January 10. Washington The preliminary negotiations with regards to the funding of the British debt134 words
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Article129 1923-01-12 7 London, January 10. It is stated in well-informed quarters in Amsterdam that the Dutch East Indies six per cent. £5,000,000 loan will shortly be issued at about 08. It is apparently intended to offer at any rate a portion in London early next week; The foregoing is quite129 words
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Article108 1923-01-12 7 London, January 10. Lausanne An important result, reached at a meeting of the Commission on the exchange of populations, is that the Turks have abandoned their policy regarding the Greek Patriarch, who will remain at Constantinople, deprived of his temporal powers, and the Greek inhabitants will be108 words
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Article70 1923-01-12 7 London, January 0. Paris The Quai P’Orsay has been notified that M. Maklakoff, a Kerenskyite in the Russian Embassy, has been removed from the diplomatic list, but cordial relations between the Russian diplomats now in Paris and the Quai P’Orsay remain unchanged. The question of the ultimate70 words
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Article58 1923-01-12 7 London, January 10. Lucknow The cases of murder and arson arising from a noncooperation attack on a police station in the Chaurichaura district of Gorakhpur in February have been concluded. Out of 228 accused, 47 were acquitted and 172 sentenced to death, two to two years’ imprisonment. Six58 words
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Article49 1923-01-12 7 .London, January 9. Paris Motor cars with caterpillar: wheels successfully crossed the SaharaJ They left Tugurt, in Algeria, on December is, and traversed 2,000 miles to Timbuctu t which they reached on January 7. The' last, stage was accoronlished in 27 hours without a stop.49 words
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Article44 1923-01-12 7 London, January 10. Geneva It is understood that at to-day’s sitting the opium committee of the League of Nations decided to ask t>e Turkish delegation at Lausanne whether Turkey was prepared to insert an opium convention in the Peace Treaty now being negotiates44 words
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Article42 1923-01-12 7 London, January 10. Hamburg in 1022 outstripped Antwerp and Rotterdam as the greatest port on the Continent. Ten thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight vessels entered, totalling 111,000,000 tons. Antwerp comes second. All three ports are still a little behind 1013.42 words
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Article29 1923-01-12 7 London, January 10. The overseas trade figures for last year are imports, £1,004,000,000 compared with £1,085,000,000 for 1021. Exports are £720,000,000 compared with £703,000,000 for 1021.29 words
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Article60 1923-01-12 7 London, January 10. Subscriptions have been invited for thp Anglo-Persian issue. London, January 10. The Anglo-Persian subscription lists closet! shortly after opening. London, January 10. There were 4,806 bankruptcies in England and Wales last year against 3,405 in 1021. London, January 10. Calcutta A partial strike of stevedores and60 words
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371 1923-01-12 7 A Melbourne Message of December 13 states All arrangements have been made by the Department of Trade and Customs to exercise a very rigid supervision over the grading and packing of canned frfiits during the coming season. TUc Comp-troller-General of Customs (Mr. Whitton)371 words
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Article178 1923-01-12 7 It will he good news tt> to learn that the Seletar Rifle Range, in tin* Selftar Reservoir catchment area, is almost ci mpleted, and, i 4 is expected, will he ready for use by the early part of next ni nth. There will be four targets178 words
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2568 1923-01-12 8 I»rioi to fixing the dates for tin 1 hearing of ea e in the .Supreme Court this month by their loid h p* the acting Chief Justice, Mi. .In t lee Spruill**, and Mr Justice Barrett-I.eimard on Friday, the. forim r stated that2,568 words
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Article62 1923-01-12 8 i,v U( at Singapore wi \,W k,m >',. on Uu iinh instam p fo j ,awm K for Colombo l I ml,a v After recommissioning at r a t, r ,lu will proceed, via omh l nan h r Where she is due on !«lh n62 words
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601 1923-01-12 8 At the Supreme Court last Friday, the Acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Sproule and Mr. Justice Barrel-Lennarii fixed the dates of hearings for January. Amongst those to be heard are an Income Tax appeal, in which the Collector(General of Income Tax is the p601 words
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Article99 1923-01-12 8 The ease against Ten Hai Wan and Low uen Lin charged originally with att i nipt•>(! murder and Inter reduced to v; luntarily causing grievi us hurt with a dangerous weapr n was concluded before his Honour the District Judge. The Hon. Mr. Lveritt and Mr. Shelley-Thompson99 words
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Article125 1923-01-12 8 The Cunarder Laconia, a new oilbinning ship of 21,000 tons, with tho Ann r can Express Company’s, 500 arouno ti.o world tourists, is due at Singapore on Tuesday, January .‘JO. The American '.xpress rravel Department have arranged with the management of Ha tiles Hotei to undertake tin*125 words
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534 1923-01-12 9 i |i wing upon Messrs. Alfred Holt f, letter t.o the press which we I 1 ina.lv published, Messrs. Stewart, iCn'cn and Co., Ltd., Manchester, per k Stewart, director, write Wc fuiiv endorse all that Messrs. Alfred Co. said in their534 words
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Article290 1923-01-12 9 A quiet but very pretty wedding was 'l'mnixil a* the Cathedral on the Bth >t "luu] Miss Gwendoline Violet Bell Hughes, who arrived by the Teiresias on iMay, was married to Mr. Stuart Percy Bniith. of the Asiatic Petroleum Singapore. The Ven. Archdeacon U ln i'll officiated, whilst290 words
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276 1923-01-12 9 Reuter, wiring frem Lond< n cn the 9th install 4 announces the death of a distinguished member of the Ma.ayan Civil Service in the person of Sir Henry Conway Peifield K.C.M.G., who, prior to his retirement in ID IS, held276 words
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Article250 1923-01-12 9 Tlu> report of a robbery of $2OO from the attache case of an estate manager is reported in Ipoh, says the Times of Malaya. Details, to hand are as follows Mr. Marshall manager of Fphii Estate, Sungei Siput, with Mrs. Marshall, motored from the estate to Ipoh250 words
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Article160 1923-01-12 9 We noticed recently a letter which bore no less than six postmarks, and had succeeded in travelling from Sitawan to Kota Tinggi in four days. The explanation ofTie ally given is that the letter was posted at Sitiawan at 3 p.m. on a Friday lay there for seventeen160 words
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Article108 1923-01-12 9 It would appear to have been a wet week-end throughout the country generallv. It rained practically all day on Saturday in Tampin and Malacca, s vs the Malay Mail, and it commenced again early on Sunday morning, rained continuously throughout the day until late in the even108 words
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46 1923-01-12 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Hongkong, January 0. The Chinese General Chamber cf m merce has adopted a resolution of protest againsr the Mui Tsai bill and has instructed its representatives on the Legislative Council to oppose the sec(nd reading.46 words
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Article204 1923-01-12 9 At the detective station, on Monday, in the presence of the Acting Chief Justice Mr. Just ce P. J. Sproule Major Power, (thief Police Officer Captain Graves. Adjutant A. S. P. and Chief Inspector Costello Mr. C. Hannigan, acting In- spector General of Police, presented watches204 words
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Article149 1923-01-12 9 The Municipal health statement fi >r the week ending December .‘5O gives the total number of deaths as 215, representing a oeath rate of .*10.83 per mille, compared with 30.97 in the preceding week, and with 27.57 in the corresponding week of last year. The chief causes149 words
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Article176 1923-01-12 9 A* the Kuala Lumpur police court on the -Ith mst., before Mr. H. S. Sircom, the case was mentioned in which Yap Ycng Khiati was charged, under sections lril an •33 of the Penal Code, in respect cf lilceod false evidence sw rn before Mr. Hughes, acting176 words
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Article139 1923-01-12 9 The case for the prosecution aga'nst Mr. I). Newbronner and others, on the charge of forging and uttering currency notes, was closed in the Interna' ional Court Bangkok. Mr. Newbronner entered ilr.' witness box and pleaded not guilty to bo‘h charges. He stated that the revolv•r found139 words
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488 1923-01-12 9 in thi' current issue of the Journal of he r dictated Malay Slates Museums (iiccomber, l‘J22) is an article on the Flora .jl lviung Gates, Selangor, in which the v/rticr, i*ir. il. N. U diey, M.A., C.M.G., r .K.S., says llte488 words
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273 1923-01-12 9 WHEN ARCHITECTS DISAGREE! When a Bulge Ceases to be A Danger. !l will he remembered tlmt in May las 4 «;n the application of Mr. Roland Hraddell, iho !tit*! Justice S:r Walter Sliaw, passed in injuncti n 1<» restrain tT.e Municipal > ..in,issi< ner; from further proceeding .in Icr a273 words
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Article89 1923-01-12 9 At the instance of Captain Warritt. of 'b,. 11. I. steamer Fen, a warrant has Hsu ig.'ed by Mr. David, Distort Judge md hirst Mag tra'e. for the arrest of C. Chadwick, purer of that vessel. It. is alleged that Chadwick, wh le the vessel was89 words
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1063 1923-01-12 10 A quorum was only just reached in tie* nttennanee of member: of tbe SineapoM Eurasian Assii-iation at the tb rd annual general meeting held mi the 4' i ins ant, at the St. Andrew’s School. Tim pro ident, Mr. N. B. Westerh ut,1,063 words
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460 1923-01-12 10 ’i i i!. I Id if o r the St rails Times. Sr, n ire in the leading article of iviri, if yi Merday’s date, statements a I tie •aba S rvii which are absolatiiv take. ’lor n marks “all but tbe Urgent460 words
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Article192 1923-01-12 10 A C dcutta message of Doconihor dO say'' The Hi npa I Chamber lias for some i.i.e past hoon of tin* opinion that the riplo rates charged for urgent foreign •aides should ho abolished, for the system s considered to ho an unsatisr.u ory cxpidicnt which was192 words
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882 1923-01-12 10 There is no doubt that to the large majority of people in Singapore, Tan Tock Seng’s Hospital, in Moulmein Hoad, is 1 ut a name and nothing more. L’.ttle s known of the fine medical work that is being882 words
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671 1923-01-12 10 It would appear, from the views expressed, in the course of interviews, by e of the leading Chinese of Singapore, that the feeling in the Chinese Chamber of Commerce ia one of optimism as regards the future of Malaya. In spite of the671 words
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Article86 1923-01-12 10 hast 1* riday afternoon, a deputation representing the Eurasian, Chinese, Malay and Indian clerks of the Colonial Secretary's office called upon Sir Frederick James, K.8.E., C.M.G., and offered their cordial congratulations to him on the occasion of the bestowal of the honour of Knight Commander of the86 words
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Sporting News and Notes.
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829 1923-01-12 11 (nir Kuala Lumpur correspondent u 4 Friday -.—Every advantage has taken locally of the presence at M al)l ,rt of H. M. S. Despatch, ami *iays’ sporting programme has Keen.arranged. This evening the first ill# Despatch was engaged in a u: "’7 ,f -,atch829 words
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Article327 1923-01-12 11 R.A.M.C. Defeat S.C.C. The R. A. M. C. Sports Club had things all their own way on the Dadang on Friday, when they defeated the S.C.C. team by four goals to one. Even allowing for the fact that the Club were playing one man short, the Club’s play was327 words
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Article850 1923-01-12 11 Interesting Ra#e for .Milner Cup. The first of the handicap races for the challenge cup presented by Viscount Milner was sailed on Sunday in wet and tluky weather, hut. all the same, fourteen boats turned out and a most interesting race was won in tine style by850 words
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Article97 1923-01-12 11 Our Ipoh correspondent wires Mr. J. A. Dean, of Singapore, has submitted the draft rules of she Malayan Tennis Association which art* being circulates! from Kuala Lumpur for the consideration of all the principal clubs. A meeting of delegates will be held as soon possible to adopt97 words
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Article51 1923-01-12 11 A Reuter wire from Chicago on the oth inst. states Tilden, in his. first match since the amputation of his finger, defeated Francis Hunter 3—o, 7—5, o—4. Experts are of the opinion that there is no doubt that Tilden will have regained his usual form by the51 words
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Article39 1923-01-12 11 Xmas Eclectic Competition. .J. Trvner, winner 35-3 2/3 31 1/3 P. J. Sproule, 34-2 =32 .J. Hodgins, 36-2 2/3 =33 1/3 Approaching and Putting Competition. J. Strachan winner, 31 D. Maw 32 L. Langdon Williams 3339 words
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Article28 1923-01-12 11 The January monthly medal competition of the Katong Golf Club will be held on Saturday, 27th inst. and Sunday, the 28th inst. by stroke play.28 words
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Article56 1923-01-12 11 As dlready announced, the Singapore Polo Club proposes, if tbe permission of the new committee of tho Sporting Club is obtained, to hold a gymkhana on the Racecourse on Saturday, March 10. In the meantime, the hon. secretary will lie pleased to receive any suggestions for events which those56 words
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Article240 1923-01-12 11 In addition to tho usual programme, patrons of AlmazofT’s circus, were on Saturday treated to an excellent display *1 loxmg. Jt was ;inforlunat( that owing to Claude IJozario, the feather-weight Knam >ion of MaJaya, having sprained his v/i isi. tii prorni d tight between him and240 words
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479 1923-01-12 11 A more handful of 200 m<*» have been working at Camden Town bringing tho north-west suburbs half-way nearer the City. Actually they are tunnelling through seven-eights of a mile of London blue day to link up the City and London line with479 words
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Article38 1923-01-12 11 Not all at Once, Please The police ann< unce ttbat a large sum of monev in cash has been found and that those who have claims can <4dain narticulars from fihe It tul detective department, Robins* n Road.38 words
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Article1127 1923-01-12 12 most hnfM'Icss situation. Straits Tim*>. January r So the conference of F'rime Ministers ait Paris has broken down. The British put forward a plan and the French would have none of it, while the French made suggestions which Mr. Bonar haw says would make German recovery impossihle. Tliemost hnfM'Icss situation. Straits Tim*>. January .r». - 1,127 words
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Article1133 1923-01-12 12 L LYOD GEORGE v. BONAR LAW. Straits Times, January <.!. An old soiig runs in our head sometimes of which the refrain is something like Half the world sighs f or the other half’s lives, with the chance of a change for the worse.” Change takes place in politics, andStraits Times, January <.!. - 1,133 words
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Article1198 1923-01-12 12 —Strait* Turns. January S. C rtain thintr* follow ilhm,st Paris It is understood on the rupture at lans. i u mt France c.mt.-mplaus strong action in ht Ituhr area, and the question arises whether we can allow our troops to remain on the Khine, as tlu-y ranfht b,40m0 involved—Strait* Turns. January S. - 1,198 words
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Article1284 1923-01-12 13 just cause of grievance.—Straits Times, January 9. Tin Statist has been making an exam nation of the Rubber Position, and, as wight In- expected from a paper of such hid reputation, it has done the work with extreme cart and we have pleasure in reprocue ng the articlejust cause of grievance.—Straits Times, January 9. - 1,284 words
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Article1029 1923-01-12 13 Kuropian situation.—Straits Timex, January 10. A Commission has just met at Washington for the purpose of discovering th best way to deal with Allied war debts to America. In the ordinary course, debts and the interest thereon are paid in goods. Thus in pre-war days Britain wasKuropian situation.—Straits Timex, January 10. - 1,029 words
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Article1150 1923-01-12 13 <i Jully ravished Kuropt*. Str«ii‘•• J Hi* h, Januj)ry 11. Big movements of French troops are reported from the Gilman frontier. They are directed by Marshal Foch, and great soldief will do all that is humanly possible to make the military position secure for the political ends<i Jully ravished Kuropt*. Str«ii‘•• J Hi* h, Januj)ry 11. - 1,150 words
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1071 1923-01-12 14 Malayan Collieries. Is Mr. Peck Entitled to Sue A Director (From Our Own O rre-pondent. Kuala Lui ip ir, Jan .at.. lb. The ea: e in which Mr. F. C. Peck, on behalf of him **lf and other har'••holdei sues Mr. .1. A. Russell, .1. A. Ru> <11 and >1,071 words
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306 1923-01-12 14 Tlu* syllabus »>f the Singapore Natural History Society for the half year ending June, lie:, has been issued to members, and s as follows January K.—To receive the report of the aquarium sub-committee. February 12. —Annual Meeting. Flection of officers, presidential306 words
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Article268 1923-01-12 14 Mi. I). Noble, chief accountant of the Singapore Harb ur Board, who has been connected with Tanjong Pagar shipping work for U 4 years and who has just gone h< me owing to ill-health, came t- Singapore in the capacity of Purser on board 'ln* British India268 words
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622 1923-01-12 14 Before the acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice P. J. Sproqje, yesterday, the action was commenced in which Chop Kwong Hang Yuen, a firm of traders, Singapore, arc claiming $30,000 together with costa f the suit, from the Sincere Insurance and Investment622 words
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Article230 1923-01-12 14 Wiring to the Straits Echo on Monday, tliat papers correspondent at lpob says A heavy downpour of rain which s V t ,n at P>‘l. and continued till midog V ?u SU>r<,ay bas caused a serious flood, the worst experienced for a long time. he water230 words
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291 1923-01-12 15 Th(l forthcoming theatrical season pro1,, be a most attractive one, start- about Monday, January 15, witn "u v w Knglish Farcical Comedy Co., 1 V tuhlished themselves here as a first ,&at,on on their last visit The 1 will open with Tillie of291 words
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252 1923-01-12 15 The Peking and Tientsin Times repirts an.ther serious anti-fi reign outrage. It appears that on December 1G Signor Boveri. the Chief of the Italian Police in Timtsin. Signer Zotti and two Russian chauffeurs left Peking f< r Tientsin by icad. At the south252 words
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219 1923-01-12 15 'I In 1 retirement of Dr. J. A. R. Glennie. H«al:h Officer, Singapore Municipality, takes e.Teet as from the middle of this a tid there will be many who will anss the stalwart figure not only on his frequent rounds about the city but219 words
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770 1923-01-12 15 The annual dinner of the Industrial League and Council for the u. niovement of relations between employers and employed was held on December G at the Holoorn Restaurant. The Bishop of Birmingham, who presided, said that the league had clearly770 words
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440 1923-01-12 15 The following correspondence has been circulated for publication Downing Street, October 17, l'J22. b»r,— Vvah reference to ihe circular icspuichcs noted in the margin, i have he nCnuiir to transmit to you lor your .moil..at on a copy of a letter from-the General440 words
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Article178 1923-01-12 15 The Christmas and New Year Festiv't es came to a happy ending at the Adelphi Hotel i n Friday with a children’s party, at which some 50 juveniles were present. Shortly after 1 o’clock, the young guests began to assemble in the lounge of the hotel and when178 words
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Article152 1923-01-12 15 The fatal shooting accident to a Chinese boy in Amoy Sheet on ti e did inst., had a sequel on Jan. I. when before Mr. Gourlay, Third Magistrate, a Chinese named Gob Yew Teck was charged with having causi»l the death of the boy by a152 words
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596 1923-01-12 15 It hard aga nst the grain of human nuiuisi to resist me temptation of a short cut, remarks tne limes. The high road long, uusty, ana dull tne tieidpath i me wooihand track oiler to replace a stivtcli ot596 words
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Article176 1923-01-12 15 Mr. Quali JIt-ii /r Kee, O.IJ.K., was born in Penang, <>n hcbniary 10, lKTli, s.tys the I’liianu (iu/.elto. IK* received his cduca- o’ tin* Penang h’rro School and at l»"b. rjs* College, Calcutta. Mr. Hong lice was a member of the Muncipal Uom:..i:176 words
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Article71 1923-01-12 15 Ho-d's of the matricilalion and seni< r Jo al xamina'i ns, II nek n*.: University, n \ovep lu r last, include the followin'.: Lin;: I.dward \il Scholarships, On lim '< 'in:. I'roe School, I’ciiamr. Proximo \ccessit. tbii; Ch« mr Korn:. Free School, nans:. Mat riculat i' n passes,71 words
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Article67 1923-01-12 16 lTh« Straits Times not responsible for too opinions of its corrchpondentH. ••rrc ■poiuisnl* should t»«ar in mind Lintl letters mint !>« short siel to the point. I. on# rambling epistle# sr« liable to be rejected oi ruthlessly cut down. Correspondents must enclose their name#,' nut neceasai il> lor publication67 words
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Article83 1923-01-12 16 To the Editor of the Straits T.ncs. Hr,-\Ve noli e “Ocean Huilding and Hongkong Hank Extension aic already occupied, very much before entire coin plction. As this is never allowed to happen to even the very ordinary shophousc w tbout the usual summons and fines, one wonder- if83 words
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Article1254 1923-01-12 16 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, When I started living n my present abode some 25 years ago, I only paid $7 rent per men cm. Since then the landlord has gradually increased the ren*. up to $13. Eat«*r on, with the perm ssion of the1,254 words
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Article179 1923-01-12 16 To (lie Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. May I ask you if there are any regulations here as to obstructions on the footways, or “Sidewalks” as our ■Ainrran cousins call them? I quite Mali e that the use of the footway as a storehouse saves many179 words
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Article372 1923-01-12 16 the Editor of the Straits Times. S:i\ Apropos of my letter which you Kindly published n your issue of Decernb< i hav ing as its object rcasonc i v;< ws as to why it is not only just but imp alive that the two members to be ppointed372 words
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Article106 1923-01-12 16 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—I shall be greatly obliged if you or any of your readers could inform me of the materials required for (and method <f making and mixing the same) a hard tennis court, the principal material 4 o be clay with106 words
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Article257 1923-01-12 16 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, With reference to a communicate n under the above heading in your is ue <f October 28, may I he allowed to state that Mr. A. Stone has failed to grasp the principle involved. It is easy to criticise257 words
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Article397 1923-01-12 16 Peace or War lo the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,---In these critical times it is well to lo k all round for a way that it is just and right to meet the situation to avert war if possible. Cord Shaw of Dunfermline in his delightful Letters to Isabel”397 words
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Article816 1923-01-12 16 To the Editor of the Straits Tirfles. Sir, —With reference to your leader of January 4 on Trade and Shipning and the dictatorial reply from the, divisional Manager of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company insisting that ydur statements regarding the Cable Company in this leader are absolutely false816 words
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Article159 1923-01-12 17 *1,, the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.-«Thc manager of the E.E.T.C. nit the “average” time cables tukr. Tim catch lies in the average.” If the tines given by the E.E.T.C. were rcgularl;. maintained and could be relied would be no cause for complaint, m i l, !u159 words
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Article443 1923-01-12 17 T.» *i.i F.ditor of the Straits Times. Sir. The formation of the Malaya Malaya.e, Association at Trolak in SepuvmU r last was hailed/ by many Maiuyaico in Malaya as filling in of a long Lit want of a central association which wouid be the medium of voicing443 words
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1086 1923-01-12 17 The Berlin correspondent of the Times, writing on December 4 states Although there is no traceable line of historical demarcation or any unbridged period between the series of letters written by the late Tsaritsa to her husband N cholas II.,1,086 words
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Article242 1923-01-12 17 The next meeting of the Legislative Council will take place on February 12, and will be held in the Council Chamber, in this c nnection some changes are being effected f» r the reconstituted Council, for which seats will have to be provided for 27 members. Experiments242 words
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Article200 1923-01-12 17 To those* having commercial or trading interests in the Far Fast an excellently clear map of Malaya and Indo-China should prove useful and interesting. One has now reached us from Messrs. John Bartholomew and Son, Ltd., cartographers to the K'ng, Duncan Street, Edinluigh, and is200 words
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294 1923-01-12 17 The Methodist Conference of Malaysia opened on Wednesday morning under tho presidency of Bishop G. H. B.ckley, D.l). There was a full attendance of member* present who answered to the roll call, i'he conference began with an earnest address by the Bishop, followed294 words
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Article298 1923-01-12 17 I poll Tin Dredging.—3os piculs.* Pahang Consolidated.—3,l ab lbs. Larut.—Dredge worked hours 002, yardage treated 1)0,000, piculs 770.07. Tupai.—Dredge worked hours 052, yardage treated 80,000, piculs 500.37. Kota.—Dredge worked hours 471, yardage treated 00,000, piculs 405.78. The dredge lost 200 hours owing to a breakdown. Malayan Tin298 words
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Article87 1923-01-12 17 The local manager of the Hongkong ami Shanghai Hanking Corporation inf rms us he has receive*! a telegram from his head office in Hongkong stating that. abject to audit, the final dividend f« r the year will probably be:- Dividend of (three pounds) per share, bonus87 words
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Advertisement142 1923-01-12 17 Property Sale, 1 The* following Singapore* properties were sold by auction by Cheong Koon Seng and Co., at their saleroom, 30 Chulia Street, pn the 3rd inst., afternoon :—Freehold land at Race Course Road. 2,285 square feet, bought by Mr. I. I). Vowda at $1.47 per foot, $3,258.95 freehold land142 words
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850 1923-01-12 18 Strong exception has been taken by tlx ILgh (<omm ikmoixt for Australia (Sit Joseph Cook) to the remarks made by 1,4, id llaig at Manchester on the subject of emigration for cx-Service men. Lord Haig, in bis speech, said I ntil850 words
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303 1923-01-12 18 The following account of the luck of water in parts of Australia app'-it fantn. tie af’er the weather we have endured for the last eight weeks in Singapore. Mr. Alex Fraser (Ivanhoc) writes to the Sydney Sun The Wileannia-Ivanhoe mail contractor303 words
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160 1923-01-12 18 Lecturing to the Indian section of the Royal Society of Art Commissioner Frederick Hooth Tucker described the eiioits of the Sal vat on Army to reform the criminal tribes in India, and suggested the establishment of a special criminal t rihe*s department160 words
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Article185 1923-01-12 18 Notification No. 1777 in the Government Gazette of October 27, 1022, prohibits the landing in the Colony from any nlai e outside the Colony of any plant of »ny. species of cotton except with the written permission of the Secretary fur Agriculture, S.S. and F.M.S. and185 words
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Article106 1923-01-12 18 I’adang was again subject to severe earthquake shocks on the night of the •hd and Ith instant. The heavy rains still font i rim* there say the latest Sumatra dailies. Ihe whole* of the west coast of Sumatra is now inundated by heavy Moods. Most of the106 words
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Article124 1923-01-12 18 (From Our Own Correspondent.) I poll, January 9. At the third annual meeting of Telok i; m:'ii Tin Company, on Saturday, Mr I rank Mair, presiding, said that out oi <■> io received from tributors the deduct n»iis left $3,800 lo be carried forward, ib gemial124 words
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Article97 1923-01-12 18 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, January h. iYrak is taking the first steps to constitute t.he long-awaited Sports Association for control of all inter-State engageinents in cricket, rugger, soccer, tennis and lackey. The draft rules and byelaws, prepared in July, have just been published97 words
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Article237 1923-01-12 18 lleer Muiskes, of Seniarang, while on a motor ride between Pemalang and I’ekalongan found his engine to be on fire. Both he and his chauffeur were so badly burned in trying to put it out that they have since died. The motor —a l ord was entirely237 words
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Article59 1923-01-12 18 i l R.NER. At the Maternity Hospital, Singapore, on January 5, 1923, to Mr. and Mrs It. Kennie Turner, a son. MOOlt. At the Maternity Hospital, Singapore, on January X, 1923, to Mr. and Mrs. It. Moor, a daughter. M ULI.Kit. At Weltevreden, Batavia, on January x, 1923, to59 words
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Article99 1923-01-12 18 NM.'OLL NAIRN. On January 0, 1023. at the Pieshyterian Church, Singapore, by the Rev. (i. 11. Douglas, Ernest Nicoll ot Merlimau Estate, Malacca, and Mars of Carnoustie, Scotland. I RAM I ROW EEL. (in December It, ItiJi’, at S'acoin be Edgar Charles Both well, son ol Mr. and Mrs.99 words
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Article144 1923-01-12 18 EXCHANGE Singapore, January 11. On London, Bank m/s o/a**^/qo Demand Private 3 ms. credits -'f 32 Or, New York Demand "J* Private 90 d/s On Frame Bank On India, Bank T. T. 1 4 On II ngk ng. Bank d/d 2\ p.c. dis On Shanghai, Bank d/d144 words
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Article455 1923-01-12 18 MINING. Singapore, January 11. Iuoe Val. Pd. Buyers. Sellers. 1 1 Batang Padang 52*6 57*6 1 1 Hitam Tin 1.20 1.30 1 1 Jelautoh 0.20 0.40 nom 1 1 Johan Tin 0.45 0.50 £1 £1 Kam. Kamunt. 1.15.0 1.17.0 xd. 10 io Kinta Asscn. 6.75 7.25 5455 words
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Advertisement86 1923-01-12 18 NOTICE All communications for both the Straits Times 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 the nited Kingdom and foreign countries is $54 a year. The post free price of86 words
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Obituary28 1923-01-12 18 DKATII AN'. On January t». 1U2U, „t K.-I0 p.m. at No. 3. Irufiilgar Street. Mr. Tan Hood llm, aKf(l ;w years (father-in-law of Mr. Lee Lai .Seng i.28 words
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Article92 1923-01-12 1 General— S i .ui Rubber Auction 2 •j„ ,-al Share Market 2 K..bile!* Smuggling 4 British Malaya November Rubber Returns 5 j ember Rubber Returns 5 Rubber Restriction Rubber Prospects Rubber Latex in Paper 6 Program— Ru’uoer Export Coupons 4 Cor respendence— l; i i K-tate Agencies 3-4 492 words
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401 1923-01-12 1 (From <)ur Own Correspondent.) Penang, January 8. j A v maikab'e case, the first of its kind -i:v i Malaya, was mentioned by j Href !>,: ive Inspector Maim in the this morning, when two Chim tKehs), answering the names of Fhin Si401 words
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1942 1923-01-12 1 The fifth annual general meeting of Indragiri Rubber, Ltd., was held on Monday at the registered offices of the company, French Bank Buildings, Singapore. In the absence of the chairman, the inee*ing was presided over by Mr. J. A. Elias1,942 words
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770 1923-01-12 2 Thc following report is officially communicated The twelfth ordinary annual general meeting of Kempas, Ltd., was held on Saturday, December 10, at 4, Fort Road, Malacca, Dr. E. G. Weir presiding. The Chairman, in proposing the adoption of the report and770 words
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848 1923-01-12 2 The 5H4th auctii n of ttlie Singapore bande r of Commerce Rubber Association was held on January 4, when there wacatalogued 1,000,825 lbs. or 717.MM ton-. O.'ered 1,090,052 lbs. or 489.57 tons. S Id /05,455 lbs. or MI4.9M tons. IHtICES REALISED. Lomb848 words
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Article1100 1923-01-12 2 Weekly Rerwrl of Singapore Firms. Messrs. Fraser ami Co.'s weekly report dated January 10, states Tin- prevailing tone of optimism which we noted in our last leport has heen well lo the fore during the past week and the considerable business passing in all markets would seem1,100 words
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464 1923-01-12 2 The thirteenth report, of the directors of (ilenealy Plantations, Lid., for the year ended October 21, 1022, states that thg nett profit for the year amounts to 9*20,014.27, to which is added the balance brought forward, $02,207.20, giving a civil t balance464 words
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3797 1923-01-12 3 'IV the K iitor of the Straits Times. c u noticed in the Straits Budget V/.V i continue to have forwarded me) (W i \u-u4 25, a letter from ex-Planter (iatt i \cents, in the last paragraph “5 h he expresses3,797 words
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648 1923-01-12 4 The eleventh annual general meeting f the shareholders < f the (Ian K*-c Rubber Estate, Ltd., was held on Decern-j h* r 13. at the registered office, 7. Martin’s Lane, Cannon Street, K.C., Mr. W.' Arthur Addinsell (the chairman <*f the company) presiding.648 words
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1753 1923-01-12 4 Thc thirteenth annual general meeting of 'li ran Rubber K tat.es, l.td., was 'held in Kc.nhurcii ri .November 29, Mr. I'red mack Walter Carter (the ba rman ol 1 1 c company > presiding. The Chairman, in moving the adopt.mi i of1,753 words
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361 1923-01-12 4 In their report for the year ended October 31, 11*22, the directors of Lunas Rubber Estates, Ltd., state it at, after charging the whole if the general estate ami general administration expenditure to revenue, the profit and loss ace361 words
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Article264 1923-01-12 4 In the thirteenth yearly report of the directors of I’antai. Limited, r the year ended October .Ml, 1922. it is stated that the working f* r the year has resulted in a loss f $(5,704.60. After deducting the balance brought forward from last account viz., $2,42*.74, a debit264 words
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Article123 1923-01-12 4 Commenting on the reports of rubber smuggling in Singapore, the Times of eyloti says conditions in the Straits are, of course, vastly different from Ceylon, so far as smuggling is concerned. At S ngapore there is an open roadstead, and Sumatra is conveniently utilised while smuggling has been123 words
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189 1923-01-12 5 p irist »r of Imports and Exports, has sent us the following statement of I 11 liitv ind value of rubber exported fr; m British Malaya during December, tinires, which are in centals of 100 lbs., represent total189 words
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Article92 1923-01-12 5 Mis.r;;. Bou.'tcad and Co., Kuala Lumpur. forward :he following outputs fr NYvembor 192-: Amalgamated.— 19,464 lbs. Balau.—17.462 lbs. Bukit Kepoiur.—9,598 lbs. Bukit Kiara.—15,375 lbs. Brftoklands.—08,000 lbs. Beranang. -19,557 lbs. Chembong.—35,286 lbs. Chora*.—22.000 lbs. Connemara. —9,930 lbs. Darning.—15.821 lbs. K sberr.—0,070 lbs. (ilenshiel. —26,329 lbs. Hamilton. —5.990 lbs.92 words
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Article422 1923-01-12 5 Kapar Para.—57,357 lbs. Kuala Sidim.—3l,627 lbs. K. L. Rubber.—9B,ooo lbs. Kuala Na 1.—17,700 lbs. Kuala Gch.—lo,Boo lbs. Kuala Reman.—s7,ooo lbs. Kurau.—2l,ooo lbs. Klabang.—3o,9oo lbs. Krian R. P.—19,000 lbs. Kajang.—27,37o lbs. Lok Kawi.—32,600 lbs. Rendu.—lB.soo lbs. l.angkat River.—24,o63 lbs. Rankat.—sl,soo lbs. Rangkat Sumatra.—36,soo lbs. Ranadrcn.—llo,9s6 lbs. Ledbury.—47,ll7 lbs.422 words
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Article114 1923-01-12 5 In the House of Commons, on December 12, Mr. Darbishire asked if the ordinance recently passed in the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements to restrict the production of rubber had been assented to in the usual way, and, if so, when. Mr. Ormsby Gore A Bill imposing114 words
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1439 1923-01-12 5 [Reprinted from The Statist, November 18, 1922.] Several of our readers have urged us lo give a comprehensive estimate of production and consumption for the coming year, with a view to gauging the probability of a relaxation of the present restr cted output, and1,439 words
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Article64 1923-01-12 6 [The Straits Time* Is not responsible for the opinion* of its correspondents boricspondents should beer In mind that letters must bo short and to tno point. Long rambling epistles are liable tojbe rejected 01 tuthlessly cut down. Correspondents niusi enclose their names, not necessarily lor publication but as guarantee64 words
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Article528 1923-01-12 6 To the Editor of the Straits Tones. Sir,— The letter s’gned L. W. VV. Gudgeon shows that the “Silly Season has set in with a vengeance. Tin* “Gudgeon” complains that I* bunder’s” letters ileal wi*h cats, monkies (sic) fishiness, etc. The “Gudgeon” has himwlf528 words
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Article627 1923-01-12 6 To llic of the Straits Times. Sir,- In your leader last evening you presumably refer to my letter where you state that you do not accept the view e\ pressed therein that consumption in Amer en was never higher nor stocks so low, and where you further627 words
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Article418 1923-01-12 6 Striking developments in the use of rubber latex in paper-making are reported from Krigland. After much experiment ng, paper containing a percen'agc of rubber latex has now been produced commercially, and is being put on the market by Messrs. Lcpard and Smiths, Ltd., the old-established firm418 words
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325 1923-01-12 6 Stock Stock ExchanJ Par E p C r y |ce n B ge Value. Company. Prices" Value. Company. Lendu 15/ 1 Anglo-Malay £1 Lumut I i'l Ayer Kunmg f?' ->/ London Asiatic 11 Bakap Plantations JJ J Malacca Plantat ons 2% I*l Banteng (Selangor)325 words
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703 1923-01-12 6 Capital Issue Closing Prices. Paid Up Value Dividends Fraset Lyall Company Co. Evatt. 1 Allenby New ($1) 0.95 1.05 0.90 1.00 120,000 1 nil year 30-9-21 Alor Gajah ($1) 1.35 1.45 1.35 1.45 040,414 2 5 p.c. for year 30-6-20 Am. Malay ($2) 2.20703 words
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Advertisement146 1923-01-12 7 FOURNIER'S WKMQIIE MUTOEE (FOE LADIES) WASTE Xt TIME T«st«4 ill PnmI for Tun. ro «diatal7 Ton notlee W disorder of the a tem take Feerniert Hyieniqus Mixture. U quiekly rewores all eufferin*. IS notninf to equal It AnjthiBf so Wlde> Known. It if justly Asserted ns the FINEST REMEDY JN146 words
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Advertisement100 1923-01-12 7 all who Value Good Health a dash of KNO’s Fruit Salt in a glass of water first thing every morning” is a rule made golden by the experience of millions of happy folk during the past hall-century. ENO keeps you fit and able to ward off illness. It makes those100 words
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Advertisement58 1923-01-12 8 r "CAMEL HAIR I 9 (REGISTERED TRADE MARK.) SOLE MAKERS Redda a y r% The Shut is the hunting ground of the would be Pirate—his quarry is the purchaser of “Camel Hair” Belting Stamped throughout the length of the Belt Without the Mark it is NOT GENUINE SOLE DISTRIBUTING AGENTS58 words
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Advertisement143 1923-01-12 9 January 12, 192a THE STRAITS BUtfUUi tv V SALES and SERVICE J >. t BROS. Ltd rtr Jr*- ENGINEERS BOAT BUILDERS 20 H P. Ford Marine Engines Complete with Propellor, Shaft and Coupling, Water and Oil Pumps and Reverse gear. $1 S Gray Marine A. Complete with Propellor, Shaft and143 words
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