The Straits Budget, 20 April 1923

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  • 30 1 The Straits Budget VOL. LXXVII No. 3401 Singapore, Friday, April 20, 1923 BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES ESTABLISHED OVER THREE QUARTER OF A CENTURY. Price 25 cents.
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  • 192 1 LEADERS— American Rampage II British Polities iMunieipal Engineers 12-13 Pont-Prandial ism IS Britain’- Budget 13 Representation 13-14 General Local and Personals 1-2 Reuter’s Service 3-7 Blue Triangle Room 8 Tangliti Club -f K Tin at 4500 per Ton 8 Straits Association Dinner 9-10 The Murder of a Planter IS
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  • 4817 1 ls understood on pood authority, n,v me Times of Ceylon, that the r-] n,t p M. M. Company to the i 1 hast has been accelerated with the ar t un of the last boat from Marta 1>S i e duration of the voyage beanH* r 1
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  • FRIDAY’S TELEGRAMS
    • 471 3 Reuter’s Service London, April 12. Tlu scenes in the House of Commons, i niirht, furnish occasion for the news“n.is to lecture Doth the Ministerialists ,K the Labourites on the unseemliness of the proceedings. The Government are arr uirned for
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    • 152 3 London, April 12. I» tin 1 House of Commons replying to r l* rederick Hall, Captain W. Ormsby- ,rt confirmed that in connection with 1l examinations for Eastern cadetships >"» exception to candidates of the usual limits would be allowed on account s,,|, vice with the forces, although
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    • 25 3 London, April 12. u between the emplovers anci ,,s in the building trade broke down M lockout notices will take effect Saturday.
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    • 253 3 London, April 12. The Government’s Housing Bill empowers the Ministry of Health to contribute not more than £6 annually for 20 years for each one or two storied house er flat provided by local authorities, alsc to contribute towards the cost of rehousing
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    • 222 3 London, April 12. Mr. W. Clare Lees, President of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, has sent a letter to Earl Curzon on behalf of j the Chamber, making suggestions with regard to the use of the Boxer Indemnity funds, including the education of Chinnse in British schools and
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    • 103 3 London, April 12. Geneva The governing body of the 1 International Labour Office discussed the difficulties of securing the ratification of the eight hours day convention notably by Britain, France and Germany. They have appointed a committee of nine members to enquire into the best means of
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    • 65 3 London, April 12. Washington Senator Watson has presented Mr. Hughes with the Republican Senators’ objections to the Government s proposal for the American membership of ♦he Permanent Court of International Justice. Senator Watson’s principal point was that some of his colleagues disapprove any proposition not safeguarding the United
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    • 32 3 London, April 12. Melbourne In the course of a speech, ‘he Prime Minister, Mr. Bruce, urged the formation of a League of Nations of fhe Pacific for mutual protection.
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    • 418 3 London, April 12. In the House of Commons, replying to .Sir W. De Knee with regard to China’? ebts, S.r R. McNeill raid that accordrig to information in his passes don, tie Chinese Government were refusing to pa> onus of ex-cneniy issues held
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    • 47 3 London, April 12. Simla The considerable tension between the Hindus and Mussulmans which has existed for some time at Amritsar, owing to rival proselytising movements has culminated in a disturbance in which 20 were injured. Troops restored order and arc still patrolling the city.
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    • 41 3 London, April 12. Paris A message from Berlin states that owing to the law with regard to the defence of the Republic, the Minister for the Interior has ordered the wife of the ex-Kaiser to leave German territory.
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    • 50 3 London, April 12. Sydney: As a result of' the City Council’s adoption of a policy of absolute Empire preference, the Electricity Committee has recommended the rejection of a Japanese tender of £OB7 for the supply of 2,500 disc strain insulators in favour of a Canadian tender of £1,502.
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    • 56 3 London, April 12. Mr. Chao H.sin Chu gave a icccption at he Legation to which all the Chinese students ami merchants in Britain were invited to meet Mr. Fan Yuan Lien, he ex-Ministcr for Education. Mr. Chao Hsin and Mr. Fan addressed their compatriots, Mr. Fan giving
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    • 36 3 London, April 12. Berlin The G» rman floating debt in Miscounted treasury bills at the end of March was 0,000 milliard marks, an increase of 800 milliards in the last ten days of March.
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    • 37 3 London, April 12. Amiens The military court has imposed sentences of 20 years hard labour and 20 years expulsion from France on three German officers for acts of pillage in the Aisne in 1918.
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  • SATURDAY’S TELEGRAMS
    • 583 3 Reutek’s Sekvice London, April 13. Paris The Belgian Premier, M. Tbeuais, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, VI. Jaspar, have arrived to confer with M. Poincare. According to the newspapers the subjects for the discuss.on nclt.de the exploitation of the Ruhr i.-u's
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    • 79 3 London, April 13. Sofia The Prime Minister. M. Stamhol ■-ky, in a speech, and said 4 bat ♦he Government are preparing a bill to deal vith the Communist movement and rroiding that in any villa e where thee are more than ten Communis*. ‘heir •ml and property will be
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    • 264 4 London, April Niw York: Tin* newspaper- ar fiurful lost tin* In', ti r entice ion -hould eventually involve the I'm ted Slate: in Near Kastern politics. London, April L’>. The New York Times believes that with the Mosul oil fields subject to
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    • 209 4 London, April 12. Rt uler tin lersfand that the (lovernment ate considering the whole position of the llritish trade delegation to Moscow. C< mpetent. authorities arc of opinion that, quite apart from the Rmlkicwicz ami < ieplak eases, technical grounds alone would justify «hc withdrawal of the delegation.
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    • 124 4 London, April (v Liao IL in Chu. in a Icllk to the Times, says ho wired Poking regard inn tie* ncont report of Sir F. A. Aglen and suggested that China should consider legalising domestic growth and t raflic of opium. He received a reply showing that
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    • 44 4 London, April Id. Mary McSwiney, the Countess Markicwic/., Count and Countess Plunkett and Liam Lynch s brother and others are reported to have been arrested on route for Liam Lynch’' funeral at Clonmel. lArn-hs brother was released and all the u
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    • 274 4 London, April Lb Tk IJou <• of Commons adjourned till .V a 'ay. fter mi all-nght sitting of 21 ;< s o.i r t lie t oi.imittee stage of the Ai.ny and Air Force annual bill, which finally read for the third time withit
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    • 127 4 London, April 12. Lahore Localised street lighting has again started at Amritsar hut the police and troops dispersed the opposing parties. London, April l‘>. Simla The public health commission tales that the rise in mortality from nlague began in December. There were •IE.JKiO deaths in March compared with
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    • 117 4 Reiter’s Service London, April PJ. Santiago de h.le With the presentaion of the hi I ran report of the armau( nt committee, it is considered that agreement on the limitation of armaments impo sihle during the present session >f the Pan-American Conference. Chile na < bu n confronted
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    • 106 4 London, April 15. Suva A legislative deadlock has arisen owing to the Imperial Government s promise to refund £58,000 export duties to the Colonial Sugar Refining ComI'any, without consulting the Fiji legislali\c authorities. The elected members of f oun*; 11 have refused to sit until the uke of
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    • 52 4 London, April Id. A Puri message states that the MesBr it:m,,, s i ni w liner, Aramis. "'l' Kht,rt, y I, sailing on her nwiden y.vage to the Far Fast. The Aramis dis"l .ees .0,000 tons ami carries 101 first 1 1,1 scruM l «nd 110
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    • 185 4 London, April 13. Five and a half hours’ conference befA.ui the mediators representing the farmers and farm-workers proved abortive, the employers’ offer being unaccept- ble. i'he Building Trade l men Federation, which has h thcrto argued that the employers’ terms would violate the existing agreement, have now decided
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    • 128 4 London. April 12. Columbus, Ohio The Van Sweringen Company has completed the consolidation of five railroads under the name New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad. London, April 13. Washington The Acting Secretary for the Navy Mr. Roosevelt, discussed with President Harding the problem of erecting gun
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    • 52 4 London, April 13. As a result of the recent speeding up of production of insulin, the remedy for diabetes, it is anticipated that it will soon be generally obtainable all over the world. It has just appeared on the British market at a price of 2s. (id.
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    • 219 4 London, April 13. A semi-official me sage states that the Soviet council has ratified the concessionary agreement between the British Hudson Bay Company for trading operations in Kamchatka. London, April 13. I eheran An aeroplane, bringing mails, has arrived from Moscow. It is rumoured to be the forerunner of
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  • MONDAY’S TELEGRAMS
    • 658 4 Uk* ilk's Sf.rvicc London, April n. A hundred and fifty police in motor tenders raided throughout the night houses of Irish suspects in the various suburbs of London. Only two arrest, were made, but important document? were
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    • 263 5 London, April 14. Rawalpindi A message from Kohat, North Western Frontier, states that Afridi raiders broke into a bungalow .xvuDicd by British officers and murdered Ellis, the wife of the district staff *fliier. and abducted her fifteen year old ilaJghter. Troops wore
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    • 171 5 London, April 14. C nstantinople Until practically the eleventh hour, the Chester scheme was regarded as a joke, both in Turkish and foreign circles. Even the National Assc.rbly did not treat the proposals seriously. Put suddenly the whole scheme was rudied through by tht? Government, not
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    • 119 5 London. April 14. Washing on White House announces he American representatives to the l*u'-v.mie Conference will probably bo tl« e a at the firs 4 conference, name ly- Child and Crew and Admiral I>s‘ml. London, April 14. \v York Ex-President Wilson, in a Lttm- published this morning,
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    • 59 5 London, April 14. Paris As a result of the efforts of J'' P dice to stamp out the traffic in drugs n? f the most important trials on relias opened. The seventy-eight s' include a number of medical'men n< diemists charged with implication in 1 organised system for
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    • 31 5 London, April 14. of Cotton Spinners have tio*' < ,< Vt rt ommcn d the American sectri'i, ln an(, hester to continue the cur‘i'lrin' P r °duction by sft per cent.
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    • 453 5 London, April 14. Duesseldorf A curious incident has occurred at Merklind station, where three trucks arrived at full speed. Nobody knows from whence they were shunted. One loaded with explosives blew up on entering the station, but there were no casualties and
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    • 122 5 London, April 14. Major-general Sir William Brancker, Director of Civil Aviation, has approved of the plans for the flight of Captains Macmillan and Malins, who broke down in the Bay of Bengal last year. They propose to continue the journey from there, via Japan, Kuriles, Kamchatka, the Aleutians, South
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    • 99 5 London, April 14. Capetown In a speech at the City Hall, General Smuts expressed the opinion that ihe time was imminent when the* British Commonwealth would have to define her position vis-a-vis the disturbed international situation. He declared that it was impossible for the Empire to
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    • 170 5 London, April 15. The past week’s incidents in the Commons, coupled with tne Premier’s health, are inspiring widespread predictions of J the imminence of Mr. Bonar Law’s retirement. The Observer mentions Mr. Bald- win as his successor. On the other hand, an
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    • 124 5 London, April 1(5. Warsaw There is further trouble between Poland and Lithuania owing to the Lithuanian Premier Galvanauskas notifying the Council of the League of Nations that Lithuania intends to contest the decision of the Council with regard to the I oiish-Lithuanian neutral zone before the Hague
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    • 95 5 London, April 15. Washington The cancellation of the l.ansing-Ishii agreement on March .’’•ft has been officially confirmed in a note from Mr. Hughes, yesterday, addressed to the J .panesc Ambassador, Count Ilanihara. It says that “the discussions between the two Governments have disclosed an identity of view
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    • 70 5 London, April 14. Millions of pounds of tobacco were destroyed by fire in a bonded warehouse at Victoria Dock, London, this morning. The* blaze was visible for miles. The loss is estimated at a million sterling. Fire brigades and river floats worked unceasingly for seven hours
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    • 54 5 London, April 14. Santiago do Chile The Pan-American Conference have adopted a recommendation for the establishment of two archaeological institutes, one in the MexicanCentral American region, the other in the Ecuador-Peru region. The conference of (American) nations will make annual ap propriations for archaeological excavations and the development
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    • 75 5 London, April 1(1. Washington The Supreme Court has declared the Grain Futures Trading Law valid and constitutional. London, April 10. Philadelphia The light cruiser Tree ton, which is one of the* ten building, ha*been launched. London, April 10. In the House of Commons, replying t< Commander Kenworthy, Mr. R.
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  • TUESDAY’S TELEGRAMS
    • 645 5 RlCUTEK'8 Hekvtc* London, April 10. The general expectation of reduction* in taxation cause ususual interest in Mr. Baldwin’s Budget. Twenty members*were waiting to secure seats at seven o’clock ill the morning. The House was packed when Mr. Baldwin
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    • 83 5 London, April 1 In the House of Commons, Capt. H. Herkeley suj? Rested that in view of the economic importance of the Crown Cones, the leaflet's of the elected mewb'rs >f the I,cßi>l:itivo Councils and/or the most recently retired ex-floverncrs of ■ach of the principal colonies should ho
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    • 433 6 London. April Mi. I *i’ r i The papers uttor a chorus «>f approval of M. Po n.-arc's speech, wnich i rej-.ar.1c.l ai* strengthening I.is po it ion. They dwell on the pas.",an* n which In- declared tPat even th {> in
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    • 102 6 London, April 10. The scheme promoted by the Federation of British Industries, for cooperative representation of British manufacturers in the Dutch Indies, promises success. Mr It. Neil Williams, tin* representative who will take charge of the interests of the firms concerned, is going to Java
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    • 65 6 London, April I*s. The slight improvement recorded last week in the Manehe ter cotton trade lias been accentuated in the p .«t few days on account of the broadening of the enquiry from India, China and the short time American section, resulting in diminishes! stocks, which spinners are
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    • 47 6 London, April 10. J’aris A message from Lille states ti nt H. 900 textile workers have struck in factor es not paying the wages demanded by the union, but h.OOO others are allowed to work in the factories where the scale has been accepted.
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    • 37 6 London, April 10. T! m "--charnel services between Livernool Dublin anil Dundalk have he< n suspended owing to a strike of the Irish T ran port Workers’ Union against th“ national reduction in seafarers' wages
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    • 210 6 I. r.doii, April 10. In a st 'ongly censorious leader based on Mr. McNeill’s reply in the House of < .ominous, on March li, the Financial News declares tlini while it is perfectly rtaxiiable to w ibhold payment t.f tier* m.in 1., tnls
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    • 139 6 London, April Mi. New York Armour’s announcement of .an increase in wages of ten per cent, to 2Uo,<>oo employees is the latest of a series of increases throughout the country of wages by ten or fifteen per cent, by winch labour's threa’ened check upon industrial expansion has
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    • 137 6 London, April 10. The emphatic denial of Mr. Bonar !/w’ ear ly ret renicnt, cm jointly wth the announcement that the I’rimc Mini?ter wa- playing tennis this weekend, i- generally accepted as disposing of the reports of an early change in the I romiership. Covernmciit organs, like
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    • 74 6 London, April HJ. Paris At a meeting of the Committee of Cxpenscs of the Armies of Occupation, die Furopean delegates decided to adjourn the discussion in order to consult their respective Governments owing to new objections raised by Mr. Wadsworth, the American delegate, as a result of
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    • 74 6 London, April 1 *5. Rangoon The expected settlement of tl i* strike at the Yenong Yeung oilfield, •i which 10,000 are involved, over the demand for a large increase in wages and tin recognition of equality in treatment of American and Bunn,in skilled labourers, has been deferred.
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    • 38 6 London, April fi. Melbourne In view of the Imperial Government’s scheme for developing a naval base at Singapore, the Commonwealth Government have deferred action •ts regards the West Australian base proposed by the Admiral Henderson.
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  • WEDNESDAY’S TELEGRAMS
    • 254 6 Reuter's Service London, April 17. Pari- According to Fa* Matin, M. Poincare has given instructions that the V.’a'iini-iton Government should F»e #P* r a. lu<l wi h regard to the Chester con<•ess.iini. He pointed out that certain conecssio.is, grantcJ to the American
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    • 92 6 London. April 17. Tin* Grand-Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia, sister of the late Tsar and niece of Queen Alexandra, has been nv-ird*.d t'lo.ooo damages by Mr. Justice Darling’s court against Albert Frederick C dver and Maurice Sternbach, the latter of whom ha.l prev iou.sly been deported from
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    • 71 6 Ijondon, April 17. Munich A trial of strength is impending in Bavaria as a result of the Government’s decision to prosecute Hitler, leader of the Bavarian Fascisti, for inciting his supporters to opp> se Republican institutions. Hitler declares that he does not intend .<> obey the summons
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    • 64 6 London, April 17. Rome: The minister, Signor Cavazzoni, and three under-secretaries of state, S.gnors Va. sallo, Milani and Gronchi, all X'longing to the Popular party, have resigVid at a meeting of ministers convoked by Signor Mussolini, who criticised the attitude of the recent congress of the Popular party
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    • 36 6 London, April 17. Buenos Aires The Chamber of Deputies has passed the bill authorising the Government to expend 1(),(IOO,OOU piastres to establish cold-storage works at Buenos Ains under the Ministry of Agriculture.
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    • 54 6 Ixindon, April 17. The second reading has been manoeuvred through the House of Commons of the Cotton Industry Bill, providing for a compulsory contribution to the Empire otton Grow ng Association, of which the passage was endangered awing to the House not sitting on Friday, in conseMuence
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    • 140 6 London, April 17. Paris The French scheme of reparations which she is submitting to Belgium, is based on the 11*21 schedule of payments of A and B bonds totalling fifty milliard gold marks, while C bonds will serve to off-set the
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    • 109 6 London. April 17. New York Mr. Gary, eha’rman*of the United States Steel Corporation and who is no admirer of the immigration law, told the shareholders that the barriers to aliens thereby threatened to create a serous labour shortage and was “one of ♦he worst things the country
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    • 110 6 London, April 17. The Minister fir Agriculture, in an interview, outlined the Government’s proposals for dealing with agriculture. He announced that the Government would i troduce a b 11 in ihe present session for reducing assessment of agricultural land fr m one half to one quarti r and
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    • 74 6 London. April 17. One hundred and thirty-two members f the crews of the vessels Windsor Castle an 1 Alnianzora have been summoned a* Southampton for unlawfully combining to impede the progress of the voyage of the vessels. The case has been adjourned till April 2a. Tim Ellerman liner.
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    • 50 6 London, April 17. Mr. Arthur Bruce Charles Francis, a former resident of British North Borneo, has been granted a decree nisi in the d vurce court on the ground of his wife’s id with Mr. Ji hn Warren Norman, form ly under the petitioner in North Borneo
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    • 48 6 London, April ’.7. In the House of Commons Mr. RMcNeill, replying to Mr. W. M. R. Frinc'le with regard to the proposed marking of eggs and other commodities in ’he Merchandise Marks Bill, said that it had evoked unfavourable views from France, the Netherlands and Lithuania.
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    • 58 6 London, April 1* It is officially announced that th<- 1 K troops have arrested, near Mountmdl* cray, Barrett and Sean Gaynor, the commanders of the west division < r 1 1 regulars. London, April 1 New York The death of Laun-nc* Ginnell has concluded a stormy care* r
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  • THURSDAY’S TELEGRAMS
    • 376 7 Reiter's Sit.vict: London, April 18. \t the conference of the Association «,f British Chambers of Commerce in I oiidon the President, Sir Shirley Bonn, emphasised the need for Britain seeking in ihe British Empire compensation for tho loss of her old European
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    • 142 7 London, April 18. Capetown The Assembly debated on the motion of the Ministerialist, Mr. MeKourtan, urging the segregation of Asia tics and considered that only by this could Indians obtain citizen rights. The Labourite, Mr. Strachan, moved an amendment providing for equal pay for c«\u.tl work
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    • 107 7 London, April 18. The well-known Irregular, Dan Breen, |’as been captured in a dugout near Limerick. London, April 18. The capture of Dan Breen leaves De \alcra as the only out-standing Republican at large. London, April 18. Dan Breen was a notable capture, in v,f, v of his
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    • 223 7 London, April 17. Washington It is understood that President Harding shares Garys v iews about the prejudie.al e *.c: ts of the immigration law. The Secretary for Labour, Mr. Davis, has reported that a shortage of labour already exists and that the government should be preparing a
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    • 141 7 London, April 18 Paris A successful experiment with a wirelessly controlled aeroplane was carried out at Villesauvage aerodrome. The plane rose and How over the aerodrome, turned and landed in response to the uressurc of buttons. London, April 18. Dayton Lieutenants Macready anc Kelly, who smarted on a Fokker
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    • 115 7 London, April 17. Moscow Tin* telegraph between Moscow and Vladivostok has been restored. London, April 18. Riga A message from Moscow states hat M. Kameneff told the Communist Congress that Lenin was now out of danger and hopes eventually to return to the political arena. He said that his
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    • 96 7 London, April 18. In the House of Commons replying to Commander Kenworthy, Mr. R. McNeill >aid that Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Greece, Yugo-Slavia, Rumania, Belgium, ihe United States and Turkey had been invited to the resumed Lausanne conference and he had every reason to believe that the
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    • 55 7 London, April 18. In the House of Commons at question time, Mr. Chamberlain mentioned that about 2,000 tons of liquid yolk of egg from China had been condemned as unsound by the London authority in 1022. Tie said that he was not aware what troportion was due to
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    • 112 7 London, April 18. Presiding at a meeting at the Strangers’ Home for Asiatics in Lmichousc, hail Winterton commented on its admirable work. Nearly 1,000 Indians had been cared for during the past year. He said that on Viscount Peel’s direction, he. Sir Cyril Cobb, Lord Ednam and
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    • 105 7 London, April 17. Two ex-Chancellors of the Exchequer Mr. Asquith and Sir R. Horne, successively spoke at the resumed Budget debate in the House of Commons and both, in the main, appioved Mr. Baldwin's proposals, it is obvious that the claims for iclief for sugar will become
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    • 77 7 London, April 18. The feature of the exchange market is the fall of the mark to 140,000 to 150,000, but later rallied to 125.000 to 130.000. French francs consequently fell to 71.50 and recovered to 70.90. London, April 18. Berlin The severe fall in the mark is attributed
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    • 53 7 Lcncßn, April 18. Santiago de Chile The new Chilean proposal to limit the naval armaments ol the Lutin-Aimuican countries to from 60,000 to 80.000 tons thus virtually ma naining the s atus quo with regard to capital ships, is now being considered by the technical experts of
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    • 41 7 London, April 18. The Labour Min stry statistics show that the cost of living: on March 31 was 74 per cent, above pre-war and the lowest since April, 1017. This compares with 70.6 per cent, on February 28.
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    • 128 7 London, April 17. Brisbane The Governor, Sir Matthew Nathan, in a speech at Ipswich, referred to 'he need of white immigration ns there was a real danger of Japanese spreading in Australia. London, April 17. A Hull messape states that the seamen’s opposition to the reduced national rates of
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  • 40 7 (Router's Service.] London, April 18. Melbourne Owing to the inability of Messrs. Patterson, Anderson and O’Hara Wood to make the journey, it has been finally decided that Australia will md b represented in the Davis cup conpeDtmn
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  • Sporting News and Notes.
    • 276 7 The Scrvce- made their first aypo.irance in the S.C.C. cricket tournament on Saturday, when they drew with the Public Services anil Law. The too re* w ere I*. S. and LAW. C. E. II. Jacobs b Spring 11
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    • 179 7 The first of the League matches was played on the S.U.C. ground on Mon lay, Letwcen the re-constituted St. Joseph’s Old Hoys’ team and the K. G. A. The Old Boys won a scrappy game by the only point scored and that after having had the worst ef
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    • 45 7 PLAY ON APRIL 12. Championship Pairs. Sinclair and Do g beat Wardle and Brennan, 6 4, <5 i. MONDAY’S PLAY. Championship. Goldie boat Norrie, 21 —-12. Championship Pairs. Klcinme.n i nd Ut« rmark beat Sinclair and Doig, 6 2, o—-4.
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    • 39 7 PLAY ON APRIL 12. Championship. (Joldu* h«*at Jamieson, 21—11. TUESDAY’S PLAY. Double Handle to. Hammond and McKean beat Smith and Powerman, 21—Id. Single Handicap, (final tie). Norric beat (ioldie, 21—13. WEDNESDAY PLAY. Champions!.ip. McKean beat Chill 21—14.
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    • 38 7 The inter-club foursome match between the Keppel Golf Club and the Singapore (<olf Club, played at the Race Course on ,M .adav, resulted in a \t n for the Sinvra- Coif C’/jb 1 to 3*4.
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  • 1152 8 On th«* ;ifi rnoon of th*' 12th inslari',] l.nd;, (Juill* run*d as President of j the Young Women’' ('hri.st»,*n Associa-1 lion laid in ihi* presence* of t u lurge and representative gathering, ilu founda ion -ton, of the Blue Triangle Lunch
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  • 653 8 The further hearing of the case in which a Mohamedan landlord, named M. I inud Maricar, stands charged with committing: a breach of Rent Ordinance •1 of 1922, took place before Mr. I*. A. F. Dr.vid, District Judge, on Tuesday. The
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  • 719 8 The annual meeting of the lanyl.n Club was held on Tuesday, the President Mr. 1L S. ar\cr, pr si any. There wm also present Messrs. A. G. Anthony, A. J*. Cameron, H. M. Cantrell, H. W. Hughes, li. C. Hopkins (honorary treum*r», H.
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  • 133 8 Tin at 500 Per Ton. A Home paper has the following According to our unusually well-inform-el contemporary, the Daily Express, stocks in the United Kingdom have now reached the dangerously low level of *qtt.>o tins, wiih total visible supplies standing a‘ only 23,000 tons. 44 Competent authorities,” our contemporary points
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  • 827 8 Missis. Fraser and Co.’s weekly report dated l&th instant state »ne week under review has been a qua i one m ad brunches oT ihe clime Market, ihe oliicai announcement naMiiii; the disposal ot tin stocks held n.\ uu* pool wa.- considered
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  • 1691 11 l)r. J. A. It. Cjlonii OflVtv of thi Singapore liijninp **o* > 1 .i-iO, on t lk* retirement of tin* h* l Lr. Middleton, relinquished the duties of his importuia office on Thursday when b« l 4 ft
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  • 1290 11 The annual general meeting of Messrs. Roo ii-io.i and Co., Ltd., was held on 1* riday in the company’s registered offices, 1 Chartered Bank Buildings. The Hon. Mr. 1 W. Lowiher Kemp presided, and was supported by Messrs. H. C. Cooke-Yarborough,
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  • 156 11 Tronoh Mini's.—l,227 piculs. lulum Mines 1.t0. (IVlj’iiary/ piculs ‘ill. Ting Kil.—Plant piculs 164.64, tribute piculs 22.1M5, total piculs 187.60. Sungei C»au.—Ore crushed 25 tons, tin won 14.(50 piculs. Ting Kil.—Plant 1 (54.(54 piculs, tribute 22.06 piculs, a total of 187.60 piculs. Linirui Tin.—Sluic ng 102 piculs, tribute
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  • 159 11 Ihe hear ng of the action brought by MKim Soo, the proprietor of Malayan Potteries and the Llkayes Mated Ka» tory, against Mr. (.’oh Son Cheng, for damages caused by a fire alleged to have‘originated on the defendan’s rubber e tafe a; Pasir Panjang, adjoining the
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  • The Straits Budget
    • 1180 12 Irm n’t everything.”—Straits Times, April 13. We British arc* —well, as we art* trying to think in American n sufficiently strenuous phrase refuses to offer itself. Bio* upon the map is too mihi. Good-place-jprabbing interlopers is perhaps a trifle nearer, hut Blighted obstructionists to the omnipotence of God's
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    • 1193 12 S'raits Times, April 14. The position of the Home* Government has been shaken this weyk by a defeat which, paltry enough in itself, is unfortunate as following several very severe bycloction reverses. The Government, to begin with, is not morally strong because, in spite of its large majority
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    • 1147 12 Straits Times, April 1G: It is right, after all that has been said about the Kallang River Dam, that the full correspondence should be published, and it is our intention that this shall be done. The first instalment appears today and we hope to give the remainder tn-merrow
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    • 1139 13 of rendering service -Straits Tinns, April 17. To all appearance the dinner of the Strait* Settlements Association resolved itself nto an occasion for mutual admiration. The Governor is a wonderful man, full of progressive fervour, the Colonial Secretary is everything that is excellent, and the Civil Service is of
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    • 1292 13 —Strait* Times, April 18. The British Budget is really, in all the circumstances, a most satisfactory one. There is a surplus of 101 millions which will be used for reduction of debt. There has been a deduction of 217 millions in expenditure in two years. In four years
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    • 1158 13 Sti i t 'l imes, April lit. We print to-day a letter signed G.B. and the writer will not object to us saying that he is a highly intelligent and capable Chinese British subject. He regents, as we fear a great many like him do, the smug assumptions at
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  • 325 14 <i mi Our (>wn < poiid* ipoh, April IS. The Ipoh Race Sweep case to-day lasted less than two hours. The Hon. I Mr. Cpcolt for the accused tendered a I pit a wi guilty and addiessed the Court. I in- Magistrate, Mr.
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  • 292 14 The Limes of Ceylon of April 7 »ays The Secretary of State for the Colonies I..is been pleased to select Mr. J. Strachan, A-sistant Director <f Public Works, ederated Malay States, for appointment Director of Public Works in
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  • 102 14 The th rty-sevcnth ordinary general meeting of the Singapore Slipway and iMigineermg Company was hold at the nHiees of Iho company at Tanjong I'agar estenhy. Mr. F. Hobson, who was '•.oot(d to the chair, proposed that the accounts for the year ended December 151 bo pa-st d.
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  • 865 14 Tlu* eighth ordinary general meeting of the Tebak Tin Fields, Ltd., was held at the registered offices of the company, ('bartered Bark hambers, at noon, on Wodnc.vlay. Mr. hew VVoon I’oh piusided terday. Mr. Chew Woon l*oh presided and others
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  • 585 14 At St. Andrew’s Cathedral, on Wednesday, the marriage was .solemnised between Mr. Maxwell R. Holgate, of Dunedin, N.Z., at present senior master of the Malay Training College, Tanjpng Malim, Perak, formerly a master of (tallies Institution, is. it gap
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  • 163 14 Among the appointments notified in thi* Straits Settlements Government Gazette are the following Mr. F. E. Becker to be a member of the Indian Immigrant Committee; Mr. G. S. Carver to be a member of the financial committee of the HaflUs College; Mr. G. F. Robson to act
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  • 183 18 1 lie following is the Currency Corurn*lonca’ Provisional return for the mom., of Munh, 1923: 5 c. i.l) Whole amount of Currency Notes in Circulation on Maie. 1 31, 1923 77*215^5470 Average amount of currency Notes in Circulation during the month of March, 1923 76.013.***** ti) Coin
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  • 178 18 Messrs. Paterson, Simons and Co. writ*- as follows :—Our principals inform us that they had correspondence last yar with their Penang and Bangkok Agencies in regard to the question of laying the railway fares for the passengers between Bangkok and Rangoon, wiiieh are at present being
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  • 897 18 At tin* outsit of the proceedings in Hu Bankruptcy Gourt < n Friday Mr. Justice Bair tt-Li nmwi gn.nLd a stay of vr.u•jution of the judgment delivered m Junuarv in tiu* ae. on brought by Messia. ton and Nathan against Messrs. Alnriusawah
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  • 615 18 The annual meeting of the Parcvkiui Church Council was held at the Chaplet I louse, St. Andrew’s Cathedral, ou yuanday afternoon, Archdeacon F. G. Swindell presiding. Other members of the council p:« -out were Messrs. G. C. Valpy, A. Smith, 11.
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  • 186 18 The wedding took place at St. Andrew's CaKadtal. on Saturday afternoon, ihe bishop oi Singapore olliciating, of Mr. r, d ii hi stopiur Cobbett, of Messrs, liodyk and Davidson, solicitors, Singapore, an 1 .Miss Knid Bevilucqua Boil, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. \V. C. P. Bell, Singapore. Ino
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  • 60 19 straits Times is not responsible for -Suns of its correspondents. Corre1 should bear in mind that letters ■T t short and to the point. Lone eP i,,tlc» are liable to be rejected or v cut down. Correspondents must I their names, not necessarily fui ■‘•ion but as guarantee o!
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  • 99 19 the Editor of the Straits Times. l am exceedingly pleased to read Biter of His Lordship the Bishop of Bnoro commending my suggestion to Ba fund for the higher education o. B?n> ,:vl i desire through the B ,'f your l’iiper lo thank His LordHr,, r v support.
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  • 135 19 B the Editor of the Straits Times. 1 should be grateful if you could Brace in your paper for a short notice King The le Poer-Power Brial Fund.” Krtly after the ileath of Mr. Power Birch of last year 1 circularised his B> and the generous response
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  • 437 19 o the Editor of the Straits Time*. t Sivirg that the S. S. Association public body, the speeches should be verbatim. The more so that few I be hoard clearly throughout, some at ail. K.'s advice is careful work in the re in vu w of
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  • 456 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Public opinion is growing, so we are told by His Excellency the Governor at the Straits Settlements Association dinner. If this is so, might I enquire of His Excellency was the com- >< munity concerned ever consulted at all before
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  • 144 19 As from yesterday, the 1\ and passenger rates front Singapore t<» London wifi InFirst cla s I*9 1 and t*BB Second cl a s I'O l and On the first class fare, a deduction of will lie i.iaue in tin ease
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  • 134 19 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur April 18. Nell Loembruggen, of Kuala Lumpur, has filed a plaint in the Supreme Court against the Compagnie du Selangor and he Societe Financiere des Caoutchoucs claiming half a million dollars for alleged breach of contract. Application was made by Mi.
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  • 163 19 (Eroni Our Own Correspondent.) Hongkong, April 17. Eighting Ims broken out in the suburbs •f Canton between Kwangsi and Yunnan•osc troops. The city is calm, but business has been suspended. Hongkong, April 18. The Kwangsi attack has been designed to cus. Sun
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  • 110 19 The general committee of the Y.W.C.A. announce that Miss Rutherford’s term of service as General Secretary to the Association in Singapore has come to an end, :»nd wish t> put on public record their appreciation of her devoted service and their sincere regret that she is leaving
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  • 122 19 C’APEL. On April 17, 1923, nt 2. r >-1, Cairnhill Rond, Singapore, to Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Cupel, a son. DAWSON.- At Maternity Hospital, Singapore, on April IK, 1923. to Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Dawson, a daughter. FERNANDEZ. On April 11, 1923, at 10 b. Lorong 25-a,
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  • 106 19 HYATT TUCK. On April 2. 1923, at Church, Singapore, by Rev. A. W. Ingram, assisted by Rev. .1. H. Lewin, B.D., Frank F. Byatt, B.G.E., only son of Mr. and Mrs. Jno Byatt, Melbourne, Australia, to Katherine F., eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Tuck, East Knoyle, Wilts.,
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  • 174 19 RX CHANGE. Singapore, April 19. On London, Lank 4 m/s 2/4% Demand 2/4 5/32 Private 3 m. credits 2/4 17/32 On New York Demand 54 Private 00 d/.s 55% On France, Hank 750 On IralM, Dank T.T. 173% On Hongkong,Bank d/d 1% p.c. prem. On bnanghui, Bank
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  • 457 19 MINING. Singapore, April 10. Imhm Y«t Pd Buy era. Sellars. 1 1 Batang 1'adang 0.40 0.45 1 1 Hitam Tin 1.50 1.55 I 1 Jclaatoh 0.10 0.20 noa 1 1 Johan Tin 0«46 0.50 4 1 £1 Kam. Kamuuting 2.1.6 2.3.6 10 10 Kinta Assn. 7.00 8.50
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    • 84 19 NOTICE All communications for both the Straits Times and the Straits Budget should be to the Head Office, Cecil and Stanley Streets, Singapore, Straits Settlements. The post free price of the Straits Times to the United Kingdom and foreign countries is $54 a year. The post free price of the
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  • 116 19 DEATHS SNG. On April 12, 1923, at 11, Lorong 9, Gaylang, Singapore, Sng Toon Ghee, age 1 fit, father of Messrs. Lim Cheng Peck, Sng Cheng Hin and Uheng Hee father-in-law <if Mr. Song Tian Choe TAN. On April 11, 1923, at her country residence, Klehang, Malacca, aged t. r
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  • The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT
    • 89 1 General— Crude Rubber 1 Restriction 2 March Rubber Returns 3 Local Rubber Auctions 3 Rul Im r Coupon Action 4 Rubber Results 4 Consolidated Rubber Instates ft Kxport of Rubber 5 Telegram— Kuala Sidim Rubber Co. l Correspondence— (’hair of the T.A.M. 3 fc Meetings and Reports— Melville Syndicate
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    • 137 1 We are indebted to the Planters’ Assoeiat ion of Malaya for the following details of the importations of crude rubber into the I tided States during February. The figures have been compiled and distributed by the Rubber Association of America. The estimated net
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    • 130 1 (From Our Own (Correspondent.) Penang, April 17. At the annual meeting of the Kuala Sidim Rubber o. the report and accounts were adopted. Mr. Suye, the chairman, said that the profit was $55,(59.) and represented a return of rather more than 10 per cent, on the
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    • 2029 1 The following report is officially supplied Air. A. E. liaddeley presided over the eleventh annual general meet.ng of the Melville Development Syndicate, Ltd., which was held on loth inst., at 22, Java Street, Kuala Lumpur, the others present including Mcsisrs. F. G.
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    • 865 2 PEGOH, LTD. Satisfactory Reduction in The All-in Cost. Th eleventh ordinary general meeting IfTeu'oh, Ltd., was held on March 20 at f, Rubber Growers’ Association, 2-4, E Eaatcheap, E.C., Sir Ernest W. f,| kc.M.G. (the chairman), presiding. ThV representative of the Secretaries I Messrs Sime Darby and Co., Ltd.) havL
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    • 842 2 The seventh ordinary general meeting ■f the shareholders of the Buk.t Da rah Selangor) Rubber Co., Ltd., was held on March 2S at Colombo. Mr. H. V. Hill (director) presided. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report and accounts, sa
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    • 909 2 AYER PANAS RUBBER. Chairman’ s Comments On Restriction Breakers. The annual general meeting of shareudders of the Ayer Danas Rubber Estate, Ad., was held at the registered office Gresham House, Battery Road, <n Friday Mr. J. M. Sime presided, and the others pre.-mt were Messrs. Lee Pang Seng, J. H.
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    • 724 2 A correspondent sends us the following extract from the Nieuws van den Dag, the leading paper in Batavia With many thanks we received the Annual Report of the Netherlands Indies Rubber Association over 11)22. We have taken out the following from the many
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    • 805 3 'i hr annual inert ini' of the Rcpah Rubber and Tapioc a Fs atrs, Ltd., wan laid 1 at Shanghai on March 22. Mr. Lrodie A. Clarke presiding. Present were Messrs. Ci. (Jrayrigge* and A. .1. Welch, dm *tors, Mr .1. I,. Stewart,
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    • 88 3 V.i Strait- lout out i<*.sp ,i,>ilde .’a 'it* opinion.-, of iis corn pmident orn I o'i t i,ls lioultl lo ,ii m mind that lott 'is nc I in* short.' end t■ > tin* p/int Long i. ml Img epistle are NaM< to l>» rejected or iutiilo.l, rut down.
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    • 581 3 j tii l.ditor of the Straits Times. Sir, .Mr. Arm irong’s remark" at tie* t ng of th Kuala Lumpur D.P.A. in mi r n with tin* nomination for the hair of the Planters’ Association of M.nuyi can hardly Ue allova d to pass trout comment
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    • 604 3 Anjjlo Malay. 71,050 lbs. Allcnby. i:i,2B:> lbs. A lor (Jajah. 0,700 lbs. Au-tralasia. —7.1 tin lbs. Ayer Panas.- 20,500 lbs. Ampat (Sumatra I. 1.x.77.'! lbs. Alma. la.0(io lbs. r Tawah. 2. r »,2*21) lbs. liintan. 10,104 lbs. Mal.u'ownie. FDD, it Kubu. 10,000 lhs. Rukit Kajany. 40,.‘107 lbs.
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    • 713 3 Messrs. Guthrie and Co. report Singapore, April 12. The March export figures have had a depressing effect on the market and the tone is weak and uncertain. Operators me faced with the fact that Malayan shipments for the first quarter of t
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    • 2260 4 V lii'C- was commenced before Mr. ',j j Uarrctt-Lennard in the Supreme Tuesday, in which Mr. George •rret-n claims from Mr. Cheong Chin as damages alleged to have Sustained by plaintiff thought the V.tuiant’s breach of contract of sale of ..t quarterly
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    • 575 4 Manchester N. Borneo. —Divd. 5 P-e. Golden Hope.— Divd. five p.-. Net profit for 15)22. 1*5,073, an<l proposed carry forwurd £4.5)22. Seafield. Profit for 11)22 £27,8.>7, divd. five p.c., write off 1.000 depreciation, to taxation reserve £2,500, forward 1':>,357. Crop 1,081,782 lbs., and
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    • 545 4 The tenth annual ordinary general meeting of the South I'crak Rubber Syndicate, Limited, was held on March 15, at 59, Eastcheap, E.C. Mr. M. Sidney Parry (the chairman) presided, and, in moving the adoption of the report and accounts, said that he thought
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    • 513 5 '1 h«* seventeenth annual oidinnry gene i.il met ting of t tie Rihu Rubber Co., Ltd., was Ik Id on April at Colombo. Mr. |)avid Scott, Director, presided, and Mr. 11. Hopwood represented the Agents and Secretaries. Tin < hairinaii, in
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    • 191 5 Tin* eleventh report and statement of audited accounts of the Chemor (lilted Rubber Co., I,td., for tile yea I ended hcccmhcr 111, 11*2-, states that the ruhher harvested for tin 1 year amounted to lhs M compared with 271,<>.'»<» lbs. last year. The estimated crop
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    • 144 5 Messrs. A. R. Burk ill and Sons, Shanghai, general manneds of the Consolidated Rubber Instates (lull), Ltd., announce thit the profit for the year amounted to Tls. 52,208.00, which added to the imnunt of.Tl 40,418.48 brought forward from la v t year’- account, makes a total of
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    • 541 5 The directors of the .leruin Kuantun Rehher Estate, Ltd., in their report for the tw he months ended December 1, D-4 o \fter making due provision for depreciat on the account: show a loss on the yeai’s working of $29,550.01 (subject
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    • 141 5 Ihe following li truces are supplied by he officers in charge of restriction in the In federated States. Rubber which passed through the Customs in March. Johorc HI tons, Kedah 1,154.1 tons, Kelantan tons, I rengganu 50. H tons, a total of 4,(mK.4 tons. The figures for
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    • RUBBER SHARE PRICES.
      • 372 5 Stock P* r Exchange /alue. Company. Pricaa. I'l Anglo-Malay 23/9 £1 Ayer Kuning 40/ i! Uakap Plantations 17/0 ll Banteng (Selangor) 28/9 k’l liatu Caves 20/ il liatu Tiga 33/1) •J- Kertam Consol. 4/11 t l Uiilor Estates 37/0 2/ lirooklands 3/10H t'l Bukit
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      • 741 5 Capital Issue Closing Prices. Paid Up Value Dividend! Fraser Lyell i Company Co. Evstt. 1 AllenbyNew ($1) 1.00 1.13 1.15 1.25 120,000 1 nil year 30-9-21 Alor Gajah (.$1) 1.15 1.30 1.25 1.35 040,414 2 5 p.c. for year 30-6-20 ..Ant. Malay ($2) 2.20
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    • 136 7 WEARNE BROS. Ltd ENGINEERS BOAT BUILDERS 20 H.P. 'r, V i Ford Marine Engines i Complete with PropeOor, Shaft and Coupling, Water and Oil Pumps and Reverse gear. $1,000 -a fHt < t 9 jk, > Gray Marine Engines with PropelKor, Shaft and Couplings, Salt water outfit. Oil pump, Magneto,
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