The Straits Budget, 29 June 1923

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    30 1 The Straits Budget VOL. LXXVII No. 3411 Singapore, Friday June 29, 1923 BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES ESTABLISHED OVER THREE QUARTER OF A CENTURY. Price 25 cents.
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    CONTENTS.
    311 1 leaders— Mount Etna 12 Straits Trailers 12 The Restriction Hill 12*13 Bankrupt Germany IB ir 'latt\e Council .v IB Mystification IB-14 General Local and Personal 1-2 Malay States Information Agency 2 Reuter’s Service B-G Municipal Commission 6 The Council 9-10 Sactrdotal Jubilee 10 Lord NorthclUTe's Tour 11 Ex-Services' Association
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    LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
    3613 1 1 1 ■Pm on*' fJ 1 i S. a l* 0 t(> tke Sumatra J bo«J, ,h **y*. the .Chi"®**tensity rSv c re ,s increasing in iniT'iod/ h'ivi» ,n n 8 u stl °ps stocking Japanese The Chief pr, reared with tar. »'o has been f thc
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    Singapore Tramways. Proposals of Shanghai Electric Company.
    531 2 At th < L seventeenth annual general m„mg of the Shanghai Electric Construe*;/ Co., Ltd., held at Basildon House M00r,,.? London, E.C., on May 50, Sir A RS Dent, K.C.M.G., (chairman of the C J? pany) presiding, in the course of T’ address,
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    Defaulting Cashier Sentenced.
    139 2 In the Third Police Court, last Friday. Mr. Gourlay sentenced Peck Cheng Bong, head cashier of the Straits Times Press, Ltd., who had surrendered to the police, to three months’ rigorous imprisonment for misappropriating an amount of s>*'• representing three bill's paid to him. He was also
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    Malay States Information Agency.
    112 2 The number of lantern lectures given m 'he United Kingdom in the first quart'f :>f the current year, for which slides v, ‘ic supplied to the lecturers by the Ma •>.' States Information Agency, amounted 44 and the estimated attendance at tlm lectures to 8,400 people.
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  • FRIDAY’S TELEGRAMS
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      British Naval Pay. Select Committee Recommend Reduction.
      125 3 Reuter’s Service London, June 21. Although the personnel of the navy has n reduced by 60,000 since 1913, the cremate pay has increased by over five millions. This emerges in the report of l select committee on the Navy estinU,‘, w hich recommends
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      Tyrannical Prohibition.
      82 3 London, June 22. Washington After a conference between Mr. Mellon and Mr. Hughes the former announced that it had been decided to seize all ship’s liquor brought into American waters even though on board foreign ships under seal of foreign governments. The collector of customs. New York, has
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      America and Russia.
      98 3 London. June 21. Now York It is reported that three American schooners have been detained at East C pe. Siberia and the crews arrested on a charge of violating Russian trading laws. London, June 21. New York The Phoenix Trading Co., Tacoma, the owners of one of
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      League of Nations.
      58 3 London, June 22. Geneva The League of Nations announces that the governing commission of tlu Sarre territory at a meeting on the lMh itist abrogated the ordinance for maintenance of order passed on March 7, the provisions of which were subsequently much criticised in the British House
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      Foreigners in China.
      60 3 London, June 21. Ihe Daily Telegraph’s diplomatic coric.'pnn<lcnt understands that the Europcan, American and Japanese Governnients, acting on British initiative, are out to frame for presentation to Peking <• ■'•cries of most energetic demands for e protection of the foreign colonies in mu. He suggests that they
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      Trying Again.
      42 3 London, June 21. The Evening Post under- s Sir Thomas Lipton has cantur ft Shanir V to attempt to It i« 1 i le American Cup next summer. evennf C rst > o,l that she will be a e\enty-hve foot sloop.
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      Cable Company Profits.
      37 3 London, June 21. Chinf L a stc,n Extension Australasia and interim *l] e^J* a Ph Co., Ltd., announce an fiv c sliiir lV,^tm 01 quarter of C sh 'H>ngs per share, free of tax.
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      Indian Sedition.
      46 3 s London, June 21. "udor, 4 1 an .Li Singh, a prominent a' l La not ic-a I Baba Akali Sikhs, Ih.s a,rt s, 0, l Patiala state, being 'irnm!!! 11 V f a revolver. The Punjab n^at 'h considerable import--1 10 toe capture.
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      Etna Eruption.
      66 3 London, June 21. Rome The village overwhelmed by the lava stream was Catena, not Catania. London, June 21. Catania The velocity of the lava flow has undoubtedly diminished in the region of the eruption and minor earthquakes are less frequent and violent. The atmosphere continues most depressing; full
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      Armaments.
      64 3 London, June 21. Washington Mr. Denby favours negotiations and possibly another armament conference for the purpose of clearing up the difficulties arising from the VVashington treaties, notably the question of elevating battleships’ guns in order to increase the range, but it is understood that Mr. Hughes is loath to
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      Heat Wave in America.
      62 3 London, June 21. Mony have been suffering from heat prostration in Chicago since Monday. Hundreds are prostrated in New York where five were dying in hospitals last night. Many deaths, including suicides by drowning, arc reported elsewhere in the United States. Thousands arc sleeping in the
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      Banque Industrielle.
      57 3 London, June 21. Paris At the Banque Industrielle de Chine hearing, the expert, M. Doyen, declared that a supplementary enquiry had confirmed the irregularity of the Chinese Government’s subscription towards the increase in the Banque’s capital in l'J20, because the quarter of the total subscription was not fully
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      The S.S. Trevessa.
      61 3 London, June 21. Perth. Western Australia The steamer Trevean has wirelessed ‘‘Afraid further si arch useless. There is not much hope of finding the Trevessa’s boats as a gale is blowing.” [The Trevessa's crew took to the boats 500 miles from Amsterdam Island in the Indian Ocean,
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      President Harding.
      43 3 London, June 21. Washington President Harding, accompanied by Mrs. Harding and the Secretaries for Agriculture, Interior and Commerce, has left for a two months’ tour. He will visit among other places Alaska, British Columbia and Panama. The programme includes nineteen speeches.
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      The Ruhr.
      45 3 London, June 21. Paris A message from Duesseldorf states that, contrary to the German press assertions, the population of Essen, Bochum and Dortmund continue to receive their usual food supplies. As many as 378 trucks of foodstuffs entered the Ruhr on June ID.
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      Viceroy of India.
      41 3 London, June 21. Several papers publish a report that the Government is contemplating inviting the Duke of Devonshire to succeed Vi.-count Reading in the Viceroyalty of India and is offering Mr. Austen Chamberlain the Secretaryship for the Colonics.
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      Help for the Suffering.
      35 3 London, June 21. New York Mr. Rockefeller has distributed $17)0,000 to fifteen hospitals and other institutions in the United States and Canada for the furtherance of the insulin treatment for diabetes.
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      Dutch Aviation.
      34 3 London, 'June 21. A Hague message states that tm* Second Chamber has accepted the bill under which the Royal Duteh Air Ser vice will receive £120,000 annually foi three years without interest.
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  • SATURDAY’S TELEGRAMS
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      President Harding. Speech on the International Court.
      156 3 Reuter’s Service London, June 22. St. Louis President Harding opened his summer speaking tour with a plea for the adherence of the United States to the permanent court of international justice, which he described as the only existing agency of peace to which
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      Post-War Politics.
      214 3 London, June 22. Berlin The newspapers report that iwo Belgian sentries were shot dead and another was seriously wounded yesterday at Marl, near Recklinghausen. The district is being completely isolated. London, June 22. Berlin A French court martial at Werden sentenced five former German security police to imprisonment
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      Mosquitoes and Malaria.
      90 3 London, June 22. A letter to The Times signed by a number of distinguished men including Mr. Asquith, Lord Hardinge, Lord Lansdowne and Professor Richard Strong, of Harvard, on the occasion of the forthcoming twenty-fifth anniversary of Sir Ronald Ross’s epochmaking discovery of ‘he transmission of malaria
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      Missions in China.
      45 3 London, June 22. At the conference of British missionary societies at Swanwick, Mr. Kenneth Maclennan, the secretary, -aid that America is bearing the predominant burden of Christian missions to China, contributing nearly two millions sterling annually thereto compared with £225,000 from Britain.
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      Record Diamond Found.
      41 3 London, .June 22. Kimberley A diamond of a rich \ian<lv shade, weighing 20% carats, des cribed as the largest of its kind ever found, and estimated to be worth I*lo,ooo. ms been found at De Beers’ Wessclton nine.
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      The Mark.
      20 3 i London, .1 uric 21. Marks closed at 010,000. Belgian r iane*s are at 87.15, liri at 101%.
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      British Party Politics.
      238 3 London, June 22. While the rumour that Viscount Reading is relinquishing the Viceroyalty is generally discredited, the papers are busily discussing’ possible Cabinet changes. It is believed that Mr. McKenna’s return to the Treasury is imminent, as Mr. Baldwin particularly wishes for his participation in the reparations
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      Baltic Sea Trade.
      110 3 London, June 22. Gothenburg The annual Baltic-White Sea conference opened yesterday, embracing fifteen nations. The total tonnage entered at the conference represents 1,500,000 tons. Sir Will'am Noble resigned the presidentship, and Mr. Theodore Salvesen was elected. Mr. Salvesen in the course of his opening address pointed out
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      Britain and Russia.
      84 3 London, June 21. A Russian telegraph agency in London has issued a summary of the Soviet Note to Karl Curzon on June 18, in which M. C'hicherin notes with satisfaction that the Hr it ish Government agrees to recognise the* Soviet explanations as sufficient for an agreement
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      Etna Cooling Down.
      52 3 London, June 22. Catania The continued improvement has inspired the conviction that the worst is now over. The lava flow is perceptibly slowing and the eruption is decreasing. Refugees are already requesting permission to return to their homesteads and are courageously planning the struggle for clearing the
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      Rum-Runner Repudiated.
      50 3 London, June 22. The Daily Telegraph’s diplomatic correspondent learns that the schooner Henry L. Marshall does not figure in the British registry, therefore the British Government refuses to interest itself regarding it. [The Henry L. Marshall was seized and forfeited by the American courts as a rum runner.]
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      Prohibition.
      56 3 London, June 22. With regard to the Bercngara it is learned that the British Government in no way challenges tin* authority of the Cnited States officials to break the seals Hid confiscate the liquor, but if the liquor s dumped in the sea by American customs authorities a delicate
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  • MONDAY'S TELEGRAMS
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      PROHIBITION. Excitement at the New York Docks. Casting Liquor Into The Sea.
      765 4 Reuter’s Service London, June 22. New York The Berengaria has arrived with 110 gallons of spirits, 100 bottles of wine and 3,000 bottles of beer. The sealed liquor was not molested by the Customs officials and it is
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      Aviation Fatality.
      119 4 London, June 23. The first aeroplane race for the year, the (Jrosvenor Chsllcnge Cup, a handicap for plants under 150 horse-power, w*as marred by tragedy, the Bristol monoplane containing Major E. L. Foote catching fire and crashing near Chertsey and the pilot being incinerated. Nine started in the
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      Mount Etna.
      140 4 London, June 22. Home A semi-official warning is published against exaggerated reports, together with faked photographs, of the effects of the Etna eruption. On the contrary it declares that although the situation is grave, there has been no loss of and only a few houses and cultivated fields
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      Imperial Economics.
      108 4 London, June 23. ape Town In the Assembly, General Smuts, initiating the discussion on the agenda of the Imperial Economic onference and referring to imperial preference, said Australia and New Zealand were going to press very strongly for a very much stronger measure of preference by Britain to
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      Labour Party’s Bad Year.
      97 4 London, June 22. The Labour Party’s annual report shows that owing to a falling off in receipts from affiliation fees due to the effect of unemployment on trade union membership, also the general election expenditure, outgoings exceeded receipts by L 111,000. There are 700,000 fewer affiliated
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      Record Motor Speed.
      37 4 London, June 23. Copenhagen In the Fanoe motor i ices an Englishman, named Campbell, diving a Sunbeam, made a new world’s record of 219.378 kilometres an hour, compared with the previous record of 214,280.
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      Persian Loan.
      36 4 London, June 2d. Teheran The Mejliss by HO to 2d authorised raising a short term loan of $5,000,000, the interest not to exceed •ight per cent., also negotiation with Americans for a further $515,000,000.
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      GERMAN SITUATION Inquiry About the Stinnes Dealings. Desperate Condition of The Mark.
      482 4 London, June 22. Berlin -Arising from the very unfavourable press comment regarding the activities of Hugo Stinnes’ firm in the foreign exchange market, to which the collapse of the mark through the purchase of foreign currencies is alleged
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      Official Secrets.
      57 4 London, June 2d. The City police raided the Daily Herald offices in consequence of the reproduction »f a photograph of the super-submarine XI and took possession of the photograph and seized unsold copies of the issue in which it was published. They examined lhe staff as regards the
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      Oil for Russia.
      52 4 London, June 23. Paris It is reported from Berlin that the Royal Dutch Company has contract’d with the Soviet Government to supply JOO,OOO tons of oil. The company has also secured a concession for all oii wells for the yaar, the Soviet receiving fifty per cent, of
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      Soviet Reprisal.
      29 4 London, June 2d. Riga The Soviet Government has declared a general boycott of Swiss merchandise and citizens because Switzerland has declined to afford satisfaction for Vorowsky’s assassination.
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      Foreigners in China. Pressing for a Defensive Gendarmerie.
      213 4 London, June 23 The Daily Telegraph’s diplomatic con, spondent raises the question whether Vk evacuation of Wei-hai-wei shouU now K carried as speedily as was ori«r in projected in view of the continwS anarchy and anti-foreign outrages lr London, June 23 The
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      Powers and Turkey.
      151 4 London, June 2:’,. Lausanne A very important private meeting of the Allies and Turks, lasting three and a half hours, this afternoon, reviewed the whole treaty an.i clarified the whole situation. The* Allies reiterated that they would evacuate Turkey only when the other disputed questions were settled.
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      Banque Industrielle Case.
      128 4 London, June 23. Paris At the resumed hearing of the Barque Industrielle de Chine case counsel for the shareholders charged the defendants with bad faith in declaring the dividends of 1019 when the Banque was in great difficulties, notwithstanding the chairman’s statement to the contrary. The Deputy
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      Amundsen.
      47 4 London, June 23. Nome, Alaska It is confirmed that Amundsen damaged his aeroplane during a trial flight. Amundsen is now Proceeding to Seattle. London, June 23. Nome, Alaska Amundsen is at pitsent at Wainwright and will again attempt his trans-Polar flight immediately his aeroplane is repaired.
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      Japan and Russia.
      47 4 London, June 24. Moscow Russo-Japanese discussion' are pending. The questions are print' 1 pally Sakhalin, the resumed basis mutual concessions, and prompt dc jui recognition of the Soviets. It is announced that the area of o ton plantations in Turkestan has con* dorably increased.
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  • TUESDAY’S TELEGRAMS
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      France and Germany. Exposure of Ruhr Republic Scheme.
      382 5 KIUTBR’S SERVICE London, June 25. ,o hl t the Anglo-French reparations at ions are hampered by the delay c Belgian Cabinet reconstruction, ‘.in.r to Paris newspapers a slight aL is of the standpoints of both T resulted from a lengthy conversaon Lord
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      Imperial Trade.
      150 5 London, June 23. Infinite suggestions for fostering Im- trade are made in an interim report of the committee of the Federation of British Industries which has been consider ng the subject for the past six months. The report recommends the abolition of export duties on raw materials in
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      New York Overhead.
      138 5 London, June 25. New York A terrible accident h»s ‘7-/ed on the elevated railway in one tae busiest sections of Brooklyn rough the toppling over of a two-car Hiri. At present it is estimated that (\r t Woro killed and 40 injured. The in ii aP on
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      Prohibition. More Seizures on Board The Liners.
      352 5 London, June 25. in the House of Commons, replying to Viscount Curzon, Mr. Baldwin said the Government saw no ground to protest against the breaking of the seals on liquor in British liners in New York. The British customs seals on dutiable ship’s
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      Seventh Air Congress.
      122 5 London, June 25. The seventh international Air Congress was opened in London this morning by the Prince of Wales. It was attended by Sir S. J. Moure, the Duke of Sutherland and a large and distinguished gathering of the representatives of HI countries, including Franco, Italy, Belgium,
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      Russian Affairs.
      123 5 London, June 25. Moscow’ Signor Piacentini, the New Italian commercial agent, has arrived. M. Herriot and other members of the French commercial mission, here, are actively preparing for participation by French firms in the Nijni Novgorod Fair in August. London, June 25. Riga It is reported from Moscow
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      Banque Industrielle Case.
      42 5 London, June 25. Paris In the Banque de lTndo-Chine •ase, the Deputy Prosecutor asked tha i more severe punishment he inflicted on Jert helot and Pernotte than on the 4her defendants. The hearing was ad /mined until July 5.
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      Shipping Accidents. A Royal Mail Packet on The Rocks.
      168 5 London, June 25. Hamilton, Bermuda The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company’s Caraquet, from Halifax, went on the reefs northward of Bermuda. She is believed to be breaking up. Tugs have gone to take off the passengers. Ixmdon, June 25. Port Said
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      Motor Car Fatality.
      66 5 London, June 25. Denver, Colorado Mr. Sumner Curtis, a well-known newspaper man, representing the Republican National Committee, who is accompanying President Harding on his western tour, was killed instantly owing to his automobile plunging into a creek from a cliff. The chauffeur has died of injuries and
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      Economic Conference.
      61 5 London, June 25. In the House of Commons, replying to Col. Sir J. Norton-Griffiths, Mr. Orm-by Gore said that he would represent at the Imperial Economic Conference that colonies and protectorates, including the smaller islands not proposed to be mandated territories, be separately represented, but if questions affecting
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      Motoring Record.
      34 5 London, June 25. Copcnhagt n Campbell, the Kngl'sh motorist, has made another world’s record, ‘overing mile in 26.14 seconds, a rate of 137 miles an hour. The old record was •'7 .ST.
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      Dutch Indies Loan.
      35 5 London, June 25. Dealings commenced in the Dutch Indian loan at one half per cent, discount and later at I x k per cent. The loan finished at one per cent, discount.
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      Mr. Ochida.
      11 5 London, June 25. Constantinople Mustapha Kemal received Mr. Ochida.
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      Various.
      152 5 London, June 23. Washington Sir Auckland Geddes and Mr. Hughes have signed the convention extending for five years the AngloAmerican arbitration treaty of 1908. London, June 23. Berlin The death has occurred of the Russian General Kurloff, head of the secret police under the Tsarist regime. London, June 23.
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  • WEDNESDAY’S TELEGRAMS
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      British Air Forces. Home Defence to be Provided For.
      257 5 liKl ifcU’S SKltVii K London, June 2d. In the House of Commons, Mr. Baldwin announced that the (iovernment had deemed that m addition k j meeting the essential air power require mints of the Navy and Army, and Indian and Oversea
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      Labour and Communism.
      138 5 London, June 20. The annual Labour Purty Conference, which opened at the Queen's Hall, was attends*! by the record number of UOO delegates. Mr. Sydney Webb presided. A feature of the discussion, which resulted in rejection of the Communist party’s application for affiliation, which was opposed by
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      Foreigners and China.
      55 5 London, June 2d. The Daily Telegraph’s diplomatic correspondent gathers that the Washington Government and the American banking circles concermd are likely to express an early general concurrence with the proposals of the British representatives of the Four-power financial consortium in China, regarding measures for the consolidation of
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      The Tokio Loan.
      70 5 London, June 26. The £3,000,000 six per cent, bonds of the Tokio Electric Light Company being issued to-morrow at 04, repayable by 1048, form the first Japanese industrial emission offered to the public of Britain. The Times points out that the company has never failed to pay
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      Terrible School Calamity.
      42 5 London, Juno 2(5. Calcutta At least .'5(5 boys, aged 2 to 1H, were killed by the partial collapse of the Mohammedan Boys Orphanage in the heart of Calcutta, containing 229 boys, seventeen of whom are at present unaccounted for.
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      Irish Sedition.
      32 5 London, June 26. Sydney The Irish Republicans, )’K«»lly and Father O’Flanagan, were lircharged on the sedition charge, but ttVe Iff'H ordered to lie d'*po**tod. Mean•vhile, they n main n custody.
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      Germany and Exchange.
      156 6 London, June 27. The German Government’s prohibition of dealings in foreign exchange, ex •< pt in Berlin at the official rate, with a view to discouraging mark speculation, has disorganised the exchange markets. Provincial bourses are strongly protesting, notably Cologne, which is the centre of an extensive
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      Patriarch Tikhon.
      85 6 London, June 27. Moscow The Soviet Foreign Office states that it has received a communication from Tikhon admitting that hi* was actively opposed to the Soviet Government, recognising the justice of the supreme court’s decision in making him responsible for anti-Soviet activity, repenting all his misdemeanours against the
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      Prohibition.
      57 6 Iiondon, Juno 20. New York After a conference between the collector of customs and the prohibitum director it was decided to dump 3,000 quarts of. beer overboard from the liner Paris. The wine ami spirits will for the present be permitted to remain on board. The German liner Bremen
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      Wireless Wonders.
      64 6 Ixmdon, Juno 27. Signor Marconi, speaking at Brentwood, said tin* result of his experiments in Wost Africa with radically new devices hot worn England and the Tropics was that long-distance signalling would bocome more rapid, efficient and economical. lie* anticipated a complete re volution of many of the
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      S.S. Trevessa.
      50 6 London, June 2d. Durban The captain of the *t av:er Barra I ml, who was searching for the Trcvcssa, has arrived and roper* rd i r:t only one boat was found. Me* considered that the Trevessa's cargo of pig-iron had started the* plates and ca..sed her to founder.
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      Cotton Trade.
      36 6 London, June 2d. The Master Cotton Spinners Federation, Manchester, has decided that the spinning of American cotton shall continue with work on half time during July and August, in addition to ten days’ holiday.
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      China House Frauds.
      34 6 London. June 20 The Court of Appeal has refused to grant Knever and Haynes leave to appeal against their convictions. [The accused were sentenced in connection with the China House frauds.]
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      Rhine Republic Story.
      29 6 London, June 2d. Paris Another official denial of the Observer's story with regard to Dorten Hiys that the* latter was never subsidised by the French Government.
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      Wise and Generous.
      42 6 London, June 27. Ottawa On the motion of the* Prime* Minister, the* House e>f Commons, voted Banting, discoverer e*f the* insulin tr<»ntme nt of diabetes, a pension of $70,000 to enable him to devote his life* to medicnl research.
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  • THURSDAY’S TELEGRAMS
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      Trevessa Boat Arrives. Survivors Twenty-Three Days Afloat.
      273 6 Kh imcs Si;k v m London, June 27. There has been a dramatic deyelopr:u nt iti connection with the missing nmer Trevessa. The wife of the Trevc‘ a’s captain, Cecil Foster, living at Puny, received a cable from Rodriguez Island yesterday, stating, “Arrived
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      British Engines for Japan.
      91 6 London, June 27. Reuter’s Agency is informed that the contract for the turbine engines for the large destroyer being built in Japan by the Uraga Dock Company has been placed with Vickers. The group of turbines, which will he of 30.000 shaft horsepower, will be Metropolitan
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      Foreigners in China.
      67 6 London, June 27. The Daily Telegraph’s diplomatic correspondent says several European powers have already notified London of their approval of the proposals for the better protection of foreigners in China. Th° State Department at Washington, where the matter is still being considered, may suggest amendments tending to
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      Servian Crime.
      51 6 London, June 27. Belgrade Four shots were fired at the Premier, M. Pasitch, as he was leaving the Skupstina in a motor car. M. Pasitch ducked and was slightly hit on the left bal’d. His assailant, a man named Kaitch, who i.< believed to !>«• a lunutic, has
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      Treaty of Versailles.
      30 6 London, June 27. The Hague: The Senate has adopted a bill embodying Holland’s adhesion to the articles in the Treaty of Versailles respecting navigation of the Rhine.
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      French Royalists.
      47 6 London, June 27. Maurras, director of the Royalist newspaper Action Francais, has been sentenced to four months’ imprisonment, on a charge of complicity in street attacks by members of the Camelots du Roi on political opponents. Thr<> others weiH* sentenced to three months’ imprisonment each.
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      United States’ Air Force.
      50 6 liondon, June 27. Washington: It is officially stated that ho 1 niti*d States do not contemplate a ■Teat increase in the air force, preferrng to continue pioneer work with new 'vpos of aircraft rather than attempting. d» r present conditions, to maintain quality with other nationn.
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      British Air Defence.
      261 6 London, July 27. The fact that all parties are beginning to awaken to the grave risks of the posi tion as regards the air is exemplified b? the comments this morning on the an nouncement of the increase in the ai. force. Papers of every shade of
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      Prohibition.
      75 6 London, June 27. Honolulu The American customs officials have seized and removed 2i)2 quarts of liquor from the liner Korea Maru. This is the first Japanese vessel arriving since the ship liquor rules became effective. London, June 2K. Washington A conference of prohibition Treasury officials virtually agreed to fix
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      Fatal Cyclone.
      59 6 London, June 27. New York A cyclonic storm struck New ork last night breaking up the heat wave. Four were killed and many injured and a number of houses wendemolished. During the storm lightning struck and stunned u group of variety artistes bathing at Long Beach, killing the
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      Queen Wilhelmina.
      48 6 London, June 27. The Queen of the Netherlands, and the Prince Consort and Princess Juliana, who are travel 1 ng incognito, were welcomed by Their Majesties at Victoria Station en route for Rydal Hall at Ambleside (in the Lake District), where they will spend some weeks.
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      The Ruhr.
      61 6 London, June 27. Paris A message from Duesseldorf states that the Belgian authorities have arrested a party of Germans disguised as Belgian soldiers, who, it is alleged, ha\e committed numerous outrages. London, June 27. Berlin Three Germans were shot dead and three wounded at Buer. Thev were walking
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      New Bishop.
      29 6 London, June 27. The Archbishop of Canterbury has appointed the Venerable Archdeacon John Holden to be Bishop of K.wangsi and and Hunan in succession to Bishop Banister.
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      Various.
      49 6 London, June 27. The grand jury at the Central Criminal Court retm-ned a true bill in the case of rl en s°ven others on charges of seditious conspiracy. London, June 27. "K Electric Light issue of 000.000 has been subscribed and the fts closed at ten this morning.
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      MUNICIPAL COMMISSION. Action Taken at Committee Meeting.
      352 6 Action taken at a meeting of committee No. 0. held on June 22, included Acting Allowances.—Decided ir t to unend the rules for acting allowances out to luy down the general principle for adoption in the larger departments th t the senior staff
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      TECHNICAL ASSAULT. Nominal Fine for European Warder.
      189 6 The adjourned ca«e in which M* T. J. Dunning, a Furnnean warder at Singapore ■mol. was charged with using criminal against a Chinese bnv can e up in the First Police Court on Wednesday. Mr Shelley Thompson, for the defence, •a’d that considerable
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      Supreme Court.
      172 6 In granting an applicat’on in the Supreme Court yesterday that the case of the Oversea Chinese Bank versus t'hop Bian Hin be struck out, a settlement having been arranged, Mr. Justice Bari ett-Lcnnard remarked that it was •t»st as well the case had been settl'd, because there was
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    Sporting News and Notes. SELANGOR RACES. Successful Termination of The Meeting.
    947 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 21. Fine weather prevailed for to-day’s' goimr The results were as follows t na nK Stakes (6 furlongs). q.i.j of War (Brown) 7.10 I it,u Regarde (Logue) 9.6 2 Tile Quest (Glennon)
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    An Unlimited Sweep.
    32 7 The Penang Turf Chib is arranging a non-selling, unlimited sweep on race 4 on Saturday, August 4, the club’s autumn meeting. Tickets, $5 each, are available to members only.
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    Java Racing.
    54 7 (Aneta’s Service.) Weltevreden, June 21. On the occasion of Queen Wilhelmina’s jubilee, September 1 and 2, there will be extra races at Batavia, and the money prizes are being raised by 20 to 25 per cent. The chief event will be the race for the Gold Cup, one
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    The Grand Prix.
    26 7 [Reuter’s Service.] London, June 24. Paris The Grand Prix result was 1. Filibert de Savoie. 2. Checkmate. 3. Le Capucin. 4. Grand Guignol.
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    Irish Derby.
    54 7 [Reuter’s Service.] London, June 26. The following was the result of the Irish Derby run at Curragh. 1 Derby. 2 Waygood. 3 Soldumen. 4 Greek Bachelor. Won by four lengths, three lengths between second and third. Fifteen ran. Betting, 6 to 1 Derby, 5 to 2 Waygood, 8
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    Singapore Ladies Rifle Association.
    90 7 Eight cards were taken out for the Singapore Ladies Rifle Association monthly spoon shoot held on June 21. The following scores were returned yds. score, h’ep. Mrs. Stanley Dunn 300 24 .93 34.2.5 200 22 .93 34.09 100 26 .93 34.37 Mrs. Brooke 300 22 .93
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    LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
    1147 7 Points for S. C. C. from S. R. C. The S.C.C. were the superior side in the league match on ihe padang, last Friday, ivuu their 2- i win ai the expense of the S.R.C. was deserved. The S.R.C. were good losers, and had a considerable amount of
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    County Cricket.
    530 7 [Reuter's Service. J London, June 21. At Blackpool Lancashire defeated Glamorgan by un innings and 220 runs. For the winners Makepeace scored 79 and E. Ty Idea ley 125, Parkin captured seven wieketsi for 54 and eight for 41. At Nottingham Notts defeated Northamptonshire by an innings and
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    Malayan XI at Home.
    113 8 Mr. O. I’. Grifilth-Jones, who has just returned from leave, announces that a Malayan cricket team is being formed at home, composed of former residents and men on leave, and it is Imped to make it permanent. Matches have already been arranged this season w.th such
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    TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS.
    330 8 of Singapore Tournament. Tin* Singapore Lawn tennis Asc legation is inviting entries for the championships, singles an I doubles, and play is to begin on July 5. This will he the third year the championships have lat a held, and it will bt remembered that on :h** two
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    Y. M. C. A. Tennis.
    27 8 The Doubles Championship was woa on Monday by It. Smith and C. Smith beating F. Ruchwaldy and A. van Cuylenberg, 6—2, 6—4.
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    Davis Cup Competition.
    36 8 [RruUr’s S<rviiT.| London, June 23. Dublin In the second round of the Davis cup competition France defeated Ireland, winning three out of the first four matches. France plays Switzerland in the European semi-final.
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    Home Tennis.
    365 8 [Reutcr'H Service. London, June 25. At Wimbledon the lawn tennis championships opened in dismal weather. Play was timed to start at two o’clock, and thousands, many of whom were present before ten in the morning, waited in pouring rain until five, when the first of four international centre
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    London Tennis Championship.
    39 8 [Reuter's Service.] London, June 22. In the London tennis championships •it Oue* n’s Cluli in the semi-finals S. M. Jacob beat the American Hunter, 6—4, I —(j—2, and the American Richards beat Greig 2—6, 6—o, 6—3.
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    Home Golf.
    186 8 [tt'Utrr’s Si*rvici*.J l.ond &gt;7i, J une 22. At Gleneagles m the third round of the thousand guineas golf tournament, Si vniour, West Essex, beat Kirkwood by uni* hole. Havers heat Twine, Shooters H 1 1, 3 and 1; McNeill heat Lockhart, of Gleneagles, 8 and 7 Hall heat
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    THE SWIMMING CLUB.
    486 8 Welcome to Ladies on Sunday j There is good prospect of a change in the existing order of things at the Singapore Swimming Club. For thirty years, 'hi fine .‘porting institution has had an ut t ading rule that on Sunday, which is the day of the
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    YACHTING.
    386 8 hollowing are details of Sunday’s events at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club Fourteen boats enjoyed a fine morning’s spui't in the race for Mr. K.nowles trophy. The start was a splendid one and the boats, with spinnakers a et, made good times to the first mara olF Tanjong Rhu.
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    LOCAL BOXING.
    182 8 Boy Walley Wins Again. Boy Walley scored another decisive win in the main event at the Manila Show* last Friday, thoroughly confirming the good opinion previously formed of him. Opposed to Stanley Perreau he was giving away height, weight and reach and meeting a man of fair experience.
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    Red Warren beats J. Perreau.
    313 8 The best thing in the programme at the Manila Show on Tuesday proved to be the main event, a six rounder between Red Warren and Johnny Perreau. The two had been anxious to meet for a long time, and it promised to be a stiff
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    Manila Boxers for Singapore.
    121 8 Mr. J. M. Bowen, the boxing promoter who is putting on contests at the Manila Show, received a wire yesterday stating that four good Manila boys are leaving for Singapore on the 2nd prox. and will be here at' the end of next week to engage
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    Boxing at Penang.
    422 8 An interesting series of boxing bouts n which, with one exception, the men of 11. M. S. Diomede and H. M. S. Magnolia figured, drew a large crowd to the Esplanade, on Monday, says the Pinang Gazette. Each bout was keen and fairly evenly contested and the
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    Beckett-Carpentier Postponement.
    83 8 [Renter’s Service.] London, June 2d. Beckett has rejected the suggested new date of July 26 for his contest wi&gt; Carpentier and refused to meet Carp" l tier on any date until his hand is sound. Carpentier has also consulted 11 Herbert Barker with respect to tm\ juries co
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    Sacerdotal Jubilee.
    237 10 Celebrations of the sacerdotal jubilee -f the Rev. Fr. P. Kuaudel, Vicar of the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, were commenced on Tuesday. A long programm has been arranged. St. Joseph's Old Boys' Association, the Catholic Club amt the French Convent being mainly re.-pon.-iblc. Mass for the vocation
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    Reduction in Passage Rates.
    61 10 Messrs. Paterson, Simons and Co. advise having received l the following t"!'&gt;gr m from the head ofTire rf 41 Idoyd Triestino S. N. Co. in the Kar Isest Head Office telegraph as foi!«&gt;\v Rtimice the passage rates to Italian p immediately from Japan £7 fi sterling
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    Lord Northcliffe’s Tour. Some of His Singapore Impressions.
    1238 11 m tourney Round the World is the f the diary of the late Lord North*j l J* °Viiich has just been published by c U, l\Jley Head. It was written in the it oild moments, on every day 5, wt oU r,
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    EX-SERVICES’ ASSOCIATION. War Service and Colonial Leave From Malaya.
    319 11 The issue of Truth for May 30 contains the following One of the penalties that are incurred by men who fight for their country is revealed in some correspondence between the Ex-Services’ Association of Malaya and the Secretary for the Colonies.
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    Alleged Gang Robbery.
    75 11 A gang robbery an&lt;l a robbery, both of which took place in Jurong Road, were mentioned in the police court on Tuesday l y Inspector Clifton, who asked for an adjournment, stating that, there wa- a probabil’ty of both charges proving to b&lt; false, and that the
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    PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION. The Plague Situation in Kuala Lumpur.
    1298 11 The following minutes of a meeting of the committee for Public Health Education heui in the Council Chamber, Govern* mcnt bfiices, Kuala Lumpur, on June 14, art* officially supplied.— Present.—Dr. K. Dowden, (P.M.O., F.M.S.) chairman, Dr. A. K. Wellington, iS.h.O., F.M.S.)
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    Dungun, Limited.
    116 11 The directors of Dungun, Ltd., in their ninth annual report, und statement of accounts as at February 28, state Accounts.—These show a profit of ?lfi, 1.‘14.20. Sub-lease.—No mining operations were carried on during the year under review owing to the low price of wolfram. The sub lease terminated
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    Street Accidents in the Straits.
    115 11 From the report of the acting In-spector-Ceneral of the Police. Straits Settlements, in 1922 there were :52s street accidents last year as compared with 221 n 1921. In Singapore 29 persons were killed by motor vehicles and 245 injured, n Penang the figures wort* 2
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      MOUNT ETNA.
      1168 12 ti;y: tnrious and tc*rriblo.—Straits Time?, •I»irn* 22. The amazing part of the phenomena produced by the eruption of Mount Etna is that loss of life has been so small. The people living in close proximity to the mountain seem to have* taken warning from the internal rumblings, and
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      STRAITS TRADERS.
      1111 12 —Straits Times, June 2:?. The report of the Straits Trading Company for the half year ended March 31, 1112.3, ought to be very satisfactory to shareholders. It should also prick the consciences of sundry persons who were active in the overthrow of Mr. W. F. Nutt. That gentleman
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      THE RESTRICTION BILL.
      1133 12 Straits Times. June 2. r In reading through the Draft Restriction Bill, which came before t h! Legislative Council this morning seem to see two influences at work Th first is the influence of men who h- been in actual contact with the adm n tion since
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      BANKRUPT GERMANY.
      1082 13 .—Straits Times, June 26. There are few signs of the European situation improving. The leading French journal declares that it is useless to dis-cu.-s rcnarat’on payments until a remedy is found for the German currency catastrophe. ar.d that is about the soundest th i c we have heard
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      LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
      1094 13 Straits Tinu*s, Jani‘ ‘.'7. The chief business at the Legislative Council meeting was undoubtedly the passing of the Restriction Ordinance, and we regret to see that the Governor made no effort to put the measure on a sound basis. As we anticipated, the Chamber of Commerce Free Port
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      MYSTIFICATION.
      1008 13 —Straits Times, June 28. ,We are indebted to a French friend for a copy of that very remarkable book “The Mystification of the Allied Peoples,” by M. Andre Cheradame, a distinguished French Journalist. This writer is no mean observer. Some months before war, after touring Germany, he warned friends
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    Murder in Target Road.
    104 14 A Macao vegetable planter, living in Target Road, was murdered at 9 a.m. on Monday. The fatal wounds were caused by blows on the head with a piece of wood. An arrest has been made, but no other particulars are available. The deceased was caught by
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    Fresh Milk Supply. Australian Dairies For Malaya.
    830 14 Chic ol the objects which the Australian Trade Commissioner in Malaya has wow i.&gt; uu* c iuu*».t*uucnt of a lre.ii suppi* m toe principal towns ot ,ne country. 1 lie lust venture of this ..did, loan tied through the instrumentality ol 1 4
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    A CHETTY’S APPLICATION. Serious Allegation in Supreme Court.
    842 14 Application was made in the Supreme Court on Tuesday before Mr. Justice Bar-rctt-Lennard, that the action It. S. Veerappa Che tty versus M. K. Suratee might be adjourned until certain criminal proceedings in which the Chetty is charged with forging a promissory
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    STRAITS TRADING COMPANY. Half-Yearly Report of the Board Of Directors.
    278 14 The report of the Directors of he Straits Trading Company, Limited f OP the half year ended March 31, 0 presumed at the meeting on June •&gt;&lt;*» states After writing off depreciation and mak ing provision for bad and doubtful
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    New Girls' School for Malacca.
    323 14 A correspondent at Malacca at writes as follow The Methodist Mission, Malacca, has acquired a valuable site at Kanipong Maiayu for the erection of an up-to-date commodious and spacious school for girls and one or two hostels. The work of clearing, filling up, and levelling
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    Roselle Growing.
    173 14 Some time ago the growing of Roselle (the berries of which are good for making jams and jellies) said to yield a fibre which has been very favourably reported on from home, and said to be better than the best Bengal Jute, was widely discussed. It is pleasing
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      222 14 Property Sale. The following Singapore properties were sold by auction by Messrs, Cheong Koon Seng and Co., at their saleroom, do Chulia Street on June 111 and 20 999 years’ leasehold land and hou-;e 70-H A nib Street, area 421 sq. ft. bought by Mr. Syed Ksah al Hadad for
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    CORRESPONDENCE.
    111 15 Tinea i9 not retponaible for rat* o f correspondents. Correh« I should bear in mind that letters short and to the point. Long »u.*t .pstles are liable to be rejected or t .,)b mg v i down t. must utl 1 aS their names, not necessarily for nc tion
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    Ignorance and Education.
    316 15 (i tK Editor of the Straits Times. wi*h to thunk you on behalf of ,h„,v who have the best interests of Suction heart for your leader of r, hi entitled Ignorance. .U hit the r.a.l on the head many i. iin course of the article, more y
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    Post-War Germany.
    1204 15 To the Eii »or &lt;«f the Straits Times. *li&lt; ln-t sent* nee of your leader l’o&lt;t-\Var Germany” you state i&gt; met e lolly to neat ilu* subJ‘ t v.vk* mainly political. L is nii os t wholly economic” I think that 1 ".vs the difference in tl:i point
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    Kinta Tin Dredging Co.
    361 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Your correspondent “Engineer” lefers, in your issue of Saturday, to the matter of silence on the part of the exai ining engineers on the important quesi ion of bedrock. He refers also to the interesting question of tin*
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    The Swimming Club.
    343 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —If I may crave a little of your -p ie, what’s the matter with the Swim- Jig Club V There is no catch, the answer is that, like Johnny Walker, it is going strong. Members’ wives haven’t complained bitterly—don’t
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    A Motor Smash.
    341 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Last night at about 9.30 p.m. while I and my brother-in-law were reading up- 1 stairs, we heard a big smash in the road followed by great yells from people outside. On coming down we saw two motor-cars and
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    Maligned Singapore.
    526 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Singapore has of late acquired a certain amount of publicity—and I might add—some notoriety also. It has been referred to by some members of the House of Parliament as an immoral and pestilential cesspool One can only regret that so
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    DOUBLE MURDER. Shocking Affair Near East Coast Road.
    135 15 A rubber plantation situated at the sixth ntili* on the ('oast lioad was the scene of a double murder on the evening of Saturday, June 23. The dead bodies of two Chinese, and a third man who was seriously injured, were found
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    TRENGGANU. High Commissioner Visits Sultan. Picturesque Ceremonies at The Port.
    919 16 On the morning of June 18, His Excellency Sir Laurence Guillemard, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., High Commissioner for the Malay States, visited Trengganu for the purpose of conferring an Honorary Knight Command rship of tin* Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
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    THEATRICAL TOURS. Risks of Relying on Fickle Public.
    284 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 22. Mr. Justice Sproule in the Supreme Court, has concluded the hearing of the action in which Mr. Thomas Fenwick sued Mr. Edgar Warwick for $2,282 for alleged breach of contract in giving notice to piamtitr
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    Singapore's New Chimney.
    157 16 Considerable interest has been aroused in the new chimney stack now being built for the Municipal Commissioners at the Kailang Gas Works. This chimney is to replace the existing stack, which has suffered severely from settlement of the sub-soil. It will rise over 100 feet above ground
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    Singapore Mortality Statistics.
    153 16 The Municipal health statement for the week ending June lfi, gives the total number of deaths as 240 representing a death rate of .‘14.25 per mi He per annum compared with 29.10 in the preceding week and with 29.08 in the corresponding week of last year. The
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    Johore State. The Possibilities of Coal And Oil.
    949 16 Included in the annual report of Mr. E. S. Willbourn, act.ng Geologist, F.M.S., js a summary of the report of Mr. G. It. Fulton, who continued the survey of johore last year and who writes Owing to the large part played in
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    THE LATE REV. Y. S. YESUDIAN. His Sudden End in Church Vestry.
    364 16 The news of the sudden death of th»* Rev. V S. Yesudian, B. A., the Tamil i astor of St. George s Church, caus«c Meat grief among the members of the Tamil l hristian community particularly ami will
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    Death of Mr. John Turner.
    223 16 News has been received of the death, at Edinburgh of Mr. John Turner, a welknown former resident of the Straits. wa«. born at Keith. Scotland, in H’’*' and completed his education at Ahei'ieer University. In 1873 he emigrated t&lt;/ Demerara where, for 10 years, he
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    Rahman Hydraulic Tin. Proposed Hydro-Electric Working Power.
    2566 17 A n extraordinary general meeting of PaC a a Hydraulic Tin, Ltd., was held n! Viang, on June 16. There were pre';lMl ...Messrs, G. N. Saye (m the V &gt;•) li. J. Cooper, E. *i. Huhord, D. Adamson, L. Hoefeld, J. McNeill, J.
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    CROWN SERVANT'S LIABILITY. Important Case in Court Of Appeal.
    653 17 Then* was an important legal argument tn me Singapore Court of Appeal on Tuesday befoie the Chief Justice (Sir vmker .muw), Air. Justice Brown, and tsm e McCabe iCcay, in regard to by the Attorney-General against, a decision of Mr. Justice
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    EUROPEAN DIES FROM BURNS.
    168 17 (From Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh, June 26. The untimely death has taken place of a young assistant engineer, Mr. Scott Robinson, in Batu Gajah Hospital as the result of burns received in the overturning of a reading lamp. The decea.Hed went to hospital on Thursday, but
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    MALAYAN TRADE. Comparative Statement of Import and Export of Principal Goods.
    717 18 The British Malaya Return of Foreign Imports and Exports for the month ended Mu&gt; 31, l.t-3, i- )■&gt; b&gt; 8 •f Imports and Exports. The following points should be noted On'y articles imported into or exported out of British
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    Alleged Extortion.
    109 18 The adjourned case in which a Malay police corporal (No. 33) is charged with extortion was continued in the First Pol ice Court on Saturday. Mr. Meredith,! Court Inspector, prosecuted for the Crown, and Mr. Drummond appeared for the defence. Evidence for the prosecution was that accused was
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    Army Deserters.
    125 18 Before Mr. A. V. Aston, at Penang on June IH, two British young men, who answered to the names of J. B. Stott and J. E.* Linlay, were charged by Inspector J. Ct. Barrett, of Central Station, with being vagrants', having no visible means of subsistence and unable
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    Eradication of Lalang.
    128 18 An Ipoh message states :—The Agricultural Department is said to possess much evidence to show that the giant mimosa, Mimosa invicta, can kill lalang. and it is proposed to try giant mimosa to destroy lalang on some holdings in North Perak. The experiment will provide valuable information
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    LOCAL SHARE MARKET. Weekly Report of Singapore Firms.
    862 18 Messrs. Fraser and Co.’s weekly rem dated June 27 states ,,url With tin and rubber both on the dull side there is very little to report in th way of business in either section of th* share market, the tendency being ;t
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    The Straits Police. Acting Inspector-General’s Annual Report.
    1745 19 v, r C. Hannigan, in his capacity as iU Inspector-General of Police, S Settlements, has issued an interreport on his department tor the estum 1 yt Vrom it we gather that at the end of ir the force was short of nine 1U
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    PENANG NEWS.
    237 19 (From Our Owu Correspondent.) Penang, June 26. The meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was adjourned for a fortnight for further consideration by the members of the rules for the election of a member to the Legislative Council. Six Chinese were charged before Mr. Aston, the second magistrate,
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    ALLEGED DESERTERS.
    50 19 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 25. Three men. from the Middlesex Regiment. from Tniping, named Allan. Armstrong and Wilson, who had signed on as stewards on the German steamer Adolf von Bayer, were arrested here by the police as deserters. They were handed over to an escort.
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    MALAY RUNS AMOK.
    59 19 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 25. A Malay ran amok at a village near Bukit Mertajam on Friday. He attacked four men with an axe and kilbxl one. The police failed to effect his arrest and used their firearms to disable him. but he was wounded
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    Chinese Students in Great Britain.
    285 19 Under the auspices of the Chinese Association, Mr. Tan Sim Boh delivered a lecture before a larpe and repres ntative audience in the lecture room of the Association on Friday last. The Rev. Goh Hood Kenp presided and in introducinp the lecturer referred to the
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    DEATH OF MR. A. G. BRATTON. Popular Sportsman's Untimely End.
    612 19 We very much regret to announce the death of Mr. Arthur George Bratton, of Mta.-ii s. Gt thrie and Co., Ltd., which occur; ed a. the General Hospital on Tuesday fpneumonia following influenza. The sad news will come as a
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    Case Against D. M. D. Stephen.
    135 19 Mr. Illangakoon, Crown Counsel, applied to Mr. Justice Schneider at Colombo on June 18 for a special jury to try the case in which I). M. D. Stephen, J.P., stands charged, with cheating Messrs E. B. Creasy and Co., in respect of a large
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    The Heat Wave.
    103 19 Tho official records at Randans Kcrbau Hospital show a marked heat wave last week, commencing on Monday, June 18. F rom Monday to Friday the maximum shade temperature was consistently 91 degrees there was a drop to 84 on Saturday, and a rise to HP yesterday. Temperatures
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    SINGAPORE NATURALIST. A Particularly Interesting Publication.
    469 20 The Transactions unci Proceedings of natural hi.'lory .-oeitiuvi an* usually mystifying and exceedingly ‘lull to the lay reader, but the Singapore Natural History Society has manured to make the issues ot the Singapore Naturalist a striking exception to the rule. The fate of sinni
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    The Late Mr. Donald Miller.
    388 20 Tin* funeral of the laic Mr. Donald jVlilltr, took place in Ipnh on June 1U llic Kcv. Mr. W. E. Ilorley held a short service in tie* house at l.ahal Road, and in the eoui. c of liie service nu ntioned leat the deceased nad
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    F. M. S. WAR MEMORIAL. Proposed Unveiling on Armistice Day.
    370 20 The following statement with regard to the F.M.S. War Memorial has been issued by the Secretary to Resident, Selangor On February 9, 1922, a sum of $20,000 was placed at the disposal of tlie British Resident of Selangor, by the
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    A Singapore Aquarium.
    236 20 Attention is called in the new number ef the Singapore Naturalist to the pro-] gress of the local Natural History Society’s scheme for providing Singapore with a public aquarium. It will be remembered, says the magazine, that such an idea has been fostered in certain quarters for
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    JUNE TIN RETURNS.
    48 20 The output of Kamunting Tin Dredging during the half month of June was dredge, 476 piculs. The output of Uhendcriang Tin Dredging during the same period was dredge 170 piculs, trih. 40 piculs, a total of 210 piculs. Kepong Tin.—April and May was piculs 163.19%,
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    “ Darbishire Courtesy.”
    73 20 Darbishire Courtesy.” Ihe following is from a home paper: Commander Eyres-Monsell, in reply to Mr. Darbishiro, said it was not possible o give any date as to when the naval oa/ e at Singapore would be completed. Mr. Darhishire,—May I ask if we can nave a straight answer to a
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    Sensational Arrest. Bank Official’s Alleged Embezzlement.
    51 20 (Aneta’s Service.) WVltevmlen, June 25. The sub-director of the District Bank at Magelang is alleged to have embezzled 250,000 guilders. His arrest caused a sensation and he was conveyed to Semaiang to-day. There was a run on the bank, hut Government is supporting the
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    THE LATE MR. MACKENZIE.
    125 20 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, June 25. The inquest into the circumstances attend'ng the dr-nth &lt;»f Mr. W. Thompson Mackenzie as a result of a collision between his mour cycle and a Ford hiring car, on the Lenggong Road, in upper Perak, was held by the
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    RAVAGE AMONG COCONUTS.
    58 20 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, June 22. A serious outbreak of disease and a pest of red beetles have been found to exist in coconut plantations in the Kinta district. Several small holdings are sufI'ering severely, having the appearance of a fire-swept zone. The ravages of the
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    Penang Fisherman's Find.
    163 20 In April last, a Penang fi-herman made a lucky haul of a pearl of five colours. It is described as being like a marble ball, 1 2/2 inches in circumference and weighing IT carats. At a glance it has a blood co! hue which changes according to
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    BIRTHS
    76 20 CHASh-CURRIKR. On-June 2d, 1923, at the residence of Dr. and Mrs. H. L. Carvalho. Johore Bahru, to Mr. and Mrs. William Chase-Currier of Singapore, a daughter. English papers plense copy. MONK. -At Singapore Maternity Hospital, on June 26, 1923, to Mr. and Mrs. Errol F Monk, a daughter (Joy
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    MARRIAGE
    32 20 10WLKR -KENNER.—On June 27, 1923, at St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore, Arthur Barracliff Fowler, of Tenang Estute, Johore, to Marcia Cicely Fenner, sister of Mr. I). W. Fenner, of Genuang Estate, Johore.
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    Trade and Finance.
    184 20 EXCHANGE. Singapore, June 28. On London, Bank 4 m/s o n Demand 2 /4 Private 3 m. credits o,\ J On New York, Demand Priv-t# 90 d/s On Fiance, Bank On India, Bank T.T. r On Hongkong, Bank d/d 2 o &lt;• ‘il* On Shangh i, Bank
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    Stocks and Shares.
    460 20 MINING. Singapore, June 28. IttUV J‘d. Hujeri. Seller*. 1 1 Batang Padang 0.40 0.45 1 1 Hitam Tin 1.30 1.35 1 1 JdaAiuL O.lu u.ju avia 1 Johan Tin 0.35 0.40 t'l £1 Kam. Kamunting 43/0 41 6 xd. 10 10 Kinta Assn. Ord. 8.00 8.50 5
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    99 20 DEATHS BRATTON. At the General Hospital, Singapore, on June 26, 1923, A. G. Bratton, of Singapore and London, aged 29. MONTEIRO. At 3, Cuff Rond, Mrs. Lily Moiiteiro (n6e Casper) aged 60 years, widow of the late E. \V. Monteiro cf the Consor\aiw&gt; Dopt., Municipality. She leaves lw» daughters and
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  • The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT
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      CONTENTS.
      55 1 General Rubber Results 1 Enforcing Restrict.on Rubber Restriction Local Rubber Auctions May Rubber Returns United States Rubber Position •&gt; Malacca Planters ;&gt; Rondon Rubber Stocks d Rubber Position 4 Correspondence Dutch Indies Rubber d Meetings and Report*— Kampong Kuantan Rubber 1 Consolidated Malay Ralgownie Rubber t 1’nited Pat an
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      RUBBER RESULTS. Company Reports, Dividends And Notices.
      359 1 lupung.—ls. ue of 181,000 shares at 2s. i n .ii.. over-subscribed. Bm.ii.ri Kanipah.—Proposed offer .shareholders 15,000 shares £1 each, at I«r. Consolidated Malay.—Profit, £8,165 brought in, £320 divd. l*ad. per share; forward, £3,807. Nordanal.—l’rilit for 1022, £8,716, and £17,516 forward divd. 5 per
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      Kampong Kuantan Rubber. Prospects of Half Yearly Dividends.
      1858 1 1 he fourteenth ordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Kampong Kuantan Rubber Company, Limited, was held on May 17 at the registered offices of the company, 5, Fenchurch-street, E.C. Mr. E. l). Money presided and said.— I am very sorry
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      Enforcing Restriction. Perak Chinese and Smuggling Prevention.
      2806 2 A meeting was held at Ipoh at the perak Chinese Chamber of Commerce on June 15, in connection with the smuggling «»f rubber. Towkay Leong Sin Nam, the President, took the rluir, and in opening the meeting, explained that they were met there
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      RUBBER RESTRICTION. Important Question of Future Export.
      571 2 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—The percentage of standard pro. duction of rubber that will be allowed for export during the quarter August to October is the subject of much speculation by a lirge number of people. There is also great
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      LOCAL RUBBER AUCTIONS. Further Decline in Values Recorded.
      790 3 Messrs. Guthrie and Co. report Singapore, June 22. \11 markets have been weak and values haVtf continued on the decline, current quotations being New York 25Vi G. (ts London Is. l%d., Singapore 45% cents. New York advices are distinctly unVourablc and the
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      CONSOLIDATED MALAY. Cheaper Production and Enhanced Prices.
      715 3 The seventeenth annual general meeting of the Consolidated Malay Rubber I*.states, Limited, was held on May 29 at the Council Room of the Rubber (•rowei s’ Association, 2-4, Idol Lane, Eastchcap, E.C., Mr. .1. L. Loudoun-Slutnd (the chairman of the company) presiding. The
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      BALGOWNIE RUBBER. Profits Due to Restriction Legislation.
      764 3 The eighteenth annual general meeting af the bulgownie Rubber Estates, Ltd., i was held at the registered offices of the j .ompany Gresham House, Battery Road, l on Wednesday. Mr. J. M. Sime presided and others present were Major K. II. T. Gough
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      MAY RUBBER RETURNS.
      39 3 Maluku Pinda.- 21,303 lbs. SupOMg.- 55,500 lbs. Waterfall. —70,000 lbs. Mr. .1. E. Myring, manager of Simpang uni Plang Perak, is leaving f&lt;n \u tral'a by the Marella and expects to &gt;o away for several months.
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      CORRESPONDENCE.
      66 3 [The Straits Times is not responsible for the opinions of its correspondents. Correspondents should bear in mind that letters to ust he short and to the point. Long rambling epistles are liable to be rejected or ruthlessly cut down. Correspondents must enclose their names, not necessarily for oublication but
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      Dutch Indies Rubber.
      169 3 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —The following figures extracted from the Official Bulletin issued by the l)tpartment of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce at Huitcnzorg. (Java), may interest your readers. The total export of rubber from the Netherlands Indies for the first quarter of this
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      UNITED STATES RUBBER POSITION.
      212 3 The data gathered in response to Itubber Association of America Questionnaire for 11*23—First Quarter, presents hformatinn concerning the production of ti claimed rubber and the consumption of scrap rubber involved thereby crude rubber consumption sales value of finished products the crude rubber inventory and the umount
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      Malacca Planters.
      92 3 A general meeting of the Malacca Planters’ Association will bo hold in the Malacca Club on Sunday, July H, at 10 a.m. The agenda includes :—Estate 1 ravines, Sunduy labour, shop chits, Labour Code, have pay and passage for oxtute staffs. Planters’ Association of Malava. (a) To elect
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      London Rubber Stocks.
      34 3 Messrs. Lewis and Peat report that a able from their head office gives London stocks reduced by 4lt* tons for week ending June 2d, total now on hand 51,05 i tons.
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      UNITED PATANI RUBBER. Company's Strong Financial Position.
      1294 4 The third annual general meeting of United l’atani (Malaya) Rubber Estate*, Ltd., was held on May 8 at the registered offices, 149 Lcadenhal I-street, K.C., Mr. K. L. Hamilton (the chairman) presiding. The Chairman said Lad es and gentlemen, the report and accounts
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      Rubber Position.
      299 4 We are indebted to Messrs. Wilson Holgate and Co. for the May report of the Rubber Trade Association of London,, giving returns to the end of April. The imports by the United Kingdom in the four months ending April were 24,595 tons in 1923, 21,737 in 1922, and
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    • RUBBER SHARE PRICES.
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        LONDON EXCHANGE STERLING PRICES MAY 30.
        371 4 Stock Stock Par Exchange Per Exchange VgW Company. Prices. Value. Company. Price.! m An,.k,Malay 23/6- 2/ l-oml«N A.mtic 4/4., J hX* pTantna. 3 U4I Lumat 87/« £1 Banting (Selangor) «/J M«Uc« (NcwT "V £1 Batu Caves 17/6 Malacca 6/ pm £1 Batu Tiga 35/
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        SINGAPORE DOLLAR SHARE PRICES JUNE 28.
        734 4 Capital Issue Closing Priees. P»id Up Value Dividends Fraser Lyall Company Co. Evatt. 312.500 1 nil year 28-2-22 Allenby New ($1) 1.15 1.20 1.15 1.25 100,000 1 nil year 00-9-22 .Alor Gajah ($1) 1.25 1.35 1.25 1.35 727,214 2 5 p.e. for year 30-6-20
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