The Straits Budget, 25 January 1924

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1 6 The Straits Budget
  • 27 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED OVER THREE-QUARTERS OF A CENTURY] No. Ml Singapore, Friday, January 25, 1924 Price 25 cents.
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  • 318 1 leaders— Fnicn Policy Ra;iwaynu*n ami Miner# T Bishop’s Discourse Labour an Strikes Malayan Ki-henes 1 Labour Cabinet 14 GeneralLocal and Personal 1-2 Reuter*s Service -S Motor Cycle Smash Ran coon Road Fire Hongkong Piracy Tragic Affair at Tenierloh S The Social Kvil luath of Mr W. K. Moulsdale 0
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  • 4862 1 Mr. A. V. Aston is granted leave of absence on full salary for eight months. Captain H. Belson, the skipper of the steamer Selangor, is going home on leave during January. Mr. J. B. Mauehan has left British North Borneo after a lengthy residence in the country.
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  • FRIDAY’S TELEGRAMS
    • 1039 3 PARLIAMENT. Statement about Singapore Base. Th e No-Confidence Resolution Moved. r j. ,-xek’s Service.] London. January 17. x tJ ...st ions in the House of ;j v to the Singapore t t i r v said the preliminary i i.ouun. The actual expen- c v i j,i n »t been
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    • 114 3 London, January 17. The newspapers point out that the new Japanese earthquake completely justifies the attitude of British companies in declining to admit claims on polic es excluding earthquake risk. They say recurrence of the volcanic disturbance after so short a period shows that were such claims
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    • 85 3 London. January 17. The Chinese Indus.rial ommis-i-m -qi.nt tin* day touring Manchester anu visiting the electrical works, the Ship anal and cotton mills. They were enteruir.ed to luncheon by the Chamber of t tm.imvrce. Replying to a sugge.-tion that China an.iu grow larger quantities of cotton. Mr.
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    • 73 3 London, January 17. Paris On the occasion of opening a wireless station at Saigon, thereby enabling messages from Indo-China to France instead of vice versa only, as hitherto, the Colonial Minister, wirelessing to the Governor-General Indo-China, expressed the opinion that the station would largely contribute to the
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    • 66 3 London, January IT. Tampico The blockade ordered by Huerta will not become cfTective. Tht Rebel ships have disappeared, and shipping rf «ii 1 classes entered and cleared yesterday unhindered. Railway traffic is also unimpeded. London, January IS. Houston A wireless mens aye picked up front oil tankers in
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    • 375 3 London, January 17. Lakehurst, New Jersey The naval dirigible Shenandoah, which is earmarked for a naval ac»rial expedition to the North Pole in the summer, broke away from her mooring mast in the course of a gale, with a crew of 30,
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    • 224 3 London, January IT. Sir Eric (ieddes, in a speech at the annual imeting of the Federation oi British Industries in London, said he hoped a Labour Government, if they cane to power, would seek the advice of the Federation as their predecessors had done but to an
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    • 93 3 London, January 17. Paris: M. Poincare, in a speech in connection with the introduction of tlu* Government’s financial proposals designed to re mod tin* position of the franc, declared that in spite of appearances France’s situation was increasingly flourishing. He stated that note circulation and the war budget
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    • 370 3 The Railwayman and Miners Disputes. London, January IT. In spite of the official announcement that Sunday midnight is fixed for the strike of locomotive workers industrial circles are optimistic that trouble will yet he averted a* a result of the unofficial conversations proceeding. It is believed that the
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    • 119 3 London, January 17. Mr. Winston Churchill evidently is among those Liberals who do not relish the idea of supporting Labour. He has published a letter in which he declares that the enthronement of a Socialist government in office will be a serious national misfortune, comparable to defeat
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    • 66 3 London, January 17. Paris The Bank of France has raised the discount rate by a half per cent, to (I per cent. A week ago the rate was raised from 5 to 5Vi per cent. The Cabinet decided, with a view to restoration of the franc, to
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    • 41 3 London, January 17. Ottawa Canada’s trade for the nine months ended December .‘ll totalled $1,404,000,000, an increase of $184,000,000 Compared with the corresponding period of last year. Imports were $078,000,000 and exports $81.*1,000,000, increases of $101,000,000 and $8:1,000,000, respectively.
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    • 35 3 London, January M. Cairo: Zag.ih: lists cap* u red 27 "it of .‘l7 seats in which there was re-\ot ng 10-day, n.eking 17/ Zagidulists on ol 207. There are only seven results outstanding.
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    • 32 3 London, January Iv New Orleans: Mr. Fall characterised a.-, malicious and untrue Mr. Caracas's allegations in the Senate of betrayal of t.i ust by Mi Fa!! leas ng oil reserves.
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  • SATURDAY’S TELEGRAMS
    • 1029 4 I Km tkh's Si kvm k.) 1,Million, .1 a it uar,v IN. in ihi ||mu of t ominous tin Labourite Thoma. n urueil 'In* bate on t Address to a thin house. Me said Labour paify did not regret
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    • 155 4 L ndun, January Is. L i leported fr m Blaekwall that tie Dutch steamer Ilolendrecht, which wain a« hid after collision with the steamer i.n a. ha.- been refloated and docked. London, January It I- reported fr m North Foreland that the steamer Clan Kennedy is badly
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    • 131 4 London, January Is. Paris: After M. Poincare had lengthily reviewed France’s foreign policy the Chamber voted confidence in the Government by 1 i•» to lot. In the course of a statement M. Poincare said France rightly rejected the frequent British proposals for revision of the German
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    • 110 4 lyondon, January IP. New York: The Japanese Govemnont and New York hankers are reported o Ih* ncgoGa'ing a loan. The amount is net stated. London, January 11). a.dung ton The Cabinet has approved a plan to extend the assistance of the loderal reserve banks and war finance
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    • 38 4 London, January 17. Niuvpi 'r The Swarajists, who command a majority in the Central Pro. vmces legislature, successfully obstructed live (.ovmnment bills by voting for postponement or re-circulation. A two davs was thus finished in two
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    • 34 4 London, January 17. Washing..!. Thi- Navy I Apartment ha •uimd that three compartments of thi stranded cruiser Tacoma are flooded H vruixvr fan H- ~uil,.,i r wali-i- whm the hvavv sea, Üb'Shlr.
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    • 200 4 London, .laiuuu> If*. ~V .M.r.V yesterday evening wm lU a.v of tin- issue* of Mr. (huivhiUh manifesto, which has caused a flutter in political cm-lcs. Sympathisers with Mi. liun-hill’s i- dnt of “-w sv l> that his eleventh hour intervention is
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    • 77 4 London, January IS. Tampico Rebel gunboats here and at Smagoza yesterday sent four shells into the suburb of Varadero, on the left bank of the Panuco River, destroying several Chinese houses. The number of casualties is not known. The shore batteries forced the warships to retire out of
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    • 65 4 London, January 17. Addressing a meeting of the League •> Nations Union, Mr. Chao Hsin Chu -trongly supported the League but urged that its methods of policy and its de bates should not be dominated by Euro |»ean politics. If it ever ceased to lu a world-wide
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    • 65 4 Lcndon, Jaiuaiv IS. Rome, .-eini--»ffu ial The Ital j-Jugo-Slav agreement regarding Fiume will six rtly be s r nod at Rome. It does not comprise cession of any Adriatic islands or recti lien ton of tin* Julian frontier. The agreement wiil be followed ’ey a treaty of
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    • 44 4 London, January IS. Berlin Unconfirmed reports have reached Socialist quarters here that Trotsky has resigned all his posts and that Kamonel! is appointed temporary successor on the revolutionary war coun*d. It is reported that General Budennv is prospective commander of the army.
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    • 39 4 London, January lb. St. Petersburg, Florida Mr. Milton Noting, who was secretary to Mr. Newton Laker when the latter was Secretary for War, announces that Mr. Baker will be a candidate for democratic nomination for the Presidency.
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    • 42 4 London, January 18. Tn 1 Tiie Cabinet has resigned. Ihe King has requested the Premier to continue until His Majesty has returned hom a visit to the Suez Canal on the -oth inst., when undoubtedly he will summon Zaghlul Pasha.
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    • 27 4 London, January 18. Madrid Mateo and Nicolau, who were sentenced to death for complicity in the murder of the Premier, Palo, in March have been pardoned.
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    • 22 4 London, January ]k. Rome: Professor Bendandi foretell* 1,1 earthquake on the coast of Asa <n •van i on January 29-HO.
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  • MONDAY’S TELEGRAMS
    • 815 4 [Rk» ikk’s Shi;v ice.j London, January jl. Tin- Locomotive Society headquarter-, shortly after midnight announced that the strike had been officially started. The men ribeyed the call throughout :r country. London, January is*. Miss Margaret Bondfield, M.P., presided
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    • 119 5 London, January 20. ,i\ *>f the political drama is it is anticipated that the i-ieii, which is practically cerV. u it in defeat of the Governor a*, eleven on Monday Mca'twhile it is understood that V *.;M will take the Foreign t i.Htie'i to t)u Premiership, and
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    • 68 5 London, January 19. I’U political deaulock in the I me- consequent on the reI f Swarajist majority to undcrI 'a ;a! responsibility is intenI ..f. A exciting debate in the new I a -ted seven hours, I -laaki-rs participating, and pa-'ing by 41 votes to 24 I .ibmifing
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    • 73 5 London, January 19. I >r. *>f the League of I > ao Ih n Chu complained I p.iid more attention to I m the rest of the world. I .1 v;i« ousted from the CounI ..il not have been unreasonable I atie numbers to withdiaw I Regarding
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    • 72 5 I London, January 21. I "a’ i> regarded as the most I -tc’eimiit with regard to I with Britain was made I Minister t >r the OccupI ressing a meeting: of the I He declared that Germany I an understanding with I n v u view to
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    • 74 5 I p, London, January 20. I P'Jiideir 1 nu 8 Washington corresI ar< H ruini'7 :^7, lt< s Hint Japanese-Ameri-I ti°ij i O r A 1 r J‘ su U from the imm graI ln the H, n. l l sh wrtl y to be introdueed l*t
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    • 52 5 I s London, January 19. I n Chinese Industrial I, 'i I. v ..,‘V ,n hy Mr. Chang Chien, I. r nr,. j."', < 1 route to Birkenhead I Sunlight. They were I V u 0r(l Mayor at the I h n<b l ins, Pwted. Thev n
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    • 376 5 London. January 20. Naco, Arr: tea About J.Ooo Mexican I’ederal troops begun crossing the international boundary >’n iho miming on a nineteen mile trip tin ugh American territory, intending to re-enter Mexico via HI Paso. Authority to allow this movement was
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    • 125 5 London. January IS. An important circular issued by the N’.l’.R. this morning, signed by Messrs. Til mas and Cramp, declares that it is incumbent on all members of the Union to real se that the honour and prestige of the Union are at stake and any member
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    • 54 5 London, January 19. Colon The manoeuvres in which the American fleet was endeavouring to traverse the Panama Canal, from the Pacific, to join a theoretical Atlantic fleet ended at Colon Bay, where the enemy was trapped and decisively defeated. The American fleet gained control of the Canal,
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    • 45 5 London. January lb. The Daily Telegraph’s diplomatic correspondent learns that the Dominions have now forwarded comments on the subject of the draft of the Anglo-Ameri-can rum-running treaty. The comments are generally favourable, no further delay is to he expected in connection with signing.
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    • 51 5 London, January lb. Paris The fiscal measures embodied in the bills adopted by the Finance Commission include an increase of twenty pe>’ cent, in all taxes, heavy increase in excise duties, imposition of severe penalties in default, also administrative reforms involving a saving of a milliard francs a
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    • 239 5 London, January 10. Washington: Mr. l)enby. Secretary to the Navy, addressing the House of Representatives Naval Committee, said the prime purpose of me airship Shenandoah’s pioposcd Might to the North Pole was the exploration of the Arctic regions with a view to
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    • 162 5 I/ondon, January lb. Surprise i» officially expressed in London at the news from Cologne that the French Regie has issued a proclamation practically prohibiting all railway gooes traffic with the British zone except foodstuffs and military transport, but comment is at present withheld on the ground that
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    • 154 5 London, January 2o. Geneva The Secretary General of the League of Nations has invited all Governments belonging to the League or parties to the Opium Convention of 11)12 to participate in the conference at Geneva on November 17 to seek measures to limit the manufacture of morphine,
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    • 66 5 I/ondon, January 21. Lord Crewe yesterday called on M. Poincare. It is understood that he conveyed the British Government’s protest and requested an explanation of the Rhineland Regie’s action. London newspaper diplomatic corresp m dents comment warmly regarding the action, and anticipate another AngloFrench crisis. They declare the
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    • 38 5 London, January 19. The Clan Kennedy has been refloated and is proceeding, towed by tugs. London. January If). The Waterloo Gup coursing meeting has been postponed until March 12 owing to the fo<>t and mouth disease restrictions’.
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  • TUESDAY’S TELEGRAMS
    • 837 5 i. lim i i.a's Skk* h i:, i London, January 21. The Government wen* defeated, thir Labour amendment to the Address being adopted by .')2H to 2 »G. The final state of Parties after the General Election was C onservatives 257 Labour 192
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    • 472 6 I,olio n. JanunIy I, i of < iiiinoii*, Mr. McNeill t'.ni I- t onsul (lineial ,*h I'alat.natc, had tele- i\ hearing ot t fie i ida li bad iembed tbe t ol|r|l i a helm.rig mass oi 11,.. I o*ip-< d aulofiomous
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    • 46 6 London, January 21. Sterling on New York decl ned to 4.20’a. i he lowe t for two years. 'Hus is attiihuted to nervousness over 1he political dilation and heavy mports from America. It elo d a I ’eacl fraru were !'1 i<» t»5.
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    • 40 6 I .o’ld'i'i, Jan e '.I I. Pai A< a in li!i". «,f tbe sec md eom toil' Oi i-e I n i' a- ill t be f! I of -all i.i,• i1.- 111 i c l i r.,.i
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    • 443 6 London. January 21. j Iv,il> """""".I "I.ln'.’imiliv- IlHTi'. 1 H"-' 1 i I i .V;,, :,.r: n j!;i turn table i »J*" ,i ,1 i ..,.i v, 11 n. wlm n i i ,,.i, -1 la t -1 i 1 1,-1 r emit,
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    • 144 6 London. January 21. Washington Owing to the heavy weather it is feared that the cruiser Tacoma. which went ashore, will be battered beyond hope. London, January 21. New Yoik The New York World, commenting on the proposed trip of the airhip Sin. uandoah, suggests that after ami-
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    • 57 6 London, January 21. Pittsburg Fire broke out iu the plant -•t the Atlantic Refining Company. Seven ‘trem-oi were killed by falling from a o ti ladder ini a tank of burning oil S»veral other firemen wen- injured fa 11 fro tb-' iee-c *vered tops of tanks If
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  • WEDNESDAY’S TELEGRAMS
    • 427 6 [IiKl TKIi’S SKUiK’K.I London, January jinalv- s ot yesterday '---n shows that the majority cons.m...j ,.f j ->7 Labourites, 1”« Liberals iao f h N:,;i..n:il -t- mill tvv.1 lmli |>yiM, n, m Tl... it.im.rity 2 0 Cons,, ya.ivys
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    • 334 6 London, January 22. Mr. Baldwin has resigned. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald is appoin ed Prime Minister. 1 1 is not a moment for elation It is I a lei tilde responsibility. Fail or sue-: eeed. no Government resuonsible foi affairs will more honestly try to serve.” j These
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    • 246 6 London, January jj l'lu House of Common" was u*. Mr. J. H. Thomas provided a i. velt) in Labourites’ dress, appearing in morning coat, while Mr. Mac Dot aid. wh: eiueii*u later, was nttiiMi in a .’rick i<>at. which i-* Hu* regulation a.tire lor ar audience at
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    • 281 6 London. January 2'J. Baron Colwyn, speaking at the annual meeting of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank, said that if bankers were called tc gvo advice and assistance to the r.«w Government they would render any i'.t’p in the r power, whatever their pei> >r.ai and political views. The
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    • 67 6 London, JanuaD The Consul f or America at 1 ,l r has informed de la Huerta that ,11 operations are carried out P‘ u 1 "‘''met! wholly the United States ris t will he constrained to adopt ap 1 measures for the protection commerce. London, Jawin' uP !i
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    • 338 7 Londdn, January 22. f r. ituiv of the railway strike T 1 jf c t iu* conflict between the V,H X. U. It. and the Mcomo"l ~,n (j Bremen's society. Mr t 1 M,- Cramp in a statement Tl- 1 l iit.Jkuv that
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    • 159 7 London. January 22. H b Telegraph Agency in r< that Lenin died sud- w onlay. London. January 22. H x a communique states that h lls near Moscow. His "a- recently considerably iro- condition grew suddenly 'teid.ay evening and he lost tuid died of paralysis of 'tv
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    • 54 7 a London, January 21. the Kijr, le new Governor-General, onc > Princess Aliet (tifictut w,.i At 1 one werc given a magJ’ r i ~t r arrival on board the a i c ‘tv was traily be jr iirht with" u docks and shipping Ther was brilliant 'iek-
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    • 52 7 Rum-Run n ing Treaty. I T: f London, January 22. I t.'r x Washington has been I; h Un V t 0 thc Ameriai,j, r( V l' draft of the liquor I '•'"rnments thc Br iti h I. h i!S,. ent,tlos th«- United I 1 f the ,hoie lhll> n
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    • 250 7 Londutn, January 21. At a Government dinner to the Chinese Industrial Mission at Lancaster House the High Commissioner, responding t< the toast of his health, expressed his pleasure at the warm welcome given to the mission in England, which had done much to bring still closer the
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    • 113 7 London, January 22. Thirty per cent, lower tonnage was launched from British shipbuilding yards in 1923 than in any peace year since 1592. states Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, namely, 645,000 tons, a decrease of .‘585,000 compared with 1922, representing *‘59.2 per cent, of the world’s output in 1923.
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    • 78 7 London. January 22. Paris A commun que says the first experts committee on reparations have •cached the conclusion that an independent gold bank should be established in Germany with the coopt ration of foreign i aptal. London, January 22. Paris The reparations committees have begun their vork privately. The
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    • 46 7 London, Jaauary 21. a.'h ngton Mr. Archie Roosevelt, son of the late President Roosevelt, has severed his connection with the Sinclair oil interests, in consequence of recent allegations in the Senate about the corrupt leasing of some oil reserves by Government officials.
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    • 61 7 London. January 22. Commander Boothby, lecturing at the Colonial Institute, said there were indications that a beginning would shortly be made with an airship route to Austra--1 a which could be developed in stages, possibly via Egypt. Delhi and Singapore to Port Darwin. The establishment of a
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    • 39 7 London, January 22. New Vork Over a dozen deaths from cold are recorded in New York and many others in various parts of the country owing to a cold wave which has swept down from Yukon.
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    • 32 7 London, January 21. The postal conference in Birmingham under the auspices of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce unanimously passed a resolution in favour of an Imperial penny post.
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  • THURSDAY’S TELEGRAMS
    • 695 7 [Ei:i inn’s Ff.rvc: London. January 2d. The announcement of the constitution of the MacDonald Cabinet came quite unexpectedly. It was made within two i hours of tne Prime Minister obtaining Royal approval to the appointments, r This he
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    • 138 7 London, January -5. V.'.t bin-ton: 'lie* Slate Department announce that following tin* early signing of the Anglo-American liquor treaty similar treaties will .soon be negotiated with flier maritime governments. London, January ‘JJ. Washington The Anglo-American liquor treaty was signed by the State Department to-day. London. January li b
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    • 129 7 London, January 2;b The sub-committee of the League of Nations has concluded its work with regard to the financial reconstruction of Hungary by unanimously accepting the loan proposal. This will be forwarded to the Reparations Commission for approval. The loan will be 250,000,000 gold crowns, to be used
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    • 61 7 London, January 23. The Hague Tho Government proposes to introduce a bill in parliament for the promotion of a combined mining company to be known as Billiton, Limited,” to carry on the mining business of the existing Billiton Company, whose concession expires on April 30, 1D27. The
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    • 42 7 London, January 2d. 1 he strike of German seamen has extended to Middlesborough. The strikers are receiving pay from the union. Sailors and firemen are posted as pickets. Three ships are held up and others will probably be delayed.
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    • 35 7 London, January 23. Paris M. Poincare has tabled a bill authorising the prohibition of the importation of foreign goods not corresponding to national necessities wilh a view to the restoration of the franc.
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    • 52 7 London, January 23. It is reported from Ottawa that the Go\ ernment have requested the British l\m bassy at Washington to keep them f.:!!v posted regarding the United States’ plus.for an airship trip to the Arctic, where Canada claims vast areas by reason of adjacency
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    • 31 7 London, January 22. Washington Mr, Bok has written to the chairmun of the Senate Committee offering: another prize of $100,000 for an> peace plan selected by the committee.
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    • 421 8 London, January J <• Ti.e railway strike po ition was easiei in London tin moiiiing, there being a fair number ,»f train I* uit 1 Welsh collieries have been rendered idle. Defic’ioii among N.L'.H. niembei is in (leasing at tail le, w In
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    • 115 8 London, Jarman 2”. VV ashing ton The I'nil, d State hathe Obregou Goveriiimut mote war material, including 5,(»oo rifb ami 2 5m* automatic pistols. London, January 2.'1. Washington: The Consul for the n ted States at era Cruz reports that < aptam Sparrow and two wirele-: no n
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    • 77 8 London, January 2.'5. Porlin The president of board of •inirtors of the Hentenbank has informed •be Ministers of Finance and Foreign A,.airs that the stabilisation of German currency cannot be effected if it j K „ccessary to continue to pay the costs of the garrisons in the occupied
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    • 50 8 London, January 2M. Biga A Moscow message states that a "»“ry 21. the date on which Lenin d, has been declared an annual dav of mourning. ,1';" at r rl B a n 1 V tl, r P |a ‘-<'" of umu.HcMt an or ‘liTisl to dose a
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    • 27 8 London, January 2.'!. New York; The central railway Jims b v a b r reed to raise tile wages of 15 000 f V ‘‘hfiioximatfdy
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  • 899 8 I Weekly Report of Singapore Firms. \b 1- I'rn > I and < weekl> u* |>«*rt Mated l.inuai 2 0, -tatc- j Vv 11 1 j tm n Tintaining it- 'teady ndI ViTiicc in pi.c" in Tea ed act i\ J ha > n b,- noted in
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  • 402 8 Tim Mclophone Company, as their I ct ideation in another part of the paper I i-.tla ates, have established a studio at II, Anihci Mansons, Singapore, where they are showing and demonstrating the Melophoiu or as they also describe i‘, the gramophone
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  • 190 8 (hrom Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, January 21. Inspector Xeave was the victim of a nmst distressing accident on Saturday afternoon. He was travelling from town to his house in Campbell Hoad and when the Batu Hoad and Campbell Hoad turn, his motor-bicycle
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  • 33 8 '!a.na f r,;,l a a'total of' k*A«n«! I'OI »f sum-lira is almut f 2 n 2r,' ‘w n f n K-... who |< J? r rim in the Straits Times Published
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  • 45 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Hongkong, January 22. The local Kongmoon steamer Tailee habeen sensationally pirated. Captain Wellox and one Indian goir.i were killed. Several Asiatics ware wounded and 11) kidnapped. The loot is estimated at two lakhs
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  • 462 8 I A Chinese blacksmith named kwan \h Seh appealed in the Supreme Court "on Monday, betore the Chief Justice <s r j Waiter Shaw), against a sentence oi inontns’ rigorous imprisonment for niamijiacturing spear heads. A wo of coolies, who were charged with
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  • 171 8 1 he ronierloh correspondent of the Malay Mail reports There have It- n f wo murders within a month in the Tcincrloh district. The first occurred on Iheem* her 22, across the Pahang river opposite the \ilhige known as Sibranjr. wii Malay brained the betrayer of
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  • 43 8 We aro officially informed that ,fU Government of the F.M.S. have sold m the open market 5,000 tons of tin, representing the entire release of their stocks for the ten months, April, r.'-' January, 1024, under the Band en>? agreement.
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  • 1390 9 fl u shiit) of Singapore had a crowded 1 lu U t!u* Victoria Theatre on Fr.'“"\vimg f«> r his lecture entitled,* state regulation of vice tend aisease—with special refer:ryU Singapore conditions.” His lecture and wau followed 1
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  • 227 9 A cable from home announces the death at Iloylake, Liverpool, on Sunday last, of Mr. William Edward Moulsdale, head of W. E. Moulsdale and Co., Liverpool and London aged Gl. Mr. Moulsdale came out to Singapore many years ago as resident superintendent engineer for
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  • 488 9 It is necessary to allow a full dis-cus-ion of this unsavoury subject when it arises in a form suggesting legislative or other public action, but we have no intention of opening our columns to ail and sundry to make wild
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  • 1481 9 On publication of the report the Bishop of Singapore began at once to challenge the conclusions arrived at and the suggestions made. He has written or spoken from twelve to fifteen columns on the subject. As nearly as we can grasp the pith of his argument it
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  • 272 10 P.efu, e .Mr. enable See i nil M apis’ rat on Tin da>. Mr. M**ri*dith prosecuting, tile prel,miliary etiquirv was commented into th t ircuiii-'tnnccs in which it is alleged a Chinese woman was stabbed with a on am- b\ a
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  • 121 10 A Ma.ao Chine.-, named Ah Seim win. *a ‘harred recently hy Inspector Stc wait with voluntarily causing grievous hu.t with an awl to a fellow primer, tiatm-d It am in the loeal pan I was placed I havid on remand on Wednesday. lie pleaded k r U
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  • 1299 10 previously mentioned f* 0| jr i-oliiiniii, Sii Roderick Jones, ill' hail* in iii and Managing Direetoi of 1 i- 1 1e•, ,i,i In en in Sing.ipou- in i•« ,,t; a <>. 11- aioutd 1 he world. Sir Roderick, than wbom
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  • 244 10 Tin' committee -f the Destitute Strang ess' Aid Fund report for the year l'.*2*’». that assistance was given in *47 cases totalling persons) as against eases in 11*22. Passengers were provided for in L’l eases to England, Australia, Shangluu, India, etc., at a total cost of
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  • 149 10 An old former resident of Singapore has passed away in the person of Mr. Alexh'Jo.V 1 ho died <»n December 20, a V < il r,cklt ‘Wo°d i ,.near London, from < allure, in bis 84th year. Mr. r Lrr 1 m ny yt ars
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  • 567 10 The District Court of Appeal, eonsisting of the Chief Justice (Sir Waite* Shaw) and Mr. Justice Brown, opener >n Friday, when an appeal t:• t), District Judge was made by Chop Tom Bee, a firm dealing in Chinese inatchc-' and tobacco, the
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  • 291 10 On Saturday before Mr. David. •M. Ezekiel, employed at Messrs. Fiat was the complainant in a case he brought against Mr. G. Separti, manager ot the ienna Cafe, Amber Mansions, for voluntarily causing hurt to him at the cafe or January l*. Mr. Separti took out a
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  • 658 11 nuarkalie divcl pmcnt of Singa--1 'it> an a.chi ectural point of view t "ai i- ilh’strated hy the design \\t produce al>ovc of the now Union Society of Carton building now ''tided on Collyer Quay. This airiest of several modorn and 'Uf
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  • 172 11 lMk 7 a meeting commitcc 'V- 1 Kl m ra l purposes) r l: 1 included the followof Kn l V U MUlsition f the upper ann n f? Hill for use us t M) i, as provisional1(1 I’i'eaident with the militaty authorities and with the < donia!
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  • 415 11 On January 15, Wong Look arrived doin China and having aroused the susd cions of Senior Supervisor Listerman, Joveinment Monopolies, was arrested. He pleaded guilty when placed before Mr. David, District Judge, to importing 21 evolvera and pistols as well as 124 rounds of
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  • 353 11 There has bten on view at the Railway offices, Kuala Lumpur, a splendid model of the type of sleeping-berth in use on the F. M. S. Railways. This model, which will be exhibited in the Malaya Pavilion at Wembley, at
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  • The Straits Budget
    • 1163 12 Si liiit 'I litiivs I inuary is. Wi wi n* glad t m ad tl f< net --f !!iit i h I' oi mv n l’"l Mr. R nal-l M« N« ill in tin d- a“«* n Ad-In It wa H" v tal-b i d Ul liave it
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    • 1072 12 —.-'traits Times, January i I rude Unionism has done good work in 9 t me also Inffl. It seems to us to be 'tiuuu ly lacking in discipline and that a la *!t elosi ly associated, we fear, with the anarchi't views which are being adoptid by
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    • 1179 12 crime* against humanity.—Strait:; Time*January 21. We have read through the full text f the Bi?hop*s address on V. D. at the Victoria Theatre. It is well conceived to bewilder and bamboozle the uninformed, and it deals very largely indeed with masses of statistics and assertions which are
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    • 1200 13 —Straits Times, January 22. So the railway strike has begun, an it i* within the bounds of possibility that the first business of a Laboui Government will be to decide whether i should let the people starve, or fall under the charge of blacklegging it a labour
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    • 1060 13 t .lit I iin .la rial Wc have just received a copy of tin 1 “General Report upon the Fisheries of I British Malaya with Recommendations for Future Development” by David G. Stead, Fisheries Enquiry Commissioner. It is a volume of .'{(JO pages, and there is very little
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    • 1238 14 Straits Times, .lanuary Ul. Th, Ma Dm aid M.tii try i j'l-t i food a any La .hi Mini tr oould h< !t i m fad In t< i than we dan I to p< et f i it in hide a eerlain n imlior < i men
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  • 203 14 A very interesting funeti n took plan Moslem Association on Saturdav when the members and limit icpresmitative of every nati nal ty. met to lion nr S,v« d Abdul Rahman bm baik Alkali on lus being the reeip ■ml "I the commission of Justice of th, Nme and
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  • 1075 14 tii oin Our Own Correspondent). Bandoeng, January 10. ,X time ago it was reported m tin t ones that a Mr. Opeb-ky had jt ia 11< d a request to the authorities a concession of forest land t< r the \u
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  • 498 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, January 17. The case was commenced in the Supreme Court, yesterday, before Sit L. M. Woodward, C.J.C., in which Messr... Hallam and Co. are Thean Nam and Go., of Kuala Lumpur, for $(5,'JOl*.25, allegt d
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  • 55 14 Hie G vernor has Voappointed following gentlemen to be members 'h<‘ Executive Committee of |{.'*niI "liege, Singapore, for the year 1 Ku Tong Seng Esq., O.B.E., Dr. Kiramatliypathv, Dr. G. H. Maeali>ter, II Mr. .1. II. W. Park, O.B.E.. 1 1 -11 ii i r, Perak. Hon. Mr.
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  • 719 15 j a Correspondent.) Ipoh, January H. .M\vned to consider the ,i the crews of the Light* i' s which will reach' I }tii proximo was most I I j. as it was truly re- m[J nationalities. The 1 v Kinta, who presided, l>
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  • 657 15 The Nieuws van Den Dag, Java, gives an account of a tour recently conducted by M r Willems, director of the Harbour oi Tandjong Priok, along the water front and wharves at that port. It describe* the trip made in a steam
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  • 159 15 After having collected another assortment of valuable orchids, the veteran grower of the precious flower, and Sydney’s grand old man of rowing, Mr. Q. L. Peloitte, returned to Sydney on December 17 by the Montoro from one of his periodical trips to the East. Mr.
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  • 418 15 The ca.,o concluded in the Supreme Court on the 17th inst., before Mr. Justice Acton, in which a Chinese pottery manufacturer named Gob Teck Hai sued V. V. R. Veerappa Chetty. Mr. K. Page appeared for tiie plaintiff and Mr. G.
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  • 95 15 Captain V. 11. Winson, Officer Commanding Chinese Co., Malacca Volunteer Corps, was entertained to a farewell dinner at the Chinese Malacca Club on the 10th instant by the members of the company on the eve of his departure to Europe on leave. Among those present were the Hon.
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  • 92 15 The Kuala Lumpur malaria returns for 1923 show a great improvement on those for 1922. The number of eases notified was 3,208 in 1922 compared with 1,849 for 1923. European cases definitely or possibly contracted in the Kuala Lumpur area were 35 in 1922 and 5
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  • 734 15 The hearing of the case in which Dr. K. LSlack, acting Chief Surgeon of the General Hospital, is charged with causing hurt to the Rev. Father Ruaudel and his syce by rash and negligent driving along Robinson Road on October
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  • 90 15 (From Our Own Correspondent.> Penang, January 19. Policemen on rounds this morning at 4.45 o’clock saw three Chinese and on approaching them tw<, of the men made off, but the third whipped out a pistol. One of the policemen, however, was tin* quicker and got his
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 171 15 Properly Sale, The following Singapore properties were sold by auction by Messrs. Cheong Koon Seng and Co., at their sale-room 30, t'hulia Street on the 10th instant Freehold vacant land at Bukit Passoh Bead, area, 1,828 sq. ft., bought by Mr. 1*. S. Lee for $2,200 land and house 138
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  • Sporting News and Notes.
    • 680 16 From (fur *"»> oi r» p- nd. n'.» Kuala Lumpur, Januaiy 2'». (,eneial di appointment will be t* i' mariner in wlueli 'In’ Icq h. <* 1 closed and the Malaya ‘'up competi lien concluded. Heavy mm fell at Kuala jmpiir on Saturday
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    • 98 16 (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Kumpur, January tit). A meeting of delegates on Saturday decided to bold the Malaya Cup soccer final at Kuala Lumpur on August and the Rugby final on January 17 at Kuala Lumpur, unless Selangor and Singapore are both in the final, in which
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    • 929 16 Singapore DvlVaf Royal Sussex. The 2nd Battalion 0 !1 ui-u' mad 1 their lif t appearame "i a l.orcer on Monday, on tnc when they mot a Kingnp n- >n!e amt v ,I,.r,t.v three goal to on lb a anal, ed >v I n V‘ \V sociati n in
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    • 179 16 [Rr;iti*r’s Sirvice.J London. January 19. a t Wall a Swansea by 1 < i*» 9. The weather was showery, i i, were HMiOl) people pu-sont. 1’,,. -land pu s ed at the »utset. bu. ,ftci a qua! u r of an bout Tom .Jones r u
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    • 41 16 I Reuter’s Service.] London. January ID. Sydney In an 880 yards swimming lace Charlton beat Arneborg, the Swedish champion, by fifteen yards. His time was 10 min. 51 1 5 sees., which is a world’s record.
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    • 189 16 The Swimming Club entertained a team from the 2nd bn. Royal Sussex at water polo lor the first time on Sunday. The club team was superior and won 4 0; but considering that they have only recently got together as a team the battalion representatives gave a good
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    • 150 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, January 21. Ihe Penang soccer league starts on February 12. Instead of being an interelub competition it is between communities. Five teams of ETiropean, Eurasian, hinese and Malay and Indian having entered. The Chinese are expected to put up the strongest eleven.
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    • 746 16 liJisl Race for Somerville Howl. The last race for the Somerville Bowl brought out twelve boats and Mr. Alford kindly acted as Race Officer, starting the I;!eet at ten o’clock in ideal yachting weather. Helen made a welcome reappearance after her overhaul and looks smart but anaemic, having lost
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    • 177 16 S.R.C. heat Royal Sussex. The Royal Sussex Regiment <h foated by two goals to one on tin* pa<b*!lon the 17th inst., in a match with tw S.R.C. The sides were evenly matched, and the Regiment's defeat must ie tributed to their poor finishing in ,r n of goal. Had
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    • 144 16 At the meeting of S.C.C. 11 1 ..uj held at the Club on Monday. T reported by the Cricket Convem A. H. Assiter, who presided. th ;l jj season’s captain, Mr. G. C. Clark resigned the captaincy as lie vv 111 ,'„|nny during part of the
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    • 786 17 Service.] I "don. January IP. }i;,iy (Jreb retained the A ,.i champi nship, t>utBv i.,’, \Vi!>on in a tifticn rounJ I ,k Mai- ne was given th. I a.nst Reland IVuid in The s-k-c’.atoi s hissed I did tiin* .:«?,»ills' Todd I u l.oughran on DecemI
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    • 77 17 A boxing tournament was held in the town hall, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday •ven ng under the auspices of the Perak boxing Association. The eh ef item of tlie programme was a -i\ round contest between Yeoh Chai Lai. amateur fly a eight champion of Malaya,
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    • 204 17 Rcm tei V Serviij London. January 21. San Francisco English professiemal golfers Havers and Ockendeti defeated the Americans Sarazen. professional, and John Black, amateur, by one up in 3G holes. London. January 22. N York Kirkwood ha> become the r tessioiinl in charge »-f Kockword Hall
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    • 43 17 [Reuter’s Service.] London, January is*. New York The international Olymp c Committee has ruled Mrs. Mallory as ineligible to compete in the Olympic tennis contests as an American. Mrs. Mallory has not decided whether to compete as a Norwegian by birth.
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    • 141 17 i The lawn tennis doubles matches play- eel this week at the L. L. T. Club, betwee n (representatives of the Sepoy Lines Golf i Club ami the Ladies Lawn Tennis Club re sulted in a win for the* representatives of the* former club by four matches
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    • 16 17 [Router's Service.] London. .January 22 New York India has ehaPonpod ihe Mavis (’up.
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    • 65 17 Thi Singapore Ladies’ Itille Association .January spoon shoot took place at Seletar yesterday, and resulted as follows Total Yds. Yds. Yds. Nett with 300 200 100 Score H’cap Mrs. A. Jackson 28 20 33 87 103 Mrs. Fraser 2*5 24 28 78 102.84 Mrs. Lyall 30 28 30 88
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  • 697 17 T< wkay Sit Kee Ann, J.l*., President of the Hokkien lioe Kuan, otherwise Captain China of the Town, Fort and Settlement of Malacca, was laid to rest, amiil demonstrations ol universal sorrow, at the Sit Family Cemetery, Bukit Bahru,
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  • 52 17 (Front Our Own Correspondent.) Hongkong, January 22. 'I’be* police have seized two lakhs of morphia from Marseilles aboard the* V. K. steamer Hakozaki Maru. Mr. II. R. Hull is returning to Singa* i ur" from hoim* by the* P and O. mail or I VIm tuny
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  • 491 17 The I*, and O. Karmala, which sailed from London on December 21, arrived in iVnung late on the n ghl of the 17th in. t., with a contingent of passengers on board, i he vessel was due
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  • 154 17 (Pi Saturday, the mat*, r t.| Bashir Ahmed, alleged to lx* known in India as ishru' Has, and who is charged with kidnapping* a person from India, came on ‘•elore Mr. David. Asst. Supt. Diekinson handed in i<* his Honour the warrant and depositions which have
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  • 88 17 The Holt liner I’hemius which arrived Singapore from Liverpool on Friday, brought amongst other passengers for this port Mr. Reginald Hugh Crawford, late of the Mersey Harbour Hoard, who lias arrived to take up duties as assistant general manager to the Singapore Harbour Hoard. Mr. Crawford, vfho
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  • 87 17 One of those daylight robberies, for which Singapore is becoming notorious* look place in the course of last Friday, in Raffles Square. ('aptain Zieh of the steamer Vandercappollen, who was in the company of his wife, was looking in at the shop windows when he
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  • 408 18 tv.. ™“;r l VJ,? *l“Ui.-- i 1 < Mm- po: I n an able to b« r«j‘ 1 hi .ii t, 't ,...i. rl,!SS. No .Her uioiv* orupami il b> rial.u iii. be 11- tici i cl. 1 1 1 find it n«*ce ary to ex-I i".a ce. a.n
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  • 945 18 To th*? Editor of the Straits Times. IS 1 1 Tin i e who deeply study these diseascx almost invariably find that a elo.i i acquaintance with tin- subject has changed an attitude "f indifference or| even disgust to one of the keenest int»-, rest in
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  • 276 18 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—Being an interested listener t > the- Bishe»p’s tiraele against what he te-rnie el the- State Rcgulutieui e>f Vice on the 17th inst., I would like te» draw your attention to one pednt e»n which the Bishop crre-el. (ll He
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  • 306 18 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir Tin-paragraph under the heading (auditions” in your issue o VVcdm-sday, I fit h inst., hardly docs V. M VV, S t!; n t f A s tralia although curse Mr. W. II. Booth is entitled to ms own opinions. he
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  • 181 18 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.—I noticed in your paper a f w days ago that the management «f the S.K.C. intended enclosing a portion of the Football ground for S.R.C. members only. Have the S.R.G. any authority to re-.-li ve any portion of the ground
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  • 508 18 'I tlv Ktl it or of the Straits Times. Tin* Municipal Commissioners recently framed luw Bye-laws for the ni r :*1 of garage** ami places kept or •vi.l f>r iepairing, painting. storing or housing mo; or veh'eles. In connec i*»n -,v i same. Rye-law No. S
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  • 263 18 To t' i Editor <»f tbe T Si* When I wns in S nir :imm •A'i 1 had c. *n to o *:i.r. r. 101*0 *>r ie. s, a aw. j h-npi v-d ’'cl I* i. n cars at various t mcs by follow j, »v e
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  • 334 18 The ammonia ice-producing pcently installed at the Kallang lc Singapore, presents many in’* points t" those connected wi’h this d engineering. The complete l ;:cii w; s tarried out according «.p»'cii\cation and under the superv:- u Mr. L. T. Wakefoni. consulting
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  • 1323 19 (i v Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, January J'S. -ting theory has been advanc- iv* ir' Bangkok is tolerated ,.,l,.p;.i d by Buddhist priests f,.(.d. Karly every mornand roads of the town Jn> el low robed priests u g v which food is
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  • 247 19 After a I' cos- of several \v»*eks the embt vs of the Singapore I’irlharmouic Orchestra met on the 17th inst. for ‘.iscvi>snm of matters of interest to the tichcstra prior to beginning ’he new sosn. with thi eon b:c'or, Mr. II. C. W Allen, in the chair.
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  • 52 19 The London Post Office notifies that in future the special oii’ward mail service to the Hast by Holt Line steamers will he discontinued and that correspondence in’ended to be forwarded from («r»>nf i ii 4 a’u by these runs* be sp»*. chilly sepop- ibed bv
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  • 432 19 We an* informed that a meeting of me committee of the Moslem Association and pioiiiii nl members of the community "as heal at me Association premises, Pi, iseiegu* Road, on the 17th. instant, to consider the question of the representation of
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  • 233 19 lii t. .njptcy nuri I**- i'Vnt.iy, In*ft*re Mr. Justice Acton, Mr. W. Stuart Bell made an application for substituted service of a bankruptcy notice on Mr. William Herbert Drummond. Mr. Stuart Bell suggested that in addition to the usual notice in the Straits papers
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  • 134 19 Two fire occurred in the city on Afbnday, the first taking place in lorong 21, oil' Geylang Road, which was soon got under as the two eng. lies and new trailer pump, specially indented for by the local Fire Brigade, were put into operation, ’ihe second fire
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  • 630 19 The will of a wealthy Malay named Duing I'anandri, who died in 11)07, was the subject of litigation in Me* Supreme Court on Friday, before the Chief Justice (Sir Walter Shaw). The applicant was Mr. T. O. May hew, receiver of
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  • 247 19 His Excellency the Governed* records with deep regret the death of Mr. F. Aaron, late orderly at Govt. House. Mr. Aaron had l»e*c* 11 in the service of (iovernment House t«»r the* last **>•» years and was a famil ar character to all the inhabitants
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  • 568 20 STR AITS VOLUNTEERS. Position of Units at close of Last Year. Lieut.-C ol. F. E. Spencer, D M)., M < Commandant of the Strait S tlemuits Volunteer Force, lorward tP» b'llnv.um extracts from >tati 1 f> i lUiio he actual tM-ngth «<l tin- I«*h-c «»ii ilecemher 31. 1923, was 2,304,
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  • 144 20 Thu appeal made under the- auspices of the British Red Cross Society is Imperial. All parts of the Empire have been invited to contribute, and there are hopes that if the work of research can he carried on in full strength, a solution of the great mystery
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  • 350 20 l From O ji Own Kuala Lumpur, January 23. t In* A i/.e < ouit, t hi morning, the 1 |,,ct Jiitli*ml ('oiiiinissioiier (Sir Lionel \V<» dwanh gave judgment in the 1 office forgery ;i e. in which a 1 hinese
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  • 207 20 Ipi h Tin Dredging.—l*oo piculs. I’ahang Consolidated.—ll,ssB piculs. The secretary of Austral Malay Tin, Ltd., reports the following outputs of its associated companies for the half month of January Kampong Kamunting Tin Dredging.— Hours run (Two dredges) 001, Cubic yards treated 01,000, total piculs 005.5-1, nett value $42,470.28.
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  • 130 20 The Municipal Health statement for the week ending January 12 g.ves the totai number of deaths as 11)0 representing a death rate of 25.07 per millc per annum, compared with 24.51) in the preceding week arwl with 27.50 in the corresponding week of last year. 'I he
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  • 80 20 The Hon. Sir Ahmedthamhy Maricair las given notice of a resolution to be at th<. naxt session of the Council r ,at< at Delhi recommending that necessary steps be taken with the Govern-‘'-n) .,f n... Straits Settlements and lit 1 .MS. t*. withdraw the quarantine t st r
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  • 193 20 An action was commenced in tin- Supreme C ourt yesterday, before Mr. Justice Acton, in which a contractor named .V. V. Vandyar sued Syed Omar Alsagotl lor s' 93 I in re spec l <>f work done, materials supplied, and wage* paid to
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  • 110 20 Yesterday, before Mr. Venables, the case was heard in which Hoo Bee Lim, driver «f a motor lorry and his coolie, Kolv Chow, are charged by sub-inspector Swyny, of the Singapore Harbour Board police, with causing the death of Tene Tong by rash and negligent driving
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  • 41 20 AYc arc officially informed that it hat* t »m fo ind necessary to postpone the n,toting of the Legislative Council fixed f*>r Monday, Februaiy 11, to Monday. February 25, owing to the visit of the British Squadron at Singapore.
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  • 45 20 lIM. On January 22, ls<24, at 3-b, SeotlKomi, Singapore, to Dr. and Mrs. H. L. H Lini. of a daughter. Java pnpei.- pleas* copy. V h.KNON.- On December 14, 1023, at a nursing home, Kdgbaston, Violet, wife of Evelyn ernin, Weather-oak, Alvechurch, a son.
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  • 87 20 AMALADAsS ROt'IJ. At t h Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Rev. Father L. B< urgolTer ollieiating, on January 21. 1924, Anthony, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. (J. Amaladass to Miss A. Marie Koch, only daughter of Mr. Ange Koch of the S.ILB. und Mrs. Roch. ViSSEft CORNELIUS.
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  • 191 20 Singapore, January 24. EXCHANGE On London. Bank 4 m/s 2/41/4 Demand 2/4 5-30 Private 3 m. credits 2 1 21 On New York, Demand 49*. n Private 90 d/s On France, Bank 1,,-77 On India, Bank T. T. i-'ji.. On Hongkong, Bank d/d 14 n.,On Shanghai, Bank
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  • 472 20 Singapore, January 24. MINING. l«MJ« v al. I*o. Knyert Selitrt, 1 1 Batang Padang 0.374 0.424 1 1 Hitani Tin 1.424 1.17 1 1 1 Jelantofc 0.2«»n ,n 1 1 Johan Tia 0.35 0.374 £1 £1 Kam Kamunting 44/9 45 9 i'l il Kamunting Tin 37/0 3>
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 88 20 NOTICE AH communications for both the Straits Tilt*ra r.rd the Straits Budget should be addnr.ed to the Head Othce, Cecil and SlanUy Streets, Singapore, Stro'ts bettlenor.ts. me post iiee price of the Straits Times to ihe Laiud Kingdom and foreign countries is $51 u year. The post free price of
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  • 191 20 DEATHS GENTLE.—On December 20, 1923, of heart failure, at 12, St. Gabriel’s Road, (Ticklewood, N.W., Alexander Gentle, in his 84th year. GOODA EAR. On December 22, 1923, oi pneumonia, at 49, Pitman-mansions, \V.. Charles Moncrietf Goodyear, formerly Sur-ve.vor-Oeneral, l-'.M.S. and Straits Settlements. aged 56. IBRAHIM. On January 20, 1924, at
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  • The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT
    • 38 1 patch lmlies 1 1. .i. 2 i.' I > i ,''toek> Returns Auction- I'M— anil Rcp*»rfs. ;;..'-i-’ K, Ur.M>»T Estate K «i‘ Estates .*> lU r, r» Rubber '.i■»1.united 4V Rubber l i Rubbe* Estates 1 RuMmu Share Prices
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    • 408 1 anniversary of the lntery. c.tty for Rubber Culture: t a'.ti- Indies, Mr. A. G. N. i y v man. said that niemoer-l < v* i ’o 214. of which 185 and 5'.* individual mem|m ai.ti-d area of the hssoi wji- 241.200
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    • 968 1 The annual meeting of Lunas Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held at French Bank Buildings on Monday, there being present .de.-srs. P. M. Robinson (chairman), it. B. Baker, A. E. Uaddeley directors 1). J. Reek and H. B. Ward (representing the Secretaries, Messrs. Kvatt
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    • 64 1 ;Thf- Straits Tirof* is not responsible for the opinions of its correspondents Correspondents should bear in mind thr.t litters must be short and to the point. Lonft r.adding epistles are liable to be rejected or ruthlessly cut down. Correspondents must enclose their names, not necessarily for publication but as
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    • 274 1 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. Merchant’s” letter in your issue of January 15 raises a point which ought to have been settled before now. It is amusing to see the Chamber of Commerce still issuing statistics which conflict with the official figures. Men who study
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    • 627 1 1 iiv thirteenth annual general meetng of the shareholders of the Gan Keo Rubber Estate, Ltd., was held on December IS at the registered office, 7, Mar-tin’s-lane Cannon-street, K.C., Mr. W. Arthur Addinsell, Chairman of the company, presiding. Mr.
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    • 1278 2 'I In tout ie tit 1 1 oidmaiy general hh‘»i ii,H fei in liu 1 1 •Ltd., w»« field .11 Kd.t.bill I| ll Do* ell.her 1 i rede 11, k Waltei alter (the cbu.miaii tie i oeeaii;. 1’bc l.; 411 mat., in
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    • 459 2 'l’ll*- niii '(tilth annual general meeting >.f the S.*K .a Rubber Company, Limited, was la id on December I'd, at Idol Lane, I < Mi. K. N. (I. Hinglcy (the chairman! l».( did. and in moving the adoption of j tie report
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    • 838 2 SEMBILAN ESTATES. Oil Palm Cultivation A New Departure. The eighteenth annual general mett-1 ing of the Sembilan Estates Company, j l imited, was held mi December at the, (dlice- of the Rubber Grower.-’ Association 2, uv.il J, bad Lane Eastcluap I; M,-. c. R. Gill.at (ihe C hairman) presiding. Tin-
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  • 691 2 The ordinary general meetim? J oho re Para Rubber Company Lt./ lht lield on December 17 at the office of company, 130, Cannon-street, E c Mr Arnold (chairman of the company) p The Chairman said: Gentlemen though the dividend of 10 per
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  • 85 2 .'ft Mc-sw-. Lewis an,! IVat xvrit.iiTuesday state :—A telegram i' 0,1 eJ London office, dated 21st 1S ,-iji stocks reduced by 2*54 tons, to*a. hand 57,054 tons. The net profit of Ki ubong Rubber Plantations for year to rp< her HO. 15)22. after providing 0 f iaiion.
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  • 1277 3 ALMA ESTATES LIMITED. Annual Meeting Passes 50-cent Dividend. I mu ment uf the payment I .V a ,1 of Taels 0.50 per I. a |||U 0 f the features of Kar. M,.. K. T. Byrne, presidi> ft ;i,niual meeting of shareR:" ,i H Alma Estates, Ltd., at B* b,i ,‘‘l.
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  • 875 3 The fourteenth annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Sungie Kari (Sumatra) Rubber Estate, Limited, was held on December 13 at the reg stored offices, 7, Martin’s Lane, Cannon Scree. E.C., Mr. W., Artnur Addmsell (the chairman) presiding. The Chairman said
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  • 247 3 Anglo Malay.—69,938 lbs. Ailenby.—23,925 lbs. liintan.—21,169 lb.-. Ba.il V'llage.—1,262 lbs. Drusch Tin and Rubber. —17,000 lb". Bikatr..—25,200 lbs. Broome (Selangor).—32,840 lbs. Batu Tiga (Sol.). —55,000 lbs. Bukit Kajang.—60,338 lbs. Gluny.—19,000 lbs._ Changkat Salak. —58,743 lbs. Cicely.—14,901 lbs. How Seng.—22,810 lbs. hmorald Rubber. 54,510 lbs. Glengowrie.—14,071 lbs. G.
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  • 584 3 Messrs Barlow and Co. report Singapore, January 17. A generally quiet tone has characterised the market during the period under review, and values have shown a downward tendency. In yesterday’s local auct on business passed in Awarded spot sheet at 48 Vi
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