The Straits Budget, 12 June 1925

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  • 31 1 The Straits Budget BONG THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED OVER THKEE-ttUAKTEKS OF A CE.NTIiI(YJ No. 3513 Singapore, Friday, June 12, 1925 Price 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7d.
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  • 321 1 LEADERS— Capital Punishment Planters’ Provident Fund 3 Shanghai Riots 3-4 East African Report 4 The Co.'l Industry 4-5 Security Telegrams, Reuter and Special Covering Past Week’s News 17-21 Pictures Fort Canning, Singapore 13 King’s Birthday in Malaya 14 Government House Illuminated 15 Malacca Machine-Gun Sub-Section 16 The Late Mr.
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  • 3855 1 gone* to G l?:* e an i Maxwell have tV 7, ras cr Hill, where they expect r r fortnight. Dr. H. G. Holdbrook is appointed Chief Medical Officer, Malacca. Rampah Coconut Estates harvested 250,400 lbs. nuts last month. Mrs. Darbishire sailed from home in the Nagoya
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  • 53 2 We are informed that the Hon. Mr G. C. Denham, Inspector General i Police, Straits Settlements, has accent,! an offer to succeed Mr. E. J. HammonTas representative of The Anglo-Dut,h Plantations of Java, Limited m? Hammond, we understand, is retiring from the East at
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  • 63 2 We regret to record that the death h is taken place in Ireland of the Rev Edwin Baird, who was formerly in charge of the American Methodist Mission work at Sitiawan, and who went home serious ly ill some time ago. The late Mr. Baird
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  • 76 2 A quiet wedding took place, before the Marriage Registrar, at the Registry Office Singapore, on Wednesday morning when M iss Gladys Florence Marion Chapman elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. j Chapman, Singapore, was married to Mr. Granville Roberts, Editor of the Malava Tribune, Singapore, only son
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  • 86 2 The General Officer Commanding has gieat pleasure in publishing the following letter and congratulates all ranks on having earned such commendation from His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government and Commander-in-Chief Malaya I would ask Your Excellency to convey to all units on parade on .the occasion
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  • 216 2 There are, perhaps, but few persons in the Straits wfr* jmmtiimution of u** Ltdjr mHwnas a young lady in Penang in the sixties when her father, the late Rev. James A. Mac Kay, the last of the Indian Chaplains in the Straits, was Chaplain of St.
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  • 265 2 Mi*;, A. E. Moreira, Assistant Editor of the Times of Malaya, who is now spending h holiday in Ceylon, has sent a letter to our Ipoh contemporary in the course of which he says :—lncidentally, I made a discovery of historic interest, which leaders ,of a recent
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  • The Straits Budget
    • 1129 3 —Stl’ai‘..~' Times. June 7». That much discussed question of whether r not capital punishment should bo abolished has been raised again by the introduction into Parliament of a Bill to rflV j se the law regarding the punishment of murder. Mr. Rhys J. Davies, who was Cnder-Secretary for
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    • 1224 3 pait .in the prosperity.—Straits Time*, June 6. I The Incorporated Society of Planter." has completed its scheme for the institu- tion of a Provident Fund, and the next step is to ascertain to what extent the Planting Companies are prepared to give their support. With this in
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    • 1094 3 -—Straits Times, June 8. Wo have been following with close attention the somewhat meagre news concerning the rioting which has been taking plate at Shanghai, and it is obvious that the situation is still a delicate one. Instead of showing any signs of diminishing, tho rioting has been
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    • 1087 4 wisn'aits Times, June 9. 1 Tho long awaited report of the East Africa Commission, appointed last year by the labour Government, has now’ been issued as a Blue Book. It provides very interesting reading, giving a much needed survey of British East Africa as a whole, and
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    • 1120 4 It is t'me they recognised fact**.—Straits? Titles, Jvrr' 10. It has hec*n abundantly evident for some considerable time that there existed a most serious condition of affairs in the coalmining industry at home, but during the past few months matters have becom» increasingly ukurirving. How serious is
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    • 1121 5 -Stmits Times, June 1|. Mr. \usten Chamberlain, Secretary of Nirte fur Foreign Affairs, three months «*Ve> <!e>cri’»ed the question of security in Europe *i? of immense, of overwhelming importance." Thnt epithet is not the least l*‘t of an exaggeration, ami it is just a important to-day as it has
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  • 162 5 Another arrest has been made in coniiccii.ui with t*he kidnapping of a 12-year oid Chinese girl from her home in Hinch Road by an Indian last April. 'I he kidrapper is now serving a sentence of one year’s imprisonment, and tlr.e
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  • 92 5 A Government Gazette Extraordinary, issued on June f>, contains the following names as added to the Commission of the Peace for Singapore Charles Clement Dunman, Frederick Henry Kowen Heron, Oswald Phillips Griffith-Joncs, Tengku Abdul Kadir bin Tengku M ohamed, Rupert Manasseh, I)r. Ilafuzndin Sirajudin Moonshi and
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  • 70 5 Commencing: with the Kashima Marti sailing from London on the 20th ilist... and the Hakozaki Marti, sailing from here on the 12th in'sl., all steamers on the European line will call at Gibraltar on both the outward ami h inoward voyage. Steamers will only stay an hour
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  • 132 5 At the extraordinary general meeting of Lingui Tin, Ltd., held on June 8, the sub-joined resolution, which was passed as an extraordinary resolution on May 22, was confirmed as a special resolu tion :—Thut each $5 share in the capital of the company be dividend into five
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  • 363 5 Abubakar Abdul Raheem, a partner in the bankrupt jewellery firm of Ismail and duhecm, applied in the Bankruptcy Court on Friday, before Mr. Justice Deane, .or review of an order made by Mr. Justice Acton a year ago refusin'; him discharge from bankruptcy.
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  • 414 5 Sir George Maxwell, Chief Secretary to Government, F.M.S., in the course of his annual report for the year 1924, states The Government completed during the year its sale of the accumulated stocks ot tin, which form part of what has been generally
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  • 1074 7 <Kiom Our Own Correspondent). Malacca, June C. nleasant dinner was held in the Drill null on hrulay last, tne primary object Vf which was the iiiesentat.cn of the V,‘ IH for all icund efficiency in 11*24 i U I icra'i A. E. I-ambert Among
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  • 936 7 The first race of the annual series f t the Challenge Clip presented by the late Viscount Milner took place on Sunudv morning. Capi. Flett and Mr. Iloy Terry started thirteen yachts at 10 a.m. in a moderate S. E, wind and a heavy swell.
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  • 201 7 A dispute over an alleged agreement to sub-let the Arcadia cinema at Tanjong Katong occupied Mr. Justice Deane in Ihe Supremo Court yesterday. Mr. E. It. Koek appeared for the plaintiff, Suleiman bin Hadjee Samut, and Mr. 11. It. S. Zchnder
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  • 116 7 A Chinese named Lim Yam was charged in the /Third Police Court on Monday, with carrying 747 cases of dangerous petroleum on a twakow which bad not been licensed for the purpose. The case was postponed. This prosecution is an echo of
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  • 208 7 A correspondent sends us the following Since the erection of the Municipal quarters at Kampong Java Road alongside the old Roman Catholic burial ground, the gate on Bukit Timah Road by which admittance to the cemetery is gained, has been thrown open for the
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  • 196 7 (Aneta’s Service.) Batavia, Jun<v 7. The Sourabaya police have arrested three Chinese and two Formosans with smuggled opium valued at 50,000 guilders. It appears that there is a farspreading smuggling organisation throughout the whole of Java and it is believed that the
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  • 334 7 The Autumn session of the Indian Legislature opens on August 20. Lord Heading, who returns to India on August 10, may formally open the session in state with a view to officially expounding the policy as the result of hi* discussions
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  • 165 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 4. Soon Hoe Tian, until recently a police clerk in the Traffic Office, Penang, was charged with breach of trust i:i respect of three sums of $B, being fees for the registration of motor cars. He wm acquitted on all throe
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  • 1381 8 (Contributed). The Dutch call them ‘‘the brother*.” In English wo would describe them rather ns the twin sisters. They are of the same age but one is taller than thu other by sumo 700 ft. which is really unnoticeable when you
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  • 303 8 The* ease concluded in the District Court on Monday after a lengthy .(suing, in which two Chinese named Koh IVng and Toh Cheng Poh were '•harged with being concerned in the importation of opium. The accused weiv lined £20,000 eacli, or in
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  • 858 8 The uiinual sports of Raffles Institution were held on the school playing-field on June in line weather, and in the presence of a large gathering of parents and friends, the latter including Miss Hose, H. Major-General Sir Theodore Fraser, and Miss Fraser, the
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  • 55 8 N. D. L. Passenger Service. Reported Withdrawal of Loc a l Line. (Anota’s Service.) Batavia, June It is reported that the Norddeutsch* Lloyd intends gradually stopping th ttr passenger service to Belawan, Saban<* Penang and Singapore with v j of increasing their passenger traffic to South America, where the ships
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  • 697 8 JOHAN TIN DREDGING. Directors’ Report on the Year’ s Working. The report of the directors of Johar. Tin Dredging, Ltd., says The profit on the year’s working was $6(5,254.3d, which deducted from $96,401.24 carried forward from last account leaves u balance of $30,146.88 to the debit of profit and loss
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  • 1488 11 To- -pring racing concluded on Satur- v vV h<*n the Inst of the three extra ono- meetings arranged by the Singapore Tujf Club was held. It was u successful Jifti-nioon. the weather being fine, th? attendance good, and the racing full of interest.
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  • 110 11 Mr. Justice Dean gave judgment ’n the Supreme Court on Monday in the action heard before him recently in which a commission agent, named Nguai Yam Yew, claimed $3,000 commission at two and a half per cent, for effecting the mortgage of
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  • 107 11 Two Norwegian sailors from tho steamer Arno were produced in the Second Police Court on Monday in connection with a fight which occurred in a bar in North Bridge Road, on Saturday night. Four sailors were concerned in the fight. They
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  • 249 11 Action taken at meeting of Com- mittee No. 1 held on June 2, included the 1 following Decided to authorise the Government Veterinary Surgeon to purchase surgical instruments for the Animal Infirmary up to a total cost of £l5O. Decided to urge the C.P.O. to institute diagonal parking
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  • 129 11 The Municipal health statement for the week ending May 30, gives the total number of deaths as 236 representing a death rate of 30.96 per mille per annum compared with 33.71 in the preceding week and with 25.94 in the corresponding week of last year. The chief
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  • 319 11 The announcement that the International Health Board of the Rockefeller Foundation have taken office* in Union Building is of interest, becau.se it is not gencmJiy known that the Foundation ia opeiating in Malaya. The hiatory of this development goes back to the Far Kastern
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  • 127 11 r J wenty-five lasears, members of the engine-room crew of the City steamer Malatian, running between Australia and Singapore, were charged in the Marine Court on Saturday with disobeying a command of the captain. Evidence was given that the men refused to
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  • 150 11 A Dutch lady named Mrs. Sjouwhe was the victim of a daring theft in Fort Canning Road on Sunday. Mrs. Sjouwhe was walking along Fort Canning Road with her mother at about b. 45 p.m. when her left hand was
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  • 94 11 _The report of the Christmas Island Phosphate Co., Ltd., for the year ended December .31, 1924, record i a highly satisfactory position. The net profit for the year amounted to £78,097, to which was added the balance from the previous c!ol^i? 5, io 48 j" 1
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  • 65 12 [The Strait* Time* ij not responsible fo > the opinions of its corresporiJen's. Corn; 6]»ono«;nt» should bear in mind that letter* must be short end to the point. Lons rambling ep'ntlt-i are liuhls to be rejected 01 vutblennly cut down. Correspondents mm •tnclose their nanoer, not n*css*»urily foi publication
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  • 768 12 To tl kv Editor of the Straits Trines. Dear Sir, We would crave the hospitality of your columns to give a short reply to Mr. Peek’s letter which appeared in your issue of the 4th June. It is not proposed to deal line/ by line with that
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  • 106 12 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I am sure that that portion of the population of Singapore which is compelled to travel along Geylang Road daily must bo grateful to the Municipal Commissioners for the construction of the concrete road and I am sure everybody wall
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  • 70 12 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —By the construction of one of the best roans in the world, the district of Gaylang is being rapidly populated. This being so, it is time that the Sanitary authorities exercised a stricter supervision over the rickety and dilapidated
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  • 246 12 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —May I crave for a small space in the corner of your valuable and widely-read paper to call the attention of the power-tnat-be whether the practice by some landlords to collect their house rents according to the Chinese and sonr:*
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  • 198 12 To the Editor of the Straits Times. May I ask your assistance in trying to stop a veiy unnecessary nuisance in our busiest streets. From Anderson Bridge to Finlayson Green, Battery Road and Ruffles Square, there is one continuous din all day in consequence of the blowing
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  • 59 12 The Proanger Post says that much damage has been done by the flood which occurred at Bindjei, Sumatra East Coast early last mouth. The water was about bw feet d»ep in some of the lowly in l I.l '.uvs. I he roads were damaged, and o? Bindjei
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  • 1269 12 An interesting and valuable explanation of the legal status of Cninese wives and concubines in the Straits Settlements was given by’ a wvll-known Singapore lawyer when asked by a Stiaits Times representative on Monday, to comment upon a case heard in Hongkong,
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  • 135 12 Inc Sepoy Lines police w’ere called •J 11 Sunday to a Chinese house where they £rU»^y° a |,j hiw hid<k under m-u with her feet fastened with a do"*chain. A C hinese woman was arrested, and charged in the f-hird Police
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  • 299 12 We are not often called upon to record• the death ot a centenarian in Singapore amongst the Christian communities, but such an unique event occurred on Sunday afternoon at her residence at the 7tii milestone in Upper Serangoon KoaJ. in the person of Mrs. Cecilia Lewis.
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  • SUPPLEMENT TO THE STRAITS BUDGET
    • 241 13 Great changes are being contemplated at Fort Canning where new buildings r.re to be erected for the military authorities, quarters provided for the Navy and Air Forces and exchanges made of land for a municipal reservoir. The fortifications and barracks on Fort Canning were completed in 1861
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    • 72 14 Photograph taken at Government House utter the King's Birthday Parade. Seated Mrs. Barnard, H. E. The Officer Administering the Government (the Hon. Mr. E. S. Hose, C.M.G.), Miss Hose, Mr. B. H. F. Barnard, Ag. Conservator of ForesNs. Standing Major V. G. Olive, A.H.C., l/ieut. E. 1).
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    • 83 14 A parade wan held on the padang on June 3, in honour of llu* birthday of H.M Kinir Georiro VII <h» nrm»,i f f »,r, un parade, and .he apeclaele an improve and inspiring A arm d (m H *>•>»" Scottish Co., S.S.V.F. Chinese Co., S.S.V.F.
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    • 8 15 1‘luttus. by II M Sassoon
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    • 136 15 Government House was illuminated on (he occasion of Ihc birthday ball, he dint; being outlined in el-clric lutht, w hilc over the centre the Crown and the Royal initials G.U.I: were picked out in red. The anniversary of the King's Birthday was celebrated in Malacca wi.h
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    • 31 15 The Chief Secretary (Hon. Sir George Maxwell, C.M.G., with 11. II. The Sultan of Selangor at Saluting Base, I'liotn s liy l\ok, I'lultt
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    • 42 16 Seated (Kelt to Itinht) :—l'te. (iraham. S&gt;;t. Kerr. Lieut. Esson, M.C., Corpl. Lambert, I’te. I’uuh. Standing (Left to Ri^ht) :—l’te Ifarland, I’te. Hallow ay, I’te. Na&gt; smith, I’te. Wilson, I'te. Mckerrol, I’te. Gotts. Photo by C. I situ, Malacca
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    • 149 16 The Late Mr. C. W. Darbishire. Photofintfih by II. X. liuckcrMgc, Sin^a/&gt;un Inscribed Granite Roulder, Dutch Fort. It is on record that in 1690, the Dutch garrison at Pangkor, in the Dindings, was "cut off by the Malays; and three years later an order was
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  • PAST WEEK’S IMPERIAL AND GENERAL NEWS Contained in Reuter and Special Telegrams.
    • 2786 17 [BELTER TF.L EE ram.] London, June 4. n -tm’s Agency learns in well informthat, white, the dangerous Vilirt" of th“ situation in Shanghai minimised, sc far there has been V united action on the part of the 1 ucr mart from the despatch of
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    • 442 18 Lowest Value for Many Months. London, June 5. Following the selling of francs on the London and foreign exchange markets, both French and Belgian currencies touched lower values than at any time since March last year. The French franc was to-day 99.80 and the Belgian 102.22%* M.
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    • 84 18 London, June 4. The executives of the eight trade union organisations met in London at the invitation of the Miners’ Federation to discuss proposals for establishing a new labour alliance for mutual protection, Mr. Cook, of the Miners’ Federation, made an impassioned appeal for unity, but the
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    • 676 18 French Position Now Stabilised. London, June 4. i Paris At a meeting of the Cabinet i M. Painlcvc announced that the Moroccan I front was now stabilised and no extensive I military operations were contemplated i The morale of both the French and native troops was excellent.
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    • 281 18 Many Deaths in United States. London, June 4. New York Many deaths have occurred, and the heat wave is spreading through all the eastern states. Violent storms occurred in the middle-west. I is estimated that the damage in Minnesota amounted to $2,500.0(H).* A rainstorm caused a
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    • 194 18 Celebration of Twenty-fifth Anniversary. London, June 7. Rome The Chamber w»s crowded on the occasion of the special sitting to celebrate the tw'onty-tifth anniversary of the King’s accession. A proposal in favour of conferring a medal for military valour on His Majesty was adopted. The proceedings were most
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    • 150 18 London, June 9. Washington The fact that the exZeppehn Los Angeles had to abandon yesterday’s flight from Lakehurst to .Minnesota half way, owing to engirn trouble, has furnished Secretary Wilbur *s®,, of a staten, ent on the utter folly of staking national, defence exclusively on the reliability
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    • 191 18 New Plan Regarding Export Articles. London, June 4. The methods of collecting new lin taxes and payment of drawbacks on e ported articles containing silk and arti ficial silk were discussed at a at the Treasury presided over by Mr Churchill and attended by trade reore sentatives and
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    • 120 18 London, June 5. Oslo The Amundsen expedition 4 ships Hobby and Farm are patrolling the ice harrier on the look-out for the missing explorers. London, June 5. New York Cdr. Lanadowne, commander of the dirigible Shenandoah. h.,s submitted a detailed plan of opera/iun should it be decided to
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    • 206 18 London, June 4. Geneva The Labour Conference elected administrative council comprising the eight states laid down in the peace treaty as the highest industrialised countries in the world, namely France, Ger* many, Britain, Italy, Belgium, Japan, i anada and India. The Government group also nominated the Argentine* Spain,
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    • 86 18 London, June 4. Berlin Creditors of Russian banks before the revolution are likely to be inerested in an important decision of the Prussian supreme court. The Russian Tniustrial Bank owed a Berlin banking ftnrr* *OO,OOO gold marks. The latter sought o recover ithc sum from the Deutschc&gt;nnk,
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    • 846 19 London. June 6. Tarton Fighting broke out yesterday the Cantonese driving the Yun from the city. The declaration of general strike is possible. Telegraphic Jonummication with Hongkong is suspended. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Hongkong, June 5. The conditions at Canton are tantamount
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    • 103 19 Government Retaining Commonwealth Line. London, June 5. Melbourne Owing to no tenders being rectived for it, the Government have decided to retain the Commonwealth shipping line. Mr. Bruce, in making the announcement, said obsolete and economic tonnage would be sold and where necessary replaced. In the forthcoming session
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    • 158 19 London, June 5. Perpignan Travellers from Barcelona p jrsisuntly report that an attempt wa« made to blow up the train on which the King and Queen had arranged to go to Madrid. A bomb weighing 80 kilograms was found in a tunnel. Nineteen arrests have been
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    • 177 19 London, June G. Moscow: The Kieff military tribunal has concluded the trial of members of the anti-Soviet organisation Russia for the Russians,” headed by the ex- Tsarist General Belavin, who was accused of military espionage on behalf of Poland. General Belavin, Ivanoff, who was an official on the
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    • 1089 19 Successful Round-Germany Flight. London, June 4. After Hying nearly 250,000 miles without event, Mr. Alan Cohham has met with an accident. He was accompanied by Lieut.-Col. Edwards, Deputy Director of Civil Aviation, flying to Berlin in the baby plane De Havilland New Moth,” on which he flew from London
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    • 49 19 Big Building Contract Placed In Britain. London, June 4. It is now announced that contracts for £3,500,000 have been placed in Britain for two 10,000 ton cruisers and two submarines for the Royal Australian Navy. The cruisers will be similar to those of the British County class.
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    • 174 19 London, June 9. In the House cf Commons the clauses of the Budget embodying the tea duty wero adopted by 277 to 140. London, June 9. The House of Commons, in the committee stage of the Finance Bill, rejected by 274 to 140 a Labour amendment to reduce
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    • 1536 20 Complete Agreement Between The Allies. 1 London, June 4. Paris At the conclusion of the Cabinet meeting M. Brinnd announced that complete agreement had been reached between the Allies on the subject of the reply to Germany’s proposals fur a security pact. M. Hriand is proceeding to Geneva
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    • 302 20 Maharajah of Gwalior Dead. London, June G. Paris: The death has occurred of II. H. the Maharajah of Gwalior. H.H. Maharajah Sindhia of Gwalior, G.C.V.O., G.C.S.I., Hon. and Extra A.D.C. to the King had been seriously ill for some /time and his death was not altogether unexpected. He was
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    • 320 20 London, Juno 6. Berlin The big- banks, with the cooperation of the Reichsbank. are coming to the rescue of the Stinnes trust with 40.000,000 marks to p: event a complete collapse of the organisation, which encountered a financial crisis, it is alleged, owing to the taking
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    • 165 20 War Dance by Five Thousand Zulus. London, June t; Eschowc A wonderful sight arranged for the benefit of the Prince of w».« consisted of a war dance by 5,000 niclA/i m war paint and feathered hS dress, creating a weird, impressive seem With characteristic steps, cries am
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    • 91 20 Death Sentences on Eight Accused. London, June 7. Cairo: All the men accused of the murder of the Sirdar were sentenced to death except the chauffeur, who was sentenced to two years imprisonment. There was a distressing scene, some of the prisoners shrieking and being removed struggling. Toe
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    • 294 20 London, June 4. Vienna The twelfth international cotton conference opened in the presence of the President of the Republic ami members of the Government. There art* representing twenty-one i states, including Britain, Germany and ;&lt;*ther European industrial states, ‘India, feppt, Japan and the United States. I he congress
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    • 75 20 London, June 8. A deputation representing the British holders of Marconi and Vickers 8 per cent. Chinese loans waited on the acting Chinese Minister at the Legation in London yesterday and made representations as to the Peking Government’s failure to pay interest on them. Dr. Chu replied sympathetically
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    • 322 21 insurgents Seize Government 1 Buildings. London, June 7. Athens Trouble has broken out on the I* of Samos, where insurgents seized Jr, Government buildings, arrested olfi- j It leased prisoners from the gaols 1ml’ looted the contents of the state amounting to nearly a million the movement
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    • 129 21 Ixmdon. June 7. Geneva Mr. Austen Chamberlain anil party have arrived to attend the Counci of the league of Nations o}&gt;ening tomorrow. M. Chamberlain haii luncheon with M. Biiand, with whom ho is eyr-cct* e&lt;] to have important conference* London, June 8. Geneva The Council of the
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    • 94 21 London, June 10. York A correspondent of the ‘U-w York Times on the Presidential train returning to Washington from Minnesota, a '*u r Coolidge appears to have gathered the* impression that the West is gaining in prosperity and his policies are JuTiuanientally sound and stimulating. He "f
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    • 69 21 London, June 4. The police continue very active Communists and arrested 450 iiW:* 5 n P that they had no nn,_ ,l y papers and no fixed occupation. t ]j authorities at Varna arrested 140 Communists. London, June 7. The dentil sentence passed on L'inl 1 roiava n connection
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    • 1190 21 Macao Governor Resigns. I&lt;ondon, June 4. fr&gt;!‘ 1 »h? n r I" the the Minister lot the telyn.es explained the reasons for the resignation of I)r. Itodrisues. Governor oi Macao. lie lead a document the vorks tht Port of Macao, showing the, the Governor was of opinion
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    • 206 21 London, June 7. Riga A large purty of Russian emigrants who were converted to Bolshevism while in the United States have rnved at Lihau on route to Russia, Slinging tractors and other agricultural naehinery with a view to reconstructing igricultural life. London, June 6. Rome The Chamber by 24'\
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  • Sporting News and Notes.
    • 3 22 [Router Telegram.)
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    • 747 22 Sussex Beaten by Three Wickets At Bristol. [Reuter Telegram.] London, June 4. At Bristol Gloucestershire beat Sussex by three wickets. The Sussex totals were 123 and 118, Parker taking six wicket* for 37 and Dennett six for 44. Gloucestershire scored 145 and 97 for seven, Tate taking seven wickets for
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    • 653 22 teishire made 278 (Dipper 74) uiul 98 for seven. At Taunton Somerset beat Essex on the first innings. The home county scored &gt;18 (Daniel! 174 not out) und 294 (Daniell 108, Bligh 71). Essex made 132 in their first innings losing six wickets to White for 3f&gt;, and ran up
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    • 247 22 Visit of Batavia Team. The representative Batavia team which is to meet the S.F.A. team on the 19th inst. passed through on Monday on the way to Medan. The visitors will play four matches there and then return to meet Singapore at the Stadium. They are reported to be
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    • 37 22 [Reuter Telegram.] Ivondon, June 6. At Ulawara, N T ew South Wales, the English soccer team defeated lllawarra by B—o. London, June 8. Sydney The English soecer team boat New South Wales by 4—l.
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    • 93 22 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpuu, June 0. A Selangor Football Association, on the same line as the Singapore Association, was formed last night. Dr. Travers presided at a well attended meeting. After the draft rules had been passed the following were elected office-bearers Hon. President, Mr.
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    • 133 22 Selangor Beat Iskander in Spooner Cup. The final for the Spooner Cup was played here on June 3, (writes our Kuala Lumpur correspondent) between the Selangor Polo Club and the Iskander Club, Penang and the Royal Johore Polo Club having been eliminated in the semifinal. The result was a
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    • 90 22 [Reuter Telegram.] London, June 6. The French hard courts tennis championship were played at St. Cloud. In Men’s Singles Lacoste beat Borotra. 5, 6—l, 6—' 4. In the Ladies’ Singles Mdlle. Lenglen beat Miss McKane, 6—l, 6—2. In Mixed Doubles Mdlle. Lenglen and
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    • 624 22 Turner Knocked out in First Round. Here was sensation We have been accustomed to mam events which went the distance, followed by more or less friendly wrangling over the referee’s decision. In the case of Bov Walley and Harry Turner, who nu*t a t the Happy Valley last Friday,
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    • 76 22 [Reuter Telegram.] London, June 6. Njew York Tn a fifteen round heavyweight contest Gene Tunney knocked out Tom Gibbons in the twelfth round. The result materially changes the her.vyweight position. Two years Gibbons stayed the full distance of fifteen rounds with Dempsey and having since beaten
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    • 95 22 [Reuter Telegram.] London, June 6. At Holland Park in a twenty round contest for the middleweight championship of Europe., Tommy Milligan, of Hamilton, beat the holder, Bruno Frattim, of Italy, on points. The contest was fast and skilful throughout. Milligan was several pounds lighter than his
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    • 612 23 [Renter Telegram] American Open Championship. [Reuter Telegram.] London, June 5. h Worcester Country Club's course, n. &lt; in the American open golf oionship, Bobbie Jones and Willie M f lane, after heading the field each M acfurlane, ploy off an extra tijjhteen hole* and again tied, each mak‘n\ '-i
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    • 81 23 •n„n Urt cn mem bers of the Swimming for .u f° r Hie 200 yards, handicap ru-.n U P P res ented by the Euroand i Mansfield’s on Sunday, who Ver £°°&lt;l ra ce resulted. Burton, i lV;av u nt i)2 seconds after the first man VairL w s
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    • 60 23 Of the seven teams competed in the' Australian Stores Shield competition, the following was the final order 1 No 1 Eurasian Co team, 2. No. 2 Eurasian Co. team 3. Chinese Co., 4. S.U.E. (V), 7 GUn Platoon 6 A Co This is the third year in succession
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  • 1098 23 Ihe following passengers are proceeding to Europe by the Morea which suiled on Frilay Mr. and Mrs. E. Box, .Mr. Everall, Mr. F. M. Curties, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Steward, Mr. and Mrs. C. Bailey, Capt. E. N. A. Lind, Mr. I. Bjoernfield, Mr. 11. I). Black, Mr.
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  • 289 23 I Nawng Pet Tin.—Hours run 299. yardage treated 1,910, ore won piculs 130. approximate revenue $10,400, approximate cost of mining $4,302, lainfail 6.97 inches The secretary of Austral Malay Tin, Ltd,, reports the following outputs of it* associated companies for the month oi May Kampong Kamunting Tin Dredging.—
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  • 57 23 DAVISON. —On June 6, 1925, at Singapore General Hospital, to Mr. and Mrs. R. Davison, of Kuantan, Pahang, a son. HUTCHINGS.—On June 4, 1926, at Singapore Private Hospital, to Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Hutchings, a daughter. POTTS. —On May 9, 1925, at Deane Rectory, Basingstoke, to Dorothie, wife
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  • 224 23 CHAPMAN—ROBERTS. —On June 10, 1925, before the Marriage Registrar, at the Registry' Odicc, Singapore, Gladys Florence Marion Chapman, elder daughter of Mr. Mrs. F. J. Chapman, of 7, Paterson Rond, Singapore, and of London, to Granville Roberts, Editor of the Malaya Tribune, Singapore, only son of Mr. and Mrs.
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  • 213 23 Singapore, June 11. EXCHANGE. On London, Bank 4 m/s 2/4 5/14 Demand 2/4 i'mtfie 3m. credits 2/4 23/32 On New York, Demand 56% Private 90 d/a 58% On trance, Bank T. T. 1,099 On India, Bank T. T. 155 On Hongkong, Bank T.T. 1% p.c. dis. On
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  • 476 23 Singapore, June 11. MINING. Issue Val. Pd. Buyers Seller* £1 £1 Asam Kumbang 46/6 47/6 1 1 Batang Padang 0.62 0.67% i Tin 1.55 1.60 £1 £1 Idris Hydraulics 55/6 ,56/6 1 1 Johan Tin 0.57 0.41 10/- JO/- Kampong 43/- 44/6 £1 £1 Kamunting Tin 58/-
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    • 87 23 NOTICE All communications for both the Straits Times and the Straits Budget should be addressed to the Head Office, Cecil and Stanley Streets, Singapore, Straits Settle* ments. The post free price of the Straits Times to the United Kingdom and foreign countries is $54 a year. The post free price
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  • 89 23 DEATHS COOPER. —On May 7, 1925, at Hove, Sussex, Winifred Clara, wife of Herbert Cooper, Perak. MAXWELL.—In London, on June 5, 1926, in her 80th year, Lilian Grant Maxwell, only •laughter of the late Rcvftrend Jainen Aberigh-Mackay, and widow of the late Sir William Maxwell, K.C.M.G. TAN. —Tan Teow Kim
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  • The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT
    • 81 1 Central— Rubber Price Average* 1 London Rubber Stocks 1 The Singapoie Auction* Rubber Statistics i May Rubber Retina.' Rubber for Undoes British Malaya llubbi r Statistic* Local Rubier Auction Kuhb-r Smuggling Crepe Rubber ?*ole Sucre* &gt; f» K.M.S. Lab •v.v t ode Dorr expendcure— Varying Rubber Price-* 3 Meeting*
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    • 27 1 Rubber Price Averages. The average price &lt;«f rubber for tho current quarter to June It* is a.s follows Singapore 97*810 cents laiudon 2h. 7 US7d.
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    • 37 1 Messri Lewis aiul Beat’s cable received fi*»m their London office on Tuesday Rave lam don Rubber Stocks IMC ions down for the week ending June C. The total now on hand is 5,413 tons.
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    • 184 1 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce RuMkm* Association held its 711th auction. June 10, 1925, when there was catalogued 787,455 lbs. or 251.52 tons; ottered 419.772 lbs. or 187.40 tons sold 345,480 Mis. or 154.23 tons. Spot. London Iks. IV# d. IVew York 74 cents. PRICES REALISED. Ribbed
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    • 1580 1 The nineteenth ordinary gen* ral meeting of the Rubber Estates of .lohorc. Eld., was h* id on April 20 at the registered oiljoe of the company, 1-4, Great Tower 1 Street. E &lt;’., Sir Frank Atiiolsfane Swctjtenhnm, G.C.M.G. (the chairman), pcesid1 ingMr. Ernest
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    • 189 1 Ihe pi ‘mint issue of the Import and I '-po:t PoTart m»mi Rubber Statistics, f;u j i*lny places us in possession of the re* cords for the first live months of the j present year, in a summarised form the ligu v road thus 5 months 1925 1021
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    • 2024 2 Bukit Sembawang Rubber. Sound Position Dividend Of 7½ Per Cent. l*u* fourteenth annual general meeting „t Bukit Sembawang ltubber Company 1 td., was held on May 2 at Winchester Old l*road Street, E.C., Sir ivor 4*hiiii*«&gt;'. h t’.B. (the chairman 1, presidill ,r Iht Chairman 'aid The directors' re* ..„rt
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    • 972 2 Tandjong.—lnt. divd. 7'i p.e. Bernam-Pcnak. lnt. divd. (&gt; p.c. Bangawan.—Divd. 7 ‘,2 p.e. (For 1923 p.e.) Malaysia.—Divd. 10 p.c. (Fast year l &gt; p.c.) Bukil Badang.—Divd. p.c. (Fast year same.) Anglo-Java.—Divd. p.c.; also int. 1 divd. ”&gt; p.c. for 192«. (For 1923 divd.
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    • 178 2 Ayer Kuning.—s3,ooo lbs. 8radwa11.—42.682 lbs. Bukit Lintang.—23,ooo lbs. Bangoen Poerha.—24,ooo lbs. Batu Rata.—33,052 lbs. Hagan Serai.—32,ooo lbs. Batak Habit.—2s.ooo lbs. Chimpul.—lB,3oo lbs. &lt;olinsburgh.—2o,s47 lbs. (Chersonese.—s6,o 41 lbs. Dennistown (Krian F.M.S.). —26,000 Last Asiatic.—l73,2B3 lbs. Heawood.—2B,ooo lbs. Ilevea.—2o.&lt;loo lbs. Highlands and Lowlands.—loB,2oo lbs. Jasia.—33,ooo lbs. Krubong.—l2,o6l lbs. Kurau.—lo,loo
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    • 593 3 The annual meet in# “f Iralalgai1ralalgai J ianted was held at the offices &lt;»t m *cc rotaries (Messrs. Pater-on, feimons, and Co.) on Saturday, there hem* P M M nl Messrs A. I*, Cameron (maiiman;, rui David Galloway, C. K. Winter, K. A.
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    • 227 3 Tint, rubber block should be used for p;&lt;vi n&gt;i‘ bridges is suggested by Mr. H. Hotchkiss, cli. lirnian of the crude rubber committee of the Rubber Association tIJ.S.) who has returned to London from a tour of the rubber plantations of the Last. It seems to me,
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    • 290 3 The Registrar of Imports and Exports has sent us the following comparative statement of the quantity and value of rubber exported from Brl h Sl-.iu'.i during May, 1925. Tht figures, which are m tons, represent
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    • 636 3 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 710th auction. u .lune a. It)‘Jo, when there was catalogued 1.551,784 lbs. or 092.70 tons i 1 olfered 894,160 lbs. or ”1)9.1 terns sold 732,248 lbs. or .“20.90 ton-. Spot. London 3s. 2%d. New York 70 cts. PRICES REALISED. Ribbed Smoked
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    • 200 3 Our Kuala Lumpur correspondent v. rite on Friday :—There has been a lull in the activities of the preventive launches on the west coast and only one further capture is reported. At H.SO a.m. on May 11) the Pikat sighted a prau oil Balu Tinggat and gave chase
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    • 71 3 ’The Straits Times is net responsible i„ r t.t op iiHitiH of its coriespuntk nis. cori&gt;pendents should hear in mind that kit, oust le short and to the point. L„ni: ambling epistles art liable to la. rejected r Cwtilessiy cut down. Cor re apundents nuisi .iciose their names, not
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    • 814 3 To the Editor of the Straits Tines. Sir.,— Helen ing to your foot note t,&gt; inv lettir apptvtiing &gt;n your to-day s issue, y&lt;/ u put tr.o present rnorncus difference’ in London rubber price and Singapore prie-f down to a local shortage in London. May 1 take
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    • 1766 4 Henrietta Rubber. Improving Results— Company’s Dividend Outlook. T thirteenth ordinary general mectIhl ii.iniietta Rubber Estates, Ltd., was ii'*, 1 Miv 21 at London House, New fStreet, E.C., Mr. W. H. Shelford T haiiman) presiding. (t ii John Owler, A.C.I.S., representing notaries (Messrs. Paterson Simons th‘‘ tl ],1 &gt; having read
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    • 1708 4 111-* fifteenth annual general meeting of the Chcrsomsc (F.M.S.) Estates, Ltd., was held on April 30 in the Council Room of the Rubber Growers’ Association (Incorporated), 2-4, Idol-lane, Eastcheap, E.C., Mr. Noel Trotter (the chairman) presiding. The Chairman said Gentlemen,—The
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    • 1057 5 further enquiries. Rahman Hydraulics are more active at 1.05 to 1.70. Telok Kruins made 1:20 ex. sellers 1.22 V&. Johans are in better demand up to 39 cents, few offering. In the Taiping group, Souths are a shade better at 58 to 00 cents. Norths can l*e
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    • 329 5 The following cable recently received from America by the Rubber Growers’ Association finally confirms the success that was anticipated from the publicity campaign on tne crepe rubber sole launched early in the year :—“Enormous increased demand sole crepe indicated. Anxious determine
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    • 234 5 Ab their meeting held on June 5 the committee of the Planters’ Association of Malaya considered the notification relating to the introduction of a Bill to amend the Labour Code. The following minutes arc supplied to us As the report of the
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    • RUBBER SHARE PRICES.
      • 347 5 Stock Stock Par Exchange Par Exchange Value. Company. Prices. Value. Company. Prices ±1 Anglo-Malay 29/ il Linggi 3#/ il Ayer Kuning 42/G 2/ London-Asiatic 4/y t*l Rakap Plantns 10/ Lubok o/ 71/ i'l Batcng 30/7*4 VI Batu Caves 17/0 w /oin Batu Kawan 18/9
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      • 800 5 Capital Issue Paid Up Value Dividends Closing Prices. Eraser Lyall oi,j *aii Company Co. Evatt 01J.500 1 t n,f f()i- von- oo or .ii EiVBH. 727':%* l ■.o p p c c in v;,t y'f r o:9 if ajah &lt;sl) 1:35 1,4850 iJ» mife
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    • 233 6 •IN* 0i a* A A &gt; CARS 1924 STANDARD MODELS 4 Cylinder 6 Cylinder $2,550 $3,350 a»i r CIO (Incorporated In Singapore) MOTOR DEPARTMENT. 20, GRANGE ROAD, SINGAPORE. C yrT’jtS X i THE .IN of Achievement is “The popularity of the Buick is the natural result of Ls achievements in
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