The Straits Budget, 25 September 1925

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1 5 The Straits Budget
  • 29 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED EIGHTY YEARS, j No. 3,528 Singapore, Friday, September 25, 1925 Price 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7<l.
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  • 317 1 MSADKIIS a f e Bolshevism 3 SeHim ii Strikers 3 War Debts 3*4 Matteis Municipal China and the Powers 4 Turkex and Britain 5 Telegrams Heuter and Special Covering Past Week’s News 19-22 Pictures PeiM-r.alia II Union Building U Views Around Johore 12 Sultan of Johore’s Birthday 14 Watching
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  • 3908 1 'hr. announcement is gazetted to iivr ct that Mr. G. A. McAfee, chief f (1 ''T' S.S. Police Force, was seconded "J'wcc under the Brunei Government 1 "'lumber. fo January, UCj. Mr. Athelstan Braddon has returned to Seremban from his trip to China. Mrs. W. Hunter Bruce
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  • 72 2 The Fire Brigade were called 0.0 dunng the week-end. On Ut twi an hour’s work sufficed to ,>v y night fire in a rubber smokehouse fiW 1 Serangoon Road, but the fire in Road on Sunday, was more eSt,er whole row of shophouses w a I‘, A
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  • 90 2 The Malacca Observer sav Tl Johore Government has sum of 1300 as compensation to the h’o Malabari accused m the Seeamai 0 that is $l5O each to Raman* Cr Kunchu Nair. father and son tively. These two men, after being Si* tenced to six months’ rigorous i
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  • 101 2 Our Kuala Lumpur correspondent writing under Friday’s date says A serious railway accident is reported from Sungei Bcsi. Three Tamil railway coolies wer working on the lines between Kuala huntpur and Sungei Besi yesterday morning when they were knocked down and sustained grievous injuries. The men were removed
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  • 115 2 The Rev. P. B. Clayton, the founder ar.J the first padre of Toe H, who is now in Australia is expected to arrive in Singapore on October 2 and will be in Penang on the 14, 15 and 10, leaving the following day for Calcutta.
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  • 140 2 The Sumatra Bode states that the Marine Air Service is contemplating flights at night in the neighbourhood of Morokrambangan, Sourabaya. Flights at night have alieady taken place at l’amljong Priok, use being made of a very simple device to be able to see the water level
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  • 245 2 I* rum the Straits Tinier (daily) Saturday. September 10. The Dutch continue to push their way on the West Coast of Sumatra with their characteristic persistency. In one of our recent numbers we reported that at Assahan the native Rajah had dec lined t" have any intercourse
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  • The Straits Budget
    • 1172 3 rued our support.—Straits Times, September IS. 'f’tn* Mimstors of tlio Crown announced ri «cr(!y tba f Moscow propagandas have M t f l out the British Empire as the* r, r >t main object of their malice. The I’nited S f »tes Government has just cancelled ths? passport visa
      rued our support.—Straits Times, September IS.  -  1,172 words
    • 1075 3 Straits Times, Septcm’-or lit. Gradually we shall hear less and less of the seamen’s strike. The shipping companies stand firm the men who have refused to work in Australian-and South African ports will soon cease to be petted and provided for by the Trade Unionist; in theso countries,
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    • 1023 3 more embarrassed. —Straits Times, September 21. We are not of those who incline to become excited when it is suggested that America should deal with France more gently than she dealt with Britain while war debts were being funded. The terms granted to us were such as none
      more embarrassed.—Straits Times, September 21.  -  1,023 words
    • 1179 4 ten times more.—Straits Times, September ‘22. We have before us a ponderous volume described as Administrative Report of the Singapore Municipality for the year 1924.” It is obviously not designed for popular circulation, and yet there is much in it that it would do the citizens good to
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    • 1037 4 —-Straits Times, September 23* Strange news comes from China. Confidential reports received at Tokio report that civil war is imminent between Chang T<o Lin and Feng Yu Hsiang. Meantime, a wireless message informs us that the Chinese Government has sent a note declaring that China will
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    • 1157 5 seriously feared.—-Straits Times, September 24. i< a serious cause of friction There o (wM n Turkey and Britain, due to treaty bv the former. The matter lias mentioned several times at the been Ul ef the League of Nations and that body supposed to be leaping its
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  • 64 5 Mr. E. A. Brown will piopose at today's meeting of the Municipal Commission The resolution of the Commissioners at the ordinary meeting held on duly 20, !912, That it is desirable that steps be taken as soon as possible to add Chinese and Malay characters corresponding to
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  • 60 5 The steamer Vondel, owned by the Royal Dutch Steamship Company, was refloated at high tide on Friday from the reef on which she grounded on the Wednesday. The steamer proceeded to Java at (5 p.m. oji Saturday. Some eig.il hundred tons of Singapore cargo were unloaded into
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  • 99 5 The Coroner (Mr. F. CL Bourne) has returned an open verdict regarding the {oath of a Chinese, believed to have In «it an official of a secret society, who was shot in a house in Mosque Street 01 a ....Mist 2ft. A curious circumstance re veiled by
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  • 1295 5 The requisitioning of ships by the British Govt rnnu lit during sever# 1 months of 11*17 was reviewed at length in the judgment of the Acting t ine: Justice (Mr. Justice Sproule) in the cast in which Naguidas I'urshotumdas and Co., a
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  • 114 5 The ceremony of laying the corner stone of the Tamil Methodist Episcopal Church to he buiit in Short Street was pci formed on Saturday afternoon. Bishop Titus I.owe, of the American Methodist Mission, was afterwards presented with the silver trowel with which
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  • 219 5 A Bill f*»r the protection of certain kinds of wild animals and birds is about to he introduced in the Federal Council. This Bill repeals and re-enacts the Wild Animals and Birds Protection Enactment, 11)21, with such amendments as have since been enacted and with a
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  • 1108 6 Following are extracts of the minutes of recent committee meetings of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association Hon. Secretary. Mr. W. B. Penman’s resignation after nearly four years most valuable service to the Association was accepted. Tin-vice-president again voiced the Association’s appieciation and moved
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  • 186 6 An extraordinary accident which resulted in injuries to three Chinese occurred in Kaliang Road on Saturday afternoon. At about five o’clock a lorry, owned by Messrs. Jit Seng and Co., was proceeding along the Kallang Road from the town whe n it
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  • 131 6 The Municipal health statement for the week ending September 12 gives the total number of deaths as 2-Jo, representing <?*-:: 1 h rate of ,'12.14 per millc per annum compared with 32.01 in the preceding: week and with 30.13 in the corresponding week of last year. The
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  • 394 6 ('uptain Connelly, master of the Sean# ILe, was summoned in the District Court on Monday in connection with the seizure of 1,735 tahi.s of chandu on hoard the vessel when she arrived at Singapore from Chinu«j>orts on August 30. The Hon.
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  • 395 6 The estate of Tan Cheng Siong. deceased. a former manager of the Overseas Chinese Bank in Singapore-, ami comprising rubber plantation in Johore valued at $750,000, Was involved in litigation which came before the acting? Chief Justice (Mr. Justice Sproule) in the
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  • 660 6 An important question as to ity of bunkers taking mwt 1 1 r was r iB d i" »n came before the acting Chief Justice iu Justice Sproule), in the Supreme <w on Tuesday, in which a Chinas,. ,7* claimed $20,000 from
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  • 140 6 Twenty-two members of the Sin (dice Hin secret society were arrested a Changi and Serangoon on Monday af f i they had returned from an :nit j a 11 ceremony on Pulau Übin, an island <>n Changi. This is the largest capture o
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  • 402 8 The d’Artagnan, tin* latest addition of the Mesaageries Maritimes to th«*ir Mar* seilles-Ghina-Japan mail and passenger service, v/as commissioned las'* month after very successful trials and left Marseilles on her maiden outward trip on August 28, and arrived at Singapore shortly after 6
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  • 95 8 A ve rdict of causing death by a rash act, and of abetment of this offence were returned by the Coroner (Mr. F. Bourne), on Monday, against the Chinese eh rk, Y’eo Chow Ann, who was driving the loiry which capsized in
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  • 185 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, September. IT. A Tamil coolie, named Letchiman, employed in the Survey Office, was produced m the police court, this morning, before Mr. W. J. K. Stark, charged with cheating the accountant I'osts and Telegraphs in respect of $OO. The story for
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  • 49 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, September 22. The F.M.S. Court of Appeal has opened at Ipoh, the acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Furror Manby presiding! with Justices Watson, Brown and Dinamore. Twelve appeals are listed for which several counsel from Singapore and Kuala Lumpur have arrived.
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  • 501 8 The report of the directors of Mambau Tin, Limited for the year ended June «ttf. J!'2o states that the yardage treated during the yeur amounted to *lOl,BOO cubic yards, a decrease of .*!•>,100 cubic yard-, which is due to stoppage
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  • 95 8 The Coroner (Mr. F. G. Bourne), commenced an enquiry into the myaterioudea*h of a Chinese whose body W’as found in the Kallang River on September 13. A ricksha coolie gave evidence that thdeceased got into his ricksha, and shortly afterwards witinss
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  • 88 8 The trial concluded in the District. Court, yesterday, of two Chinese who were arrested in Kim Seng Road in a cur on August 11) with a considerable quantity of chandu in their possession. The tir t accused had seventy-one tins around
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  • 58 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. September 22. Mr. Justice Whitley gave judgment for plaintiff in the suit brought by Mrs. Heah Stvee Lee against executors claiming $110,K22. The costs wull be paid by the estate. Murugasu successfully appealed against the decision of Mr. Sennett ordering him to
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  • 751 8 (Contributed.) The first round for the Joy Trophy was le-sai.cd on Sunday morning when fourteen yachts faced the starter. Ihe course lor tnia race was from Club .starting line to man of war buoy to mark ooat oil l nited Engineers’ Pier, Tanjung Khu, thence to
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  • 79 8 The dead body of a Chinese girl aged about fourteen years was found in a well near the sixth mile, Yeo Chu Kang Road, on the Singapore United Rubber Estate on September 13. An inquest was commenced on Tuesday, by the
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  • 490 8 (From a Correspondent.) Ihe (act that there is no n< t,- m Sarawak has led to much s l l(m of rubber out of Brunei ii territory, but circumstances they have no control make it aim u U l.‘ a ,iovm
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  • 123 8 An interesting case in which a wellknown Cantonese merchant, named nan Mow Wing, stands charged with assisting in the management of an unlawtu society and being a member of it, was mentioned in the District Court on Wednesday. The accused is alleged
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  • 86 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Jpoh, September 21. The Perak Motor Union, at a cri meeting, decided to consider tie > H T g •nice of white lines as road tt r> committee is now considering the > The meeting nlso discussed the < by the conference of
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  • 37 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Sentemb-r -j^ By order of the King I hya lir was taken to the criminal court on b»y afternoon on application j, the couit iixed bail at Tcs. Uo.'
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  • 324 9 T i <<t ,i d.ath of Miss Edith Louise Me- Y you UK American lady, in SingaK H ..si March from smull-pox con Ut .U‘d in India is recalled by the anViamoement that her father has sent a endownment to be used
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  • 454 9 Uri'Md ir.ail papers record the promotion to the rank of Rear-Admiral of < apthi: Wilfrid Nunn, C. 8., C. 5.1., C.M.G., P. 5.0., a brother of Mr. B. Nunn of the Malayan Civil Service. He was Conimamler in charge of the sloop
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  • 633 9 (hrom Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, September 18. Johore Bahru was en fete yesterday on 1 .he occasion ot' the 52nd birthday of His I Highlitss Sir lbiauim, D.K., 5.P.M.J., G.L.M.G., K.8.E., etc., Sultan of the State i and ’territory of Johore.
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  • 136 9 The M.M. annexe packet Orenoque. which for the last nine years had been in operation on the M.M. Saigon* Haiphong annexe line, was recently taken off this run and sold. A new steamer of 7,700 tons displacement and 14 knot* speed, having comfortable accommodation for 01
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  • 833 9 Action taken at a Special Meeting of Committte No. il held on September 14. Recommended the appointment of an Asst. Resident Engineer on a three ycai agreement to be employed on the reconstruction of bridges, also of a Chief Inspector and an occasional Inspector, these three appointments to
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  • 505 9 We received recently a neat little volume entitled “The Answer to Omar Khayam,” the author of which, though he is content to take Radius as his pen name, is suspected of being a gentleman not so very long ago well knowm in Singapore. Omar, interpreted in
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  • 154 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, September IH. Yesterday five little Chinese boys, who found no other way of enjoying themselves on the Sultan's birthday, went for a bathe near the stone steps opposite the Johore Bahru General I’ost Office. The tide was rising and one or
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  • 37 9 At to-day’s meeting of the Municipal Commission Mr. K. A. Brown will n«< For public information, will the Pres dent ‘•late \fhut progres* has been made towards the formation of the Police Bra Band
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  • 68 10 (Tin* Straits Times i« not responsible foi tho opinions of Its correspondents. < r spondeiits should bear in mind ttiut L-iterc must he short and to tiie point. Loup rambling epistles are liable to be rejected <.i ruthlessly cut down. Correspondents ,n ’.*ni enclose thtoir names, not necessarily foi
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  • 1826 10 To thi* Editor of the Straits Times. Sir* —Hardly a week goes by witnout your having to report fatal uccidenls in Singapore or the F.M.S. due to rash or rare less driving on the part of bus, lorry, or ear drivers. The remedy is in tin hands
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  • 437 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —When Shields or other trophies a*.re given by such well known makers as Even rude for motor boat races, arrangements should be made to give all competitors of other types of motor boats a lair sporting chance to enter.
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  • 179 10 Legal Equality To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—Xo doubt the public has noticed a new Crossley elo.-ed car driving in the streets of Singapore, during: the last month, and they have probably noticed that tois car is still using its English number. The car in question belongs to
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  • 196 10 To th<* Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—The rre«<>r.t morning train run ning from Tampin to Malacca although a benefit to the Postal System is a great inconvenience to business nu n clerks who live out of town. n P°‘>r The train leaves Tampin .t i 6.25 a.m.
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  • 85 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—The Secretary of this deserving Institution lias asked me to help in carrying on the work of collecting money la Singapore on their behalf which wa* formerly done by the Rev. J. A. H. Cook I am unable to
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  • 526 10 According to the Malay Mail, at a meeting of the Kua'a Lumpur Sanitary Board on the Kith ins!., the chairman, Mr. Millington, read out certain notci that he had made, dealring with decisions of the Board iu respect of petrol filling
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  • SUPPLEMENT TO THE STRAITS BUDGET
    • Article, Illustration
      38 11 lajor (he Hon. Dato Abdullah bin Jaafar, D.K., S.P.M.J., etc., Dato Mentri Besar, Johorc (Prime Minister). l*hoto by Ant<i Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Dato Abdul Hamid bin Yuso|>. D.P.M.J., etc.. Second-in-command, Johore Military Tories. /*«<<>.'<» l'\ I Il,nu,if>lli III
      l*hoto by ,/. Ant<i; /*«<<>.'<» l'\ I . Il,nu,if>lli III  -  38 words
    • 161 11 nion Building, the palatial home *»l the l nion Insurance Society of anton, «&gt;• man?* local firms, consulates and societies, was completed in December. to the design of Messrs. Swan and Maclaren. the contractors being the d Lngineers Ltd. It cost one and a (|iiarter million dollars, and
      Photo hy Sakajiout tV Co.; I’li'itii h\ I Sin,/m  -  161 words
    • 78 12 The Makarn, at Kota Tinggi, Johorc. The remains of the former Sultans &lt; f Johorc are buried here. Thi* Luck at Johore end of Causeway. Reconstruction of Jalan .Maliarani with Cranite, Muar. The C onvent School Jalan Ibrahim, Johore Bahru The Johore Hotel. ustom* Office at Johore
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    • 83 13 Fraser’s Hill, showing (lowest) Engineer's bungalow, (higher) Holybeke. Government bungalow. On top. two Government bungalows, Mogador and Polygene. Photos. by U' A' SymoHtls {cd Cross House. Bedroom with fireplace and two beds, dressing room, and bathroom attached. Fraser’s Hill, view from the summit, of the mountains of
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    • 36 13 The IWV.I). Staff, left to right Mr. F. Keir. Inrhe Ahmed. Mr. A. V. Gibbings (Executive Engineer), Mr. S. I’pton (Kngineer-in-&lt; barge), Mrs. Gourlay, Mr. W. N. Gourlay (Assistant Adviser). Photo, hy Choomcr
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    • 31 13 ighway, winner of Selangor Cup, being received by Mr. Alan Lokc. 11. 11. Sultan of Perak with Druid, winner of Rvnang Stakes. /'hot &lt;&gt;&gt; I'y i: i&lt; in I n
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    • 34 14 H. H. the Sultan ridinu to the Parade (iround at Johore Bahru. The Review of the Troops. The .March l*ast. Ihe Knylish College Cadets. I'liuto s by J, TVcm.m’Im
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    • 141 15 Among those above will be noticed !)ato Ismail bin Bachok, D.8.M.J., (Deputy State Secretary) Dato Ibrahim l»in A. Majid, D.R..M.J., (State Treasurer) I n' kii Mansur bin Ahmad. D.K., (Second Magistrate) Dato llaji Mohd. Nasir bin llaji Salim, D.I'.MJ., (Kathi and Registrar of Mohammedan Marriages) I gku
      I'hoto I u l\ /•.' L'oloni; I'.ioto by r I Tiyusan; /*/ioto b\ Okurnuiit; Photo by Eaton Hishop.; Photos by It. N S'*/''  -  141 words
    • 24 16 Kuins of St. Paul’s, .Malacca. Rest House, Seremban. Phot t&gt;s by Nor rice Exterior of St. Paul's* Mai* Photo by
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    • 173 17 ;apore "ill possess one of the largist covered mosques in the world when |h) resent Sultan Mosque at the corner of Arab Street and North Bridge Road ,cn re*l&gt;uilt. This work is to ommcnco shortly and will cost about o. local Mohammedans of all nationalities having
      /Vio/o.s l>v I '.inf'i) v Shnlm ltd; by Umpire Studio, Ltd.; /’/lo/o.s, hy (•. Mnrnu; I’iin/ , li\< V, M. In o.  -  173 words
    • 62 18 (Quests Ascending to Throne Room. Regalia Bearers returning to the Dew an A. .1. Ferguson's Maisie. II. H. the Sultan of Johore's Fire Prince. Rider, Tungku A. Baker. t’apt. Humphries’s H. F. Slow Miiycle Kart'. 100 Yards’ Four-legged Race. Land S l ,orts Jud k
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  • PAST WEEK’S IMPERIAL AND GENERAL NEWS Contained in Reuter and Special Telegrams.
    • 1550 19 ;«L1 TKK TfXKIJKAM.] London, September 18. I ii. Jt is reported from Fez that B Vren-h v ctory at Hibane has had a W' ,1). throughout Hitt'. The newt i' j wildfire among the insurrecP. with the result that numerous r
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    • 202 19 Telegraphic Condolence From King. London, Septemlx'r 17. Many great commercial and financial institutions of China were represented atl the funeral service of the late Sir John Jordan Jtt Putney. In addition to representatives of the Foreign Office and the Chinese Legation, the gathering included Sir J.
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    • 132 19 President Hindenhurjc Visits Ruhr. London, September 18. Berlin In connection with thi* luation of the liberation of the Ruhr from French and Belgian occupation, President Hindenburg, the Chancellor, I)r. Luther, the Prussian Premier, Herr Braun, and the Minister of the Interior are paying a three days’ visit to
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    • 66 19 London, September 19. Ottawa General Lord Byng has regretfully declined an invitation to attend, with President Coolidge, the National Convention of the Americ an Legion, which is being held at Omaha in October, stating that he feels ho ought not to depart from the established policy of
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    • 1265 19 The South African Section Collapsing. Loudon, September 17. (Jape Town The Government haw decided not to allow more seamen into the detention camps, where the shipowners are at present paying for their keep. The Immigration Department has declared that all seamen and through passengers on ships in the
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    • 141 20 London, September 19. Rfr'jn Representatives of the Cowman dyenluff industry will shortly e tc for the purpose of reach in J* an yrreement. with the Japanese dye in sn!e of Carman J- ,n T ‘*P an Negotiations between the two countries on the subject of a com
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    • 1138 20 London, September 18. A large and distinguished gathering, presidi o over by Mr. A. N. Leefe, was present at the luncheon of the China Association at the Hotel Victoria. Mr. Austen Chamberlain, the principal guest, in a long speech on China paid a
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    • 245 20 London, September 20. Batavia Ihe cargo steamer Leeds City, ownea by the St. Steamship Company and bound for Japan, went ashore in the Java Sea and sank in 40 minuted. A Dutch st-amer picked up 37 of the crew. London, September 21. Batavia The steamer Leed C’itv,
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    • 13 20 I.ondon, SopU?mtw»r 18. ViM.n-, Throe Toirist ian P Berlin? ,h Ministo"
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    • 571 20 Geneva The sub-com tCn brp I&lt;Jappointed by tlie League ,d w f H cu to investigate the evidence !&gt;• dispute have reported, u. Ton lH Mogj certain points u f a juridical u-ur'V be submitted to tlu- lutcn U e sh "Ul&lt;i
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    • 110 20 London, Scptemlx'r u Paris: The Echo He Paris states ti-a* the German authorities at Freiburg been ordered to prevent the b renrfi &lt;* man Coste leaving Freiburg and r&gt;tu ing to France. The French Government are &lt;*ea with the matter. The Germans Coste’s machine and dismantled the me
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    • 319 21 IL nc b Defeat Strong Druses r Forces. 5 London, September IS. I ’.'i v i» papers from Beirut doI' 1 i. nation in Jebel-Druse a* 1 evar. Tho new r‘, ,-Mi-Ciiirf. (k'nertti Gamolin, &lt;• r j, ,t a force to relieve the Suieda r /"which i*
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    • 240 21 London, September 17. ■■s Owing to the continuance u .»m&gt; in the Andes tiio Prince of -Turned to Valparaiso and later t.. Vinadeliiiar. It i&gt; announced ti' lb ire will maintain strict in- until he departs for Chile. t.-i.-za Sn«w avalanches ami hindhaw further blocked the
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    • 61 21 London, September IS. I' .'j' t' s V ros s imported that a M, J 11 as broken out in Bolivia. 11 x has been proclaimed. London. September 11). v r V.llanueva, ex-pics&gt;ident has arrived at Arica. He V n orf hr to escape arrest he a
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    • 37 21 Io T London, September 10. f Pri&gt; 1 Published details of the flight h j »Seifeddin and says that !1 'aiked at Marseilles on September st^ a,m ‘r Phrjgie and is due at *i»tuu&gt;pte to-day.
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    • 164 21 A Strong Speech by Premier Hruce. London, September MHU.umc In a speech at a ineotir» ninn I ,lwial &gt;*&lt;l«-™tion, Mr. liruee Ue- “A 1 f' 1 gwardiie ..f the .'..vernmmts lit 1 ,K v,!,!f ‘he eomrm.ad s .,f a handful of extremists anti said that State l.aho"f C.nvernments
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    • 212 21 London, .September 18. Paris The Japanese aviators. Major nnd Kawachi and two nitehnnies who elt Tokio on July 25, arrived in Berlin fn,m Mosl, w They covered H'.uOO kilometres in thirteen stages across .Hheria. The flight k a return for Cant. Pelletier d’Oisy’s flight to Tokio last year.
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    • 198 21 London, September 10. New York L is elain ed t* at the airman Lieutenant A. J. William', flying at an aerodrome, attained a sjh ed of 302 3/10 miles an hour. London, Septt i. ber 10. Paris The aviator Nollies left Le Bourpet at 8.10 a.m. in an attempt
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    • 52 21 London, September 23. On the Stock Exchange Government k.critics weakened on the announcement that the Treasury has authorised the Pank of Emrland to receive tenders «»n September 20 for a i*42.000 000 It 1 i P f *r cent. Conversion loan at a minimum price of 7014
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    • 380 21 M. Caillaux's Statement In America. Paris, September JH. Washington A report on France’s debt by Prolessor Harold Moulton, consisting *d -loO pages, wliich will be distributed to the oflieials &lt;*f the Commission, insists tiiat it would be ruinous to ask France to pay according to tht» principle
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    • 173 21 London, September JB. Tokio Fire broke out in the Upper House of tin* Diet and spread very rapidly, fanned by a strong wind, Imtli houses burning fiercely. Many other buildings, including the offices of the Japan Times and the lvoku--ai News Agency, are threatened. Later The
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    • 143 21 London, September 21. Paris A strike of telegraph and tele.plione operators cut otr Paris from the outside world for two hours this morning. The strikers demand immediate payment of a bonus and the increase of salaries which Parliament approved on principle. 1 ho strike was organised for
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    • 277 21 Fresh Crisis in Coal Trade Predicted. London, September lit It if. announced that the commission of enquiry into the coal industry have ha&lt;| ihrLM.* siftings and discussed the beat. m&lt; tItod of investigation. I hey provisionally divided the subject* on which information is requit'd int«» groups, including tin*
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    • 171 21 London, September 17. \Vn«hii:gton Mr. Kellogg’s announce •Deni banning Snkiutvala, to.* &gt; nioiimi.s; member of the House of Commons, from entering the United States was issued immediately after conferring with President Coolidge. The decision is directly opposed t&gt;&gt; Senator Borah, who said to-day that he thought it unnecessary
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    • 143 21 Tendon, S*-pt**nib«p 2.'?. Sir Robert mid Lady 1! Tunjf j'uvt* fa row* 1 I luncheon to Sir Laurence an*f I&lt;ady (tiiillcmard, who arc leaving for Singapore in a fortnivht. The truest* included Sir Charles Addis, Sir &lt;;»lb»»'k (Jrindln, Sir Roderick .lon* Sir (»or*how Slcwart, tlx* Karl of
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    • 107 21 London, September 20. Bombay: F.ivht thousand col ton oper* five* aro now idle. It is evicted that the number will soon increase. London, S' pt ember 21. Bom hay Then* are n&lt; \v !2 r \oru rottr*n operatives id!* 1 London, Sept other 22 Bombav Tho opio’ativos
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    • 1123 22 Workers Congress. London, S«*|&gt;tei»ifK*r 2d. Vtrmc China and Japan arc among t»u- twenty nations represented at the international congress for the legal pro♦action workers. Royal Marriage. Ijomion, September 2d. Raceonig r The Italian Princess Mafulda and Prince Philip of Hesse were married this morning i» the presence
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    • 79 22 London, September IK. Paris: M. Painleve received General Hsu. London, September 17. The amalgamation of the Dunlop Rubber Company and Goodyear and Sons, Worcestershire, is announced. London, September 17. Warsaw The health of the Soviet foreign commissar, Tchitcherin, is growing worse. London, September 21. New York The death has
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    • 680 22 (Aneta’s Service.) Batavia, September 21. Mis. Campbell Macfie has been found murdered in her room in a hotel at Garnet. There were three deep cuts in her throat and on her arm. No knife was found and as a result of
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    • 161 22 (From Our Own Corresponds, Bangkok, Scptenil*« r iF or over a fortnight the Kin- i, ill with a varying high temper, uneven pulse. On Saturday &lt; improved somewhat, but tlu M1 still weak, though with fu-thor lt r,t lv medical attention his reooverv 1 anfl The Lottery Prosecutions.
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    • 127 22 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, September 11 At the annual meeting of Tepah Tin. Mr. E. Heir.man, presiding, .-aid that $17,0P*2 had been expended out of tnt $*•0,000 set aside for prospecting. Many delays had been experienced uni lack of funds for dredge construction hac forced them
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    • 87 22 (From Our Own Correspondent.! Ipoh, September 21. Sir Montague Barlow, ex-Cahinet i.Mer and Privy Councillor, is duo fro® home .his week as the commissioner froi Messrs. Armstrong, Whitworth and discuss with the l'.M.S. (ioveirmont th final text of the concessiot t" that tine for the Perak Hydro-electr;c scheme,
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    • 70 22 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. September The death has occurred of M &gt;'?. Lay Teck, daughter of Mr. Lim &lt; &lt;• Teik, after a short illness. Deceased married a few years ago. The l u:u r will take place on Sunday. An ex-revenue ollieer with two convictions under
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    • 66 22 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, September The General Officer Commanding, General Sir Theodore Fraser, ITI the M.S.V.R. yesterday, fM tron r ,n Capt. Harris, with Lieut. Mater- ,j command. The Genera! arrived v.* Swettenham, Lieut. Bourke. Ad ft Howell and Lt.-Col. Wallis. lb ‘V a i n
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    • 58 22 (From Our Own Corresponded-^ I poll. September K' During a heavy electric st* r on Saturday, litfhtninir struck if occupied by European mince- M .i Mine, where Messrs. Cow. Barton had a narrow escape n v niny pierced the roof o( the 1 a mine near l.ahat.
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  • Sporting News and Notes.
    • 800 23 [Renter Telegram.] I jpjcn Retains IJ.S. Championship. [Reuter Telegram.] London, September 18. j ,,.-t Hills In the men’s national &lt;., u tennis championship Tilden beat \V.ilUv'* Johnson, Norris Williams beat jj Kinsey. inceiit Richards beat U&lt;"?te, and W. Johnston beat Manuel I.onaon, .September ID. |.,,r, -t Hills In
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    • 491 23 (Aneta’s Service.) European Lightweight Championship. (Aneta’s Service.) The Hague, September IS. Hie trench lightweight Lucien Vinez won the Fu rope an lightweight championship in a brilliant match with the Dutch defender van Ylict. Pel key Back in Singapore. Yesterday we were surprised to re* ctive a visit from one
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    • 120 23 Result of Annual Johore Tournament. Six teams competed for the McDouga! (’up in tile tournament held at Pash Plangic, Johore Ilnhru, undi r the auspices the Royal Johore Polo (Tub during Iasi week-end. This is a junior handicap trophy, the teams conipri.-ing player whose handicap docs not exceed seven
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    • 42 23 London, September Id.— Etampes.— The French aviator, Lashe, beat the speed record for 2,000 kilometres, flying the distance in 548 minutes 22 4-5 seconds, averaging’ 219 kilomt-tres an hour, compared with the American’s previous re- cord of 184 kilometres.
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    • 1202 23 S.C.C. Win Their First Cup Tie. The S.C.C. defeated the Oriental Telephone oiupany at the Stadium on Monday afternoon in the lirst match of the second round of the S.F.A. Cup by five goals to one. idle game was a disappointing one. The Malay team were thought, to have
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    • 174 23 Notes on Negri Sembifan Practice. (From Our Own Correspondent.) The Negri played tin r tir«L match la Saturday against a scentcli vide brou'i/t; down hy Beckett, which included su&lt; i well-known players as Peyton and Wh;t» hom. The Negri won hy .'.1 points to nil. If th&lt;* forwards had
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    • 936 24 s.K.r. ik feat a Company Team. The S.R.G. seer nd i«*ven sc(&gt;r€*d a biji' %vin on the podang &lt;.n Salanlay at t)ic &lt;;x)K*n.se of a U am rai oil by John Little find Company. The mercantile side were dismissed 37, and the lub put tugrUiei J42. S. R. II.
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    • 86 24 flleuter Telegram.] The Oyster Hay Hates. f Reuter Telegram.] London, September 17. The O.ister Bay Race committee refused to take action with regard to the protest of the Norwegian boat Oslo for an alleged foul by one of the American yachts, hut disqualified Dauphin, which finished fifth in the
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    • 112 24 Ititce Course Medal. The September medal wn* played for a) the Race Course Golf Club on Saturday and Sunday with llu* following result G. F. Glass J7 41 jtf 70 E. H. Yallterg 47 It* 14 7*» J. T. Andrews 4*&lt; 50 js so E. Van der Beck 11
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    • 119 24 The following was the result of the swum otr at the hi no so Swimming Ciub on Sunday lfp yards club championship; Cilia Fob hong and Ne Mong Guan fir-t (dead neat) and Seah Tong Ann and Wong Suuig Hong second (dead heat). Veterans race 100 yards: Liin Ge.&gt;k
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    • 104 24 A» the 10th annual general meeting of the members of the Chinese Swimming t luf., the following were elected cilice bearers President, Mr. Cheong Koon Seng; y-ye-presoK'nU, Messrs. Scow l’oh Long’ hia Cheng Kang and Lim Seow Kiew lorn, treasurer Mr. Lim Took Swee joint non secretaries
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    • 67 24 he September Spoon competition of he Singapore Ladies Rifle Association* took place at Solef-.- fl September JV,j ud resulted as follows 500 200 100 Total at r yf s yds NVtt Hep.| Mr-s :M M 22 7L mi.r'V V- v kson 2&lt;&gt; 21 22 fid 101.40 .1. Jackson
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    • 873 24 Dates for Next Year’s Meetings. The Straits Racing Association have j allotted the follow ,'n.g dates for 11*2(1:— Penany.-- January P, 12. M. 1(1, and July 21. 27, 21*, 21. Ipoh.- January 20, February 2, 4, (1, and July 2., 0. s, in. Selangor.- Two days in November 01
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    • 73 24 (From Our Own Correspunuenu Penang. September 21. In the ninth annual contest for ta Glugor Shield, in which, a Perak Scr.:* competed for the first time, tin A:.:Chinese School won the shield, sroirlt: 11*2 points against Ipoh, 15, King Ktlw: \II 44 and the Free School 11.
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    • 60 24 Th Indian Association defeated Old Rafflcsians by five goals t&lt;» i'*’*’ r terday. Both s*des fielded scratch fe.n” In the badminton open chainpimifh.v Singapore, which is nearing its cb'-o. A. Nay again defeated C. R. Gomez ;n sets by 29—25, 29—11. F. A. Sundiam will meet T. I'etj ;J
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  • 179 24 On Satuvday last in the lecture H* 4 V the l nitod Islamic Association l )r 1 Moo ns hi, M.C., J.P.. delivered a lecture the advantages of having a .MunuiP' before a crowded audience u Havana Ifaji Mohamed chair. The doctor defined the Municipality
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  • 1767 25 1* in Singapore belonging to the* 0 f Shaik Aboobaker Lujam,| j were sold by auction by Messrs. k»on Seng and Co., at their sale-' "0 huliu Street on August 2d and ',\l September 2 and 3 before a big rme of
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  • 300 25 Everyone who visited Wembley lasl year, especially during the month m June when the Rodeo was in progress in the Stadium, will agree that the Rodeo exhibition was the thrill of all Wembley thrills, and no &lt;»nj ever thought that such
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  • 293 25 Takuapa Valley Tin Dredging N.U mine; To September 12, 189 hours worked, 39,006 cubic yards treated. Output 283 piculs three days lost pump and motor trouble. In future reporting outputs a at twelfth and twenty seventh. The secretary of Austral Malay Tin, Ltd., reports the following outputs of
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  • 134 25 Singapore, September 24. EXCHANGE. On London, bun*. 4 m/a */4 lB^Sl Demand 2/4 6/3SB Private 3m. credit* •/A On New York, Demand 56m Private 10 AJ» On France, Hunk T. T. X»lBt&gt; On India. Hank T. T. 154 'A On Hongkong, Bank d/d r »V4 p.c. On
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  • 469 25 Singapore, September 24. MINING. Ih8tl« an Val. Pd. Buyer* Sellar* tl yi Aeum Kumbang 49/0 50/0 1 1 tixtang Padang 0.64 0.6ft id. 1 1 Hit.am Tin 1.47V* LBRV4 &lt;] Idiis Hydraulics 47/5 48/0 x«l. 1 1 Johan Tin 0.56 6-58 10/- H*/- Kampong 5 |/3 Bi/-
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • 88 25 NOTICE \11 communication* for both the Straits Time* and the Straits budget should bs addressed to the Head Office, Cecil and Stanley Streets, Singapore, Strait* Settle nients. The prut free price of the Straits Times t&lt; tlic United Kingdom and foreign eountries is $")4 a year. The post free price
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  • 39 25 DEATH POH-TEO.- On Friday, September 18, at 2..30 p in., at her rrsi fence. No. 20 1 Niven Rourl, Singapore, Teo Chy &lt;• linn eyed ft'j, beloved wife of Mr. 1‘oh I ian; of Messrs. I!up* rt u: t, Elias.
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  • The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT
    • 92 1 fitnernl— P»K® Kubber I’ric* A 1 iamdoii liuhU*r Stock? 1 The Singapore Wtiorj 1 I.uhcur i&gt;»&gt; 1 Kuhlier I’roi/a ii'ii.i Komlon Rubber I Hu hirer in II Rubber Kstiu-o i'l L* u.8. icuMmt Angus! liui-I i (&lt;•' ’i r ns i Rubber I R !,oea! Rubber A.. '&gt; Rubber
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    • 71 1 The HvHiv'r of rublwr in ivingapoi &lt;* ami I omlon for current quarter to t-vpteinlier Singapore PitvilO cent* Loudon Its. r*- 1 (KUI. Fni t hr* prevb u.» &lt; i• -r~ of lire curu r* restriction yr.tr averages hav* liocii i.st ’•&gt; esu .)•&lt;• rlj
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    • 34 1 Messrs. Lewis a n I ru'.’s cable received from their Loudon on Tuesday pave *G7 tons down. m if the total Loudon rubber stocks at September 10. as G. 232 Cuns.
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    • 128 1 *i'he Singapore Chamber of Commerce Itubher Association held it, 72Hth auction, on September 23, 11*2.’*, when there wa tulaiogucil 704.2G2 lb&gt;. or ill4.40 tons offered 434,3H1) lbs. or 11); 1.01! tons: sold 332,207 lbs. or llh.33 tons. Spot. London 3s. I&gt;d. Mew York 02U cts. ritirEs i?KAi.isF.r&gt;.
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    • 108 1 A return of arrivals and departure* by j* l u. from aiul to foreign i»»rts during Autrust is given in the currvnt issue of th Strait s Settle 'merits (dv/ette. ft deals with «M clause and we make soUs-licu of fijf’ivp l whirl; have a bearing oh the
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    • 742 1 A representative of the Malay Mail i recently called upon the Secretarv of the l I'.M.S. Rubber Propaganda Committee, (Mr. Wnrd-Juckson and obtained i from him the following information in I connection with rubber propaganda:— The I’.M.S. (Jovornnieni has always been anxious
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    • 300 1 Wo an* indebted to Messrs, Wilson Iloljjate a:ui i\»r a copy of the llubwr blade Association «.f London monthly .statistics brinirin-r fivrJivs to end of July. noteworthy feature is that during the ••von n n.i&gt; l Trtvd Kingdom imports, e&gt;.4«. 1 t Ol', uva* only about three
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    • 269 1 Ihe report of the director* of the i Sungei Kagan Rubber Co.. Ltd. f or the i twelve months ended dune .".0, 1 states jihat after making due provision for I depreciation the net prolit for the nerieil lamomus to $01,010.52. Adding this to
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    • 634 1 it The annual general meeting f Kluanjr Rubber Company, l.td., w; &gt; jj^j |j at tliO oftn.es el the secretaries t.\l* »'i\ I j Herrick and t o.) in llorji'ktnt j Chambers on Monday, there bi; I Motors. A. J. Fcguson &lt;
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    • 242 2 1* 1 1 pino leaders are already preparing Lb,‘*k attempts by American rubber inf t tr make Congress pass a bill L.„,!ing the Philippine land law, says 1 Manila Times. Senator Osmena, now i .vutc to the United States
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    • 332 2 I The thirteenth annual ordinary general of the Sarawak Rubber Estates. was held on August 7 at the comIHany'' office. 28, Frenehurch Street, E.C. I r M r it. E. Henderson (the Chairman) You are already aware that we V e sold the Dahan
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    • 190 2 j I report of the 1 directors of Brunei H Plantations, Ltd., for the year F 1 di*cl .June 30, 1 i»2o, states that the protit l hl, d i l »ss account shows a net profit for the year of $07,882.76 as against $24,544.07 the
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    • 190 2 The Kota Tinggi (Johorc) Rubber Company and the Siginting (Negri Siinbilan) Rubber Estate, who-' aifuirs are conti oiled by the one Board oi rectms, have circularised their icspective sliarthoideis, ottering a further issue of capital for the purpose of acquiring
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    • 162 2 A Washington cable says :—Exports of i of rubber manufactures for the first six] months of 102.7 totalled nearly $24 000,000 which is the highest since 1020, and exceeded the corresponding period durinK 1024 by 20 per cent. Experts doubt whether a permanent
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    • 99 2 Amalgamated Malay.—39,642 lbs. Burma Development Syiul.—15,091 lbs. Balau. —20,500 11*. Bukit Ivepong.—10,180 lbs. Brook lands.—105,000 lbs. Beianung.—33,235 lbs. Borelli.—17,722 lbs. Chembong.—54,472 lb =5. Chorus. 38,000 lbs. Connemara. 17,247 lbs. Ktjuatorial.—29,875 lbs. Fosbrerr. —10.130 lbs. (ilonshiel. 155,3555 lbs. Hay tor.—16,500 lbs. Kamasan. —19,300 lbs. Kopong. —77,996 lbs. Kong
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    • 139 2 The name of Kao Bahadur estate. situated at Pajam, and recently acquired by the Badek Rubber Lstate, Ltd., has been altered to Staffield estate. Mr. Bendixsen is now in charge of the rubber dealers’ business m Ncm i Sembilan. until recently run by Mi. J. vy. Hillman, who
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    • 621 2 Messrs. Barlow and Co., report Singapore, September 17. Since our last we have had a steady market and prices have shown an appreciable advance. A somewhat smallei quantity was catalogue*! for yesterday's loiai auction, 4fifi tons against 747 tons for the previous week. Tile tone through out
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    • 162 2 Messrs. Barlow and Co., Kuala Lumpur, advise us that the following interim dividends have been declared I hi* Ayer Kuning (K.M.S.) Rubber Co., Ltd.. 10 per cent, (actual), payabb on timber 10. The Highlands and Lowlands i’ara Rubber Ltd., 7'l* per cent, (actual), payable on September The
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    • 859 2 (From Oar Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, September IH. In .spit'.- of the most vigilant ‘-yes that »i'i picv.-ntive fleet continues to keep on lhe W esl cea-T, and in spit** of the fact l hail hundreds of tiivir comrades are doing hard laibour
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    • 1726 3 Messrs. Fraser and Co.'s weekly report, dated September 2d, states Rubber and Tin have maintained tluir priors during the past week and both sections of the share markit have experienced considerable activity during the period. Rubin r shares of all elapses have
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    • RUBBER SHARE PRICES.
      • 395 3 Stock p mr Exchange p a p Value. Company. Piico*. Value. Company E J2“Hi VI Alla gar 2/I*4 A! Kinggi VI Anglo-Malay 28/9 7/ London-Asiatic J /&lt;s il Aye. Kunmg --a n Malacca JH €1 Hunt eng /lb/lG n Mambau 3/l/ lc il Batu
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      • 697 3 Capital Issue Closing Price?. Paul Up Value Dividends Fraser Lyall 4 Company Co. Evatt. P- c int. a/c year 28-2-2GAl enby ($1) 2.70 2.80 2.00 2.70 ltiO.OOO 1 10 p.c. int. a/e year 30-9-25Alor Gajah ($1) 1.85 1.95 1.75 1.83 ISI’JSJ 5 p c
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 360 4 EM AM MO A MILLION Buiok 24-4-35 Sport Toeing Five-seater Touring $2,800.00. «dfi Buiok 24-4-31 Brougham Sedan Five-seater Saloon $4,200.00. Two-seater Roadster $3,000.00. Distributors (Incorporated in S.S.) 20, GRANGE ROAD, SINGAPORE. Buick Cantilever Rear Springs Full Cantilever rear springs absorb the shocks of the road and give maximum riding comfort.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 156 5 Printing Blocks LIME OB HALF-TONE MADE BY The Straits Times Press, SINGAPORE. Prices Quoted on Application. Marine Engines THE ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE. AIR MINISTRY, INDIA OFFICE, CROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES, H. M. CUSTOMS, THAMES CONSERVANCY, METROPOLITAN RIVER POLICE^ ETC., ETC, ALL BUY Ailsa Craig Marine Motors Models range from
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    • 101 5 SECURITY EFFICIENT THE BRITISH MALAYA TRUSTEE AND EXECUTOR CO., LTD. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) DIRECTORS: A. E. BADDELEY, Esq., Chairman. Hon’ble Sir D. J. GALLOWAY, K.B. Hon’ble Mr. TAN CHENG LOCK. Hon’ble Mr. D. J. WARD. GAW KHEK KHIAM, Esq. R. M. MEYER, Esq. The Company is prepared to
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