The Straits Budget, 24 October 1929

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    29 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] No. 3.741 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 192» Price 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7«L
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    CONTENTS.
    349 1 LEADERS— N'tw Towns for Old 3 Vale China’s Troubles o Ctylon’s Finances 3 Refresher Courses 3-4 ••The Play’s the Thing” 4 Tin Tactics J Occasional Notes &-o Telegrams. Reuter and Special— Covering Past Week’s News 19-25 Pictures Legislative Council, S.S. 15 Retirement of Mr. G. Cullen 16 Chinese Minister
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    LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
    1702 1 Br. W. J. Dixon, M.8., C.M., acting Medical Officer, Teluk Anson, who m going home on furlough by the 1« nHaus, was entertained by the Resident Associate members of the Nova Scotia Jf> on Oct. 13 at the Engineer’s BungaThe entertainment took the form of l ’ennis
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    NEW TOWNS FOR OLD.
    1085 3 approved conditions.—Straits Times, Oct. 17. The meeting of the International liousr and Town Planning Congress held at has concerned itself principally with methods of expanding old towns without interfering with old streets and buildings that are considered worthy of r nervation for aesthetic reasons. A iriety
    approved conditions.—Straits Times, Oct. 17.  -  1,085 words
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    VALE.
    712 3 from suffering and anxiety.—Straits Times, Oct. 18. In happier circumstances this day n ight have had a joyful aspect. Although final letircment after long seivice abroad is never without its measure of deep regret, there are always the tributes of friendships built rp over many years .i case the
    from suffering and anxiety.—Straits Times, Oct. 18.  -  712 words
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    CHINA’S TROUBLES.
    279 3 Straits Times, Oct. 18. Crisis follows crisis in China, but the Central Government still survives, and the latest news indicates that the rebellicn against the authority of President Chiang Kui-shek is already failing. The moveme.it originated in the north-west, and as Marshal Yen Hxi-rhan has refused his support,
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    CEYLON’S FINANCES.
    1156 3 Commission made of it.—Straits Times. Oct, 19. The financial crisis which is causing a hubbub in Ceylon at the moment w’ould be amusing w’ore it not so serious. To judge from the vitriolic speeches which have been made at recent public meetings in Colombo, one might imagine that
    Commission made of it.—Straits Times. Oct, 19.  -  1,156 words
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    “REFRESHER” COURSES.
    1042 3 Straits Times, Oct. 21. We are always being told that European minds and memories go to pieces in Malaya, and that the will and ability to do things vanishes during a lengthy residence out here, and the opinion is expressed so frequently that it cannot be merely an
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    “THE PLAY’S THE THING.”
    993 4 —Straits Times, Octw 22. b’ndcr this heading we published last week a IctU’r from a correspondent on the r.ubjeel < f the recent performances of Hamlet at the Victoria Theatre. The writer related his (or her) experiences ouring schooldays when r. play of Shakes- pear* was
    —Straits Times, Octw 22.  -  993 words
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    TIN TACTICS.
    870 4 perilled by market manipulation.— Straits Times, Oct. 23. Thanks to skilful market manipulation, the price of tin was quoted yesterday at the lowest pi ice recorded since 1923. And there is no indication that bottom has been reached, although there was a slight recovery this morning. We have
    perilled by market manipulation.—Straits Times, Oct. 23.  -  870 words
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    PRIZE GIVING DAY. Penang Free School’s 113th Anniversary.
    514 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Oct. 22. To-day, the 113th anniversary of the founding of Penang Free School, was also Speech Day, as it has been for many years past. Speech Day at Penang Free School, together with its attendant functions is
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    HEALTH STATISTICS.
    143 4 The Singapore Municipal health statement for the week ended Oct- 12. gives the total number of deaths as male 181. and female 76. This represents a death rate of 27.86 per mille, per annum, compared with 25.91 in the preceding week and 25.85 in the corresponding week of
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  • OCCASIONAL NOTES
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      £12,000 FOR ROSS FUND.
      204 5 ’—Straits Times, Oct. 17. I ittlc has been heard of late in Malaya 1 >u t the Sir Ronald Ross Fund, but it ;!'s been making very useful progress at mie as is shown by a lettev Reived by the editor from Sir me Uarr. who
      ’—Straits Times, Oct. 17.  -  204 words
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      BRIEF REPENTANCE.
      203 5 —Straits Times, Oct. 17. Mr A. J. Cook has speedily abandoned tMt lamb-like gentleness with which he <(arth'd the world a few weeks ago. Alto: V wm">! meetings with the Prince of Wales v,. rook threw off his fiery mantle and .ilieaivd as a mild-mapnered constitubonalist—and forthwith passed
      —Straits Times, Oct. 17.  -  203 words
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      EAST AND WEST.
      376 5 —Straits Times, Oct. IT. An over-emotional phase of a film recently shown in a Singapore cinema was greeted with derisive howls from the Asiatics seated in front. It was the u.<ual case of the star actress holding up the action of the story by an emotional appeal
      —Straits Times, Oct. IT.  -  376 words
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      THE WANDERLUST.
      309 5 —Straits Times, Oct. 18. One is some timer, inclinod to be sceptical when Mr. John Buchan or some author of ns ilk gets a collection of Englishmen together in a London club and starts them yarning about adventures at the ends of the earth, but the wanderlust still
      —Straits Times, Oct. 18.  -  309 words
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      THE CHINESE IN BORNEO.
      248 5 Orang Blanda arrived. —Straits Times, Oct. 18. Another fact which is not generally realised is the antiquity of Chinese associations with Borneo. Mr. Hose refers to the discovery a year or two ago by Captain Andreini, District Officer of the Bnram, of a stone monument some
      Orang Blanda arrived.—Straits Times, Oct. 18.  -  248 words
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      DO YOU PHONOGRAM ?
      428 5 DO YOU PHONOGRAM IIUUSC so-and-so speaking.—Straits Times, Oct. 18. Perhaps you have never heard of the verb to phonogram and it is more than likely that you are unaware that it is active and not passive in Singapore. To phonogram is to telephone a telegram for transmission over the wires
      IIUUSC --- ■/ so-and-so speaking.—Straits Times, Oct. 18.  -  428 words
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      A HOLE IN ONE—TWICE.
      103 5 —Straits, Times, Oct. ID. A former Malayan planter, Mr. F. J. Munday-Hare, has been doing sensational things on the Shrub Hill Golf Course at C hesterfield Village, near Whitstable. On September 7 he holed out in one at the sixteenth (155 yards) with a mashie. A
      —Straits, Times, Oct. ID.  -  103 words
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      MORBUS SABBATICUS.
      210 5 —Straits, Times, Oct. ID. A clergyman—the Rev. A. V. Astin, vicar of Christ Church, Chadderton—has discovered a new disease called morbus sabbaticus” which is fatal to the soul. The popular name, he says, is Sunday sick ness.” The attack comes on every Sunday, no symptoms being felt on
      —Straits, Times, Oct. ID.  -  210 words
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      DRINK AND DRIVING.
      439 5 ists of Great Britain.—Straits Times, Oct. 19. Americans of the “dry” persuasion not infrequently complain that whatever news about Prohibition appears in the Straits Times almost always casts an unfavourable light on that rĕmarkable experiment. That is true, but it is not our fault. If the Federal
      ists of Great Britain.—Straits Times, Oct. 19.  -  439 words
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      HUSH-HUSH WIRELESS.
      217 5 HUSH-HUSH WIRELESS —Straits Times, Oct. 21. Local listeners-in will he interested to know that the Admiralty wireless engineers at Scletar have been conducting some experiments which arc likely to add to our knowledge of short-wave communication with England. A London wee kiy publishes the following: While tlie future of the
      —Straits Times, Oct. 21.  -  217 words
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      DUTCH AIR MAILS.
      301 5 Straits Times, Oct. 21. It cannot honestly be said that the experimental air mail sevice which is being run between Holland and the Dutch East Indies has increased public confidence in the possibilities of running such a service on a permanent and commercial basis. One Dutch machine
      Straits Times, Oct. 21.  -  301 words
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      A MOTOR BOAT CLUB.
      331 5 —Straits Times, Oct. 21. Speed boats were all the rage at the English seaside resorts this summer r.nd, run commercially, did a roaring trade everywhere. In this connection it is interesting to note that the craze is beginning to catch on” in the East and that
      —Straits Times, Oct. 21.  -  331 words
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      VOLUNTARY PROHIBITION.
      97 5 VOLUNTARY PROHIBITION —Straits Times, Oct. 22. One section of the Singapore community has voluntarily undertaken a degree of prohibition. Following the institution of a series of lectures on Health and Duty at the Tamil Night School, which is run by the Indian Association, all students at the school have resolved
      —Straits Times, Oct. 22.  -  97 words
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      GROVE ROAD BRIDGE.
      280 6 Stiaits Times, Oct. 22. Some months ago Singapore was matching with great interest the mysterious palpitations of the new Grove Road Bridge. What actually happened is told by Mr. T. C. Hood, the Municipal Bridge Engineer, in his annual report. “As the oarth filling: neared completion," he
      Stiaits Times, Oct. 22.  -  280 words
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      “ BRIEF AND GLORIOUS.”
      369 6 BRIEF AND GLORIOUS.” —Straits Times, Oet. 22. Very rarely does the Municipal President say all that he thinks on any subject. He has a varied and restive team to drive, la? sees the inner working of the administrative machinery, particularly in its connections with Government, and he has to watch
      —Straits Times, Oet. 22.  -  369 words
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      UNINTENTIONAL.
      129 6 UNINTENTIONAL .—Straits Times, Oct. 23. More in sorrow than in anger a Continental reader points out that the Straits Times has qualified for Mr. Punch’s 44 impending apologies corner. Last week, in an account of Poppy Day plans, we said that “all communities will be represented among the sellers, European,
      .—Straits Times, Oct. 23.  -  129 words
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      “ ASEPLENE”
      168 6 ASEPLENE” Straits Times, Oct. 23. In a recent issue of the British Medical Journal attention was drawn t.( a product which is being advertised as a remedy for malaria, under the I vado rani 41 AsepHne.” It state* tha* in 1024 a proprietary preparation <>< the name of 44 Asoplene
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      WAR STORIES.
      186 6 WAR STORIES without finding a buyer.’’—Straits Times, Oct. 23. A letter received by the last mail tells of the extraordinary change that has taken place in England in a few weeks in regard to the publication of War stories. "It began with All Quiet on the Western Front,’”, say the
      without finding a buyer.’’—Straits Times, Oct. 23.  -  186 words
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      THE SEWERAGE SYSTEM.
      314 6 .—Straits Times, Oct. 23. With the Singapore water supply works well on the way to completion the Municipal latcpnyeis are looking for speedy ref m of the mediaeval sanitary system of this city. Examining Mr. D. B. McLay’s mnup.l r.poit on the Sewerage Department with an eye
      .—Straits Times, Oct. 23.  -  314 words
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    OPIUM INQUIRY IN SINGAPORE. The Chinese Attitude. EVIDENCE before the COMMISSION.
    1375 9 [Straits Times Copyright.— Reproduction Rights Reserved.] v ßy Our Chinese Correspondent.) [The views of the Chinese correspondent, as expressed in these articles, are not necessarily the view of the Straits Times.] The arrival in Malaya of the League of
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    NEW APPOINTMENTS. Changes in Straits Settlements Secretariat.
    79 9 H.E. the Officer Administering the Government has Kiade the following appointments, with effect from Oct. 21 The Hon. Mr. G. Hemmant, M.C.S., C.M.G., to act as Colonial Secretary, Straits Settlements. Mr. F. J. Morten, M.C.S., to act as Under Secretary, Straits Settlements. Mr.
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    NAVAL BASE CONTRACT.
    42 9 Mt ssrs. Johnson and Phillips Limited, cable makers and engineers, for whom Sime,' Darby and Co. are agents, have obtained an order from Sir John Jackson (Singapore) Ltd., in London for transformers and switchgear for the Singapore Naval Base.
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    FIRE-WALKERS AT SINGAPORE. Fanatical Temple Scene. ELDERLY MAN’S FALL ON GLOWING ASHES.
    1153 9 [Straits Times Copyright.— Reproduction Rights Reserved.] (By Our Indian Cor respondeat.) That South Indian Hindus in Singapore, particularly the Tamils, cling tenaciously to their religious practices is shown by the ceremonies they perform on their festival days. Earlier
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    F.M.S. GOVERNMENT Official Appointments. Gazetted.
    439 9 The following appointments are notified in the current issue of the F.M.S. Government Gazette Messrs. F. W. South, A. Sharpies and. Dr. H. W. Jack appointed to Superscalar Posts in the Agricultural Department, S.Sand F.M.S., Mr. R. H. A. Jeff to be a. Senior District
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    CORRESPONDENCE.
    66 10 (The Straits Times is not responsible fer the opinions of its correspondents. Correspondents should bear in mind that letters must be short and to the point. Lon? epistles are liable to be rejected or cut down. Correspondents must enclose their names and addresses, not necessarily for Snblication but ns
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    “FOR EUROPEAN CHILDREN.”
    916 10 To the Editor of the Straits» Times# Sir, —May I make so bold as to comment on the article For European Children which appeared on Oct. 3 In it you demanded an exclusive school in the Cameron Highlands for European children, and asked that it be entirely
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    “THE PLAY’S THE THING.”
    665 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— Every schoolboy in Singapore who is preparing Shakespeare for the i > mbudge Examinations, ought to have uumiisl the performance of "Hamlet” it the Victoria Theatre last Friday even.ng. He would then have understood that Shakespeare never wrote
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    THE TIN POSITION.
    612 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —The mines are at present selling their product at a ridiculous low price, and there might come a day when mine owners are regretting that they have exhausted the deposit in their mines and delivered their tin to producers*
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    SHAKESPEARE.
    594 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Your correspondent in singing the praises of the very effective performance of Shakespeare’s Hamlet at the Victoria Theatre recently, could not forbear from making comparisons of Shakespeare as he knew it at school and Shakespeare as he saw it on the
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    THE FAT OF THE LAND.
    293 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—Regarding the letter in your issue of the 17th. inst. under the heading Foi European Children and signed by somebody with a grievance who prefers to be known as Interested,” may I suggest that his remarks concerning the
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    KING OF SIAM. Suffering from a Slight Cold.
    78 10 —Straits Times Service.— Copyright. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Oct. 13. The King is suffering from a slight cold, but there is no cause for alarm. Bangkok, Oct. 13. The British Charge d’Affaires, on beha!’ of the British community, telegraphed t Sir
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    MR. JOHN SCOTT SWORN IN. Farewell Message From Sir Hugh Clifford. “LAST SAD DAYS.” Karmala’s Arrival At Penang.
    741 11 When Mr. John Scott, the Colonial Secretary, was sworn on Monday as Officer Administering the Government of the Colony brief but moving references v;ere made to the tragic circumstances under which the
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    RETRIAL OF FLEVO CARGO CASE. Echo of Local Durian Season.
    692 11 An appeal by the Attorney General before the Chief Justice, Sir William Murison, in the Supreme Court against the decision of the District Judge, Mr. C. H. G. Clarke, and the subsequent order for retrial of the case, resulted in
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    LEPROSY SCOURGE IN ASIA. “ Peak ” Period Reached. AMERICAN EXPERT IN SINGAPORE.
    1215 11 LEPROSY SCOURGE IN ASIA. Peak Period Reached. AMERICAN EXPERT IN SINGAPORE. The history of leprosy, its incidence in the modern world, and the possibilities of cure, were discussed by Dr. Lees Huizenga, medical adviser to the American Mission to Lepers, and a well-known authority on the disease, in a lecture
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    RIFLE SHOOTING. Results of Tampin Branch M.V.C.B.R.A.
    227 11 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Oct. 10. The Tampin Branch of the M.V.C.B.R.A. held a prize shoot on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 12 and 13 with the following results 200 yards deliberate net, (A. S. Gomes) 200 yards handicap, (J. R. Tannock) 300
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    CLIFFORD FUND.
    58 11 The following is the revised list of donations received up to date for the Clifford Fund for Raffles College Already acknowledged $17,811.22 Malajr Teachers’ Association N.S. 100 Malacca Japanese Association 50 Tay Koon Seh Oh Kongsi, Penang 50 Mr. Lim Peng Siang 200 Dr. and Mrs. Lim Boon
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    58 11 Owing to ill-health, Mr. Gideon Ballot!» has deemed it desirable to resign from the London Board of the Southern Union General Insurance Co. of Australasia, 'f* vacancy thereby arising has been filled by Mr. John Greig, who for many years has prominently been identified with the banking world in Bombay.
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    OPIUM COMMISSION ARRIVES. League and Malaya. IMPORTANT VISITORS TO SINGAPORE.
    413 14 When the s.s. Kedah arrived at Singapore at one o’clock on Tuesday there were 'on board three passengers whose travels have an important bearing on the opium question in Malaya. This trio is composed of Monsieur E. E. Ekstrand, Swedish
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    JOHORE REGENCY.
    70 14 For the purpose of administration of the State and Territory of Johore during the absence of the Sultan, His Highness has appointed Tunku Ismail, the Tunku Mahkota of Johore, and Dato Mustapha bin Jaafar, Dato Mentri Besar of Johore, jointly to be Regent in his absence, and jointly
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    68 14 Mr. Eric Macfaydcn, who recently came out from Home by the Macedonia was in Teluk Anson during the w’eek-end on a tour of inspection to the several estates in v/hich he is interested, namely, Selaba, Somerset, Sarasuwatty and Hamiltonia. He returned to Kuala Lumpur by road yesterday. Mr. T. H.
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    STRAITS POLICE LOSE A VETERAN. An Eventful Career. MR. G. CULLEN RETIRES FROM MALAYA.
    1289 14 Malaya lost one of its best-known and most experienced police officers on Saturday, when Mr. Garrett Cullen, A.S.I left Singapore by the s.s. Nieuw Holland with Mrs. Cullen, on retirement after 24 years’ service. Mr. Cullen
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    SARAWAK MUSEUM. Dr. Brooke in Charge of The Improvements.
    100 14 The Sarawak Government has sanctioned the expenditure of approximately $25,000 for improving and altering the Sarawak Museum grounds. Dr. Gilbert Brooke, Chief Health Officer, formerly of Singapore, has been appointed to supervise the work, which consists in removing a number of
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    MR. R. D. BAINBRIDGE. Death of Well-Known Bangkok Merchant.
    111 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Oct. 16. The death occurred to-day of Mr. R. D« Bainbridge. Decccsed, who was in business as an importer, had been in indifferent health for the past two or three years but his condition took a
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  • PAST WEEK’S IMPERIAL AND GENERAL NEWS Contained in Reuter, British Imperial Radio and Special Telegrams.
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      FALL IN PRICE OF TIN. Producers’ Association Deny Dissension. PRESS COMMENT. Central Selling Agency For Rubber.
      260 19 met by organised selling.—Straits Times Copyright. London, Oct. 17. In reply to criticisms occasioned by the ‘all in the price of tin to £189 12s. fid. per ton. the lowest point for six years,
      met by organised selling.—Straits Times Copyright.  -  260 words
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      LOWEST TIN PRICE FOR SIX YEARS. Industry Facing Serious Situation.
      508 19 Monday's spot price for tin in London .v..s t'lM 10s.—the lowest recorded since 1923. Prices dropped £lO in the previous five ays. and serious anxiety exists in Singa- > < >ie lest continued over-production in Malaya should cause a prolonged
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      SOUTH AMERICA AND BRITAIN. Lord D’Abernon on The Economic Mission.
      241 19 British Wireless. Rugby, Oct. 17. In a broadcast speech this evening giving his impressions of the immense potentialities of South America, Lord D’Abernon referred to the work of the British Economic Mission to the Argentine, Uruguay and Brazil, of which
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      BOOTLEG KING. Federal Agents’ Big Round Up.
      167 19 —Reuter. New York, Oct. 17. Federal prohibition 'agents yesterday afternoon raided simultaneously thirty-five rum-runner strongholds and caches in New York City and at other points on the coast belonging to one of the biggest bootleg combinations in the country. Thirty-two men were arrested,
      —Reuter.  -  167 words
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      MADAME LAMBRINO. Demands Alimony & The Recognition of Son.
      87 19 MADAME LAMBRINO. Demands Alimony The Recognition of Son. .—Trans-Ocean. Paris, Oct. 17. The Court of Appeal has adjourned, sine die, an appeal from the decision of the Lower Court (holding her alimony claim not within French jurisdiction) by the ex-Crown Prince Carol’s first wife Mme. Lambrino, who claimed ten million
      .—Trans-Ocean.  -  87 words
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      TROOPS MUTINY AT WUHU. Women and Children Sent To Warship.
      111 19 —Reuter. Wuhu, Oct. 19. A mutiny of troops, followed by looting, caused much anxiety this morning. The Government claim that the situation is now in hand, but, as a precautionary measure, British women and children have been sent aboard H.M.S.
      .—Reuter.  -  111 words
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      LOW COTTON PRICES. Federal Farm Board’s Loan Policy. London, Oct. 17.
      359 19 —Reuter. Sir Kenneth Stewart, chairman of the Lancashire Cotton Corporation, in a speech at Liverpool, said that between 50 and 60 spinning mills are joining the corporation. Many more arc negotiating. It is proposed to form a combine of
      —Reuter.  -  359 words
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      M. STALIN ILL? Breakdown Follows Overwork.
      68 19 —Reuter. Moscow, Oct. 16. It is rumoured that M. Stalin, suffering from a nervous breakdown in consequence of overwork, was rushed to the nursing home at Gorki, near Moscow, where Lenin died and where the dictator is being now attended by three of the
      —Reuter.  -  68 words
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      COSTES AND BELLONTE.
      28 19 Reuter. Shanghai, Oct. 21. The French airmen, Coates and Bellonte, who left Mukden for Shanghai at 8 o’clock this morning arrived at 4.25 this afternoon.—Reuter.
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      LABOUR TO HELP THE WIDOWS. Scheme Which Will Cost £8,000,000 Yearly. MOTHERS TO BENEFIT. 500,000 More Widows To Come In.
      209 19 —British Wireless. Rugby, Oct. 17. The text is published of a Govern meat Bill extending the provisions of the Act passed by the Conservative Government in 15)25 giving pensions to
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      YOUNG PLAN. Referendum Disturbances In Germany.
      308 19 i.—Trans-Ocean. Berlin, Oct. 20. Several hundred Nationalists have bee»' arrested during clashes w'ith the polie» following open air and indoor meeting» in favour of the Young Plan Referendum. Several shots w’ere fired during the progress of the fracas, in which the police, according to
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      MINISTER AT BANGKOK. New British Appointment.
      64 19 Reuter. Rugby, Oct. 17. The Km# has approved the appointment of Cecil Francis Dormer, Counsellor In His Majesty’s diplomatic senree, to b» Knvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Bangkok. The King lias approved the appoint-* merit of Reginald Harvey Hon re, Counsellor m His
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      HANKOW BATTLE COMING. Troops Concentrate. CHIANG KAI SHEK TO COMMAND.
      1419 20 —Reuter. ,—Sin Kuo Min Pres 3. Shanghai, Oct. 17. Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang, replying to Sir Robert Hotung’s cable, agrees that a resumption of hostilities will lead to the ruination of the country and promises whole-hearted support for the scheme tor
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      AFGHANISTAN’S NEW KING. Nadir Khan Elected “ Despite Excuses.”
      324 20 AFGHANISTAN’S NEW KING. Nadir Khan Elected Despite Excuses.” .—Reuter. Simla, Oct. 16. A wireless message from Kabul confirms the capture of the town on Oct. 10 the bombardment and fall of the citadel on Oct. 13, the flight of Habibullah and the submission of various towns and areas to Nadir
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      CANADIAN SENATE. Ruling That Women Are Eligible.
      122 20 —Reuter. London, Oct. 19. A judgment of far-reaching implication was given by the Judicial Committee ol the Privy Council, the highest tribunal in Great Britain for appeals from all parts of the Empire, which decided that women are eligible to sit in the
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      SEVERN BARRAGE. “ Practicable Commercial Proposition.”
      78 20 SEVERN BARRAGE. Practicable Commercial Proposition.” fraction of a penny per unit. —British Wireless. Rugby, Oct. 17. Mr. David John Vaughan, Labour member for the Forest of Dean, announced at a meeting at Newnham-on-Severn that the scheme for the barrage of the River Severn was a practicable commercial proposition. It is
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      HONG KONG CURRENCY. Banks Agree to Silver Basis.
      43 20 Straits Times Copyright. Hong Kong, Oct. 18. The banks have agreed to the re-esta-blishment of the currency of the Colony on a silver basis. A meeting is being helci on Tuesday to approve the details.—
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      CONCESSION TO THE MINERS. Half-Hour Off Day. MINING ROYALTIES TO BE NATIONALISED.
      181 20 London, Oct. 17 The recent negotiations between r Government, the coalowr.ers and r miners have reached a definite stage Tk Government sub-committee has inform*! the miners that it has decided to S? the working day by half-an-hour earlv
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      RUSSIANS COMPLAIN. Serious Allegations Of Ill-treatment.
      234 20 —Sin Kua Min Press. -Trans-Ocean. Mukden, Oct. 19. Four thousand Russians, representing all classes at Harbin, have telegraphed to the Presidents and Prime Ministers of all countries giving gruesome details of the slaughter and torture of the white Russian population by the 44 reds
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      SHIPBUILDING. Growing Popularity of Motor Ships.
      104 20 Reuter. London, Oct. 13. Lloyd’s Register records that the shipbuilding returns for the quarter endo*) Sept. 30 show the total w r orld tonnage under construction to be 2,817,339 ton? ei which 1,448,355 is being built in Britain. The latter figure shows a decrease
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      MUI-TSAI IN HONG KONG.
      85 20 London, Oct. 16. The executive committee of the W National Liberal Federation to-dav ado| ed a resolution strongly protesting aga l the system of mui-tsai in Hong Kong calling on the Government to insist P the carrying out of the promise that system should be abolished
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      WORLD’S LARGEST AIRCRAFT. Over Lake Constance: 169 Aboard. BRITISH ENGINES. Similar Machine for Air Ministry.
      656 21 —Reuter. -British Wireless. Berlin, Oct. 21. The giant flying boat Do. X made a successful flight to-day over Lake Constance with 160 passengers in addition to her crew. A later message states that the Dormer
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      THE PRINCESS ROYAL.
      26 21 Reuter. London, Oct. 18. A bulletin says the Princess Royal has Rained strength during the past week and ot al condition remains quiescent.—
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      FIVE EX-GENERALS EXECUTED. Soviet Method of Dealing With Plotters.
      71 21 —Reuter. Moscow, Oct. 22. It is announced that five ex-Tsarist Generals have been sentenced to death and executed on a charge of being concerned in a counter-revolutionary organisation in the Soviet munitions industry with the object of weakening the country’s defensive
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      CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF.
      569 21 —Trans-Ocean. —Reuter. Bucharest, Oct. 17. The statements, cabled from Berlin yesterday alleged to have been made by Queen Marie of Rumania in an interview, are declared to be entirely apocryphal. Queen Marie gave no interview and nobody connected with the Government made any proposal regarding the
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      STOCK EXCHANGE PANIC. Rush of Sellers in New York.
      91 21 —Reuter. New York, Oct. 22. The Stock Exchange yesterday experienced one of the wildest days ever witnessed. There was an enormous volume of selling in the morning when stock broke by from 5 to 45 points and about 2Mi billion dollars
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      VOLCANOES ACTIVE. Alarm in the Windward Islands.
      152 21 —Reuter. Fort de France, (Martinique) Oct. 21. Memories of the eruption at Mont Pelee in 1902, when the town of St. Pierre was wiped out and the whole of the 20,000 inhabitants were killed, are haunting refugees who, under orders, are to evacuate
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      THE SHAWNEE. Canada Asks for A Report.
      175 21 —Reuter. Washington, Oct. 18. On instructions from Ottawa the Canadian Legation has asked the State Department to report with regard to the Steamer Shawnee which has alleged that she was tired on by the U.S. coastguards as a rum-runner on Sept. 18, when
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      FOR POLAND. Appointment of New Ambassador.
      44 21 Plenipotentiary at that capital.—British WireloFc. Rugby, Oct. 17. The King has approved the appointment of Sir William Augustus Forbes Erskine as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Warsaw and to be Ambassador Extraordinary' and Plenipotentiary at that capital.—British
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      GETTING TOGETHER. Relations Between Spain And Portugal.
      82 21 —Reuter. Madrid, Oct. 20. In connection with the visit of the Portuguese President, General Carmona, to Madrid as the guest of the Spanish Government it is semi-oflicialiy stated that the realisation of pacific ideals makes it desirable for the two countries to enter
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      BELGRADE STORM BREWING. Student’s Execution. POLICE RESERVES MOBILISED.
      342 21 Reuter. Trans-Oecan. Belgrade, Oct. 16. The death sentence passed at Pola, by a special Italian tribunal, on a Serbian student for firing on the voters at the last general election in the village of Pisino has inflamed sentiment in Yugo Slavia. Mass
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      MATCH MONOPOLY. German Bargain With Swedish Trust.
      302 21 Berlin, Oct. 22. A loan agreement has been entered into between the German Government and Ur* «Swedish Match Trust whereunder the Trust will advance 125,000,000 dollars, issuable at 93 per cent, and bearing interest at 6 per cent. A match monopoly will be
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      RUM-RUNNING REVELATIONS. Big Scandal Coming. POLICE, LAWYERS AND BANKS IN IT.
      100 22 —Reuter. New York, Oct. 18. Startling revelations have followed the raid on the rum-runners yesterday when 35 strongholds were raided and 32 important arrests made—including that «of Kessler who has been called the King of the Bootleggers. It is
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      GEN. VON LETTOW. To Attend East African Dinner.
      86 22 London, Oct. 16. General von Lettowvorbeck, who commanded the German forces in East Africa during the Great War and who only surrendered after the signing of the Armistice which specially accorded him the honours of war, has accepted an invitation to attend,
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      ANTI-FASCISTS. Demonstrators Charged In Brussels.
      90 22 —Reuter. Brussels, Oct. 20. Thirty Belgian, Italian and Hungarian Communists have been brought up in court in connection with the anti-Fascist demonstration mentioned on Saturday. All were discharged except a Belgian named de Doeck, the secretary of the Young Communists, who has been imprisoned. An
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      CONSPIRACY TRIAL. Slipper Thrown at A Witness.
      86 22 ,—Reuter. Lahore, Oct. 22. On the resumption of the conspiracy trial in connection with the murder of Police Inspector Saunders one of the accused threw a slipper at a witness. Disorder ensued and the jailer lifted up the arm of a chair which
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      THE FOREIGN LEGION. Detachment Ambushed In Morocco.
      78 22 —Reuter. Paris, Oct. 18. News from Colomb Becher says a native force of 150 ambushed a detachment of the French Foreign Legion on Oct. 14, south of Merija in Morocco. Fifty legionaries were killed and 18 wounded and only seven escaped unhurt. The
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      M. RADOSLAVOFF DEAD.
      40 22 —Reuter. Berlin, Oct. 21. The death has occurred of M. Radoslavoflf, the Bulgarian ex-Premier, who fled after the war from Bulgaria where he was tried for high treason in contumaciam, but was later pardoned under the amnesty.
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      SOVIET EXPANSION.
      36 22 .—Reuter. Moscow, Oct. 17. An extraordinary congress of the Soviets held at Duchombe has proclaimed that Tadjikistan, hitherto a part of the Urbek Republic, will be henceforth merged ir. the Union of Soviet Republics.—Reuter.
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      PRUSSIAN DIET THRILLS. Daggers and Revolvers As Exhibits.
      615 22 ,—Reuter. ,—Trans-Ocean. Berlin, Oct. 17. Trays containing an assortment of daggers, revolvers, knuckle dusters, cork > screws and other weiyions taken from th< Nationalists at party meetings in Berlin were exhibits at a meeting of the p Prussian Diet. A stormy debate
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      OPIUM SMUGGLING. Position of Ship’s Officers.
      39 22 —Reuter. Washington, Oct. 22. The Senate has approved the amendment of the Tariff Bill freeing a shipowner or ship's officers from liability for opium smuggling if they are able to prove ignorance thereof.—Reuter.
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      MYSTERIOUS THEFT OF CODE. Italian Embassy Robbed. WHOLE BERLIN STAFF WITHDRAWN.
      69 22 —Trans-Ocean. Berlin, Oct. 21. It is reported that the entire personnel of the Italian Embassy, from the Ambassador, Court Aldrovondi Marescotti, downward to the youngest secretary, have been recalled by Signor Mussolini following the mysterious theft of the secret
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      TROTSKY’S EXILE. Denies Rumour That He Has “ Recanted.”
      100 22 TROTSKY’S EXILE. Denies Rumour That He Has Recanted.” —Reuter. Berlin, Oct. 19. M. Rakovsky, ex-Soviet ambassador to Paris, is reported to have been arrested by the Cheka and deported to Barnaul, Siberia. This is said to be the Soviet reply to Rakovskv’s and Trotsky’s joint request for re-admission to the
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      COMING SESSION. Parliament Preparing For Busy Time.
      142 22 —British Wireless. Rugby, Oct. 20. Parliament re-assembles on Tuesday week when, in the absence of the Prime Minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Philip Snowden, will act as Leader of the House of Commons. The Prime Minister will arrive a few days
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      WARSAW MYSTERY. Ogpu Agent Found Dead In Street.
      93 22 —Reuter. Warsaw, Oct. 18. The police are mystified by the discovery of a man found in the street with his throat cut who is now in hospital. He is believed to be a Soviet citizen named Lambow en route to Odessa with
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      CENOTAPH SERVICE. Prince of Wales To Represent King.
      61 22 —British Wireless. Rugby, Oct. 17. The Prince of Wales will represent the King at the Armistice Day service at the Cenotaph. The service last year was the occasion of the last public appearance of the Kin? before his illness. It was not
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      TRAFALGAR DAY. What Would Nelson Think Of Pacifism ?
      77 22 TRAFALGAR DAY. What Would Nelson Think Of Pacifism —Reuter. London, Oct. 21. There wac no diminution in the number of wreaths placed at the foot of the Nelson Column on the occasion of the Trafalgar Day celebrations to-day, despite what the Navy League, in a manifesto signed by Lord Sydenham,
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      THE AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS. Big Labour Majority. MR. BRUCE’S DEFEAT NOW CERTAIN.
      531 22 —Reuter. Sydney, Oct. 18. The final figures of the voting in ♦u Flinders Constituency were lhe Mr. Holloway (Labour) ***** Mr. Bruce SiJk* Majority 3J —Reuter. Melbourne, Oct. 16. With Mr. Bruce apparently beaten the state of the parties
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      BOWES CASTLE. Strikes Reef Near Macassar.
      33 22 Aneta. Weltcvreden, Oct. 21. The steamer Bowes Castle, during spring tide, struck a reef near Macass She has not yet been refloated. Government steamer Dencb is assisting.
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      BRIAND CABINET FALLS. Confidence Motion Defeat In Chamber. ON FOREIGN POLICY. M. Tardieu as Likely Successor.
      512 23 Paris, Oct. 22. President Doumergue has accepted the resignation of M. Briand’s twelfth Cabinet. The Cabinet resigned owing to the adoption of the Opposition motion, by 288 votes to 277, fixing Nov. 15 for
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      FORTH-CLYDE CANAL. Big Unemployment Relief Scheme.
      152 23 .—British Wireless. Rugby, Oct. 22. A project for linking the Filth of Forth v, th the Clyde by means of a ship canal has been reviewed and the Minister of transport has appointed a committee to consider a scheme which is one of the
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      JAPAN RETRENCHES. Salaries Drastically Reduced.
      652 23 .—Reuter. —Nichi-Nichi. Tokio, Oct. 15. The liamaguchi Ministry’s retrenchment campaign took a drastic and spectacular turn to-day when the Cabinet decided to reduce by ten per cent, all official salaries payable from the national treasury exceeding a hundred yen a month for the fiscal year
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      KARACHI DOCK STRIKE.
      43 23 ,—Reuter. Karachi, Oct. 22. Troops were called out to deal with disturbances in connection with the strike of 700 dockers demanding shorter hours. They ejected the strikers from the premises on the wharf where they weri threatening loyal workers. —Reuter.
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      WORLD’S RECORDS. Feats by German And Japanese Athletes.
      54 23 —Reuter. Tokio, Oct. 17. Eldracher, participating in the GermanJapanese athletic meeting at Seoul, created a new world’s record for the hundred metres, covering the distance in 10.3 seconds, while Kinue Hitomi broke the world’s record for the women’s hundred metres returning a
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      MARITIME CONFERENCE. Compromise Resolution Raises Hopes.
      586 23 Reuter. Geneva, Oct. 16. At a mooting of representatives of the Government and Employers’ Groups, the Maritime Conference agreed to a compromise resolution inviting the governing body of the International Labour Office to seek all appropriate means of avoiding any recurrence of difficulties such
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      MR. MACDONALD’S HEALTH. Unfounded Rumours. ACTIVITIES LEAD TO NORMAL FATIGUE.
      416 23 .—British Wireless. Reuter. Rugby, Oct. 20. The Prime Minister, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, at Ottawa yesterday was sworn in as a member of the Canadian Privy Council. At luncheon he was the guest of Mr. Bennett, the Leader of the Opposition
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      SYNTHETIC HELIUM. Experiments Which May Help Airships.
      112 23 —Trans-Ocean. Berlin, Oct. 22. It is revealed that the Dye Trust are experimenting with a synthetic helium gas, the wholesale production of which is expected to begin at ar. early date. It would substantially conti ibute to the safety of airships, enabling them
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      INDIAN COMMAND. Sir P. Chetwode Succeeds Birdwood.
      72 23 British Wireless. London, Oct. 22. General Sir Philip Chetwode has succeeded Field Marshal Sir William Birdwood as Commandcr-in-Chiof in India.— Reuter. Rugby, Oct. 22. With His Majesty’s approval tho Secretary of State for India has invited Field Marshal Birdwood, who will complete five
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      THE FIVE POWER CONFERENCE. Japan Emphasises Need For Preparation.
      1611 24 I’ctii' nu mat uiv vui .—British Wireless. —Router. Ruvby, Oct. 17. A favourable reply was tc-day received from the Japanese Government to the British Government's invitation to the Five Power Naval Conference to be held in London in January. The text
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      PREMIER IN CANADA. Need for Co-Operation With France.
      399 24 British Wireless. ’—Reuter. Montreal, Oct 22. Mr. MacDonald, in a speech at the Canadian Club luncheon, where he was enthusiastically welcomed, after pleading that the nations of the British Empire should face the future with determination, proceeded to talk of world peace.
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      LONDON STREET NOISES. Six Wheel Buses and Silent Gears.
      125 24 —British Wireless. Rugby, Oct. 22. The efforts of the authorities to reduce ®treet noises in the London area are receiving the full support of omnibus owners who are experimenting with new designs. Two hundred new ’buses are now being built for
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      AIRSHIP’S FLIGHT TO INDIA. Delayed Till 1930. SPARE ENGINES FOR R101 NOT READY.
      716 24 —British Wireless. ,—Reuter. Rugby, Oct 18. The new British airship R101 made its second trial flight to-day at a higher speed than on the first flight. Ti* average speed was 60 miles an hour. Leaving the mooring
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      RUSSIA TO ACT IN CHINA. Harbin in a Month. EASTERN RAILWAY TO BE OCCUPIED.
      77 25 —Reuter. London, Oct. 21. The Morning Post’s Riga correspondent has learned that at a meeting at Moscow, under the chairmanship of M. Stalin, it has been decided to occupy the Chinese Eastern Railway. Harbin will be
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      ELECTRIC LIGHT. Fiftieth Anniversary Of Discovery.
      181 25 Reuter. Dearborn, Michigan, Oct. 22. President Hoover to-day dedicated the Edison Institute of Technology, established in honour of the 50th anniversary of the discovery of electric light by Edison. This evening the veteran inventor reconstructed in his old laboratory his epochmaking filament lamp in
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      WOOL INDUSTRY. First Step Towards A Stoppage.
      75 25 —Reuter. London, Oct. 23. The first step towards a stoppage in the wool and textile industry, as a result of the workers’ rejection of the proposed "age out, was taken by the Executive Committee of the Managers and Overlookers Society at Bradford, which
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      TRADE WITH RUSSIA. British Delegation’s Report.
      62 25 Jvcuter. London, Oct. 22. Jhe report of the Anglo-Russian Com""Cee on the British trade delegation to Russia last March and April says it is satisfied that a great volume of business "ill be made available to Great Britam if diplomatic recognition is afforded and
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      NATIONAL DEBT FUND. Shipowner’s Gift to The Nation.
      68 25 Rugby, Oct. 22. Iho Chancellor of the Exchequer has received from Sir Alexander Lyle a grant y iTO.OOO to be added to the national fund for the redemption of the national debt. Sir A. Lyle, who is chairman of the Ryle Shipping
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      NEW FREIGHT SERVICE. Joint Steamship Company In Japan.
      64 25 -—Nichi-Nichi. Tokio, Oct. 20. A plan to organize a freight service in l )a ny, under the joint account of the companies in Japan which are ’Utside the Shipping Conference, which as been proposed by the shipping departn Mitsui Bussan Kaisha and
      -—Nichi-Nichi.  -  64 words
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      ATLANTIC FLIGHT SENSATION. American’s Secret Start. ONLY 165 GALLONS OF PETROL.
      158 25 —Reuter. Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Oct. 22. Without disclosing his plans to anybody beforehand the aviator, Mr. Diteman of Billings Montana, set out on a flight. A letter addressed to the Air Port officials, since opened, intimates that he intended
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      THE KING’S FIRST SHOOT. What Sandringham Has Done for Him.
      134 25 fairly long rides on horseback.—British Wireless. Rugby, Oct. 22. It is officially announced that the King spent yesterday morning shooting at Sandringham. This is the first time he has used a gun since last November when, while out with a
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      TROUBLE IN KENYA. Masai and Lumbwa Tribes Clash.
      190 25 tween the two native territories.—British Wireless. Rugby, Oct. 22. According to Press messages from Nairobi Sir Edward Grigg, Governor of Kenya Colony, has made a tour of the territory of the Masai and Lumbwa tribes inquiring into reports of a tendency towards
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      M. CHICHERIN’S HEALTH. Why He May Not Return To Moscow.
      115 25 Trans-Ocean. Moscow, Oct. 22. A medical bulletin says that M. Chicherin contracted diabetes in 1925, several infectious diseases during the past three years, and polyneuritis last year, which compelled him to go to Germany for treatment. He is still at
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      ANTARCTIC AND ITS MYSTERIES. Problems Worth Solving. MAWSON EXPEDITION’S HOPES.
      84 25 —British Wireless. —Reuter. Cape Town, Oct. 19. The Discovery has sailed for the Antarctic under the leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson.—Reuter. Rugby, Oct. 21. The King has sent the following message to Sir Douglas Mawson, who sailed in the Discovery
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      RICKSHA RIOTS IN PEKIN. Trams Smashed, Traffic Held Up.
      170 25 .—Reuter. Pekin, Oct. 23. The most serious riots which have occurred for years broke out here yesterday evening when rickshamen throughout the city, armed with heavy clubs, attacked the tramcars, hustled out the passengers, manhandled the conductors and motor-men. smashed the
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      M. POINCARE’S HEALTH.
      42 25 Paris, Oct. 21. A bulletin signed by four doctors states that M. Poincare, the former French Premier, underwent a second operation under goyd conditions to-day. Paris, Oct. 22. Last night’s bulletin stated that M. Poincare’s condition is most satisfactory.
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      M. CLEMENCEAU BETTER.
      63 25 —Reuter. Paris, Oct. 22. Public anxiety with regard to M. lemenceau’s health has been heightened by the announcement that his son has been summoned by telegraph to his father’s bedside, where his daughter and grandson are already present. Paris, Oct. 23. The doctors this morning pronounced M.
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    UNITED ENGINEERS MEETING. Decreased Profit. NEXT YEAR’S PROSPECTS REVIEWED.
    2479 26 The untiual general meeting of United Engineer*, Ltd., whh held at the company s offices, Dutnar Bond, on Oct. 21. Mr. J. A. P. Strnchan presided, and oth»*|r present included Messrs. W. 11. Mucgregor, A. E. Itaddeley (directors), G. S. Thomson.
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    TIN RETURNS.
    279 26 Huey Yot Tin (first half).—2o7 hours, 29,000 yards, 145 piculs. Lost four days owing to floods and rebushing buckets. Haad Yai Tin (first half).—2sB hours. 3<,000 yards, 320 piculs. Ayer Weng (Rahman). —80 piculs. Tronoh Mines.—2,sl3 piculs. Southern Tronoh.—3so piculs. Talam Mines.—sso.so piculs. Renong Consolidated Tin (First half).—327
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    45 26 Inventions privileges have been granted to Progressive Publicity Company in connection with manufacture of signs, show Holroyd and Breeves Ltd. of Knightsbridge, London, in connecuon with illuminating 'device for glass; to R. G. Gray of Canterbury, Sydney, in connection with improvements in race starting machines.
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    PASSENGERS.
    997 26 The following passengers left Lon,i the P. and O. steamer Kashgar on Sept m and urnved in Singapore on Saturday lj Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Adams, Mr son, Mr. C. E. Arnold, Mr. M. Addison^u 1 and Mrs. H. Blatcher, Mr. R. M M. Burns, Mr. and Mrs.
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    COPRA MARKET.
    41 26 in their produce report dated Uct. IK Messrs. Barlow and Co. state —The marke has been fairly steady, but prices show a slight decline on balance. Approximately 820 tons were sold. Closing quotations arias follows :—Sundried $9.55, mixed $9.
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    MERCANTILE BANK.
    20 26 The Mercantile Bank of India, Ltd., wl be opening agencies at Kuula Krai uni Kuala Lipis in November.
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    SINGAPORE WEDDING.
    88 29 Ihe wedding took place at the St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore, recently t Mr. T. W. Huggins, of the Detective Department, Singapore, and Miss Shaw, ol Singapore. The bride was given away by •lr. N. T. King, of Malacca, and was at-t-nded by Muster G. N. Shaw (trainbearer) and
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    INDIAN MERCHANTS AND LOTTERY. Heavy Penalties. TEST CASE BROUGHT BY LOCAL POLICE.
    1001 29 A lottery organised at Penang to be drawn on the Selangor Races resulted in the arrest in Singapore of ten well-known Indian Mohamedans, who were charged before Mr. J. F. F. Gregg, the Fourth Police Magistrate, on Tuesday.
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    BISHOP OF SINGAPORE.
    53 29 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Oct. 23. A reception to give the community an opportunity to meet the Bishop of Singapore was held in the grounds of the residence of Mr. A. R. Malcolm, manager of The Borneo Company, yesterday afternoon when many took advantage of the
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    BIRTHS
    85 29 BRIGHT.— At the Maternity Hospital. Singa pore, on Oct. 20, 1020, to Mr| and Mrs. J. Bright, a son. GIBB. —At Harbin, North Manchuria, on Sept. 30, 1020, the wife of J. Gibb, Char tered Bank, a son. PARSONS. —On Oct. 12, 1920, at Pontian Waterworks, Johore Bahru to
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    Trade and Finance.
    156 29 Singapore, Oct. 28. EXCHANGE. On London, Bank 4 m/a 2/4% Demand 2/3 16/16 Private 3 m. credit 2/4 19/32 On New York, Demand 66 7/10 Private 90 d/s 68% On France, Bank T.T. 1487 On India, Bank T.T. 166% On Hong Kong. Bank T.T. 22% p.c. d.
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    Stocks and Shares. Fraser and Co.’s Quotations.
    794 29 Singapore, Oct. 23. MINING. Issue Val. Pd. Buyers Sellers ill £1 Asnm K uni hung 37/- 38/-5/-6/- Ayer Hitarn Tin 12/- 13/£1 £1 Hungrin Tin 30/- 31/1 1 Batang Padung 0.22 0.27 1 1 Hutu Caves 1.20 1.30 1 1 Bukit Arang 1.30
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    85 29 DEATHS CHIA. —Mrs. Chia Poh Hee (Madam Tan Nya Chee) sister-in-law of Mr. Chia Poh ileng aged 53, passed away on Oct. 16, 1020, ui 7.30 pan., at her residence, No. 8, St Gregory Place. OEI. —At 10, Choon Guan Street, off Anson Raad, on Oct. 14, 1020, Mrs. Oei
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  • The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT
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      CONTENTS.
      77 1 General— Rubber Situation J London Rubber Stocks 1 Singapore Rubber Auction 1 London Rubber Market By A. W. Still 1 America’s Rubber Industry Rubber Statistics Rubber Research Rubber Returns Crude Rubber Latex Content 2 Local Rubber Auction Rubber Dispute 2 Cable News— Rubber Combine 1 Meeting and Reports— Mandai-Tekong
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      RUBBER SITUATION.
      68 1 Singapore Official Quotations. Quotations Forward Contract Spot Seller Prices d. bate L’don S'pore Oct. Nov. Dec. Oct. i; 0.34 0.31 V» 0.3.'» 0.3.» l j IK y r H» 0.33 0.33 /4 0.34 0.34 Vs IP 0 13'a* 0.33 V* 0.34 0.34 ’j 0.344» '2l 0 1306 0.33
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      LONDON RUBBER STOCKS.
      38 1 A cable receive»! by Lewis and Peat (Singapore), Ltd., from their London correspondent .state* that rubber stocks show an increase of 1,000 tons during the past week, the total now on hand being 57,400 tons.
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      THE SINGAPORE AUCTION.
      152 1 The Singapore Chamber of Com me l c® Rubber Association held its OdOth auction j>n Oct. 23, when there wus catalogued l.T.'i.M )it. or S00.23 tons; offered 1.4TH.721 11». or <’•"T.yl tons sold 1,101,032 lb. or 101.80 ton*. Spot. London l 1 11 I!** New York 18S:
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      BANTANG RUBBER.
      58 1 The Bantang (Selangor) Rubber Estates recommends final dividend of 10 per cent., making 15 per cent, for year ended April 30, 1929. After transferring to reserve from taxation reserve £2,500, the carry-forward (subject to audit and usual adjustments) is £6,731. (Dividend for 1927-28 was restricted to an interim
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      ANGLO-JOHORE RUBBER.
      37 1 The Anglo Johore Consolidated RubLcr Estates has declared interim dividend of 5 per cent, less tax, for year 1929, payable to holders registered at close of Sept. 18, 1929. (No dividend was paid for 1928).
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      SENAWANG RUBBER.
      28 1 The FVnawnng Rubber Estates Co., (1921), L’.il :ire paying .an interim dividend of ten candareens per share, on account of the yOai ending Jan. 31, 1930.
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      LONDON RUBBER MARKET. WORLD STOCKS BEING USED UP. Need for Organised Selling.
      1068 1  -  (By A. W. Still.) [Strait» Times Copyright.— Reproduction Rights Reserved.] London, Sept. 25. Attention is still concentrated on the stock position which, for the time being, somewhat hopelessly obscures the relation between current production and consumption. In the
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      RUBBER COMBINE. Dutch Producers Support Selling Scheme.
      181 1 —Reuter. Amsterdam, Oct. 23. Heer Sanders, the Chairman of the Committee of the Dutch Rubber Producers Association, in a speech at the meeting, anticipated that many rubber mterprises would be unable to declare a dividend, therefore international co-operation was desirable. He said the
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      AMERICA’S RUBBER INDUSTRY. Mr. E. B. Davis’s Appeal. WORKING WITH BRITISH PRODUCERS.
      561 1 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 25. Important speeches were made at a luncheon given by Mr. Edgar B. Davis at the Savoy Hotel, London, yesterday, in honour of Mr. F. A. Seiberling, p res j. dent of
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      K.M.S. RUBBER.
      44 1 The K.M.S. (Malay States) Rubber tions recommends dividend of 10 per 11 r (against G per cent.) in respect of J l ended June 30, 1929, placing to £2,000 and carrying forward (subp'‘ audit, commission to estates’ staf> 1 £10.343 (against £3,681).
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      KALI GLAGAH (JAVA) RUBBER. Acquisition of Additional Areas.
      1089 2 An extra-ordinary general meeting of the kuli Clagah (Java) Rubber and Produce Company, Ltd- was held in mail week at *< t Idol Lane, E.C., for the purpose of passTrir resolutions providing for the increase of the capital of the company to
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      RUBBER STATISTICS.
      245 2 Mr. J. Gordon Carrie, Deputy Supervisor of Rubber, F.M.S., and Deputy Regis-trar-General (Statistics) S.S., has forwarded the following census of stocks of rubber held by dealers and on estates of over 100 acres on Sept. 30. 1929, together with certain export figures. (Stocks compiled from returns by estates
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      RUBBER RESEARCH. Institute’s Quarterly Bulletin.
      91 2 Contributions to the quarterly journal (September 1929) of the Rubber Research Institute of Malaya include Experiments on the pollination of Hevea Brasiliensis (by Mr. L. E. Morris M.A.). The identification and quantitative estimation of the yellow figment of raw rubber (by Messrs. B. J. Eaton
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      RUBBER RETURNS.
      120 2 Amalgamated Malay.—6l,ooo lb. Batu Apoi (Aug.).—7,918 lb. Rrusch Rubber Estates.—39,22B lb. 8a1au.— 39,000 lb. Beranang.—46,ooo lb. Bertam (Taisho). —78,079 lb. 80re11i.—32,000 lb. Brooklands. —136,000 lb. Bukit Kep0ng.—23,147 lb. Chembong.—79,969 lb. Cheras.—s2,loo lb. Connemara. —44,758 lb. Glenshiel.—66,2ls lb. Jimah.—3l,7oo lb. Juru.—3o,ooo lb. Kamasan. —29,043 lb. Kepong Ma1ay.—162,959 lb. Kong
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      RUBBER CO. DIVIDENDS.
      44 2 Messrs. Sime, Darby and Co., Malacca, are advised by cable from the secretaries of Jasin (Malacca) Rubber Estates, Ltd., and Merlimau Pegoh, Ltd., advising that the board of directors of each company have declared an intSrfhi dividend of 5 per cent.
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      MANDAI-TEKONG RUBBER Year’s Profit to be Carried Forward.
      183 2 The report of the directors of the MnndaiTekong (Singapore) Rubber Estates, Ltd., for the year ended July 31, 1929, states that the results show a profit of $6,101, to which has to be added the balance of profit brought forward from last
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      CRUDE RUBBER. Importations into the United States.
      130 2 W’e are indebted to the Planters’ Association of Malaya for the following details of the importations of crude rubber into the United States during August, 1929. The figures have been compiled and distributed by the Rubber Association of America. The estimated net weights
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      KLANANG PRODUCE.
      41 2 The Klanang Produce Company announces interim dividend of 5 per cent., less tax, payable Oct. 15, to shareholders registered Oct. 4. (No interim payment was made Inst year. At the close of the accounts 15 per cent, was distributed.
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      CHIMPUL (F.M.S.) RUBBER.
      33 2 The Chimpul (F.M.S.) Rubber Estates recommends dividend in respect of year ended June 30, 1929, of 3 per cent., less tax. (No dividend wus paid for whole of previous year).
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      LATEX CONTENT. Greater from Shallow Than Deep Cutting.
      85 2 In a paper discussing the “dry rubber" content of latex from deep and shallow tapping, which appears in the quarterly journal of the Rubber Research Institute of Malaya, Messrs. B. J. Eaton and R. G. reach a conclusion which should prove of
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      LOCAL RUBBER AUCTION. High Prices for Standard Awarded Sheet.
      444 2 Messrs. Guthrie and Co. report Singapore, Oct. 17. The outstanding feature of the market since the date of our last report has been the demand locally for awarded Singapore standurd sheet, something in the nature of a “squeeze” developing latterly. Apart
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      RUBBER DISPUTE. Local Firms at Law Over Contract.
      212 2 K. A. Barbour, Ltd., were the defencfant« in a Supreme Court claim, before the hief Justice (Sir William Murison) yesterday in which Chop Chin Teck claimed lor balance due on two alleged rubber contrac ts. Plaintiff who is represented by Mr A.
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      SANDYCROFT RUBBER COMPANY. Special Resolution. VIRGIN LAND TO BE DEVELOPED.
      886 3 An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Sandycroft Rubber Co., Ltd., was held in the Chartered Bank Chamber#, Singapore on Friday, Oct. 18, when there were present Messrs. G. A. I’otts (chairman) A. E. Baddeley, B. G. H. Johnson
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      TEBONG RUBBER.
      21 3 Tebong Rubber Estate, Ltd., decided to «leclure an interim dividend of ten candarcens per share, payable on Oct. 11.
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    • RUBBER SHARE PRICES.
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        LONDON EXCHANGE PRICES SEPT. 25.
        669 3 Al.oco (£1) 2‘. i Allairar (2/) 2 4!» AnifloMalay (£1) 13 32; Ayer Kunmg (£1) Iw.hr'u (Sel.) (2/) 6/6; Bakap(£l) Banteng (il) ~'h Batang Consolidated (2/) 1/74; .latu Caves (£1) 22 6; Batu Tign (£1» 13 16; p.c kuh (2/ 1 6; Beranung (2 >2
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        SINGAPORE DOLLAR SHARE PRICES OCT. 23.
        731 3 m Capital Issue Closing Prices Paid Up Value Dividends Fraser Lyall L Company Co. Evatt. 389.293 1 16 p.c. year ended eB-2-29 Allenby ($1) 2.20 2.35 2.20 2.30 160,000 10 p.c. int. a'c year 30-9-29 Alor Gajah ($1) 1.60 1.80 1.60 1.75 435,425 1
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      PARIT-BRUAS RUBBER. 500-Acre Block Developing Satisfactorily.
      110 3 Net profit of Parit-Bruas (Malay) Rubber Company for year ended June 30, 1929, was £7,674, against £4,284. To reserve fund £2,000 (same), final dividend 7 per cent., making 10 per cent, (against 6 per cent.), managers’ commission £460, director?’ percentage £379, forward £1,395, against
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      NORTH LABIS RUBBER. Record Established in Cost Of Production.
      133 3 f 5? orth (Jobore) Robber 80 d 1929 dU C »f mP k[! y for y ar ended Jun how rubber crop 730,996 lb. In mi'm 3 b j haa be n brou ht >n- Sale price (net), including estimated value
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      JIMAH RUBBER ESTATES. 15 Per Cent. Dividend for Past Year.
      219 3 JIMAH RUBBER ESTATES. 15 Per Cent. Dividend for P ast Year. The report of the directors of j;„ Rubber Estates, Ltd., for the year June 30, 1929, states that the balance brouu forward from the previous year after Kht nient of directors’ fees for the year amounted to $39,608. To
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      LOCAL SHARE MARKET. Messrs. Fraser and Co.’s Weekly Report.
      535 3 In their report, dated Oct. 22, Mnsrt Fraser and Co. state During the past week a very' serious dr»p in the price of tin has been experienced and the spot price in London on Oct. 21 of £lfii 10s. is the
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      HAYTOR RUBBER.
      69 3 An extraordinary general meeting in Hay tor Rubber Estates, Ltd., is being he Singapore on Nov. 2, to consider the o ues of authorising the directors to invest re* funds in a limited company with the o 'j in of acquiring land in Pahang or elsewhe the Malay
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      PILMOOR RUBBER.
      29 3 The Pilmoor Rubber Company has do interim dividend of 6 per cent., ss payable Sept. 30. (Last year’s interim 2per cent, the final being 7Va per cc
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