The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 22 April 1925

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  • 20 1 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. $lB PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CENTS VOL 23 PENANG APRIL 22, 1925 NO. 16
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    • 176 1 CONTENTS LEADERS MISCELLANEOUS: (Continued) Loans and Interest 397 Opium Seized 407 Trade Statistics 401 Chinese Marriage 407 The Slumb’rous Anodyne 405 The Chief Secretary 408 The Position of the Judges 409 Penang Impressionists 410 Chinese Politics 415 A Useful Guide 410 France and Germany 419 Penang 411 Gateway to the
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    • 189 2 4? TW< I STRAITS ECHO I g MAIL EDITION. 5Ci Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, JC and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the yK daily issues, as well as aN important news from various parts of the Far
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  • 989 397 AU moneylenders are not Shyloeks, and the borrower may be a knave, but in the Colony of the Straits Setrents we have had innumerable stances of money-lending transactions ~h ich on the lender’s part were, to put it' mildly, harsh and unconscionable In some cases where the
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  • 495 397 Air. Iranklyn Robinson, formcrlv H.P.P., Penang, succeeds Air. David as Distiict Judge. Air. Meodows Frost has been granted a commission as Second-Lieut, in the Johore Volunteer Rifles and takes the rank ol acting Captain and is appointed second in command. Air E. Bagot, who recently return ed from leave,
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    • 26 397 CDe straits cl>o PUBLISHED DAILY MAtf-EDITION news of the week prior ta departure oi Mails f ,ir Europe Tli Criterion Press. LlBllte4 59 Be&ch Street, Penang.
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  • 1287 398 Our Judges Some striking tributes were paid to Sir Walter Shaw, whose accuracy and grasp of facts,” and his reputation as a Criminal Judge were emphasised. His lordship s personal qualities were also extolled Sir Walter Shaw carries with him the good wishes of everybody. It is interesting
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  • 404 398 The Judgment Judgment in the case in which R.a Lim sued Murugasu, formerly a teiehll the Anglo-Chinese School, for mai Dt e n J of an illegitimate child was delivered h Police cArt A Mr. Hogan, in addressing the Conn said that there was not sufficient pr o
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  • 1174 399 CHETTY suit a FIGHT on PRINCIPLE” arß me Court this morning, I» tbe whitle? Senior Puisne Judge, l jM Ce X sn interesting Chetty suit Lid >s beine fought out not on übi*'".’ snrnDt involved, but on a Drinc ip| 9 The principals T'X two P firms, who
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  • 587 399 ALLEGED MISAPPROPRIATION Istniil bin [tarn was charged before Mr. P. S. Williams in the Police Court, with criminal misappropriation of a sampan belonging to the Penang Swimming Club. Mr, W. Gillion was boating when a storm broke out between 11.30 a.m. and 12 noon on April 10. His
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  • SPORTING NEWS
    • 830 400 P.R.C. v. CHINESE A Surprise Win The Penang loot ball League cornpetition, which is now drawing to a finish, provided another surprise yesterday when the P.R.C., who only about a fortnight previously had been beaten by the Chinese by the broad margin of-five goals to nil yesterday,
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    • 135 400 Taking advantage of the Easter Holidays the United Athletic Football Team, Penang, captained by Mr. Cheah Kang Swee, visited Kulim and played a game of association with a Kulim Eleven. The match which was witnessed by a large gathering resulted in a win for the visitors by
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    • 190 400 Easter Competition» The results of the matches played ou Sunday between representatives of the Singapore Chinese Swimming Club and the P.S.C. were as follows: Relay Race won by S.C.S.C. Teams: S.C.S.C. Tan Hock Liat. Wong Siong Heng, Ng Mong '•uan and Chia Poh Chong. Penang Ford, Locke,
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    • 432 400 L. D. Hardie Wins Malayan Ev»t The Malayan golf championship competed for on the Singapore (hl! Club’s course over Easter, and as a result of the final Mr. L. D. Hardie is thnew champion, says the Straits Times It will be remembered that Mr. Hardirecently won the
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  • 1068 401 nothin» remarkable in the tr -turns for March, S b bj Beuter yesterday. There b:ed Dy but, as might ten ex eS. balance is have bfe n F d These figures t’to”» 6 surprising extent. The a,Ct ited revival does not appear tom nent, but the trade horizon
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  • 459 401 Mr. H. L. Bennett, Chief Hydraulic Engineer, F.M.S., has left Kuala Lumpur for Europe on furlough. At the Supreme Court, Kuala Lumpur, before Sir Lionel Woodward, Messrs. Monojendra Nath Mallik, of Malacca, and Yong Kung Lin were admitted to the F.M.S. Bar. Among visitors to Kuala Lumpur during Easter
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  • 1158 402 Death of Mr. .John Sargent Reuter annour ces the death, at the age of 68, of the famous painter, Mr. John bingir Sargjut, H. A., fct 8. W., D. G. L., Hon. fOxon), Hon. L.L.D., Cambiidge. Mr. Sa-geut who was born in Frinie, of American parents, wts a
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  • 1856 402 CORONERS’ ENQUIRY AND lu the Second Court vestar/i Mr. C. W. A. S™ 6 k;‘Xr>--Coroner, held an enquiry i uto of Mr. Y.p Yam S.m, which n? the .esuk of a 00 lli 9 i 0n at the junction of Kimber!., ai, P** Rope Walk on March 29.
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  • 544 403 AN ALARMING EXPERIENCE Severe lightning accompanied by a rain storm swept over Ipoh on Sunday afternoon causing much damage to a house in Green Town. The house, which was struck by a vivid flash of lightning, stands in the middle of a block of three similar houses
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  • 696 404 BUCKET v. SUCTION CUTTER In view of the controversy which is at present agitating the mining community of Mala'.a in regard to the respective merits and advantages of suction cutter dredging as compared with dredging by buckets, a Straits Times reporter called on Mr. T. L.
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  • 304 404 To be Held Next Month The annual Bisley” meeting of the Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteers will be held next month, commencing on Saturday, May 2 and terminating on Sunday, May 17. The programme which has been drawn up, and a copy of which reached us yesterday afternoon,
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  • 566 404 MILLIONS OF TONS IN bengkalis PROV| Nce Details of one of the larnp S t n > posits that have been found de Dutch Indies and Malaya were thfc a Straits Times representative nnT U day by Mr. Herbert Wilson a known mining expert who has i
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  • 1142 405 have latterly been expressed Doubt» M'e of the a nti-opium t° now being administered at re»®in the Colony and the and as to the sincerity of many f M S her s of the poorer classes 01 the LT themselves to it. As revbo J® ffi cv
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  • 446 405 The Hon. Dr. A. L. Hoops, P.G.M.0., will be. coining to Penang on inspection duty in the near future. Mr. J. Dewar, Superintendent or Surveys, is in Singapore overhauling the peisonnel of the Survey Department there. Mr. George Hemmant, M.C.S., is to be appointed Under-Secretary, S.S., and will probably
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  • 918 406 Mrs. Malaprop in Singapore Tea,” «aid the stout lady wi *.h the diamond?, Mine was a of love at first light. I met |my hueband at a fancy dre»-8 dance and the very moment he entered the room, clad in the garbage of a monk, I said to
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  • 302 406 CHETTY SUIT The hearing was resumed this morning before Mr. Justice Whitley of the action in which Annamahy Chetty, carrying on business under the style or firm name of S. R. M. M. A., at 114 Penang Street, are suing S K. R, S., another firm of Chetties
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  • 1060 406 CENTRE OF RUBBER CT|V changed CTIV| Some very interesting letters ed rn the financial Times reoentll London ru liter position, and .7 U» situation in general. There i the fall of stocks from 56 341 1924 to 21,639 tons London fails to recognise that it longer the centre
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  • 40 407 Haul at Singapore Our Own Correspondent) T »ob Singapore, April 17 Piitu wag tk° UBand dollars wo-th of tod ShJ Z6d n board the steamers d^arveBta n from China ports i hrurjujj Tyte, Inspector U h cre on
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  • 1067 407 A question which has long been the cause of a good deal of debating with our Chinese friends, namely the Chinese marriage, is now to be investigated by commission, appointed by His Excellency the Governor; and this commission will make its recommendations in due course. There are two
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  • 1282 408 ACTION CONCERNING RUBBER ESTATE A Chinese Will Problem Very involved litigation, in which a will, a partnership, and a rubber estate form some of the complicating features, came before Mr. Justice Barrett-Len-nard in the Supreme Court at Singapore on Tuesday, when the action of Tan Moeng Ten vs.
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  • 478 408 Sir George Maxwell, Chief < to Government, F.M.S., has d announced his retirement not the age of fifty-five, says the Malay M f Suggestions have been made that thority should be petitioned to his term of office. I n the stances it is extremely unlikely thatT George
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  • 1733 409 common knowledge that 11 tt i e time ago the Judges m Courts of the Colony of tbe S v P m S drew official attention gad the r- t r emoluments w th The 1 different members of the J s r Walter Shaw,
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  • 1469 410 EXHIBITION OF PICTURES It is impossible to praise too highly the general standard of work at tois show. From this it most not be inferred that the pictures themselves are masterpieces as a matter of fact, it is very doubtful if a ingle one of them would be
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  • 409 410 The 1925 edition of the Automobik Guide of Malaya is about as comprehend as it is possible to make it. As a resultr, is a bulky volume. In it the motoriit will probably find all the information th« he is ever likely to require. Incorporated in the
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  • 614 411 OFFICER'S IMPRESSION i NAVAL ur r whose work 1S well HKiaxon.” tb J o f Blackwood's and other 10 r «nd, Uitbefollowm, .mores£=e he visited at the time of the (juoi fWtJf in Singapore. a" Si ire from Hongkong, and onnnot l“°‘ h L certain comparisons. One wH d
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  • 547 411 MANY GOOD YEARS’’ AHEAD Messrs. Fearson and Co., Ltd., in their weekly report on the Kuala Lumpur share and commodity markets, dated Thursday, state: To-day’s price of rubber, i.e., l/9|d. London, 44 j cts. (G) New York, and 76| cts. Singapore, is the highest since the earlier
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  • SPORTING NEWS
    • 224 411 The Rajah’s Benefit The following rather amusing Australian comment on Singapore racing appeared in the Sydney Sportsman recently. William Ryan, well-known on the Australian turf, writes from Singapore giving some of the handicaps of the re-cently-arrived Australian horses. Mr. Ryan appears to have a solid grievance.
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    • 239 411 Singapore Turf Club’s New By-Law The following by-law has been passed by the committee of management of the Singapore Turf Club in pursuance of their powers under rule 3 of the rules of the club: By-Law 1. Non-Selling Sweeps and Cash Sweeps.lf no objection is lodged within fifteen
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    • 653 411 P. C. C. v MUNICIPALITY A Close Gami Closely contested from start to finish the League Football match vesterday oi the Esplanade between the P. and the Municipality resulted in a pointless draw, and on the run of the play there could not have been a more
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  • 534 412 Two Japanese women who were charged with kidnapping a boy from the lawful guardianship of Chuah Boon Sai, appeared before Mr. C. W. A. Sennett in the Police Court yesterday. Mr. W. Dawson, Inspector of Police, conducted the case. Chuah Boon Sai, the complainant, said he had
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  • 411 412 MM. Mr. H. N. Ferrers, o f K pur, has gone on a trip to Mrs. McCurdie, who ha. u ill in the Taiping Hospital,% good recovery. Dr. Cross, of Kuala Lumpur i. der orders to proceed to KuanJ Medical Officer. The Hon. Mr. G. C. Denham W tor
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  • 1731 413 M.M. new piers opened t iv s Interesting Ceremony T°' P; e r iahtly termed the gate"tX in the shape of the ?niers-one at the Church Street «nd the other at Bagan Luar GbaU,P ffi i opened to-day by Mrs. t, presence of Government heads* of
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  • 504 414 S24O,(XX) L‘ »volved in Housing Deal An option over houses valued at S24O,(XX) was the subject of an action heard by Mr. Justice Sproule in the Supreme Court Singapore, in which S. Hamid sued Look Yan Kit for an order for specific performance' of an agreement. Mr.
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  • 1047 414 SELANGOR BRANCH ANNUAL MEETING Trade Looking up The annual general meeting of the Selangor branch of the F.M.S. Chamber of Commerce was held on ednesday at Kuala Lumpur. Mr. B. G. H. Johnson (Messrs. Boustead and Co., Ltd.,) was in the chair in the absence on
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  • 11 415 birth 0nl < J d l^X‘o JlriindMrS Millar, a daughter.
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  • 1567 415 CHINESE PO LITICS fripnd of China can pretend No true frien ertur bed at the in that country. The F K f' f S n r Sun Yat-sen has removed 1 and considerably lessened 6 br Af“hina becoming a prey to the «W*" j+b w hich in his latter T
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  • 1039 416 A Link with the Past The fine mahogany trees in the compound of St. George's Church, Penang, are often admired by visitors and others. It is of interest to recall that these trees were planted in February 1885 by Mr. A. B. McKean as seedlings from a tree
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  • 175 416 Twakow Adrift [From Our Own Corrotpondont] Singapore, April 20 on nnn a^Dr(^a y a twakow containing 30,000 gallons of gasoline flamed up alongside the Standard Oil Company’s steamer West Seguana at Pulau Sebarok. The twakow was cut adrift, drifted throughout the night and stranded at Pulau Sikang,
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  • 632 416 EmpText RELIEF TO DEALERS GOVERNMENT REDEEMS m PROMISE ITb Lt will be remembered that tk Secretary, at a meeting o f th Council last year, promised to erii the position of rubber dealers Qto uncouponed stocks of rubber .J!° could not export. To render to them a scheme
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  • 461 417 Th. report of Directors, to be submitted a «tenth annual general meeting to i IdTthe Registered Office of the «L No. 9, Beach Street, Penang, April 29, 1925, at 12 30 gars The balance of Profit and Loes it forward from the previous year Jested to J
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  • 438 417 Mr. N. IL Jarrett is appointed an as sistant Controller of Labour. Lieut.-Commander J. B. Newill, D. 5.0., IL N., is appointed a police magistrate for Singapore. We hear that Mr. W. Woodstack, of the Asiatic Petroleum Company, will not be returning to Penang. II Mr. J. Arter, Vice-Chairman
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  • 1349 417 ANNUAL MEETING OF MALAYAN BRANCH The annual meeting of the Malayan Branch of the British Medical Associa tion was held on April 10 to 12, at the Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur. The following offeers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Dr. A. R. Wellington;
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  • 213 418 Of the total of 246 deaths which occurred in Singapore during the week ending March 28th, the Registrar of Birth« and Deaths attributes 25 to convulsion, 25 to pneumonia, 22 to phthisis, 19 to malarial fever, 17 to beri-beri and 16 to debility and age. There were
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  • 406 418 accuseddischargeo In the District Court yestenL t Mr-E. Pratt a Chinese to a charge of being i n chandu other than GovernS*?*,’ l i LM H T ti s happearedt «X±i and Mr. J. Byrne prosecuted Tc-h Boon Choe, Senior R eventu cer No. 5, said that
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  • 90 418 The Annual Dinner of the Associate will be held at the Trocadero on Monday, May 25,1925. In tion to Members of the Association visitors from Malaya and their k' eD are eligible to attend and are c<>rdia y invited. Applications for tickets should be dressed to
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  • 1619 419 an d Germany are both to-day I fß nee ana v llt]Cal erlsls I ,bc V* the eminent mathematician JI Pa* re 'f t he Chamber of Depu- <■"* he official candidate of A." for he Presidency of the L e ft June, when M. Miller- I
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  • 1479 420 Town Planning Amenities Town planning appears to be pursuing a rather mysterious course in the F. M. 8., and the Sanitary Boards raturally do not like it. Io Kuala Lumpur an unofficial member of the Board complained of secrecy regarding the work of the Town Planning Committee. We
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  • 302 420 In is interesting to note that although gold is not produced in any large quantities in the F.M.S., a small amount ii being exported, from the two States, Negri Sea* bilan and Pahang. For the month of M&nh 1,204,90 ounces of gold passed through the Customs
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  • 930 421 sUAL general meeting a. annnal general meeting of T e f pbodok Tin, Ltd, was held in SuUy. April 18. P* o 0 ra present BB 8 Th« rfl sPhair) P. Simpson, F. H. 5 Kemp, J. shall, Lt P. e and J. Bennett, representing the
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  • 282 421 Mr. Justice VThitley delivered judgment in chambers yesterday in the case in which Lo Lum Teau sued Mesirs. Cheah Kee and Company, Penang, for $7,537.50, being money lent to the defendants. Tbe amount originally lent was $lO,OOO. Towards this $2,500 was paid. Plaintiff claimed the balance, together with
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  • 476 421 Mr. G. R. K. Mugliston, of Messrs. Sandilands, Buttery A Co., Singapore, is on a visit to Penang. Mr. G. C. W hite has been discharged from Seremban Hospital and has been transferred from Sua Grensing to Tampin Linggi Estate. A complimentary farewell dinner will be given to the
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  • SPORTING NEWS
    • 113 422 Sunday’s Com pet iti on T4ie following arc the results of the Long Distance Race (approx: 1800 yds.) swum at the dub on Sunday last Ist J. Ford Twice 31 in. 2l sec. 2nd I’. Saffery 35 m. 13 see. 3rd F. I). Thompson 35 in. 24
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    • 652 422 P. IL C. v. CHINESE Ax Indecisive Finish It was extremely hard on the Chinese Recreation Chib that, owing to a combination of circumstances, they were deprived of a victory in their return match against the Penang Recreation Club played on Saturday on the Esplanade. Batting first,
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  • 745 422 COMMON GAMING HOUSE Important Point r AIBEd Mr. Justice Whitley had before k this morning an important q Ufea Z regard to gambling; it was. by the late Second Magistrate Who asked for a ruling as magistrates. 5 According to Section 14 of the Gin*. Ordinance any person
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  • 398 423 Thursday Evening 1» -i“C ,gf advance toucha farthing down on S- singa,wrc 755 cents> York MV e shares continues rX the continued fall e!,kne6S and K#fflU J now a* 52/6 ex K, n,r ODRS P OO 1 /J at 40'6 Chendenangs *N,, 27/-. Tbabawleiks are weak Stt fe,
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  • 1448 423 ANTHONY CO.’S SHARE LIST Name of Company. Buyers Sellers Rema ~~r~ RUBBBB—DOLLAR SHARES. cts. cts. Allenby Rubber Co., Ltd. 1.42 J 1.474 A lor Gajah Rubber Estate, Ltd. 1.05 1.10 Amalgamated Malay Estates, Ltd 2.10 2.15 Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate Ltdj 11.00 11.25 Ayer Kuning Rubber Estate, Ltd... 40.0 0.45
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  • 245 423 Second Duke of Wellington’s for >7’ Ad extensive progrannne of military relief’s at home and abroad will be car--' vied out next winter. This schedule will include internal changes at home and in India, movements between home, Indiii and the other Colonies, and reliefs by movements from one
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