The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 17 February 1926
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Title Section20 1926-02-17 1 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. $lB PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CENTS 'ol.' 24 PENANG: FEBRUARY 17, 1926 NO. 720 words
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Advertisement175 1926-02-17 1 contents LEADERS MISCELLANEOUS: (Contimied) Trade Facilities 154 Sumatra and Java News 164 The Tourist Season 158 After Eighteen Years 165 China at the New Year 162« Tin Outputs 167 Devolution or Disintegration 166 British Malaya’s Trade 167 LAW Obituary 167 Reckless Driving 156 At the E. and 0. 167 Bank175 words
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Advertisement183 1926-02-17 2 Tw x 8 STRAITS ECHO I MAIL EDITION. S Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, JC *nd contains the latest local and States news originally published in the daily issues, as well as all important news from various parts of the Far East, including183 words
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Article991 1926-02-17 154 A White Paper issued on Monday last announced that the British Government proposed to extend the period, in which guarantees may be given under the Trade Facilities Acts, from March 31 next to March 31, P.;27 and to increase the capital amount of the loans, the principal and991 words
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Article457 1926-02-17 154 Mrs. E. Kinsey received by the st mail a diploma for her 1925 Exobits at Wembley.—M.M. Mr. S. K. Sibbald. of the Town Planning Office, who has been ill in the Batu Gajah Hospital, has returned *o Kuala Lumpur. Mr. R. H. Steed, assistant engineer at Alor (rajah, and457 words
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Advertisement28 1926-02-17 154 Che straits t'cho PUBLISHED DAILY MAIL EDITION Containing the news of the week prior to departure of Mails for Europe the criterion press, limited 59. Beach Street, Penang28 words
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Article1138 1926-02-17 155 An Improvement! The mail train f om Kuala Lumpur was only 1 hour aud 7 minute* late thi« morning. Elia's Birthday Charles Lamb was born 151 years ago to-d«y, and probably the event will attract not a few pi’grim* to oheerful Crown Office-row, place of my kindly engendure.”1,138 words
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Article252 1926-02-17 155 Yesterday’s o»dinarv meeting nf th» Municipal Cnmm’sei >n was p nhah'v th shortest meeting on rp C nrd, the whole of the business open to the preog being over in less than five minutes Those present were Mr. B Nnnn, in the chai-. Mess-e. J. D. Kemp, C.252 words
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Article60 1926-02-17 155 At a meeting of the Johore Planters’ Association held on the 3rd instant, the following resolution was passed:Ati meeting of the Johore Planters’ Association representing 137,957| acres planted with rubber, it was unanimously decided that it was essential to the continued prosperity of the country that60 words
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Article371 1926-02-17 155 A Kuala Lumpur correspondent writes :The preventive fleet has reported only three captures since the last list of captures appeared in these columns. At 8 p.m. on January 29, while cruising off Pau.o Undang, the Kalai came up against a kot-ak manned by one Chinese aua which on371 words
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Article1306 1926-02-17 156 DISTRICT COURT CASE AN EXEMPLARY SENTENCE Ab ftbeady bit fly iepo<ted, Sullen fin Abdul Rahman, the driver of motor car p, 1145 (belonging to Mr. S. N. King, of the Government Monopolies), was charged yesterday in the District Court before Mr, G, A. Hereford with driving on January1,306 words
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Article254 1926-02-17 156 NEW BOOKS Along The Road, by Aldous Huxley. The American Colonies in the 18th Century, by 11. L. Osgood, vol. 4. The Big House of Inver, by E. CE. Somerville and Martin Ross. The Brothers Karamazov, by F. Dostowsky. Brown Wifeor White?, by Reginald Campbell. Cat’s Cradle, by254 words
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Article187 1926-02-17 156 The Singapore Municipal health statement for the week ending January 30 gives the total number of deaths as 229 representing a death rate of 29.16 per mille per annum compared with 26.62 in the preceding week and 22.04 in tne corresponding week of last year. The chief187 words
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Article531 1926-02-17 157 THREE TAMILS ARRESTED—LARGE SLMS RECOVERED A somewhat startling sequel to the robbery which occurred at the Banque de 1 Indo-Chine over three years ago, was mong the cases on the list before the Second Magistrate, Mr. Bull, yescr lay (says Tuesday s Free Press), uncil ure< of531 words
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Article497 1926-02-17 157 A DEPLETED LIST Except for one case which was adjOurned from yesterday till this morn"ng and this morning adjourned till the .ternoon, the sitting of the Court of \ppeal which began yesterday has terminated. Out of seven intended appeals only three came up for argument. t he497 words
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Article620 1926-02-17 157 a ijlvvm 3 I. Gala Celebrations A Chmese correspondent writes: The Chinese New Year, Year Pi an In or 3rd year of the Cycle, which falls on Saturday ill be uabered in by fhi» Chinese of Malaya with greater display of cer and show’ than for somea ijlvvm 3 I. - 620 words
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Article1120 1926-02-17 158 The tourist season is now well uivi r wav and some nine hundred tourists we re unloaded upon Singapore last week. Of this number a large percentage were Britishers, so that there is still a good deal of money left in the O'd Country, despite the jeremiads1,120 words
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Article391 1926-02-17 158 Mr. A. Sarkies is returning to Singapore next week. 1 r. and Mrs. Harrison have left Kuala Lumpur for Singapore. Mr. S. K. Sibbald, of the Town Manning Pepartment, is leaving Kuala Lumpur for Perak. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Stone left Malacca on Saturday, for a holiday in South391 words
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Article1725 1926-02-17 159 DR. LIM BOON KENG'S ADDRESS lu another big crowd representative or the different communities Dr. Lim Boon Keng delivered an address, under the auspices oi the Chinese Christian Association, on Monday evening, All. James Aitkens presiding, says the I'iee Press. Dr. Lim Boon Keng said that he1,725 words
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Article531 1926-02-17 160 Even if it must be reluctantly concluded that the higher technical appointments are and never can be available for local candidatesa view which will by no means be generally accepted there still remains, says the Malay Mail, a wide field for capable craftsmen, and it is this field which531 words
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Article1169 1926-02-17 160 A NEW HISTORY A Valuable and Interesting Book British Malaya, 1824-1867, by L. A. Mills, with appendix by C. 0. Blagden. Price $3.50. Published by the Malayan Branch, Royal Asiatic Society, 1925. The author of this book, in a preface dated Magdalen College, Oxford, June 25, 1924, notes1,169 words
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Article395 1926-02-17 161 Presentation of Addresses Our Alor Star correspondent writes: The Kedah Indian Assoc.ation held their first function at the I cong Wah School, A.or Star, on Tuesday evening when they gave a reception in honour of their four patrons, Messrs. Sattappa Chettiar, Matab Singh, J.P., and furchurn Singh,395 words
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Article61 1926-02-17 161 The annual general meeting will be held on Friday, the 26th, at 5 p.m., in the Society’s room in the Baffles Museum. The annual dinner will be held the same evening in the Singapore Club, at 8.15. The Patron of the Club, 11. E. Sy L. X.61 words
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Article1170 1926-02-17 161 There is a good deal of discussion go,n<r on as to whether or n it the liestiict’on Tjaw should be retained. Our own view of the matter, (declares the Straits limes) is that control, wisely exercised, is stiff required, and may continue to be required tor another eighteen months1,170 words
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Article1019 1926-02-17 162 At the beginning of this sixteenth year of Men Kok it is perhaps pertinent to take a brief survey of the position in China. On February 12, 1912, China, one of the oldest of monarchies, became a republic. No honest friend of China would pretend1,019 words
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Article466 1926-02-17 162 Mrs. B. Elies left Kuala Lumpur for Home on Wednesday night. The marriage has taken place in Ceylon of Mr. T. W. Roberts, the Excise Commissioner, to Miss Mirymi Perera,; of Matara. Mr. P. A. F. David, the Singapore District Court Magistrate, was engaged all day on Tuesday in466 words
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Article1683 1926-02-17 163 Chinese New Year We offer the Season’s are ting to our Chin* ae read rib, oounkd with »n expression of She b< pe that the coming ye*. will bring them still more prosperity. The Chinese New Year is the most important of all Chinese festivals. On the eve1,683 words
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Article213 1926-02-17 163 THE DEVOLUTION” SCHEME Question in Parliament In r eplv to a question in Parliimmt by Mr, F. G. Penny, the Secretary of State for the Cnloni°s made the following statement Mv honou r ahle friend will understand that it is nit pissible for me to give an undent213 words
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Article664 1926-02-17 164 LEAN’S CO.’S WEEKLY REPORT Thursday evening. Tin throughout the week has been a stron" market and closes with a gain of £5 15s. at £2Bl ss. three months, and with the premium for spot of £6 10s, at £287, 15s. Mail advices state that sentiment is not generally664 words
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Article342 1926-02-17 164 Is Production Overtaking Consumption (To the Editor of the Malay Mail) Sir, The enclosed table from The Times of January 11 is of some interest. It disposes of Dr. Braddon’s windy rhetoric, as not even he can imagine that the removal of Restriction will lead to production catching up342 words
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Article503 1926-02-17 164 SUMATRA JAVA NEWS EUROPEAN LABOUR BUREAU (Translated For The Echo) Up to February 2, the number of unemployed Europeans on the register of the Labour Bureau at Medan was 44, amongst whom were 10 Estate Assistants. Towards the end of the year out of 130 applicants for employment 86 were503 words
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Article1646 1926-02-17 165 Dr. Wu Lien Teh, M.A., M.D. Cantab., etc - IMPRESSIONS OF PRESENTDAY MALAYA (By Dr. Wu Lien Teh, M.A., M.D. Cantab., etc.) To understand the stupendous changes that have taken place throughout Alafaya during the last two decades, one has to be absent from the country, as I have been, during a considerable period of time.1,646 words
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Article1144 1926-02-17 166 The happiest countries, like the happiest women, are those that have no history and, in the ordinary way, the less we find Malaya figuring in the political news at Home the better we are pleased. But just at present we are having the limelight forced Upon us.1,144 words
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Article451 1926-02-17 166 Mr. R. P. Bingham has been appointed a cadet in the Malayan Civil Service. Mr. L. Hazel, of Sime, Darby and Co., Malacca, is due back from leave this month. Mr. H. N. Ferrers, of Kuala Lumpur, has gone by the Albert Vogler for a trip to Hongkong. Mr.451 words
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Article237 1926-02-17 167 Before Mr. C. W. A. Seunett in the Police Court this uioruins? Ewe Ah Ah, a Chinese, was s>n‘,enced tD six weeks rigorous imprisonment for obstructing Inspector Lyons in a gambling raid at 165, Carnarvon Street on February 12. The six gamblers, all Chinese, wh) were arrested were237 words
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Article146 1926-02-17 167 In the Siwnrne Guare this mo oing Mr. Justice A. V Brown delivered a short oral judgment in the case in which a Chinese, Yeoh Seng Ng, appealed against a conviction by the Police Magistrate and a sentence to six weeks rigorous imprison ment, without the option of146 words
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Article180 1926-02-17 167 Tin Bentong, for the fi st half of Febrn ary hours 251, pikuis 312 aud yaids4l,3oo Dredge shut down th<ee days Chinese New Year. Pahang Consolidated, for the month of January 3.776 picul». Ipnb Tin, fo the month of January 735 piculs. ;o: The death occurred last week180 words
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Article108 1926-02-17 167 COMPARISON OF TOTAL VALUE OF FOREIGN MERCHANDISE The following is ac sUtsmmt of the total value of foreign merchwj. diee, excluding parcel post, imported and exported to aud from British Malay» during 1925 and 1926 Impoits Increase Exports Increase or or 1925 1926 Decrease 1925 1926 Dsereaw108 words
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Article512 1926-02-17 167 AT THE E. O. Among the visitors to the Eastern and Oriental Hotel during the Chinese New Year were: Mr. G. J. Kingsnorth, Mr. H. Henley, Captain S. H. Belson, Mr. G. Puttock, Mr. F. G. Flynn, Mrs. E. M Adamson, Mr. W. J. Owens, Mr. Lee> Mr J A.512 words
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Obituary283 1926-02-17 167 OBITUARY MR. EMILE HARDOUIN We regret' to record the death of Mr. Finite Hardouin, manager and part proprietor of llardouin Estate, Bukit Tanibun, which took place shortly after noon on Sunday at the residence of his sister, Mrs. Mathieu, No. 5 Arratoon Road, Penang, from an illness which he had283 words
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Article715 1926-02-17 168 MUNICIPAL employee stabbed TO DEATH Mr. L. V. Karl’s Sad End A distressing tragedy was enacted at Pattani iload at dusk on Saturday evening, Mr. Louis Victor Karl, Chief Conservancy Inspector, Penang Municipality, being brutally done to death, while executing the orders of his superiors, it is alleged,715 words
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Article385 1926-02-17 168 Mr. Geoffrey Lee (who is well-known in Malaya) had a very narrow escape from sudden death yesterday, says the Bangkok Times of February 10. 'Fuller details of what happened reveal that plainly enough. The person who fired the Browning pistol was at a window, and as385 words
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Article978 1926-02-17 168 -1 J Clou UUIXYC/E re.—Calcutta Statesman. HOW THE WORK GOES From a study of maps the reason for the choice of Singapore as the site of a British Naval Base m tue fsast is abundantly ciear, since it is situated almost exactly midway between India and Australia and' -1J Clou UUIXYC/E re.—Calcutta Statesman. - 978 words
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Article204 1926-02-17 169 At the sixteenth annual meeting held at the Young Muslim Union last Sunday the following were elected office-bearers for 1926:President, Mr. Hamid Khan (re-elected); Vice-President, Dr. S. Mohd. Baboo (re-elected): Hon. Secretary, Mr. S. M. Z Abidin (re-elected); Asst. Secretary, Mr. G. M. Yusoff (reelected); Hon. Treasurer,204 words
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Article1103 1926-02-17 169 letter from sir frank SWETTENHAM T REATY IN TE Hl* RET AT lON (To the Editor of the Malay Mail) Sir, In the Malay Mail of October 31 you printed my letter dealing with your article of August 19, and on November 2 you published a very courteous1,103 words
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Article330 1926-02-17 170 SERIES OF GAMES IN PENANG Dinner At Runneymede Hotel The large party of Medan visitors, which arrived in Penang on Thursday last, are still with us. They will be leaving this evening by the s.s. Kopah for Deli. It was a happy idea which prompted Penang to330 words
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Article761 1926-02-17 170 Drawn Game With The Club The friendly Association Football match with the Penang Cricket Club on Friday was the first of the fixtures to be played off and, as was only to be expected, a very large gathering turned out to watch the game. There were several761 words
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Article463 1926-02-17 170 Medan Win The Singles Tennis was played on Saturday afternoon on the P.C.C. Courts. There was a large gathering to watch the matches, one singles and one doubles. In the Singles, Sedwick, representing Penang, lost to ten Cate. In the Doubles Penang won, Clarke and Davies after losing the463 words
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Article599 1926-02-17 170 MEDAN DEFEATED The cricket match on the Esplanade on Sunday proved more interesting than was anticipated. The visitors it was said, are only weak in cricket. Medan however put up an unexpectedly good fight and, in the end, only lost by 47 runs. Play began at 11599 words
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Article86 1926-02-17 171 Penang Wins By Penalty Goal Much interest was centred in the Water Polo match which was played on Sunday at the Swimming Club. hen Penang went 1o Medan last year, it will be remembered, they were badly beaten. Penang was therefore out to do its best. A keen86 words
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Article30 1926-02-17 171 Three golf matches had been arranged with the visitors but as one of them did not arrive only two matches were played. Penang won one and Medan the other.30 words
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Article395 1926-02-17 171 WIN FOR PENANG Visitors’ Fine Display The hockey match between Penang and Medan was played yesterday evening on the Esplanade before a large gathering. It was generally thought that the visitors had a weak team but they gave a surprisingly good display and were by two goals395 words
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Article143 1926-02-17 171 OPEN TOURNAMENT RESULTS (From Our Own Correspondent] Singapore, February Lady Guillemard presented the cuds to the winners at the Open Lawn Tenn\ Tournament yesterday which was one ot the most successful ever held. The fol lowing were the results: P en (> si «gles: Glover beat Pinckney Open143 words
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Article92 1926-02-17 171 Penang v. Sungei Patani An interesting golf match, played here on Monday morning between Penang and Sungei Patani, resulted in a win for Penang by four matches to two. The following were the players and scores: Crabb-Watt J. Sellar (Penang) 1 v. Fletcher Aitken (Kedah) 0; J. S. Ferrier92 words
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Article207 1926-02-17 171 Monopolies v. Darul Aihsan The second fixture of the Penang Football League, played on the Esplanade yesterday between the Government Monopolies and the Darul Aihsan Football Club, resulted in a goalless draw. There was far too much aimless kicking for the game to be considered a good207 words
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Article2293 1926-02-17 172 OPENED BY LADY GUILLEMARD Approximately fourteen months have p ilS? ed since the operations commenced for the construction of a new building for the Singapore Chinese Girls’ School, and on Saturday afternoon Her Excellency Lady Guiliemard was there to arace the function in declaring the school open2,293 words
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Article853 1926-02-17 173 HOUSING AND RENTS Not only is the cost of living in Singapore increasing week by week, deciares die Aia-aya .tribune, but the housing shortage coupled with an increased demand lor accommodation has given the lead to a certain type of landlord who has taken advantage of the853 words
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Article300 1926-02-17 173 (To the Editor of the Straits Timbs) Sir, The public is undoubtedly greahy indebted to you for the manner in which you bring to its notice matters of the nature of the above. I for one am entirely unconvinced by the explanation given by the P.C.M.O. at yesterdays300 words
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Article260 1926-02-17 174 PENANG FOOTBALL LEAGUE Municipality Defeat P.R.C. I' The Municipality, champions of the last Football League, played their first fixture in the current League yesterday on the Renong ground and succeeded in defeating their opponents, the Penang Recreation Club, by 1 goal to 0. As a matter of fact,260 words
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Article130 1926-02-17 174 Tournament Results The following are the results of tennis tournament ties played yesterday :-4Championship: E. J. Bennett beat C. A. Scott 6l, 6—4. Doubles Handicap, Class B: 2 J. H. Pedlow E. T. Williams beat 2 L. W. Arnold &A. W. Frisby 6l, 64. Ladies Single Handicap: 15.1 Mrs.130 words
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Article568 1926-02-17 174 Penang Players for Bangkok th^ S rsa dy mentioned, a team from 'V. Penang Polo Club comprising Wl 88 J S Seng Hye, Heah Seng wtiatt, J. R. Danson and Dr. T. W. W. Id s having for Bangkok on Fri- /j ogage the Bangkok Polo Club d Sfn*.:568 words
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Article544 1926-02-17 174 SOON THEAM CO.’S SHARE REPORT Penang, February 12, 1'526 Tiie opening days oi lhe week unP review saw a recovery in the price o* rubber, only to be followed b\ another setback at the close. A good many of the popular rubber counters hardened up in prices which, however, did544 words
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