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DUTCH OIL KING.
HERCIAL
AUSTRALNI
EGA. PROFITE
Deterding, the
Henry W. Datch oil king, was, formerly of the Pansing branch of the Netherlands Trad ing Society, and co-la-law of the late
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Mon," in "presiding “Bing, Estafen rla ila the question of double or treble taxation wihin the Empin. drew attention to curious point in wnaection with the pro- vision made in the Imperial Finance Act that Bompinion Coverament may make an agreement with the Tuxperial Govern- ment, whereby the excess protte duties
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A. D. Neubronzer, Fenang After a comparatively short connection with Dutch banking in Jar and the Straits Heer Deterding become
an inspector under the Royal Dutch Company for the working of petroleum wells in Netherlands ....
Are Fana Balgownie (21)
Bebang Benar
Bukit Katil (31) Belf Bukit K. B. Butt Thmad (910) Changkat: 8: Glenely Fin Hartor (86) Indragiri (85) fatim (92) Timah (1) Kacsaniz (92) Kedah (81)|| Kelamak F
Intia In 1908, he becs, both Governments can be canalidated fi manager of the company, which extended.
into one tax, whichever rate higher Batt ita basiness to China and the greater part of the Far East, and later to Russia and being taken as the rate of the combined Rumania. He formed a union with theta Heferring to the enormous burden Shell Transport and Trading Company off debt which the war in laying upon London, and about the same time made both the Mother Leuntry and all the an alliance with the Rothschilds and took Dominicus, Mr. Williamsbe emphasized over the Asistio Petroleum Company, the point that every encouragement should Deterding art up plant in. Ihmaeldorf, be given to those engaged in the primary
Industries to do their utmost to inerea and before long the Boyal Dutch hed cul
derply into the Standard Oil Coin-production. Es profits taxation, when panya Garnian business thes they were applied to wuch industries, tends to have gied to make an agreement to divide the the very opposite effect, and for that busine. I turo Mexico, Venezuela, ie, in the stinnat interests, a moss California and Oklahoma came under the
usdesirable, if gut self-destructive, form sway of the oil king, who is regarded as the Dutch John D. Rockefeller. Deverof taration. He tonsidered that it wookt 'ding rules his ream from London.be far better in the national, indeed, the
Duterding is the son of an obscure Imperial, interests of either to abandon Lause (85) Amsterdam, sea „captain.
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A COMMERCIAL CLAIM.
tries.
Kempas (18)
King (6)
the method of taxation or to exempt Malta Pinda from its incidence all the primary indux-Malakoff (2)
Mandai-Takong (31). Margni (83) .... Naw Serendah (1) Ayalas (85).
A nation has been filed in the US, COTTON SPINNING COMBINATION. Court for China," at Shanghat, against Muller, Maclean and Co., Inc., of New
A very important combination in the York, by Mr. James Barvie sud Me Egyptian spizing trade is foreshadowed. Fajam (83) ... Leslie W. Hution; of the firms of Harvie by transfery of extos, mills in the Bolton, Fauzi (31) .... Cooke and Co. The claim is for Gold Stalybridge and Massley, districts already | Part Petak (81) 93,038.58 and Tis, 4230.66 with interest carried cut or in course of arrangement and, posts. In an aflavit filed on De appens that over a lion pindi Perk River (91);
11th by Messrs. Fernigan, Fessendon and
are involved in the new schine, Pan Balang (10) Rose, counsel for the plaintifs, it is set London thixarial sydicate is oncerned. | Praggor (81).... | forth that Harvie, Cooke and Co. were from July, 1914, to July. 1916, locate wealthy men being named in con- Fadella (35)
nection with the transfer. So far de
Sandyarok's (89) representatives for the defendant te agreements for the purchase of the, but that the latter sew have to her whole at the controlling interest have Scadal (85), sentatives here and service is asked by only, we derstand, been reached in Sambrong (81) publication.
connection with the four following firms Bangor Bag Messrs. John Harwood and Sens, of Bol Song Patani ($1) ton, 1.000 spindles Messrs. John Tambalak (61)) Ashworth (Limited), of Bolton and Tapali.(810) Pendlebury 1,000 spindles Mül Hill Telok Anion (1) pine Company of chon, 82.000 Tamerloh (37 pindles and Messze. H. H. Buckley and Trafalgar (89) Sons, Mossley and Stalybridge; 23.000 Ula Pandan (81).
indies. The transfers do not involve United since (81) any break its the continuity of the various Utan Simpan (31) business. It is understood that in the farther cases where purchase is pending
The plaintiffs se under four pats The fretsclaims that under contract of 22nd January, 1914. defendants were to pay a commission of per cent on all goods purchased from them. It is alleged that the commission was not paid and the sam G.$1,617.81 is asked, with interest and costs. The second count
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SATURDAYS HAKURAM CARS.
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aks 0.4439.05 and Tls. 4.074.83 claimed ane under an agreement to settle certain disputes in 1915. The third count ask G-$941.70, commissions, and the last court Tls. 1,215,01 alleged paid to the
concerned with the mills already named, defendants in New York by the Chese-but there is evidently some joint acti borough Mancfacturing Co. or plaintifa tlow, though the buyers are not ben- Account
ticat. No public offer of shares or other BUKIT MERTAJAM RUBBER CO.,capital in the combination is expected to
the transact the are independent of those UNCLAIMED
LIMITED.,
The ninth ordinary general meeting of this company was held on the 27th Sept.
at Winchester House, Mr. A, O. Angier (the Chairman) presiding,
be made.
BANK OF AUSTRALASIA.
9A10.
3.10 3.50
TELEGRAMS.
The following itlist of unclaimed telegrams at the office of the Great Nor thern Telegraph Co., Ltd, Hongkong 1
·From Stanghai
Shangh
Shanghai Shanghai
Mr. Frederick Tomkinson Trew atten tion at the meeting of the Bank of Aus. Now
The Secretary (Mr. R. Lawrenestralasia in October to the question :di) Spicer, F.C.I.B.) read, the notice and individed profits. He pointed us that the auditors report.
the dividend proposed was payable, Dot Wabal "The Chairman suit that the profit for on 12.000.000 of capital, but on the much The year under review was £40,000, larger capital belonging to the bank, and equivalent to about 21 her crat, on the representing the profits which the-share- company's capital. That the directors alders had foregone in the past. Those greater final undivided profits represented roughly eculd not recommend dividend than 5 per cent. making 10 £3,000,000. He remarked that it might per cent. for the year. was due to the be difficult for bank to capitalizes ita abere of the predominant partner," reserves, although perhaps in their case who claimed under the excess profits they might capitalire £000,000, leaving Kobe duty. Last year he mentioned that out the reserves at £2,000,000, the same of a total profit of £107,000 earned in the smount as the capital of the bank. The "wo previous your excess prots duty chairman, however, pointed out that they
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claimed £47,000; now the figures were bad no power to capitalize reserves. The Smaghai that, out of a total profit of £147,000 in board of the bank at the meeting obtain Shanghai three years, the sam claimed by thated the sanction of the shareholders to
shan Tsupier
zuty was, roughly, £70,000. The earn apply to the Government for a supple. List of Unclaimed Telegrams. ing capacity of the company had reached mental charter, as the sphere of the the E. E. Telegraph Office at Hom the anticipations set forth, but existing bank's operations in at present restricted 19th December, 1918 war conditions did not permit their reap certain geographical limits, namely.
Addres
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EXPORT
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BANCHES
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CHINE.
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Clement ing the harvest to which they had legiti-Australia, New Zealand, and Taman Horace Clarta, Americ
can Consali mately locked forward. They did not The board considered that the time had
Yoshidakama:
- grudge any "amount that was needed for arrived when this restriction should be Orsini Chiong, the due prosecution of the war, but such modified. The directors feel that in view care should be exercised by the Govers of modern banking developments, and ment that the incidice of Dccemary tax-future possibilities they should be in s tion did not unduly press on certain of position to act with greater freedom bann the taxpayers. As it was, the Govern at present. They have not considered
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ment was claiming nearly all of the the question of opening anywhere outside DO ONE THING PROPERL balance of £50,000 that was being carried the present limits, but they wanted the he forward after allowing for the proposed power to do whatever may be clearly in divalend. It was hoped to offset some the interests of the Empire and the share portion of the amount as the result of halders
the decision of the Commissioners of In come, Tar in the Merlimau case or what! was known as Yallambrosa expenditure,
and it was also hoped that further relief
to themselves and the industry generally would result from a re-bearing of the case for rubber Belcro the Board of Referees Dealing with the prevent dieulties the rubber india
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