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RUBBER COMPANIES.

NELLMAT RUBBER COMPANY.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6ræ, 1910.

CATCHING EARTHQUAKE RECORDS.

FRANCE'S NATIONAL PAWNSHOP.

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THE DROP IN MALACCAS,

LONDON ALARMED.

one

Earthquakes are recorded by means of the Practically for more than a sustury, and horizontal-pendulum seismograph. The best absolutely for more than fifty years, the Mont At the statutory meeting of the Nellmay example of horizontal pendulum in everyday use de Piote has enjoyed a complete monopoly of Babber Company, at

The Singapore Free Press says:-During Mr. William Penang

By is a common hinged door. The earthquake the pawnbroking business in Fance. Duuvan, of the Caledonian Estate, who pre- instrument is a heavy weight pivoted delicately article 411 of the Penal Code, any person Europe private cables which ludiosts that

the past few days we have received from landing money on pledge is liable to imprison- sided, said that sluss the property had boon

on a frame which is swang at an upright, hinge in, I ftoon days to three months, and a fins considerable anxiety is being manifested amongst takon over one quarter, that is, 153 sore, had

line

so that the faintest movement in the beba planted up, making 703 soros planted. 166

will be

be communicated to the frame. A light of 100 to 1,000 francs. There are persons holders of shares in the Malaosa Rubber Com scris had been planted in eines. Owing to the lever with a pen, at the outer ond of the weight call

called

tiokot brokers (marchands des recon-pany owing to the outputs inlling far below the reador requiring labour the company had to

ed frame, makes on a paper moved by clockwork naissances) whe adrance money (about 20 expected figures and no further dividends having which Import the saine and to build new coolio lines.

a magailled recont of the movements of this per cent of the face value) on the Mont en declared. The matter is The labour force now ambero 350 Tarails.

crust, earth's.

de Pista vonokers, The

and charge interest interents the general public hore much financial- bristle, and the

understood that very few shares 120 Jurausso, and 153 Chinose, but they' hoped

at the rate of 10 por cont, per month. Tasys it is glossy and smoked, so that the record -nse with-the-Chinese as to disp

apor is. expensasorated. too

The waight tends to aland

keep

within the law by making the contract &omparatively are held here now. The Chinese who wore large holders at first have, it The appearance of the rubber and still as the earth waves move the past, purchase redeemablo in three months, but in

is said, in most cas almost entirely sold coconut was good. The company has received

and the pen writes, an autograph of the practice there appears to be no time limit.

done here The oldest

is al- a royalty of

of 83,690, 890 on sugar.

movement, which takes

plase

The sole rate of interest charged by the Mont out and any business about the

on London most exclusively do Plote Is 7 weight as a contre, Every, second an electris

por cent plas 1 per cent. fred, int.

effects the standing of such a company as

•

Fore

17,000 cocount trees, but not yet bearing. company a sufficient money to carry on without using the funds from sugar. A dividend

cont. would be paid. TANJONG MALIN BUDDER CO.

caloniated.. Lot as

peu

aro

THE

BC-

rabber trees wore on your old. There the ticker connected with a clook scratches a mark interest being charged by the half month, stoount. But in a general way anything that on the side of the moving paper, so that the ez.; the rate of 8 per cent, per annum. The valaa-alaoca must be of general interest. The intest

at time of any earthquake autograph may be tion of pledges is performed by a syndicate of

auctioneers. They of i

sta, and two-pondent of the New York Herald (Paris e

edition) vas ktop a mement to watch what liappons four-fifths of tlie value of supposed to advance wires we have state that the Singapore curres. when an earthquake: wave passes through the thirds of the value of apparel, or har deemed information as to tapping going on, etc., was but as they application to the General Manager hove for themselves. referred

to the London offles for inform ation contact with the paper, and as the latter moves pledges, they

Enquiry was accordingly mad

in London with by clockwork there is loft written a straight Nominally thecpatracti

gar effort is made to give the Posay Linetees to replied, "No statement will be made vatif the ,the secretarios,

Thou twenty months before

of & THE

The statutory meating of the Tanjong Malim Rabber Company, Limitel, has been hold, with Sir Frank A. Swettenbum, G.. C. M. G., presiding.

loss on the sale

earth. The weightia still, its pen is lightly in are liable for max, but every the result that Mosses Copeland, 1

it is

a chance to

The Chairman said the applications for shoreline. Slowly, as we wateb, the writing Bugarrodeem his goal, they.coms to the hammer, mooting of shareholders on September 6th."

mako little wave to

represented nearly reu inillion sterling in

moves sidewise, and beral minutes. money; and, as there were only 383,000 shares mark This laste to dispose of, including 100,000 to the rendor, it was only possible to make a

Dat

The

ner

7017

Statistics for 1909 are not yet published, but the figures have not differed greatly for many years past. The total business may be reckoned at close upon $11,000,000 per year. The averago loan is $7. About 100,000 unredeemed plodges each

Oar correspondent cables that this retience, allied to the failure to declare further dividenda

anch the Economist, in an article on

the situation,

know more about the balance of 120.000 trees not tapped last year for want of labour. This balance seems to have disappeared between Novembor and July."

Truth also comments on the situation and says: The actual entrat makes a miserable show.

the pon begins to creep ont until it in Fasilities are accorded for paying off the money

slowly scratching long swooping by insta

installments, at the option of the pledger, Tory Brasil proportional allotment.

yet been transferrol, zigzags In the course of half an hour the money loaned and the interest sharges thus far 1909, has caused surprise amongst rabber

hour diminishinomol. property lias

this slowly diminishes. Not a single tremor

until the amount is repaid sad the investorya:-"The shareholders want to Бый it in under the control of the company, and has losu folt. The waves passing through the articles all arrangements had been made to carry on the ou work and extend the area of rubber. Som ground were to broad and stow for sensation.

but they have coms thousands of miles from assistants and basu sent out, and Mr. Skinner,

place where walls were falling and people ware who will generally direct the planting leaves England for the East in Tashing frantically into the streets.

When we consider that every strong earth. Tapping bogan aome time ago, and the estate

that one causs somewhere every week or two, the sport of earthquake-catching becomes fairly citing. If the interest attaching to seismo. logy wore better known there would be many amatsuri. An Omori seismograph may be bought for about $100 and any colier on any sort of ground will catch the passing cartb quakes-Professor Jagger in Century Magazine.

directors made.

is yielding at presont rather more than 1003 quako may be recorded all over the globe and are sold annually st na average of 83,20 to $3.40ing compared with the optimistic estimate the lbs. of rubber por month. The total area belonging to the company is 20,400 acres, of which 2,483 porch were planted at the date of the prospectus. There are also 250 acres of peppor and a small quantity of gambier,

THE REGISTRATION OF CHINESE PARTNERSHIPS.

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good rea

THE CURSE OF NEWS.

the

It is doubtful wkothor private enterprise could compete against the Mont de Piste, as it borrows the monoy it requires at a very low rate of interest and could easily compete against private pawabrokers.Consular Report

this

WEATHER REPORT.

The typhoon over the Pecibe is altasted be. tween Maisoo Jima and the Loochooe. It is

The barometer is falling over SW. and N. China. It has risen slightly in the neighbour- hood of Hongkong.

Pressure remains high over the Pacific to the Eastward of the Bonins.

The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issped the following report:

On the 5th at 11.55 a.m.-Theresant typhoon The Singapore Free Press commenting on the demand for the registration of Chinese

is not yet completely filled up. It has con From time to time we hear of evil things to part

alerships remarks: Que difficulty wonid seem to be that certain which newspaper-rending stimulates the im-tinged to move towards W.S.W, and is shown

morning sa

sa moderate depression over the be within Colonial jurisdiction pressionable imagination. But few case Gulf of Tongking. partnem may

unhappy Edathers with their property, in beyond it bad as that of the tailor from whom his Perhaps it might ha possible to pass legislation wife obtained a suparation at West London Tecently, Everything he read in the Press waa giving f facilities for registration, without making translated inte knocks for her. Thus, having moving slowly, probably Northwards.

Bat make it impossible road nou-registration pozel

Suffragettes and also heard of them the of for anrogistered partners 16. moke

in Hyde Park, he went home and feitled " any claim in a court of law for any share

Then in this profits of arm, or any share in the her, to use his own remarkable word.

modern prize-fighters' property of a firm, or any authority to dis. after reading of

any employes of the methods, he went home and punched her on the miss or vary the contract of as

right

over aras to show how they do it. The Pall Mall control over Gazelle comments ou ima, or to maintain any

mattet as follow:- of tho operations any capital invested in the

however, the poor woman On trou

trouble,

did not Arm. In other words, make non-registration

Sho of partnership, within the jurisdiction of the trace to the Pros: but we think wo can. Court, involve an entire privation of all rights tried koeping silence for weeks at a time, until and claims that would otherwise arise out of o ho said.Tor God's sake, Jenny, speak to me

Is not this an obvious I want a-big zow,'" is merely registered partnership. This skoleton suggestion,

but we believe that the rendering into the vernacular of the Radica! real policy is to make registration indirectly stalwarts appeals to Mr., Asquith to break his compubory by judicially donying to an un-sense train trainee the Pros West registered partner every right and claim that infraid that the case against the Press as regards its influence on this wretched household is only ordinary cases might form a just ground for a

too complete. stitut law.

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Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 am, to-day, 0.21 inches.

The forecast for the 24 houre ending at noou

N. to W. winds, today is as follows: Hongkong & Neighbourhood light to mo derate; fair.

Formosa Channel

N to W winds, 1 faiz. South coast of Chius between games No. 1. South coast of China between Same as No. 1.

Hongkong and Lamecka, { Hongkong and Hainan...

VESSELS ADVERTISED AS

GRIMAULT'S

SYRUP

HYPOPHOSPHITE OF LIME

FOR

STUBBORN COUGHS

BRONCHITIS

WEAK LUNGS

CATARRH

CONSUMPTION

To neertain the ancharage of any Vessels, the Harbour has boon divided into Four Sections commencing from Green Island, Vessels anchoring nearest Kowloon are marked **k,” nearest Hongkong "b," midisay between Hongkong and Kewison "m," and those vessels berthed at the Kowloon Wharf "kw.", together with the number denoting be section,

SECTIONS.

1. From Green Island to the Harbour Master's.

2. From Harbour Mastor's to Blake Pior.

3. Fron Blake Pier to Naval Yari

4. Pria. Naval Yael to East Point

DESTINATION,

LONDON & ANTWERP VIA SINGAPORE, &C. LONDON, 34, VIA ÜSCAL PORTS OF CALL ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG & ANTWERP, &c.

HAYRE, HAMBURG & ANTWERP, &c. HAVRE, BREMEN & HAMBURG, &c. BAYRE & COPENHAGEN

ADVAD ISEMENT

SALE

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