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ROPE AND LAND,

Continued from Page 1).

Ing, owing to the great exodus of Chinese during the strike. At the beghting of the year, there were 61 flats fully occupied, but in July the demand for these quickly fell

THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1926.

RUBBER MARKET.

A FIRMER TONE.

Messrs. Carroll Bros., are in. receipt of cable advices from Sin

GENERAL EXECUTED.

BEHEADED BY MARSHAL WU PEI-FU,

Wuchang, March 13-A aum Bapore stating that rubber fe now mary act of justice was carried quoted at $1.05% per lb. and that out in Hankow last Tuesday, when off till at the end of the year only the Bukit Katil Rubbor Estates a military officer of some rank 30 flats were in occupation. Rents have declared an interim, dividend was behended at the orders of Wu were, of course, reduced and our

money from a local merchant.

28 houses, which, when fully occu-9f 4%. The market all round la Pel-fu for having tried to extort pied in normal times, should bring stronger. The following are the us.in about $50,000 per annum at latest quotations:-- the rates we were obtaining before

Allenbys

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the strike, are now only yielding Alor Gajahs

us a total rent of from $8,000 to Amalgamated Malays $9,000 per annum. But when we Ayer Moleks have shifted the old plant to Kow-Ayers Panas

Balgownies loon we shall have a site for 123 BRAsetts houses, of which only 28 have been Brogan ... built, in one of the most congested Bukit Jelotongs

Bukit Katils parts of the town, standing in Changkat Serdangs

books at the low valuation of $6.50

per foot and-which in normal times t

will certainly bring us in a large Indragiris return., Rope business may be dull Jorams at present and house property de- Kedaha

Jimahs

· BANKS AND LOANS.

The officer in question was Hung $9,40

$1.15

$2.00

89.75 Yuen-pin, a Hupeh man, 27 years $4.50 old, who had been appointal Com- $810 mander of the Third Division of $1400 the Yu Wei-chuin, or Honan. Protection Army, Gen. Hung was $1.86 in charge of an office in Hankow, $1.40 where he had the task of provid- Ing for the pay and rationing of 30 some of the troops who are fight- $2,05 ing in Honan. Being short of n letter to a $10.00 funds, he wrote

31.30 wealthy merchant, Mr. Wan Wel- peh, demanding a loan of $6,000. Mr. Wan, instead of complying, $400 sent the letter to the Hankow $150 Chief of Police, who in turn re- $3.00

402 ported the matter to Wu Pel-fu.i $4.80 30.05 Mr. Chow, the Chief of Police, $15.00 with a guard of armed police, 800 visited Gon. Hung's residence and $4.75 confronted him with the letter. $14.50 Upon his admitting that he had

$4,45

$4.00 written the letter, Hung was $3.6 arrested, and taken first to the $4.60

$29 00 police station and afterwards to 31.45 Marshal Wu's headquarters at $15.00 Chachiafeng. After ย brlof $4.60 examination of the accusation,

JAPANESE GOVERNMENT

ASSISTANCE,

pressed, but Hongkong will weather

Kempas this storm as it has done many Kuala Sidime others, for I remember the day Lunas when houses at the Peak could be Malaka Pindas

Malakoffs Hved in rent free, and better days Mandai Tekongs will surely come for this and all Mayfields

Mentakabs other industries in the Colony.

New Serendahs Work at the new factory in Kow- loon has, of course, suffered from Pajams

Funfts the prevailing conditions in the Colony, money and labour both be- Scudale...

On buildings, we have. Tapahs

Sungei

Bagans ing scarce. spent $321,037.43 and we estimate Tambalaks it will take about the same amount Teluk Ansons

For new

United. Simpang to complete the factory. plant for this factory we have spent $100,123,22 the principal items be- ings Rope, spinning and waste Machines, electric motors and trucks shaftings and workshop ma- chines. Against this expenditure we have the final call of $5 per share due on 2nd. July, 1926. But we must not let ourselves be too

Tokyo, March 24. depressed by the statement now pre-

The Upper House in full sented. We are going through session this morning passed the an abnormal state of things, Nishihara loan bills, whereby the brought about by the short- Government shoulders the full sightedness of people in power responsibility from the banks con- who do not realise that attempts cerned-Restter. to ruin, their neighbours only re- coil on themselves and that the trade of Hongkong will continue to expand and prosper, no matter what part Canton may take in it. Such attempts to injure, us as thin boycott at Canton may put the Colony to temporary loss and in- convenience, but they are funda mentally unsound. They are likel houses built on the sand, which, we are told, cannot last. It will pass, like everything else in this world, and soon be forgotten, but i The cargo will be discharged, at Hall probably mostly undamaged. until it does, we must try to put-Reuter. up with the day of smaller things.

I now beg to propose that the

report and accounts as presented be adopted and passed and that i

SUMATRA MARU FIRE.

CARGO ONLY SLIGHTLY DAMAGED.

¿Colombo, March 24. The Sumatra Maru has arrived full of cotton, portions of the cargo being slightly damaged by fire and steam.

Marshal Wu summarily condemn- ed the prisoner to execution. He was beheaded without delay, "and his head was hung upon one of the telegraph poles upon the Han- kow Maloo. The details of thei above account are taken direct from the native press.-N. C. D. News.

CHINA COAST OFFICERS.

THE LATEST CHANGES.

F.

Mr. M. Defty, from reserve, has gone second officer, Foochow

Mr. L. G. Potter, from reserve, has gone second officer, Kwangse,

Mr. G. P. Pope, from

reserve, has gone secund officer, Fengtien.

Mr. R. Atkinson, from reserve, has gone second officer, Huichow."

Mr. F. E. B. Steer, second officer, Suiyang, has gone second officer, King Yuan.. Mr. J. Middleton, second engineer, Wuchang

Mr. H. M. Hall, chief engincer, Wenchow, is on Home leave.

Mr.

r. S. Dumbreck, from reserve, has gone third engineer, Wenchow. Mr. H. S. Beech, third engineer. Wen- chow, has gone third engineer, Lu- chow.

Mr. F. E. Lane, from Home leave, has gone suply chief officer, Chaksang. Mr. L. J. Stevenson, second officer. Chaksang, is on reserve.

Mr. S. W. Minshall, from reserve,

More than 250 guests were the balance at credit of Profit prosent at the dinner and ball and Loss Account of $212,547.63 arranged by the Singapore St. be carried forward to next year's event of the kind since the forma

Patrick's Society the second account. When that has been

tion of the Society at the Europe Mr. second officer, Kwaisang. seconded I shall be pleased to answer any questions from share- holders.

Mr. HP While seconded.

SOME, CRITICISMS.

1

Hotel on Wednesday in last week.

3. Ide, second officer, Kwai- is on reserve.

sang,

N. Churchill, sup'y second officer, Pingwo, has gone second officer, Yusang. Mr. H. A. Mick, London, Feb., 12.-The earth's second officer, Yusang, is on reserve, Mr. J. Fry, from reserve, has gone crust constantly is growing hotter third, engineer, Luenho,

Mr. J. W and in some thirty or fifty Fisher, sup'y second engineer, Luenho, Mr. Kelly Sayce:Can you tell million years it will liquefy. has gone second engineer, same ship. us how much more in cash will have This statement was made before Mr. F. Hill, second engineer, Luenho, to be spent on our new buildira the Royal Astronomical Society ahip. Mr. J. Stalker, chief engineer, has gone acting chief engineer, same in Kowloon?

here by Professor John Joly, Lucaho, is on reserve. Mr. J. Han The Chairman:I have just toid Professor of Geology and son, third engineer, Luenho, has gone you in the course of my speech. Mineralogy at the University third engineer, Yusang. Mr. J. Mac- We have already spent some of Dublin. Professor Joly said

donald, third engincor, Yusang, is on reserve. $320,000, and it is estimated that the lower layer of the earth's It will require a similar amount crust, upon which the continents before it is completed.

and the floors of the oceans rest, is continually becoming hotter.

Mr. W. B. Patey, chief officer, Hai- Eventually the continents will

is

on reserve. "crack," he said, and will sink

Mr. W. J. Collam, second officer, until about nine-tenths of their Kinshan, is on reservo, present атев is submerged Mr. G. H. Madden, chief officer, beneath molten lava. The sub-Saital, has gone chief officer, Tai-

shan

Mr. R. H. Stewart, chief stratum, he added, thon will cool officer, Taishan, has guns chief officer, The building of the Chinese gradually and the continents riso Suital, houses on our old site cost us up again. $500,000 and brings in $19,000; not

Mr. Kelly Sayce:So we shall need a loan from the bank?

The Chairman: We have the call to come in..

Mr. Kelly Sayce:-But we shall be paying interest?--No, we shall do the same as before.

enough to pay the interest?—Yes,

but we hope that that state of ourselves to the rope business, affairs will improve.

Don't you think it is a mistake

which has proved very profitable

to build Chinese houses and in the past. transfer our factory to the main-

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Mr. F. Dunstan, from reserve, has gone second engineer, Yusang. Mr. F. Kerslake, second engineer, Yasang,

on reserve.

Captain R. C. Gillespie, of the Dovawongse, is on reserve. Mr. P. MacGinnes, chief officer, Devawongse, is on reserve.

Captain E. G. Rapley, from roservo, has gone master, New Mathilde. Mr. R. A. Prichard, acting master, New Mathilde, hus gone chief officer, Bume ship.

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has gone chief offegr, Haitan.—Ship-

There being no further ques- Mr. H. C. Everett, from reserve, land, leaving us shareholders tione, the motion for the adoption ping and Engineering. loaded with a lot of empty houses

and no dividend?We can all be of the report and accounts was wise after the event, Mr. Sayce. put to the meeting and LT- It was done at the express request animously carried.

of the shareholders.

The Bug gestion did not come from the

agement.

Do you consider the locality of

BUSINESS MATTERS.

The Singapore Improvemont Trust has, owing to the acute housing shortage in Singapore,

Consulting Comittee or the man- The Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak, submitted plans to the Municipa

Mr. Allan Cameron and Mr. H. Plity for the erection of over 1,200 houses at Tiong Bahru and our new factory suitable for our White were re-elected to the con- Lavander Street. It is now re- rope business? We should not sulting Committee on the propoai-ported that the scheme has have taken the land if we did not. tion of Mr. Munton, seconded by

rocolved official sanction. Do you consider the price we paid was cheap 7-Yes, it was Mr. Raymond.

considered very cheap at the time. It was proposed by Mr. Kelly Mr. Kelly Sayce:-I think I am Sayce and seconded by Mr. Top- expressing the views of a large pin that Messrs. Linstead and number of shareholders when I Davis and Messrs. Percy Smith, say that the Company should get Seth and Fleming be re-appointed out of land and property and auditors for the ensuing year, and leave it to the land. this was carried. companies. We should confino There was no further business.

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