Singapore, Feb, 28, The policy of rubber restriction continues to be the prevailing topic in Malaya and varied views are pressed in the newspaper A big meeting of Chinese rubber producers and. merchants to-day. urged that restriction be continued until the over-hauling of the max chinery of the scheme had had tim to take effect, It was anticipate that there would be & serious slump throughout Malaya if restriction were withdrawn or relaxed and it was suggested that the ce-operation Jof the Dutch producers should -bo invoked—Reuter.
Betectiveness of Present Scheme Colombo, Feb, 29.
In response to an urgent requts from Mr. L. S. Amery,' Secretary of State for the Colonies, asking for its views on the subject of rubber restriction, the Ceylon Estate Proprietary Association met yeater, day and, with one dissentient, adopted a resolution that it cone sidered the existing scheme defect tive ax it does not embrace all pro-and also expressed the opinion that an earnest endeavour [should be made to devise a really comprehensive scheme:
special sub-committee is now Jdeafting recommendations, on the basis of this resolution, for. trong mission to the Colonial Secretary.
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