The seventeenth annual general meeting of the Sungei Duri Rubber Estate, Ltd., was held at the registered office of the company 0 Wednesda; Mr. C. R, Burkill presided and was supported by Mr. C. F. Shackleton, director, There were 5,475 shares represented.
The Chairman's Speech After the notice convening the meeting and the auditors' report had been read by the secretary, the! Chairman said:—The report and accounts having been in your hands for some time I will, with your permission, follow the usual course and take them read.
As you will note from the report, considerable progress has been made in the extension programme, 340) Jacres—the clearing of which was started last year—having been planted up on the contour system The clearing of the balance of 287 acres felled in 1925 has been held up owing to the abnormally wet} weather experienced during the! early part of this year. Approx. imately 140 acres of this area ha which it did, as I had expected, on the East Side going North.
Traps are, apparently, below the! notice of C, P. C, No, 1669 because when I arrived outside No. 74 Szechuen Road, traps numbered 715; and 843 were parked there—East side facing South—and they vere still parked there when I left, approximately four minutes later.
My little two seater taken up less room than a pony and trap and if they can park there, why cannot I Jdraw up there. 2.
have been interested, between! 10 am. and 4 p.m. to-day, to notice just how many drivers' of traps commit, without penalty, offences for which a ricsha coolie would, Titerally, get it in the neck, Your reply will be awaited with considerable interest, Thanking you in anticipation, Youre faithfully,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.