Sold to J. A. Wattie & Ca.
"London, Feb. 6.
It is understood the Danish East Indies Plantation Company _have sold their Sumatra rubber plantations to Messrs. J. A. Wattie Company, of London, for a sum of 10,000,000 Kroner.
'The' deal includes 25,000 unplant-Jed acres and 5,000 planted acres and Messrs, Waltie & Ca. are to as-Fume the entire management of the Rival Party Within the Church'
New York, Feb, 8.
Bishop Manning in a sermon he preached yesterday said the movement of the Church Temperance bibi Sot representative of Society for the modification of pro-
the attitude of the Church, which still supported Prohibition. He pressed the opinion that observance] of the law was increasing, and that modification at present would mean nullification.—Reuter's American Service.
London, Feb. 6.
The Imperial Tobacco Company's annual report reveals a net trading profit of £8,881,000.—Reuter.
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