Malacca Guardian, 17 December 1928

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  • 17 1 MALACCA GUARDIAN (PUBLISHED WEEKLY). 01. I. MALACCA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1928. SINGLE COPY TEN CENTS. No. 51
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 515 1 TRY THE I Malacca Guardian’’ THE MALACCA WEEKLY AS AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM FOR RATES, WRITE TO THE MANAGER. I A O W fl Telegrams: A.B.C. sth and 6th Editions, oio if 1 X “Statetrust” Singapore. Bentley’s and Liebers. M lif ESTATE S TRUST AGENCIES (1927) LIMITED. I v w A
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    • 39 1 SUBSCRIPTION RATES. I (PAYABLE IN ADVANCp 0 MONTHS $l.OO 6 2.00 I 12 4.00 9 FOR PLACES OUTSIDE MALACCA TOWN, ADD 25 CENTS, 50 CENTS, $1 RESPECTIVELY FOR POSTAGE. FOR POSTAGE TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES PLEASE DOUBLE THE ABOVE AMOUNTS.
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  • 858 2 MESSRS. UNITED TRADERS (K.L.), LTD. MALACCA. loth December, 1928. Rubbers: —There have been small variations in the price of the commodity during the fortnight, and to-day closes at 8%d. London, 17% 1 cents New York, and 29% cents Singapore. London stocks continue to decline and stand at 16,517
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  • CHINA NEWS
    • 211 2 (Kuo Min .W» Age, y) Reduction and reorirani/st the Fengt.cn force/' f supervision of the ArmJ ln e Committee are neLnnVcotS 0 according to a teiegrannu from Mukden subm.tteu i, 1 111 rots Chan Hsueh-hang n IT T un and Yan e Yu-ting to ■e s' Council ‘estate
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    • 131 2 Another large batch of famine lefugees from Honan has arrived at the Capital and they are temporarily staying in the Hsiakwan area. General Feng Yu-hsiang has sent his representatives to investigate into their condition with a view to adopting measures for their relief, Under instructions from the Special
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1460 2 ADVERTISEMENTS. ADVERTISEMENTS. ADVERTISEMENTS. ADVERTISEMENTS. T nn XTATTfIi 1 Valuable Building Allotments, situated in i the township of Bandar Maharani, Muar, w NOTIFICATION. A general meeting will he held and township of Bandar Penggaran, Batu W 5, PW D M 90/26 at the Hokian n_ Hahat, and also a piece of
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    • 1 2 ADVERTISEMENTS.
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  • 45 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Mr. Poh Kim Teong and family warmly thank all relatives, friends and associations who attended the funeral of the late Madam Tong Swee Neo and who sent scrolls wreaths and letters of condolence, and also those who lent their cars and rendered personal help.
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  • 2104 3 j-j'/u Malacca Guardian does not necessarily endorse the opinion of its correspondents Bad Urchins. «jo the Editor of the Malacca Guardian.’’ Dear Sir, Surely it is not fair and just if a nia n is allowed to say or do whatex,»r he likes and the rest of his low
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 221 3 i iftefi jj E oncess,onaires for malava n H Beg to announce that for the conve- <g fg nience of present and prospective J| H Fiat owners, new service premises fg H and organization, under own manage- Ĕ jg ment, have now been opened 1 33 37, Jonker Street, I
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  • RECENT NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD
    • MONDAY.
      • 278 4 GREAT PROSPERITY UNDER BRITISH RULE. The Colonial Office issues a rspoi t on Wei Hai Wei, which with a surrounding area in tne Shantung Province is held by Great Br „ain on lease. Ihe report shows how this area has been exempt from the horrors undergone by
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      • 197 4 A sensation has been caused in financial and political circles by the arrest of Madame Martne Manau and her divorced husband, Lazare Bloch, in connection with what is described as one of the most colossal financial swindles in the French records. Tney are accused of huge frauds
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      • 109 4 News frcm Uussia shows that Staim i 3 ruthlessly suppressing adherents of Trotsky, batches of whem arc being sent to convict settlements tn the Soiovietsk Isianas and Kem, where there are respectively 27,000 and 20,000 prisoners, including many dignitaries and hundreds of laymen of the Roman Catholic Church,
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    • TUESDAY.
      • 186 4 FOREIGN CREDITORS. Newspapers give prominence to a statement by Mr. Hussey Freke justifying his continuance in the office of Associate Chief Inspector of the Salt Administration in China. Under the changed conditions brought about by the Nationalist Government, he points jut, recently the Inspectorate has jeen powerless
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      • 108 4 Authoritative quarters at Berlin express surprise that despite Locarno, and prior to the opening of the important Lugano negotiations, War threats should be used to endeavour to prevent an AustroGerman Union. M. Briand's phrase that self-determination does not give a nation the right to commit suicide, has caused
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      • 101 4 CELTIC ON ROCKS. The White Star liner Celtic,” from New York, grounded yesterday on the rocks at the entrance to Queenstown harbour. Efforts to tow her off have been unavailing so far. It is understood that the liner, which is lying high and dry, is holed and there are twelve
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      • 72 4 General Chiang Kai Shek’s chief of staff in a Reuter interview regarding the Berlin cable stating that the Russians had arrested many Chinese, including Chiang Kai Shek’s son, stated that Chiang Kai Shek had received no news of his son’s arrest. Their relations were bad, his son having
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      • 28 4 Latest returns show that the total number of unemployed is 1,350,800. This is 44,705 less than the week before but 201,152 more than a year before.
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      • 20 4 The Austrian Government offers to settle her American debt, fixed at 34.6 million dollars, in 20 annuities.
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    • WEDNESDAY.
      • 218 4 BRITAIN READY TO QUIT IF OTHERS WILL. In the Llouse of Fiords, Replying to Lord Parmoor (Labour), who argued that the Peace Treaty compelled us to withdraw our troops from the Rhineland in the immediate future without waiting tiil che whole of reparations were paid, Lord Hailsham,
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      • 174 4 In the House of Lords Lord Clarendon introduced his proposals for reform of the Upper House. This subject has been discussed for years and in the Parliament Act of 1911, which modified the powers of the House of Lords, reform of its constitution was ieft over
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      • 46 4 The eggbound ship,” as the 3,000 ton refrigerator steamer Glaciere is nicknamed, because she is carrying a cargo of 40,000,000 eggs from Shanghai to Hamburg, is held up off Deal, awaiting fresh orders from her owners in regard to her port of destination.
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      • 48 4 The amalgamation of 22 retail department stores, negotiations for which, it is understood, have been concluded, embodies a Billion Dollar Combine controlled by the Hahn Stores, New Jersey. It is expected .o form a nucleus of the largest system of retail stores in the world.
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      • 32 4 Thirty Chinese officers from the Kalgan Military School have arrived in Germany to study in the various technical branches of German universities for periods of three and four years.
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    • THURSDAY.
      • 311 4 HEIR TO THRONE RAYS KING BRIEF VISIT. The Prince of Wales arrived in London at 10.18 p.m. on Tuesday and was met by the Duke'of York. Mr. Baldwin greeted the Prince of Wales on arrival at Folkestone at 8.44 p.m. Both entrained for London at 8.48 p.m. A
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      • 215 4 A bulletin s gned by six doctors says that an opt ration on the King for drainage of the right side of the chest was successful and the condition of His Majesty is satisfactory. The surgeon was Sir Hugh Rigby. The Prince of Wales (and the I)uke
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      • 99 4 The authorities at Buenos Aires have unearthed what is believed to be a plot against the life of Mr. Hoover, the United States Presid-ent-designate. During the past few days the authorities have been rounding up persons believed to be hostile to the United States. They raided a
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    • FRIDAY.
      • 119 4 PARTY AMBUSHED ON ALGERIAN DESERT. General Clavery, commanding the Ain Sefra district, Staff Captains Pasquet and Debenne, two N.C.O.’s and a party of Foreign Legionaries, returning from a tour of inspection in Algeria, were ambushed in the desert 40 miles south of the Colomb Bechar railway terminus.
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      • 130 4 At the Berlin Press Association’s banquet this evening in the presence of a distinguished gathering, including members of the diplomatic corps, leading politicians, scientists, industrialists, bankers, pressmen, etc., the Reich Chancellor said that their thoughts would turn towards Herr Stresemann who, notwithstanding his recent dangerous illness, was attempting
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      • 126 4 The Foreign Affa tv, Committee of the Reichstag sanctioned the trade and shipping agreement between Germany ano Soutn Africa and a similar agreement with Panama. in addition to the trade agreement with China. Tee Government spokesman pointed out that all restrictions on Gem any’s position as
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      • 102 4 C OLLISION WITH POLICE IN BOMBAY. At least three are dead as a result of a collision between mill strikers and police in north Bombay in which the police tired in selfdefence after being stoned. Later it was officially stated that two were killed and 25 injured,
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      • 44 4 Mr. Coolidge has opened the International Civil Aeronautic Conference, attended by 500 delegates including 100 from foreign countries. He said that two years ago the entire value of the aeronauticindustry in the United States was only £1,000,000. Now it was £35,000,000.
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    • SATURDAY.
      • 401 4 LORD CLARENDON’S I»RO|>os\i« REJECTED. Lord Clarendon’s proposals f or tne reform of the House of i 01( were again before the Up ('h an t The Marquis of (Liberal) «aid that t ße were very different from tin posals of the Government v ~.u were put
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      • 83 4 Sir Austen Chamberlain, after conferring for an hour and a half with i.I. Briand and Dr. Stresemann, told British journalists that he was convinced that Dr. Stresemann would return to Berlin less pessimistic. They had all agreed that the first step should be to get the committee of experts
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      • 32 4 Without a debate the U.S. Senate added over $250,000,000 (gold) > the Treasury’s Appropriation for the enforcement of Prohibitmalt is extremely unlikely* that House of Representative's will indorse this sum.
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      • 26 4 A conference is being held at Ottawa in January, between Canada and the United States, to discii>> the problems of liquor smuggling from Canada.
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  • PRIZE DISTRIBUTIONS.
    • 699 5 ROOD YEAR REPORTED BY PRINCIPAL. The annual prize distribution of the Angio-Chinese School, Kubu Koad, took place on Thursday morni. g at the Methodist Episcopal mirch, when the body of the building was filled with pupils, all being esent excepting the primary asses and a few whose religious
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    • 839 5 INTERESTING PROGRAMME GIVEN BY THE PUPILS. At the annual prizegiving of the Banda Hilir English School, on Thursday morning, an amusing and entertaining programme was given by the pupils, Mrs. Suppiah presiding at the piano. A noticeable feature of the programme was that nearly every item contained
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    • 323 5 On Friday last at 10.30 a.m., a prize-giving function took place, when the Hon. Mr. Tan Cheng Lock distributed the prizes to the boys of the Tranquerah English School. Before the distribution, Mr. G. R. M. Millar, the head of the school gave a resume of the
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  • 989 5  -  Advantages of Agricultural Drainage. G. P. Davis, F.R.H.S. (Special to the Guardian.”) In my last article I attacked silt-pitting upon the grounds that it is in principle antagonistic to the recognized and orthodox first principles of soil management, and as such frustrates the very aim of scientific agriculture.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 147 5 BUCK AN INVITATION The beauty, the style, and the luxury of the Silver Anniversary Buick, with its Masterpiece Bodies by Fisher, are apparent at a glance, but there is only one way to know the power I and virility that has been built into this car of cars and that
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  • 1171 6 A correspondent last week seemed very greatly excited because the Guardian had not fallen into conniption tits over the refusal of the recent meeting of the so-called S. C. B. A. to admit reporters to their discussion on the proposal to
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  • FROM OTHER PENS.
    • 225 6 fev iiv »U sympathy?—“The Malayan Saturday Post.” There seems to be something in the atmosphere of the Kuala Lumpur Police Court which develops irascibility in tne Magistrates—tor which hapless folk have to suffer. Not long ago the Chief Justice nad to review one very vicious sentence for a
      — fev iiv »U sympathy?—“The Malayan Saturday Post.”  -  225 words
    • 179 6 seniors achieves nothing.—“ The Malaya Tribune/’ W e refuse to join in the too popular indictment of the presentday youth, and the* aspersions that ne prefers lounge-lizarding to tne parade-ground, and the tenni> court to,;the rifle range. And we certainly do not think that he is (going to
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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  • LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
    • 691 7 l!I)I(T AGAINST PERSON K PERSONS UNKNOWN. j ie Coroner, Mr. J. H. Owen, and a j ny of three were busy nearly a! <ia\ on Tuesday listening' to ev nee regarding the murder of Chin Ah Nam in his bed in the eating stall portion of the
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    • 233 7 MR. CHAN AH HIM WEDS MISS TOH MUI NEO. The M. E. Church, Kubu Road, was full of friends of the young couple on Saturday afternoon, when the Rev. M. Dodsworth united in marriage Mr. Chan Ah Him of the Anglo-Chinese School staff and Miss Toh Mui Neo
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    • 118 7 Miss Ada Pugh, who is wellknown in Malacca, returned on Friday, to resume her former place in the Mission here and Miss Dirksen goes to Sitiaw 7 an, Perak, to take over her work there. Miss Genevieve Stowe, of the Suydam Girls’ School, also left on Friday
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    • 118 7 The following report from the Malaya Tribune will interest those Malaccans who met the Dr.” on his recent visit to this place:— A Java-born Chinese has been going round soliciting help with forged letters purporting to be from well-known people. Dr. Lim Boon Keng’s name has been
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    • 158 7 The Headmaster of the AngloChinese School wishes, through the Guardian,” to express his gratitude to Inche Mohd. bin Haji Abdul Rahman for a voluntary gift of $lOO to the school. The money is given to be used for helping poor and deserving Malay boys to buy
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    • 584 7 CROWDS RUSH INTO STREETS. At $.45 a.m. on Tuesday a tremendous- roar overhead brought most of the *population of Malacca into the streets in order to see the four Royal Air Force flying boats which are attached to the Singapore Naval Base making their return flight from
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    • 258 7 The funeral of the late Madam Tpng Swee Neo, mother of Mr. Poh Kim Teong, J.P., took place on Friday last. There was a very large attendance at the funeral, and among those present at the graveside were several prominent Chinese of Selangor and Perak. Chinese Scrolls and
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    • 94 7 As will be noted in our advertising columns, a public meeting has been called for Saturday afternoon to exert influence upon the Hon. Mr. Tan Cheng Lock, our leading citizen, in order to persuade him to stand for renomination as our unofficial representative on the Legislative
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    • 103 7 The Malacca Club is planning a real jollification in celebration of Christmas. On Monday next, Dec. 24, there will be a Pierrot and Pierette dance at 9.30 p.m., with the real Christmas flavour, crackers, plum puddings, balloons, streamers, masks and false noses being much in evidence. A Champagne
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    • 86 7 The great advance made in electrical engineering in Perak is set forth very clearly by the sixteen page illustrated electrical supplement issued by the Times of MaJaya on Friday on a good quality of book paper but newspaper size. The advertising itself is copiously illustrated with pictures
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    • 80 7 On Thursday, the 13th instant, Mr. Chan Seng Kee entertained about one hundred and fifty friends to dinner at his residence, Nos. 48 and 50 Heeren Street, on the occasion of his mother’s 62nd birthday. His mother is the widow of the late Mr. Chan Cheng Siew, a
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    • 142 7 J In the District Civil Court on Friday, a Chinese contractor by the name of Goh Eng Poh sued Tan Kam Choon for $65 for the erection of shelves in stalls rented by defendant from the Government in the* Malacca Agri-Horticultural show. Mr. Goho appeared for
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    • 167 7 Teo Kum was sued by the Borneo Motors, Ltd., in the District Court on Friday for $lBO as the price of a truck body for a Chevrolet chassis, and $110.32 for two extra tyres. The evidence of the firm’s bookkeeper, Mr. A. E. Williams, showed that
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    • 186 7 Inquiries into four deaths were held at the Coroner’s office on Friday. Death from heart failure was the verdict in the case of an unknown Tamil who was apparently about forty years of age. His body was found by the roadside not far from the Durian Daun Hospital.
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    • 110 7 A brutal murder was committed in a brothel in Java Lane on Saturday morning. At the customary rising time one of the rooms w r as found locked and on looking over the partition one of the girls saw 7 the inmate of the room, a Cantonese, lying
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    • 37 7 As a supplement to Friday’s issue of the S.S. Government Gazette is published the Malacca Municipal Budget for the year 1929, and its summary, w r hich has been approved by the Governor in Council,
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  • 131 7 H.M.S. Cumberland is due here on January 21 and will remain for three days. The Dutch steamer Pontianak has discontinued her run to Muar and Malacca. We understand the British steamer Hua Tong will probably resume her run to this port some time next month. An unfortunate incident occurred
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  • 303 7 Arrivals. By s.s. Kopah on Tuesday: Messrs. H. Waterfield, E. Kong Guan and N. C. S. Bosanquet. By s.s. Keiantan on Wednesday: Messrs. McNeill, J. H. Ciarke, E. Chester and M. Manuel. By s.s. Larut on Thursday: Mrs. McKerrow, Mrs. Macgregor and Messrs. J. W. Wyatt and E. W.
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 121 7 RIALTO THEATRE. To-night’s feature attraction at the Rialto Theatre is The Racing Fool,” a thrilling automobile racing drama, starring Reed Howes. In addition is Kenneth McDonald in The Battler,” a Northern drama with laughs and thrills aplenty. In the first show is the last instalment, Episodes 9 and 10, of
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 506 8 ST. FRANCIS’ ASSOCIATION v. MALACCA CLUB. Franciscans Narrow Win. On Saturday as the S.F.A. v. K. L. Hornets match was cancelled, the Franciscans met the Malacca Club. A fast and keenly contested game ended a victory for the S.F.A. by the odd goal in five. The following were the
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    • 139 8 TAN TAN PARTY BEAT MOONLIGHT PARTY. In a return match of six singles, played on Saturday last, on the Tan ian s court, the home team deleaied the Moonlight Badminton Party by 5 games to 1. The following were the scores. (T. T. B. P. names first) 1. A.
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    • 15 8 The final of the Malacca Club American tennis tournament is being played this afternoon.
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    • 47 8 The Malacca Chinese Football Club will be holding their annual tournaments f( r Billiards and Ping Pong shortly and members not in receipt of enti y forms are kindly requested to apply to Mr. Chan Cnoo Tiong, tha Hon. Sub-Secretary for the tournaments.
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    • 259 8 On Saturday and Sunday, the Bth and 9th inst., the monthly medal was played oft. The monthly medal competitions are alternatively stroke competitions anti against bogey. Tne .ast competition was against boge\, and me mythical Colonel of tnac ilk—had he been playing a oaii a ball —would have
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    • 283 8 EURASIAN VOLUNTEER CLUE ANNUAL MEETING. The Eurasian Volunteer Rifle Club held their first annual prize meeting on the S h and 9th instant at Bukit Sebukor. There were six events in all, the iast two events 500 and 600 yards Deliberate being open to ali members of the
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    • 91 9 A’ a general meeting of the Jasin Rec)-' at ion Club held on the 7th ins a tit, the following gentlemen v vm elected office bearers for the em ang year:—President, Mr. C. r. ii >witt; Hon. Treasurer, Mr. R. Jozario; Hon. Secretary, Mr. L. anapaia: Hon.
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    • 745 9 CONCLUSION OF TENNIS TOURNAMENT. Last Saturday, the Bth inst., at Jasin, tne Jasin Club held a sealed Handicap American tennis tournament mixed doubles. Mrs. Steed and Beatty met Miss Holden and MacDonald in the final round, the former pair winning- the tie. In connection with the tournament
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    • 1436 9 HEALTH OF ESTATE LABOURERS. EXPLANATION OF HEALTH BOARD’S ENACTMENT. At a council meeting of the Asiatic Planters’ Association of Malaya, held in Kuala Lumpur in September, Mr. T. G. Wiggins, Administrator, Central Health Board, spoke on the Health Board’s Enactment. The services under that Board fall under three
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    • 152 9 Report for week ending Ist December, 1928. Total flying time: 16 hours 10 minutes. Solo: Nil. Dual Instructions: 7.hours. Air Experience: 8 mins. Joy 5O minutes. Only one machine has been available this week, but G-Ebuk is now practically ready. G-Ebuj, however, is ready for engine overhaul,
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 112 8 1! /mm i j /iiiiiwr, j 3 1 I RESIDENTS OF MALACCA f AND DISTRICT. I Mr. H. B. WINTER f WILL VISIT It j| MULseea li I ON S MONDAY 17th DECEMBER I Interviews at REST HOUSE 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. I H. B. WINTER I Tailor BATTERY
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 150 9 FOG! 1926 1 I OME MILLION' I I j since LJa I I Priees: Ltd. z Touring $1,395 c Sedan -$1 795 Singapore Malacca Seremban s (at Singapore) Kuala Lumpur Ipoh Taiping Penang l 3 THIS GREATEST I Jf\ ESSEX iA i&jfl SUPER LONG FORESHADOWED BY FAMOUS ESSEX ACHIEVEMENTS. The
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 204 10 ri altotheatre! "1 I PROGRAMMES. I 1| From Monday 17th to Wednesday 19th Dec. From Thursday 20th to Sunday 23rd Dec. w At 9-30 p.m. Nightly At 9-30 p.m. A KENNETH MCDONALD s The Latest Pathe Gazette. W IN BETTY COMPSON in f I “THE BATTLER ”-5 Reds. “Hie Ramshackle
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  • MALAYAN MATTERS OF MOMENT.
    • 731 11 I nrKSTIONS RE SUBORDINATE I U CIVIL SERVANTS. I ;rRI .;\(.THEMNG THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE. \i Monday’s meeting of the Le<r 1: -.alive Council a message expivssnig the aistress of Malaya at Less of His Majesty ttie King ,V a < ordered sent to the Home Government. Xn following
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    • 392 11 CHINESE IMMIGRATION DECREASING. The following are extracts from the minutes of a committee meeting field in the Singapore Exchange Room on Monday, December 10: A letter from Government was tabled replying to tjne Association’s enquiry as to theffixissibility of a serious increase of Chinese immigrants to
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    • 137 11 At the first annual general meeting of the Singapore India-Ceylon I Club, held on the 12th instant, the following gentlemen were elected for the ensuing year:— President: —M. Kader Sultan, Esq., J.P., f Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur, re-elected. Hon. Secretary and Treasurer —I. I. Modr. Nagalingam, Esq.,
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    • 193 11 A police notification states that on Dec. 6 a forged $lO note was passed in a shop at Telok Anson. This note is a very good forgery but a trifle dark in colour. The following points will help to distinguish this class of forged note. (1) Serial
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    • 75 11 Two Hylams w T ere re-arrested on banishment warrants issued by tne British Resident, Selangor, after having been discharged on Tuesday in the Kuala Lumpur Police Court by the Magistrate, on a charge of having been in possession of Communist literature. The accused are said to have been
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    • 156 11 In the Supreme Court at Kuaia Lumpur on Wednesday, according to the Malay Mail,” before the Chief Justice (Sir Henry Gompertz), T. Weerakody, formerly employed as chief clerk by Messrs. Whiteway, Laidlaw Co., Kuala Lumpur, came up for sentence on a charge of criminal breach of trust in
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    • 155 11 According to the Malaya Tribune,” the wedding took place on Saturday, at 11 a.m. at the W esley Church, Fort Canning Road, Singapore, of Miss Teo Soon Kim, (Barrister at Law of the Inner Temple, London) and Dr. L. C. Lo (Ph.D. ol the Columbia University, New.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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