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Title Section21 1922-08-15 1 The Straits Echo. MAIL EDITION. S3OR PKANMUM Single Copy <O els. fll. 20. PENANG, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15TH, 1922 NO. S 321 words
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Advertisement313 1922-08-15 1 C O N T NTS Leaders MISCELLANEOUS: (Continued} The Writing on The Wall 998 A Dishonest Clerk 1007 The Five-Foot-Way Scandal 1002 HM S Malaya Cup 1007 Malayan Agricultural Journal 1006 Chinese Seamen 1007 On Native Rubber 1010 Health Returns 1009 Many Strings to its Bow 1016 An Oil Island313 words
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Advertisement184 1922-08-15 2 ip?*''sl^o^ frz-C'W* hu* 3* K §i I “STRAITS ECHO” I B MAIL EDITION. i 4 x. 4 *j£> Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, Ap and contains the latest local and States news originally published In the daily issues, as well as all important184 words
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Article967 1922-08-15 998 A oorrespondent, referring to oar remarks in the course of our leading article of July 25th upon the impending migration of the people to Prai, remarks The handwriting on the wall’ is more insistent than you think. Within five years, not ten, we shall have967 words
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Article88 1922-08-15 998 Mincing Lane Feeling. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, August 8The correspondent of the Malay Mai in < olombo says that a Times of on cable asserts that the Daily Mail states that Mincing Lane brokers are not pleased with big rubber contract as they lose commission88 words
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Article230 1922-08-15 998 Seoond Lieut. P H Ĕteye, 0 M. c„ is appointed acting Major while commanding the S R E (v). Second Lieutenant A Gordon Lee, u. c„ i. to be a Captain in the S V A Mr G A rotts, M. C., is appointed to a commission230 words
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Article171 1922-08-15 998 Chefalo and Palermo who have been giving a magical show in Singapore are in Penang and will open at the Lyric T heatre at 9.30 on Wednesday (to-morrow) night. Their engagement is up to and including Saturday. These olever people present some novel mysteries. Chefalo puts an171 words
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Article124 1922-08-15 998 Is a little late in reaching us this month That, no doubt, is due to the transfer from Penang to Kuala Lumpur. Comparing it with the Penang issues we miss the eareful editing and neat arrangement of matter; and are afraid that Prisoian’s head has been broken124 words
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Article42 1922-08-15 998 T! e Chinese Company of the Penang Volunteers did three days’ Field Operations at I‘alik Palaufand Telok Bahang during ti e Holidays, but owing to .exigencies of pact te-day iq milt thereof Is held < er It next i«»U 3. a42 words
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Advertisement31 1922-08-15 998 r M straits echo. published DAILY. mA il edition. th. news Of the week prior *0 ijsputure of Mail» for Europe. PUBLISHING OFFICE: He Criterion Pres», Limited, 5? Beach Street, Penang.31 words
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Obituary93 1922-08-15 998 domestic occurrence. 7r him Aw Taw, of ?“}<> T ikus PaL begs to thank all the ladies and Semwho on the 6th instant, atJo edtbe In Boon Ceremony, of the late U Ho Gek Thay, his wife who died it Koala Lumpur on July 21, 1922- ■>>w»“ URKE CE h93 words
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Article253 1922-08-15 999 First Day’s Handicaps. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, August 5. The following are the handicaps for the first day of the Selangor races I,— «Noel Walker” Stakes. (Six furlongs). Mr R D Ramasamy’s Jill W. 5 “Yoke Choy” Kongsi’s Nankin 9. < Mr “Harte” Dodger 4 Avro253 words
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Article38 1922-08-15 999 /From Out Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, August 7. An exhibition trame of tennis was played in which Oliver (Selangor and Wodehouse I Singapore) beat Bagot and Bligh-Orr (Probable Selangor Gaunt Cup Pair), 6 4, 4-6, 7-5.38 words
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Article157 1922-08-15 999 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpnr, August 8. In the Malacca case Mr. McLean Roberts was sentenced to three months’ and one month’s rigorous imprisonment, the terms to ran concurrently, for causing gn’ vous hurt to a Tamil cooly. Appeal w»s notified. 0: The S. T. announces157 words
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Article156 1922-08-15 999 Taking advantage of the last but one long holiday of the year barring Christmas •f course, a large number of visitors from the mainland and neighbouring districts poured into Penang on Saturday. Some ascended the hill while others went to Tanjong Buugah where not a single apartment could156 words
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Article149 1922-08-15 999 An interesting swimming contest was witnessed in the harbour yesterday morning between a Chinese hailing from the Province and a Sungei Penang Malay-a fisherman who is said to be one of the best swimmers in his district and for that matter in the Mahomedan community. Owing to the149 words
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Article197 1922-08-15 999 —S.T. The rioting in Canal Road, Singapore, and the adjoining streets on the evening of the 2nd instant W'AS even a m ire ugly aff»ir than the fl st intimation of it would have indicated. About 50 people participated, all Hokiens, and not only were sticks—S.T. - 197 words
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Article71 1922-08-15 999 fbe rice stocks in Penang have been further augmented by the following consignments which arrived by the Ekma yesterday from Rangoon: 1000 bags white rice for chop Kheng Seng; 1000 for chop Yeoh Ban Moh; 3000 for chop Chin H»n Chan; 2000 for chop Aik 5OO for chop71 words
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Article738 1922-08-15 999 COLONY v., p. Ms (Prom Out Colony won first on a bad wicket ..a eleet «f to W of 103. The P e lf X" prising one. 48 an an nter the exception of C)a r k e w e te witl > overe and captured four /4 were738 words
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Article95 1922-08-15 1000 p n,mah Bides, Taipeng, Wt t“ e Ve b J ha 2/70 Rifles Wavan? ti Boo b v the B 1 fr" of t| )9 L 1!? fol >ow>ng are the J Ol C 8- Undon M°° h a,e W l Major HJ ajOT A C Goi95 words
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Article1274 1922-08-15 1000 (Straits Times August 3). I It cannot be said that Mr. Churchill I conveyed an impression of much confid- I ence m the references he made to rubber I in the House of Commons on Monday I It appears that negotiations with the I Dutch are1,274 words
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Article457 1922-08-15 1001 A DECIDED SUCCESS. Aft stated in ft few lines on Saturday the firab dance given by members ot the the reconstituted Company» 6 ung Volunteer» proved to be an unqualified success. The attendance was record, one in point of numbers and every thing else from beginning to457 words
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Article510 1922-08-15 1001 IMPORTED INTO PENANG. Th© British ship Sunland, which is on her maiden trip to the Straits from Durban (South Africa) arrived here early this morning, bringing 6,370 tons of Natal coal, consigned to Meoars. R. T. Reid and Co., Ltd., who are the local agents. The Sunland, which510 words
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Article236 1922-08-15 1001 A telegram fr OUl joday, received by the General, says the S 6 that the president oi tha'ascT', 61 ’I'*’ 1 relief of Polish orphans h^ 1 for requested the JepanM& to extend succor and help tZ u 1 ing instituted inquiries hmr sufferings can by236 words
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Article220 1922-08-15 1001 The following students passed the University of Hongkong Matriculation Examination, held in June last: No. 39 Lam Hor Yin, No. 41 Shum Sin Kam, No. 44 Lee Hong Leong, (St. Xaviers Institution. Penang), No. 42 Lee Seok, (St. Michael’s School) Ipoh, No 43 Ooi Phee Tuan. (Anglo-Chinese School)220 words
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Article1127 1922-08-15 1002 <kv wa expressed our 0 the action of the withdrawing a batch of h X against a «amber of poverty--5n unfortunates who in the course H i endeavours to wrest a living by IX Cheap goods and food u the XX trespassed upon the five-foot fav in1,127 words
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Article541 1922-08-15 1002 Dr. \V. W. Martin, who represented Penang in the F.M and Colony Cricket match, returned this morning, Mr Stanley H. Burgess has returned 'iom .eave and has taken over the management of Permas Estat’, Johore. Mr. N. B. Fraser, late of Labu Estate has returned from Home541 words
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Article888 1922-08-15 1003 The Library Catalogue. Mr. Greening, who has been engaged for some time past upon the compilation of new catalogues for the Penaag Public Library, inform» u» that with the exception of the addenda, corrigenda, and proof correoting, be hae completed this work. The printers bare reached the letter888 words
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Article184 1922-08-15 1003 SPECIAL SERVICES. In Penang and P.W. Last Sunday lis Lordship Bishop Perriohon administered the Sacrament of Confirmation to a large number of juvenile members of the congregation of St Francis Xavier’s Church, the sacred edifice being crowded with members of that church as well as a number184 words
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Article31 1922-08-15 1003 Selangor will play Penang on the Esplanade next Saturday August 12 at 5 pm. Penaug play in white shirts. Tbe Penang team will be decided on definitely to-morrow,31 words
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Article380 1922-08-15 1003 —Ex. AMAZING GRAFTING. Old age aa man’s find being fought by medical Lfe different lines of attack Th» one attack is Professor Au the Rockfeller Iwtitat. •< gven London £«O,«W Hygiene. ot Professor Carrell has j Sverydey Science, that tedy oan be kept alive »1««—Ex. - 380 words
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Article59 1922-08-15 1003 The sixth of tbe series 0. Concerts will .be 8 w hen the Hotel this evening at 9-dU p following programme of musi presented Supp« L Overture 1 ie Schumann 3, Fannie rhB c 5.Pi-SUo ee Tbe Mikado Sall'»*" 6 1 a God Save The fc*59 words
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Article1334 1922-08-15 1004 —Statesman. are made i establish the dye mdttson a footing that to w »pet. with GeW bom» b»‘ e gut Aka first thing to be consider M “’’lXts of ‘be industry i. d I? I"“f the dyee themselves on *fiS toide end at cost which—Statesman. - 1,334 words
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Article462 1922-08-15 1004 Lenin will certainly have his place among the great destroyers,” says The Observer. “An Attila may have extirpated more lives, but it is doubtful if he can have made a greater obliteration of wealth and capacity. With the serene aloofness of the theorist, Lenin reduced Russia462 words
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Article233 1922-08-15 1005 We regret to announce the death of Mr. Kader Bawa which took place at his residence No. 56, Transfer Road, at noon, last Sunday, after a few days illness. He was one of the leading members of the Muslim Merchant Society and the233 words
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Article63 1922-08-15 1005 (From Our Uwn Correspondent.) Singapore, August 8. Leong Sew Hang, probate examiner of the Stamp Office, was placed before Mi Bull, the Second Magistrate, charged with cheating and extortion anti, as a public servant, accepting an illegal gratification in respect of S!,Ouo for the conversion of probates.63 words
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Article314 1922-08-15 1005 The composer of Good-bye, Dolly Grey the war chant of two wars —the Spanish. American and the Boer War—is dead. News rexchwd London in mail week from America that George F. Feger, better known by his stag© ram-', I aul Barnet, who made a big fortune nut314 words
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Article1065 1922-08-15 1005 HOLIDAY FIELD OPERATIONS. This first Field Operations in connection with the reconstituted “D” (Chinese) Company of the Penang Volunteers were held during the holidays, and those who took part certainly deserved great credit for them instead of enjoying themselves, as other» did at seaside resorts or up the1,065 words
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Article24 1922-08-15 1006 birth. it the Maternity Hospital, |A t |j August to Mr. J. H. Milsye» Ci’il ervioe and MrB tA« -e^°« 1 t9r24 words
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Article1075 1922-08-15 1006 TmiMOVer O»rm»>l matter received J Ji owns across the January *“u. of the Malayan Agricultural sod ‘t once thought that it .draocecopy for the first month /1923 Theo we noted that the JltfwM ,1922. Sorely a printer’s error UweW it repeated on the first page W »bow1,075 words
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Article527 1922-08-15 1006 Mr. J. L. McFall has returned from leave. Mr. George P. Weller, former vie*, consul of the United (State* at Kobe. h. t left for America. The M. M. says that Mr. H. de. Z. Laneasterns off Home. Mr. Bradley acts for him as Manager of Gapi»527 words
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Article1146 1922-08-15 1007 The Haslewood Case. la view of the fact that careful inquiries have been carried on in Malaya recently regarding the Mni-tsai system in conformity with instructions from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the comment of the Manchester Guardian on what is and for all time will1,146 words
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Article66 1922-08-15 1007 Sentenced to One Yeah. (From Our (Jun Uorret pondent.) Singapore, August 9. V. Sellappan, late clerk of the P. C. M. O.’ s office, wh > was oh rged with criminal breach of trust totalling $30,000 was sentenced by the District Judge, Mr. P. A. F. David,66 words
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Article1818 1922-08-15 1007 S,TT,NQ appeal. Two COKVICTIOXJ u PHEU B ’S The second Appeal, presided the F.M.S. and the cA possible by the passing ment tn this state, opted judges who were expected X wore Sir Lionel ctal Commissioner, F.M.S and Their LoMships had b tT 9uitabl y hranslomei St 18 blessed1,818 words
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Article252 1922-08-15 1008 CHINESE INTESTATE CASE. Mr. Braddell’s Objrctiov. (From Our Own Corretpondsni.) t it ni- Singapore, August 1. in the Chinese intestate will case yesterday in which two parties are asking for the division of the estate of the late Chong Sin Yew, Mr. Roland Bradto r kbe reB252 words
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Article185 1922-08-15 1008 Selangor’s Team. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, August 10. The following will represent Selangor against Penang in the H. M. 8. Malaya Cup Football match to be played on the Esplanade, Penang, next Saturday: —Bryce, Bell, Davidson, Farquharson, Watkins, Cheah Keng Kooi, Wilkins, Sai185 words
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Article537 1922-08-15 1009 UNION MOVEMENT. .4, J < Opining op Branch at Shanghai. Shanghai exchanges carry lengthy reports pf the formal opening of a branch of the recently formed Chinese Seamen s Union in Shanghai. xhe programme, it is interesting to note, wae as follows :—•>«. 1 Music; 2 Formal opening537 words
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Article232 1922-08-15 1009 The Opbn Championship. The competitors iu the single Open Championship of Malaya have played off their tits and there remain only six competitors try big conclusions for the honour. They are Honda Singapore J Khoo Hooi Hye < Penang), Salzmann (Malacca), E. W. N- Oliver Selangor;, F.232 words
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Article351 1922-08-15 1009 The health statistics for the Municipality of George Town for the week ending August 5, 1922, give a total of 75 deaths— 41 males and 34 females, the death rate being 31.05 per mille per annum compared with 2152 in the preceding week and with 23.31 in the351 words
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Article247 1922-08-15 1009 .—China Express. An account 'of I Tarakan, on the '<«4 1 I Mr I Mr. H. G. Lowe, of g-JJ? I Hongkong, recalls to miriUL I **ay that the write? I some fifteen years ago development at that time ll I different from the pi cture th.—China Express. - 247 words
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Article233 1922-08-15 1009 Some women are quite a? financiers as men, but some othere display an abysmal ignorant of m business details. A bank clerk tells us that he can alwavs detect the newly-married wife who comes to cash her first cheque. When asked to endorse the cheque <® the233 words
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Article1103 1922-08-15 1010 O N "NATIVE” RUBBER. 8-T. I Id the oonsideration of the prospects I of robber it i> ninch to be feared that Attention is only given to the product of “the plantations,” by which is meant jhoee areas which are in the hands of EuroI pei C> either single proprietors8-T. - 1,103 words
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Article513 1922-08-15 1010 Unhappy Marriages hasten 6 b f e° e r n S i “L r 80 1 D 8 in A ri come for observing eX the tlOnfll °PP° rfcan ‘*>«« d r" g= years hT th D 6)500 to reconeile h S e r X7 M 8 diffieuXTaT513 words
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Article847 1922-08-15 1011 .Probate has been granted of the w.ill of the late Sir John Rees. The estate is valued at £85,000. The Bishop of Singapore returned to Singapore on Monday and will be in residence for a week or so before leaving for Malaeca. Dr. Monlin Chiang and Dr.847 words
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Article179 1922-08-15 1011 A London message to India of July 25 says :—The retreat of the fifth army in April, 1919, is recalled by a letter from i Major-General Maurice to Mr. Lloyd George demanding the withdrawal of an imputation contained in a statement made by the Premier in179 words
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Article312 1922-08-15 1011 WIDOW OF EMPfiuot. lotte of Mexico, v,iio recent??”” her eighty-second vev reasonably good health Brussels Correspond News, mentally irreepone bl, hsv.ug been unhinged ns the Art „n£ -“i Mexico with her husband, who wiAtt inadequate .troops placed ders by the French Government rf 1 day, was unable312 words
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Article165 1922-08-15 1011 His Cook Charges Twice for Oni Chicken. r» d YI has Pope Pius XL h domeB tic serfrom the company o blffl vants a cook who Bologna, during bis tenure of office m Milan, and at the Y atie D, d eBt i c habits Pius XI,165 words
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Article197 1922-08-15 1012 PENANG. Ike SB"" S^“po r P t Swettenham thi’ ’7.43 packages of general srai g X fem'tbe former port includSr T ”"tf tf •rmw •< re u° rt for the Eastern Smelting Swettenhana toi arrived here from Kuala morning bringing 103 eases fi fcbV, 588 bags copra and197 words
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Article272 1922-08-15 1012 The following are some amusiug inBtinces of the mischief wrought by drooped letters: Robert Jones was yesterday brought Wore the magistrate on a charge of haying spoken (t) reason at the Jumbo public-house.” In consequence of the numerous aomdente caused by skating on the Serpw me, steps are272 words
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Article645 1922-08-15 1012 A correspondent writes Some thing has been written in a contemporary in connection with these frugivorous bats, but I do not think that enough has been said or that some of the remarks referring to them are justified. The peculiar odour arising from them is certainly objectionable but,645 words
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Article609 1922-08-15 1012 A heavy squall accompanied by rain struck Penang in the early hours of this morning, doing considerable damage to trees m bearing. The second crop of durians has suffered most severely and the lessees are lamenting the oircums ance. The downpour was most severe from 6. 30609 words
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Article564 1922-08-15 1013 Queen Wilhelmina’s crown is very gorgeous. It is of dull gold, only the edges being polished. It consists of a crimson velvet oap enclosed in a circle set with sapphires and emerald The imperial arches terminate in sixteen points, eight of which are surmounted by large single564 words
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Article40 1922-08-15 1013 Dr. Sun’s Flight. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, August 11. Dr. Ann Yat-sen and his suite of ten left Hongkong yesterday for Shanghai by the Empress of Russia. Ha was transported to Huogkong by the British Gunboat Moorhen.l40 words
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Article41 1922-08-15 1013 European Acquittbd (From Our Own Correepondent.) Kuala Lumpur, August IL At the Pahang Assizes Ernest Henry Muller, a Swiss employee of the Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., who was charged with the attempted murder of a Chinese, was acquitted.41 words
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Article405 1922-08-15 1013 New Trial Ordered. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, August 10. In the appeal of E. R. Fernando before Mr. Justice Sproule, Acting Chief Justice, to-day, a new trial was ordered, His Lordship holding that the lump sum charge was a misconception. The Plantation Rubber Manufacturing Company is405 words
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Article473 1922-08-15 1013 «»wvwSs- OTbijwi Meeting Jack~D^7 9ev time at a luncheon partv' the 6,8 I must admit at once 11,/i Je6tenl »J, in the least what I had thn as nis was like, says ao Times, writing durin» n of cent visit to London him hid don“ e thrX^L473 words
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Article626 1922-08-15 1014 little loss of life. It ifl at present impossible to reduce exact figures the relative dangers of el by air, railway, road, and sea, a few comparisons can be given Xh throw light on the subject pro ndĕd the circumstances are borne in The nearest to626 words
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887 1922-08-15 1014 Mal.i «’«Uf.-Pall STORIES OLD AND NEW. V T brief induction to his new bonk. The Diary of a Journalist: Later Fntries” (Murray, 15s. net), Sir Henrv Lucy apologises for his reappearance as a diarist, and hopes the public will not resent it. HeMal.i «’«Uf.-Pall - 887 words
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Article51 1922-08-15 1014 Passing over a canal bridge i n Buch, ip the driver of a charabanloaded with e derly ladies on a beanast bent was hailed by an acquaintance loi.. ging. at the roadside mate- Where are you bound Going to Bumbnm Bill Un> VC IJ take I .-.fotw.”51 words
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Article1768 1922-08-15 1015 alleged kidnapping. Mother of Child Convictbd. An interesting case of kidnapping was before Mr. R. Scott, District Judge?yes-t-erday afternoon, when Tang Pak Kow, a Hok Chiu woman, was charged with kidnapping a girl of 8 years, named Ong Ah Neow from lawful guardianship. Two other women —Liong Ah1,768 words
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Article1811 1922-08-15 1016 -ecent general *X beS r P by the mail ;>» s h should interest “> DDiaC Sts in t bid Tb molnyis an extremely large DimBd /°nbber w only one of and robber that the the situation of the a ppointed at the small 71,811 words
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Article558 1922-08-15 1017 LEAN A CO.’i WEEKLY REPORT. Penang, August 11. Tin has somewhat fluctuated during the week and, after a recovery to £161.12.6 followed by a decline to £160,5.0, etill shows a 10/- gain on balance. London quotations for Rubber are 7Jd. for both Sheet and Crepe for which the558 words
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Article209 1922-08-15 1017 RETRENCHMENT. The Hon. Secretary of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association advises us that a Public Meeting will be held .under the auspices of that Association in the Victoria Theatre, Singapore, on Thursday, August 31, at 5 pm. The resolutions will be submitted to the meeting (1)209 words
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Article553 1922-08-15 1017 Your article in a recent issue on the above has no doubt been read with interest by everyone, but the statement in Mr. 0. N. Maxwell’s book that decay of fish is arrested by the use of ice is not correct, and cheap ice will not solve553 words
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Article325 1922-08-15 1017 Japan-Java Rates. At the instance of the Osaka Shown Kaisha, the Nanyo Kisen and the Java-China-Japan line have agreed to rejoin the Japan-Java Freight Conference which wm recently restored by the Nippon Town Kaisha and the Osaka Shosen Kiisbt. In consequence, the original pta dl stipulating the freight325 words
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Article716 1922-08-15 1018 og DERS OF THE DAY. -«tiDKof the” Legislative CounMonday next the fola’jLod!— \aIXX Retrenohmen ’’L Beport, will Government Conn show,o *> *****1 inn thev propose to take on each m»d. by ‘be of Government been ,y th, fact that some of the powers iLrolowr Municipal functions it now716 words
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Article151 1922-08-15 1018 There was great excitement on board the Eastern Shipping Co., steamer Kopah while coming up from the South Channel from Singapore via Port Swettenham about 12,30 p.m. yesterday. An Indian deck passenger, who had been causing some trouble among the other passengers overnight suddenly jumped overboard. A151 words
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Article215 1922-08-15 1018 It is an interesting fact that almost every Government in the world employs British-made coining presses in its mint- Recently the French Government in- i stalled a set of fourteen presses of British make for the minting of nickel, bronze coins to replace the two franc, one215 words
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Article546 1922-08-15 1018 An Appial fob Hrt.p The following has been forwarded to us for publication Telegram from Tung Wah Ee Hospital Hongkong. To Lam Wah Ee Hospital Penang as follows: Swatow suffered seriously from typhoon many lives properties lost millions people destitute subscription solicited. Dated 9.8,22 Time 5.25 p.m.546 words
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Article6492 1922-08-15 1019 KEDAH CAUSE CELEBRE. Commission to Pbnanu to Tabb Evidence. {From Our Special Correspondent.) Alor Star, August 10. The Kedah cause celebre and in which Penang Chinese are also deeply interested—the intestate will of the late Chong bin Yew, who left property in Kedah worth about s3so,ooo—has once6,492 words
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Article215 1922-08-15 1023 Rubbbr Magnate’s View. The 'Financier of June published a very interesting letter received from a leading American rubber manufacturer—Mr. G. H. Carnahan, President of the Inter-Continental Rubber Co., New York—fully endorsing the proposals of the Rubber Shareholders Association for co-operating with American interests so as to achieve215 words
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Article212 1922-08-15 1023 A French gardener has hit upon the idea of a novelty for public parks. It was to make a clock of flowers. He made a large circle, composed of plants, with ornamental leaves, and then made the figures denoting the hours of white, yellow, or light212 words
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Article823 1922-08-15 1023 The following minutes of a meeting of the Indian Immigration Committee held at Penang on August 4 have been forw-arded to us for publication: Present: —The Acting Controller of Labour (Mr. E. W. F. Gilman) Chairman; The Acting Principal Medical Officer, F.M.B. (Dr. F. E. Wood); Hon’ble823 words
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Article140 1922-08-15 1023 The popular idea that J he ,’r-At horse can always be told by look 8 his teeth,” said a S “is not entirely correct. After the year the horse has no more so that the tooth L m»» telling the age of a hor» than eight years140 words
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921 1922-08-15 1024 l of the Chairman of the The Spe j»va) Rubber Plantations at b S‘ neral k pl«e® recently m London, illuminating as to th. which are in progress L Dutch t h matter o£ ±ti®l «.t.oction of robber output. ;“™J N G. Bingley, after921 words
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Article577 1922-08-15 1024 J here seems to have been some misconception as to the scope of our remarks on “The Five-Foot Way,” published in our issue of August 9, and therefore we return to the subject with the hope of making the matter clear to those of our readers who have577 words
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Article133 1922-08-15 1024 The following appear in the F. M. 8. Government Gazette of August 11:—Capt. F. W. Howl and Mr. H. J. Vogel to be District Engineers, Grade 11, F. M. S. R.; Dr. C. T. Darwent acted as Senior Medical Officer, N. Sembilan; Mr. N. R- Jarrett to as133 words
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Article101 1922-08-15 1024 Their Lordships Sir Lionel Woodward, Chief Judicial Commissioner, F.M.S Mr. Justice Whitley and Mr. Justice Barrett-Lennard who came here to conduct the Full Court of Appeal were entertained to dinner by His Highness the Regent on Saturday. On Thursday Their Lordships were the guests of Tunku Mahmud, Vice-President101 words
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Article518 1922-08-15 1025 f ec. Lt. T. C. Hay, Malay Company, and Sec. Lt. F. S. Clarke, Eurasian Company, 8. V. C., revert to permanent rank on erasing their commands. Mr, Justice Brown is expeoted to arrive here to-day probably by train from Johore, to sit at the Fall Court518 words
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Article451 1922-08-15 1025 PENANG AMATEURS’ VISIT. i Highly Successful Entertainments. (From a Correspondent.') Taiping, August 12. The Penang Chinese Amateur Dramatic Party (late the Baba Bangsawan of Mr. Goh Soon Cheng) gave two very successful performances in the Imperial Cinema Hall on Saturday, the sth instant, and Sunday, the 6th idem,451 words
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Article58 1922-08-15 1025 Chinese Lady’s Success. News has been received here fr-m home that a Patrol Leader in the 3rd (Anglo-Chinese) Company of the Penang Girl Guides, who is, we unlerstand, a Chinese, has won the first prize foe the best letter written by au overseas Guide to The Guide,”58 words
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Article490 1922-08-15 1025 ™d GEorder accused. Irregular Conviction Knowles, appealed 1- months’ imprisonment for Cou H rt h f bS iQ Mr beB Mr His lordshin hearing Mr. Knowles there X in the conviction he wished The conviction was on a lump »nd he had never heard ot Buch He had490 words
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Article236 1922-08-15 1026 Standard says We are The Ey® D1 p 25 000 000 this year to pay 1 n f deM of £356,000,000 to the ”»i tedBt,te i that debt on behalf of our jfeiMtin* l hiD g ton preferred th a '"“Jflreat Britain to chat of France,236 words
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Article308 1922-08-15 1026 libL. Bogebs’s Experiment». Sir Leonard Rogers, F. R. S, whose chadmoogra oil injections against leprosy have been followed by permanent cares in India, Hawaii, China, and the Philippines, is now extending this oil treatment to tuberculosis with encouraging results. As there was a danger of the308 words
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Article222 1922-08-15 1026 i. —Statesman. Pole’s Claim. I London, July 6, I saw the great Napoleon with my own eyes during the retreat from Moscow in 1812. He was wearing a Green cavalry cloak was the statement made to a special correspondent of the Paris Intransigeant by M. Mecislasi.—Statesman. - 222 words
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187 1922-08-15 1026 The baby who was a vistor to the Public Gallery at the House of Commons on Monday in mail week has a unique distinction. He (or she) was the first baby to visit the gallery when the House was sitting, and also187 words
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Article110 1922-08-15 1026 A jesting remark in a club that Lord Balfour might base his next plea on beha.f of British interference in Palestine on the number of Scriptural place-names we have borrowed, sent an industrious member to the library to look them up.. He found that England can boast six110 words
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Article42 1922-08-15 1026 New Foreign Minister. (From Our Oim CorrerpmuloW.) Singapore, August 14A Shanghai message of August 5 sai that Mr. Wellingt >n K )O has accepts I t Foreign Ministership- The Ntvy in Canton is no long< r <>)» to Dr. S&p Yat-Sen.42 words
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Article406 1922-08-15 1026 INTERMENT OF THE LATE MR. CHEAH CHEN EOK. IhSIERDAY’s PAGEANT AND IMPREBBIW OssaquiES. The funeral of Mr. Cheah Chen Eok which took place yesterday was a most imposing spectacle and the attendance w as one of the largest seen in Penang, testifying to the esteem in which the406 words
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Article109 1922-08-15 1026 Meeting of Unofficial». Frovn Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, August 14. A meeting of the Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council and the Unofficial of the Federal Council will take place on the Government yacht Seabelle at Port Swettenham next Sunday August 20, at 10 a m.109 words
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Article1469 1922-08-15 1027 SELANGOR vs. PENANG. A Drawn Match. Never was the Esplanade so crowded a? it was on Saturday evening—the spectators, who numbered over five thousand, lined the ropes at least seven to eight deep —to witness the foothall match for H.M.S. Malaya Cup between Selangor and Penang. Both1,469 words
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Article101 1922-08-15 1027 Business for Special Meeting. The following is the agenda meeting of the Municipal Commission to bo held to-morrow:— I. Minutes of last meeting and confirmed. 11. To consider and if apP o pass Supplemental Budget fob OBDIXABY \nv special busmes» ‘be dent may bring forward. 3/ Somfbill- to101 words
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Article816 1922-08-15 1028 -nerRIAL MAGNATES WHO benefited by fall aRE IN the mark. WHERE the MONEY is. .TruMArt IS N° t I n a BaD WAY This is the considered 0P IDlOn ~f *lr- Franklin one of the best-known Era f authorities in the City, whose ‘"““‘leTto the Pall Mall Gazette816 words
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Article790 1922-08-15 1028 AMERICAN COMMENT. Dr. Paul Monroe, who made an extensive tour in China last winter, has in the July number of the American Review of Reviews under the caption of “What is Happening in China,” an article that seems to be primarily meant for the enlightenment of the790 words
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