The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 22 August 1922

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    21 1 The Straits Echo. MAIL EDITION. |BO FBR AMWUM Single Copy cts. VOL. 20« 4 PENANG, IUESDAY, AUGUST 22ND, 1922 NO. 54
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      311 1 CO M T NTS LIADIM: Miscillinious: (Continued): The Malayan Deputation to When the Prince Marries 1042 India 1029 Home for Destitutes 1044 Sugar Prospects 1033 U 8 Navy in China 1045 Retrenchment 1039 Storage of Rice 1046 Ireland 1039 Lady Piquet Affair 1049 A Loes to Journalism 1040 Indian Labour
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      183 2 THI g( “STRAITS ECHO” MAIL EDITION. VuL 4 M; ‘>’ tiv* x**»* />•’ KlA> \w> Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, and contains the latest local and States news originally published In the A? daily issues, as well as all important news from various
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    THE MALAYAN DEPUTATION TO INDIA.
    1541 1029 -T.O.M. Since writing the article that appeared under the above heading, in our issue of August 3, and in which we suggested that it would be advisable to reinforce the Malayan Deputation to India which coDsisw of two members only by one or two additional
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    S. S. FINANCES.
    172 1029 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo Dear Sir, Everyone in the Colony must feel grateful to the Committee of the BS. ingapore) Associa ion and especially to Messrs. Braddell Ward for their labour in ths interests of taxpayers. Their “Memorandum ou the Finances of the Straits
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      24 1029 flje straits €d)o. published daily, mail edition. i^g“ w,leweo£theweek priorto departure of MaUs for Europe. OFFICE: fie Criterion Press, Limited, 59, Beach Street, Penang.
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    M. A. P.
    532 1030 Mr B O de Silva taken the management of the Penang branch ot B, P. de Silva from Mr. U. P. de Silva, who left for Ceylon yesterday by the N. Y. K. Haruna Maru. Inspectors C. W. Barlow, F. T. Clifton, V. Lisamer and E, B,
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    846 1030 Post Hoc or Propter Hoc Mrs. Stirling in her fus-inkling biographical studies relates of William Charles Keppel, the fourth Earl of Albemarle, that on one occasion when bis c mghters were playing cricket in the park at Quidenhara lie walked on to the ground where a number of
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    TURTLE BEREFT OF MOTHERS CARE.
    313 1030 Tne colony of Samoa is rooking with Mughter at an amusing blunder nude by t he Governor during a debate on a bifl t« i protect young fish, says an Australian p >per- To appreciate the joke, it is ne ceesary to know that the
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    A NEW DISCOVERY.
    525 1031 owhW- c s l f A MANY powers. 'TTTnew and at presft. di f2 F ossessed EfiK ■•>'• sit’B 6tated in tU M* “ratory experiments, proaacof this unknown <d t;CJ ‘Leh has the power of ictive crystals. !«»>“? ,d, in turn give off some 2' «nd water
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    A TIGER TALE.
    881 1031 QUICK WORK AT JOHORE BAHRU. In Mr. E. Alexander Powelfs book Where the Strange Trails go Down is i a tiger tale, which is reproduced bJo’w I There is no place in world, so far as 1 am aware, save only a Zoo of course i where
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    STRAITS TRADE.
    325 1031 Impoted into Penang. The Gala arrived yesterday from Kuala Knrau with 168 bags copra for Messrs Kennedy, Burkill Co., Ltd., and 220 ca°es Bara Rubber and 27 bigs of copra for Messrs Boustead Co., Ltd. The Ghirbi arrived from Kuala Selangor and Sungei Bernan yesterday with 427 bags
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    606 1032 answer to questions. Retrenchment Scheme. (.From Our Own Corre.tpondent.) Singapore, August 15. At the meeting of the Legislative Council yesterday, replying to Mr. Kemp, the Acting Colonial Secretary said that action taken with regard to the Retrenchment Committee’s recommendations included the duties of the Senior Surgeon of the
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    COURT OF APPEAL.
    265 1032 To-day’s Proceedings. The full court of appeal opened in the Supreme Court this forenoon, the Hon. Mr. P. J. Sproule, acting Chief Justice, S. S., presiding. The other Judges are the Hon. Mr. Justice A. V. Brown and the Hon. Mr. Justice Barrett-Lennard. There was a long
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    MALAYAN TENNIS.
    120 1032 GAUNT CUP COMPETITION. List of Entries. (From Our Own, Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, August 14. The following are the entries for the Cup:—Honda (Singapore), Khoo Hooi Hye (Penang), Salzman (Malacca 1 Bede Cox (Perak), E. N. W. Oliver (Selangor), Nunneley (Negri Sembilan). The draw resulted as follows Malacca bye
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    UNUSUAL RENT CASE.
    481 1032 ut of cla.s,, brought by se4$ e 4 «gam 9 t Alfred J ohn 7“' hi, Sanitary Inspector va n 7' Act. Chief Justice in th. 7 fee preme Court on i elated to a house in Qr claim the defendantZup^ V^* k claim was entered for
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    SUGAR PROSPECTS.
    1127 1033 from the tenor of news emathe chief sugar producing o»tiag the globe and from the portion» of for this valuable foodstuff X X™, the prospects of tbroag b att enJ?ag ed in reviving the iiW *'ariwiacf/ 0 MalaJa which W S destroyed a few years ago m oa
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    M.A.P.
    491 1033 Mr, N. Magill has taken up bis residence in Taiping again after some years of absence. Mr. Stanley H. Burgess who has re. turned from leave goes to Permit Estate, Johore. Mr. and Mrs. E. Kibble and family expect to leave Tapah for home, on long leave, at the
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    816 1034 The Oldest Vine in the World. The following paragraph recently appeared in a contemporary: How many people know where the oldest grape vine in the world is to be found It is in California, and it is verily a tree with a history. Towards the end of the
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    THE LABOUR BILL.
    100 1034 We are informed by the Clerk of the Council, Singapore, that: The Labour Bill has been left in Committee not because the Council in any way disagrees with the proposed amendments but because a Deputation is proceeding to India this week and if, as a result of
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    DEATH OF MR. E. H. LAIRD.
    215 1034 It iswith deep regret that we (T. O M, have to chronicle the death at Batu Gajah Hospital, on Saturday night, of Mr. E. H. Laird, brother of Mr. J. Laird of the Mines Department who is now at Home on leave. Mr. E.
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    SELANGOR RACES.
    452 1034 F,RST Results. I ob9er Bu> I <From I j TheafternJntJe“?": a WI S I day of the Selangor Race. or “Pesj, I stte “danee. JU; n Vl »a I tb.rdßaeebutitw M 2X^ rt 4 Appended are the detail, I I ex-griffin ponies U ..a .“7 k I have
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISION.
    598 1035 SPECIAL MEETING. SCPPUJMENTAL BUDGET FOR 1922. A special meeting of the Municipal ciZ» be d in he Mnn o yesterday afternoon, when were present Mr. S. Codrington Lident), Mr. J. D Kemp Mr. C- Samuel, Mr. J. H. Pedlow and n. him Goan Cheng. The officers in Ito»
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    MAD LORD CHANCELLORS.
    413 1035 The Lord Chancellor, by virtue of his office, has a right to inspect all public asylums and hospitals. One day, while the late Lord Herschell was paying a visit at the house of a friend near Norwich, he went for an afternoon stroll, and, happening to pass
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    SINGAPORE SAINT ANDREWS SOCIETY.
    324 1035 —B.T. Singapore St al Andrsw’ aI e”® 8 11 of *he at the Excl Lie T 8 S C,ety was heW President the chair The P T Chancellor in ing a o re dH h l:Xe:i% a 5 T nt’’BhBWproved on the motion aP who referred
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    ELECTED BY WIT.
    259 1035 One of the most famous of the Quartier Latin clubs in Paris in the years before the war was the “Sub Rosa,” and the most famous of its members was the great actor G quelin, pĕre. The story of his election is interesting. He was present one
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    FULL COURT OF APPEAL
    1839 1036 SUNKEN WHARF CASE. At the Full Court of Appeal in the Supreme Court to-day before the Hon. Mr. Justice Sproule (Acting Chief Justice), presiding, Mr. Justice BarrettLennard and Mr. Justice Brown the appeal was begun in the suit between The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
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    BANKRUPTCY COURT.
    256 1037 Man Who Lived on $20,000. The Singapore Bankruptcy Court presided over by the Acting Chief Justice, had a large number of cases to deal with on Friday. Kwtck Kee Jen, proprietor of Chop Num Seng, provision and sundry goods store, 54 Circular-rpad, and Chop Chin Watt, rice store,
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    ARRIVAL OF AMERICAN SQUADRON.
    109 1037 Our Own The entire ro r August ]6, fo r C]/ Vlna American Asiatic «13 I insisting M Z nd thefl^Bhi P Black will nm d 7 111 port Th e desdat® of P the\] eaBtward °n Friday. 061 Jet 6 f flagBhi P A number
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    PENANG SCHOOLS,
    558 1037 ACCOMMODATION PROBLEM Ending a Solution to thr DimcuLnig At the conclusion of the Inter-School Sports on the Esplanade a few days ago h a Hon. Mr. D. A. M. Brown intimated that probably more than one new school w'ould be established here in the course of a year
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    CRIME IN PENANG.
    297 1037 GANG-ROBBERIES. Smart Detective Work. nanij: Lam B w e h K 'h’ Le ng H k Lam, were charged before Mr J 8 W® Arthur, yesterday, with the purpose of gang-robbery. 8 PoeLX 1 issue the ohce obtained information that a gang«bbery had been planned to take
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    £2,100 ART RELIC BOUGHT FOR THREE SHILLINGS.
    199 1037 UAUJfJfr Y —Daily Chronicle. A J Omantic art "find was disclosed by Mr E. Poge Gaston, of the Museum Galleries, m a lecture before the Englishspeaking Union recently. He said that a Liverpool physician of us acquaintance, at a country sale in <
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    SMOKED RUBBER DEFECTS.
    1024 1038 large rejections from SINGAPORE. W h One of the most comprehensive explanations regarding the exceptional prevalence of mould on 1920 shipments of Singapore smoked sheet is that given by John 8: Kemp,,of New York, who, as special agent for insurance companies has made fol exhaustive study' of
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    THE CASE OF AH FAT.
    237 1038 /lhe following’q e u Pj r ree i 8 ft. Mister Editor, Sir, J’P° or coolie.man ,I’agar. X ow 8 T«. faug! and Jle} lun before have got L<2 mata station, can buy eating thing,. Now J goed motorcars and lom.« ,lwt M man very
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    STRAITS CURRENCY.
    174 1038 Commissioners’ Final Betubn for April. f (A) Whole amount of Currency Notes in Circulation on April 30, 1922 $71.970,945.30. Average amount of Currency Notes in Circulation during the month of April. 1922 76.727,410.63, (B) Coin Portion of the Nates Guarantee Fund (including Depreciation 'Fund) on April 30, 1922:
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    RETRENCHMENT.
    961 1039 a tfnndsv we received the announcepublic meeting which is Ju in Singapore on August 31 to to be b® Government to abolish the jd O{X) tL and to introduce drastic in its disbursements. With these this paper is in entire agreement, obj uli fl ve that the first is
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    IRELAND.
    960 1039 There has been no undue delay in submitting the murderers of Sir Henry Wilson to the extreme penalty of the law. The crime for which they suffered seven days ago was committed on June 22. The criminals were immediately placed before the magistrate and since then all the processes
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    A LOSS TO JOURNALISM.
    523 1040 We greatly regret to announce that we received from our Kuala Lumpur correspondent a telegram to-day reporting that our esteemed colleague, Mr. A. F°M. Price, Editor of the Malay Mail, died suddenly his morning, adding that the funeral takes plaee to-morrow morning in the federal capital.
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    731 1040 Dogs in Church 1 Another anecdote of the fourth Earl of Albemarle (whose recipe for goitre appeared in our issue of 15th inst.) may amuse our readers. He never went anywhere without some of his dogs. The large family pew at Quidenham contained a stove before which the
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    CRIME IN PENANG.
    414 1040 DARING EXPLOIT. C.P.O.’s Quarters Invaded. In the District Con t, this mnrniop Haybm named You/ Chen Yok < B3 charged with housebreaking by breaking into the house of Major A.R.J. Dewy Chief ’’olice Officer, Penang, on the win of the 9th instant. Major I ewar stated that
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    FULL COURT OF APPEAL
    1312 1041 SUNKEN WHARF CASE. I Fall Coart ofTppeal comprising n n F Mr Justice Spronle (Acting presiding, Mr. Justice &lird and Mr. Justice trown hearing of the appeal m the The Peninsular and Oriental «X Company (Incorporated ’tah’d byßoyal Charier), Plaintiffs, "f the Eastern Shipping Company, Defendants,
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    RUBBER TRADE.
    558 1041 falling markets. l-ets^JX 0 l he r™ c 'Pal rubber mar- 4. io rc^ec^e d m the latest telegraphic intelligence appearing elsewhere to-day. weakness as well as slackness in den<Tb ?7 Ug J he dorninan t feature. that the demand has been steadily evidonr 111 f i° r
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    STRAITS TRADE.
    436 1042 IMPORTED INTO PENANG. The Malaya arrived > n ‘h* r “j ins from Renong bringing 1969 bagslol tin ore for the Eastern Smelting Com™„v Ltd 322 bags for Messrs. Guthrie A Go* Ltd 34 bags for chop Heap Chin, 72 tags for chop Hye Thong, 350 for Straits
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    RICE SUPPLIES.
    622 1042 PRESENT PROSPECTS. The prospect of plentiful supplies of Burma rice at reasonable prices probably were never brighter than at the p> esent time. Not only were the last crops bountiful but latest news from India and Burma is to the effect that of rainfall so far from being
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    OLD ACE STUDENT.
    131 1042 y.-Pall Mall. China is the nhL C' are most in evidence’ •S' *4» S niS 1 eighty years of and ov* went through the J»*, in essays of which the good and the bandwrith 1011 distinct. Aged candidates who ed through an inteX? rf* from attaining their
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    WHEN THE PRINCE MARRIES.
    311 1042 The King’s Civil List by Act of Parliament is fixed at £470,000 a year, and, in the event of the King dying before the Queen, provision has been made (or an annuity of £70,000 being assigned to her Majesty. The revenues of the Duchies o( Lancaster
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    2148 1043 MONDAY. AUGUST H. Present. Hli Excellency the Officer Adu.ms X the Government (Mr. 1- Js» eS L Jlpnev the General Officer Commanding the Troops (Major General Sir T e Hon'ble ol The Acting Colonial Se- iMr F M. Baddeley). Hon'ble the Treasurer, (Mr. 'l^on'M^t ll6 Acting Attorney- J
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
    834 1044 COMMITTEE MEETING. Appended are the minutes of a meeting of the Committee of the Penang Chamber of Commerce held at the Chamber on Tuesday, August, 1: Present. Messrs. H. Dove (in the Chair), A. F. Goodrich, J. L. Lonie, W. G. Peter, A. W. Blackstone, R. N.
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    HOME FOR DESTITUTES.
    62 1044 C.A.DJ. Assistascb. Mr. ChuaHooi Hon? the Chinese Amaten• bsD g»«» are giving tw and Sat»-** peiformanceß on J 7 k the lhe 25th and 26th .ns*rt,, t])e Lane Theatrical Hall m Unemplovment Fond. L The pr oe r the help** tin, laudable Z.inK f include» th» l
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    STRANGLED MALAYA.
    1704 1045 I classic literature will re„f the meet picturesque °«hicb later furnished a subject eS f tbo worM’s greatest pieces of in the beginning to Aneas e o f the destruction or Troy. It Jdr of the priest Laocoon and jpetragwj two enormou3 a 1,0 J' t to the
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    U.S. NAVY IN CHINA.
    49 1045 DEPATURE FOR CHEFOO. New Commander-in-Chief. (Froai Our Own Singapore, August 17. In accordance with revised arrangerunnts the American Flotilla is departing f< r Ch foo to-morrow. Admiral Ander•oa i-i relieving Admiral Struass uf the E ibtern command. Admiral blruass is now in hospital in Yokohama.
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    M.A.P.
    509 1046 Meosrs. J. D. Kemp, H• Oxenhmn, H. Miles, J. Clegg and G. Storth k tor Kuala Lumpur yesterday to attend the Selangor Races. Mr. V. D. Knowles, of the Singapore Bar, who appeared in a case before the Penang Appeal Court, returned to the southern settlement yesterday. Mr P
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    STORAGE OF RICE.
    584 1046 THE WEEVIL PEST. Japanese papers carry news respecting experiments with one of the vilest inventions of the recent great war which, if successful, should not be without interest and no little value to Ub in Malaya, as well as to our neighbours, Siam, Burma and the Dutch
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    SELANGOR RACES.
    357 1046 SECOND DAY’S RESULTS. (From Our Own The afternoon ‘‘wfej'P* >’• was a fuller attendance than? 0 11 day. The Hon. Mr. F among those present. WM Appended are the details:— I,—The Swettenham Stakes. Value $5OO and a Cup. A. hand;**., all ex-griffia ponies that have ntf two “A"
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    FULL COURT OF APPEAL
    4169 1047 s unkenwhaR f CASE. FurthTT" ARGUMENT. r of Appeal comprising The ?u Mr° Justice Sproule (Acting to» flo t ice) presiding. Mr. Justice Chief J T Sd and Mr. Justice brown hearing of the appeal in the med h The Peninsular and Oriental Company (Incorporated m
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    LADY PIQUET AFFAIR.
    157 1049 K th l‘ T h6 8 KA at tbe onininn n uala Lumpur upheld bed ’ci! 1 gln!l!l y expressed by the feeite was oVPrn,led the last rino b Awards, and awarded Pefl niet 4j n On Third day of the l,y ei ght lentil? Ija< V
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    1185 1049 anjournec .—S.F.P. SPECIAL ALLOWANCES. Hon. Mr. Ker’s Criticism. Following are the concluding portions of the report of the proceedings in the Legislative Council published in our last issue: Temporary Allowances. In reply to the hon’ble Mr. Ker, the hon ole Acting Colonial Secretary said: The “changed conditions’’ to
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    INDIAN LABOUR.
    833 1050 MALAYAN DEPUTATION. Main Features of the Draft Rules. Telegraphing from Kuala Lumpur yesterday afternoon our correspondent sent us information respecting the constitution of the Malayan deputation to India of the highest importance to all concerned in the free flow of immigration from India to thia country, the message
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    TIN OUTPUTS.
    102 1050 Tin Bentons', for the first half of August, hours 311, piculs 74, yards 45,000. Ratrut Basin Tin Dredging Co., first half of August, output 170 piculs, 304 hours worked, 29,000 cubic yards treated Renong Tin Dredging Co., for the first half of August, No. 1 Dredge piculs 283,
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    ARGHAN FIBRE
    435 1050 cey lonTegot Utions Au-bueo F AILVtt The Malay JhirS' dent by Arghan Company’s acquisition of Bofuoo acres nf°k the land from the Ceylon Gnv broken down. y T <- S I ATES IN Mauya. Arghan Company, fo r not Company an estate in Pahang b t cently acqmred
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    THE UNIVERSITY OF HONGKONG.
    1099 1051 n e University of Hongkong was 4rnorated in 1911 and was opened in 1512 a» a residential University for ,dentBof both sexes. Since that year Jbe University has sent forth into the <or l(j number of graduates of whom t may be stated that, particularly in
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    M. A. P.
    477 1051 victiml7 Q Za Ta 7ping7 a nUmber of o' The T. O; M. says that Mr J r H“o n oki' 8 g yeai-s, on Angust 1, 1922, o{ &-11.0 M. VU Seho T pin The B. I. line Teesta arrived from Singapore via Port Swettenham thio
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    16 1051 DOMESTIC occurrence. death. h No 33, Muntri Street, August 17th 1922, Boey of the Perak Government
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    SHARE MARKET.
    1147 1052 LEAN A CO.’» WEEKLY REPORT. Penang, August 18. Tin, after having dipped to £l5B-15.0, has recovered to £l6O-15.0, thus showing a slight advance of 10/- for the week. Rubber has farther declined to 6jd with local quotations around 24 oents. In the light of the Anglo-Dutch Plantation Forward
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    FULL COURT OF APPEAL.
    820 1052 sunkenwh^ f case 1’ t’RTHEH PROCEKDINGB. The F nil Court of Ann. i the Hod. Mr. Justice ‘.““Prising Chief Justice), presiding’ Barrett-Lennard and Mr I,,»'’ resumed the hearing of tt,« Ww suit between Tbs Peninsut K? Steam Navigation Company in England by Royal cTarrf) “Sft 4
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    SEPARATION OF SIND.
    134 1053 Ultimatum to Bombay. Hyderabad ind), July 31,—A conference of judicial officers recently met •a Hyderabad, with a view to effect retreochment in their departments- A very controversy is raging in the provincial Press, in which non-official Euroare taking a prominent part, with Wto the future of Sind.
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    BENCH AND BAR.
    101 1053 member oHh a ?°°d deal of liberty to aP nwre l >'» some of >« WadvLT’i? r d f! once 'eiaark D every Wav f a e ou aro endeavouring Court’ ..V how y° nr contempt for ,i( retort ‘«t “7 ,ord >” was th conceal it
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    THE SWATOW DISASTER
    1229 1053 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo.) Dear Sir, By this time every one must have heard of the appalling disaster, the tremendous loss of life and property, that has befallen the thriving seaport of Swatow. Such a record of deaths and havoc wrought by the elements
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    RELIEF FUND STARTED.
    36 1054 Singapore’s Contribution. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, August 18. At a public meeting at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce yesterday nearly $28,000 were raised for what is designated locally the Swatow Relief Fund.
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    SHOT WHILE DEMANDING MONEY.
    152 1054 Hon. Mr. Massy Released. London, August 1. The Hon. Mr. Hamon Massy Las been released by order of the Home Office [The Hon. Mr. Hamon Massy, son of Lord Massy, was charged with the murder of Anthony Walsh at Killake House, the former’s residence. According to
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    HEALTH RETURNS.
    233 1054 The health statistics for the Municipality of George Town for the week ending August 12, 1922, give a total of 63 deaths —45 males and 18 females the death rate being 26.08 per mille per annum compared with 3105 in the pieceding week and with 22.46 in the
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    THE CHINESE TANGLE.
    219 1054 FISCAL CRISIS. Dr. Sun on Unification. {From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, August 19. Special cables from Shanghai state that in order to ease the financial difficulties of the Government half a million Taels (i. e. about §800,000) of the Maritime Customs revenues, being the surplus after meeting
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    ARM AMPUTATED WITH POCKET-KNIFE.
    310 1054 Mid-Air Operation. How a surgical operation was performed in mid-air with a pocket-knife was told to Cardiff Rotarians by Mr. A. E. Harrison, hon. secretary of the Glamorgan Division of the Red Cross Society. Mr. Hari ison said a workman at Cardiff tramway depot was accidentally
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    DISPUTE OVER NEW COCHIN HARBOUR.
    344 1054 Statesman '«WAN STATES? CUIMs Madras Govemuxeut and tl Xu'S Cochm and Travaneore 2 apportionment of the enet lhe Harbour scheme. Trav. Coehin modification to her vention by which she ‘«y her return for an annual a dut y 18 of Rs. 40,000. British Cnoh adra<
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    A KAREN PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.
    146 1054 “I Will be Honest.” Rangoon, Angust 3. Mr. Justice Maung Kin, sitting at Chief Court, has held that when aKaren man speaks of his affection and adds: “I will be honest, this stitutes a promise of marriage. j f The judge said the formal •‘Will
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    MEMORANDUM ON COUNCIL REFORM.
    4263 1055 rhe «traits Settlements, resting on Xsoil, an integral part of the Bnj, Oouiinien 8 beyond seas, are the "Ite possessor of well-tempered 11U which confers on all classes and justice and which favours 1 rd industry and the advance of iritv The Colony (though estabbv British
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    WESTERN ASSURANCE COMPANY.
    546 1057 annual report. Ihe Directors beg to submit to the hareholders the Financial Statement 1921 th year ending 318 t Decembw Fire and General Departments.—The Premiums, less Re-insurances amount to £624,643 6s. 7d., as compared with £724,851 19s. 2d. for the previous year and the Losses (paid and
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    ST. ANDREW’S HOSPITAL.
    1138 1058 U*. rm re, ’—S.T. FOUNDATION STONE LAYING OF USEFUL INSTITUTION. The foundation stone was laid on Monday afternoon by Mrs. Lee Choon Guan, M.8.E., in the presence of a large gathering, representative of every community in the Colony, of the St Andrew’s Hospital for Women and Children
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    THE GRUESOME FIND.
    149 1058 OF 9.CIALjENQui ItY Mr. H. with the Ud‘ 9*** name unknown f a wo W ported in our colu m n 8 T re ele found on the 9th instant seashore in Kelawei Distri r the the medical evidence i the bones being fee of auadfc? kvidenee
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    ROYAL WEDDING GIFT.
    212 1058 Princess Mary’s Very Cqbdial ACKNOWLEDGMENT. It will be remembered, says the Straits Times, that a number of articled representative of Malayan arts and crafts was selected at he Malaya-Borneo Exhibition and forwarded as a wedding gift to the Princess The following letter of acknowledgtnent has now been
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    P.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    82 1058 P.C.C. Itnw— ties playt-i The results of the tennis p BOFESS1 oS ,ff vesterday er B x Ham' 1 p RS E. If. Everest and B Hoxkr i r H I) C.D«' esiD J H n be ''Vh L pj Bennett‘s y Spowcrs class A- 4 Singles
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE.
    17 1059 birth. On the 19* h August, at the wife of B- W. Settlements Police-» Son.
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    EDUCATION GRANTS-IN-AID.
    1232 1059 uudwavaso easy to be wise after the 1 bat ’nasmuch as the Government St jet adopted the recommendations he Committee appointed by Hie gjeelleooy the Governor and High CoinLionel to consider the working of the Lpm of Edacation Grants-in-aid intajdoced io W2O in the Straits Settlements and the
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    SELANGOR RACES.
    417 1059 LAST DAY’S RESULTS. Observation’s Third Win. (From Our Own Correupondĕnt.) Kuala Lumpur, August 19. The afternoon was coel after a drizzle at half past four. The attendance was the largest during the meeting. Appended are the results !•—The Klang Stakes. Value $5OO. A handicap for ex-griffin ponies that
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    THE GRUESOME FIND.
    1356 1060 OFFICIAL INQUIRY. Coroner’s View of the Evidence. As briefly stated in our last issue Mr, H C. Bathurst, Coroner, held an mauest on Saturday in connection with the discovery of human remains in the sand close to the seashore behind No. 43, Kelawei Road and in connection
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    SWATOW DISASTER.
    411 1060 CHINESE HELP. Laudable Action in Penang. A r .v Ommit m e waB held at the Chinese Town Hall on Friday, the 18th instant, fo consider the feasiblity of raising subscriptions ia order to render help to sufferers through the appalling disaster that has befallen Swatow. There were
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    MALAYA CUP FOOTBALL.
    949 1061 PENANG vs. PERAK. A Home Victory. l «h Penang succeeded in defeating tb“e g goal 9 to one, on the for H.M.S. Mahya Cup, to q° alif y for the fiaa aga D9t t of the Southern section, from all indications, will bl 7h« Singapore unless something
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    CHINA NEWS.
    76 1061 DR. SUN’S POSITION. Representative Leaves for Peking. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, August 21Shanghai cables state that Chin Yau-yin, a representative of Dr. Sun Yatsen, is leaving for Peking to interview President Li Yuan-hnng, Japanese troops have evacuated Hankow. General Wu Pei-fu has sent two divisions and eight
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    INCOME TAX.
    93 1061 ABOLITION RESOLUTIONS. Moslem Support. (From Our Own Correspondent.') Singapore, August 21. A mass meeting of the Moslems on Saturday supported the resolution for the abolition of income tax to be tubmitted to a public meeting to be held on August 31. 0: The Hawaiians nightingale?, who have been
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    THE FRUIT SEASON.
    672 1061 SECOND CROP. Interesting Legal Proceedings. It may not be generally known that Penang is going to have what is styled a Salah Musim (i,e. second) crop this year as a result of which wa shall have a plentiful supply of fruit right up to the end of
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    JOLLY FRANS HALS.
    513 1062 The Best Painter of a Laugh. Frans Hals is an old Dutch master. Several fine examples of his work may be seen in the National Gallery. He has been described as happy in the delineation of mirth—a master, in fact of the art of painting a laugh.
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    VITAL ISSUES.
    2098 1062 PUBLIC MEETING. PROTESTS AGAINST EXCESSIVE TAXATION. Why the Income Tax Should be Abolished. A public anti-income Tax meeting of the Chinese community, under the auspices of the Committee of the Chinese Town Hall, Penang, was held at its headquarters on Saturday afternoon, the 19th instant, to which prominent
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    RICE ROBBERIES.
    543 1063 BURMA CASES. Accused Committed for Trial. M. II rr Ran goon, August 2. Mr. H. H. Craw, Special Magistrate, t( > day passed orders as to whether ho should charge the accused or not in the rice conspiracy case against Maung Alaung and eight others. His Worshin said
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