The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 29 August 1922
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Title Section19 1922-08-29 1 The Straits Echo. MAIL EDITION. ISO FEB ANNUM Single Copy cts 1101.20. PENANG, TUESDAY, AUGUST 29TH. 1922 NO. IS19 words
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Advertisement354 1922-08-29 1 C o NT T NTS LuelM MISCEIUNIOnS (Coni«>lu«<i) Serious Position in Europe 1064 The Winged Art —1 07 Pussy shews Her Claws 1068 p r j noe Wales’and Sir Lauren 8 The Education Report 1072 Guillemard ...1078 The Agitation against the Income Tb ideal p ar t n er for354 words
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Advertisement180 1922-08-29 2 9* THK “STRAITS ECHO" *jCv B MAIL EDITION. f Ct ’M' off \tp Published the day prior to the departure of each mail far Europa, *y fjL and contains the latest local and States news originally published In the 7L? daily issues, as well as all important news from various180 words
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Article1137 1922-08-29 1064 The London Conference as to German reparations having failed (owing to the mmcible opposition of the French minister, ffhose action has since been endorsed in Paris) France insists on her p )Q nd of flesh, and, however much we may question the wisdom of her action,1,137 words
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Article586 1922-08-29 1064 Dr. Yoffe has been appointed the Soviets special envoy to Peking. Prince Knud, who has been suffering from pneumonia at Dartmouth, was decidedly better in mail week. The Prince, who is twenty-two, is a cadet in the Danish navy, and was at Dartmouth on the cruiser ilejmdal586 words
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Advertisement35 1922-08-29 1064 OieStraits echo PUBLISHED DAILY. mail EDITION fining the news of the week prior to 1 departure of Mails tor Europe. PUBLISHING OFFICE: The Criterion Press, Limited, 59, Beach Street, Penang. L 1 urniia im n-ijaiioniiiTiaaft35 words
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Article1095 1922-08-29 1065 e turgiiL.—S.F.P Shipping Affairs. In a letter to The Times Mr. T. W. Stratford-Andrews, Chairman, of the Radio Communication Company, Limited, states that there appear to be objections to the present distress signal S. O. S-, and he believes he is correct in stating that the General Poste turgiiL.—S.F.P - 1,095 words
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Article93 1922-08-29 1065 Muslims’ Protest. Signed by Mr. P. Shaik Dawood, Hon Secretary of the Muslim Merchants’ Society, and dated Penang, 18th August 1922, a notification has been issued convening “a public meeting of merchants and traders of Penang to be held at the Muslim Society’s hall, No. 1, Transfer Road,93 words
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Article664 1922-08-29 1065 the Editor of tip Sir, Strut, Congratulations to Dr n able paper on Council Ref ()r nn On hl to the Straits Echo for nn S’ &nd A British Colo»/" 1l hl will not adopt the ver, l “P** Imperialistic ideas Memorandum is a honelL lQ 1119 and,664 words
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Article323 1922-08-29 1066 Directors’ Report. Following is the Report to be submitted to the shareholders at the annual meeting tobe held at 41, Farquhar Street, Penang, on the 31st instant:— Gentlemen,—Your Directors beg to submit the thirteenth annual report and Statement of Accounts duly audited for the year323 words
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Article685 1922-08-29 1066 SUNKEN WHARF CASE. Judgment Reserved. thP H Ful \< C Ur 01 Ap P eal comprising ■hiof H T r Mr Ju9tlco S P r oule (Acting Chief Justice), presiding, Mr. Justice Barrett-Lennard and Mr. Justice Brown resumed the hearing of the appeal in tie suit685 words
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Article444 1922-08-29 1066 COMPETITION IN K. LUMPUR. The Chief Attraction. (from Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, August 21. lhe championships started in dull weather at 4.45, the centre of attraction being the tie between Penang and SingaP? r e Gaunt Cap which was watched by 99 per cent, of the spectators.444 words
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Article294 1922-08-29 1067 A MOURNFUL WAIL. If the adverd “over” is being overworked in discussions of business affairs, it is partly, Financial America remarks, because this is a period in our history when unfortunately there is much over.” That is We have an oversupply of gold in reserve and steamships too294 words
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Article206 1922-08-29 1067 A Recent Bargain. Little Tobago, the island near Trinidad and Tobago owned by the late Sir Wiliiam Ingram, is up for sale at the price of £2,0C0, which seems reasonable for an island inhabited by hundreds (sic) of birds of paradise. Lundy, which is bigger than Little206 words
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Article1171 1922-08-29 1067 In the cfoutse erf a synopsis of the brilliant career of the late Mr. F. M. Price, who glrided the destiny of our Kuala Lumpur contemporary so .tong and so well, and whose death last week is universally deplored, the Malay Mail recalls that he went1,171 words
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Article1637 1922-08-29 1068 o which came m late n» c,bl > ta Xn w»’ dee p’y Bi ni fi a f‘eto7be e t0 7be effect that the British U financier, has pubhshed P n f an American proposal to gW a lDter national Plantation «•’.Li. wl ioh amoantB a1,637 words
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Article50 1922-08-29 1068 CHANG TSO-LIN AGAIN 1 Interview with Dr. Sun. (From Our Own Singapore, August 23. Shanghai-cables state that Chang Tsolin is preparing an offensive against General Wu-Pei-Fu and that the legations are increasing their guards. The Northern delegates are having an interview with Dr. Sun Yat Sen in Shanghai.50 words
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Article72 1922-08-29 1068 We understand that a public meeting under the joint auspices of Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the Penang Chamber of Commerce will be held in the Town Hall on Thursday, the 31. t instanC at 4 30 p. m. to protest against the reintroduction of the Income72 words
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Article529 1922-08-29 1069 In three days three deaths of Europeans have occurred in Kuala Lumpur. Dr. J. C. Tull, Medical Officer, General Hospital, left for the Southern Settlement yesterday with Mrs. Tull. The Benreoch arrived here from London this morning bringing as a passenger Mr. F. M. Campbell who is proceeding to529 words
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Article570 1922-08-29 1069 The Aerial Derby. Not just at present will the majority of mankind be prepared to travel at the speed of the winner of the Aerial Derby —2'JO miles in 66 minutes aud a fraction over 48 seconds. The machine was a Gloucester Aiicraft, Company’s “Mars” driven by a570 words
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Article615 1922-08-29 1069 EGYPT" INQUIRY CLOSES. WAN OF system.,, 8 LICIm G pITALu OW0!i The closing sheesh’,”' Aa?Mt3 the circumstances of tha F* lnqu ]7 in b were entered into to-day. dl9aefer i Mr, Bucknill whn the India Office tT IQStructed b f Indian crew, said that the lascar would read Mr (Mr.615 words
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Article115 1922-08-29 1070 BARBAR WHO SHAVED SAVED. y Mr W/Hamper, of Strand-on- ,St tw was shaving a customhnv fell into the river. Hamper er small I jumped into oeep Ut t the boy back to the bank broug customer, finish«Oing bourn to change insider bis action unusual H Hile chap was coining up115 words
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Article125 1922-08-29 1070 A “dead” soldier’s dramatic return safe from tbe war reads, as told at the Old Bailey recently like a modern story of Enoch Arden. Mis. Elizabeth Weeks, looking down the casualty list in a newspaper, saw her husband s 1 name among the killed.125 words
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257 1922-08-29 1070 A mystery, half-insect and half-plant I apparently, that had long puzzled botanists and entomologists in New Zealand, that home of freaks, has been proved to be a sort of reversal of co- I operation, for one party gains at the expense of the257 words
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Article333 1922-08-29 1070 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo I Sir,—l suggest that J. V. Chelliah has I misread or misunderstood Dr. Connolly’s I scheme of Council Reform. If he has not I done so 1 have. 1 read Dr. Connolly’s I Memorandum as a public-spirited attempt to start the333 words
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Article211 1922-08-29 1070 The seventh of the series of Orohestml Concerts will be given at the E. U. Hotel to-night, Wednesday, the 23rd inst., I at 9.30 p.m. when tbe following programme of music will be presented 1 Overture Masaniello Auber 2. Adagio Cantabile from the Sonata Pathetique Beethoven211 words
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Article61 1922-08-29 1070 (From Our Own Ccrretpond&nt.) Singapore, August 23. Our Singapore correspondent is infoimed that at the meeting of the Straits Legislative and Federal Council members on board the Seabelle at Port Svv ettenham on August 20 was informal and matters of interest to both the Straits and the61 words
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Article439 1922-08-29 1070 Championship Competition. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, August 22. In finer weather and on faster oourts the second round for the Gaunt Cup resulted as follows A Honda (Singapore) beat F Falzmann 6-1, 6 0. hN W Oliver i Selangor) beat R B Nunneley 6-3, 6-3. dhe439 words
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Article656 1922-08-29 1071 CONVICTION OF SUB-INSPECTOR UPHELD. The Acting Chief Justice, the hon’ble Mr. Sproule, in the Singapore Court of Criminal Appeal on Tuesday upheld tne conviction of Shaik Daud, a sub-inspec-tor in the S.S. Police on a charge of causing hurt to Ong Chan. In opening the case656 words
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Article99 1922-08-29 1071 CHINESE UNEMPLOYMENT FUND Account Ending 31 st July, 1922. Receipt®.— Balance from June ...$6,690.87 Donations received in July 2,438.50 Colonial Govt. 4th Contribution... 1,000.00 $10,129.37 Disbursements,— General charges in July $248.40 Drawn by the “Home" in July 2,111.44 2,354.84 $7,774.53 m-u Cash with Ho Hong Bank $7,728.6799 words
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Article251 1922-08-29 1071 The Committee of the Perak War Memorial has decided definitely what form the memorial shall take. It was originally intended to erect a large arch in front of the Station, Ipoh, to cost about $50,000, and a subscription list was opened and the committee collected about $9,000.251 words
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Article200 1922-08-29 1071 AN UP TO DA iH^KHM ENT a ver, ed in Singapore by M? IJ of 20 High-Street A Balestier-road. Th» Pr. r toa d> <>! Factory, as ft is Xed stalled with the latest and Mr. G. C. ±“7 very long experience in' match has charge of200 words
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Article210 1922-08-29 1071 (To the Editor, Singapore Free Fressk Dear Sir. —About four months ago 1 attended a very solemn and imposing ceremonv. It was the unveiling of he Cenotaph by His Royal Highness th Prince of Wales. High dignitaries of the Church, the Law and the Govern ment210 words
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Article57 1922-08-29 1071 The «suits of off yesterday were, Everest sn Handicap Class B BroWQ and p T Filmer beat Mt > SjSC B \V. 13. Powell be»' Handicap Class V. R. N. Byatt' pf or de a rJ Webb beat E- p GrW "'r ,J Pbofhssion I Ai«. j57 words
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Article1812 1922-08-29 1072 TH E EDUCATION REPORT. budget of departmental papers Lied us last weak was the fh ch Norton Education in the Straits 4? for the year 1921, From this ttieme that the total revenue collected V&ution Department amounted to ■7,7®*% As this includes school fees, »M 0 r-te and miscellaneous items1,812 words
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Article510 1922-08-29 1073 The engagement i« announced of Miss Annie Irving and Mr. Thomas Y, de Bruyn®, both of Penang. Mr. and Mrs. Goodman Ambler have returned to Kuala Lumpur after a tour round Borneo and the Philippines. Sheik Ahmad Ally, for 35 years Supreme Court Interpreter, has retired and will receive510 words
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Article958 1922-08-29 1073 DEMAND FOR ABOLITION. Muslim Action. There was a large attendance of Muslim merchants and traders, including several chetties, representing the whole of the chetty community, and others at the public meeting held at the premises of the Muslim Merchants’ Society, No. 1 Transfer Road, yesterday evening to move958 words
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Article22 1922-08-29 1073 breachoft bUST Twelve Moi^« (JW. Our 0O» At the P‘W<k A J j rt inal bre g Thorne w»s twelW22 words
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Article882 1922-08-29 1074 gELIEF OF SUFFERERS. J W( Laoncbbd in Penang. ,meeting was held «Town Hall 8 afternoon the feasibility of raising sub- >» order to re de n help to "through the appalling disaster Yeoh Paik Tatt (PrePfT in the chair and Messrs. Tan ±Cg Yeoh Cheung Aun Heah U.882 words
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Article202 1922-08-29 1074 —T. O. M, The Singapore detective department, obtaining information that there was going to be an initiation ceremony of the Triad Society called the Sin Gie Lin, canted out a ru’d on Sunday night at the back of Havelock Road, Singapore, and were euccessful in arresting—T. O. M, - 202 words
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Article152 1922-08-29 1074 Market Conditions. Flatness continues the dominant feature of the principal rubber market®, Naw York now reporting 13} cents (gold London and Singapore 24} cents as the highest prices at which the commodity is changing hands. anot onB in Singapore yesterday 599 tons were disposed of at low rates,152 words
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Article227 1922-08-29 1074 GAUNT CUP COMPETITION. Honda’s Success. (From Our Own Corr&tpondent,') Kuala Lumpur, Angust 23. Having shown that in the past two days that he always had something in reserve, A. Honda to-day beat B N. W. Oliver 6-3 6-3, putting up a game fight from the start of the227 words
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Article125 1922-08-29 1074 The health statistics for the Municipality of George To-vn for the week ending August 19, 1922, give a total of 53 deaths —38 males and 15 females, the death rate being 2194 per mills per annum compared with 26.08 in ths preceding week and with 31.79 in the125 words
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Article914 1922-08-29 1075 —T.O.M. MR. E. MATHIEU’S PRACTICAL WORK. Lecture at Kuala Kang bar. Mr. E. Mathieu Superintendent, Government Plantation?, Kuala Kangsar, delivered a very interesting and instructive lecture on “Kapok” at bis bungalow on Wednesday evening. It was regretable to find that so few appeared to be interested in—T.O.M. - 914 words
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Article771 1922-08-29 1075 r n -MM. UNEMPLOYMENT FUND. Interesting Report of. Committee Meeting. A meeting of the Executive Committee of the i’enang Chinese Labourers Unemployment I mid was held at the Chinese Town Hall on Saturday, the 12th instant, at 2.30 p.m. when there were present, Mr. Yeoh I’aik Tattr n • -MM. - 771 words
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1251 1922-08-29 1076 I P» rtioQl r, y c th0 9 I which we know as the Crown I fS there ie greeter interest by the I 1 4 lhe oeople io legislation »“d matI Although the inhabiI “7I the Straits Settlements are slow to I tU1,251 words
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Article645 1922-08-29 1076 St. Antony in a New Role. A who cured ErwritwlM (St. Antony’s fire, never though That he would reappear thirteen hundred vears inT±:: t fet ri eh P““li“h 9 d in the y Nove m ber 0896) S i r tte, J yL o V\btt:itt hlmina the Fetish645 words
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Article147 1922-08-29 1077 Penang S.C.B.A.’s Action. At a special meeting of the members of the Committee of the Straits Chinese British Association held in the premises of the Penang Mutual Improvement Association last night the following five Resolutions to be submitted at a public meeting to be held in Singapore on147 words
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Article299 1922-08-29 1077 DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP. Another Singapore Victory. (From Our Own Correspondent») Kuala Lumpur, August 24. The Malayan Championship Doubles final which was played off to day resulted, after a fast and fierce struggle, during with the Singapore pair were at one time playing against heavy odds, in a great win299 words
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Article893 1922-08-29 1077 Mr. G. Coueens has been succeeded as secretary of Tientsin Club by Mr. Laidlaw of Messrs- Adair, Graham <fc Co. The King has appointed Mr. W. W. Coultas to be H. M. Vice-Consul at Bangkok. The Rev. E. W. Greenhow, who was •n a visit to Penang, left for893 words
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Article452 1922-08-29 1078 UOSH WOO S. T. ROSEBERY ON INDISPENL saB IUTY OF SHORTHAND. p re69 Association dinner over few yeBrS aB L hondred y e rBa J° 1 H «mid ba"> K ot on tolsrab *7 %’iot shorthand: but at this soPP° 8e we ca f t“ Cy byUOSH WOO S. T. - 452 words
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131 1922-08-29 1078 We 1411 inforrued that Sir His RoyaT r R h k d a 10Ug audience 0 Wales at The Prince 0D Joly 21 James’s Palace w Meh R; a n ln the course of f lB Peat enjoyment ex P reBB d Brnnwi131 words
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Article414 1922-08-29 1078 Modern Ideas. The Ideal Partner I Spelt in large capitals in my great-grandmother’s day, he was for ever sought, and when found usually married, being too rare and wonderful a creature to let escape, But then, think of all the qualities the* poor thing must414 words
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Article182 1922-08-29 1078 John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, and editor of the first Wesleyan Hymnal, was a generous soul. The only use he bad for money was to give it away. I gain all I can,” he wrote, not wasting anything —not a sheet of paper, not a cup182 words
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Article310 1922-08-29 1078 WOMEN’S CAREFULLY STAGED ACT. t Daily Mews (Shanghai) of July 25th says About a week ago, two Russian ladies, smartly dressed and of attractive appearance, scarely out of their teens, engaged an apartment at the Burlington hotel, after apparently having resided at various places in Shanghai310 words
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Article222 1922-08-29 1078 Shanghai, August 7. Shanghai is setting down to a situ ition possibly leading to a serious hold up of all coastal and river traffic The crews of 13 vessels owned by five Chinese Companies, berthed at the wharfs here, walked off yesterday. The crews of 20 others222 words
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Article579 1922-08-29 1079 It will doubtless interest those who are concerned in the resuscitation of the Malayan sugar industry io know that a new corporation styled China National Sugar Refining Company is about to erect a refinery in Shanghai with a capicity of about 1000 tons a day, and that with579 words
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Article512 1922-08-29 1079 MORE CIVIL STRIFE. South China’s Attitude. (From Out Own Corretpondenl.) Singapore, August 24. Telegraphic intelligence from Shanghai is to the effect that Mr. Tong Shao-yi (who retired from the Premiership during Yuan Shih-kai’s term of office as President and since then has been identified with the Constitutional512 words
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Article452 1922-08-29 1079 BRITISH Board vessels, and the thhS addition to the Canadian Jw will bo operating on rwu^T?* 1 Pacific runs within the nertfc T according to advices hai a few days ago. at Shan Ihe new Pacific Mail steamer the President Taft and the TL rt erC ti452 words
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Article1046 1922-08-29 1080 With reference to our article (August 3 the above head line it is interto note that the Straits Times of Xe date reviews the proposal in the following terms:— Amebica Intervenes. On the 21st of July we wrote thus: "The amount of British capital sunk in1,046 words
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Article288 1922-08-29 1080 CAUGHT IN SIAM. Desperate Attempt to Escape. It will be recalled that during Easter last twenty prisoners escaped from Alor Star Gaol under sensational circumstances recorded in our columns at the time. Nine of the miscreants, including the leader, were arrested in Siamese territory shortly after their escape and288 words
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Article749 1922-08-29 1080 ANNUAL REPORT. Following are extracts from the Directors’ Report to be presented at the twenlfth annual ordinary general mee£ ing of the company at the registered office of the company in Malacca on August 25: A our directors have the pleasure of submitting their twelfth annual report749 words
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Article589 1922-08-29 1081 REPTILE ANCESTORS OF COMMON FOWL. Evolutionists believe that man arose from the basic stock that produced the apes. The ancestry of birds (writes Lee 8. Crandall, Curator of Birds at New Zoological Park in the New York Herald) can be retraced still further to none other than589 words
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Article451 1922-08-29 1081 Elsewhere we have given ik ot a Bill Which is betore provide for the continuance tain conditions, of the British nationX of successive generator of Britil U cent born abroad. It is a has long been needed, and will be 5 Gomed by those of British nationality "ho451 words
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Article968 1922-08-29 1082 the somewhat belated documents A®°^ th0 rpoeu tly laid on the table of rhieb We kiive Council of the Colony of Settlements was that on be btra rear 1921. From this we ibe «venue was »9,599,963. 89 reg rdB re Z7 e Ihe P nrH for968 words
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258 1922-08-29 1082 With reference to our article on The Agitation against the Income Tax in which we stated that we did not claim to be strictly ohronologially correct, we are informed by Mr. Koh Look Hup, I Secretary of the Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce, that258 words
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Article538 1922-08-29 1082 Toe Hou. Mr. J. H. W. Park, Colonial Engineer, üb, is expected here on Monday. The Rev, R. A. Blasdell of Ipoh is at present on holiday. He is staying at “The Nest,” Taiping Hills, When the last mail left Ceylon Mrs, R. Cromie was playing cricket for Ladies538 words
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Article422 1922-08-29 1083 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo Sir, In your footnote to Mr. J. V. Chelliah, s illuminating communication in yesterday’s Echo (upon the subject of Dr. Connolly’s Council Reform scheme) you remark that you cannot understand the bitter tone that runs through it. It is indeed unnecessary.422 words
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Article115 1922-08-29 1083 INCREASES IN DUTIES. Huge Loss on Rubber. (From Our Own Correspondent,) Kuala Lumpur, August 26. The correspondent of the Malay Mail in Colombo says th it the Ceylon Budget, introduced yesterday evening provides for heavy allround increases in impoi t duties, particularly motorcars and luxuries, which have to115 words
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Article591 1922-08-29 1083 [To the Editor of the Straits Echo.) Dear Sir, In.your leader of the 21st instant on the report published by the Committee appointed by His Excellency the Governor and High Commissioner to consider the working of the system of Education Grants-in-Aid introduced in 1920, you most ably put591 words
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Article1950 1922-08-29 1083 A Cha WES op bciSßm (Special to 0, g How many persons are th. sent in Penang who e pr.. I menagerie which eii.tcd m the early nineties next E.AO. Tlffi RoooX present s>te of Messrs. P J show rooms Those counted on the fingers of and1,950 words
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Article71 1922-08-29 1084 G. 0. C.’s Address. (From Our Own Corrupontfai,') Sir Neil! and F. M. 8., addressing a gathering of Europeans at Johore Bahru yesterday explained the Volunteer situation under the Ordinance and appealed to the younger men under 25 to join. He congratulated Johore for coming into line71 words
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Article146 1922-08-29 1084 Under the headline “Grave Mangoosleen Danger the Straits Times publishes a timely warning reading as follows Sir, May this warning occupy a space in your valued columns for the purpose of preventing some dangerous events before they happen The fruit mongoosteen, when mixed with sugar, is no longer146 words
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Article214 1922-08-29 1084 (To the Editor, Times of Malaya.) Sir, I wish very strongly to support the view of your correspondent Fair play” that Penang and Selangor should play again and that the match should take place in Ipoh as the central place for both parties. It will be real214 words
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Article562 1922-08-29 1085 LEAN A CO.’s WEEKLY REPORT. Tin has kept steady throughout the week and closes at £160.2.6, 126 below list week’s quotation. Rubber is reported weak and 6Jd in London and 24 cents locally. The latest development in the Rubber world is an American proposal for the formation of562 words
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Article561 1922-08-29 1085 HELP FOR THE HOME. Last Night’s Enterialnment. In aid of the Chinese Labourers’ Unemployment Fund the Chinese Amateur Dramatic I arty last night staged a grand bangsawan play entitled “The Comedy of Br. Khu-Khi or Bhalok-Wal-Phalool” at the Kean Ann Theatrical Hall, a very large and appreciative561 words
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Article410 1922-08-29 1085 Qvarter of j For a lad to havA m j «250,- 00 by his was 19 is a most am 1 he but the fact is vouched Macqnisten, K. C°’ MP. J Mr F 4 Committee in ten stated that he kZ \fh the head of large410 words
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Article92 1922-08-29 1085 fn ’s DAIL! A. A. Anthony 4 Co. s Augast 26. Share Market Quiet Rubbers Neglected. in Tins —Despite the remain unprice of the metal, q aotat 8 mg 28/ 29,6. changed in most case* cenU, B. Pad TFfi/6 Hitams W Chendenangs 5 64J/6, tg .95 cents, $102.;,92 words
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Article877 1922-08-29 1086 maiaya-s deputation. to Achieve Success. -ratifying io find our views on ‘p Singly important matter of the fhiton 0/ the MalayaP Deputation as expressed in articles on the ?'/°L’lBth instant, endoised in toto Singapore contemporary tde l ree l, s which learns, as we did, with «iacuon that877 words
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Article259 1922-08-29 1086 —TOM. Accused Convicted. The further hearing of the charge of criminal breach of trust against Mr. Hugh Thorne, Solicitor, Taiping, was continued at the Ipoh Assizes, on Tuesday before Mr. Justice Watson. A good part of the morning w’as taken up by the evidence of the accused.—TOM. - 259 words
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Article1087 1922-08-29 1086 ANNUAL MEETING. The twelfth annual general meeting of shareholders of Kedah Rubber Comp<mj, Ltd., was held in the Registered Office of the company, 33, Beach Street, yesterday, there being present the Hon. Mr. D. A. M. Brown, m.l.c. (in the Chair), Docto: C. F. Nicholas,1,087 words
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Article649 1922-08-29 1087 Mlle. Suzanne Lenglen - FOR THE DEBUTANTE (By Mlle. Suzanne Lenglen). “Every English girl will soon be able to play lawn tennis.’’ Perhaps that is rather an exaggeration, but it is the phrase that remains with me after a conversation the other day. And as I journeyed up in the train and649 words
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Article326 1922-08-29 1087 —Malay Mail. THE AMERICAN SCHEME, British Growers’ Decision (From Our Own Corretpondent.) Kuala Lumpur, August 26. Ihe Colombo correspondent of the Malay Mail reports that the Daily Mail (according to a Times of Ceylon London cable) states that the official representatives of the British Rubber Growers’ Association have—Malay Mail. - 326 words
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Article1386 1922-08-29 1088 n recently we have espec 0“’” 8 lOW t'he“ columns tbe great conn i, in British Malay» to cultt 2* tra ivations. For the last mu« 3>o dt« tb country has pinned alloc nbbsr-wilh the result ths,hto or another there has s.m. iWlr® ““i.-tion. It is1,386 words
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Article766 1922-08-29 1088 On th» 15th M.»roh 1920 the Si > •eh Navigation Company of [XS XXI Offieera- GuiH thnt hey would abide ty the award to 1« given io an arbitration then pendn. at Lngkong between certcompaoicß cm cue side a Coast Officers’ Guild and the Marine Engineers’ Guild766 words
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Article488 1922-08-29 1089 The colonial auxiliary long service medal granted to Gunner Hugh Gilmour, S S V Force, Mr B W. Allen, Assistant Superintendent ’of Police, and Inspector Livingtone left for Singapore on Saturday. Mr. B. 8. Walton, Assistant Superintendent of Government Monopolies, left for Port Swettenham on Saturday and488 words
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1148 1922-08-29 1089 Last week some excellent performances were given by the Chinese Amateur Dramatic Party (Baba Bangsawam at the Kean Aun Theatre, in Drury Lane. The worthy object of the Party’s efforts was the benefit of the Penang Chinese Labourer’s Unemployment Fund. On Saturday night there was1,148 words
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Article819 1922-08-29 1090 P.C.C. <• P COTTA S XL of the cricket season in C. C and the .re concerned was played on Xrnoon when the premier friary D’Cotta’s team, which Clib met fnA taking into consideration ns» P 0^ 0 had to be selected at factt T t a bad been819 words
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328 1922-08-29 1090 Motor Cycle Leaps for Life. A remarkable occurrence was witnessed by a number of persons in the Join tong Road at about 10.30 m Saturday morning. A garg of coolies was working on road repair and had excavated a shallow ditch about 4 feet and328 words
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Article380 1922-08-29 1090 Burglar in the Bedroom. 343 Dato Kramat Road, the residence of Mr. J. D. Noligan, was the scene of a lively episode between half past ona and two o clock on Saturday morning. Mr. Neligan s sister, Mrs. F. Jeremiah, was asleep in her380 words
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Article144 1922-08-29 1090 It ain’t a smile exactly—yet it’s brimmin’ full of joy, An’ meltin’ into sunshine when she ben la above her b Or girl when it’s a sleepin’, with its dreams told in its face; She smooths its hair an’ pets it as she lifts it to its144 words
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Article75 1922-08-29 1090 A bogey competition will he held on Saturday and Sunday next, September 2nd and 3rd. The competition is arranged with a view to assisting the British Red Cross Society and the order of St. John. The prize has been put up by the joint Societies and in75 words
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Article571 1922-08-29 1091 a iney it T.O.M. NO MONEY AND NO TRADE. Lifd in the loneliest British possession, Tristan da Cunha, the South Atlantic island, 1,600 miles from Cape Town, is the theme of an interesting message to the Daily News from the plucky missionary, the Key. Henrya iney it T.O.M. - 571 words
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Article635 1922-08-29 1091 ANTS THAT CAN KILL GIANT ANIMALS. Remarkable stories of ants are tMd by Mr. William Beebe in bis book, The Edge of the Jungle. Mr. Beebe who visited this country some years ago in search of material for his monograph on the Pheasants is not only an accomplished635 words
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Article246 1922-08-29 1091 Penang was held i u th, r << Thursday afternoon, O 5« Messrs. J. g. jy e king Pedlow. Arlhar *»d 71 246 atoTramat ft the landlord, who ft ttu paying the night soil* them to pay the «ft IwLtoa Bo«d to uocide who was to pa/thX""246 words
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Article89 1922-08-29 1091 C IBINET-MAKING. Retrocehhion of Port Arthub and Dairen. G-tir f Corr a» pondent.) Singapore, August 28, Shanghai cables state that the Canton paper money bn- risen to seventy General Wu iM-fu recommend, S Hung-yi for the I’rsmierehip in the C Dr ntt San Y-rt-mil says that Chm’> greatest89 words
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Article75 1922-08-29 1091 Bibulous Bibbins, his lfe j 0 y n g Would steal to bed in his stock, g A dressing of Ro -ipv P a,./.™ How well he evaded the I dpß Aec-rding to the JoorD D t baV D!? ft' the Soviet the’ ,< nlate» used W P75 words
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Article549 1922-08-29 1092 Penang Scores. •x'SSsx."terday atve Competitions beof the local Volun- Force including Province Wellesr Competitors evinced great inSe.t in the proceedings from beginning "’The object of these competitions, is to ra „e rifle shooting in the Comid and they are open to any Corps m be Service. Regular or549 words
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Article577 1922-08-29 1092 PENANG v. SELANGOR. Widespread Interest in the Issue. Ipoh, August 26. The replay between Penang and Selangor to decide who should represent the Northern Settlement against Singapore in the final of the Malaya Cup Competition (Selangor and Penang each having had a win and a draw to577 words
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Article328 1922-08-29 1092 PUBLIC APPEAL. Flood and Famine Relief Fund. Following is the text of an appeal just issued: Dear Sir —A terrific typhoon swept mercilessly over the port of Swatow, in China, on the 10th of August, 1922, and practically destroyed the whole city and many towns in the vicinity.328 words
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