The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 10 October 1922

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  • 20 1 The Straits Echo. MAIL EDITION. •SO PER ANNUM Single Copy ets. I m. PENANG, lUESIAY, OCTOBIR 10TH. 1922 NO. 41
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    • 285 1 c pwy.M T s J• i MItCILLAIItI*: (Cnfi'*u*J): Treaties in the Melting-pot 1236 Income Tax 1241 P«>poeal 1254 Swatow Relief Fund 1242 A 1269 "Pacing Faets ...£258 “Married Women’s Lives oat United Malaya 1262 East »> 1243 Business and Race Prejudice 1262 Preservation 1243 India and the Empire 1266 Future
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    • 189 2 Sz tmb S* I “STRAITS ECHO” MAIL EDITION. «\f VT? ‘tfif -II *K vfih Published the day prior to the departure ef each mail far Europe, *V %/T and contains the latest local and States news originally published In the qt TV? daily issues, as well as all important news
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  • 1064 1236 —Cathedral paper. Heater has a perverse way every m and then of sending along just when the Straits Echo is going to press at three o’clock in the afternoon a cable dirpotly contradictin'? those received earlier in the day upon which a long«ufferißg leader-writer has
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  • 530 1236 Mr. A. E. Holmes Brown, of Kuala Lumpur, is paying Penang a short visit. Nfr. Ng Hon-tsz has been appointed an unofficial member of the Hongkong Legislative Council. Mr. F. K. Dickson, of the Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd., is leaving for Kuala Lurapttr this afternoon. V isoouut
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    • 30 1236 siraiis tcbo PUBLISHED DAILY. mail EDITION cttlD mg the news of the week prior to depwtwe of Med. for Europe. PUBLISHING OFFICE: [be Criterion Press. Limited, 59, Beach Street, Penang.
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  • 1257 1237 An Example. Hongkong, we see, is now open to Germans and other former alien enemies.” Is not about time we abolished the restrictions upon their entry which still exist in Malaya P It is, of course, impossible to stop them trading through neutral or even British agents, and
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  • 1851 1237 Interesting Facts r. 1 It was in the devastating l9lO a bolt from the bl ae lit cau *W the deaths and defy mg the eff or t 8 of n 000 people acd his staff of seedily the e pid^i C c ’“PpU it 1911 the
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  • 221 1238 A Chinese Lady’s Will The last case which occupied the Fnll Court of Appeal at Ipoh last week was pVu i^rX 11 left T SppBSr tbat ba Wy reason bri for a a U Chta a hat tb Waa O a Chinese to cut a son
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  • 237 1238 B Gov. vb. Selangor Chinese. In addition to taking down a team a a z Luru P ur to shoot in the Warren Shield Competition, "B” Company, renang Volunteers, also took a football team which met tbe Selangor Chinese Rjoreation Club on the lattars’ ground on Sand iy evening.
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  • 2363 1239 PROOF OF CONFIDENCE. Extensive Building Operations. That members of the community possessing important interests in this part of the Colony have unbounded confidence in the future of this Settlement is clearly indicated by the large sums invested in land and house-property during the last two years and being,
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  • 716 1240 W'e suggested the other day, says the Malay a Tribune, that when, in Hongkong Sir Laurence Guillemard took part ?n die- 1 cushions on matters of mutual interest i to that Colony and the Strait’ one of the subjects brought under review was probably Council
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  • 256 1240 ALLEGED ILLEGAL GRATIFICATION. Interpreter Acquitted. The hearing was resumed io the istrict Gouri, yesterday afternoon, before Mr. E. E. Colman, of the casein which Md. Yahya, a Malay interpreter in the Chief Police Office, Penang, was charged with accepting an illegal gratification of >2 from one Cheah Tbean
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  • 89 1240 UNITED TRADERS’ REPORT. Yesterday. To-jay. Huyt-rs Seller,. Buyers, S< Ilers. Mining. Johan Tins 0.40 0.45 0.42| N. Taipings 0.80 0.85 0.82 j 0.85 Nawng Pets 1.25 1.30 ).27| D32| R. Hydraulics 15.215 15.75 15.50 16.00 S. Taipings 085 0 87| 0.90 General. r M. Collieries 14.00 14 25
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  • 538 1241 UNSATISFACTORY REPLY. Allegations Admitted. frwm 0«f Own Cwptnietl.) Singapore, October 2. With regard to the Hongkong Tele* graph’s allegations regarding Dr. San Yat Sen’s conspiracy for an alliance between China, Germany and Russia, Dr. Sun Yat Sen, according to a Hongkong wire of October 2, admits
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  • 1061 1241 There is no need bo continue wondering why the people of Singapore should have held a meeting to denounce the Income Tax. They have been reading the Fourth Chapter of the Second Book of “Penguin Island,” which is as follows “Bulloch, my son,” said old Mael, “we ought
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  • 1674 1242 jjHCSAWAnTeRFORMANCES[Contributed.) in the history of Penang we have r .< heard of an innovation as that of Penang Chinese Nonius going on As this was the first occasion t |jer made such a debut in public, nat’jilly great enthusiasm prevailed unong the Chinese community here so auc
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  • 665 1243 (The Editor the Malay Mail) i ’Much is written—much ia a a id about the empty and artificial lives of the Women who live in the East. It always surprise* me. I consider a worpan*a life in the East so full. I The ordinary married
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  • 668 1243 A few days ago we (Free Press) published an interesting and exhaustive article from Mr. Theodore Hubback, himself a big game shooter of note and thoroughly interested in and acquainted with the operations of game preservation societies all over the world, urging that steps should be taken to
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  • 335 1243 Go where one will in political or journalistic circles, says the Westminster Gazette, the topic of the future of the Times will crop up in conversation. The > decision of the Courts upon the various 1 wills which Lord Nortncliffe left will have to be known
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  • 16073 1244 gUBJECT OF STUDY Am Papsi. th <* inclemency of 2“Liher about fifty members and tj, at the Chinese Mer- Club on Tuesday night, Sep--26 to listen to most gLri,, end exceedingly informative "Co-operation a» a subject for X in Malaya” read by Mr. A. rJafeh. Superintendent of
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  • 1960 1252 CLAIM BY MASTER AND CREW. Judgment for Plaintiffs. Judgment was delivered by Mr. Justice Whitley in the Supreme Court, on Thursday last, in the suit in which Captain M. Nakamura, of the Japanese steamer Kenkom Maru, No. 5 for hims< If and officers and crew of the
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  • 1649 1254 The Democratic Party of New York State has done two sensible things it has tamed down the candidature of Mr. W. R. Hearst, yellowest of yellow journalists, for the Governorship and it has adopted as a plank in its political platform an amendment of the Prohibition laws
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  • 234 1254 domestic occurrence. FUNERAL notice. Tb e funeral of the late Mr. Gan I Rea JP > Will fcake P laoe on fiSday tto 15th October 1922 > at in 3D a. m. when fche remains of the J w ;ii bo removed from his St No. 3, Light Street, for
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  • 974 1255 On October 4, 1874, Mr. J. W. W- Birch was appointed the first British Resident of Perak. Mr. H. R. Bull, second magistrate, Singapore, goes home by the P. and 0« steamer Macedonia to-day-Mr. John Laycock, of Messrs. Braddell Bros., has left hospital and is proceeding on
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  • 1124 1255 Harrow_on i» 1571 “an founder of onof p uilfi «<it public schools. Harrow small beginnings a. n, > s* r **l iron ter, English schools. ’Ths was opened to scholars in long time study was limited .u to the classics whTje ttl sons of neighbouring f aS w’?
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  • 1186 1256 “A TRYING YEAR.” The Adviser’s Report. Mr. H. W. Thomson’s Report on the administration of the State of Kelantan for the year 1921, dated May 22 of the current year, is an interesting document. We make the following extracts His Highness the Raja Kelantan (as he was
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  • 540 1257 CHAMPIONSHIP CHALLENGE ROUND. Thbelfall Defeated. Great interest centered in the challenge round of the Penang Cricket Club Tennis championship between W. EL Threlfall (Holder) and R. N. Hamilton (challenger), which was played off yesterday evening in ideal weather before a large number of members of
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  • 569 1257 —M.T. SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS CONFIRMED. An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Eastern Shipping Co., Ltd., was held at the Registered Office of the Company, No. 63, Beach Street, Penang, yesterday afternoon, for the* purpose of receiving a report of the proceedings of the previous extraordinary
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  • 82 1257 Reports of "L. Thursday night J"***? «t Times of effant and theita Jltbj eyeot that, a 8 the result the custody pending full Police and the reau S’!?". 1 tt. inquest. ot Conae,, It appears, from the rennrt. v reached us, that ths decS another person had a
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  • 214 1257 l-S.F.P- Pesakc Dealers Prices, The following are the latest tai mrbi Favo6 Z Burma. Ist Qual. (Moulmein) 9.60 36 2nd 3rd No Stock Rangoon Ist Quality 9.65 35 2nd No Stock Pulote Ist quality 11.50 42 Siam. Ist Quality 15.50 54 2nd 15.00 52 3rd 14.50 50 Local.
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  • 1195 1258 Rankers are practical people and Mr. Lamont is a figure of outstanding L •Lnre in the American banking world, 5 'L Co. since 1911, and a director f the Guaranty Trust Co., the First Kitional Bank, and also of the Westinghouse and many other industrial com- iel o
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  • 524 1258 Dr J. Gossip leaves for Renong on Saturday for a short visit. Mr. H.W. Wylie, of Nova Scotia, Teluk Anson, is on a visit to Penang. Mr. W.W. Kelly was the only passenger com Penang to London by the City of rlorenee which left on Tuesday. The
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  • 1205 1259 The Local Born. Thus the Hon. Mr. F. S. James in October 1917: Assistance must come from the properly com- petent class of Eurasians and Chinese. In the i Colony from which he came it was impossible I to carry on the work without the assistance of a
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  • 233 1259 hinese Lady’s Will The hearing of th* r to whoWp the deceased lady gnhm tbv a S pe la t the adopted son hi adopted before the h vin deceased with hi B S& of was not the father the deceased l a^v 80n of
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  • 276 1259 A Chinese sundry goods dealer, Wong Chak Chong, 63 New Bridge Road, Singapore, pleaded guilty before Mr. Dawson, in the Police Court there on Monday, to illegally using the trade mark of the Nestle and Anglo-Swiss Milk Company. Inspector Sheedy told the Magistrate that 43
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  • 367 1260 I'l Pft vs the Free Press, the Japanese bv actual resalts that there are Cbleir»” re deposits in Johore, people t rather to scout the idea and the fi fXrv mysterious paragraphs which prehW d in the papers to the effect •PP 64 shipments were being taken
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  • 306 1260 Says the Malay Mail,: Cavendish has been lecturing on CorenortoA 11 T a^a^a at Penang and was duly the B reat length in several issues of publish papers We hope that he will re- be kent f 6 rep ort in P a mphlet form which can
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  • 176 1260 the Times of Ceylon says f State JwaitssK lowest possible level of works of development, by raising money on loan and transerring to loan account the cost of all works properly so chargeable and by overhauling the Treasury system. Fortunately in Ceylon the finance Committee close a
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  • 345 1260 Ihe health statistics for the Municipality of George Town for the week ending September 30, 1922, give a total of 71 deaths—4B males and 23 females, the death rate being 29.39 per mille per annum compared with 26.70 in the preceding week and with 23.73 in the corresponding
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  • 595 1260 FIXING OF CASES. V lO caBfl s mentioned during the fixing of oases in the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court was that of Mr. F C Peck against Mr. J. A. Russell, j. A. Col S lieiies an Ltd COmPaDy th Mala an Formal application was made
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  • 63 1261 RECRUITING GENERALLY RESUMED. Recruiting baa been resumed generally in Madras Presidency except in the following Taluks which are still closed to recruiting owing to prevalence of disease Districts. Taluks. Coimbatore All taluks. Salem All taluks under the Emigration Agent, Madras, and Superintendent, Emigration Depot, Negapatam. Malabar Ernad and
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  • 41 1261 A Big Haul. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 4. A Hongkong wire of October 3 states that armed men robbed two Chinese of 129,000 in Prince’s Building in the centre of the city in broad daylight. 0:
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  • 370 1261 The Frontier Incident. The questions arising out of the Kedah frontier incident were (says the Bangkok Times) amicably settled in a matter satisfactory to Siam away back in May, leaving only the amount of the compensation to be paid to the family of Nai Prom still under
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  • 54 1261 BANK'S STRONG ROOM BURGLED. (From Our Own Corretpondent.) Singapore, October 5. Over $350,000 was stolen from the safe in the strong room of the Banque de L’lndo-Chine in Singapore last night. When tbe strong room was opened this morning all was intact till the safe was opened,
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  • 63 1261 Ladies’ Monthly Medal. The following are the four best returns in the Ladies’ Monthly Medal Competition played on October 3rd and 4th :—Mrs. F. Robinson 1 up (winner', Mrs. Samuel all square (qualifies), Mrs. Powell all square (qualifies), Mrs. Whitley 2 down. An informal dance will be
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  • 376 1261 Malayan Deputation's Return (From Our Own Corretpondent.) Kuala Lumpur, October 5. The Malayan Deputation to India in connection with the new Indian Emigration Act, comprising Messrs. E. W. F. Gilman, B. N. T. Cummins and P- K. Nambyar, has returned from Simla. A communique will be issued shortly
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  • 531 1261 raiue -Free for I s® remain an Wj I The expenditure wl I revenue $28,713, the returw M lowing a decrease I oept one, P ayah Leb M beilt I used. In view of the I gapore and Penang as suitahi I statmna, the little use made
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  • 1423 1262 Oar Kuala Lumpur contemporary X kL-mther “en passant perhaps— Tonite a number of important matters Pleading article which we reproduce 1 nave 8 of this issue. That article and temperately what i^webelieve, the general opinion in the FM.S.; nevertheless, some of its Larks appear to us to ca
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  • 553 1262 Since the institution of the Municipal Fire Brigade in Penang under its present energetic Superintendent the insurance companies doing business here have had a vei V prosperous time. Taking the Brigade Lpo its covering the years from 1917 to 1921 we find that the total sum
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  • 61 1263 Education Officer’s Sad Death. {From, Our Own Correspondent.') Kuala Lumpur, October 6. The death is announced of Mr. Arthur Julius Weller, Chief Inspector of Schools, S. 8. and F. M. S., which occurred yesterday evening from a revolver shot supposed to be self-inflicted in his bungalow at Petaling
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  • 163 1263 CABS AND TYRES. Reduction Announced. (From Our Own Corretpondenl.) Kuala Lumpur, October 5 The corresp indent of the Malay Mail in Colombo says that a cable to the Ceylon Observer states th it the Dunlop and Michelin Companies have reduced their prices by twenty-five per cent
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  • 462 1263 Bishop Perrichon is due in Ipoh on Sunday. Mrs. A. W. Maxwell has left for Home.—M.MMr. E C. H. Wolff, acting Director of Education, has gone to Kuala Lumpur from Perak. Mr. C. 8. Richardson has resumed the honorary secretaryship of the Singapore Nursing Home. Major P,
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  • 1168 1263 A Fateful Date"7 w 7wi. One and thirty L,, '*'«Ms. Stewart Parnel/ dJ” Probably be thought the t B, W for he had a Bnd a*, month of October waX th duMter, He told a trie L to the conventional queshon ?r’ lUfc,Ww ’<>». but I am suS"/
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  • 786 1264 THE SINGAPORE ACCIDENT. What is “Dangerous Play?” The recent unfortunate accident on the radang in Singapore continues to form the subject of comment there. The morning paper says in its Sporting Notes: Serious football accidents here are of such infrequent occurrence that the unfortunate incident of the Middlesex
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  • 453 1264 A correspondent writes: In the Council in 1914 Sir Arthur Young, the then G vernor, m his annual address said that probably the greatest educational weakness of the Colony was the com pa r»tive lack of interest in female education shown by the Straits Chinese and the Malays.
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  • 828 1265 NOT TOO LATE. There are still plenty of chances in Malaya for constructive statesmanship. ’Dealing first with territorial «natters, we (Malay Mail) have often wondered why some arrangement has not been 'fnade between the Colony, Perak and Kedah, whereby the Bindings and Pulau Pankor could be
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  • 285 1265 (To the Editor of the Malay Mail.) Sir, —Your article on the above subject is one of great interest to the average European in the F.M.S. The question of a hill school is undoubtedly of the first importance to married people. Given a suitable hill station an average
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  • 433 1265 7 ETON S« U d.finiuiy I, ‘hey are lucrative eno gh u Korth B l ■Merchant, who haa the fi.u the moment, must, beatir hil the shining hour to such an hen the Teuton does be sure, to make all kinds we sacrifices to get his nIJ c
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  • 53 1265 jewellery ALSO MISSING. The Police Baffled. (From Our Own Correiponiont Singspore, About $5,000 worth <J also found to be missing r 0 tion safe in the Banque de lmw fgr The police are by the mystery ntf to" be!D effected into the <■ which the 1350,000 and
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  • 1751 1266 Beater’® cable of yesterday stating the Akali movement in India is Miaming a revolutionary character kw unpleasant reading. It certainly gooes a shock after the recent message to the effect that the internal situation was niit, and it is particularly disquieting t 0 loarn that the
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  • 443 1267 Mestrs. E. E. Chambers, W. S. Goldie and John McNeill have been spending part of their leave yachting on the coast of Scotland. A Reuter’s cable announces the death in Paris of Marquis Several, ex-Portuguese Minister in London. He was a close fsiend of the late King
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  • 108 1267 BUSINESS RACIAL PREJUDICE. [To the Editor of the Strain Echo.} Sir, I am at one with you in your comment on the rates charged by the local insurance companies in your leading article of yesterday under the caption “Business and Race Prejudice.” As many leading natives have already taken up
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  • 690 1267 The League of Nations. The Assembly of the League of Nations has concluded its session, and it is satisfactory to know that the most vigorous and progressive supporters of the League are satisfied with its work for the year. It is true that several important European States are
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  • 431 1267 DITCH PLANTER'S VIEW. Combination Urged, (/row Our Own Correspondent,) Kuala Lumpur, October 6. Lbe correspondent of the Malay Mail in Colombo says that a cable to the Ceylon Observer says that Heer Shriek®, a fa), ing planter of Bandoeng, who has been visiting Malaya on behalf of
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  • 570 1268 warrant withdrawn. jcpgb Cbit |CISES Magistrate. (fnm O'* O'™ Kuala Lumpur, October 7. the Supreme Court yesterday afterJuMr.Shearn applied for a withdrawal “Sthe iniunction obtained by hie Chinese i tor iiaio’t Major W. S. Hurley on f grouS that the information contained Jtbe affidavit was false.
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  • 492 1268 ACCUSED’S EVIDENCE. The hearing of the charges against Mr. C. B. Ort, sole proprietor of Messrs. Latham and Co., of cheating Messrs. Simbee and Co., in regard to supply by them of a thousand cases of pine-apples for transhipment under a contract signed in March, was continued
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  • 46 1268 UNITED TRADERS’ REPORT. Yesterday. To-day. Buyers Sellers. Buyers. Sellers. Mining. Johan Tins 0.37| 0.42| N. Taipings 0 82} 0.87, 0.85 0.87, Nawng Pets 1.27} 1-32, 1.~ P. Plandoks 0.42} 047 j 0 37} 0.4.4 T. Harbour. ?00 3.25 9.25 950 13.75 U.OO 13.50 13.75
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  • 605 1268 fi LEAN CO.’» WEEKLY REPORT. Penang, October 6. -he jump in tin in the beginning of the week to £165.12 6 was followed by a reactionary tendency, and the metal, closing 25/- below best, shows an advanw £2.5.0 over the period under review. Rubber closing at Bjd. has
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  • 326 1269 Further Details. The following from the Straits Times of Thursday somewhat amplifies oar special cables from Singapore One of the biggest robberies that has ever taken place in the heart sf this city occurred during the course of last night, when the Banque de I’lndo Chine was
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  • 312 1269 S.C.C.’s Narrow Victory. After establishing a lead of two goals in the first half the B.C.C. only just sneoeeded in defeating the SC.F.A.I. on the Singapore Padang on Wednesday evening in the semi-final of the Singapore Football Cup, thus qualifying to meet the Middlesex in the final.
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  • 621 1269 I't, Jt -MM. THE POST OFFICE REPLY. (From The Free Press Correspondent). London, September 6. Some time ago the Singapore Free Press published a leading article dealing wth delays in the mail service to Singapore. I brought the criticisms to the notice of the Post Office from whom
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  • 138 1269 b-—Ex. Deo,s,on &U. Cot w Uie decision of 5. Appeal in the Court eused person is a J 1 1 W ica preliminary enquiry nounced here in the fn,J judgments covering nearh written pages. or ty type S>r L. Woodward, C j r ‘«am judgment, covering traverses
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  • 345 1269 Previously acknowledged •12,673.25. Col lected by Mr. Lim Seng Hooi: Mr. Lim Cheng Teik $2OO, Mr. Lim Chin Gum |2G. Collected by Netherlands Triding Scciety: Mr. Tan Kay Chong, Mr. M. B. Patel, Mr. Sin Thean Kang and Mr. Ee Lee Koh 110 each, G Subscribers ($5
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  • 1586 1270 Although the public is anxiously I awaiting some tangible evidence of the I Government’s intention to introduce far- I reaching economies in the administra- I tion of the Colony, we cannot find much I to bear out this hope in the Supply Bill I for 1923 shortly
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  • 1005 1271 A Reuter’s cable announces the d eath of Miss Marie Lloyd. V '-"UN The Rev. Mr. Harens has reeovered from his reoent attack of fever. Miss Pearce, who arrived from home by the s.s. Ekma yesterday, proceeded to Malacca by train this morning. Mr. F. C. Gregson,
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  • 630 1271 A Great Artist. sonoun», de “l> W, Xu ß T? a L »»<ion MJ'S fi.R. Sims, -SieV the hansom cab-bit l her popularity to the last she must have been Poblw for at least fort, J* Her audaoity, and even ganty, were redeemed by mother wit and an
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  • 347 1272 A A Anthony 4 Co.’s Daily Rkpom. Penang, October 9. Share Market z-Firm. Rubbers;—The volume of enquiry in this section is steadily increasing, but up to the present only a small business has been transacted, holders being inclined to wait for better prices. Buyers Kuala Bidims SI4O, Sungei
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  • 381 1272 COMPLEXITIES OF THE CASE. There are, says the Singapore morning paper of Saturday, referring to the robbery at the Banque de ITudo-Ohine, several strange features about the which is not rendered the more easy of elucidation by reason of the fact that an outside and an inside
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  • 197 1272 Messrs. Guthrie <4 Co., Ltd-, Singapore, in their weekly report issued on Friday, 6th instant., state All Markets are active and advancing, due, probably, to seasonal activity of the Trade stimulated by optimistic Restriction rumour?. For the Auction on Wednesday the quantity catalogued was 737 tons. Demand
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  • 542 1272 ENTERTAINED BY PENANG INSPECTORS. At the Masonic Hall, Northam Read, on Saturday night, the Inspectors of tbe I enang Police Force took tbe opportunity of his presence in Penang to entertain the Hon. Capt. A. R. Chancellor, to a farewell dinner as in all probablity this will
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  • 606 1273 -W.G. (To Me Editor of the Malay Mail.) A. B. Milne in publioly addressing the R. S A- invites criticisms of his letter* His -request for a representative to go thoroughly into the question of overhead charges, organization, co-operation, eto. is welcome, but it is
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  • 404 1273 A SUCCESSFUL MEETING. (From a Correspondent-) Taiping, October 8. Favoured with fine weather the gymkhana held under the auspices of the Taiping Gymkhana Club proved an unqualified success and reflects great credit on the Committee and officials responsible, especially Mr. W. B. Stevens, the Hon. Secretary. Appended
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  • 48 1273 Thu sum of $5O has been collected by Mr. Gnoh Chin Goon, Assistant-Master, fiom the ’staff of King Edward VII School, Taiping, in aid of the Swatow Famine and Flood Relief Fund. Penang, and ha*, accordingly remitted it to Thoe Lok Phoe the Hcfi Treasurer.
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  • 495 1273 Si" the late Mr. A. J. W X r tor of Schools S.S. and j- u*» sad death was recorded in our h’,^ 0 6 The service was conducted b, S.T' A- I. Strugnell of Serembau. C- G. Coleman, N. Granik q Becket Small
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  • 861 1274 -Free Press. IBRAHIM THE IRREPRESSIBLEBy Dale Collins. s.s. Speejacks, Singapore. Men call him “His Serene High- but there is nothing serene about Sir ’ibrahim, Sultan of Johore, the most interesting character in the Straits. He i s a huge bull of a man, h e curses jik
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  • 284 1274 (To the Editor of the Free Press.) Dear Sir,—ln a week’s time embargo justly laid on Germans entering the Colony, except with special permission, will be removed and the Huns will be with us again. The Ex-Services Association of Malaya should show its strength and
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  • 533 1274 DINNER BY CAR. Something akin to consternation is seizing the Hylam fraternity in Seremban through the sporting enterprise of a local Japanese restaurant keeper. Thii cute person has conceived the novel idea of supplying European residents, 3 times daily, with the conventional 5 course meals wo have all
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