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Title Section22 1923-04-24 1 The Straits Echo. MAIL EDITION. ftao PER AAM H Single Copy 60 cts VOL. 21 PENANG, WESDAY, APRIL 24TH, 1923 NO. 1622 words
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Advertisement266 1923-04-24 1 CONTENTS Leader. Miscellaneous: (Continued): Home Truths 441 Chinese Servants 447 Primrose Day 453 Re.ident of Perak’s Wedding 454 Paradise and Politics 457 HeaHh 486 Physicaian. Heal Thyself' ...461 Aboriginalities 467 he B kn Merah P. 0. Fares 459 Kedah Branch E. S. A. M. 459 l aw 4 Suicides in266 words
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Advertisement185 1923-04-24 2 T, THE “STRAITS ECHO” W MAIL EDITION. J 5? ■■^■WGQCOOOO— I Sfc Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, Mb and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the vS daily issues, as well as all important news from various parts of185 words
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Article1152 1923-04-24 441 Sir Laurence Guillemard, with his usual combination of candour and urbanity told the good people of bingaporc some'wholesome home truths at the annual dinner of the Straits Settlement. Association on Saturday. Once again, His .Excellency declared that the welcomed criticism, and of that the veriest glutton in the1,152 words
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Article65 1923-04-24 441 turf club lottery case To be Tried by Kuala Lumpur Magistrate (■brom Our Own Corraroimdeni) To morrow’s lottery extraordinary Tp. h A ZZI e°ute y k' ,d the Le 7' wife cute the names of several counsel are M the°r d 1 B a .PP' ,srin t? tor65 words
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Article38 1923-04-24 441 m Pared with the quotation of £1 17» fid 8 a .u OW 61 10 for B P f an<i £l.J7e. 6d. for three mon'hs having, the respective pr lo es being £214 and £2.4.7.6.38 words
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Article38 1923-04-24 441 l«^H tb th e X"eption of the rise of Jd to vc a’ ,n Ln ndon quotation, as cabled Sin™' 1 ''s’’ 5 h T 6 Ch nge eitl,er in the Singapore or local prices38 words
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Article294 1923-04-24 441 The attention of the Malaria Advisory s teell drawn *'i a paper by Mr. N. Maxwell on the above ru* ject. The Board has agreed with the Director of Government Laboratories that “the subject 18 one of great public interest and importance, and it would be294 words
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Article1805 1923-04-24 442 >tn -MM he Prophetic Touch Mr. Kam».»my" Macdonald >• a effort on the p*rt oUne of the Echo torswbiqh will, do doubt, be differently appreciated in different Ruarters. Wanbir Baldwin's Budget, introduced yesterday iu the House of Commons, is in nowise sectional, but an examp> e of sound>tn -MM - 1,805 words
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Article541 1923-04-24 443 Dr Prosper 't. L. Liston left for Home by the s.s. Belle.opbon on bnnday. In the final of the Tennis < ioD h ?P Peiie of the Singapore Cncket Club D H. Eman and Utemark beat Sinclair and Dean 6-2) 6-2. Benter cables from Paris that Princess541 words
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Article664 1923-04-24 443 WELCOMING OUR FOREIGN GUESTS First Impressions of Penang “My boy,” says W. S. Gilbert m one of his happiest efforts You may take it from me, if yon wish in this world to advance, you must stir it and stump it and blow your own trumpet, or trust664 words
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Article531 1923-04-24 443 INNER HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN SPLIT The R. G. A. delegates to the Rubber Association of America have told us that when th»>y left the United States on February 10 an overwhelming majority of the members of the Araeican association not only approved the Stevenson restriction scheme, bat531 words
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Article687 1923-04-24 444 annual general meeting The fifteenth annual geneial meeting of the Kuala Sidim Rubber Co., Ltd., was held at the registered office of tne Company, No. 1, Weld Quay, Penang, on Saturday, April 14, Mr. G. N. Saye (Chairman of the Company) presiding. A representative of the Secretaries687 words
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Article530 1923-04-24 444 THE CLUNY CRIME We take from the Straits limes of Saturday t hese further details: “In our account, yesterday, of the brutal crime that occurred near the Cluny Railway Station during the early hours of yesterday morning, we omitt(d to mention that, in addition to A.S 1’ Mr.530 words
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Article951 1923-04-24 444 _Vue 1 —tree Press. Ihe parson may do what i 8 raak h on the part of the sexton. We note that special carriages are now attached fo mail trains for the accommodation of J? highly placed officials. His Excelled acting was severely criticised for travel ling in_Vue 1 •—tree Press. - 951 words
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1869 1923-04-24 445 REVIVAL OF PENANG BRANCH Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Whyte, PJ, 0 presided over a fairly large nt- B nCe ex erv *co men of Penang at the Penan| ed fnv y es tcrday evening eonvenPpnon purpose of reviving the Bra ch of the Ex-Services AsStevln? p° f1,869 words
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Article470 1923-04-24 446 kidnapped boys and girls Victims Hoarded for Humaq Sacrifice Rangoon, March 15. lhe report on the efforts made by the Government to suppress slavery and human sacrifice in the Naga Hills shows, according to Mr. Clayton, who was recently Commissioner on the North-Eastern frontier of Burma, that470 words
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Article95 1923-04-24 446 Reduction of Capital (From Our Own C'orresponderd.} x Si ‘pare, April 20. At an extraordinary general m etiog o f Jeram Kuantan Rubber, Ltd., Mr Chew Wood Poh presiding, it Wa| decided to reduce the capital from 500,000 dollar shares to 500 000 50 cent shares in order95 words
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Article65 1923-04-24 446 f From Our Own Correipondent) Kuala Lumpur, April 20. The provisional committee of the Selangor Boxing Association met and decided to call a general meeting to go ahead with the formation of a Stats organisation to control both amateur and professional boxing and run a gymnasium, etc.65 words
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Article316 1923-04-24 446 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, April 20. A cable from Hongkong states that the Kwangsi forces have been repulsed in the fighting at Canton and that the conflict h is been removed f’oni the city, Forty-one stalwart Indians from the province of the Punjab were sworn in as316 words
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Article1131 1923-04-24 447 correspondent who signs himself euphoniously Mustnpha Nosqueeze writes US From to what S I see in your paper, it seems to n that you do not regard the Hylam boy as bad fellow by any manner of means I have had many years' experience of China in roy1,131 words
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Article24 1923-04-24 447 Tin is down £2. 55. for spot and £2 7 for th»eo months buying, the respective prices beinit £211.15 and £212.24 words
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Article23 1923-04-24 447 Th ere wfll be an informal dance in the Club Hon^e’on Saturday, the 21st inft, from 7 to F pm.23 words
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Article1063 1923-04-24 447 A Bridge Query “Cambridge” writes to ask if A can claim any penalty in the following ease: Z deals and calls “One No Trump.” Ail pass. B leads, which is, of course, out of turn. Z puts his hand down, and A says “Z should play the hand,”1,063 words
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Article168 1923-04-24 448 According to yesterday’s cable from London, the price of rubber there fell to Is. 4|d- At Singapore today both grades are quoted at 54J cents —a drop of 1 cents. Locally both grades are at 51 cents a pound. :o: Inter-Ocean —-which is Sluyter’s Monthly” under a168 words
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Article1097 1923-04-24 448 The Malacca Assizes commenced on Monday with the Chief Justice, Sir Walter Shaw, presiding. Mr. G. W. A. Trimmer, of the Singapore Harbour Board, who was in Penang on inspection duty, and Mrs. Trimmer returned to the Southern settlement yesterday by the Klang. Amongst promotions and transfers1,097 words
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Article588 1923-04-24 449 A NEW RECORD The Rotterdam Loyd steamer Tabanau w ß t made a record journey between Java and Holland. Tne ship sailed on Marah 10 from Batavia and arrived, on April 6 in Rotterdam, five days before her goheduled time. Atcheen In view of the discussions now588 words
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Article464 1923-04-24 449 AFTER MANY DAYS THE TWELFTH ANNIVERSARY Another Old Penang Murder In the Police Ceurt this morning, Lim Hok Choon, charged with the murder of Lok Chong, in Penang on April 18,1911, was brought before Mr. Bathurst and remanded in custody till next Wednesday. The deceased was assaulted in464 words
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Article95 1923-04-24 449 The local police, assisted by the Johore police, have arrested three men in Kota Tinggi in connection with tbe murder of a Boyanese which was committed in Lloyd Road a few days ago. On Saturday morning, Inspector Meredith of the Orchard road division, applied before Mr. Ahearne in95 words
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Article631 1923-04-24 449 TURF CLUB LOTTERY CASE (From Our Own CorregDcndent.) Ipoh, April 18, In the Magistrate’s Court, here, this morning, before Mr. Bircom, who had come from Kuala Lumpur to try it, the lottery prosecution was proceeded with. The Hon Mr. W. S. Gibson, Legal Adviser to the F.M S.631 words
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Article70 1923-04-24 450 WU PEI FU’S MOVE Dr. San’s Stout Resistance (Xrom Owr Own Correspondent-) Singapore, April lo.w A telegram from Hongkong states that Aho Kwangsi attack in Canton is eB to oust Dr Bun Yat Sen from Canton. Tne Yu.inaneae are strongly resisting and l/htiug is still proceeding. The70 words
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Article209 1923-04-24 450 two accused remanded in custody, biej Press. Two persons apparently closely connected with the murder of John La Salle, at his residence in Bukit Timah on Briday morning, have been arrested by Mr. Mitchell, A.8.P., and were produced before Mr. Ahearne in the Second Police <’ourt od Saturdaytwo accused remanded in custody, biej Press. - 209 words
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Article263 1923-04-24 450 (To the Editor of the Malay Mail) Dear Sir, With reference to the publication in your “Day by Day” column of 11th instant in regard to the 00-operati nof th* Chinese Chamber ef Commerce in connection with the firing of crackers during Chinese New Year, I263 words
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Article1095 1923-04-24 450 GOVERNOR 017 PUBLIC MATTERS A Flow ot Oratory The second annual dinner of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) «X h ion was held at the Singapore,Club Saturday night, says Monday s Straits Tinies. The President of the Association. Mr. Dudley Parsons presided over a large attendance w t1,095 words
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Article983 1923-04-24 453 A primrose by a river s brim, a vellow primrose was to him, And it was nothing more. slDgs Wordsworth, in Peter Bell, and Clines have been applied to the great whose name will be for ever asso- ted With the pretty wild flower which Xered the countryside983 words
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Article141 1923-04-24 453 The ninth annual general meeting of the shareholders of Malayan Collieries, Limited, will be held at the company’s registered office in Kuala Lumpur on Fri’ay week at noon. The present directors are Messrs. J. A. Russell (Chairman), P. Brash, Chew Kam Chuan, A. L. Henggeler and A. Grant141 words
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Article56 1923-04-24 453 After remaining in the vicinity of Is. 4d. for 8' me time the London price fe 1 yesterday to Is. 3|d, a drop of |d, with the ma> ket very weak. In Smgapo r e the price is 54 cents a pound and, locally both grades are56 words
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Article26 1923-04-24 453 Tin is down £2. 10b for spot and £2.58 f o r three months buying, the respective price* being £209.5« and £209. 15«.26 words
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Article593 1923-04-24 453 (To the Editor of the Strait» Echo Sir, Having read the article which appeared in your paper of the 16th instant headed “Football Fracas in Penang. Dato Kramat, A Bear Garden. Disgraceful Scenes,” I feel duty bound to ask you to insert the following in your593 words
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Article763 1923-04-24 454 —M.M. Dr. Noel L. Clarke is expeoted to arrive in Singapore by the Haruna Mara, which is da® ins few days* The Hon. Mr* Yeoh Goan Seok is leaving this evening for Singapore, where he will attend the meeting of the Legislative Council on Monday. Mr. B.—M.M. - 763 words
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Article319 1923-04-24 454 The marriage* of Colonel Cecil William Chase Parr, 0<B.B„ British Resident of Peral;, and Mice Gladys Adele Stafford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Louis Staffords of Tniping, was solemnized at St, George’s Churcn, Penang, at 10,30 this morning. The service, which was conducted by the Colonial319 words
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Article1751 1923-04-24 454 In the Legislative Council There 9 plenty of materiel i n tt agenda for an interesting meetin™ Legislative Council on g M Bof The Straits Chinese, not only ,/p_ ang but throughout the Peninsula Ju be anxious to read the official ,Lr evoked by Mr. Yeoh Guan Seok’s1,751 words
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Article301 1923-04-24 455 NEXT MONDAY’S MEETING ORDERS OF THE DAY (brom Our Own Correanondeni.') T Singapore, April 18. Ihe following are the Orders of the f Legi9 atiTO Questions wu tb Hon Mr. Lowther Kemp:— (I Present position recording the establishment of an institute for rubber research in Malaya By the301 words
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Article328 1923-04-24 455 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo.' Dear Sir, In one of your Random Notes about a fortnight ago you undertook to publish a list of text books used in the Vllth Standard in the different schools in Penang with prices charged for them. No such328 words
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Article94 1923-04-24 456 The health statistics for the Municipality of George Town for the week ending April 14, 1923, give a total of 62 deaths —441 males and 19 females the death rate being 25.19 per mille per annum compared with 24.38 in the preceding week and with 26.91 in the94 words
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Article93 1923-04-24 456 The Chinese man and woman arrest d in connection with the murder of John La Halle at his residence in Adam Road off Bukit Timah Road, Singapore, early on Friday morning last, were again produced before Mr. Ahearne, Second Magistrate, on Monday, at the instance of Inspector93 words
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Article70 1923-04-24 456 Inspector Meredith of Orchard Road Station, Singapore, produced the three Malays who were arrested in connection with the murder of a Boyanese in Lloyd Road, recently, before Mr. Ahearne, Second Magistrate, on Monday. The accut-ed wtre remarried. A Teochew was /mod $lOO by Mr. Gourlay in Singapore on70 words
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Article122 1923-04-24 456 VERY HEAVY CASUALTIES Kwangsi Troops in Retreat (From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, April 19. A cable from Hongkong reports that the Yunnan troops have gained the advantage in the Canton fighting an the Kwangsi forces have retreated from the city. The casualties on both sides were very heavy.122 words
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Article84 1923-04-24 456 TRANSFER OF COUPONS Important Legal Decision From Our Own Correwonirent.) Singapore, April 19, In the Supreme Court yesterday Mr. Justice Barrett-Lennard held that the t r ansfer of rubber coupons under the Restriction Ordinance is not illegal and gave judgment in favour of Mr. George Moßieen in bis84 words
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Article276 1923-04-24 456 (From Our Own Correipondent.) Singapore, April 19. P.esiding at the annual general meeting of Tebak Tinfields, Ltd the Hon. Mr. Lowther Kemp said that had completed the survey of the 30,030 acres allowed them by the Trenzganu Government. All the issued capital had been t ient on276 words
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Article608 1923-04-24 456 ?_Ex. The Singapore and Malayan Directs, for 1923, published by Fraser and Neave' of Singapore, reaches us this mornin? In congratulating the publishers upon ths forty-fourth anniversary of the appearance of this indispensable volume, we mav observe that in every way, but one, ever? day, it becomes?_Ex. - 608 words
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Article1773 1923-04-24 457 How many a Colonial Governor from t 0 Peru must envy the lot of Sir Uurence Guillemard. All the elements g o to make up that quiet time which the elderly administrator 10 ~r e his. The revenues of his s g are so elastic that they1,773 words
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Article1099 1923-04-24 458 —M.T. Mr. T. A. Melville, Accountant, Posts and Telegraphs, has arrived m Kuala Lumpur from home leave with his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Stainfield, of Whiteaway’s, Kuala Lumpur, are leaving for Europe by the City of Poona early in May on leave. Mr. P. A. Anthony, General—M.T. - 1,099 words
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Article679 1923-04-24 458 An Echo of Saturday Last In the Police Court this momi nn k t Mr. Bathurst Abdul Razar, having voluntarily caused grievous hart to Basha bin Mohamed Ghouse it s o clock on Saturday afternoon kt th. junction of Johore and Anson Roads remanded until Wednesday next He679 words
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Article421 1923-04-24 459 "A” Company vs. “B” Company There was a fair gathering on the Fsolanade yesterday evening to witness the fixture between “A” and “B” Companies in the Inter-Company Football c which resulted in favour of “B” Company by two goals to nil. Mr. H. R. Cheeseman officiated as referee421 words
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Article109 1923-04-24 459 P. O. FARES Welcome Reductions thHrZ?’ AdamBon Gilfillan and Co., Ltd., 0. S N r ge k t8 lnforra us that the P and lion in ave made a welcome reducPenau? mdon from from £lO4 to foFf b a VS bee modation uri r to f or A accomT? t109 words
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Article826 1923-04-24 459 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo.) Sir, In reading Dr. Merican’s criticism of The Straits Echo’s report of the disgraceful scenes at Dato Kramat (Bear) Gardens on Saturday and Sunday last, I am reminded of the story of the little Mile-end guttersnipes who were discussing826 words
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Article75 1923-04-24 459 At a well attended meeting of Kedah Ex-Servicemen held at Sungei Patani, last Saturday, the following office-bearers weie elected Chairman, Mr. W.R. Sanguinetti; Hon. Secretary, Mr. W. Laurie; Hon. Treasurer, Mr. S. H. Duff; Members of Committee, Dr. Smart, Messrs. Pearce, Barron, Sinclair, Brunton, B. Symes, and75 words
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Article281 1923-04-24 459 Broken-Hearted At six o’clock this morning, there was considerable excitement in McAlister Lane, where a crowd had collected to discuss the conduct of a young Chinese woman who had just committed suicide by cutting her throat in her bathroom. The police were communicated with, and removed the281 words
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Article1839 1923-04-24 460 Cause and Effect The investigations carried oat every three month, in the Departments of France and every month in Pans, by the General Statistics Service, show that in the past six month, the cost of living has increased by 25 per cent. The reason is not far to1,839 words
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Article1506 1923-04-24 461 Bv a slip of his tongue, the learned i President of the Court of Appeal at Ipch, I lD delivering judgment in favour of an appellant, announced that the appeal /as dismissed but, after a few words j ffiore concluded by stating that the ap- peal was1,506 words
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Article251 1923-04-24 461 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo Dear Sir, In a Reuter’s telegram in your issue of last nitrht we are informed that a Liverpool delegate to the Association of British Chambers of Commerce stated that “France s army in the Ruhr was costing £5,000,010 a month,251 words
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Article59 1923-04-24 461 On page 8 of this issue will be found a full report of the House of I ords’ judgement in the case of the Duff Development Company ai d the Government of Kelantan, We think the readers of the Strairs Echo will regard this as a complete59 words
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Article586 1923-04-24 462 Mr. E. D. Kibble, Executive Engineer, P. W. D., F. M. 8., is returning from home leave by the s.s. Delta. Vicomte R. de Bondy, of Pahang, has been elected a member of the General Committee of the Malayan Agn-Horti-cultural Association. The Secretary of the Old Frees586 words
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Article1139 1923-04-24 462 Newspapers and the Post Newspaper proprietors have the bad habit of posting their publications with such flimsy wrappers that the addresses are lost, or mutilated, in transit. The slips, too, bearing the addresses, which in many cases are stuck on to the wrapper are printed on inferior paper1,139 words
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Article470 1923-04-24 463 (fo the Editor of the Straits Times.) %blio opinion” is growing so we are u bv His Excellency the Governor at he Straits Settlements Association dinner. If tbis is so, might I enquire of His K,,pllenov was the community concerned „‘r conmlted at »11 before he appointed th.470 words
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Article54 1923-04-24 463 Big Battle Pending fFrom Our Own CorretDondeni A Singapore, April 21. Run Yaf 8 s°°? Hongkon? states that P r ov-<1 o' n 8 tr “ps have hitherto cX. otonous in ‘»>e fighting at 'ootroi' S of h th t e N B in,raineut for the 0154 words
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Article24 1923-04-24 463 is down ai three months k ur B P°t as well as for hsieg £207.15 w.d £2OS J reBpective P ric6924 words
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Article556 1923-04-24 463 —B.T. PENANG EURASIAN COMPANY’S DANCE A Successful Function There was a large attendance at the Drill Hall last night, the occasion being a dance given by the Eurasian Company of the Penang Volunteer infantry. Under the able direction of Second Lieutenant J. W. B. Ogle the Drill—B.T. - 556 words
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Article349 1923-04-24 463 SINGAPORE A NAVAL BASE In planning the development of naval facilities at Singapore at an estimate cost of £11,009,000 the Government has obviously had in view the defence of British interests in the Pacific, and particularly the safety of Australia and New Zealand, writes the N. and M.349 words
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Article233 1923-04-24 463 Hampshire v. Hampshire and Cooke In the Probate and Divorce Division of the High Court of Justice in London Mr. Arthur Knowlton Ernest Hampshire, produce merchant, of Buckingham Palace Mansions, petitioned for divorce from his wife, Nora Eliza, on the ground of her adultery with Charles233 words
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Article812 1923-04-24 464 LEAN A CO.’f WEEKLY REPORT Thursday evening. Tin, since the announcement of the proposed gradual dissolution of the Pool, has shown .distinct signs of weakness and, closing at £209.15.0 for 3 m s, has declined £9.15,0. hot bow far the loss is due to the change in the812 words
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Article408 1923-04-24 464 Our lady readers will be pleased to hear that we have obtained particulars of the dresses worn at the marriage of Miss Stafford to the British Resident of Perak, in Penang, on Thursday last, reported in the Echo of that day. The bride wore a white satin408 words
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Article3043 1923-04-24 464 ARBITRATOR’S AWARD UPHELD In the House of Lords on March 22 present the Lord Chancellor (the Ri«hi Hon. Viscount Cave’), the Right Hon Lord Shaw of Dunfermline, the Right Hon. Lord Sumner, the Right Hon. Lord Parmoor, and the Right Hon. Lord Wrenbury (but not3,043 words
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Article1146 1923-04-24 466 S.T. We print to-day, says the Straits Times of Thursday, a letter signed G.B. and the writer will not object to us saying that he is a highly intelligent and capable Chinese British subject. He resents, as w e fear a great many like him do, the smug assumptionsS.T. - 1,146 words
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Article1105 1923-04-24 467 v a Mahomed Noor, who sent us 1 ter on Friday last regardmg the Xnces at Dato Kramat Gardens, is Secretary o£ the Mohamedan Football tS an old Free School boy and a clerk in one of the Government offices. We have no desire to re-open the controversy regarding1,105 words
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Article1385 1923-04-24 467 St. George for Merrie England Bonfires in France lam forthwith to make lo keep our great St. George’s feast withal says the Regent Bedford, in Shaketpeare’s Henry W, on receiving the news of disasters in France. April 23 and St. S i feast come r °tmd again in1,385 words
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Article81 1923-04-24 468 (From Our Own Corrcwonden/.) Ipoh, April 23. The oricket match between Tapih and a Combined Ipoh and Taiping eleven yesterday produced an exciting finish, the combined team winning on the stroke of six by one run. The visitors made 143, the Captain, P. 8. Williams scoring 64,81 words
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Article40 1923-04-24 468 Sun Yat-Sen’s Success (From Our Own Corretnondeni Singapore, April 23, A cable from Hongkong states that Dr Sun Yat Sen’s forces have captured Huntak. The Kwangsi troops are still retreating. Another decisive battle is expected at Yingtak.40 words
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Article18 1923-04-24 468 There is no change in the rubber market, but the tone in London is weak.18 words
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Article149 1923-04-24 468 Locally and in Singapore tin is up 371 cents to 05 26. :o:—— The Selangor Amateurs staged a bright cabaret performance to a large audience at the Town Hall on Stturday night, telegraphs our correspondent in the Federal Capital. :oW e hear that Mr. H. G. Sarwar149 words
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Article411 1923-04-24 468 successful ai;n lLl a With the assistance of some well v* local talent, the Chinese Company Tn? Penang Volunteer Infantry gave a oessful variety entertainment at th* Hall on Saturday night under tL patronage of the Hon. the Resident Cow cillor, the Hon. Mr. Justice P J Lieut.-Col.411 words
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Article153 1923-04-24 468 A further development, says the Times of Saturday, has taken p connection with the recent brutal m of the late Mr. La Salle, in Adam off Bukit Timah Road. Yesterday, wm Mr. Mitchell, with some detectives, driving along Bukit Timah Road noticed a young man shading153 words
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Article1505 1923-04-24 469 Mr. G. C. G. Muller is appointed Collector of Land Revenue and Registrar of Deeds, Penang. Mr. G. A. Smith is appointed a Deputy Controller of Labour, and Mr. A. Gilmour gn Assistant Controller of Labour. Mr. Loke Chow Thye was recently elected Chairman of the Kuala1,505 words
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Article1269 1923-04-24 470 GENERAL MEETING 3he seventh ordinary general meeting of the Parit Perak Rubber Company, Ltd., was held at the registered office of the Company, 33, Beach Street, at noon on Saturday. Dr. C. F. Nicholas presided. The others present were Messrs. E. Reimann, J. R. Gordon, C. Trim1,269 words
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Article510 1923-04-24 470 j oc al authorities, aavs SL» day’s Free Press, have Xbm”' I Cbin-se m coinejtiou with,? recent murder in Calcutta 9tl Th!" Wai BtabW »o death’ The accused man was produced before Mr Gourlay in the To,rd Polioe Court Fnday and remanded. The affair appA H„l c nne510 words
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Article2662 1923-04-24 471 SLIGHT but pleasant linp ressions of Penang and Singapore From Messrs. Macmillan A Co. comes of ‘'lnto The East: Notes on 1 K ~nd Malava” by liichard Curie, iuth*a preface by Joseph Conrad. Lins pleasant little volume ol some 220 Les but very slight, not to say2,662 words
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Article226 1923-04-24 472 Deli Estates and Their Owners The Chamber of Commerce of Medan has recently been compiling statistics regarding the nationality of owners o estates in Deli. The following particulars speak well for British enterprise. The areas planted are given m hectares the yield in kilogrammes. Rubber. Planted. In226 words
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Article396 1923-04-24 472 The following appear in the F.M.S. Government Gazette of April 20: Mr. W. Peel to be British Adviser, Kedah; Mr. R. A. Boardman to be Secretary to the Sanitary Board, K. Lumpur; Mr N. Grice to be a Supernumerary Officer of Class V, Malayan Civil Service; certain Passed396 words
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Article297 1923-04-24 472 Mr. C. W. H. Cochrane, Acting Under-Secretary to the Government of the F.M.S., has forwarded a copy of the following official memorandum of the (piantity of rubber which has passed the Customs at the various stations on forged coupons and the number of replacements made of forged coupons,297 words
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Article1413 1923-04-24 473 .•CHINA'S MOST PROMINENT MAN An Interesting Sketch lr Thus. J. McMahon, K-11-G-S., the following to the Sydney "‘chrnf to-diy <* nation in chaos l, a nation of the grandest commerial possibilities, but in the main it is given up to turmoil and commercial siucrgishness Once the greatest1,413 words
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Article680 1923-04-24 473 BENEFIT FUND First Annual Report The Committee of the Straits and F.M.S. Subordinate Civil Service Benefit Fund in submitting their first Annual Report on the working of the Fund for the year ending February 28, 1923, observe as follows: Formation The Benefit Fund was formed to fill680 words
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Article996 1923-04-24 474 LAST TUESDAY’S MEETING Official Report A meeting of the Indian Immigration Committee was held at Penang on Tuesday, April 17. There were present: the Acting Controller of Labour, Mr. E. W. F. Gilman (Chairman), the Principal Medical Officer, Dr. R. Dowden, the Acting Director of Public Works,996 words
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