The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 25 December 1923
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Title Section20 1923-12-25 1 The Straits Echo. MAIL EDITION. $lB PER ANNUM Single Copy 40 eta VOL. 21. PENANG TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25.1925 NO. 5120 words
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Advertisement263 1923-12-25 1 CONTENTS I Leaders: Miscellaneous. (Continued) i I Germany and the Allies 1501 Venereal Disease J 515 Exceptional Legislation 1505 1 he Holidays o With and Without Restriction 1511 Opening of Hill Railway I Horrible and Urgent ...1517 Medical Practitioner, and EsUU. 5U I Our Most Urgent Problem 1521 Singapore News263 words
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Advertisement190 1923-12-25 2 ...I" <C THE I STRAITS ECHO I dK g MAIL EDITION.- yjK Bq V Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the B da,iy issues, as well as all important news from various parts190 words
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Article1005 1923-12-25 1501 liiuo unci suavity iiate never ueeu among utu inure pioiiounceu xeubomv cnaim lertsiius, unu il is eviuent unit uiu mbiiiui caian iruuilion aini linger > m me W iliieiinsirassc, lor, as tue cum»* point out, inc course 01 me negotiation»» oetween raris and Berlin is haruly1,005 words
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Article494 1923-12-25 1501 Mr. E Gi»by, assistant ir. hiu*ct, 1 ..D., Al S 1» due back from b'*me leave by the P. A U. s s. More» As Mr 8. t. Keynes is shortly going on leave Air. J A. Marlow has taken over the Honorary Secretaryship of the Riding494 words
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Advertisement30 1923-12-25 1501 Che straits Echo. PUBLISHED DAILY. MAIL EDITION Containing the news of the week prior to departure of Mails for Europe fhe Criterion Press, Limited nuaun oiieui, i cuanu. f o30 words
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Article1169 1923-12-25 1502 Public Opinion Our Ipoh contemporary, premising that it has been spending; the week-end in (jiving considerable thought to the subject of publ’c opinion in Malaya, follows with a couple of columns which reveal how far that thought has been diverted. When we find that Mr. Talalla is cited1,169 words
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Article1120 1923-12-25 1502 CHIN DENG CO., LTD. OFFERS for PURCH.C considered 486 Sett meeting o f the .k of Chin Seng C o, Ltd 'll «.ra. to <h y t 41 p? Penang. f OP L p 4 < tender» fov the p n P roh U a* a going concern if ik1,120 words
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Article2472 1923-12-25 1503 PROGRESS IN NORTH MANCHURIA M e have received a couv of the report on the North Manchurian Plague 1 revention Service, for th e current year presented to His Excellency the M Foreign Affairs, Peking, a? u Lien Teh, Director and Chief Medical Officer, at Harbin. It bears2,472 words
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Article1695 1923-12-25 1505 Sir J. W. Murison, Attorney-General uf the olony, doubtless has his strong |K>ints, butexcept perhaps when he is assisted by Mr. G. G. Seththe drafting of legislation is not among them, nor does He altogether shine as the spokesman oi the Government when that legislation has to be1,695 words
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Article1068 1923-12-25 1506 The Naval Base Political changes may be imminent in the United Kingdom, but it is fairly safe to assume that the Singapore Naval base will be proceeded with. Far from the scheme being dead”, as was suggested a few days ago, there is every indication that adverse criticism,1,068 words
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Article1130 1923-12-25 1506 KH °O THEAN TEK’S estate Au K Eb Ili.eom, U ASK Coart, 6 Pena b™°ora ffi," a W '«stice P. J S prPnlf G. 8. Carver of Messrs n Burkiushaw, Singapore M ihe defendants. Briefly’ the 01 n which the present trastee 0 ik. estate settlement of the1,130 words
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Article193 1923-12-25 1507 MONDAY, DECEMBER 17 The Hon. the Governor’, Deputy (Sir Frcdenck James.) H. E. Major Genera] Sir Neill Malcolm (General Officer Commanding the Troops), the Hon. the Attorney Genera] (Sir J. W. Murison). ihe Hon. the Treasure: (Mr. A. M. Pountney). The Hon. the Colonial Engineer (Mr. J. H193 words
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5213 1923-12-25 1507 Free Press. Divided Unofficial Voti The Attorney General moved the first reading of the Criminal Law Amendment Bill, which he described as a very important bill, the object of which was to tighten up the law in regard to thoee crimes of violence which haveFree Press. - 5,213 words
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267 1923-12-25 1510 The Challenge Cup A successful Rifle Shooting Competition under the auspices of the Ex-Ser-vices Association of Alalaya was held at Ayer Itam Range, Penang, on Sunday, December 1(5. There were nine entries in all and the winner, Mr. W. W. Woodstack, is to be congratulated on267 words
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Article197 1923-12-25 1510 Lieut. Col. Spenceir, Commandant, S.S.V. Force, writes:It may interest ;your readers to know 7 that the Interport Shield for rifle shooting will be competed for in May, 1924. The competition is open to teams from Shanghai, Hongkong, Singapore and Penang. Teams consist of 12 men, the ten197 words
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Article421 1923-12-25 1510 IPOH’S PROGRESS Although 1 polls now quoted at 175., are more than double the figure they stood at when they were suggested as a lock up speculation in Truth about iilteen months ago they still look one oi the most attractive purchases in the tin market, says421 words
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Article831 1923-12-25 1511 Prior to the introduction of the Stevenson Scneme, rubber restriction was regarded in many quarters as a dubious expedient. Scores oi producers, merchants, and others honestly believed that it was economically unsound and would fail to justify Government intervention. it must be acknowledged that they were831 words
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Article273 1923-12-25 1511 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo.) Dear Sir, I here are many property owners in the Straits who are wondering when Government are going to repeal the wartime measure and go back to the pre-war custom of refunding the Municipal Assessment on vacant premises. Both the273 words
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Article466 1923-12-25 1511 lit»- Rev. G. H. Douglas is due in Singapore by the Gleniffer about the 20th instant. Barrett, of the Taiping Gena Hospital, will shortly be going to B:.iu Gajah on transfer. Mr. L. Mann, formerly of the Penang Free School and resident in Java, is paying a visit to466 words
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Article1256 1923-12-25 1512 Thirty-Eight Years as Foreign Minister All the members of the Siamese Royal Family and Ministers of S f ate, members of the Diplomatic and Consular Corps were present at the cremation of the re> mains of Prince Devawongrse as a mark of respect, for a figure of national1,256 words
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Article76 1923-12-25 1512 Chee Tiah WAS this morning charged io the District Court at the instance of Messis. Adamson Gilfillan and Co Limited, with selling singlets with a counterfeit trade mark affixed thereto which closely resembled their Tree Brand Trade Mark, and with having in his possession singlets with76 words
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Article81 1923-12-25 1512 Weld Quay lesumed its normal aspect about 1 p.m. this afternoon, when the hand cart pullers and bullock-cart drivers who went on strike yesterday resumed work, Mr. A. W. B. Hamilton, Registrar of Vehicles, Penang, enquired into the men’s grievances and, it is understood, the Police traffic81 words
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Article279 1923-12-25 1512 Committee Meeting Yesterday As already reported, a meeting of the Prai Committee was held yesterday in the Governor’s office, Penang. The meeting which began in the morning lasted practically the whole day. The members in attendance were: The Hon Mr A B Voules, (in the chair,) Mr279 words
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Article1025 1923-12-25 1513 KHOO THEAN TEK’S ESTATE Compromise Effected Lease to be Cancelled As reported yesterday, an interesting action was started in the Supreme Court, Penang, bef re His Lordship Mr. Justice Sproule, in which Khoo Hian Kwee, the present sole trustee of the real estate settlement and of the will1,025 words
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Article208 1923-12-25 1513 His Excellency the Governor and Lady Guillemard, who have gone up the Hill for the Christmas and New Year Holidays will stay at Bel Retiro till about January 10. His Excellency is expected to come down on the 10th and will probably attend the second day’s races208 words
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Article1651 1923-12-25 1513 CREDITORS refuse compromise SCHEME An important step in the affairs of the branch of the Hanque Industry. <■ cde htne took place yesterday, say, Free Press of Wednesday, when a i'," R of the Singapore creditors of the bank was held at th- Chamber of Commerce1,651 words
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Article296 1923-12-25 1514 (To t| lC Editor of th e straits Echo.) > published m your issue Of Deeĕm ni may 1 ikW that the two schedules of the i.it ion supply hereunder stated are those actually supplied to Indian immi grants quarantined at Penang and Port b\\ ettenliam camps. Penang296 words
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Article185 1923-12-25 1514 A correspondent writes:At the Penang Hindu Sabha premises on Tuesday night, the festival of Stri Vaikumthayagatheycy was celebrated on a grand scale, the premises being elaborately decorated for the occasion according to the oriental fashion. A hinge number of the leading and prominent members of the Saliva,185 words
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Article446 1923-12-25 1515 training track, the 2±\-j Nor h X eS gnX ber f lp h d KuXlm: looking Tt and X? re a Apart, irom ltedl etuu s strlu X p t dtoe J ull inoX th* h UOt a J could be X are likely to be under their446 words
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Article141 1923-12-25 1515 fr/i" tC L Ce^ D oi oven| ber reaches .h instrJtA*™ l‘” S mornin 8- an<l as Articledl n“<" I teresti usual. Setn houruba a the Pan-Pacific fct IF"’’ Dd Terntc lU interest the general rea er en f Ur M er instal, e t he metaphoric141 words
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Article311 1923-12-25 1515 EEEMONiAL Opening 1 iie first Assizes for the New Year, fixed to commence on Tuesday, January 8, will be opened with due ceremonial His Lordship will attend a special service at St. George's, Penang, at which members of the bar and public will be present, and later311 words
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Article1348 1923-12-25 1515 THE COiuftii i i ut'S htPO/ir -D 1 .\LLL\g id A T.LA 1 lONS Secret Disease J. Hi scorCb tunes during h, past fifteen years. we iS. r h* J buesi have pointed m > th. h I responsibility which th Governs Ibis Colony incurs by its n1,348 words
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Article974 1923-12-25 1516 I that M.MI TEN STROKES FOR MORITZ STURMER lhe Dutch boy, Moritz Stunner, who had been before the Court on a charge of theft, was to-day sentenced to receive 10 strokes with a rotan. in connection with the above, Inspector Harwood charged to-day, Mr. J. C Weber ofI that M.M- I - 974 words
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Article937 1923-12-25 1517 Squeamish people are warned against reading this article lor in it we propose to deal perfectly frankly with a very horrible subject. If ever there was an occasion for plain speaking it is afforded by the publication, as a paper to be laid before the Legislative Council937 words
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Article162 1923-12-25 1517 The (.‘bartered Bank, Penang, has received a message from Singapore announcing that December 31 has been declared a public holiday Ihe Banks will therefore be closed In m Saturday afternoon to Wednesday morning. 'I Ins gives an additional public holiday, on the Monday. o The following passengers arrived162 words
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Article504 1923-12-25 1517 Mr- E C H. Wolff. Acting British Auv str, Kedah, was on a v sit to *mg to-day. .i ni t wires from eltevreden that dr. i itzmaurice has been provisionally (.gm&C'l and admitted as British n 1 i i Medair Liv G Stvi, t hin Police Ofi’a r,504 words
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Article1449 1923-12-25 1518 0 Si Sic Omnesl The Peking Government Gazetie, which used to be self-supp; rting on account of its large circulation, finds it difficult to carry on. It owes the Post Office alone $8,600 for postage. We can hardly imagine Mr. Threlfall allowing the Straits Echo to run up1,449 words
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Article145 1923-12-25 1518 Ford’s and The Fall in Values (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, December 21 At the annual general meeting of Wear »e Brothers, Mr. Theodore Wearne presiding, said the Chairman was absent in America i-iting the Ford factory in an endeavour to obtain a settlement of several questions, including145 words
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Article213 1923-12-25 1518 'J he Full Programme In connection with the official opening of the Hill Railway, to which reference was made yesterday, the following programme has been arranged > u i may be subject to slight alterations, limited number of guests, o all communities, will be invited an213 words
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Article555 1923-12-25 1519 Seventh Annual Velting The seventh annual geneial meeting of the shareholders of the Habrakol Syndicate, Limited, was held at neon to day at the registered offices Jf the Company, 9 Beach Street, Penang. Those present were Mr. F. N. Ch. Durege (Director) in the chair, Mr. J.555 words
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Article289 1923-12-25 1519 Ex. Having produced more tin ore and obtained a higher average price for Its output, Malayan Tin Dredging rel>oits a much better profit for the year ended last June than for 1921-2'the amount earned having been £36,467 againat only £3,089. Besides paying dividends of Is. per shareEx. - 289 words
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259 1923-12-25 1519 -8 T A correspondent, discussing the employment of Visiting Medical Practitioners for rubber estates criticises the present system, lie says the visit in many cases does not amount to much, since it is a cursory business,a glance at th® hospital, etc. The Government, in his opinion,-8 T - 259 words
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Article537 1923-12-25 1519 place m -TOM R AIL WA Y AND R\ C E fIO RS E S >oc 1 raffic Manager of the 1 Al S Railways notifies Mr. S. C. Vickers, ct of the 1 urf Club, <4 a spr m! c n esHon for horses to be sent; place m -TOM - 537 words
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Article1171 1923-12-25 1520 China Express. MALAYA AT WEMBLEY Malaya, a Sanscrit word meaning a range of hills, is the name which, in xaiiant derivative forms, has long attached to the mountainous spit of land protruding southward for some six hundred miles from Burma and Siam and forming, as it were,China Express. - 1,171 words
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Article437 1923-12-25 1520 Acts ot violence by Chinese criminal» in Singapore are now reported to occur with distressing frequency, and a series oi brutal murders recently took place within a tew days of each other. The outrages, it would appear, «re committed by gangs of criminals, who are said437 words
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Article1134 1923-12-25 1521 More than enough was said in yesterda\ s leading article to prove beyond contention that the greatest danger threatening this Colony is not any outside aggression, or the ruin of the rubber or the tin industry, but venereal disease nhieh is rapidly destroying its greatest and1,134 words
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Article137 1923-12-25 1521 The Hongkong creditors of the Ban. qne Industrielle dp Chine have agreed io the scheme of compromise. It was pointed out at a meeting at Hongkong on December I, that the alternative to the acceptance of the scheme might be thought to be to rely on137 words
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Article41 1923-12-25 1521 Special Trains for ths Holidays It is announced that a special train, Penang Hill Railway, will leave the k wer station at 7.30 and the upper Mation at 7.30 to-night, and on December 23, 24, 25 and 26.41 words
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Article80 1923-12-25 1521 Half-yearly Repoit and Dividend Our Sing-por. correspond»., t tel«gr«pha ns that ilia ba f yearly r»p rt uf the cirectors of the Straits TiaJing Company. liimiled Jews profits atnonnting to #1,231,712 for the half ye*r, which brings He amount available f i diatriTu'ion up to 81,712,320. The80 words
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185 1923-12-25 1521 When the s.s. Egra from Singapore arrived in Penang this morning the Detective Department, acting on instructions fr< m Singapore, went on board and am -E d Mr. C. N. W. Frcrick, a pa 1 ngi r, who was accompanied by his wife and four185 words
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Obituary51 1923-12-25 1521 FUNERAL NOTICE Ilic funeral ol .his, Khaw Soo Clieang beloved mother of Messrs. Khaw Sim Teik and Khaw Kim Cheng, will take place on Sunday, the 13th January, 1924, at 10 a.m. when her remains will removed from her residence No. 51, Maxwell Road, for interment at the llatu Gantong51 words
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Article518 1923-12-25 1522 Mr. J. C. M. Mathews, M.1.E.E., has been appointed Chief Electrical Engineer, P.W.D., F.M.S. Mr. R. M. Whiteside, who left for Home some years ago, has returned to Perak and is now on the staff of the Taiping Tin Dredging Co., Ltd., at Taiping. The Malayan Chronicle understands that518 words
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Article767 1923-12-25 1522 Trustees and Their Trust It is satisLctory to n te th it the aoliot between the trustees of the estate of Khoo Thean Tek has been settled but as very serious allegations of misappropriation of trust funds were made we do not think that the cause of Justice767 words
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Article442 1923-12-25 1522 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo.) Sir, As statements have appeared m the local press that Insulin rapidly loses its potency in the tropics we shall be glad if you will kindly give publicity to thi* following letter which appeared in the Chemist and Druggist of date 24th442 words
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Article1692 1923-12-25 1523 ELECTION OF MEMBER TO COUNCIL Another Special Meeting A special general meeting of members o f the Penang Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday afternoon at 2.30 p.m.. in connection with the election of it member of the Chamber to the Legislative Council and the rules governing1,692 words
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Article1328 1923-12-25 1524 H IT. Wilson in the Daily Mail Year J ook - SINGAPORE DOCK PROJECT The Opposition Case (By H IT. Wilson in the Daily Mail Year J ook) The Admiralty’s announcement in the Navy Estimates of 1923 of a decision to develop a naval at Singapore with two graving docks and a dockyard, at a total cost of1,328 words
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Article516 1923-12-25 1524 in commenting upon the report of Hie Committee on Tuberculosis on the dh ult. we pointed out the utmost importance of this report in regard io the health of Singapore. Over crowding, squalor, filth and lack of fresh air were mentioned as predisposmg causes ol tuberculosis. R516 words
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Article457 1923-12-25 1525 ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH’S ENTERPRISE Mr. Bolton Investigating We (Malay Mail) have received confirmation from private sources of the Reuter telegram the other day, concerning the near prospect of approval by the 'l’rcasury of the application of the Malayan Tin Dredging Co., Ltd., for a guarantee. it i>457 words
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Article269 1923-12-25 1525 SOLD FOR $lOO,OOO NET lhe adjourned general meeting of shareholders of the Chin Seng Motor Was held at 41 Farquhar Street, lenang, at 11 a .m. to-day. As is mown, the meeting was postponed m order to give Mr. Cheah HeeNyan m opportunity of making a269 words
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Article239 1923-12-25 1525 BATTLING KEY GOING TO AUSTRALIA Contrary to the reports which were abroad a few days ago with regard to Battling Key’s retirement from tin* ring, we now understand, says the Free Press, that Key has decided otherwise. He has signed the agreement to proceed to Australia and has also239 words
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Article213 1923-12-25 1525 programme being arranged In connection with the arrival of the British Light Cruiser Squadron at Penang on February- 4, an Executive Committee has already been formed and, an will be seen from an advertisement in our columns, they are calling a meeting for the 27th, to draw213 words
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Article282 1923-12-25 1525 Major-General Sir William Rycroft, Governor of North Borneo, in a preface to his administration report for 1922, states:Taking over th» Governorship in November, I was able by the end of the year to visit a portion of the East Coast Residency and to pay a flying282 words
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Article584 1923-12-25 1526 Judgment Reversed on Appeal On November 26, the case of Ismay v. Batavia and. General Plantations Trust, Limited, came before the Court of Appeal, consisting of Lords Justices Bankes, Warrington and Mr. Justice Lush, upon the appeal of the defendants from tne judgment of Mr.584 words
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Article195 1923-12-25 1526 T.O.M. The body of a Tanjong Rambutan Chinese who died in an Tpoh dying-house was exhumed the other day by the Police. From what can be gathered it would appear that the deceased had a tooth extracted by a wayside dentist on the 6th instant, a littleT.O.M. - 195 words
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Article297 1923-12-25 1526 Turfites no doubt read with considerable interest the list of horses expected in Penang for the January meeting on the Bth, 10th and 12. Going through the lost obtained from Mr. S. C. Vickers, keen racing people will have discovered much tea is of interest. Amongst the horses297 words
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Article507 1923-12-25 1526 lhe fourth annual general meeting Ore Shareholders of Bukit Ibu (Bandar lin, Limited, was held at the liLitt Office of the Company. Nm 1 cnan 8- on Tuesday, DeJXr Present: Mr. Lnn Seng Hooi (in Lie Chair), Major L. Vaughan, Messrs. H. Wei ham, Lnn507 words
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Article1317 1923-12-25 1527 ANTHONY CO.’S SHARE LIST Nan» Company. RUBBER—DOLLAR SHARES, Cfo. ctjj Allenby Rubber Co., Ltd. 1171 001 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate, Ltd. 115 5 bnAmalgainated Malay Estates, Ltd 1'75 2 (r Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate Ltd ll'oo 12 on Ayer Kuning Rubber Estate, Ltd.. 045 nss Ayer Molek Rubber Co., Ltd.1,317 words
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Article223 1923-12-25 1527 Tongkah Harbour, from 9fh to 15th Dpnembor (being one week), 14 tons. Rmpihon, for the first half of I) cumber, 50 piculp. Stopped thirteen daye overhaul. Kampong Kamunting, for the half month of December, (two dredge») hour* run 509, cubic ya'ds treated *****, total nirulH 539.90, nett value223 words
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Advertisement234 1923-12-25 1527 translation. n 1 hl I n DEiiSioXEi’ undsrtukca to trans H. Ihh fate Chim so and vice verea \l*o Chinese accounts >nt > English. J bees according to the foil wmg scale: (1) For translation for insertion in the Straits Echo” or the Pf.nanc Sin Poe or to be printed234 words
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