The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 3 November 1925

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  • 21 1168 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. >lB PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CENTS tOL 23 IT.- PENANG: NOVEMBER 3, 1925 NO. 44
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  • Page 1168 Advertisements
    • 366 1168 contents M fij LEADERS MISCELLANEOUS: (Continued) M 8 mi T i t- x Bituminous Roadways in Malaya IIS7 U 3j Labour Factor 70 The Tioe'ee Q leetioii ...1187 h,b t,on St. George’s Church 119) &mt B r-\ 6 1 Tj” 0 •i Ire? Girl Guides Movement IlhO H H C?*
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  • Page 1169 Advertisements
    • 186 1169 > THB SJ STRAITS ECHO I MAIL EDITION. j ■um— s>——— Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, SC and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the ML daily issues, as well as all important news from various parts of the
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  • 907 1170 lu one of his despatches to the Financial Innes, Air. E. L Killick includes a few brief references to the labour problem in Malaya. He says that the consensus of opinion among the planting community appears to be that from 8U to 85 per cent, of the
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  • 26 1170 182 Europeans arrived in the Colony and 1, 21 departed. The tot d mgre di nationalities was 35,141 egre-.s 27,028.
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  • 84 1170 in the Police Court this morning, ln-p>. ’.oi Lons charged two h i.e-e v. ;th g mmling in Rojie Walk y*~terday. Om of the a' -u->‘d «aid he w ;.-s a ri -ha puli-,» and wa« waiting to be paid. If th' Inspector wanted
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  • 400 1170 H mnyfrr. i, w.. be sorry to A K A A < 1 1] ■h, Lis ii ito go into Jbutu i 11 H< -pit H,. m inion i* nut serious.— 1 .U.M. li> Highness lunku Mahmud, C.M <>., of hv lah, who ha» been on a
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  • 131 1170 Mr U .1. And»j-on, Mr 1. .4 Bon Mr. N Chi. stuns» Li, Rt 1. L L>n.,n, M.: li' .'isoii. All*!. L. L 'Uiie.. .111 E M Hobson, Mr and Mr A Hor- > rn, Air. ami
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  • Page 1170 Advertisements
    • 28 1170 Cix Strolls tebo PUBLISHED DAILY MAIL EDITION Containing the news of the week prior m departure of Mails for Europe The Criterion Press, Limited, 59, Beach Street, Penang
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  • 1005 1171 Protests Meetings of Sanitary Boards in the F.M.S. have a liveliness of late which was not often very noticeable a few years ago. In the case of the Kuala Lumpur Bjird, the public—with the exception of those directly interested in the business transacted—paid little attention to the reports
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  • 39 1171 Addressing the Loudon Diocesan Conference, the Bishop of London said he proposed next year to visit Korea, to attend the consecration of the Cathedral; then go on to Kobe, Singapore, and Colombo.
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  • 44 1171 Magistrate, Seremban, and Mrs. Mather have gone to Fraser’s Hill for a short holiday. During the former’s absence Mr. H. T. W. Oswell is officiating as magistrate in addition to his own duties as Assistant Controller of Labour, Negri Sembilan.
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  • 612 1171 A "sn Mum, lMs estimates and town [prom ur it. *i Slnga P° re October 27 At the meeting o f the I Council, ths various motions resolution in the Orders of then th passed. 0 U1 J The Treasurer moved that r approve the raising of aloau
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  • 1245 1172 BEACHED AT TAN.JONG RHU Experiences of the Passengers The following, from the Free Press, amplifies our telegram: Passengers on the Burns Philp passenger steamer Marella encountered an exciting and disturbing preliminary to their safe arrival at Singapore on Saturday afternoon. When about five miles Iron Singapore town
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  • 309 1172 (To the Editor of the Straiia Leno). Oir, —lo-uaj iuii\ not be tne rignl lime Lu U.bCUbb IU1B UcUCULU bUbjeCl, MUI UoW Ual \\u be nearer to u n we au nolhrng 1q wait ivr lull or luiueii jeura lor this issue to cuxiu uuoul is
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  • 97 1172 an inV resting program- me consisting of literary and musical items was gone through yesterday, with the President in the Chair. The chief of these items, a lecture by Mr. D. D. Chellinh, B.A. (Land.) on Asiatics in England i- pnrtir-iE
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  • 568 1173 NINTH ANNUAL MEETING Forward Sales Policy The ninth annual general meeting OfAmalgamated Malay Estates, Ltd., was held at the registered office, 1 Embankment, Kuala Lumpur, on October 23, the Chairman, the Hon. Mr. Choo Kia Peng, presiding. The Chairman addressed the meeting as follows: The directors’ report
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  • 490 1173 PERAK DEFEATS N. SEMBILAN After a stubbornly fought game, the Rugby match between Perak and Negri Sembilan, at Seremban on Saturday evening, resulted in a win foj the former fifteen by 8 points, reports the Malay Mail. The Negri Sembilan kicked off and took the ball close to
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  • 32 1173 of the members of the Penang Chamber of Commerce will be held at the Chamber on Tuesday, November 3, 1925, at 2 3U p l U i.
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  • 432 1173 SUMATRA JAVA NEWS belawan strikers I I ranslated f or the Echo, In connection with the at Belawan Harbour whi k the Bth Instant, of the Sumatra appeared e,t local 1J igh Court at Medan on tT instant charged with leaving tU* or duty while their aneemP? n expired. After
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  • 21 1173 Sir Percival Phillips, Singapore by the Marella on he and shared in the collision, is staying at Raffle»
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  • 46 1173 Our Singapore graphs that the Tanker a was in collision with the j aD iaged Burns Philip line in the liows. -The i lprC arfio' cut of dock to discharge Conus is going m this mo bow is smashed and the fo P
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  • 46 1174 MARRIAGE Crees-Spencer Walton.—On the 26th J October at the Presbyterian Church, Singapore, Sheila Spencer, youngest daughter of Mrs’. Spencer Walton, of Wimbledon, and of Hie late W. Spencer Walton, to Archibald Hewlett Green, gecond son of Rev. C. S. Green, of pondoland, South Africa.
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  • 928 1174 The remarkable experiment of the United States in prohibiting th e sale of intoxicating liquor still seems-of such recent date that it is with some surprise that we realise it has now been in force tor over five years. That is quite a long time, and it is possible
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  • 30 1174 Alor Star, ii.rl. the liegent presented me prizes won by the various Kedah prize-winners at tne last Agri-llorlicul-tural Snow, held in Kuala numpur.
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  • 108 1174 A lor Star, Mr. L. a. u>. otuart, tne I'residcui, gave a very interesting lecture on “Spain,’ last 1 nursuay ween, in a very entertaining and numerous manner, ne described sights and incidents ift various towns visited, illustrating ins descriptions by
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  • 495 1174 Mr H. L Hopkin, of the Straits limes, and Mrs. Hopkin were in Penang to-day. They are homeward bound, on holiday, by the Blue Funnel liner Hector. Commander C. A. Peal, Harbour Master, Penang, has gone to Singapore, to act for Captain Calthrop Calthrop, Master Attendant, who
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  • 865 1175 Telegraphic Communications Jn the P st Office circular yesterday there was an intirna’ion of a second *‘inte ruption of telegraphic communication Messages for Ku da Lumpur were forwarded via Ipoh and we r e vulj ct to delay. The Ku <l-1 Lumpur paper comp] .ins that ‘‘as this
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  • 440 1175 Two Number Plates on a Car Before Mr. C. W. A. Sennett, in the Police Court, this moiiiing, Mr, G. E. Wright Motion, w’-o appeared for the Grosv mor Motor Garage, in a summons case f ir having two different number plates which dii not conform
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  • 938 1175 supßEMr^r RT cases In the Snprua, Court -hi, ELD ■lns’no Actol., Actin- p M,. d«luneed bis »nd the A-JZ* in a number of ap p(ia 8 6 by <h, ColkoJof Lud b, S""» aeqn.s.t.un of l 10(i neM M h»lk, which is wanted by the ooonection with the
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  • 35 1176 a daching which was 16f per cent, in favour of the seller, a Chinese vegetable hawker who was charged by Inspector Clifton was 1 fined S2U or one month's imprisonment.
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  • 66 1176 will regret to hear of the death of Mr. Arthur E. Lewis, which sad event occurred suddenly at Wolverhampton on September 5. Mr. A, E. Lewis who came to Jpoh over twenty years ago and aB at one time connected with inlvrna--tional lin, Ltd.,
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  • 164 1176 General Sir Theodore .Eraser, arrived at Jesselton the m.v. Marudu on Friday, Octor 16, and is the guest of the Hon. r Fraser, Government SecrearD says the Free Press Jesselton corespondent. Turing his short stay General Fraser a s Msited luaran by motor car, lunch- on the
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  • 3469 1176 MONDAY’S MEETING Lnoificiai. Members Speeches ,-\t the meeting of the Legislative Council, His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government (Mr. E. Hose, C.M.G.) presided, and there were present: ILL. the General Officer Commanding the droops, Malaya (Major-General Sir Theodore Fraser, K.C.8., C. 5.1., C.M.G.), the Hons, the Acting
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  • 1252 1178 j ix Survey On n E i: C >mm. sioaer of Lands fir>t re- < n tx ii.ij 4 Government, vxp.aiu“■G < ;l > a in.nt (I delay i u tue Survey Uince stating that the Superintend. e lt of the Department informe I him ihm it was
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  • 263 1179 Au.hoed Murder at Kuala Lumpub The Kuala Lumpur Police Magistrate, Mr. W. J. Stark, held a preliminary enquiry in the case in which a Chinese named han Kwi stands charged with the murder of a chetty boy at Ampang Street on September 10. It is alleged that
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  • 65 1179 has been gazetted a public holiday, it is proposed to organise the sale of poppies in Penang on November 10. The Poppy Day Committee will be glad if any ladies who are willing to assist by selling poppies and who have not
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  • 197 1179 was re- ceived by the Sumatra Post at about 12.15 p.m. on Friday, the 23rd instant, from Sigh, a flourishing sea port town in Achin, about 3 hours’ drive by tram from its capital, Koeta-Radja, where it was reported that Captain van der Sluys Veer,
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  • 477 1179 COMMITTEE’S QUESTIONS (To the Editor of the Straits Echo). Sir, —The action of the Planters in Sumatra in instituting a Hill School for their children at Brastagi has received the attention of many parents in Malaya, and the time seems opportune to commence action to
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  • 21 1179 of the Malaya Tribune and Mi>s B. F. Nunis of Singapore. The Rev Father A. A. Sapage officiated*.
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  • 412 1179 MARRIAGE DIVORCE (To the Editor of thp fa „Y? lhe question u, J aik Hoon, Whv tk gistration ecrtainl veX"' swer. caUs lor a» kindly give n,e a little spaced esteemed paper to expreJL TO registration there would be no need for daughter to get the Imagine to yourselves my
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  • 49 1179 \oV€® The marriage takes ptaj tbe her 17, of Mr. L R G.P.0., Penang, n t ru lar, of Messrs. Houston g >oni= Hilda, daughter of MrM>* Q ft, of Messrs. A. A »t c.-reinoin will be j ret«P Church of ihe tion will follow at the
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  • 1032 1180 THE COUNCIL” it Monday’s meeting of the Legislaur.cil, all the unofficial members ,ve on ffie motion for the second readthe 1926 Supply Bill, and on < 5 expenditure on public works, a the Government’s policy they had *L e fur criticism and suggĕs'the financial position has been bribed as strong,
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  • 59 1180 the Detective Depart- rnent at Singapore arrested a hinese m ;l shop in New Bridge Road with nearls a hundred forged one-dollar notes ii hi- pocket. The accused was- brought up in the Police Courts and committed for trial ilt th,, forthcoming Assizes on a -I,
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  • 469 1180 Mr. anj Mrs M Striven» and family h xe returned to Batalang Estate, Ma 1 > va. in m Europe. the I ah. Dutoh Muda Panglima Kuita. A C P F MS, has been transferred to Gopeng as O.C.P.D, Mrs. Snow, wife of Capt. A. Snow, of
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  • 1270 1181 “Nothing Definite” With the end of the month so near, the Government is unahie to s y d- finitely whether the release of rubber next quarter will be that provided for under the Stevenson restriction scheme ora Certainly, the Acting Colonial Secretary said there was ‘‘no n ason
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  • 520 1181 Alleged Ckimual The hearing of tie J e can, a Muslim, is charged with‘’ h M i ’»PP™P--i.ti<m of j.Lbry ,2“' fcoJO, the property of a M«i M named Che Wan binti Ash ld commenced before Mr CW i a the Poi.ee Court yesteida, 8>- Bung promoted and
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  • 49 1181 i 0 Officers going on leave Collector shortly are Mr. de M° u g, inl of Land Revenue; Mr ■>■ s f Federal Secretariat; rf Belgrave and J. B- c U Agricultural Harrison, Acting Li ronim issi<> ner Mr. C. Hannigan, Co»® 8 Police. —T. 031.
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  • 808 1182 gEGISTRAR-GENERAL’S REPORT jyrEBESTING FACTS AND FIGURES Ibe fullJ'Vi-g statistics Lo n the annual report on the registration of births and death* in the Straits Settlements, for 1924, prepaid by the Hon. D.L. Hoops, Regisuar.General, and placed before the rneetmgofthe Legislative Council on Monday «ill be read with
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  • 234 1182 Gratifying Progress Jhe Mercantile Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society, Ltd., Kuala Lumpur, intended lor non-Government employees in belangor, has completed six months ol existence, and is daily growing in popularity and usefulness. lhe mumberbiiip is now well over 200, including a lady member (more will be welcome)
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  • 38 1182 on the 1926 Es- timutco for Singiporj and Lubuan recommend the inclusion of u vote ol boU.OUU for erection oi bungalow at F laser s Hill. Al»o ‘erection of hospital for venereal dib’ ases SB2,OtHJ.
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  • 40 1182 together with the Church Trustees and Church Committee desire cordially to thunk all ladies and gentlemen who gave their yervices or contributed in any way to make the Church Carnival on Saturday such u splendid success,
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  • 564 1182 Prominent Perak Resident The D6Wi will cornu as a shock to the hubineeg cumibnuity uf Purak, reports the 1 lines of Malaya, of (Jitooea. 2b, that Mr t Her eet tJ. Co per, Director of Mtsars. Aylesbury and Suiter Ltd Ipo died at a
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  • 13 1182 leit Taiping on Saturday for Burn.a, -n;.-. the TOM.
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  • 32 1182 in I nt i S'r- t <ri Octolwr 27 thr»-e hirx v. ho phi 1« i "uilty to the charge h W O<W inoL’h prisonment.
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  • SPORTING NEWS
    • 653 1183 Form in A Nutshell A few brief notes' on the form shewn at the recent meeting may be of interest to followers of local racing, says the Free Press. Open Horses. Coleus One of the best we have seen here. Genzano: not at his top. Highway: out
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    • 183 1183 Public Services v. “B” Co. Volunteers The following match will be played on Friday, October 30 at 5.10 p.m. sharp on the Es'plamide ground: The following gentlemen represent the Public Services (White shirts will be worn): —Cheah Swee Eng; N. A. M. Griffin and G. J. Gilmour; Md. Mydin,
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    • 258 1183 Our A lor Star correspondent writes: Zainul Abidin, a Boy Scout of the Alor Star Government English School, gallantly saved two lives on Sunday afternoon. He was fishing by the Anak Bui it River which is in spate owing to the rains, when a small boat "going
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  • 346 1183 ISSL E F DENTURE STOCK gls j lut:ve slTmo. 04 Town amount of $22,000,000 bv th Debenture Stock bcarina ISSu< of rate of five per cent.' (5 at repayable betteen F th l and 1966 inclusive for r ytars loans and for defrnying’ the S" 8 eurre.
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  • 71 1183 of the Royal State W) 1 he report or tue wavs of Siam for the year Apn March 1924 gives the following Pcu.'ars:—Length of State 2392 kilometres, under construe n t total sanctioned 3086; total cap- Tcs. 135,946,899; average per kilometre 612 worlds gross earnings les. 12, w0.
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  • 93 1184 marriages xu>p ertox—Petts.— October 3, at St. 1 Margaret’s, Oxford, George Douglas Clapperton, of Apsley Paddox, Oxford, Margery, elder daughter of the late Mr* H. T. Petts. of Penang, and Mrs. p et ts. of Chalfont-road, Oxford. lkM stoxe —Boyd.—October 5, in London Harold William Firmstone, of Hippie.
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  • 1179 1184 In the discussion on the Supply Bill in Council, referred to yesterday, several interesting points were made; one was the much larger expenditure on the administration. It was inevitable that a Government using the pruning knife without due discrimination, and sometimes without justification—it would be wrong to
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  • 25 1184 tele- graphs that the Straits Steamship Company's s.s. Kepong docked at Keppel Harbour, having struck a submerged obstacle off the Borneo coast.
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  • 129 1184 which sailed from Liverpool on October 10, and is due on November 4 include:—Mrs. McNieol, Airs. Cameron, Mrs. McKeagih, Mr. C. 11. H. Monro, Mr. K. L. Ferguson, Airs. Ferguson, Mr. N. R. Wilson, Airs. Ker, Mr. K. \V. Taylor, Mrs. Critchley, Mrs.
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  • 184 1184 at the Presbyterian Church, Singapore, the Rev. U. 11. j/utigl.is oincialed al a wedding but w een Air. Arcbibaid Hewlett Green, ol tin boi m u 0., Dtd., ron oi Hie Rev. S. <ii«cu ot South \trica, ami ALss om.il a hpencer V. aitoii, duugliiri u» Air-'. Sp<
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  • 1159 1185 ALLEGED THEFT OF RUBBER SEQUEL TO BLAZE IN SMOKEHOUSE Before Mr. C.W.A. Sennett, in the Poiioe Court yesterday afternoon, the hearing started of the ca«»e in which Cheah Phee Ee and Chew Boon Karare charged with dishonestly removing sheets of rubber from the store house of Lian Cheang
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  • 32 1185 Mr. H. C. Coombi returns to Penang on Saturday to resume duties as Chief Sanitary Inspector of I he Penang Rural Board.
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  • 78 1185 have re- cently been made by the Secretary of State for the Colonies:—Miss J. D. Colvill, nursing sister, Hongkong; Lieut. E. C. Chitty, M. 8., Chß., M.C., Medical Officer, Malay States; Lieut. G. B. Gordon, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., 8.A., Medical Officer, Malay States; Mr. IL T. B. Green,
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  • 930 1185 CLAIM M OSEr In the Supreme C^T th JHsboe Acton conti DQed th h m which a looal merch^ «Hi fJ n t h hOW n bovd the vaaß R01: for the recovery of a Barn o f .k Briefly, the facts alleged ara t merchant
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  • 189 1186 Before Mi. 0. W. A. Senvett in the Po’ioe Court this mornii g three employees (two Malays and an Indian) of the Cyole and Carriage Co., Ltd., Penang branch, were oharged by Inspector Fowler with the theft of sorews, bolts, nuts and tools valued at 3510, belonging
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  • 10 1186 tele- that Mr. Justice Sproule is in
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  • 72 1186 Chief Clerk of juvxeira, t mei cierK or e Bankruptcy Office, Penang, i* in g on two months’ leave next month tc re tiring, after a period of 36 ars and nine months in the Governy n vice. Mr. Thexeira served in p fcr cc 1
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  • 691 1186 A THRICE MARRIED PLAINTIFF Interesting Singapore Action u An ra Fatima binte Shaik Obudh balleh bin Abdad. was plaintiff m the Supreme Court, Singapore, on Wednesday, before the Acting Chief Justice, Mr. P. J. Sproule, in two actions in which her father, Shaik Obudh bin Salleh
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  • 345 1186 Ih< dogged persistence of the hawkers of Singapore is something to he wondered at. Almost daily the Police have cases brought up before the PolioCourts in which these hawkers are charged with having violated the regulations under which their trade is carried out. Change Alley, Singapore, seems
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  • 76 1186 of the Gowru- rm-nt Subordinate Service who has sent in ho p.ip- rs for retirement, in Penang, i- Mr. Moh uncd (ihous»-. Office ant to the Resident Councillor, Penang \lr t hoii-e ha» been in the -ervi»-» for over .X» years and has rnen the in-/- <
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  • 634 1187 OPENING ADDRESS AT TOKIO lhe following was. the opening address of the bixth Congress of the Far Eastern Association of Tropical Medicine, at Tokio on October 12, by H. E. The Prime Minister, Viscount Takaakira Kato, Patron. Dr. Hoops, P.C.M.0., was the head of the Malayan
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  • 479 1187 Few people realise when they travel smoothly over the waterproof asphalt road surfaces which are spreading all over Malaya, that the material which rs now the chief protection against the destructive effect of traffic is derived from the very same source as the spirit which makes
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  • 485 1187 DISCUSSION AT LFrici T cou T N cu G,SL «>Vi i-ndav the Hon. Mr. «he course of a Si for the second reading of the T 4 urged Goventtnent to mtrX PPb l,ill relating to the British lsla »'x ■uul rustee Company alon' t'ie Insurance Comoanica h
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  • 31 1187 Mr. C. M. McNair has arrive JJ fbe from Singapore and taken gD<l management of Messrs. NVave’s branch there from Mr n >. ho has gone on leave.
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  • 933 1188 In one of the newspapers received by ♦he mail there is an amusing cartoon, showing the Home Secretary, as a fireman, standing by the engine, hose in hand- Before him is a building from which smoke labelled “sedition" issues. Answering a questioner curious to know w hv he
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  • 38 1188 to' graphs that it is unde r tool th 4 a bi; teamer, whose name has nor D u certained, lost her propeller *.M) mile- north of Penang. Assistance id probably be sent from Singapore.
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  • 46 1188 tele- graphs that the Municipal Con cis iomrs yesterday debated at length the dm »lition and rebuilding of »1 ms md app anted a Committee to cons! ler .my proposals received from the Go- > rnmcnt, hi<h is i lof a hange 4 1
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  • 347 1188 M Arn ;r. Nursing Sister, of the l- ,ir pe n llc-pital, Serembau. has err.-d to the Kuala Pilah District Hospital. Mr. D S Ainger, manager, the Ch< t; Riibbe-- Estates, Ltd., S*entul, Selangor, returned from Home leave by the Finnic on Thursday. Me>sr 1 I;. Mason
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  • 94 1188 h d d by Mr. Ltong Sm N.im, J.| iih‘l ifn* Lriiitm IL -»i<]<*nt m the !l n,, y> Ipob. on Thursdn| morning with n view io r pre.-en ting mailers in C( u ntction with the frequent flooding
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  • 968 1189 A FLOURISHING INSTITUTION EXTENSIONS BEFORE NEXT MEETING The annual general meeting of members of the Penang Turf Club was held j es'erday at the Chamber of Commerce. The Hon Mr W Peel, President, occupied the chair and the others present included Messrs E E Chambers, F Duxbury,
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  • 35 1189 is shortly to V extend a welcome to H. H. the Yang di per Tuan Besar of Negri Sembilan,. in the form of a reception, to be followed by a dance..
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  • 38 1189 that the Chief Secretary is resol\ ('d not to grant an extension of service to -ers who have reached the age limit and that the rule as to retirement must be strictly adhered to. —Ex.
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  • 144 1189 left the shores of England with regret, says the Malay Mail, concluding an article on H. H.'s experiences, (which were described in the Echo on his return). He would fain have lingered longer, for there seemed 'O much more to see and
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  • 564 1189 CHIN'CHEW SUED In PC IiTHEB EViDEKrg In the Sapreme C, nr E ernoon Mr. J a tiea A h a! of th, 9nit tt. anin 4 »s. van Hogendorp f bowl th, of about Slfinn the faots alleged arj' Br S me>chant entrusted to thl 2*,‘ b,li VVoon
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  • 12 1189 Colonel Cecil lUe Justice of the Peace for P«*
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  • 308 1190 LAST NIGHT’S DANCE Organised in aid of the funda of St. forge’s Church, Penang, the dance at the E 4 0. Hofei last night proved a brilliant With last night’s collection, the goliection from the (Jarnival Bazaar, a hand--039donation from the Penang Tu-f Club a ad what
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  • 190 1190 Mr. C. W- A. Sennett held an enquiry in connection with the death of a Chinese woodcutter at Batu Lanchang cemetery on October 17. Yeap Hor, a farmer, said that deceased worked with him as a woodcutter andon October 17 went to get wood from Batu Linchang cemetery. As
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  • 244 1190 Before Mr C W. A. Sennett in tho Police ourt this morning a M*day youth w.ts with theft of a gold i e-klaoe 4 Ufcd at 1200, wnicb was kept in hie o her s house at Jelutong Road. Wer D9 P ec t° I Qnn said the
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  • 595 1190 Ipoh ebkmony On r on sday ev nirg, the lawn adjoining Anglo-Cbi i-SH Gi ls’ school, Ip I:, whs the sw.e of a int function on t* e occasion of the pie««nt>e io., o the Colour to the 1-t Ipoh Comp ny ef Gi 1 Guide», and
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  • 361 1190 I iikee Fast Lavs’che> at the Dockyard 1 hree new launches of an improved ly|M- art* at present being built in the Harbour Board dockyard at Keppel Harbour to augment the preventive fleet now pi rating off the west coast of the pemnsula against rubl>er smugglers. hen
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  • 27 1190 left Sercmban on Simdax night by the mail train with hb wife, who s.iihd for England by the I',hie I’nnncl s s Hector
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  • 29 1190 wh- -w<« V“-t erlav f*hftrg«*d 'vi' h fV» o Ihr-ft 'I ♦t»* Cveln an'’ C .'rt-tp» f- rnpanv’wprf p-»r»v thia mmn ‘ng *3O n- < r» ’n irrn'iinnion’.
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  • 101 1190 !> I’ M J District Oflh’cr. Segiunat w entertain'd to a public dinner at St an ivil S> rvi Club on th- ‘J! ir■-•ant in honour of the conferment upon him of the Most Honourable Order of le -own of J'bore Over 2*X> sat
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  • 942 1191 COINCIDENCE OF A NAME An elderly Chinese sundry good leauer, lan Kmi loon, trading as Chop Tee Chee, was the successful plaintiff in a curious action which came uefore Air. Justice Deane in the Supreme Court on Wednesday morning, reports the tree Press. The action was
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  • 141 1191 who, during the slump, were so badly caught out on their unpaid loans to Chinese small holders of rubber lands, seem to bu getting some of their own back to- y, writes a iSeremban correspondent. herever one goes one sees the übiquitous and industrious Chinese
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  • 552 1191 JUDGE’S RULING ON POINT UISpI TEO lhe case in which a Ch; was arrested in North Bridge kL U a knife in h;s belt, Was rh gong armed in public e before the District Judge (Ah liobinson) on Tuesdav irallk: J& Straits Times. first mentioned last week
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  • 930 1192 for some weeks, the rubber market has been badly unsettled, and the industry in a state of uncertainty regarding the Colonial Office’s intentions. The only people who have not been adversely atiected to some extent are speculators. it seems incredible that, after witnessing the results of enquiries
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  • 379 1192 I 'K-n hav been countless tragedies in this part of the world due to men of the Malay race running amok, but the rt-eent history of Malaya and the Archipelago offers no parallel to the terrible c\<-nts telegraphed by our Singapore correspondent to-day. Scores of
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  • 39 1192 but not exceeding twenty-two pounds sent by direct route to Brunei, F.M.8., Johore, Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis, Sarawak Straits Settlements and Trengganu, will, from November I, lx* charged for al on-, d liar and fen cents
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  • 84 1192 ludd on Oetolicr 31 at the Chinese Cham her of Commerce, l <-n mg, the following v.eo- elected Ofl’ce-bearers: President, Mr 'fan < him Kim, V ice President, Mr I.im Kean Th' ng, Hon. Treasurer, Mr. I, ,H .J<a)
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  • 23 1192 DOMESTIC occurrence DEATH At the General Hospital, Sinaapore, suddenly on October 30, Robert Samuel Stubbs, senior building inspector. Singapore Municipality, aged 53 years.
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  • 382 1193 TERRIBLE TRAGEDY AT SEA CAPTAIN MACDONALD KILLED Nine Dead (From Our Own Corretpondent) Singapore, November 1 The worst tragedy enacted for years occurred on Saturday aftsii ooi, ehoitly after the Straits Steamship Company’sa ,s. Klang left her moorings bound for Port Swettenhim and P< nang. The
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  • 49 1193 [From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, November 2 The suicide occurred of Mr. P. W« Leslie. assistant on Kapar Para Estate. The funeral took place at Kuala Lumpur* It is stated that decease <1 was depressed owing to receiving notice and shot himself. Hu age was 36.
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  • 34 1193 Singapore, November 2 The steamtrCape Reciefe lost its p»o peller and is drifting south of Mergui. No anxiety is felt. The Haibour Boad tug Vaiunha leaves today u tow htrin'o |Oft.
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  • 486 1193 TEMERLOH COCONUT RUBBER ESTATE EXTRAORDINARY MEETING An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Temerloh Coconut and Rubber Estate, Limited, was held at 12.30 p.m. to-day at the registered offices of the Company, 9 Beach Street, Penang, for the purpose of confirming as a special resolution the resolution passed at
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  • 276 1193 SKYE MEETING Saturday’s Results [From Our Oicn Correspondent] Singapore, November 2 The following were the results of the Skye Meeting held on Saturday Raoel: Gloaming 10.2 (Mr. Elliott) 1, Ginger 10.5 (Mr. H arriman 2, Bay Rbum, 12 (Mr. Fox) 3- Won by two lengths, one length
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  • 183 1193 Tamil Killed; Another Seriously Injured On Saturday evening a brutal marder was perpetrated in Chulia Street, in a little building next to the Penang Hotel. There were two victims; one wm eo badly knifed that ’he died before being removed to hospital and the other was
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  • 132 1193 A Bad Lad Another theft occurred at the Cycle» Carriage Co. premises in Bishop Saturday. A Chinese youth who by his employer, a building <» ntr S work in China Street went to the Cycle»» Carriage Co.’s premises and came down again with seven buy tubes in a
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  • 464 1194 CONCERT AT THE E. 0. A GREAT SUCCESS Tbecoucert, the last of the many attractions organised in aid of the funds of St. Qgorge’s Church, Penang, which was held night at the Eastern and Oriental Hotel, proved a brilliant affair. The gon. the Resident Councillor and Mis
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  • 51 1194 of The correspondent oi ine lrrj es telegraphed on October 7 that v e recent ly-appointed Colonial Secref, Jamaica, Mr. A. 8. Jelf, ar ifl th on October 6. Later U-r h Was suorn m administhf. e government until the arrival of in ntw Governor Sir Reginald
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    • 126 1194 AT KUALA LUMPUR Chai Lai Knocks Oct Turner [From Out Own Corretpondent] Kuala Lumpur, Novemlier 1 Ibe boxing tournament on Saturday night at the Town Hall produced some interesting scraps. Aman and Kid Kwi, flyweights, fought a close six rounds match, which was announced as a draw. Soo Beng
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    • 1315 1194 PERAK LOSE TO PENANG Liston’s Try On the Esplanade on Saturday, before an enthusiastic gathering, Penang beat Perak by two placed goals to nil. It was the winners first match for the season. Although Penang was expected to do well few expected to see the home side
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  • 225 1195 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo). b»ir, —“By Slander is l perhaps not aware of the penalties imposed on impersonators or he would not have dreamt of making such a foolish reference. It is true that the Registrar cannot be expected to investigate nor will he marry
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  • 26 1195 have re- turned to Singapore from long leave, Mr. Clark hag resumed duty as Inspector of Schools, Singapore and Labuan
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  • 36 1195 American Con- sul at Singapore, has returned from home leave, accompanied by Mrs. Miller and has resumed charge of the .American Consulate General. Mr. and Mrs. Mill/Y arc at the Europe Hotel
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  • 746 1195 COUNCIL QUESTIONS The iollowmg is contributed to the Free Press: Among the many questions raised at the hist meeting oi the Legislative Council two are of special interest to the rank and tile oi the Chinese community permanently resident in the Colony lhe first, that time-worn question of
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  • 239 1195 Alleged Preferential Treatment At the meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners when the actions taken by the various Committees came up for confirmation Mr. lessensohn stated that he had received comphunts that undue preference was given to certain contractors for supplying coal to the Municipality. He referred to
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  • 26 1195 The Hon. Mr. Song JL been provisionally appo’ ed unofficial member of Council for a further p from October 22,
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  • 1517 1196 ..cijRFRISi NG" CHANGES CONTEMPLATED CEBITS of THE 1896 SCHEME Sir Frank Swettenhamj To-day's mail bring- us the following xtruniely interesting dispatch from the no f Sir Frank Swettenham, who has been inspired by perusal of our own article .of August 19 last to put before readers of the
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  • 256 1196 Judgment in Twakow Smuggling Case Ihe I istrict Judge (Mr. Franklyn Robinson) gave judgment in the case in w hich S.?<),(XX) worth of sirruggkd chundu was f aim! on a twakow at Kampong Saigon, Singapore. His II >nour said he was quite unable 1 > accep' the
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  • 1305 1197 COMMISSIONERS AND PROMPT 'ACTION Criticisms of Government The question of the demolition and rebuilding of Singapore’s slums was the principal subject discussed at the meeting of the Municipal Commissioners at Singapore on Friday. Strongly worded criticisms were made in the course of the discussion, which terminated with the
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  • 278 1197 Sentence Reduced at Kuala Lumpur Before Mr. Justice'David, Hussein bin Mohammed Taib, motor car driver, who knocked down and killed the boy, George David, at Bukit Bintang Road, appealed against his conviction and sentence of six months’ rigorous imprisonment. Appearing on behalf of the accused Mr. T.
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  • 21 1197 supeii®' Major A R. tendent of Surveys, Suryj menf, Kelantan, arrived m Pen Alor Star yesterday.
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  • 27 1197 Miss E. E. Elliott supervisor of the te School, Kuala Lumpur a say that she now has aD at the General College, U.S.A.
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  • 693 1198 strict measures for SUPPRESSION ordinances prepared with the oi dealing with the position of Chinese girls known as Mui Tsai passtheir third reading at the meeting ol Council on Monday, and will come jaU > force at the beginning of nexft yr ar. U regard to the
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  • 436 1198 We are printing to-day the report of the Straits Currency Commissioners for October, says the Straits Times. If it it read with knowledge it will convey a good deal of information, especially through the footnote we have attached giving the note circulation at four periods which may be
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  • 548 1198 IMPORTANT ISSUE OI MOHAMMEDAN LAW Arising out of litigation which has been before the Supreme Court, Ip<4r, in connection w th certain valuable mining land at Kroh belonging to Malays, an action was commenced in the Supreme Court, Ipoh, on Tuesday, before the Hon. Mr
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  • 399 1199 MONTH S IMPRISONMENT AND $5OO FINE Sentence of ont month's simple imprisonment and a fine of $590 was passed by the District Judge (Mr. 'Franklyn Robinson) at Singapore on Mr. Poey Keng Seng, a well-known member of the Chinese community, for destroying or concealing the cash book,
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  • 17 1199 Of Malacca, arc passengers by the p. and O Kashmir. 7
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  • 40 1199 a* i. travel bng impu I emmg and Singapore by Hi. Ethiopia to connect at Rangoon with the- Bibby Line Leicestershire sailing from Rangoon on November s:—. Mr. D.. Blackburn, Mr. and Mrs. Beck, Mrs. -J. Laird.
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  • 40 1199 in connection with an .invention for a combined spout and euplumger for collecting latex have been granted by the Governor in Council to Mr. I. Boardman, assistant manager. Oriental lel eph one, and Electric 1 >rnpany, Limit'd Singapore.
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  • 229 1199 APPROVED BY COUNCIL A brief meeting of the Legislative Council, which was attended by all members with the exception of the Hon. Mr. J. W Campbell, Mr. W H. J borne, Mr. lan Cheng Lock, Mr. Yeoh Guan and Mr. C. Everitt, was held on Wednesday morning
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  • 18 1199 has been ap- pointed an Inspecting Officer for the purpose of the Agricultural Pests Ordinance.
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  • 21 1199 has been appointed to act as Extra Assistant Protector of Chinese, Singapore, with effect from October 19.
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  • 163 1199 announce that Mr. H. B. Ellerton succeeds Sir E. L. Brockman at the Malay States Information Agency, says the M.AI. Mr. Ellerton was formerly Deputy Agent and only relinquished that appointment last year. The new appointment will cause some surprise locally where it was expected that Mr.
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  • 562 1199 ('Io the Editor of the tuid., that if Registration a daughter or son will rim lllon y without obtaining t L W Ue parents and that when youth discovers that she A love the other or on am. doe ®<X misunderstandings which I f sent, they wiU «*7
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  • 1138 1200 ANTHONY CO.'S SHARE LIST II -J ftrannany Buyers; Sellers R>w I marks neILA« BHARIB I Cto. I ctf > Tt? ..I 335 3.EG cum J Sre-licW Ltd 19 00 SOjOO BSEtfgrt K*fiS£& *y- */S I i j-g I KfSi^Sbber Estat s Ltd. 0.85 KbHi iShber Estat s, Ltd. 175 *-8j
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  • 106 1200 A.P.C. v. Anglo-Chinese School A somewhat weakened A.P.C. met the Anglo-Chinese School in the C R. C. ground yesterday evening. The gam e was fast throughout and some clever football was witnessed. The School scored first but within three minutes McMullin equalised. Excellent combination between the School forwards'gave
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  • 85 1200 Entries for Armistice Meeting The following are the entries for th* Kuala Lumpin’ races: Races 1, 4 and 8: Royal Sea Forth, Orlinda, Shantung. Whitestone. Kelagold, I igablas. A. Malim Nawar, Auchtermuchty. Depression and \r\an Races'2, 6 and 9: (iombroom, Ch» rio. Swift, King (.ole, tientle Eva.
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  • 44 1200 sik s tie- Straits Times, that Mr. S. M. Knk) tu > 8 director of a nmnbvi of Engh h i *tes. pre-nt staying in i;f ~r h I in J* hen for a sum of mam thmu Ilk' two mii:i* n ol!
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  • 630 1200 1 LAX \XD CO s W I EKLY REPORT lav evening u t n to £285 7» ’M n re 1 dtogetM lint xpected decline et m and a !r »p <,f I. I io 0,1 was fol- d bv of tn 7 b which in its turn
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