The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 17 November 1925
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Title Section20 1925-11-17 1 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. |lB PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CENTS VOL. 23 PENANG: NOVEMBER 17. 1925 NO. 4620 words
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Advertisement241 1925-11-17 1 CONTENTS gw oJ LEADERS MISCELLANEOUS: (Continued) |g Armistice Day 1235 K| Teohnical Eduaation 1230 «g In Siam 10*1 sM Resolution by Reason” 1234 S Sumatra .1m N ws 1211 1251 3c Singapore and Cameron’s Highlands ...1242 P.nsng Wireless S u-i -ty ...12 IS S Government and Commissioners 1246 After Wemb.ey241 words
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Advertisement206 1925-11-17 2 S THB JR STRAITS ECHO I MAIL EDITION. mceeeoeaaem^— Jp SSf Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, <C Yr> and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the Mfc jT> daily issues, as well as all important news from various parts206 words
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Article1018 1925-11-17 1230 The report of the committee appointed by Government to consider the question of technical education in the Colony has not vet been published, and the only hint we have of its contents is' the statement of the Director of Education that its conclusions are guarded and its recommendations1,018 words
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Article513 1925-11-17 1230 »lr J. L Humphreys, act. m IC i»h Adviser, Kt Ih, is going '< I'.tig i. i on loe_- Im; at the cud r/f this month. 11 »n the British Robident erf I'ei.o; and Mrs. W. (J. Parr are now in laipinu and will be staying at the Residency513 words
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Advertisement28 1925-11-17 1230 Cbe Siraiis tcbo PUBLISHED DAILY MAIL EDITION Containing the news of the week prior to departure of Mails for Europe THE criterion press, limited 59, Beach Street, Penang28 words
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Article1014 1925-11-17 1231 Poppy Day Poppy Day collections io Penang this year ought to surp-»?» year’s ve»y satisfactory to'al. If they do not, it will be sa'piising. Once again there is a host of willing sellere of this emblem, and the weather is better than it was a year ago, and1,014 words
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Article678 1925-11-17 1231 THE CAPITA,. SEASON” APITA VS [specially the Eeb 0 Calcutt ».N 0mher To-morrow in the CommerA r b gm, a "short" season as p| e '‘L of the year. There should be n!?'" 1 need for "Ditcher," of either t-te.r plea-nee sadly, 9S the down. SO they678 words
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Article1529 1925-11-17 1232 COLLECTORS BUSY pgjfANG’S EN T HU 31A ST 10 EFFORT Tomorrow bain» a public holi lay, th sale of popP ie9 wati bee n to and wi H b> continued to-morrow. Well organised ft strong Committee, with Mrs. Peel as president, and Mr R Boyd as Honorary gtc’etuy.1,529 words
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Article373 1925-11-17 1232 The s.s. P<evident Ga fidd, which arrived here on Friday, and sai'ed on Saturday, is on its sixth trip round the world. There is a heavy passenger list and she is carrying a fair amount of cargo. Tne President Garfield brought 10 cabin passengers for Penang aud373 words
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Article882 1925-11-17 1233 F. G. TAYLOR’S AFFAIRS Sequel to Winding Up In the Supreme Court this morning, before Mr. Justice It. D. Acton, the hearing of a suit was commenced in which the Bruas Rubber Company, Limited, are suing the Hongkong ana Shanghai Banking Corporation, Penang, as debenture holders of F.882 words
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Article122 1925-11-17 1233 TEMPLE At a meeting of the Dato-Kramat Hindu public convened by the different Patarais’’ (prominent members) and held at the Dato-Kramat Mariamman Temple on November 8, the following resolutions were passed unanimously, with Mr. K. Sathasivam Pillay as Chairman: That the previous Headman, Panchayct and sub-Committee be122 words
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Article644 1925-11-17 1233 precursor of tHe k TRAGEDY KLas On the 27th of May IRGq > currwl, also within reach oTti,* of Singapore a terrible case hart < board the steamer Sri Pontic i 02 Koenig, which is recalled to ouT* »y the Captain of the vessel extremely shocked644 words
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Article24 1925-11-17 1234 MARRIAGE cooK .Axgus.—October 13, at Highbury park Church, the Bev. J. A. B. Cook, Singapore, to Mrs. Amy Angus, Foreign Missions Club.24 words
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Article1007 1925-11-17 1234 British Ministers are expected to say something interesting at th e Guildhall banquet, which, like the Lord Mayor’s show, is a cherished institution,” and in the past the occasion has afforded an opportunity for a speech or speeches of first-rate import. The Prime Minister’s theme on November1,007 words
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Article482 1925-11-17 1234 1 heir the Rajah ot Sara n l tie Ranee, who arrived by :he Moren from Europe on Saturday, left Singapore fur Kuching on Tuesday morning by the Rajah of Sarawak. Mr and Mrs. R. L. L. Braddcll and Ma.-t. r Nicholas Braddell are homeward bound by the s.s.482 words
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Article754 1925-11-17 1235 CELEBRATION IN LONDON IMPRESSIVE SCENES [Reuter’s Telegrams] London, November 11 With the p>RBagn of the years the celebration of Armistice Day becomes ever more reverential’ The day broke with tirrential rain and sleet and thunder in London and snowstorms thsonghout the country but the pilgi image to the[Reuter’s Telegrams] - 754 words
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Article4183 1925-11-17 1235 THE MEMORIAL SERVICES Call to Remembrance Yesterday’s Memorial Service at the Penang Cricket Club unmistakably demonstrated that, rather than a tendency to wane, there is an ever growing sense of enthusiasm and reverence in this annual tribute. The attendance was twice as large as last yearThe service was4,183 words
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Article346 1925-11-17 1238 EXTRA race meeting Yesterday's Results (Frc?n Our Own Co ire pondent). Kuala Lumpur, November 11 The following were the results of todav's races which were run in good weather and before a large crowd Race 1 PURSER 7-07 (Murphy)... 1 SXVJTRI 8.04 (Bowden)... 2 SEVENOAKS 11.0 ('Thompson)346 words
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Article147 1925-11-17 1238 A.P C. v. ST. XAVIER’S no return Soccer match, against the Xaviers was played on the latter’s h) 0 n and resulted a draw of a goal each. Tn a previous 'TK tC was played last Saturday Q jj C Team was defeated by 3 M lhe Asiatic Petroleum147 words
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Article1607 1925-11-17 1238 BANGKOK BEATEN BY PENANG Brilliant Home Three-quarters 1 he rugby football encounter between I enang and a Bangkok Fifteen, which took place yesterday on the Esplanade iiad been looked forward to with interest. II resulted in a convincing victory for the home side by no less than 311,607 words
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Article1094 1925-11-17 1239 put mm -B.T-P- DUNLOP CO. LOSES $20,000 A nested in Bangkok in May this year, Ng Stang Sung, a former cashier and bookkeeper in the employ of the Dunlop Rubber Company (Far East) Limited, stood in the dock at the Singapore Assizes on Monday afternoon on, put mm -B.T-P- - 1,094 words
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Article1707 1925-11-17 1240 ALLEGED bungling at WOMAN’S EXECUTION The Bangkok correspondent of the Straits Tinies writes to that paper: Your correspondent has been getting into hot water over the note he sent some little time ago about certain features of Bangkok night life. But there has been no convincing argument against1,707 words
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Article1026 1925-11-17 1241 PRISON WARDER CHARGED On a charge of having committed culpable homicide not amounting to murder by causing the death of, or having voluntarily caused grievous hurt to, a Chinese prisoner named Loo Lam on the sth of Ocber, 1925, Warder Williamson, of Batu Gajah Gaol,1,026 words
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Article547 1925-11-17 1241 SUMATRA JAVA NEWS dutch east indies R UBBEr day last week published Fr port m connection with l- ara r Duteh yield 41,439 tons other'possessions, mostly fT J™" tra. The above calculationsXfe on the monthly returns furnished by th« various estates but it is consider d figures are too low547 words
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1136 1925-11-17 1242 There were several interesting speeches t he dinner of the Ex-Service Men’s Association at Singapore. Tn the first lace. His Excellency the Governor, in characteristic reply to the toast of the guests, denkd that his stay in Malaya would’be of very brief duration,” and intimated that1,136 words
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Article468 1925-11-17 1242 Mr Burk Burrow the Forest Ad to !l SiaiiH Government, who h..s 0.. n <, n to |j h p y visit* '<l B u C .jah on W i inc May. He left I?’ Pviiang the following dav, says I hursday s T O.M. file Hon. Mr. W.468 words
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Article1669 1925-11-17 1243 F. G. TAYLOR’S AFFAIRS SEQUEL TO WINDING UP In the Supreme Court yesterday after* noon, before the Hon. Mr. Juetioi R. D. Acton, the suit was continued in which the Bruas Rubber Company, Limited, are suing the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, Penang, as D bentare Holders of1,669 words
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Article224 1925-11-17 1243 It is p opened to foim a society for foste ing the s’udy and furthering the into eS’S of wifeless in Pennng and the vicini'y, to enoon'age the developoest th roof and to develop scheme for b’oadcistiug from Penang. Oj promote» s, Messrs. Du r ega and224 words
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Article587 1925-11-17 1244 THE MALAYAN EXHIBITS The Malay party lef Buk-nhead by the Afreus at neon on October 10 a-* stated D a were se?n off by Messrs. H, C. Robin- L. D. Gunmans aod A. Ga T B reedHy f P' BV u,,! y thfj y «nbe tuned the« ?D587 words
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Article1595 1925-11-17 1244 governor contradicts A RUMOUR I GENERAL FRASER PROPHESIES lhe dinner of members of the Ex-Ser- I vicemen’s Association, which took place I at the Europe Hotel on Wednesday, will I go down as one of the most successful I events of the kind that has ever been1,595 words
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187 1925-11-17 1245 After several years of living in temporary offices at Jesselton the official staff is now housed in a commodious and well arranged building on the reclamation. The new offices are single-storied, built on concrete piles of the very best of Borneo timber. The one critici-m187 words
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Article1139 1925-11-17 1245 DROP IN PRICES INTERESTING INTERVIEW Considerable uneasiness has been occasioned by the recent drop in the price of copra, and the position of the copra market has been the subject of much discussion in Colombo. A Times of Ceylon representative sought the views of Mr. E. Shand,1,139 words
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Article1068 1925-11-17 1246 The Singapore slums have been very much to the fore in local politics lately, and as the situation is still vague and uncertain it may be useful to state the facts that have emerged from the Government and municipal discussions on the subject. In the first place,1,068 words
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Article485 1925-11-17 1246 W U I O M. 1 R I. I arquharson, 0.C.P.D., Kua. i Lumpur, euL red hospital on Friday with an attack of fever. Mr. and Mrs. G. \V. Bryant arc av.ng Kuala Lumpur next Wednesday «•I Singapore, whence th*\ are sailing for Home. Ihe Hon Mr H. Marriott,W U * I O M. - 485 words
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Article956 1925-11-17 1247 Developments As we have pointed out, the Geneml Officer Commanding indulged in some remarkable flight a of prophecy at Singapore. He, may be right about the air route, but one wonders whether the rest of it. includipg -t big increase in garrison and other important military measures will956 words
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Article450 1925-11-17 1247 Prsliminarv Enquiry Mr. C. W. A. Sennett, Police Magistrate, held a preliminary enquiry in the Police Court yesterday afternoon in the case in which the driver of motor bus P. 1491 w.-r char <pd with rash driving in McNair Sri ei n October 14, causing the death450 words
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Article553 1925-11-17 1247 T.O.M. Prison for Rash Drivib The sixth Singapore Assizes concluded with the sentencing to 12 months’ rigorou imprisonment of Loh Yok, a Chinese hire car driver, who- was found guilty of causing death by a rash act. The accused was the driver of a oar which, according toT.O.M. - 553 words
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Article430 1925-11-17 1248 handsome collection fop POPPY LAY FUND The danoe organised by the Ex Re*vice A’srciation, Penang, in aid of the Poppy Day Funds, which was held last night at Deb. A 0 Hotel, proved another of those delightful affairs for which Pen mg genarally and the E.430 words
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Article490 1925-11-17 1248 An Unqualified Success The entertainment given in hnnmr'of the Lady Superior, Rev. Moti e r Tarcisiua’ re urn from Fiance by the pupils of the Penang Convent yesterday proved a great euoosss The various items in the programms we o carried out without a biteh from beginning to490 words
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Article556 1925-11-17 1248 SHALL WE HAVE A MUNICIPALITY” A -pccial meeting Hie Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board was held this morning, when Mr. M. NV. Millington, the (hairman, presided. Ihe others present were Messrs J. L Sime, Khoo Keng Hooi, A B. Jord an, M. Cumarasami, NV. Smith, Raja (’da, Drs.556 words
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Article976 1925-11-17 1249 COURT REFUSES PROBATE TO WIDOW The litigation relating to the considerable estate left by the late Syed Abdullah bin Syed Abdul Razak Hadji, which has been before the Supreme Court for several days, concluded on Thursday morning, reports the Free Press. In the action Haji Khadijah binte976 words
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Article177 1925-11-17 1249 A serious lorry accident occurred at th j oction of New r Bridge-road and Haveiock-road, Singapore, on Wednesday afternoon, resulting in the death of a Japanese gentleman and a little Chinese boy. It appears thot the driver of the motor lorry, Lian Poo Kuai, was177 words
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Article448 1925-11-17 1249 RAH MAN HYDRAULIC TIN, LIMITED D!RectorFr EPORt Handsome Profit Hie following is the Dim c t G P to be submitted to the ck the ordinary general Hongkong Bank BuildiJs Saturday, November 21’ Gentlemen, Your Directors be» mit herewith a duly audited J üb of Accounts for the year tat448 words
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Article197 1925-11-17 1250 veil give i.—M.M. j’hfTC is a deal of support for the j,v4opinent of amateur racing in Mal\, We have some keen gentlemen a nd events in which they take r r t always excite great interest. The ail pore Turf Club's enterprise in holda wholly amateurveil give i.—M.M. - 197 words
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Article229 1925-11-17 1250 PENANG CRICKET LEAGUE At a meeting of Club representatives yesterday it was 1 decided to continue the usual Cricket League next season, commencing early in January. The same five teams which have taken part in the previous seasons, namely, the P.C.C., P.R.C., C.R.C., Public Services' and Eastern229 words
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Article105 1925-11-17 1250 n Armis/tice Day, November 11. M°y U P S were presented to Messrs. tebastian and S. Marmuthu winner J 1 r,Kl nrr-up respectively in the tennis competition held at Bukit Part or current year. A teaandth JOfen arran ef l for the occasion Mr 1 wer105 words
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Article370 1925-11-17 1250 Pinal In connection with the Penang Recreation lub annual tennis tournament (now, with the exception of the Doubles final’, concluded) the final in the Singles was played off on Monday and Tuesday and resuited in a victory for M. E C Orr who beat W. 11. Scully370 words
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Article536 1925-11-17 1250 P.C.C. v. BANGKOK Visitors Just Lose Although beaten by two goals to one by the Penang Cricket lub, on the Esplanade yesterday evening, Bangkok at no stage of the match looked like losers and a draw might have been a more cor reef reflex of the game. Their forwards536 words
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Article226 1925-11-17 1250 Smart \rrest at Tanjong Pagar particularly daring murder was committed at Tanjong Pagar in broad daylight yesterday, and was promptly followed by the arrests of three men, alleged to be members of the gang concerned. It appears that, aljoiit mid-dav a gang of six hinese held up226 words
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Article523 1925-11-17 1251 SUMATRA JAVA NEWS DJAMBI RUBBER DUTY (Translated for the Echo) During the month of October last the Customs Department at Djanibi collected a sum of f. 230,000, being export duty on rubber alone. The total taxes collected for the month was f. 346,000. False Currency Notes The Sourabavasche Handelsblad says523 words
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Article736 1925-11-17 1251 ANNUAL MEETING IN h'OH lhe seventh annual general meeting cl lhe liitam Tin, Lid., (Incorporated m the F.M.S.j was held at No. 19, Hale Street, Ipoli on November 9. Present, Alessrs. I’. A. Powell (in the Chair), A. N. Kenion, R. P. Brash, G. Huntsman, F. N.736 words
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Article395 1925-11-17 1251 Gold leeth and Motor Cams The Amsterdam Telegraaf of Septembcr 20 contains an article from its East Indian correspondent which is translated below: Official reports show to an increasing extent what a tremendous effect the cultivation of rubber has upon the economical condition of395 words
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Article1199 1925-11-17 1252 ANTHONY CO.’S SHARE LIST F Buyers M r. R.-gfffW-P 0111 R dURiS. Sets. 5 .V rn 3.40 3 j cum Ltd iM 4'S 4 Mala hstetes, Ltd 4.40 RSJSjTmm* iflic.teM.l [9.00 «li-*; i.nj ijy IKK > </■. l.ui. 13CO 13.75 iStaE-O-.M. f. 25 6.15 ibberCo., I. .-”p fcj i ugßubbiHo.,1,199 words
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Article275 1925-11-17 1252 Messr-L Loan Co. inform ub as follows: Knila Reman O/tiber rubber output 77,000 lb, to date 489,479 lb, year ends 3let Maioh. Pahang Consolidated Oetober tin output 3,938 pkle. to date 11,631 pkle, year ends 31st July Ipoh Tin D edging October tin output 1,005 pkls, to date275 words
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Article532 1925-11-17 1252 9 1 > r.rKLV REPORT I --i -v evening c iijarket, prices at K'il«! r -M. !14 r r l|. l( j| H> early f I .t *i' u i t. 1 i t oniioucs j* H.llLhn, *s? 'I» *«I aH*l IIHVr JfM FI S*J FUD'fl f Hit532 words
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