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Title Section20 1926-06-23 1 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. $lB PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CENTS VOL. 24 PENANG JUNE 23, 1926 NO. 2520 words
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Advertisement357 1926-06-23 1 CONTEN S 3 3 lc .r icoc MISCELLANEOUS: (Continued) ,AJ LEADER» ru S (X <3 Taking Silk Home oko V Jj u Publicity For Penang 640 I Penang Library 5O fl Town Improvement 646 1 For Women and—Men 66 2 Sti Scouting in Malaya 650 F. M. S. Affairs 4H357 words
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Advertisement194 1926-06-23 2 TH« t-Jf STRAITS ECHO I MAIL EDITION. g Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, a and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the 7 7k> VTi daily issues, as well as all important news from various parts of the Far194 words
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Article1528 1926-06-23 640 OJd-fashioned people who love Penang for itself and do not wish to see the Island overrun by tourists will perhaps be glad to see that, so far as the Municipal Commissioners are concerned, the scheme for a publicity campaign to bring the beauties and attractions of this1,528 words
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Advertisement28 1926-06-23 640 Clx Straits cl)o PUBLISHED DAILY MAIL EDITION Ccntainin- the news of the week prior o departure of Mails for Europe The Criterion Press, Limited 59, Beach Street, Penang28 words
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Article917 1926-06-23 641 Durians Prohibited in hotels, eaten secretly in European households, gorged by the poorer element of the population, always giving forth an odour that is unpleasant in the extreme, durians hold s/zayinthe Penang fruit world just now. Outside hundreds of kongsis and lodging houses one may see, early in917 words
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Article274 1926-06-23 641 We were privileged yesterday to inspect the latest addition to the ranks of Ocean freighters calling at Penang. The Malayan Prince is the first of five new motor vessels to be placed on the New York berth by the Prince Line, and is expected to complete the274 words
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Article1103 1926-06-23 641 Anna Caret - (Bt Anna Caret) Bernard Shaw askg for an ideal day f 0 all of usfour hours of work foar hours for dressing, undressing and resting; eight hours for sleeping and eight hours for leisure. He has placed the lowest number 8 f hours at the disposal1,103 words
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Article130 1926-06-23 642 24 HOURS BY SEA Straits Steamship Co.’s Enterprise (From Our Own Correspond»*!.; Singapore, June 15 The new Straits Steamship Company’s vessel Kedah, which Vickers’ of Barrow in-Fuiness are building, will be tbs largest and fastest of the company's fleet She will run direct between Penang and Singapore,130 words
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Article515 1926-06-23 642 Hearty Welcome by Teachers Yesterday evening the teachers of the Physical Training Class entertained Mr. H. R. Cheeseman, Inspector of Schools, at a soirefl held in the Government Girls’ Schoo), Noitham Road. On his arrival he was received by Mr. J.W. Jefferson, the Instructor of the515 words
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Article562 1926-06-23 642 PROPOSED NEW SERVICE Singapore to Calcutta Singapore is to lead the way in 1' »r East air development, says the Malaya Tribune, and private enterprL in which several prominent local men and Messrs. Malayan Motors Ltd., are concernedis arranging details now Briefly the scheme is as follows: (a)562 words
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Article855 1926-06-23 643 I ROGRESS ON CAMERON’S HIGHLANDS Siu W. G. Maxwell s Report We extract the following on Hill Stations from the annual report on the F.M.S by Sir George Maxwell, late Chief Secretary to Government: The development of Cameron a Highlands as a hill station has definitely been decMed855 words
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Article818 1926-06-23 643 We are to-day (says Vhe Times of Malaya of June 14) in a ,position to make a very important announcement an announcement which definitely assures the future of mining in the Kinta District for the next hundred years, whilst at the same time it promises to make818 words
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Article80 1926-06-23 644 Tennis Results The following are the results of tennis matches played yesterday: Mens Singles: Sedwick beat Dilley 6—l', 6—2. Mixed Doubles: Mrs. D. ard Pott» beat Mrs. Hogan A: Finch (R.) 6l, (j—l; Miss M. Brown Powell beat Miss Young A Spilnian > Mrs. Reimann A Hogan80 words
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Article473 1926-06-23 644 LAST DAY’S RESULTS Good Dividends (Fmni Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, June 15 There was a large crowd for the fifth and last da,\ s races of the Selangor Turf Chib Summer Meeting which were run off in good weather. Those present included the Sultan of Perak473 words
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Article330 1926-06-23 644 k T.O.M. Pljp area in Malaya put under rubber cultivation during 1925 is slated in the F.M.S. Government Gazette to have been 10,778 as compared with 99.154 in 1918. Of this total 8,006 acres were situated in the Federated Malay States. In the case of Kedah thekT.O.M. - 330 words
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Article1071 1926-06-23 644 NO PUBLICITY FOR PENANG New Commissioners Welcomed An ordinary meeting of the Municipal (_’oinmission was held yesterday afternoon at the Municipal Offices. Mr. Bernard Nunn, President, presided and the others present were: Mr. J. I). Kemp, Mr. J. 11. Ped low, Mr. Khoo Sian Ewe, Mr. \eoli Cheung1,071 words
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Article705 1926-06-23 645 LOCAL TOPICS Dangerous Motor Cyclists A resident who takes a keen interest in motors and motorists the other day said that ten years ago he knew every car in Penang by the noise it made passing beneath his office window. Now he finds that imposs ble, not only705 words
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Article328 1926-06-23 645 GUNMAN SHOT DEAL) Fierce Duel in Sago Street After a battle, lasting for nearly half an hour, a notorious Cantonese gunman was shot dead in Sago Street on Saturday by two Chinese detectives who were attempting to effect his arrest, says the Straits Limes. Il appears that the328 words
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Article38 1926-06-23 646 MARRIAGE Grumitt— Owen: At St. George’s Church, Penang, on Thursday, June 17, by the Rev. Keppel Garnier, Colonial Chaplain, Corrie Grumitt, of Messrs. McAuliffe, Davis and Hope, Medan, to Alice Maud Owen, of Blundell Sands, Liverpool.38 words
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Article970 1926-06-23 646 We were interested to read in a Singapore contemporary this week an article describing the programme of town improvement which is being undertaken i n ibe Southern Settlement. That programme is both an extensive and expensive one, and it is clear that the City Bathers in Singapore are970 words
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Article514 1926-06-23 646 Th.' Rev. Bro. Janie» returned to Penang tt-day trim lit law an by t'he s.s. Mata Hari. Mr. Gilmour. As-d tant Contrcller < L b< ur. M;'acca, kit there on Satur. d. y (Ji transfer to Kuala Lumpur. Mr. J. W. Edward», of lit rtam Estate, w;s514 words
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Article1243 1926-06-23 647 Fashion Loses Weight A Fenang woman who went to Ascot Jft«O year tells ns that she had put her entire outfitchiffon gown, silk undergarments, hat, shoes and handbag on the bathroom scale, and f uod that it weighed only an cunce or f-o more than t e hat1,243 words
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Article1249 1926-06-23 647 Anna Carey - (By Anna Carey) Half of us epe-nd our lives in valiantly pursuing something we haven’t eot, and when we get it, we nr like a child over a broken tov beoause w 0 find that wh den t want it. The curse of fulfilment. Bat w1,249 words
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Article586 1926-06-23 648 ANNUAL CONFERENCE CHIEF SECRETARY’S INTERESTING ADDRESS (From Our Own Correspondent) Ku da Lumpur, Juiib i 7 Tho Hoi. Mr. J. W. Campbell presided at tbe ibi <i annual c nfereuce of the Incorporated Society of Planters whiob opened at the Masonic Hall in Venning Read, Koala Lumpur,586 words
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Article359 1926-06-23 648 Grlmut Owes A q net but ve y pretty w-dding to »k p’a'» at n ;on at St. George’s, Church, Penanc, to-dav. the contracting pirtie? hung M». C irrie Grnmitt, minqger of Massrß. MoAulifta, Divia and Hope's c fli»% Medar, and younger brother of Mr F- H.359 words
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Article230 1926-06-23 648 Fire on Board at SingaPokk (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, June 16 A small fi e occurred on the Ddi«r Liuer President Ga-fie’d, tc-Jay, wh>n dense clouds of smike we e seen i»smng from the galley. It was found that an cil spay attached to the co230 words
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Article980 1926-06-23 649 GEOLOGY AND MINING Sir W. G. Maxwell’s Report The following is from the annual icport on the F.M.S. from the pen of Sir George Maxwell, late Chief Secretary to Government, F.M.S.: There are four European appointments in the Geological Department, and 30 in the Mines980 words
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Article624 1926-06-23 649 If any reminders have been needed from time to time of the extraordinary grasp wdiich our late Chief Secretary gained during his career in this country of the ins and outs of Malayan affairs of practically every description, whether departmental, commercial, industrial agricultural, or whatnot (and624 words
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Article1044 1926-06-23 650 Any movement that tends to draw the different races of the Empire together is deserving of support, and it is disappo nting to notice how little in. terest is taken by the general public in the Boy Scouts of Malaya. There are men in our midst who1,044 words
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Article472 1926-06-23 650 J Speoner and Mrs. R. W. Blair are visiting Maxwell Hill, Taiping. Mr 11. E. Somerville, director of Mansfield and Co., and Mrs. Somerville, returned from Home by the Hector. Mr. F. Hunt has been appointed i a member of the Mosquito Destruction Board, Upper Perak, vice472 words
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Obituary27 1926-06-23 650 DEATH Kee.On June 7, at Sungei Bakap, P.W., Kee Tek Kow, aged 64 years. Funeral will take place at Sungei Bakap at 10 a.m. on July 2.27 words
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Article4015 1926-06-23 651 THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE YESTERDAY’S PROCEEDINGS (From Out Own Corretpondtnl.) Koala Lum par, Jane 17 The Hon. Mr. J. W. Campbell presided to day at the thi-d annual conference of tbe Incorporated Society of Planters, which wee held at the Masonic Hall, Venning Road, this morning. The con4,015 words
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Article644 1926-06-23 653 SOON THEAM CO.'S SHARE REPORT Penang, June 18, 1926 Despite an increase of rubber stocks, the price of the commodity is filming up and during the week under review there is an advance of at 1/B|. Renewed buying of rubber shares set in and most shares recorded gains, with New644 words
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Article153 1926-06-23 653 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo) Dear Sir, 1 noticed in last night’s paper your very excusable question-mark after the mysterious Nougai” which may be go. ing to hold up Doisy’s flight to Tokio. 1 am told by a former resident of Japan that this unfertunate153 words
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Article232 1926-06-23 653 The Singapore Municipal health statement for the w r eek ending June 5 gives the total number of deaths as 300 representing a death rate of 38.211 per mille per annum compared with 40.75 in the preceding week and 27.55 in the corresponding w r eek of232 words
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Article1875 1926-06-23 654 A JUDGE’S STRONG COMMENTS Independent and Competent Advice” The strong comments made by Mr. Justice Deane with reference to Mr James Aitken, the Singapore solicitor, in giving judgment setting aside a deed of gift, executed by an old Malay 1 idy in favour of her nephew were1,875 words
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Article562 1926-06-23 655 A Loss to Malaya Mr. \V. Makepeace’s rct.’mmmt from the East d( i riv< s the S ng;q oie Free Tress of a capable Editor and Manage g D recto™”. British Mah'; a of pub'i'ipir.ted c tiz-m, and cv rv j u'-udist i the (< untry of562 words
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Article749 1926-06-23 655 A STUDENT’S DEATH PIiELIMIXAKY INQLIKY A preliminary enquiry into the death of Lim Beow Kooi, a pupil of St. Xavier’s Institution, who was knocked down by n otor carP.22s9,idriven by Tagi bin Svnai, a Boyanese, at the junction of Arg vie and Transfer Roads on April 29, was749 words
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Article387 1926-06-23 655 Judges and Malay Character An unusual application was made in the Singapore Court of Appeal, on Wednesday, before the Chief Justice (Sir WilTam Murison), Mr. Justice McCabe Reay, and Mr. Justice Brown. Referring to an appeal to be heard later in the week, Mr. T. Dudley Parsons387 words
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Article937 1926-06-23 656 KNOW THYSELF" Peace seems to be the very last thing that man desires in modem days. Our lives are one long scurry from goal to goal, a bewildering effort to go one better" than our neighbours. We are not content unless we are courageously fighting to follow in the train937 words
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Article693 1926-06-23 656 S.T. H.H. the Sultan of Perak is an enlightened and humane ruler and we are quite sure that the recommendation to mercy in the case of the Chinese girl, Chan Say Mcoi, who was sentenced to death at the Ipoh Assizes on Wednesday, will receive his supportS.T. - 693 words
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Article1606 1926-06-23 657 A Discreet Jockey There was -n c race for the A*rs»t Stakes of 1839. Zib t twelve runners kept well together until the distance was reached, wlun a three year-old, the Turquoise filly, shot ahead and won by half a length. Bell, the winning jockey, though almost a1,606 words
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Article194 1926-06-23 657 HALF-YEARLY MEETING Satisfactory Financial Position (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 14 The Hon. Mr. J, W. Campbell presided at the half-yearly meeting of tbe I. S> P. at which there was a larger attendance than on previous days- Giving a resumd of the work done194 words
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Article358 1926-06-23 658 Hotel Theft Case Before Mr. F.K. Wilson in the Police Court this morning Lim Ah Ha, a Chinese servant at the Runnymede Hotel, was charged by Detective-Inspector Fowler with being i> fraudulent possession of a gold stud and a pair of gold links yesterday afternoon. Inspector Fowler said358 words
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Article240 1926-06-23 658 With reference to a letter which appeared in the Straits Times of the 15th instant under the title Taking Silk Home,” Mr. A. Roose, the Acting Registrar of Imports and Exports, forwards a copy of the information received from the Board of Trade on this subject in240 words
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Article2747 1926-06-23 658 MR. E. W. F. GILMAN’S LECTURE ORIGIN AND WORKING OF INDIAN IMMIGRATION COMMITTEE Mr. E. W. F. Gilman, tho Labour Controller for Malaya, delivered a leature of absorbing interest at the Caledonia Club, Nebong Tebal, last night un ler the auspices of the Malay Peninsula Agricultural Association, choosing for2,747 words
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Article286 1926-06-23 659 New Books ihe Devil, by Leo Tolstoy, Translated by Aylmer Maude. Bow to Drive A Car, by The Editor of The Motor.” The Royal Academy, 1926. The Terrible People, by Edgar Wallace. Thunder on the Left, bv Christopher Morley. Twenty Five, by Beverley Nichols. Two or Three Graces286 words
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Article4002 1926-06-23 660 RESUMPTION of conference LABOUR NUCLEUS Recft'h ment of Tamil Coolies (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 18 There was a larger attendance at the resumption this morning of the I.S.P. conference, at the Masonic Hall, Venning Road, Kuala Lumpur, which was presided over by the Hon.4,002 words
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Article1643 1926-06-23 662 Anna Carey - CRITICISM (By Anna Carey) Dean Inge is one of the few prominent men in public life who make it their business to give opinions on ethical matters, wiio succeeds in keeping from his voice the screeching note of hysteria. Ihe world has dubbed him a pessimist, a1,643 words
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Article1113 1926-06-23 663 TWO IMPORTANT RESOLUTIONS At the next meeting of the Federal Council, which is io take place on the 23rd of this month, two very important resolutions will be considered, says the Malaya Tribune. One deals with a supplementary vote of $125,290, to the Rubber Growers’ Association for propaganda1,113 words
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Article630 1926-06-23 664 SEQUEL TO WEDDING OF CAPHAN CHINA’S DAUGHTER The wedding of Wee Kim Lian, the (laughter <1 Wee lan, formerly Capitan China in Bengkalis and a wealthy man, was described by her brother, Wee Kim Cheng, in the Supreme Court at Singapore yesterday morning (says Friday's Free Press)630 words
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Article498 1926-06-23 664 A preliminary enquiry into the death of a Chinese, Lee Choo Cheng, who was knocked down by motor car N.S. 395, driven by a Singhalese, Mago Dagi John, at Butterworth, on May 13, was held by Mr. B. R. Whitehouse in the Butterworth Police Court yesterday afternoon.498 words
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Article1107 1926-06-23 664 LEAN CO'S WEEKLY REPORT Thursday Evening The upward-movement in Tin has continued, and on closing-prices of £269.55. for Cash and £268.155. for 3 months, the advances during the week are £3.105. and £4.55. respectively. The brighter outlook for the Coal-position has without doubt helped to bring about a1,107 words
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Article587 1926-06-23 665 (HmL ScMENCED to death in i Recommended io Mercy Before the Hon. Mr. Justice Watson in the Supreme Court, ipoh, yesterday (says last night s limes of Malaya) the case against Chan Say Mooi, a dark littie Cmnese girl of 24, who stands charged with murder, was again587 words
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Article478 1926-06-23 665 Circumstances Against Dual System A supplement to the F.M.S. Government Gazette dated June 15, 1926, contains the new Land Code of the F.M.S. It is in the form of a draft Bill, the fourth draft that 'has been prepared In the objects and reasons we read:478 words
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Article1116 1926-06-23 666 The optimism of Sir Robert Horne regarding imperial air routes seems rather aston shing. If it really becomes possible to fly from London to Australia ju ten days within the next ten years this generation w’ll have seen greater developments in the air than it1,116 words
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Article458 1926-06-23 666 Mr. Caldecott was in I’*naiig on Saturday with Mr. Gilman Nursing Si-ter M Smi <r ha* been uc< ndt d tor service under tin- Kedah (lox ernmeut.ST. At Ruling. Mr*. Wa**ell, wile of Doctor Wassell of Kinkiang, was diowned while bathinu n tne Enn raid Pool. Mr.458 words
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Article1358 1926-06-23 667 A Fellow Feeling Oar heaitfelt sympathy goes out to the American paper which advertises for: An Editor who can please every body. Also, a Foreman, who can so arrange the paper as to allow every man’s advertisement to head the column.” The Ex-Kaiser’s Claims If the plebiscite in1,358 words
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Article475 1926-06-23 667 Test Case Tne case in which Mr. E Reimann representing the firm of Messrs. Katz Brothers, Ltd., was summoned by the Municipality for allowing goG( j s addressed to the firm to remain on Weld Quay longer than the prescribed twenty, four hours was concluded before Mr.475 words
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Article601 1926-06-23 668 JUDGE’S IMPORTANT STATEMENT When Mr- Justice Watson took hie seat on the Benoh in Ipoh ou Saturday he referred, according to the Times of Malaya, to two mistakes that crept into that paper’s report of the concluding stages of the trial in which the Chinese girl, Chang601 words
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Article187 1926-06-23 668 Perak v. Selangor (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. June 20 hi reply to the Selangor total of 266, Perak had 12'.» for 9 wickets when stumps were drawn for the day. Scores Selangor— lst Innings Grenier 1 b w b Hennessey 3b Gopai c lord b Keene187 words
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Article275 1926-06-23 668 P.C.C. Defeat C.R.C. In their return League match on Saturday on the Esplanade, the Penang Cricket Club defeated the Chinese Recreation Club by 29 runs. There was nothing notable in the match except for Marshall's 43. Scores: C.R.C. L. Eng Chong run out 10 C. Eng Kim275 words
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Article233 1926-06-23 668 Penang Side Beaten cricket match was played at Alor Star yesterday between a Public Services team from Penang and a Public Services team, Kedah, captained by Mr. A. S. Haynes, British Adviser. The scoring < n both sides was low. Penang were dismissed for 46 and233 words
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Article442 1926-06-23 668 A correspondent write.-»: l ollvwer" of racing in Malaya will be glad l<> note that the Straits Racing Asmx- utivn is advertising for the »ervice-, of a Stipendiary Steward, a post which wan held by Mr GcOrge U. Redfearn some firm- ago No reason baa been given442 words
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Article199 1926-06-23 669 At a public meeting held at the ipoh Town Hall on Saturday morning, it was decided to abandon the Exhibition which it was proposed to hold on July 31, and August 1 and 2. Mr. A. J. Sturrock, who presided, sad that difficulty had been experienced all along199 words
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Article287 1926-06-23 669 ANNUAL MEETING The annual general meeting of the Subordinate Civil Service Association was held in the club premises, Anson Pead, on Saturday afternoon. Mr. E. S. Kitto was in the chair. The chairman dealt at length with the work done by the Committee during the year under review. The287 words
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Article194 1926-06-23 669 A Btraits-born Teochew merchant named Loh Beng Khawn was stopped by two Chinese armed with knives in Armenian Btreet, Singapore, on Thursday night and robbed of $lO9 in notes and his platinum wrist-watch. The men ran away with their spoil and the next day the victim made a194 words
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Article522 1926-06-23 669 An extraordinary general meeting the Taiping Tin Dredging Company, Ltd., was held at noon to-day at the Registered Office of the Company, y o> 33 Beach Btreet, Penang. Present--Messrs. D. A. M. Brown (Chairman), E Reimann, W. E. Hutson, and F. H Baker, representing the Secretaries Messrs. Katz522 words
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Article4139 1926-06-23 670 HALE-YEARLY MEETING SOCIETY’S SATISFACTORY PROGRESS The Provident Fund [he half-yearly meeting of the Incorporated Society of Planters was held at the Masonic Hall, Venning Road, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday morning, the Hon. Mr. J. W. Campbell presiding. The attendance was larger than that on the two previous4,139 words
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Article1143 1926-06-23 672 ASIATICS IN MALAYA An Appeal In the recent discussion about the political changes in Malaya nothing struck me (writes "Nemesis" in a special article in Young Malaya) so forcibly as the absolute indifference with which all those who took part in that discussion treated all Asiatic Communities excepting1,143 words
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Article810 1926-06-23 673 ALLEGED CHEATING Before Mr. 1 K. ilson in the Police C< urt this morning, Shcroo, a Bengali watchman, appeared as complainant m a case in which he charged Haji Kamaiud.n with cheating in respect of an 1.0. U. chit for $49 on May 19. Complainant said that about810 words
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Article833 1926-06-23 673 EDUCATION W e extn.ct the following chapter or Education n the F.M.S. from the annual report of Sir George Maxwell, late Chief Secretary, F.M.S. At the beginning of the year the number of European appointments in the Euucatxn Department, including administrative and teaching staff, was833 words
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Article34 1926-06-23 674 BIRTH Aeria.At Government Quarters, Burmah Hoad, on 22nd June, 1926, to Mrs. Aeria, wife of Mr. F. D. C. Aeria, of the Resident Councillor’s Office, Penang, a son. Singapore papers please copy.34 words
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Article998 1926-06-23 674 Young Malaya” has not yet come, our way, but we reproduced yesterday from its pages, via one of our Singapore exchanges, an article which should be of mild interest to our readers. The writer, who for some not clearly apparent reason has chosen the pen-name Nemesis,”998 words
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Article484 1926-06-23 674 Mr G. A Hereford, District Judge, Penang. kit for the Bindings yesterday to hear District Court cases th* ra Mr Md Ar had bin Dsman is icting i.> Superintendent of Posts and Telegraphs, Kedah, in pl *c- of Mr S Asirvadam who ha- gon* to India on484 words
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Article1294 1926-06-23 675 Soviet Ambassadorial Status 1 he Soviet Government s dtsLe lb .t i 8 dip'bmatic rcpreSf n’ative in G-ca*. B.iau should be rais’d to Amli.sM.d oi J ian< vsill, we irna ine, re m tin ui.ht'iJ.ed. Nominally, of ouss, t he higher status is i o mo e flj.n1,294 words
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Article1401 1926-06-23 675 Anna Carey - (Ft Anna Carey) No, it’s no use pretending that you love the moon so much that you cin go cn locking it with irtere-it all night, The erulful expression can only ba kept up for five minutes at a tim and then if, proves to he a1,401 words
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Article292 1926-06-23 676 A NOVEL ANNOUNCEMENT More Information Wanih» An advertisement in last nLht’s Straits Echo notified that a’l passengers fom > 'i'i n are rt-qiied to piy a dipotO rf $5O (Hods 6'2 I'2) as surety to P.ssenget» Undartakings’ b fore bein' allowed to pnoeed fon Pd»»-' B-nar” ar.d292 words
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Article322 1926-06-23 676 The Half year’s Profits The directors of the Straits Trading Co., Ltd., have submitted the aiooun’s for th a half year ended March 31, 1926, which will In ptts-mted at the half-yearly meetinr at Deem Building, Siugajo e, on June 28 at noon. Af r er writing322 words
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Article1129 1926-06-23 676 PENANG'S NEW EXCHANGE Efucieni Service Promised It has hern vid ent f< r some time that the h eal teh phone system is m a \-r\ bad v;; It ha- been damned from almo't ev*ry quarter and. to th->se uiiaw ar* of th* difficulties which h ive hid1,129 words
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Article885 1926-06-23 677 MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS AND RESEARCH WORK Sir W. G. Maxwell’s Report We take the following chapters on Medical Institutions and Research from the annual report on the F.M.S. for 1925 from the pen of Sir George Maxwell, late Chief Secretary to Government There were on December885 words
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Article241 1926-06-23 677 Al Ihe beginning of the week, says the Bangkok Times of June 16, rumours were current in Bangkok that His Majesty 's health was causing anxiety, and that there might be an earlv return of the Court to the Capital. From enquiries made we are glad241 words
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Article562 1926-06-23 678 AT BANDAR, SELANGOR Distinguished Gathering Preseni (Fmvi Our Own Correspondent) Klang, June 21 A very large crowd assembled in Bandar on Friday June 18 to witness the opening ceremonies of the Alahuddin s Mosque. The venue of the function was the park opposite the mosque,, a562 words
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Article421 1926-06-23 678 J he First lest cricket match between England and Australia which mon thin half the world had been eagerh looking forward to, has come and gone. Owing to heaxy rain only fifty minutes’ pl ax was possible on the three days allotted for the match; and the critics421 words
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Article240 1926-06-23 678 Sunday’s Match Our A lor Star correspondent sends us the following notes on the match between the Penang Public Service and the Kedah Public Service which was played on Sunday at A lor Star and which ended in a narrow win for the homesters by 13240 words
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Article528 1926-06-23 678 PERAK v SELANGOR Time Saves Former from Defeat (Front Our Own Corrpßpondmt} Kuala Lumpur, June 21 Time saved Perak from a defeat at the hands of Selangor, the Premier State having 9 wickets down with over 121 fo make to win. Play to-day was exciting. In the first528 words
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Article62 1926-06-23 679 Tennis Resulis The following are the results of tennis matches played at the Golf Club yesterday Men’s Doubles: Scott Terdre beat Donaldson Byatt 36, 64, 75. Mixed Doubles: Mrs. Sedwick Boyd beat Mrs. Brooke Roland 11—9, 63. Ladies’ Singles: Mrs. Pedlow beat Mrs. Scott 6l, 6o. Ladies’62 words
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Article428 1926-06-23 679 F U II T H E R S U G G E S TIO N S Our correspondent’s letter on some racing matters which appeared in these columns yesterday has, evidently, been .the subject of some discussion, for this morning we received two further letters, one endorsing428 words
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Article323 1926-06-23 679 The Ipoh Agri-Horticultural Show is off” and I know*, says a writer in the Times of Malaya, that it is off” to the regret of the majority of the public in Ipoh. Furthermore, the opinion widely is held that insufficient publicity was given to the fact that there323 words
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Article611 1926-06-23 679 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kedah, June 21 The Ilari Raya Haji was observed in the usual manner in Kedah. In. the morning 11. 11. the Sultan and the other members of the Ruling House attended the Mosque where there was a guard of honour supplied by the Sikh611 words
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Article560 1926-06-23 680 Every year, says the Malayan Saturday Post, several thousand boys leave the various English Schools in Malaya, with certificates varying from fourth standard to senior Cambridge. The questionand a very vital questionto be answered is, what becomes of all these boys? Some of them, of course, leave the country560 words
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Article863 1926-06-23 680 On* <f the -übjects t<» come before tlm next meeting of th»' \<h >orx <«;mU’tttt <>| th. Leagu» l of Xuticn.- s th» ff* ct 4 t th» <■ iv H j th. moral wclle;nc < f liJdren and th Sing:q»ori W A has bi r-n863 words
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Article211 1926-06-23 680 NEW K. P. M. STEAMER Tat Rm h C»'n)iY»FuoiDg on Thunday next, lie Penang— an uu will be mHio'a'n d by the R»t»h This i« a new e'eatnc, Ahiob only arrived torn H illaed at th# .nd of May. Ii is fitted with upland id paseeuger a femora of211 words
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Article649 1926-06-23 681 J: v> J it the n* V m»Jin; of th»- F« <kr C' un.;d th,»! the rq 11; -o ut ion, i h !r Mr J. H 'I. R<>bs* )i at lh< j.i i n c».t in;, ng I h;»t G< v < Hi .-i i it649 words
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Article696 1926-06-23 681 A i i'ouit ef the r»aent vmt of the f.'brn < jJi'Aler r *f L ibour to India, final -< ttleim nt has b* »m r< ached with th, Indian Government with regard to j ,nJ rd wages el liidi-m labour» r- on i h t< rm of696 words
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Article452 1926-06-23 681 I’akties Shake Hands in Court This is a very regrettable case, and it is still more regrettable that it should ever have been brought into court,’’ remarked Mr. P. A. F. David, the District Judge, at the conclusion of the case in which Mr. W. D. Tait452 words
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Article1100 1926-06-23 682 Loilix Humming lue loicaavf a<jn o iroia carmen, .uagi&nu<u uijuiatu UIC Ol t> USIICC UIIU CvlllUK'llCl.i.l 1;1C uaii) ruunu auu common tasx wita a iigni lieart. lhe hired car driver who occasionally bring» tne iLCuior as near neatu as ne convenient iv can in a siiorc journey iruin1,100 words
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Article515 1926-06-23 682 AU.KGI.LJ 'i HEFT CilEMrfcT Before Mr. F. K. Wilson in the Police Court yesterday afternoon. Baba bin Papa, a Malay, employed as tain by to Mr. J. Edmonds, Chemist, Beach Street, was charged w th theft of two bottles of chb rodyne belonging to the dispensary on June515 words
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