The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 6 September 1926

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  • 20 978 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. |18 PER ANNUM SINGLE COPY 40 CENTS VOL. 24 PENANG SEPTEMBER 6, 1926 NO. 36
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    • 292 978 CQKTE T S |S LEADERS MISCELLANEOUS: (Continued) M Street Nuisances 980 Theatre Royal 995 Tangier 984 Legislative Counoil 995 M 3 Brighter Ci icket 988 Dutch Queen*» Birthday ...996 H 3 latent Medioinrs 988 Padang Earthquake Relief Fund 997 9 ’Jt The Malayan Show 992 Estate Fire 998 H jQ
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    • 204 979 jL ti 5 I STRAITS ECHO I g MAIL EDITION. Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe. A» ZJr e n? jh <nd contains the latest local and States news originally published in the AV vK daily issues, as well as all important news from
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  • 915 980 '['he S ngapore municipal engineer has been compla ning about the c< ndition of the streets wh ch it is 'his business to keep clean and in good repair, and his remarks apply equally well to any town in Malaya. To anyone accustom'd to the order and t
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  • 19 980 for rubber to- day is Is. 7|d., a rise of |d., compared with last Friday’s price.
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  • 15 980 of fees for passports and naturalisation certdicates is published in the current Gazette.
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  • 25 980 tin is lo-dat quoted at $II8.37J. a rise of $1 37.1 in Penang and Singapore. .is Compared with I’l-i'lay’s quotalions.
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  • 75 980 this morning, before Mr. A Hereford. Mr. lari of the Monopolies Department, charged Teik Chin, with being in possi ssion 'f lovcrnnient chandu at No. 3 Sek Oman Lane on August 21 also with being in posse-sion of chandu With three previous con victions against him.
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  • 510 980 K. P> k ii..' it urn dto S ngaP' i in m Kuala Lumpur. 1 r. and Mrs. Hughes, <t Ipoh, who had bet-n spending a holiday at Tanjong Brntgah have returned to Ipoh. M ss G. Ebtrwc.n accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Stronach, who left for
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    • 31 980 Cbe straits €cbo PUBLISHED daily mail edition p (/i3 v ning the news of the week prior to «lepaiturc of Mails for Europe The Criterion Press, Limited. 59, Beach Street, Penang
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  • 834 981 Divorce Married people discover some strange traits in each other’s characters. Unfaithfulness can sometimes be the least disturbing factor. It, at any rate, is something definite to cite, but there are a thousand and one other ways in which a man and woman can irritate each other to
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  • 166 981 Allegation of Murder Against European According to an article published in a Bandoeng paper on Saturday, the 21st inst., it s alleged that while Mr. Lambach and his wife were walking at 9.30 a.m. in Bandeong, on Saturday, the 21st inst., (hey were attacked by a certain
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  • 66 981 who succeed- ed Mr. W. H. Shelford, as President of the Association of British Malaya, is a well-known merchant. He was an nnothcial member <f the Straits Legislative Council representing the Singapore hamber of Commerce and was lor many years the Managing Director the Siiait. 1
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  • 421 981 A lleuter s cable f rcm p nances the death of M. Jul"V' Aunnn strator of the Ba nque 2 S tor tiic Netherlands. e ar; s Mr Arthur H ardwidge <f Pen IS al present n Singapore k g a series of lectures on present lig
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  • 15 981 Inventions privileges regarding thane gas lighting installations been granted to Minejiro Sakai o
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  • 45 981 The Depu ity Controller of Labour, nang, informs us that 2542 labourers rive per s.s. Talamba yes p u j ftU 716 were sent to Jerejak and the balance procee direct to port Su etfcnhani f 01 4 tine, theie.
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  • 177 982 iHAXl£i( jiie joaugRoK uoi respondent ol tne ijifiiltS XinitJS, LeiOgL apllillg Oil OUlUlUay S U1U as toilows: Al a gala amaer given uy the King to tut xnuo-Gimm mission, ins Axujesty sul a mat in entrusting Hie Governorueuerai, Jr. arennc, with Hie iiign mission, tiie Government ol
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  • 75 982 Supreme Court Decision (From Our Own Correspondent) S’ngapcre, August 30 The petition for the restitution of conjugal rights lodged by Mrs. Florence Meyer against her husband, Mr. Isaac Meyer, was dismissed to-day by the Chef Justice, Sir William Mur;son, <n the ground that the Supreme Court had no
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  • 144 982 FIRST PERFORMANCE Unqualified Success •From Our D/rn Correspondent S ngaporc, August 29 The first performance of the Pageant of Empire was given at the Stadium on Saturday n ght before a huge crowd nd in all respects it was an emphatic success. The drill and torchlight tattoo by
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  • 67 982 im the current i j “vuivijin uvv uvu im lf *sue of the Government Gazette include the following: Mr. J. Calder, a Collector of Land Revenue, Asst. Supt. Monopolies and Asst. Controller of Rubber, Singapore; Dr. AVin- e dt. Principal of Raffles College; and r John Robertson, a
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  • 769 982 horticultural section Shortly before the official opening hour of the Malayan Exhibition, yesterday, says Saturday's Malay Mail" there was a shower of rain and it was feared that the arrangements would have to be altered but, just about noon, it cleared. His Highness the Sultan of Perak was
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  • 281 982 Messrs. Gutbrie Co., Ltd., Singapore, in their weekly rubber market report dated August 27 says: The Commodity Market is quieter and values slightly easier, following a lessening of the recent buying activity. The undertone is good however, and Sellers are reticent. Record shipments for August are anticipated
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  • 24 982 nt* printing man- M* f-'. Rbeio a (j f Penang, j <;.tn< I J\ ill at the General II pita'.
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  • SPORTING NEWS
    • 134 983 Ipoh Open Meeting (From Ou* Own Correspondent} Ipoh, August 30 The Perak Open Athletic Meeting was held on Saturday on the Ipoh padang under the auspices of the Perak Sports Association organised by the Ipoh Y.M.C.A. There were 41 entrants from various State». Appended are the results: 100
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    • 777 983 PENANG CHAMPIONSHIPS Exciting Doubles Final One of the most exciting and thrilling tennis contests that have been yet seen in Penang was that witnessed on Saturday on the P. C. C. Courts when G. II. Pinckney and J. R. Bennett were opposed to Mano and Cheah Wat Hye
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    • 268 983 ALAN LOKE CUP Selangor Chinese Defeat Perak Ihe Inter-state matches in connection with the Malayan Exhibit on began yesterday when the Selangor Chinese met their Perak friends in the Alan Loke Cup compel it i<>n. There was a big crowd, including His Highness the Sultan of Peralc Perak
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  • 40 983 ii Council in 1914 regulating affairs under the Women and Girls Protection Ord'nance in the Po Leung Kok homes have been revoked and fresh rules have been made which are printed in th Gazette.
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  • 51 983 off the list of registered schools in Singapore Ka Toh School, Su Hai Sens School, Chong Chia Night School, K Yam Ku School, Chan Nam School, Tong Man School, S t Giap School, Khai Mung School, Li Chin School and the Kok Khiau School,
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  • 94 983 heard a num- ber of summonses in Chamber to-day To-morrow His Lordship will be engaged in hearing an action in which Messrs P. K. Shakkari Rowther Co., Penang, are suing the owners of the s.s. Sitiawan (1 he Stra ta Steamship Co.) for $6,80 being
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  • 97 983 at Cam- bridge is followed, the pale and thoughtful student may be in for a bad time Students, said one authority from the United States, should have as much credit for their physical accomplishments as for anything else,
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  • 124 983 to 1 11UV. LA V vyi <1 amend “The Rubber Research Institute of Malaya Enactment, 1925 1S to be introduced into the Federal Council. According to the objects and rea sons this Bill is intended to remove doubt as to whether the members of
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  • 707 984 When the Franco-Spanish Treaty of Madrid was signed in 1912 it was agreed t *hat Tangier and its district should be excluded from the Spanish zone of Morocco and become a special zone, some j.40 square miles in extent. In 1923 a Convention in regard to Tangier wai s'gned
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  • 24 984 Mr. G. Jones, Mr. J). Matthew and Air. T. Bird were passengers to Penang to-day frern Liverpool by the s.s. Adrastus.
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  • 14 984 w r ere pre- sent at the Military Pageant on Saturday.
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  • 18 984 fer rubber to- day is Is. 8d., a rise of -]d., compared with yesterday’s price.
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  • 19 984 has broken out at Kuan tan and Kerdan in Pahang and the usual quarantine restrictions have been imposed.
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  • 19 984 for spot and £2 for three months’ buying, the respective figures being £294.12s.6d. and £290.15s.
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  • 26 984 from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore have been excepfon ally long lately, carrying passengers for the Military Pageant and the coming race meeting.
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  • 39 984 had on show at the Malayan Exhibition, Kuala Lumpu*r, a gorgeous leather belt set with brilliants made to the order of a Malay Royalty from the Dutch East Indies. Its cost is said to be $22,000.
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  • 44 984 at the Malayan Ex- h‘bition, Kuala Lumpur, we are informed, aroused considerable interest and attracted a large crowd. Th<? best specimens of the canine kind from all over Malaya were on show. Some of the Penang exhibitors succeeded in winning prizes.
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  • 59 984 telegram rates will be reduced to eight satangs a word for the first ten words and subsequent words five satangs. The piratical charge of five satangs for a receipt is also to be done away with as far as inland messages are concerned, says the
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  • 70 984 at one tme of Aylesbury ami Nutter, Ipoh, will be interested n a picture in the Sunday Pictorial showing Mr. Greig anrf hs hr de, Miss Ailsa Maclean, leav ng the church of St. Mary Abbots, Kensington, after their marriage on Inly 31.
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  • 469 984 Mis. W. J. Edmonds leaves for Singapore til > afterneon the s.s. Klang to catch the motorsh p Jutlandia homeward bound. Mr. 0. Beckett .s shortly going to Malacca as Colicckr oi Land Revenue. Mr. J. A. liunier is 1 k ly to become J'strict Oliicer, Kajang.
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  • 822 985 4 and Horses xnucc xiunry is following the Prince vi u aies very closely in tne latter’» en- tor minting and steeplechasing xmj two x'rmces nave some good strings of horses in training at Melton, where rrince Henry recently has been making plans for the provision of larger
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  • 17 985 Adjutant, P. and P.W.V.C., leaves for Singapore this afternoon by the s.s. Klang.
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  • 24 985 is due in Penang by’ the P. A O. s.s. Morea, wirch is scheduled to arr.ve here cn September 9.
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  • 23 985 for Den- mark, is returning to Bangkok by the ur»ka. lie wII arr.ve there about the nd of October.
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  • 25 985 of Kuala Lum- pur, arrived here by the night mail this morning. He is return ng to the Federal Capital to-morrow night.
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  • 25 985 by tra n from Kuala Lumpur were Messrs. Choc ng Lye Hin, Choong Lye Hock and Lam Choon Kee.
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  • 25 985 Medical Officer, General Hospital, Penang, who has been transferred to Kelantan, leaves for Kota Bahru on the 2nd cf next month.
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  • 26 985 cf Messrs. Hoyle and Sin.th, Ltd., Singapore, who arrived in Penang last Friday, returns to Singapore by the s.s. Klang this afternoon.
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  • 27 985 for the marriage of Inspector Frederick E. H. Kemp, of the Central Police Staton, Singapore, with Miss Mary M. J Gouda, of Rangoon.
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  • 1169 985 A SPLENDID MILITARY SPECTACLE Machine Guns and Armoured r.. at Stadium ars Looking back upon the S pl endid taele which was s aged at the Stad£ on Saturday night one’s mind is pled by vivid impressions of what£ certainly be the most elaborate an I most effectively
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  • 16 986 <f Ipoh, s on a vis.t to the Federal Capital.
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  • 36 986 Advo- cate and Solicitor, Ipoh, and a Member of the Federal Counc 1, F.M.S., accompanied by Mrs. Jon s, has booked his passage for Home by the s.s. Sar pedon.
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  • 449 986 v. th genuine regret, says a Siam Contemporary. He know* his job, and he lias done exceed ugly useful work in his .wars service. In addition to that he has an unusually ntiinate and sympathetic understanding of
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  • 426 986 ALLEGATIONS AGAINST DETECTIVE Story of Boat Quay Shooting “In China you were a brigand. You robbed my family and killed my father and my grandfather. I came to Singapore for revenge and was here only live days l>efore I saw’ you.” This was what a Chinese gunman told
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  • 52 986 who was at one tine Governor of I’ntt.ini and latterly with H.K.H. Prince Damrong, is shortly to jo n the Ministry of Interior as Assistant Under Secretary. It s also stated that he will be h vated to the rank of Phya
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  • 54 986 Professor ot Music at Cambrdge (nversity, died at Cambridge f< Mowing on an operation '!>)' ut three weeks before. r Jhe professor, who was a lelk>w of Cn us College .as also a proless* rof th Royal Cclltge of Music. Jle succeeded Sir Charles Her Stanford it
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  • 768 987 RULES FOR EXHIBITORS 1. The Kedah Government will hold an Exhibit on of Malay Arts and Crafts and Agricultural Pre ducts at the Gardens, Anak Bukit, on the 10th, 11th and 12th Babialawal, 1345. (September, 18, 19, and 20, 1926). 2. Competitions in all classes are open to
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  • 35 987 Assistant Engineer, P.W.D., F.M.S., is due back from leave by the Gienapp, while Mr. A. G. Cooke, also Assistant Engineer of the P.W.D., F.M.S., is expected back by the s.s. Morea.
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  • 61 987 from Penang were Messrs. L’m Chin Guan, Wee Gim Puny, Lim Huck See, Wee G m Leong, Tye Poh Sun, Chan Hoe Pun, Oh Eng Leong, Ho Kim Teik, Lee Soon Theam, Loke Peng Seong, Lim Chin Ooh, Oh Eng Chuan,
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  • 211 987 includ- ng the Resident < f Negri Sembilan and Mrs. Wolff, at the Sungei Ujong Club, Seremban, on Saturday last, for the concert given by St. Andrew’s Choir, Kuala Lumpur. The programme was we'l arranged and var ed; but it was i ort unate that
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  • 573 987 ADMIRALTY SUIT Collision in Kedah Biver The hearing of an interesting was begun m the Supreme Court morning, before the Hon. Mr. Ju stic A Brown as the result of a the Kedah hirer, on April 18 ast tween the s.s. Sitiawan and Ton s U, No. 29.
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  • 20 987 :o. u Mr. and Mrs. S. H Cole have for Home 911 the Jutlandia-
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  • 375 988 The result of the English County Cricut Championship is perhaps a fitting commentary on one of the most distressful seasons that cricket has ever known Without question Yorkshire the strongest eleven in the country. They have not only not lost a match, but only once, and then in
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  • 762 988 One ot the worst ev Is that European civilization has introduced into the f as t.’ s the cult of patent med cines. */cd cine to the Asiatic is a very powered thing, it is regarded with a great C'd of superstitious belief in its powers. an d
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  • 14 988 for rubber to- day Ms unchanged, the price being Is. 8d.
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  • 19 988 12s.6d. for spot and £1 for three months’ buying, the respective figures being £295.5s. and £291.15s.
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  • 21 988 Ch ef Police Officer, Perak, 1ms returned to Ipoh from a tour of inspection through Upper Perak.
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  • 38 988 the local postman has been issued with a topee, in which he looks very much smarter than those broad-brimmed soft cloth khaki hats served out to him some time ago.
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  • 77 988 rn Penang and the F. M. 8. will regret to hear of the death of Ponnusamy Chettiar, one of the Senior Immigration Inspectors, son of the late Anthonysamy Chettiar, Manager, Ganapathia Pillay and Co., of Negapatam, which took place at Negapatam on August 30. He was
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  • 104 988 records the death of an old and respected Eurasian lady resident of Singapore, in the person of Mrs. Jul ana Jansen, wh ch occurred < n Sunday afternoon, at the age of 85 years. Many of the older residents of Singapore, hailing from Malacca, have hern noted
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  • 165 988 ree< rds with great regret the death of Captain V. C. I’pton which occurred in Taping Hospital on Sunday. Captain Upton had not been in the best of health lately but, when he went into Hospital at Ta ping, it was not thought by his friends
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  • 878 989 ADMIRALTY SUIT Collision in Kedah River As already reported, the sinking of a native junk in the Kedah river on April 18 last, as the result of a collision with the Straits Steamship Company’s Sitiawan formed the subject of an action which was begun in the Supreme Court
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  • 41 989 of Dr. Cheah ’Toon Siew, son of the late Mr. Cheah Tek Soon, to Miss Lam Saw’ Bee, daughter <f Mr. and Mrs. Lam Hor Choy, wh ch will take place on the 8th instant.
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  • 53 989 was received to-day by Messrs. Harrisons, Barker A Co., Ltd., advising the death of Mr. C. Heath Clark, Cha rman of the Board of Directors of Harrisons Crosfield, Ltd., uni 1 1921. As a mark of respect the office ol Messrs. Harrisons, Barker A Co., Ltd., was closed
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  • 60 989 ir< in Shangha that Mr. Moore, manager ol the Asiatic Petroleum installation, who had been carried off by band ts w th whom members of the Kuomingchun army are believed to be connected, has been r. leased and is quite well. 1he bandits threatened to
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  • 57 989 t hat H.R.H. Prince Kanbaeng Bejra, Mnister oi Commerce and Communicat ons, and Commissioner General of Railways, s proceeding to Singapore early next month in connection it is understood, with quest ons regarding trans t into Kedah. He will be accompanied by Prince Sakol. D
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  • 483 989 QUESTION OF ALIEN membership n A Proposal Withdrawn ket ub. a proposal was con 8 i<l eted expunge iron, the Club links the R,i prev ding that -any member wk* or was on August 4, 1914 n r, Austro-Hungarian, Bulgaria oPp’i' ish subject shall cease to be
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  • 33 989 Mr. K. H. Oon, who America a few months ago after J for jug in engineering, left yester a. Singapore by the s.s. Klang Messrs. Tan Kah Kee Co.
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  • SPORTING NEWS
    • 1048 990 plnang championships Mano Defeats Pinckney The Penang Lawn Tennis Charnpionslnps which began on August 16 came U. a concluson yesterday w th the final 1U the Aim s Open Singles, when the Japanese champion Mano, defeated G. H. Pinckney, after an exceedingly close aame, in three strenuously contested
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    • 72 990 Our Alor Star correspondent writes: The Tenuis Tournament organised by the Government English Sch'x 1 Tenn s Club, Alor Star, resulted as follows: Open Singles: W nner, Enn hien Chye; Runner-up. Tunku Badlshah; Open’Doubles: W nners, Tunku Badlishah and Abdul Ra<h d; Runner-up Clarence G’d< on
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    • 47 990 Lawn Bowls Tournament l he following were the results of bowl s tournament ties played \esterday: C hampionship: J. G. Allan beat W. B. Houston 21 —17. Championship Pairs: D. McLeod Craik X J. Duguid beat A. J. Plumb J. Al. Chalmers (C.S.) 21—15.
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  • 154 990 GRAVE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST CHINESE Case To-morrow For the past week or so there has been a persistent rumour that a respectable Chinese, of good position, was to be brought up on serious charges but only this morning the rumours assumed a definite shape. It was stated that a
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  • 39 990 at Ba- tavia, Mr. Morikazi Ida, has left for Tokic to attend the commercial conference regarding the South Sea Islands, which opens on September 11. Air. Ida is expected to return to Batavia after three months.
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  • 62 990 in which a Dutch firm parried Boasson and Van Overzee are claiming $11,055, damages for alleged breach of contract, from the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation was resumed before Mr. Justice Deane on Thursday morning in Singapore. The evidence and cross-examination of Mr.
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  • 218 990 ar- r ved by the P. A O. Kashgar to-day: Mr. P. T. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Aust n, Mr. K. Bryant, Mr. and Mrs. J. Becker, Mr. S Beazley. Mr. T. B. Cocker, Mr and Mrs. C. Cruickshank, the Rev. and Mrs Collins, Mr. and
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  • 841 991  -  (By Anna Carey) Scientific writers, pseudo-scientists, sentimentalists and those who make a study oi mankind have poured out books within the last few years in an endeavour to explain the curious processes of thought and emotion through which the world is now passing. It seems almost a hopeless
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  • 18 991 Lazarus and fcons, Ltd., are in no way connected with the lighting of the Malayan Exhibition.
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  • 32 991 is at present engaged in removing the sand brought down from the hills and which accumulates in the Kinta River, as the.result of the recent rains in Tpoh.
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  • 30 991 De- partinent killed 105 dogs in the Malacca district, while the Munic’pal dog-shoot-er accounted for 47. Others, number unknown, were shot by the local Police.
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  • 35 991 will shortly publish a Chinese newspaper to be called the “Siao Pao” (The Smile), of which they will be the managing editors, says the Malay Mail.
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  • 59 991 In honour o f the Hon. Mr. Choo Kia I’ejig. Messrs. Cheong Yok hoy and Lii v\ eng hee, who are ret ring from the lru«teesh p <! the estate of Loke ew, the staffs of the estate’s head office and its rubber and coconut plantations and oil mills gave
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  • 52 991 of the average person at Home is really extraordinary, and even those whose business it is to be well informed regarding the various parts of the Empire have much to learn, says the London correspondent of the Malay Mail. As an instance, mention may be made
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  • 562 991 THE HEALTH EXHIBIT 1 lie lltjullb Exhibit is nrinftinaii cerned with tins year the prevent* malaria. this can be for d vided into three stages coincide with the life of the mosquito: (1) vent ion before the egg can be laid destruction of larvae, and (3) meaail taken-to
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  • 976 992 Thanks mainly to the efforts of L ie Aialayan Agri-Horticultural Association, exhibitions are now regularly held in a number ot different States and towns, but the Malayan Exhibition which concluded at Kuala Lumpur this week easily maintains i ls position as the central show and as tne
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  • 18 992 Tor rubber to- day is Is. 7fd., a fall of £d., compared with yesterday's price.
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  • 15 992 announces the death of the Chinese Ambassador, Air. Li Kia-ao
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  • 22 992 5s. for spot and 10s. for three months’ buying, the respective figures being 1'295. IOs. and 1'292. 5s. rj
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  • 22 992 which occurred on Tuesday night at Singapore rendered the second performance of the Pageant, as scheduled, impossible of execution.
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  • 73 992 a well known medi- cal man in the har Last, has bee n appom. 'd ns dent phys'eian And superntr) lent at the Shanghai General Hobuit;d. Hr. Bennett, succeeding to the ,,„4 vacant by the death of th late Di j p, ‘j’earn, has unt I recently
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  • 482 992 Mrs. G. A. Potts and Mrs. Donald* > n, who went to Brastag for a hoi’* leturncd this mornmg by the s.s, K< pah. Mr. S. Vickers, Secretary of the I’eming 1 urt lub, leaves lor Singapore (Ins afternotn to attend the race meeting there, which begins
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  • 846 993 The Municipal Trains In spite of the timely warning, prior to the ra’ny weather, the Straits Echo gave a month or so ago about the provision of better comfort for the public using the trams as a means of transport, the old order still prevails, and with the
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  • 111 993 AN INDIAN VISITOR Interest In Naval Base {From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, September 1 Sir Juhanir Kothari the well-known traveller and philanthropist, of Karachi, has arrived in Singapore on h's seventh tour of the world. He is 68 years old. He declined to discuss Ind:an pol tcs. He
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  • 29 993 of Messrs. Cald- beck, Macgregor A Co., Ltd., who is ib w at Home on leave, is due back about the end of this month.
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  • 34 993 from Washington states that Lieutenant Cyrus Bettos, the w nner of the Pulitzer Air Race in 1925. has d ed in hospital as a result of injuries received in a crash.
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  • 35 993 Assistant Inspec- tor of Schools, Lower Perak, and D strict Commissioner, Boy Scouts’ Association Perak is understood to be shortly going on transfer to Malacca, ays th< 1 me of Malaya.
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  • 519 993 CHINESE LAW AND CUSTOM INVOLVED M A case of interest, owing to Qp custom being involved, is now occunv" .ng the attention of the K U al a L u 7.' pur Supreme Court, reports the Mai Mail. Ordinarily, the case would have been dealt wth n
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  • 50 993 In the Second Police Court this ing, before Mr. C. W. A. Sennet a Malay Clerk in the office o Chief Police Office, Penang, a was charged with criminal brea trust in respect of a gold ornainen property of a woman named Aishaease was compounded.
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  • 751 994 ADMIRALTY SUIT J udgment Reserved The hear ng was continued and concluded th s morning in the Supreme Court, before the Hon. Mr. Justice A. V. Brown, 01 the action n which Messrs. B- B. Shakkarai, Rowther Penang, the well-known ship chandlers and tongkang owners sued t lie
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  • 357 994 Bukit Mertajam Church (To the Editor of the Straits Echo) Sir, In connection with the Campaign for the New Church in Bukit Mertajam, a notice of which appeared in your paper some time ago, may 1 ask you to print at your first opportunity the following names
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  • 407 994 Director’s Report 'I he Directors of Jimah Rubber Estates Ltd. submit a duly audited statement of accounts for the year ended June 30, 1926. fhe sum brought forward from the previous year, less Directors’ Fees and Final Dividend for the year 1924-25 amounted to $17,503.42 •To this must
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  • 466 995 Directors’ Report The Profit and Loss Account shows a net profit for the year of $161,130.22 (as aga’nst $57,457.36 for the previous year), to which must be added the balance of $21,229.48 brought forward from last account, making a total of $182,359.70. An Interim Dividend of 10 per
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  • 167 995 Alleged Fraudulent Possession On Tuesday morning n the Kuala Lumpur Police Court, before the magistrate, Mr. J. W. W. Hughes, Saw Leong, a Chinese contractor and landowner. was charged with being in fraudulent possess’on of a ten-pikul rubber coupen, valued at from $400 to $500. About
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  • 202 995 “Monsieur Beaucaire” In view of the enormous press comment recently on the idolised screen star —Rudolph Valentino —who passed away in New York only a few days ago. to the deep distress of the film world, there should be many who will appreciate seeing him at his best
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  • 61 995 have been provided with a sport ground and a clubhouse, adjoining the open area of ground at Balestier. It is approached by the new road, running parallel to and at the rear of Racecourse Road. 'rhe clubhouse, which comprises a Irlliard room, bar and
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  • 499 995 NEXT MONDAY’S MEETING Questions and Motions At Monday's meeting of t h e L t ve ounc I in Singapore, the folL? mg questions will be asked: Question by Air. Ward: "Will Government please state the present posit on w th regard to the aew road between Chancery
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  • 887 996 iioxii liie time oi vaplam Ligut biam pidjuu its pari in locai annals, and me ic-iauon» in mat power wim several oi me name biales on the I'emnsuia was u iway.- a mailer oi great concern to tne oinciais ol tne East India Company, .moreover, during tne last
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  • 529 996 There is much to be said lor and against the different Ch nese Soc.eties that are springing up in every centre in Malaya. Many < f them should never have seen the l.ght of day and the r activities are hardly calculated to improve the friendly relations now
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  • 163 996 Celebration In Singapore The Dutch community in Singapore celebrated the birthday of Queen Wilhelm na in befitting style on Tuesday. Ships in the harbour were dressed, and a reception was held during the morning at the offices of the Consu-late-General, where the acting ConsulGeneral received a
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  • 23 996 for spot and £2 10s. lor three months buy ng, the respective figures being £293 10«. and £289 16s.
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  • 14 996 for rubber to- day is unchanged, the price beng Is. 7$d.
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  • 24 996 f the series of exclusive stori< b\ Mr Alec Waugh, “A Desp- rate Remedy wII appear in to morrow s Strait-, Echo
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  • 37 996 the n tial sure- n ng last n ght at the Theatre hoyii Gt ‘Mons eur Bcaucaire”. thieh put lire wJ. b <h< wn t 11. Sun da th< 3th mJ ml.
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  • 680 997 SOON THEAM CO.’S WEEKLY REPORT Penang, September 3 The price of rubber was subjected to fluctuations within |d. during the week and closes to-day at l/7f which is |d. better than last week. Except for a few enquiries for the speculative counters, the rubber share market remains dull. Tin closes
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  • 239 997 Useful Practice Game In view of the forthcoming Hockey League Season and the Inter-State matches with Perak and Selangor, a very interesting practice game was played on the Esplanade yesterday afternoon between members of the Penang Cricket Club, assisted by two non-members, both of whom played in goal. While
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  • 51 997 Amount previously acknowledged $665 Air. Khoo Sian Ewe 20 Chew Seah Seng 10 R. Manasseh 25 $720 1he sum of $720 equivalent to G. 1066.20 has been remitted to the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. KHOO SIAN EWE, Hon. Treasurer, Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Penang, September
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  • 511 997 VISITORS FROM SINGAPORE Street Light Extinguished In Ihe Second Police Court this mg, be toie All. C. W A. Sennett al chew Chinese mimed Lee Suan 60 charged with wrongfully street amp at Macahster Road at about midnight yesterday. Inspector Mw thews prosecuted. 1 P.C. 16 said he
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  • 419 998 'file Rev. G. Dexter Alien has left Bangkok for Singapore. Mr. A. Sarkies left Penang for Singape re yesterday by the s.s. Kinta. Air. J. J. Saunders was a passenger to Singapore by the s.s. Kinta dayMss Reid, Matr<n of the General H< spital left to-day for
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  • 303 998 C.P.O.’s PROTEST Congested Traffic At a meeting of the Kuala Lumpui San tary Board, which was held or, Wednesday morn ng, Mr. Marcus Rex, who presided, read the following letter from the Chief Police Officer in ctnnection wth the d fficultiesJ» of traffic control m Kuala Lumpur
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  • 175 998 Smoke House Destroyed The Kuala Lumpur Fire Brigade received a call from Batu Caves estate, Kepong, eight miles distant from Kuala Lumpur, at about 1.30 a.m. on the 28th ult. The message stated that the smoke-house and rubber store were ablaze. In charge of Chief Inspector Gowland, the
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  • 29 998 on the Taiping pass section of the Ra lway, thus causing three hours delay to the das ma 1 from Kuala Lum pur.
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  • 442 998 NUPTIAL FEAST STORIES IN CONFLICT A case of some interest came up for hearing in the Kuala Lumpur Police Court on Wednesday m<mng, before the magistrate, Mr. j. W. Hughes, when one Kathiravaloo, of Weld Road, Kuala Lumpur, charged another Tamil, named Valahny, w th
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  • 90 998 The large audience at Wednesday night’s performance of the Military I’agi ant at the Singapore Stadium was fficient compensation for the enfored abandonment the pr vious night owng to the rain. The performance v. as uniformly good and the Building if lhe Empire was presented with all ■he
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  • 466 999 DUTIES OF DR. A. T. STANTON’S NEW APPOINTMENT It was recently announced that Dr. A. T. Stanton, since 1921 Director of Government Laboratories in the F.M.S., had been appointed Chief Medical Adv'scr to the Colonial Office. In a c rcular letter to officers administrating the various cclonies,
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  • 54 999 to hand re- garding the fire which broke out on Cromlix estate on August 24 is to the effect that the only building which was burnt to the ground was the smokehouse, where the fire originated. The two stores which were said to have been I are
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  • 553 999 THE WILKINSON PROCESS One of the most interesting entries in the rubber section of the Malayan Exhibition was the large and varied exhibit of raw rubber articles manufactured by the Wilkinson Process, to exploit which it may iW>t be generally known that a public company was recently floated
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  • 307 999 Honours for Local Mom, it is of considerable interest t that the honours for the highest milled (parboiled) rice have again k won by the Abie Heng Bee lie M 1 enang, this being the third year in cession that these mills have carried nff i he
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  • 190 999 Chlnese Tow kay Charged In consequence oi information received, Mr. Dickinson, A.-S-l., visited a shop in Victoria Street, Singapore, and found, stowed away in a kettle, a Sphinx radiator cap, obviously taken from an Armstrong Siddeley car. Further search revealed seven radiator caps of various descriptions and
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  • 52 1000 blRiri Coghill. —August 6, at Eastbourne, to Maud Evelyn (nee Eilder), wife of Joselyn Coghill, Brunei, Borneo, daughter MARRIAGE Golding —Barclay.—August 3, at Mordington Parish Church. Thomas James Golding, Southern Bhodesia, to Yvonne, eldest daughter of the late Theodore Charles Barclay, Brahrang, Bindjei, Sumatra, and of Mrs. Barclay,
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  • 544 1000 The Lome manufacturer would appear to be singularly remiss in recognising tlie value of Malaya as a purchaser. He knows it as a producer of rubber and tin, but he seems to overlook the tact that a huge seller must also be a huge buyer and that
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  • 80 1000 Ac K N O W LED I i M E NT The folk wing donations to the above Hostel have been received: Mrs. Ralph Scott, 25 Messrs. Adams Allan, 25 Mrs. Stratton Ferr er, 25 A. V. Brown, Esq., 20 F. E. Dilley, Esq., 20 G. A. Hereford,
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  • 13 1000 and Mrs. Ferguson-Davie are at present at B11kit Fraser.
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  • 18 1000 for rubber to- day is Is. 7§d., a rise of |d., compared with yesterday’s price.
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  • 16 1000 is the Sultan of Selangor's b’rthday and a public holiday in Selangor.
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  • 30 1000 is to be connected by telephone with Perak at an early date. At present there are no telephones in Lumut or anywhere in the Bindings.
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  • 31 1000 in the Kuala Kangsar Land Office is standing his trial before the Ipoh Supreme Court on a charge of criminal misappropriation of various sums, amounting to over $1,266.
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  • 71 1000 will expire on December 31, 1926, unless it be further continued. A Bill wffiich is to be introduced in the Legislative Council on Monday is to provide for its continuance indefinitely. The opportunity is taken to amend section 4 of the Ordinance by inserting the
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  • 114 1000 the mem- her of the Cant< n staff of the Asiatic Petroleum Company who d ed recently Iro’ii cholera is survived by his father, Mr. John Le of Kow’kxn, a police pensioner, who s probably the oldest Kurt pean n Hongkong. Mr. John L
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  • 480 1000 Dr. A H. G. Smart returned to Pt nang to-day from Sit awan and tne D ad ngs by the s.s. Ampang. Mr. Baldwyn Lowick, of Messrs. Rennie and Lowick, Singapore, and Mrs Lowick, have left for H< me on hoi day. .Mr. J. Fortune, Mr. J.
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  • 905 1001 The R.N.V.R. Enquir es in Penang and Sngapore regarding the formation of the R.N.V.R. Und show that the whole matter -s shrouded in mystery. Whether the authorities are ashamed of their bad organisation in the first instance or not it is not easy to say. But it is
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  • 63 1001 to t he Seventh Assembly of the Leajgue olf Nations is as folkws:—First Delegate: H.E. Mr. Chao-Hsin Chu, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Italy; Second Delegate: H.E. Mr. ang K ng-Ky, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotent ary in Belg urn. The Third Delegate has not yet
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  • 84 1001 was given on Au- gust 5 at the Midland Hotel, Manchester, at which the President of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce (Sir Percy Woodhouse), the directors and the executive of the China sect on were present to welcome Mr. K. D. Stewart, a h ad ng member
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  • 89 1001 one of the founders of tobacco-growing in Deli, Sumatra, recently celebrated h s ninetieth birthday. This pioneer of one of the most flourishing cultures in the Dutch East Indes, started for the D.E.I. at the age of twenty-three. Native labour was proved a d sappointment, and success
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  • 1011 1001 ENUINENESS OF DOCUMENTS DOUBTED tNTS Editor as Witness In the Chinese widow’s case h before the acting Chief Justice’in T Supreme Court, Kuala Lumpur which Chian Eng, a Chinese woman an plies for an order of the court that 2 is the lawful widow of her deceased
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  • 89 1002 A Committee meeting will be held on Monday September 13 in the Singapore Exchange 'Room at 5 p.m. The following will be the agenda: (1). To connrm Minutes; (2). Anti Malaria Works; V*)- Gang Robberies; (4). Administration of General Hospital as to admission Accident Cases; (5). Town
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  • 22 1002 The princ ipal Japanese delegate.- to the League Assembly at Gun- va are 1 'fount Ishii Mr Kenzo Adach and R. KagaL
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  • 829 1002 L2AN CO.’S WEEKLY REPORT Thursday Evening in has further advanced by moderate da ly stages and. closing at £295.10s. for spot ami 292.5s. for 3 months has r r; i H’d t2,H>s. and £3.15s. respectively du ;ng the week. oublier early in the week advanced to 1 per
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  • 253 1002 A Widow’s Vengeance The Parit Buntar correspondent of the Malay Mail writes: Since Malim Besar, a prominent Malay, was killed on the 28th ult. by a crocodile in the Krian River, there has been a regular hunt near the spot where the tragedy took place. More
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  • 434 1003 VISIT TO SINGAPORE Seventh Trip Around The W orld His seventh trip round the world in h s sixty-eig htii year .s the enterprise ujx n which one oi the most widely travelled gentlemen ot the present day is engaged. This traveller s Sir Jehangir H.
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  • 56 1003 their lioyal II >gniH*ss« (In- l)uke and Ducluss of }ork, <n their proposed v h t to Australia and New Zealand, will probably leave England about the middle of January and proceed on H.M.S. Renown by way of the Panama Canal, returning via the Suez
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  • 66 1003 arrived from Singapore yesterday by the B.I. s.s. Ekina: Mr. S. 'Fung, Miss Els'e Oehlers, Miss B. Bcbless, Mss M. Bobless Msg B Magness, Mr. A. Hardwidge, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. de Cruz, Miss de Cruz, Mr. Ng Chong Weng, Mr. Khoc T ang Bnuan Mr.
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  • SPORTING NEWS
    • 204 1003 D.A.F.C. beat Ming Shin Sheh A large and interested crowd witnessed the football match on the Renong Ground yesterday afternoon between the Darul Aihzaii I’.C. and the Ming Shin Sheh. The Malays were the better side and the feature of their play wa s their fine combination. 'Hie
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    • 351 1003 Successful Carnival Unaccustomed gaiety animated the Singapore Swimming Club on Thursday afternoon and evening and, despite a brief but untimely storm which interrupted the interesting programme of aquatic events, gave to this almost exclusively masculine resort a very delightful appearance of life and colour, which many would
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  • 362 1003 Land for Base Defences Some weeks ago a notification w published in the Government G az J b intimating the possibility of acquisitkn for public purposes of the whole of th coast-line of Singapore Island frJ Tampenis to Bedoh, and all the land on the east corner
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  • 34 1003 Mr. Ormond Bly th an old and mate friend with experience 01 travel, the Bev. H. C Thomas, chaplain, a alet arc accompanying the Bishop of London on his world crusade.
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  • 41 1003 Miss Theo Soon Kim, daughter a Mr. Teo Eng Hock, of Singapore, w s studying law in England has P a6Se with credit her examinations in theJ a of property and common law at King j College.
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  • 41 1003 an Anera came oi weune»u«j that Mr. Bluett, British comnaerci agent in Batavia, while out shooting, fell thirty feet into a pit. He w severely shaken and his left leg w fractured jn two places.
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  • 70 1003 lcint- V Ollllilcilldt i: who is approaching the age iwaj, vvuv is dppiu<Ku- o xu o first init for retirement, was cne ot tne officers to be commissioned fro® 1 lower deck v a the grade of ma e 1913. From October, 1916, he manded a submarine
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  • 804 1004 great crowds present Sunday was a very busy day at the Malayan Exhibition, and in view of the fact that the judging of babies and dogs was timed to start at 9 a.m. there was considerable dissatisfaction among a crowd of several hundred people who had arrived at
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  • 346 1004 The Malayan Exhibition, which has attracted a great deal of attention during the last lour days, closed on Monday. Contrary to general expectations, Monday mgnt s crowd was comparatively small. The inclemency of the weather might have accounted for this in some measure, but the fact that
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  • 311 1004 Spectacular Success The weather held good for the second public performance of the Military Tattoo and Pageant which went, on the whole, better than ever. There was a large attendance in the Stadium, but plenty of room for more. We urge all who have not \et seen the
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  • 83 1004 (From Our Own Correspondent, j Singapore, September 3 It is hoped that power generated by liit- new Municipal Power Station in S ngapore will be available this month. When the station is completed in June next, it will have two 5,000 kilowat sets, sufficient to supply the
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  • 116 1004 1 ne, Chinese clerk who was in charge oi the Government Retail Shop at Pulau lek >ng and who was charged with theft of over in cash and a large quantity of chandu, was on Thursday sen 5» -need to three months rigorous iinprihonmenl on the charge
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  • 319 1005 DISMISSED IN SUPREME COURT Jurisdiction in Non-Christian Marriages The petition for restitution of conjugal rights kxlged by Mrs. Florence Meyer against Mr. Isaac Manasseh Meyer, of Singapore, was dismissed by the Chief Justice (Sir William M orison) on Monday morning, on the ground that the Supreme Court had
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  • 195 1005 Three Buildings Razed A fire ecus ng damage to th extent <f $10.()()() occurred recently on ('remix Rubber e-t.ate s'tuatid at the 6.'. mile, PucliGtig Road, when a smokehouse and two rubber stores were burnt to the ij'oimd. saw tin Malay Aia'l. 1 h' 1 Kuala I
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  • 526 1005 UNITED CINEMA Ypres” The war picture, “Ypres/' is undoubtedly the best and most vivid picturisation of any even 1 in the Great War, 191 I 1918, yet seen in Penang. 11 is a pageant of heroism depicting bow the Immortal Salient was held bv British Empire soldiers (luring
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  • 385 1005 Annual Meeting fhe Kedah and Province Gclfai S.> IIt on held their Annual \l lPt M lak(tl on Saturday and Sunday <)H Sitvrdnv morning there L holes Slr "I"' tion o n cl J? M e.,|>s. open .to all members K I I ’j.WO.n seiv.il
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  • 19 1005 of .Messrs. Arrol a (’< Penang, left for Kuala Lumpur Io the night mail yesterday.
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  • 21 1005 has a volume of \j. layan stories, “In Hays that are Hi id. appear ng with Al arrays.
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  • 38 1005 Mr. Loh Kim Sw i, J.P., Malacca. .41 Ut'il IX Illi kJH -f 1 \1»< Loh Kirn Swi and family, ubo cai)b‘ up lor the Malayan Exh bition* arc mak ng an extended* stay in Kua a Lumpur.
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  • 28 1005 Eel- III» I I4 iov, soi the Ko\al Colonial Inst tute- 1’. Godfrey (Kuala M Suherland (Singaptre), Khoo luck E e (Kuala Lumpur).
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  • 86 1005 has a new II. i;< HI ICJ bl I -'1 <1 U" U<l 11* vo Hu appear.ng wth Heinemann, eoj s <ts of sh< rt stories, mostly laid 10 M-i’aya. The title is that oi The a surna Tne." The easuarina tree lahied h r jts qualit
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  • 1360 1006 TWO SCOTTISH WAR BOOKS I (from Our Own Correspondent') London, Augusi '2 The Fifteenth (Scottish) Div. i 1914—1919,” By Lieut.-Colonel J. •igtewart. D. S. 0., and John Buclmn, was recently published by Messrs Blackwood. The Division is indo d fortunate in the selection of its historians, and the
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  • 107 1006 Latham—Gorman The marriage t<xik place at St. George’s Church, Penang, nt noon today, the Rev. Keppel Garnier, Colonial CliUplain, officiating, of Mr. R. M. Latham. J P manager, Hatanm* Rub l»r Estate,' Limited. Teluk Anson, 1 with Mrs Gorman, who armed here from Home by the s.s. Patroclus. A
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  • 77 1006 arrived from Liverpool by the Bine Funnel liner Patroclus this morning: Mr. If. T. Bishop, Mrs. II P Brindley, >M ss T. Burke. Ms- E M. Brown. Mrs. S. G. (hve’s. Mr. A. T. Colehy. Mr. and Mrs D A. Dunn Mrs. M. G. Gorman, Mr. D.
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