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Title Section20 1926-09-27 1 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. >lB PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CENTS VOL. 24 PENANG SEPTEMBER 27, 1926 NO. 3920 words
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Advertisement334 1926-09-27 1 £3BO COH 'l' .S MT S i; 3 LEADING ARTICLES MISCELLANEOUS: (Continued) M S. N Kedah Exhibition ...1055 Ttouble on Plancius ...1073 M Convictions 1055 Siam and F M. S. 1073 M j n irt( Chines Weddings 1074 HR British Films ...1(59 Toll of the Road >.;1074 M Age v.334 words
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Advertisement205 1926-09-27 2 vM*’i»m VU’rvS vNg* fit TH u STRAITS ECHO j g MAIL EDITION. S 3k> Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, K j* and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the jvJ daily issues, as well as all important news from205 words
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Article421 1926-09-27 1055 Under many favourable auspices dr\ weather, enthusiastic crowds, and a genuine sense of the importance of the occasion, the largest Kedah exhibition ever planned was declared open on Saturday morning by His Highness the Sultan of Kedah. A lor Star was a town of strange contrasts during the421 words
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Article619 1926-09-27 1055 Aouth.' eaid a discerning dovalis* can btlieve tOiai R Lve change its convictions.” As a matter f >l ta t he might have applied this statement to old and young alike as well as to those who are enjoying the intervening years of life, the years in which our619 words
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Article468 1926-09-27 1055 Mr. .Lhn H. Bruins has bet n officially I courii- d as American Vice-Consul at Singapore. I he Hon. Mr. David Beatty was a passt nger to Penang to-day from Singapore by the s.s. Klang. I lie promot <n of Lieutenant (Acting Captain) F. A. Morrell, M.C., S.S.V.F Reserve468 words
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Article3753 1926-09-27 1056 BRILLIANT OPENINGjCEREMONY THREE MALAY RULERS PRESENT PICTURESQUE I* s.GEaM FIRST DAY IM RE SIO.YS AT ANAK IiUKI 1' (By Our Special Representative) A lor Star, September 18 The Kedah Government Exhibition of Malay Arts and Crafts and Agricultural Productsand private exhibitions of trade and other sectionswas opened to-day,3,753 words
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Article1122 1926-09-27 1058 lift STFAinNLSS OF LLRKtNi PRILLS A.\\.S. writing to the Straits limes from London under date August 20, says:— 1’1 ice during the week has remained fractionally above or below 1/8, which seems to be taken as a sort of pivotal Figure for the time being. Normally, 1 think,1,122 words
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Article1008 1926-09-27 1059 Among the questions to be discussed at the Imperial Conference next month is the provision of Empire films. The question has so often been discussed with such little result that one does not entertain extravagant hopes in regard to the imperial Conference’s deliberations. No doubt useful recommendations will1,008 words
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Article477 1926-09-27 1059 Mr. G. E. Greig, Senior Warden of Min s, F.M.S., is <n a visit to Ipoh. l iie Rev. T. Loader has been appointed a Visiting Justice in Negri Sembilan for the current year. Dr. J. G. Reed has returned from leave, and has rejoined Dr. Ansley Young in477 words
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Obituary596 1926-09-27 1059 acknowledgment Mr. Yeoh Chin Kee desires to tender his sincere thanks to aii his relatives and friends who visited him, or expressed their sympathy, when they heard that he had been injured in the motcr car accident in which Mr. Boey Beng Swee was killed. Mr. Yeoh Chin Kee wishes596 words
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Article4179 1926-09-27 1060 LIST OF AWARDS &GVERAL SPECIAL PRIZES The following is a list of the awards made at the Kedah Government Exhibition held at the Anak Bukit Gardens, Alor Star, on Saturday, Sunday and yesterday, specially prepared, through the courtesy of Mr. Zain Ariffin, for the Straits Echo: ARTS AND4,179 words
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Article772 1926-09-27 1062 CHEAHSEET Festivities Continued As already reported the wedding U taken place in Penang of Mr. Chea? Ghim Leng, only son of Mr and Cheah Cheang Lim, j Penang and Perak, J Miss Sect Suat Hah, second daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Scet Cheng of Tanjong Pagar,772 words
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Article819 1926-09-27 1063 Cheaper Wireless Costs Broadcast listeners are gratified to hear that there is likely to be a drop in the cost of fittings and material generally. and in that of valves in particular. Eleven manufacturing firms have linked up to reduce prices, and thereby should compete effectually with foreign819 words
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Article211 1926-09-27 1063 We publish to-day <n page four the abridged prospectus of The Fresh Food and Refrigerating Company, Ltd. The company has a nominal capital of $2,000,000 divided into J ,000,OCX) shares < t $2 each. The first issue is 500,(XX) shares to be paid for as follows: 'Twenty211 words
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Article495 1926-09-27 1063 LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY Clever Acting by Pupils Under the patronage of the Hon. the Resident Councillor and Mrs. Scott, the pupils of the Penang Convent gave an entertainment at the Town Hall last evening in aid of the Convent Building fund. There was a large attendance an495 words
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Article85 1926-09-27 1064 Chinese Win Cup By winning the S.F.A. cup, beating the Rompers on Saturday, after extra, time by 2 goals to nil, in the final of the S.F.A. Cup competition, the Selangor Chinese Recreation Club's A” team has made sure of the football double of the State as85 words
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Article612 1926-09-27 1064 Penang Chinese v Ipoh Chinese Mr. Cheah Cheang Lim J. P., Perak, and Officer Commanding No. 1 Platoon (Chinese) M. V. 1., Perak, who is at present in Penang for the wedding of Ins son, Mr. Cheah Ghim Leng, who is a Corporal in the Penang Chinese Company,612 words
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Article723 1926-09-27 1064 A SUCCESSFUL FUNCTION Au I OKE BHEARS PiECORD The annual athletic sports of the Penang School-masters' Athletic Association were held on the Penang Free School ground on Saturday afternoon and were largely attended, those present including the Hon. Mr. R. Scott, Resident Councillor, and several ladies. Favoured with723 words
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Article242 1926-09-27 1064 The annual meeting of the Singapore Polo Club was held at the Tanglin Club on Monday afternoon. The accounts, which have been circulated, were discussed and passed. H. E. Sir Theodore Fraser was re-elected President, Mr. Cooke Yarborough, Captain, Mr. Cullen, Treasurer and Messrs. Sloper, Livingstone and242 words
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Article46 1926-09-27 1065 PitchayOn the 21st September, 1926, at the Maternity Hospital, Penang, to Mr. and Mrs. M. Pitchay, a son. Jeremiah: To Helen, wife of Mr. Peter Jeremiah, of the P. W. D., Kuala Kangsar, a son, at Butterworth.F. M. 8. and S. 8. papers please copy.46 words
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Article1007 1926-09-27 1065 Sir Philip Gibbs wants to see a worldwide League of Youth and permanent Parliament of youth in every country, expressing a new idea, whatever it may be, or debating problems, which for the younger crowd, may mean a question of life or death.” So much has been1,007 words
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Article482 1926-09-27 1065 S. M. Sharnm. advecate and solicit r, Kua a Lumpur, has just returned from Europe. Mr. \V. Graichcn, the well-known (icim.ii mhiing engineer whose headquaiUrs were in I|m h long before the war. has returned to the E.M.S. 1 he ngagement is announced of Miss P. Williams to Mr.482 words
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Article838 1926-09-27 1066 VISITING ROYALTIES ENTERTAINED Official Attendance The Kedah Exhibition Committee entertained to dinner in the Exhibitioa grounds on Sunday night, Major W. R. Sanguinetti, Chairman of the Reception Committee presiding, the following:H. H. The Regent of Kedah, H. H. Tunku Mahmud, The British Adviser, Kedah, 11. H. The Sultan838 words
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Article163 1926-09-27 1066 Shareholder’s Claim (F rom Our Own Correspondent) Singapore September 22 Considerable interest is being attached to the litigation wh’ch commenced in the Supreme Court yesterday in which' lan Wan Liat is suing the Eastern Mining. Company for $2,500 being dividend on <5OO shares, $11,375 being dividend on163 words
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Article194 1926-09-27 1066 CONFERENCE IN PENANij IMPORTANT MATTERS DISCUSSED An important conference was held tins morning at Bel Retiro, Penang Hill between leading officials of Siam and .\iaiaya, Hi s Excellency the Governor Sir naurence Guillemard, presiding Such questions as the prevention of lections diseases, the opium question trainc in194 words
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Article314 1926-09-27 1066 On September 29 there leaves Bangkok en route lor Europe 11. S. H. Prince arnvadyakorn, who assumes the high and dignified post oi Siamese Minister to the Court of St. James. In this appointment we see the spirit of the new Siam, says a Bangtak paper. Hw Serene314 words
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Article2168 1926-09-27 1067 A MALAYAN WONDFiH SKILLED SUPERVISION MAINTAINED WATERCOURSE UNDERMINES VIADUCT Such a tremendous engineering feat as the Penang Hills Railway presented a great problem to Mr. A. K. Johnson, the engineer, whose name will always be linked with this Malayan wonder, and the railway continues to provide the2,168 words
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Article632 1926-09-27 1068 LOCAL TRIBUTES In the Supreme Court this morning feeling references were made to the late Sir William Hyndman Jones, formerly Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements. Mr. Justice A. V. Brown, who has returned from Jpoh, presided, and there was a full attendance of the632 words
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Article471 1926-09-27 1068 Stabbed In Three Places The Singapore Police are investigating a rather sensational murder which was committed on Sunday evening at about 5 p in. The crime was perpetrated in No. 7 George Street, a narrow thoroughfare which runs along the back of the Central Police Station. On471 words
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Article572 1926-09-27 1069 lu the matter < f attendance this year's exhibition which was held at Kedah surpassed with ease all previous exhibitions of the kind. From the crowds of motor enthusiasts that thronged the motor stalls and the rows of cars parked outside it would seem that the number572 words
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Article565 1926-09-27 1069 Half Yearly General Meeting 1 he half-yearly general meeting of the Ah-Ceylon Malay Association was held <n the sth instant at the Association Hall, Colombo. The Hon. Mr. T. B. J ayah, Vice-President, presided. A vote of condolence was unanimously passed on the death <f a565 words
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Article441 1926-09-27 1069 Dr. E. E. D. Lau, of Penang, who had been on a visit to Singajx re, has returned. Mr. R. M. Neill and Mr. E. Fredericksen were passengers to Penang to-daj from Kopah by the s.s. Malaya. Mr. Yoshida, counsellor at the Japanese Embassy, is unable to confirm or441 words
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Article2288 1926-09-27 1070 SECOND ANNUAL MEETING Difficulties Experienced The second annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Menglembu Lode Mining Company, Limited., was held at 11.30 a.in. to-day in Penang. Mr. D. A. M. B rown presided and the others present were: Mr. A. H. Miles (Director) Mr.2,288 words
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Article604 1926-09-27 1071 A CHINESE VENDETTA The declaration that he shot a Chinese detective on Boat Quay in revenge because the detective, when a bandit in China some years ago, had killed his father and grandfather, was advanced by a Chinese charged at the Singapore Assizes on Tuesday with attempted murder.604 words
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Article128 1926-09-27 1071 13 Students Pass L.M.S. Final Referring to the work done at King Edward Mil College of Medicine, Singapore, the Annual Medical Report for 1925 states that thirteen students completed their course in 1925 and passed the final examination for the Diploma of L. M. S. There were128 words
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Article283 1926-09-27 1071 The Dansant In connection with the The Dansant of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church which wa K held yesterday evening, we have been asked on behalf of the Church Committee to thank the following firms: Singapore Cold Storage Co., Pritchard A Co., Nestle Anglo-Swiss Milk Co., Hottenbach, Lazarus283 words
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Article1210 1926-09-27 1072 HOW THE PUBLIC IS PROTECTED Government Regulations Yesterday we referred to the Penang Hills Railway and incidentally mentioned that to be on it, is to be as sale as the most perfect system in the world. It may not be generally knbwn that actually there are Government1,210 words
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Article454 1926-09-27 1072 Admission Of Mr. K. A. Seth The admission to the Bar of the Straits Settlements of Mr. K. A. Seth which took place before Mr. Justice Deane on Monday afternoon, has more than the usual degree of interest which the periodical additions to the legal fraternity of454 words
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Article651 1926-09-27 1073 A public meeting of the ex-pupils of the High School, Malacca, was held o n Wednesday September 15, 1926, at 4.45 p.m. under the Chairmanship of Mr. C. G. Coleman, Principal of the Sc'h<ol, at the High School hall. Among those present were the Hon. Mr.651 words
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Article126 1926-09-27 1073 ANKING AND VAN OVEHSTBATEN CAUGHT Alarming Experience in The Anchorage The master of the Butterfield and Swire steamer Anking, which arrived at Singapore on Saturday morning, brought news of a very severe typhoon experienced at Amoy, news of which has not previously reached here from China. The126 words
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Article92 1926-09-27 1073 Exaggerated Story Refuted While the K.P.M. steamer Plancius was just outside Belawan on her voyage from Java ports to Singapore on Wednesday, trouble broke out between one of the officers and the Hylam serI vants. Nothing serious resulted although the Hylams appeared aggressive, and the trouble did92 words
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Article170 1926-09-27 1073 Conference to re Held at Penang A Bangkok message to the Straits Tinies states that at a conference between high officials of the F.M.S. and Siam, to be held in Penang on the 21st instant, Siam will be represented by H.R.H. the Prince Kambaeng Bejra. H.R.H. Prince170 words
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Article560 1926-09-27 1073 F. M. S. RAILWAYS CRITICISED <To the Editor of the Straits Echo) Sir. According to your reply to Mr. Yco wh ch appeared in your issue < f Septembei 16. 1926, you stated that the F.M.S Railways advertised some time ago that considerable reductions would be made in560 words
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Article490 1926-09-27 1074 CHEAH—SEET The eighth Chinese moon is considered by the Chinese to be a very suitable month to contract marriages with the result that several weddings had already taken place since the beginning of the month and on Saturday alone there were no less than five, the principal one490 words
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Article362 1926-09-27 1074 TRAGIC accident near SUNGEI PATANI Well-Known J’enang Chinese Killed A tragic motor accident occurred near Sungei Patani shortly after noon yesterday, resulting in the death of Mr. Boey Beng Swee, the founder of the firm of Beng Swee and Co., the wellknown electrical contractors of Bishop362 words
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Article238 1926-09-27 1074 Another fatal motor accident occurred last evening on the Bukit Mertajam, Kulim Road, which resulted in two' deaths. Two of the occupants were removed Io the Bukit Mertajam Hospital in an unconscious condition, while sercral others received minor injuries. ft appears that a Chinese owner-driver of a238 words
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Article547 1926-09-27 1074 "PAGEANT OF EMPIRE BALL j A Brilliant Success Ihe fiist 1 ageant of Empire’’ En dress bail, winch was held at t? al O. Hotel on Saturday night in aid oi Service chanties, proved an unnnJf tied success and retlected great credit the Organising Committee, which Wa resp< nsiole for547 words
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Article1132 1926-09-27 1075 It lias been common knowledge for some time that a large number of the girls employed in the brothels of Penang have arrived in the Colony from Siam. It has not been quite clear, however, how these girls readied the Colony, for the majority of them spoke1,132 words
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Article480 1926-09-27 1075 Mr. P. J. Gerke has been definitely app< inted Treasurer-General of the Netherlands East Indies. I'hya Bharata, who is in charge of Siamese students in Britain, has passed thr< ugh Singapore on his way to Bangkok from London. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Heflggeler, Ct Kuala Lumpur, who had480 words
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Article864 1926-09-27 1076 Noisy Motor Cyclists The craze for open exhausts would appear to have started once again in Penang and a correspondent writes to say that lour motor cyclists, in Nortbam Road, passed his car without any silencers. Open exhausts are easier to tolerate, however, than the speed .maniac and864 words
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Article217 1926-09-27 1076 1,500 Chinese Immigrants Lx Quarantine Accommodation at St John’s quarantine Station, Singapore, is taxed almost' io its lullest capacity at present, there being nu loss than 4,500 Chinese immigrants on the island. ihe pressure has been caused by the arr val <1 the I’akada and Helios,217 words
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Article577 1926-09-27 1076 NELLMAY RUBBER 30 Per Cent. Dividend The sixteenth annual general meet» of the Nelhnay Rubber Co., Ltd 8 held this morning in Penang, at the'rf' lice oi' Messrs. Kennedy, Burkill A c Ltd. the Secretaries. Mr. J. y. C Davis presided and the others were Messrs. N. Davie,577 words
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Article89 1926-09-27 1077 At an extraordinary general meeting ol the Menglembu Lode Mining Company, Ltd., held at 11 a.m. to-day at the offices of Messrs. Brown, Phillips and Stewart, Mr. D. A. M. Brown presiding, the following resolution was passed: That the Directors be and they are hereby authorised to grant89 words
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Article363 1926-09-27 1077 The seventh annual meeting of the shareholders of the Batang Padang Dredging Co., Ltd., was held at noon to-day at Messrs. Katz Bros., Ltd. Mr. D. A. M. Brown presided and in the course of a long speech moved the adoption of the report and accounts363 words
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Article524 1926-09-27 1077 HOW THE EPIDEMIC WAS FOUGHT FOR AND AGAINST BETEL CHEWING At a recent meeting of the Medical Association of Siam. Phy a Vibulya read a paper on cholera. The cholera outbreak of thi s year in Siam was checked by the brilliant work of the various departments524 words
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Article1251 1926-09-27 1077 DIRECTOR’S CLAIM AGAINST COMPANY Counsel’s Criticism of Big Loans Further litigation relating to share» in Eastern Mining and Rubber Company commenced in the Supreme Court on Tuesday afternoon before Mjr. Justice Deane. The Company is sued by Mr. Wan Liat, a director of the Company, who seeks1,251 words
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Article379 1926-09-27 1078 It is < fiicially announced that an informal Conference was held at Bel Retiro, Penang 11 dl, on the 21st September, with representatives of the Government of Siam to discuss the question < 1 co-operation in Quarantine matters between the Governments of Malaya and lhe Siamese Government.379 words
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Article583 1926-09-27 1078 Thus the Singapore Free PressIt has been reported in PenanZa the Straits Racing Association ed a new rule to come into January first by which all trainers register as trainers only and jockeys jockeys only, the designation and p ract of trainer-jockey no longer to be allowed e583 words
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Article1027 1926-09-27 1079 Tlii' nineties" were characterized as naughty". Looking back on the naughtiness we cannot help but smiling nl its manifestations, so well thought out, so very daring in its mission of shocking the smug public out of its after dinner lethargy. The disciples of naughtiness were so proud1,027 words
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Article552 1926-09-27 1079 M. A.P. Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Corbett, wk* 'i v i> to < n a y sit to Australia,, r»- mai to Ij oh a few day s ago. L -i is a public no iday in Johore n mile m mat on of the anniversary W .!i death552 words
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Article1137 1926-09-27 1080 Emergency Regulations The object of the new Emergency Regulations Ordinance is to safeguard the life and well-being of every peaceful and law-abiding person in the Colony on occasions when a deliberate and organised attack is made against the social life of the communnity. The Bill empowers the Governor1,137 words
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Article626 1926-09-27 1080 WILD DRIVING ATDATO KRaMat Imprisoned and Made to Pay Compensation 1 n t lie Second Police Court ye S te rdi 1)1 foie Mi C. A Sennett, the 2 was heard ni which Inspector Matthew? of the Dato kramat Station charged fk Chinese driver of car P. 2481626 words
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Article90 1926-09-27 1081 ARRIVAL AT SINGAPORE (from Our Own Singapore, September 25 The steamer East India, the first of Mr. Henry Ford’s motor ships to be s< en m Eastern ports, arrived in Singapore to-day. It is employed for the Iran-port of lord materials to overseas. A ,!istincfive feature of90 words
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Article1155 1926-09-27 1081 SEVENTH anneal meeting Satisfactory Year As already reported, the seventh annual general meeting of shareholders jf the Batang Padang Dredging Co., Ltd., was held at noon yesterday at No. 33 Beach Street, Penang, Mr. D. A. M. Brown presided and the others present were: Messrs. A.1,155 words
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Article795 1926-09-27 1082 LEAN CO.’S WEEKLY REPORT Thursday Evening 'fin, alter a further rise io the highest points of £316. IO and COOL lor "sh and 3 months respectively, has declined to £3o,>. 10s. and £299. 10s. for the same positions, thus recording a loss of £ll. and CL 10s. respectively795 words
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Article164 1926-09-27 1082 Siu it! b> fore 11 o'cloc k this mommy, a crowd collected in the vicinity of the I’.M.S. Railway Statxn in ('luna Sir I Ghaut. whim the fire engines rushed to th building in response to a i ail to puc'l a tire. The Fire Brigade, under164 words
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Article178 1926-09-27 1082 Chinese Injured ae Carnarvon Street end of Kimber- Street was yesterday afternoon the scene of an. accident in which a motor cycle ran into a Chinese, who sustained lands serious injuries. It appears that a Malay motorcyclist, named Md. Rose, had started his machine and was just178 words
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Article562 1926-09-27 1082 SHIPS ENGINE E R R ECOVERs Seven Deaths At St. John’s Th;, chief engineer of the DarviU who was removed to Si. John’s Island on I’uesday, on suspicion of having con’ ti aeird choleia, has almost completely recovered from an attack, the later de velopmtmis of which dispelled the562 words
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Article907 1926-09-27 1083 SOON THEAM CO.’S WEEKLY REPORT Penang, September 24, 1926 The price of rubber advanced almost I daily reaching 1/9 1 to-day showing a of Ifd. over the week. Rubber shares are in better enquiry but sellers’ ideas are in most cases much above what buyers are willing to pay, and907 words
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Article116 1926-09-27 1083 The Gi ft Again The London correspondent of the Sin gapore Free Press, telegraphing < n September 18, says: The Daily News devotes a column to reviving the matter ol the gift ol two millions sterling by the federated Malay States towards the cost of the Naval Base116 words
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Article596 1926-09-27 1083 FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE’S DEATH We regret to announce the death ol Sir W iliam Hyndman Jones, formerly Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements, which took place at Bournemouth <n August 20 after a short illness. He was 79 on August 9 last. The son of Mr. 11.596 words
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