The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 6 December 1926

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  • 19 1329 The Straits Echo Weekly Edition. $18 PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 4OCTS. VOL. 24 PENANG: DECEMBER 6, 1926 NO. 49
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    • 252 1329 CO N T E K T «I—*■?» LEADING ARTICLES MISCELLANEOUS: (Continued) T/P Penang Hill 1331 Court News 1336 B 5 China 1335 Rubber Position 1338 dfifl II Lotteries 1339 St. Andrew’s pinner 1338 II Motoring 1339 A Tamil Novel 1340 W Volunteering in Malaya ...1343 Browsings Among Books ...1344 JL
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  • Page 1330 Advertisements
    • 204 1330 J V* *4 W *"JF< JBSt TM« 5J STRAITS ECHO I WEEKLY EDITION Jul **x Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, Ju and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the daily issues, as well as aM important news from various
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  • 542 1331 Elsewhere in to-day’s issue of the Straths Echo there appears a Government advertisement notifying its intention to consider applications for the lease of a piece of Crown land for the erection of a first class hotel on Penang Hill. The site has already been levelled off by the
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  • 18 1331 for rubber to- day is Is. a fall of |d., compared with last Saturday’s price.
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  • 26 1331 to-day quoted at $155.37|, a rise of 37| cents in Penang and Singapore as compared with last Friday’s quotations.
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  • 12 1331 in Penang has been re gistered.
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  • 15 1331 in the rubber restriction rules are published in the current Gazette.
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  • 19 1331 Singapore and the Kiu Lam school, Malacca, have been struck off the register of schools.
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  • 22 1331 re- cognised under section 2 of Ordinance 162 (Alien Missionaries) is published in this week’s Gazette.
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  • 31 1331 to be inf reduced in Council is one placing on an unlicensed person found in possession of wireless apparatus, the burden of proving he has not worked the same.
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  • 39 1331 col I co- lions in Malacca, a sum of a little over $4,900 has been received. Donations of $400 each were received from Mr. Neo Ong Hee and Mr. Loh Kim Swi.
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  • 37 1331 there were 338 inquests held in the Colony of which 252 were held in Singapore. Of these latter 52 were deaths from misadventure, 147 natural causes, twelve culpable honucide amounting to murder.
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  • 42 1331 have been grant- ed to W’erf Conrad of Haarlem in respect to dredger ladders; to the Socicte Est Asiatique Eraneais, of Paris, in respect of wood cutting machines; to J. O. Boving, of London, in respect of liquid raising apparatus.
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  • 110 1331 delivered on Hat- urdav by the Chief Justice, Sir Henry Gomper’tz, at the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court, Mohamed Paffail, till lately a ('litter employed bv Little Paris. Lid. was awarded $20) as damages and costs in his suit and the cross-suit filed by lhe firm. It
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  • 468 1331 Mr. K. E. Dicks*-n arrived b n yt b terday from Pulau Laiukaui by tin- 8.8. Sri Muar. 1 hr death occurred <n October 25, in London. of Ruth Mary, wife ot Arthur Dyer Ball. Mr. A W Hamilton. who was on a short s.t to Penang.
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  • Page 1331 Advertisements
    • 28 1331 Cbt Straits echo PUBLISHED DAILY WEEKLY EDITION Containing the news of the week prior to departure of Mails for Europe The Criterion Press, Limited, 59, Beach Street, Penang
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  • 188 1331 ACKNOWLEDGMENT Mr. Oh Eng Chuan and family beg to thank all those kind friends and relatives who attended the funeral of his father yesterday, sent floral tributes, scrolls, banners, letters and telegrams of condolence and also those who lent their motor cars for the occasion. o OBITUARY Mr. G D.
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  • 705 1332 ARRIVAL IN PENANG Visit to the Hill It has become increasingly common for members of the Royal families oi Europe to tour other parts of the world, and the Eastern tour of the Crown Prince and Princess of Sweden is yet another example. The Crown Prince and Princess
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  • 304 1332 London Times Correspondent's Views li; Mala\a cud the Dutch East Indies, says a correspondent to the London Tim s. native and cnees fW-e regaled with film pr< grammes w hich display thy white man and the white woman, in the worst possible light. They are exhibited
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  • 36 1332 fork place on October 30, at St Martin-in-the-Fields. Txmdon. of .James Rea, of Sereniban. to Eileen, daughter of the late Arthur Ormsby Fitz-Gerald. R.A M.C. and the late Mrs. Fitz-Gerald/ Kenmare Castle,. Co. I/merick.
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  • 532 1332 MALARIA EXPERT’S VISIT Of great interest to all concerned in the preservation of health in Malaya—particularly in the realm of anti-malarial work—is the forthcoming vis’t of Sir Ronald Ross, the world recognised au. thority on malaria and the d scoverer ol the tact that the mosquito is
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  • 29 1332 of Kuala Lumpur, leave by th e K a tori Maru pp a three months bufii* -ess trip to Ceyjop.
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  • SPORTING NEWS
    • 659 1333 1’ENANG v PERAK Local Side Beaten After Hard Game Visitors’ Heavy Pack The main point about Saturday’s Rugby Football match on the Esplanade, the first Malaya Cup match in which Penang was engaged, against Perak, was that it turned out to be more interesting than it was
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    • 299 1333 [Trum Uur Own Coneapundenl) London, November 4 liie idea that British cars are unsuitable tor overseas use has been exploded by teats ot endurance performeu by cars oi British manufacture in Africa, Australia, Persia, and other countries where roadworthiness and reliability are ot param >unL importance.
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    • 307 1333 Anneal Meeting ■1 he annual general meeting of m«m f trip Penang Recreation Club was S I .he Club Pavilion, Or J E. Smith the President, oceup tag the chair. there was a large alienrl mce of members. After the minutes of the previous gen1 meeting and
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  • 222 1333 A m w handu Revenue Amendment bill is to be introduced in council for the purpose of giving effect to those I rovisi< ns of the International Opium onvention signed at Geneva on FebruIary 19, 1925, which require that opium brought into the territory of any
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  • 122 1333 will bn profoundly shocked by the nrueunrrnu nt of the death at llast-ngs on Armist'co Day of Mr. Kenneth Blair Dunlop, till recently a partner in the firm o' Messrs. Lovc'ork end Lowes, the well-known bartered Accountants Calcutta. Mr. Dunlop rd'red from Irdia early this
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  • 270 1334 WEEK-END ACCIDENTS One Dead Two Injured A motor accident, attended with more than usual seriousness, recurred shortly alter noon on Saturday in Chulia Street. One Chinese was crushed between the front of a lorry and a cable post which the k rry went up against, and
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  • 42 1334 is announced be- tween Ronald. Lindsay, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. r C. J. L. Stewart, of Shanghai, and Nancy, only daughter of the late William Gould.’ Esq., and ot Mrs. A. U. Gould, The Wh te House, L’ymm.
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  • 64 1334 Lady Gui Bernard jpive a very successfid dance at Government House, Singapore. There were about 250 guests present including H. E. Major-General Sir T. Eraser, K.C.B., t S.I., ('.M.G., and Miss Fraser, the Hon. the Chief Justice and Lady Munson and Mrs. Marriott. The 'mtisic was provided by
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  • COMPANY MEETINGS
    • 1000 1334 The fifteenth ordinary general meeting of the Kuala Pergau Rubber Plantations, Ltd., was held on iXovember 2, at London House, New London-street, E.C., Air. i’. U. btrueten (Cnairnian of the company) presiding. Hie representative of the Secretaries (Messrs. Paterson Simons and Co., Ltd.) having read the notice
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    • 1013 1334 ■Seventh Annual General Meeting The Seventh Annual General Meeting of the Oversea-Chinese Bank, Limit® > was held at its Registered Office Nos. 62/63 Chulia Street <n Friday, October 22, 1926, at noon, with Mr. Lun Nee Soon in the chair. Others presen were Messrs. Khoo Kok
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    • 414 1335 Statutory Meeting The statutory meeting of shareholders of Kuyoh Tin Dredging Co., Ltd., was leld at noon on Friday, December 3, at the registered offices of the company, No. 39 Beach Street, Penang. Mr. J. J. Saunders presided and the others present were: Messrs. H. S.
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    • 584 1335 lhe statutoiy m eting oi Malaya C >nsolidated l’:n Dredging Co., Ltd., whm held at 12.30 p.m. on 'Friday, December 3 at the registered < ffices of the Company 39, Beach Street, Penang. Mr. J. J. Saunders presided and th» others present were Messrs. H. S. Rus. sell,
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    • 802 1336 The fourteenth annual general meeting ol shareholders of The Chinese Commercial Bank, Limited, was held at the Bank premises No. 64, Chulia Street, on Tuesday at 2 p.m., Mr. W’ee Teck Seng presiding in the absence of the Cha'rman and Vice-Chairman. Others present were: The Hon.
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  • 80 1336 which arrived here to- nay brought the iollowing passengers: From Singapore—Mr. and Mrs. E. J. O Reilly, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Shaw, M s. T. A. Powell, Messrs. C. C. Ash- ih, W. H. Mckerrow, T. J. Gilbert E. Watt, H. J. Stocker and J. W.
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  • 729 1336 In the course of my young life, 1 have encountered, 1 think, only two books which have so affected me, as to leave me with a leel.ng of desolation, and an intense pity, which has lasted lor perhaps a couple ol days, lor the tragedy of tu
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  • 669 1335 China may be in a state of chaos but it is incorrect to blame the Cantonese kr tile series ol piracy outrages which have recently taken place in the China Sea. the absence of law and order throughout this vast country has no doubt been a factor in the
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  • 12 1335 is up £4. 10s. for spot only, the figure being £320.
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  • 18 1335 for rubber to- day is Is. 6§d., a fall of pl. compared with yesterday’s price.
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  • 30 1335 has approved the creation of a new. appoint ment of Collector of Estate Duty, F.M.S., to be graded as a class II appointment
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  • 40 1335 will be $5 for each man and $4 for each woman to be paid by the employer; the number of working days will be 72 per quarter.
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  • 44 1335 re-embarked on board the Katori Maru, en route for Colombo at 3.30 p.m. yesterday afternoon, and were seen oft on board by the Hen. the Resident Councillor, and Mr. J. V. C. Davis, Swedish Consul in Penang.
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  • 53 1335 who was to have sat for the first time at the Court of Appeal in Kuala Lumpur, is indisjiosed at /Batu Gajah, and in consequence the work of the court is' temporarily held up. The judges associated with the Chief Justice are Mr. Justice Farrer. Manby and
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  • 58 1335 this morn- ing, before Mr. C. W. A. bennett, Inspector Cbfton, of the Central Police Station, charged three Chinese, Hong Ah Chooi, Lim Yew' Seng and Lim Choo Wan with cruelty to animals, i.e., by overcrowding 364 ducks in baskets. I'he Magistrate convicted the accused
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  • 57 1335 from China accompanied by LieutenantColonel Cunningham, Brigadier Booth, the General’s eldest son, Brigadier Smith, Private Secretary and Ensign Gilliard, who is responsible for Salvation Army publications. They were met by a r „e gathering of the staff of the Dutch Indies branch of ‘he Salvation
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  • 85 1335 was held at noon to-day at Messrs. Katz Bros., Ifd Mr D A. M. Brown presiding. elected a Director and Messrs. Brown. Phillips and Stewart were auditors. The Chairman, in the course his speech, said that the distnbubon should
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  • 481 1335 A Burmese lady, M Ma I’wa Mhce, has bun called to the Bar. lhe Hon. Mr. Everitt, <f Singapore. ,s in Kuala Lumpur n connecl on v\ ith an appeal case. Mr. M. B. Sh-lies. Deputy Treasurer, S.S., has been appointed t< officiate as Controller of Rubber,
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  • 990 1336  -  British Chancellor of the Exchequer A PERSONAL IMPRESSION (By Roy Hopkins) (Exclusive to the Straits Echo) The story is told of an old ladv who, seeing a giraffe for the first time, declared: “J don't believe it, 1 don’t believe it.” The reference books
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  • 386 1336 (From Our Own Correspondent) London November 4 The Royal Standard is fluttering j B its accustomed place ever Buckingham Palace, for the King and Queen "have returned to town from Sandringham v here the last few days of their stay were unfortunately, marred by bad weather. The Court
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  • 64 1336 was charged in the Kuala Lumpur polio® court on Monday before the second g strate, with criminal breach of trust in respect of a sum of $310, said to belong to another Bengalee named Sucha Singh. She pleaded not guilty to the charge, and the
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  • 95 1336 A Menadonese corporal, sentry at the military hospital, ran amok and shot a Menadonese sergeant guard-commander and a corporal. Both were killed. The murderer tied, swimming the river, and encountered a pensioned Government official named Leisen, with his son.
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  • 790 1337 The Overseas League The Overseas League, which has now ;i membership of several hundred thousands scattered over all parts of the world publishes a particularly attractive monthly journal. The issue for October deserves special mention on account both ol the varied character of the illustrations and of the
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  • 187 1337 A hefty named A. L. R. M. A. Rail anathan Chetty, who was arrested in India on a warrant charging him with cheating, the alleg’d offence being committed in Singapore, was brought up before Mr. H. R. Bull, Second Magistrate, on Monday morning and remanded on bail
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  • 22 1337 ’s down £3 for spot and £2. 10s for three months’ buying, the respective figures being £31 7 and £300. 15s.
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  • 26 1337 At Padang, a Communist police station commandant and some i; police have been arr< ted -.ays an Aneta mewage.
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  • 534 1337 I ALLEGED CRIMINAL BREACH OF TRUST I Head Ci.eiik Chahged hi Lie Second Police Court this morn* before Mr. C. \V. A. Sennett, Detective Inspector Fowler charged Mr. I- T. Waller, head clerk in charge of Aassrs. Aylesbury and Nutter's office in Penang, with criminal breach of trust
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  • 32 1337 I'l-X <1 pt in the Persian Gulf and Consul ('«neral •< r I Kliurdistan, <tc !.<■ L• t to!< n< H .Lc pr<- <n. Con«ubG<!i ral < kl;..ru in, Li’-ut.-C-oJonf Prideauj.
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  • 1511 1338 NEW EXPORT RULES A. W. S. writing from L< ndon to the Straits Times under date November 4, says:— There are a good many misapprehensions abroad about the exact meaning of the new rules for rubber export which I endeavoured to summarise as clearly as possible in my
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  • 202 1338 small gathering of local Scots assembled at the Eastern and Oriental .Hotel last night in honour of their Patron Saint. Tn other years the dinner and the dance used to be held the same day, the ball being preceded by the dinner. This year the dance is
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  • 29 1338 Air. R, J. H. Sidney, late headmaster < f the Victoria Institution, is short returning to Malaya He expects to leave London on December 17
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  • 345 1339 Under the signature of the Protector of Chinese, Penang, local clubs and Associations are now being informed by circular that it is illegal for them to sell lottery tickets to non-members, tickets if found in the possession of those who are not members of the Club, render the committee
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  • 501 1339 The development of motoring in Penang has been such as to evoke comment in a Home paper and we read a paragraph which selects the Straits Settlements and Malaya generally as being the most “particular” buyers of cars in the world. The writer of the article gives statistics relating
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  • 197 1339 (From Our Own Correspondent) B. M., November 2 J In the Police Court, to-day, one Goh Ma Saih, motor car driver of K.464, appeared in obedience to a summons and pleaded guilty to a charge of driving his car in a negligent maimer at Tassck Ginger
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  • 94 1339 the well-known Perak mining eng neer, receive d a cable yesterday intimating the death of hi* father, Mr. W. Alexander Cumming, at his residence holmondley,” Richmond, Surrey, on Sunday, at the age of <)1 Mr. umrning senior was t n oldest member of Lloyds but m
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  • 459 1339 Air. f V\ Doug’as Assistant Se. •tel; .y, 1 enang Municipality, sails for l.U! ipe <n leave on Dec* mber 23. Mr. T. T. Kinder, wh< was Senior Execut ve Engineer, 1 nang, prior to wing on leave 1 has returned to Malaya. Mr. 1). P. Noakes,
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  • 837 1340 Taxation So long ago as 1843 provision was made by statute for the exemption from taxation in England of “any building being the property of any literary or scientific institution and used solely for the purpose of that institution, in which no payment is made or demanded tor
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  • 195 1340 (('outributed) i amil novel entitled Kuiasekara Pandian, relating to the medieval days of the Pandian Kingdom in South India, written by Mr. V. W. Stephen, Medical Department, Alor Star, and printed by the Mercantile Press, Penang, has just been. published locally. Probably this is tl.e first of
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  • 26 1340 has been appointed 4 -VIJ W* I I ICt I Director of Education fcr iiinese Schools, Straits Settlements’ and Federated Malay States «7
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  • 25 1340 nrHved here yesterdav by the s.s Sri Vnar from Kantang and Mr. F M Sliarrock from Pul an Langkawi.
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  • SPORTING NEWS
    • 219 1340 SKYE MEETING 3rd. 4th. December 1926 Handicaps for the 1st Day Horses: 6 Furs. (Class “A’’): —Highway 12 7, Victrola 11.7, Little Marvel 11.7. Dinty 10.8, Dorinda 10.1, Royal hose 9.6, Panrilla 8.12, Gunner 8.5 Furious 8.3. Horses “B 6 Furs: —Bombastic II 12, Neidpath 10.11, The
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  • 198 1340 Scotland Beaten by Rest A large crowd assembled on the Esplanade yesterday evening to witness the annual rugby football match between Scotland and The Rest. Scotland were badly beaten by 35 points to 3. The Rest piled up 24 points in the first half as the Fesult of
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  • 121 1340 he following is the order of marchiDF 'he different units in the above compt» J ion Friday, December 3.-6 a.m., 3-20th. Burma Bides. No. 4 Company D.W.R 6.30 a.m. “B Company J.M.F. No. 2 Company D.W.R. 7 a.m., “A” Company J.M F HO (13), D.W.R. Saturday, December
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  • 210 1341 Results of Sunday’s Shoot The following were the scores put up at the P.V.R.C. Rifle Shoot on Sunday at the Kampong Bahru Range: 300 500 600 Total Sgt. F. W. Stewart 38 25 ’22 85 Pte. W. Dragon 28 27 13 68 C. S. M. S.
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  • 357 1341 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ixrndon, November 4 I remember as a small boy going to the Hippodrome, at that time the scene of great aquatic spectacles, to see the Plunging Elephants —eighteen or more of these animals sliding more or lest gracefully down a high chute and
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  • 390 1341 Appeal By Police Officer's Syce A fracas in which a crowd of fifty or more Hengw.is were .staled to have purtic.p. ted and which v\as followed Liter b\ a murder was re. rred to in the Supreme Court on Monday morning during the hearing <1 an appeal by
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  • 52 1341 V IIH' .HVIir iri'.. t for England on rettr ntt-nt an <-lrt dent in Mr. -I- Crowther Shaw. M-. ql.„v had retired fro,» th- Coh-n' .oro aw> but returned and m ed Cr-nro-. fn w-erM yearr icnger but does not expect to come East
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  • 880 1341 'U AYA TRUSTEE COMPANY I w annual gen ti l meeting of the -li Mai ya Trr- L e and Executor p m Ltd., was held at the CharI Bank chamber- Singapore, on 1 rida\ ia t, Mr. A. E. Baddehy (chairman) pmsjdirg, Others present were
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  • 809 1342 The Secretary of Gold Dredging Concessions, Limited, forwards the following copy of Air. Herbert W ilson's report dated 1st instant on his wsit to i’ontianak, adding that in regaid i< the Ma-Mi block, the surveyor lias now finished his work, and the area which was previously calculated
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  • 267 1342 I lo die Editor of the Straits Echo) Sir, The draft programme of the Penang Turf Club January Meeting has been published and notice of suggested alterations have also appeared in the press On the whole little fault can be found with the programme framed. Nothing can be
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  • 23 1342 has re* tired from planting and is now settled, with his wife and family, at Enderby, British Columbia.
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  • 33 1342 of the Ma- lav Officers Agricultural Department Cooperative, "Thrift and Loan Society will be held at the Department of Agriculture, Kuala Lumpur, at 12.15 p.m. on Saturday, December 11.
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  • 71 1342 It may not be known to Some of your readers that a Zoological garden has been eitablished by the prests of the Kek Ix>k Lee Temple in a piece of ground next to the temple. Numerous four-footed and winged animals and other creatures col lected from
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  • 127 1342 whose death at the Batu (iajah hospital has already been briefly reported had been in aI1 d around Malaya lor a good many years, and was at one time a well-known newspaper man. He was an Australian W 0 originally came this way when the foreign military
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  • 910 1343 V0 LUNTE E RING IN MALAYA In a L tter to the i T' ss announcing a special recruiting day for the Singapore Volunteers, Lieut.-Col. Postlethwaite, Commandant of the Straits Settlements Volunteer Forces, discloses that recruiting has not been as brisk as it might have been. “We have made but
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  • 15 1343 in the price of rub- her to-day, the price being Is.
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  • 24 1343 is dow n £2 10s. for spot and £1 K’s. for three months’ buying, the respective figures being £314 10s. and £299 5s.
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  • 21 1343 A temporary stoppage of the printing machinery is resptusible for the delayed publication of the Straits Echo to-day.
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  • 43 1343 A co respondent writes to the Malay Mail protesting strongly against the preference shown' in the F. M. S. Ra Iways service for members of a certam community and suggests that as vacancies occur candidates from other communities should re introduced
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  • 39 1343 Two further contributions to the In sector Sheridan Fund of $50 each have reached the Straits limes from M.LU..ud S k.M. These have been forwardid to the proper quarter 1'he total subscribed is therefore M 175
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  • 466 1343 Dr. IL L. Dive is visiting Kuala Lumpur. 11. li. t’ne Sultan of Perak is expected n Kuala Lumpur to attend the amateur race meeting to-morrow and Saturday. Inspector Poundell, of the Central police station, Kuala Lumpur, has returned and resumed duties afttr a fortnight's holiday. lhe
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  • 1205 1344 Blackwood s Magazine for September, 1926, contains an interesting and most informative article upon the scheme, introduced in 1923, for State-aided Universities. “In a rash moment,” says the writer, “These Universities [Oxford and Cambridge accepted help from the public funds, and their doom was sealed. When the
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  • 78 1344 So far as is known, beyond that he will be met here by Sir Malcolm Watson. nothing has been arranged locally tor Sir Ronald Hess, the famous Malaria ('Xpert, who is due here this evening from London on the P. 0. Malwa. The Malwa is
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  • 184 1344 A European, Mr. D. Grilhn, appeared be.ore Raja la a cob Magistrate, on baiurday last, charged by Mr. Haynes, A.i .1’., on the following ceunts: (1) having committed the offence of cheatng on November Hi by obtaining i<xd, ac. for $12 from the Rest House, (2)
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  • 262 1344 The current issue of the F.M.S. Government Gazette contains the following appointments: Capt. E. H. Hime to be a Superintendent of Customs, F.M.S.; Mr. A. B. Walton to be an Assistant Conservator of Forests. Malayan lores t Service; Mr. K 13 Jagoe to be an Agricultural Field Officer, Agricultural Department,
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  • 411 1345 MOTOR PROSECUTIONS Uichia Passenger’s Experience Mr. A. C. Durnford, Chief Clerk o f Messrs. Caldbeck, Macgregor and Co Penaug. had a nasty experience vested morning on Ils way to office," being suddenly ejected out of his ricsha and thrown across the road. Mr. Durnford had just left his
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  • 69 1345 DINNER AND DANCE AT RAFFLES (From Our Own Correauondent) S'ngapore, December 1 Raffles Hotel was crowded for the dinner and dance in celebration of St. Andrew’s Day. The Chieftain, Sir Theodore Fraser, led in Lady Guillemard and others, including Sir William and Lady Murison, Mr. J. M.
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  • 30 1345 •Assistant Director, P.W.D., F.M.S., •nd Mr. J Laird. Assistant Warden of ''’>s are due back from home leave Ij J" the ajjd 0 Malwa next week.
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  • 742 1345 VHsftESg SWALLOWS DOLLAR N 0 I E A Chinese named Low Bee Poh was barged in the Kuala Lumpur Office r 0Q bf oi the st nd magistrate, Baja Ida, with selling by ela.l a b< itle ot .ilicit samsu, and havmg m his possession four quarts
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  • 34 1345 1 e r.r.\i. Boot h's Opinion (Fr>)n ()m Oicn Correspondent) Singapore. December 1 Gewr.-d Booth, in an interview, expressed the opinion that the Salvation innv should work in the Straits Settlements.
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  • 235 1345 Vai fable Trophies The- ogramme for the Malaya Command Rifle Meeting, which commences on i riday, December 3 at the Bukit Timah Range, is full of interest in view of the fact that entries have been received from ad the Regular and Volunteer units in the
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  • 95 1345 before Mr. 11. < Stwees, recently, Chief Inpector J. 11. Ashton of the Harbour Police, moved for a provisional warrant, aider tie 1 uvitive Offenders’ Act, for ‘he arrest of A Kazack, >• passenger on I ard who, it is alleged, s wanted at Singapore
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  • 787 1346 COMBINATION OF THE LOCAL CANNERIES The following notes on a bus.ness combination of the local pineapple canneries are contributed by Mr. C. Q. Lee, ot the Singapore I niteci Pineapple Packing Company, 14 South Canal Road: Jn August ol this year was quietly and unostentatiously effected a business
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  • 18 1346 lakes the act o: Mr. il. O. Alaas on the Penang Pilot Board.
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  • 58 1346 or the p< st of Muni i-ipa’. ommiss oner. Singapore, to be recommended by the Straits Settle ments Associate n for His ExceTncCs approval are: Mr. C. C. Duiiman and Mr. J. Laycock. Mr. E. Gattey was also nominated, but has withdrawn, as he is going on leave
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  • 102 1346 1923, is about to be introduced in the Federal Council.. Complaints are frequently received from labourers employed by a contractor that the contractor has drawn the money due to him and absconded or spent all the money without paying them. Clause 2is an
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  • 155 1346 The following have signified their intention of being present at the British Medical Association dinner given in honour of Sir Ronald Ross, K.C.B., the great authority on malaria at Raffles Hotel on December 4 Guests: 11.E. Major-General Sir Theodore Eraser, K.C.B., the Hon. Mr. Hayes Marriott. C.M.G., the h g’ht
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  • 514 1346 (Bg our Having Correspondent) Officially declared opened for trainn.g from yesterday the racecourse from now onwards will be an interesting place to go ami watch the training for the Penang 't urf Club Now Year Meeting which commences on January 8. Pace w >i k will be the
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  • 29 1346 succeeds Dr. McAlistern on the Medical Council and Dr. S. Nagalingani succeeds the law Air. Tessensohn on the Visiting Commit tee of the General Hospital.
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  • 55 1346 to the Singapore r e Press, Hr. W. J. Le Cain says that the pubPc cannot help doubting whether a° excess of expenditure of 50 per cent, over C.e estimate on the St James power st®- 'on was necessary, so that the appoin ment o a non-Municipal
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  • 800 1347 It wh 1 be generally conceded that Penang offers unlimited opportunities for development as a tourist resort, and this sii>uld obviously be modelled upon the ver» satisfactory methods employed by such centres as South Africa or Egypt One cannot pick up a copy of 'illustrated English publications without encoumuring
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  • 106 1347 (To the Editor of the Strait» EchoJ Sir, Ender tin- heading “Important Announcen ent.’’ you notify the public that you will publish the Straits Echo on. every week day in 1927, excepting Good Friday. You cannot imagine what this means lo those of us who live out
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  • 57 1347 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo) Sir. I should be glad if one of your readers would inform me whether to write Penang Hi!: or Penang Hills. The “s” is occasionally' used, though I am under the impKssion if is the correct termination. I am, yours
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  • 21 1347 is down L'l for spot and 10s. for three months’ buying, the respective figures being £313. 10s. and £298. 15s.
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  • 21 1347 completed the year’s national mourning occasioned by the death ol His late Majesty King Kama I of Siam.
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  • 76 1347 of Kuvoh Tin Dredging. Ltd.. was held al noon to-day at the offices of Messrs. Kennedy Jinrkill 4 Co., Ltd. Mr. J. J. Saunde-s presided and the others pre;»nt were: Messrs. J. B. David. II. b. Russell and L. If. Holdsworth (representing the Secretar es).
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  • 481 1347 Mr. 11. E. Grit, o: the 1 .M.S. Railways, is due back from home leave by the P. A O. Kalyan. Latest air vals tom Malaya in Ixindon include Me>>rs. Smvthe-Pearson, G. -h rgens, n ami L. L. Mills. Mr. ,1. G. Crawiord, formerly A.D.O. Ivm h.
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  • 864 1348 MALARIA EXPERT IN PENANG STRAITS ECHO INTERVIEW Sir Ronald Ross, the world famous malar a Xpert, who is now on a visit to the East under the auspices of the Ross Institute and the Indian Tea Association, arrived in Penang last night and was met by Sir
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  • 156 1348 Licence Suspended In c meet ion with the case reported n the oraits helio yesterday in which a Euro” an motor cyclist, Mr. G. A. Barnevu’d, was convicted and fined for riding !i motor cycle in a rash and negligent manner along Northam Road the accused m
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  • 62 1348 ne of Patialn has l„. eu relectid Chancellor of the Chamber of i nets. In; Alaharaja of Ahvar came second on the poll. The Standing Comkd/'n next year consists 1 the .Maharaja of Patiala, the Maharaja ol Bikanir, the Maharaja of the Maharaja of Dholpur .hJ
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  • SPORTING NEWS
    • 224 1348 Ax Economic Car t he Cycle and Carriage Company, Limited, are expecting in 1he near future the arrival of a consignment of the latest production ol the Singer Company, Coventry, m the shape of an inexpensive lour sealer car of the 8 h.p. type, callfcl the S
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  • 316 1348 First Day’s Results (/'root Our Own Correspondent) Kuala. Lumpur, December 3 The first day ol tin* Amateur Meeting was run here in line weather and the going was good. The weather was threatening from the fourth race but there was no rain. There was a fair
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  • 752 1349 Amendments to Proposed Programme (Ry 'Jur Racing Correspondent) A general meeting of members of the Penang Turf Club was held yesterday afternoon to consider amendments and pass tin» proposed programme for the January New Year Meeting. Air. A. R. Morgan presided and the others present included Messrs.
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  • 307 1349 Progrhss of Championship* Better progress has been made during the past week with the Singapore* tennis championships, w’th the result that the first round of the singles has been completed and one match in the second round played, the survivors being Hooi Hye, Nozu, N. E. Ess,
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  • 394 1349 1 he following passengers arrived yesterday, tor Penang or Singapore, by the outward P. A Malwa: Mr. and Mrs. J. Anderson, Mr R. G. Aikman, Mrs. Bartlett, Miss J. K. Ballantyne, Miss L. Brooks, Mr. J. Booth, (’apt. A. Benfield, Capt. Harry Brcok, Mr. D. W. Barrett,
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  • 80 1349 tc< I place t< St. Andrew’s J’r sbytcri.n imrch •>/ Mr. John E. Tel rr w th M ss M r<ai M. S\ m ngton. 'lite Bride was /ven wav bv Mr V> K W allace. Miss Jo n Arnold "ns brah j sn:a d nd t' a.
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  • 981 1350 SCOPE OF THE SALVATION ARMY The Movement in the Straits A delightful thirty minutes were spent at the Raffles Hotel on Tuesday afternoon when pressmen mH General Bramwell B<oth, who told them of the work of the Salvation Army, says the Straits Tim eg. That the famous head
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  • 688 1350 An Eventful Tour General Bramwell Booth, the leader A the Salvation Army, arrived in Singapore on Tuesday morning on the P. and 0. Devanha, from Hong Kong. The General, who is making a tour of the world, was accompanied by Lt. -Col. Cunningham, Brigadier Bernard Booth, his
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  • 39 1350 and a party consist' ing of Lieut.-Col. C. J. PickeringC.M.G., I).SO., Mr. and Mrs. A. Noel Davis, and Lieut. H. S. Boiirke arrived yesterday morning f<# weel s st i\ at G< vernment house, Kw* 4 Lumpur.
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  • 857 1351 lliu Singapore papers have been much exercised this week over the latest example <-t alleged Municipal ability to estimate the cost or a big undertaking with anything like accuracy. The case in point is that of the Munic pal electric pov\ ei station which is being erectid in
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  • 19 1351 for rubber to- day is Js. 6gd., a rise of Id., compared w ith yesterday's price.
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  • 55 1351 manager ol the N.Y.K., entertained his staff to dinner at Charmante, Nathan-road, on Wednesday, on the occasion oi the eighth anniversary of the establishment oi th 0 Singapore branch office. Speeches weie made by Mr. Matsui and Mr. Sato, to which Mr. E. de Vries replied on
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  • 72 1351 of lunch- ing at Government House, Singapore, on ednesday, to meet General Bramwell Booth:—Major-General Sir T. Fraser, K.C.B., C.S.I., C.M.G., the Rt. Rev. C. J. Ferguson-Davie, D.D., and Mrs. Ferguson-Davie, Hon. Mr. H. Marriott, C.M.G., and Mrs. Marriott, Hon. Sir David Galloway, Kt. Bach., Hon
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  • 92 1351 cashier of Messrs. John Little and Co Ltd Kuala Lumpur, is charged »HD criminal breach of trust in respect of the sum of $1,767.42 money belonging to the firm, was called again in tnc Kuala Lumpur police court yesco < naming, before the
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  • 460 1351 A m ssage received via Bombay states hat Mr. Astill, oi the M.C.C. Indian team, is suffering from bronchitis. Mr. Ng Kon Chee, of the Chandu Aionojioiy, left Kuala Lumpur <>n Tuesday morning on transfer to Kuantan. A R uter telegram from Bukharest states that Dr. Rabindranath
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  • 1237 1352 FAREWELL FUNCTION. Thirty-five Years of Service A farewell function to Mr. William Hamilton, the retiring headmaster of the Penang Free School, was held at lhe Government Girls School yesterday afternoon. A large number of friends and admirers was present including the Resident Councillor, Mr. R. Scott, Mr.
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  • 60 1352 Contract Placed (?/•<) m Our Own Lorre, Singapore', December 2 The contract of lhe Wren Company, Yacht Builders, owes, has been accepted tor ihe const ruction of a new yachts tor the Governor's use to cost £73,750. ihe new yacht which is expected next year, win replace
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  • 44 1352 Si lii’Lt’s Income (From (>ur Ou.n Correspondent} Singapore, December 3 i'i.c report of the Singapore Harbour Board for lhe year ending June 30, 1920, shows a surplus of income over expendi tore account of $1,502,566 compared with $553,187 for last year.
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  • 19 1352 are leaving < n six months’ holiday by the lyrrhus, on December 7.
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  • 26 1352 occurred on I' riday night it I atu Ciajali hospital of Mr. Scott (r; nsion. a prospector who had recent at rived irom Perak.
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  • 30 1352 assistant Post Master < eneral of Ceylon, is on a hort visit to the Straits Settlements 'ltd the F.AI.S He is at present staying at Baffles Hotel
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  • 240 1352 Lieut W J. A Willis, R.N., Capt J. Beck. Mr. A. Tucker, Mr. J. 8Mudford, Lieut. J T. Willes, Mrs. McKinley. Master >A. N. McKinley» Ener. apt. A. W’. McKinley, R.N.. Mr. F. P. Lachlan. Miss E. Al. Goulding. Mr. W
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  • 493 1353 LEAN AND CO.’S WEEKLY REPORT Ihursday Evening 1’in lias further fluctuated and, after having touched £320 for Cash and £303. 5s., reacted to the closing-price of £314. 10s. and £299. 5s. respectively. Rubber has continued to decline and, closing to-day at 1/6 |per lb. London and 63 cents
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  • 27 1353 is much obliged, for the kind enquiries made 3 bout his health He is much better and. hoped to resume his duties yesterday.
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  • 725 1353 SOON THEAM CO.’S WEEKLY REPORT Penang. December 3 plin w° f rubber continues to deelme finishing at which is Ud down for the week. There was, howi t'er. a slightly better enquiry for rubber shares at lower rates, but sellers are rather disinclined to meet buyers’ ideas ot price <
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  • 24 1353 of Messrs. Boustuud Co., Singapore, passed through Penang yesterday by the s.s. Kashmir en route i v to SiUgapt re,
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  • 22 1353 oi Kuala Lumpur, who were staying at Taiping Hills, have returned to Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 24 1353 who was in Penang on a holiday, returned to Malacca lust night accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. F. D. Aeria.
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  • 48 1353 the billiards champion, arrved here yesterday by th? s.s. Takliwa fr< m Rangoon. The others who arrived by the same vessel are Captain -I. Durward, of the Air Suivey I tepartment, Messrs. D. Fillhill, W. W. Murd< ck, Jean Xuv. Francisco and B. Hult.
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  • 53 1353 accompanied by Mr. A. Woods and Miss Avetoom, left by the mail tram on Thursday night for Kuala Lumpur. She expects to return in about a week. The following visitors are staying at Government House: Professor A. Bostock Hill, M.Sc., M.D., and Ommander L. A. W. Spooner, R.N.
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  • 65 1353 who has spent the greater part <f the last forty years in B’.rnco, has been elected to an honorary frllowsh.p at Jesus College, Cam bridge. Dr. Hose, when studying for his degree was persuaded by his uncle, Bishop Hose of Singajxjre, 6- go out East, and in
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  • 92 1353 —Frr in Singarxre. Mr. and Mr A H. Mile-'. apta n Hayter, Mr. J. M. Prescott, Mrs. J. G. Howell, Miss 1) Linds iy, Mrs. R Lindsay, Mr. H. F. MardenRanger, Miss Ranger. Mrs. Gift. Captain R. V» Morris.
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  • Page 1354 Advertisements
    • 208 1354 CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., S 08, 8M4CH «TMIT, PtNANa. established wm. Xg S PRINTERS PUBLISHERS. 5 J* Proprietor, of the STRAITS ECHO and PENANG SIN POE jDM The most enterprising end up-to-date Printers and Litho* Jw ML graphers in the Orient. yC Our plant is of the very latest Pattern and
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