The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 22 January 1927

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1 76 The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)
  • 20 1 The Straits Echo Weekly Edition. KB PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CTS. [H. 25 PENANG: JANUARY 22, 1927 NO. 3
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 345 1 MM-*CONTBNTS<4i '-4 JL LEADING ARTICLES MISCELLANEOUS: (Continued) Ji )l] China 51 The Value of Advertising in m A Rubber and Idealism 53 Business 6)8 I II Britain and China GJ Bonstead and Co., Ltd. 68 A lu The Press and the Police 61 Rural Sanitation Campaign 68 ||l The French
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 175 2 M 3 STRAITS ECHO WEEKLY EDITION Xw Published the day prior to (he departure of each mail for Europe, JC yh and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the daily issues, as well as aH important news from various pans of the Far dl East. including
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  • 441 51 Apart from the need of giving personal protection to British subjects, a number of serious problems of policy are raised by the advance of the Chinese Nationalists. Certainly they were raised long ago, but the present phase of the civil war has made them urgent. There is no Government
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  • 430 51 The Earl and Countess ci Seibourne are staying at Carcosa, Kuala Lumpur. Mr. G. Giiham Browne has been appointed Accountant, Survey Department, S.S. and 'F.AI.S. The death occurred on Wednesday, at Taiping hospital, after a brief illness, of Mr. C. Robinson, a planter of Trong. General Sir Theodore Fraser
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  • 476 51 MARKET SHOWS FURTHER IMPROVEMENT Lewis and Peat report: Singapore, Jan. 13 Since our last issue we have had a steady and r’sing market with a very keen demand for nearby rubber. The continued shortage of supplies has been, the main cause of the advance coupled with a
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  • Page 51 Advertisements
    • 27 51 Cfr straits cbo DAILI 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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  • 862 52 Y. M. C. A. Io Indi® One of the difficultly of the Y.M.C.A. (il India rrdafp- to its literary and social .idivitios. In trying to inculcate its maxim of ni' riM Mini in corpore tano the Asocial bn places before its nmmbcw -o<»d <h al of printed matter
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  • 229 52 Previously acknowledged $5,675. Mr. L. May $lOO, Messrs. B. H. T. Doulatram A Co. $5l, Mr. A. Dennys $l5. Mr. (I. A. Potts $lO, total $5.851. e o; The wedding took place at the bytvi’aii huich, Singapore, yesterday, Of Miss Rut4i Barnett, formerly of the Nursing
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  • 294 52 EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR AT SINGAPORE Au extraordinary affair is at present being investigated by the Singapore police, one of the outstanding features of it being the fact that the body of a mur dered man was allowed to remain on Raffles Reclainaion ground, in front of Raffles Hotel and
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  • 229 52 MR. McLEOD’S ASSERTIONS An Investigation Important news of the result of further borings on the Pontianak Gold Dredging Concessions, Ltd., has now been received by the company’s office in Singapo r e. says Monday’s Straits Times. It will be remembered that early last month the result of
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  • 1008 53 According to reports published in bjndon at the time of the Imperial Conference, when matters of Pacific strategy and I>olicy were discussed, the Cnited States have definitely decided to stay in the Philippines. The policy which appears to have been decided upon the ugh no definite statement
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  • 447 53 Air. J. P. Bidduiph is due in Penang b\ the Gienamov. < V v The engagement is announced of Mr. Chan Ah Him to Miss Toh Mui Neo. His Highness the Regent of Kedah, who has been in Penang for the races, returned to Alor Star to-day, accompanied b)
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  • 103 53 acknowledgment Me&srs. Quah Cheow Kay, Cheow* Uoh and family beg to thank those who attended the funeral of the late Mrs. Quah Beng Hong nee Khoo Saw 1 aik neo sent wreaths, letters and telegrams < condolence and lent their motor care. DOM EST iC 0C CURRE N C E
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  • 1157 54  -  .BY ARTHUR. LAMSLEY) (Hrebitire To SI raid \f i fhn >• I finish’ll (io rwriencrd journalHit, i' y.. T M .nil. Mr. I.i'nj'l 0n,,-,,, Thi, it an ~.t,G. '< '“G J/. LJ- .X -rinr .rill. Mr. Llon'l 'j. I,",ill'"»- f, K /i lhM! Il nl ,l!<
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  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR
    • 108 54 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo) Sir, 1 have the honour to inform you that the Straits Settlements Government has been informed that the Straits Settlements (Penang) Association has opened a Malaya 'l’lood Relief Fund mil is appealing for subscriptions from tli| general public towards it.
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    • 231 54 ('To the Editor of the Straits Echo) S’r. In view of inquiries received from people desirous of taking their dogs wfth them to the United Kingdom when going < n leave or retiring from this country, 1 have the honour to inform you that I am advised uy
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  • SPORTING NEWS
    • 1957 55 FOURTH DAY’S RESULTS PAY 111-' SURPRISES Malayan Royalties Score Despite the comparatively small fields mid the anticipation that there would not be any upsets, the fourth day of thy Penang race meeting provided the traditional number of upsets. Erom the opening event punters were beaten and this
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    • 1837 56 SUNNYRAY WINS THE BIG EVENT Lady Guillemard Distributbs Prizes Yesterday saw the conclusion of the Penang Turf Club New Year Meeting. In point of stakes, number of horses and attendance the meeting will constitute an easy record. For a final day there were the tradit'onal
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    • 349 57 FIRST MATCH OF THE SEASON Penang Beats Kedah Taking advantage of the public holiday yesterday a whole day match was played on the Esplanade between the P.C.C. and a Kedah team. Penang, batting first, ran up a total of 179 towards which E. G. Bird scored 69 not
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  • 1658 58 ANNUAL MEETING STRONG i INAN’f IAL POSITION The annual general meeting of the Lunns Rubber Estates, Limited, was held <u Monday in the French Rank Buildings, the following being present: Mr P. M. Robinson, in the chair, Mr. A. E. Baddeiey, Mr. V. V. Miles, and Mr. C.
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  • 844 59 SOUTHERN PERAK DREDGING The proceedings took place of the seventh annual general meeting of Southern Perak Dredging, Ltd., Sir Ernest Woodford Birch, K.C.M.G. (the chairman), presiding. The secretary (Mr. T. P. Patterson, F.C.I S.) having read the notice convening the meeting and the report of the auditors, The
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  • 592 59 EFFICIENTLY MANAGED PROPERTY The 17th annual general meeting of the Killinghall (Kubuer) Development Syndicate, JLtd., was held on December 15 at the registered oilices of the company, 7, Martin’s lane, Cannon-street, E.C., Mr. W. Arthur Addinseli, chairman of the company, presiding. Mr. J. Lewis, on behalf of tne
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  • 1212 59 Wise Policy Pursed The fifteenth annual general meeting of Malayan Tin Dredging, Ltd., was held on December 17 at the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Great Swanalley. Moorgate, E.C., Sir Ernest Woodford Birch, K.C.M.G., (the chairman), presiding. rhe secretary (Mr. T. P. Patterson, F.C.1.5.) having read the notice
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  • 631 60 lhe statutory meeting of Southern -Ma tvan Tin Dredging, Ltd., was next nem at the Institute of Chartered Ac- niants, Sir Ernest Woodford Birch, M.G. (the chairman), presiding The secretary (Mr. T. P. Patterson, 1 0.1.5.) having read the notice conyemng the meeting, and the report
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  • 100 60 Two Europeans Bittf.n The whole of Province Wellesley 6 officially declared to be under rabies sD“ residents in that area will do well to carefully follow -the Government regub tions. fwo European assistants on Bertas Estate were bitten a few days ago by 8 d °g
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  • 439 61 The Malayan public can no longer view without grave concern the events that are steadily leading up to a serious crisis in China. Not only British interests but those of Japan, the United States and Trance are threatened and it is probable that m the course of
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  • 696 61 n a report of the case in which an exuGl enan g has been charged 1 J dishonestly retaining the stolen pro°f essrs L ogan and Ross, Peng, published in the Pinang Gazette a^er t’ lo ease was mentioned in told Los te ll° is
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  • 358 61 Lord and Lady Selbouvne, who uie .iie guests of the Chief Secretary at Kuala Lumpur, visited the Institute for .Medical Research on 'Tuesday. The engagement is anneunced of Mr. Saw Seng Kew, of 'The Anglo-French Trading Co.. Ltd., brother of Mr. Saw Uhoo Theng, to Miss Choc Lean Eu.
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  • 93 61 Previously acknowledged $5,851 Lady Superior Pupils of the Convent School 180 Messrs. Leong Fee Co 100 Mr. G. A. Hereford 100 H. E. Collins 50 J. Forbes 50 F. S. Gibson 25 Mrs. Crabb-Watt 25 Mr. E. J. Polglase 15 I)’’. Smart 15 Mr. 11. Malet
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  • 860 62 Pinkie” Pinkif. lUf* portrait ot Mis.* M:o' Moulton Barn-tt, by Sir Thorns Liwrence (1769-1336). for which Sir Joseph Duveen gave the record price of £7/,BX)al the Michelhain wile la«t month. will leave for the United States soon. Since the sale the picture has been cleaned, and the colours
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  • 72 62 MR. WILSON’S REPORT (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, January 17 A cable has been received from Mr. Herbert Wilson, Managing Director of the Pontianak Gold Concessions, stating that the result of his borings indicate that the Maini area heu» been salted. A meeting is being held. Our Singapore
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  • 149 62 ALLEGED BREACH OF TRUST Big Sum Involved In the Second Police Court this morn mg, before Mr. Sennett, a well known he ty named A R M Narayanan hefty appeared on three charges of cn minal breach of trust as a servant the property of the firm of
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  • 243 62 The following subscriptions are g rgte> fully acknowledged: Amount previously acknowledged $6,450.10. Messrs. Ng Seah Foon Ng $lOO.OO. Mr. Lee Chin Hoe $50.00. Per Messrs. Heah Seng Whatt On# Keng Lai: Bukit Tambun. Mr. Heah Seng Whatt $25, Mr. One Hup $lO, Mr. Chua Hup
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  • 150 62 Helen Wills and Bishop of Londom Dr. Ingram, the Bishop of London, when touring the United States, wai partnered by two American tennii stars in games in California. He played three sets, in one of which he was partnered by Little Bill” Johnson, against Dr. Summer Hardy, head
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  • 106 62 Chief Justice’s Criticisms (I'rom Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Jan. 17 During the Assizes, the Chief Justice, Sir William Murison, explained that his previous criticism of the Police might need modification. He was anxious to be fair to the Police and he was no* informed that the absence
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  • 1443 63 prospho’S of American PR buying pool Notes by A.U.S. W.S., writing from London to the iStraifs Time», under date December Price has been low during the week md demand has not been active. Ihe formation of the American buying po d which at first seemed to produce somewhat
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  • 147 63 Satisfactory Year (From Our Own Corrbspondbnt) Singapore, Jan. 20 The Singapore Turf (dub report show a surplus for 1926 of $100,300. O' The engagement is announced between Kenneth Godfrey Exham 2nd battalion the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, Singapore, and Joan, daughter of Mr. and the late Mrs.
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  • 224 64 EX-BANK CLERK SENTENCED In the S<<<nd Police Court, jester dav afternoon, Mr C. W. A. Sennett pelted Fentence of six months’ rigorous imprisonment on Chenh Hoo: Sin, formerly clerk at the Mercantile Bank, who «as charged on Monday with dislwnestly retaining a surn of *3.fXX), the property of
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  • 163 64 IhxihENi» Ok 50 Per Cent. Hie sixteenth annual general meeting f *hareh* 'ders < z f the Perak River ValRubber Ccmpany. Limited, wan held at noon yesterday at the office of Messrs. Br wn, Phillips and Stewart, 9 I ni< n Street, with Mr. I). A.
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  • 74 64 FORTY-FIVE FEET GASH J hOM Ol|< OWS CORRESPONDENT) Singapore, Jan. 19 he steamer Royal Star winch struck reef near the Beran ti Shoal has been U .'h’r/f V'l' 1 11 H,rbour Sl,e a 7, *•> feet lung number two bold Her propeller w IU) damaged and tern
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  • 302 64 ONE PARTY BROUGHT TO BOOK AN AMAZING ESCAPADE A few days ago the Straits Echo reported the loss from Messrs. Logan and Ross' office of a sum cf $15,050 wh.ch was embezzled some six or seven months ago by means of two forged cheques, purpoited to
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  • 217 64 (I. 0. s Inspection Hi" Excellency Major-General Sir Iheodore Fraser, General Officer Com jnanding the Troops in Malaya inspected !t*nang Volunteer Corps yesterday Ihe General first inspected A Company on, the Polo ground where musketry s andard tests were carried out i )0 i ,Cn mu l Fri,Ser
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  • 291 64 A Partnership Dispute In the Supreme Court this morninc the Hon. Mr. Justice Sproule was gaged in hearing a partnership dispute m which the parties are of the Ciietty fraternity. The plaintiff, for whom Mr R. D. Hume, of Messrs. Adams and Allan, is appearing, is M. K.
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  • 32 64 FACTORY IN BATAVIA (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Jan. 19 General Motors, Limited, have decided to build a factory in Batavia and are taking over the whole staff to Java.
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  • 50 64 hundred houses destroyed (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Jan. 19 At Kota Bahru a fire was started by the upsetting of a lamp on the 13th instant. Oyer 100 houses were destroy’ ed and the damage is estimated at SSOO,CXX). There is no loss of life.
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  • 36 64 CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE (From our Own Cori'Ebpondbnt) Singapore, Jan. 19 I he loss caused by the flood at Kual* Krai is estimated at $300,(X)0. Conditions are getting normal and no epidemi® has broken out.
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  • 25 64 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. Jan. 20 I h Hoithin Amateur Dramatic Company is advancing $lO,OOO for the Flood Belief Fund.
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  • 38 64 1 r rther Statement by Chief Justicb ('From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Jan- 2y M'illjam Mijrison. Chief j statement at flu AssHe Confl r hat if v.-as the duty of the Police w assist accused jJeYsons.
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  • 1482 65 PEYLOH AND THE STEVENSON SCHEME NOTES Bl A. W. 8. a \V S writing from London to the strait» Time» under date December Leyton ha» B“eu heed to the exhortatien of the Colonial Office, and has rejected a resolutku, put before its Legislature, to be done with the
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  • 114 65 'rhe directors of the Duff Development Co. have cabled to Mr. J. D. Hall, Secretary to the High Commissioner, offering the sum of $25,000 for the Kelantan Flood Relief Fund, and state that they are prepared to give more if necessary. Mr. Hall has replied gratefully accept ing
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  • 1104 66 NAVAL BASE THERE OR IN AUSTRALIA? Size Of Its Garrison Th»- folk wing article is from a recent number of the Spectator: The fact that the Dorronion Prime Ministers, before they separated, com -idgrcd th»- problem of Singapore and dbicuHsed how f»r they were concerned therein.
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  • 310 66 (Contributed) Last Tuesday night much interest was taken in. and much sympathy was shown for, the Hood sufferers in the F.M.S. and U.M.S. at a meeting held at the Stia Kesukuan Club, Alor Star, under the Chairmanship of L'uan Syed Mansur Al Jefri, Chief Malay Judge and
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  • 221 66 MALAYA FLOOD RELIEF FUND Previously acknowledged $2 SW, Kedah Rubber Co., Ltd., $1,000» Mis. I’huah Hin Leong SI,(MK), Mr. T. iieimaiin $l<X), Mr. G. 11. Pritchard Mr. -I. M. Milne $5O, Mr. KAGriffm $2O, Mr. C. D. Quarmby $lO. Mr. C. V. S. Naidu $5. Per Mrs:
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  • 1080 67 One of the main hopes which are centred on 1927, is that the march towards financial soundness and stability, which has made such progress last year, should continue to its appointed goal, and thus remove the obstacle which currency fluctuations have placed in the way oi
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  • 519 67 Mr. A. While, who has been lying dangerously ill at his residence Edenhmst, Vermont Road, died this afte.noon. Mr. \an Ysbelfctem, foiuer Netherauds Minister for ?.gricuituie, who postponed his visit to the Dutch East Indies on account of ill-health lias now sufficiently recovered, and left on December 24. Mr.
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  • 695 68  -  By Sir Charles Higham (THE FAMOUS BRITISH PUBLICIRT V EXI Eb When the people responsible for the u.rli bution of this article asked ine to write them under the heading which the iiticie poshesse:-, 1 said to myself, Is ,t possible in this Twentieth
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  • 310 68 BOUSTFAD CO: LTD: Rubber Sales Department Values have tended towards a lower le* ud for the last few days and, with a weaker tone evident in the local market on the day of the Auction, prices realised on tin* whole were disappointing. Deliveries were protracted owing to the mt' rventiou
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  • 623 68 lhe btiuits Settlemeuis Rural tation Campaign is a special etluri <xl Hie pail of the Medical Departmental tiie foveinmeui in co-operating with J Internat.onal Healvir Board of itocketeller 1 oundation to do active ti-n<okworm sanitation and mass treat I merit and to ucvelop a rural health J
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  • 102 69 Members of the Penang Polo Club nlaved four chukkers of polo yesterday afternoon, all fast and interesting games, after which they adjourned to the residence of Mr. G. A. Hereford to witness a screen exhibition of local views taken with a Cine-Kodak by Mr. Cheah Hee Nyan
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  • 192 69 Anniversary Celebrations A correspondent writes: Ihe 17th anniversary of the Indian Recreation Club was celebrated on Sunday evening at 193 Dato Kramat Road. Proceedings commenced with a tea party at 4 p.m. after which the members went to the President’s house where a group photograph was taken.
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  • 126 69 The Protector of Chinese, Penang, fcgs to acknowledge with thanks the p u ing further subscriptions to the o Leung Kuk Endowment Fund: d./. L’2 lnt previously acknowledged Vno h>ck Tong Kongsi s beab Chim Yean, Esqr. (Ist subscription $200) $2OO, Ycoh Cheang Fsa’ A
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  • 888 69 CHIEF JUSTICE’S CRITICISM Duty of Police to Assist Accused Persons Thu Chief Justice, Sir William Murison. presiding over the First Assizes in the Supreme Court on Wednesday morning. supplemented his earlier criticisms on th procedure relating to the calling of witnesses on behalf of accused persons by
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  • 253 69 1 ivin sunrise yesterday morning theie was a gloat immx of ind ans from the mainland ail <>i whom made for the Chelty Temple in atertall Road for the Ihaipusum festival. Some of them went l< r the meie pleasure of celebrating a great feast while others took
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  • 1124 70 dignity of the bench SIIIGNG REMARKS BY MR. JUS- 1 iCE SPROULE hl ;,n appeal ease from the Province wlnrb was aigucd before the Hon. Mr. Justice bprouie this morning, His Jxjrd4i.p in dismissing the appeal, made irong it marks against the com duel of the appellant who
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  • 494 70 BiG AbSLMBLING PLANT pQp BATAVIA pßn.Xll’T Ci.OSURE TO KAIUNo Controversy The question of whether General Motors, the big American automobile corporation, should be allowed to convert the Pacific 'Trading Company’s site at Katcng, Singapore, into a central motor assembling plant for their retail agents in this part
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  • 22 71 BIRTH p KA1 (hj January 2O 1927. at Woodside. Brimscon be, to Emily, wife of Lieut.-Commander A. Peal, a daughter.
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  • 1084 71 WANTED- A MALAYAN BUHBANKS A scientific appraise! oi the achievements of the late Luther Burbanks, of California, has yet to be made, but it is certain that this wizard in selection and cross-fertilisation did more io improve the flower and vegetable gardens oi the North American continent than any other
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  • 506 71 Rev. it. S. Stew ait will conduct servlet at St. Andrew’s 1 icsbvterian i’m.rch, Northern Road, at 6 p.m. tomorre w hi is Excellency tlie Governor, who is spending a hcliday at Bel Retiro, Penang Hills, will be leaving Penang about 'February *2. Mr. H. G. Simpson, Government Veterinary
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  • 1162 72 ;Special to Straits Echo) The history of London’s new capital market in Pr 26 presents features which deserve the attention of students of economic and financial movements. It would have been natural to suppose that, although the long drawn out coal stoppage might increase the supply
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  • 600 72 CHOONG—HO I Elaborate Ceremonies I On the eve of the marraige of daughter, Miss Ho Guat Irn, withjfrß Choong Eng Hai, a partner of Sun Hl I Brothers, rubber dealers and factor! owners, and younger son of Mr. Choonjl Lye Hock, which took place yesterday! Mr. Ho Kim
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  • 525 73 ANTI-MALARIA work in SINGAPORE AND F.M.S. Visit To Burma Sir Ronald Ross, interviewed by the Associated Press, said: I have been sent out by the Ross Institute, Putney Heath, London, to examine the progress of anti-malaria work. On the invitation of Sir Malcolm Watson, 1 have examined
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  • 126 73 An approximate idea of the state of labour supply in Malaya is cbtained by extracting Indian, (liinese, and Dutch Indies figures from the "Arrivals ami Departures by sea from and to Foreign Ports, published monthly in the Straits Settlements Government Gazette. Figures for the twelve months ending December
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  • 305 73 Partnership Dispute In th® Supreme Court yesterday, be fore the Hon. Mr. Justice Sprouie the hearing of the suit was concluded in which M. K. E. Sithambaram Pillay sued A. R. V. E. Palanisamy for an account of partnership dealings anti trans actions between himself and the defen
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  • 545 73 The Annual Report A Successful Year Hie report of the Singapore Turf Club for 1926, for presentation at the annual meeting on January 28, is as follows: The accompanying Statement of Accounts shows a surplus for the year of $100,363.01 after deducting $35,752.32 for depreciation, and expending
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  • 1033 74 V; iv .httbid the bewilder* d -hai';- ;.r. <; outanak Gold < t <j Ltd., wiil find no eonfeoj) h h* latest bombshell issued by l(u j. c j says the Straits J imes. It LMmfiiH.' the fears which have existed nc< ear v n H'member, wfa-n th
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  • 257 74 Ai i W I)ii ilii* i ,S O| > I' I \KII I p< h. -lanuary 21 tin- ji’ ua ii a et; ng of 'el alite. 11 1 d d.. id* (ha rman ann< unced c a the m ng profit lor lie. xear was I'd,
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  • 269 74 u 1 i.\ i 1’ ao\ 1 1 .'li;S iiu i i.t M;<.a\ii the pied. >. i: < l '\G Ho.y iHoining Li I•\\ I iivaixin, British >.. <d <:.ik, w lk visited tlie.u i, t> i :.i <it v. i. ii the iciaK i loud lielie
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  • 65 74 The follow iii" subscriptions are gratefully acknowledged Amount previously acknowledged SO. < tsif. 111. Hr. ,\g Seng Sooi $lOO, Mr. Chui l i.ing Liat $5O, Messrs. Leng lirothera $lO, Messrs. Gheang lice Kongsi $5. Madam Lim ivwee Sean $4, Madam Leow Thye Hye $2. .Mr.
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  • 219 74 Previously acknowledged $6,481, Subordinate ivil Service Association, Psband $lOO, Dr. 1 Ohvama $3O, J. W. I $l5, Mr. F. J. Lloyd $lO, Mr. J. Allan (Birkhall Est.) $lO, Mr. J. Barrs $lO, Mr. A. Risoe $lO. Total $6.666. O A ease in which the Sultan of
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  • 546 75 L£AN CO.’S WEEKLY REPORI Thursday evening. Tin after further slight iluctuations, closes’at £298 and £293 ss. with a loss o f £1 2s. 6d. and 10s. on balance. Rubber has fluctuated in price within a narrow margin during the week, the highest level touched being 1/.7| and the
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  • 685 75 SOON THEAM CO.’S WEEKLY REPORT Penang, January 21 lhe price of lubber fluctuated within |d., ck sing at 1/9.44. being |d. down for the week. The tone of the rubber share market is steady with a feeling that pi ices w.ll improve in the near future, lhe good class shares
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  • 366 75 The first annual general meeting of the above club was held at No. 179 Malacca Street, Penang, on Saturday January 22, 1927 at 3.30 p.m. sharp. About 200 members attended. A group photo was taken at 5.30 p.m. The building was well decorated. Ronggeng
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