The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 29 January 1927
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Title Section19 1927-01-29 1 The Straits Echo Weekly Edition. $lB PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CTS. VOL. 25 PENANG: JANUARY *****7 NO. 419 words
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Advertisement363 1927-01-29 1 4 CONTENTS 3S JL LEADING ARTICLES MISCELLANEOUS: (Continued) J 11] Amok and the Law 76 ill wL Penang Harbour Board 80 Landed at Changi 85 I wT The Cost of Living 84 F. M. S. Service 87 'ft The Drive Against Disease 88 Tragedy at K. L. Theatre 89 jl]363 words
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Advertisement194 1927-01-29 2 5 til STRAITS ECHO I g WEEKLY EDITION jkf Published the day prior to the departure of etch mail for Europo, JCI AC and contains the latest local and States news originally published in tha yil CK.7 dady issues, as well as aN important news from various parts of the194 words
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Article921 1927-01-29 76 It is a curious but undeniable fact that the more persons a murderer kills, or attempts to kill, in this country the more likely he is to escape the gallows. A case heard at the Singapore Assizes last week was another instance of this phenomenon. A921 words
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Article504 1927-01-29 76 'I lie King's Exequatur empowering Mt. G. B. A. Fletcher to act as Belgian Consul at Penang has received His Majesty’s signature. Mr. IL J. IL Sidney has arrived in Singapore by the Kitano Maru and is stay ing at Battles Hotel. He expects to be in Kuala Lumpur504 words
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Obituary121 1927-01-29 76 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE DEATH Chew—On January 20. 1927. Mr. Chew Bah Saik. late of Pangkor and Luinut. Bindings, Merchant, aged 49. Funeral at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, 25th instant, from No. 1101) North Beach to Batu Lanchang. acknowledgment white ami family beg to thank II those who kindly attended the funeral121 words
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Article1068 1927-01-29 77 BY THE RT. HON. J. R. CLYNES, P. C„ M. P. Mr. L IL Clynes has been a popular Member of the British Parhamen since 1906 and is Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party. He in also President of the National Union of General1,068 words
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Article465 1927-01-29 77 THE FUNERAL I lhe funeral of the late Mr. Al J Martin White, 1.5. M., whose deal occurred at Edenhirst, Vermont B J on Friday afternoon, took place cn turday at 5 p.m. After a brief servil in the house, a long procession start! for465 words
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574 1927-01-29 78 SMUGGLING ARMS RAID ON TH E S.S. BENALDER exemplary sentence imposed i.rieHv mentioned in the Straits Veho on Saturday Chief Detective Innector Costello, with several detectives, made a nud on the Ben liner Benalder which entered pert early that morning ,„„1 succeeded in effecting the arrest of Chinese fireman, Loh574 words
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Article895 1927-01-29 78 Reorganising the Association’s Constitution A committee meeting of the Singapore Root ball Association was held in the S. C. C. on Thursday evening’ there being present Messrs. J. M. Sime (president), Dr. Lim Han Hoe (vice president), F. M. Toscenie (S.C.C.), Tay L an Teck (S.C. F. A.),895 words
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Article169 1927-01-29 78 Previously acknowledged $8,191. The Parit Perak Rubber Co., Ltd. $l,0(X), Messrs. Lymn and Co., Ltd. $250, Messrs. hi tea way Laidlaw and Co., Ltd. $lOO, Mr. Chean Leong Keah $lOO, The Oversea Brokers Ltd. $5O, The Malaya Co., Ltd. $5O, Messrs. Ho Tong Ltd. $5O, United169 words
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Article576 1927-01-29 79 DONATION OF $l,OOO Ou December 13 lust the Straitu Echo Cpciied an appeal fund < n behalf of the Ross Institute. '1 he local response to i he appeal was disappointing but many otters were rece.ved to the effect that firms w»re communicating firstly with their head offices576 words
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Article295 1927-01-29 79 SUCCESSOR TO MR. SELLAR Mk. P. M. Robinson Proposed Proposed by Messrs. Harrisons and Baiker, Ltd., and seconded by Messrs. Paterson, Simons Co.. Ltd., Air. I'. Al. Robinson, General Manager of the Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd., Penang, is t< be put up for election to-morrow, as the295 words
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Article647 1927-01-29 79 EN ROUTE TO HONG KONG I TWO DAY STAY IN POET I Having left Gibraltar on New V Eve. the tr<opship Achilles, bgj the Second Battalion of the Sutloikß giment. arrived in Penang at on Saturday, on h er to Hong Kong, where .fl troops are647 words
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Article727 1927-01-29 80 The Penang plarbour l.oard can be congratulated on the excellent progress d,ev have made since 1925—financially ami otherwise, as is shown by their an nual report for the year ended June 30, 1926 published elsewhere in this issue. For the first time since 1914 and for the727 words
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Article154 1927-01-29 80 Chinese Class Fund We are asked to publish the following statement of accounts from May 10 to December 31 1926: Receipts B\ subscription from Leong San Tong Khoo Kotigsi $2OO, Khoo Sian Tan Esq., $lOO. 'fan Say S’ang Neoh $lOO, Estate of Tye Kee Yoon $lOO, Khoo154 words
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Article300 1927-01-29 80 Few who have lived or are living in Malaya can be aware of the terrible things from which their lives are in danger, and it remains for an English Sunday paper to discover and give an account of them as the following extract will show: A country300 words
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Article525 1927-01-29 80 (To The Editor or The Straits Echo) Sir, A story, current in the bazaar, of the cause of the recent disastrous floods in the F.M.S. may be of interest to your readers. it says that a certain Tuan planter, was one morning on his way525 words
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Article56 1927-01-29 80 Yesterday’s Results Singles Handicap C. I». Terdro beat E. A Tavlor H- 6 2—6, 6—4. I. L. Potter beat G. J. Gilmour 6l, 12—4. 11. L. Marshall beat R. K T 7—5, 6—l. Fittock beat R. V. I’allei-'on 4—j, 6—l. 6—3 singi.i.a HaMPIo'. nip J I ):j'>56 words
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Article822 1927-01-29 81 Lord Lascelles h I- rumoured ftxiit Lord Lascelles may receive a Peerage shortly, not in the form of a new title, but simply to enable him to enter the House of Lords, since it is regarded as somewhat anomalous thaf the son-in-law of the Sovereign should have no822 words
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Article85 1927-01-29 81 LIGHT AEROPLANE CLUB (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Jan. 25 At a meeting of the Ex-Services I'lying Association it was proposed to affiliate with the Ex-Services Association of Malaya, and that the Singapore Light Aeroplane Club be provisionally formed. It was stated that the Naval and Military authorities85 words
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Article39 1927-01-29 81 Annual Meeting (1 rom Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Jan. 25 P .™e annual general meeting of the Royal Singapore Yacht Club, it was announced that the membership was 470 «nd the profit for the year $333.39 words
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Article31 1927-01-29 81 Appeal Against Assessment (From Our A t th i Sinoap °Re, Jan. 25 Gl-ealy Esute CT theTh "lent of f7<» A->o n 7 t,le Ssessb f r ."-r of31 words
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Article2528 1927-01-29 81 A SATISFACTORY YEAR Large Credit Balance The following is the Penang Harbw Board's report for the year ended Lt. 30, 1926: Mr. D. Paterson continued to act Deputy Chairman Harbour Boards < the Chairman’s return from leave. J(> (L W. A. Trimmer, Chairman Harboa Boards, returned from2,528 words
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Article61 1927-01-29 83 vi ,Bl v acknowledged $10,092, Mr «0. Mrs. Lee Hong Teik t riff n^ ik 25. Mr. Kamid Ann Javoy siq w: d Amount $lO 382.82. *160.82. Total vmr ~f P„h n v -<< l a -I-’ -»d is p,. x .,,,|i,.„ ,i '"■'•«■ng. v'V rmui61 words
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Article300 1927-01-29 83 Chamber of Commerce Representative Mr. P. M. Robinson Elected At a special meeting of the Penang Chamber of Commerce this afternoon, Mr P. M. Robinson, General Manager of the Eastern Smelting Company, Penang, was unanimously elected as the Chamber’s nominee on the Legislative Council in place of the300 words
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Article199 1927-01-29 83 I he following Memorandum was read out by the Chairman, at the Kinta Sanitary Board Meeting, held on January 19 says the Times of Malaya: Period of Flooding of Old Town, Ipoh: Hom December 23, 1920, until well into this month the lower portions199 words
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Article469 1927-01-29 83 EASIER TENDENCY AS SAI lx PROGRESSED Lewis and Peat (Singapore) report Singapore, January 21" There lias been very little movemejin the market during the past week ba' prices have kept remarkably steady view of the easier tone elsewhere 3 Trade demand has been poor, and tb market469 words
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Article633 1927-01-29 84 A heated controversy has been taking place in the correspondence columns of a Singapore contemporary upon the sub ject of the high cost of living in Malaya. Several correspondents have attempted to show that, eschewing everything that makes life worth living at all, it is possible633 words
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Article477 1927-01-29 84 Mr. E. B. W illiams will officiate as Collector of Estate Duty, F.M.S. Sir George Buchanan arrived in Singapore on Sunday from Brisbane by the Malabar. A Benter s cable from Madrid states that Scnor Spotorno has been appointed Consul at Shanghai. Messrs. Phillips, J. Melby and E. A.477 words
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Article256 1927-01-29 84 RESULTS OF CHECK BORES MR. FLOWERDEW TO VISIT THE PROPERTY Fol owing Mr. Herbert W ilson’s telegram confirm ng the salting of the bores in the Ma-Mi area <f the Pontianak Gold Dredg ng Co.s property, a further cable message was rece’ved at Singapore during the week-end stating256 words
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Article233 1927-01-29 84 THE GHOST TRAIN Quite the best show of its kind that we have seen at the lowu Hall was given lasF night when Air. R. Ji. Salisbury's taiented company presented the Ghost Train. ith the exception of a few moments, the large audience was held by the thrilling233 words
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Article790 1927-01-29 85 Funds Urgently Required »0,000 WANf ED FROM PINAIG The following is an extract from a letter «from the British Resident, Perak, with reference to flood relief work in Perak. Mv present intention is to apply the Relief F und to the following objects: A. Purchase of clothes,790 words
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Article321 1927-01-29 85 European Motorist Finid $lOO Mr. J. C. A. Ayl more of Kepong wii charged on Tuesday, at the Kuala Lu®, pur police court, before Mr. J. W. W Hughes, the magistrate, with causing death by a rash act. The accused stated that on Christmas day he went321 words
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Article191 1927-01-29 85 Immigrants Sent to Poor Houib Eight Chinese immigrants, who journeyed to Singapore on board a junk and were landed at Changi, were placed before Mr. Smith, in the Third Police Court on luesday, and charged with landing i® I i<“ Colony at an unspecified place, contrary to191 words
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Article1114 1927-01-29 86 A BANKRUPT’S AFFAIRS Assignment Attacked Assignment for u consideration of tiiinWO bv which he did away with share and all rights in an s tate which is roughly estimated at U 544 296 by Leong Tek Khean, was die subject of litigation in the Supreme Court t' lis1,114 words
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Article224 1927-01-29 86 CRUELTY TO ANIMALS Two Chinese, charged before Mr. C. A. Sennett at the Police. Court yesterday, with cruelty, in confining 25 fowls in three small baskets, were fined $lO each. Theft Lee Khian Nloli, a Hylam, was charged with the theft of some silk from the possession of224 words
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Article300 1927-01-29 86 MAGISTRATE S CONVICTION UPHELD In the Supreme Court this morning, before Mr. Justice Sproule. the appeal of the Cantonese woman, Chan Ah Kew, who was convicted and sentenced by the Sect nd Police Mag strate to s x months’ rigorous imprisonment, without the option of a fine,300 words
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Article518 1927-01-29 87 CONGESTED ROADS Sthket Fike Alarmk The Municipal Commissioners of Georg»- Town, Penang, met yesterday aftermxui, the principal subjects discussed being whether or not thcv should allow more than one type of petrol drum to be used in the market, the congestion of Penang Hoad caused by the howkers518 words
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Article495 1927-01-29 87 M.F.A. Confirmed and Rugby Union Inaugurated A meeting of the H.JI.S. Malaya Cup Committee was belli in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday morning, prior to which meetings of the M.F.A. and Malayan Rugby Union were held. '1 he effect of the formation of the latter bodies is that495 words
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Article296 1927-01-29 87 Appointments Notified The following appointments in Govern ment Service are notified in the F.M 8 Government Gazette: Mr. 11. Beverley to be a Police Probationer; Mr. J. Strachan to be Genera Manager, Federated Malay States Rai), ways; Mr. XV. N. Edwards, pector of Police to be a Chief296 words
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Article228 1927-01-29 87 Impersonater Charged in Court ew Chin 'Teong was charged on Saturday in the Magistrate’s Court, Kuala Lumpur, with impersonating > detective. It appears that the accused noticed three Chinese gambling inside a house He wont to them, and after stating that lie was a detective asked them228 words
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Article843 1927-01-29 88 The average Government officer in this country detests publicity, and it is unfor tunate that it should be so, because there a great deal of fine and original work being done in Malaya in the scientific, economic, and social fields which never receives the attention that843 words
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Article268 1927-01-29 88 Falkiner Defeats Stevenson There was a large gathering at the Penang Club last night to watch the billiards match between the two champions, Falkiner and Stevenson. The game was one of 1,600 up. When Falkiner had reached this figure Stevenson had just reached 438. Stevenson began well with brakes268 words
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Article477 1927-01-29 88 Dr. and Mis. Arthur Torrance will be leaving for Europe sbordy. Hr. and Mrs. R. W. lliam and Miss Hiam arrive back from leave* on January Dr. (Miss) Garlick, late of Kedah, was in Penang to-day on her way Home by the M. S. Fionia. Miss Blackwood is returning477 words
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Article814 1927-01-29 89 The Memorial to Lord French I,ord Allenby and Sir Philip Chetwode ar* sponsoring an appeal for fund» toward»» erecting in the Memorial Church Mt Ypres a bunt of the late Ear! French of Ypres. The idea will be univrrHally approved, for it was Lord French s own wibh814 words
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Article206 1927-01-29 89 THE FINAL I’erak Win As Expected (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, January 24 In the final of the Malaya Cup Rugby Football match which was played here on Saturday, Perak, who were general favourites and who were expected to win won by two goals and an206 words
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Article324 1927-01-29 89 FLOOD PREVENTION ACTION URGED River Survey Wanted Tiie folk v. ing report of a meeting of the Kuala Selangor District Planters' Association held on January 17, is g U p. plied by the h<n. secretary: Fkxxls. It was unanimously decided to request Government immediately to obtain the324 words
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Article210 1927-01-29 89 oung Actor Murdered j l le result of a quarrel which is said to have taken place during the rehearsal of a play at the Chinese theatre in Sultan Street, Kuala Lumpur, at about noon on annary 23, one of the actors, a young miese, was210 words
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Article730 1927-01-29 90 A BANKKLTTS .kFi'AIKS Assignment Attacked Ag previously mentioned the hearing If the suit was commenced m the Su Ereme Court, on Monday before Mr JusC p Sproule, in which Leong lek Khean End the Assistant Official Assignee, Penang, are the p 'aintiffs and Alessrs Eeonn Eng Khean and730 words
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Article342 1927-01-29 90 Tamil Hoys Charged with Theft Five Tamil boys, one twenty years old and tin* others all under 16 years, were charged, on Saturday, in the Magistrate’s Court, Kuala Lumpur, before Mr. J. \V. W. Hughes, with stealing five sacks from a building now being con structed in Java342 words
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Article551 1927-01-29 90 FSIATR OF FORMER SUMATRA POTENTATE Amounts Paid ro Singapore Creditors Tht Sultan of Sial:, a Malay state unier Dutch administration in Sumatra, was the plaintiff in issues tried before Mr. -Justice Deane in tlie Supreme Court on Tuesday, says the Straits Times. The issues related to debts551 words
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Article1292 1927-01-29 92 PROSPECTS IN THE COMING QUARTER 1 NOTES BI A. W. S. Writ.ng from London to the Straits Times under date December 29, A. W. 8. says: From h business point of view the past week has been short and dull. Price has hardened slightly, but this is not1,292 words
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Article215 1927-01-29 92 Opening by District Officer Following on the completion of the (laneshar Temple at Nibong Tebal. a Hindu school u’as established in the Temple premises for the purpose of giving Tamil education to all Tamils irrespective of creed or caste. Its registration having been completed through the215 words
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Article475 1927-01-29 93 With probably the exception of what can be got front a dairy run on hygienic lines which supplies really good milk but in a limited quantity, the general local supply of this nutritious food in Penang leaves a great deal to be desired, so tar as its purity475 words
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Article479 1927-01-29 93 Bev. W. G. Illingworth, L.Th., lately Curate of Betong, Sarawak, has been appointed Chaplain of St. Giles’s Homes. East 1 lanningfield, Essex. The Bev. E. C. Stephens, hon. sec., Strangers’ Home for Asiatics, London, is in the New Year Honours’ List as having been awarded the Kaisar-I-Hind Medal. Dr.479 words
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Article570 1927-01-29 93 HOLMES—LEGGATE 1 lie wedd ug was solemnised at 4 p.m. yesterday at St. Gecrge’s Church, I enang, the Bev. Keppel Garnier offic ating, of Mr. Alfred Philip Hanby Holmes, Assistant Water Engineer, 1 enang Munic pal.ty, and Miss Alary Leggate, youngest daughter of the late Mi. and Mrs. Leggate570 words
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Article867 1927-01-29 94 More Taxes The soul of the British tax pa.wr "a* harrowed on the eve oi < hristnias by the intimation that the revenue <>f the dying year showed a deficit of £l4< ),<)<)< MMX), and.thc suggestion that all sorts of taxation and economies would he necc;-.-ary to meet867 words
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Article198 1927-01-29 94 Rehder Sales Department Prices have continued their downward trend during the past week with all markets showing a weaker tendency. Ihe Auction was well attended and the bi'hling chiefly came from local bears covering although there were small buying orders in. Fine Quality Sheet was sold198 words
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Article515 1927-01-29 94 Application Made in Supreme Com An application was made l the Singapore Supreme Court on Monday, before Mr. J Dean, to substitute a special rea& lution passed by shareholders of Asia Insurance Company for a clause the company’s articles of association relating to the distribution of dividend515 words
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Article864 1927-01-29 95 Club Changes London's great clubs are one by one yielding to modern conditions, and the Athenaeum, nearly the most conservative in its outlook as regards the world oi non-members—is about to introduce innovations which will shake the confidence of some of its members Io the bottom. Visitors are864 words
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Article711 1927-01-29 95 SJ'u’.LM BREWING IN THE MARKET City Fathers In Dilemma Two petrol drums exhibited on a table behind the President’s chair formed the subject of an animated discussion at yesterday’s meeting of the Municipal Commissioners. These two drums had been sent as specimens by the Asiatic Petroleum Company and711 words
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Article768 1927-01-29 96 ERROR LEADS TO CHEATING CHARGE European Lady Acquitted At Ma DACCA A mistake in dating cheques 192 b instead of 1027 in setth-inent of accountwith a firm of Bon bay merchants in Malacca led to the appearance of Mrs. Eileen Stubbs of Tampin at the Malacca Police768 words
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Article345 1927-01-29 96 Mr. R.J.H. Sidney, whose first hpok, In Malay Land, was so cordially received by the reviewers, has another volume just about to be published, by Hutchinson s, bearing the title In British Malava i’o-day. We have seen an advance copy, and reached the conviction that, apart345 words
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Article486 1927-01-29 96 MURDEROUS ATT4CK ON FAMILY Towkay Killed The following report from the Strain Tizuto amplifies the telegiam receive vt stci'dav from our own correspondent; lhe most shocking and coldblooded crime that lias been committed in Singapore for some years occurred in a lane off Thomson Road. vshen486 words
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373 1927-01-29 97 I'iie question of pcrmittmg hawkers (ju congested roads must be faced sooner or later, and obviously lire sooner it is tackled the better. One aspect of ths matter was considered at the last nieet.ng<f the Municipal Commissioners, and d was obvious that the reeling ol373 words
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Article422 1927-01-29 97 interesthi'l 11 r O 1 |,ollt cal «'ntroversy an Won whĕcher SlO 'i aS C the genuine q r r a rie 1 Iliun can be a with orowulf and wh<;ther can The issue J. J n he Labour Parly. Wide form <]m- r S > ed ln422 words
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Article320 1927-01-29 97 Previously acknowledged $12,532.82. Collected by The Penang Muslim Merchants Society: (Mr. E Ahamad Sahib, Iresident.) Messrs. K. P. Mohamed Kasim Ameen Sahib $250. E. Ahamad Sahib $1(M), S. Vanjoor Mathar Sahib and Co. $lOO, K. A. Nina Mohamed $lOO, P. S. I’akeer Mohamed Othman Sahib and320 words
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Article437 1927-01-29 97 Air. Robert Williamson, late Deputy Chairman of the National Bank of India, left £345,452. Mr. C. H. Champagnac has been elected Mayor ol Rangoon, defeating Captain Rushall by four votes. Major B. Y. Draper, M.C., President of the Town Board. Johore, has been granted eight months’ leave. Mr. C.437 words
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Article540 1927-01-29 98 (From Our Own Correspondent; Alor Star, Jan. 28 Kedah and Penang meet in an InterState Cricket Match at Penang during the Chinese New Year Holidays, le> hruary 2 and 3. The Penang Free School travel to Alor Star to meet the Alor Star Government English School at football540 words
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Article405 1927-01-29 98 Alleged Murder In the Second Police Court this morning Inspector Murphy of the Pitt Street Station charged a Hokien Chinese named Kuah Cheng Kee with having last night, at C’intra Street, stabbed one Song Eng W’ah. with a knife 1 and thereby caused his death. The accused was405 words
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Article505 1927-01-29 98 BY HE7EA’ (Exclusive to Straits Echo) London, J* M It IS generally expected that tk. should be an improvement in ru kL business during 1927. Some reacts is bound to take place from the that prevailed in 1926 although any? Hation in prices such as took place505 words
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Article299 1927-01-29 99 Foreign Imports into Singapore and Penang Official figures of the foreign imports f rubber into Singapore and Penang during the vear 1926 have been received from the acting Registrar of Imports and Exports The total imported from the Nether lands East Indies, Sarawak and Bn tish Norh299 words
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Article383 1927-01-29 99 BY AJAX” (Exclusive to Straits Ecno) London, Jan. 6 Although the market has lately been depressed and easier t has mostly been I^l 3ear operations and it is un--1 cl> that there will be much more easing of prices. While there are animations of some increase of383 words
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Article409 1927-01-29 99 Favourable views arc expressed regarding the prospects of the Lahat Mines. Ltd., a tin mining company whose property is near Ipoh. Capital is £120,000 in £1 shares, and investments were stated in July to be worth at least £60,000. A comprehensive scheme of development and reorganisation has been409 words
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Article191 1927-01-29 99 Previously acknowledged $11,562.82. Messrs. Victor and Co. $25. Collected by Mr. Heah Seng Whatt: Mr. Kee Tok Bhang $lOO Mr. Khoo Heng Pan $lOO, Mr. Lim Jin Khor $lOO, Mr. Ong Keok Meng $lOO, Mr. Heah Joo Seang $lOO, Mr. Kee Tek 1 hye $5O. Mr.191 words
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Article295 1927-01-29 99 A case of some interest came up for hearing before the Third Magistrate on Tuesday. Two Chinese workmen were charged with carrying letters out of the Singapore Prison without permission. On Monday an officer of the prison staff was in the printing shed when he chanced to295 words
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Article992 1927-01-29 100 SCHEME FOR NEW ORGANISATION DISCUSSED ASSURED OF HUNDRED AC TIVE MEMBERS At (i recent meeting of the Ex-Ser-vice Flying Assoc.atiou, Singapore, it was decided that the Association should b<- affiliated with the Ex-Services Association of Malaya, and that a separate organ.sati* n called the Singapore Light Aeroplane992 words
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Article237 1927-01-29 100 TRAGEDY AT THE HOSPITAL (I- HUM UUR bWN COHREISPONDSNT) Si a G/iiohn, JAa Al the inquest upon the late |b James, a special jury returned a verdict of (ieatli being due to tracture the base of the sKUii, a ruptured spieen and haemorrhage due to a fail from237 words
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Article58 1927-01-29 100 Various rumours have been in circulation during the past few days regarding the forthcoming retirement of Hie Excellency the Governor. The Straits Tinies have authority for stating that rumours of the retirement of Sir Laurence Guillemard in August or October are unfounded and that nothing yet bai58 words
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Article93 1927-01-29 100 The following are the results of Tennis Tournament 'Ties played on the 27tb instant: Championship Pairs:N. A. Sedwick and E. J. Bennett beat D. DCook and G. C. Tait 63, 63. Championship: G. H. Pinckney beat T. L. Palmer 6o, 63. Double Handicap Class A’ E. A.93 words
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Article82 1927-01-29 100 Etropean Manager Stabbed Rangoon, Jan. Mr. Norman Jackson, first manage* '9 Messrs. Steel Brothers, died yester--1 Iroijj a stab wound, in camp ne®* Pyimuan. )he details of the tragedy ha\e not yet been received. n; A genuine Chinese film, produced 1® Dia a; film studios near82 words
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Article924 1927-01-29 101 F IRAN 4 CO.'S WEEKLY REPORT F sA Thursday Evening V* Tin after an advance to £299 15s. A £294 as., developed sudden proiZLrad weakness, resulting in overtealls of 47 and t 10s. to £292 ss. r.nd£2BB, and the closing prices ot £291 for Spot and V2«7 15s.924 words
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Article716 1927-01-29 101 SOON THEAM CO.’S WEEKLY REPORT Penang. Jan. 28 The price of rubber by gradual di clines, doses at I 6* showing a loss of pi. lor the week. Rubber share vain s, however, kept firm with unsatisfied enquiries for the good class shares, indicating that the feeling is still optimistic716 words
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