The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 1 August 1928

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  • 19 462 Straits Echo WEEKLY EDITION $lB PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CTS. VOL. 26 PENANG, AUGUST 1, 1928 No. 31
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    • 241 462 CONTENTS fc -W J 1 Leading Articles "A storm uh, T Ci Cup" ...471, J I® JI rn I he* Man and*the (’hopper 479 €w 4 I ransportation of Rubber 464 fc 'r I (letting at the Truth 468 1 Cur New Member ...468 Miscellaneous J China Distress Relief Fund
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  • 422 464 Some time ago we drew attention m the advisability of making some arrangements for transport to the shipping centres of the large stocks of rubbe*. ihieh are accumulating, in view of the impending removal of restriction. It is obviously a very short-sighted policy to insist on these
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  • 963 464 WOMAN WHO FELL INTO A PIT Nineteen Chinese women were defended by Mr. J. Taylor in the Police Court yesterday, being charged w ;h play ing in a common gam ng 1 ise at the Penang Hiiis on lG auiy. Their names are: Ong Chun, Ong Ung, Karn
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  • 40 464 who came to Penang to meet the Raja Permaisuri ol Perak on her return from a pilgrimage to Mecca, returned to Kuala Kangsar by train yesterday morning accompanied by the Raja Permaisuri and suite.
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  • 58 464 is announced and the marriage will take place some time n November between Miss Rose Liew, the eldest daughter of Mr. ami Mrs Liew Pau Loog (Mr. Liew is an employee in the B'ectrmal Department of Messrs. Huttenbach Lazarus A Sons) ’o Mr. Lim Nyett Leong, third son
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  • 48 464 concluded his jai-foral visit to the Portuguese missions Sim/apore and Malacca on Sunday, .’i- a h<- left Lv the Rajputana for Hong Kong, returning to his diocese. He was seen off bv the Portuguese (’on-d-Gcncral, the Vicar-General and priests, and many m< inbrr of ’he congregation.
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    • 27 464 jbc Straits £cto FUBLISBED daily weekly editiok MdUilnf th* tt we< P rtor H iepirtare of Mill* for Earopo fr Crtt*rio> Frsii Limttal, sf, Buch Street, Penang
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  • 689 465 “SKILFUL DRIVING” LEADS TO A FINE Turning from Kuala Kangsar Road into Campbell Street (a very busy and crowded thoroughfare) at a good speed and on two wheels of the car, and going in and out of the traffic at the same speed was an exhibition of skill
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  • 127 465 The following are the results of tennis tournament ties played on Wednesday Mixed Doubles Handicap:— —30.1 Mrs. L. M. Evans G. A. M. Hyde v —15.2 Mrs. T. S. Evans N. M. Kennedy 6—2, 7—5; —3O Mrs. Mosley M. T. P. Rule beat —15.2 Mrs.
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  • 79 465 The following are the results of bowls tournament ties plaved on- Wednesday Double Handicap:— +1 J. G. Allan T. A. Crossley beat +4 A. Ferguson J. N. Berridge 21—16; +1 G. B. F. Southam H. C. Downer beat —3 J. M. Chalmers (D) L. R. Tofield 21 —18;
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  • 53 465 son of the late Mr. Was- siamull, who died yesterday at Hyder-abad-Sind., India. As a token of respect to the deceased the local firm cf Messrs. Wassiamull Assomull Co., and Messrs. Rama Store were closed yesterday and will remain closed to-day
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  • 76 465 Will shortly make an attempt co T J au «XLltclllpL KJ reach London from Singapore in a Morris-Cowley four-door touring car t U m P llcdfrorn stock by Malayan Motors belongs to Mr. Aw Boon Haw, of “Tiger Balm’’ fame, who 's aiso supporting
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  • 449 465 THE TRIAL OF T ENSEN JURY SATISFIED R ttA I accused~acqui TIEI) I T e “se again?^ ok I C. 1. lensen, a.,| by shooting with an autonm,? “‘*l mg contractor Hor Al, vf h s M. sumed yesterday at the Mr. Justice Stevens and Mr. B. E. Ross apne“
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  • 20 465 f the Trt* Mr. Boey Loong Seong, sury Department, Alor b furlough some time this m
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  • 50 465 Mr. John D. Rockefeller, grand»* s the famous millionaire and flo0 0i colossal fortune, has secure f ;itio ns' l®’ year post on the League formation Section in aCCO |f heD'' obligation to maintain g. fr touching the parenta lou®® ther gave the League a. library-
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  • 279 467 In the Supreme Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Stevens the suit was commenced in which Khoo Tek Chye is suing Khoo Tek Keong, Lirn Cheng Chuan and Lim Say Ilan (the executor and executrix of Khoo Heng Poon) for determination of a Clause in the Will
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  • 116 467 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, 26 July Details are available of the loss of the (Jhargeurs Rcunig steamer “Caplay” which was driven on the rocks at the mouth of Haiphong Harbour on 16 July with the loss of forty-six lives. 1 hree steamers endeavoured to assist but.
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  • 31 467 for nearly a fortnight and the weather is again oppressively hot, 92 deg. in the shade being the usual afternoon temperature, bays the local paper.
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  • 695 467 EUROPEAN GIRL WHO WAS RUN OVER MR. RHODE’S ADDRESS A Coroner’s inquiry was held on Saturday into the death of Joyce Kirby, a little girl of five, who was run over by a motor car while playing in the Botanical Gardens about a month ago. Mr. Hastings Rhodes,
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  • 298 467 In a Coroner’s inquiry, which held yesterday, into the death d i boy, Md. Shariff, of 15, the Cone Mr. A. L. Birse, after hearing the dence and returning a verdict of “taui by misadventure,” said that taw not satisfied with the conduct oi ta two
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  • 661 468 evidence were wanting that "rude of the Imperial Goveruineiu K J «tier of the Straits Settlements alh '?ron for military defence is un.„„trarv to the letter and spirit arrangement under which ft'Colony agreed to pay up to of j t9 revenue, it is provided p depressing
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  • 162 468 We extend our best wishes to Mr. Abdul Kader on his appointment as Indian Unofficial Representative on the Legislative Council. Mr. Kader's record and qualifications are well known here, and call for no recapitulation. In view of the number of names suggested to His Excellency it is
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  • 103 468 FIRST DINNER AND MEETING (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. 22 July The Kuala Lumpur Rotary Club, the first of its kind in Malaya, held its first dinner on Friday at the Millionaires Mess in Weld Road, Mr. Choo Kia Peng presiding. There was a good
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  • 31 468 has been reappointed an Official Member of the Legislative Council of the Straits Settle merits for a further period of three years from 10 July, 1928.
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  • 30 468 publishes a photo- graph of some members of the .Ma! States contingent practising at Lisle All those photographed are apparent Malays.
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  • 152 468 BOTH ACCUSED ACQUITTED Yeoh Cheang Thong, who had been acquitted in the District Court on 17 July on two charges of criminal breach of trust in respect of (1) $B,OOO and (2) $15,000, which belonged to Yeoh Ban Yoh. was again charged in the same
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  • 88 468 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, 22 July The judicial inquest into the circumstances attending the death of eight Chinese coolies who were buried alive at Sungei Besi on 19 June was held by th' 1 Second .Magistrate. Kuala Lumpur on Saturday when two kapalas
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  • 45 468 (From Onr Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, 22 July The funeral of Mrs. Charter, who died on Friday night took place on Saturday afternoon and wag largely attended. The Rev. A. O Parsons officiated and there was a profusion of floral wreaths.
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  • 123 468 (Frcm Our Own Correspondent. K Lumpur. 2fi July The wedding took place this morning it St. Mary s Church. Rev. Parsons officiating. between Mr. John McPherson. M. C. S ami Miss Joan Frances Fry, daughter th- la»<- Dr W. E. Frv J London ami of Mr- Frv
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  • 289 469 It is a sad pity that a sporting encounter, such as the contest for the World’s Heavyweight Championship between Tunny and Heeney, should be submerged between a roaring flood ot millions of dollars and billions of words. The actual fight may er may not be worth watching,
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  • 612 469 A Royal Commission has been appointed to enquire into means for alleviating traffic congestion in London, and the news provides a reminder that every town, great or small, must, sooner or later, seriously consider measures to adapt itself to the changed conditions resultant upon the increasing use of
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  • 38 469 has resigned the financial chairmanship of the General Motors Corporation to devote his time to the (chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee, and the directorship of Governor Smith’s Presidential campaign, says a New York cable.
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  • 57 469 have offered a reward of $5OO to any one givng information which will lead to the arrest of the person who threw a bomb at shop No. 226, Beach Street, Penang, on the 9th inst. at 8.30 p.m. As a result of the explosion, one of
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  • 2081 469 PROGRESS OF THF R4t I (Speol.U, L' Much has already been I the new waterworks now »T **|l 9o way to completion here- but turing to add to the Bum acnpt not only to give the With regard to the situate, J to make public figures esse
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  • 62 470 Parit Buntar entertained Mr Tan Lo Tee (vice President of the club) to dinner followed by a ronggeng performance on Tuesday last, in honour of the recent appointment of Mr. Lo Tee as a Justice of the Peace. A similar function was
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  • 1706 471  -  THE DAYS OF JULY (1914) (BY RICHARD SIDNEY,) Let me now take the reader back fourteen years to those pre-War days which it is now so difficult to imagine. Only fourteen years, and yet what has happened in the interval! You remember the parable of Dives and Lazarus:
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  • 580 472 i prica has shown the way in China and so far as can be gathered the brief telegraphic information America has again demonher good faith by coming for*s the first among the powers, with ’offer to negotiate a new treaty givX China full autonomy over customs Jtaritis
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  • 157 472 THREE RECORDS BROKEN (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, 27 July Enormous crowds watched the Malayan Athletic meeting to-day when three records were broken in the Long Jump, the Quarter Mile and the One Mile events. The results were as follows: Long Jump—Yew Teng Hoon 1; 0.
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  • 46 472 a Chinese, was charg- ed in the. Police C mrt yesterday with intentionally giving false evidence in the course of judicial proceedings at the Supreme Court on 13 April, 1928. The case was postponed to 2 August. B.ii) of $250 w n granted.
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  • 734 472 PAWANCHEE ACQUITTED Long him ilo.-k, a Chinese, was convicted in the District Court yesterday ol the theft, at Ayer Itam, of a pair of gold bangles worth $22. Inspector A. illiams. who prosecuted, pointed out that the accused had been thirteen times previously convicted, of which nine convictions
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  • 869 473 While detailed comment on the Imperial ireless ana Cable Conference report proposals must be withheld pending fuller details, it is obvious that the scheme is not open to the criticism of savouring of a frequent characteristic of government reports, namely, that of evading the issue. The recommendations
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  • 15 473 wife of the Hon. Mr. Justice Stevens, is due from Home this corning.
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  • 17 473 ouly and 1 August. at the Esplanade on 27, 30
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  • 541 473 THE PERAK “NOH benders^ Be t nhne battingby ßadwii Dr. P, H. HennesßAv’c “Non-Benders”, as they e selves, tried conelusiok ~h t W 1 enang Cneket Club yesterda, Bsflauade, and were defeated?* runs. They were by no X't graced, the veterans Dean and sey doing very
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  • 49 474 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. 22 July St. John’s Institution held a very wccessful sports meeting on Saturday. No times or distances were taken. The British Resident, Mr. Lornie. was prelent and Mrs. O’Sullivan, wife of the Inspector of Schools, Selangor, districted the prizes.
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  • 195 474 Imieiiminary enquiry next I WEEK I The case was mentioned and postpoed in the Butterworth Court yester--I*l in which serious allegations are F e gainst Dr. Allan F. Shirras, partrr of Drs. Jamieson, Sharp and Mcpfn. Penang. I ere are wo c harges against the
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  • 15 474 corri;s P"n<lent tel»- «h"t VM'ness the Sultan of f>ne bull rhinoceros on
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  • 29 474 L nc ’®th io L’ a. B nnou nced at Horne of Road c, i mana "or of the L R < Zt StOr, e SinApril last ow-
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  • 2197 474 (BY XiChARJ SiDHiiY) it is essential if the reader would iully understand what is to follow in this narrative that he should try and grasp the mentality of pre-war Englund, and of the writer. of these pages in particular. Without this, all that follows will—in the light of
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  • 125 475 ELECTRICAL ENGINEER’S STATEMENT I Mr. T. Rogers, Manager and En-gineer-in-Chief of the Electrical Department, Penang Municipality, seen yesterday morning by press representafives stated that the actual cause of the trouble was the failure of one of jthe protective current transformers on the high tension switch board at
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  • 19 475 of the Great /.astern Life Assurance Company. Penang, returned from the Bindings yesterday by the Ampang.
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  • 268 475 congratulations Fftb ABDOOL cade, R A meetinsof Indian., United Indian As«r C iati™* Vlr Gurchnrn Singh in th/ci? -Her a few introductory congratulating Mr. Abdool < recent appointment the Chairr the following resolution; ah I’hat the members of the u of enang Fnbhc Meeting resolve to J/’*
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  • 30 475 The Lady Superior ledges the following donations School Building Fund. Miss Ong Saw Wan (2nd subscription) Miss Beatrice Jeremiah From “Collection Cards Previously acknowledged Total
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  • 67 475 j] The next Court of A p P e f fl fue«W held in Penang. beginnin P or e# August 7. There are cases on the list and e bablv sit for more than a jp. The participating J u<^ e Justice Stevens. Mr. *>•““ Mr. Justice
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  • 570 476 Th( principle that it is wrong to con- J force that which cannot be conto reason was long denied by Brij ri dp unions, and among the latter ti! f the most powerful and extreme is or was up to the time of the strike in 1926. the
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  • 183 476 FINCH—LESLIE A very pretty wedding was solemnised at St. George’s Church, Penang, yesterday afternoon when Mr. Ralph Herbert Finch, Barrister-At-Law, of Messrs. Hogan and I vens, was married o Miss Joyce Fitzrnaurice Leslie, laughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Vickers, of Penang. The bride has not been
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  • 81 476 A very impressive act of the famous Biblical story, “The Prodigal Son,’ was staged in the Anglo-Chinese Hall last night by members of the Penang Epworth League. The hall was overcrowded by a large audience of about 250, which maintained absolute silence throughout the act, giving vent
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  • 34 476 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, 20 July The Singapore Football Association has agreed to abid* b\ the resolution of ♦he Malava (’up Committee that the final be played at Kuala Lumpur
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  • 20 476 is proceeding on furlough to-morrow with the Third Destroyer Flotilla.
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  • 23 476 arrived here from telawan (Deli) yesterday by the ss Kuala and left th.* same, afternoon for Singapore by the Kinta.
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  • 310 476 STICKING 4|” OF DAGGER INTO FLESH A Hvlam, Chong Nam Han. was charged yesterday in the District Court with managing or assisting in the management of an unlawful society known as the Xanyang General Labour Union. Acting Chief Detective Inspector Fowler. who appeared for the prosecution, applied for
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  • 122 476 The management of six trading coecerns were charged in the. District Court yesterday with having to do with daggers without a licence. Messrs. N. V. Straits Java 1 rading Company were summoned on a charge of importing into the Colonies two eases containing 110 dozen dag
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  • 25 476 has been appoint- d a member of the Committee to adnister the Mercantile Marine Fund, ’’enang, vice Mr. F S. Gihl'jn, resigned.
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  • 565 477 CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED RAPE WITHDRAWN The ch irge against Dr. Alan F. Shims an assist nit on his first agreement with Drs. Jamieson, Sharp and McKern, Penang, took a new Jxirn yesterday when the Deputy Public Prosecutor withdrew the first or more serious charge of
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  • 1011 477 ALLEGATION OF WRONG= FUL DISMISSAL A claim for $9O salary for one m mth and an allegation of wrongful dismissal from service were made against the local Mercantile Bank by one of its employees. Mr. K. 8. Lim appeared for the plaintiff while the defendants were
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  • 1032 478 p. c. C. VS. P. R. C. EXCITING FINISH Xot for many years, nor indeed id the recollection of the proverbial “oldest resident” at any time before has a match in Penang ended with two sides up exactly the same score. This os what happened
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  • 213 478 A LEGATEE’S SUIT In the Supreme Court yesterday morning, before the Hon. Mr. Justice Stevens, the suit between Khoo Tek Chye and Khoo Tek Keong and two others, oxecutors of the Will of Khoo Eu Yong, deceased, was settled, the defendants agreeing to allow’ the plaintiff to examine
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  • 160 478 List of Subscribers from October 1927 to 31 July, 1928. A. Graham Esq. $2O, Penang Turf Club $l,OOO, C. A. Peal Esq. $lO, Anonymous $6l, Mr. A Mrs. Carmichael $lO. Mrs. J. P. Souter $5, J. McNeil Esq $25, R. Kennedy Esq $lO, Mrs. 1). McCleod-Craik $lO,
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  • 53 478 The Lads Superior gratefully acknow 'edges the following donations to the School Building Fund Proceeds of ‘Collection ards collected }>\ past and present pupils $540.00 Inspector Liirev 30.00 Miss Meng Hieng 20 (X) Miss Lim I’liaik Gan 10.00 $6OO 00 Previously acknowledged. $8985 50 ’l
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  • 345 479 FERRY BOAT INCIDENT SETTLED CASES AGAINST FRIPP AND LAMERTON STRUCK OUT The cases against Chief Inspector E. A. Lamertou and Air. G. H. S. Fripp, a planter, being the sequel to an incident on a Butterworth ferry boat on 29 June last, were called
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  • 63 479 £350 ,000 FIRE AT SINGAPORE (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, 30 July Ihe Straits Steamship Company’s godown at Telok Ayer stored with rubber drums, oil, paint and other material was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon; the estimated damage is $350,000. I he fire brigade were occupied nearly twelve hours, mainly
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  • 36 479 is convalescing vvuv dltJbUlllg from an attack of dengue fever, which has prevented his attendance at the Singapore Supreme Court for the past week. Mrs. Prichard arrived from Europe a few days ago
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  • 382 479 CLERGY CONFERENCE IN PENANG A clergy conference is to be held this vear in Penang, from 15 August to 21 August. It is one of considerable importance as it is the first to be held under the Presidency of the new Bishop of Singapore. As at present
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  • 109 479 Apparently a lunatic, a Chinese named < heah Eng Leong, was arrested at 1. 30 am. yesterday morning, having done considerable injury to another man by striking him across the face with a chopper. At the moment of his arrest he was foaming at the
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  • SPORTING NEWS
    • 205 479 (From Ou 0, 8 I I he last league matni. Football J played on Saturday when neut hnghsh School, Alor s heir position at the top of beatnig Seberang P Wa k by ml. they thus beconie the Stuart Shield for the'S*?| 1 he Committee with
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    • 144 479 The Kedah Gymkhana ClubisbaO a meeting at Alor Star on SaturdayßH August, commencing at 3 p. m J will be a purely amateur affair. gramme consists of seven events. 1. The Magill-Bridges Cup—a inj cap for certified Polo Ponies, KeR 3 furlongs. 2. Tent Pegging Cafl tition for
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    • 89 479 On the Esplanade on Su *j Alor Star Cricket Club beat th Smelting Club by an inning J runs. Batting first the 22. For Alor Star ,f 1 took (> wickets for 10 JL U D. Laßrooy 4 for 1 jJ plied with 222
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