The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 8 August 1928
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Title Section19 1928-08-08 1 Straits Echo WEEKLY EDITION $lB PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CTS. VOL. 2» PENANG, AUGUST 8, 1928 No. 3219 words
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Advertisement190 1928-08-08 1 P>' m y Leading Articles Miscellaneous A World Tour 480 Yet Anothei Rubber Scheme 482 I SI t> Sr '1 Peiali in 1927 490 China Distress Relief Fund 182 K T transportation of Rubber 490 0 Anxiety Regarding Financial k Restriction 491 Condition 483 J A Alnch-Needed Reform 491 Repatriated190 words
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Advertisement63 1928-08-08 2 I rai I Fĕd& hI &flwi n| Ijl^ W '3| MI IF° rul Ra I i i 11 HI fe-1 91 M I jsoi|fik II ll GHMuMM&C' Wj \%>a\ Ml XVjOxxX su«tss euR -WWo M I O Di£s H Yul ffl I LA PLUS HAUTE QUALITY II caractĕrise Ml 1«63 words
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Article477 1928-08-08 480 The Colonial Secretary and Under Secretary have recently returned from Empire tours, and on Monday the Foreign Secretary conducted members of he House of Commons, and a wider witside audience, on what we may venrare to describe as a tourof-the-world-lithout-leaving-your own-fireside. It requires but little imagination to477 words
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Article367 1928-08-08 480 CHIEF INSPECTOR’S QUARTERS ENTERED Ponnasamy, a Tamil cooly working on Weld Quay, was produced to-day. before Mr. A. L. Birse, Police Magistrate, on two charges, (1) House trespass and (2) theft of a towel, valued at $l, on 2 August from the quarters of Chief Inspector367 words
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537 1928-08-08 480 EUROPEAN GIRL WHO WAS RUN OVER Further evidence was recorded on Friday before Mr. A. L. Birse, Police Magistrate, Penang, in the case in which a Chinese motor car driver, Ng Ah Tok, is charged with rash and negligent driving, thus causing the death of537 words
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Article1983 1928-08-08 481 S. 0. S Angrv Shareholder: What has hap pined to our sinking fund? Ch airman It sank. Malaya's Antiquities The two 1 .M.S. Bailway launches Perak” and Penang completed thirty years service yesterday. Society lor the preservation ol historical objects please note! First Chinese Lady Atlantic-flyer Miss Lully1,983 words
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Article163 1928-08-08 482 SINGAPORE ATTEMPT TO ASSIST THE PRICE (From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, 31 July 1 he Straits Times” prints a scheme for the establishment of a Rubber insurance bank to stabilise the price of the commodity and regulate supplies reaching the open market. It is claimed that163 words
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Article259 1928-08-08 482 ANNUAL PRIZE GIVING The Literary Society of the local An-glo-Chinese School gave an interesting entertainment to a large number of guests yesterday evening in the School Hall on the oceasion of the Annual Prize Distribution to the pupils. Among the gathering were the Vice American Consul, the Vice259 words
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Article765 1928-08-08 482 SUBSCRIPTION LIST NO. 19 Amount previously acknowledged 62,886.41 The Kwong Chime Tong, Penang 580.00 By its members: 224 Persons total 325.00 Staff of chop Lo Kwong Sang: Wong Look Kee 30.00 Lo Chee Heng 20.00 Wong Pak Peow 20.(X) An Indian 15.00 Wong Tak Khim 10.00765 words
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295 1928-08-08 483 MEN’S ALLEGED ASSAULT ON LADIES Four Chinese. Lee Ah Choon. Lee Seng Ka, Lim Ker.h and Ong Tok, were charged in the District Court yesterday with (1) voluntarily causing hurt to Lim Chow Chye by means of a parang.’ (2) voluntarily causing grievous hurt to Low295 words
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Article, Illustration413 1928-08-08 483 The meeting of he to-'hv. Sir William Peel niX 01 proved of the sum of $l4O A 1 purchase of rail and mni or which were tried in the hmdO* specially in competition wit -u. road tr a{ i l V; ev accomnjf, date 20413 words
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Article8430 1928-08-08 484 FIRST DAY’S RESULTS Our Sporting Correspondent; «1 outstanding feature of the openracing of the Penang lurf Jutunin Meeting—on Saturday on !> undoubtedly the m performance of Mont Aiguille, new Eng.ish im- L which won his third race on v after six outings in which he Placed every time.8,430 words
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Article236 1928-08-08 489 REPORTED REQUEST TO MALAYAN GOVERNMENT A Bombav message states that the Government of India is reported’ have addressed a letter to the Madr« Government requesting them to nef> tiate with the authorities of the Malay States to find employment for a nun. ber of repatriated Indians from Souu236 words
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Article372 1928-08-08 490 L»«’ b> the Acting British reveals continued progress. P^ nt t £46.014.709 and the exreVenl t £39.098.944 are practically -ah 1926 The surplus carntCS Ld at' the close of the year is or nearly £7,000.000. flie Resident reports an unusually number of changes >n the major iinirtrative372 words
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Article241 1928-08-08 490 to bear that the sugrPCent,.v made in these columns M tPanB P° rta^nn of surplus rubber if!? j T’Countrv districts to Pe'tii 31 ln a P'»re, to be held in bond I'mLi ",3' re being favourabl y r 9 t' ie Government, and that "Mv that ..,i.241 words
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Article323 1928-08-08 490 EXTENSIVE RAIDS ON LOCAL COMMUNISTS (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, 3 August Demonstrations commemorating the Japanese bombardment of Tsinanfu which had been planned to take place in various parts of Singapore to day by local Chinese Communists were nipped n the bud by the Police. Eight323 words
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Article5931 1928-08-08 490 The following further financial resoltitions were proposed b\ the Hon. tha Financial Adviser on Tuesday's meeting of the Federal Council: Rail Motor Coaches Special provision of SI4O,(MX) for the purchase of two rail motor coaches tor F.M.S.R. The Financial Adviser said that it was proposed to buy these5,931 words
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Article256 1928-08-08 494 WTIVE DEPARTMENT RAID Acting Chief Detective Inspector E. V. Fowler and other members of his department carried out a raid last Wednesday afternoon at Butterworth, resulting in the capture of 16 people hr gambling. Among this crowd were seven nonias and amahs and three men bo256 words
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Article556 1928-08-08 494 he Straits limes in its issue of 31 July gives publicity to a scheme lor stabilising rubber prices by the institution ol a Rubber Insurance Lank, which differs from other banks in the fact that it requires no capital, ihe proposal, briefly, is that so long as rubber is556 words
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Article426 1928-08-08 494 In these days of compulsory education, or to put it more accurately compulsory attendance at school, it might reasonably be expected that our home legislators, even those whose pride it is to boast that they are drawn from the rani.s of the proletariat, would be a little426 words
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Article973 1928-08-08 495 T.O M, H Penang wishes to preserve its independence as a distinct entity in the S'raits Settlementsand that a far f oni unimportant oneit must obvio;isl\ do so almost entirely by its own efforts. Therefore it behoves us to look nt our sub-national balance sheet, and particularlyT.O M, - 973 words
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Article435 1928-08-08 495 fourth annual MEET!!i( I’lie membership of tf le consists of 224 against 203 yious year, viz. 171 Kesidw 46 Out-station Members and ary Members. w The Financial position of the r under review is on the whole ory. Ihe revenue by way of jU fon a435 words
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Article454 1928-08-08 496 astonishing Bardoli affair has itled” and the South Indian strike appears to have fizzled J h f these two incidents, occurring °\he lull in the activities of the Commission, are illuminating as Ttina the undercurrent of feeling Tmon- the workers and the small 1 etaes in454 words
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Article526 1928-08-08 496 The gloomy prognostications of those who contended at the conclusion of the civil war in China that the Nationalist Government would not be able to stand five minutes in the face of the avarice of the military leaders have, happily, proved unfounded. Indeed, the two months that526 words
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Article525 1928-08-08 496 Penang is justly proud of its hill station. Few cities of the East have so convenient a hill resort, so close at hand, and we are rightly grateful to the Government which has laid out a very considerable sum in developing the resources of Penang Hill and in525 words
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SPORTING NEWS
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Article, Illustration131 1928-08-08 497 MALAYAN CHAMPION BEATEN (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, 7 August Paul lore, the French player, sprang a sensational surprise on the crowd gathered to see the final to-day. lie beat the holder, Khoj Hooi Hye 57, 63, ()3. Clerc played brilliant game and deserved to beat the Chinese131 words
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Article117 1928-08-08 497 LATEST RESULTS The following are the results of tennis tournament ties played on Wednesday Final Single Handicap Class B”. 15..3 J. Wilkinson beat Scr A. N. Gardiner 63, B—s.85. Mixed Double Handicap: 30.4 Mrs L. M. Evans G. A. M. Hyde beat 30.3 Mrs. Meadows Frost W.117 words
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Article547 1928-08-08 497 I he draw lor the first round of the 1 enang Lawn Pennis Association Tournament was made last night and resulted as follows: The Tournament will be played on the I enang Cricket Club ourts, by kind permission of the Club Committee, and will begin on547 words
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441 1928-08-08 497 LATEST RESULTS (From Our Own Correspondent) r Singapore, 3 August Ine following were the results of tennis championship ties played to-day: Ladies’ Singles (Semi-final) Mrs. Davies beat Mrs. Zylstra, 6—l, 6—3. -the winner meets Mrs. Laing in the final. Ladies' Doubles (Semi-final): Miss Grenier and Mrs.441 words
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Article88 1928-08-08 497 The following are the results ol bowk tournament ties played on Wednesday Championship J. M. Chalmers (D) beat W. B. Houston 21—16; J. G Barrett beat J. M. Chalmers (C.S.) The following are of bowk tournament ties played on Friday August, 1928. Mixed Double Handicap: +4 McLeod88 words
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Article348 1928-08-08 497 PENANG FREE SCHOOL Sl XAVIER’S INSTITUTION A friendly game of cricket was on Saturday last on the ree ground at Green La ne b^tvve^. lV i e r’? Penang Free School and S Institution. Splendid batting, f and fielding secured a dec's l 1 for St. Xavier’s by348 words
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Article231 1928-08-08 498 F.M.S. V. COLONY CRICKET B Ow Own Correspondent) Hi,, p Kumpur, 6 August --Wonv C oo™ the latcl a B aiust 'W t lir° n V sta rtfe( disastrously to-day, wickets Livock, Ste!Wf > ruiK f" rr addition With o e °ver-night score of Hilton n T* e w c^e231 words
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Article51 1928-08-08 498 (From Our Own Correspondent, Singapore, 5 Aug. In the Polo Tournament for the K. O. R. up yesterday Johore beat Singapore by six goals to five; the Dukes beat Selangor by three goals to one. In the final to-day the Dukes beat Johore by four goals to51 words
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Article144 1928-08-08 498 On the Esplanade on Saturday the Perak Europeans beat the Penang Cricket Club by five goals to one. The visitors were easily the superior side. In the first half the Perak Europeans scored four goals, Young, their centre forward performing the hat-trick whilst Douch scored the fourth. On144 words
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Article111 1928-08-08 498 PORE C. C. (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. 6 August In the annual football match between the Selangor Club arid the Singapore Cricket Club, the former won by four goals to three. Singapore led by two goals to one at the interval. Mac Lennon put through111 words
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
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Article614 1928-08-08 498 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo; Sir, I was glad to see in your Random Notes a short time ago reference to the above market, and that, in particular, \ou pointed cut the undesirability of setting aside a portion of the one building for the purpose614 words
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Article780 1928-08-08 499 BEST GOODS NOT IN THE WINDOW OPENING OCT THE ISLAND OUTLOOK /Specially Contributed/ Much—and, it might be said, very much, has been done during the past fifteen years to develop Penang Island arid its centre, of activity, Georgetown; but. even allowing for past and present activities,780 words
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Article168 1928-08-08 499 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, 8 August At to-day’s meeting of the Sanitary Board Air. Talaila, who interviewed the Chief Secretary last week on behalf of the unofficial members of the Board, made a statement that the Chief Secretary promised not to transfer the present Chairman,168 words
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67 1928-08-08 499 The Lad\ Superior gratefully acknowledges the following donations received this week towards the Building Fund. From Collection Cards” $llO Sodality of Children of Mary” 100 Inspector I). Kenny 50 Mrs. A. B. Carrier 50 Anonymous 20 Mrs. Yvonne Allan 15 Mr. W. P. V. -Jones67 words
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518 1928-08-08 499 PROFUSION OF FLORai tributes RAL The funeral, which took »1 terday evening, of Clive EvehT nine-year old son of Mr. \y L.’* Xl’rC W D* Ins P«‘or, P enan Mrs ard, was attended bv i. number o relatives and friends 0 bereaved family. The518 words
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Advertisement187 1928-08-08 500 i > 11 THE STRAITS ECHO I WEEKLY EDITION. I» HUI .Humpi' «S 5 Published the day prior to the departure of each nurH for Europe, and contains I J the latest local and States news originally published in the daily issues, as well as alt f important news from187 words
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