The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 3 October 1928

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  • 18 626 Straits Echo WEEKLY EDITION $lB PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CTS. volCm PENANG, OCTOBER 3, 192« No. 40
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    • 355 626 O IM TT T .«Js-aarf-i Leading Articles Miscellaneous (Con.) '[’lie Angle-French Compromise G2B I Ml -i’i r. >■ Penang I uri (Im b-u -W Ihe Opium Question 02b i i raw 1 Pi nang War Memorial Bund (Mb A bdh I ameron s highland tv2 PI I he World <t
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    • 186 627 I■ I THE STRAITS ECHO 1 > 1I J WEEKLY EDITION. A S Published the day prior to the departure of eaeh maH for Europe, and contains J the latest local and States news originally published in the daily issues, as well as all 1 > E important news from
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  • 900 628 One of the principal lessons of the Great War, apart from the question of the principles involved, is that war is unprofitable as a business proposition. Ten years after the war sees Europe still suffering from a state of disruption. Currencies are slowly recovering from a state
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  • 22 628 has been appointed manager of the Holland Siam Mining Co., Ltd., operating at Ban Bin Lan, Haad Yai.
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  • 27 628 0.C.P.D., Kuala Lumpur, will be sorry to hear that he will shortly be leaving for Teluk Anson on transfer.
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  • 431 628 STRONG PROTEST AGAINST I- I. C. ACTION a general miming of the I lu Selangor Dibtr.et Planters Association was held in Kuala Kubu on 18 September. Alter the ordinary routine business of the Association had been transacted, the chairman called upon Mr. C. B. Graburn, ot Sungkai,
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  • 70 628 (From Otir Own Correspondent) Singapore 21 September In the Johore PJfle Meeting the R<>1 hallenge (‘up was won by the Jo--1 re Military Forces The Grand Ag'i' gate was won bv St iff Lieutenant S iid 111 J a l l. t 1 el)< I d n-r.i
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  • 565 629 In view of the institution by the League of Nations of an inquiry into opium smoking in the Far East and of the shrinkage of our local revenue as a result of the curtailment of the sale of the drug, the opium question is once more beginning
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  • 306 629 CHINESE AND BURMESE CELEBRATIONS Yesterday evening two temples only a short distance apart, but belonging to different religious persuasions were en fete in the growing suburban village of Pulau Tikus. One of these, erected in the typical Chinese style and recently renovated, was celebrating the mid-autumn
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  • 129 629 Capt. C. H. Congdon who recently left Singapore played for the Royal Navy against the Royat Air Force in mail week at the Oval. In the first innings, as one of the opemng batsmen, he made 37, but was out lbw for 2 in the second
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  • 26 629 has ceased to act as Protector of Labour and I rotector of Netherlands Indian Labourers, in Sarawak, from the 11th instant.
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  • 27 629 has appointed the Italian Count Gravina o >e a commissioner for Danzig in succession to the Dutchman, Heer von HameL
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  • 349 629 HOUSEBREAKING ANn theft d ahap bin Kasmin, a,l«v.» Haji Ahmadu bin Ramb a v produced before the Magistral w>th housebreaking sonal ornaments to the value „f the property of Mr KA’ Mohamed Hassan from house Transfer Hoad at jq p m instant. The jewellery wag r 16
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  • 108 629 Inquiries have revealed that th men were injured in the recen which occurred off the P rovlDef> r tioo lesley coast, involving the destn of over 1,000 boxes of motor r> Am. It is reported that, contrary o cases of fire outbursts, the me juries are
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  • 1164 630 the recent fire at HUTTON LANE 4t the fortnightly meeting of the Mu'cipal Commissioners held yesterday “Lrnoon at the Municipal Offices, the Sent, Mr. G. L. Ham, made a Vement with regard to the recent fire Hutton Lane and stated that a fuft of the probable cause of
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  • 50 630 DIAMOND JUBILEE OF ORDINATION (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, 21 September The Rev. Father Couvreur, formerly well known in Malaya, being nearly forty years Procurator of the Societe Missions Etrangeres, to-day celebrates the Diamond Jubilee of his ordination to the priesthood. He now resides near Paris.
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  • 53 630 INCREASE IN CLASS II MAXIMUM (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. 26 September It is reported that the railway clerical service’s request for an increase in the maximum salary in class two from $149 to $l6O a month has been granted and will be effective from 1
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  • 99 630 “The Treatment of Crime” The Hon. Mr. Justice Stevens will speak on “The Treatment of Crime”, the second of the series of lectures arranged by the Y. M. C. A., Penang. The time and place of his talk wdl be announced later. The Rev. G. F.
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  • 28 630 Chief Medical Officer, Malacca. o be Senior Medical Officer. Selango r with effect from 17 February 1927, is g netted.
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  • 31 630 Assistant Leg d Vlviser, Kelantan, has r placed Mr. R S Jervoise a Police Magistrate, Kua'a L.mpijr, Mr. Jervoise has taken up du- :es at. the Treasury.
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  • 33 630 forn rlv in charge the Central Division, Singapore, has n to Johore a- Acting Commissioner 1’ dice, and his place has been taken by Mr. D. Hilary, from Kedah.
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  • 1396 631 The prisoners stood charged by th* names of Hussain bin Haji Osman (Is accused) and Hashim bin Hussain and Yope bin Hussain (2nd and 3rd accused respectively) and the charge against th? first accused was that he did knowingly cause the death of Bakar bin Salleh, by stabbing
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  • 129 631 The second annual general meeting of the Kedah Indian Association, Sun gei Patani, was held on Sunday the 23rd instant, at 5 p.m. in the Association premises, and the following Managing Committee and Sub-Commit-tees were appointed. Managing tom mittee —President: —Dr. I- S. Abra ham; Vice-Presidents, Messrs.
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  • 23 631 v r S-, h* Capt. L. D. Gammons, M- R ]gtrar been appointed to assist t of Co-operative Societies.
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  • 16 631 Mr. I). Hillary has been an Assistant Superintendent a Straits Settlements, on pro
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  • 639 632 'r \Viliiarn Peel s notes on Ins recent T to Cameron's Highlands last th which we published yesterday tt Twhich are to be laid before the next ‘Smrof the Federal Council, give one mission that the Chief Secreta? \ther disappointed with the visit. L general visualisation of a
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  • 333 632 CONT R A DIC TO R Y PO LIC E EVIDENCE Three Tamils, Muthu Erulandi, Karupan and T urlandi, were charged in the Police Court yesterday with committing affray in Kampong Java Cooly Lines at 8.15 p.m. on 7 August. Mr E. Isaac appeared for the defence and
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  • 80 632 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, 24 September A military funeral was accorded to Leading Aircraftsman Heppel, a member of the Seletar Base, who died at the hospital after a short illness, at the age of 26 Many officers and the full band were present at
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  • 11 632 leaves f<>r Hand Y&i to-day by train.
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  • 308 632 INTERESTING MATCH ON THE ESPLANADE An inti resting match, of which there had been no previous notice in the press, was played yesterday afternoon on tin- Esplanade when ladies turned out for a game of hockev and did exceedingly well on the whole. There was a large
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  • 105 632 HANDSOME DONATIONS TO VARIOUS CHARITIES The Penang Turf Club, with its usual generosity, has just, imide the following donations to the various local ind foreign institutions mentioned below Ross Institute for Tropical Diseases L 100 Pearson’s Fresh Air Fund L HX) Dr. liarnardo’s Home L 1(X) Royal
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  • 14 632 ().< P D T'eluk Anson, will be pnxa-ed ng Home on furlough shortly.
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  • 2549 633 Hit: lUbl case on the calendar was tuKen up at me Assize Court yesterday moniing when three Malays irom u small village in the Province, all brothers, were charged with intentionally causing the death of another -Malay named biaiman bin Hashim at Permatang Pasir, Province Wellesley, on 15
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  • 150 634 MEETINGS IN 1929 The following racing dates for 1929 have been approved by the Straits Pacing Association. Professional Penang Turf Club, January 12, 15, 17, 19 and 22. July 27 and 30 and August 1, 3 and 5. Perak Turf Club. February 16, 19, 21 and 23.
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  • 26 634 has arrived at Nanking and the leaders held a conference on Sunday concerning the revision of the provisions of the Governmental Reorganisation Bill.
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  • 27 634 has been received in Malacca, announcing the death of Mrs. Maclaren, wife of the manager of Kundong Estate, Muar, in Petoemboekam Hospital, Sumatra, on Saturday.
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  • 254 634 ALLEGED ROBBERY AND ILL-TREATMENT A Chinese, named Lee Soon Aun, appeared before the District Judge, Mr. J. S. W. Arthur, yesterday on a charge of robberv brought against him by his kept mistress, Tan Geok Chuan. The alleged offence is stated to have taken place in
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  • 207 634 A general meeting of the members ot the .M.C.A. will take place at the Association’s Rooms, Beach Street, on Friday, 12 October, at 5.15 p.m. The bus mess for discussion is 1. To consider the possibility of acquiring new premises for tht Y.M.C.A., Penang. 2. Io
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  • 28 634 of Hollywood C difornia. arrived in Singapore by the 1 *si lent Wilson on Sunday morning on a visit fo her daughter, Mrs. Boland Bradd<dl.
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  • 913 635 YOUNG SCHOOLGIRL FINED There was a sequel to a young schoolgirl’s drive in a car in the Police Court yesterday when the case was heard against her of driving an Austin Seven without a licence. 1 he chauffeur, who sat beside her while she drove the car, was
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  • 162 635 Messrs. Boustead and Co.. Ltd., the local agents of Ratrut Basin Tin Dredging Co., N. L. inform us that the following telegram has been received by them from the Mine:—“For month ending September 27 dredge worked 380 hours treated 18,000 cubic yards 218 piculs
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  • 262 635 HEAVY FINES Fourteen w young and old and 2 were arraigned in the fei. Saturday, charged with m House No. 4. G reen September 28. After the evident Detective Inspector Wightman X e fected the raid was recorded, all tk accused were convicted. InanJ* Moule gave
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  • 133 635 We have to acknowledge receipt fr® the Rubber Research Institute of laya a “Guide to the Preparation. o Plantation Rubber” by B. J0.8. E., F.1.C., F.J-B.J-, The manual gives a compre survey of the methods of collec io transport of latex and factory P
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  • 30 635 s. C. C. ELIMINATED (From Our Own Singapore. d The S. C. C. were ffho the Cup Tie by the Malays, by the odd goal in S’*'
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  • 523 636 I. we have had to comment upon 11 1 k o f informative discussion at the Xhtlv meetings of the Municipal ,“L lsB ion, we cannot complain that Engineer keeps us in ,tn«s regarding the work ot his Irunent. The Annual Report for which has just been
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  • 92 636 Detective Inspector Wightman produced 7 Chinese women and 1 man before the Police Magistrate yesterday, charged with playing in a common gaming house. The accused claimed trial and were undefended. After the evidence of the Inspector had been recorded (j of the Chinese women
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  • 135 636 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SUBSCRIPTIONS (SEVENTH LIST) Amount previously acknowledged $2,515.00 Mr. J. Dick 25.00 Mr. J. P. Souter 25.00 Mr. I). L. Adamson 15.00 Mr J. A. Goetzee 25.00 Mr. N. A. M. Griffin 20.00 Mr. A. Lindley 25.00 Mr. G. B. Kellagher 10.00 Mr. G. B.
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  • 104 636 ARMED VOLUNTEER GUARDS (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, October 1 Major-General Sir C. C. Van Straubenzee has agreed to allow members of the Singapore Volunteer Corps to provide armed guards to escort ships to and from Hong Kong, if sufficient members agree to go. The first,
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  • 16 636 Usher of the Police Court, resumed duties yesterday after his vacation leave.
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  • 200 636 COMPLAINANT’S CONDITION CRITICAL In the early hours of yesterday a hinese named Goh Eng Seng was stabbed by two of his compatriots at Kuala Kangsar Road. He was removed to the General Hospital in a serious condition. Ihe alledged assailants were arrested and were produced before Mr.
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  • 28 636 as the Social Democrats threaten to bring 200,000 men to Vienna if Government fails to prohibit the great Heimwehr demonstration on 7 October.
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  • 36 636 at her residence in Kajang. of Mrs. Tan Boon Peng, mother of Tan Chooi Hoe, T;m Ewe Bee. and Tan Ewe Boon. The funeral will take place at 12 noon to-day.
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  • 99 636 of the Public. Works Department, w’ho was recently transferred from Port Dickson to Seremban, met with a fatal accident on Sunday evening at Port Dickson, writes the Seremban correspondent of the Malay Mail. It is said that Mr Chelladurai was returning to Seremban from Port Dickson on his
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  • 114 636 the victims of each being a little Chinese child, occurred in Singapore on Sunday. Tn Kallang Road, a ("hinese girl, six years old. was knocked down Iv a motor bus and severely injured that she died in hospital ’he same day Merchant Road was the seem of
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  • 2263 637  -  (BY RICHARD SIDNEY) Politicians And The War By the Rt. Hon. Lord Beaverbrook (Thornton Butterworth 10/6) Here is one of the best W ar books that 1 have yet read. 1 rank it, in fact, next to Winston Churchill's “World Crisis’’. It differs from the latter
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  • 118 638 Acknowledgment of Subscriptions (Sixth List.) Amount previously acknowledged $1,965.00 Mr. H Scott Ham 20.(X) Mr. J. W. Clark 50 00 Mr E. E. Chambers 50.00 Dr. Donald S. Greig 25.00 i Mr R. Victor Patterson 25 00 Mr. H. Dove 25.00 Miss L.H.F. Allan 20 Mr.
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  • 159 638 THE CAT FOR ROBBERS i (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. September 28 i A Chinese was sentenced to seven years and twenty strokes of the cat for robbing two Chinese; women of their j jewellery at the point of the pistol. Spanish Tea Gardens i The Licensing Justices
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  • 102 638 arranged between Mr. Peter Koch de Gooreynd and Joan, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Douglas, of Kuala Lumpur. F.M.S., was to have taken place on Tuesday, at the Oratory. Brom pt-on Road, London, S.W. Mr. Peter Koch de Gooreynd is the son of the late
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  • 586 638 •BADLY PRESENTED CASE” 1 iie lion. Mr. Justice Stevens was a am engaged nearh the whole of ytsic.u.t} in the case in which two < limese contractors, Teo Boon liouj and Ooi Ah Thou, of Cannon Square, Penang, sued Silhampara Pillai, a i’amil conti actor, of Ayer
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  • 167 639 I). P. P. APPLIES FOR POSTPONEMENT The Cheah Soo Tuan Party case was again postponed, when it came up for hearing yesterday. It may be remembered that the charge against Cheah Soo Tuan is that of wrongfully concealing property, while his wife, office manager and
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  • 240 639 WEALTHY MOHAMEDAN ON TRIAL Further evidence was recorded yesterday before Mr. W. C. Taylor, Police Magistrate, in the case in which a well connected Mohamedan is charged■ with criminal breach of trust in respect of $4,046, the property of the Muslim Mahajana Sabha. The money was
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  • 510 639 SUBSCRIPTION LIST NO. 35 Amount previously acknowledged $127,119.06 The Chinese Commercial Club 200.00 By its members Mr. Song Cheok Kow 20.00 5 Persons ea. $lO 50.00 21 Others total 95.00 Per Mr. Cheah Choo Hoay Ho Joo Koon 9 Persons ea. $lO 90.00 13 Others total
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  • 141 639 ONE YEAR’S R. I. Wong Chong, a Chinese, was charge; in the District Court yesterday withouse breaking by entering into a mei cine shop. No. 121, Campbell Street, t order to commit the offence of theft Alternatively he was charged with com mitting lurking house trespass by
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  • 102 639 A very serious motor acc ident, in A very serious motor a j which a Chinese lost his 1 on Friday night on the Tam Ipoh. about two and a halt nufe Tanjong Rambutan, when a (Pk. 53) and P rivate Tf came into collision. I nven b’ both the
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  • 647 640 rf be seen from a specially eon4 Article appearing elsewhere m < Jt< ve t another of the important i r bt f present dav social advance■“X be'-» established in th f„ r n ral /n Penang and Province Welles‘‘rfappropriate form of child welnics When we consider
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  • 26 640 is announced of Mr. J. Brown oi the British Borneo Timber Company, to Miss Elizabeth Simpson. Nurse Matron of the Government Civil Hospital. Sandakan.
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  • 33 640 left on I uesday by the s.s. Prins der Nederlanden for Java where the Archdeacon will be conducting services in various centres. Thev hope to return on October 26.
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  • 38 640 of Kuala Kangsar. will be leaving for India shortly accompanied bv his wife, who has been ordered, on medical grounds, to go Io India for a change as she is not in good health.
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  • 47 640 British North Borneo, Mr. C. F. A. Pryke, will shortly retire, and a farewell dinner is being organised by the Sports Club. It has been fixed for the night of October 3, and will be held in the Rail wav Hotel
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  • 47 640 that Mr. E. Mac- fadyen will stand again for Devizes at the next General Election. He happens to be a Liberal, but his many friends out here would be glad to hear that he was in the House again whatever his politics might be.
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  • 52 640 Senior Puisne Judge. F. M. S., is due back from Home leave by the P. 0. Macedonia on October 4. Mr Justice FarrerManby will proceed to Kuala Lumpur where he will relieve Mr. Justice R. D. Acton. Mr Justice Acton will probably go to Ipoh or
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  • 66 640 passed through Jesselton in the Kajang on the sth en route for Singapore ami Europe His Excellence expects to be away about three months. By the same boat Mr. and Mrs. S W. Matthews arrived from Sandakan. Mr. Matthews has relieved Mr. W. H. S. Miller
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  • 72 640 occurred at th*- General Hospital on Thursday of Mr. E. J. Boyle, tunnel foreman. Municipal Water Works. Telok Tikus. and formerly of Messrs. Topham. Jones and Railton. Prai. The funeral took place the same aftermrn at Keppel Garnier officiating .and wa largelv attended, among those pre- nt being
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  • 506 640 EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING The eighth annual general meeting of N iwng Bet Tin. Limited, was held on Saturday, September 29, at the Penang Office of the Company, 37b Beach Street The chair was taken by the Managing Director, Mr. A J. King; the other Directors present
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  • 2281 641 (Specially Contributed to the Straits Echo) (Copyright) One of the most noteworthy movements in social advancement to-day is that of the unprecedented care that is being bestowed upon the rising generation under the well chosen title of “child welfare.’’ Whether this is due merely to the
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  • 111 642 CHINESE GETS 3 MONTHS' R. I. A Chinese named Wang Tong, a frequent visitor to No. 94. Church Street, the jewellery shop of a wealthy Singhalese, was sentenced to 3 months’ r.i. and ft fine of $1 or in default another day’s r.i. at Police Court yesterday
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  • 134 642 The case was mentioned in Court yesterday in which Hashim, a Malay youth, is charged with criminal breach of trust in respect of $667 worth of piece goods on 27 April and also goods to the value of $37 on 28 April, belonging to one
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  • 81 642 is announced of Mr. Seow Eng Khiam, Station Master, F.M.S.R., Gadek Tampin, elder son of the late Mr. Mrs. Seow Phee Kee, of Bandar Hillir, Malacca, and a cousin of Mr. Seow Thian Choe, licensed Auctioneer and Appraiser, Perak, Salangor, F.M.S., and Penang, to Miss Goon Oi Kirn,
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  • 365 643 SUBSCRIPTION LIST NO. 36 Amount previously acknowledged 131,692.57 Middle and Lower Jelutong Districts, Penang: 3 Persons ea. $lO 30.00 18 Others total 84.00 The Huan Ai Chu Poh Siah, Kopah, Siam 510.00 Mr. Tay Chin Soon 200.00 Mr. Lee Keng Tong of Leung Cliuan Restaurant 505.50
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  • 56 643 P. F. S. vs G. E. S. The annual Liter-school Football fixture between the Penang Free School and the Kedah Government English School, which was played vesterday on the Free School ground in Green Lane, resulted in a victory for the visitors by the odd goal in five
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  • 34 643 The Lady Superior gratefully acknowledges the following donations received towards the School Building Fund. Penang Turf Club $l,OOO. I'he Federal Rubber Stamp Co. 10. $l,OlO Previous!} acknowledged 12,573 $13,583
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  • 174 643 HIRE BUS NUISANCE (To the Editor of the Straits Echo) Sir. ith reference to your Random Note on the matter of checking the Hire ’Bus Nuisance. I am afraid the result will turn out to be a failure as usual. In spite of the long string
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  • 64 643 took place on Sunday, at No. 17 Kamunting-st?., of Mr. Kam Pek Choon, the Chief Clerk of the iSociete Internationale de Plantations et de Finance. The late Mr. Pek Choon was in the employ of the latter firm for 21 years and in respect of his long and
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  • 90 643 accountsnot P ABSEd (From Our On Conmmu,,, Kuala Lumpur, SeptexbA a rather spirited discussion tnnV i last night at the annuli the Selangor Club where the aX? were not passed until an extraZ* meeting called to discuss certain lutions, has been held. The proposed alterations were
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  • 120 643 ONE DEATH REPORTED The death is reported of one of the three men who were injured in the recent gasoline blaze off the Province Wellesley coast. The other two men are still under medical treatment in the Butterworth Hospital. A good portion of the burning cargo appears
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  • 106 643 TWO CHINESE TO BE TRIED IS THE DISTRICT COURT Khaw Poh Ann and Lim Loke.Jw Chinese rice dealers, were produced fore Mr. W. C. Taylor, Magistrate, yesterday. charged with cheating by f representation by inducing a coolie tongkang No. 122 to deliver 68 bags Rangoon rice valued at
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  • 33 643 has decided to M. Antonier bvenia, na» a year’s holiday in Southern doctors’ orders. The Defence 7 M. F. Udrazal, is expected to the Premiership.
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  • 35 643 Mr. C. E. Pegler, of returning from Home donia. Mr. G. F. Gray. acting as manager in Ip° to Taiping to take charge branch there for six mo ing on leave.
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  • 585 644 the decree for the dissolution of the Chamber is not likely to cause as ereat a sensation as i> usually expected, for it i an open secret that King Emanuele and hi- Prime Minister have never been on good political terms, and the former's ab'ec.-hion l ow paxes the
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  • 448 644 Owing to the slow exhaustion of first class tin bearing areas in the F.M.S an increasing amount of capital, especially from Australian sources, has for the last twenty years been gradually attracted towards the more or less virgin fields in our neighbouring territory. Siam. Indeed so
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  • 10 644 Gaoler. Serernban, has retired from Government service.
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  • 171 644 WITNESS CHARGED WITH PERJURY From Oar Own Correspondent) Ipoh, September 30 At the Perak Assizes in the trial ol Ram Singh on a charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder by causing the death of Bishen Singh, after the first witness had given evidence and cross-examined by
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  • 26 644 Manager of Messrs. Sandilands, Buttery <t Co., Ltd., Medan, accompanied by Mrs Liston, arrived here from Home by the Ellenga via Rangoon.
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  • 28 644 J.P., ,'d.S.C., the well-known ipoh miner, met with a nasty accident at his club a few days ago when he cut his wrist badly.
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  • 30 644 is to take place on Tuesday, October 9, of Lian Nio, sixth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wee Hap Lang, of Kuala Lumpur, with Mr. Goh Kee Kow.
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  • 58 644 Mr. William Woods, of Messrs Woods. Ltd., Sydney will be leaving for Australia in a few days. This is not the case as Mr. W oods will be touring Malaya and Siam for at least a month longer. He is at present in Penang
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  • 61 644 took place at the District Hospital on Saturday afternoon when Dr. R. B. MacGregor, Chief Medical Officer, Penang, was entertained to a farewell on the eve of his departure to Malacca where he will assume duties as C. M O. Dr. Chambers, from Singapore, is due in
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  • 119 644 manage r of the Chartered Bank, Singapore, intended to leave for Home on retirement this month, but now finds that he will not be able to go before the end of March His many friends will be glad to have Mr. Vick with them for a
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  • 1078 645 NO FINAL DIVIDEND The adjourned eighteenth annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Nellmay Rubber Company, Limited, was held at noon on Saturday at the registered offices of the Company, George Town Chambers, No. 39 Beach Street. Penang. Mr. F. N. Syer (Director) presided and
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  • 236 645 FJNE SHOOTINC Bv T JAl the Ipuh Anaual h held on bmu.duy and Suudl < her 21) and 30, targets w? t i tp;a duoed dimensions authorised i,‘ tioual Hille Association wereNj he first time m a compentL laya, the bulls eye now' pmehes m diameter at
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  • 19 645 will be joining the firm of Oversea Brokers, Limited, on the Ist of October 1928.
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  • 19 645 of Messrs McAuliffe, Davis and Hope, Penang left for Kuala Lumpur last night b? train.
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  • 22 645 M. 8., Ch. 8., arrived at the Malacca Medical Mission on S» urday to assist there until Dr. Davies return.
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  • 29 645 barrister- ivi i IV£ iui 1 cii non j*** at-law, who was on a visit to Penang, returned to Kuala Lumpur b' anight’s mail train.
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  • 815 646 n mnth ordinary genwal meeting of Shareholders of Batang Padang Company, Limited., was held Saturday last September 29th X revered office of the Company, Beach Street, Penang. Mr. h Miles presided and the others ,t;. Mr. It h. Caswell Mr. Khuan Sim. Mr. heali Keng
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  • 24 646 G. WHson, ’I an •Joo Eow. Tan Poh Lim and Khaw Bian Thye arrived here yesterday from Tongkah by the Matang.
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  • 23 646 Vicar of tiie Church of the Immaculate Conception, Pulo Tikus, left last night bv train for Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 28 646 Instructor of Normal Classes, Seremban, will shortly be leaving for England on a holiday, with Mr. Inglis, who is Inspeator of Machinery, Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 36 646 Governor of Celebes, expects to retire on pension in the course of the coming year. Mr J. de Haan, Resident of South and East Borneo, is mentioned as his probable successor.
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  • 456 646 P. R. C. VS. C. R. C The return league match between the 1’ nuug Recreation Club and the Chinese Recreation Club was played last Saturday afternoon at Victoria Green and ended in a victory for the P. R. C. by 32 runs. Tin* I*. R. C.
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  • 31 646 Vicar of tie- h’lvrh o’ St Anthon Teluk Anson, is goii on trm-fer to the St. John s Church. Kuala Lump ir. on Tuesday, tin 2nd proximo.
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  • 1153 647 NG HOCKEY LEAGUE THIS YEAR: ESPLANADE IN WRETCHED CONDITION: THE TURF: PENANG TURF CLUB’S EXCELLENT EXAMPLE (From Our Sporting Correspondent) The Penang Hockey Season was opened on Wednesday with an interesting match on the Esplanade in which ten ladies took pari and gave a very good account of
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  • 226 647 hearing again POSTPONED I'be preliminary inquiry aB 111 »> camera m t le jy- ««c. lerday mto the allegation k «Has K,'ch“ 8 X U Juneae. who s arraigned on the N <>| liavmo committed a senoukT* on three Chinese girls under th are not married
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  • 121 647 FORTHCOMING BILL A Bill to confer upon the Supreu Court of the Federated Malay jurisdiction in divorce and niatriiK* causes is to be introduced in the leders Council. In the “Objects and sons," Mr. W. S. Gibson, Legal .V viser, F.M.S., states: The object of this
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  • 95 647 The Swiss firn, of Ltd.. Its founder, Mr. L rat in g b Zurich, Switzerland, i- 80th birthday and is as ires and body as one of sixty. In davs of 1870 he came out first time and joined the fin iandt Co., in Singaj»ou• he soon
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  • 605 649 Th e hulf-yearly meeting of the Pe1 Chamber of Commerce aflords a op ortumty of recording the „d oi U.e trade of the Northern Setand if the Chairmans speech Alined to take a somewhat stereonped form, il 8 none the leSB useful both of Tin and
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  • 147 649 JUDGMENT FOR THE DEFENDANTS Judgment was given in the Supreme Court, Kuala Lumpur, on Monday morning by the Chief Justice (Sir Henry Gompertz) in the action in which Haji Jalaluddin bin Ismail, a religious instructor, of J endram, Ulu Langat, sued seven other Malays Buyong alias Nicham,
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  • 47 649 have been received by the Dutch War Department stating that an aeroplane with Dr. Brandes was expected to land at Koepang on 12 September. Another plane with Anderson on board is also expected at an unknown date from Australia. No details are available regarding these flights.
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  • 76 649 M.C.S., President of the Municipal Commissioners of Singapore, will not be retiring for another two years, by when he will be 57, but we understand that the Government has already under consideration the question of his successor in that mportant post. It is worthy of note
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  • 98 649 the Rev. Father P. Baloche. of the Church of the Visitation. Seremban, left Negri Sembilan yesterday for Telok Anson, on transfer. He has been much loved, not onlv bv his Tamil congregation, but by the Catholic community in
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  • 136 649 INDIAN LABOURERS’ WAGES «From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, September 30 1 he Kuala Lumpur District Planters Association yesterday unanimously supported the protest already made against the Indian immigration Committee s action and i> calling a meeting al Klang lor fixing standard wages in certain coast districts.
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  • 207 649 CHINESE FOUND UNDER TRAVELLING CAR A most extraordinary motor accident happened on Sunday night in Bagan Jermal. Butterworth, leading to the detention by the Police of the chauffeur involved. It is stated that the motorcar P. 247S —an Overland —was travelling in Bagan Jermal when it
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  • 16 649 the Negri Sembilan len- nis Champion in 1027 and 102«. has left for Japan.
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  • 18 649 left for Kuala Lumpur via Port Swettenham on Saturday afternoon by the Ipoh.
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  • 21 649 the well* known tennis player of Negri Sembilan, has left for China on a holiday t rip.
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  • 29 649 has left for Siam i n business in connect on with the Asiatic Amalgamated Tin Syndicate and expects to be away for about a week.
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  • 6526 650 I>e Hod. Mr. J. S. Arter (Chairman) prebided al the quarterly general Keeping oi the Planters’ Association of Malaya which was held yesterday at the Rooms of the Penang Chamber of Commerce. The meeting, which began at 10.30 a.rn. lasted till 1.30 p.m. —fully three hours,
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  • 1256 654 FIRMER FOOTING IN THE MARKET (Specially contributed to the S. E.) (Copyright; For a considerable period past, the growing tendency towards the development oi the* mineral resources of Southern Siam has shown the necessity oi bringing the far-flung units into closer touch in order that added weight
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  • 37 654 the wife of Sir Frank Al. Baddeley. C.AI.G., formerly of the Malayan Civil Service, and now Chid Secretary to the Government of Nigeria. gave birth to a son on August2B at 27, Welbeck Street. London.
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  • 43 654 which took place at his residence a Siam Road, early yesterday morning.® Mr. Oh Seng Wan, bill-collector. Straits Echo, after a brief illness. Bi had been in the services of this officet« a little over ten years.
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  • 47 654 The marriage will take place on 7th instant of Mr. Ng Chin ChoM. teacher of the Anglo-Chinese Nibong Tebal, eldest son of Mr. andjW X- Sam Liak. of Sungei Bakap. Welleslev. to Miss Low Lian Im, W ter of Air. and Mrs. Low Ah Oon.
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  • 119 654 The vicinitv of the Municipal Department Overseers Quarters Batu Ferringhi was the scene Garden Party given by the Section 1 at *4 p.m. on Sunday wh farewell address was readl o nev Upton. A.M.1.C.E.. the Engineer Assistant in chaß? e j Batu Ferringhi Section of the connection with
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  • 372 655 RAPING from custody Detective Inspector Wightman raidj house in Chowrasta Road on th© -/ultimo and arrested several people iuere indulging in a game. One of Goi Ann Moh, a sturdy (Wse was arrested and handcuffed, d was about to be inarched to the Slice Station when he
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  • 30 655 the well- j\wax oong, me wennown Chinese artist, is leaving for Buntar and Taiping by rail to- o arrange a Charitable Malayan dnnese School Ari Exhibition.
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  • 40 655 yjLx. et Secretary to Government Boward 1 to appoint Drs. S. C. L I UIK Legge Symes to Board Gt ,Pe Malaria Advisorv m irJ n the plaees of Sir Malcolm Watsigned r Macaskill, re-
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  • 53 655 P M S URl,e Farrer-Manby, Judge, leave h ••who is due back from Home !*»M T to"K M i ee 'T ODia th S W C k W k' *lll reli ci Lumpur, where he retiriJ 1 Justice D. Acton who dau. f r, r Ipe bench
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  • 1035 655 Over There" Composer to Retire? Mr. George M. Cohan, the act. r md song wider wlkm chief claim i fame is his authorship of the popula s nu "Over there ba- lost his mother and will, it is said, mice more take the opportunity to announce his
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  • 20 655 expects to leave lor Home about October 10 and will travel via India and South Africa.
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  • 21 655 of Kundang es tate Kawang. is expected to return from home leave bv the Malwa in November
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  • 25 655 District Judge. ivil District Court, 'Singapore wa» in I’t Bang ifhr a holiday in India on ho way back to Singapore.
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