The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 9 October 1929
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Title Section19 1929-10-09 1 Straits Echo WEEKLY EDITION $lB PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CTS. Vol. 27. PENANG, OCTOBER <i. 11)29 No 4119 words
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Advertisement337 1929-10-09 1 1 r KI LEADERS. Overloading a Cart 101 G J 5 I Rainy Weather in Singapore lOiG wB Unity [Ol5 An Estate Fire 1016 |T A A She Baffles 1<»15 Dutch Engineer‘d Body 1016 1 i p I Alleged Breach of Trust 11)17 Singapore Gunmens Activities l<o9 i A Real337 words
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Advertisement190 1929-10-09 2 I! t (THE STRAITS ECHO I < i WEEKLY EDITION. I -*> < I < I. i •?...<■-■ Published tfii clay poor to the departure of each marl for Europe, and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the daily issues, as well as all important news190 words
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Article312 1929-10-09 1015 With all their pleas to people to unite, since disunity is weakness, a piece of advice whose wisdom is apparent, newspapers are themselves so conservative that they seldom adopt the suggestion. We welcome the idea put forward by Mr. Ager, the newspaper manager, at the farewell dinner given to312 words
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Article173 1929-10-09 1015 a Penang woman i h'OSt-ned a flood of tears !t ..VJT K) Q'hig that slm succeeded the f’ 11 11 Magistrate out of J ft until the next case came on. Her performance was ace »inpanied by an equally telling oral display, it reminds one of Strindberg who173 words
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Article357 1929-10-09 1015 To-day in the mother country the first of October means that summer has really ended. There is a shriller note in the voices of the birds in the lanes when the twilight draws near. The atmosphere is cooler by the side of the hedges as night comes forward.357 words
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Article386 1929-10-09 1015 UNITY AMONG JOURNALISTS. MALAYAN NEWSPAPER ASSOC I AT iON. MR. JU AES'S PLEA. (From (Kir Own Correspondent.) Singapoie, September 30. ihe journalistic friends of Mr. A. P. Ager, Manager of the “Straits Times,” iho is retiring, made farewell presentations to him on Saturday night at a386 words
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Advertisement24 1929-10-09 1015 THE straits echo. published daily. WEEKLY EDITIONS !he new of ,h w k prt w departure of Mail» tor Europ.. st, Beach Street, Penang.24 words
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Article771 1929-10-09 1016 NEWCOMER’S SKETCH OF PENANG. [By G, B.] Friends ask you into their garden and if they be keen horticulturists they will frequently explain to you the great and varied improvements they have made since that wretched season when everything was dried up and the gardener was careless771 words
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Article86 1929-10-09 1016 PUBLIC RECEPTION. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, September 30. His Highness the Sultan of Johore arrived back on the “Andre Lebon” at noon yesterday and was met by Lieutenant Chick, the Governor’s A.D.C. and Mr. Shaw T General Adviser, J ohore. In spite of the heavy86 words
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Article70 1929-10-09 1016 CHINESE FINED $6 AT TAIPING. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Saturday Before Raja Kamaralzaman, the Tailing Magistrate, Chang Chooi was barged to-day with overloading his ■ingle bullock-cart by 3 pikuls and 4G :atis at Kamunting on the 27th instant. He was also charged with working his bullock70 words
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Article110 1929-10-09 1016 CONSIDERABLE FLOO DIN( I WETTEST WEEK tun I for MONTHs END I (irom °V e Z c^eBl>oDd It I .1- gal ore September at, I has set in hire been the wettest for I mcorendereble flooding of It was particularly noticeable in u. I Bukit Timah110 words
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Article99 1929-10-09 1016 ASSISTANT’S BUNGALOW PARTIALLY DESTROYED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, September 30 The bungalow of an estate assistant of Bukit Sembawang was partially destroyed by fire last night. The fire brigade received a call shortly after 11 p.m. and arrived at the scene, a distance of twelve miles,99 words
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Article124 1929-10-09 1016 EATEN BY SHARKS? (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, September The body of the young Dutch engineer, who was drowned at the w > ar on Thursday night, has not yet ee recovered. ni.. It is believed the body was suHtJ carried away by a strong c urrcnt124 words
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Article571 1929-10-09 1017 Twenty nine years ago, when of the present Labour MemL of the British Parliament were nt vet born, the Labour p ar tv was represented in the House Commons by eleven men. Six aeo, the representation had > UP to 191 and to-day the Party JS the571 words
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Article118 1929-10-09 1017 CHINESE EASY WIN. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, September 30 The first tie in the inter-District Soccer League Competition played to-day the P. C. R. C., the winners of lhe Ipoh League, met the Malays, the winners of the Lower Perak league. The P. C. R. C.118 words
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Article120 1929-10-09 1017 WARRANT FOR COLLECTOR. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 1 A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Tan Eu Eng at the instance ol Alessrs. Sime, Darby and Co. The wanted man was employed as Messrs. Sime, Darby and Company’s storekeeper for a number120 words
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Article607 1929-10-09 1017 PENANG’S MODERN DISEASE. (By “Keytop’’.) Penang is rapidly becoming infected witu a thoroughly up-to-date disease caiicd gramophonitis (pronounced gram-o-plic-ni-tis). According to what I have heard from various quarters, many peoj le are suficm.g from the advanced stagi s of the dangerous illness. Yen don’t need to pay a cent607 words
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Article876 1929-10-09 1018 FOR LARGE SUMS. PROMISSORY NOTE QUESTION. WORKED FOR PLAINTIFF. K. M. N. Nagapa Pillay, a former moneylender of Penang, who recently obtained his discharge from bankruptcy, figured in two actions which commenced in the Penang Supreme Court yesterday before Mr. Justice Sproule. In the two actions Nagapa876 words
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Article238 1929-10-09 1018 CRIED OVER Decision fearful wailings and loud sobhi* mcermmgled witn high-pitched failed the Penang Pohce“ tnne yesterday when the yy K vkon, found Uunese wife who had sum J 9 ausband for maintenance. her Mi Wilson said that lie could not c msider.ng the evidence, make an238 words
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Article181 1929-10-09 1018 DUTIABLE TOBACCO COSTS CHINESE $3OO. A purchase at a public auction cost a, Chinese three hundred dollars in tw Penang Police Court yesterday. i Keh Leong Hooi, when accused toge iher with Khoo Seng Pew of the possession of dutiable tobacco, exp ain chat he bought the181 words
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Article385 1929-10-09 1019 F. W - "Journey 's End" F.W I r nlav must have a plot. Thouto be an inviolable IA- a v nf i presented by the I Town Hall last I showed that this is not so. I Kurnev’s End w 1,096 pralS6 we I ,S «> mentis in the Press, was I385 words
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Article84 1929-10-09 1019 cll8r ?«l in the Penang Police son .S te r day before ilr K wib bv ah' 1 1- being drunk and disorderly h n public a Tamil coolie h; he P’ a 8 not drunk A do 8 himself l an and ln order to84 words
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Article159 1929-10-09 1019 TWO PERSONS SHOT. SEQUEL TO SECRET SOCIETIES’ QUARREL. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, September 3W Disagreement between two secret societies culminated in two Cantonese being shot down during the week-end. About nine on Saturday night near Mosque Street a Cantonese found himself accosted by two gunmen, and159 words
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Article168 1929-10-09 1019 A SOCIAL FUNCTION. MACGREGOR CO. The formation of the wine and spirit establishment of Caldbeck, Macgregor and Co. into a public limited liability Company was made the occasion of a dinner at the Southern Hotel, Singapore, on Saturday, to which a large number of European and Chinese trad168 words
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Article60 1929-10-09 1019 CLAIM DISMISSED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 1 Ju the Supreme Court this morning Mr. Justice Stevens dismissed a garnishee’s summons in connection with the recently built Chinese Presbyterian Church when the creditors of the original contractor, who defaulted, unsuccessfully sued to recover $1,200 from the60 words
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Article414 1929-10-09 1019 NEWS ABOUT SHIPMENTS. HAAD YAIS “FALLEN AWAY.” [From the Financial Correspondent] I in Prices: Singapore, $104: 175 tons sold; Um-hanged. Rubber Prices: London, 9jd.; Down 3/lbd.; New York, 191 cents; Down 4 cent. Penang, Monday, 5 p.m. Markets are practically dead. Tin is cabled unchanged to-day from414 words
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Article464 1929-10-09 1020 Those who cry aloud for an extension of the responsibility of government in the Straits Settlements would have an infinitely stronger case but for one item in the Budget for 1930 which we publish to-day. A sound test of the desire of a ruler sincerely to guard the welfare464 words
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Article166 1929-10-09 1020 Only a very young person would suspect the Post Office authorities of demonstrating a great deal of emotion over the pleasures of the juvenile. And now harassed by annoyed subscribers, the telephone engineers have turned their attention to a crusade against people who cannot fight them on level terms166 words
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Article167 1929-10-09 1020 One of the joys of the law courts sittings in England is the hearing of applications for injunctions to restrain people from playing the piano late at night, or from sawing wood at the back of the garden or making noises with fiddley winks. In Penang there are167 words
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Article130 1929-10-09 1020 SEQUEL TO POLICE ENQUIRY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) I,poll, October 2 An inquiry is being held at Sitiawan regarding the charred remains of a Tamil tapping coolie which was discovered by the police. As the result of investigations Kandasamy, the engine driver of the Sitiawan130 words
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Article321 1929-10-09 1020 largely attended funer., IN PENANG, abattoirs official. It is with regret Hmt the death which took placed wal Hospital, p enan 1 th Gat George A. Thomas, Superim, S oi ™*pal Abattoirs Depart» t p‘’ M He was 42. F neut> &nang. The deceased, who was321 words
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Article100 1929-10-09 1020 INDIAN IN COURT. HOW HE SANG IN PENANG. Karuppen, an I'»'™ l court charged at the I ena i n jj sor derly yesterday with being drunk blic and incapable and cau n^ o<Kram&t 0 < Kram&t nuisance at 4.40 a.m. a j. fl f e100 words
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Article202 1929-10-09 1021 PENANG PROTEST. moly alleges false COOL CHARGE. eoolv and ray occupation 1 T r stones. 1 live in Pu J au r? re ancH did not steal this shirt. is a false case and I have never .1 in Court before. iff* 8 re the202 words
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Article77 1929-10-09 1021 The case in which Abdul Cader, a former Municipal employee, stands iarged with criminal breach of trust n respect of a sum of $18,06U was «?ain mentioned in the Penang Police hiurt yesterday morning. l° r the accused, said ■at Mr. Ward, the former Magistrate, d77 words
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147 1929-10-09 1021 Wu on T to get hold f the ’took the Ihnl 01 i der t 0 get lfc T uicker Messed a Can/™*’ 6 and ran aW9 Ff *K win ant V nes named Yong Yu Eiice Conn 38 c iarged at tke Penang147 words
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Article1945 1929-10-09 1021 CLAIM FOR MONEY. P E NAN G REFER ENC ES TO PROCEEDINGS. JUDGMENT RESERVED. During the resumed hearing in the Penang Supreme Court yesterday of the action in which Nagapa Pillay sues his former manager and attorney for two sums of money, Mr. Justice Sproute had occasion1,945 words
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Article421 1929-10-09 1022 KUALA LUMPUR MEETINq. PENANG SOCIETIES NOT REPRESENTED. Mr. R. N. Thaniby-Thurai t k UUXU) presided at the meeting AU-Malayan Urban Co-operative nuitee, which was held at the Lumpur I’own Hall. Members representing societies iron, all the btates and Settlements present except Penang. Mr. A. Cavendish. M.C.S. (Direct™421 words
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Article573 1929-10-09 1023 tin SEVERELY shaken, share prices marked SB down. T Prices' Spot ±2OO 2s. Od.. Down T; Months ±203 7s. 6d„ Down ‘/,L Singapore sloli, 350 tons sold, Prices: London 9 13/lGd [pl/16d.; New York 19? cents, Ip teDt Down $2. Penang, Wednesday, 5 p.m. Tli® tin price573 words
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Article93 1929-10-09 1023 KITE FLYING INTERFERES WITH WIRES. Kite Hying on the public road is an offence. Prosecuting a young Chinese boy yesterday in the Police Court, Inspector Moule said that he had taken up the matter at the request of the Posts and Telegraphs Department which had received complaints93 words
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Article43 1929-10-09 1023 INTERVIEW DECLINED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 2 Madame Sun Yat-sen arrived at Singapore at noon to-day by the Mcssageries Maritimes “Sphinx” en route to Erance. She is travelling incognito and declined to be interviewed by pressmen.43 words
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Article99 1929-10-09 1023 Donations received for Raffles College up to noon September 30:—Already acknowledged, $13,878.22; Tan Swee Hoe (Batu Rabat). $100; Persenangan Stia Club, $3O; Siew Sin Sia Society, $2O; Lim Boon Haw (Penang), $300; Malay Gurus Association (Malacca), $100; Chinese Community of Taiping per Dr Saw Ah Choy, $2,130.00;99 words
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Article456 1929-10-09 1023 PENANG DRIVER S STORY. SEQUEL TO NASTY COLLISION. 1 he mosquito is only a tiny pest, but it nearly caused disaster to two cars in Penang it a Chinese driver is to be believed. Leek hew Watt, driver of motor bus P. 312, was charged456 words
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Article518 1929-10-09 1024 REVENUE OFFICERS’ DIFFICULTIES. TELLTALE PARCEL. CIGARS’ STRONG SMELL LEADS TO COURT. That the s.s. “Kittawa had given more trouble to revenue officers than any other ship in the Penang Harbour was the statement made by Mr. Perkins, of the Government Monopolies, in the Police Court yesterday when518 words
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Article359 1929-10-09 1024 "He is a sort of censor of public morals,” observed the Penang Polce Magistrate. Mr. F. K. Wilson, in the course of a case against a Chinese and a woman, charged with disorderly conduct by fighting at Jelutong Road. Yew Boon Song, the man, pleaded359 words
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Article261 1929-10-09 1024 "TH E STRAITS ECHO." COMPLETION OF NEW building. W “VISIBLE” PRESSES. “Th% e e nd 01 lhis ««Mil Ihe Straits Echo” will stalled in its new the junction of p eßan R and Dato Koyah Road? R d Construction of thp building has 1S w all «ady for oeeupato, Including261 words
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47 1929-10-09 1024 We are informed that the total liabilities of Messrs. Chin Kooi and Company, Motor Accessories and Oil Dealers, Motor Repairers, Upholsterers an Painters, of No. 20 Northam Koan, Penang, amount to $90,000. It is understood that 60 per cen this total is assured.47 words
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109 1929-10-09 1024 In the Penang.District Court day before Mr. N. D- Penangi Wat Swee of Northern Road, charged Mr. CD. Wells, an engmee Huttenbach Lazarus k be 8 with failing to return the c tO remOve d electric gramophone which by the defendant about 3 m for109 words
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Article1068 1929-10-09 1025 POPANDA’S SURPRISE. ,p SOUVERAIN AND BVE dead heat. (From Our Own Correspondence) Kuala Lumpur, September 28 was a moderate attendance, inr' er thP Sultan of Perak, on the day of the Selangor Turf Club C meeting here to-day. 1“ d»J was wet and the going There was1,068 words
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Article481 1929-10-09 1026 Kuala Lumpur, October 5. The last day of the Selangor Turf Club’s Autumn race meeting drew a big gathering. The weather was bad and the going was heavy. Jockey Davis scored the hat trick by winning the first three events. Craigentinny provided the surprise of481 words
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Article152 1929-10-09 1026 LOW SCORING BY SINGAPORE TEAM. The Singapore team fired in this annual event on the Bukit Timah Range on Sunday afternoon. Unfortunately the conditions were not very good and the scoring was affected thereby, says the “Singapore Free Press’’. Lt. E. B. McCall captained the side. No results152 words
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Article80 1929-10-09 1026 PENANG TEAM DEFEATED. The Penang “A’’ Rugger team journeyed to South Patani on Saturday and suffered defeat at the hands of Kedah by 10 points (2 goals) to nil. after a hard game. Rain fell the whole time. Barnes, for Penang, was- the outstanding visitor. Mr.80 words
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Article237 1929-10-09 1026 PENANG APP LICATIOn EXECUTOR NOT a bankrupt. Mr. Justice Spioule heard an r cation ln the Supreme Court St’? I in which Ung Teng Phi terd ‘l of a firm sought to havi a'rS' ordm- made against him T D- p- Hogan with Mr. Hom? 1237 words
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147 1929-10-09 1026 TAMIL TRIBUTE. (From Our Own Correspondent.), Ipoh, October 3 Rev. and Mrs. Browning, who are leaving on Friday for Rangoon en route or lome, were entertained to tea by e Tamil congregation. A beautiful address was presented expressing the congregation s deep sen of147 words
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Article247 1929-10-09 1027 strenuous and heart breakfinest fatal, i» indulgence m „Xnal Chess of statesmanship internal fe tudent of con“irarv and the sudden tempoiH Gustav Stresemann Cnkng reminder, It is not the ek&ly men who a»e going, Ivin the stage but younger people 6 Dr Stresemann was about 0, anf use A247 words
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Article213 1929-10-09 1027 Not many years ago, a young man stood on the footplate of a railway engine and every time he passed a certain house he waved affectionately to his wife and daughters. The cleaner was promoted to engine fiver but the wife continued to take n other people’s washing213 words
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Article429 1929-10-09 1027 A. Marshall - (By A. Marshall) Driving usually betrays characteristics of the controller. As driving a motor car consists of controlling a vehicle which will only do what you permit it to do, the problems associated with it, are concerned largely with the psychology of the driver. The essence of driving429 words
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Article350 1929-10-09 1027 PITT STREET THRILL. WOMAN’S STORY OF TEMPLE SCENE. A Chinese, who described himself as a stall-keeper in a siiow now m Magazine Road, tried to explain to the L’enang Magistrate yesterday, when he was charged with theft of a gold anklet, that lie was new to350 words
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Article60 1929-10-09 1027 INDIAN CHARGED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 3 A “Baby” Austin car, which was lost from Collyer Quay, was located in the possession of a young Indian residing in Weld Road. It had its sequel in the Police Court this morning when Ahmed bin60 words
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984 1929-10-09 1028 A CHIEF ASSISTANT. HEARING CONTINUED TO-DAY. The case against Mohamed Abdul Cader, lately Financial clerk of the George Town Municipality, Penang, of committing criminal breach of trust m respect of sums aggregating $20,G00, was resumed before Mr. N. Ward yesterday. Mr. Shaik Tain by,984 words
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Article444 1929-10-09 1028 $lO FOR “PUSH.” COSTLY PENANG USF OF KNUCKLES A SCOUT BELT FINE. A Malay driver named Noor b. Che Wan, charged before t? Penang Magistrate, Mr. F. K. yesterday with using criminal force a ricsha puller, maintained that he did no such thing but that, following an444 words
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Article609 1929-10-09 1029 SOON THEAM CO. TIN’S SMALL RALLY YESTERDAY. eEK Iy MARKET report. Penang, October 4. r nrice of rubber continues to fail against lOd. share market was weaker .J U was no pressure to sell except /few speculative counters, which Lsequently were marked lower. Ratu Lintangs can be placed at Bentas609 words
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Article125 1929-10-09 1029 PENANG PLEASANTRIES AFTER DECISION. An interesting case in which two tailors sued each other for recoveries of certain sums of money came up for hearing before the Penang District Judge, Mr. N. D. Mudie, yesterday evening. There was a charge and a countercharge in which first Omar125 words
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Article168 1929-10-09 1029 OFFICEBEARERS. At the eight’ll annual general meeting of the Chinese Provident Association, Penang, held in the Chinese Chamber of Commerce on September 30 the followng were elected office-bearers: —Presilent, Mr. Ong Huck Lim; Vice-Presi-lent, Mr. Tan Chin Kim (re-elected); Hon. Secretary, Mr. Chee Loon Joo; Hon. Treasurer,168 words
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Article171 1929-10-09 1029 Mastri, an Indian, was talking very freely, if a little nonsensically, in Beach Street on W ednesday evening, and attracting quite a number of people to himself. One moment he seemed to be chai longing someone in the crowd to a fight, and in another he171 words
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128 1929-10-09 1029 FOUR MONTHS' PRISON. In the Penang District Court yesterday, Y’ap Yoon, a Penning Chinese, •food charged with the theft of a bundle of sarongs which was alleged to have been stolen from the Anglo-Chinese School at Maxwell Road. Inspector Roche, prosecuting, said that the128 words
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94 1929-10-09 1029 RATTAN CURE. Tea Ten Sim, a young Ilylam, 16 .ears of age, was sentenced to receive IO strokes ol the rattan by the Penang District Judge, Mr. N. D. Mudie, yesterday morning for the theft of a bicycle lamp valued at 30 cents. Inspector94 words
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234 1929-10-09 1030 Goh Hong, a Chinese, was apparently destined to live. He tried to hang himself with a thin rope to a tree in Kampong Kolam at 2.30 a.m. two months ago. But the rope broke. He was found with m broken leg and was234 words
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164 1929-10-09 1030 At a social gathering to bo held in the Crescent Star Sports Club in the Club premises at Perak Road on Saturday, October 12 at 5 p.m., there will be an At Home given by the members. During the evening there will be164 words
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Article158 1929-10-09 1030 ARRIVAL IN PENANG. NO OFFICIAL CEREMONY AT BUTTERWORTH. Intimation has been received by the Siamese Consulate, Penang, that Their Majesties the King and Queen of Siam on their return to Siam after their visit to Singapore and Java will pay a visit to Penang. They are due158 words
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Article183 1929-10-09 1030 ONE CASE OF MEASLES. The health statement for the Municipality of George Town, Penang, for the week ending September 28, shows an excess of female births over males by eight out of a total of 92. Compared with the previous week the birth rate fell183 words
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272 1929-10-09 1030 sung El PATANI GOLF beginning of work ON A ROAD (From A Correspondent.) We are aware tft’ IS not always a happy onp J J? usually receives more kicks fL e pence so we refrain from pi bones but we must sternlJ any that272 words
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Article149 1929-10-09 1030 PENANG ACCIDENT SCENE. CHINESE BOY OF 6 INJURED. For about twenty minutes yesterdaj afternoon a portion of Chulia Street near the junction of Love Lane was completely blocked owing to a scene io lowing an accident in which a child o six was knocked down149 words
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Article226 1929-10-09 1031 i a she is many thouS l tUBt flil«s to" 1 the seat of dE Ma ava might be excused if WeX or reading that King fter w S recovering almost nori h her interest and anxiety Ztiy duced The sk» u e V m6 is. however, very226 words
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Article260 1929-10-09 1031 The Soviet authorities in discussing the proposal for a changed working week have, it is evident, been taking H. G. \MeHs to heart. In one of his recent flights of fancy the author of “Mr. Kipps’’ suggested (in “The World of William Clissold”) that it would be260 words
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Article798 1929-10-09 1031 MANAGER’S DRAMATIC STORY. E (From Our Own Correspondent.) q Ipoh, October 4 The inquest into the death of five of t the 24 coolies who were killed in the re- s cent Johan mine disaster began yesterday and concluded to-day. Several witnesses were examined. Eleven Bodies Have798 words
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Article171 1929-10-09 1031 MINING AREAS DISTRESS LETTER FROM LONDON LORD MAYOR. The following letter addressed from the Mansion House, London, has been received by the “Straits Echo’’ from Sir Kynaston Studd, the Lord Major of London: Dear Sir, I am interested in hearing that the -uni of £B9 10s 2d. has171 words
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Article564 1929-10-09 1032 EASY PENANG VICTORY. OFFICIAL APOLOGY ABOUT SEATS. Nearly 7,(X/0 spectators assembled on the Dato Kramat ground yesterday evening to witness the football match between the Medan Sepakat Voetbal Club and a team representing the Penang Mohamedan Football Association. A group photograph of the teams with several564 words
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Article351 1929-10-09 1032 A fresh version of how Inspector Pearson's car collided with a ricsha recently at the junction of Church and Pitt Streets was given in the Penang Police Court yesterday when the hearing was resumed of the case against the Malay driver, Din, who was accused of rash351 words
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Article321 1929-10-09 1032 AROUND TH E MARKETS. BARGAINS in tin. I WHERE PRICES MAY I GIVE WAY. I From the Financial Corr esp()Bdwt I S l’ ot fl9 B Us Mr I h i S T- 3 mont!ls 1'202 I.» I £2 ios.; Singapore SIOH jv? 5 P I sold, Up 50 cents.321 words
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Article100 1929-10-09 1032 GUARD OF HONOUR. (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, October At the Full Dress Budget meeting the Legislative Council on Excellency the Govern.* Eegi by a guard of honour of th The Hon. Mr. Hommant will be sented with the decoration swnrde in the last Birthday Honour100 words
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Article1435 1929-10-09 1033 DOWRIES problem. riSE FOR PROSECUTION V CLOSED. ujjo RECEIPTS” OFFICE. >, jlje resumption ol the case yester- acainst Mohamed Abdul Cader, late W’al Clerk of the George Town Municipality, Penang, (who is charged with criniinul breach of trust unci iulsification of accounts involving amounts totalling $lO,OOO— the1,435 words
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Article493 1929-10-09 1034 CHARGE DISMISSED. PENANG STORY OF LOAN AND SECURITY. THE OTHER GIRL. A handsome young Malay girl named Che Chik binti Abdul Ranee, dreaded in a silk purple sarong with a green silk head gear drawn over her head in oriental fashion, also decked in jewellery, appeared in493 words
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Article295 1929-10-09 1034 WRECK EXPECTED TO-DAY. CHANCES OF, PONTOON CAPSIZING. Herr Duimelaar, the pilot of the Dutch air mail liner which recently came down two miles off Setul, in Siam, arrived in Penang with the mechanic of the machine. The airmen immediately got into touch with the Borneo295 words
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Article146 1929-10-09 1034 [From A Correspondent] Weird stories have been related to me of a ghost which parades the Aier Itam Road at unearthly hours during the night, frightening pedestrians out of their wits and making the watch hark and howl like many tortured souls. Many an eerie146 words
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Article488 1929-10-09 1034 Report. fcT The Share Market ot inactivity, both the priceTdP and Im allowing losses on balance Interest in Rubber shares h™ subsided as the weakness of the raw modify has disappointed would-be T’ chasers, and the market has to a state of complete stagnation d iln fell488 words
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Article960 1929-10-09 1035 I fan AND COMPANY’S Weekly report. tD( -s drastic DROP. Thursday Evening. Tin hue continued on its downward 1 „„d to-day’s closing prices of “’’ciMti and 3 months £2OO shows a week of £8 12s. 6d. and statistics tor last month are eerir not the cause of.960 words
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487 1929-10-09 1035 LOCAL’S CLEAR WIN. I he soccer match between the Medan footballers and the Penang Darul Aihsan 1 ootball Club, was played in the Date Kramat ground on Saturday under adverse weather conditions. There was a thorough downpour at the start of the game, though the487 words
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Article672 1929-10-09 1036 INQUEST EVIDENCE. REFERENCE TO A NOTICE. In his evidence before the Singapore Coroner Baktawar Singh said that shortly before the murder Jewa Singh sent a lawyer’s notice to Sunda Singh in connection with the money the latter owed the former. (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, October672 words
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Article182 1929-10-09 1036 BY THE S. S. “IPOH.” The s.s. “Ipoh” sailed on Saturday with the following passengers from Penang: Air. and Airs. Gilman, Air. and Airs. Gooch, Air. H. Parry, Mrs. C. AV. Ballantyne, the Hon. Capt. and Airs. Meadows Frost, the Hon. Air. P. Al. Robinson, the lion.182 words
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Article240 1929-10-09 1036 REPORT of shareholder^ lhe report of the di r(w .n S'U'gei Bagan Rubber’"c" 1 punted, for the year ended to be submitted to the shark’d!" the meeting to be held on (S" in Singapore shows a net profit period of $47,791.39 tLJ the balance brought Uafd L240 words
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Article182 1929-10-09 1036 TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS SERVICE. Air. H. V. Towner, Colonial Engineer, Straits Settlements, is en route to England bv the s.s. Mantua on retirement from Malaya, after 28 years’ service in the Colony. Mr. Towner, who will be 54 in Januarj next, was appointed to the Governing service in182 words
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Article658 1929-10-09 1037 A .A. ANTHOVY CO.’S daily share list. PbN ang, 11th, 1929. Name of Cornpan" Buyers Sellers Companies Sets Sets T 1„. a 0.75 1.00 AyerWeng 0.274 0 30 Batang Padans 3 I 371 oj?* f ita 0.35 0.374 1.65 1.70 K River 2.574 2.65 Ki 145 Ls l«ih °-w o-m658 words
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Article97 1929-10-09 1037 [io the Editor of the Straits Echo] Sir, 1 have read the letter of ‘‘(’pguards” in your issue oi to-day with surprise, because in going through the Handicaps for the hirst Day of tl e Selangor Races, I gave it as m\ opini >n, in the hearing of97 words
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Article206 1929-10-09 1037 Sir, .Recently a school-boy was sent to the General Post Office to register a letter enclosing $4O. Arriving there at about 7.30 a.m. and the Registration Clerk not being there then, the boy bought and pasted 19 cents stamps on the letter and t hrew it into206 words
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Article70 1929-10-09 1037 Sir, I wish to make an appeal through vour columns to the Chief Police Officer to put a stop to the growing evil of illegal betting that in going on in Penang. One Broking Firm is reported to have furnished a pari of its offices to accomm<xl;ite the70 words
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Article98 1929-10-09 1037 Sir. I have just wturned from frq» on the mail »d and a eoimle of *go, I noticed correspondence in the "StraitEcho” concerning the unsatisfactory condition of the old portion of Chow Thve Road, nearest to Northam Road The old portion of the thinly metalled part of the98 words
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