The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 10 June 1931

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  • 20 1 Straits Erho WEEKLY (MAIL) EDITION. SIS PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CTS. VOL. 29. PENANG. JUNE 10, 1931. No. 23.
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    • 345 1 I CONTENTS*. i i 1 ;i; LEADERS. Junior Civilians And The “Cut” 432 Two Weddings At Indian S The Cost Of Living 417 Association 433 Justices’ Courts 417 .Alleged Quarrel Over.A Song 435 A Terrible Alternative In India 417 Petition To Government' On M Contemptible Slander Of The Council Reform
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    • 126 2 THE STRAITS ECHO WEEKLY EDITION. Published the day prior to the depar* iure of each mail for Europe, it contain* ♦he latest local news originally given in ♦he daily issues as well as the leading >nd special articles. The subscription is $lB per annum, post free to any part of
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  • 477 417 IT remains to be seen whether th» 1 policy of reducing prices—which has been adopted by the Singapore Cold Storage Company, and which will probably be followed by other firms—will be advantageous in the long-run. As far as the company itself is concerned, there is. of
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  • 231 417 rl I IL last has by no means been heard of the proposed courts presided over by -Justices of the Peace. The Government's attitude seems to be that such would be a costly experiment, but that theory is not borne out by those who have given the matter
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  • 733 417 PRIVATE advices from India, just to hand, give somewhat lurid details of the Cawnpoi’e massacres as well ot the policy that probably swayed th j polcc and military authorities in their decision to use the very minimum of force in quelling the riots. The evidence
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    • 26 417 THE straits echo. PUBLISHED DAILY. WEEKLY EDITIONS. Wtaining the new» of the week prHr to departure el Mails tor Europe. Strait» Echo Building. Penang Itoad, Penang.
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  • 1455 418 The very pertinent questions raised by Mr. Koh Leok Hup at the half-yearly general meeting of the Penang 1 uri Club have given rise to considerable comment in local turf circles and it would appear that the authorities are likely to introduce saddle cloth numbers again. Certainly
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  • 122 418 P.C.C. MERCHANTS vs THE REST. The follow ng have been selected to day on Wednesday. 3rd June, 1931 (King's Birthday), on the Esplanade, at 10.30 a.m. Merchants:—A. F. Baughan. G. I Begiev. L. H. Best, P. H. Birt. G. J Carr. W. S. S. Daniel,
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  • 69 418 SUCCESS OF MR R. E. G. L° xfiS PUPILS. Th-, following pupils of Mr. H- E. 1 Long were successful in the music examination of the Trinitv <" lege of Music. London, held at George's School on Mav 2S: Miss Dorothy Fng.‘ Higher (Pass); Miss. I.im
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  • 445 419 legislative council. MR JAMES CRABB*WATT nominated. special general meeting of the ChuHber of Commerce held last after--11 U, U r James Crabb-AA att was unanhnously elected to succeed Mr. P. M. Robinson as the Chamber s nominee on the Legislative Councu. Ur B G
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  • 204 419 MAN DEAD: MISTRESS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. L’ ital results have followed a quarrel between a Chinese man and his mistress in a house in Aboo Sittee Lane. Shortly after 11 o’clock on Monday morning a Chinese woman with her abdomen ripped open and several
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  • 272 419 TAMIL MAN FINED $lOO. While searching for contraband good 1 m board the s.s. Egra, a party ol Monopolies Officers came across two arge cases which aroused their susptjion. A Tamil man who claimed tin jases told them that they contained •atables but on examination
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  • 427 419 STORY OF A TRAP THAT DID NOT WORK. Appearing on a summons, a Malay Constable attached to the Traffic Police pleaded ’not guilty” in the Police Court yesterday to a charge of attempting to receive illegal gratifications from a Chinese bus driver. The story for the
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  • 46 419 CHINESE FINED. A Ch uese, who pleaded “guilty” to two charges of possession of dutiable liquor and fermenting intoxicating liquor without a licence at 163 Chulia Street, was yesterday in the Police Court fined $25 and $5O on th<* respec five- couni
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  • 495 420 THE whole world is in gambling mood to-day, which is merely another indication, if such were necessary. that legislation can never make saints neither is it likely that this old globe would be any the better for it if it could. The gambling spirit is inherent
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  • 592 420 T HERE is a new book in the Penang Library a perusal of which will probably convince the reader that the lit erar v world of London would be the sweeter if the publishers and the authors, one of whom is an ex-convict arid the
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  • 360 420 SlK H MURDER CHARGE IN SINGAPORE. T (Oou. Our Own Correspondent y I-™'--*’ .charged with the murder o f the uatchman of Rangoon R oa d Sch foie Mr. Justice a Beckett Tern-11. m Singapore Assizes, were discharged r the submission of Mr. Battshill V counsel, that the prosecution had’noUl
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  • 69 420 AEROPLANES TO TAKE PART. (Fro,,i Our Own CorrespoudM'-’ Singapore. -W I’reparations nr<- complete an. padaiig i n frtr for holding the r King's Birthday ceremonial P“ n wr the war. For the first ttme > a fleet of bombers and dying y Seletur will take
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  • 527 421 T he IMb' is not merely horse T race in llich 20 f W "MOUghb.; .h Of the year do battle jlw/» gamble by the medium of h varbus Im-k' people m«ke money prizes at the expense of the L fortunate ones, though nowadays I, tl Irish Sweepstake
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  • 318 421 rHE Malayan Birthday Honours List, which we publish elsew her contains no surprises and general! follows the accepted order of recognition for official services. The G.C.M.G. lor Sir Cecil Clementi wih meet with general satisfaction for he has so far successfully steered this country through one of
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  • 130 421 REFORMATORY PUNISHMENT ASKED FOR. Charged with criminal breach of trust of $30.65 belonging to his father, a Chinese lad was yesterday convicted in the Police Court. Accused said that, he took the nionev to repair a bicycle but in the meantime he fell ill and made
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  • 367 421 alleged irregularity BY COUNSEL. (I rom Our Own Correspondent j Ipoh, May 31. During the course of .a trial I’r alleged murder. before Mr Justice Crabb-Watt at Ipoh an application was successfully made b» the Deputy Public Prosecutor, win was conducting the prosecution, to have the
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  • 64 421 CHINESE PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT. Chines»' named Koh Soo Mee pleaded guilty in the Police Court yesterday to a charge of house trespass an»l theft. Accuse»! is said to have entered house No. 573. Jelutong Road and run away with $2 belonging t»> one f)ng
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  • 795 422 LEAGUE FIXTURE. BOATMEN’S UNION AND P. 0. R. C. I'he Penang Soccer League fixture on the Dato Kramut ground yesterday evening between the Post Office Recreation Club and the Boatmen’s Union was left undecided after an exhibition of fisticuffs between two players. The referee, Mr. Teoh
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  • 121 422 CHINESE ASKED TO SHOW CAUSE. On an order to show cause why he should not be bound over, a Chinese named Tan Ah Seng was produced before the Police Magistrate yesterday by Detective Inspector Cordon. For the prosecution a detective stated that lie. found accused holding
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  • 73 422 80 TAHILS OF NON-GOVERNMENT CHANDU. A partv of Monopolies < ifficers who searched a boat in Harbour on Saturday morning are said to have come across So tahils of non-Government chandu. As a result a man named Ang Lee appeared before the Police Magistrate
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  • 484 422 SPEND LESS ON WEDDINo AND SHOW. In the course of a lecture ii tai w 1 l s eh him at Hie Penang ‘««tyriday night words aw, p eki r indi(Ja e onng of the prestige of a section o ft Mohmnedan Community, on
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  • 677 423 OVER I*oo° TROOPS. RESIDENT COUNCILLOR takes the salute. Kain .ml thunderclouds greeted dawn of the King Birthday in I’enans! Yesterday. hut as '< by r.nu-nt the elements were ‘Er best behaviour for a short lile to enable enthusiastic crowds to *'k to the Mo Ground to witness
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  • 88 423 DAMAGES SUIT AGAINST PETER CHONG CO. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, June 2 An Indian bookseller, Suleiman, who claimed $5,000 damages from Messrs. Peter Chong and Company for alleged loss of reputation through the latter having the former's premises searched, was unsuccessful to-day when Mr. Justice Thorne
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  • 94 423 FORMER EMPLOYEE’S CLAIM SUCCEEDS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh. June 2 Mr. Justice Pritchard delivered judgment in favour of A. U. Das. who claimed from Dr. \V. A. Rogers salary in lieu of notice etc, awarding A. U. Das $909 in lieu of notice
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  • 217 423 WORK IN HANI). SITE SELECTED NEAR AYER ITAM. A Mala, Svttl, inent J-.lmng ot t u .n«!s Ol the on,, in Singapore will soon be an accomplished fact. Some time ago a request was made <> his Excellency (he Governor by the lenang Malays lor a
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  • 245 423 DR. ALFRED MISTOWSKI. 1 he Board of Trinity College of Music (London) announce Dr. Alfred Mistowski as the Examiner for the College in Practical Subjects: Pianoforte, Organ, Violin. Singing. Elocution, etc. He has examined candidates in Penang and :s now in Kuala Lumpur, Dr. Mistowski
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  • 642 424 correspondent raises a very perr\ tinent question when lie enquires wh\ the price of bread remains at almost war-time lev d in spite of the drop in the price ol wheat and the general readjustment of price values in other articles. Much has been said reccntlv
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  • 152 424 TWO WOMEN AMONG ACCUSED. For gaming in pub! c. on the live-foot-vay in Maxwell Road, with Chiki cards >n .June 3 six Chinese were found guilty uid fined S 2 each, after the evidence if the police constables, who made the irrrst. In another
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  • 187 424 CHINESE CHARGED Sentence was postponed in the Police Court yesterday on a Chinese who pleaded guilty to dishonestly retaining a driving I conee and two pawn ticketa charge alternative to one of theft preferred against him. Court Inspector Nunn, explaining the /hargo. said that accused.
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  • 476 424 HAUL ON STEAMER. INGENIOUS DEVICES To hide contraband. Despite the vigilance of tlu u and women re ‘•n-rviinr oh undeterred ,i s 1,1 '""«s fines of $U ml over haw been frequent in the K ™-t Court on those whose guilt V) ■>eeu proved, but notwithstanding
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  • 204 425 names of the successful competitors. The following are the names of the successful competieach of whom received a cheque for 8111.11 to-day: 01 Mr See Peng Khoon, 30 Penang Road, Penang. Mr Lim Kim Teow, 41A McAlister Road, Penang. Mr. Khoo Eng Teong, 199 D Bangkok
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  • 310 425 CLAIMED TO BE THE PRESENT MACE. A controversy as to the age of the Mace of the House of Commons has been revived by the librarian of the City of Westminster. He states definitely that the Mace carried before the Speaker to-day is the actual Cromwellian “bauble.”
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  • 135 425 THREE CHINESE CHARGED. Two electric torches, two chisels and i gimlet are alleged to have been found in the possession of three Chinese wh > were arrested on suspicion by the Defective Police at 31, Cintra Street early /esterclay morning. The men were proluced
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  • 119 425 CAR CRASHES INTO TREE AT ROADSIDE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, June 1 A party of Europeans, consisting of Mr. Duggan. Mr. and Mrs. Goldsmith and a member of the Air Base, had a nasty accident when returning from a dance at Selvtar on Saturday. The
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  • 196 425 H. H. THE REGENT’S SECOND SON. 1 lie u< ibliig members of the Aiding House ol Kedah took place at Alor Star week when lunku Abdul Aziz, the second sun ol 11. JI. The iegent, was married to Tunku Kobiah. :he daughter of H. 11.
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  • 116 425 STEERING WHEEL THAT GAVE WAY. Ipoh, June 4. Cheah Swee Hock, driver of Penang •ar Xo. 673. was charged at the Taipng Police Court with causing the death if Leehuman Singh, a milkman, but owing to the Police inquiries being inomplete the hearing was adjourned,
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  • 91 425 CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF SEDITIOUS LITERATURE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Suga pore. June 1. Sixteen Chinese of diff rent dialects .md one European, believed to' be a French, were charged in the Police Court this morning, with possession,ot i quantitv of sedit oils literature. The rrests
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  • 594 426 POLICE BEAT P. C. C. SURPRISE VICTORY BY 5 GOALS TO 2. On then own ground yesterday evening the Straits Settlements Police Football team provided the surprise of the present Penang Soccer League season by defeating the Penang Cricket Club to the tune of five goals to
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  • 306 426 .1 EWELL ER Y TRAN S A C TIO N. MAH JONG FOR SMALL STAKES. Charged with criminal breach of trust •f jewellery a Chinese named Chong i hoon Loong was in the District Court lock vest rday. Accused w«us arrested on a warrant on the
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  • 75 426 OVER 1,000 GUESTS PRESENT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore. June 4 I’he King’s Birthday ball at Governnent House last night was a brilliant «ueeess. Ov r a thousand guests were nresent and the function was as enjoyiblc as ever, although regrets w'cre felt it the
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  • 404 426 THREE NEW J. p 8 Among the Birthday Hr, •‘mung His Excellency the '■"mstern.g the Government i “fc? rn His .Majesty the King h aa L > t-<i to award Certificate of H„„ P Inehe .Mohamed House bin Che eogmtmn of his toval and val I|‘“ SetdXnte.
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  • 282 427 CHEQUE ALTERATIONS escape detection. Singapore. June 4. lilt tilSt in which the National City I of New York sued the Ho Hong forth- reeoverv of S8.!O), wWeh “.m-needon Tuesday More Mr. Palgrave Simpson. was conclud ed to-day. The eage is one of an unusual nature
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  • 514 427 ‘GREENHALLERS” beat RECREATION CLUB. Thu “Greenhallers" met and defeated the Butterworth Recreation Club on Wednesday, in a low scoring but exciting match, by the narrow margin oi 3 runs on the first innings. Winning the toss, the B.R.C. sent the “Greenhallers” n to bat. The “Greenhallers"
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  • 226 427 CHARGES OF GIVING FALSE INFORMATION. Money-lenders mustered strong in the Police Court yesterday afternoon when three of their numbers appeared to answer charges of giving false informal on to the District Court clerk in relation to judgment notices. The accused were two Sikhs named Para Singh and
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  • 153 427 CAUGHT OUTSIDE SECOND HAND SHOP. Charged with the theft of a motor cm mediator or alternatively with retaining stolen property on June 2, Hor Wah 'Maimed trial before the Police Magistrate, Mr. E. Jago, yesterday. Complainant, a Chinese blacksmith, in his evidence stated that he sent
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  • 84 427 NOT THE FIRST TIME. Arising out of a charge of disorderly conduct in Argyll Road on Tuesday last Munisamy and his wife were convicted on their own plea nf guilty and fined $4 each by Mr. Jago yesterday. Munisamy mentioned in his plea that
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  • 139 428 ENROLLED ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. J'liu in w company ot Butterworth Girl Guides was enrolled on Thursday afternoon by Mrs. T. G. Husband, the Division Commissioner tor Penang and Province Wellesley, at her house in Butterworth. The company under Mrs. G I Guenin promises very
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  • 123 428 LAND OFFICE CLERKS’ CASE POSTPONED. The two Land Office clerks indicted with criminal breach of trust were again before the District Judge yesterday, when the charge against one of them was altered to one of aiding and abetting. Mohamed Yusoof bin Othman is charged with criminal
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  • 54 428 $lO FINE OR TWO WEEKS GAOL. Having pleaded guilty to the charge of being a stowaway on board the s.s. Takliwa, on her voyage from Rangoon te Penang, a man named Richards was fined $lO or in default I I days by Mr. E. Jago in
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  • 63 428 CONVICTION BY POLICE MAGISTRATE. For voluntarily causing hurt to Manikarn in Penang Road on June 3. Mydin pleaded guilty to the charge preferred against him. Court Inspector Nunn, who prose cuted, said that the complainant was in hospital. The accused hit him with his
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  • 187 428 SUCCESSFUL HUNT OF MR. C. H. TOUSSAINT. Singapore, May ‘29 Mi. C. H. Toussaint, the well-known shot and shikari, bagged a fine specimen of a tigress a short distance from his bungalow on Tuesday night. Mr.Toussaint. who is manager of Taitek Estate Kota Tinggi, sat
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  • 127 428 IPOH MEETING. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, June I. hollowing the meet ng ol the F.M.S. Chamber of Mines. Chinese miners held a meeting to discuss the Tin Quota >ehemc, Mr. Leong Sin Nam presiding ki'ter a lengthy discussion, several resolutions were passed, including a
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  • 70 428 CHINESE CONVICTED. I'wo previous convictions having been proved against him, the Chinese named Lee Ah Kow, who was recently convicted of theft of a cycle lamp from the five-foot way of the Cold Storage in Penang Road, was yesterday sentenced ).v the District Judge
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  • 503 428 NO WATER SUPPLY I repairs to main causes! INCONVENIENCE. I Thousands of residents in 1k.,, v I ,nnt and Ayer Itam 1{ OW 8 an j I rounding area were without jater till 8.30 o'clock I Much to their surprise householders I A oke
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  • 530 429 ~n KLN i in London on Thursdiiy I C l. Mr Arthur Henderson, p"£t eM of the World Dis- "t Conference of 1932. stated h ,st statesmen had only I", as an interlude in the r linns He built ''is hopes world Zt instructive idea, turn
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  • 447 429 T* HE proposal of the Government ti cut temporary allowances by fiftv per cent, has met with protest from a section of the Subordinate Civil Service. It is undeniable that, equitable though this may be. the cut affects the various grades of Government Ser wants n unequal degree.
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  • 372 429 THE RESULTS. 11l- following pupils have been successful in the Music Examination held •n the Convent on the 29th May, 1931, by Dr. Mistowski:— Intermediate Division. Cheah Poh Soon (with Honours) Josephine Davidson (Pass), Mercy Duke (Pass). Barbara Eber (Pass), Phlern llastiseoi (Pass). Ursula Khow
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  • 623 430 INTERESTING LECTURE AT HU YEW SEAH. How Geography has influenced the history of nations was explained by S. M. Zainul Abid n. of the staff of the Penang Free School, in a highly instructive address he delivered to a large gathering at the Hu Yew Scab
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  • 389 430 INCREASED DEATH RATE LAST WEEK. The death rate in George Town during he last week shows an increase ovei Jiat of the week previous and even )Ver the corresponding week of last year, while similarly the birth rate is lower riiere have been 81 deaths
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  • 1519 430 resident councillor present. 1,1 ,I,t presence of a large aid «‘■""•'ve gathering the remain, ,ate Mr. Loke Chow Thye wk > occurred last Saturday? were jejt yeaterday at M, Erskilll Rluup at 10 the cortege left a, I nntonuwnt Road, the body
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  • 125 431 i From Oi>r Own Correspondent.) Ipoh. June 5. His Highness the Sultan of Perak and he British Resident visited Batu Gajah vesterd iv. where the annual Alalay Carnival was held The programme pro-,-id'd for Athletic Sports. Afalav National gam-s-. fancy dross football ■natch betve-on the
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  • 479 431 ALLEGED CRIMINAL FORCE. BUS DRIVER’S COMPLAINT OF ILL-TREATMENT. A charge oi using criminal force to me Mohamed Sheriff bin Shaik Mydin it Alugazine Police Station on or about hinuary 24 was preferred against a police constable named Che Alan bin Dsman. He was further charged with wrongfully
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  • 477 432 STORY OF POLICE TRAP TO CATCH ACCUSED. Assuming the role ol an unemployed European not averse to earning some asy money, Detective Inspector Hum was instrumental in frustrating the efforts of three Ipoh Chinese named Tan Cheng Yin. Chan Heng and Chung Yat to cheat
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  • 475 432 IMPRESSIVE SERVICE. VOLUNTEERS TAKE PART IN CELEBRATIONS. The solemnity of the feast of Corpus t ln sti was c lebrated at the Church of 'he Assumption. Penang, yesterday vlien large congregations attended both the High Mass in the morning and the Vespers and Benediction of
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  • 268 432 think it BETTER to S A v NO MORE ABOUT IT. Ihe recent reduction in t le the subject of u Z»**"** the meeting ~i Connnittee Jun or Civil Servants' e Saturday at their Club "'ll'"" Green Lane. H I Though it was generally Weed
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  • 172 432 ALLEGED ASSAULT IN KELAWEI ROAD. A charge of alleged assault was preerred against Yeoh Teik Swee and hb wo daughters Gnat Imm and bust 'heng on Hoe Gnat Joo. a Chinese schoolgirl. Ap|M»aring for the prosecution. Mr Soon Chee asked the Police Magistrate o amend th- charge
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  • 527 433 S HALL BRITAIN GO BANKRUPT. report of the Royal Co.n T n „Oon 0" Unemployment nsur 1 Great Britain has already "“j storm of P rotest fr n r,ISPd t. wine Labourites and the r*" I Unionists- a" l even the oppon""of the dole characterise it at "L tc though
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  • 319 433 VV7E hope the Government has not VV forgotten its promise to give very lareful consideration to the suggesion made by Mr. Lim Cheng San al (he last meeting of the legislative Council that special Courts Resided over by Justices of the .-’eace should he. instituted
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  • 198 433 YESTERDAY’S FUNCTION. Two weddings were solemnized at (he Indian Association Hall, Dato Kra mat Road yesterday afternoon. The contracting parties were Mr. Gurusamy. son of Mariyaee Muthuveru of Mariamman Kovil and Miss Kasiammal. daughter of Sengamalam Pachimuthu >f Mariamman Kovil; and Mr. Suppyab son of
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  • 149 433 PARADE AND GARDEN PARTY. Alor Star observed 11. M the King s Birthday by holding a parade of Police and Boy Scouts on the padang in front i-l the Balei Besar, where there was a gal hi ring of Officials and represenatives of the general
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  • 141 433 OFFICE-BEARERS. At the annual general meeting of the Youngsters’ Recreation Club held on ?ridav at the Club premises the follow ng were elected to form the Committee or 1350:—President, H. TL Tenku \bdulrahman; Vice-Presidents, Megat 4afee and Che Md. Sultan; Hon. Sec. etary. Che Emby bin S.
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  • 146 433 JUDGMENT RESERVED. The Police Magistrate, Mr. E. Jago, reserved judgment till the 11th instant in the case of Tara Singh, who was charged with giving false information to the District Court clerk regarding judgment summonses. Accused in his defence said that he issued judgment notices
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  • 1374 434 PERAK BEAT KEDAH BY 5 GOALS TO I. WINNERS’ BETTER COMBINATION: PLAY DESCRIBED IN DETAIL Superior team-work won for Perak their Malaya Cup Match against Kedah at Alor Star on Saturday. Every man in the eleven did his bit to win and the
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  • 69 434 RESULTS OF YESTERDAY S COMPETITIONS. The following arc the results o Chinese Swimming Chib conipo held vesterday:— 100 Metres Breast Stroke la« (1) Ng Kam Goon ‘Dolphins, (2) Ooi Boon Lay ‘Seals Team Cheow 11 in ‘I dolphins I earnTime 1’ 52 15”. p 2o<i Metres Breast
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  • 738 435 UK HOlitol situation in China is T L 1 ».-iin under a cloud. "to the institution of a rigid Oiving to t le bunking Oo«Morslup > diaeu t to arr i V e at au er “T I oainion concerning the sigm«Uparl'al L, events that are taking 6canc Lublic
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  • 169 435 A FT Ell a long spell of sojourn in the desert of barren endeavour, the Brails Chinese British Association is t last justifying its existence as a •üblic body. At its last Committee meeting the uinutrs of which are reproduced else,here. it tackled a variety of subjects roin
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  • 74 435 GARRISON FIFTEEN FROM SAIGON. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, June 8. Considerable interest has been aroused n rugger circles over the arrangements icing made for a French rugby team o vis’t Malava from Saigon towards the •nd of the year. It is understood that
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  • 88 435 CYCLIST FINED $3. For d.sobeying the order of a p dice iflficer while riding his bicvclc at the unction of Pitt Street and Light Street, Wee Toh Swee was fined S 3 in the '\Jiec Court yesterday. Pleading gu’ltv accused add d that the brakes of
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  • 300 435 r,WO INJURED IN FIGHT IN ARGYLL ROAD. Music ia led to charm a company of Mianghai men who lasi night at Argyll mad Set upon a couple of Cantonese A lu 11 Is alleged, were singing songs 10l qii.te to their liking. Shortly altvr 7.30
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  • 179 435 EUROPEAN LADY MADE THE VICTIM. (From Our Own (,’oit. spondent.) S ngaporc, June 8. An European ladv mimed Mrs. Dul,(?rg was the complainant in a bug natclrng ease mentioned before the s corn! Magistrate th s morning. It ppears that Mrs. Dulverg was sitting in
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  • 1662 436 DECISION 01 PENANG S. C. B. A. MANY PUBLIC QUESTIONS DISCUSSED AT COMMITTEE MEETING. > > «►x Council reform was one of the many subjects that were discussed :it a recent meeting of the Committee of the Straits Chinese British Association. In view of
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  • 222 437 IPOH CLUB CHEATED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, June 8 P. T. Hornley was charged with cheating by falsely representing himself to be a member of the Perak Chib and, under such pretences, with having obtained five dollars and also a glass of whisky and cigarettes
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  • 64 437 SING APORE LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS. EA>LV m Om Own Correspondent.) Th,. Sin„ B Singapore. June 8 '""'nienced Cham P ionshi P 8 Wnble f t e k-end and the most ’'“••’apXt an ’I 18 beei th SUCCeBS Of lln S before them^T?-° ca 7 ied everv 'be finals in i
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  • 823 437 (Krom Our Own Correspondent.; Singapore, June 9 Mr. Justice Palgrave Simpson delivered a judgment of considerable interest to banking circles this morning in connection with the case in which the. National City Bank of New York sued the Ho Hong Bank. The action concerned a cheque dated
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  • 229 437 CHINESE CHARGED IN POLICE COURT. In the Police Court yesterday morning. a Chinese named Tan Joo Lin was charged with having no ostensible means of subsistence and unable to give a satisfactory account of himself at the Esplanade. The prosecution conducted by Detective Inspector Gordon
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