The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 8 July 1931

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  • 20 1 Straits Echo WEEKLY (MAIL) EDITION. $lB PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CTS. VOL. 29. PENANG, JULY 8, 1931. NO. 27.
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    • 328 1 CONTENTS. LEADERS. OUTSTATION NEWS. POPULARISING THE USE OF THE GENERAL MEETING OF PERAK AIR MAIL 501 TURF CLUB 503 NEW CHINESE CONSUL IN PENANG.. 505 PREPARING FOR WORLD ALLEGED AGĔNT FOR SALE OF DISARMAMENT 500 FORGED NOTES 506 STEAMER OVERDUE AT COLOMBO.. 507 A GIRDLE ROUND THE EARTH 508 MALAYA
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    • 126 2 THE STRAITS ECHO. WEEKLY EDITION. Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, it contains the latest local news originally given in the daily issues as well as the leading and special articles. The subscription is $lB per an num, post free to any part of
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  • 1030 501 A Kedah subscriber recently sent in a complaint that a letter posted to him by Air Mail from London to Malaya, via Karachi, and which left Scotland on April 30 did not reach him until May 26. a week later than date of
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  • 516 501 Mr. D. C. Thomson arrived here yesterday from Singapore by the s.s. Klang. Mr. J. A. Symes of Paya Kamunting Estate, Jitra, has returned from England. It is reported that Mr. J. D. Hall will succeed the Hon. Mr. T. W. Clayton as British Adviser, Kedah. Mr.
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    • 27 501 the straits echo. PUBLISHED DAILY. weekly EDITIONS containing the NEWS of the week prior to departure of mails for EUROPE. STRAITS ECHO" BUILDING. PEN ANO ROAD. PENANG.
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  • 1657 502 AUDITOR IN WITNESS BOX. ALL SHAFTO’S SALARY CHEQUES CASHED BY CASHIER. rhe hearing was resumed yesterday before Mr. 11. A. Eorrer, District Judge, of the case in which Mr. Khoo Ngoh Aw, late Cashier of Messrs. Mansfield Co., Ltd., stands charged with aiding
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  • 92 502 Sentence Deferred. Arrested as a result of a raid conducted bDetective Inspector Hunt, an elderly*7*’ woman named Che binti Ahmad, allege be the keeper of a disorderly house. WF duced before Mr. E. Jago in the Police and charged under lhe Women and ren’s Protection
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  • 50 502 ALLEGED POSSESSION Of DELETERIOUS DR UGS. Case Transferred To Dis*ri«* Court. A Chinese named Yeo yesterday produced before trate. Mr. E. Jago and in his possession in house Jia Lane, deleterious drugs m syrms After the accusation hadwe, y the accused. His Worship transie co the District Court nd $l,OOO/-.
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  • 887 503 [H ,i»man reports cuts all round. i apneral meeting of the Perak Hie annual Mr p G short Turf Club os M I Report and Ac sfto>”^^ March3l ,931f0r Option, he said. auf Accounts have The nds fo r the prescribed period own hi
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  • 145 503 C. R. C. Beat P. C. C. The following are the results of lhe Tennis matches played yesterday between the P. C. C. and the C, R. C.: Cheah Wat Hye and Cheah Wat Sun beat Two Men And A Woman Fined $3O Each. G. Aste and D.
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  • 98 503 Two Chinese. Chan Eng Soon and Chan Kai Seng and a woman named Tan Tec yesterday appeared before lhe Police Magistrate for sentence. The charges against the accused were possessing and distilling intoxicating liquor without licences. All the accused had pleaded guilty on Saturday last. Mr.
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  • 153 503 Alleged Culprit Arrested. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, June 25. In connection with the double murder which occurred at Pulau Tekong recently, the Singapore police, after many days’ investigations, arrested the alleged culprit, who has been remanded pending further inquiries. The Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long
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  • 535 503 Extortion Charge. REFUSED TO TAKE MONEY OFFERED IN TRAP. The case was continued yesterday afternoon jefore the Police Magistrate, Mr. E. Jago, ol i police constable named Sahid bin Hassan vho was charged with attempting to receive ui illegal gratification from a bus-driver. At the previous hearing
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  • 122 503 2,100 Tins Of Cigarettes. On a charge of dishonestly receiving stolen uopertv. two Chinese were yesterday pro tuced ’before lhe Police Magistrate. Mr. E. Jd lt is alle'-ed lhat the accused knowingly -ccived on’ June 26 at Prangin Road. 2 ases containing 1.200 Double Ace
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  • 852 504 Temporary Allowances. CIRCULAR TO BE ISSUED ANNOUNCING CUT. An ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held at tne Municipal Chamber yesterday afternoon.* Mr. O. W. Bryant, President, presided and the others present included Messrs. W. D. Horne, Khoo Sian Ewe, Yeoh Chcang Ann, E. Newbold,
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  • 516 504 COLOURS SCORE RUNAWAY VICTORY. The Malaya Cup Trial Match played on the padang yesterday between the Colours and the Whites resulted in a victory for the former by 6 goals to nil. The teams lined up as follows: Colours:— Bachan Singh; Bian Thong, Fleming; Huck
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  • 465 504 BEATEN by the rest. Pions?'he cafrom among the side played on the former’s ground on i The opponents of the Chinese L? ly the stronger side but oin? ere things muel/tbcr own% al ?„X m e s ccond gave clear Ptooi or abilities Of the champions. A
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  • 69 504 Win For Penang A. C- s The following arc the resets o*' c match played on Saturday*on Courts between the Anglo-Cnine Penang and Singapore:- fit Cheah Wat Han (A.C.S. Pc^T 2 pl Gim Lock (A.C.S. Singapore) Khoo Sian Tatt (A.C.S. pt Khik Hoo «A.C.S. Singai»«> »SLeong Kam
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  • 632 505 nrpttv nearly to the "W E nX’ of example,” said tin Prime Minister during his statement Br.ush Prun House of Commons. by thc flgurK fl* claim In both the naval and IMI IK Xu he «as able to point to sub’'■hcre!,S in mnCC AraCr Cl W.n
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  • 366 505 Vote Of Condolence On Death Of Mr. Loke Chow Thye. Kuala Lumpur, July 1. Nhne shareholders were present at the fourth annual general meeting of Hong Fatt Sungei Bcsi. Limited, held at the office of thc Scretaries, Messrs. Walter Grenier and Company, yesterday
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  • 100 505 11l Singapore En Route From Manila. From Our Own Correspondent.* Singapore, July 1. It is reported that Mr. Chieh Siong, Vic. Consul for China at Manila, is due in Singapore in a few days en route to Penang to tak up reins of the Chinese
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  • 554 505 Mr E. Ross Hine, of Seremban. has gone home on leave. Mr. G. C. Miller left by the mail train lasi night lor Singapore on business. Mr. Hopkins has succeeded Mr. D. McNiven as sub-agent of the Seremban Chartered Bank. A Johore Gazette Extraordinary notifies lhe Appointment
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  • 867 506 Amateur Meeting. LADIES WIN THREE RACES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) There was a good attendance at the Kedah Gymkhana Club Meeting at Alor Star on Saturday, among those present being H.H. The Sultan of Kedah, H.H. The Sultan of Perak, H.H. 'Flic Regent, and H.H. Tunku Mahmud.
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  • 259 506 Educated J avanese On Cheating Charge. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Juno 30. Allegations that (he accused stated he had come from the Dutch East Indies as an agent lor the sale of illicit chandu and forged Straits and Dutch currency notes, was
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  • 597 506 COMPATRIOTS’ DINNER I# MR- V. K. ABDUL KARar. In honour of his appointment ol the Peace for Penang Mr v k Kadar, manager of Messrs R p L Abda Kassim co., was the of a dinner given by the Indian MiiSS,* 1 chants of Penang,
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  • 630 507 Police Beaten By Young P Barrack Rangers. Ri n a a own ground yesterday by he on th Earlv misfortunes and the the sap away from a team 'vol l balanced and businesslit'- Rangers' strong hall'back Afwr rf e Police attack under subjection, jie had Po fdpnce and foresight
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  • 502 507 Yesterday’s Ceremony. RESIDENT COUNCILLOR’S TRIBUTE. In the presence of a large number of his erstwhile colleagues and superiors, Mr. Mohamed Rouse bin Chee received the Certificate of Honour and the insignia of office at the hands of the Honourable the Resident Councillor yesterday
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  • 126 507 Consigned On Two O.S.K. Boats. The increased activities in the wharf that began last week still continue unabated. Tin and rubber are being brought to the godowns in larger quantities daily and heavy shipments leave the port. In the two O. S.
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  • 90 507 POSSIBLE WRECKAGE FEARED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, June 30. A mild sensation has been caused in local shipping circles on receipt of the news that the steamer “Fager” from Bangkok for Colombo is nine days overdue at the latter port. The ship carried wireless and
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  • 244 507 Kuala Lumpur Youth's Venture. Driven purely by a spirit of adventure born in him during his school days in Natal, a young Indian of Kuala Lumpur has set out on push cycle trip to London. This twenty-onc-ycar old youth. R. M. Rajoo, was born
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  • 264 507 McCoy—Edmonds. The wedding took place at St. Mark’s Church Seremban, on Saturday, of Miss Gladys Muriel Edmonds, of the tutorial staff of the AngloChinese school, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Edmonds, popular residents of Scrcmban. and Mr. Charles Richard McCoy, on the staff of
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  • 1287 508 WHEN Shakespeare wrote of putting a girdle round the earth, he soared from the plains of fact to the heights of fancy, but to-day in the year of grace 1931, two airmen have emulated Prospero's elfin spirit and circled the world in eight and a
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  • 513 508 Mr. Steen Sehested has loft t Pur on business. left for Kuala Mr. W. H. from Bagan Datoh by U Messrs. Maeda anJl^T hi 10 Smssapore by the null irafe niijh* Mr. Chung Ah Ming, M s r was on a visit to Penang,’ Ipoh. s nas
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  • 1434 509 progress I» tonnT OF MUNICIPAL fcPOR ENGINEER. In report M J Ca ThorPC says: Kl The the building boom towards the falling 3 f orevious to tnat under reend of more time to be devoted to view enabl i e me S which had bCCn held
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  • 658 509 ZAIN’S GREAT GAME AT CENTRE FORWARD. The Malay Sporting Club who met an “A” ream of the Penang Cricket Club in a game ot soccer on the Esplanade yesterday, fully deserved their clear-cut victory of 4 goals to 1. owed their success largely
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  • 1288 510 THE great success of the session of the Round Table Conference held in London last year was the adoption of the Federation ideal for the new constitution of India. It was the only form of government possible for an Empire which is larger in extent than Europe, with
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  • 494 510 l»r<. ‘t,’ r Lieut. R. MacDonald, MC pointed Acting Captain, M.SY.R Messrs. Chung Chee Lena’s and Wlt has lw next month. nang «W tin» V A R C n h?? S i iOn Second Lie «tenant m V. R. has been granted to Mr D m» 8
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  • 256 511 ntVfiEROUS DRIVING IN daN penano road. uced Sed with driving his motor car o8S Penan- Road negligently or at a s j, 7528 m Penan- angerous t 0 the public. oSdick of the Traffic Branch who Inspector that while on duty m Penang St. at
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  • 354 511 Visit Of Inspection To Naval Base. Monday, June 22 Mr A. J. Harding arrived at Government House. Tuesday. June 23 Mr. L. J. Schmitt had luncheon at Government House. Hon. Mr. W. D. Barron and Mrs. Barron and Mr. E. Rhodes dined at Government House. Wednesday, June
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  • 660 511 INDIAN R. C. BEAT SEPOY LINES R. C. The soccer match on the Daio Kramat padang between the Indian Recreation Club and tne Sepoy Lines Recreation Club, resulted in a win lor thc former by thc comfortable margin of 5 goals to 1. Thc
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  • 772 511 fourth Session. CHINESE ARRESTED ON MAY DAY. Onlj lour trials are listed for the fourth session ol the Penang Assizes that opens totnorroA’, presided over by His Lordship Mr. Justice N. H. P. Whitley. Of these three arc charges of possession of seditious literature and one
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  • 651 512 DUTY in itself is (lull and duller still as the subject of a homily, but Mr. Ong Joo Sun made his lecture on “The Performance of Duty" at the Hu Yew Seah entertaining as well us instructive. He did not hesitate to tackle his subject
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  • 631 512 IT is doubtful whether there has been in recent times a British Government whose existence itas so often been jeopardised as has the present Labour Ministry. When it came into power for the second time in without a working majority, the chances ol a long life were
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  • 442 512 Mi A. J. Harding, c.Mr, n nial Audit, who ha<? 1» ni r... proceeding home by the G<.vern, l ien“En/S «I spending the school holidays H E. the Governor has boon m Fnnoh e A “t‘ u d Au "®in de rtmh Consular agent in Penang UrBU
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  • 2821 513 SOME INTERESTING SPEECHES. guest in the house of RIMMON. 77u' h'Oh Rotary Club, which had the honour of receiving its Charter from the hands 0/ the Hon. Mr. C. IV. Cochran Chief Secretary of F. M. S., had the /Measure of entertaining that
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  • 102 514 Brains And Leader Of Gang Of Crooks. (From Our Own Correspondent.» Singapore, July 1. An educated Javanese. Tuan Raja Muara, and his accomplice, an Indian Mohamedan, Daud, were to-day found guilty on charges of cheating and were sentenced to two years' and cne year’s rigorous imprisonment respectively.
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  • 972 514 Perak Beaten. THRILLING MALAYA CLP MATCH. A record crowd assembled on the Esplanade on Saturday to witness the Malaya Cup Football Match between Perak and Penang. Long before the appointed time, every enclosure was packed to its full capacity while the walls of the fort were
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  • 165 514 Too Many Applications For Orchestra. (From Our Own Correspondent!. Singapore, July 2. Ihe response to the request for helpers Io take part in the opening ceremony of the Memorial Hall organ has been very satisfactory. On the orchestral side it exceeded all expectations and the
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  • 161 514 I poll Miner Helps Police To Make Arrest. (From Our Own Correspondent)Ipoh, July 3Liew Thoan was produced in thc Court to-day and charged with attempted extortion. The police allege that accused senta letter to a miner demanding $6OO within three days, otherwise he would be shot.
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  • 463 515 Mayo. W,NS lf rom Cur Own Correspondent). Ipoii, July 5. nf the Perak Turf Club r lC °Rac(?meeting provided excellent and SaMCr S The weather was fine and SX Conditions were ideal. The five c 0 »„ioht record was broken th.e~ ’’succession and the
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  • 593 515 Rodrigo 120. EASY VICTORY AT SUNGEI PATANI. Penang beat Kedah at cricket at Sungei Patani on Saturday aiul Sunday by 4 wickets and 117 runs. Batting first, Kedah scored 78 in one hour and twenty minutes. Penang had scored 116 for 9 when stumps were
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  • 345 515 EUROPEANS’ POOR START AGAINST THE REST. ’From Our o.vn Correspondent.) Thn Singapore, July 3. CrirkH fe -Tn i m erest centred in the Annual Rest uL m et en the Eur °P cani > and the turned by the largc crowd which thl 1 dup at the
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  • 280 515 Two Youths Charged In Penang. The loss of a motor car in Singapore some days ago had its sequel in the Police Court yesterday, when Detective Inspector Hall produced two Eurasians Peter Mudes and Ivan iNcubronncr and preferred a charge against them of theft of
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  • 978 516 Not To Be Forgotten. ADMINISTRATION OF I .M.S. IN 1930. "My regret al saying farewell to the country which 1 have served for close on thirtytwo years is increased by the fact that I am leaving it at a period of such acute depression. Courage
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  • 190 516 Successful Meet At Kuala Lumpur. (From Our Own Correspondents Kuala Lumpur. July 5 The Malayan Kennel Association, which is affiliated with the Kennel Club. London, held a Summer Dog Show yesterday evening al Read Lodge buildings and it was a great success. The entries were classified
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  • 136 516 Towkay’s House Raided. Kuala Lumpur, July 2. Through smart preventive work. Mr. A. H. Gridley. Assistant Superintendent of the Customs Department here, raided Towkay Thro Muk Sang's premises at Sungei Lalang in the Kajang District last night and arrested the towkay for smuggling foreign
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  • 550 516 founder OF HU yfu SEAH tW Hsien, Chin'a of' Mr''ch<Ln’' Which came a S a shock .„T Tl “>" h of his friends and TquaimaS and i.O the still larger nuraft have known him only by ivnntue hose still in the prime of life
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  • 36 516 STABBING FAT ALITY IN SINGAPORE. Boyanese Syce T° Trial At Assizes. The Boyanese motor outs* stabbed a Chinese tax dri Alhambra recently. Charlie Chaplins CHJ jtll rf* committed for trial on the W the next Assizes.
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  • 745 517 The reply of His Excellency the Governor to the welcome of the LeguS.a<ive Counat the meeting in Singapore yesterday is L significant and gratifying. -It was a great pleasure, he said, to be back in their Lt and he looked forward to much fruitful co-operation
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  • 507 517 WHEN President Hoover proposed bis one year’s moratorium of war debts and reparations, the relief of Germany was b.c main purpose. It had been brought home to him. through Mr. Mellon, that unless something was done, and that soon, the whole world would be involved in the
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  • 377 517 Ant G. Brew, of Bangkok, will be leaving for Home this week. Mr. H. E. Collins, of Messrs. McAuliffe, Davis and Hope, has gone to Singapore. Au- J j. Saunders returned to Penang yesteraay from Singapore by the s.s. Klang. Air Khoo Soon Chee, who went to
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  • 158 517 Jumeaux— Hcpponstail. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 27 The Venning Road Chapel here was tastefully decorated with pink and white honolulu and palms this evening on the occasion of the marriage of Mr. Ernest Claude Jumeaux, the Selangor Stale Hockey player and a prominCricketer son
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  • 1072 518 Municipal Rate. HEALTH OFFICER’S REPORT FOR 1930. "For the purixises of comparison, the Infant Mortality which is still very high is the only figure of unquestionable value, because in the earlier years the registration of deaths was more accurate than the registration of births," says the Municipal
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  • 80 518 Eurasian And Tamil Charged. Two youths. H. Minjoot an Eurasian and a Tamil named Govindasamy, appeared yesterday before the Police Magistrate, Mr. E. Jago and were charged with having committed criminal trespass by entering into the compound of the Government English School in Northam
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  • 784 518 S 8 < P A Suggestion. POTENTIAL SOURCE (it revenue of Another step in the onward to fail in n ne with other Dro may be seen soon if Government L e to a valuable suggestion from th* 1 settlements (Penang» Associations Stnui lie telephone call
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  • 612 519 n n correspondent.) (p.om Our 0 Singapore, July 5. ul the Europeans of victory in Time robbed the st thc Rest whlcn Aarke Cup r S dV and was continued on fenced on Frida},, an d t(>day ifurday afternoon and the flnh W M ich TO <1
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  • 495 519 ABOO SITTEE LANE AFFAIR CLOSED. In a voice scarcely above a whisper, a Chinese woman named Gow Nai made the statement “I did not stab the man” when the Coroner. Mr. E. Jago, held an inquiry into the death of Saw Ong Geok, on Saturday, she
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  • 83 519 New Bus Operating From July 1. As from July 1 a motor service has been started for (!,<• convenience of residents on the Summit, Road on Penang Hill. A new Ford bus is plying on this new route and the fare is 25 cents for
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  • 1962 519 A poor boy, 1 notice from your annals, has been hauled up liefore the police-court over a little matter of doubtful ownership of u bit of salt fish. I didn't see the sequel, but it looked as if thc evidence against him was so strong that it
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  • 413 520 I UNERAL TO DAY W KLANG. AT Hi< death occurred vesterchv Klang of Mr. R. E S** n< ad of tli<’ firm bearing that a; of 11'. Estates Supply* Mi. K'lssmi look ill seriously a few dav! it was never thought the illness
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  • 211 520 Charge Of Fraudulent Possession. Charged with fraudulent possession of a bicycle, a Chinese named Chung Yal yesterda. appeared before Mr. E. Jago, the Police Mag»' Detective Inspector Hall who ated in the witness box how he went Kuala Kangsar Road in consequence am information which
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    • 516 521 T„ t).e Editor Of thv “Straits Echo"] Sir. -rorri to the article winch you Wit J Wednesday’s issue under y -searching for the 'Missing VS arTS people who are disW* accept the Mosaic account of J° n ?he£ are the class of men who 8 for
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    • 85 521 t th'FrA v *viiivibM. I» Editor o f t| le "Straits Echo”] eS wh' c h’ e i Penanfc L able V he J’ Shup on'“ w is the lt ®ean such J^ tatlon cards > etc., S* I n so. should ktS superior to all one’s nonr
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    • 228 521 |To the Editor of the “Straits Echo’’] Sir, For a man who has been to New’ York once to say that he knows the whole of the United States is the greatest hypocrite one can imagine. Incidently “Yee? See Far,” hates the girls—hates them for their walk.
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    • 332 521 [To the Editor Of the “Straits Echo”] Sir, My last article on the above subject requires a little addition, if not correction. My informant says that three (3> eggs must be made to stand on the top of each other! This can 'be done
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    • 461 521 [To the Editor of the “Straits Echo’’] Sir, Your correspondent Lim C. Beow writes of •offee-shop girls as though they are a social evil. No doubt, he is antagonistic to the idea of sex equality, being accustomed only to the good old purdah virtue of meekness and
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    • 128 521 iTo The Editor Of The Straits Echo.) Sir, Now that Y.P.T. has solved quite an interesting problem of the way coffee-shop girls or waitresses and female walk yet he has so far failed to give the actual facts that lead to the proper supervision and effective regulations
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    • 246 521 <To The Editor Of The Straits Echo.) Sir, Those who witnessed the Penang—Kedah match at Alor Star last Saturday will agree with me that the Penang Selection Committee should strengthen both the defence and forwards if they want to do anything at al) against Perak. A slight
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