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P.W.D. MENGGELUNCHOR. A MALAY reader writes from Kuala Lumpur to say that if Mr. OrmsbyGore really used a banana leaf tui menggelunchor he must have had a very sore posterior afterwards, for upeh is always used by Malays for this sport. I cannot find upeh in any reference work but

Menggelunchor On the lovely, inland of Langkawi, off the coast of Kedah, Vernon Bartlett came an old Malay sport—water-tobogganing. Sliding *?>ver a smooth rock is great fun—if you have the nerve. “rPHE Tuan is lucky”, the guide assured me. Why? Because the High Commissioner had paid a visit to Langkawi

UPEH. •pHE Director of the Botanic Gardens has been good enough to enlighten my ignorance as to upeh, the correct equipment for menggelunchor. It is !he iheath of the inflorescence of the .ibong palm and is extremely tough i*ence its suitability for the menggelunchor slide. Another letter on the same

Mr. ORMSBY-GORE AT “MENGGELUNCHOR” PICNIC. Top .Mr. U. (i. Ormshy-fiore and the Sultan ol 1‘erak having mounted their elephant set out through the jungle to attend a Menggelunchor picnic. Right Matching the fun. Inset Crossing a jungle stream. Left The guests of the Sultan of I'erak. Right The end of

ACCIDENT AT MENGGELUNCHOR. (From Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh. Oct. 26. The Rev. Proebstel. Principal of the Anglo-Chinese School at Ipoh, was con veyed to Taiping Hospital from the Menggelunchor water slide, where, whilst picnicking, he slipped over a rock and severely strained his leg.

CONTENTS THE BRITISH ROLE IN MALAYA .C. Northcote Parkinson 2 EARLY SINGAPORE Donald Davies 8 QUEENSTOWN Stewart Clyde 10 -MAIN SILAT M. C. ff Sheppard \2j^ THE MERDKKA PAGEANT William Fish 16 UNITY THROUGH THE SCHOOLS Dato Abdul Razak 22 THE DURIAN -DELECTABLE OR DETESTABLE? Gerald Hawkins 24 NIGHT LIFE

GUESTS OF SULTAN OF PERAK. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Oct. 3. His Majesty the King of Siam, before returning to Bangkok, will spend two days as the guest of His Highness the Sulfcan of Perak at Kuala Kangsar, on October Bth. and 9th. There will be a private tea-party,

MR. JOHN SCOTT IN PERAK. Sultan's Picnic at Menggelunchor. I From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Feb. 24. In response to the Sultan's invitation m honour of the Officer Administering the Government and Mrs. Scott's visit, nearly 30 leading residents, including ladies, journeyed to the Menggelunchor water slide yesterday for a

KUALA KANGSAR POLO. (From Our Own Correspond 1p..-,. Apr- 4 In the final of the Polo Tournann Kuala Kangsar, ye>tcrda>. beat Penang by three goals to m Highness the Sultan was anion? tl for his Club. Over a dozen elephants conve>>a Laurence Guillemard Lady Guillemard a large party from Singapore,

GORMSBY GIGGLE. A PICTURESQUE episode in Mr. Ormsby-Gore’s tour of the Peninsula in 1928 is described at some length in a book which came out last year. Life and Loves of a Prodigal Daughter, by Gervee Baronte. Miss Baronte was a guest at a menggelunchor party given by the Sultan

The Menggelunchor picnic given by the Sultan of Perak in Captain Buller? honour was a ir.ns: enioyablj affair. The party went to the slide on elephants and after some enjoyable hours of the unique sport provided by the Menggelunchor enjoyed a delightful curry tiffin. Colonel Hume, British Resident of Perak,

His Highness the Sultan of Perak's menggelunchor picnic on Sunday is reported to have been a great success Sir Shenton Thomas pluckily ventured i down the slide with the Raja Benda- hara.

His Highness the Sultan of Perak was to) give a Menggelunchor picnic on Friday m honour of Their Excellencies, Sir Cecil and Lady c Clementi, who had expressed a keen desire to v sample this unique sport. j

MERRY MENGGELUNCHOR. (From Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh, Apr. 13. Curry tiffins, ilances and concerts, varied by an elephant ride to the famous mengffehmchor water slide m Perak, formed the bill of fare of "Mr. George Windsor" and a party of officers and men from H.M.S. Hawkins who visited Perak during

GUESTS OF SULTAN OF PERAK. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Oct. 3. His Majesty the King of Siam, before returning to Bangkok, will spend two days as the guest of His Highness the Sultan of Perak at Kuala Kangsar, on October Bth. and 9th. There will be a private tea-party,

MENGGELUNCHOR PARTY. THE REAL MALAYA. AN ELEPHANT RIDE TO A NOVEL PICNIC. (From Our Special Representative.) Kuala Kangsar, Apr. 8. The spectacle of one of His Majesty's Under Secretaries of State glissading happily down fifty feet of wet granite on a banana leaf near Kuala Kangsar this morning was one

MERRY MENGGELUNCHOR. i Prom < Nil 0« a < oi respondent < urry tiffins, dances and conoerte, raried by an elephani ride to tn-- Earnooi Dsenj?pelunchor water slide in JViak. formed the bill of fare '.f --.Mr. George WTindsor" ai I ,i pai tj 1 of&a n and men ft

Royalties See Menggelunchor. And are Much Amused. The Malay College Cadet Corps provided a Guard of Honour at Kuala K&ngsar when the Prince and Princess of Teck w rH there. The real bodyguard was provide by H. H. the Sultan. Yesterday the Ro V »i visitors thoroughly enjoyed a Meuggelunchor

MERRY MENGGELUNCHOR. i Prom < Nil 0« a < oi respondent < urry tiffins, dances and conoerte, raried by an elephani ride to tn-- Earnooi Dsenj?pelunchor water slide in JViak. formed the bill of fare '.f --.Mr. George WTindsor" ai I ,i pai tj 1 of&a n and men ft

SIR S. THOMAS IN PERAK. Calls Exchanged With The Sultan. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Jan. 12. The High Commissioner, His Excellency Sir Shenton Thomas arrived at Kuala Kangsar just after four o’clock this afternoon from Taiping, where he lunched with the Resident. At the district boundary several miles north

FILM OF GOVERNOR’S TOURS WINS. Private Secretary’s Fine Colour Shots.” •From Our Own Correspondent) I Kuala Lumpur, July 31. A COLOUR film taken during the High Commissioner’s tours througn 1 Malaya by his former private secretary. Mr. A. H. P. Humphrey, has been awarded the premier prize in the first

O.A.G. IN IPOH. TAKES PART IN SULTAN'S PICNIC. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Feb. 23. The Officer Administering the Government (the Hon. Mr. John Scott) and Mrs. Scott wire warmly received on their first visit to Ipoh on Saturday afternoon. They attended the opening of the Perak race meeting with

MR. JOHN SCOTT IN PERAK. Ipoh's Need for a New Residency. (From Our Own Correspondent. > Ipoh. Feb. 22. H.E. the Acting High Commissioner »Mr. John Scott) and Mrs. Scott were warmly received on their first visit to Ipoh on Saturday afternoon, attending the opening of the Perak race meeting

AT KUALA KANGSAR The Governor Lunches With Resident (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Jan. 11. The High Commissioner, His Excellency Sir Shenton Thomas arrived at Kuala Kangsar just after four o'clock this afternoon from Taiping, where he lunched with the Resident. At the district boundary several miles north of Kuala

GOVERNOR'S TOUR Warm Welcome At Kuala Kangsar (From Our Own Correspondent* Ipoh, Jan. 12. The High Commissioner, Sir Shenton Thomas, arrived at Kuala Kangsar just after four o'clock today from j Taiping. where he lunched with thej Resident. At the district boundary several miles north of Kuala Kangsar, Sir Shenton

Colour Film Of Malaya (Fro:r. Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 31. COLOUR film taken 'during the High Commissioner's tours through Malaya by his former private secretary. Mr. A. H. P. Humphrey, has been awarded the premier prize m the first Malayan amateurs film competition he'd m connection with the

H. E. Sir Cecil Clementi. K.C.M.G.. and Lady Clementi. who h<\d been spending three days at Kuala left that station on Sunday for Cameron's Highlands, where Miss Clementi and Mile, de Passario have been spending a brief holiday. On Friday H H the Sultan of Perak entertained the High Commissioner

LOST IN THE JUNGLE. Adventures Of European Swimming Party. (From Our Own Correspondent./ Ipoh, May 20. News of an alarming adventure comes from Kuala Kangsar where four Europeans, two ladies and two gentlemen, went for a swim at the famous Menggelunchor watar slide on Sunday morning and did not return

NOTES Of The DAY. P.W.D. MENGGELUNCHOR. A MALAY leader writes from Kuala Lumpur to say that If Mr. Ormsby-G-ore really used a banana leaf for menggelunchor he must have had a very sore posterior afterwards, for upeh is always used by Malays for this sport. I cannot find upeh In

A PICTORIAL "DURBAR." Messrs Lambert and Co., photographers, have just completed a really admirable series of photographs which are intended to form a memento of the Federated States Durbar at Kuala Kangsar, having been executed to the order of the Federal Government, but which, though possessing features of general interest,