Malacca Guardian, 14 January 1929

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    17 1 MALACCA GUARDIAN (PUBLISHED WEEKLY). To]. II MALACCA, MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1929. SINGLE COPY TEN CENTS. No. 2
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    SHARE REPORT.
    833 2 MESSRS. UNITED TRADERS (K.L.), LTD. MALACCA. Telephone No. 273. 12th January, 1929. Rubber. —On tne resumption ol business after tne New Year holidays tne price oi rubber continued firm but eased slightly during the h first week owing to further increase j in the London Stock. Later the
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  • CHINA NEWS
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      PREPAREDNESS NEEDED.
      221 2 (Kuo Min News Agency). Preparedness was the si; i;r l of an address broadcast by G< 1 Feng Yu-hsiang at the Ci itl 1 Radio Broadcasting Station. lii his speech General Feng t buted the series of humihatioi ar. defeats suffered by China, l n n ning from
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      FOREIGN LOANS BANNED.
      141 2 The following mandate has been 1 issued:—Corruption has arisen '1 from the practice of contracting 1 foreign loans. Beginning from the Ist year of the Republic many Northern Militarists acted independently in tne territory under their respective control and abused their s power in contracting foreign loans,
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      JAPAN IN MANCHURIA.
      124 2 Mr. Sun Fo, Minister of Railways,! is in receipt of a telegram from I General Chang Hsueh-iang in I reply to a previous telegraphic 1 enquiry from Minister Sun in re- spect to rumours of Japan's de- j mands for railway concessions in Manchuria. General Chang’s telegram
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      RECONSTRUCTION OF NANKING.
      111 2 Preparations for the establishment of the office of tecnnical experts attached to the Planning Committee for the Reconstruction of tne Capital are n aring completion, according to Mr. Lin Yih-mm Director of the Office. Tne Of fa will be opened as soon as Messi Murphy and Gootlridge,
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      1439 2 ADVERTISEMENTS. ADVERTISEMENTS. ADVERTISEMENTS^ «Vi IN THE SUPREME COURT OF Your \alarv THEstra,ts settlements. SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. Will it hi raised Originating Pct'.t'on No. lof 1929. \Wlltk' next year? In the Matter of The Punggor n V(ir Rubber Estates Limited r not do not 31 6 > our Employer. N/wW il
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      350 2 advertisements. MUNICIPALITY OF MALACCA. CLAIM FOR REFUND OF ASSESSMENT ON VACANT HOUSES. Notice is hereby given that claim for refund of assessment on vacant houses for the period Ist July to 31st December, 1928, must be sent to the Municipal Secretary on or before the 30th January, 1929, after which
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    SHIPPING
    459 3 l ino s.s. Tapah will call at Bnacca from Penang to-day with ■cargo of sundries. Bowing to insufficient inducement, Hr s.s. Tnav Gwan,” a large ■ignter belonging to the estate Mayor Oei Tiong Ham, the iate ■gar king, lias discontinued fyer to Malacca. S] Noiwegian freighter, Hen- arrived in
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    MAJ. BOWER’S ORPHANS’ FUND.
    298 3 REPORT OF DISTRIBUTION FOR CHRISTMAS. The following report on the distribution of the Major Bower’s Orphans’ Fund for 1928 is submitted by the Committee:— Subscriptions. Malacca ..$357 Devon 40 Jasin 20 Merlimau 9 $426 Orphans. French Convent 123, $155 Portuguese Convent 60, 76 St. Francis School
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    QUEEN MOTHER FETED.
    108 3 In honour of the 50th anniversary of the arrival of the Queen Mother in Holland. Queen Wilhelmina gave a great gala dinner at which ali the highest authorities in the country were present. Her Majesty, in a speech addressed to her mother, declared she know she was
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  • RECENT NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD.
    • MONDAY.
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        ARBITRATION IN NEW WORLD.
        183 4 TREATIES I RAWN UP BY PANCONFERENCE. Arbitration ana Conciliation Treaties have been drawn up under the auspices of tnc Fan-American Conference vvhicn on y require formal ratine..t.cn. They are multilateral. The former cs.abl.shes the prin ciple of compulsory arbitrat'on lr. ail international comrovers.es ir. American republics,
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        BORAH DEFENDS THE KELLOGG PACT.
        114 4 Before ft powerful Navy group. Mr. Borah, single handed, defended the Kellogg Anti-War Pact in a three-hour speech which interested a crowded Senate. He warned them that if they found no way to preserve peace, civilisation would be imperilled as it has not been since
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        EDUCATION IN COLONIES
        81 4 The Colonial Secretary has decided to appoint a committee to advise him on problems of educational development in the Colonies Protectorates and Mandated Territories. cons s ing of Bishop Bid well, Major A. G. Church, Lon Lugard (a former Governor of Hong Kong) S r James Currie,
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        RUSSIA BUYING IN U. S.
        49 4 It is stated in California newspapers that Mr. Thomas Campbell, one of America’s largest wheat growers, will shortly be leaving for Russia to plant ten million selected acres of wheat for which a hundred million dollars’ worth of American agricultural machinery has been purchased.
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        GRAND DUKE DEAD.
        36 4 Ti e Grand Duke Nicholas of Russ a as died at N.ce from pneu merit. i was a cousin of the late Tsar and t "mmanded the Russiar armies in 1914 and 1915.
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        VOLCANOES ERUPTING.
        26 4 The Chilean volcanoes, Calbucc and Puyehue, are erupting. Seve ral people have been killed and ’osses of live stock and property are very great.
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        DUKE OF GLOUCESTER FALLS.
        26 4 Th~ Duke of Gloucester, while hunting with *he Quorn Hound? near Barsby, fell into a wide ditch but escaped w'tfc a shakng.
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    • TUESDAY.
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        YUGO-SLAVIA IN TURMOIL.
        201 4 CONSTITUTION SUSPENDED AND PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED. The King of Yugo-Slavia in a Proclamation nas suspended the constitution and dissolved the chamber. Laws remain in force unless modified by Royal edict. The official 44 Gazette has pubsned a new law placing in the ands of tne King the executive
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        COLOUR IN S. AFRICA.
        158 4 A speech at the Nationalist rally it Pretoria by General Hertzog is given prominence. It is interpreted is making the native question the main issue at the approaching general election in South Africa. Hertzog stated that General Smuts, by laying native bills before, i:he South African
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        ANTI-GOD SOCIETY.
        128 4 At the conference of the Moscow 1 anti-God Society,” it was decided hat the failure of the recent campaign against holding any religious eremonies for Christmas was irgely due to the belatedness of e ir.o\ emmt. It was agreed to enew the agitation immediately n order that efforts
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        BRITAIN AND AFGHANISTAN.
        105 4 The report that the Afghan authorities have ordered the arest of Lawrence of Arabia is jtterly discredited in London, where it is known that a Bolshevst canard to this effect has for a eng time been circulating. Lawrence, who is now serving in he ranks of the
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    • WEDNESDAY.
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        AMERICAS FOR PEACE.
        80 4 REPUBLICS SIGN TREATIES OF ARBITRATION. Delegates of 21 republics participating in the Pan-American conference since Dec. 10 have signed multilateral treaties of arbitration and zoncihation for peaceful settlement jf all future international differences in the Western Hemisphere. The conference has now adjourned. The United States, Haiti, Nicaagua,
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        TURKISH REFORMS.
        65 4 That the recent reforms are irreligious and 44 trampling underfoot tne sacred traditions of Islam,” is tne argument used by agitators oehind a widespread movement against the Turkish Government, to culminate in armed revolt. '1 ne authorities discovered the organisation of the movement, following it with numerous arrests
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        EGYPT HEARS FROM FORD.
        60 4 The Cairo newspaper, 44 Siassa,” states that the Egyptian Government are examining the proposal of Henry Ford to construct at his own expense and maintain a macadamised road, 250 kilometres long, anywhere in Egypt, provided the Egyptian Government would allow Ford cars to enter duty free.
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        JAPAN AND CHINA.
        61 4 It is understood that as a result jof an important conference ot Japanese Foreign Office officials it was decided to leave the present policy towards China unchanged, and also that no action was required in connection with the hoisting of the Nationalist fiag in Manchuria, provided the
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        ADVISING CHINA.
        41 4 Mr. Arthur Young, Director of the Economic Division of the U. S. State Department, has resigned to accompany Professor Kemmerer to Nanking as advisers in public finance to the Chinese Government. They expect to stay at least five years.
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        FUNERAL OF TEX RICKARD.
        41 4 Mr. Tex Rickard, the well-known boxing promoter, is dead. His body was placed in a bronze coffin weighing 2,200 pounds, bought by Jack Dempsey at a cost of £3,000. It was conveyed to New York for iurial.
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        DUTCH-NED. INDIES WIRELESS.
        38 4 The Holland Dutch Indies wirej less telephone service has been officially opened to the public. Speeches were made by Ministers of Public Works and the Colonies to which the Governor of the Dutch Indies replied.
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        RECORD FLIGHT.
        33 4 The Question Mark has landed :l t Los Angeles. The flight lasted 150 hours and 46 minutes. Half in hour earlier Commander Cari Spatz complained of trouble in the eft engine.
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        MARINES WITHDRAW.
        35 4 Fifteen hundred United States Marines have been ordered to withdraw from Nicaragua as soon as 1 ansportation can be arranged. I \ey have been there two years. There will still be 3,500 left
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    • THURSDAY.
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        1928 REPARATIONS.
        183 4 HALF OF TOTAL PAID WENT TO FRANCE. The latest monthly statement of the Agent-General of Reparations shows that out of 922,000,000 gold marks paid by Germany under the Hawes scheme for the year ended Dec. 31, the British Empire received 164,000,000, France 364,000,000, United States 27,000,000 and Japan
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        U. S.-DUTCH RUBBER TRUST.
        91 4 INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITISH MONOPOLY SOUGHT. The Dutch banker, Mr. K. M. Kloppenburg, is shortly visiting America to attempt to secure support for the formation of an Ameri-can-Dutch rubber trust company, the aim of which will be to make the American consumer and the Dutch producer independent
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        DUKE OF GLOUCESTER COMING.
        74 4 A message from Tokyo says it is reported there that in view of the improvement in King George’s health it has been re-decided to send the I)uke of Gloucester to Japan in a few months’ time to present the Order of the Garter to the Emperor.
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        HOME UNEMPLOYMENT.
        36 4 The Ministry of Labour announces that the number of unemployed on December 31 was 1.520,700. This was 240.578 more than on December 16. and compared with a year ago was an increase of 184.397.
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        NEW INSPECTOR-GENERAL.
        31 4 The resignation of Mr. Edwardes, Inspector-General of Customs for I China, who protested against dua l I control, has been accepted. Mr. Maze has been appointed Inspec-tor-General of Customs.
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        HANGAR COLLAPSES.
        24 4 A hangar of reinforced concrete at the aerodrome at Etang de Berre, France, collapsed and four workmen were killed and four injured.
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        HOOVER BACK AGAIN.
        16 4 Mr. Hoover has completed his South American tour and has arrived at Washington.
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        WASTEFUL AUSTRALIA.
        189 4 REPORT OF BRITISH FINANCIAL MISSION. That Australia in recent years nas spent too much money unprofitably on development schemes which she has undertaken regard-, ess of probable financial and economic results, is the unanimous opinion in the report of the Britisn Financial Mission, headed by Sir Arthur Duckham.
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        CHINA TRAIN ROBBERY.
        103 4 It was the usual monthly Shang-hai-Nanking railway-staff pay train which the bandits held up near Nanking. They robbed the paymaster of $lO,OOO, which apparently was the motive of the robbery; then ransacked the belongings of approximately 1,500 Chinese passengers of tne coolie class with the poorest results.
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        “LAST ADVENTURE” OF TEX.
        103 4 Thirty thousand people crowded into Madison Square Garden for the funeral of Tex Rickard, making Rickard’s last adventure worthy of America’s greatest showman.” A magnificent silver and bronze coffin, costing £3,000, lay in the middle fioor of the garden, which was transformed into a gorgeous bower
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        RIOTING IN JAPAN.
        100 4 Trouble has arisen in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, in connection with the irrigation dam on the Sainokawa River, affecting a large farming art a, concerning which the village heads petitioned the Governor of the Prefecture without result. A mass meeting of thousands of villagers at Namori village clashed
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        RUBBER PLANS SCORNED.
        24 4 The Telegraaf declares that neither the Dutch Government no** the Dutch rubber producers wifi have anything to do with Kloppenburg’s plans.
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    • SATURDAY.
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        MOB IN FRENZY.
        202 4 FRICTION WITH JAPANESE Ai HANKOW. A tense situation exists a Hankow in connection with the recent death of a cooi't who was knocked down oi uhe boundaries of the Japanese naval concession by a Japanes motor-cycle patrol. The coolie was oiken to the Japanese hospit where he
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        KING IMPROVING.
        110 4 The usual inspired weekly s ment was not issued to the medical Press tnis week, but that the King is making as much headway as can be expected is tne conclusion of ne British Medical Journal.” This paper’s customary weekly review draws attention to the slight but not
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        HOOVER’S CABINET.
        92 4 The return of Mr. Herbert Hoover, President-elect of tne United States of America, has set the politically minded Cabinet making.” but so far the only certainty appears to be Mr. A. \V. Mellon. Secretary of the United States Treasury. Mr. Hoover and he had a long conference and,
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        INDIAN MILL RIOT.
        63 4 Six mill commissionaires amt a woman were injured, and tne European manager slightly hurt, in a disturbance at the Clive jute miil, Calcutta, where a strike had broken out. The miil has been closed and 6.000 workers are idle. There have been five arrests. A Communist agitator
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        GENERAL ASKED TO QUIT
        56 4 Without a dissentient vote the High Council of the Salvation Arm\ decided to ask General Bramwell Booth to retire from the leadership of the Salvation Army. Seven members of the Council wili see the General in ms sick room at Southwoid in Suffolk and convev to
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        POLICEMEN SHOT.
        26 4 Two policemen were shot and killed in different parts of Sofia, when calling upon suspects to show them their identity cards. The murderers escaped.
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    63 4 HEATH OF MILLIONAIRE. Mr. Benjamin Duke, the millionaire tobacco manufacturer, is dead. OBITUARY. It is with the deepest regret to record the untimely death of the beloved wife of Mr. Kam Soo Hock at her residence No. 13. Jonker St.. Malacca, on Saturday the 12th instant, at 10 p.m. Tne
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    RURAL AFFAIRS.
    514 6 Last week’s meeting of the Rural Board made it evident, which perhaps had been clearly apparent at the previous meeting of the Municipal Commissioners, that a very cautious policy regarding financial outlays is to be the keynote of the administration of Malacca for the I immediate future, with,
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    SOME FLUTTERING.
    409 6 We understand tnat there has been some fluttering in official dovecotes over an arucie which we lepubnsheo in our last issue from another paper. inis is well. Une of tne main purposes 01 any paper is, or should be, the stirring up of officials wnere such stirring is
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    THE COST OF LIVING.
    331 6 The periodic discussion on the cost of iiving in Malaya and tne icaie of salaries for young Europeans has broken out again in the Malayan Press. Tne complaint ■eems to arise from the desire of newcomers to Malaya to live on the 'same scale as those
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    THE TONGKOL.
    247 6 The Final Report on the S. T. Tongkol,’ just received from the Offieer-in-Charge, Fisheries Department, is not pieasant reading because it records the failure of a project from which much was expected by way of development of the fishing industry. The entire collapse of the project is noted
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    VICE AND ITS PENALTY.
    256 6 A correspondent last week complained bitterly at having contracted a vile disease in a local hotel which advertised that prostitution was not permitted there. It apparently never occurred to our correspondent that his affliction was entirely his own fault. Every young man expects some day to
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  • FROM OTHER PENS.
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      CEREMONIAL WASTE.
      242 6 will aid in the good work.—“ The Straits Times.” The attempts whicn the Natio aiist Government of China is nr U mg to induce its subjects to spei less money on weddings an i funerals deserve publicity in tr country. One of the most regu < excuses advanced
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      ONE TRUE PATRIOT.
      112 6 The Times of Malaya.” Communism feeds upon discontent and the starving peasants of North China and the workiess labourers of Peking undoubtedly have cause for much discontent. Bolshevism gained its hold in R issia under similar circumstances and we tremble to think what will happen in China
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      QUEEN’S SCHOLARSHIPS.
      112 6 educational achievement.—“ Tne Sunday Mirror.” Dr. Winstedt is no conventions hide-bound departmentalist: his policy is opportunist and his methods are receptive. His criticisms of the exaggerated importance attached to Queen's Scholarships are not only just, but indicate, also, that Dr. Winstedt is out to put a stop to
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      NEW PORTS NEEDED.
      103 6 those who follow us. The Malaya Tribune.” Malaya’s population is going to ncrease migntiiy during the nex naif-century, and there will enough trade for ail its presei ports (among which Port Swetten ham, it may be remarked in passing, is developing strikingly, am Malacca finds it difficult,
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      DEMOCRACY DEFILES ENGLAND.
      61 6 flood.—“ The Malayan Daily Express.” The mob have it ail their way. The dignity of Engush hie—its proud restraint, its sweet kindness, its calm earnestness and its sure sense of the right path—all these precious things are fast being swept out of the main current of national
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
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      MALACCA’S BOXING.
      397 8 The Promoters who were responsible for staging the Boxing Tournament must nave been sorely disappointed at the poor response they had. They were to blame because the date chosen for staging the bouts was most unfortunate in that it clashed with several important local functions. It was no
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      FOOTBALL.
      217 8 H.M.S. Cumberland’s Visit. The H.M.S. Cumberland will be in harbour from 21st to 24th inst. During tne ship’s stay in Malacca a series of soccer games will be played. At the time of writing of the following tentative programme has been arranged but confirmation i of these fixtures will
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      GOLF CLUB NOTES.
      237 8 The January monthly medal and the 1028 gold medal competitions were piayed off on Saturday and Sunday, tne 5m and 6tn inst. Tne gold medal competition is played annually, tne winners and runners up of tne monthly medal competitions during the previous year being eligible to compete.
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      SCHOOL SPORTS.
      346 8 TAMILS ENCOURAGED TO CHERISH OWN CUSTOMS. T he school sports of the Tampin Town Tamil School were held on tne sth instant at the premises of Mr. A. S. Luis, whose house is also the school pro temp. The sports started at 2 p.m. with Mr. G. Hawkins
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      A cable from Mr. Yeo Cheok Wah states that the South China Foot-- ball Association have accepted the invitation to send a soccer team to Singapore during April, according to the “ Straits Times.”
      54 8 A cable from Mr. Yeo Cheok Wah states that the South China Foot--ball Association have accepted the invitation to send a soccer team to Singapore during April, according to the Straits Times.” The visi- tors will play matches against the Malayan Chinese XI and such other teams as may be
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  • AROUND THE COURTS
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      DASTARDLY ACT.
      708 9 i urs ricokofs imprisonment I for attack on family. I With his lace badly scarred by IHcid burns. Lim Tian Hin, a haw|Ber. told a strange taie to Mr. Dodd f 'K, District Court on Monday ■fternoon. He said that he was ■Ling on his bed in his
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      Two aged Chinese vagrants, a man and a woman, who had no means of subsistence, were com-- mitted to the House of Detention by Mr. G. C. Dodd on Monday.
      29 9 Two aged Chinese vagrants, a man and a woman, who had no means of subsistence, were com--mitted to the House of Detention by Mr. G. C. Dodd on Monday.
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      FAMILY QUARREL.
      586 9 LUCKY CHINESE ACQUITTED FROM SERIOUS CHARGE. Family quarrels and neighbours’ quarrels are frequent in the Malacca Courts and Mr. Dodd is not unnaturally weary of hearing them. However, they are usually more or less spicy and entertaining to a iarge throng of onlookers. Such a case was decided
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      TOO LONG CREDIT.
      84 9 Kiong Seng Kee, a jeweller of i Third Cross Street, prosecuted a j salesman named Chan Lian Tee be- j fore Mr. Dodd on Monday on a, charge of criminal breach of trust in respect of three gold brooches valued at $lBO, entrusted to him for sale
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      NEIGHBOURS QUARREL.
      400 9 Oon Ah Yap was tried in the District Court on Monday before Mr. Dodd on a charge of robbing i fowl-seller named Ong Ah Teng )f $lO5 at 2 a.m. on November 24 n Tranquerah. There was an alternative charge of using criminal forte. Inspector Higgins prosecuted. Dr.
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      A REAR VISITOR.
      147 9 Inspector Shannon objects to visitors going up his back stairs and arrested one whom he caught in the act. The intruder gave his name as Foo Wong Jee and said he had just arrived in Malacca from Europe and was on his way to see ;the King.
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      ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
      107 9 i Loh Kee Tin. who came before the Magistrate carrying a baby 1 and was accompanied by a woman carrying another, was before Mr. Dodd on Monday on a charge of attempting to commit suicide by j jumping into the river. Inspector Higgins stated that the accused had
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      OLD LADY OUSTED.
      288 9 In the District Court on Friday an aged Tamil lady named Annam Reddy was sued by Hadji Abdullah for rent of her residence from October 1 last at $4O a month and for possession of tne premises. The lady stated that she had occupied the house for
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      ILLICIT CHANDU.
      130 9 i A barber named Tong Kim, of 45 Fourth Cross Street, was fined $5O on Tuesday for doing a favour to i another Chinese by selling him! clandu and dross when he complained of pain in the stomach. This is getting to be the regular excuse by vendors
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      HOW PROFIT IS MADE.
      119 9 An aged alleged rubber tapper of Bern ban Village was prosecuted by Mr. E. V. Rodrigues, head of the Preventive Service, on Friday, on charges of selling chandu with- out a licence and of affording facilities for the consumption of chandu. The evidence showed that he
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      A man named Loh Ah Soon has been arrested on a charge of stab-- bing Ngo Poh Ngok on January 2.
      49 9 A man named Loh Ah Soon has been arrested on a charge of stab--bing Ngo Poh Ngok on January 2. At first it was thought to be a case of ‘attempted suicide. The injured man in now improving and the hearing of the case has been fixed for to-morrow,
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      KRUBONG MEETING.
      502 9 FURTHER LAND ACQUISITION FORESHADOWED. The twentieth ordinary genera meeting of tne Krubong (Malacca) Rubber Plantations, Ltd., was hek on December 18, at 4 Lloyd’: Avenue, E.C. Major J. C. G. Me Ferran, D.L. (Chairman of tnc company), presided. The Chairman said: The result of the year’s working will
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      RIALTO THEATRE.
      239 9 Laura La Plante, blonde, mischievous and delicious, will make the world a better place to live in for an hour and a haif wher Thanks for the Buggy Ride,” one of the best little love farces evei presented here, is shown at the Riaito Theatre, beginning to-night Playing
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      MUAR CLUB.
      348 9 NEW YEAR FESTIVITIES. (By Itchy Feet Most of us at some time or other feel an almost overwhelming desn e o escape from reality— the humdrum everyday round of existence. There is no iack of ways of do n;; it. For some it is alcohol, for others betel-nut
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      MALACCA LIBRARY.
      177 9 The following books have recenty been added to the Malacca Library:— Footner, H., Anybody’s Pearls A.A. 110 Borden, M., Jehovah’s Day A. 4101 Herbert, A.P., The Trials of Topsy A.B. 142 Oleveiy, H., The Gang Smasher A.A. 11l Thompson. E., These Men Thy Friends. .A. 4102 Montague, C.
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    WEDDING.
    304 10 MINJOOT—PINTd. A very prettj r wedding’ was soleminsed at St. Peter’s Churcn, Bunga Raya. Malacca, at 8 a.m. on Saturday by tne Rev. Father Fernandiz officiating the service was fully choral, the bridegroom being a member of the St. Peter’s Church choir. The contracting parties being Miss Babara Minjoot,
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    MALAYAN TENNIS STARS CHARGED.
    211 10 CHEATING ALLEGATION IN POLICE COURT. Khoo Hooi Hye, the well-known Malayan tennis player, and Chua Choon Leong. his tennis partner, were produced before the Fourth Police Magistrate, Mr. C. S. Findiay, on Saturday last, on an allegation of cheating, says “The Straits Times.” They were charged
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    MINERS LEAVE FIELDS.
    77 10 Sir John Cadman, member of the Industrial Transference Board, says that by means of employment exchanges nearly 700 men. boys iand girls are now being moved [away from the coalfields every week to other employment in other places, and 300 or 400 more are moving on their
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    The Coloniai Chaplain, Rev. H. J. Hutchinson will leave Malacca to-day for Fraser's Hill.
    52 10 He "\\ih[ |stay there tiil the 26th instant. He w:.shes to inform his feliow churchmen that there will be no morning services at the Christ Church on Sunday next, but Evensong wili be as usual at
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    Mr. and Mrs. Chan Ah Him, the two well-known local school tea-- chers, Malacca, returned from a holiday visit to Singapore, on Fri-- day last, by the s.s. “Sin Kheng Seng."
    29 10 Mr. and Mrs. Chan Ah Him, the two well-known local school tea--chers, Malacca, returned from a holiday visit to Singapore, on Fri--day last, by the s.s. “Sin Kheng Seng."
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    MALACCA HIGH SCHOOL.
    184 10 CRICKET AND FOOTBALL SCHEDULE FOR FIRST TERM. Jan. 15—Election of Sports Officers for 1929. Jan. 16—House Elections. Jan. 17—Headmaster House Cricket Practice. Jan. 18—Raffles House Cricket Practice. Jan. 19—Football Practice, Ist and 2nd Teams. Jan. 21—Aibuerquerque House Cricket Practice. Jan. 22—Famosa House Cricket Practice. Jan. 24—St. Francis
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    P. I. INDEPENDENCE.
    194 10 MORAL OBLIGATION SAYS SENATOR KING. Following the visit with President Cooiidge on the part of his Republican colleague, Senator William H. King, Democrat from Utah, iikewise called on the President to discuss tlu* sugar situation with reft ivnce to the Philippines. Senator King urged that independence be
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    AIDS TO AGRICULTURE.
    84 10 The November issue of the Malayan Agricultural Journal impresses us as an unusually vaiual le issue, though for tne most part very technical. A comparison of copra crops in various parts of Malaya ought to be of great value to prospective investors in that industry, and the
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    ALLEGED WIT
    567 10 Father had a bald patch on ms head. Kissing him at bedtime, his little girl said: Stoop down, daddy; I want to kiss the place where the 1 inii,; mows.” The little girl had been vis ting. W«hen it was time for her o be going, hostess said,
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