Malacca Guardian, 11 February 1929

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    17 1 MALACCA GUARDIAN (PUBLISHED WEEKLY). Vol. 11. MALACCA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1929. SINGLE COPY TEN CENTS. No. 6
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      597 1 I For the Chinese New Year Festivitiesand to m avoid headache drink:I black White Whisky, II Gold Bottle Beer, Key Beer, Gold Bottle I Stout, Tuborg Beer, l\ and Moet Chandon [I Champagne. For supI plies, ’phone No. 194, I Malacca. UN CHENG TIONG 8 SONS, I Sub Agents. W
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    INVESTORS’ GUIDE.
    487 2 ng. Don’t miss the third. (By j Searchlight.”) II.—UNIQUE GUARANTEES. The first thing that a prudent man requires of an investment is that it snail have reasonable security—that he is not taking foolish risks with his hard-earned savings. It is for the prudent man that Oil Palm Bonds
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    SHIPPING
    302 2 The Straits Steamship Co.'s steamer Calypso" has taken the Larut’s run. The Sin Kheng Seng,” which arrived in Malacca on Friday last, will not sail until to-morrow, owing to the Chinese New Year Holidays. About ten thousand cases of rubber were shipped to Singapore per steamer Kopan,’ Tronoh,” and
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    CORRESPONDENCE
    389 2 [The Malacca Guardian does not necessarily endorse the opinion of its correspcvdents. 1 Gun-man in Tebong. To the Editor of the Malacca Guardian.” Dear Sir, At about 8 p.m. on Sunday (yesterday) in Tebong Village, on hearing a quarrel-like noise on the public road, I went out to see
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    There wili be a dance at the Drill Hall, M.V.C., on the 23rd inst. at 9.30 p.m.
    64 2 The General Officer Com- ‘manding, Malaya, wiil be present, and will present the various Cups and other prizes won during 1928. This will also be a farewell to His Excellency the General Officer
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    Among the passengers travelling first class by the “Sin Kheng Seng.” which arrived here on Fri-- day last, were Messrs.
    35 2 Ong Yan Saik and Quek Chin Bee, wellknown Chinese business men of Singapore and Malacca.
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    ALLEGED WIT
    532 2 The professor had ropri. manded the children for plavnp- on his new’ sidewalk. But I thought, dear,” said his 1 wife, that you liked chilrir >n.” I do like them in the abstract but not in the concrete.” “ls this the taxidermist'.’” inquired Mrs. Youngbride at tfr. telephone.
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      95 2 ADVERTISEMENTS. THE PARADISE SHOW. STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT. Disbursements. To Mus’c. Renggong, Malay Opti a. Way an? Wahkang and Shangh li. Acrobatic Feat, Cantonese Singing. Open air Cinema, Hula Hula I>nro. Ktc., Etc. ..$‘3,043.00 i To Buildings and Furniture 025.25 'To Lighting 1,064.82 To Licence fee 61.00 To Advertisements 333 69
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      553 2 ADVERTISEMENTS. P.W.D.M. 360/24. C. E. 1078/25. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Tenders will be received at the Resident Councillor’s Office, up to i noon of the 21st February, 1929, lor the following works:— Erection of a New Post Office at Malacca. Every person applying for a form of Tender will be required to
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      240 2 ADVERTISEMENTS. MORTGAGEE’S SALE by PUBLIC AUCTION. A small piece of valuable rubber and paddi land situate at Pegoh in the Settlement of Malacca, containing an area of 3 acres 2 roods and 11 poles. To be held at Messrs. Tan Cheng Tiong Sons’ Sales-room No. 75, First Cross St., Malacca.
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    NEW YEAR’S MESSAGES.
    9 3 (Reproduced by Courtesy of Malayan Miscellany.”)
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    PRESIDENT CHIANG KAI-SHEK IS OPTIMISTIC.
    312 3 President Chiang Kai-shek issued the following New Year Message to the Nation On tne first day of January, 1928, when tne people of Canton were celebrating tne capture of Swatow by our victorious troops, I ventured to make the public statement tnat with persistent, unflagging
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    WARNING BY MR. SUN FO.
    476 3 A frank and courageous New Year Message to the nation was issued by Mr. Sun Fo, VicePresident of the Examination Yuan. Minister of Railways :am. only son of the Party’s late leaqer, Dr. Sun Yat-sen. He urges tnc| people to strive for (1) the realization
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    CORRUPT OFFICIAL.
    142 3 With a view to making him an example to other corrupt officials, President Chiang Kai-shek has ordered a careful investigation into the record and accounts of Pao Shih-chieh, former Special Opium Suppression Commissioner for Northern Anhwei. Pao was taken into custody by the military police at the order
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    OVERSEAS CHINESE.
    108 3 The Overseas Affairs Committee in a statement bearing upon its administration of overseas affairs, issued in commemoration of the 18th anniversary of the establishment of the Republic, declares that all loyal overseas Chinese will continue their patriotic support of the National Government in carrying out the programme of
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  • CHINA NEWS
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      JAPANESE OBSTRUCTION.
      314 3 (Kuo Min Neivs Agency). A determined attempt is being made by the Ministry of Railways to restore traffic communication on the Tientsin Pukow Railway as far as Tsinanfu, which has been under the occupation of the Japanese military since the Tsinan incident of May last. L nder instructions
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      NEW MILITARY PLANS.
      323 3 Immediately upon his arrival from Shanghai at Nanking, General Li Chi-sen, Chief-of-Staff of the National Government, called on President Chiang Kai-shek at the State Council and also on the various Group Army Commanders and consulted with them as regards disbandment measures. With General Li’s active participation in
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      SITUATION IN MANCHURIA.
      160 3 Interviewed concerning the military situation in Manchuria, Mr. Wang Shu-chang, delegate of General Chang Hsueh-liang to the National Military Reorganization and Disbandment Conference, informed the Kuo Min News Agency representative that a total of seventeen divisions of troops have been disbanded since the pacification of the North-eastern
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      POLITICAL PROGRAMME.
      116 3 In an address to the staff members of the Foreign Ministry, Dr. CL T. Wang emphasized the importance of an independent reorganized judiciary and a unified financial system for China as'..the basis for future diplomatic attainments. With the new year, China will begin negotiations on extraterritorial treaties when
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  • RECENT NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD.
    • MONDAY.
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        AID FOR MINERS.
        224 4 1 EDERATION AND AMERICA CONTRIBUTE. A donation of £lO,OOO has been received by the Lord Mayor of London for the coalfields distress fund from Mr. A. J. Cook on behalf of the Miners’ Federation of Great Britain. In an accompanying letter Mr. Cook says that as the
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        BUKHARIN AT OUTS.
        69 4 A message from Moscow alludes to the highly charged atmosphere in political circles, and the great excitement cccasioned oy the reported impending removal ol Bukharin from the Presidency of the Communist Internationale Bukharin, who since the death o Lenin has been regarded as tin chief theoretician of
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        FLIGHT FROM PARIS.
        69 4 The airman M. Costes will start on Feb. 19 for a flight from Paris to the Far East. He hopes to reach Hanoi (French Indo-Cfiina) in a little over three days, with half Four stops for supplies at Constan tinoplc. Basra. Karachi, and Calcutta, so as to
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        BY AIR TO INDIA.
        55 4 The passenger, mail and fregh air service to India is to ho starter by Imperial Airways on March 30. Passen^eis. mail and freight wi' leave Croydon Aerodome at 5.45 a.m. Greenwich mean time on Saturday and will arrive at Karachi, India, at 10.30 a.m. Greenw.cl mean
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        TROTZKY NOW GERMAN.
        44 4 Accompanied by two Soviet agents who are resoonsibie for his welfare, Trotzky w 11 leave for Turkey on Feb. 24. He wil obtain i German visa, as subsequently, ac cording 1o the newspapers, he in tends to settle down near Berlin.
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        MEXICO FOURTH FOR OIL
        35 4 An official report declares Mexico in 1928, with over 50,000,000 barrels, is the fourth largest o l producer in the worid surpassed onk r by the United states, Venezuela and Russia.
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        P.I. GOVERNOR LEAVING.
        34 4 Colonel Henry Ctimson, the Gcvf rnor-General of the Philip piles, wlio is proceeding to Washington from Manila next week, is considered a likely successor to Mr, Kellogg as Secretary of Stale.
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    • TUESDAY.
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        DISTRESS OF MINERS.
        169 4 PRINCE FINDS CONDITIONS APPALLING. The Prince of Wales, it is learned was so moved by the appalling con, ditions he saw in his three days tour of the Northumberland and Durham coalfields that he has expressed a strong wish to visit the stricken coai areas in his
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        SMUGGLING IN U. S. A.
        113 4 A Federal grand jury brought in two indictments charging William Baliyn, chief steward of the Berengaria, a city policeman and four others with complicity in imugglmg operations by which Federal officials estimate that $1,000,000 worth of jewels was smuggled into the United States. It is
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        OPIUM SESSION ENDED.
        102 4 The Opium Committee of the League of Nations has adopted its report to the Council and concluded he session. Mr. Wang King-kv (China) did not vote on the report >n the ground that it was unsatisfactory, firstly, because the wishes of China, which is principally interested in
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        WOLVES IN SUBURBS OF CONSTANTINOPLE.
        59 4 Packs of fanfished waives are .r,king terror mo the inhabitan s »f the suburbs of Constantinople, vhich is gripped in the worst winer known for a ovaricr of a cinury. There aie four feet of snow nd communications bv land n 1 ’>ca are practically
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        SHIP’S CREW DROWNED.
        35 4 The who’e crew, cons sting of 24 Germans and one Portuguese, were drowned when the German steamer Dneister grounded on the rocks while attempting to make Oporto harbour in a violent storm.
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        AEROPLANES BY INSTALMENTS.
        37 4 With the idea cf popularising the use of aeroplanes, a United States company, backed with a capital of $5,000,000, has been formed to arrange for the sale of machin s c.i the instalment system.
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        COOLIDGE AS JUDGE.
        28 4 The New York Times learns from Washington that President Ccolidge will probably succeed Mr. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes on the bench of the Supreme Court.
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    • WEDNESDAY.
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        UNPRECEDENTED COLD.
        226 4 EUROPE, NORTH INDIA AND CHINA SUFFERING. A wave intense cold is passing over the whole of Europe, North Ind and North China, resulting r the worst Winter within living memory. There are heavy falls of snow on the Riviera and in Greece, "»r.d unprecedented cold in Italy. In
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        THE “MUITSAI ” SYSTEM.
        205 4 THE “MUITSAI SYSTEM. The system of Muitsai »n Hong Kong was the subject of four questions asked in the House ot Commons which Mr. L. S. Amery. Dominions Secretary, answered. He sa dhe was awaiting .i report on the working of the Ordinance passed in Hong Kong on Feb. 2.
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        SPANISH REVOLT.
        90 4 Whi’e letters received in Paris from San Sebastian describe the Valencia rising as the greatest manifestation of opposition since the establishment of the dictatorship, letters from Madrid quote General Primo de Rivera as saying he was less anxious than indignant about the affair because a man eaten up
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        MORSE OUT OF DATE.
        84 4 The Marconi Company has successfully demonstrated a new system of transmitting facsimile messages and pictures by short wave wireless, whereby it is claimed that a picture and the handwriting of a sender, which would have taken iwo hours by the older long wave methods, can be
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    • THURSDAY.
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        BOMBAY RIOTS.
        181 4 STREETS DESERTED EXCEPT BY TROOPS. A European Police Deputy Inspector, Mr. Priestley, succumbed in hospital to injuries sustained by a stone flung by a Pathan. Three days’ communal free fights between the Hindus and Pathans have hitherto resulted in 13 Pathans and five Hindus and one European policeman
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        RIOTS IN COLOMBO.
        126 4 Fifteen thousand harbour, railway and other workers struck suddenly and marched on to the police headquarters, but most of them later resumed work. Serious disturbances broke out subsequently and police headquarters were stoned. The police made a baton charge three times. Ten policemen were injured and several
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        U. S. NAVY INCREASE.
        126 4 The U. S. Senate adopted the Cruiser Biii, by 68 to 12. Mr. Coolidge intimated that though he was still opposed to the retention of the time clause, this did not mean necessarily that he would veto the Bill. He had requested that the decision as
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        JAPAN-CHINA PACT.
        60 4 The Foreign Minister, Mr. Wang, n a Reuter interview, immediately ’fter arrival at Nanking from Shanghai, confirmed that an agreement with Japan had been reached on practically all difficult points in connection with the Tsinan incident. The agreement is regarded as vital, enabling high hopes to be entertained
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        DE VALERA GAOLED.
        61 4 De Valera, travelling to Belfast L o open the Gaelic League Bazaar, was detained at the first station across the border under the old order forbidding his entry into Ulster. He was transferred to Belfast Gaol. Huge crowds of welcomers assembled at Belfast and were mystified at
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    • FRIDAY.
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        RIOTING EPIDEMIC.
        225 4 SERIOUS AFFRAYS IN BOMBAY, COLOMBO AND ENGLAND. It is estimated that 22 were killed and 150 injured in the HinduMoslem fighting at Bombay. Troops have been posted at strategic points and the streets are almost deserted. Troops fired on a crowd of Moslems chasing a carriage which was
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        BITTER DEBATE.
        123 4 The Public Safety Bill was bitterly debated in the New Delhi Assembly. Sir Denys Bray, Finance Secretary, urged that the executive must be armed with powers to meet the Communist invasion of India. He hoped Pandit Malaviya. the leader and inspirer of Indian youths, would vote for the
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        ESCAPE FROM SUBMARINE.
        76 4 Two U. S. naval officers using masks inflated with oxygen successfully tested the escape hatch fitted to the submarine S-4 which sank a year ago and is now transformed into a safety-testing ship. The experimenters safely emerged from a depth of 400 feet of water at Key
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        KING AT WORK.
        70 4 It is learned officially that His Majesty has signed two State documents, appointing Mr. Justice Tomlin to be Lord of Appeal and Member of the Privy Council. This marks an important step in the King’s progress, for it is the first time His Majesty has signed a
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        GERMANY FOR PEACE.
        62 4 The Reichstag by 287 to 127 adopted the Bill ratifying the Kellogg Pact. Communists, Fascisti and German Nationalists opposed and there was a very exciting interlude in the middle of the debate when the Communists threw a bomb on the table shouting, Down with war.” Courageous Deputies,
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    • SATURDAY.
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        BANK RATE RAISED.
        248 4 HIGHT POINT REACHED SINCE 1921. The raising of the Bank Rate from 41/2 to s*/2 per cent was not Altogether unexpected. Since last September, when the Bank of En<'. land’s stock of gold stoood at the high record of £176,500,000, there has been a continuous drain of
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        RIOTING IN BARODA.
        67 4 Fatal disturbances are occurring in Baroda, owing to rumours that Pathans are kidnapping children for sacrifice in connection with the construction of a bridge. Many Pathans have been assaulted and seriously injured, while two hav died in hospital. Two police wet* injured in a collision between a
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        £500 FOR TRIP.
        57 4 News is received from Nairobi that another flight from Africa to England was started from there this morning when Captain Black, formerly of the Royal Air Force, took off in Lord Carbery’s Fokker. Miss Africa.” He has with him a passenger. Mrs. Wilson, who is paying £5OO
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        PRINCESSES FORCED TO WED.
        41 4 Two troop-carrying aeroplanes took seven men. 13 women and children from Kabul including five French and Germans, the rest being Indians. It is reported that Bacha-i-Saqao has compelled three girls of the Royal Family to marry him.
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        SPANISH REVOLT NOTHING.
        44 4 De Rivera has challenged rumour mongers in connection with the recent trouble. He announced that Government would give a reward of £l,OOO to anybody able to prove by evidence any firing or infliction of casualties or able to identify any casualty.
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        DUKE COMING.
        53 4 It is officially announced that in view of the improvement in the King’s health, it has been decided that the mission of the Duke of Gloucester to invest the Emperor of Japan with the insignia of the Order of the Garter will leave London for Tokyo at the
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        DEBTS TO AMERICA.
        30 4 It is officially announced that the forthcoming Reparations Conference will doubtless discuss European debts to America but such discussions will in no way bind th Washington Government.
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  • AROUND THE COURTS
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      MALACCA ASSIZES.
      4390 5 IiiAJI MEENAH TRIED ON FORGERY CHARGE. the Malacca Assizes on Egdaj before Mr. Justice Burton, famous case was begun m ■ch Haji Meenah, Abdui Karim p Ramlah Moaiap are charged In forgery* Messrs. Page and K]<> a peared for the prosecution h Messrs. Knowles and Zehnder F the
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      WOMAN INSULTED.
      197 9 ‘«NDA HILIR YOUTH FINED AND BOUND OVER. Peter Francis Leong, a Survey Office storekeeper, was fined $25 and bound over to be on good behaviour for three months, by Mr. ■Hren on Wednesday, having been found guilty of insulting the wife V. Chase Courrier. Com|afi|iiinnt stated that he
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      A GAY PARTY.
      243 9 There was a gay party in and about the New Hotel. Bunga Raya, extending as far as Banda Kaba, on the evening of Sunday, February 3, as a result of which the police arrested an Indian named Pathan, a Eurasian by the name of H. A. Shot
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      CRIMINAL APPEAL.
      893 9 HAJI MEENAH ACQUITTED IN JEWELLERY CASE. The appeal of Haji Meenah binte Samsudin against her conviction and sentence of six months’ simple imprisonment was heard before Mr. Justice Burton cn Friday. Messr». Kncwies a:d Zehnder appealed for the appellant and Mr. ooho for the Crown. Mr. Knowles explained
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    THE MALAYS BY ONE.
    604 6 We have just had the pleasure of reading a recently published book (The Malaya Publishing House, Ltd., Singapore) entitled The Malays in Malaya,” by One of Them.” In reading the preface and first chapter or two we were inclined to beiieve that the author, who is
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    CHINESE NEW YEAR.
    404 6 With this issue The Malacca Guardian wishes its readers a Happy and Prosperous New Year. 1 1 has been our attempt in these pages to describe some of the more mportant public improvements which have taken place during the past year, but these are by no means
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    CRACKER-FIRING.
    334 6 A notice published in the S.S. Government Gazette,” which reached Malacca on Monday morning last, after the Guardian was already out, gives details regarding proposed non-enforcement of the prohibition of the firing of crackers, at certain times and in certain places. Had the C.P.O. furnished us with a copy
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    QUICK ACTION.
    36 6 On Monday last the Guardian prayed for rain—or a watering cart. That same afternoon a re freshing shower fell and early the next morning a modern motor sprinkler was watering the roads Our thanks!
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  • FROM OTHER PENS.
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      SLEEPING MALAYA.
      207 6 desired.—“ The Singapore Free Press.” The general proposition that we are very much behind the times m Malaya in the matter of world communication has to be admitted and it is high time that progress should be apparent for it is very sadly true that in all the
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      MALACCA’S GRIEVANCE.
      161 6 grieved Malaccans.—“ The Straits Times.” Malacca’s grievance regarding the continual and repeated transfers of senior officials is common not only to all tnree Settlements of the Colony but to ail the States of the F.M.S. and to all the more important districts of those States. Klang. for instance,
      grieved Malaccans.—“ The Straits Times.”  -  161 words
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      EMPLOYERS’ METHODS.
      173 6 The Straits Echo.” We could w.sh that employers in Malaya, and the Government as well, would study Ford's methods md try and apply them. There vcu ct be far more efficiency, moie content, and more happiness ail ound. The employee is not ame c 'acivne: he m a
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      OUR MORALS.
      148 6 The Malay Mail. A Chinese correspondent writes protesting that while the Malayan Press has seen fit of late to cast the glaring limelight of publicity upon the morals of the Chinese community in this country it ha exhibited a singular reluctance to ’cfer to similar matters in connection
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      EUROPEAN MORALS.
      131 6 those of others. The Pinang Gazette.” Apart from a few regrettable exceptions there can bg no question of the orthodoxy of European morals in this part of the world. Cynics may say that it is fear of public opinion wlrch makes us moral. That may, or may not
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      MINING AN EXACT SCIENCE.
      88 6 Siam Observer.” According to the Geophysicists, mining will become a science o r mathematical exactness, a sciemr through which subterranean riches, such as gold, silver, oil, coal, iron and others, can be easily discovered, and the depth, quantity, and value determined beforehand. Geophy sics, they say,
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  • LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
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      RESURRECTED!
      1514 7 STRAITS CHINESE BRITISH ASSOCIATION COMES TO LIFE. The annual general meeting (after some years) of the Straits Chinese British Association, Malacca Branch, was held at the I Chinese Malacca Club on Tuesday afternoon. Those present were:— The Hon. Mr. Tan Cheng Lock, Dr. R. H. Ong, Messrs. Loh Kim
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      CRACKER-FIRING.
      241 7 PETITION TO THE GOVERNOR TURNED DOWN. A large number of prominent local Chinese residents of Malacca, through their representative, the Hon. Mr. Tan Cheng Lock, forwarded to His Excellency the Governor, Sir Hugh Clifford, a petition asking that the regulations concerning cracker-firing be amended during the Chinese New Year
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      GI HO HOEY.
      207 7 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD. At the annual general meeting ot the Gi Ho Hoey, held on the sth instant, the following members were elected for the ensuing year: —President, Mr. Seet Tiang Chuan; Vice-President, Mr. Gun Boon Kee; Trustees: Messrs. Tan Tiong Ann, Lee Lai Hoe, Yeo
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      WEDDINGS.
      596 7 DE WITT—MINAMI. On Tuesday last at 7 a.m., a very pretty wedding took place at St. Peter’s Church, Bunga Raya, between Mr. Augustus de Witt, the son of Mr. de Witt, Chief Clerk in Malacca Central Police Station, and Miss Emily Minami, who was formerly a nurse in St.
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      Messrs. C. L. Newman, Assistant Field Officer; Mr. H. N. Somerville, Probationary Police Inspector, and Mr. J. F. F. Gregg, M.C.S., all of Malacca, passed the recent exami-- nation in Malay.
      30 7 Messrs. C. L. Newman, Assistant Field Officer; Mr. H. N. Somerville, Probationary Police Inspector, and Mr. J. F. F. Gregg, M.C.S., all of Malacca, passed the recent exami--nation in Malay.
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      GIRL GUIDES.
      277 7 VERY SUCCESSFUL MEETING AT RESIDENCY. The old Dutch Garden* at the Residency w r as, on Thursday afternoon, the venue of a very successful meeting of the Girl Guides. Among those present, in addition to the officers (Divisional Commissioner, Mrs. H. E. Nixon; District Commissioner, Mrs. MacGregor; Captain,
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      “ AT HOME ” FOR BISHOP.
      302 7 AT HOME FOR BISHOP. A very delightful At Home was given at the Malacca Club on Monday afternoon by the Church j Workers’ Association, for the Bishop, the Rt. Rev. B. C. Roberts, and Mrs. Roberts. There was a large gathering, the ladies being by far in the majority. The
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      A number of interesting sou-- venirs, including an old East India Co. coin and a number of mortars have been discovered in the exca-- vating and levelling. now in pro-- gress in the police compound, where the new parade ground is to be. The work is progressing well.
      45 7 A number of interesting sou--venirs, including an old East India Co. coin and a number of mortars have been discovered in the exca--vating and levelling. now in pro--gress in the police compound, where the new parade ground is to be. The work is progressing well.
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      IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
      42 7 BURDENSOME REGULATIONS RESCINDED. From March 1 the burdensome; regulations requiring declarations of imports and exports within the Colony and within the Federated and Unfederated Malay States will be rescinded and this great handicap on inter-Malayan trade will be* removed.
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      GIFT FOR POOR.
      63 7 On Tuesday, the sth instant, Mr. Tay It-Leok, Proprietor oL Chop Tian Guan, of 54, First Cros£ Street, Malacca, distributed a bucketful of rice to each of two hundred poor Chinese persons. These persons are greatly thankful tp him, as the gift relieves them for the Chinese
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      MOONLIGHT FETE.
      57 7 The Chinese Ladies’ Guild of the Malacca Straits Chinese Church connected with the Methodist Mission .will hold a Chinese New, Year Moonlight Fete at Bickley Park, Tranquerah, on Friday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m. The officers of the organisation are:—Mrs. Khoo Sfang Eng, President; Mrs. Lam Yet Seng,
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      MALACCA VOLUNTEERS.
      55 7 Second Lieutenant R. H. Finch is appointed Acting Captain while second in command of the Malay Company. t Second Lieutenant W. Gilliam has been appointed Acting Captain while second; in command of the Eurasian Company. Second Lieutenant C. F. L. Chester has been appointed Acting Captain while in
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      OVERCOME.
      76 7 (Special to the “Guardian”) In youth I travelled far and wide In distant lands, and on the occar, And foreign tongues to learn I triec. With studious and keen devotion. I found Italian plain and clear. I mastered French with ease uncanny, And gained, while in the East a
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      A FAREWELL FUNCTION.
      209 7 The rooms of the Indo-Ck ylonese Association were the scene of a pretty function when Tuan Haj.i Pitchay, J.P., and Mr. Mohamed Hussain were the guests of honour at a farewell tea-party he’d on Tuesday, the sth inst., at 5.30 p.m., on the eve of their departure
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    FIRE BRIGADE BUILDING
    98 9 The new Fire Brigade building is a modern ferro-concrete structure with the latest appliances and equipment for fire-fighting, including a fifty-foot tower for drying hose after a fire. The building was begun in 1925 and occupied on Feb. 10, 1927. The cost of the structure was only
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    TEA PLANTING.
    1242 10 c.TRVEY of possibilities in MALAYA. (Special to the Guardian.”) (Concluded). As Mr. Kennaway implies in his book, the tea estate programme is a more labourious, and technicallyskilled, and difficult one than is the programme upon a rubber estate. The labour conditions are very different, and are upon a
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    OUTDOOR DISPENSARY AND CLINIC
    297 10 The new Outdoor Dispensary and Clinic, replacing the antiquated structure adjoining the Post Office, which is soon to be demolished in order to make room for the new structure which is to house the postal business of Malacca, is one of the most modern and thoroughly
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      204 10 SA happy Prosperous I\ew Yctr RIALTO THEATRE. I OranD Chinese Hew HJear programmes. >n. Ilth toWed. 13th February 1929. From Thursday 14th to Sunday 17th Feb. 1929. Jl At 9.15 p.m. r At 9.15 p.m. The Latest Pathe Gazette Graf Zeppelin. 49 Maurice (Lefty) Flynn in jhe most poignant, interesting
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      143 10 RIALTO THEATRE. The Rialto Theatre is putting up two strong programmes during Chinese New Year week. The attractions for to-night are Life’s Mockery,” a stirring drama of a criminal reborn, starring Betty Compson, and Sir Lumberjack.” a sizzling drama of He-men. starring Lefty Flynn. In the first show is the
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