Malacca Guardian, 13 May 1929

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    17 1 MALACCA GUARDIAN (PUBLISHED WEEKLY). toL IL MALACCA, MONDAY, MAY 13, 1929. SINGLE COPY TEN CENTS. No;. 19
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    NILE AGREEMENT.
    69 2 Mr. G. Locker-Lampson, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, said in the House of Commons that he was giad to be able to state that an agreement satisfactory to all parties had been reached between the British Government and the Egyptian Government regarding the distribution of the Nile waters. It
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    NEW RECORD RUN.
    29 2 A new-record for a run of six miles has been created by a Red Indian, Harry Chauka, who covered the distance in 29 min. 44 secs.
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    U. S. AIDS LABOURITES.
    25 2 The executive of the U. S. A. Socialist Party has issued an appeal for election funds for the British Labour Party.
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    INVESTOR’S GUIDE.
    492 2 (By Searchlight.”) XV. “THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DOUBT.” Malaya had a very interesting Visitor a little while ago. He was Mr. Leslie H. Downs, a Director of Messrs. Rose, Downs and Thompson, Ltd., of Hull, who have a world reputation as manufacturers of Oil Mill Machinery. While in
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    BRITISH TRADE.
    119 2 Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, President of the Board of Trade, reviewed ir. *he House of Common* the present trade conditions and prospects. He said that taking 1924 as the base year exports in 1928 were up 4.6 per cent and manufactured exports were up 7.8 per cent. If one
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    SIKHS PROTEST.
    69 2 The Sikhs who carry kidpans (a kind of dagger) as a religious symbol are seriously opposing the order forbidding the carrying of arms. The President of the Singsabah, of Bombay, has telegraphed the Viceroy protesting against the ban as an attack on their religion. Two Sikhs whom the
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  • CHINA NEWS
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      NEWSPAPERS BANNED.
      184 2 (Kuo Min News Agency). When qnestioned by the Kuo Min correspondent regarding the ban placed upon certain newspapers, a spokesman of the Publicity Department of the Central Party Headquarters made the following statement: Although China is now r unified under one Government, rumours are constantly circulated by sinister
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      BOGUS DOCTORS.
      161 2 Declaring that he is not opposed to the practice of Chinese medical doctors but is in favor of suppressing bogus herb medicine men,” Mr. Hsueh Tuh-pi, Minister of Public Health, interviewed by a representative of the Kuo Alin News Agency, stated: “I entertain no intention to suppress Chinese
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      FAMINE CONDITIONS.
      95 2 Mr. Hsueh Tuh-pi, Minister of Public Health and special delegate of the Central Authorities to investigate famine conditions in the North-western provinces, has returned to the Capital. In a statement to the Kuo Min News Agency representative, Mr. Hsueh said that poverty and intense suffering are prevalent everywhere
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      OVERSEAS CONFERENCE.
      55 2 i The Central Authorities ere planning to convene a National Overseas Affairs Conference ttrs month to devise measures for the protection of overseas Chinese awell as r or the determination of construction schemes to be carried out by overseas Chinese who wish to return to their home land
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    ALLEGED WIT
    463 2 What can be done witul by-products of gasolim contemporary. Usually they** 'I taken to the nearest hospital An Irish fireman rescue I woman at a blaze, lost h; hold f- 1 the bottom of the ladder md landS heavily with the woman on n/ him. A doctor hastily
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    CORRESPONDENCE
    1308 3 Malacca Guardian does not necessarily endorse the opinions of its correspondents.] The Eihics of Toddy (1). jne and Youth are Fire upon Fi.e.” be! .t watering is that which comes from Heaven. I. P. the Editor of the Malacca Guardian.” )ridv is one of the cheap intoxing uquors consumed
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    SHIPPING
    236 3 The steamiaunch, Gweneth,” which formerly belonged to the Colonial Government and was stationed at Malacca recently, has been soid to a Chinese shipping merchant of Singapore. She now llies the Chinese national tiag and trades between Singapore and one of the neighbouring islands. The P. O. freighter, Bulan,” which
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    INFLUENCE OF THOUGHT
    474 3 Special to the Guardian.' 9 Reader, weeks back I wrote an article called —Word; A Power, and during these few' weeks I have proved by actual experiments with my comrades the actuality and truth of the power of our words.” But how many of you realize that
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  • RECENT NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD.
    • MONDAY.
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        BOMBAY RIOTS.
        155 4 SIX KILLED AND SIXTY INJURED. Go far six persons have been Pined and bO injured in communal cisiurbances in which Hindus are reported o have attacked Moslems as they were emerging from the mosques alter prayers. Serious rioting also occurred at Bhendy Bazaar. Troops have been posted a:
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        MURDER OF PRIESTS.
        134 4 Further details of the killing of the three Augustinian fathers, Godfrey Holbein, Waiter Conveyou, and Clement Seybold, who were slain by bandits at Chenki, West Hunan, on April 24, reveal that they were captured when travelling between Chenki and Yuanchow by SO ieaderiess soiUiers. and shot Without
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        AVIATORS’ SAD FATE.
        130 4 The ground party which discovered the bodies of Lieut. Keith Anuerson ana Mr. Hitchcock, who k.st their lives in searching for the Southern Crc s, buried the remains where they were found, according tc a special .elegram to the “Straits Times.” it was impossible to remove them
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        BRIGHT RUBBER OUTLOOK.
        102 4 Sir Eric Geddes, presiding at the rrnuai meeting of the Dunlop Rubber Company, Ltd., in London, attributed the reduction of £l.l GO,tOO in the Company’s profits eo.eiy io tne Government’s abolition of restrict.on without ade equate notice, but said that as the profits cf 12 American companies
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        WOMEN CANDIDATES.
        21 4 u.\iy-jOur women candidates wii contest 31 seals at the genera eeiiion, comprising 28 Labour, 2' L-beral and 8 Conservative.
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    • TUESDAY.
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        AFGHAN WAR.
        158 4 SIGNAL DEFEAT FOR EX-KING AMANULLAH. After four days' incessant fighting 6.G00 of Bacha-i-Saqao’s troops have overcome 3.000 of Shah Mohamad’s forces near Lohgarh. There were very heavy casualties on both sides. Bacha-i-Saqao’s forces used aeroplanes, one of which crashed and burst into flames. It is reported that Nadir
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        HUGE JEWEL ROBBERY.
        149 4 The Continental police are investigating one oi tne oiggest diamond roooenes oi recent years, involving £Zo,OUU worth oi stones. Despatched from Lourenco Marques to Antwerp, the packets arrived apparently intact but contained worthless stones. A gang of international diamond thieves is suspected. It is understood that the
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        BOMBAY RIOTS.
        86 4 Sporadic rioting continues at Bombay, but reinforcements have arrived from Poona. Tne casualties arising from intercommunal disturbances now include <zl killed and 200 injured. The curfew, extending from eight in tne evening to six in the morning, has been ordered for a fortnight throughout the city except in
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        JOURNALIST SHOT.
        85 4 Charles Mackay, the correspondent of a New Zealand newspaper, was killed in the Berlin rioting. He disregarded the warning of the police and strolled in an unconcerned manner into the streets in ihe Neukoeln district. He was found dead in the Hermannstrasse, where firing continued till two o’clock
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        INDIAN vs. SIR JOHN.
        64 4 The Communists of the West Riding of Yorkshire have chosen Mr. S. Asmani, President of the Indian Trade-Union Congress, who s at present awaiting trial at Meerut, India, on a charge of edition, to oppose Sir John Simon n Spen Valley at the general 'lection. Another
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    • WEDNESDAY.
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        HOPE FOR DISARMAMENT
        227 4 COMMITTEE ADJOURNS TO STUDY PLANS. The Disarmament Committee discussed naval armaments and Mr. Sato (Japan) moved an adjournment in order to give the interested Governments time carefully to examine the American proposals, in connection w’ith wnich the speaker promised the very sincere co-opera-tion of Japan. Lord Cushendun
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        NEW U. S. TARIFF.
        159 4 The new U. S. Tariff Revision Bill is a bulky document of 85,000 words and generally accords with Mr. Hoover’s wish that revision be limited.” It is understood that about one-third of the schedules have been revised upward. An increased duty on sugar is proposed but
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        JAPANESE RETIRE.
        119 4 A message from Tsinanfu states that the Nanking Government troops have taken over control of .he walled city of Tsinanfu from cue Japanese forces, who had been .n possession since May 2, 1928. ihis marks the first decisive step towards the complete Japanese military evacuation of Shantung, which
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        ASYLUM BURNED.
        55 4 Four thousand inmates of the New Jersey State lunatic asylum were panic-stricken when a fire broke out which destroyed the greater part of the main buildings. The patients, clad in nightclothes, yelled in frenzy as their guards And attendants endeavoured to shepherd them from danger. All were rescued
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    • THURSDAY.
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        MILLIONAIRE GAOLED.
        151 4 SEQUEL TO TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL. Harry Sinclair, whose name was mentioned in connection with the Teapot Dome naval oil scandals and who was due to start a longdeferred term of imprisonment for contempt of court, has surrendered himself at the Washington gaol. He arrived in a motor-car from
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        BAD REPARATIONS PLAN.
        115 4 Mr. Owen Young’s reparations plan, which is now published, reveals Great Britain as the proposed financial victim. Great Britain objects to this. The plan involves a revision of the percentages of German payments to each creditor as fixed by the Spa Conference. Thus Great Britain’s share (23
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        BARDOLI TAX UNFAIR.
        102 4 The report of the committee which has been enquiring into the reassessments which were responsible for the serious “No Tax strike in the Bardoli district last year declares that the statistics regarding rental and sale were carelessly compiled and completely unreliable, while the estimates of agricultural profits
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        ELECTRICITY FOR ALL.
        109 4 The schemes of the Electricity Commissioners for the supply of electricity in bulk, which have actually been adopted by the Central Electricity Board set up under the Electricity Supply Act of 1926, cover 42 per cent of the country’s total area and nearly 75 per cent of
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        KING’S RETURN.
        95 4 It is now stated that H.M. the King will leave Craigweil House, Bognor, for Windsor Castle on May 17. The journey will be made by motor-car during the morning, Windsor being reached in time for luncheon. The Court will remain Windsor CasJe for about a month, going from
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    • FRIDAY.
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        WAR IN CHINA.
        200 4 ENEMY TROOPS APPROACHING CANTON. Serious fighting is reported to be taking place along tne CantonKowioon railway, between the forces of the Kwangsi General Hsu King-long and those of the Cantonese Generals. The railway authorities at Kowloon have been advised by Canton to cease running all trams to
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        PENSION INCUBUS.
        135 4 In a debate in the House of Commons, Major G. C. Tryon, Minister of Pensions, said the vote was still large. The number of their beneficiaries was about 1,500,000. He had taken pains to ascertain how this compared with the expenditure of other great countries, who, along with
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        REPARATIONS.
        95 4 Following on British disapproval of Mr. Owen Young’s reparations plan, there seems ground to suppose that Britain is willing to make some concession with regard to the proposed reduced German annuity, but considers that the sacrifices should be proportionate all round. There is reason to believe that a counter-proposal
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        WHEAT CHEAPER.
        78 4 The newspapers give prominence to the fall in the price of wheat, especially in Canada, where there is serious grain congestion owing to lack of orders from overseas. This development is attributed primarily to attempts by Canadian and Australian wheat pools to hold up supplies, and to Europe
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        THE AFGHAN WAR.
        48 4 A notable victory for Bacha-i-Saqao is claimed by Abdur Rahim’s capture of the town of Herat, in north-west Afghanistan. On the other hand Ghulam Nabi, the former Afghan Minister in Moscow, on behalf of Amanullah, holds Mazar-i-Sharaf, whence Abdur Rahim’s famous march on Herat began.
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    • SATURDAY.
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        CANTON IN PERIL.
        286 4 EARLY FALL TO REBELS k EXPECTED. A very rigorous cen,- >rship being maintained with .r arn s the Canton affair. Fighting raking place east of the m Kwangsi forces have occu pied Hok’ hau, near Samshui, and a.'e rap ifadvancing. The early fan 0 f Can ton
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        REPARATION DISCORD.
        145 4 Hopes of an agreement on reparations are fading. Several conflicting counter-proposals, instead of a compromise on one. are iikeiv to be made to Mr. Owen Young, and of these none are generally acceptable. Nevertheless it is feasible that the Reparations Committee’s report agreeing on the amount of German
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        GRAIN CONGESTION.
        92 4 The grain congestion in Canada has reached enormous proportions About ICO vessels are tieu up !1 harbour awaiting export orders. Over 20 million bushels of wheia now lie in terminal elevators at Montreal, Port Coiborne, the entrance to the Welland Can. and at Lake Erie terminal, whii> several
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        CHOLERA IN CALCUTTA.
        46 4 CHOLERA IN CALC UTTA. An outbreak of chimera pj Calcutta has assumed aiarnin-i? proportions, and has spread throughout the city. C ases average 90 a day and hos. 'ids Covercrowded. The majority of the victims are Indians. E ropean s Generally are being inoculated, precautionary measure, <
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    PLANTING IN MALAYA.
    783 6 We are indebted to the Secretary of the Planters’ Association of Malaya for copies of its annual report as well as of the report of the Planters’ Benevolent Fund of Malaya, in both of which are numerous matters of interest. The latter is concrete evidence that the
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    RURAL FIRES.
    454 6 At the January meeting of the Rural Board it was stated officially and positively that it was not the duty of the Fire Brigade to go to rtres outside the Municipal limits, noiwiuistanding tne fact that in Malacca it is manned by the police, which do not form
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    NEW ROADWAY.
    130 6 Considerable adverse comment is heard at the new roadway being constructed to the Residency. The work requires a very large amount of excavating and the loss of at ieast one very beautiful shade tree. The result is felt to be unsightly and the advantage, if any, far from
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    INDIANS AWAKE.
    103 6 The request of the Malacca Indian Ciub for a representative of the Indian community on the Municipal Commission is a perfectly reasonable one and should be granted as *qon as it can be arianged. The Indian community of Malacca is not only a large and rapidly growing element
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  • FROM OTHER PENS.
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      PATRIOTIC SINGAPORE.
      191 6 under the British flag. \T fl a Saturday Post.” Singapore rose splenci i v occasion for the Koval week-end, and gave a cordial as; triotic welcome to Prij n’ pa Duke of Gloucester. s 3' Highness could not but IVe t impressed with and de his brief stay
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      MR. GANDHI AND SMOKING.
      157 6 life in general.— The Siam Observer." We really admire Mr. Gandhi many ways, even after reading hb autobiography. Obviously 7 e means quite well and it is unfon tunate that he manages to stir up such a lot of strife and ill feeiing Now he has
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      PENANG vs. SINGAPORE.
      121 6 likely lo yield resul s? —“Malaya Tribune.” We are not prepared to think that Penang climatically offers its boys any special advantage over Singapore, that its atmosphere more congenial to excellence in scholastic attainments, or that tliboys themselves, though fewer in number, are more brainy or ambitious.
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      DANGEROUS SINGAPORE.
      125 6 Straits Times." Fast traffic in Singapore :s prfr'tically uncontrolled. Tins ma* seem a urns-.e statement, but fr order to appreciate r.s truth threader need go no fan. r ihan frown office window. Cecil Street.fr which the premises ol‘ this newspaper are situated, is on of the main streets
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      OUR HATED RULE.
      95 6 The Straits Times." In brief, the essential efferent between the position of the of India and the Governor Genera of Canada is that the forn r is llo bound by the will of a which can be changed at we of the agitators who exer .<s a
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      OUR CHIEF CONCERN.
      77 6 selves abreast of events.—“ Gazette.” Malaya requires, just as much as any other part of the Empire, an air mail and passenger service, which would enable her to keep in regular touch with the Dutch East Indies, Borneo, Rangoon, Bangkok, Calcutta, and even Australia. That at the
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  • SPORTING NEWS
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      GOLF CLUB NOTES.
      192 8 The ladies’ monthly medal (bogey) competition was played last Wednesday evening. There was a poorer entrance than usual, oniy 9 cards being taken out. Mrs. Vowler was an easy winner with the good score of all square.” Mrs. Lindow was second w T ith 2 down and
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      FOOTBALL.
      1298 8 PLANS FOR GOVERNMENT INTERDEPARTMENTAL GAMES. At the Government Monopolies last week, at a meeting of the Committee of the Government Inter-Departmental Football Competitions, the draw for the second round was made and resulted as follows: Government Monopolies vs. The Stadt House, May 14; referee, Mr. F. Peralta. P.W.D. vs.
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      TENNIS.
      335 10 END OF MALACCA CLUB TOURNAMENT. The Spring Tennis Tournament of the Malacca Club was finished on Wednesday when Simpson and Davis beat Stewart and Burnard in the Men’s Open Doubles. This event had to be postponed until il’ter the prize distribution, which .ook place three weeks ago, owing .o
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      BADMINTON.
      172 10 TAN TAN PARTY BEAT M.V.C. HEADQUARTERS STAFF. A match was played between the Tan Tan Badminton Party and the M.V.C. Headquarters Staff on the atters’ court on Saturday and resulted in the former winning 6 to nil. Result (T.T.B.T. names mentioned first). Singles. 1. Lye 800 Soo beat C.
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