Malacca Guardian, 5 August 1929

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    17 1 MALACCA GUARDIAN (PUBLISHED WEEKLY). ■c IL MALACCA, MONFAY, AUGUST 5, 1929. SINGLE COPY TEN CENTS. No. 31
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    RAFFLES COLLEGE.
    1258 2 Why Should Malaya Have A University? In the first place it is natural that licentiates of King Edward VII College of Medicine and passed students of Raffles College, who have reached a degree standard, should desire to have the letters B. A., M. B. or B. Sc. (Malaya)
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    SHIPPING
    585 2 An unusually large consignment of fruit was shipped from Malacca to Singapore, on Tuesday last. The twakow reported in the last issue of the Guardian as sunk near the Malacca lighthouse has been raised. There were two S.S. Co.’s boats sailing to Singapore on Tuesday last. One of the
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      474 2 ADVERTISEMENTS. The United Malacca Rubber Estates, Limited. ii Notice is hereby given that at C the Nineteenth Annual Ordinary s General Meeting to be held cn r Friday, 9th August, 1929, the s Directors will recommend that a 1 Dividend of 7% for the year ended a 30th April, 1929,
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  • CHINA NEWS
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      YEN, FENG AND CHIANG.
      321 3  -  —Yen Hsi-shan.” (Kuo Min News Agency.) Following General Yen Hsi--s recent telegram announcing Kj< ‘intention to retire from politics Ki. go abroad with General Feng K' -iang, two telegrams have exchanged between CommanK, -Chief Chiang Kai-shek and K al Yen Hsi-shan. Following K ranslation of the
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      DAMAGES DETAILED.
      153 3 Following investigations into the actual extent of damages done to he Lung-Hai Railway Line by r eng Yu-hsiang’s troops, the Ministry of Railways has published a tabulated list of the location and details of the damages to the railway bridges, telegraph poles an i >ther means of communication
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      TORTURE PROHIBITED.
      124 3 In a circular order to the various district Magistrates, the Kiangsu ’rovincial Government strictly )rohibits the use of torture in the rial of accused criminals. The der states that trial by torture absolutely incompatible with the spirit of a constitutional government and was abolished on he inauguration of
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      PUBLICITY WORK.
      314 3 At the first regular meeting of f National Publicity Conference, i-eld under the Chairmanship of Mr. ;t! u Assistant Director of he I üblicity Department of the Party Headquarters, Mr. p Ki- un -kwang, Secretary of the Publicity Department, reported at length on the work of the DepartHe
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      NATIONAL HOLIDAYS.
      128 3 The States Council has published the list of national holidays for observance by all Government ani public organs as well as educational institutions throughout the country during the year. The list of holidays is given below: January I—Anniversary of the Establishment of the Republic. January 2 and 3—New
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      ENCROACHMENT ALLEGED.
      126 3 In a telegram to the Central Party Headquarters and the various Yuan and Ministries of the National Government, the Associated Chamber of Commerce of China petitions the Central authorities to formulate measures for the early demarcation of the boundary between Yunnan and Burma, in order to avoid diplomatic
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    ALLEGED WIT
    552 3 Is he a good rabbit dog? inquired the hunter, after inspecting the animal. I’ll say he is!” the dealer re- plied with pride. You shoulc have seen the way he went after my wife’s new sealskin coat! Grandpa was dozing in his armchair and emitting sounds that might
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  • RECENT NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD
    • MONDAY.
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        REPARATIONS.
        335 4 BRITAIN WILL NOT ACCEPT YOUNG REPORT. Mr. Lloyd George, the Liberal leader, called attention in the House of Commons to the Young report on reparations, and said that he was amazed that it should eyer have been presented to the British Treasury as a fair settlement of the claims
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        AMERICA FOR PEACE.
        122 4 Telegrams from every corner of the United States and all parts of the world are pouring into the White House endorsing Mr. Hoover’s cruiser suspension. Reports received by the Administration in dicate that the country as a whole enthusiastically approves of the step. The Big Navy Group,”
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        POINCARE TO RESIGN.
        77 4 M. Poincare has informed the Cabinet that he will shortly be undergoing an operation which will involve two or three months' cessation of work. He has, therefore, decided to tender his resignation to M. Doumergue. The Cabinet have decided to depute M. Briand and M. Louis Barthou,
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        SERIOUS GUN ACCIDENT.
        50 4 The Admiralty announces that 17 persons have been injured in a serious gun accident aboard H.M.h>. Devonshire during firing practice in the Eastern Mediterranean. The accident is reported to be due to the blowing out of a new six-inch gun. Thirteen of the injured men have died.
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    • TUESDAY.
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        NEW EGYPTIAN POLICY.
        191 4 HIGH COMMISSIONER TO BECOME AMBASSADOR. According to the newspaper, El Mokattam,” Egyptian official circles understand that the British Government view sympathetically .he Anglo-Egypiian draft treaty drawn up by Egyptian negotiators, by which the British High Commissioner in Egypt will become an Ambassador, and the Egyptian Mmiser in
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        SINGAPORE BASE.
        175 4 In response to enquiries the Prime Minister, Sir Joseph Ward, stated that the British Government’s proposals in reference to naval defence had received the atention of the New Zealand Government, which had communicated a "entative expression of its views hereanent to London. Sir Joseph Ward said that his
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        STINNES ACQUITTED.
        96 4 The trial was begun on May 28 of Herr Hugo Stinnes, son of the industrial magnate, and of his Secretary. Von Waldow, and several others, charged with attempted fraud to the disadvantage of the German Reich by converting war loan stock into more valuable old war loan stock.
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        FRENCH CABINET QUITS.
        65 4 The French Cabinet has resigned. M. Poincare persisted in his determination to resign, despite the supreme appeal of M. Briand and M. Barthou, who called at his house to ask him to retain the Premiership. M. Poincare’s operation is on a prostate gland and will necessitate several
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        CONFERENCE DATE FIXED.
        19 4 Belgium having agreed, the Reparations Conference has definitely been fixed for The Hague on Aug. 5.
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    • WEDNESDAY.
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        RECORD BOOK PRICE.
        126 4 TIIIRTY-THREE THOUSAND POUNDS FOR ONE VOLUME. The famous Luttrell Psalter, one of the finest English mediaeval manuscripts, has been bought privately by an anonymous purchaser for the British Museum, where it has been on loan for many years. It is understood that the price paid was £30,000.
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        CHINESE CANNIBALISM.
        109 4 The Famine Relief Commission investigators report that since the spring relief measures and rain have considerably reduced the irea affected, but 35,000,000 people are still suffering. Central Kansu has had no rain for four years, and th»? wheat-growing area is like a desert. One city’s population has been
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        DIVISION OF INDIA.
        90 4 A plan to divide India into separate Hindu and Moslem spheres, and to convert the 70,000,000 depressed classes equally to Hinduism and Mohammedanism, was mentioned by Mohamed Ali, giving evidence before a committee enquiring into February’s disturbances in Bombay. M. Ali said that the plan was originated
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        WOMEN BREAK RECORDS.
        97 4 Miss Betty Robinson, the American Olympic runner, has smashed the world’s women records for the 50 and 100 yards sprint, taking 54 5 sec. and 11 1 5, respectively, at Chicago. Miss Helen Warren claims the record for hurdling 80 metres in 12 3 5 sec. Miss
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        BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.
        88 4 The Foreign Secretary, Mr. Arthur Henderson, received the Soviet Ambassador to Paris, M. Dovgalewski, at the Foreign Office. The conversation lasted for an hour and a half. The present relationships between the two countries formed the subject of friendly exchanges of opinion, and Mr. Hen derson and
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        OFFICER FOUND GUILTY
        50 4 At a Court Martial at Portsmouth, Lieutenant Keen, Watch Officer of Submarine Ll 2 when she collided with H 47 on July 9, was found guilty of negligence in no' Liking adequate steps to avoid the H 47, and has been dismissed his ship and severely reprimanded.
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    • THURSDAY.
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        GOLD LEAVING ENGLAND
        150 4 RESERVE BELOW FINANCIAL PLIMSOLL LINE. The Bank of England on Monday sold for export nearly £3,000,000 worth of gold, which was a record day’s transaction, following the protracted drain, mostly to France. It is believed that the movement is bound up with the recent debt ratification, also
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        GUN ACCIDENT EXPLAINED.
        127 4 The Admiralty announces that it has beer ascertained that the cause of the recent gun accident in the cruist r Devonshire is attributed to a hang-fire of very short duration in one gun of the eightinch turret. Owing to the simultaneous discharge of other guns in the
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        KELLOGG PACT EFFECTIVE.
        98 4 In acknowledging” the official notification from the United States Minister that the Kellogg Pact has become effective, the Chinese Foreign Minister, Dr. C. T. Wang, declares that this announcment is especially welcomed by the National Governnu nt and the Chinese people at a time when Sino-Russian relations
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        BELGIUM AGAIN INVADED.
        67 4 A German invasion of Belgium, namely, a march across llie lrontier of 600 German Communists “to demonstrate,” was forestalled as the result of wireless appeals to the neighbouring Belgian police. This is one of the incidents described by Reuter’s European correspondents in connection with Soviet plans for
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        DROUGHT IN CANADA.
        64 4 The persistence of drought in Canada and the intense heat, which 100 degrees in some places, has resulted in an abnormal number of deaths from drowning and has prejudiced the crop prospects. Forest fires are responsible for heavy ’osses, and most provinces have enlarged their efficient air
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        RADICALS REFRACTORY.
        19 4 The Radicals have decided not to support the new French Govern’T'ent, but they may abstain from voting.
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    • FRIDAY.
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        SCOUTS’ JAMBOREE.
        202 4 UNPARALLELED OVATION FOR DUKE OF CONNAUGHT. Fifty thousand Boy Scouts, representing 42 nations and 32 parts of the British Empire, gave a big yell of welcome when the Duke of Connaught arrived at Arrowe Park. Birkenhead, to open the International Jamboree. The day was chilly and rain feli
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        REDS MOBILISING.
        149 4 The South Manchuria Railway Office has received a report that over 100 persons were killed and wounded as the result of a clash cf Red and White Russians at Iman, to the north of Vladivostock, on July 28. The report cannot be confirmed elsewhere. The Commander of the
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        NEW AIR RECORD.
        133 4 The air refuelling and endurance record has been broken by a Curtis monoplane, St. Louis Rob'n.” piloted by Mr. Dale Jackson and Mr. Forest O’ Brien, which started at 7.17 a.m. on July 13, and landed at 7.38 a.m. on July 30. The St. Louis Robin beat
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        N. Z. STRONG FOR BASE.
        56 4 In the N. Z. House of Representatives Sir Joseph Ward, replying to a question, said that New Zealand had already contributed £250,000 towards the cost of the Singapore Naval Rase. The Government attached the greatest importance to the Rase, and they were unwilling to reconsider
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        RUSSIAN AVIATION.
        35 4 The triple-engined Soviet aeroplane, “Wings of the Soviets,” v ith nine passengers, wffiich is touring European capitals, has arrived at Croydon. This is the first Russian machine to visit England since the War.
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    • SATURDAY.
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        BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.
        202 4 PLANNED RESt MPTinv. RELATIONS FAILS 0f M. Dovgalevsky has l ef Paris having compkted hkl to London, which, according message from Moscow enriJ out any result. A statement by the Tass Agem-v M. Dovgalevsky on July >o' tfla upon Mr. Henderson the inJ appointment of an necessary,
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        EUROPE IN TURMOIL
        139 4 Europe’s Red Thursday staged from Moscow as an anti-d protest on the 15th anniversamj the beginning of the Great Wr] was signalled by a red glare at a.m. at Sarajevo, the Cradle d the World War,” where raihra workshops caught fire, the wc-ti manship, apparently, of ComrJ
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        ORDERLY SHANGHAI.
        110 4 Contrary to anticipations, t:.J was no serious trouble on "B Thursday.” Everything was mal, with the exception of aco; of minor Communist demon? tions in the International NH ment, which were quickly pressed. The comparative W attributable to the scotching j the Police of the Interna j Settlement
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        BARON BADEN-POWELL
        65 4 BARON BADEN-POWE LL The King has approved tg dignity of a Rarony be co upon Lieutenant-Gei r al i Raden-Powell, found' rof Scout movement, which. holding a great International boree at Birkenhead ir .1 Raden-Pow’ell gained f nl South African War the? of Mafeking. It was in L J he
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  • AROUND THE COURTS
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      CONSTABLE CONVISTED.
      639 5 ivr hundred dollars to > TO COMPLAINANT. Ip Singh, a Sikh constable, tin before Mr. Dodd on I J. for the continuation of the IB A of the case against him for heft of $l6O and a wallet I f g to Santa Singh, a stran- ,ur midst.
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      BROTHER vs. BROTHER.
      841 5 UUARREL AIRED IN DISTRICT COURT. A quarrel between two brothers was aired in the District Court beioie Mr. Dodd on Wednesday, when lan Kee Soo prosecuted his elder •a other, lan Kee Leng, on a summons for using criminal force and ci lminal intimidation. Mr. Monro appeared
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      INSPECTOR SENTENCED.
      267 5 FOUND GUILTY ON TWO CHARGES. Tan Jee Kee, the Municipal Licensing Inspector who was tried during the preceding week on charges of criminal breach of trust of $l5 or, alternatively, receiving an illegal gratification, was again before Mr. Dodd on Monday. Mr. Carver appeared for the prosecution and
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      SARAWAK POLICE HERE.
      211 5 A Sabang Constable and a Sikh j Lance Corporal in natty blue serge uniforms, both of the Sarawak Police, were in Court on Tuesday seeking custody of Tan Jim, wanted at Miri to answer a charge of criminal breach of trust of $l,BOO, the property of Chop
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      ACCUSED COMMITTED.
      342 5 ARSON CASE TO BE HEARD AT ASSIZES. Chin Fui Nam, charged with setting fire to his tea shop at 79, Bunga Raya, on the early morning of July 7, to get the insurance money, was committed for trial at the next Assizes by Mr. Dodd on Thursday. The
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      RUBBER’S FUTURE.
      445 5 RUBBER’ S FUTURE. VIEWS OF LEADERS GIVEN AT I. S. P. DINNER. Speaking at the annual dinner of the Incorporated Society of Planters in London on June 28, Mr. L. S. Amery said that although there were some people who criticised the time of the removal of the Stevenson Scheme
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    £10,000 FOR BOYS.
    35 5 Mr. Mortimer L. Schiff, of the Kuhn Loeb Company, handed to the Prince of Wales at the Jamboree a cheque for £lO,OOO to establish a fund to promote international friendship among boys.
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    FRENCH CRISIS ENDS.
    149 5 The crisis is over. M. Briand went to the Elysee and confirmed the Cabinet, which remains the same as the last, minus M. Poincare. The new r Cabinet held its first meeting, and has summoned Parliament to hear its statement of policy, which is expected to be
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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      128 5 First Bond Issne Over Subscribed. “B” SERIES BONDS AVAILABLE AND SELLING RAPIDLY. BOND CAPITAL NOW EXCEEDS $1,000,000 Each Bond $l6O payable $lO with application, $lO within 30 days and $5 per month thereafter, until the full amount is paid. Local Branch Office: 96, FIRST CROSS STREET. Pill in the Attached
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    SANITATION.
    647 6 The Guardian has had a good deal to say about conditions at and around the incinerator and about the overgrown reserves for roads at Kampong Morten, but there are other points to which the attention of the health officials needs to be called. We had heard so much about
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    AN ANOMALY.
    239 6 For something over a year there has existed in Singapore a Malayan branch of the Italian Fascists, which received Government recognition without question. But the corresponding organisation of China, the Kuomintang, still remains a proscribed society and occasionally innocent Chinese are sent to prison on account of their
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    SIAM AND MALAYA.
    167 6 °o the King and Queen Mllfn tO S ngapore last week ca (ea attention to the very cordial relationship between that Kingdom and British Malaya. Kindred in blood and in temperament, the Siamese and the Malay have many pleasing characteristics which make them popular to the colder
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    EDUCATION IN THE VERNACULAR.
    139 6 The following extract from The Times of July 4 is a complete endorsement of the attitude of The Malacca Guardian on vernacular education for the Chinese of Malaya: Nor is there a common language to form a bond union. Chinese is not a single language, but
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  • FROM OTHER PENS.
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      RAFFLES COLLEGE.
      362 6 for Raffles College.—“ The Pinang Gazette.” Admittedly the problem nnance is bound to cam anv 01 This should have been thought y and adequate provision mart 5 it before the College was built t build a huge institution 0 f \u° kind, which of necessity ls C J,
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      REDS vs. BOY SCOUTS.
      223 6 The Malay Mail The riotous demonstration by Communists at the New York docks on the occasion of the departure of a contingent of Boy Scouts for England was not an affair of any importance in itself, but it was symbolical of the antagonism between two world-wide
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      OUR STURDY CHAMPIONS.
      138 6 OUR STURDY CHAMPION S. The Straits Times.” Nobody wants factu .is chronic antagonism tow mis Government—indeed. th< re i* reason for it with th* P Governor and Colonial Secretary'' but there is a general fee. ing public affairs are left too co placently with the Govern) ent t* partments. Although
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      SINGAPORE.
      153 6 to be said for it.—“ The Malayan Saturday Post.” Sir Hugh Clifford generously declared tnat no city in the Colonial Empire within his wide experience is better administered than Singapore—a statement that we should all do well to remember when we feel inclined to criticise. Tnat does not mean
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      WHY “ BUY BRITISH? ”
      112 6 WHY BUY BRITISH? The Malaya Tribune.” A slogan is useless unless it is supported by enterprise and energy. Hence it can be of little avail to endeavour to promote trade within the Empire by means of a Buy British! appeal if the right kind of goods are not offered, and,
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      25 6 I RIAL TO I From Thursday Bth to Sunday j llth August. JETTA COUDAL X IN T “The Forbidden Woman” f i y *!**l**l—*!"!• *l**l**l**l**l**r**J**l**J**l**l*
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  • LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
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      ST. NICHOLAS HOME.
      416 7 »<i PORT BY MISS SHERMAN TO DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION. I e Singapore Free Press ”of u contained a special report ot my,, nual general meeting of the i lu ore Diocesan Association in K)i references to the work in B; ;i a were made by Misses SherJ ;;n
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      CHILDREN’S DAY.
      261 7 Children’s Day was celebrated by Be Malacca Methodist Mission on ■unday, July 28, with an elaborate ■rogramme given in the Suydam Brirls* School Hall at 10.30 a.m., in Bhich the children of the Sunday ■chools connected with the Gir’s’ ■chool and the Anglo-Chinese ■chool both participated. Excellent w
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      FLAG DAY.
      511 7 ST. DAVID’S HOSPITAL GETS THOUSAND DOLLARS. The result of the Flag Day is as follows: Donations received beforehand: Pathe (Malaya), Ltd. 125.40 Mrs. Tatsu Hikosaka 25.00 Mr. Chan Teck Chye 20.00 Mr. and Mrs. Loh Kim Swi 20.00 Mr. Edward Tan 20.00 Mr. Tan Cheng Lock 20.00 Mrs.
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      MALACCA J.P. CHARGED.
      146 7 COMMITTED FOR TRIAL AT HONG KONG. According to the Hong Kong Daily Press of July 26, a Chinese, named Lung Chik Wa, a Justice of the Peace of Malacca, was charged before Mr. E. W. Hamilton the previous day with unlawful possession of 2.8 taels of non-Government
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      BURGLAR DISTURBED.
      842 7 On the night of Wednesday last thieves attempted to get into thaj bungalow where Mr. C. Lyle, the Manager of Messrs. Frazer and Neave, is living. Mrs. Lyle woke at 3.30 a.m. with an uneasy feeling that ail was not well, and her little j boy was coughing
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      FIFTH LIST.
      116 7 SUBSCRIPTION FOR FRENCH CONVENT BUSES. (Collected by Mr. Tan Soo Ghi). Previous lists, $3,209; Mr. E. Kong Guan $2OO, Haji Abdulatip bin Haji Tamby $25, Mr. E. Sta Maria $5, Mr. J. K. Dissanaike $lO, Mr. Chan Soo Kim $lO, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Woodford $lO, Mr.
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      CORONER BUSY.
      1992 7 ACCIDENTS, SUICIDE AND HEART FAILURE. The Coroner had a busy day on Thursday when he investigated several sudden deaths. The first j was an enquiry into the cause of the sudden demise of a shoemaker, j Mr. Koh Siew Kim, who dropped dead in the local office of
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      MANDI SAFAR.
      222 10 Tha chief event of lasi week was the pieturesoue Malav Festival of “Mondi Safar” (ToUk sa’ ratubalak—Th A washing away of a hundred sin?) at Tanjorg Bruas. eight miles from Malacca, and very early or. Wednesdav morning a great assemblage of cars, bullock carts, and other m°sns of
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      MALACCA VOLUNTEERS.
      326 10 Routine Orders by Major H. W. Esson, M.C., Commanding. L ea ve —Officers. 2 Lieut. J. D. Sanderson has been granted leave ot absence Irom 30.7.29 to 5.3.29, both dates inclusive. Leave —Officers —Return From. Captain F. W. B. Sergeant returned irom leave on the 26.7.29, and assumed
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      THE MARIONETTES
      262 10 Very good shows were given on •hree evenings last week at the Rialto Theatre, by Signor Santoro’s Jalian Marionettes. These lifeuzed puppets most cleverly imperonated real actors and actresses. The scenery and dresses left nothing to be desired, but the most relightful part of the entertainment was the
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      CHINESE AFFAIRS.
      1198 10 HOME DUTIES MORE IMPORTANT. (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, August 1. In my notes ot last week 1 ventured an opinion tnat, in view of the modernising influence permeating the life of the Chinese in diverse directions, there would be many Cmnese to oppose the proposition That the
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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      93 7 RIALTO THEATRE. Taking a Chance,” a thrilling Fox Western, is the special attraction at the Rialto to-night. In addition is Rex. the king of wild horses, with Jack Perrin in Wiid Blood.” In the first show are the opening chapters 1 and 2 of the thrilling mystery Universal serial, The
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  • SPORTING NEWS
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      TENNIS.
      468 8 MALACCA ASSOCIATION OPEN TOURNAMENT. The Hon. Secretary of the Malacca Lawn Tennis Association is to be congratulated for the fine way the tournament has been run. Matches have been arranged for every day of the week but owing Lo eleventh hour changes it is not possible to give any
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      M.V.C. B.R.A.
      181 8 MONTHLY SPOON SHOOT. Sunday, 28th July. 1929. •5 -3 -8 c. 3 g is N c McMillan 31 30 26 87 ‘18.43 Khoo Kim Lian 27 28 32 87 90.00 Leman bin Mamat 30 25 30 85 97.14 Chua Boon Tan 28 32 24 84 91.80 M. M.
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      FOOTBALL.
      892 8 YEOW KIM SWEE SHIELD COMPETITION. Semi-Final “tie”: B.K.F.C. v. C.F.A. 11. As a result of superior play in practically all departments the Banda Kaba team earned the distinction of figuring in yet another final.” If the M.R.A. provide the opposition in the last stage of all, as all present
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      MALAYA CUP TRIAL.
      102 9 To-morroow the final trial match will be played when the Malacca F.A. will meet the C.F.A. The following have been chosen to represent Malacca and if the chosen players maintain their form they will probably play against Johore on Friday, at Kubu C Gr6und, in the Malaya
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      KUALA PILAH LEAGUE RESULTS TO DATE.
      88 9 (From Our Own Correspondent). Sunday, July 28. The following is the League Table of the Kuala Pilah District Football League up to date: p. W. D. L. P. Town Team 2 2 0 0 4 Police and P. &T. 2 1 0 1 2
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      CRICKET.
      49 9 MALACCA CLUB vs. WELCH REGIMENT. On Saturday a Cricket Match will take place on the Club Padang between the Malacca Club and the officers and men of the Welch Regiment. In the evening there will be a dance from 9.30 to 12 when the Nightingales Band will play.
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      HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS.
      25 9 The annual sports for the Malacca High School will be held on the Malacca Club Padang on Friday commencing at 2.30 p.m.
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      ATHLETIC SPORTS.
      302 9 GOVERNMENT ENGLISH SCHOOL. (From Our Own Correspondent). Seremban, July 28. Being favoured with ideal weather and before a huge gatheiing of spectators, which included His Highness The Yang Di Pertuan I f'tsar of Negri Sembilan and suite, the European Community of the I district, friends from Seremban, the
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      ATHLETICS.
      501 9 INDIA TO ENTER FAR EASTERN GAMES. India will be strongly represented in the Far Eastern Athletic Association championship in May of next year at Japan, the Philippines Herald was informed by N. B. Mohamed of the London Health and Strength Club. When he left his country on a bicycle
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    JASIN NOTES.
    260 9 A MALAY WEDDING. The 19th mile, Jasin, which is the district of Rim, was well en fete on Saturday and last when Penghulu Dollah bin Hadji Eusope’s daughter, Miss Zinaffar, was married to Mr. Manifar bin Dorahadji, assistant Land Bailiff, Rim, Jasin. Penghulu Dollah was appointed Penghulu of
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    ALOR GAJAH NOTES.
    393 9 In the Magistrate’s Court at Alor Gajah before Mr. A. C. Boyd on T he 29th inst., the following were charged:—Messrs. Lee Kiat, Teh Cheoh, A. M. P. R. Ramasamy Chettiar, Liow Tong Choo, Koh Yeo Toh, Sow Boon Seng, Ong Kip Tong and Tan Soo Gee,
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    HEAT IN AMERICA.
    43 9 The death roll due to the heat wave is daily piling up in all the large cities and the mercury is at 93 degrees in the South. A simoonlike wind is raking the baking streets of the Metropolis, spreading prostration.
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    RUBBER ROADWAYS, LTD.
    993 9 DEMONSTRATION AREAS SUCCESSFUL. The fourteenth annual general meeting of the members of Rubber Roadways, Limited, was held yesterday at the registered office, 2,3, and 4, Idol-lane, London, E.C., says The Times of June 4. Sir Stanley Bois Chairman of the Company presided. The Secretary (Mr. Frank G.
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    DURIANS.
    254 9 The best place ever I see for fruits/' said Jake, was Singapore: Pineapples, pummeloes, mangosteens, mangoes and thousands more, And that's where I pinched some durians once, when I’d been for a run ashore. But the mate he sees me coming aboard and he looks at me and, Ho,
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    AN EVIL TRAFFIC.
    186 9 CONDEMNED BY FRENCH WOMEN. Eight hundred French women, representing all the women’s organisations in the country, at a meeting decided to support the League of Nations’ campaign for the suppression of the system of State-regulated vice. There were numerous cries of shame when one of the speakers
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    FIGHTING IN CHINA.
    90 9 Delayed messages from Yunanfu paint a lurid picture of street fighting, followed by a powder magazine explosion which wrecked a large area of the city, including the French and British Consulates. The explosion occurred on July 11. The British Consulate was demolished, and the Consul, Mr. Kirke,
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    NEW ENDURANCE RECORD.
    62 9 The U. S. aeroplane Angeleno landed after a flight which lasted 10 days 6 hours 44 minutes. “We came down because our tail group started fluttering,” explained Mr. Mendell, the chief pilot. An attempt was being made to take in the 38th refuelling when instability developed, causing
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    CHINESE SEIZE BANK.
    53 9 It is announced that the Chinese authorities at Harbin have seized control of the Far Eastern Bank and ordered its officials to hand over the keys. Orders have been w ired to the Chairman of the Bank by M. Piatakov, Chairman of the State Bank, to liquidate
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    STRANGLINGS AT KABUL.
    35 9 It is reported that Hidayatullah, step-brother of Amanullah, and three other sympathisers of Amanullah, have been strangled at Kabul. A section of the Afridis have joined the Waziris in supporting Nadir Khan.
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      72 9 METEOROLOGICAL STATION, BUKIT CHINA, MALACCA. B >> Date. g h 2 5 2 t-a >.g t. s wS S “g S X 28th July 86 74 Nil 8.20 84 29th ..87 74 Nil 10.80 S3 30th 86 76 Nil 9.05 83 31st ..86 76 0.17 8.90 87 1st August 85
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      TUNGKU ISMAIL.
      624 11 I KIXANEOL’S notes from NEGRI SEMBILAN. com Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, July 28. Tungku Ismail bin Tungku I; amed Yassin was the guest of ■j. our at a Malay dinner given by If; Chinese Community of Kuala lj h last night at the premises of I* Chinese Chamber
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      SIR HUGH AT SEREMBAN.
      319 11 (tiom Our Own Correspondent). Seremban, August 2. v o Sir Hugh Clifford, nf G-UM.G., G.8.E., Governor ol the Straits Settlements and High TT?Mo Sloner for the FM.S. and U.K.MS., will travel down to seremban on Tuesday morning by car from Kuala Lumpur. The tallowing will be
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      BATU ANAM CLUB.
      284 11 The Malacca Amateur Artistes rave a performance of Good Morning, Bill,” at the Batu Anam Club, Johoe, on Saturday, July 27, on the occasion of the opening cf the new part of the Club, which has recently been enlarged and improved. There were eighty people present, making
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      CLIFFORD FUND.
      205 11 GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION FROM MALACCA. Mrs. Choa Kim Keat 100.00 Choa Joon Hean, Esq. 100.00 Hon. Dr. Noel Clarke 100.00 Ong Kah Lock, Esq. 200.00 An Ex-Malacca Chinese 10.00 M. Rex, Esq 100.00 Hon. Mr. A. McKenzie 100.00 Kwong Yik Banking Corporation, K. Lumpur 1,000.00 San Ah Wing, Esq.
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      SEREMBAN ROTARIANS.
      311 11 *From Our Own Correspondent). Seremban, August 2. At a recent meeting of the Seremban Rotary Club it was decided that the first formal dinner be held in the Miners’ Association, Seremban, on the 16th inst., at 8 p.m. The following twenty-five Charter Members were unanimously elected: Mr. O.
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      KLANG NOTES.
      646 11 The betrothal of Mr. Ong Hoon Chuan, second son of Mr. Ong Keng Swee, Member of the Klang Sanii tary Board, and nephew of Mr. Ong i Keng Kiat (Joo Jay), with Miss Leow Non, third daughter of Mr. Leow Sin Seong of Herren Street, Malacca, and niece
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      JOHORE TEACHERS.
      565 11 ENJOYABLE GYMKHANA AND CONCERT. The first annual meeting of the Johore Teachers’ Association at Muar closed on July 26 with a gymkana and a concert held in the School Hall. The former, organized by Mr. J. H. Taylor, Headmaster, Muar English School, with the express aim of affording
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    MARSHAL LI FREED.
    47 11 The Central Political Council ha? decided to restore his freedom to Marshal Li Chai-sum, Chief of Staff and Governor of Canton, who wa? largely responsible for the rapprochement betvceen South China and Great Britain, and was falsely reported to have been executed in March.
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    UNITED AGENCIES.
    504 11 TIN AND RUBBER PRICES FOR JULY. Since writing our report on 30th June, tin has risen £12.5.0 per ton and rubber 5/16d. per lb., albeit both the commodities have touched rather higher levels during the month, say the United Agencies of Kuala Lumpur. We consider this small rise
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    EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN.
    97 11 A severe earthquake has occurred at Tokio and Yokohama. People rushed out of their houses and all the clocks were stopped. The seismic centre was 30 miles to the south-west of Tokio and the maximum amplitude 30 millimetres. The shock was one of the most severe experienced
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    CHINA SUBMITS TO LEAGUE.
    73 11 It is learned semi-officially that re^use d to negotiate with China, who, therefore, is submitting the issue to the League of Nations. Meanwhile, a 20-mile neutra l zone has been mutually established at Manchuli by Chinese ?nd Soviet troops, while instructions have been issued for Chinese
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