Malacca Guardian, 19 August 1929

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    17 1 MALACCA GUARDIAN (PUBLISHED WEEKLY). Vol. IL MALACCA, MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1929. SINGLE COPY TEN CENTS. Nq. 33
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    DEAN’S OPERA.
    221 2 A very good performance was 'i'von by Dean’s Union Opera Company at the Royal Hall, Tranquerah Road, on Friday evening. 4 The Two Brothers, Stephen and Wiihelm,” was the name of the play presented, and the acting ana dresses worn throughout the scenes left nothing to be desired.
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    ORIENTAL MATTERS.
    1042 2 PROBLEM OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS. (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, August 15. What is considered to be the most important subject affecting the future careers of the youths of this city will be discussed by the Cnmese Christian Association at the C.C.A. Hall this evening. The proposition is: “Should
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    SOCIAL RELATIONS.
    321 2 CAN CHINESE GIRLS PLAV WITH BOYS? Should social relations between young people be encouraged? The problem is causing no little contention among the members of the Penang Union Epw’orth League, says the Straits Echo.” Recent heated discussions, arising out of some trivial incident, have not helped towards a
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    ALLEGED WIT
    591 2 lt was during the effort made by the women of the United States to raise $3,000,000 for the union Christian women’s colleges of the Orient. A boy of some ten years, out to do his bit for the cause, called at the door of a wealthy home in
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      305 2 ADVERTISEMENTS. TENDER. Tenders are invited up to noon of 23rd August, 1929, at Headquarters, Malacca Volunteer Corps, Malacca, for the purchase of the following:— 42 pairs part-worn browm leather boots —Sizes: 6 to 10. Full particulars can be obtained on aoplication to the Adjutant. P. J. GETHING, Captain and Adjutant,
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    SHIPPING
    615 3 About five thousand bags of rice I and bran were brought to Malacca from Bangkok by the large Norwegian merchantman, Imataka,” on Monday last. A large consignment of lumber was brought from a neighbouring port by the Keng Hoe,” a large Chinese tongkang belonging to a local Chinese timber
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    CORRESPONDENCE
    1282 3 i [The Malacca Guardian does not neces i sarily endorse the opinions of its correspcndcnts Life Savers. Tc the Editor of the Malacca Guardian.” Sir, I shall be much obliged if you will be good enough to give me a space in your next issue for the following:— The
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  • RECENT NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD.
    • MONDAY.
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        OUR FOREIGN POLICY.
        272 4 RE4L INDEPENDENCE FOR EGYPT. Mr. Hugh Dalton, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, speaking at an Independent Labour Party meeting at Welwyn, reviewed the foreign policy of the Government. He said that in the sphere of foreign polio' Hie Government was pushing forward vigorously along a wide front.
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        WAR CLOUDS GATHER.
        123 4 The newspapers are publishing alarmist reports from Viadivostock and from Manchuli alleging that war clouds are once more gathering in consequence of the breakdown of negotiations. These reports officially are largely discredited. It is pointed out that the negotiations so far have been confined to informal long
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        APPEAL TO CANADA.
        127 4 Mr. J. H. Thomas, Minister :n charge of the unemployment problem. has left London for Canada. Mr. Thomas’ main objects are to improve trade relations between the Home country and Canada, and to investigate the question of emigration. He hopes to secure more markets for British goods
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        BREAK ON STOCK MARKET.
        113 4 The increase in the New York Federal Reserve Bank rate resulted in a bad break in prices on the New York Stock Market. Westinghouse Electric went down eight po nts on the opening, Kennecott copper, Columbia Gramorhone, Unite 1 Gas Improvement ad went down by five
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    • TUESDAY.
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        RAILWAY TROUBLES.
        151 4 SABOTAGE CONTINUES IN MANCHURIA. It is reliably reported from Harbin that sabotage continues. A freight train has been blown up by an explosion a few miles to the west of Harbin. Fourteen cars were wrecked. Arson was attempted at Chalantun, to the west of Tsitsihar, while armed invaders
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        YOUNG PLAN POPULAR.
        128 4 According to the Petit Parisien,” a meeting at The Hague of the French, Italian. Belgian, and Japanese delegates to the conference decided to support the Young plan as an indivisible whole and rot oermit any material change in the plan, but to offer Great Britain certain minor
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        TO INDIA AND BACK.
        144 4 In flying to India and back in -even and a half days, the Duchess of Bedford and Captain Barnard have surpassed the previous record or the return journey by no less than seven and a half days, the previous best being the 15 days’ vovtge of
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        FORTUNE AT STAKE.
        81 4 A six-year lawsuit arising out of claim by Mrs. Beulah Croker for i share of the property of her late husband, Richard Croker, an exTammany chief, has ended, the Court affirming the right of the pstate agent, Mr. Conald, to the oroperty upon payment of >1,900,000 under
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        LORD BADEN-POWELL.
        38 4 Sir Robert Baden-Powell, the ounder of the Boy Scouts, on w hom he King recently conferred a peerage, stated at the World Jamboree at Birkenhead that he had chosen he title of Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell.
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    • WEDNESDAY.
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        “ ENGLAND SUPPORTS YOU.”
        265 4 ENGLAND SUPPORTS YOU.” TELEGRAM FROM PREMIER TO MR. SNOWDEN. The text of Ramsay MacDonald’s telegram to Mr. Snowden is: The Financial Commission will make a very serious mistake and may wreck the immediate prospects of settlement unless they understand quite finally that the experts’ report requires readjustment to meet the
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        TO NEW YORK VIA ALASKA.
        103 4 The I .and of the Soviets,” an amphibian aeroplane, pilotted by M. Shestakov, who flew to Tokio from Moscow in 1927, and which started cn Aug. 8 and arrived at Krasnoyarsk on Aug. 11, is flying tq New' ork via Alaska to ascertain the extent
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        MOTOR-CYCLING ON SEA.
        91 4 Mr. H. S. Perry accomplished a new feat by crossing the English Channel from Dover to Calais and back on a motor-cycle. The time taken was seven hours 25 minutes. This included 40 minutes spent in Calais harbour for lunch. He was accompanied by a motor launch
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        NEW FRENCH CONSUL.
        84 4 M. de Martel has been appointed a First Class Plenipotentiary. M du Courtial, Consul at Singapore, has been appointed to Port Sa*d. M. Sudrea, First Dragoman at Bomoa >, has been placed in charge of he Consulate at Singapore and M. Chelant, First Dragoman at Bangkok, has
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        JAMBOREE ENDS.
        50 4 A picturesque ceremony con eluded the Great Scout Jamboree at \rrowe Park, Birkenhead, with Lord Baden PoW’ell burving golden hatchet in the earth and distributing golden arrow’s to the eaders of the national as symbols of peace, bidding them: Go forth as ambassadors of good will and friendship.
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    • THURSDAY.
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        PRESS COMMENT.
        224 4 ATTITUDE OF MR. SNOWDEN PRAISED AND CENSURED. Americans are more interested in events at The Hague than in any International Conference since the Naval Disarmament Conference in 1927. The newspapers pubiisn daily two or three columns of despatches from The Hague. American correspondents almost unanimously accuse Mr. Snowden
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        RHINE EVACUATION.
        86 4 It is learned from German quarters that Mr. Henderson at the Rhineland discussion said that British evacuation was independent of the carrying out of the Young plan, but M. liriand reaffirmed the French standpoint that evacuation depended on a favourable settlement of the reparations question. German circles are
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        EARTHQUAKES IN U. S. A.
        70 4 A series of earth tremors rocked portions of five Eastern States from the East as far as Springfield, Massachusetts, from the West as far as Ashtabula. Ohio, from the South to various points in Pennsylvania and from the North as far as Toronto. No damage
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        KING PROGRESSING.
        67 4 The present warm and sunny days are materially assisting the complete return to normal health of His Majesty the King, who has enjoyed a little walking exercise and rest in the grounds of Buckingham Palace. No definite arrangements have yet been made for the Royal visit to Sandringham,
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        HUGE FRENCH EDIFICE.
        58 4 The French Government proposes to erect at a cost of $50,000,000 a 65-storey building in the fashionable midtown district of New York City to house the onsulate and other agencies devoted to the propaganda of French i n oA^ eS s will contain rooms, and there will
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        SENT HACK TO CHINA.
        39 4 The San Francisco police have 'laced Mr. and Mrs. Ying Kao and Mr. Sun Foo aboard the Shmvo M?ru for China, to be tried by the Chinese authorities on a charge of Mafficking in opium.
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        ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS.
        231 4 PJRST FLOATING AERODROME TO BE READY IN YEAR. The plan for the construction of the first of a series of trans-Atlan-tic air ports is announced by Mr. Joseph MacDonald, a naval architect, w’ho says that the Roebiing Company are already working on the huge anchorage and cables problems.
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        CANADA’S TART REPLY.
        114 4 At a round table conference at Montreal the question of liquor smuggling from Canada to the United States was mentioned by Professor Corbett, Dean of the Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montreal, who declared that Canada had no great sympathy with rum-runners. Referring to requests by the
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        CHURCHILL BACKS SNOWDEN.
        82 4 Mr. Winston Churchill started his Canadian holiday by addressing 1.400 people, including Federal and Provincial Ministers, at the Canadian Club at Montreal, and cordially supported Mr. Snowden’s virile stand at The Hague. He said that he (Mr. Churchill), when Chancellor, made it clear to M. Poincare, who
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        HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.
        64 4 A train at a level crossing at Dallas, Texas, crashed into a lorry of picnickers going home from the Zoo. of whom 14 were killed. The accident occurred 150 yards from the home of Mr. BadgeU, a farmer, who was drawing water from a well. He turned and
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        WAR ON CHINESE BORDER.
        50 4 The Governor of the Province of Kirin reports that Chang Hsuehliang and Russia began hostilities on Tuesday. On the eastern front •100 marines and two aeroplanes from gunboats on the Sungari River have occupied two small towns. On the western front, Nordunu, near Manchuli, is occupied.
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        LIQUOR PROBLEM.
        39 4 The highly controversial liquor question is to be the subject of an examination by a Royal Commission, in accordance with the promise made in the speech from the Throne after the present Labour Government had taken office.
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    • SATURDAY.
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        ANTI-RED ACTIVITIES.
        191 4 <_IiINES E AUTHOR! fiES helex\tli,vs r Ve The thirty-nine Soviet R„ 0 arrested during the < lai s on May 28 have go> on 1 a a strike because they n >Kr. prisoned for over ten e J the semblance of a tn.i An official stateme: ?ang of
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        SNOWDEN IS FIRM.
        168 4 Mr. Snowden has made a dramatic step in sending a letter to rn? creditor Powers intimating that he still expects his resolutions for a revision of the Young plan to be dealt with without delay, and that he is unable to wait much longer. Mr. Snowden’s dramatic
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        CHINA DEFENDS HOLDER
        80 4 Under instructions from hie National Government. Chang Hsueh-liang, on Thursday evening, ordered the despatch of 60.00*3 Fengtien troops to the Siberian border. The ex-Premier, Field Marshall Wang Shih-chen. will command 30,000 troops on the Western front, with headouaners at Mmehuli, and General Ho Yu-kwan th J remaining
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        NAVAL DISARMAMENT.
        94 4 In regard to the naval disarrument question, it is uderstood tnn preliminary discus.- ns betv'eea London end Washh on are P ceeding satisfactory nd it is resumed that further progress be made next week, v n the P rh Minister will meet C oral Pa'' at Elgin, Scotland.
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        NO MORE DRY MURDERS.
        31 4 The Prohibition 0. :n1 Mr. Doran, announces i int >r to forbid dry agents to rifles, except in remott ;IS 'C rifles are necessary for pro^ c
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  • AROUND THE COURTS
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      SIDANG FREED.
      717 5 ACCUSED OF CRIMINAL MISAPPROPRIATION. ulat bin Amat, of Pulau Sebang, ft placed on trial in the District ft rt before Mr. Dodd on a charge ft .isnonestly misappropriating tne of $21.75 which had been en--1 ted to him by Kassim bin ft not. inspector Smith proseK ed and
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      FORGED CERTIFICATE.
      231 5 Osman bin Idris, a youthful Malay, w*as before the District Court on Tuesday on a charge of using as genuine a forged school leaving certificate, the complainant being Mr. Bruce S. Walton, Collector of Land Revenue. Inspector Higgins prosecuted and Mr. C. Carver appeared for the accused. Mr.
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      HAD LIQUOR IN OIL TIN.
      94 5 Teh Choon pleaded not guilty in the Police Court on Wednesday to possession of dutiable liquor on which no tax had been paid. A revenue officer said that at Klebang on Tuesday he found accused carrying a basket containing an empty bottle, two full bottles
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      COMRADES FALL OUT.
      101 5 Samanathan and Sokalingam used to be boon comrades but they had a sad falling out on the evening of August 1, when the latter accused the former of theft and the former is alleged by the latter to have retaliated with an unfriendly blow. Sokalingam had taken
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      A CANDID ACCUSED.
      199 5 Having been convicted for a similar offence before, a Chinese v ho was found guilty of preparing seven tahils of chandu dross for human consumption was fined $lOO or, in default, sentenced to four months’ rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Dodd on Monday. The Magistrate suggested to *he
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      TRICK CYCLING.
      120 5 Three Chinese boys and two young men were before Mr. Dodd on Thursday on a charge of trick bicycle riding on the publicstreets. They were fined $1 each. On Friday morning the Magistrate objected when similar cases were brought up, saying that it did not necessarily follow that
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      OLD MAN ASSAULTED.
      134 5 Se Tiu, a shopkeeper of Paya Rumput, was complainant in a case in the Police Court on Wednesday, accusing Mahomet bin Manomet Ali of Sungei Udang of assaulting him because he refused further credit when the Malay had run up a huge ledger account of thirty-six cents
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      WOMEN FIGHTING.
      382 5 Tw*o stalwart Chinese women w*ere before Mr. Dodd on Saturday for fighting in Goldsmith Street that morning. A Sikh constable said the women were hitting each other in the road with their fists before a large crowd. The serious injuries on the lower jaw of the second accused
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      FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE.
      223 5 Ahmad bin Alsat was fined $20.50 by Mr. Dodd on Wednesday for failing to report a bad case of foot and mouth disease. Accused, w*ho lives at St. John’s Hill, uses his cattle to pull a water cart. He said that they w r ere all
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      OUR MISTAKES.
      575 5 WHAT THE YOUNG CHINESE HAVE TO WATCH. (From a Chinese Lady Contributor.) In the San Min Chu I, Dr. Sun Yat Sen says that China makes a poor impression on an average foreigner, due to Chinese lack of personal culture, and that even scholars and students are constantly
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      282 5 The CASE for the Small Investor IT is not often that the small man of moderate means is given an opportunity of entering the wealthy investors’ moneymaking industries. However Oil Palm Plantations, Ltd., have opened the way thereto by creating a series of profit sharing Bonds and already over $1,960,000
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    TEACHERS MEET.
    1104 6 I he President of the Malayan teachers’ Association delivered a Very thoughtful address at their annual convention at Kuaia Lumpur last week, with much of which we agree. His suggestion that* the Teachers’ Conference should be held n each State or Settlement in turn is a wise one,
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    RUBBER CROPS.
    400 6 i'ne Straits Times of Monday .übt reproduced from The Financial 1 lines an article in wnich Mr. Ormsby-Gore was strongly criticised by Mr. Cyril Baxenuaie, wuo scofted at tne possibility, wmen Mr. Ormsby-Gore suggested, of producing 4,UuO pounds of rubber an acre, basing ms scepticism upon soli limitation.
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    THE RECLAMATION.
    54 6 In our article last w*eek on the above subject we inadvertently referred to the City Fathers. The work being done in Malacca, as wel as most w-orks of this kind elsewhere, is in charge of the Public Works Department or the Harbour Board where there is one, and
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  • FROM OTHER PENS.
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      NO MEAN CITY
      258 6 The Straits Times.” ..nen Sir Hugh Clifford Mii *uosday that Singapore P J J« St administered city that h he Aiiown in the tropics ne paid 6 and weighty compliment r igtl citizens of Singapore, thp r th <> pointed representatives, the l ap> sion of Malayan
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      LESSON FOR MALACCA.
      230 6 axe uui luuu» able for developing it. lh e aa ya Tribune.” Reading the report of Tuesday's 3oard, we were reminded of a too icpular song of some years ago. That song, in sickly sentimental y, proclaimed that it was “niceto oe beside the seas de," and
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      QUEEN’S SCHOLARSHIPS.
      142 6 The Daily Express. It is said C* u he encur.a^ given to tne exceptionally ,r! C‘ boys by these Scholarships hp ll^ benefitted tne country. It tna so, which we deny, it is exceptional ability la-up this country. It is perhaps chat some boys, full ot h°P talent,
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      RAFFLES COLLEGE.
      53 6 ore word.—“ The Malayan Daily Express.” A suppliant g'N lustrous academic robes m ing a deep and capacious *•> bowl, supported by a gubernatorial ■personality of Herculean proportions and a brilliant galaxy of satellites—it is a beautiful picture to detract from the pleasing contemplation of which we wouid
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  • LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
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      MUNICIPAL BOARD.
      1448 7 T\X ON FEMALE DOGS AT LAST RAISED. There was a full attendance at i he regular monthly meeting of the Municipal Commissioners on Friday fternoon last. The minutes of the revious meeting having been approved, the President made the following announcements: President’s Remarks. The President informs the Board
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      ROLLING SCHOOL.
      305 7 NOVEL SERVICE SCHEME HERE IN MALACCA. At the motor-car showroom:: of Messrs. Tan Soo Hock Co., Jonker Street, until Wednesday night, there may be seen a novel motirtruck known as the Rolling Service School,” whose purpose is to aid agents and purchasers of General Motors cars with information
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      MAULAUT.
      147 7 People passing along the roads at night will notice that all the Mosques are a particularly pretty sigh, just now, for as well as the brilliant ights inside, they are gaily lighted up all round outside with festoons of vari-coloured electric bulbs. Once a year a month is specially
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      BUKIT KATIL.
      755 7 NINETEENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. Tne nineteenth annual general meeting of the Bukit Katil Rubber F states, Ltd., was held at the office of the Secretaries, Heeren Street, Malacca, at noon on Wednesday. Those present were: Messrs. Tan Soo Hock (Chairman), Tan Tiam Tve and C. F. Gomes. The
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      MINISTERS COMING.
      544 7 METHODIST SUMMER SCHOOL IN MALACCA. About fifty Pastors of the Methodist Episcopal Church are expected in Malacca to-morrow, when the Malaya Summer School of Ministerial Training will begin a ten days session. The idea originated with the Rev. Dr. Allan Macßossie, oi New York, who devised this method
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      JUMBLE SALE.
      78 7 The Pulau Sebang Jumble Sale was held on Thursday, August 15. The sum realised was $120.48. Cheques have been sent to: Christ Church Malacca Endowment Fund $60.00 French Convent Orphans 30.00 St. Nicholas Home for the Bli «d 30.00 $120.00 Mrs. Woods wishes to thank ail w ho
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      CLIFFORD FUND.
      325 7 The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation is prepared to receive donations and remit same at par to their Singapore office for credit of the Clifford Fund’s account. Contributions will be announced in The Guardian,” with the names of donors and the amounts given. Mr. T. Pohan, of the
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  • Obituary
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    149 7 OBITUARY. ihe death occurred at the house y± Mr. Ee Kong Guan, J.P., in Chinchew Street, Singapore, at about 11 a.m., on Thursday last, of Mr. Tan Keong Kiam, a well-known shipping merchant, of Malacca, and proprietor of Keng Hin Co. The deceased was an uncle of Mr. Ee Kong
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  • SPORTING NEWS
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      GOLF NOTES.
      480 8 BUUSY WEEK FOR LOCAL CLUB. Last week for the Golf Club—so far as competitions were Concerned —was gala week. In the ordinary w?y the monthly medal (men’s) is played on the first Saturday and Sunday of each month, the iadies’ monthly medai on the second Wednesday of each
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      CRICKET.
      474 8 X.\LACCA DEFEATED BY WELCH REGIMENT. An interesting two-day cricket match was played on Saturday and Sunday Aug. 10-11, when Malacca entertained the Second Welch Regiment. Tne soldiers batted first and compiled 76 runs. Bandsman Clemments was the highest scorer with 26 to his credit; Bandsman Brown no: out 14
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      TENNIS.
      398 8 KHOO HOOI HYE ON MALACCA CLUB PADANG. On Wednesday, the 14th instant before a fairly large crowd of tenr-.is enthusiasts, Khoo Hooi Hye, partnered by F. G. Heath of Messrs. Huttenbach. Lazarus Sons. Ltd., Ipoh, gave a tennis exhibition on the “centre court of the Malacca Club padang against
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      FOOTBALL.
      1587 9 'LAV V Cl V “TIE”: SINGAPORE vs. MALACCA. Dolfattah’s Day. n Saturday last before a fairf. d crowd, as far as local crowds j Singapore played their first i r ch at home in this year’s :es for the Malaya Cup against D acca. Tne teams lined up as
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      POOL.
      36 9 JASIN CLUB HANDICAP RUSSIAN POOL TOURNAMENT. Semi-Final. In the above tournament the following were the scores:— Edward scr. beat Davies —5O, 250—115. McKerrow +lOO beat Peters —5O, 250—144. Final. McKerrow +lOO beat Edwards scr., 250—218.
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      OFFICERS CHOSEN.
      95 9 N. S. RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB. (From Our Own Correspondent). Seremban, Aug. 11. The annual general meeting of the Negri Sembilan Rugby Football Club was held yesterday evening at the Sungei Ujong Club, Seremban. The Hon. Mr. J. W. Simmons, M.C.S., British Resident, Negri Sembilan, presided. After the items
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    BIRTHDAY PARTY.
    173 9 In response to invitations issued by Dr. and Mrs. A. C. Dutta on the occasion of the birthday of Mrs. Dutta, w’ell over 150 guests sat down to dinner at their residence, Durian Daun on Saturday last. Congratulatory speeches were made by Mr. Tan Soo Hock and others.
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    THE CALL OF THE HUMAN.
    285 9  -  —Robert Whitake*. if nowhere to-night there were needy Who hunger for bread and have none, My loaf, I am sure, would taste sweeter, And all that my labour has won; My house, though it still were a cottage Far finer than palace would be If
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    A HEROIC SISTER.
    139 9 In a desperate effort to save the Blessed Sacrament from the flames, Sister Celestine, Acting Reverend Mother of Saint Patrick’s Convertt, Hayling Island, near Portsmouth, was burned to death in a fire at the Convent. A few minutes before she was trapped by the flames, Sister Celestine
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    ARMY SENT TO CHINA.
    32 9 The Tass Agency announces that a special Far Eastern army, formed under General Bluecher, ex-Deput.v Commander of the Ukranian Military District, has left Kharkov for the Far East.
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    REGULAR AIR SERVICE.
    44 9 The Royal Dutch air line will start a regular fortnightly service to Batavia on Sept. 12. At least once in my life I was glad to be down and out.” And when was that After my first trip in an aeroplane.”
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  • CHINA NEWS
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      THE OPIUM TRAFFIC.
      288 9 (Kuo Min News Agency.) Mr. Wang King-ky, until recently Chinese Minister to Belgium, who represented China at the meeting last year of the Geneva League Opium Committee, has visited the National Anti-Opium Association and was cordially received by its Chairman and officers. In the course of the
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      DISTRICT AUTONOMY.
      103 9 An order instructing that preparations for the institution ot district autonomy in the various provinces such as land survey, census of the population, organization of district gendarmes, and road construction, be accelerated and completed within five months in accordance with the programme for tne Period of Political Tutelage,
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      SURVEY OF COUNTRY.
      89 9 Pursuant to a decision reached at the recent 2nd General Meeting of the Central Executive Committee, the General Staff has formulated a comprehensive project for a complete survey of the territory of China. The scheme provides for the employment of a large staff of expert surveyors, the
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      TESTING CONSULAR COURTS.
      92 9 As a preliminary step to the abolition of foreign consular jurisdiction in China, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a circular order to the various Bureaux of Foreign Affairs throughout the country instructs that a detailed report on he decision in mixed cases rendered by the foreign
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      ENVOYS PLEASED.
      148 9 At a memorial service held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr. C. T. Wang, Minister of Foreign Affairs, stated that Envoys from nineteen different countries participated in the recent State Burial of Dr. Sun Yat-sen. The foreign Envoys have recently telegraphed to the Foreign Ministry expressing their
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      GENERAL YEN NEEDED.
      132 9 The State Council has despatched a telegram to General Yen Hsi-shan instructing him to abandon his plan of going abroad and to assist the Government in the Reconstruction of the country. Following is a translation of the telegram:— We are in receipt of your telegram, the contents
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      MOHAMMEDAN MAYOR.
      66 9 It is reported that the State Council will appoint General Ma Fuhsiang, the w T ell-know r n Mohammedan General, as Mayor of the Special Municipality of Tsingtao, Prior to the arrival of General Ma at Tsingtao to assume his new office, General Wu Shih-yu, Commander of the
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      YEN WANTS TO LEAVE.
      68 9 In spite of telegrams from different quarters urging him to remain in the country, General Yen is reported to be determined to go abroad with General Feng Yuhsiang. The Shansi leader has despatched a telegram to General Feng requesting the latter to proceed to Peiping cr
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      CHECKING WAR LORDS.
      59 9 The Central Disbandment Office, in a circular order to all military units throughout the country, strictly prohibits the requisition of funds by any local military authority from the civil authorities in the places where they happen to be stationed. Any unit found guilty of disobeying the order
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      NEW GOVERNMENT SEAL.
      57 9 A new r seal of the National Government of the Republic of China will be ready for use on October 10th, the National Independence Day. The seal will bear a design of the peony flower, with inscription in ancient Chinese ideography witten by Mr. Wang Ti, w'ho
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      UNEQUAL TREATIES.
      40 9 In an order to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the Executive Yuan instructs that definite procedure for the abolition of the unequal treaties with various foreign countries concerned be determined immediately and submitted to the Yuan for reference.
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      77 9 METEOROLOGICAL STATION. BUKIT CHINA, MALACCA. -Sc txi 2-5 C r c ee a s D ate. x i- g ir-e x c® J 3 H i *1« 11th August 81 73 0.04 Nil 78 12th ..85 73 Nil 9.90 81 13th ..86 73 Nil 10.30 82 14th 86 75 Nil
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    JASIN NOTES.
    741 10 iHEFT IN A DWELLING. A Chinese lad, aged 15 years, named Lee An Kow was found "■•liitv of the offence of the theft Si sixty cents, the property of a Chinese woman named Lai Tai Hoo, i.t Kesang beiore Mr. L. S. Freer on Liie Sen inst., and
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    ALOR GAJAH NOTES.
    551 10 A LOR GAJAH NOTES. viO T OR ACCIDENT AT FIFTEENTH MILE. On Monday, the sth inst., while Mr. K. Poopalam, District Manager of the Great Eastern Life Assurance Company, and Mr. Ambalam of Malacca, were returning in Mr. poopalam’s Fiat sedan, leaving Alor Gajah Police Station at 8 p.m., when
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    MALACCA VOLUNTEERS.
    108 10 Leave—Officers. 2 Lieut. E. V. Rodrigues has been gran ed leave if absence from the 9.8.29 tc 3.8.29, both dates inclusive. Camp—Tanjcr.g Bruas. A Camp will be held at Tanjong Bruas for he Signal Section, on the 23rd 24th and 25th of August, 1929. Annual Mobilization. The annuai
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    NEW ASSOCIATION.
    255 10 The Cantonese Sporting Association held their inaugural tea party on August 11 and among those present was Mr. Loh Kim Swi, one of the patrons. Mr. Woo Swee Mun, the President, in his welcome speech said that the Association was granted exemption from registration because it had influential
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    SCOUTS IN CAMP.
    396 10 About a hundred Boy Scouts had a most enjoyable camp at Tanjong Bruas last week, leaving Malacca on Saturday, August 10, returning on Thursday last. There were 97 boys on the first day but otheis came along later and the total finally reached 108, of whom four
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    ENGAGEMENT.
    133 10 The engagement was announced of Mr. Wong Soon Cheang of tne staff of the Anglo-Chinese School. Nebong Tebal, Province Wellesley, and Miss Lim Guan Sek of the staff of the Suydam Girls’ School. Malacca, at a party given at the residence of the young lady in Lorong Bukit China,
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    CHAMPIONS BEATEN.
    38 10 At Southampton (New York) in the doubles final of the Meadowbrook Lawn Tennis Tournament, a remarkable victory was achieved by iwo collegians, Berkeley Bell and Gregory Mangin, who beat Tilden and Hunter, 11-9, 10-8, 1-6, 6-3.
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    GENERAL BOOTH POOR.
    75 10 Rumours which have been current as to the great wealth of the late General Bramwell Booth, unti recently head of the Salvation Army, are shattered by the disclosure in his will that his gross estate amounts to no more than £913 7s. Od. Ten Boy Scouts left
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    MURDEROUS NEW YORK.
    85 10 The death has occurred at ge of 47 of Mr. Joseph vVariefc the New York ex-Pol ice Com®* sioner whom Mayor Y\ alkei polled to resign last consequence of uubnc indign*»* at the gangster outrages. The record of his successor Grover Whalen, is severe!} c cised in
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    HOME MADE DRINKS
    37 10 U. S. Prohibition Doran has instructed P'' y gre agents in future not to 111 with Americans who make own beer and cider or liurnt i m their own homes anti do no them.
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      275 10 I PROGRAMME I From Mon.. .9th Aug. to Wed., 21st Aug. From Thurs 22nd to Sun 25th A U|!ust f it At 9.15 p.m. 3 g BILLCODY Latest Pathe Gazette The New Richard Talmadge of the Screen with DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS YT Thrills and Action as Douglas Fairbanks in The Screen's
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      S.S. (SINGAPORE) ASSOCIATION.
      586 11 H LNMENT position on IE DUTY ORDINANCE. allowing is a part of the Lj n of a Committee meeting Lgjd the Singapore Exchange Tuesday, the 13th August, i lit tee Vacancies: The Com- Eft >ted with regret the res;g- of the Hon. Mr. F. A. Eft and
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      SAD SUICIDE.
      275 11 CHINESE GIRLS JUMP FROM STEAMER. We came to the ship to commit suicide as we are terribly grieved at our people’s dislike for us. W e beg you to send the letters to the Singapore Police and the Chinese Consulate to arrest our enemywho lives at He has
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      THE CLIFFORD FUND.
      272 11 LATEST LIST OF DONATIONS RECEIVED. Already acknowledged ..$8,286.20 Lim Kian Beng 50.00 Pupils of Telok Gadong Malay School 5.00 M. C. Tsai (per Chartered Bank, Ipoh) 100.00 Members of Singapore Recreation Club 142.00 Penang Malay Teachers’ Association 100.00 Yow Ngan Pan 100.00 Members of the Government Junior
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      NEW FLOATING DOCK.
      366 11 CHRISTENING OR FUNERAL CEREMONY. Oyer 800 guests, invited to the official opening of the Admiralty Floating Dock at the Naval Base, Seletar, on Wednesday, were gathered on the two sides of the dock when the Government yacht, Sea Belle II,” steamed into it, says the Malaya Tribune.”
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      CHETTY FIRM FAILS.
      288 11 The Penang business world today w T as paralysed by the startling announcement that one of the biggest Chetty firms in Penang had stopped payment, says Monday's Pinang Gazette.” It appears that the head office in one of the big Indian cities had got into difficulties and
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      KLANG INQUEST.
      679 11 COLLAPSE OF GODOWN UNDER CONSTRUCTION. (From Our Own Correspondent). Klang, Aug. 10. Enquiry into the death of two Chinese adults named Lim Boon and Tan Eng, aged 44 years and 22 years respectively, said to have died from the collapse of Messrs. Paterson and Simons’ new godown in
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      RUBBER RESEARCH.
      1313 11 ANNUAL REPORT OF INSTITUTE OF MALAYA. The annual report for 1928 of the Rubber Research Institute for Malaya, just off the press, is valuable, if for no other reason, because it gives the public an assurance that something has actually been done for the agricultural industry by the
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