Malacca Guardian, 2 September 1929

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  • 19 1 MAL ACCA GUA RDIAN (PUBLISHED WEEKLY). 01. IL MALACCA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1929. SINGLE COPY TEN CENTS. No. 35
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  • 483 2 STATIONERY BUSINESS HANDICAPPED. We notice that two of our Singapore contemporaries have at last taken action to deal with those youthful pirates who crowd into news agf/.icy establishments and around the counters at bookstalls on the railway platforms, particularly on the arrival of a fresh mail from home
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  • 466 2 At>out one hundred deck passengers arrived nere Irom Singapore direct by tne coasting steamers, on iuesday of last week. The P. and O. s.s. Mata Hari arrived in Malacca from BelawanDeli via ports, on Tuesday last and left the same day with a cargo of rubber for Singapore. The
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  • 728 2 MR. R. J. FARRER’S FUTURE. (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, August 29. Confirmation of the rumour that Mr. R. J. Farrer, the President of the Singapore Municipality, after his retirement from his office, was not leaving Singapore and that he was proposing to settle down in this place,
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 434 2 ADVERTISEMENTS. ORDINANCE No. 44 (BANKRUPTCY). IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. SETTLEMENT OF MALACCA. In Bankruptcy Summary Case No. 13 of 1928. RE (1) Heerji Nathoo. Receiving Order made 18th October, 1928. Date of Adjudication, 18th October, 1928. Date of Order for Summary Administra.ion, 2nd July, 1929. Date
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    • 235 2 ADVERTISEMENTS. ESTATE OF ONG TECK LIM, DECEASED. AUCTION SALE, of Valuable Freehold land and premises, no*' known as No. 15 and 37, Gajah Berang, Malacca. 10 BE HELD BY PUBLIC AUCTION. Ey Order of The Supreme Court, Singapore. By Messrs. Ching Keng Lee Co Ltd., at their sale-room, No. 21,
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    • 228 2 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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  • CHINA NEWS
    • 488 3 (Kuo Min News Agency.) Commander-in-Chief Chiang Kaiuk has issued a lengthy statement caling with the present situation i the Party and Government, .{lowing is a resume of his statement The success of the’ National devolution depends mainly upon tie success of the Party. All Parcy members should, therefore,
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    • 123 3 Since the establishment of the i ongkew Leper Clinic by the linese Mission to Lepers over two unths ago, only a small number 1 the lepers living in the neighborly districts have been taking vantage of the Clinic owing gely to their ignorance and nbts as to the
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    • 249 3 Speaking at the weekly memorial service held at the Central Par r y Headquarters, President Chiang Kai-shek reported at length on the results of his trip to the North witn special reference to (1) the Northv/estern situation, and (2) the state of Party affairs in the
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    • 136 3 An order strictly prohibiting the publication in the Peiping and Tientsin press of unfounded rumors or slanderous articles detrimental to General Feng Yu-hsiang has been received by the Peiping Garrison Headquarters from General Shang Chen, Acting Garrison Commander for Peiping and Tientsin and concurrently Chairman of the
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    • 92 3 It is estimated that over $20,000,000 revenue may be collected yearly in Kwangtung Province alone by the Central Treasury from the various national taxes. This estimate is obtained as a result of detailed investigation and demarcation of national and provincial revenues by the Minister of Finance, Mr. T.
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    • 110 3 Acting upon the recommendation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the State Council is issuing a circular order to the various Provincial and special Municipal authorities enjoining them not to issue passports to any applicant intending to go abroad who is not a bona fide business man or
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  • 561 3 The invention of the harp <vas due to an accident, we read. On the other hand, the inventor of i.be bagpipes was a Highland cottager who got the idea through stepping on a cat. A rich but very eccentric man died. The clergyman, who •/as young and new
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 443 3 be to iDtrotiDCB yon h Messrs. I FIAT Latest Master ProdacdH, I and to invite Trial and Demonstration. m wllL NOT be disappointed. iMtof Ma Tin $24 j CONCESSIONAIRES FOR MALAYA INCORPORATED IN THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS j SINGAPORE. PENANG. TAIPING. IPOH. KUALA LUMPUR. MALACCA. 33, JONKER STREET, MALACCA Tobacco Eudiometer
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  • RECENT NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD.
    • MONDAY.
      • 232 4 RUSSIANS SEEK TO CLOSE CHINESE MINES. Official communiques issued by Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang report that on Aug. 19 a railway inspector of the Chinese Eastern Railway was murdered by Red agents while on duty. On Aug. 21, a southbound train of the same railway was bombed by
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      • 115 4 The award of the Cotton Arbitration Board has been given a mixed reception in Lancashire. Some of the employers feei that they have not received what is necessary to restore prosperity to the industry, while operatives are frankly disappointed. As one of the latter expressed it, when
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      • 89 4 The plentiful supply of call money at seven per cent and also optimistic industrial credit reports were responsible for a bullish outburst on the New York Stock Exchange. Many new high records were established and gains ranged from a fraction to over 15 points. All issues
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      • 60 4 Habibullah is becoming desperate and has offered a reward of £7,000 for the capture, dead or alive, of Nadir Khan, who with his three brothers is harassing Habibullah on three fronts. Habibullah’s commander, Khan Mohammed, has been captured with a division of troops by Taghari tribesmen, and
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      • 66 4 The strained relations between Arabs and Jews arising out cf the recent incidents at the so-called Wailing Wall, where the Jews worship, resulted in two hours’ fighting in the streets, in wh*ch nine Jew's and six Arabs were killed and 107 -wounded. All the shops are closed
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    • TUESDAY.
      • 428 4 TROOPS SENT BY AIR FROM EGYPT. A Jewish Telegraph Agency’s telegram delayed by the censor reports that Mr. Best, the British Immigration Officer of the Palestine Government, was killed while repelling an assault on the Jewish suburb of Gwatshoul. Two Oxford undergraduates visiting Palestine have been seriously injured
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      • 102 4 The Schneider trophy race will be held on Sept. 7 and three British seaplanes will participate whether foreign machines compete or not. The Italian Government has notified its Air Attache in London that the Italian team has withdrawn from the Schneider contest. As a last effort to
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      • 50 4 Fifty persons, mostly aged neople and children, were drowned at Skoplie in Servia, owing to torrential rain causing the tributaries of the river Vardar to overflow End flood the working class quarter of the town. The police gave the alarm by firing revolvers, thus .enabling others to escape.
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    • WEDNESDAY.
      • 307 4 DISTURBANCES CONTINUE IN OUTSIDE VILLAGES. Disturbances have broken out ai Tel-Aviv where martial law has been proclaimed. Some Jews wore killed in the Arab quarters of Jaffa. A Palestine Government communique states that Jerusalem is now quiet. British infantry, the Air Force, and armoured cars are keeping order,
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      • 144 4 It is understood that Mr. Snowdon has informed M. Jaspar that Hie four Powers’ offer is insufficient and that he cannot accept it. Thus he creates a new deadlock Reuter’s Hague correspondent has already emphasized that the >tfer r< presented the four Powers’ last word. It
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      • 148 4 Glistening like silver the Graf Zeppelin sailed over the heart of San Francisco, attended bv a swarm of 50 aeroplanes. Thousands of people crowded at evary vantage point, whistles shrieked and bells tolled. The Zeppelin eventually headed down the coast. She was sighted at Santa Cruz
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    • THURSDAY.
      • 224 4 AGREEMENT WITH OTHER POWERS REACHED. The British Delegation has issued a statement to the effect that an agreement has been reached in principle that the other creditor Powers w r ould, by adjustments to be made within the frame of the Young plan, subject to the consent of
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      • 185 4 The Foreign Office states that the Chinese Minister at Berlin recently sent a note to the Soviet demanding an explanation of the hostile actions of Soviet troops on the Manchurian border, to which Moscow replied that the action of the Soviet troops had been taken in self-defence
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      • 111 4 Reuter’s special correspondent at Jerusalem cables that the situat;on is now well in hand. Sufficient forces are available to preclude tne fear of any but local, sporadic outbreaks and to ensure the power of the Government to deal with these. There is no sign of any anti-British
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      • 75 4 The Chinese Consul-General in Canberra. Mr. Sung, has announced that the Chinese Government has asked the Federal Government to modify the present restrictions oil Chinese in Australia. He points out that China is anxious to improve her trade relations but request better conditions for Chinese. Mr. C.
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    • FRIDAY.
      • 288 4 DRUSES SAID TO BE BACKING ARABS. The Jewish Telegraph Agency reports from Jerusalem that there has been much bloodshed at Haifa w here many Jews and Arabs have been killed in the Sephardic quarter, where British Marines fired on the rioters. Rumours are rife in Jerusalem of
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      • 78 4 The Graf Zeppelin has left Los Angeles for Lakehurst and thrilled the spectators by scraping a high tension electric wire with her tail. The damage to the Zeppelin w’as only slight. A quantity of tins of tea and vegetables were thrown overboard after the ascent, to overcome
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      • 53 4 As a result of the heavy rains in north-west India, the river Indus overflowed and washed away many villages in the Nowshera District. Miles of the Grand Trunk Road towards Peshawar are flooded and the road to Murree has been breached in many places. The Kashmir road is
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      • 51 4 It is now’ announced that the Italians will participate in the Schneider Cup Race on Sept. 7. They will use tw r o machines, one of w hich is of absolutely new’ design both as regards craft and engine. The machines are being despatched r o
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      • 36 4 Due apparently to the severe summer heat, over 200 cases of sleeping sickness are reported in south-east Japan, of which 80 have proved fatal. There are about 20 new’ cases and 10 deaths daily.
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      • 32 4 The 2,350 mile Pow'der Puff Derby—the American women’s trans-Continental air race—was won by Mrs. Louise Thaden, whose total elapsed time w r as 20 hours 19 min. 10 secs.
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    • SATURDAY.
      • 226 4 RHINELAND EVA( ITATIO\1 T ATI0\ m BEGIN AT ONCE. f All the outstanding m questions between F ranee and G many relating to the evacuation!’ the occupied areas were settled a meeting of the six imiti! Powers at The Hague. All tb? occupying Powers will begin era cuation
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      • 230 4 Dr. Chaim Weizmann, President of the World Zionist Organisation, told a meeting of the English Zionist Federation that he had seen Lord Passfield, Colonial Secretary, According to Dr. Weizmann there will be changes in the Palestine ad ministration and Britain will stand by the Balfour declaration more
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      • 92 4 While thousands of attending an air circus at U land, Ohio, held their b rea ‘'j small biplane flew up and noherself on beneath the l- u gible Los Angeles.” which full flight. A passenger in th < gible climbed down it [,u r w-hich then unhooked
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      • 15 4 Contributions to the ing fund for the Kings reu> now amount to £401,025.
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  • AROUND THE COURTS
    • 491 5 JIM MAH SWEE COMMUTED TO THE ASSIZES. Jim Mah Swee was before Mr. Dodd on Monday for preliminary enquiry into a charge of murder of Ang Chee in Banda Hilir while a wayang was in progress at 9 p.m. on July 22. The evidence showed that the wayang
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    • 180 5 G. M. Campos, of Tampin, was a complainant at the Police Court on Tuesday against the Malay driver of a lorry who was charged l rash driving in Jonker Street on the previous afternoon and with driving a Chevrolet lorry without having his licence endorsed forth*. kind
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    • 681 5 IS IT INFERIOR OR SIMPLY OLD? Tay Chwee Cho stood trial in the Police Court on Thursday on a charge of having in his possession end not in a bonded warehouse 58 Patties of dutiable tobacco. Mr. E. V. Rodrigues prosecuted and Mr. r inch appeared for the
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    • 350 5 HAWKER ASSAULTED AND RESTRAINED. Tahir bin Noyan, P.C. 2935, Jelutong Police Station, was tried before Mr. Dodd on Wednesday, on charges of voluntarily causing hurt to i food hawker named Wong Kim and with having wTongfully restrained him. The complainant said that the accused bought six cents’ worth
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    • 263 5 Malay P.C. 2956 was on duty outside the Rialto on Thursday night at the conclusion of the performance and had an altercation with a ricksha puller whom he charged with obstruction. The P.C. ordered him to move on but the puller ignored the request and the watchdog of
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    • 344 5 CLAIM OF MONEY LENDER CONTESTED. Koh Siew\ a Chinese woman, brought a civil action in the District Court on Thursday against a Sikh money lender named Baguan Singh, for $77.92 and costs, claiming that he had defrauded her in getting judgment against her for that amount. Plaintiff said
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    • 389 5 SLEEPY FISHERMAN LOSES NETS. The case in which two fishermen of Pulau Ketam, Heng Kuat Ng, Heng Tah Tee, were charged with the theft of six fishing nets, the property of one Cheah Hoo, also a fisherman, was brought before Che Osman in the Klang District Court.
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    • 218 5 A small Tamil appeared as complainant in the Magistrate’s Court on Saturday, charging one Chinese with stealing 73 of his coconuts and another with receiving 54 of them. Asked for his name, complainant replied, Kechik.” The Magistrate demurred but he said that he had iived among Malays
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    • 128 5 I admit biting him,” replied a pretty young Malay woman to the Magistrate when asked on Wednesday whether she had caused grievous hurt to a handsome young Malay man who appeared as complainant. Asked for an explanation, she said that complainant had been her husband but had
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    • 89 5 Why do you go on doing it? asked the Magistrate of an aged Chinese who pleaded guilty on Saturday to selling chandu and providing facilities for smoking it, and confessed to having been fined $5O for the same offence three years ago. Accused replied that he
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    • 146 5 A Malay drove a lorry into a barrel at the junction of Kudu Road and Heeren Street on Friday afternoon, knocking it over, though it W’as full of sand. The barrel was placed there at the centre of the turn, to keep vehicles on their proper
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    • 763 5 (From Our Own Correspondent). Seremban, August 30. Lee See Chon, the licensee of Siong Foh Pawn Shop, Seremban, was brought before the Magistral e on Wednesday, on the charge of making an unauthorized charge of $1 for a copy of an entry in his books relating to an
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    • 1268 10 JUDGMENT OF SUPREME COURT IN MALACCA CASE. A long-drawn-out action from Malacca, dating back to 1921, came up for mention before the Chiet Justice (Sir Wm. Murison) in the Supreme Court yesterday, says Wednesday’s Malaya Tribune.” Tan Soo Lock is the plaintitf, and is claiming interest and commission
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  • 600 6 There is a rumour floating about Malaya that the Queen’s Scholarships are to be abandoned again, or else made an adjunct of Raffles College. It is not clear what plans the Government has up its sleeve, but certainly the educated Asiatic community of Malaya is dead against any
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  • 498 6 We are indebted to the Se.retavy of the Planters’ Association Oi Malaya for a copy of their annual year book, covering the period from April 1, 1928, to March 3i, 1929, inclusive. The book is well named because it really is a book, containing besides the
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  • 81 6 In letters to the Press the Rev. jP. Browning repudiates the newsI paper interview which we referred jto in this column last week, in which he was quoted as saying that mission work was to be abandoned by the Established Church in North Perak owing to the unsuitability
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  • FROM OTHER PENS.
    • 844 6 OUR IMMORTALITY.” A PROVIDENT FUND INJUSTICE.’ Once again what ha always peared to us to be the imni 0P outlook m regard to instituting provident funds has romL n? says the “Singapore Free pi In Malacca a Municipal emnlrT' was convicted in the i cal court?, receiving an illegal gratified?
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    • 144 6 been waiting for years.—“ The Malayan Daily Express.” The dhobies eking out a somewhat precarious existence in a township not a hundred miles from Kuala Lumpur recently petitioned the Sanitary Board within whose jurisdiction they lived for a more generous allowance of water free of charge. The members
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 333 6 1 UNION 1 THE I 1 ARISTOCRAT f OF THE I LUBRICANT WORLD n y U g|l I > Insist on Aristo Red Line Lubri- S i tKx eating Oil if you wish to be sjg trouble free. It is the oil which lubricates but does not carbonize. In tins
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    • 12 6 riumpiE'Cb New Stocks Just Arrived Buy BRITISH Guthdie6L d Phone 85 Malacca.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 28 6 I RIAL TO I X From Thursday sth to Sunday 4II Bth September. < > T HAROLD LLOYD i: “SPEEDY” f 4 a *3* dhH 1 'l' ■!■■> 'I I ♦i'
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  • 250 6 DEATH. PIXTO—On 31st August, 1020. at 152, Tranquerah Hoad, Malacca, the beloved wife of Mr. Pinto, (nee Regnia Vergina Varella) age 47 years. Leaves behind, husband, five sons and two daughters to mourn their loss. Funeral took place on Sunday, Ist September, when remains were removed for interment at Bukit
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  • LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
    • 795 7 I I \T MONOPOLY SERIOUSLY I THREATENED. I An nthusiastic meeting of about Wfift, consumers of electricity, of Bud’, nt races, gathered at the KV >e Chamber of Commerce on ißi'i' and voted unanimously to K n e a proposal of local capitalK, t seek a franchise
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    • 493 7 iEA PARTY IN HONOUR OF LR. H. R. S. MUTTU. T i^ e Ind Ceylonese Association, n»n« e r new premises in Durian n>«r near the General Hosm, -a e d a very happy tea party tn n ri( y T after noon as a farewell to
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    • 696 7 VISITS SUGGESTED FOR IDEAL OUTINGS. Now that so many are having their holidays, happy outings might be spent in visiting the two reservoirs which supply Malacca with water. Ayer Kroh, w hich supplies Bukit Pringgit, is only seven miles from Malacca, leaving by the Wolferstan Road or the
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    • 243 7 QUESTIONS BY THE HON. MR. TAN CHENG LOCK. The following questions by Mr. Tan Cheng Lock will be heard by i the Legislative Council this morning: (1) The w 7 ater supply of the populous suburban district and seaside resort of Kiebang, Malacca, being impure and inadequate, particularly
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    • 151 7 The training school for Methodist clergymen, which has been in progress at the Suydam Girls’ School for ten days, concluded with a final service at noon on Thursday. Most of the sixty odd students and teachers left by train and boat that day, the remaining leaving Friday
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    • 192 7 A service for members of the Presbyterian Church w 7 as held at the Masonic Lodge, at 6 p.m., on Sunday, Aug. 25th. It was fairly well attended, thirty people being present. The Rev. Stephen Band, 8.A.. of Singapore, officiated, and Mrs. Glover kindly playqd the hymns. The
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    • 195 7 On the eve of the departure of Dr. Khong, M. 8.8.5. (Hong Kong), of The Malacca Agricultural Medical Board, and Mrs. Khong of Malacca, a dinner was given by the Alor Gajah Tennis Party, on Thursday evening at the Suan Kee Cafe. Covers were
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    • 155 7 On the evening of August 26th, Jonker Street was the scene of a great feast, the Sambayang Hantu,” or Worshipping of the Ghosts. A colossal figure of a god, Taisoo,” presided over the function, and near him there was a model of a house, while for some distance
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    • 275 7 The results of the Promotions Board’s deliberations for the Government Clerical Service, which sat in Singapore on the 3rd July last, have been issued, and, as tar as they affect Malacca, the following promotions have been approved:—Mr. E. Astrock, Rural Board Office, from Class I to Special Class;
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    • 320 7 The residence of the Rev. John Chua, Kubu Road, was crowded with guests on Saturday afternoon, at a very pleasant tea party in honour of the engagement of Mr Tan Cheng Lock, of the Malacca High School staff, to Miss Toh Liang Neo, of the nursing staff of
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    • 85 7 At a meeting held at the office of the Chief Medical Officer, Malacca, it was decided to hold a Baby Show on the sth October, 1929. The following persons have been appointed members of the Committee and are authorised to collect subscriptions, which will be acknowledged in
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    • 236 7 Mr. Currier, Acting Manager of the Malacca Electric Lighting Company, has purchased a three-valve wireless set with loud speaker. He is getting good results. A few evenings ago Mr. Milne entertained some friends at Klebang with his wireless set, when a concert from Manila was enjoyed, and later on
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 234 8 SEPTEMBER MONTHLY MEDAL. This month’s monthly medal (stroke competition) will be played on Saturday and Sunday next, the 7th and Bth inst. FRED PEARCE CHALLENGE CUP. There were eleven competitors jT. August 25 for this trophy which was presented to the Golf (dub last year by Mr.
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    • 1400 8 Selangor and Singapore Share Soccer Supremacy. (From Our Own Corrcnpotident). All those domiciled in Singapore and those others from surrounding parts of the Peninsula, parts bo*h far and near, who made the great trek to the Straits Capital last Saturday to witness the ninth annual struggle for
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    • 372 9 (From Our Own Correspondent). Seremban, August 30. A committee meeting of the above Association was held on Wednesday, at the Negri Sembilan Club. Seremban. Tuan Sheikh Ahmad, President of the Association, presided and those present were Messrs. Wheeler Seneviratne, Anthony Do Rozario, T. Rasanayagam,
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 199 8 Put New j LIFE I No other batteries last as I I long, give as brilliant light, or I are as economical as Eveready I from Si first class dealers. I w k Beware oj imitations. H evEREAdy I Trade Mark I UNIT CELLS I I —they last longer I
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    • 273 8 Putting the Sting in a Stingoh H pjf Fc-N Sodatyfeß |gj|| does the tncllH FRASER fc NEAVE L MAKE 50DA WATER DELUXE J s §§nM Cigarette Card Collectors! H Please Note the following Sets can be had:- H Allied Army Leaders, Arms of the British Empire. Company. I Foreign Cities,
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  • 234 9 [The iuulacca Guardian does not neces sat Uy endorse the opinions of its correspcvjri^uts.'] Lighting Corners. T r ;:e Editor of the Malacca Guardian.” Sir, We are glad to learn that the Municipal Commissioners at the i «-cent meeting decided to use brighter lights at various corners oi the
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  • 125 9 The Seventh Day Adventists have made arrangements to begin a series of lectures in Malacca on Thursday next in a tent in Gaja Berang. The first lecture will be on Four Universal Empires,” the speaker being Mr. C. P. Anchant. It will begin at 7.30 p.m. and will
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  • 320 9 NO COAGULATION OR SMOKING PROCESS. Among the rubber yielding plants which American scientists are investigating with an eye to their introduction into the Southern States is Euphorbia intisy, a native of the uplands of Madagascar, sayr the “Malay Mail.” Dr. C. R. Swingle and Prof. Henri Humbert
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  • 93 9 Pointing out that Shanghai is now enjoying peace and that order is well maintained by the Chinese police and military, Mr. Hsu Mo, Commissioner of Foreign Affairs for Kiangsu, in a communication to the Acting Senior Consul at Shanghai, requests that the Shanghai Municipal Council of tne International
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  • 74 9 The Australian Premier, Mr. Stanley Bruce, told Parliament that the Government had informed the British authorities that it was not prepared to acquiesce to any new treaty with Egypt unless the Suez Canal was adequately protected. The Premier also said that the Commonwealth Government, irrespective of action taken
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  • 45 9 The Graf Zeppelin has landed on the completion of her world flight. The complete trip occupied only a few hours over 21 days, of which the actual flying time was less than 12 days. This is a new record for round-the-world travel.
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  • 26 9 The situation in the Shyok flood area is now normal. Evacuated villages have been occupied again, and there is no cause for further anxiety.
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  • 38 9 The total number of unemployed on Aug. 19 was 1,162,300, being 5,758 less than the week before and 145,850 less than the year before. The figure was exclusive of persons rendered idle by the cotton dispute.
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  • 1530 9 ABLE ADDRESS BY NEW MINISTER TO BRITAIN. (Kuo Min News Agency). The following is an address of Dr. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze before Members of the Committee of the British Chamber of Commerce and of the China Association, on May 13, 1929: Mr. Chairman and Members of the British
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  • 496 9 ?.lay be Used for Passengers orWar. Aeronautical engineers in the United States and Europe are making definite plans to establish commercial airship routes over water. They are pioneering in this endeavour because the most logical route for an over-water ship would be the heavily travelled lane between the
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  • 54 9 Gloom prevails at Wiesbaden as the result of the report that Belgian troops may replace British, in the event of Great Britain’s evacuating that zone. The Municipal authorities have telegraphed urging Dr. Stresemann not to agree to j this, suggesting that it is preferable to retain British
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 69 9 o ETEOROLOGICAL STATION, BUKIT CHINA, MALACCA. s'** a Eg Date. x c I:® E H S H *J SB® 25th August 83 72 Nil 2.20 83 26th -.85 72 Nil 6.60 81 27th ..86 75 Nil 10.05 81 28th ..84 73 0.18 3.95 87 29th 81 72 Trace 1.60 91
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  • 1615 10 BETTER POSITION OF INDUSTRY. The twentieth ordinary general meeting of the Lendu Rubber Company, Ltd., was held on July 18 at the offices of the company, Lloyd’s-avenue, Fenchurch-street, E.C., Mr. D. E. Sinclair (Chairman of the Company) presiding. Mr. W. H. Izod, representing the Secretaries (Messrs.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 241 10 ALT o THEATR e| It PROGRAMME |l TT j, u 9nri to Wednesday. 4th Sept. Hail The Heavy-Laugh Champ Lloyd Knock» a tiW u From Monday, 2nd to weonesyay, v KID GLOOM" with “SPLKDY» 3 m From Thursday, sth to Sunday, sth Sent INTERNATIONAL NEWS At 9.15 p.m, P< jjß
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  • MALAYAN MATTERS OF MOMENT
    • 208 11 CALC UT T A-SINGAPORE. qp -I in SURVEY NOW H* in PROGRESS. g u: -marine Southampton in which GrounH®. M. Cave-Browne-Cave H; he 1 r East Flight of the ived at Calcutta on a v i-orn Chittagong and HLj Ishapore to refuel, says H gt. 'man ”of Aug. 15. H
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    • 407 11 Sian? District Football League. ■With a view to starting the District Football League for He Douglas Shield, Mr. C. J. H. Hmo. Hon. Secretary of the Klang Hipiiiaii Association, has issued cirHlars inviting entries from all Hiliated Clubs in the Klang disHict. Presentation to Sultan. A public meeting
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    • 613 11 (From Our Own Correspondent). Seremban, August 29. h Conference m Seremban, commencing Wednesday of last week and ending to-day. His Lordship The Right Rev. Bishop Basil Coleby Roberts, M.A., Mrs. Roberts, M.D., Miss Freeman (Secretary to His Lordship), The venerable Archdeacon Frank G. Swindell, M.A., J. V.
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    • 790 11 Smart Police Work. Before Mr. A. C. Boyd in th 3 Alor Gajah Court, Inspector Smith charged three Malays named Khamis bin Dollah, Samat bin Jamal and Ismail bin Brodof with theft as servants in respect of rubbe latex and scrap rubber weighing twelve katties and a
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    • 135 11 KING EDWARD VII COLLEGE OF MEDICINE. AUGUST PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATION. Final Examination for the Diploma of L.M.S. C. Arumugam, T. Balasingham, R. H. de Silva, Lai Nyen Soon, Lye Hong Cheong and R. C. Oehlers. Third Professional Examination. M. Doraisingham, A. R. Kandiah, M. Saravanamuthu (Dist. in Pharmacy), Heng
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    • 320 11 Electric Light Case. The case in which William Baugh was charged last week with criminal breach of trust of $111.60 being money entrusted to him for payment of coolies’ wages, the property of the P.W.D., was mentioned before Mr. L. S. Freer on Thursdav, when Inspector Suilivan asked
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    • 507 11 The Penang Branch of the Ministering Children’s League gave their annual charity performance in aid of a child in the Malacca Mission and another in the Ottershaw Homes, Surrey, at the Residency on the evening of August 23rd, says the Pinang Gazette,” in the presence of
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    • 54 11 Habibulla Khan is reported to be depressed, owing to Nadir Khan’s successes, and has ordered anyone mentioning his rival's name to be nailed to a wall by the ears and then blown from the mouth of a gun. Some of Amanullah’s relatives are reported to be begging at
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  • 263 11 Routine Orders by Major H. W. Esson, M.C., Commanding. Duties. 2 Lieut. L. J. Hazel will take over the duties of P.R.I. as from this date. A/C. Q.M.S. D. Longbottom will be in charge of the Bar and Clubroom from this date. Annual Mobilization. This will take place
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