Malacca Guardian, 7 October 1929

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  • 17 1 MALACCA GUARDIAN (PUBLISHED WEEKLY). Vol. ll* MALACCA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1929. SINGLE COPY TEN CENTS. Ng. 40
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  • 489 2 Quite a number of deck passengers left Malacca for Singapore by the coasting steamers, on Friday last. About one hundred passengers arrived in Malacca from Singapore direct, by the coasting steamers, on Tuesday last. A small consignment of tin ore from a local mine was shipped to Singapore by
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  • 31 2 The U. S. Shipping Board has approved a loan of $10,750,000 to the Dollar Steamship Line for the construction of two 20-knot cargo steamers for its round-the-world service.
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    • 1777 2 ADVERTISEMENTS. ADVERTISEMENTS. ADVERTISEMENTS. ORDINANCE No 131 p.w.d.m. 360/24. THE (MUNICIPAL). ci\ wind. AYER MOLEK RUBBER xt .OVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. CO., LTD. .[Notification ci proposed extension of the limits of Municipality of Tenders will be received at the .NOTICE is hereby given that an the Town and Fort of Malacca. Resident Councillor's
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    • 349 2 Palm Oil Pointers—s. HIRE PURCHASE. You can buy nearly anything on the hire-purchase system these days; your house, your furniture, your and now even your investment. The system has its critics, but it has been proved by long experience. Shrewdly utilised, it is a boon to the nan of small
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  • CHINA NEWS
    • 290 3 (Kuo Min News Agency.) I'nless otherwise regarded by the Central Authorities as in special cases, censorVne press is to be lifted, f... !U to a decision reached at aa nlt i ir of the Standing Coma:j Ut of the Central Executive Committee. It is further provided
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    • 108 3 A peaceful atmosphere is gradually being restored along the Chinese Eastern Railway lincsince the enforcement of martial law and the arrival of more troops from Shenyang. No reports ol sabotage have come in recently and the Railway authorities expect the resumption of normal traffic service on the
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    • 76 3 President Chiang Kai-shek is in receipt of a telegram from the Women’s World Peace Federation a t Geneva congratulating the National Government on its calm and peaceful attitude during the present Sino-Soviet crisis which, the telegram states, is an eloquent manifestation of the Chinese nation's love of peace.
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    • 79 3 Reports from Kalgan state that Motor-cars belonging to Chinese Merchants travelling from Manchuria to Outer Mongolia have been detained by the Outer Mongolian authorities at the instigation of the Soviet Govern-M'-iit. It is stated that all Chinese b'a\( i s have lately been subMitt* d to search during
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    • 152 3 troops oiPvarious by Soviet a X border challenging the rJ pur ose of fcrcetonptni Chlnese defence purpose of W f arfare as for the from arr f .SfPtuHng foodstuffs to returnpdVv! 1 6 border, according Siberia It ln^ se res idents from r„ 11 18
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    • 91 3 inee the Sino-Russian dispute mo National Government has received, in addition to a great number ot telegrams from public organizations all over the country, many telegrams from overseas Chinese urging the Government to take a firm stand and pledging their support even in case of war.
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    • 100 3 In view of the imperative need of a uniform currency in China, ethnical experts attached to the Ministry of Finance are drafting a comprehensive scheme for the reorganization and unification of the National currency. Among other things, the scheme will provide for the adoption of a gold standard
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    • 89 3 Ail Soviet Russians employed on board Chinese steamers must be immediately replaced, according to an order issued by the Ministry of Communications to the various Shipping Associations and Shipping Companies throughout the country. The action is taken in accordance with a petition from the Chinese Pilots’ Association, which
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    • 70 3 According to a report from the Chinese Eastern Railway Administration, the Soviet military authorities have built three bridges across the Argun River, a tributary of the Amur River and a part of the waterway separating northern Manchuria from Sibeiia, for the purpose of effecting entrance into Heilungkiang.
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    • 45 3 In order more effectively to enP°7tV h Government nK the Pr Chekiang Provincial Party Headquarters. in a petition dispatched to the State Council recommends that Non Partv members should not be admitted to the civil service examinations for appointment to Government posts.
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  • 591 3 O, MLE, what XTC I always feel when UIC, I used to rave of LN’s eyes, 4 LC I gave countless sights, 4 KT, 2, and LNR, I was a keen competitor, But each now's a non-NTT, 4 U XL them all, UC. 4< Papa,” said the small
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  • RECENT NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD.
    • MONDAY.
      • 218 4 SHOCKING FRAUDS BUT NOBODY BENEFITTED. Before a crowded court at the Guildhall the hearing w as continued of charges against Clarence Hatry and his three associates, Edmund Daniels, John G. Dixon and A. E. Tabor. The prosecu.ion stated that the Corporation and General Securities, Ltd., of which
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      • 136 4 Mr. Henderson, Foreign Secretary, had a further conversation with M. Dovgalevsky, the Soviet Envoy. The conversation, which lasted two hours, resulted in an agreement being reached on the list of subjects to be settled by negotiations on the resumption of full diplomatic relations, including the exchange of
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      • 59 4 I am off in of beingable to do somethin» to narrow the Atlantic,” the Prime Minister tola Reuter at Waterloo where he received a wildly enthusiastic send off. He left by the boat train for Southampton. The Premier has also telegraphed thanking Mr. Mackenzie King, the Canadian Premier,
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      • 59 4 All the American naval experts who attended the Geneva Conference of 1927 will be summoned be fore the Senate Committee which is enquiring into Shearer’s activities, as the result of the evidence of s journalist, Drew Pearson, who alleged that the experts were con stantiy with Shearer
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      • 52 4 The Special Tribunal for the Defence of the State has sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment Ceasare Rossi, the ex-Fascist leader, on a chrrc-e of conspiring to stir up rebellion in Italy and seeking the i.ssassination of Signor Mussolini Rossi was decoyed to Italy from Lugano last year by
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    • TUESDAY.
      • 232 4 CAREER OF FAMOUS EX-PREMIER OF JAPAN. The Ex-Premier, Baron Tanaka, has died from heart disease. His funeral will take place on Oct. 3. Baron Tanaka’s death followed a violent heart stricture an hour previously. Though there were no signs of illness when he retired the previous night,
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      • 96 4 A hurricane at Nassau is reported to have resulted in 20 deaths and severe damage. The sea, driven by a 70 miles an hour gale, breached the seawall in several places, flooded the town, and wrecked practically all the small vessels in the harbour. It tore the
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      • 85 4 The Empress of Japan has given birth to a daughter. The Imperial babe weighed seven and a quarter pounds and was born 10 days before it was expected. Mother and child are well. The nation is rejoicing in the safety of the Empress and child but there
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      • 78 4 The Academy of Science has approved the Soviet project for the reform of the calendar, providing i five-day week in accordance with ■-.he industrial reform in which workers are to have one day off for each four days’ work. The number of months in the year will
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      • 40 4 Captain McLeod. Master of the um-runner Shawnee,” which was recently shelled by an American revenue vessel when, he alleges, 26 -niles off the New York coast, has requested the Government to seek compensation from the United States.
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      • 23 4 The 25 prisoners in the Meerut Communist conspiracy case have ibandoned the hunger strike which jie? began on Sept. 25.
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    • WEDNESDAY.
      • 160 4 ATMOSPHERE OF REJOICING AT CONFERENCE. The Labour Party Conference, the first held during the Labour regime, opened at Brighton in an atmosphere of rejoicing. Mr. Herbert Morrison, in his presidential address, alluded with satisfaction to the work already accomplished by Mr. MacDonald, Mr. Snowden and Mr. Henderson, and
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      • 115 4 You raked the sewers of London and New York in order to ruin me! thundered Shearer, vigorously denying questions at the Senate enquiry alleging that he was an associate of international crooks, but he supposed he had been arrested in America as a spy and admitted he was
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      • 68 4 A plebiscite is to be held from Oct. 16 to 19 on “a Bill against the enslavement of the German people which repudiates all postwar treaties and agreements. The plebiscite is due to the Nationalist campaign in favour of the Bill which stipulates that any German Minister Plenipotentiary
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      • 50 4 Reuter’s representative cables from the Berengaria that final communications have been received from the Dominions regarding questions on which depended the issue of invitations for the Five Power Naval Conference. The way is now clear for the issue of invitations for the conference in the middle of January.
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      • 39 4 Pay Lt.-Commander Hugh Littleton. of H.M.S. Titania,” while hailing a sampan with the object of returning to his ship, fell into the Hong Kong harbour from the landing pier and was drowned. The body has been recovered.
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      • 36 4 The official Tass Agency says the German Consul at Vladivostok visited the Chinese arrested in Chita and later told Chita newspapers that the prisoners were treated satisfactorily, receiving similar treatment to Russian prisoners.
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      • 38 4 After meetings at Haifa. Jaffa, and Jerusalem to protest against the sentences on Arabs in connection with the recent disturbances, the Arabs have decided to close all their establishments in Palestine and cease all work to-day.
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    • THURSDAY.
      • 155 4 UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED. In the course of a speech on unemployment problems at the Labour Conference at Brighton Mr. J. H. Thomas, Minister of Employment, dealt at considerable length with his visit to Canada. Describing his efforts to get Canadian consumers to buy coal and
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      • 148 4 Chief Officer Westerheim of the pirated Bothnia,” the last of the bandits’ captives, has arrived in Shanghai and was immediately sent to hospital. When the Chinese soldiers pressed on his captors the lattei conveyed him to a cave from which he attempted to escape in a fight with
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      • 105 4 Mr. Henderson left the Brighton Labour Conference and conferred at length with M. Dovgalevsky at Lewes. Mr. Henderson afterwards announced that an agreement had been reached as regards the procedure to be followed on the resumption of full diplomatic relations. The agreement included the exchange of Ambassadors
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      • 114 4 The Shearer inquiry has been adjourned indefinitely. Shearer admitted he went to Geneva on behalf of the shipowners “to get more business and said that since the shipowners sacked him he had been paid £4OO monthly by the Hearst newspapers for a campaign against the World .Court, pacifism
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      • 33 4 A message from Mukden reports that an official communique issued by Chang Tso-hsiang states that Suiyuan city and Amur were bombarded and burnt by the Russian fleet on Sept. 20.
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    • FRIDAY.
      • 182 4 CABINET RESIGNS TO YIELD TO BRITISH PLANS. The Cabinet is resigning following the recent conversations of the ex-Premier, the Wafdist leader, Nahas Pasha, with the High Commissioner, Sir Percy Loraine, with which Nahas Pasha has expressed satisfaction. The newspapers state that Sir Percy Loraine and Nahas Pasha have"
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      • 111 4 Sir William Wiseman, who is alleged to have signed a Scotland Yard document referring to Shearer, which was produced at the Senate inquiry, says in a telegram to the Chairman of the inquiry that the document is a clumsy and absurd forgery. The document is not a
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      • 84 4 The U. S. Senate has adopted a flexible tariff plan for restoring to Congress the power, now vested in the President, to change duties after investigation by the Tariff Commission. The action is likely to precipitate a vital trial of strength between the President and the Legislature,
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      • 69 4 It is officially reported from Peking that two British China Inland missionaries were kidnapped in the south-west of Kweichow province in September. On Sept. 10 troops engaged in civil war carried off Mr. Cecil Smith from Yungning. On Sept. 14 brigands captured Mr. 0. F. Pike, of Sincheng,
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      • 54 4 Rain has fallen in London for the first time in 30 days, thus ending the drought which has eclipsed all records for the century. Although rain is not general, heavy storms visited the Metropolitan area and the southern counties, in parts of which no rain had fallen
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      • 38 4 The Cuba Cane Sugar Corporation, the largest producers of raw sugar in Cuba with assets of over $110,000,000, went into the hands of the Equity Receiver here, its President, Colonel John R. Simpson, being appointed.
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    • SATURDAY.
      • 245 4 FIRST COUNSELLOR ATTACKED Rv SOVIET OFFICIAL. The Soviet Embassy at Paris was the scene of excitement when th First Counsellor, M. Bes -.edowski clambered over the rear wall and dashed to the Prefectu; of p o i| c and implored the officials to secure the release of his
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      • 126 4 Dr. Gustav Stresemann died at 5.25 a.m. on Thursday at his home from heart failure following a stroke. The country was staggered al the death of the indefatigable Foreign Minister. whose will power triumphed over his physical infirmities. For six years he has been continually in the
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      • 65 4 An earthquake rocked Hilo and ripped the main street apart in two places. The Kona district, 60 miles from Hilo, has been almost continuously shaken since Sept. 23. The Observatory reports 50 shock" during the last 24 hours. Tn 1 columns of lava are forcing their way
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      • 48 4 A message from Mukden states that an official communique reports a violent Russian attack on the Chinese position at Manchuli on Oct. 2. Part of the Chinese trenches were taken but were recaptured by a bayonet charge. Th e casualties are 300 Russians and 50 Chinese.
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      • 45 4 Agreement has practically been reached between the British and Chinese Governments as regards the procedure for dealing wi h claims for damages of British nationals in Chinkiang in 1927. One Chinese and one British Conirni > sioner will be appointed to *Oal matters.
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      • 26 4 A thousand prisoners n *ht Colorado State Penitential'} hav* mutinied. Three warders are reported dead. It is understood tha the convicts completely control institution.
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  • 595 6 For a long time the Municipality of Singapore has been wrestling with the housing difficulties of the capital city and finally a number of new houses have been built by the Improvement Trust largely as an [experiment. It is said that the number of applications was so great that
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  • 347 6 On Thursday a shopkeeper of Tranquerah was prosecuted by the Municipal Secretary for neglecting to tear down a brick wall which he had constructed without permission from the Engineering Department. It appeared that he had already been fined $2O for not having lemoved the offending wall and the
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  • 326 6 It is rumoured that the Resident Councillor has asked the Municipal Unofficial Commissioners who were present at the last meeting of the Municipal Board either to retract statements made at the last meeting or to resign. It is an extraordinary rumour yet seems well authenticated. The Guardian’s
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  • 247 6 A writer in the Economist who has had wide business experience in the Far East pleads wisely for a closer relationship between the manufacturer and the merchant, as a means of increasing British trade in this part of the world. We agree wdth his view’point most emphatically. The
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  • 100 6 The Straits Times in a leading article last week very strongly criticised certain views expressed by Mr. William H. Gardiner. President of the Navy League of the United States, who was interviewed at Singapore. The Straits Times considers Mr. Gardiner fearful of Japan owing to an imaginary grievance
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  • FROM OTHER PENS.
    • 236 6 THE VALUE OF PO LITICS. The Siam Observer.” There are many instances demonstrate clearly that poliii, 5 not always pay. Men have w! their professions bringing th J large annual incomes, t,,,,! entered politics, with disastrf 6 consequences financially o' other hand, there are many have been able to make
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    • 167 6 very minor consideration.—" The Straits Times.” To be forbidden alcohol would constitute, temporarily, at all events, a hardship to the great majority of us. The ideal solution of this problem is the enforcement of moderation and the complete elimination of excess. That is a counsel of perfection which is
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    • 171 6 Singapore Free Press." The latest figures published show that whereas a generation ago eleven per cent of our ofiliation was composed of children under five years of age and ten per cent of persons over 55 years of age, the latest figures are eight per cent for
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    • 174 6 of trouble for himself.—“ The Siam Observer,” We like the optimism or the G man professor who is working a huge missile to penetrate m space and come down somewhere the United States, spanning w Atlantic within a few n i!!Ul e s The United States is certain!) large
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 184 6 I UNION 1 ARISTOCRAT! OF THE LUBRICANT WORLD g In.ist on Aristo Red Line Lubri- |g eating Oil if you wish to be trouble free It is the oil which ss£ lubricates but does not car- jg bonize. In tins fitted with patent Antiwaste Pourers. I Once tried always used.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 32 6 !“I**l**l‘*l**!~!"*!**l**l*%*"l**l**l**l**l**!**l**l**l**l**»**-**l RIALTO v y V From Thur., lOtk. to Sun., ISth. Oct. T i 4 LAURA LA PLANTE IV t “HOME JAMES.” 'I GLENN TRYON D» t t "IT CAN BE DONE
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  • 1177 9 rkl Hakeca Guardian doe »ot neoe. L al dorse the opinions of its ,flri correspondents.] Oversea Bank, Malacca. f u p Editor of the T Malacca Guardian.” S ir in through your comment rhern dings of the last meet®nin,A, nicipal Commissioners ingo i( .u r Unofficials standing f t
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  • 36 9 The American Museum of Natural History has abandoned its expedition to Central Asia this yeai and the expedition of 1930 is subject to a settlement of the dispute Preservation 'oYYultu'raf China-: priceless treasures.
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  • 40 9 it is reported from Doom that the ex-Kaiser intends to leave Holland and live on y, e exp»?tate near Coburg, hicn SI AT» J, peatedly* declared he would not return unless summoned by the i German people.
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  • 203 9 Routine Orders by Major H. W. Esson, M.C., Commanding. Conference. The Officers’ Conbe held at Headquarteis to-day at 6.45 p.m. Competition —Rifle —(30x Range Competition). The 30x Range Competition will be fired at Tanjong Bruas Camp this month; date of firing will be notified later. Conditions can be
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  • 35 9 Mr. Ben Turner, Minister of Mines, in a speech at High Green near Sheffield announced that as soon as Parliament re-opened steps would be taken to reduce the working hours of miners.
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  • 1125 9 DISTINGUISHED VISITORS IN SINGAPORE. 'from Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, October 3. Two distinguished Chinese personages recently touched this port. Dr. All red Sze, the famous Chinese diplomat, who is accompanied by his talented wife, called at Singapore on the 26th instant en route to London, whither he is
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  • 79 9 The Danish Minister for Defence has introduced in the Folketing (the House of Commons) a Bill to transform the army and navy into “Watch Corps” and “State Marine,” respectively, charged with carrying out the neutrality obligations imposed on Denmark under the existing international laws and agreements. The
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 101 9 Hflk/ flavour of McNISH■HUHi it signifies KMHjpjpl BETTER ri The Whisky you ash for again SPECIAL SCOTCH WHISKY Agents:—Messrs. Robinson Co., Ltd. —Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Stockists:—Chiang Heng Cu.—lo, Kampong Pantei, Malacca. Lee Kee Co.—Birch Street, Seremban. ft years of viPUf K ‘‘P in 9 Fai MILLIONS owe their health
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  • MALAYAN MATTERS OF MOMENT
    • 285 11 I «kBAPORE AT LAST TO GET I S'- M AI ONE. I Thl on aiked-of trade school I *nt? will come into exisI ,r, according to the I tel ut s The contract for I uum’l which is to be erected I Scotts Road, has been I -w
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    • 95 11 ■DONATIONS RECEIVED UP TO I END OF SEPTEMBER. ■Aiready acknowledged $13,878.22 (Tan Swee Hoe (Batu I Pahat) 100.00 (Persenangan Stia Club 30.00 Blew Sin Sia Society 20.00 ■Lin Boon Haw (Penang) 300.00 ■Malay Gurus’ Association I (Malacca) 100.00 ■Chinese Community of I Taiping per Dr. Saw’ Ah Choy
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    • 155 11 unusual application came beM r Justice P. A. Farrer*a% in the Supreme Court, 7 a Lumpur, on Monday last, acto the Malay Mail,” when f Bar Committee, F.M.S., made that Mr. A. T. SabaK’» advocate and solicitor. J Anson, show cause why he ti Cp U not Be
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    • 718 11 p Mouldy Rot. Hai U l m Ma^^Vau 6 Bedoe, were' Mohamed ji m i A trief wfth Stant A r notice to Pr a T' < ompliance w *th a ease on lc f*e m° u| dy rot disBalak Nn i R u d at Pen^k
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    • 303 11 MUCH BETTER BUT FEARS SLEEPLESSNESS. In spite of the wretched wea- her which prevailed on Sunday, there was a large crowd at the wharf to meet the Messageries mail steamer Andre Lebon when berthed a!; the wharf, says the Malaya Tribune,” bringing back to Malaya H.H. the
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    • 131 11 It is announced in the London Gazette that the King has directed that the appointment of Lee Peck Hock to be a member of the Civil Division of the Order of the British Empire, dated June 2, 1923, shall be cancelled and annulled, and his name erased from
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    • 137 11 Mr. Joseph Howard Pedlov/, barrister-at-law, Middle Temple, appointed a cadet in 1912 has been appointed Deputy Public Prosecutor at Singapore in succession to Mr. N. H. P. Whitley, promoted to be a Puisne Judge, according to the Malaya Tribune.” Mr. Pedlow w r as appointed Collector of
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    • 796 11 (From Our Oivn Correspondent). Seremban, October 2. Mr. A. E. Coope, M.C.S., assumed duties as Chairman of the Seremban Sanitary Board and First Class Magistrate on the 26th ultimo. Mr. K. Kandiah of St. Paul’s Institution, Seremban, who had been on long leave to Ceylon, returned to Seremban
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    • 268 11 FORMER MALACCA OFFICIAL GOES HOME. Mr. V. H. Towmer, Colonial Engineer, Straits Settlements, is leaving by the Mantua this afternoon on retirement from Malaya, after 28 years’ service in the Colony, says Thursday s Siraits Times.” Mr. Towner, who will be 54 in January next, was appointed
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    • 160 11 A splendid tribute to the work of Mr. N. H. P. Whitley as D.P.P. w’as paid by the Chief Justice, Sir William Murison, at the conclusion of the Assizes, according to the Singapore correspondent of the Malay Mail.” His Lordship said he understood that this was Hr
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    • 526 11 Fcrgery. Bachee bin Ism in, a Mala v 7 was charged before Mr. S. L. Freer on the 30th that he on or about the 12th of March, 1927, at Malacca forged a certain document, viz., a promissory note intending that it be used for the purpose of
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    • 119 11 The following are among fhe Orders of the Day for the meeting of the Legislative Council to-day:— Question by Mr. Tan Cheng Lock: Does Government intend to amend Ordinance No. 77 (Cruelty to Animals) to give effect to the unanimous recommendation made by the Singapore Municipal Commissioners, at
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