Malacca Guardian, 28 October 1929

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    16 1 MALACCA GUARDIAN (PUBLISHED WEEKLY). I MALACCA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1929. SINGLE COPY TEN CENTS. No. 43
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  • CHINA NEWS
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      BUMPTIOUS STUDENTS.
      233 3 (Kuo Min News Agency.) I in vie''- of frequent attempts on I the part ot students in the various I Colleges of the Peiping GovernI ment T diversity to interfere with I the administration of the I jnstitu to the negligence of I t jjgi r studies and
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      INLAND NAVIGATION.
      137 3 The Shanghai Navigation Association addressed identical telegrams to the State Council and the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang, urging that steps be taken for the abolition of the privilege of inland navigation enjoyed by foreign steam navigation companies in China. It is pointed out in the telegrams
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      FAMINE RELIEF.
      75 3 A number of offices to collect funds and to purchase seed for cultivation in the North-western provinces will be opened in various districts, according to an order issued by the General Famine Relief Committee to its branch offices in the various provinces. In view of the extensive faminestricken
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      TIBET LOYAL.
      76 3 The representative of the Dalai bam a of Tibet has arrived at Nanking and submitted a personal letter from the Dalai Lama to President Chiang Kai-shek in inch the Tibetan leader pledges allegiance to the Central Government and obedience to its orders. l ie Tibetan delegate was the
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      INDUSTRY AIDED.
      69 3 Enterprising natives of Hunan Province who have sound and profitable schemes for the Promotion of native industry will be given financial assistance by the Provincial Government, according '0 an announcement of the Hunan Provincial Bank, which states that a number of loan offi. es of the Bank v
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      RUSSIANS WELL TREATED.
      175 3 allegaU U ons her o f reply to the Soviet irHf as&rrtstfSM? of the c° V E et R itiZen in y he empl °y e K- received their n«v ThCretK.rCih^tTu 11 resi £»ations. 'hat the Railway Adration had refused to pay he salaries due to these
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      TIBET REFORMS.
      138 3 A party of delegates composed of representatives from the various Ministries and Committees under the Executive Yuan will be appointed for an annual inspection tour of the provinces of Mongolia and Tibet with a view to formulating appropriate measures for the administration of the two large border provinces.
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      PUBLIC LOANS.
      115 3 With a view to accelerating subscription to the Disbandment Enforcement Loan Bonds, the Ministry of Finance in a ministerial order to the various Provincial Commissioners of Finance and the Special Municipalities throughout the country, instructs that, commencing from September 15 until the entire Disbandment Enforcement Loan Bonds will
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      VICES WIPED OUT.
      99 3 General Chen Ming-shu, Chairman of the Kwangtung Provincial Government, spoke at length on the present state of affairs in Kwangtung in the course of a speech delivered at a banquet given in.his honor by the Cantonese AssociaAccording to General t hen, due to the strenuous efforts of
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    ALLEGED WIT
    579 3 The University of Pittsburgh purposes to house its scholastic activities in a building fifty stories high. Think of the plight of the unfortunate student who is dropped from this college. Doctor—“ I suppose, Mrs. Johnson, that you o have given the medicine according to directions.” Mrs. Johnson—“ Well,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • RECENT NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD.
    • MONDAY.
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        CHINA’S CIVIL WAR.
        138 4 MUTINY OF TROOPS AT WUHU. A mutiny of the troops at Wuhu followed by looting has caused anxiety. The Government claim that the situation is now in hand bu: as a precautionary measure British women and children have been embarked on board H. M. S. “Cricket.” HM.
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        HAD RUSSIAN GOLD.
        109 4 After the fall of Kabul the retreating Kohistanis considerably damaged the outlying buildings of the BrAish Legation, but the main building was stoutly defended by the Legation watchmen, three of whom were killed. Habibullah narrowly escaped through a breach in the wall of the citadel but Shahwali
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        CHINESE DEFEATED.
        105 4 A message to the Rengo Agency reports from official Chinese quarters fierce fighting in the direction of Sankiangkow on Oct. 15 in which the commander of the Chinese landing force was killed and his force defeated. The Chinese are hastily re-inforc-ing the lower Sungari defence whither a contingent
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        FEDS TORTURE WHITES.
        83 4 Tour thousand Russians, representing all classes in Harbin, have telegraphed to the Presidents an t Prime Ministers of all countries giving gruesome details of the slaughter and torturing of th* White Russian population by the Reds in the Three Rivers region. The senders appeal to all the
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        AMERICAN “ GRAFT.”
        59 4 AMERICAN GRAFT.” Startling revelations followed the raid on rumrunners. It is announced that books have been found apparently implicating seven New Jersey banks, members of the United States coastguards, reputable attorneys, and also local New Jersey police in the activities of the rumrunning combination whose profits for six months were
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        THOUSAND ARRESTS.
        36 4 tbon'jor'd ricksha men we r e -i v with r 1 1 v Vin v i ‘O’* > d up the men’s TV on offices Tt P estimated that there was at least 25,000 rioters.
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    • TUESDAY.
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        JAPAN FOR REDUCTION.
        156 4 LIMITATION OF BUILDING NOT ENOUGH. General satisfaction is expressed in Japanese morning paper editorials at the contents of the Japanese reply to the invitation to the Arms Conference. The Government’s emphasis on the necessity of achieving not only limitation but actual reduction has called forth special gratification,
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        FEMALE EQUALITY.
        117 4 Judgment of a far reaching implication has been given by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the highest tribunal in Great Britain for appeals from all parts of the Empire, which has decided that women are eligible to sit in the Canadian Senate. The appeal arose in
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        AIR DISPLAY AT STAMBOUL.
        95 4 Thirty British air pilots of the Fleet Air Arm, flying off the air-craft-carrier Courageous,” gave a display of formation flying and aerobatics at Constantinople, where Admiral Sir Frederick Field, Com-mander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet, and a squadron of warships are now paying a visit. It was
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        ANTI-FASCIST RIOT.
        67 4 Young anti-Fascists, mostly Italians, shouting insulting epithets about Signor Mussolini, bombarded the Italian Legation at Brussels with bricks, smashing doors and windows. They were dispersed by the police, who fired over their heads. Thirty Belgian, Italian and Hungarian Communists were brought up in Court in connection with the
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        A NEW AFGHANISTAN.
        70 4 Nadir Khan has sent a message to the Kabul correspondent of the Petit Parisien saying he returned to Afghanistan not to mount the throne but to save country. He hopes to lead Afghanistan along the road to progress, to make it independent and civilised, to open schools,
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        ARABS SENTENCED.
        20 4 Three Arabs have bee sentenced death for k fling a Jew in the riots at Safed last August.
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    • WEDNESDAY.
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        JAPAN’S SHILLY SHALLYING.
        176 4 ORDER TO CUT OFFICIAL SALARIES REVOKED. It is learned from a reliable source that owing to unexpectedly vehement opposition throughout the country the Government has finally decided to revoke the decision to cut the salaries of officials and accordingly all Cabinet Ministers who are at present absent
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        AMAZING FLIGHT.
        109 4 The Dornier Do. X. landed safely after accomplishing an amazing flight of three-quarters of an hour. She is a giant flying-boat and her complement was made up of 150 passengers and 19 crew, the largest number ever aloft in an airship or aeroplane. The machine, which took two
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        WILD DAY ON ’CHANGE.
        83 4 The New York Stock Exchange experienced one of the wildest days ever witnessed. There was an enormous volume of selling in the moi ning when stock broke from five to 45 points and about 2' > billion dollars in paper values disappeared. Powerful banking interests fought
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        HANDCUFFED AT TRIAL.
        80 4 At the resumption of the consp racy trial at Lahore in connection with the murder of Police Superintendent Saunders, one of the accused threw a slipper at a witness, and disorder ensued. A gaoler lifted up an arm of a chair which he alleged the accused had
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        TRAITOR IN EMBASSY.
        34 4 Signor Mussolini has recalled the Italian Ambassador at Berlin, Count Aldrovandi Marescotti, and the whole Embassy staff owing to the mysterious disappearance of a secret diplomatic code from the Italian Embassy.
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        SHIP FREED OF BLAME.
        35 4 The U. S. Senate has approved an amendment of the Tariff R:ii freeing a shipowner or ship’s officers from liability for opium smuggling if able to prove their gnorance of it.
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        STEAMER REFLOATED.
        32 4 Th stumer LaiPcrfe’s.” which r i'*rr rr 1 at V’p’fov whilst try ing to salvage the Hoechst,” has keen towed off and is proceeding to Colombo under her own steam.
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    • THURSDAY.
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        DUTCH RUBBER SCHEME.
        167 4 RESERVE OF 45,000 TONS PLANNED. At a meeting of Dutch rubber producers the large majority declared their readiness to accept in principle the committee’s proposals for the creation of a 45,000 tons reserve to be controlled by a central selling organisation. Mr. Sanders, Chairman of the Committee
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        FRENCH CABINET QUITS.
        143 4 M. Briand’s Cabinet has resigned owing to the adoption, by 288 votes to 277, of an Opposition motion, fixing Nov. 15 for a debate on foreign policy. Parliament had only just re-assembled when M. Briand asked for debates orf foreign policy and reparations to be postponed until
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        RIOTS IN PEKING.
        138 4 The most serious riots in years broke out in Pekin# when ricksha men throughout the city, armed with heavy clubs, attacked the tramcars, hustled out passengers, manhandled conductors and motormen, smashed windows, ripped off woodwork and damaged the mechanism. The attacks, which were simultaneous throughout the city,
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        ELECTRIC LIGHT ANNIVERSARY.
        95 4 President Hoover at Dearborn (Michigan) dedicated the Edison Institute of Technology, established in honour of the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of electric light. Mr. Edison in the evening reconstructed in his old labora f orv his epechmaking filament lamp in the presence of a small party
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    • FRIDAY.
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        CLEVER BLONDE BEAUTY
        138 4 DIPLOMATS OF THREE POWERS DECEIVED. According to a Berlin telegram, no fewer than three Powers, including two great Pow T ers, obtained copies of the secret cypher, loss of which led to the wholesale recall of the members of the Italian Embassy at Berlin. It appears that
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        CONSULATE RAIDED.
        111 4 A message to the Rengo Agency says Chinese police raided and searched the Soviet ConsulateGeneral at Harbin for four hours and arrested three Russians found there. A Chinese communique says the alleged raid was based on information reaching the police that Communists were plotting disturbances in Harbin with
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        SOVIET DUPLICITY.
        94 4 The Foreign Ministry has issued a statement saying it has refused to accept the Soviet Government’s verbal protest charging China with responsibility for the recent hostilities in the Tungkiang region. The statement goes on to say that the duplicity of the Soviet Government is eloquently exemplified in this
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        CHINA AND BRITAIN.
        108 4 Mr. Alfred Sze, the new Chinese Minister in London, has arrived. In an interview with Reuter he said he hoped not only to maintain but also to strengthen Anglo-Chinese feelings of friendship and goodwill. China expected, hoped, and believed that Britain would give her a helping hand
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        INDEPENDENT MUKDEN.
        85 4 It is reliably reported from Mukden, that at a conference of the Manchurian leaders, Chang Tsohsiang, Governor of Kirin and Com-mander-in-Chief of the AntiSoviet Army,” declared that Nanking’s negotiations in Berlin regarding the Chinese Eastern Railway controversy were a complete failure, and in view of the probability of
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    • SATURDAY.
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        PRINCE FIRED AT.
        323 4 ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION AT BRUSSELS. Crown Prince Umberto of (t a ly on his arrival at Brussels was welcorned at the station by the Kin» and his two sons and drove ;o the Laeken Palace to meet P ess Marie Jose. He later visi the Italian Ambassador. There
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        MUI TSAI PROBLEM.
        128 4 In introducing new legislation relating to Mui Tsais, the AttorneyGeneral made the statement that the Legislative Council Bill was intended to bring to an end as scon as possible the present practice oi the employment of Mui Tsais. Abolition cannot be effected by mere legislation but by
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        CHINA’S CIVIL WAR.
        63 4 The civil war situation in China is more favourable to the Government than appeared last week. Heavy but indecisive fighting has been going on 20 miles to the west of Chengchow, which is still in Government hands. The National General has wired from Siangyang. north-veest of Hupeh
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        JAPAN HELPING RUSSIA.
        43 4 Nanking authorities state that according to reliable reports from Harbin the Soviet are rushing through the construction of 1 0 miles of railway, from Harbarov-k to the coast in order to facilitate the supply of various materia s from Japan.
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        DRUG HAUL AT CALCUTTA.
        36 4 The police have seized cocaine and opium valued at £5,000 in the Calcutta district during the pa t few days. A haul of 200 ounces of cocaine was made on the Hooghl).
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  • AROUND THE COURTS
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      TWO INQUESTS.
      588 5 I T\\o MALAY BOYS KILLED BY CARS. I y\i. J. H. Owen, the Coroner, ■held a/' inquest on Saturday over ■the death of a Malay lad named ■Manan bin Mat. Allagappa Chetty,■who lias been formally charged ■with causing death by a rash act, ■was pr sent and Mr.
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      FOUND INSANE.
      109 5 ho Hu, who was thought to have attempted suicide by walking into the Malacca River, was found he insane and when taken before the Magistrate on Saturday and asked whether he was insane and anyone to look after him, r< !)iied that he did not know whether he
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      JAW BROKEN.
      452 5 grievous assault on SINGHALESE. bin D S K bin Ma t and H Tamby two well-known Malavs, Monriav J" the District Court on 1 londay, on a charge of cansinogi levous hurt at Jasin to a Singhalese named Peter da Silva, aneftate tor a n- 0r n July
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      SINGHALESE CASE.
      217 5 A Singhalese named Dhanohamy was tried before Mr. Dodd on Monday on the charge of committing criminal breach of trust in respect of jewellery valued at $174, entrusted to him by a woman named A. W. Mangohamy. Accused pleaded not guilty. Complainant said she had known accused ten
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      BOUGHT CHEAP TOBACCO
      143 5 Pau Kee Tuan, a shopkeeper of admitted to the Court, on Friday, possession of 27 katties of tobacco without a permit, saying that a certain man sold ft to him and he did not know that a permit was required. The price asked for the tobacco was
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      EFFECT OF WARM BATHS.
      101 5 Hadji Madarsah bin Sheikh Abduliah, who was charged with knocking down a Malay lad at Kandang by rash driving, produced a Chinese witness on Friday, who testified that he was in the car at the time and knew nothing of any accident. He admitted that they
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      GUILTY GOLDSMITH.
      376 5 A coolie goldsmith was before Mr. Dodd on Monday on a charge of criminal breach of trust as a servant of gold, valued at $77, entrusted to him for making into jewellery. Inspector Higgins stated that -accused was found at Sungei Bharu. Accused explained that ht pawned the
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      AT PORT DICKSON COURT.
      602 5 (From Our Own Correspondent). Port Dickson, Oct. 25. Ismail bin Mat Yatin, a Malay driver of a hired motor-car No. H.N.S. 548, was charged before Che Abdul Wahab, the Port Dickson Magistrate, this morning, at the instance of Mr. E. M. MacDonald, 0.C.P.D., Port Dickson, that
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    FIVE GENERALS EXECUTED.
    59 5 It is announced that five exTsarist Generals have been sentenced to death and executed on a charge of being concerned in a counter-revolutionary organisation in the Soviet munitions industiy with the object of weakening the country’s defensive capacity by acts of sabotage and espionage and facilitating foreign
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    SHIPPING
    468 5 A large consignment of fresh vegetables was shipped to Singapore, on Friday of last week. About one hundred deck passengers arrived in Malacca from Singapore and Penang, on Tuesday last. Half the number were Chinese. On Tuesday last, about one thousand bags of Siam rice were conveyed by motor-lorries
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    ROCKET PLANE TRIED.
    101 5 A trial flight of a rocket plane was carried out at Dusseldorf, but, owing to the wing catching fire the inventor, Herr Espenlaub, did not fire the second rocket, but landed unscathed. The rocket plane is in the form of a glider without a tail and rockets
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    RED INTERNAL STRIFE.
    46 5 M. Rakovsky, the ex-Soviet Ambassador at Paris, is reported to have been arrested by the Cheka and deported to Barnaul, Siberia. This is said to be the Soviet reply to M. Rakovsky’s and M. Trotsky’s joint request for re-admission to the Communist Party.
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    ELECTRIC SITUATION.
    625 6 According to the report, printed in the iast issue of the Guardian,” of the last meeting of the Committee of the Straits Settlements (Malacca) Association, the President, Mr. G. C. S. Rabjohn, has studied the agreement between the Municipal Commissioners and the Malacca Electric Lighting, Ltd., and has
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    THE RACING EVIL.
    349 6 Special correspondence from Australia to the “Straits Times” gives Malacca cause to rejoice that despite our vicious indulgence in race-track gambling— at a distance—we have no race track here, .vith all the attendant evils which The Sport of Kin<s brings in its train. Our contemporary reports that
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    CART BEFORE HORSE.
    178 6 At the last session of the- Rural Board it was asserted that a provision had been made and passed, in some Estimates, of $lO,OOO for the construction of a new road to replace one which was badly situated. Unfortunately, however, there were no funds with which to
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    TRAINING BY FILM.
    160 6 A very interesting experiment was tried in Singapore last week which we hope will be but the forerunner of numerous efforts in the same direction. A propaganda film, prepared by the Co-operative Department, was shown to schoolboys with the idea of giving them valuable lessons in industry
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    HAWKERS ON THE MOVE.
    148 6 We were struck strongly by one assertion made at the last meeting of the Rural Board, in connection with the difficulties occasioned by throngs of hawkers in certain part of the rural areas, and that was that although the licences required hem to keep moving it
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    LOTTERIES.
    134 6 A correspondent writes condemning the attitude of the Guardian with regard to lotteries and intimating that everybody in Malava buys lottery tickets and therefore it cannot be a serious offence. How well the authorities agree with our correspondent is shown by the fact that three Indians found guilty last
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    PREPARING FOR WAR?
    89 6 An advertisement appearing on page two of this issue of the Guardian asks for details regarding all officers or gien former-} in any w r ay connected with the Royal Navy. We do not pretend to know’ the purpose of the advertisement, but it seems to breathe
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  • FROM OTHER PENS.
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      WHERE OH WHERE IS MR. THIAGARAJAH?
      236 6 his health.—“ Malayan Daily Ex' press.” The Survey subordinates com plained about the lack of sympath on the part of the head of the de partment. What has happens after the presentation of the mpJ rial? Where is Mr. ThiaganS who forwarded the memoria
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      PROHIBITION.
      171 6 will not #0 in vain.—“ The Indian Pioneer.” As we have pointed out times without number in these columns the evils of drink can be done away with only by the total abolition of the drink itself. In this view we are supported by the experience of other parts
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      U. S. OF EUROPE.
      138 6 Straits Echo.' And now that Great Britain has not only realised but has decided that she is a part of the continent of Europe and that the U.S.A. have shown that they are as yet only to be partly drawn into European affairs, it has become
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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    74 6 ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Mr. S. M. Peralta and family thank the various friends who sent wreaths, telegrams and letters of sympathy. They are unable at present to reply by letter to each individually. ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Messrs. Lim Cheng Joon, Lim Keng Joo, Lim Cheng Hoon and Suppiah Pillav beg to thank ail relatives
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  • LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
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      MUNICIPAL BOARD.
      1645 7 PRESIDENT makes important explanation. There was a very brief session of the .Municipal Commissioners on p r h v last, when every member was resent. The only point of iar ;lar interest was the statement of the President, The Hon. W. Elies, which had been promised previously, with
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      DEEPAVALI FAIR.
      258 7 MALACCA INDIAN CLUB TO CELEBRATE. On the nights of the Ist, 2nd and 3rd November, the grounds of the Malacca Indian Club, Lorong Panjang, will be the scene of a grand festivity—the Deepavali Fair—organized by the above club to mark the great Indian festival, Deepavali, which day the
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      OUR RECREATION ASSN.
      189 7 SECOND ANNUAL MEETING HELD. At the residence of the Secretary, Mr. V. E. Dias, the second annual meeting of the Malacca Recreation Association was held a week ago yesterday. After refreshments had been served to about sixty members present, the Secretary announced that the Committee had decided
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      WEDDING.
      136 7 NUNIS—CORK. At the Church of St. Peter, on Saturday morning, the Rev. Father Fernandez officiating, Miss Marie Louisa Nunis, second daughter of Mr. Robert M. Nunis, a retired pensioner, w r as married to Mr. Sydney Percy Cork, formerly of Singapore but now of the Durian Daun Hospital staff,
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      FIRE WALKING CEREMONY.
      514 7 ANNUAL EVENT AT GAJA BERANG. The annual fire walking ceremony at the Sri Subramania Thuropathai Temple in Gaja Berang Road on Monday afternoon drew the usual immense throng. A pavilion was erected for the invited guests, who were near enough to get plenty of heat, on a
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    KING GOES SHOOTING.
    48 7 It is officially announced that the King spent Monday morning shooting at Sandringham. This is the first time he has used a gun since ■aet November when, -while out with a shooting party at Sandringham, be caught a chill which led to his long illness.
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    CLEANSING PENANG.
    134 7 HOUSES OF ILL-REPUTE TO BE CLOSED. The Government has decided that the Chinese houses of illrepute in Penang shall be closed down from the end of this year, and in pursuance of this decision the Protector of Chinese, Penang, has served notices on all such houses that they
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    GAMBLING.
    98 7 The Pinang Gazette.” Those who have given the subject any thought at all cannot but agree that in some of its aspects the law of gambling as it operates in the Straits Settlements is an unadulterated farce. Take the sweepstakes organised by the various turf clubs throughout the Peninsula.
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    RIOTING AT KARACHI.
    40 7 Troops were called out at Karachi to deal with disturbances in connection with a strike of 700 dockers demanding shorter hours, and ejected the strikers from the premises of the wnarf, where they were threatening local workers.
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    SEREMBAN NOTES.
    351 7 (From Our Own Correspondent). Seremban, Oct. 22. Next Saturday the Seremban United Chinese Association “A” team will travel down to Port Jickson Recreation Club in their ast fixture of the Negri Sembilan Football Association competition. The trophy this year goes to the Seremban United Chinese Association for the
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
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      MALACCA GOLF CLUB.
      163 8 NOVEMBER MONTHLY MEDAL. As it is considered that on account of the Tamil festival and the Armistice Day celebrations respectively, both the first and second week-ends in November will be unsuitable to a large number of members, the November Monthly Medal has been fixed for Saturday and
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      HOCKEY.
      455 8 MALACCA BADLY BEATEN AT KUALA LUMPUR. Poor finishing to promising moves and indecisive and inaccurate shooting were the principal defects noticeable in the team fielded by Selangor to meet Malacca in the first inter-state hockey fixture played at Kuala Lumpur this season according to The Malay Mail.” Selangor were
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      FOOTBALL.
      938 8 S.F.l.’s SUCCESSES. On Monday last on the B. Hilir English School ground, the meeting of the St. Francis’ Institution and the High School in the senior division of the Inter-School League was a regular battle royal. The large crowd that lined the four sides of the field were entertained
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    CORRESPONDENCE
    1822 9 acca Guardian does not neces gcu'-'J endorse the opinions of its correspondents Gambling Mania.’’ I -r 0 th« Editor of the I Malacca Guardian.” I '"An rticle under the above title j s f 0 ,M on your editorial page in I your sue of October 14. I have
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    MALACCA VOLUNTEERS.
    169 9 Routine Orders by Major H. W. Esson, M.C., Commanding. Officers—Return from Leave. Meut. K. Balfour reported return from leave on 18.10.29. Officers—Suspense Roll. 2nd/ deut. G. D. MacDonald is placed on the Officers’ Suspense Roll, with effect from 25.10.29. Best Soldier Competition. For 1929 this competition will be
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    AFGHANISTAN ORDERLY.
    51 9 The Tass Agency reports from vabul that in addition to the surrender of Habibullah and Syed Hussein (ex-Governor of Mazarishariff) who are proceeding to iabul, three ex-Government Ministers also surrendered. The latter were pardoned. Nadir Khan has re-established all Government offices with the same staffs as served under
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    ORIENTAL MATTERS.
    574 9 DR. COUSINS TALKS ON EDUCATION. (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Oct. 24. Dr. J. H. Cousins, accompanied by his wife, arrived here this morning by the s.s. Kamo Maru,” en route to India after a world tour. Despite their short stay here, for they are leaving to-morrow morning,
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    The Opium Commission.
    352 9 Local Chinese interested in the social reform of their community are straining every nerve to present a strong case for the suppression of the opium traffic before the League of Nations Opium Commission, which has arrived in Singapore. An influential committee of leaders of the community has
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    WUHU SAFE AGAIN.
    45 9 A message from Wuhu says loyal troops rushed to Wuhu and quelled the disturbances. Some mutineers, who only numbered 500, were disarmed and others driven back from the town. British women and children have left the gunboats and returned to their homes.
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    TRANS-SIBERIAN MAIL.
    52 9 The Post Office announces the resumption of a daily service of specially addressed correspondence to China, Japan, and Hong Kong via Siberia. Mails are being dispatched via the Amur Railway to Vladivostock and thence by the biweekly service. The time in transit to Shanghai is expected to average
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    A FAREWELL.
    215 10 Love! Life! Honour! Farewell to all! For, where, if not in love, is life? And if love to me is denied. How may I seek honour in life? Therefore, I say, Farewell to all! Come, Death, the reliever of pain, Quiet this aching heart of mine, Shroud my
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    CLERGYMAN ABROAD.
    1407 10 ENGLAND AS SEEN BY AMERICAN EYES. i Great Britain is faced by an economic crisis fraught with terrific problems, writes an American ciergvman to the Delaware Gazette.” There is the congested population of the British Isles, one tenth of the population of the empire in one one-hundred-thirtieth of
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    AQUA IMPURA.
    384 10 A SAD TALE OF LIFE IN MALAYA. Considerable interest has been taken in the experiments which the Government are conducting, with a view to the permanent adulteration of the local water supply. It has been realised for some time, that the greatly increased use of face creams, and
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  • MALAYAN MATTERS OF MOMENT
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      JASIN NOTES.
      709 11 CAUSING HURT. On Monday, before Mr. L. S. I jr ret i Bengali named Fakir Khan appeared on a summons at the infant 'L Ah Kuang, the Jasin Club "•boy and the Tamil gardener. It > ;,s alleged that the accused, w bo is a bullock-cart driver, was
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      PORT DICKSON NOTES.
      337 11 i f roat Our Own Correspondent). T Ir C? 11 Dickson, Oct. 20 MCS R b e u Mr J W Simmons, sA'i-V Bntlsh Resident, Negri SembUan, paid a visit to Port the P o n rt° n n^ Urday and insisted rernii,» Dlck s°n padang, which
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      ACTING OFFICIALS.
      133 11 Mr. John Scott. C.M.G., recently our Colonial Secretary, took the oath of office on Monday last as Officer Administering the Government. His first official act was to appoint Mr. G. Hemmant, M.C.S., C.M.G., as acting Colonial Secretarv, Mr. F. J. Morten, M.C.S., as acting Under Secretary, and Mr.
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      ALOR GAJAH NOTES.
      1361 11 HEAVY DISTRICT COURT DAY. Tuesday, the 22nd instant, being the Alor Gajah District Court day, heid by Mr. G. C. Dodd, the District Judge, there was a heavy list, both criminal and civil, there being about nine criminal cases and well over twenty-five civii cases. Prosecution Collapses.
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      A PORT DICKSON INQUEST.
      307 11 (From Our Otvn Correspondent). Port Dickson, Oct. 25. The inquest on the body of a male Chinese named Wong Man, who was killed by a falling tree at Jemima Estate, Port Dickson, was commenced this morning before Che Abdul Wahab, the Port Dickson Magistrate. Mr. E.
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      A NEW INDUSTRY.
      218 11 (From Our Own Correspondent). Port Dickson, Oct. 25. A new industry has been founded in Port Dickson, in the form of porcelain end earthenware manufacture, the first of its kind in British Malaya. The factory is situated on the second mile, Seivm ban Road, as one comes
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      THE CLIFFORD FUND.
      48 11 DONATIONS RECEIVED UP TO NOON OF OCT. 21. Already acknowledged .$17,811.22 Malay Teachers’ Association, N.S. 100.00 Malacca Japanese Association 50.00 Tav Koon Seh Oh Kongsi, Penang 59.00 Lim Peng Siang, Esq. 200.00 Dr. and Mrs. Lim Boon Keng 100.00 General Electric Co., Ltd 1,500.00 $19,811.22
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      KLANG NOTES.
      174 11 NEW JUSTICE OF PEACE HONOURED. (f rom Our Own Correspondent). Klang, Oct. 25. On the occasion of the recent appointment of Mr. D. R. Amarasekara as Justice of the Peace for the State of Seiangor, the Ceylonese community in the District of Klang held a dinner in his
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      JOHORE REGENCY.
      108 11 A Johore Government Gazette Extraordinary, issued a week ago, contains a Proclamation dated Oct. 18, by H. H. the Sultan, appointing Tunku Ismail, the Tunku Mahkota of Johore, and Dato Mustapha bin Jaafar, Dato Mentri Besar of Johore, jointly to be Regents in His Highness’s absence, following his
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      RESIGNATION ACCEPTED.
      91 11 The following telegram has been sent by the Colonial Secretary ro Sir Hugh Clifford: I am commanded by His Majesty the King .0 iniorm you that he accepts your resignation and is much distressed to hear the reason which has necessitated it. The King much appreciates the long
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