The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 4 June 1919

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    23 784 The Straits Echo. MAIL EDITION. g P gR ANNUM. Single Copy 40 cis. Vol. 17 Penang, Wednesday, June 4, 1919. No, i 2r.
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      Page 784 Advertisements Column 1
      286 784 T I C O N T F' N T S. ■■I I" a Lkadibi Misubllanious (Continued) O.iw., Boycott of J.p.oe.e ...794 Si»m and the W»r 800 Bid Policy 798 B 00 80 808,811 The Him 806 Singapore New?... 800,807 Our Plain Duty... 806 Police Courts 801,805,815 Telephones 812 Pahang News
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      193 785 £8%wfe > <\X w t| I yh THE S" I STRA TS ECHO” I B MAIL EDITION. I Jf .«ooooowa»»— I e s!n I Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, I and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the M
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    BRITISH STATESMANSHIP.
    1419 786 The sg»- ong Biit sh habit of national lelLdepn-oa’ion dies viry bird. It conlisted even during the great war wbe r as ths late ex-Pred lent R >osnvt It observed, unanimity of ao jjn was aooompaobd by the dispUy of rxt r aord)n<ry pr jidlO’S aid personal hostilaies.
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    Our Food Supply.
    38 786 Pabboilid Biob Abbivib, .A gent ,or tb0 Food Controller ?°-i j 8 1 ■P®cial consignment of Parboiled Rice has arrived here and will bo supplied to consumers by Distributing Agents at 78 coats per gantang,
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    The following notice
    40 786 appears on the menu w W WMV UUuKJQ at the Hotel Europe i Owing to the shortage of rice, same wi 1 not be served in thin hotel oa and after Satnrday next. May 31. Excellent 7
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    Invitations
    47 786 are out for the wedding of r wJ' raDC^8 exan<^er Peterson, of the P*W. D. Peuang. and Elisabeth Mary, daughter of Mr and M'S. A. M. Theiseire. alej of the P W D.. which take p'a?e on Jaae 3 next at thi Ohu*oh of Assumption, Peniog.
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    It is notified
    50 786 that a sp-cial general mnet- inar of membe sof the Penang Chamber of Commerce will be held ham J aQ8 4th f or purpose of propos ng an Un fficial Member of the Legislative Council vo* L‘. Cob Sir Arthur Adams who resigned un leaving for Europe.
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    In response to inquiry,
    58 786 Mrs. A. D H ckl- r the acting M*dcal Offioer of Hongkong, informed a reporter of the Dail* Preu, on May 13 that 192 caaei of plage? nuarly all of which were fatal, had been reported in the Colony thia year, ai compared with 9 oaiea
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      Page 786 Advertisements Column 1
      99 786 Che straits €cbo. f T PUBLISHED DAILY (Except Sundays fld P nl)lle S*® 4 at the criterion press, limited, 99 Beach Street, Penang* Price: paily Local «80 annum Outatation Postage Extra. Jin Edition (Pont Free) «18 par annum. CaNe Address: 11 ECHO PENANG.’ Telephon* No*. (Echo) SB®. Printing Department 343.
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    Atlantic Flight. HAWKER,
    1625 787 [BBCTB.S TELBGBAMa-] Load OB, May 20, m dmght.-Not a amgle wjrd h.a b..« b»»d ot HawMar from «be anmaroti ..ropUm., d.rtroj.r. < toe r ..taping «he The whole «Mb htmoared by ram. A goeernmept oommtaiqeh th frM>»-Atlaatl° w I. a ot P r, ‘"‘•'P' 1 The a
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    League of Nations.
    717 788 taCIM» TttMM"'-] W_A OEKMaN FKOFO3ALS. M., 22 -T"» G,-«» P r<, P 9 P«'’> M T J.rion. »o<l latero*' 1110 1 ,)rL ”’r«, O^*rep. O n.b f d Tbel..m.r t‘W% C r A, to tM Allied «be»» b“‘ I'”?M-ber p op«»i’ bl0l U jd n tfireoce comm*»»
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    Java Eruption.
    487 788 (S trait t Timet Special.) There has been no further intelligence by wire from Java, to that published in these columns on Saturday regarding the terrible disaster to 1f j and property caused by the feuddeo e> nptioo, during the middle of last wrfek ef the volcano of
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      TAMILS’ MASS MEETING IN KEDAH.
      794 788 [To the Editor oj the Stralte Echo.] Sir,—L have the honour to submit an omaial report of the proceedings of the above specified meeting, a abort account of wh oh was reported by your Kedah correspondent and published in your issue of the 19th mat.
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    Municipal Commission.
    202 789 Obdijtabt Minima. The ordinary moating of iae Municipal Oommiioian was held yesterday afternoon. There wore present Messrs G A Hereford (President), F Duxbury, A F Goodrich, Qsah Bing Kee. A M Goodman, Yeoh Guan Book, Ohee Wor Lok, L M Bell (Municipal Bogineer), and LAC Bigss (Secretary). Dr,
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    C. R. C.
    107 789 Tnunie Toubnamuht. Following are the rieults of the ties played last evening as well as the fixture of ties for to-morrow i— Single Handicap A.— Hooi Hye —80 beat Oban Fook Ngboe —15.1 by 6—1, 6-"0. Single Handicap B— Tay Ch e Aik Sor boat Teoh Pm
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    Thus a Straits Times correspondent:-
    54 789 Multon is 75 cents pnr lb. m tbe market this morn ng and Riilbs Diiry is charging 49 cents per bottle for mi k. Wnat is tba wonderful Food Centraller doing I think ho must be iika the god Rial—•• turu hi sloepotb, or he
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    F. M. S. NEWS.
    832 789 Tot the following It-m7we ere iod-btpd oh efly to Itmei of Malaya end Malay MM i It ia propo.el to extend the K.p.r tforeat Eaaerve by 450 acres. A Malay School is to be erected at Kampong Galam, N*vri Sembilan, Teacher’s quarters are to be built
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    KWONG YIK BANK.
    222 789 Final Dividend to be Paid. The liquidators, Messrs. Leow Chia Heng and S. Whitaker, in their nitn report on the Kwong Yik Banking Company (in liquidation) show that in dividends up to 88 per cent, were paid up to December 14th, 1918, the claims on which dividends
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    THE PEOPLE’S RIGHTS.
    1344 790 pe v n e will doubtless interest a good many which irs We therefore give them in of U thA matter in hand is undoubtedly ,a bit mo“ -n heard of. involving «»e «at n> dear t0 m08t [re0 reet representation on legislative p“ p Lring their
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    TRAFALGAR, LIMITED.
    440 790 Favourable Report on Estate's Appearance. The ninth ordinary general meeting of Trafalgar, Ltd., was held at Singapore, on Saturday the 24th inst., Mr. W. M. Butchart presiding, the others present being Messrs y- Ker H D Campbell, H. Rickard. C. C. Cruttwell and II. Freeman. The Chairman, in
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    RUBBER TRADE.
    130 790 Sales Report. Messrs. Paterson Simona Co., Ltd., report as follows under date Singapore, May 21.—The auction opened this week with a very fair attendance of buyers, but competition was not at all keen and bidding throughout the sale was slow. The demand for Ribbed Smoked Sheet was poor
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    CHOLERA IN BANGKOK.
    42 790 During the week ending the 10th instant there were 9? deaths :rorn eholer* registered in Bangkok as compare w th 179 in the ?.s week 255 in the week before that. Ko out* bubonic pligue poi abat'd.wr laagktk TiiaW.’-
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    FOOD CONTROL.
    1629 791 REVIEW OF NEW REGULATIONS. Plea fof Effective Control. POSSIBLE NOW TO FIX PRICE OF «UM BICE. Following is the full text of a letter dated fiingapore May 16 signed “Those Who Are Concerned” and addressed to the Editor of the “Malaya Tribune”:— Sir,—With reference to “The Rice (Registration
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    METER RATES FOR WATERWORKS
    321 791 By Allen Haian. 8 D.” Now York: Job» Wihr and Son», Ino. London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd. 10». M, nat] The book deals with the problem of distributing the burden of supporting a water-works system among those who use the water in a just and equitable
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  • Page 791 Advertisements
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      36 791 Now Is the Time. For rheumatism you will find nothing bettor than Chamberlain's Pain Balm. is the time to get rid of it. Try this linimen ue how buidtiy if wiU relieve thh tab tyr HI
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1886 792 the o»to«to£»hebar Mr. C”' 00 ;1 the Bou«. ot Conimoo. ,4’other tv “L L..g«e ot Nations u«- n ,ob ,b0 Tiowri Jll'rl’ «tom th* behiBdth 'uTyd GeorteOloero "O.‘ T a 0, th» Manner. 1 affirmed <» *be Ho..» own 0» o(teB htmM tiy J'jlut <eo‘lo»' »t th. Polio,
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    BATU LINTANG LTD.
    771 793 DIRECTORS’ ANNUAL REPORT. Following is the third Report of the Directors as presented to the shareholders at the meeiug held in Penang on the 24th instant: Gentlemen, —Your Directors beg to submit herewith a duly audited statement of accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1918. After
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    F.M.S. SERVICE.
    670 793 Appointments Gazetted. The following are culled from the F.M.S. Gazette: Appointments Mr. II. II. S. Upton, Executive Engineer, Grade Ill, has been appointed Executive Engineer, Grade 11, with effect from March 1, 1917. Mr. L. Bowen, Executive Engineer, Grade 111, has been appointed a Supernumerary Executive Engineer, Grade
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    INDIAN SEDITION CASE.
    116 793 Four Sentenced to Death. Lahore, May 18. —The Haiizabad case was decided yesterday. Four men were sentenced to death, eleven to transportation for life, and four acquitted. In thia case on the 14th April, a meeting held at which orators incited the crowed to overthrow the Government.
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      57 793 For a Lame Back. hen you have pains or lameness in th 8 back bathe the parts with Chamberlain s Pain Balm twice a day, massaging with t 9 palm of the hand for fhe minutes at e application. dampen a piece of slightly with this Uniwent aud bind it
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    NIGHT MAILS.
    571 794 t Ml 7o nd m»y l, JiHt nambsf oto«r Pentng »nd Mtiiblyf'* Z ri t0 learn that tbs Ipoh f d eohoe. our eentinrente in toto *2 L impurntiw neoe.t.ty fur vaet *f*S iop“«««»‘ f rtil oominum. ."tetw*» P F<m»l ,nd K la Lan0 P’ r > 3
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    CHINESE BOYCOTT OF JAPANESE.
    505 794 CHIN ESE BOYCOTT OF JAPANESE. 8h «AraiNCdu. ***»«WI eioll k a! 9 1 Rter i recent tnemge relating to beyoott of the Japanese by the Chinese, It seems that not only i 8 the boycott in operation in Sauth and Central Chi'» but inN<rh China as well, Ba tbe U.
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    Siam Paddy Crop.
    31 794 Under the headline “P*ddy Crop Report Mey 21,1919 the Siam Obierver reports aa follewa i— N&euan 880 Cavani at Tea, 222 230 ev. 1,490 *****0 Total 2.870 Guyana
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    China-HoHand Treaty.
    101 794 Ch i na-HoHand Treaty. Chinese in Dutch Indus Urgi Nullification. A leoRlhy pedoon tor the revision ol the Chlaese-Dotoh Treaty has been despatched to the P. king Government by owwia Colman domiciled in the Datch East lodits, to the effect that tbe Chinese in the ishnda have long avfhred from
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    M. A. P.
    503 794 Captain Daly lit Singapore thia momma on ten months leave. ***onung Mr. R. Scoular of John Little Co i. a visit to Kuala Lumpur. PiUh’ 1 A Sande Sin 8 h of Kuala Pilah, has left on a short visit to Madras. Mr. A. A. Henggeler has
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    Atlantic Flight.
    1597 795 [UUttBS nUOUMi.) DAILY MAIL’S MUNIFICENCE. Mawiib'o awd Gninvns’e Familiis Pboyidbd Fob. Loudon, May 22.—The Daily Mail an■obboh that, Hawker and Grieve havo ■uocumbod. Utpriia tea tbounnd pounce iterliBtf will be divided between Mr Hawker tad Grievo’s next of kiB in the proportion IB which tbe airmen agreed to
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    It is notified elsewhere to-day
    22 795 that St Deben tares of the Prnang Golf Club will be drawn for payment three months hence.
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    After travelling all over Cambodia and Cochin China,
    18 795 Bce'ook’s Oircue hae now reached H»iphong, says the Siam Oitervwi
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    Bangkok exchanges
    46 795 report the death of Mom Chao Mekhin of paralysis He died at the residence of Prince Bhrom Varanuraks. The deceased wae over 70 yeare of age. Hie grandson ie Phya Narendr of the Royal Btablee, who is married to Phya Dejani* jit’e second daughter.
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    The Bangkok Times states:
    56 795 Mr. John Forrest, who eicoeeded Mr, T. F. D I0B manager of Mresrs, Frioer and Me»** 1 Bangkok branch, ie hoping to leave homeward bound the midd'e of next month. Mr. I J. Howley, formerly branch manager o! the firm’s Kuala Lumpur agency and recently returned
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    THE JAVA ERUPTION.
    231 796 A 7 T 25 -TaT'rt'i’» threw ilt M content. ,f the oro'er hk«.’ hl o' wtter and “> Bdi flawed .t the rp’ed of h9,ri d “a iboet lblr y 0B( j er ed more extensive T. 1825 o»:bre»k took place, -J I. 1835 a .light oitbarat.
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    Peace Celebration in Penang.
    199 796 Liit oi Bubsoribbbi. Amount prenoiily acknowl* dged... 115,240 The Cycle A Carnage Co,, Ltd 50 Menu H«odel Maatsohappij Deli* Atjeh 100 n Konloklijke Paketwrt M»atiohappy fiQQ P11 Mb. Tboh Pau Tatt. Mcriiri Ohm Hla A Co 200 0 Km Keog Leong ACo 200 h GimBeeObau 200
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      KEDAH TAMILS’ SPOKESMAN.
      307 796 [To the Editor of the Strath Echo.] Sir, From the account given in yesterday’s issue of the Echo about the mass-meeting of the Tamils of Alor Star in connection with the forthcoming Peace Celebrations, it is evident that their representative as nominated by the Government is not
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    EXPORTING SOVEREIGNS.
    208 796 Cbinbbb Fined. In the Diitriot Court before Mr. B. D Acton thli moroiwR a Ohiteie named Kian S<mg Beng alite Wan Teng Bin wae charged with attempting to export from the Colony 100 sovereign! and three American twenty*dollar go’d pieces in contravention of the proclamation of the Governor
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    The heavy and long-ontinued
    73 796 rainfall of XUD UURT J l»«t night ard this forenoon has hid the fff°ct of lowering the temperature of the Settlement considerably--so much so in fact that one finds it difficult to realise that we ere living within a stcne’s-throw ef the Equator and not. as
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    FORESHORE RIGHTS.
    347 796 Government Claims at Sambau Bay. lor the past three days, Mr. Justice •Woodward, acting Chief Justice, Singapore, has been engaged in hearing the case arising out of the acquisition by the Government of certain lands at Sambau Bay, (Singapore). In some parts of the bay the sea had
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    SIAMESE WILL CASE.
    122 796 Tcs. 4,000,000 Involved. A very big inheritance case is expected to come before the Bangkok Courts shortly, iu which a young woman named Aminta, 21 years of age, is suing her step mother, as trustee under the will of her deceased father, Abdul llahim, for a sum
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    Distress in Bengal.
    71 796 Calcutta, May 8.—Alarming news of distress is reaching here from almost every District of Bengal; rice, pulse, oil and other necessaries of life are selling throughout the Province at prohibitive prices. The Chittagong Indian Merchants’ Association are of opinion that the present distress is due to the
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    THE FOOD CRISIS.
    946 797 B8NKHCINT INNOVATION3. MUCH mDlD HILF FOR TH! U1LPLI8S. When ik was officially intimated last week that Commander D. 0« Maclotrye, E.N.B., had been appointed local Ageat for the Food Controller, we annoeooed the change with mnoh la'iifactlon for wo felc sure that, with hie apteHl knowledge of
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    Scandalous!
    279 797 F.M 8.R. Holding up Bioh Supplies, The best efforts of the Fjod Control Djpartmest seem in a fair wsy to be defeated by the laggards of the Federated Malay States Railways, who are actually holding up largo stocks of rice here and at Prai. It is no wonder that
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    Penang Golf Club.
    33 797 8ydnby Cup Compititiow, Entries for the Sydney Cup Competition close on 8etU‘d*y, May 31st. It will ba conducted ii accordance with match play roles under ord nary handicap—lo belts. r
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    On the prosecution of Mr. Freeman,
    54 797 L-e L:*u andi Adi? Kee ?e e yettaiday charged before Mr. 0. H. G. Clarke at Batterworth with edhnsr rice beyond the price fixed under the Feed Control RagahtTon. They were each fiaed 1100, the lam of >25 being ordered to go to the
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    CHINESE WEDDING.
    683 797 Leong Chong, The miniate of Mr. Leong fk Ta teacher in St Xavier’s Inot tution uill 1 Rose Chon? Nyo. k Pbin, tecond daJJh M of Mr. and Mrs. Chong Chiew sokm ised on the 27th instant at 7* Church of Our Lady of borrows Matdu Road, Rev.
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    A porter named Hubert Hipkin
    40 797 has died A porter named nuven at the Charing Cross Hospital irom id] received from the explosion of a rifle in a room at th? Golden Cross Hot sb 1 vher» he n ‘Rs •mploj'sd.
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    BAD POLICY.
    1499 798 b j eori«“ a ‘«pwte lj »!>•» they 2 e,#t0 t< “S, d «a ix- i is i olMn Ch.mb.rUinin precis of to 0 -J aM n the course of the I hH,M ’p»X Under the.e oir..».- r t h eI pewhin«»be oon.idered lUiou b J r intelligible
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    Penang Turf Club.
    157 798 AUTUMN MEETING POSTPONED. GRIFFINS DUE SINGAPORE NEXT WEEK. Coloubs or H. H. tub Sultam or Pibak TO Bl 0ABBIID AT TUI MBIT. Owing to the late arrival of the new batch of griffins, caused by intiuenns restrictions in Australia, the Peeasg Turf Club has decided to postpone
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    Resident of Selangor.
    299 798 Fabbwill Dinnub at Klang, The farewell dinner, given by H. H. the Sultan of Selangor to the British Resident, the Hon, Mr. EG. Broad rick, at the Es’aua, Kiang, cn Saturday, was quite a sucoeisful function. The Estana grounds were gaily befhgged, and brilliantly illuminated with eleotrio
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    Anglo-Dutch Java Plantations.
    1737 799 [1BUTEB8 TKLEGBAMS.] DITTOS GOVUBMllBST BUTS OUT BBITI81 SHABBHOLDBBS. London, May 26i—Commenting upon the purchase by the Dutch Indies government tor £1,400,000 ef part of the lands of the Aeglo-Dstoh plantations company et Java, 2%o MnausGr says that British shareholders have been treated very fairly assuming that the
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    SIAM AND THE WAR.
    576 800 •&xt ho» «aV JxwH’O’fr ti“I Hid I-" Whale hearted *L‘2 th. wry d.y they entered the a. wen »8 hi* P‘ ,8 ‘8* e ld b ’X'«ed theaarin« Mini.ter wm .Hewed He hid been intngung_»g»mst Sttgtiwe- Erery .ingle Germ.n JLdmrted except two-» Inn.tio .nd a llMr
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    RICE CRISIS.
    115 800 NOTICE IO 'EMPLOYERS, The Agent for the F.od Controller, Penang, notifies as follows All Kinds of Bion, Managers or Agents of estates, mines, factories, companies, etc- eto. etc. who have been in the habit of supplying rice to their employees or who desire to do so in future
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    CONFERENCES IN IPOH.
    961 800 Rationing Apparently being Abbanued. The Ipoh Timee of the 28th instant mentions that" important conferences are taking place in local food control circles. Last Friday there was a protracted meeting of the local Food Control Committee at the Town Hall lasting over three hour?. As the discussion
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    Singapore News.
    101 800 (From Our Own Correspondent.) S ngipore, May 30.—The toial collected for th» St. Andrew's hospital for women ard children amounts to *****1. K’oet eruption fund $1.430 collected on first day. Tibak Tin. At the general meeting of the Tcbik Tinfields Mr, Ch'w Woon Poh said th At the
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    Among the list of presents,
    44 800 published in our last issue, sent to Mr. and Mr*. Lung 8 n Tat the names of Mr. Ho Ohye Teoag, who sent a pair of vase?, and the Bev, Father L, Perriohon, who sent wine, were inadvertently committed,
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    THE JAVA ERUPTION.
    1174 801 The Straits Times draws attention to the distress caused by the groat Klcet volcanic eription in Java and publishes the following appeal from the ConsulGeneral for the Netherlands Mr. van De Bande Bakhuyssn:— ‘•The telegram hate informed ni of the appalling disaster which has befallen a section
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    Police Courts.
    166 801 Quack! Quack! Pong Hong K*i and long Poi were this morning sentenced to one mortu’s rigorous impriioament each for the theft of sixteen ducks un the five-foot way in Ssk Ohuan Line, It appears that the complainant h»d two baskets of ducks which he had by his side
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    PAHANG NEWS.
    513 801 and Billiaxd,, (From Our Own Correspondent.) Raub, May 26.—The Riub Xlmst a Bentong XI at "soccer on Saturdav 24th at the Raub Padang. The viaiP motored from Bentong to Raab by oat S arrived there at 3 p.m, A group photogrIJ of both teams was taken before play
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    China’s Futures.
    73 801 Pail*, May 25.—Chao Ming now in Paris, has cabl.d to the Baited States Congress that while Prusiiani»® is to ba destroyed »11 over the world the Eitente and America hare decided to perpetuate it in China in the interest! o Japan. Either China’s vast resonroei eventually piss under
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    Tuesday, June 8
    44 801 being a public holiday xuevuay, uuae n oeing the annual general meeting of Kuning Rubber Estate, Limited, which w ad purred until noon on that day, b*> °een postponed until noon on Wednesday. 4 at the lune place (V Beach Street,)
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    THE SHIPPING CRISIS.
    2385 802 Of THE GOMMIS- I OF ENQUIRY. lah+pd to the “Straits lunes lot I JttS’X eon.prehen.ive and interesting 'Erkort of the Straits Mercantile Marine lb X-mission appointed to inquire into XX X existing between deck officers t ho ai fiere ina in certain vessels engftnVnCtbe local trade has
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    THE HAJ.
    236 803 Ample Provision for Pilgrims. A Press communique says: —The Government of India is glad to be able to announce that in spite of the worldwide shortage of shipping and the abnormal rise in passage rates to all destinations (which in the case of sailings from Bombay and Karachi
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    RICE RELIEF FUND.
    287 803 HELP FOR THE POOR. On the 10th instant it was announced in this journal that Messrs Khoo Heng Pun, Chee Wor Lok and others were opening a I und for the purchase of rice for the poor, to whom it will be sold at a loss if
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    Shortage in Madras.
    71 803 Madras, May 2.—With a view to place at the disposal oi the public accurate information regarding the supply of foodstuffs and kerside oil and the measures taken by Government to relieve it, it has been arranged that the director of civil supplies shall in future issue a
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    INDIA’S FOOD SHORTAGE.
    85 803 INDIA S FOOD SHORTAGE. Prices up Over 50 per cent. Calcutta, May 16.—The wholesale puces of cereals and pulses in India at marked fluctuation as compared w’ith the marked fluctation as compared with the preceding fortnight, but when compared with a year ago the prices rose by 51 per cent.
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      CONSERVATION OF RICE STOCKS.
      339 803 [To the Editor of the Strait, Echo 1 Dear Sir, ‘J In the interests of the poor, I have a honour to appeal to the Food Controller whJ a view to immediately enforce the R e i lion regarding the quantity of rice that S household
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    JAVA CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.
    247 803 It has been reported by Mr. A. E. Carleton, British Consul, that there are two organisations in Batavia that perform the duties generally reccgnised as pertaining to Chambers of Commerce in other countries, namely, Kamer van Koophandel en Nijverheid (Chamber of Commerce) and De Handels vereeniging
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    M. F. A.
    1204 804 1919"cuFĔiNAL. CBSi« I,t 8 I^,p D (1919) Tb« Mwicl» ot Ptb8 M»bomed»n de I i A..wi»* which ta pl r d at tD8 l.i O.rden, ye-terd.y .tternoon D Kf :r. Cr7Z»V;tb.H C >b »nd the u X Ab.m <l lb 11 clBb druW a J ol <P«of»‘w'
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    North Taiping Tin.
    59 804 Niw Dbedge Arrives. We are informed that the dredge for the North Tin Dredging Company, Ltd., is now on the site, and that work has been commenced on the pontoon. It is anticipate! that the pontoon will ba ready to float by the end of Jane, and
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    THE FOOD CRISIS.
    420 804 HELP FOR THE MASSES. Practical and Evfictivb Hulp or Luading Punang Chinrsb. Bating; Shops fop Coolies open Next Tuesday. Tae idea of the present syste m of distribution wai suggested to tbe Assistant Protector of Chinese by Mr L m Boon Haw, J, P.. M'. Lim Eu
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    Smuggling in F.M.S.
    112 804 2 Chinbsb Firms Hiavily Finbb, At Kiang Pulici Court a few days ago Thn Tin and Ts>n Chui Chan were charged by Inspector Donovan, of Purt Swottonham, with having on April 20 imported into St hngor seven cases of 42 tins ot matches without paying Customs duty
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    Accident to s.s. Mataram.
    35 804 (From Our Own Corretpondenl.) Singapore, May 29— The s.r. Mataram wh oh left Singapore for Java yesterday morning, wirelessed last evening that sbe was re'urairg to Singapore with h9r shaft damaged.
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    Owing to the unsettled state of affair
    23 804 oa (hi North Wait Frontier, the inland preas osnoorihip if aboit to be re-impoood (Mcwtaw Mail.)
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      WHY CHINESE ARE BREADLESS.
      741 805 [To the Editor of the Btraite Echo.] Sir, Moit of have wondered why the Chinese, in dint faction from other men, do not grow beard*. Of oours?, some member* of the race who btbng to the male persuasion are exception* to the rule, but the great
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      HELP FOR THE HELPLESS.
      413 805 [To the Editor of the Strait» Echo.] Sir, May Iba a’lowed a little space in your columrs to give publicity to the following It is indeed encouraging to see that the organisei to the Bice Relief Fund have acknowledged subscriptions in the local press, but the
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      PATRIOTISM.
      181 805 [To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Sir. Though packed bouses have been the order of the day at the Globe Cinema for the last two nights may I, through the medium of your paper, urge that the attention of my fellow-cit sms may ba well drawn to the
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    POLICE COURTS.
    289 805 DISH ON Efl/ MILKMEN. Gut thbir Dksibts, Before Mr. B. H. Langston this morii*. Nadssen and Veerappan two registered *4 sellers, were charged with selling adultsraJ milk. Both accvssd pleaded guilty, Mr. W. A Ward, Chief Sanitary L speoto*, stated that the first man hid according to the
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    Last year’s report
    32 805 Last year s report cfTihk’s Homo Bile League shows a mt mb raLip of 39,282, plus 988 life members. The branches number 191. Branches have been opened in London and New Yrk.
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    A Scandinavian Club
    53 805 was inauguratsd on May Hast at Medan, and Mr. Oscar Blotter, an old resident in those parts, was unasimouely eh e'ed its president. At the meeting 49 Scandinavians were enrolled ai members. A library is to be attached t* the C'ub, and several 8oandinaviinr, lending is Penang,
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    Three of the leadirg rica merchants of Bombay
    82 805 are said to have got into seriosi trouble with the Government through making false declarations of the stock of rice when first called upon to do so by the Kicm Controller. This undeclared stock they ar* sail io have been selling at
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    In answer to a summons.
    96 805 Mfi. Loohback U3WC1 appealed before Mr. Pryde. magistraWi Klang, on a charge brought by Mr, T. A» Ford, Government Veterinary having failed to comply with his noticeto drtain her dog undir quarant na at the Best Rouse until further orders f*y B Ipoh Times. M%
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    THE HUNS.
    1891 806 .u«» in t#» Hoard of the jh»re >• "°‘f W h“ ,ppe»r f<om time t,ti»e'Pi ,»ngtog Siberia, raiding ortrre»» 00 1 t i,Gothio emphe. laying Citing the legions g.r«f« aoine aid at preesnt baok at Inpw*» 1 borders of China, ,P J iJ'o«al of their rugged name taj-
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    OUR PLAIN DUTY.
    672 806 We have receiv’d a latter relating to articles recently published in this journal bearing upon our greet debt of g a itada to the men of the Navy and Mercantile Marine, to whose heroic efforts and untiring zeal was largely due the winning by Great Britain and
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    Singapore News.
    63 807 (From Our Own Corretpondenl.) Singapore, May 31.—At the meeting of the municipality the oommiasioners strongly and unanimously protested again at tie removal of Mr, from the Munioipil Presidency tn the F>od Controlkrehip. ANZAC ASSOCIATION. The Australia and New Z aland Aaaooit. tion has formally adopted a constituiiin with
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    A Food Controller
    45 807 has been appointed in Oiylon and rules made under the Dafenoes of the Colony regulations 1919. repa ding the supply of rice for estates, The rules provided for the quantity of iio t to ba issued, and the fsroiahing of detailed return?,
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    We hear that
    92 807 thia efcerncon Commander Maomtyrp. Agent for the Pood Controller, and Mr. Kbaw Joo Tvk are making a tour of inspection < f the whole of the rice shops nt this Settlement under tne Control d.r ction—where small quantities of r ce ar> s Id at fixed reasonable
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    ATLANTIC FLIGHT.
    2251 807 [SEUTEB8 TELEGHAM3-] Hawker Grieve. Pavid by Danish Stuambr, London. May 25 -Lloyd’s states that Hawker and Grieve were picked up by the Danish steamer Mary t bound fiom New Orleans to Hersene. o Later—Lloyd’s signal statun at thei Butt of Lawis telegraphed this morning at c.25 as follows:—
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    RICE CRISIS.
    556 808 HOW WORKERS IN SIAM ABE AFFECTED. Following appears in the Bangkok Times i— An Appeal, We have received for insertion a lengthy letter, signed •’Clerks and Other Employees,” making an appeal to the mana* gers cf such foreign firms as have not yet decided ti ,f alleviate the
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    In spite of a falling off in prediction of 4,000 piculs of tin in Perak last month,
    56 808 123 239 picuh of tin were exported from Perak dmiag the fi'st four months of thii year. Th3 increase orer the sama period of 1918 was reduced to 810 piouli, Pahang showing b
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    HAWKER’S TRIUMPH.
    340 809 enthusiastic welcome home. Gbutm'i Skilivl Navigation. Htwker and Grieves have achieved a feat crealar than the crossing from Newfound* laid to the Aiores. They have flown almost the same mileage under incomparably more difficnlt conditions of temperatnre and wuther, and bit for the free ang of the water
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    The Java Disaster.
    400 809 ▲m Appual Tbe telegrams hate informed ui ot tbe appalling disaster which baa befal'ea a Motion cf th) island of Jara through the eruption ot the Koet.” AU hough the wires and the newspapers have not jet sup* plied wo with sufficient details to estimate the magnitude
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    RICE RELIEF FUND.
    352 809 12,000 MORE FOR THE HELP OF THE HELPLESS. It affords us much pleasure to record the fact that a special at Kuala Kangear Theatrical Hall on toe 29ih and 30th instant was so well supported that as a result the sum of 12,000 has been collected for
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    A genial old seadog
    28 809 w*s muoh relieved cn o 1CI1UVOU vu rfcivmga wire from hie bttt-r half, who went Hom from Singapore on th? Marana, 1 N’ghtQura 0T
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    SHARE MARKET.
    506 809 LEAN CO. S WEEKLY REPORT Penang, May 30.—The somewhat weaker tendency for Rubber, with Sheet at about 73 and Crepe at 76 cents has been nfl-ctad in the Share-market where the demand bn distinctly slackened, although, generallv speaking, prices remain quotably inckiDMd Transactions in this section during ths
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    The directors of the Selangor Company, Limited,
    94 809 have decided tor*o®‘ vomp&ny, ju micea, nuva ucu mand the fullowing apportionment o balance of profits on account of last yea That a dividend 411. per share, less tax, be paid on the Increased capdal ii:., company, viz., X 120,00 makirga total tribntion
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    M. A. P.
    514 810 H the Regent of Ked»b ha, been on riit to Singapore. H L. Sumner, Inspector of Schools, b ,5 arrived w r H. Chappel, of Messrs. Osborne JchS it Ipoh from Home by the, incoming mail. j Vrc Lim Seng Chew and Mr. d Chee Ab Ming,
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    STIAWAN RUBBER.
    774 810 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. The ninth annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Stiawan Rubber Plantations, Ltd., was held at the registered office of the Company, No. 21, Beach Street, Penang, to-day, Mr. James Sellar presiding. Other Directors present were: Messrs. G. N. Saye, J. W. Hunt and
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    F. M. S. NEWS.
    504 810 The restriction on the importation of diamonds into the F.M.S. has been removed The notification of April 4, declaring Penang to be infected with small-pox, has been withdrawn by the F.M.S. Government. Dr D. C. MacDougall, of Mayfield Rubber 1 lantations, Limited, will be leaving in
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    RICE CRISIS.
    1161 811 Conferente ia Ipoh. F.M.6 Control Agent Interviewedijj j Hunter, the food Controller Agent m tb« F.M.S., arrived in Ipob on May from Kuala Lumpur »ud had a conference wj.h lb.-. Chairman of the Kinta Sanitary 1 oAid and the District Offices of Perak, moa» whom "ere present. The
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    FORGED 5-DOLLAR NOTES.
    147 811 i .iu Anson writes to the Ipon Times under dato 28 May as follows Sir,—It may interest the public to know that there are in circulation in Lower Perakforged five-dollar currency notes. I came Across one to-day which closely resembles the original, the material difference being in
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    The funeral
    57 811 oi Dr. Timothy Richard, who orKeQ in Cn-na as a missionarv for manv ?;ar3 and nc.t the rank of a Mandarin, took place at Golder'-, Green Dr. Clifford official «d •he Iter. 1. R Glover, of Cambridge, deliver“E ngregation were a r:p.-.. r 5r.*a-., e if,.» the Chinese'
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    TEBAK TIN FIELDS LTD.
    476 811 BRIGHT PROSPECTS. The fourth ordinary general meitino ma Tebak Tin Fields, Limited, wa a heldVJj! on Thursday lest, at the offices of the S? peuy, Chartered Bank Chamberi, Smeta?* Mr. Chew Wood Poh presiding, th, 8 present being Messrs. W. Lowther fol and D. Timms (shareholders),
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    Sir Frederick Lugard,
    38 811 u.C.M.G., C.B.. D.S.O., will vacate the appointment. o* Governor General of Nigeria on the termini’ tion of his present leave of absence. He am been Governor and Commander-in-Chief o* Northern 8nd Southern Nigeria since 1913«
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    An engagement
    49 811 is announced between M r ««m th® an engagement is anuuuuvcu uw.-w Bertram Stanley Muller, youngest son of t late Mr. and Mrs. John Alfred Muller, ot Highbury, London, and Daisy Ida Fre Williams, daughter of the late Mr. A._ro more Williams end Mrs. Williams, of pore.
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    Mr. J. F. Augustin,
    54 811 at one tune of the Xavier's Institution, Penang staff, will i coed Mr. Saidajan na Chief Assistant Ma° of th° Government English School, A.or when the latter goes to Sungei P st 2 n1 transfer, as Headmaster of the new Eng School which ’is to be
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    The marriage
    41 811 of Mr- Percival Jarnos <«r r-»riT6 j Jit .hi» Turret V,'aGalnng Besar Plante*.om second son of Mr. and Mr". Wr■ v--.* Gardena, Edinburgh, V Mar;EPEwan, younger daughter of Mr Kobtrt. th MXw. 9 I’t'»”, XT. «Vi folfqCuli’wl a* Affeld.
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    TELEPHONES.
    859 812 Vh/oae had 1118 itiugg 18 1,,ted mb bsea th® those set in aether not nnreaeonably now I aetherity o^ heiin thtir power andindnitriea toiortertheim? the alertsen SMihy*. Hippiiy of ciir •ftheGJ»®"®®®^^ sfer Bi million! are “1'X miHioM on r»ilw»y dwolopmente o. witatwo ki tnd nmnl other P ’Jih«r iot
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    HIS MAJESTY.
    259 812 I To morrow is the fitty-fourth birthday of I His M-jesty King George V., King of the I United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions over the Seas, Emperor of India—the ruler of the greatest empire that the world has ever seen, more
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    Congratulations
    44 812 to Mr. J. H. Phipps who has received sews that his eldest eon Mr, I Henry Phipps, who went to the Hocgkong U-iversity to study medicine, has passed his final ex*minition. B?st wishes to the yonag medico for a long and prosperous career.
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    Major James Christie
    46 812 of the Bedfords has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant* Colonel. Lt.-Col, Christis was well known in sporting circles in the 8,8. and F M.S. before the war. He was captured by the Germans at Antwerp but escaped tia Holland to England.
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    Under date of February 19
    60 812 last His Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs has notified Mr. George D’A'me.da fr*m Bogota that the Government of the Republic of Colombia has appointed him Honorary Consul at Singapore for tha'i Bapublio, This is the first time that Colombia bag appointed a Oonaul, and
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    RAILWAY BOARDS.
    413 812 In most countries taa niardi of direction of Bsooeaaful railway concerns are composed ebbfly of leading business men, for the all ssffisient reason that the siccessful running of railways is dependent in great measure upon the ‘moving spirits' having a thorough knowledge of the requirements of the manufacturing,
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    New M.L.C.
    37 812 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jane Bad.—The Malay Mali is informed that Mr. W. F. Nutt, O.B.B., Managing Director of the Strait Trading Co* Ltd*, has been app.iated a member of the Legislative Council.
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    Kolossal!
    86 812 [BBUTBSl TELEGRAM».] Hun Still Hackiri after ColonialParis, May 29 —The counter-proposals of Counts Brcokdoi ff and Bantsau have been handed to M Clemenceau. Germany demands immediate admision to the League of Nations and insists upea receiving a mandate to govern her former colonies! She refuses her consent to Holland’s
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    Civil Service List 1919.
    62 812 Wa acknowledge with tbacke the receipt of th* Straits BctiLments Civil 8 rvics Liat for 1919 from the Oulonial Secretariat, and trust soon to have the pleasure of acknowledging a similar compliment from the F. M. 8. Government. The took is well up-to-date (Ma nh 1st)
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    M. A. P.
    488 813 M.rJ, 0. Koopman, of Moraux and Co., it luting (or Europe shortly. Mr. James Molau, of the detective depart* moot, Singapore is in Malacca on a short holiday. Prince Yegala of Siam was a passenger to Singapore from Hongkong by the Dtiwnra 01 Fdday. Second Nontenant JR.
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      HOUSEHOLDERS’ DUTY DURING RICE CRISIS.
      273 813 [To the Editor of the Straite Echo.] Sir. In view of the gravity of the rice situation and to enable equal distribution toi one and all, I venture to suggest to the Food Control authorities that the only sure way out of the difficulties now
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      THE PEOPLE’S RIGHTS.
      414 813 [To the Editor of the Straite Echo.] Sir, I read in your paper the other day tho reported curious utterances of His Excellency the Governor in thx Federal Capital. The approaching termination of his period of office appears to have induced him to break the golden silence
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      A FILM WITH A MESSAGE.
      381 813 [To the Editor of the Btraite Echo.] Sir, I shall be (bashful if you will kindly I allow me a little spae? in your paper for Vs I following commert: It is with interest that I read ii y Ovr I Saturday's issue under the
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      STAMP COLLECTIONS.
      122 813 [To the Editor 0/ the Strait» Echo.] Dear Sir, (A Could you kindly put me into touch w any of your readers who may bs ,t ID P lectors. My only apology fortakingtho of wri’ing to you is that I <”?•”£ army of unfortunate cripp’es—one let! whose to’.e
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    FOOD CONTROL.
    144 814 am Opin Undnb Contbol. 1U epen U !M| 8> i0# 4 6 T,eSd J p u 8 “)i°" 810 uPoltoSUtion 4-6 J m. <M'y. “obliwe S.II 8.6 p.m. Tu.id.y, ‘("ft Wong Mui) 1.6 d.id. Ton f| day Satu d*y* W d indo 8 8 p<“• Big. i Liptas
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    Rice Relief Fund.
    132 814 ■I I "I TiiiD List of subscriptions. Previously acknowledged ***** Menn Swing Liong Co JOO Menn 8ewg Wob A Co. 100 Menn Poh Ana lojng ACo 100 Menn Bang Bee Ciao 50 Mr Teob Pia Oborg 50 Menn Jjo Sang Oto in ACo 50 M iin Oboe
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    A Cycling Record.
    68 814 tm^a' 8 distance which has Iina iV I’djen on one b eyile by the hb a 8 M Mf 8 R,wllad of Aims, bis biov 1? htB whiofc mn t “des in twelve years, •*»1 m»n 7 9ry n81rl I *’eiord for the b ths worth’if !t
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    The British North Borneo Herald
    87 814 10 U«O®8CS Ji Borneo Herald r?gret« Mother 8 Ip rior 0, «<>*« Tere»e, •Btbell? J a S1 °d*kM OoEtant, bwain B)rneof Aprl J?° thsr bn» M k V 7 30 Jeira ind d rin ,r ope. g 1e had o.)ly once beta to •k» 0
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    Appointments.
    168 814 His Excellency the Governor, with the approval of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, has been pleised to make the following promotions, with iff act from 1st Janusryi Mr G A Hall to ba District Judge and First Magistrate, Singapore, Class I. Mr LE P Wolfsrstan, to be
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    Ho Hong Bank Ltd.
    142 814 From an advertisement appearing else* where in this leave, oar readers will observe that the Ho Hong Bank Ltd, besides having Branches at Penang, Malaooa, Maar, and Bata Pahtt, have now Agencies at London, New York; San Franoisoo, Sernarang, Palembang, and Tranp, and we hope this
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    P. V. R. C.
    97 814 YxSTERDAy’u feHOOT E18ULTS, The Ciub Shoot yesterday was Rapids at 200, 3JO and 400 yards and re silted as under i— Coy Sttt Maj G E WrightMotion H’oip 40 *74,80 Sergt EW F Gilman 54 73 96 Pte Lim Soon *50 73 03 BN Goodwin «60
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    750 814 OBITUARY, MI88 NELLY KAY. We very much regret to learn that Mrs. D> A. B shop his received a oable from Hongkong informing her of the d*ath there on May 29 of her sister, Miss N-liy Henderson Kay, says the Malay Mail. Miss Kay came out to Koala Lumpur in
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    CRICKET.
    190 815 P. 0. C. defeats I. B 0. The cricket match between Penang Cricket Clnb and the Indian Recreation Club which wm played on Saturday afternoon ended in a wia for the former. The Indians pit up a total of 92 and the P. 0. 0. replied with 145. Appended
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    Mission to Gallipoli.
    237 815 AWTBALIJLUS' GbAVUS DiSEOBATUD, Tam worth Ap.il 20—Trooper Gordon Lord, to the 7th Light Horge, writing to hie parent! at Tamworth, gives interesting detade of a minion to Gallipoli says the Sydney Herald. We sailed on board the Hint Uas»le (captured German boat)/' he eaid, "on November 29,
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    Police Courts.
    65 815 Tne Baja o> Bung. for be ng in poestsiien of bhang a Kling named Katani was this {morning sentenc'd by Mr. 8. H. Larg4on to a fine of $25 or in default to one month'» rigorous imprison* ment. FlUMTT MCKl Of TB1II TO BK POUND. Berea Tamils who
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    NO PITY FOR HUNS.
    419 815 Paril April 10.—The Matin, discussing the anxiety and the general trend of opinion exhibited in telegram sent by members of the Home of Commons to Mr. Lloyd Ge< rge, aayo that French elactora fally understand that public opioion in Great Britain Is determined not to tolerate
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    More Work for the Planter.
    143 815 Tha following rules made by the Governor in Council under the Rotate Lit outers (Protection of Health) Ordinance 1911 are giz tted i—1. Monthly and annual returns shall be furnished by the Resident Manager to the Health Officer in the form of the Schedule in
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    The R. v J. R. Lee
    57 815 w.ll be glad to hear of spy l.dy Who wo«!d be wiling to help in St. Andrew 8;hoo', 8 ogaporc, during a rery d fHea.t cri.ie that i. o.u.iag undu. '\«>n onth 8 ,t.ff. n, hmrn.re 8tol, but offer. for a .hotter ptried will
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    Sikh Gurudwara.
    215 815 Ths rep.ir. to the Sikh G.»,. (Tempi.) at Brickkiln reoon.tr.otion of the wh.le balldin» “"J ing a period of .beat eleven nontk. I.L coating .boat »22,0 0, having bu. completed the oceauion was marked hv ■nintsrrapted reading cf the 8m»5 Granth 8ah b commercing at 8 a.m on
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    Rubber Market.
    196 815 Gutmbiu an» Co Biroif. Singapore May 39.—The Bibbar Auction opened yesterday with a brisk deucaud, at Ericas a shade below those ruliag list week, isalers were heavily in the market ind keen competition was witnessed at iitemli throughout the sale for ra'ly prime loti. Fine Pale Crepe was
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    C. R. C.
    46 815 Tinnis Toubjumunt. Folkw'ng is the result of Ihi Chunpioh* ih n tie played last Saturday eveniugs Champion sAip—.Chua Sin E*m b»t Tiarg L at by C-3.4-6. 7—5» Chau t Jew Nghee Khoo Soo Bok by 8-6, Chang Chee Lwg walk-over fnm He *>* Talk.
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    The Straits Times
    56 815 has received nswi AMU e.ruti* ilTHCf U.Q nv.rrw- Ceylon of the serious illnes of Mud al V Bichard A Hocle, n tired secretary w District C.'urt of Batticalos. His dasgb Mrs. OR. Hoole and Mrs. A A <°! tllr P5 of Kuala Lumpur, sailed for Colombo J
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    Mr. J. S. Ferguson,
    53 815 who h»i :t>«» *5 nr. j. b. herguson, wco dm many years general manager of the cu B Chumor Estates, Limited, |B lit quhh tiat position in order to w n, offer to jiin the directorate of th! known firm cf Miisrr. W de, Ltd., Karli
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    F. M. S. R.
    581 816 fiREA T CONGESTION 01 GOODS. SERIOUS STATE OF AFFAIRS. Frightful Congestion in Penang. recent isTue attention to IU which the F.M.S.R. are holding th e way in hi consigne d to estates, I UP f 1 Tf bn-s of grain lying in Railway i Sphere well
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    In response to invitations
    48 816 TambiJK °J nvit ati°ns issued by Mr. nient Official ost Raub. Government (’l n rl yat the Raub GovernM.av t p,ni- on Sli nday, the 25th na mbalam Kliatamby Ponand Telegraphs at a oi his i CU fple Occasion on long lea to Jaffna.
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    DEMOBILISATION.
    287 816 Officers Coining to Malaya, Siam and Borneo. The following have left the United Kingdom for repatriation to Malaya, Siam, and British North Borneo By s.s. Pembrokshire on 10/5/19. For Singapore: Major II. C. Atkin-Berry, Tank Corps. By s.s. Tydeus on 11/5/19. For Singapore:— 2/Lieutenant A. Fraser, Northumberland Fusiliers; 2/Lieutenant
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    KEMAMAN, LIMITED.
    280 816 The ninth ordinary general meeting o£ Keniaman, Limited, was held at 12.30 p.rn. on Tuesday last at the offices of the Chartered Bank Chambers, Singapore. Mr. Chew Woon Poh presided the others present being Messrs. \V. Lowther Kemp and II. B. Egmont Hake (shareholders), the last named also
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    265 816 BIRTH. Caldicgtt.—On May 24tb, 1919, at Kuala Lumpur, to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Caldecott, a daughter, Thiruvengadam t—At Bakit Rajah Estate, Western D vision, Klang, on May 24rb, to Mr. and Mrs. A, Tuiruvengadam, daughter, Carlyli Bill —On the 13th May, 1919, in London, to Mr. and Mi
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