The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 24 January 1922

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    21 1 The Straits Echo MAIL EDITION. •30 FER AWMUR Single Copy Go cis. VOL. 20. PENANG, TUESDAY, JANUARY 24TH, 1922 NO. 4
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      332 1 CONTENTS. I jEAD]!R Miscellaneous: {Continued) The Crisis in France 65 Progress in Malaya 82 Young White Men in the Tropics 71 r Samsu Smuggling 82 Scintilla .Ju r is 79 Hongkong Seamen’s Strike 92 Germany and The Allies 85 Penang Races 82, Forewarned and Forearmed 89 A Holiday Fete 84
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      179 2 >£} WL flh THE </ I “STRAITS ECHO” I B mail edition. B ’/Y lIOOOOIW W YjQ Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the A•' daily issues, as well as all important news
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    THE CRISIS in FRANCE.
    1671 65 The counterblast to the recent movement tow,rd, the Left in French politics vu inevitable. The overthrow of M. Briand undoubtedly means that the Right will for some time attempt to assert itself, and will succeed-for a time Bat the triumph of the Right will probably in
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      32 65 cue straits €cbo. PUBLISHED DAILY i Public Holiday. Excepted.) mail edition the new. of the week pnor to depute ofM.il. for Europe. PUBLISHING OFFICE: The Criterion Press, Limited, 59, Beach Street, Penang.
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    M.A.P.
    528 66 u r F *i W Oliver hw returned from Calcutta and tb,i evcOing f Federal Capital-I A fUuter < r m I«rd Morthelifl» h»« arrived the» the guevt of the V iceroy. bytun i. UviTg for Indi, ea.ly i.lGreh He will pmbnbly be «xotep»-' 12 M) Ljlton .nd thair
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1064 66 Nelson'» Only Love. hund UHy Hamilton d>«d at W»« red and seven year. »go to- J- £2 0 0, an annuity of £5OO, ana, in valuable Merton house and this fortune was soon dissipated. fur Trafalgar she* '/ro prism as a debtor- Ut to. ena markable life, a.
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    PENANG GOLF CLUB.
    114 66 An informal dance will be held o Saturday evening, the 21st January, m t Club House at 6.45 pm. A Cinderella dance will be held 0 Friday, the 27th January, at 9-30 p-®** the Runnymede Hotel Band will be attendance. The following members, being Tvm of monthly
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    RUBBER TRADE.
    595 67 tone of market. Innal market is healthier Thet eot has been the case for some to-day than has better newB I,tlle <r‘ where Sbeet bas B ne i“ P from Singapore, )b buBineBS haB J*. I&Zm/IS or ka shoel t L other grades in fair demand. SmTK* Rubber
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    NEW CHINESE CABINET.
    232 67 A Peking message says that mandates were issued on Christmas Day appointing as members of the new Cabinet the following Premier, Mr. Liang Shi-yi. Foreign Affairs, Dr. W. W. Yen. Home Affairs, Kao Lin-wei. Finance, Chang Hu. Army, General Pao Kwei-ching. Navy, Admiral Li Ting-hsin. Justice, Dr.
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    AMALGAMATION OF LEGAL FIRMS.
    183 67 r Messrs. T. H. T. Rogers and Son, of Kuala Lumpur, and Messrs. Logan and Ross, of Penang, have effected an amalgamation with the object of carrying on in partnership the business heretofore carried on at No. 73 Klyne Street, Kuala Lumpur, by Mr. Rogers. The
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    B.M.A. IN MALAYA.
    187 67 ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the Malara Branch of the British Medical Association will be held in Singapore on Friday January 27 and the following day. 7 Tbo “eetmg will commence at 10 a.m Kmg Edward Vllth Medical School. A address will be given by Dr.
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    ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL CUP.
    90 67 Results of Replay. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, January 17. lhe correspondent of the Malay Mail in Lahore says that the Civil and Military Gazette announced the following results of the replays in the first round of the Association Cup:— Notts Forest 3, Bristol City 1;
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    SEIZURE OF SAMSU.
    68 67 Record Haul. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, January 17. The police in the early hours of January 14 at Klang Bridge seized a tongkahg containing 200 cases of samsu packed in kerosine tins and acetic acid tins. Five arrests were made. The duty is over $35,000,
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    INDIAN SEDITIONIST DISCHARGED.
    122 67 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, January 19. In the Supreme Court Mr. Justice Barrett-Lennard discharged Syro Abdulla, the alleged Indian seditionisc, who returned from banishment. Tin is down £l. ss. for spot and 3 months buying. The Bangkok “winter” fair is now in full swing, but the
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    STRAITS TRADING CO.
    305 68 A BHEEZY MttTINO Mk Xcrr'k I’ouc» (Prom Our Own Correipundinl) Pmgap*jr»', J HnU T T A wj hngthj r^ ro a:^p^ 1 ...pb ditidkod »od »>» f*’"" 1 Hon. Mr. W. F Nutt inc identally. The Company had aonondy partiopnted in th. bed tunc. <!□« <*•*«/ to
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    STRAITS TRADING CO.’S REPORT.
    203 68 7'» (A* Editor of iht Sfroift E< 'hi Dear Sir, With the puMirilion in the Pr'SH of the Directors Balance Sheet, ml the new Chairman's Repirt, I assume the anhjeot ie of public interest, arid trust the new managing Director will on the occasi' D of
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    THE KULIM CASE.
    537 68 <• BlratU h Sir, zi An the rd Ao article appeared on i in vour valuable pap er Sovemlier l«4 hn alt The writer criticis’d the H„ -an. the Chief Malay Judge, say ng that th. judgment will br.ng both the K.Jah Courts and the Lnti-h and
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    MALAYA-BORNEO EXHIBITION.
    472 68 AGRIC-HORTICULTURAL SECTION. Ln connection with the forthcoming Malava-Boineo Exhibition, the AgricHorticultural Section will consist of an Agric-Horticultural Show, in which agricultural products may be entered for emu petition from every part of the Malax an peninsula and from Borneo, Sarawak, Brunei and Labuan. One section will be devoted
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    TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
    793 69 nnr community and our mode of exnnhlic opinion are queer, auo preS f lDB nurts of enthusiasm and periods ject to spur s Press, in the form a h needed reform is initiated bj the fie°rv vigoui of some local Peter the i Herrit’ and much is made
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    S.S.A. AND EDUCATION.
    604 69 We make no apology, says the Malaya 'tribune, for discussing a third time the question of school accommodation. We feel compelled to make some comments upon the discussion of the subject at the committee meeting of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association on Wednesday. The facts we brought
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    MARITIME DISASTER.
    283 69 LARGE STEAMER ASHORE. Probable Total Loss. As previously mentioned in our columns, the muster of the Ben liner Beiimohr on arrival here on Saturday morning reported having sighted a steamer apparently ashore on Pulo Rondo. '1 his report was confirmed by five Englishmen who arrived here on board
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    EFFICIENT POLICE.
    1316 70 [T y fAz Edd-,r of th* til rat» 7’tme* j 6 ir, I can now njxak from my own experience r<- a certain ph fine of police admintitration, and I must «ay that J can quite understand why even the most public tpinUd men do not a« h
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    458 70 ORDERS OF THE DAY. The following are the principal Orderi of the Day for the meeting of the Legiilative Council to be held on Monday, J anuary 23 Motion by the Treasurer: ‘That this Council approves of an extension of $20,000 to the vote Parage» of Police to
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    YOUNG WHITE MEN IN THE TROPICS.
    1135 71 ,u an the first European East b the «“‘’“’“‘s to the most suitable age for tlwhiu men in the tropics to marry, r g Mondav we published an article SSich early marriages on W in todav a lady writer BoundB To? warmng It is
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    M.A.P.
    505 71 H. R. H, The Prince of Wales is expected to arrive at Bangalore to-day from Madras. Reuter cables news of the death of Mr. W. G. Lay, Ex-Commissioner of Chinese Customs. Mr. V. K. Sabapaty, Sub-Treasurer and Collector of Stamp Duties, Krian, has retired after 33 years’ service. Insp-
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1023 72 The f ounder of Truth. Mr It it liftt t*n years *M? J 11 u,v I u remark on his hp« UG.oApre died, with a remark t fr,,. d<«, »<«• °< ,he ‘nd .t tw.teri.l for p‘ n W ‘l!Xu<f quieeic.lV*• m .„kd’ “FUmref Not ya. Bh.uk, and
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    KEDAH GANG ROBBERY.
    78 72 "n'tbe'cimui;;” W n h aTieh Mr 7 P n Road killed and soL »6,tw"bien n”""' w ,s in Kcdib J, t,,e au thori- mw aet„Tto‘‘&r b ;r? >rre,U Imre he.. n mad,.. ,ar 1,0 VlviM-r, „ni M?''n 41,0 WtiBh L- t lr Hcm ton (’h;«r ’he Kedah
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    RICE TRADE.
    485 72 MARKET FIRMING-UP. During the last forty-eight Bonn tendency to force up prices of Burma sorte >as manifested itself and to-day not onh Moulmein, which was on offer at |l2| bag a couple of days ago, but Old Crop Bintang and Pulote are held for rijes bringing the cost
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    YOUNG WHITE MEN IN THE TROPICS.
    513 73 ;To the Editor of the Straits Echo.] Mr. Henry W. Paterson, in his article noder the above beading reproduced in tbe Straits Echo of Monday, touched upon a problem which is worrying a very large number of young men at the present day. As
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    THE GIRL GUIDE ASSOCIATION IN MALAYA.
    51 73 W Pmn CBss Mahy Wr^ s ’’yiiow B^.' n uissioaer 'or Penang Prine»,‘', t M ney for J »Sdin^' i D <,<iUarterS wuV 0I ethin too. ufei Of Pre±“ W b SeDt in )‘r Mrs %?„X s! 7 ld nl I l, i=rlO.. nt
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    AMERICAN TROOPS IN FRANCE.
    189 73 SENSATIONAL CHARGES. Allegations of Murders by Officers. London, December 22. Charges that American soldiers were hanged without trial in France, that officers murdered men in cold blood, and that the heads of the War Department were aware of the alleged illegal executions and deliberately falsified its
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    MALAYA-BORNEO EXHIBITION, 1922.
    87 73 We have received a copy of the schedule and prize-list of the Agri-Horticultural Show to be held in connection with the Malaya-Borneo Exhibition during the Prince of Wales’s visit. There are nine classes for rubber, exhibits for which will only be received in Singapore for the larger
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    P.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    88 73 Ihe results of ties played off yesterday were:—Ladies Singles Hanlicap—Mrs. B. Powell beat Mrs. E. J. Bennett 6—3, 7—5. Doubles Handicap Class B—C. W. Barlow and F. Mann beat N. E. Anyon and W. Price 7—5, 6—4; R. N. Goodwin and C. H. Hertz beat G. B.
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    C.R.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    47 73 The follvwintr are the results of the ties p’ayel off yesterday;—Lee Huan Cheanr», —l/6 beat Chua Cheng Liat, Scr. 4-6, 6—3, 6-3; Cheah Wat Sun, —15.3 beat Wong Pak How, —15.3, 6—l, 6—2; Tan Thean Bin, —15 beat Lim Chow Chee, —l5, 6—l, 6—3.
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    CHINESE SEAMEN’S STRIKE.
    80 73 ARBITRATION PROCEEDINGS Employers' Offer Declined (From Our Own Corretpondent.) Singapore, January 18. A message from Hongkong to the Straits Times says that as a result of preliminary arbitration proceedings tha employers offered the Chinese seamen a new wages scale including an increase of 12 per cent, for
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    STRAITS TRADING CO.
    6194 73 MR. NUTT’S RETIREMENT. Management Policy Condemned. strong criticisms of the management policy of the Hon. Mr. W. F. Nutt dur ing his tenure of office as managing director of the Straits Trading Company, were levelled from several directions at the ordinary general meeting which was held in
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    THE MAN WHO MADE THE P. & O.
    901 77 THE MAN WHO MADE THE P. O. SIR THOMAS SUTHERLAND. L Ut k‘! aud whose work in the I-, bungs whose good seen. the tlllpire was Jell rather '"—if O^caX'at 1834 e< l ui PP ed '’king a high t r an eill b’ age bv in th WS native
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    AT WHAT AGE SHOULD A MAN MARRY?
    1102 77 UI ’4' -China Press (By Dorothy Dix). A young man wants to know what is the right age for a man to marry. There is no one lucky day or year in which it is perfectly safe for a man to enter into
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    CLAIM FOR $1,400,000.
    946 78 INTERESTING ACTION AGAINST F.M.S. GOVERNMENT. Kuala Lumpur, January 12. At the last meeting of the Federal Council the Hon. Air. A. N. Kenion uttered a very birong protest against the introduction oi the Indemnity Urdmuiict under a certificate of urgency, and it will be remembered that, as
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    SCINTILLA JURIS.
    2479 79 In our brief criticism of the law of the Federated Malay States, the other day, we reserved the Procedure Codes for future reference. Our wain cause of complaint against these Codes is their vagueness and uncertainty. Laws, as our readers are aware, are rules of conduct prescribed by
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    M.A.P.
    991 80 The Rev. T. W. Bowmar >. to be. ed in June, wl on he returns to Malay»Mr H W. Firmetone is living at Ripple, near Dover, and ba. a largo garden to occupy his time. Mr. M H. Wh.tty, who hae recently )ieeu stationed in Negri Semb.lan has Ueu
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1104 81 6o® dW Lual for m to dIBCUSB the It >’ i“ I dabs but we may pertB»inof thel a JC J of congratulation to and the Committee of Dr Club on being the the deposit system in "lab life in Penang D e FE rfSed the tificationB 5
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    THE SILENT WAR.
    461 81 In the new edition of Dr. Malcolm Watson’s book “The Prevention of Malaria in the Federated Malay States” [London, John Murray: 365.] we have the description of one of the most remarkable achievements of the present day: the conversion of former White Men’s Graves” into healthy and
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    ANOTHER EMBEZZLEMENT CASE.
    115 81 Arrest in Hongkong. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, January J 9. A Hongkong message says that a Straits Chinese named Yeoh Chay Sang, was arrested on the s.s. Nagoya in possession of $129,009 on a charge of embezzling $76,000. He was remanded for a week, pending extradition
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    PROGRESS IN MALAYA.
    543 82 TIMELY ACTION. Hocxp I'oucv or TH» ExhbitiOS COMMITTED Ruk« and regulations, w l1 Prize List, relating V> an Agncultural Show Vi I* held in Singapore 10 connexion with the Ma lay a-Borneo Exhibition are now Laing circulated, and anyone derairing U> take part in it or to
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    SAMSHU SMUGGLING.
    138 82 the record seizure. Latest Developments. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. January 19. Latest developments in connection with the sensational seizure of 200 cases of Sumshuon board a tongkang near K ang on January 14 are that it was supected that part of the consignment had been landed
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    SELANGOR TURF CLUB.
    43 82 Insufficient Entries. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala, Lumpur, January 19. Owing to insufficient entries being received for the forthcoming Selangor Turf Club New Year meeting, the Committee have applied to the Straits Racing Asssociation for permission to cancel the meeting.
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    HONGKONG SEAMEN’S STRIKE
    48 82 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, January 19. The strike deadlock continues. —:o: A telegram from the G P. 0., London, says that the mail despatched from Penang to London on the 24th ultimo by 8.l s.s. Tara was delivered in London on the 17th instant.
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    FOOTBALL.
    216 82 1 wo teams (Colours and White) com-p-ising members of the Penang Cricket Club defied the rain yesterday evening and had a very enjoyable practice gamp under association rules. The Colours were the stronger side and assumed the agg lUR Hive from the kick-off. They maintained a «trong preaanre but
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    PENANG RACES.
    658 82 i.—Free Press. SINGAPORE CRITICISM. The new year meeting of the Turf Club wag notable for several thin»? In the first place the lotteries were or less, a failure. The utmost efforts'bad be expended to get the sheets filled and the prices obtained were comparative!, poor. The fact brought
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    PENANG CRICKET CLUB.
    1450 83 EXTHAORDI NARY MEETING. Deposit System Adopted. clnb e ”he”d Clab Hous, yesterday to consider the question of evening deposit system for mem- t; sti (Friwentj'p’reside** over an attendance of Addsess. Dr. Martin, addressing the meeting said that the extraordinary general meeting had called by the Committee, as
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    STRAITS TRADING CO.
    778 83 The very lengthy report of the meeting of the Straits Trading Company which we published yesterday, says eduesday s Free Press, calls for some comment, which we promise shall be shorter than the report itself. Tn the first place, the Company is to be congratulated on coming
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    A HOLIDAY FETE.
    979 84 entektainmeni at Pl i-av tikis. It tocont e t winding up the scnooi fitting wa;. oi wmamg I hyU children's < hristrmu and- than th* method adopted by worthv Vicar and congregation of I u < Tj ku- who entertained their children M(i and girls) in the
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    P.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    49 84 The re-sults of Tennis ties y<-''tei dav were Doubles H a Cmss W H Threlfall Dd j H nulton beat H C. Collins. Tiobson 6—l 6—l Doubles H- v Class B— E A. de Buriatte L Van. Scmerto. beat I C fan and J. M Prescott
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    GERMANY & THE ALLIES.
    1105 85 GERMANY THE ALLIES. A oorrespondent takes us to task for Improved the occasion of the «reX of P the founding of the Ger,D“„ Emn re, to which wo referred in a 5 A Note on Wednesday, by preach““A sTrmoo on the vanity of militarism the infamies of its Prussian exponents.
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    VOLUNTEER COMMISSIONS.
    75 85 The following commissions in the new ‘Singapore Volunteer Force are announced in the Gazette: Temp. Sec. Lieuts. E. A. Brown act Major, Chinese Co. T. C. Hay, act Capt. Malay Company. F, S. Clarke act Capt. Eurasian Company Eurasian Company. Sec. Lieuts. N. L. Clarke, H. R. S.
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    M.A.P.
    548 85 tor Mr i« VV H T ft Act Dg Revenu e AudiPiping. permanen “y stationed at Insp. Dumbleton, Beach Road division, Singapore, has gone into the General Hos pital for treatment. FMS Holma Huq U formerly of the b.M.b., was referee of a polo match played at Rangoon, in
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1088 86 4 sXlStad motto for BraDCl of th. Brit». “Git. goto thy phy.iomn tt that >• hi., for the I/<rd crt»ted him A Roac. Sow that Lord Montagu of Beaulieu jviaitmg India it il perbap* oot that he in no relation of the Rt Mr E 8 Montagu, Secretary
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    CHINESE SEAMEN’S STRIKE.
    573 86 GRAVE CRISIS. The Navy to the Rescue. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, January 20. The Hongkong correspondent of the Straits Times telegraphs that the action of the employers, in offering the seamm a new scale of wages including J 2 percent increases of pay for service on
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    PERAK RIVER VALLEY.
    854 87 ANNUAL GENERAL meeting. The leventb Rubber of tb P i J was held at the ““«"«d offices of the Company, No 9, at noon to-day. There were 1 Mr D A M. Brown (in the pre# e D t M». w H Thorne, S' M* J. W.
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    THE SCHOOLS SCANDAL.
    228 87 ACTION IN COUNCIL. Way Out of Serious Difficulty. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, January 20. At a meeting of the Legislative Council which will be held on Monday, the 23rd instant, the Hon. Mr- Song Ong Siang will interpellate the Government respecting the admitted serious shortage of
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    MALAYAN PLANTERS AND LABOUR.
    567 87 -S.F.P. A CEYLON OPINION. The Malaya planters are naturally, m view of the brightening prospects of rubber, turning their attention to the problem of how to increase their depleted labour force and a scheme is at present under discussion which is of considerable interest to this
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    STRAITS TRADING CO.
    1255 88 W. b.,e r. through tb de rri th d there have been *e rl managing direct"' «nd 111 VI#( and coUeagve» S,J doukt j Arthur. Cook. Gibbons lond u Ix-mberger «r<> very luliy 1 that they have d-mon-trated *hc>r w.Mio.n, and that Mr Suit r „1. but
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    RUBBER TRADE.
    364 88 Sales in Penang. With weakness reported from Singapon, London and New York little desire ii it present evinced by growers and dealers to realise. Business is duller than has been the case for weeks past. Latest southern quotation is 33* cents per lb. for good F.A.Q. Sheet—a point
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    FOREWARNED AND FOREARMED.
    1156 89 In view of the proximity of the Chinese >’ew Year, of the frightful atrocities which Asiatic criminals are apt to perpetrate whenever it suits their purposes to go to excesses, and of shocking instances of this in the callous indifference that characterised the conduct of the pirates
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    M.A.P.
    506 89 o our^i llal a Lum P ur correspondent wire» news of the death, suddenly, last night from gunshot wound, of Mr H n t a Warden of Mines LnCaB> Senior The Hon. Mr. W. F, Nutt, o b.e i. being entertained by the members' of th” Singapore Yacht Club
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1201 90 —MT. Put it Do*n to Papa'" Wilde oore «aid en when they grow up they unu them they forgive them. Well, here ie a hint a« V» ho* when t J I? row up misunderstanding’ may ne avoided. bet the father who han gr >wn up daughter» at
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    THE SCHOOLS CRISIS.
    608 90 NEED OE SELECTOIN. In the course of the agitation that going on respecting the need of more J commodation for pupils in the schooli M the Colony and F. M. S- an import point has, according to the Singapore Fn* Press, been overlooked by those° who claii
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    SHARE MARKET.
    598 91 or 3 month». fluctuating, »ut B b b t r a n showed a decided sagging Singapore prices being 33| cents tendency, Smgap P and Londo n 'V 11 wesi- market at 9Jd for both Rubber-shares have aga.n Company Report to hand is that of Pantai Ltd., which
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    ALLEGED PERJURY.
    211 91 Accused Discharged. The preliminary enquiry into the case against Subbiah Muthu, who was charged with giving false evidence in connection with the civil suit in which Dawoodsah claimed and obtained judgment for $17,000 from Mr. E. Rostados, came up again before A. C. Baker in the Police Court
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    THE SCHOOLS CRISIS.
    289 91 Views of the Straits Chinese. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, January 21. At a meeting of the Straits Chinese British Association, Mr. Song Ong Siang presiding, it was decided to petition Government on the lines previously cabled, Doctor Clarke maintaining that the present congestion in the schools
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    RICE TRADE.
    514 91 PRESENT PROSPECTS. Judging from the tenour of the latest crop news from all rice-producing countries present prospects of adequate and cheap supplies of the staff of life are excellent. News from Burma of very recent date was to the effect that prices are sagging and that big deals
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    THE SEDITION DANGER.
    1230 92 A VITAL ISSUE. That the judgment of Mr Justice Barrett-I>mnard in the ewe of the notonoci eeditioniat Syro Abdulla, who was recently arreated in Singapore notwith.Und.ng the fact that, as the result of legal proeeeding». a banwhment order had not only been ieaued against him bat he
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    STRAITS TRADING Co.
    334 92 MR. WALLACE COOK AND Twe WAR CRISIS. 6 [To the Editor of the Straits Sir,—ln a leading article under k heading Straits Trading Company i n issue of to-day’s date, you write wit/* ference to my attitude when the war br T out as follows He (Mr.
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    SINGAPORE EMBEZZLEMENT CASE.
    204 92 Further Details. Ihe following from yesterday’s F ree Press io an amplification of the telegrs® sent by our Singapore correspondent i D connection with the arrest of Yeo Yong Teng in Hongkong for embezzlement:— Information was received yesterday by th» local Detective Department that a Singap <
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEERS.
    282 93 EVBASUNS’ F.XB BE3PONSB. Th. reXT the' h<''r"« Btre g te ng 89W Friday’s actual W an )ast Free Press. T P 335 j ]ave nlrrXr -vice. 90 for the enlist to h Auxiliary. The attained the reputawhen recruiting hrst non they estawis contr ibuted 205 V»l"ntee«: there a
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    PENANG GOLF CLUB.
    56 93 Entries for the Club Golf Championship close on January 24, and the preliminary round is to be played by Sunday, February A mixed foursomes competition is announced; entries close on January 24 1:;: >• win American Tennis Tournament m Ur/p i ana (Chinese New wiU be dr&wn
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    HEALTH RETURNS.
    125 93 14t h l9°M nf r th week e,, ding deaths—3s i slve5 lve a total of 59 d ™te 4 X 24 n ,en ales «“> spared with* 32 per annam we *k and with 31.07 in precedin K We€,£ of last year ThVT eB P° ndin tf
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    MR. W.F. NUTT.
    2669 93 DEFENCE OF HIS POLICY. A Chinese Tribute. The Selangor Chinese Chamber of Mines and Commerce entertained the Hon. Mr. W. F. Nutt, 0.b.e., at their premises in Birch Hoad, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday afternoon on the eve of his departure, says Friday’s Malay Mail. There was a large
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    MALAYA-BORNEO EXHIBITION.
    264 94 Hopes of A Rare Monkey. In the Zoo section of the Exhibition—ha> anybody thought of it except the officials ?—there will be a specimen of the rare Longnosed «Monkey, if his ma-I'-sty condescends to live so long- hr ’hi* particular form of monkey is only found in Borneo.
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    MALAYAN FISHES.
    1215 95 My C N. Maxwell's book which we I ,«r!»v Mail) refer to elsewhere is a re- I i of which the Malay Peninsula stood bB dlv in need. It modestly claims to be I but an introduction to a study which it I ever complete would ruu into
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    P. C. C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    433 95 .—S.F.P. The following are the results of furher drawings and handicaps in connection with the P.C.C. Tenuis Touruainent: Championship Pairs. P. E. Groom &A. J. L. Donaldson Bye E. J. Bennett N. A. Sedwdck 1 A. K. A’B. Terrell &R. N. Hamilton J E. E.
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    THE DARBYSHIRE MURDER.
    1668 96 FOCB ACCtSEDS' CONFESSIONS. -lb. five Mul»J coo»"---Mu Arum, Y u®ol b Ha-aiu. Ah > 3 Jaial b Fandak, aud Y unu» „„<1 *db d their s .Udway» Herbert Derbyshire, a t J “rviijor. Hud Malay b«y n tb? jungle St Kuh.. Job-re. uoe are being tried at
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    P.C.C. BOWLS TOURNAMENT.
    36 96 Ihi following ties have been I m-sdav, 24th Jauary: siffp— W. H Tbrelfall v. E mtt 2i Mined Dovbt.es r, 'T i \f r and Mrs J 4 Mr and Mrs E Reimanu
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    ADVANCE MALAYA!
    1148 97 «So far from an apology being duei to on r readers for reverting once more to this (object we should be failing in our duty g| publicists were we to do ought but keep it well in the forefront of advocacy of ieformi. Would that the economic resources
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    H. W. STEVENSON.
    469 97 THE CHAMPION’S RECORD. Mr. H. W. Stevenson, the billiard champion, arrived here from Singapore this morning by the s.s. Klang, and is going to give a demonstration of his skill at the Penang Club to-night. The following notes on his achievements will therefore be of interest: He
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    LIGHTER ON FIRE.
    147 97 There was a good deal of commotion in the harbour and along the seafront at Weld Quay on Saturday evening when it transpired that a fire had broken out on board a lighter, loaded with about 800 bags of copra, alongside the Blue Funnel liner Helenas, It
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    13 97 domestic OCCURRENCE. death. airFKfflLD.—December 21, suddenly, at Thomas Joseph Martineau, late of Singapore.
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    M.A.P.
    921 98 M.A. P. Mrt J. A. Brown hM home.— M.M. C»pt H T. Buller, late <rf H. MS Matey a, ha* >*** promoted to Kea Admiral Th. .ppoinlmeul of Mr. 0. A. Hereford M Leg»! Adv.-r, Johore, h« been «pprov•d by the Secretary of State. Mr H. 8. Hotcbki»», of the
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    THE SCHOOLS CRISIS.
    314 98 QUESTIONS IN COUNCIL. Supplementary oiders for the meetup of the Legislative Council to be held th afternoon include the following internet tions by the Hon. Mr. Song Ong Sian?'-. (1) “Is Government aware that thwi are hundreds of little boys (of eight yean of age and under)
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    CRICKET.
    249 98 With a view to selecting a cricket eleven to represent Penang against Perak during the Chinese New Year holidays a match was arranged for Saturday afternoon on the Esplanade between teams captained l>y Dr. W. W. Martin and Mr. R- Hamilton. So far as the scores wars concerned it
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    RUBBER MARKET.
    536 99 Cacses of Weakness. v u- down tTsid at Home and W,th nl»e« n n S j n gapore there is S| httte locally, supplies coming slowly and demand bemg almost Weekly Rubber Circular issued instant Messrs Paterson th *Co Ltd, observe that owing Se tone o’f apices from
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    MOHAMMEDAN MARRIAGE LAW.
    746 99 [To the Editor of the Strait* Echo.] Sir, In answering A Point of Law in your Random Notes of 18th inst. I think a short description of the Mohammedan method of divorce will not be out of place. As marriage is a purely civil contract under the
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    ENGLISH ASSOCIATION CUP.
    386 99 (From Out Own Corretpondent.) Kuala Lumpur, January 23. The correspondent of the Malay Mail in Lahore states that in the replay for the first round of the Association Cup Swansea beat West Ham by one goal to nil at Bristol. —o: Dr. and Mrs. Me Vail, Messrs.
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    rICE TRADE.
    458 100 Tone op Mamet. Th. tew f t>.« I'< e8 t T Mb. Jutelf «.thio* >* tiw ,r l fro f, Mint of vie* of the av*rege consumer, for «o far from price* ftiffening the reverse is th. CM-, et«i th. popular '’“'"J*.. ’•J" I down 50 rant. U.
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    THE LATE POPE.
    175 100 Hi. Holineo P-pe Benedict XV (diicomo della Obies») rate, of a noble Italian family, and was born at Genoa 1 1851 He was ordained priest in tlO fateful year 1870, and made a monsignor From that peri'xl until IS=' feretory te the Papal hmbasuy at the Court
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    LOCAL SHARES.
    356 100 A. A Anthony Co.’s Daily Ripobt. Penang, January 23. Share Market:—Flat. RubbersNo enquiry except at bedr ick pricesTins -Weakening. Sellers Asarns 28 6, B. Padangs 45cts, Chenderiangs 6 6- sellers Gopengs 22 6, Kampongs 35 6, buyers Kintas 35 Nawng Piets 75cts9Bcts, North Taipings $l.lO-81.12,-, Pa pans !scts-20cts,
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    P.C.C TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    567 100 -fl T. Thu results of the Tennia ties pUjed oil yesterday were: Singles Handicap Class B J. W. Clark beat H. Richards 6 —2, 0—1; J. Watson beat E. 11. Fforde B—6,8 —6, 6 —4; J. H. Pedlow beat A C. Baker 4—(5, 6—l, 6—2; G C.
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    EDUCATION GRIEVANCES.
    2683 101 ACTION IN SINGAPORE. I TK meeting convened under the aus I 1 ot the Straits Chinese British AssoP ices ill in the Victoria lheatre last I C, Te. “ththe object of asking tor c it h) take action to relieve the I XSTcaused by the shortage of school
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    CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES,
    223 102 A bill is being introduced into tU Legislative Council to provide for tU constitution and control of co-operative Societies. It is a close approximation of the Indian Co-operative Societies Act of 1912, which is an improved edition of a Bill flamed in 1904 by a committee of experts
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    TIN OUTPUT.
    236 102 Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Co N.L-, from 15th to 21st January (beingoni week), 23 tons. :o: Order by His Excellency Sir Laurence Nunns Guillemard, k.cb., Governor and Commander-in Chief, Straits Settlements: The Volunteer Ordinance, 1921, having now become law, th® volunteer corps of the Colony as constituted under
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