The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 16 May 1922

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    19 1 The Straits Echo. MAIL EDITION. ise fek Single Copy cis. VOL. 20. PENANG. TUESDAY. MAY 16TH. 1922 NO. 20
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      265 1 CONTENTS. Mticbllakioui ((Wiausd): Th e People’s Food 560 The Centenary of Photography &63 Mulaya’s Agriculture 564 Hylam Servants 563 The Filipino Ei peri ment 564 Un-Advertised Sentences 565 Rioe Supplies 572 Profiteering on Beef 565 Robber —British and American Do Women like Polite Men P 566 Views 580 Death of
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      173 2 A tZ 3 THE “STRAITS ECHO” I 1 MAIL EDITION. J xjl **>a Of Al? \WS Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, and contains the latest local and States news originally published In the daily issues, as well as all important news from various
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    THE PEOPLE'S FOOD.
    1756 560 at Feod Control Ordinance is at last -jt to Diooiae the law of the land. It 18 permit aw, not a mere eiaei> li.tMMure to be enforced dur in/ a, afwueora war, it has virtually become a A tui us tody uf the Statute law of the
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      25 560 jxStrails echo. PUBLISHED DAILI mail EDITION us» th w ek pri r <4 for Europe. POLISHING OFFICE: lie Criterion Press, Limited, 59, Beach Street, Penang.
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    M.A.P.
    864 561 Mrs- Swift has return*! to Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Justice Whitley is an inmate of the General Hospital. Capt. North Hunt has been appointed to act as second assistant adviser, Batu Pahat. Mr. Hayman Thornhill, superintendent of poiioe, Kandy, di*-d at Nu*ara Eliya on April 25 The name of Mr.
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    709 561 The Streets of TZnLqT u A stranger, who Penang and explored th, thoroughly, says that much to be desired in them k th help paying a tribute to th? they are kept by the Munidpj They are clean and well L, "T*** admirable repair. 1 0 the» a
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    ENGAGEMENT OF LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN.
    188 562 -fk' raernb er 8 Chronicle. Tr.eingagetDHit will shortly oe announ- 1 lx>rd Lcuis Mountbatten, who »u ’«rs with H.R.H. the Prince of Wain, tad Miss Edwin Ashley, grand--Uoghtor and heiress of the late Sir Enwt Csnel. Lori ImiiMtfintbatton in the second a <4 th» UteMvqnisof
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    TABEK MEM.
    85 562 C ‘W>M OF KITTF.X,, Fra “«i"Co, April 7. t rora B 3’ >N bardiwt ‘ole- .it ,ter of ‘he up “'“i The M ei thiuglM 8 ,1 Mrs U a r?? d Al 18 W(, il.” lft bbi. for t U,e new was ,M *4 d i d
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    DEATH OF MR. TAYLOR.
    630 562 It is with regret that we announce the death of Mr. Charles Pearson Taylor, secretary, Messrs- F. G. Taylor <fc Co., which took place at the General Hospital yesterday after one week’s illness. He became indisposed last Tuesday and was taken to the hospital on Sunday
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    AMERICAN TOURISTS FOR FRANCE.
    287 562 .-Ex. i»fl P uVL7^Xn g viX 8 h npreOsden,,Ml Ib%X rbo L Urg ,0 X of b PP o Lines have received news that Hre P^ P riU K 10 nC f’ and mau y extra boats have The Bridal tO the TranBatla ntic service, have
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    THE COMPLEX ATOM.
    151 562 lime was when old idea of an atom as a minute particle, indestructible and onalterable, was an axiom of scientific faith. It was a very ancient conception, celebratcd by Lucretius in majestic verse two thousand years ago, and even then not original. To-day the atom is a
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    STRANGERS’ HOME FOR ASIATICS.
    141 562 u.--Ex. A London message, of Apiil 21, states that Sir Charles Bayley, presiding at the annual meeting of the Strangers’ Home for Asiatics, said that last year 938 Asiatics of whom 840 came from India, 30 from the Malay States and 19 from Arabia were admitted
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    A BRUSSELS RIBBER EXHIBITION.
    317 563 i.—Ex. i hw b f Rubber tirowura Afe-»' r fc <*. r a request from tuo orgau^-4, G fl;utV *r exhibition m London > fur t-co-optation of the Association ttt the f, x llltl national Rubier Exhibition to be be|d in Bite®l« m April, 192 k
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    THE EARTH’S RIGIDITY.
    242 563 Science continues to explode old theories daily, sometimes substituting new ones and, again, figuratively I n\»wiug up its bands and lea v. ng he hu> .0. r.toe without a peg upon wh m to h.u.k its opinions and belie!*, the <■>.■ t upsetting intellieeuce is that tn*.'
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    THE RUBBER CRISIS.
    158 563 rehabilitating the industry. Ove and Sixpence. 'From Our Own Correspondent.; Kua“- T ar, May The c,respondent of the Malay Mail in Colombo says that a Times of Cp ion cable states that at the meeting th Rubber Shareholder 1 Ass .ciati n, ca .led by Reuter, Mr.
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    CLAIM FOR SALARY.
    108 563 Judgment for Defendant. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 9. The Hon. Sir Lionel Woodward, Chief Judioial Commissioner, gave judgment for the defendant in the action for arrears of salary due, brought by Mr. W J. Mackay, formerly of the Kuala Kerling Tin Dredging, against Mr.
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    AMERICAN WITICISMS.
    120 563 SU» pp‘*^ o V' —S.F.P. The rest of the Powers say that Russia must recognise her debts. We suggest that she get a little more familiar and meet a few of them.—Manila Bulletin. Our prediction is that the citizens of the Irish Free State will have just as
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    THE CENTENARY OF PHOTOGRAPHY.
    156 563 1 r.o argument concerning tne esnt juary i -to of pl otography ias been -eHled oy toe French people—who really to know, t’rß photr trappy Lad /.-> j o i tr. rance. I' y a,e decided that I ‘2l -h.r proper y<-.r, ar.d re making ria;
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    RUBBER TRADE.
    377 563 Dema o It seems evi’ eri t from tte last week’s nectm in teamc the cum .O.ppli» of demand eor.t.nued to b, soles materialise ln so last Wednerisy. wlwt ac.ual.y exceeded the demxod v tu extent of about 150 WM notpHmfa u! noted. r Writing on the sales
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    HYLAM SERVANTS.
    89 563 Adelphi H jtel’s Acnos(From Our Oun Ihi s morning the d of the Adelphi Hote dismissed owing 1° oO ft ic* c t.de ,:uee the 7 back of Mr George, M Adelphi Hotel. Mr. f r ly managing direc r rf George Fernando aU present while the me«‘
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    MALAYA'S AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
    877 564 IM '1»T« <>f “O' ll 'I. »lde<l of recnmms other., want Mb.ppio? for their own lack of fore- b time, of pwpenty they Mrtent to let things alone and to ’iSaboot the future. Robber was -nd prices while tin mining was a «option. Coeoanuts and copra -.‘fcamfioz,
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    THE FILIPINO EXPERIMENT.
    1370 564 ,i 1 ~e xP r eBt' *ug our view, respectiuir ie allure of Filipino experiment io .elfivernment ou Saturday it was not supposed for a moment that there would be univeib t] agreement with the opinion that lv 6 P eo P‘ e °f .Asia have not
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    RETIRED PROCESS SERVERS SUICIDE.
    306 565 FINANCAL DIFFICULTIES ALLEGED. The inquiry, say’s the T. 0. M was held iu Ipoh on Friday into the circumstances attending the death of Yueoff, the retired Procces Server of the Ipoh Magistrate's Court, wh<; was found dead iu his bouse at Kauipoug Java as the result
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    UN-ADVERTISED SENTENCES.
    331 565 r .—T.O.M. Rising Scale Ineffective. In the Supreme Court, Ipoh, on Friday, Mr. H. T. Jones of Messrs. Cowdy and Jones, Ipoh, appeared in support of nn appeal by a Tamil from a fine of $2OO fur failing tn «ecme hits goat, the said anima! being within th©
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    PROFITEERING ON BEEF.
    477 565 J ’resident Of p Au iatere«ti O g »H.|J »ays iu which th, x iltt. fioially kept up b M l4u' couviettou ot the members of a large J?; Which included 7*» known brewery Cotneu A ce.-U.n widow b»d been 6uUlug w Jy, Coiuete beer at 7uc.
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    DO WOMEN LIKE POLITE MEN?
    317 566 r -kt iri-w, MyTEthd E. Manoin, uader gradaettes at Oxford are 4 'x 0 under-graduate* oa the score it •>»“• whe «.XlMtl* goes into a buokshop "Lor* riTrie xltu under-graduates the lasdutely make way for her, and, purchase, rush to open tbe door, lecture* they
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    RUBBER MATS.
    49 566 -S.F.P. of tk h r7~j B h Q( 7-colour,. i r pU P° s< IV Cu“ or P u ’“l>‘iiyi u u hi V*tak,„' r *”<’lopue,£ k ’•*<ll t thut held w' ,din Wil ohou feVb uTt- U ,h V VSQ/ lr >' "‘•Mt.;.. w •k^*J| Ore ira
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    DEATH OF MR. H. R. STEVENS.
    566 566 The Straits limes regretfully report* the death on May 5 of Mr. H. R. Stevens, foreman shipwright, Singapore Harbcur Board, from heart failure. The late Mr. Stevens had been iu the service of < tbe Board since the early part of 1919, previous to
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    A CONCRETE ROAD FOR SINGAPORE.
    96 566 on 1 iL h T d n Sin K“f«™ tlxil lb. work on the will shortly be aekeTto’^'-d 1^1 0 Co ul ’"'on6r a will b« lio.i d .b d d 9 U P°“ the form cf oonstrvcwill’ iJ d repo T t ha propared
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    MALAYA’S TRADE RETURNS.
    452 566 Ihe total value of foreign imporie of merchandise into British Malaya tor the m wa »33,5«, 346 compared With 140,874,436 for the month of March. a d«oreaee of »7,331,090. Erport, from British Malaya for the same period 8 460 18 compared with 747, a decrease of $5,.523,559.
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    M.A.P.
    951 567 Dr. W. 8. Milne, Medioal Officer, F. M.S. has returned from borne leave. A Reuter’s «able tays that Mr. William tfuttou, formerly of Singapore, left £40.41V-Engineer-Lieut. T- Parker, R. N., Inspector T>f Machinery, Teluk Anson, h%i been transferred to Taiping. Mr. Lloyd George’s recreation at Genoa !j be/diug a
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    WEDDING IN PENANG.
    454 567 m TEOH-YEoA W ith gentle northerly ’Kte which were brought to, last tnght at the hou>. otThj. «S* popular bndegroon, gaiety eud hilarity not soon pass from thi J? large number of gaM t, wh fc to tender congratulation, t’ th. and grandparents of the happy heartily
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    SILEN WHARF CASE.
    3793 568 .JO *5O FOt’TH PARTIES fl* ISSUES. i~ a continuation of U) Sy Mr Justice Whitley -i* l the Third and “..mtbesu.tl'euinsu hteaw Na«g»»? n H. flTni Party and The EasttSSdandQuahßeng F fe/j£!dwgs there emerge d fact or of ilted fact and ‘>?Q«»h IW Ka; wt lor de
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    RUBBER-PACKING PATENT.
    524 570 IvrERE<T!NG SUPREME COURT MoTIG> 1.1 th* Supreme Court, Singapore, on I nday, Mr. E. R. Koek moved before the Chief Justice, Sir Walter Shaw, for a rule nisi, calling upon Paolo Emanuele Consigliere, shipchandler of 13, Robinson Road, and Reginald Hendriks, sailmaker of 112, Middle Road, to show
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    MALAYAN COLLIERIES.
    1816 570 MR. PECK ASKS EOR information. Ax I xi.xrEcrED Breeze. lh< eightn annuel general meeting of r boihe J ies was held in the board room .f the Company, KuaU Lumpur, on May 4. M r j. presided and the others present were: Messrs A. Grant Mackie, A. A.
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    ABOUT HANDCUFFS.
    369 571 NBW.STH, l,Gn Severe Camcm He .dcuif- which &gi trn&ticai],. on the wrists d h Fruor/. r strongly condemned b, J u Jones at the Old Bailey of thumbscrews in this count*’Z his comment, after in pectinr’i and he added, “AH I caD this is a most barbarous instnaMg
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    RICE SUPPLIES.
    1150 572 auy, difficulty :U itbu ve r n harvesting the w el^r^ n s evident from returns Department of Agriculture tbe JfeP X ,ng that, as regards ,fcr X designated ■v dinner Circle». will X Xeg»ting 5.500.000 ra, 7 696.909 rai we,e at M rch 1. According to few
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1122 572 Signboard Humour. A Farther Eastern contemporary has been making merry over “sign humour” in the East and a correspondent, who has evidently no sympathy with these undoubted aids to gaiety iu the far too serious Orient, has indignantly declared that such things as funny signboards should not be
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    A BANKRUPT’S CLAIM.
    53 573 (From Our Own Correspondent./ Singapo •<. May 1" The Case brought l.ytL, (>!V d on lajhalf of the bin upl I t n.tuud X enguda»cd-ini. vbtimiug >.',(« from Mr. ,1. B. David ovri In investment, aas derided HaU-iil.tj, t! c i.iqf J w.ll giving judgment in favour
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    RUBBER RESTRICTION.
    84 573 SIK EilASk >WE ITEM! AM b VlhU H. (From Our Our Correspondent.) Kl :f >J V-,v 11. The vorresj >ndei. f ti.j Md ij Mail in Colombo aay», that s Tiams < f Ceylon cable s t’< t* .d Sir Emt»k H vi-tb-nLam it the meeting of the
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    M.A.P.
    992 573 The marriage of .Mr. .L C. Yeldon of Messrs Sime, Darby and Co., Singapore, to Miss Jessie Broad, of Mt Hill Station, Walkaway, wa celebrated on March 21, nt Christ Church, Geraldtown, W. A. Noel, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Neave, of Sungei Beei. died and was
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    STUDY OF MANDARIN.
    1062 574 5 .oterert your comments on the Bwdom Notes of r nr .«taut and crave the boswlamns t > give expre-sion ‘■abject. amongst Chinese is known Adioo»! DiJe-t M and also Comrnm ..’•forcerly in the dismal diys when <M 3 nder the yoke of the Manchus a knowing®
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    CHINESE RITES.
    647 574 gjr Ju iAe 7or /Z( B:i ul>K chiXT- 1 iris c i n rre r ndent a iVL.a.din., .2 g ln uiatieiand funerals At presont'it 8 Wed dingB tl.Ma 1 present it seems to me pu.’e In 7' 7. r e i es de pend upon oue 8
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    RUBBER TRADE.
    700 575 EXPORT IN 1922. The outstanding feature of the leturu.s of the export of rubber from the ports of Britieh Malaya daring the first four months of this year, which have just co.uq, to hand from Singapore, is the great, increase in the amount taken by the United States
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    CRISIS IN CHINA.
    655 575 BATTLE IN CHILI. Stubborn Fighting Near Peking According to telegraphic reports uf the recent fighting near Peking as supplied by Reuter to our Indian contemporaries, the first clash of arms occurred at the end of April about 12 miles from the northern capital near Chang Siu Tien
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    NEED OF CHEER
    311 575 The April number of the Stmts CL.mi Recorder, whiob is edited by Rev. Got Hood Keng, contains a timely article os pessimism and optimism, adminutenig to gloomy, parisitioal, narrow-minded ps» mists a castigation that is richly deserved At a time like the present, when an indomitable spirit
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    SUNKEN WHARF CASE.
    5080 576 hjad and fourth parties ISSUES. k te-AUig >- a continuation of the tb. judgment delivered by Wh:tle\ last week on the x jd Fourth Party issues in the suit Oriental Steam Navigation and Handel Maatschappij. j skH a to.. Third Party andJhe Shipping Co.. Ltd., and Quah
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    MALAYAN COLLIERIES.
    1129 579 I /J MR. PECK ASKS FOR INFORMATION. The following is a continuation of the report of the meeting of Malayan Collieries: If your Company had not purchased this proper!; it would have been developed by others and might have eventually, in fact would have almost inevitably, proved a
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    PENANG ASSIZES.
    429 579 “»™E»7^ Estwi p'’ d v 1 fif-t case d; J n A h Thorali,,.^ Akfe. ys .l lar£ ,e<l vifh unl,,^ I >rn banHhment. r p tr>e charge and was Servitude for life. xt. k 1 Act ;r 7•" la-t as a result of driving rush manner. UT
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    RUBBER-—BRITISH AND AMERICAN VIEWS.
    988 580 -I f I, Z.ru, b- recently JLtae n he ,ron 10 >.nd is the Wing spint in to form Rubber Share- Aquation. It w s somewhat rweir-l by th- Rubber Growers yo.te lately he gave a in bond n before the Instuu- Kabher industry on the
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    ALLEGED BREACH OF TRUST.
    60 580 hahge Against A Solicitor. From Oar Oun Correspondent.) Singapore, May 11. lhe cube against Mr. Hugh Thorne, >0 is charged with criminal breach of ttu«-t i n respect of moneys in Ipoh, v. i lutMtnmed before tin Second I ,/ietr to day. Ihe ca-.e 7-uf- transferred
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    M.A.P.
    490 580 -fir- aud Mrs. C Ba i’.v transfer to Singapore J g lDg 00 good progress towards recovery. k »nM^ r B„ E^, P -F ~d 0n ’~"<>- ant, Ut Bn. 7<>th Burma Rifl o ha, een prumotod Lieutenaut-Colonel, a, (rum February 10, last. 1 It i» announced that the
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    AN IPOH SENSATION.
    942 581 tragedy at swimming cllb M.P. Whkhklp Deo*»kd. The Titne« of Malaya announce* with the deepest sorrow terrible tragedy ,ut at the Ipoh Sairamiug Club, M; C. A. Wakefield, of the Ip< h staff of the Chartered Bank, having Uen drowned in the lake there practically in the
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    DARWIN, THE REMITTANCE MAN.
    342 581 Dr. Earle Page, m h.r., and Senator Pratten, who are returning by the Marella from the North Territory, were at Thursday Island on April 8, when Dr. Page gave it as his opinion that the present rate of expenditure in tho Territory ought not to be
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    GOVERNMENT TIN STOCKS TARNISHING.
    368 581 0 r -T.O.M. an I’lun Si The following ;fe a >. by the Strait, TradiJ^*."*•■* the stuoKs of F. M. S. Govtm* tl eir Pulau Brani Worki- W s a The unsold boldine o f t n F.M.S Goverumentwhirf, this Company fur the ftniZT account, are
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    FILM CENSORSHIP.
    71 581 ALLEGED CHEATINGMaxaoeb CS««“' (From Our Own Mr. Bridsre". |C l "'j’S’m» before tne Third j n allied attempt ‘J’*? 6 a b<. •The EgS Crate Wd P* alleged, inserting. *i:-ht h 1 V robbing of a qa f° in a j time tho official *■>'* u film an
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    TAIPING HOSPITAL TRAGEDY.
    1549 582 vnCEST <’* THE DEATH 01 MH--IWE f I). KINNEAR. Lig.m. Adviser. I' M S PnESEM T 0. M report* the enquiry into /cum.-tai. i attending the deat.i, Taiping Hospital, of Mr. John p Kiinear, an Actant Irrigation stationed at Ijok. which was 'Lenoed on May 3. before
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1261 583 On Official Salaries. Official* of the Sheffield City Council with over £SO(J yearly wiary r»/«>g«n/y offer, in view of the financial situation, to submit bj h temporary reduction of ranging from 3 per cent, on the first X-oJ t> 10 per cent, on over £l,OOO. In t..e case
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    VISIT TO PENANG.
    489 583 Coneiderabh pr<» ria made by the ‘‘>«l, preparations f lir f„ e «s Pnnee of W alls v p 'V rf a B. I instant. n an<lili n u tbft, bers takmp part i n t P ,7' Ctt: principal Commute, to r,M. tiationr o f loJ
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    MALAYAN COLLIERIES.
    2868 584 MR PECK ASKS FOR Information. ’rm of Purchase Questioned. hieexit me, dr th. t it was wtl n xnrer a» representing the company c hre obtained this property for i»i &H share. plus a runs' > retnurnation for Mr. Hong Guan, -re* and above such reasonable re72.000 eh
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    PENANG ASSIZES.
    4080 585 the rash act case i l amil Chrfelian charged at the A Mile9 committing 0 rash "/'t f in Bucb a h. A, LEOf Oot-i.i.E Mtu, u J n Tamil «as charged with munfe/T t!'< death of another TamU v m at P i,mut March lust and ul
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    NEEDF OF CO-OPERATION.
    1677 588 -vu re batih of life, of trade j ,'7 trv often implies a large pro- j Even with tae-e of au individuality xT»ucc.s, i- frequently the t efforts aad anflmchin? lo“L of Dollopes novels in g reU *****1 TZ. b 7 s b tn 7j b, f
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    RENT RESTRICTION.
    71 588 Continuance Favoured (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, M-iy 13. A public meeting was held at the Victoria I hoAtre yesterday under the auspices of the Clerical Union when it ’vas unanimously resolved that a petition he sent m !h< Hon Mr. F. Seton James, Uli er Aflmini-tzrinz the
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    M.A.P.
    533 589 Mr. A. C. Warwick, head of Messrs. Bad man aud Co-, Bangkok, is proceeding home by the Pl way. Miss Mary E. Felton of Philadelphia, a dieter of Mrt. Birkley, has arrived for an extended visit in Singapore. The Students of Foochow, I akien province, have just organised a
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    689 589 The Zoological Gardens. The Annual Reports of the Zoological Society of London have been issued. From them it appears 1,386,746 pe'ple visited the gardens in 1921. There were 3,333 mammals, birdsand rept’’-- exhibited. Provisions for their (im-iuding storekeeper’s wagea) coat £9,869-19-1. The cost of new animals (including carriage)
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    BOLSHEVISM IN CHINA.
    403 589 -ST Four hundred Chinese h tached to the central and o. the Chinese Post Office, ShaoghaLm on strike on April 24 after a wbofcLu unsuccessful negotiations with port officials for increases in wage, shorter won ing hours, and abolition of the employes banking system which uwofe deduction
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    SHARE MARKET.
    436 590 tU 5aCO.’» WEEKLY REPORT. Penang, May 12. fuu the fluctuations during the week uMtriee of Tin were small, there is a on balance or 22 6, the Loudon 8 ’uMeHinz-price being £100.5.0. taster has farther declined to \<l in and 27 cents for Crepe and 26. —t* for
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    MALAU TIN.
    653 590 Annual General Meeting. The annual general meeting of shareholders of Malau Tin Dredging Co Ltd. was held in the Registered Office of the Company, Hongkong Bank Buildings, to-day, Mr. A. R. Thornton presiding After the minutes of the last general meeting had been read and confirmed the Chairman
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    RICE TRADE.
    399 590 Market Conditions. That the outbreak of civil war in China can and does affect the markets whence most of our supplies of rice are drawn < lea. fiom what the Rangoon correspondent of the Calcutta Statesman cabled hie paper on May 2-only a day or two after stating
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    THE MANDARIN DIALECT.
    728 591 7'o fhs Editor of fl" tyra'i, bin Sir, A< John Darrcch “China i* an Empire of »uoh vast extent that it may justly be called a continent rather than kingdom. Naturally, there are m.r.j (jiit-r ta apokea in different parts cl titcountry and yet there is undoniauh
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    INDIAN REFORMS.
    750 591 T<> Editor of flee S'l'dt I‘j ho. U(.fir Sir-, —1 have read with iutm-e-.t your t-üb-le-ider in your issue of the 10;.'j inst. under ttie heading of “Toe Filip, o Experiment fogt-thsi* v;th the extiaet from the 1-tter oi Mr. C'.elliah. The greatest disaster that can b. fail
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    THE SLUMP-AND AFTER.
    1442 591 J tcreBbu g. tnionartve a letter just received Irin, <iran. the lav fi m < tK-nran, Teluk A n#ljn '-ig nt lined to disagree Jerable tun. past we have „»2“ the need of more agricultam and of strenuous effort, to more uses for rubber, in order foT
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    38 592 marriage. Russbi.l-Chanci: -On March 25, at St James’s Church, Piccadilly, Robert Cecil youngest son of John Russsll, late of K AV a Lunj P ur to Myrtle Aline, daughter of Air. A. Macomb Chauce, Stourbridge. Staffs.
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    THE PROBLEM OF HOME PASSAGES.
    1216 592 One of the great problems of Britishers and others in the East, is the high cost of passages to those who wish to go Home. Why this should be fo it is difficult to understand. There is a large quantity of tonnage lying idle in
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      40 592 DEATH. CiiAN.-r-At his Pen mg residence No. 53, Perlis Road, on Sunday, May 11, 1922, Mr. Chan Heang Thoy j of Ipoh, ag»d sa. E uneial according to reform style on Sunday, 21« t instant. KM S. paper* please copy.
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1139 593 To Popularise the Use of Rubber. A great many schemes have been suggested to popularise and increase the uses of rubber, and it would seem that it would be worth while to take a leaf out of the cocoa rrr ufacturers’ propaganda book. A recent London publication tells
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    M.A.P.
    387 594 A BsslmG cable says tbat Jack Dempsey m frft f° r America. gcrArtbor Adam’ is due here by the fclhft Mail boat on the 26th inst. 7» lart mail brought news to the effect art AdWiral Sir James and Lady Stat tin kJ mt left Loudon for Singapore. Mr.
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    SWIMMING CLUB TRAGEDY.
    637 594 MR WAKEFIELD’S FUNERAL. The tragic death of Air. C. A. Wakefield, who was drowned in the lake at the Ipoh Swimming Club on Wednesday morning, cast a deep gloom over the whole of the European community when the sad news became generally known, and the Band performance
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    E. AND O. HOTEL.
    506 594 Acceptable New Depabtube The oft-expressed regret by l oveM ft r music .>f the lack of opportuni J of hTrinJ anyth,ng but Rag-t.mes and JaL 12 inspired Mr. E. O’Neill Shaw J?" e inductor of the E. and 0. ’hoU* Orchestra, to g IVO Bpe c,al
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    CRISIS IN CHINA.
    605 595 WHY WU STRUCK. Fileo of China exchanges carry columns of news relating to the friction between the Chihli, Fengtien and Canton lactions that resulted in a tattle near Peking a few days ago, i/S previously repotted. It appears from an announcement iy the Eastern New« Agency that,
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    MALACCA CASES.
    142 595 CHARGE AGAINST BAILIFF. (From Our (Jun Corretpoudtni.} Kuala Lumpur, May 15. Before Mr. P. A. F. David, District Judge from {Singapore. with Major Langley, Attorney-General, Singapore, prosecuting iu the Malacca District Court on Saturday, Walpole Augustus Dewitt, lati bailiff of the Supreme Court, Malacca, pleaded guilty to a
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    RUBBER CRISIS.
    111 595 From Out Own Corretpondeni.) Kuala Lumpur, May 15. The correspondent of the Malay Mail ia Colombo says that a London cable to ti e Times of Ceylon stats thirl Sir Frank Swettenham, Chairman of the Highlands and Lowlands Rubber Company, declun d they could produce below the market
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    FILM CENSORSHIP.
    97 595 (From Out Own Singapore. Muy IG. This morning Mr. Dawson, Third Magistrate, convicted Mr. Bridges, loc'l ruHnager of the D i*ky Film Service, Ltd. and sentenced him to a tine of $25 nn a charge of cheating in raspect of The Egg Grate WuHop film by inserting 13
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    ALLEGED BREACH OF TRUST.
    133 595 (From Our Own Corriapondent.) Ipoh, May 15. Mr. Hugh Thorne, who was arrested iu Singipore for criminal breach of Gust was produced by Inspector Chilcott before the Ipoh Magistrate. The case was postponed till Wednesday, the accused being let jut on police civil guard. :o: The
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    RUBBER TRADE.
    413 595 W EAKNES£COK T|IWuii Little if an\ comLrt k a latent telegraphic ad VC e. ous market sfor from d. cliue to 15} cent, ported the market* wlnle tidings f fom pore indicate continued th.with top price stili Bd. aa i .L".-* with only mixjXt*paHHiig round about 2fi f
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    CRICKET.
    1519 596 r c.c. h'-'thTbrownies. hJS* V.CTOR.OUS, ’•fS e t er fixtt° n Hr.H»to*^ b K a L^rt U rtputation. ?Von Saturday afternoon, vitnessed by an exceptionally of enthusiastic spectators. B won the toss and elected to H i j. vn P. N Knight and w Wyatt tn face the bowling
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