The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 24 May 1922

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    20 1 the Straits Echo. MAIL EDITION. ISO PER ANNUM Single Copy eta. VOL. 20- PENANG. WEDNESDAY. MAY 24TH, 1922 NO. 21
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      333 1 CONTENTS. I OUHI MdfliLLAliOUI: (C<mh««od): Trade Depression Tbi Ini Qisshos 596 The p r j nce f Visit 607. 611, 618 A 626 The Train Service ...602 Income Th ...603 InoUer Robber, Reeiriclion Tampico S H Oli 616 fchOT e No Restriction ...610 Signilof the Timee t>l3 E and O
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      172 2 THE JT I “STRAITS ECHO” MAIL EDITION. VVJL w tSTv Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, and contains the latest local and States news originally published In the £!g daily issues, as well as all important news from various parts of the Far East,
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    THE RENT QUESTION.
    984 596 -MM. Undcobtedly there will be a great many srsleia Penang who will heartily symQLe with the meeting at Singapore on faby. It had fnr its object the formubtbfl of a petition protesting against the (rTeronewt’s intended repeal of the Kent Hertr rtinn Ordinance. Some severe things wen
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    SINGAPORE ASSIZES.
    573 596 —Ki COUNTERFITERS SENTENCED. Two of the nine cases of counterfeiting coins which are included in the heavy list at the third Singapore Assizes, which opened last Wednesday before Mr. Justice Barrett-Lennard, were disposed of during the day, a third standing adjourned until this morning. Major N. H. P.
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1266 597 Tin Prospects. Dealing with the tfleet upon production of the drop in the quotation of the metal, Mr. F. Douglas Oeboroe, of Mowers. Osborne and Cbappel, Ipoh, interviewed in mail week said that so far there are no indications of any appreciable falling oft iu supplies, nor is
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    AMERICA'S TARIFF.
    239 597 t-o» UnH bill*XriiLll member, of the I on a hasi, f f„ rei I «■on fur flex.bk r«t., I Amermn I by President Harrt.ni/ I the Senate to-day. I up OU April I 'igbt id The Committee exrxrt» I the bill average, sl.gi.uj I Payne-Aldnch bill; td 1.
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    AN INDIAN REVOLUTION
    228 597 View a of The Aga Khax I The Aga Khan, interviewed m Pin siiid Unless Great Britain rerun Mahomedan policy, a great revohtucs India is inevitable. The fact that Great Britain heirut fur so long over the great Indian Bq;.’’ proves that you must have frieodiisw Veiy
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    MUNICIPAL BUSES.
    446 598 BIAfiONS FOB WnHDBAWAL. TMO<i«»D to withdraw the four Mu Dili ba** from tbe S,l W ore Bt «*i ts jrrived at in constqoence of the of the Economy Committee, as i that a monthly lo« of over tfcoMiMi dollars was being incurred. ;twM towards the end of 1920
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    IPOH LAND CASE.
    104 598 (From Our Own Correnpondent.) r xl c z. Ip h Ma J 16 In the bupreme Court to-day tbe case was heard of Mrs. Ranine! Fung to shew cause why her land under charge for $120,000 should not be sold. Mr. Braddel, appeared on behalf of the
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    MILK CASE.
    63 598 Important Decision. (f rom Our Own Corrstpondent.) Ipoh, May 16. In the Supreme Court yesterday in appeal the sentence was quashea in which four Indians had been charged in (he Police Court with selling milk without licence. Mr. H L. Cowdy successfully argued that ihe bye laws were
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    FIRE IN KIMBERLEY STREET.
    361 598 Damaoed Estimated at $4,(0» A tire broke out at No. 51 Kimberley Street early this morning and the amount of damage done by both the Hames and water is estimated at about $4,000. The call was received at the Central Station at 4.25 from Box 205
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    TWO CEYLON HARBOUR SCHEMES
    181 598 The important matter of enkroint;e O r^HCfe“| l Onr l i 8 oreatin K mnch posal n 8 'PI circle». A pro Oock at ““‘n 1° con, rn th» Wet r “.r re vi’“- c «wamps, which lie on either side of th! present road through
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    BOY SCIENTIST IN AFRICAN JUNGLE.
    416 598 juy Womhem, a young scientist, of London who went an a journey of 8,000 mi es, has been picked up by an American missionary in tVest Africa. The meetmg took place in the jangle. Wernham, who is sixteen, was accompanied by three native carriers when
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    M. A. P.
    945 599 Mr. L. McLean has assumed the duties of Financial Commissicn ;r, Johere. Th 3 Hon. Mr. W. George Maxwell and Mr*. Maxwell went to Sereinban lor the Week-end. The King of Egypt is likely t visit London and other parts of Europe during the summer. General Townshend,
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    THE SINO-BRITISH TRADE ASSOCIATION.
    415 599 Major T. C. M V 0., travelling Sino-Britieh J which was organised 1 ago, arrived in b itz Hugh inform, u. that th Which, despite proht making eonct-m England at the rw BeH merchants carrying on u»-;-. part, of Chins? Settlements and the Wlth the object
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    P. M. P. A.
    1594 600 SPECIAL meeting. Di— n rsnhn general meeting of and Planting Assom- biW in IP ch Saturd a f briefly mentioned in the > ip" —p- d Food On, Chong Set Jah. r Y.. S.ng, Sl.um Hm hun, I. ,1.,, 6iu>.. Ch. h Sam, hoi ft an
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    INCREASING THE YIELD OE RICE.
    939 601 Mr Percy A. Hill, a rice fanner in the Philippines, writes in Sluyter s Monthly: The problems of nee culture have a special interest to Oriental people Long years of cultivation have evolv cd methods which must, to a great ex tent, command attention and
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    P. C. C. BOWLS TOURNAMENT.
    257 601 lII.' following ties have been fixed: Wednesday, 17th May: Double Handi- < 'D, —3 If, Hertz A- G. B. K. S utham v. SE. J. Bennett &G. WrightMotion (2); srr. J. S. Rose j\; Allan v. SC. H. Nicol k W Law (3) d J
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    RAMIE FIBRE.
    326 601 Ti„J V “5 IM i,I M lr traits ■> mtererting and the J 1 informant makes “that if -rrt..<l he would be h ''Me <>f his try for treating more espeeiaUj. witfc jM? ".«t He i, wfliin-T 1 ""J-"' 'foe to 1 l'»v< a h 9Z y rec/Jlection
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    PENANG GOLF CLUB
    103 601 Th f How ing is the draw for Ladies S igh's (Open) Tennis. Ties may be played this weel. K mul m l arrangement as the rtma®*®•vents in the tournament will ■ommeneed until after the ris. 1 11 R H the Prince of ales. Mis. Bennett ve
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    THE TRAIN SERVICE.
    921 602 (Wei _*Li. Ih.t people to b,nb **X.|j thin they <lO ‘“■R’”? SL Iher do not «eem to be »ble to tZ th. e«eot of oertam obangee JTJ w CM> they realiee beforehand bow £"£*<>» themeeleee or the oommnmty J*l|. It iM thn» when the first hint of
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    PRINCE’S TOUR.
    95 602 Bittbn Visit to Cbtlon. 'From Our Own Correipondtnl.) Kuala Lumpur, May 17. The correspondent of the Malay Mail >n Colombo says that H. R. H. the Prince o' Wales will remain in Ceylon four of two days as originally arranged. M. S. Renown is due on the 27th
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    RUBBER NOTES.
    390 602 —Sunday Times. R. G. A. REPORT. The report of the Council of the Rubber Growers' Association for 1921 shows membership of 905, consisting of 54S companies and 357 individuals. Of the companies, 531 represent an issued capital of £77,740,818 owning an acreage of 2,644,301. The report mentions that
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    TAMIL PLAY AT TAIPING.
    171 602 A correspondent writes:—There was a crowded bouse of the Tamil community at the Town Hall, Taiping, last Saturday evening, when Mr. C. T. Manuel of Nibong Tebal, and his troupe of Indian Christian players performed The Sinner’s Vision,” a religious play, Mr. Manuel being responsible for
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    M. A. P.
    1029 603 The British Resident of Selangor and Kira. Stonor have left for Bukit Kata. Ur. H Mowaf, the F, M 8. Radiologist, in going on leive fjr a fortnight to Sarnatia ‘o-day. The next meeting of the Federal Council is fixed for June sth., and H. E. the
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    IPOH CIVIL SUIT.
    172 603 I POH CIVIL SUIT. Ou, (htm /UUthu Civil (:aMla Samuel Fung cause why her lar z i u ki tte* winch was published stated that Hi iZjlh,, M?’ I ung had no statu, to wl in the case. Thi, w was no retainer filed in th( His Lordship’s orbr n-ftw?
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    POLICE COURT.
    276 603 All A*f ODT Tbol, Ban Chin a yo 00l Oumm w ebargwl Mr j g w irtho( lbg w voluntarily oaniiog bort another boy yesterday. The Mimi pleaded guilty to the charge. Il wiiftetoi by Inspector Lisamwr that the wcowd ui the complainant bad a disputa aitote ownership
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1022 604 ferwru art not yet tired of J* X evident. A recent ?S »ne of £lL< >UtM that two howitzers in L< ri< raiitiw» hive i»en discoveredl in Jvnij toe vicinity of Munich. The IX“«an er-gnnuer officer and Ins iTbands were vail a.tillerymen who periodi ally engaged in gun
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    ALLEGED BREACH OF TRUST.
    54 604 Charge Against A Solicjtoi. (From Our Own Corrttpondtnt.) Ipoh, May 17. Mr. Hugh Thorne against whom a r harge of criminal breach of trust is preferred, appeared again before the Magistrate to-day. The case was postponed till the 24th, bail of 15,000 being allowed to th*
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    TRAINING SOLDIERS BY THE FILM.
    569 604 Aldershot Methods Within the last few months the progressive ideas of military training, of uhich one heard a great deal in the early days of the peace, have again averted themselves, and it is now oflieiaUy re cognized what very great an assistance the cinematograph
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
    743 605 COMMITTEE MEETING. Th* following are the minutes of a meeting of the Committee of the Penang Chamber of Commerce held at the Chamber on Tuesday, May 9. Pbbsiny —Messrs. H Dove (in the Chair», A. F. Goodrich, J. L Lome, W. G. Peter, R. N. Holraee and
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    SHARK SKIN MAKES GOOD LEATHER.
    327 605 The Bmeau of Commerce and Industry at Melbourne intimates that it has received through the office of the Australian Commissioner in New York samples of tanned and treated shark skin. Of the sainnhs sent the heavier leathers are made from the outside skin, and the
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    A JIDE AT THE SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY.
    157 605 Uriah H«n" I hve in an umble JT* I My father’, former Im* was a lawyer. a. should be umbly thinks you could inform nerwr f about a topic that 1? ’J to any soul but you I am the umble serving the Municipality
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    SUPREME COURT.
    323 605 Magistrate'! Appial Before Mr. Justice Wbitky, ymrfe M J. Orabb Watt, on behalf of Mohte Ebramsah and Mohamed Kamia, im« the appeal against the convict»* of fa appellants by Mr. J. W. W. Hofbn, b the theft of two bottles of toddy to Pen Lane on April 5.
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    TRADE DEPRESSION.
    749 606 effect ON’ NERVES. XiO C/ Fitness foe 188 Ibay. rM b is that mysterious rulvaed evtu while the ‘L Object presents a shining o mcndulous fnends. ba a definite physical .vnptorns which do not Mn oUB ’y afiect BU who has 10-t nerve •A .=s:S. j -»> 'l*,'
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    A MALACCA CIVIL SUIT.
    1081 606 MENTAKAB v. CHEW BEE. Sequel to I’lotation. A civil suit of more than ordinary interest was heard before the Hon. Mr. Justice A. V. Brown in the Supreme Court, Malacca, on Friday and Saturday last, >3\s the Malay Mail, the plaintiff being the Mentakab .Rubber Co.
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    THE PRINCE’S VISIT.
    573 607 CHINESE DECORATIONS. With characteristic energy and loyal tyaur Chinese fellow-townsmen arc pushing on with the decoration of ver tain portions of the town through whi<i) H. R. H. the Prince of Wales after lauding at Victoria Pier, will pass on route to Government House on Tu >
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    POLO GAME OFF.
    357 607 A revised programme will be issued to day or to-morrow. Ihe Harbour Board notifies cessation '•f work on Tuesday, 23rd instant. Ih« re will be a rehearsal parade on Monday, 22nd when all troops will be in position at 5.30 p.m. Guards of Honour and other duties
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    Sports HEATS.
    93 607 'Hn conn'c*inn with the Sporti to Ws on the 23rd in utant Heete for the folkr»!®f open events will take phe* on Esplai ado < n Saturday, 2Gh May. times Mated —2 30 p-m.—loo ydt p.m. Blindfold Hittinz. 3JU Mk--220 v<H. 3 1-0 FrothalL (< T. H P.
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    P.C.C. BOWLS TOURNAMENT.
    112 607 Th- of the bo»ta f t! yesterday:— C H I tiss B,- C Henry \i-.-l 21-8; Teams or Th» Ch-lm-rs. I. Diek f nil F T L7j M Vip 21-b; Tty- or TH® iW H t V W H P, ThS«I cap— Mrs v H p «j
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    ANOTHER RUBBER RESTRICTION SCHEME.
    861 608 jU of the making of hocks there twi, w there appears to be an ttitaited «apply of schemes to deal rm Un present unsatisfactory condihoß d tbs rubber producing industry in mb British Malays and the NetherIndies are so much concerned. UM of the latest of
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    THE CINEMA CASE.
    99 608 t rom ()ur Own Correapondeni.) Finzap re, May 17. It is reported that M’ Bridge* i,r ‘p' li ig aga'n«t the cm,vidion agiini >in t Cinema case He whs sentcn e o a hue of >.5 on h cr.a-g of cheating in csp» ct of 1 he
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    RUBBER TRADE.
    310 608 Values Saouimq. Sal, B duri,i_, toe week in Singapore end ‘iunn, the preceding week. At yesterdey’e sales in the southern settlement tbe «Zp. ph s we e ait un «really in eioess of w h ß t the market was prepared tn absorb, the eioees of offennifs a««re«
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    INTERESTING LAND CASE.
    66 608 'From Our Own Onrretpondent.) Singapore, May 17. Mr. Abraham Frankel is appealing against the Rm-al Board’s a«-se i ßrneut of his property nt Siglap, a Singapore suburb, on the ground that the land is taxed as building land whereas it is unsuitable For such. The Chief Justice
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    INCOME TAX.
    106 608 (From Our Own Corrttpondtnt.) Singapore, May 17. A meeting of the Strait- Settlements (Singapore) Association yesterday consi *pr» d the l»'’ter of the Asa* elation of B itish Malava regarding iri<- rne tax, those resent agreeing that the tai i-< unjust and that the matter lie c< ns’den
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    133 608 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE. FUNERAL notice. n. fiscal of the late Mr. han Heinz 71 pof Pemk, will take place at v L- 'erlw Roftd on Sunday, the 2bt $22 at 10 a Q whence the remains 7 e 're' B red for interment to Mount Ceneter; in the old style. Friends
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    M. A. P.
    543 609 Mr and Mrs. J- H. Dickson and Mr. R VteriuM» returned to PeuaDg this morning alter a bnef visit to Sumatra. Mr and M<h. Yeats formerly of I’mang, who have been paying the East a vm. a,o retaining home by the Piawy to-day. A Rental'• cable says
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1158 609 -&T. Loyal Irishmen. Three loyal liishmen abroad got ahead of the Biitish co nrnniii’y with their greetings to the inc iof Wai. s. They wire-b-SK.-d Il'S It »val Ili .’iin -HS whon at Bua on the Renown “Ko e I'd’’ 11 wish yott a happy and p isaul
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    577 610 C HAMBEK 01 COMMERCE <H MEETING. j Jft I) A M BkoWK NoMINA 7 J.X' .he 1 IIU Hon. Mr. W. H. itil' Couii 'il. who h‘>proeeedtr lon leave. >» b i kd wa9 thBto L-r.. b-iinn 4 necouM bj Menem, baud."’ll*' H "lb'* O he cbuirman) P
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    TAMPICO S. H. C. L.
    212 610 The Dearest City in The World. The most expensive city in the world, where £2 is paid for a meal without wine and 3s. for a glass of milk, is Tampico, on the Panuco River, in East Mexico, arcoiding to a British businessman who has
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    NO RESTRICTION.
    266 610 “F>d up” writes to the Malaya Mail: Wbiit a wealth of words and energy has the qu- st ion of r übber restriction produced, all b-cause our Dutch and Ceylon friends h- pe for the impossible result > f “Sui vival of the Fitt'st.” Let our Government seiiousiy
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    E. AND O. HOTEL.
    194 610 A SUCCESSFUL CONCERT. Thete was a fairly largo and appreci itive audience at the E. and O. Hot. 1 Imt night at the symphony conceit—a d s in- tly m w departure from the ordinary rigtime and jtzz medleys—which should appeal to lovers of really good
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    RETRENCHMENT COMMISION.
    365 610 Recommended Savings. (A rom Our Own Correspondent.) Kunla Lumpur, May lg. The Retrenchment Commission las already sent in nine interim reports dealing with travelling allowances, furniture for Government quarter?, stock of materials at the Central Workshops, sale of the Sea belle, Me«sing Allowances, conveyance and mileage allowances, military
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    THE PRINCE’S VISIT.
    2012 611 REVISED PROGRAMME. IBwhftwic, Srou* Estbktuxmmni s Regarding Um arrival of H li H ♦a-* J'hxjco of Wales, on Tuesday, the 24rd mutant, tho arrangements made by to»Rtcepti'Mi Committee a/.'. a* follow! AhBIVAL AT PIHB At 10.30 a.m. His Royal Highness will land at Victoria Pier. A Royal
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    Province Wellesley Volunteers.
    838 612 H. R. H. THE PRINCE OF WALES VISIT. 1 he undermentioned have volunteered lor The Guard of Honour at Victoria Jetty. 403, Sergt. A. L. Ritchie, Bakap Estate, N. Tebul, 418, Sergt. C. A. Elliot, Henrietta Estate, Padang Serai, Aux. 9. Sergt 'T. Roberts, T. J. and
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    RABIES IN MALACCA.
    121 612 —M T. The Ag. Resident Oonnrillor nf Mahena, Mr. W. Langham Carter, the following circular, dated May 1 1 A rase of rabieq bavinr ooru**relin a 'lng at the Medical Mi»«n’cn Hospital in town, all licenßcd dogd in the Hrttlnment mnrtle tied up or mnz/Jed immediately. Owmusof
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    HEALTH RETURNS.
    96 612 The health statistics for the Mnnici. pa’ity of GenrgeTown for the week ending May 13. 1922, give a total of sfl deaths -62 males and 24 females, the death rate being 35 fnpermille per annum ompared with 21 52 in the preceding week and with 28-68 in the
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    SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
    943 613 Od several occasions have had reason to remark on the excellent work which ha* been and is being done by the Penang Municipality, It discharges its duties Smooth ly, unostentatiously and with wonderful efficiency. The presiding officer i« a hard and conscientious worker. All honour to
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    LAND ASSESSMENT DISPUTE.
    114 613 Intmrbbtlnng Singapore Cask {From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, May 18. Mr. Abraham Frankel’s appeal is creating considerable interest to landowners in and outside the Municipal limits. 1 he Municipal President in his evidence yesterday said that there would bo a demand for houses in tho Siglap area
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    AN ADVENTUROUS TRIO.
    65 613 To Australia in A Lifeboat. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, May 19. Three ex-servicemen, Messrs. H. G. »coige, Prpwse and Dickson, chartered a sii’ps life boat and left in it on a voyage to Australia early on Wednesday. ‘The boat is 21- feet long with a beam
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    A CRUELTY CASE.
    59 613 Singapore Chinese Fined. 'From Our Oun Correspondent.) Singapore, May 19. l. i'i i• ng T Htn of Boat Qu ty was fined Iy Senior Magistrate yesterday f r 11 ti -ating bin 15 vea«- old servant girl, who bore marks nf roton lashes. 0 Tin is up
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    THE RUBBER CRISIS.
    87 613 IxMiMtn Vow, (fl-01,1 OurQm Th ,n Colombo says tUt < cable states that Mr T /2** Chairman of the YiUfeAj* lea Company, stated (2? tion of unrestricted prolong the exirtiug J!" affair, until only suriive. "“ODgM c .E. L. Hamilton, Chair®» m < Straits Rubber Comply, JdX
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    RUBBER RESTRICTION.
    292 613 POWERFUL PRESSURE FROM P. M S. Public Bodies Boud. The Times of Malaya vayi: It < now an open secret that the wit» of public opinion in Mahya in her ,of rubber restriotion is gatherer mt force that informal conferee» i»t leaders of the community hai raaltod i
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    M. A. P.
    821 614 n decided that the bodies of Sailh Lieutenant Bennett bi Uien to Australia for Baria Vn J. Cannon and Messrs. Heggin, i Hands, M D- Knapp, Baker and L-MWo* left for Singapore by the Kinta ••irdty fr V. K. Muragasapillai, Assistant of Changkat Serdang Estate, goes home
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    THE INFORMATION BUREAU.
    563 614 good work at malaya-borneo exhibition. M d’ rt °n tho Inforul »t‘oo Boreau M he Malaya. Borneo Exhibition by Mr A hfe M l! er in tui for th» f bV ng an In torination Bn roan or the general convenience of the nnh Hon M, Mr‘
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    GOVERNMENT TRADING.
    625 615 Mr. F. 8. Pbvbick writes thus to tl e Timos of Malaya: In view of the discu°«ions which h*ve re»ulM from the suzK eeUd conversion of our Govmnn.oiA trading concerns inh> Limited Liability Companies, the Mowing excerpt fmi thv apee'-h msde by Lord Uvmhuimo su th* general meeting
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    AWANG POH.
    691 615 NOTORIOUS ROBBER CHIEF SHOT. A wang Poh, one of the m »t noto ious of gang-robber chmls who Ind b en terrorising C6i tain ulus of toe State for t'.o past year hid hit» career Irmght to an inf rnous but ce-e< vc on Monday night. A wed-built
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    FOOTBALL IN PENANG.
    163 615 ASSOCIATION FO»me d I-.i .rtH have been ma d, a»bociatian, the pm,ar, ob J. s i» to clear up’.' V ••’Lj late has sunk to a low < quahhed referee will played amongst the i the rules adopted for Ae punishment of anj A meeting was held
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    PRESENTATION OF IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL.
    230 615 Mb Alfred Halb Honocmd The Singapore Prisons on WedaevUy morning at 10 o’clock was the venue d a pleasing ceremony, the occaaion being the presentation, by tbe Hon. the Deputy of His Officer Administering the Governmew. the hon’ble Mr *F. M. Baddelev, of tw Imperial
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    MALAYAN TRADE.
    986 616 J,rt commendable promptitude kbo .«u.ucal Department h»s followed up earlier of the very useful R3OWY of the coarse of trade of British irtri (imports and exports) and stateatat f the export of rubber during April, nnw the firM four months of the (tt lo which we drew attention
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    M. A. P.
    537 616 IL 8. T Chief Inspector Taylor is seriously ill in the European Hospital Singapore. Mr. Ball-Green, man iger, Kota Tinggi Estate, has I'em admitted to the General Hospital, at Johore. Our Singapore correspondent wires that Mr. W. P. Ker takes the place of Dr. Galloway as an
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1246 617 Dangeroas Shaving Brushes. Tb« Attorney-General «s to move a resolution at the next meeting of the Legislative-Omncil to prohibit the importation of certain shaving brushes. It is wise step. In India few y^" B there were several deaths from anthrax which it was proved was contracted by lathering
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    THE RUBBER CRISIS.
    59 617 V IIW| fFrom Our It- Kn the Selangor au< i g branches of the F M.S rr merce unanimously cable to the Secretly <4 aA 1 j Pc rilk TOlrt BedioZbi 1 mated with the suggested r»kL Chamber. The Selangor iXk by 20 votes to 3 that
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    BATANG PADANG D. P. A.
    92 617 LABOUR CONDITIONS Importamt Statbmut (From Our Own A 0^1 At the annual general meeting dtk fhtany Padan, M. P. A. □angkai, Mr. Gtaburn, who pneiW,mi an important statement regarding conditions in India as the rwaltof p«3 enquiries and also on the ship uwatat» tion carrying
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    PERAK NURSING ASSOCIATION
    210 617 (From Our Own Corrrtpowini.) Ipoh, May At the annual meeting of the Pen* Branch of the Colonial Nursing Aw» tion held to-day Mr. Cooper, in tLi said that the outstanding feature of to* report was that the overdraft of ILL’” last year had lieen converted into awed”
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    THE PRINCE’S VISIT.
    671 618 T ows decorations. Lathi I'arhcclaks. I •’ergetic Cvtumittee of the Mii-hm p.o»ng »re ereetinif b most in Saracenic style at the "'..a of the Anson and Mawlister <edi. pvnwne and seats for ns im I being pat up in Macalister Id doee to the arch. A stand
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    SINGAPORE BANKRUPTCY CASE.
    67 618 Huge Liabilities. From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, May 20. I Before His Honour the Chief justice, Sir Walter Bhaw, in bankruptcy yesterday, the public examination was held of Seah Eng ho, civil engineer. He admitted liabilities of 128,0(0’ through signing promissory notes guaranteeing overdrafts for his cou«in,
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    HONGKONG LAUNCHMEN’S STRIKE.
    284 618 (From Our Own Correspondent.) I Singapore, May 19. I A Hongkong cable of the 19th instmt I tates that following protracted neg itia- I tions the launchmen struck thismoinina I demanding substantial increases in their I wages. I :o: 1 11 Lai Hong Lai, a Cantonese, was
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    KOREAN’S ESCAPE.
    363 618 AMERICAN EADY'S MURDERER AT LARGE. l Aa l S n o 7« Ny i 0,9 K,,rM who blled Mrs. W. J. Snyder the Ampri can tonnst, an attempt to assassinate Baron Tanaka on the Bnnd a short time airo. ba. escaped from the Japanese Consulate where he and
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    HONGKONG TRADE.
    245 618 Thb Promulgation of a New Ordinancb, The Hongkong Government Oszette contains the draft of an Ordinance to provide for the registration of imports and exports. The object of the Bill is to simplify the collection of t ade statistics, and at the same time to remove some of
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    A CHARITABLE INDIAN LADY.
    585 619 PANDITA RAMABAI. A oorreipoudent writes in the Times A life of wonderful philanthropic achievement has been closed by the death, at the age of 64, of PandDa Ramabai, who ranked in distinction >mong the first half-dozen of the daughters of India. Born in 18->K, 'j{ Brahman
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    SHARE MARKET.
    382 619 LEAN i CO.’» WEEKLY REPORT. Penang, 19th May. Both Tin and Rubber have developed further weakness, the Metal closing at £149.15.0 si ows a loss of 10/- while Rubber at 7£d is £d down, the prices locally having sagged to 25 cents fur Crepe and 24| cents for
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    F.M.S. RETRENCHMENT.
    169 619 Acting Allowances. From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 19. The Retrenchment Commission has agreed to a tenth interim report, dealing with acting allowances. The President is still receiving suggestions for the increase of the revenue, but decided some time sgo that the first duty of the Commission
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    THE WORLD'S NEED.
    190 619 io an mankind."—Mr. Frederic Harmx in the Times. A G,; 0, I The paeeionr •»b.tion whiefc *7,* httle wars of the Mt u all d,ad. H„, ourhed or conc M l«j Tl, h n embittered bv Tr^tU,^„ LeaKoe,. The heert, M At all remade. What religion of
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    F. M. S. AND THE SLUMP.
    255 619 Mbbting at Kuala Lumki (Prom Our Own Connpsnisd.} Kuala Lumpur, May b A meeting, held on Wednesday, of merchant traders, under the soapiest o' the Committee of the Selangor Branch of the K M. S. Chamber of Comnem discussed with the Hon- Mr. Pountoey,
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    CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
    1395 620 ACT, 1921. directed to *ik the d juur cuiu-iixui ior the puuw ctLend juluruiatiou of a let\o 15tf 1922, aU d l2th iDbt I ith instant, from the Honourto> Acting Colonial Secretary togertt cop) of a Circular Despatch *.h Right Honourable the Becren estate for the
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    RUSSIA AND JAPAN.
    1331 621 SIBERIAN AFFAIRS. Ofticial Japanese Statement. Peking, April 10. The foliowing statement has been issued by the Japanese Foreign Office regarding tho situation in Siberia.— Occasion was taken Rome little time ago to lay bare the falsity of calumnious reports crediting Japan with all sorts of insidious activity
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    CASTOR OIL.
    24 621 London eb sing qn J u vre Phnrmac» utic il £57, C ’fcmds £l3 nett, barrel» include, works Hull. Market firm. —:o:—
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    PALM KERNELS
    43 621 Ix.ndci, elosins q o, t Afn W( .p, shipment Apnl .w •Inly fls 10«., ex <I"N j rf jM»i Hull: On the epot 12»- Kernel tinues to absorb P r»rt« 'f ~„,1 price, rn'e bra at Kt- to £7 per tan.
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    HONGKONG LAUNCHMEN'S STRIKE.
    27 621 Tmtn Our Own -trth A Hnngknng 3 •.*<** staffs th t n t> r. the lannchrmn 4 B U* ..'.anding nibf’wria WBgTI. r r r
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    THE EMPIRE’S IDOL.
    948 622 .’••■.At too rof His Royal Highness Prto:e 4 Waka is drawing to a close. M -*u watcbod with admiration, *v. imbuing iutorrit by hundreds o r Y’’'I'* 1 1 British subjects and the res' w Id. H- has been the object a pes vnd hare, Hopes th
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    M. A. P.
    484 622 of th« p’ 8’ G’oope is now in charge of the Penang District Hosp tal. C >l. A. J. Hall, Mr. F. c. Shaw and Mr. yesterday™ lrr Cd h ro ,r D Mrs. Dawson, of Sdiawan, was a lo Peaaa by ii O. G. Straits Settlements,
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    FEATURES OF THE VESSEL.
    1677 623 Tho groat towering bhip on which the Prince i« noting is on« of Ue latest battle cruisers. For tho la t two year. O f the war the “Renown” wa, a unit of the cruiser fleet. For tune she was atatiouod at Scapa Flow', and aho
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    ULU PIAH TIN.
    1636 624 .«UAL MEETING. Uilb *muM general uieetuig of ‘I, H*h Company. Ltd., wmt he voice of the CompUtf. I’eaang. jestarday- lbe K I’- Brush presided, and the prtwiit were Messrs. J. B. Crawt'i lluibury. C. Trim Johnson, h. fUet; and A. Lindley (represent- 10t Secretaries. Messrs. Kennedy and
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    MALAYAN TRADE.
    725 625 In view of the importance that may properly be attached to the development of the natural resources of this country and to the extent of the import trade in to bacon and nee—which absorb millions of dollar* monthly that are sorely needed for the prod action of ford
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    PADANG PLANDOK TIN, LIMITED.
    891 625 GENERAL MEETING. The first annual general meeting of Padang PUndok Tin, Ltd., wri° Id nt the offices of the Secretaries, 2'Ja, Beach Street, on Hatu- lay, the 29th instant, at noon. Mr. D. T. Lewis occupied the chair, and tIiGS present were;—Messrs. F. E. Dilley, J.
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    RUBBER TRADE.
    216 625 Market Conditions Utter laok of buoyancy is the dominating feature of the rubber markets jaM now, tranr.ictions being on a comparatively limited scale at the low rates that han prevailed during the laet few days. Sales ik Singapobs. Reporting on last week’s aaoiLa saiss in Singapore Messrs Guthrie
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    THE ROYAL VISIT.
    1969 626 item* <»>' tc ,t CfriciaJ M l l j a es ,l,^ n ,S Alb<!rl <■ Bl r‘.V"' Ch«ter, l> uke sln >uiof Win?*"' Lord 01 tbe ’■’l JIISaTH u G t .V' to? W; t 0 HM 1 E*« ‘•orps (,f g tb e eV Sea,or
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    THE CHILDREN’S PART.
    1595 627 Phesentation to [To <Ae E./yr K r 1 >ear Sir,-In order that u£ tbc children of the Strait» the purpose of making a p His Royal Highness the Irj may be generally kno»n be good enough to pub letter Your. B Q Wi««:’ Singapore, 18th CA’.'r, 1®
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