The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 25 July 1922

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  • 18 1 The Straits Echo. MAIL EDITION. r»R single Copy el.. ilh. PENANG. IDES DAY, JULY 25TH, 1922 NO. 30
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    • 364 1 *T CON T NT ,S MnoilUHoo (Ce«f»«<wd) fie Good Oitisen’e Doty ...901 Meat-eating Plant Diecovered ...922 Imminent Chang»» in Colonial en n I»pr«»»iouists 922 fl-vereaent 914 Tiger Shot near Silibiu ...922 A" Promising New Industry ...920- i Women in the hurch ...922 Thi Psrinatetio Briton Again—l 926 Indians in Australia
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    • 214 2 '< TMi I “STRAITS ECHO” B MAIL EDITION. <vC ,&vt r I Ew So I —ti v T) I t Vw I 1 £fs W I I ya Published the day prior to the departure of each mail far Europe, I and contains the latest local and States news originally
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  • 1109 908 H ew dafSN?° na wrote upon British atioMlity. uxi. io aonolasion said that bar a great daal about the rights of the subject and the cititen, and aB3 h lef about their reeponsib:!itieB. We quoted the dictum of a Goan philoap’aor that he alono is a
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  • 608 908 Appended is the list of the pa a sengert who arrived per 8 Klaug yeeteriay, from Singapore:— Mr. Q. Cathelin, Mr. and Mrs spiers, Mrs. J. B. Fry and child, Mr. W. J McErlean, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Todd Messrs. G. W. P. Redfearn, W. W
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    • 28 908 □e s lrallS published daily, mail edition. ,Jto M of ‘Ko P" or of M»U* fcr turo P*’ PUBLISHING OFFICE: fl» Criterion P«»s, Limited. Bowh Stroot, Pen Mg.
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  • 1150 909 British Overseas Trade. One of the latest development of British overseas trade is announced in the “Circular” of the West India Committee in which it is stated that facilities for communication between Trinidad, Barbados and Jamaica is now afforded by the steamers of James Nourse, Ltd of 71,
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  • 39 909 Reduction of Capital. Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, July 18. Application was made iu the Supremo Cousi yesterday to confirm tm? reduction of t o 'Mpiiaf of tho IjaJuifiiri Rubber V MP gatfW L Un..id allowed t,.e ajq
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  • 46 909 Db 8m Svocmb. Pnm Out Own Chan Tat-sang a kS?’’"’ Chau Kwing.miig, DirX If pSJ poutfe 'Vith bis friends in a street! on Saturday night, a tion Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s northern t reported to have been tions m the North River ares. -'.O'-
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  • 90 909 CHAMPION BEATEN. Sensational Surpbisb. Out Own CoTreipowieul.) m. .Singapore, July 18, the most sensational match aid the biggest surprise in the Singapore tennis tournament for the Malyan was provided last evening when Nakanran, the Malayan Champion, wag beaten by R. L. D. Wodehouse in only two sets. Tbs
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  • 91 909 Sensational Perak Caw. (From Out Own Corretpontenl) Ipoh, Joly 18. The case against Ahmed Razalli, rent collector under the Hon. Mr. Kenion, for criminal breach of trust in respect of 18,299.90 was heard yesterday in lb’ Supreme Court. Mr. Jones, for the accused pleading guilty, urged a
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  • 170 909 Acting Cheif Justice’s Finding Fmm Our Own Comtpondeid.) Singapore, Mr. Justice Spr.nle. Aoting; Justice, delivering judgment Ire trest M the will of the late Syed Al oft in oue respect the „j ara l tW in Arabia wae bad and he the money be transferred to M
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  • 620 910 nr. Ric« ACQUITTED. n i charge of criminal I H* Jdnst c M. Rise. nnlosed bv the Borneo bo., the District Court on (J3BOIU ~q fa g acqnl ttal. He I bv Mr J G Ca “*p bB l P Williamson appealed for TflM K 3
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  • 602 910 Charges of Thbft. I Three Hylams faced the music in the I Police Court, Kuala Lumpur, on Friday, I to answer to charge of theft. I From the report ot the proceedings as I reported in the M day Mail it appears I that a Mr. J. Poynton,
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  • 239 910 —Daily Mail. AN EPSOM SALTS SEA. Heat and a long journey made the Plines of AVales’e Malay ccdleotion of animals very short-tampered when they arrived at the Zoological Gardens in mail week. hour lorry luaos came from the docks where the animals arrived on Sunday, and unpacking
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  • 317 910 Giant Planet’s Surface Slipping. Tn a statement to the Royal Astronomical Society, London, Mr. Frank a argent, of the Durham University Observatory, records a curious phenomenon on the surface of Jupiter, which is 1,000 times the size of the ea th. The surface of the planet, according to
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  • 585 911 Coxan Doyle Produces ‘Psychic Pterodactyls.’ Sir Arthnr Conan Doyle has got tie American magicians guessing. He screen* •J ata meeting of their Society a real-life motioa picture of the prehistoric monsters described so vividly in his Lost World,” causing a tremendous sensation at a banquet. The magicians,
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  • 1628 911 ALLEGED FALSE EVIDENCE. Sequel to a Rubber Deal. It will be remembered that some time ago an action waa brought by Messrs. G. 11. Slot and Co., against the late Mr. Wee Heintze, for the recovery of the sum of $42,000 odd in respect of advances made on
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  • 391 912 “Record” Teiegraph Me- sag’??.. The Eastern Telegraph Company, immediately on receiving the meassage of the Exchange Telegraph Company from Epsom announcing the ro-—P o fb/> Derby tninsmittod h T ST -l<- that Cnntam CutHa b r in tn n -'nd a T n 4.. r> i
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  • 213 912 r»—l mi »1—» NON-EUROPfcAN FUND. STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS. I’kom Bih May, 1921 (the Date of Inception of the Fund) to 31st May, 1922. (Concluded from Yesterday.) Payments. By Grants to applicants tor relief $9,9:&0h Loans to rppiicimts for relit-i 157.(k) disbursements to Lnem- ployed 10,330.08 By Administration
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  • 138 912 Retailers Against The Halfpenny. Two hundred delegates from all parts of the country attended the opening' at Edinburgh on June 20, of the third annual conference of the National Federation of Retail Newsagents. Booksellers, and Stationer*. In the agenda was a rcsolu lion by the National Council emphatically
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  • 492 913 Oto OFFENDER SENTENCED. The Third Assizes Court oi the year opened in the Supreme Court, this morning, before Mr. Justice Whitley, lhere are only a few cases on the calendar —one of rash act, one of assembling for the purpose of committing gang robbery and one of attempted
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  • 969 913 EXCELLENT WAR RECORD. The doath occurred with b igic suddenness early on Thursday morning of Mr. George Johnson Smith, an assistant on the Bukit Sembawang Estate, Singapore. Mr. Smith, who W as only 25 years of age, was taken ill on Saturday afternoon, and
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  • 1665 914 'll Wood, Parliamentary State for the Colon ee, 14 th» Hon W•**Kr« principal clerk of the department of the Colonial Xwj-'" Bited We t wiether Obieot of enquiring Whether Zeanry that there ehould be io the constitution of the S2X’’.“ d whe r ‘b«rinhllblli- L-u
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  • 542 915 Major Geo, N. Slovens is leaving for to-day, after a abort visit to Penang. UH Erie- Taiehmanhas been appointed Acting Chinese Secretary to the British Legation in Peking. Rev; Mother St. Hermionie Superior of the Cotovent of the Holy Infant «fosps, Jdft for Kuala LampUr yesterday on
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  • 1012 915 Garman Shipping. With the advent of German competition for Australia’s oversea carriage, it ia expected in some quarters to lead to a freight war. In shipping circles at Home the position is giving rise to condoable conjecture as to the possibilities. While widely divergent views are held on
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  • 120 916 RVLES. ~f T ACLE9' ACT.ON CMUW. draft’ 7 Rule» f SriioM P gowniug Indian Emigre--01 “S«d hr th» riaotere’ Association 2)2<rt»t«li universal consternation, ftaZ. to be oonsidered by th. Ind.au f 2ijL r# it Sfaift ©o September 15. ?K±l mvailable for publication,, to4h 6trai l dnamended form they
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  • 268 916 rF’ 7 4rr* y’• i -i 'Prcm Out Own Correa pondent.) Singapore, July 19. H The ttyi of the C steamers, Emil Kriof, of Hngo Strnnea Lines, Limited, boa Bsebtfp to the Far East, leaves Biinborg in October when the pre sei it -Mtrietions of the landing
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  • 537 916 Robibm B>ntbnobd. Iho four fihinese -Hum Tan, Li on Row, L.ong Heng and Wong Seoug-who we.e yesterday charged with assembling f ar 8 u nr 0 8 °f g n rohh ®ry at MwAbater Road on the 20»h May last, w“ e unainmoualy found gnilty by tfie ju,y
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  • 512 916 St'PKMion to HtatooeK..’*R* Moore, of the United States Mines speakte B University uwT Hongkong, on the comrheris.r man a a* -inelr H? Ofinding a bon i^amn^te^a, 0 in the minds ot our ,«.t beiium risk of airship disaster. Owing to neutral attitude of the United States at
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  • 1213 917 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. Following are minutes of the second annual general meeting held at Taipeng on 27th June 1922: There were present Messrs. A. JKing (Chairman.) F. C. Dubois, E. H. Bulford, L. Hoefeld, G. M. Powell, EN-. Mulligan, M. I. Whyte, H. K. Bennett, G.*Finch; Soderblom,
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  • 250 917 Quaint Chinese Wiseii. The following letter waa sent to fee London Daily Mail by ite Fektof correspondent. It was originally receh ed by a European mother from a fomN pupil of hers. My dear Mrs. Allow me to congratulate you upct the auspicious event of horning a
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  • 584 918 —T.O.M. watchman kills thief. ftoHT op PK'VATE Defence. Assizes Inst Tuesday beE. C Watson a Indian named Jemal khan Teheed with culpable homicide nor to Tcffi ..'wnired. h«<* efiot nd k U d 1%, was caught stealing eooom£ MS bis employe!' s estate, and the D.P.I. iWccing the
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  • 898 918 THE 1923 BUDGET. lmportant Decisions. A meeting of the members of the Hural Board for Penang Island was held in the j nd Oilice yesterday afternoon, when there were prceent Mr. J. S. W. Arthur, (’)llppLw-* Land Bevenue (President), Dr. J. Gray 1-. T. Kinder V G. Hawkins
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  • 515 919 KEEPING CADRES. 16 Half .Regiments Instead of 8 Full rd. Ones. The Evening standard says that ar rangoments for effecting the amalgamation of cavalry risgiments. other than the Ist and-2nd Life Guards have now been completed, and will be carried out without delay. Th© regiments of the
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  • 197 919 —S.F.P. line by degrees and beautifully less groweth that creation of a master’mind and master hustler, the Singapore Defence Force. Not all the arts of alluring advertisement have sufficed to retain the fine fervour of enlistment which pervaded our City early in the year. What to do?
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  • 288 919 Il is asserted, says a Ceylon paper, that a certain gentleman proposes carrying out a novel experiment in Colombo with a. view to popularising the uses of rubber. He has already, it is stated, communicated with a home firm to manufac- > ture rubber tyres
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  • 379 919 Following waTThTZIn at the second annual geS**** London on the 20th X, •lhe directors beg fo =.,Caeoond annual report and th?X of accounts for the year JS j comber, 1921. JWr e »W SlJEeiCvLrtmMEu Abea.-842 am. l-hnteu durrng the rear, making 2.of u,460 acres under ruhtaT LV29 acres
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  • 1812 920 ..Iwts been a matter for wonder have been in cacao producing ’ft whr hBa not go e forth* ealtivation. As Mr. Syed I yv/hao told us m bn excellent r« n n “Old Perak,” there was a iu this direction some at* ®L iire uaue, but they
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  • 499 921 Mr. E. Lemmon arrived here yesterday by the Pembrokeshire from London. Mr. H. C. Sells, Postmaster-General, is leaving for home next week.—B.T. Inspector Cremin, of Purit Buntar, is proceeding on transfer to GopengA contemporary hears that Mr. F. 0. ctellifax holds a lucrative business appointment at Copenhagen.
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  • 714 921 Anniversaries. Twenty-seven years ago to-day was opened the Kiel Canal. That date, it may be said, marked the end of any friendly feeling for England in Prussia for it indicated the definite beginning ci ’Germany as a naval Power. Fortunately now it is no mere, Germany’s Napoleonic ambition
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  • 207 921 Mabket Fiatuim. Features of the sales held in Sianaei yesterday were the lack of keenness ia competition resulting in 25 eenti beiiw top bid for Standard Sheet and Crepe ud the comp ratively good prices which thi lower grades realised, bark reaching 19 cents and Dark Brown 21}
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  • 52 921 The health B t»ti»ti«’ fo ‘j pality of G’WjSfL total rf ending July 15» «5 fem*)® 6 56 will, the death rate be‘ng the per annum comparW 3 M preceding week and Tbs iuolude Ch^ o were wrecked wceai 0? on aero hang® 1 esf 20th- Tbc da®
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  • 554 922 ihTEKE»T ING^ALLOPS an axceptionaily large nummembers on th. Race*rf “> watch the “T i torttaming meeting all of ‘“need. R- Fenn 8 etrlUg a w “>‘ Tiniah, Piekny, Van Fox, ’fte jfeieaP rri ed he ‘l P j y were dv©n a good stretch, UP) and Orthex were
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  • 267 922 —Ex. Sbekhr op Prey. To explorers there are few regions left for fresh discoveries, but in the plant world there is boundless scope. One remarkable plant, a new meat eater lately found in the north east of South America, seems to contradict the habits of others of
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  • 163 922 To-morrow’s Exhibition, At the Cricket Club to-morrow, by kind permission of the Committee, the Penang Impressionists Sketching Club will hold their annual exhibition. The paintings shown by members will display the year’s work of the Club, done between August last and the present month. Several of the pictures
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  • 119 922 Out for wild pig last Thursday night, Mr. V. K. Samuels, Stenographer, MessrsPritchard Co., Ipoh, had the surprise of seeing a tiger stroll along instead. He promptly fired, killing the tiger, which proved to be an anima) of average size. The tiger was shot not more
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  • 127 922 GAUNT CUP COMPETITION. Dirst Round Results. 'From Our Own n. Cup Competition played yesterday nt the Ipoh Club courts resulted M follow.: (lpoh Cntholio Club) bwri VVong .Jee Seon f (Perak Chinese Reerratiow Cub) 6.4, 1.6, 6. 2 Barry (Ipoh fi fi b fi\ be& n Dare Ta
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  • 340 922 Limited Preaching Allowed. Ihe Lower House of Convocation of Canterbury has debated the report of the Joint Committee appointed by the famous Lambeth Conference to draft rules regarding the service of women in the Ohurob, The Dean of Salisbury, moving the reception of the report, said
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  • 253 923 —Ex. SUCCESS OF MR. SASTRI’S MISSION. A comuianiquu says: The Queensland Banjtna Industry Preservation Act, 1921, rnnkps it unlawful for any person .who lia» not obtained a certificate of having passed a dictation test in such language as the secretary of agriculture, may direct to engage in
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  • 58 923 Charge Against Step-mother. (From Our Own Corretpondeni.) Singapore, July 20. The trial of Mrs. Ethel Duke, who was on bail of £5,000, took place yesterday in camera before Mr. P. A. F. Divid, District Judge, it is alleged, fo. procuring her step daughter, Dolly Duke, for immoral purposes
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  • 198 923 Still Existing in Malaya and the Straits Settlements. In the House of Commons recently Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck asked the Colonial Secretary whether the mui tsai system of Hongkong was in existence in any other dependencies of the Crown. Mr. Churchill: I find that the mui tsti system is
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  • 84 923 EUROPEAN ATTACKED. Large Sum Stolen. < From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipob, July 20. News has reached Ipou of a daring attack made on Mr. C. Cruickshank (of Bigan Hatch Estate, Ljwei’ Perak) wLi st cairying coolies’ wages, by two Malays. He was knocked off his push bicycle and
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  • 428 923 (To the Editor of the Strait# Echo Sir, —In the report of the second annual general meeting published in your last night’s issue, it is stated that “It was proposed by Mr. Hoefeld and seconded by Mr. Bulford that the accounts bo passed” and that this
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  • 401 923 -S.F.P. tHA G E_OFc»UEL n Acting C Ww»W, The existence o f Mni-te B a pore was indicated by proceedings which vichon of Lee Phee whn w to three weeks’ impil? i Ol T// h g9ofcn u her adopted daughter, aged' 10 *ug s™te nce the Police
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  • 27 923 The result* of ''ppretM L* off yesterday were p w 9 |JM AF Class A- C L > T«!t---v p Webb beat,nj P. E. Groan
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  • 1695 924 ALLEGED RASH act. OnsgsE CBAVtTBVB Chaboed. to afternoon -7 «as commenced ot a Chinese t driver, named Lee Kah who with causing the death of Chinese named Ong Guan by This ear in a rash and negligent n the Ist June, 1922, at KuProvince Wellesley. scused, who claimed
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  • 533 925 UMPIRE’S DECISIONS. The Somehbet-Oxiokd INCIDENT. Under the heading la it Cricket the Athletic News says: There was an unusual incident at Oxford on the second day of the match be tween the University and Somerset. G. T. S. Stevens, the Middlesex amateur and Oxford captain, and B. H. Bet
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  • 595 925 e pre -Lx. IMPROVEMENTS IN COCONUT OIL MANUFACTURE. The Registrar of Patents, Ceylon, has accepted the specifications of two new local inventions, both oi which promise to be of more than usual interest, states a Ceylon exchange. Mr. H. G. T. de Mel’s invention is in respect
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  • 254 925 OUTBAUB IN the P K ov ISCe Ou, Merta i«m, July IB Betails respecting a daring to/|L less gang-robbery in Province «MM have just reached here. I rom what I have been able to mom tain it appears that shortly on the 17th instant I hmese broke into
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  • 153 925 GREAT HISTORIC INTEREST. Appeal to Planters and Minis’Mr H. C. Robinson, Director Museums, F.M.S., has issued a very»' foresting notice reading “Articles of various materials, tone tin or bronze, are not infrequ J covered in the course of agncidt mining operations ant are time as curios and
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  • 1742 926 THE PERIPATETIC BRITON AGAIN. —I. -S.T. MeriM that he has acquired wisdom t karine eocornpsnied a Colonial ffLtaioatothe British West Indies *mrlte Hon. W. Ormsby-Gore, M.r SC, Mdfog forth at tn. Royal Srf Institute in London upon the.r S, eommercW, legal and social LiHw, sad he effects to be able
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  • 29 926 ssS=S==== ~41 F.rqaharStreet. i&. m* Tniin Kh T n r f t ,19lbWf I Pin Chen? Assistant J*, Che»» n P Ltd aged 25. l^ro!Chi° Se °g C b
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  • 554 927 Sir John Campbell, Bart, D. s. o. as taken over the management of Johan Ain Dredging Ltd.— T. 0. M. Mies L Freeman, Secretary to the Bishop of Singapore, is ill in hospital. A slight improvement in her condition was reported on Monday. The following passengers arrived
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  • 772 927 New Uses for Rubber. As we expected would be the case, the discovery of ways and means of utilising latex in the manufacture of paper has led to a noteworthy increase in the demand for the commodity for the Uaikd States and Europe- Recently we reported the shipshipment
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  • 162 927 [To the Editor of the Straiti Echo.] Dear Sir, The attached letter whioh was addrened to Lady Gui Bernard and had followed her H 'me, has just been sent to me by her for publication, and I shall be much obligee if you would be kind enough
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  • 60 927 Dean Beat Wodbbo®. Championship winC Wodehouse, 6-2, o-t INTER- scHOOt SPORTS to be he' 1 The Inter-School Sports t u .morrow »f^“ n Tbe Glegor beginning at 3p D. A.*; tbe’giftofth’^JihesWhb 0 and medale. bl £l. d« tb beed given by■, be ',ui Bisbop OjJl 11-’ winners by
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  • 899 928 —Statesman. ra r .fiWEDITION. i o i dav" of the rains. It ft i,tho Tenaks with rain the whole orB "tn th* evening the chorus of W‘l from the b’l ß The word iaadei”» 16 to W l j 3 gomewbat nearer lue it, „itb
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  • 439 928 —Ex. Expensive Phoblem. How to keep the dancers cool is tl e difficult problem of the dance hostess, dance club secretary, dance hall manager and dance restaurant maitre just now, and at least among the latter three groups, a great deal of study and
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  • 480 928 j.-M.M. (To the Editor of the Straits Echo-) Sir, In reply to the criticism of the figures of the estimated production of plantation rubber by Malaya in 1921, given as approximately 160,000 tons on page 24 of the Association’s Annual Report for 19H/22, I have to say that
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  • 455 929 THE INFLUENCE OF THE CORD TYRE. Aa old London contributor to orenter's Rubber News sends some oom merits on the Stevenson Committee report. Following ft summary of the report he says Although not specially mentioned iu the Committee’s report, the cord tyre with the carbon-black tread has no
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  • 75 929 SITUATION IN CANTON. Navy Seizes Ammunition. ’From Our Own CorrMpondent. i Singapore, July ‘2O. According to the Lat F ’ao Press there is a railway strike in Canton. The navy in Canton seized much ammunition and the Onton notes have hcnvilv depreciated F»om Pat» to Singapore, July 2!
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  • 1533 929 SERIOUS CHARGE. Telegraph Clerk Convicted. In the District Court, yesterday afternoon, the trial was commenced of Mohamed Sahad bin Ahamud who was charged aa follows: —That you, being a public servant, to wit a clerk in the Government Telegraph Office, Penang, on or about the Bth June, 1922,
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  • 88 930 1 fig Cj. 1 1 Caesels !98 Angles ba pi!iyt d j'c Qrr t!1 A DI.OB M rU “»illbepi a^ JoB P'* aJD 'V W. A hio ('R- wi lh 250 p esa h °kl of s iv f ltd’ll r °onn». is nin Slx storeys, e
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  • 963 930 EIGHTH ANNUAL COMPETITIONS. The eighth annual competitions of members of thq Penang Municipal Fire Brigade was held at the corner of Cecil Street and Brick Kiln Boad yesterday afternoon and was witnessed by thousands of interested spectators on the waste land, adjoining the road and from various
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  • 1254 931 alleged rash act. Chinese Chauffeur Charged. At the Assizes yesterday afternoon the trial was resumed of a Chinese motor-car driver, named Lee Kah who was charged with causing the death of an aged Chinese named Ong Guan by driving his car in a rash and negligent manner, on
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  • 186 931 -Ex. A Postal Romance. In the old days, long before stamp? u ere thought of, it was always the custom for the recipient of a letter to pay the postage. The way in which thi= came to bo altered is curious. A young man in London fell
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  • 153 931 The remits of the tennis ties playw uff yesterday were: Doubles Hanoi cap Class A— A. W. Harries and > A. Sedwiek beat L. B. Gibson and H. Pedlow 6—2, 7—5; E. and S. Madson beat J. R- Huxter an S. A. Grav 6—2. 6—3. Singles Handcap
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  • 1048 932 V Ormsby-Gore anotuer n® M oar difficulties .>“ b**k’ 1 Eerpt are ua I !id ffa difficulty of adjusting th. the educated Englishman 'fX .docated clawee of oommuuities ‘j Undieb raoe. It >• ‘l><>. fat presenting .teelf m the fS, Wait Indies to-day and in the
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  • 77 932 Another Conviction. From Our Own Correipondent.) Singapore, July 22. The charge of criminal breach of trust instituted by the Europe hotel against E. A. Fernando, a former employee, in respect of $lOO, £7 and 6,200 lire® entrust ed to him for keeping by Mr. Ges--ini' a former
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  • 606 932 LEAN CO.'s WEEKLY REPORT. T Penang, July 21. Im has improved £2.5.0 to £156.100 and the contraeticm to 7/6 of the Premium quo.eu for 3 m/s Tiu which until recmtly stood at about £1.., does not point to a superabundance of stocks at the consuming quarters. Rubber, after
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  • 546 933 Mr. J. H. Black, a Supernumerary Officer, Class IV, has been appointed to act as Assistant Protector of Chinese, Perak, Class V, Mr. and Mrs. Day, Mr. S. Browu, Mr, E. L- Walker, Mr- and Mrs. 11. F. T. Taylor, are leaving for Madras to day by
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  • 635 933 FINAL GALLOPS. The final gallops this morning were witnessed by a record attendance of interested members in addff’o.; to a good many outsiders in the public stand. Orthez was the first to put in an appearance on the course and cut out the last throe furlongs in 38
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  • 178 933 more red^s W re p^ e fX iT* 1 Society, accordiug io Xk o k d 18 .Prevalent in r„"I Sjuta America as a «non the cultivation 's?“*"’*' »Heged that Uii Co.omhia Pem, Boli via JM», among the offenders a-ainlt th h fe humamty. I
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  • 185 933 Circles v. Newspapers. “The Only Successful Pouct” At the annual meeting of the Worthiof Publicity Association, Councillor Patching said that a careful analysis of the replies received from newspaper advertisement! had shown that this was far the most efficacious method of publicity that could be adopted. ho committee, in
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  • 100 933 j The results of th? ‘f®" 8 I yesterday were: —Sing 9 jj. p .dlow6-l> lA,N. A. S.dw.ck beat J. H j C 6-2- Singles Handicap, )fixod Green beat W. Wood stack 6- M Doubles Handicap.' I™ B ()ftrdn?r ft nd W. 8. Dunn beat Mrs. H.
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  • 1607 934 exW IBITIONJ^_ pENANG Fvmotiox. .nd piotares and r J B Th d yesterday at the Cneket ltS pronoanesd success and ■> k Praam? Impressionists are to iw P ,u felicitated on havmg u together such a tin. collection rk f ,oca acd Lf meh a genuine treat. o
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  • 1251 935 alleged false evidence. Yesterday’* Proceedings. The trial of Lye Chu, Nip (Mrs. Het nt zee) waa resumed in th« District Court, before Mr. R. Scott yewterday afternoon. The Rciuaed* it will was charged on Monday last as follows The Charges. The charges were aS follows: —-1. You. Lye
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  • 163 935 Sir°2\ e Of >he ara .'r f l cw d ays g 0 5 whoteMle W. est, of hawkers for obstruction of was effected as a result of which Bui w< rc imposed on the offenders. In view of the present slump, employment is
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  • 180 935 Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson’s W nublio words wore uttered at Liwrp® Street station at the unveiling of tbe tnemor ial to 1220 employees the Great Eastern Railway ana e was murdered on his return to hia dousa Sir Henry Wilson concluded bis speech thus:
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  • 585 936 UlfitiEV >Sh ACT. -he concluding portion of proceedings in thisjase e AtJy held over J es erday navod MlwcalEvidb.-ce. K, g wtebiuunasamj, Awtetau. r Butterworth Hospital, stated. I went to Hagan hit at 780 p.m. I saw old ‘Tittt name or Ong Guan lymg on "M I examined
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  • 643 936 —S.T. STEPMOTHER CHARGED. Legal in Singapore. His Honour Mr. J'. A. L'. David haji ease before Urn on Wednesday, in o’-tents in connection with which did not, m the' opinion of the police authorities, permit of publication and, t mfor-'*, ihb proceedings were condn i in cannhrn. The
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  • 261 936 < IHNESE UNEMPLOYMENT FUND. List of Donations. mount previously ncknowledgod $34,282.97 Auction buyers through Uhuah Cheng Keat, Esq. 58.50 < ollcctions by’ Mr. Soo 30. P-T Messrs. Sturzenegger from Tj T.H. and (’.H.C. 250. olenial Government fourth contribution IJXM). Collections bv Lim Chwee Chian, Esq., of Singapore-:
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  • 910 937 an interesting study. (Special to Straits Echo) It would be of interest to learn how many of us who have lived, say, for the last ten years in Penang, know what is tha meaning of the cnea of the hawkers in the streets, by day and night? What
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  • 186 937 A Calcutta message of April 19 states ihat in connection with the disfigurement of the War Memorial and the Holwell Monument, the police made an arrest that day, and the man explained the significance of letters “G.T.S.” and “8.M.” found to have been marked with tar
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  • 400 937 knight beatTmab ouk GOOD yarns Wll Twa 0’ Thr-m. 11 As the result of a duilau. aown by i.or<l Aberdeen ttS’hs feJ ton better stories then anv r® tours the Aberdeen J P It forward, the J a?g»rt, au ex-Lotd Provost The Rotary Club memlX' their votes
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  • 1144 938 be littk doubt that one of Oli kllezo. The only true and a of a ceuntry'a wealth is %fcbe earth. All other bueines. to that of the agncnltunet, t‘>B tiller of the soil there to everything. The first the £«t man, and right down X ag o 6,
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  • 529 938 .-s.rp. A Reuter’s cable says that Dr. Nansen has arrived at The Hague. The Malay Mail says that Mrs. W Q ng i« leaving this week for a trip to Australia. Mr. F. M. Price has been confined to his house m Kuala Lumpur since Monday. Dr.
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  • 1240 939 New Udustrie*— Tobacca. Dr. Connolly has proved beyond douU that tobacco can be grown with suooees in this country. We have bad the, pleasure of nfwfiking a cheroot made from tne plants grown by him in the Kelawei district. It vm of medinm flavour euggeetive rattier of Havaana
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  • 155 939 Au SmiFiSAL Rs9CUs !Tr Oar lu the semi-fiaaig of Uimpstition p| ay9d M F?Gf Mt Ct, gpobchb) bVAX* Ift's 1 ft's (kopeng Club) w’ S (vs.Bo.ic Club) 3-6, 6-3, 64 Tauiera with oomparat F 7. m»toh between Bede Cot" Foensodw product ront j‘ uw- Foenander started _<( played
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  • 205 939 UNIQUE MODEL. Demonstration in Pbnaks Tiiuse in Penang whs were fortmtr enough to be able to proceed to SiwMort in May last to visit the M&lsya-Borw Exhibition no doubt saw the mode!» of tin mines which attracted so much attention Of these there were three models of
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  • 49 939 Warship Suni. f Fr O m Our Singapore» Shanghai wires thafc QQb Chiung-ming’s troops been <wong-zeng. Chwg f defected wftrrf. fhfi annivorsary V d of Ib. 1» M*capture of ‘t>« Rj Sw We learn from t 3 yr former that ether Ke th lavr ad prohibiti-D of
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  • 1593 940 i» the tri of tw p Heinteee) which Dirtrict Coari, Mr. R B°°“ on <S' r,da y« fan# k L.nf «riving falsa evidence f the 22nd :iU "rtCIT OWICMLS' Evn>«NCE. Khalid. Malay Interpreter, bu- t"? identified the accused as 1 A w bom he translated o»r--d&tei 27th April,
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  • 640 941 Editor of th? Strait) Echo iJear Sir-It will dwU inter?»» tou to know tUa* your rec€nt in trebling- article on the great change» uanendmx in various British colonies, whTre certain concessions’ are about to be made* Co the taxpayers who will soon l-ave» more popular representation in
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  • 603 941 KEEN COMPETITION. The annual Inter-School Sports were held on the Esplanade last Saturday afternoon in the presence of a large number of residents. Fine weather prevailed the afternoon and the various items on the programme, numbering 24 in all, were keenly competed fur. Although the Free School again
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  • 95 941 i I Mu lilial.' r First Trial.Matci. The first trial match for thk yw* Malaya Cup football match On the Esplanade, on WetMiy. July 26, at 5.15 p.m. The teams are us Follows: Probables:—Goal, 8. A. Gray;Backs, Thean Bin and Cheng Hoe; M-bam j Kim Chooi, F.
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  • 119 941 W. 0. Committee’s Repobt On the conclusion of then: inquiry, in which the ability Md eowari.c offiw a mined, the tir ;ta report Committee has press is jThe accepted Tiew B A ffDß due t-. difference between pressure/ the strain of shell te d that business.
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  • 787 942 tH r E E MONTHS’ Notice Given. a Fernando, who was charged M Stance of the Europe Hotel with tbe 1 breach of trust, as a servant, -■"S 47 d 6 W lires en n U t when he was employed at be Hrtel, Mr Goehring, living
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  • 300 942 Daylight Escapade. In broad daylight in London recently a robber got away with a vancontaining £1,300 in silver. At 11 o’clock in the morning the van was outside the Camberwell branch of the London County. Westminster and Parr’s Bank. Attendants were'transferring to the bank about £2,000
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  • 217 942 'J w t I What They Need to Restore Vitality The woman who feels tired out who aches all over when she rises in the morning, who feels depressed, most of her time, needs the help that Dr Williams’ pink pills can give bef —new rich blood, and
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