The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 28 November 1922

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    21 1 The Straits Echo. MAIL EDITION. «30 PER ANNUM Single Copy 60 els. VOL. 20. PENANG, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28TH, 1922 NO. 4«
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      287 1 CON NTS Leaders Miscellaneous (Continued): Profits and Risks 1475 Health Returns 1492 The Mixture as Prescribed 1481 Local Transport 1492 Blessing or Curse P 1489 The Bishop’s Courage 1494 Old Unhappy Far-off Things 1497 Penang Chinese Labourers’UnemCitizenship and Principles 1503 ployment Fund 1496 Captain Hashim on Co-operation... 1509 Hongkong Pirates
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      194 2 THE “STRAITS ECHO” MAIL EDITION. q/’D 1 TWOOQOOOO—GV> Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, ><p and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the Q- z’ 'A) /I/'-? t qA> daily issues, as well as all important news from various parts
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    PROFITS AND RISKS.
    637 1475 Huh authorities like Sir Robert Anderson have told us that there are “bpeciaii-ts” among crim in tis even as there aid in other more prosaic callings and that a skilled cracksman, forger or swindler leaves his mark upon his handiwork just like an artist, a doctor or
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    MALAYAN POLO.
    123 1475 Macdougal Cup Tournament. {From Our Own Correspondent,) Kuala Lumpur, November 20. The polo tournament for the Macdougal < up continued to-day between the Royal Johore and Selangor teams. The ground wis in a better condition than on Saturday. In the first chukka Selangor scored a lucky goal. Tyler
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    SINGAPORE SENSATION.
    118 1475 Chinese Enticement Case. z row Our Gun Correiponaeni. j Singapore, November 21. A case, which has caused tremendous excitement among the Singapore Chinese, was concluded this morning, w hen Mr. Tan Hong i iang appeared before Mr. Dawson, in the M igistratfe’s Court, to answer lidjuurned charge of
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    P. V. R. C.
    113 1475 The following is the programme for shoots for tho remainder of the year Nov. 26, Club Shoot, 7 a. m. Dpc 17 Donegal Badge 7a m DelibmU ate at 200, 500 uud 600 yards. One sighter and seven counting shuts at each distance. 0 Tin is
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    815 1475 Visitors at Clubs. Apropos of a little local “storm in a tea-cup our readers may he interested to learn that in London the Carlton u-iib admits no strangers within its precincts, visitors anxious to interview members being relegated to a series ol little rooms in the basement. Arthurs
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      37 1475 f* KA i; i. T ki) x» < *> v* *V v PUBLISHED DAILY. MAIL EDITION C ntaining the news of the week prior to departure of Mail# for Europe. PUBLISHING OFFICE The Criterion Pres», Limited, Bereh Street, Penaag,
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    RAILWAY COOLIE’S DEATH.
    307 1476 CARELESS CONSTRUCTION. Coroner's Severe Censure. Mr. H. C. Bathurst, as Coroner, held an enquiry on Saturday, into the death of Lee Ah Yew, a Chinese coolie employed on the Hill Railway, who died sbdrtly after he had been struck by one of the bars of the capstan
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    M. A. P.
    1002 1476 -M.M. Lieut.-Col. Ceci) Rae has bean appointed a Second Lieutenant in the Malayan olunteer Infantry. 7 kSII1 o a P correspondent wires that Mr. T E. Dnmbleton, Probationary Police Inspector, who proceeded homo on leave in June last, died at Portsmouth on the 17th instant. Mr. W.
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    “WILD OATS.”
    1236 1477 MORALS IN MALAYA. Some More Opinions. (jf o the Editor of the Malay Mail.) Your correspondence on .this subject are very interesting as they are all so right, up to a certain point. It is such a large and really vital subject, and I think “A Woman takes,
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    RUBBER RESTRICTION.
    436 1477 Effect on Small Holders (To the Editor of the Straits Echo.) Sir, Rubber Restriction, which has not yet been put in proper form for small holders, has caused a great panic iu the various districts of Perak and Kulim. The present flat rate system allowed to smallholders is
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    LAWLESS SINGAPORE.
    35 1477 A Sikh watch wan named Sandora Smgn was found murdered in Fras Street early on Thursday morning, his death having been caused by a wound on the head. No arrest has been made.
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    BOXING IN IPOH.
    975 1478 SUCCESSFUL FIRST MEETING. (From Our Own Corretpondent.) Ipoh. November 19. The first amateur boxing meetin?, held in Ipoh, took place at the Town H »11 on Saturday night and was a great success. The Organising Committee (Messrs. V.GSavi, Foo Wha Cheng, J. Berry, A. J. Stu crock,
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    F.M.S. APPOINTMENTS.
    260 1478 The following appear in the E. M S. Government Gazette of November 17:--Mr. R. W. Jones to be an Electrical Foreman, Workshops, F.M.S.R Mr. I’. L German to act as Second Assistant District Officer, Larut, Class V; M>’. J. W. W. Hughes to officiate as District Officer, Kuantan;
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    INDIAN LABOUR SUPPLY.
    572 1478 CEYLON AND MALAYa, reoently'byTlfme^oTcX' ol6 B l l atiye m connection with later fXh?' I have had on the whole ”Mr j replied, •■distinctly favourabitt’! oame to Ceylon 8 Blnc ®l “Do you think, then th». lk immediate danger of a stoppage immigration to Ceylon i, Xfed
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    THE MIXTURE AS PRESCRIBED.
    1240 1481 Federal Councillors had a field-day Tuesday when the High Commis0,0 ner surveyed the Federation from Grik to Tainpin and the Chief Secretary answeied all the liddies of tbe Unoffieials without getting caught out once. To take the concluding portion of the High Commissioner's Address first, we
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    M. A. P.
    628 1481 Mr. G. R K. of Messrs. Sandilands Buttery A tJo., Singapore, is on a visit to Penang. Prince Hirohito, heir to the throne of Japan, intends to visit Canada and the United States next spring before bie wedding. Mr. L. E. tandley, manager, Sembilan Estates Co., Rautau,
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1209 1482 A Distinction and A Difference. A local vernacular contemporary is very wroth and indignant with the Straits Echo. Some amiable busybody has sent it a translation of one of our recent articles on the first anti income tax meeting in Singapore. On this the local paper comments, “We
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    546 1482 1923 Budget P asse<l Municipal Commi 1 6 b,, 1 1 tt g he th. Vodrimrton (freaideJ) J 8. Samuel, Yeoh Guan ’t v K Nambyar. The oflho K. •Messrs. W. 8 Dunn r\f 8 P r esent W:“ft Bi^6 payment Rn? With regard to the t ?el
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    BRITISH NATIONALITY.
    705 1483 The «following notification has b en issued by tho British Vice-Confeui at Sou ra bay a In case it may be of interest to yon, I beg to inform yon tbit I have received from His Vajesty’s Foreign Office a copy of “The B itish Nati rnality and
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    ILL-TREATMENT OF A COOLIE.
    506 1483 .-S.F.P. PLANTER’S BRUTALITY. Judges’ Scathing Comments. tf-row Our Own Corretpondtnt.) In the 22 y-terday before WHtTe? Barrett-Lennard and Brown, the eon-’ vtefton of Reginald MeLean Roberts d.netonal onager on the Devon Eetate a t Jne.n, i„ Malacca 3Pntenoe<] raon^‘ 8 porous imprisonment on charges of canstng
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    RENT RESTRICTION.
    600 1483 M.M, D.ar Sir" EdilOr 01 th Sirait > Echo.) whoZ^lttler 8 ‘„7°"“ Ut t Bri 'i‘ber," the ro r X of U X K Ordinauoe Bas p uhi J j“‘ Of your Widely read paper, tl e inadviiibilof nucli aefi .r> tu oCLriea! Union lla3 try.ng tn get
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    PIRACY IN CHINA SEA.
    225 1484 BRITISH STEAMER LOOTED. Captain and Passengers Looted. (From Out Own Correspondent.) Singapore, November 21. The British steamer Sui Ann from Macao, aeoording to a Hongkong message of the 20th instant, was seized by pirates disguised as passengers. The captain and several passengers were wounded and robbed
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    FULL COURT OF APPEAL.
    327 1484 a Ringing .—S.F.P. Sunken Wharf Case. Judgment was delivered this moaning in the Supreme Court of the appeal in the suit between The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (Incorporated in England oy Royal Charter), Plaintiffs, and the Eastern Shipping Company, Limited, Defendants, and Quah Beng
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
    999 1484 -,-Free P^ Bs, COMMITTEE MEETING. The following are excerpts from the minutes of a meeting of the Committee of the Penang Chamber of Commerce held af the Chamber on Tuesday. November 2, 1922, at 2.30 p.m. Present Messrs. A. F. Goodrich (in the Chair), J. L. Lonie,
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    F.M.S. SUPREME COURT.
    2318 1485 CHIEF SECRETARY SUED. Rice Mills Case. The following is a continuation of the proceedings in the civil suit in which The Central Milling Agency are suing the Chief Secretary to Government for loss of profits during the period in which their niili was requisitioned by the Govern-
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    MORE ABOUT INCOME TAX.
    733 1486 Whatever views. may be held concerning Mr. Lowther Kemp’s support of the Income Tax, there can be only one opinion about one aspect of his stand-r that it reveals genuine i'courage and is obviously based upon deep sincerity. It' id' no gratifying titfek to run counter
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    RUNNYMEDE ORCHESTRAL CONCERT.
    53 1486 An Orchestral k -p ffrovatorv 2. Violin Solo of 3. Fantasia Be nl 12 No. 8) Grieg (OP-. 12 7 Tinda ,zx «do Beatrix dl T vban C,. helion 0 fr ona the To prevent Kuomintang s in a the Canton, tbe b en insty* c.yerrisp rne.i
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    FEDERAL COUNCIL.
    1533 1487 HIGH COMMISSIONER’S ANNUAL ADDRESS. A comprehensive review. Echo of The Prince’s Visit. ow r Oun CoTTbtuondeit,t Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 21. pbe Federal Council was opened this morning with the usual ceremonial. The High Commissioner in the course of his Annual Address said that the demand for English Education
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    “PUBLIC OPINION.”
    875 1488 THE SINGAPORE MEETING. (To the Editor 01 the Tree Press Sir, The Bishop of Singapore is to be con gratulated on the powerful plea he made at the meeting on Wednesday lor sanity on the part of the Straits Settlements Singapore) Association. hen the Bishop pointed out that
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    A MONSTROUS CRIMINAL.
    730 1488 Trial of G. J. Smith. Edited by Eric K. Watson. Notable British Trials. Hodge. 10. Ud. George Joseph Smith, the report of whose’ trial is now added to the ixotable British Trials Senes, was one oi the must villainous criminals of modem times, lie was tried and
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    BLESSING OR CURSE?
    1252 1489 Whether the present generation of Europeans in the East drink as much M their fore-runners is doubtful, but there is very little doubt indeed that, m an for man, they drink a good deal more than their fellows of the same class at Home. Nor is there
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    M. A. P.
    565 1489 The Hon. Mr. F. 8. James, c m. 0., has been appointed Governor’s Deputy during the absence from Singapore of HE- Sir Laurence Guillemard. Lady Guillemard and Mrs. G.R.K Mugliston are among the passengers on board the P. and O. s.s Plassy oue in Penang to-morrow. Mr.
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1863 1490 A Great Englishman. Richard Hakluyt, popularly supposed to have been a Dutchman, who died on November 23, 1616, and was buried in Westminster Abbey, was an Englishman of an old Herefoidshire family who was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, and became a prebend in Westminster
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    AN EDUCATIONAL HERESY.
    852 1491 There are many passages in the High o om miBBi°flfc r s Addieaa, says the Malayan Observer, to stimulate thought and one o f these is His Excellency’s pronounceoeut on the educational policy which the Government of this country should pursue. 1“ the ooureo h* 3 remarks
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    SELANGOR TURF CLUB.
    204 1491 Loss of $lO,OOO. Kuala Lumpur, November 20 At the annual general meeting of the Selangor Turf Cluh held on Saturday evening over which, in the unavoidable absence of Dr. E. A. O. Travers, Mr. W. T. Chapman, vice president, presided, the Chairman said that the working account
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    PENANG GOLF CLUB.
    175 1491 The Monthly Medal for Novembet will be played for on Saturday and Sunday next, the 25th and 26th inst. :0: As already reported by telegram, in the Supreme Court at Singapore on Monday Mr. Justice Barrett Lennard quashed the conviction of Seah Peng Hong, who hail been
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    205 1491 MONDAY’S MEETING Among the Orders of *he Dav for th. eBt n 8 Of th„ Le,i, ut iv 8 Singapire »re th» foil 10 w l U8s i011 b I Mr. Mitchell. i J lVe,n “ent phase b tate the IL» ber k° f fc nro P e
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    RENTS AND RATES.
    167 1491 (To the Editor of the Strait» Echo.) Sir, 4 With regard to the letter of the Victimized Landlord” I quite agree with the views stated therein I am not a I eliever in the infallibility of the Government or Municipal authorities- While they shed crocodile tears over
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    INCOME TAX.
    124 1491 Dear Sir,—Can anyone honestly defend the abolition of Income Tax who accepts the figures <-f the following table.— Monthly Income K) Taxes Paid. c Income Tax (New) 6000 8(>0 Spirits at 1.20 per bottle 14 40 7 20 Wines 3 00 2 (0 Petiol at 5 cents a
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    THE CONDITION OF CHINA.
    420 1492 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo.) Sir, It is gratifying to note that Mr. Chew Chay Saye has shewn patriotism to the fatherland as exemplified by his correspondence for the welfare of the New Republic. It would be very interesting if more friends would express
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    RUBBER MARKET.
    126 1492 No alteration is necorded in both h ime and local pri es, but in Singapore Smoked Sheet went down a quarter cent and Crepe half a cent. :0: What does strike one (says the Free Press in an article on the Singapore Municipal Budget) is the large number
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    RESTRICTION AND SMALLHOLDERS.
    221 1492 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo.) Sr, Mr. Yeoh Paik Tatt’s letter in your issue of the 21st inst. puts the case for the smallholder very clearly. The yields he quotes, presumably from personal knowledge, are high, but it must be remembered the yields per acre
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    HEALTH RETURNS.
    314 1492 The health statistics for the Municipality of George I own lor the week ending November 18, 1922, give a total jf 62 deaths—ll males and 21 females, the death rate being 26.45 per mille per annum compared with 29.44 in the preceding week and with 25.43 in the
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    LOCAL TRANSPORT.
    494 1492 R’csha farestoc OMe DoWlt We understand that has gone forward to in Singapore from the k rD Wt a ity that the riesha should be reduced as f lom 1 next to the same scale as th Febr a 7. •d in Singapore. 000 Bbar J' This recommendation
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    F.M.S. SUPREME COURT.
    2497 1493 CHIEF SECRETARY SUED. Echo of Food Control. Following L a continuation of the report of the civil suit the Central Milling \gency, Limited, of Penang, versus the Chief Secretary to Government, F.M.S., now proceeding before the Hon. Mr. Justice Farrer-Manby in the Supreme Court. The Legal Adviser
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    P.C.C. BOWLS TOURNAMENT.
    223 1494 The results of the bowls ties played off yesterday were: —Mixed Doubles Handicap, Dr. Mrs. 0. Henry Hertz beat Miss Mitchell B. E. Mitchell 21.12; Mr. Mrs. E. J. McLernon beat Miss ‘Southam G. B. F. Southam 21.20. Championship, J. M. Chalmers (d) beat W. Hamilton 21.5
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTIONS.
    120 1494 Cabling today cur Sinoporo c-ric--’pondent reports on yestei day’s auctions there as follows Tons 372 offered ard tons 228 sold. The following prices were realised:— cts. cts. Ribbed Smoked Sheet Standard Quality 43 -4 t<' 44 Good Average Quality 4\. Off Quality 38 42 t’rppe Standard Pale
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    THE BISHOP’S COURAGE
    517 1494 His Lordship the rJ 11 as set an insphiug (Malayan Observer) h O p e We niore often and with by ministers of rehoinn'T insula. men of great intellect and there education and common Ol experience and a sense of 5 wide their more intimate idenE* 00
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    Federal Council.
    1797 1495 F> m. S. FINANCE. strong speech by lK MR. KENION. high commissioner CRITICISED. DEFENCE OE SIR E. BROCKMAN. Temporary Allowances. Our Oivn Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, November 22 Commenting on the Supply Bill, in- I trodueed in the Federal Council yesterday the Hon. Mr. A. N. Kenion said that
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    P. C. C.
    908 1496 ANNUAL REPORT. The following is the annual report of the Committee of the Penang Cricket Club for the year ended August 31, 1922, which will be submitted to the members at the annual general meeting on November 29. The Committee submit their accounts for the year ended
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    PENANG CHINESE LABOURERS' UNEMPLOYMENT FUND.
    301 1496 PENANG CHINESE LABOURERS' UNEMPLOYMENT FUND Subscription List. Party >L732.32, Hons by Mr. Tan Check Chim and MU lam Chin Tuan Oh Saw Im Neoh $5O, Hoo Guat Loo Neoh $5O, Lim Chooi GeokNeoh $2O, Chew Loo Leng Neoh $2O, Lee Fob Kheng Neoh $2O, Lee Poh Kheng Neoh $2O, Tam
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    OLD UNHAPPY FAR-OFF THINGS.
    1139 1497 Sir Laurence Guillemard lost but little time m reply mg to Mr. A. N. Keuion’s criticism in the Federal Council of the High Commissioner’s despatch to the Secretary of State on the genesis of the present financial position in the f.M.S- We held at the time,
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    M. A. P.
    555 1497 Mr. hides Dai win his been appointed first incumbent of the new dot Chair of Natural I hilosophy, Edinburgh. F J lue Shall of Peisia is leaving for Peisia tins evening aboard the P. and 0. Naldera, slates a Pai is m-ssage dated November 10. Mr. A.
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1597 1498 11l F ,-S.F-P. The “Public” and The Income Tax. No doubt but ye are the People —your throne is above the King’s, Whoso speaks in your presence must say acceptable things: Bowing the head iu worship, bending the knee in fear, Biinging the word well smoothen —such as
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    HONGKONG PIRATES.
    57 1498 tPrnm Our Singapore 2 20 d, A Hongkong cable, gni Ano says that tic, ~o fa Million piracy was to snz« h; b 8 aboard which the pirates bel.eve that vessel, whereas th y aboard another sh’p. passenge* 8 ie health of mjurea F and crew is improvingThe
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    Federal Council.
    1905 1499 F.M.S. FINANCE. 1 I H.E.’S REPLY TO MR. KENION. i f Sir Laurence Stands By His Figures. (From Our Own Corretnondent.) Kuala Lumpur, November 23. In the Federal Council this morning H. E. the High Commissioner replied to the Hon. Mr. A. N. Kenion’s criticism of bis despatch
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    LOCAL TALENT.
    286 1500 ORIGINAL HUMOUR.* Mr. Joe Lovett, who has been known as a humourist in Selangor circles for many years, has at last leapt into the limelight with a little book on very original lines. He has borrowed a number of tradesmen’s advertisement blocks from John Little Co., set them
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    PLAGUE PREVENTION.
    241 1500 North Manchurian Report for 1922. We hive perused, with very great interest, Dr. Wu Lien Teh’s annual report of the North Manchurian Plague Prevention Service of which he is the head. Dr. Wu Lien Teh is an old P>n angite and we are pleased to hoar that the
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    ST. XAVIER’S CADETS & SCOUTS.
    632 1500 ST. XAVIER’S CADETS SCOUTS. ANNUAL INSPECTION BY COL. SIR ARTHUR ADAMS. The annual inspection of the St. Xavier’s Cadets and Scouts was held yesterday afternoon at the School grounds. Punctually at 5 pm. Lt. Col. Sir A. Adams, k b e., the Inspecting Officer, arrived at the saluting base accompanied
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    EASTERN SMELTING CASE.
    383 1500 Receiver Convicted, *he T VbeH oU-nTthi 11 wi,h C impnny’s works j„ B elti »g oooupitd the attend ,n rd Mr R.l D strict Judge, .vesterdiy Cbm Tseng was convicted Q J,,“ of dishonestly retaining stolen nronS to wife, a piece of refi ied tin to the
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    RUBBER MARKET.
    36 1500 A rise of 1J is for Crepe and !,I o^ ed te d half» Singapore both qualities a 9 r j oes In rent higher thru ycstsrdV* p™ Penang there is no change. o
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    RUBBER STOCKS.
    73 1500 Our Kuala 1 u nipur W °‘d vesterday Ba J The death of Wednesday’s Stw hcn y’ 9 Convrt Anna Bennett, at b- be deeea«ed at tbeageof T t a member of wb n n Sisters for 3' A were spent m B ber tute |a 0 of
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    RESTRICTION & STOCKS.
    559 1501 RESTRICTION STOCKS. ,'f,j the Editor 0/ the Straits Echo.) Sir, I shall be much obliged if you could allow n.e some space in your valuable paper tu ask a few questions regarding the Rubber Restriction The Rubber Restriction which came on all of a sudden hardly gave time to a
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    TEMPORARY ALLOWANCES.
    1082 1501 Observer’ J J ln es<i»y 6 Malayan ber of f Jed Wlth a nu muethu of ,h r P 8 tabled th j t lc e deral Council vester hal is e th OS in pOr t tant of hich P* be F M s" p es f
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    MALACCA PLANTER'S CASE.
    1654 1502 pareu v*Lsj.? FULLER ACCOUNT. Judge’s Scathing Comments. We take from the Straits Times of Wednesday a fuller account of lhe concluding portion of the proceedings in the Court of Appeal in Singapore in the case of the Malacca Planter, R. McLean Roberts, who appealed against a sentence
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE.
    22 1503 birth. I,„MOS-Ai “Heytor”, 50 Grange Road, B on the 22nd November, to jl r Cg Mrs. Arthur Dobson, a son-
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    CITIZENSHIP AND PRINCIPLES.
    976 1503 Shakespeare has said that “Thoughts are but dreams till their effects be tried.” In the days of Colonel Rawdon Crawlev and his father, the old baronet, it was not considered necessary for the Man about Town to speak grammatically or spell accurately though he aspired to the
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    SHARE MARKET.
    699 1503 LEAN S co. s WEEKLY REPORT. Penang, November ‘24. I'm closing at £178.15 0 3 months has l ist £4.12.6, but stn pg baying throughout the week was the characteristic feature of the cal market, the moderate quantities < lb it-d beit g eagerly taken at a premium
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    RUBBER MARKET.
    64 1504 Smoked Sheet in Singapore touched 44| cents, a pound to-day, a rise of a quarter cent, and the market is firm. Locally also the market is firm, Good F.A.Q. being quoted at ss7{ a picul and First Quality Crepe $57, an improvement of $1 on yesterday’s prices. Although
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    RUBBER RESTRICTION.
    407 1504 DUTCH CO-OPERATION Considerable Support Expected. (From Our Own Correspondent,) Kuala Lumpur, November 25. The Malay Mail’s Colombo representative reports the receipt of a cable from Loudon dated November 22, to the effect that the Committee of the R.G.A. and separate Committees from Java and Sumatra are co-ordinating with
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    M. A. P.
    961 1504 ,-S. F. P. Mr. J. MacDonough, of the Forest and Audit Office, Alor Star, returned from home by the s. s. Plassy. Mr. Th H. de S. Onraet, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Singapore, is on a visit to Penang, The Hon- Mr. A. B. Voules, Resident Councillor,
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    2129 1505 Bobber Share Capitalisation. "itie following table may be found use- f a l to those who have a fancy for rub- r ghares. It shows the captilisa- tion per planted acre on the Ist of this month. The market capitalisation is either more or less according whether the
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    LADY’S GUILLEMARD’S RETURN.
    239 1506 Lady Guillemard, accompanied by her sister, Miss D. Walker, who will be staying with her in Singapore, and Mr. C. J. Wilson, extra A. D C., arrived by the Piassy yesterday afternoon. Lady GuiPemird was met on board by the Hon. Mr. A B. Voules, Resident Councillor.
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    “ALLOWANCES” IN THE F.M.S.
    1396 1506 —Malayan Observer. MISSING THE TARGET. The Retrenchment Commission has by no means shirked its unpleasant task. In several cases it has resorted to a most drastic type of direct action. Although many of the subjects dealt with by the Commission relate to matters beyond the comprehension
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    F. M. S. AFFAIRS.
    1360 1507 RAILWAY EXTRAVAGANCE. For years we have endeavoured to draw the attention of the Government of the Federated Malay States to the lavish, nay, extravagant, policy of expenditure which was being pursued in the F.M.L Bailways Department, and it does not in the least now gratify us
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    THE FEDERAL COUNCIL.
    722 1508 the lifetime of those now living.—Malay Mail. The first meeting of the Federal Council was held on December 11, 1909. This Council consisted of fourteen members, viz., the High Commissioner, the lour Rulers, the Resident-General, the four Residents, three unofficial Europeans and one Chinese. The present Council
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    DECENTRALISATION.
    590 1508 His Excellency’s Address at the meeting of the Federal Council contains matter of general interest to the inhabitants of the Federated States but there is no point, says the Malay Mail, it we omit the vexed question of finance which wilt arouse more interest than that of decentralisation of
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    P.C.C. BOWLS TOURNAMENT.
    289 1508 The results of the bowls ties played off yesterday were: Teams of ThrbbJ. M. Chalmers (d), A. J. Plumb and F. N. Syer beat B. E. Mitchell, W. H. Mair'and Sir A. R. Adams 21—9; J. Allan, R. N. Goodwin and T. E. Mason beat E. Reimann,
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    CAPTAIN HASHIM ON CO-OPERATION.
    1813 1509 Captain N. M. Hashim, Mr. A. Cavendish’s second-in-command in charge o f co-operative societies in the F. M. S., jg a living proof of the capacity of the educated Malay for responsible administrative duty. His lecture on «The Formation of Co-operative Societies in the Krian District
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    M. A. P.
    1003 1510 His many friends will be glad to hear that Mr. A. H. Miles has improved greatly during the past few days. It is expected that Mr. Akatsuka, Japanese Consul-General at Mukden, will be appointed Minister at The Hague. Lieutenant (acting Capt.) V. H. Winson, Straits Settlements Volunteer
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    ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM.
    461 1510 :fc d 9 oUo Si th EditOr °> th Eo V) Your leader of 24m appreciated. When Hi, 9bi > arrived he remarked that felt were lacking i n civic their only interest “d tint making. Now the ord M to be entirely rev. rBe(l> to be something
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    INDIAN IMMIGRATION.
    1086 1511 —O.F.P. minutes of meeting. The following are the minutes of the meeting of the Indian Immigration comwhich was held at Penang, November 20: Present: The Acting Controller of Labour (Mr, E. W. F. Gilman) Chairman, the Acting Principal Medical Officer, f M- S., (Dr. F. E. Wood), the
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    DIOCESE OF SINGAPORE
    564 1511 Ti A "nual Conference of Clertfv heW H, 7° f ‘F 8 l,ioce e of Singapore reX-nL h FS7' thß Van'hle F. G. SwiLell r X tt- a i on j of Fi nzapore) the R»»har c ds (Snpt of Chinese Mi sions, Singapore); the Rev B(
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    WEEK END SPORT.
    522 1512 RUGBY FOOTBALL. Scotland vs. The Rest. Heavy rain and a strong north-east wind blowing across the ground on Saturday evening greatly marred the rugby match between Scotland and The Rest and when the final whistle sounded the scoie stood eleven points (one goal and two tries) to
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    Selangor vs. Perak.
    149 1512 (From Out Own Correspondent.) Jpoh, November 27, Selangor came to Ipoh on Saturday to play Perak at rugby football for the Malaya Cup. The weather was bright the whole morning up to noon but rain came down in the afternoon in torrents making the playing field soon
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    HOCKEY.
    443 1512 Selangor vs. N. Sembilan. (From Our Own Correspondent,} Kuala Lumpur, November 25. At hockey Selangor beat Negri Sembilan by five goals to nil. Play for the must part was confined to the visitors’ ground where their defence stood the test until within five minutes of half time when a
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    RUBBER NOTES.
    1081 1512 A WEIc °me pause, pOHTs An Amazing p retest K^r'X k re to v^ i9 r&,W,4 »>«i. of October 27 A S jV“ and to that steady genuine investor tJeBire e 1 think any question 0 relapse mav be promntk i tual Alucb greater stability '"'P'n'tcd the crude
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    MAJOR HUXLEY’S CONTRACTS.
    990 1513 UNOFFICIALS’ ATTITUDE. At Tuesday’s meeting of the Federal C ouncil, financial motions by the Chief Secretary and the Legal Adviser were taken. I he Hon. the Chief Secretary (Mr. W; MaxweU > C.M.G.) proposed that this Council approves of the payment of $lOO,OOO as a first instalment
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