The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 13 March 1923
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Title Section21 1923-03-13 1 The Straits Echo. MAIL EDITION. S3O PER ANNUM Single Copy ®O cts VOL 21. PENANG, TUESDAY, MARCH 15TH, 1925 NO. 1021 words
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Advertisement326 1923-03-13 1 CONTENTS «i Leaders Chinese New Year 275 A Baby Show 275 A Dispensary of The Soul 646 Affiirs in Patani 275 Britain, France and Germany 22g Wedding at St George’s 276 Education and Business 268 Mexican Ciique Vaiiete 276 Britain and France 272 Malayan Trade Returns 278 Festina Lente 276326 words
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Advertisement193 1923-03-13 2 THE I “STRAITS ECHO” g MAIL EDITION. g Up£) ’■iiocooow Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the vR daily issues, as well as all important news from various parts of the Far CK193 words
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Article55 1923-03-13 264 BIRTH. Mail —On 4th March, at Batn Gajah, to th» wife of Mr. Syd. D. Miles, a son. L MARRIAGE CIMUON-CoiNELL —At the Chord) of fit. George Tne Martvr, Penang, on sih March,U923, by the Reverend Keppel Garmer, Arthur Patrick Cameron to Margaiet Hope Connell, daughter of W.55 words
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Article1377 1923-03-13 264 Public Libraries Lave existed from, time immemorial. The first of which we have any record was founded in the year 3,800 B.C. by Sargon, King of Akkad, in the Babylonian polyarchy, who, remote as he appears to us now, then represented a civilization that was1,377 words
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Article443 1923-03-13 264 In an important cable des patched on February 27, summarising the report of the Committee of the Rubber Growers’ Association which recently visited America, Reuter said: “The British delegates ertimated the total output for 1923, provided the average price of Is. fid. .s maintained, will be 353,000443 words
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Advertisement26 1923-03-13 264 Che straits €ci;O PUBLISHED DAILY mail EDITION Containing the news of the week prior to departure of Mails for Europe PUBLISHING OFFICE: The Criterion Press, Limited26 words
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Article126 1923-03-13 265 Winding-up Order (From Our Own Corretpondeni Singapore, March 6. A Hongkong message says that the Supreme Court has granted an order for winding up the China Specie Bank which is M hopelessly insolvent/’ Reuter cables that bis report of the at Angora of M. Araloff, the •ojiet126 words
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Article641 1923-03-13 265 The Local Court® A lawyer tells us that the Asiatics resident in Penang have such confidence in the quality of the justice meted out in the local police courts that, if they have anything like a decent ease, they are inclined to scorn the assistance of the members641 words
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Article487 1923-03-13 265 An Extraordinary Outburst Mr. C. W. Darbishire, Liberal M.P„ for Westbury, is apparently going to tell them something when Parliament sits again, says the London correspondent of the Times of Ceylon. Alluding to the capitalists system,” Mr. Darbishire in a recent speech thought the recent rubber487 words
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Article1086 1923-03-13 266 Mr Allan Loke, who has been on a visit to Penang for the Chap Goh Meh festival, retirns to the Federal Capital this evening. The War Office announces that the friends of the late Lieut.-Colonel Oswald Fitsgerald, Military teoretary to Lord Kitchener, who was drowned with him1,086 words
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Article121 1923-03-13 266 A. A. ANTHONY A CO.’S DAILY REPORT Share Market:— Quiet. Rubbers:— Neglested. Tins:—Steady, little change in quotation. Asams 38/- 40/-, Bating Padangs 50 cents 55 ce its, Cbenderiaugs 7/- 8/-, Hitams 51.45- $1.50, Kamponge 42/- 43/6, Kamuntings 35/6 -37/$, Malaus 35 cents- 40 cents, Nawng Pets 11.45-11.55, North121 words
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Article53 1923-03-13 266 The London price of rubber (Is. s|d-) is still unchanged but at noon to-day the Singapore price for both grades fell to 60 cents a pound, with the market qakt. In Penang Good F. A. Q is quited at $79 a picul and First Quality Crepe $7B-50—-a fall53 words
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Article283 1923-03-13 266 The results of the tennis ties played off yesterday were:— Singles Handicap Class A— E. A. Sedwick beat J. W. Clark 6—3, 6—4. Singles Handicap Class “B” E. A. Taylor beat E. T. M. Lias 7—5, 6—4, E. H. L. Gilbert beat E. Reimann 6-—4, 6 —o.283 words
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Article986 1923-03-13 267 HOWIt>EjO^H E BHAM LIVES Trop de Zele Thettrwwe oondao»®’ is” p».* two y-tordv morning,"•<! aroused hie ff r vW t. ,n8 P lCl °j_f 7 Q Market that that tbetigure .uddenly andran away. He gave eb.ee and eaatfht Li Kang, whom he toolf *o the polio, etatioo. Li986 words
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Article165 1923-03-13 267 Attention is drawn to the announcement ou this page of the Carnival to be Celebrated on Thursday evening next, at Stm <>n’s shows io Maguz ne R;ad, in aid < f the Prinng Chinese Unemployment Fund. It promises to bi quits out of the ordinary. New attractions165 words
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Article581 1923-03-13 267 SATURDAY’S SELECTION A Conflict of Evidence Goh Hoey Feng is a ricksha puller, and at 9 o’clock on Friday night was observed by P.O. 260 to be sittii g in hie ricksha outside the Hongkong b ink. Charged by inspector Barrett, before Mr. Soott, in the District Court581 words
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Article382 1923-03-13 268 Thing» have indeed come to a pretty pass in Europe when the British Prime Minister, speaking in the House of Commons, has to point out that the logical outcome of the attitude of many members would be to prepare for the eventuality of going to war382 words
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Article772 1923-03-13 268 -M.M* On the subject of education and busitraining, we said here, the other le teacher was not entirely blame if business men did not get s who reached the standard of trainag hey regard as necessary. We hint- > however, that he was not entirely J ee-M.M* - 772 words
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Article415 1923-03-13 268 (To the Editor of the Strait» Echo.) Dear Sir, With reference to the leading article in the Straits Times of the 4th January which contained aa attack on the Submarine Cable Service in which it was stated that telegrams paid Uor at the ordinary rate were aa415 words
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Article51 1923-03-13 268 Mining Cooly Killed (From Our Own (Jorreipondont Kuala Lumpnr, March 7. A landslide at the Sunpei Besi Mines early this morning completely buried a eooly working below. A Relief party promptly cleared the fall, but found the cooly dead. Artifical respiration was attempted but was of no51 words
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Article49 1923-03-13 268 Directors’ Report (From Our Own Corretvoiuient.) Singapore. March 6. The annual report of the directors of Sungei Gau Tin show» a lofs ef $6,662: making a total adverse bhl tnce of $26,401 to be carried forward The output was 942 piculs: an increase of 123 piculs.49 words
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Article1037 1923-03-13 269 Mr J.B. M**h*n, the Controller of RibUr Exports, it visiting Kuala Lumpur. Mr Wi Pryde, M-A-, who ht J u,t rstirosa in Home, hM Uken V 7 l t Mr. G. m nt lh dat,oS f Fir k Magiitnfc tz Mr 8.0. DtlW, Executive Engineer, PWD FMB,1,037 words
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Article563 1923-03-13 269 ALL KINDS OF CASBS Dead Drunk P. C. 3 had an unpleasant experience at half past four on Monday afteraoou in Pitt Street. When he saw Sapramanian drop dead drunk in his trackt it waa hii duty to convey that inanimate object to the police station. The gallant563 words
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Article1462 1923-03-13 270 Mangy Masterless Mongrels Wb»i are our dog-shooters doing that so many miserable mangy masterless, mongrels, are allowed to roam Penang, seeking their sustenance in the garbage heap and disseminating their disgusting diseases among decent doge We have no wish to encompass the death of every dog which may1,462 words
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Article344 1923-03-13 270 jg ror ro I.—M.M. After remaining stationary for a couple of days the London price rose |d yesteiday to Is s|d, with the market flit. A New York cable of the 4th instant quotes best crude rubber at 34| cents gold, a fall of half a cent. Injg ror ro I.—M.M. - 344 words
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Article714 1923-03-13 271 EFFICIENCY" CUP ih« Company and baa at b®art nrpiaoti n g a handsome u*X-’ <4 *■> ir »nong th. Non-Con>m...ion«i-wd mwof th» wi» of th® P««”g ’lftoHb» on M<md, y eT ni g th j mW —«hrf from ito p.™d. ground to AM Drill Hall for tb.714 words
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Article382 1923-03-13 271 The Rubber Trade Association of ’oadon have Return showing the United Kingdom rubber impo r ts and exports for the whole of 1922. The total imports in 1920 were 110,878 tons, 59,672 being from Malaya. In 1921 the figures were total 8\991, Malaya 48,550; in 1922 they were382 words
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Article368 1923-03-13 271 (To the Editor of the Straits Times) Sir, The newly constituted Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements has just begun its first sitting and m it every principal community of the CUnny is represented save that of the Malay. The Governor, in his address,368 words
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Article145 1923-03-13 271 Results of the tennis ties played yesterday were:— Singles u Class “CJ. M. Goetzee beati Coben 6—l. I—6,1 —6, G—3, E. Jbeat A. Gilmour 6 —2, 6 —l Handicap Class “B”_ E. J- B roW J ings and E. J. McLernon beat Saunders and W. V. L.145 words
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Article1042 1923-03-13 272 —B.T. Mr. Bonar Law has done well to draw the attention of France to the fact that her invasion of the former Grand-Duchy of Baden has no legal sanction, either under the Treaty of Versailles or any other arrangement between the Allies and Germany, or between the—B.T. - 1,042 words
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Article545 1923-03-13 272 Mr. W.E. Hooper, Registrar of Vehicles, Singapore, retires in April. Mrs. J.H. Tyte, wife of the Inspector of Prisons, S.S., is sailing for home by the P. and 0. Morea next week. At an extraordinary general meeting held at the Hoe Hean Club, of Singapore, on Sunday545 words
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Advertisement26 1923-03-13 272 Cbe Straits €cto PUBLISHED DAILY MAIL EDITION Containing the news of the week prior io departure of Mails for Europe PUBLISHING OFHCB: The Criterion Press, Limited26 words
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Article1193 1923-03-13 273 Et 1 auad the ei-«ditor of Mr. Wiekhun 8 K or th«liSe'» be de,on B dentlr “>• ime i“ h# curr n k. deplore» the eumb7*«“ M r r L. 3. it.ro.iiv. of 6P ‘the gaasg A lt l impotent that should be administered in open with free1,193 words
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Article184 1923-03-13 273 A good deal of interest is naturally •entred in the rise in the price of tin of late, yesterday’s price of 1110 a pieul being the highest on the open market linos December 11, 1920, when the Singapore market quoted Si 11.25. Incidentally, the Government of the184 words
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Article290 1923-03-13 273 It will be good news to local playgoers that we are shortly to receive another visit from the popular Warwick Comedy Company. Penang always turns out in force when Mr. Warwick’s attractions visit us, for one can always be (certain of a really good evening’s entertainment. Two290 words
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Article986 1923-03-13 274 “THE HILL SCHOOL SCHEME (To the Editor of the Timet of Malaya) Sir My attention has just been drawn to .oar intere.ting leader, publi.bed in the Times of Malaya on February 27, on th. .abject of the Hill School Scheme A. I am acting a. Chairman of a Sub-Com-nittM of986 words
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Article185 1923-03-13 274 Interest in Malayan Hill Stations is on the increase. A few days ago we (Malay Mail) reprinted from a Penang contemporary an account of the work being done on the hills there. A correspondent tells us that work at Cameron’s plateau is being pushed on. “The road from185 words
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Article63 1923-03-13 274 Skye Meeting Entries {From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur March 8. The following are the entries for the Selangor Skye Meeting Applause, Nora (late Ismapree) Duid (2) (Duke), Tontn, Little Sister, Kala Moti, Gandasari, Motherless, Chisk, Mona, Mah Jong, Chantek (late Oyster) Seamaid, Pawang, Zoom, Crebilly, Tidapa.63 words
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Article276 1923-03-13 274 GENERAL MEETING The annual general meeting of the members ef the Penang Library was held at ths Library yesterday evening. There were present the Hon. Mr. A. B. Voules (President), the Rev. Keppel Garnier, Dr. R. M. Connolly, Messrs. R. H. Pinhorn, J. R. Brown, C. R. Samuel,276 words
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Article107 1923-03-13 274 A preliminary enquiry was held in the second court at Singapore on Monday into the case in which Tan Moey was charged with the murder of Ong Tho on February 15 last in Joo Chiat-road. The deceased was a building contractor aged 66 years old. The accused, it107 words
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Article182 1923-03-13 274 The price of rubber in London yesterday fell by |d to Is sd, with the market weak. In Singapore at noon to-day a drop of 3 cents to 56 cents a pound is recorded. Locally, the price is down to $74 a picul for good F- A. Q-182 words
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Article356 1923-03-13 275 (to tu Biltor of S,ra EtK Sir Inotiw »h.t there i. eom» in o* with srd U 1 SXtio. of th. ’Meier member lor the Lefittelive Coonoil end > (Mt eerertl letter» have appeared in hu pTreeonlhiatabjeet. I am al«ne wi»h I. A. A- >»356 words
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133 1923-03-13 275 List of Donations Amount previously acknowledged...s42,l67.l4 Contribution from Stanton’s Show, Magazine Boad 411.00 •42,578.14 Ltm Ed Toh, Hon. Treasurer. Penang, March I. o; A Hindu writes that the cremation ground is in a desolate condition. The feet of poor Hindus, following the dead for •rematioD,133 words
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Article220 1923-03-13 275 FEBRUARY FIGURES FOR MALAYA (From Oar Off» Cirritpondtnt.) Singapore, Mai ch 7. Rubber was exported from British Malaya, last month, in the following quantities and values: Quantities To the United Kingdom 6,167,500 lb. against 6,356 9001 b. in February, 1922. To the U. S. A. 32,941,200 against 33,478,200.220 words
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Article292 1923-03-13 275 Siam, says the Siam Observer, is naturally interested in the development work at the Port of Prai, for it is the outlet for a large part of the southern end of the peninsula. The F.M.S Railway Administration have sunk much money into the work, but it292 words
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Article213 1923-03-13 275 A Kuala Kubu Incident “Bystander" writes from Kuala Kubu to the Malay Mail as followsDuring the first week or two of the Chinese New Year, it has always been customary for the Chinese to mark the event by a procession, among other things. This procession, as a213 words
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Article197 1923-03-13 275 to similai .—M.M. A baby show, which we believe to be the first ever held here, took place at Castletield Estate, I’uchong, on Sunday afternoon. About 100 babies were brought from all the estates belonging to the group for which Dr. Day is Medical Officer, and theto similai .—M.M. - 197 words
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Article55 1923-03-13 275 -8.0. Patani, February 28. For some days excitement was cans, ed by the authorities arresting a and several local Malays, said to leaders of an attempt to be made to Patani town on Monday night or Tueday morning. Extraordinary military precaution* were taken. However, everything passed off-8.0. - 55 words
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Article43 1923-03-13 276 marriage Bnoso»—Suhv*n:— On I'barsday, March Bth St. George’. Church, Penang 8 ’the Rev. Keppel Garnier, colonial rLt.liic J. Stewart Hodson, to Margaret S Younger daughter of the late Admiral G. Lydiard Sulivan and Mrs. Sulivan, l ate Mylor House, Ascot England.43 words
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Article712 1923-03-13 276 Brighter prospects are discernible in the outlook of British Malaya; for tin is rising in value as renewed activity is developing in the manufacturing trades, and rubber, thanks perhaps to restriction of output, is fetching a price at which it pays to cultivate it; and it really looks,712 words
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Article361 1923-03-13 276 Both in the Home and the Colonial press there has been much criticism of the management of the British Empire Exhibition and we notice that Mr. C. W. Darbishire, M.P., has actually suggested in the House of Commons that the Exhibition should be scrapped or abandoned. To361 words
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Article283 1923-03-13 276 HODSON—SULIVAN A pretty and popular wedding took’ place at St. George’s Church, Penang, yesterday afternoon when Mr. J. Stewart Hodson, of Messrs. Guthrie A Co-, Ltd, Penang, was married to Miss Margaret Norah Sulivan, younger daughter of the late Admiral G. Lydiard Sulivan and Mrs. Sulivan,283 words
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Article246 1923-03-13 276 To-morrow and Sunday afternoons and evenings will see the close of this excellent company s short season in Penang I overs of music will have an opportunity of hearing Signorina Tamara, the gifted young soprano, and Signor Padovani, the well-known baritone, both from the Italian Grand Opera246 words
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Article1151 1923-03-13 277 —MM. Th» Ho«. Mr. W. P««l. Britirb Adviser tMkb, i» «bort W. .od«W U»‘ M' JV. J. has beau appointed toi act as C. K. E, F. IL 8. Badways.—M.M I* ibt final tf Us Bastian Pool Tourumbml al Us Pori Diskson Club, Messrs. Cornwall and Thompson—MM. - 1,151 words
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Article462 1923-03-13 277 MORE FOR THE HOUSE 01 DETENTION “We Are Three Bums I” Yang Seng, Chua Ah Heng, and Lok Ah Kow are three cheerful sporte, head oart pullers out cf work- They were sleen* ing on the cold stonos in front of 94 walk when P. C.’s 58, 404,462 words
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Article102 1923-03-13 277 Yet another stabbing case has added to the long list of recent orl J Singapore. At about one morning, says Wednesday Straits D a Malay was stabbed at a house m district of Tanjong Glout and was D to hospital in an unconscious con i Nothing is known102 words
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Article150 1923-03-13 278 The adjourned hearing of tha case in which 8. Koide, Japanese interpreter and eJerk, employed by the Ineome Tax Office, stands charged with receiving >lO > as illegal gratification was continued before Mr. PF David, in the criminal district court, yesterday afternoon, says Wednesday Malaya Tribune. Mr.150 words
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Article82 1923-03-13 278 February Imports The total value of Foreign Imports of Merchandise, excluding that by Parcel Post, into British Malaya for the month of February, 1923, was $39,148,110 (£4,567,280), against $36,791,376 (£4,292,327) for the month of February, 1922 an increase of $2,356,734 (£274,953.) The total value of Foreign Expoits82 words
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Article94 1923-03-13 278 Commenting on Mr. E, H. Derrick’s recent letter to the press, the Straits limes says: Uable Company seems to evade the real point at issue. As a war measure it introduced a very costly rgent rate. It has kept that rate in force for more than four94 words
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Article59 1923-03-13 278 Lotdnn rd ng n tO y esterda y’s cable from fl ?n d r?” Otber faH of H I» 4fd is qualitip the Pliee of rabber Both to d y at^ 6 at at noon P'ice fd a POUHd Locall y the and Fen fc 72 a P59 words
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Article118 1923-03-13 278 f or ’three 0 if 1 f r Spofc and £1 Price, being £213 is.oTnd’ 0 inthe P O H?!V”'°T iDg before Mr Dawson H «<>? Goan Court J a Sine-apore Mr. Ng “"tion „iVVh r t U ered hirastlf in tiwidiation h. 6 har «r« of118 words
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Article744 1923-03-13 278 MR. C. W. DARBISHIRE’S VIEWS T*”* s Correction wl£. fo^”"2 B leMer in the tt6 “Sir, D <**jour correspondent “25 years in the «traits not realise that the plantation rubber industry was developed because the price was run up to ss. and over, due to shortage of744 words
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Article82 1923-03-13 278 Or. Sutherland’s Defence London, February 27. Several doctors and Mr. G. H. Roberts, M.P., testified in favour of Mane Stopes, after which Dr. Sutherland testified that he wrote the book after a meeting of the Medico-Legal Society, where Professor Moilroy denounced the plaintiff’s method of contra-conception.82 words
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Article220 1923-03-13 278 Evidence In a Divorce Case London, February 27. On the resumption of the Furness case, two West End doctors claimed medical privilege, and were over-ruled by the Judge. Both testified to the drinking and drug-taking habits of Mrs. Furness, who, one said, drank five bottles of220 words
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Article1753 1923-03-13 279 v. r y earlier way oZir.at.ag app.llaat. on ib. cnm.na Xi. Parak; L” lb. Coart of Appeal at Kuala Lumpur found that m n of the -ven appeal tbe Commißßioowl in the appellants were conapieiouf by their absence- At IhjM men were prisoners, it is quite dear that1,753 words
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Article1225 1923-03-13 280 Motor-car drivers, ricksha-pullers, gharri-wallahs and pedestrians, in Penang, ail complain of the others that thev are guilty of breaches of traffic regulations and offences against the laws of good form on the road; and each one blames everybody but himself for the unsatisfactory state of affairs to1,225 words
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Article345 1923-03-13 280 14 T i.7 nq p" y f r iain! ly fi Bd for Mar.l. i’♦! facts concer ninflr the tra.y 0 death of the late Mr, John Clark, was held yesterday by the City Coroner Mr. F. G rne jays Thursday’. Straits Time.’ medical evidence345 words
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Article278 1923-03-13 280 A FATAL QUARREL Chan Yeok, a Cantonese, was vesterday brought up before Mr. G nr lay for preliminary examination into the charge of murder prefer.ed against him, says Ibursdny s Malaya Tri! uoe. Lam Ah Hee, a widow, of 265 Taping Pagar-road, stated she was the principal tenant278 words
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Article132 1923-03-13 281 CEREMONIAL OfENINC the March session of the uk z ««io. in Church at 10.45 a», on Chaplain/through th. to ths left entrance of the Court where a gwd of honour will be in waiting. After the «lute the guard of honour will be inspected by His Lordship, who132 words
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Article363 1923-03-13 281 Coroner’s inquest Mr. H. C. Bathurst, fitting as Coroner, with the following jury Messrs. Khco Hock Thye, J. 8. Rea tens and Mohamed Etsoff, began this morning the inqaest into the death of a Chinese boy run over and killed, in Burma Road, near Pulau Tikus Police363 words
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Article1067 1923-03-13 281 Probate has been granted to the ill and three codicils for Lord Norfch l 9 estate, the value of which was sworn at £3,259,000 and net personalty at £1,250,000. Our Kuala Lumpur correspondent telegraphs that Mr. W. G. Maxwell, C.M.G. Chief Secretary, F.M.S., is going on leave1,067 words
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Article574 1923-03-13 282 LEAN t CO.’s WEEKLY REPORT. Thursday evening, A further use of £3.5.0 has taken dace ini in. bringing the 3 months closing priw to £213.0,0 and locally as much m £lO.OO was paid over the London has developed considerable weakness, having dropped to 1/5d with the Singapore price574 words
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Article646 1923-03-13 282 (To the Editor of the Malay Mail.) Sir, I wish to cake exception to what I consider to be the most unfair and illconsidered comment in your issue of yesterday under the “Day by Day” column in connection with the above. You write of your horror646 words
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Article155 1923-03-13 282 What should, says the Straits Times, be the best contest so far seen in Singepore, will be B tag e d on Friday, the 16 th inst., when Battling Key, lightweight champion of Malaya, will meet the English lightweight, Eddie Grady. Grady has a long list of155 words
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Article381 1923-03-13 282 (To the Editor of the Strait» Echo.) Dear Sir, Malaya is not the only country where fault may be found with the educational system, for this is what I found in a London paper which reached me by the mail yesterday Evidently the Education net is badly381 words
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Article1645 1923-03-13 283 Th* Railway Again Ph—ngwrt trwvdll’Dg bon: Prye to Bangkok by mail train on iTbursday were uaabKlo book < through ticket. Railway employee state that through tickets are Prye. Eight Yaari Aga From the Strata Boho of Marcn 10, 1915 It would be decidedly interesting ti know whether the1,645 words
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Article24 1923-03-13 283 Tin is np again to-day £3,105. Jo r and £3 ss, for three months buyi respective prices being £2 i 7.15.0.24 words
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Article61 1923-03-13 283 After falling to Is. 4|d„ London cable says that the p r J c id. to 18, 4£d-, bat the market A big jump of 3i is reenided in Singapore whilst local'y good F. A- Q- R jfly a picul to $70.50 and Fi rflt Crepe S 461 words
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Article715 1923-03-13 284 JAPANESE INCOME TAX CLERK ON TRIAL Remarkable Statements The case m which S Koide, Japanese interpreter and clerk employed by the Income Tax office, stands charged with receiving $lOO as illegal gratification from another Japanese named. Minake, os continued before Mr. P. F. David, in the criminal715 words
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Article1197 1923-03-13 284 EASTERN TRADE PROSPECTS Che ordinary yearly general meeting of the Hongkong and. Shanghai Banking Corporation was held at the City Hall, Hongkong, on February 24, when the 167th report of the Court of Directors was presented. Mr. A. 0. Lang (Chairman) presided The Chairman said in the1,197 words
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Article1007 1923-03-13 285 IMPORTANT REPORTS Messrs. Katz Brothers, Limited, the secretaries, send us the annual reports of he Taiping, and the North Taiping. Tin Dredging companies which are both under the same directorate and management. The reports are. dated to-day. Taiping Tin Dredging Co., Ltd. The Directors report as follows:--our1,007 words
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Article1758 1923-03-13 286 Japan, according to the official Japanese news agency, has categorically refused to accede to the request of the Peking Government and the Peking Parliament for the cancellation of the notorious Twenty-One Demands. There is no need for us to remind our Chinese readers of the genesis and1,758 words
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Advertisement26 1923-03-13 286 C tCijO PUBLISHED DAILY MAIL EDITION ConUining the new» of the week prior to departure of Mails for Europe i Li>Lli3lliNU OJF&KfiB: The Criterion Press, Limited26 words
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Article673 1923-03-13 287 Ct’ Canny I Tbe Volunteers, or some of them, are •offering from too mnch hard work. Ho 00. ...bare th. Midi* to* o<i G 1 0 f i. jeikra. mi.tr.*. »»d Ho«pit»l i preparing for eaeee of nervous oollapwnt PoUtktl Barometer Why, oh why, hae Benter stopped Moding673 words
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Article53 1923-03-13 287 Another rise of £d. to Is. sd. is recorded, with the London Market uncertain, The Singapore market is alio uncertain, although a rise of half a cent took place at noon to-day- Locally, Good F. A. Q. went up $2 a picul to 578.50 and first Quality Crepe53 words
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Article363 1923-03-13 287 (From Our Own Corritponctent.) Singapore, March 11. A Chinese boy was run over and killed by a motor-car yesterday. A policeman riding a bicycle near H-tvelock Road this morning collided with a motor lorry and was killed. :O: m We would remind our readers of the ceremonial363 words
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Article99 1923-03-13 287 SKYE MEETING Tbe following are the handicap! f»r ft first day of the Selangor Turf tlab 8k meeting:— Class A (Five Furlongs) Pawang 12.7; Chanteh la.7* 12.0; Captain Cuttie 12.0; Seamaid 11,2 Class B (Race Course) Mah Jong 11.12; Zoom 11.7: Mav H 11.5 Motherless 11.2 Kala99 words
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Article108 1923-03-13 287 The Mexioan Cirque is really very good. It brought its short season in Georgetown to a close last night; and, to-day moves on to the rising township of Balik Pulau where we trust that it will receive the welcome it deserves. The company is a strong one,108 words
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Article240 1923-03-13 287 Previously acknowledged 1,215,070.99 Per Mr. G. Lyon-Mackenzie, Hon. Treasurer, JohoreSubscriptions collected in Johore and district transferred to Singapire... 1,409.33 Government of Kedah (second contribution) 5,000-00 >1,221,480.32 The above coat ibutio is are gratefully acknowledged by the Committee. A V- Vick. Hon- Treasure Singapore, 8 3.23. J :o:240 words
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Article1549 1923-03-13 288 Mr. 1 H. Burkil), Director of Garden* hat gone on eight months’ leave. Mr. F. A. Pledger takes Mr. J. LLouie’s eeta on the Penang Pilot Board. The Chief Secretary, F-M.P., who goes home on the Karmala on May 10, is expected to return in October. Mr.1,549 words
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Article640 1923-03-13 289 (Tt the Editor of the Strait» Echo > Dear Sir, fc like t j, o It is evident that you uvm VFI Standard boy. Bather a pity, i*d jknrhow. yon cannot say that Penang hadn’t ha/ampl* time to finish and perfmt iteprodoot The640 words
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Article572 1923-03-13 289 The following is the Calendar of persons to be tried at the Assizes to be holden a Penang on March 13, 1923. Prisoner Cbar 8 e 1. (1) Ung Bar I Couotaifeiting (2; Ong Huat J 2. (1) Chin Foo Seong > Forgery, etc. (2) Tah lek Seong572 words
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Article576 1923-03-13 289 The twelfth Annml General Meet' ing of the Young Muslim Union was held at tl e Club-house yesterday at 4.30 p.m. Dr. 8. Muhamed Baboo p re sided. The minutes of the last general meeting were read and Confirmed and the Reports and acccunts were adopted. The576 words
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Article514 1923-03-13 290 SATURDAY S SELECTION Domestic Before Mr. Scott, in the District Court, oo Saturday, Khor Joo Seong was charged W ith having, at Penang on October 9, 1919, married Miss Khoo Joo Inn during the lifetime of his lawful wife Mrs. Khor Joo Seong, the fact of whose existence514 words
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Article197 1923-03-13 290 The following appear in the F.M.S. Government Gazette of March 9; —Dr. D. Bridges to be Senior Medical Officer, Selangor, till June 3U and State Surgeon, Kedah from July 1; Dr. A. K. Cosgrave to be Senior Medical Officer, Selangor, from July 1; Dr. D. T. Skeen to197 words
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Article587 1923-03-13 290 (Io the Editor of the Straits Times.) Sir, With reference to the paragraph at the foot of my letter, in to-day’s issue of your paper, I beg to point out that you are still making statements that are contrary to facts. Your statement that a very costly587 words
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Article94 1923-03-13 290 lha results of the tennis ties played off on Wednesday were:— Mixed Doubles Handicap Class “A”—Mr. Mrs. J- H. Pedlow beat Mrs Tollemachc and J. W. Clark 6 —3, 6 —4. Ladies Doubles Handicap— Mrs. Reimann and Miss Fitzpatrick beat Mrs. Hogan and Mrs. Bennett 6— 2,94 words
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Article205 1923-03-13 290 London, February 28. lhe famous Russell divorce case reopened to-day, when the Hon. Hugo Russell presented his second petition alleging misconduct of his wife with Edgar Jacquard Mayer and a man unknown. lhe wife and Mayer deny th charges. An unmarried lady juror was allowed to205 words
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Article563 1923-03-13 291 THE FORTHCOMING CONGRESS AT SINGAPORE We have received from Dr. J. W bch.irff, hon. secretary and treasurer the 1 r Eastern Association of Tropical Medicine, a copy of a pamphlet issued for the fifth Congress of the Association, which opens in Singapore on September 3 next It might563 words
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Article220 1923-03-13 291 The Chinese named (mm Oeok. was arrested in connection v.'th tnc murder of another Chinese in Li P Pagar Hoad last month, has been com milted for trial on the capital ihaigat the forthcoming Assizes. A clan fight between parties Hokchas and Ikngwahs broke om ti the junction220 words
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Article253 1923-03-13 291 Passenger Launch Cansizes In Kelantan. We (Straits Times) are indebted to a correspondent for the following information It is estimated that 16 or 17 Chinese were drowned on February 23 through the overturning of the launch Mui Long The launch left Kuala Krai for Kuala Gris and Kuala253 words
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Article417 1923-03-13 291 P.C C. vs. P.F.S. (Past and Present) In fine weather and on a good wicket the Penang Cricket Club secured an easy victory over > tettm comprising present and past pupils of the Penang Free School by a broad margin of 119 runs on the Esplanade on Saturday afternoon.417 words
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Article1304 1923-03-13 292 —The Observer. early truce or wider CONFLICT The Strain on Neutrality America and Mediation The French failure to secure the cooperation of any section of the Ruhr inhabitants is now complete. By a psychological blunder, more perverse even than official Germany’s misconceptions and misinterpretations of foreign opinion—The Observer. - 1,304 words
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Article137 1923-03-13 292 Discovery in Patagonia London, February 27. Dr. J. G. Wolf, formerly of the Canadian Geological Survey, who is exploring Patagonia for the La Plata Museum, Buenos Ayres, claims to have discovered a fossilised human skull of the tertiary period, over a million years old —twice as137 words
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Article131 1923-03-13 292 “A Serious Danger” London, March 1. Field-Marshal Sir William Robertson in an article in the Morning Post, discussing from a military standpoint the question whether the British armies should be withdrawn from the Near East and Middle East, argues that the army is now so dissipated as131 words
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