The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 5 June 1923

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  • 20 595 The Straits Echo. MAIL EDITION. $30 PEIt Single Copy 60 cis VOL. 21. PEJhNG, UESDAY, JUNE 5TH, 1925 NO. 22
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    • 250 595 CONTENTS I Leaders: Miscellaneous: (Continued) Penang As It Might Be 597 Singapore Swimming Club 600 e«is ative Council 601 Sidelights on Restriction 600 Government And Sheep ...607 Fatal Motor Cycle Accident ...601 The First of Jnne ...613 Floating Mine Ashore ...601 ln0 Honours List 617 r* o* 01 Crime in
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    • 196 596 jL THE I “STRAITS ECHO” I g MAIL EDITION. c 0?) ■>•«■— aoooow- Sr 1a Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, Ka and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the C/z CK daily issues, as well as all important news
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  • 1329 597 In some of the towns whose beginning is but a matter of yesterday, if their growth is scarcely less remarkable than some of the “boom towns of the Canadian West that provoked Kipling to lyrical expression,—with the additional merit of permanency—the town planner, who would
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  • 135 597 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 604th auction on May 24, when there was catalogued 1,351,913 lb.; 603.53 tons. Offered 1,023,845 lb.; 457.07 tons. Sold 724,203 lb.; 323.30 tons. Prices Realized London Is. l£d. New York 27$ cts. Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Cents per lb. Singapore
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  • 83 597 rhe Editor of the India-Rubber Journal writes to the Straits Tinies. Sir,—In your weekly issue (Rubber Supplement) for March 30, we notice statement copied from the Manila Times, that the Editor of the IndiaRubber Journal, investigating the island of Basilan estimated the cost of bringing land
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  • 434 598 Dr. Wneeler, MtdicsM Officer, Cent <*1 Ke Uh, will bt pro ding on 1 ave in the near future. Chief lowp'c or 11 Hint n, of the b.M.S. Police, is expected to reiurn hombaio by the s.s. Malwa due here about June 8. Messrs. F. G. Finch,
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  • 82 598 (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Tl I) I Mr jpoh 29 The le a* Aar Memorial Tablet washing 6 cwte, made by u.ess.s Win. e and Son-. Exeter, and oont tininy the names of the i-eialc m n, who fell in the great Vyar was shipped fiom London
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  • 812 598 ALLEGED FORGERY <$ UTTERING Sensational Evidence In the Police Court, Penang, yesterday afternoon, the p eliminary enquiry into the matter of two chages against Ye»p Chow who is accused of forgery and of fraudulently using a forged promissory note as genuine was commenced by Mr, Ashton Inspector Lucy
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  • 226 598 Sir, (To the Editor of the Straits Echo) Your Police Court news of Thursday last is, as it always is, interesting reading, I regret to see that three poor hand-cail pullers were fined S7 each for a qmet gamble on the five-foot way. It is wicked to gamble, except
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  • 131 598 Rubber Restriction Bill Kuala Lumpur, May At the meeting of the Fede™ cil the Hon Mr. E. b. Host, Chief Secretary, F.M.S., I‘ res r p' 4r i c that the only business was the of tion Bill introduced under c urgency of Mr. Nathan He tm' fiRt
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  • 1443 599 and Hindu Marriage Law h the Supreme Court, >< at ,‘k he Chief S,r WMter .Mmw* «ltd upon 10 R” 6 11 decision in a in which an iDter0,tl er P 01 F Li- a„ m r.i ge law 8 mvilved, tbe respondent both Lcl-,nd lhem-e to he
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  • 113 599 It is remoured th it the Kedah Government intends to establish a scholarship or scholarships tenable at a British University. All Kedah-born Malays who attain a certain standard will be eligible. In this connection it is interesting to note that Mr. Md. Zain (Dulwich and Oxford), son
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  • 55 599 The case at Colombo against 1). M. D. Stephen, who stands charged with havir g cheated Mo E. B Creasy, in respect ol a large consignment of quinine, valued at Rs. 45,873.73, was tikeu np before IMr N. J Luddington, the Colombo Poli
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  • 43 599 The Treasury is making an effort to ea’l in all worn and torn currency notes and special arrangements have been success of the operation depends largely, however, on the coopera-ion of the general public, who are asktd to assist.
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  • 40 599 We are officially informed that the Government of K dah prnpo-es to hold an Exhibition of Malay Ats and Craft* and Agricultural Pr< ducts at An*.k Bu it Gardens, near Alor Star, about the m'dd<u of September.
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  • 14 599 As- socia ion has been registered under the Societies Ordinance.
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  • 69 599 who was charged with criminal breach of trust as a servant in respect of a large number of gramophone records, which were supp’sed to have been ««ent by train to the F.M-S-, was convicted and sentenced to six ni nths’ rigorous impris
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  • 65 599 delivered judg- ment in the Supreme Court, at Kuala Limpur, on toe originating summons taken out by the trustees of the estate of the late Dr. Loke Yew to determine whether the children of an adopted son who predeceased Dr. Loke Yew, had ar y in 1
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  • 558 600 leasing of public lands (From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, May \t the meeting of the Legislative Council the Hon. Mr. Lowther Kemp,, m a motion on the sanction obtained for the leasing of public land, argued that the Legislative Council should be consulted in such matters and gave
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  • 50 600 The following aie the lat r st quotations of rice from Messrs Cheng Liw Co: Local Par-boiled H e No. 1, 89 55 p-r bag. do do do No. 2, 89 40 do do White rice (biv grain) 810-20 do do do do (small do 810-60 do
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  • 120 600 On the 31st December, 1922, tht-rn were 2,235 miles of telegraph aid telephone lines and 15,062 miles of over head wire in the Federated Malay States, of which 11,785 were telephf n p wires. In addition there were miles of underground cables, containing 5,196 miles of wire single
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  • 20 600 of Seremban and Kedah, accompanied 'by Mrs. Fogden, is en route to Europe on holiday.
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  • 27 600 has been appointed hy the Committee of the Penan/ Library to ant as Librarian during the absence cf Mr. H. Welham on Home leave.
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  • 32 600 says that the mail despatched from Penang to London on the 2nd instant by the B.l. ss. Thongwa was delivered in London on the 28th instant.
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  • 43 600 for the week ended Mav 26 was 92’20’ and the minimum 71’80°, compared with 91° and 72° respectively for the same period last year. 'I he rainfall for the week whs 99 m.m., agair st 41 m.m. for last year.
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  • 40 600 tele- graphs that the Chinese who w s committed to the Assizes ou a charge of using forged rubber coupons, declared that he bought them on a five-foot-way from a clerk, believing them to be genuine.
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  • 58 600 an old Berkhamp- stead boy, who was for some time Acting Superintendent of the Pt nang Fire Btig.ide and who has been for the past year an officer in the Shanghai Brigade, left by the Empress of Australia to take up an appointment with the Edinburgh
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  • 134 600 is the title of a useful and informative little book just published in Penang by the an hor. Mr. Chew Chty Saye, who has succeeded in placing before his readers iu popular form the life and teachings of Confucius and Mencius with a synopsis of ancient
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  • SPORTING NEWS
    • 49 600 Applications for Refund ko icon, May •’R t be boo 1 hall Association Council el that upwards of 5,00• ticket boide s at the Cup Final fo r refund of money had lem received presenting £4,100 It is proposed 0 make all repayments by ch que.-Reuter
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    • 221 600 Annual Report The report of the Committee for the year ended Jan. 31st, 1923, states :-Tbe Working Account for the year ntM j er review shows a deficit of $1,663.86 u compared wi h a surplus of S2.l0609for the previous year. This is almost entirely due to
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  • 179 600 Scare Talk in Mincing Lane The following extracts from a letter received in Kuala Lumpur from Home by the mail perhaps call for no comment ii “The bears seem to be having it all their own way just now. Why 1 cannot understand. April shipments from Singapore
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  • 78 600 wbo i* J ue case or -loni charged with cheating the g and Shanghai Bank and J°hn was mentioned b fore Mr. Gour 7' Singapore. The accused asked adjournment in order to p r ®P .-jj deft nee, which he could not o rectived a
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  • 26 601 BIRTH, “Ardmore Penang Road, Kania Lninpnr, on the 27th inst- to Mr and Mrs U R Savege the gift of a daughter—Sbei a Jean
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  • 1037 601 The intervention on the motion for a special vote of $3,250 to provide for the appointment of an Assistant Staff Officer for the local Forces may not have been a conspicuously successful effort, but this is a minor point members of the Legislative Council employed their time to
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  • 354 601 Ma^ e '>i 6g r et l y J Ban2k °k Times of May 24, to record that Mr Ch ar leu BM ward Bulpitt, of M. SS.S Barrow X™ and Co. Ltd., was killed het night in Hualamn^ 0 eBc c dent whioh occurred in
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  • 180 601 The mine reported by the Siumeee Hydrographic Department as drifting in the fairway at the Bar on April 27 last has, according to the official notice from the Ministry of Marine, been picked up. The mine we gather was washed ashore, where it was an object of
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  • 39 601 will be closed on July 29 and will reopen on August 5, for cleaning and oveea rul. Thia decision is the outcome of exphernoe gained at Ln amt Damp.
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  • 48 601 DEATH OsBOiNB—Francis Douglas Osborne of Rosnaee, Slane, Co Meath, Ireland, after a serious operation, (ry cable.) DEATHS SUSIM— At P ari 00 3 1st, A,i,t 6.rkiw, partner in the firm of Sarkies Brofl. Aged 61Kok—In London on May 31st Edwin, Eowland Koek, Barristerat law, aged 57— by ouble
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  • 318 602 Mr. L. A. G. Morris®, who recently won the prize for the best design for a Diploma for the use of the Malayan Agri-Horti-owltural Association, has undertaken to design a certificate for the Association s Me. The Survey Department will do the reproducing of the designs. The
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  • 205 602 River Valley Road is earning a notorious name as a place for thieves, and only recently it will be remmbered, Mrs. Fergu-son-Davie had her handbag snatched away by a thief as she was riding in a ricksha along that thoroughfare, says the Straits Times. On Saturday evening,
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  • 60 602 for the marriage of Mr Lim Kean Cheang, only son of Mr and Mre Lim Cheng Teik, of “Limburg,” Larut Road, with Miss Lee Hong Teng, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Lee Quee Choo, of Singapore and Penang, and a granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Lee
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  • 993 602 Death of Viscount Chaplin Death has removed a wonderful personality, —politician, authority on agricultural matters, representative country gentleman, and a leading member of the turf for many years, —in Viscount Chaplin, the second son of the late Rev. Henry Chaplin. He was born in 1841, and educated at
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  • 100 602 The corrected return of the rice from Bangkok has now been issued for the month of March. The reco figure of 2,717,290 piculs, given in the approximate return, has actually been i®pro ved to 2,752,399 piculs, the value at same time going up Tcs. 276,051 to 16,494,039.
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  • 61 602 by ‘the Hind» empty* av is proposed oy vmo on Maxwell’s Hill, Taipm to Hindu temple on the Hill. This is felt want and it is estima’ed wi $3,000. Towards this sum the s already collected $1,500, aud they deeply obliged if people who have geD d
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  • 899 603 alleged counterfeiters COMMITTED "'police take Atap Hut by Storm In the Police Court, Penang, yesterday „Mr A V Aston held a preinto oharges preferred ml Boon Hoe and Lim Chai, of Xter-Uiting the coinage and being in .ion of the implements for doing so P n May5atBukitBatu Lanchang.
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  • 356 603 Death in the Lock-up Mr. A. V. Ashton, sitting as Coroner on Saturday, held the following inquests, the reports of which were crowded out of our columns on Monday. On May 15, P. C. 106 arrested a Tamil named Antipen, whom he suspected to be a wandering lunatic, in
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  • 477 603 (To the Editor of the Stralti Echo Sir, I have read through all the letters addressed to you under the heading of Aboriginalities.” Now I have nothing whatever to say for or against the Jawi Pekans, whose status seems to be the chief point in dispute. What I wish
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  • 46 603 20 local com- panies with a total nominal capital of $3,708,700 were incorporated and registered in the F.M.S. as compared with 30 companies with a nominal capital of $4,988,000 in 1921 and 54 companies with a nominal capital of $38,934,928 in 1920.
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  • 100 603 There was rather a bloomer in a translation from the Siam Gazette. It mentioned that the tin mined in this country contains quite 72 per cent, of ore, when it should have stated that the ore contains over 72 per cent- of tin. This is not really news. What is
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  • SPORTING NEWS
    • 632 604 Pening-P«rak Match The fellowing ere the teams for'the Inter-State Cricket mat<ch between Penang and Perak to be played on the Esplanade on Saturday and Monday Penang Perak NAM Griffin Dr P H Hennessey (Oapt) (Cap*) B N Hamilton E C Nicholson A J LDdnaldson J Hargreaves E G Bird
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    • 167 604 Penang’s Score Penang fired off for the Inter-port Rifle Match between Shanghai, Hongkong, Singapore and Penang at the Rifle Range this morning. During the early stages the light was rather dull, but it brightened up later. Generally the weather conditions were good, there being no wind. Captain
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  • 79 604 Kuala Lumpur, May 28 The Selangor Criminal Assizes commenced this morning in the Supreme Court before Mr. Justice Woodward, C. J.C, There were twelve cases on the list, three of murder and one each of gang robbery, rape, kidnapping, forgery, voluntaiily causing grievous hurt, the possession of forged
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  • 123 604 A. A. Anthony A Co.’i Daily Ripobt Sh; re Market. Flat. Rubbers. Small enquiries in certain counters but in most instances at impossible prices. Buyers Ulu Benuts 22$ cents. Tambalaks 60 ots. Bukit Jelotongs 50 ots. Malaka Pindas $1.32}. Ayer Hitam $12.75. Mentakabs 22} cts Mandai Tekongs 32}
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  • 48 604 who died about two months ago, would have celebrated his 60th birthday on 27th Hist. Among other things he gave for chanty was a building at the Chulalongtorn Hoapital, Bangkok, to be called V adhana Wongs.” This building is now completed.—S.O.
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  • 1921 604 MONDAY’S MEETING Queen’s Scholarships t, g e Revived A, meeting of the Legislative Comal was held at Singapore, on Monfo morning, H. E. the Governor (Si! Laurence Guillernard, k.c.b.,) presiding r Ihe official members present were: H E. the General Officer Commandite the Troops (Major-General Sir Nel Malcolm,
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  • 508 605 EXPORTS IN EXCESS OF PERMITS On May 5, Tan Hock Kee of Bukit Junun was brought before the Police Court, Alor Star, on the charge of exporting rubber in excess of his permit. He was convicted and sentenced to a fine of $250, the rubber being confiscated.
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  • 363 606 Accussd Committed to Assizes On Kitfurday, at Kuala Lumpur, befoie Mr. I’ryde in the police court, tIn hearing was concluded oi the case in width How l am was charged with using as genuine forged rubber coupon». Mr. W C. Stuart, superintendent (I the Rubber Coupons
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  • 569 606 OUTPUT OF BIG ESTATES The following report on the standard production oi estates of over 200 acres, and statistics showing the acreages and assessments, by the Controller of Rubber Exports, will be read with interest: The standard production of estates oi over 200 acres is 208,967,671 lb. 555
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  • 18 606 in the East is that somebody ought to.start drowning the puppies.
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  • 19 606 moved his Prohibi- tion Bill in the House. If Scotland goes dry, it will also go South.
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  • 147 606 once again, the English people about the effect of American films in India, has’resulted in a letter being sent me, from Chinsura, Bengal, by IL B. Bamsbothams, an official of the Indian Educational Service and Fellow of Calcutta University, says a writer in the Graphic. He has
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  • 195 606 in an interview declared that her journey to Timbuctoo was one that should only be undertaken by people prepared to rough it. e Touaregs impressed me as some of e most handsome men that I have c' er seen. Long, slim, wiry, aristocraticlooking, these wild men gave
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  • 944 607 Verv few people who have observed thp results of “Government trading in this country and elsewhere have any ith iu it even under conditions more or >e s5 favourable. Yet these ventures may be undertaken sometimes with a fan? vruspect of accomplishing what is aimed at When
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  • 29 607 Penis* men are becoming scarcer in London. The explanation, we fancy, is that one of them has merely gone back home for reinforcements. Ex.
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  • 34 607 of the F. M. S. Police, is resigning from the force in order to take up planting;. The major distinguished himself in the recent interstate cricket match. —M.M.
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  • 78 607 the local Fire Brigade received a call from Ko. 69, Madras Lane, but on the arrival of the Brigade the fire had been extinguished by the inmates. It appears that a j lamp Cime iu cont ct with the toko ng fittings and set fire
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  • 608 607 Lieut-Col. Graham has returned to Kuala Lumpur from Lumut. Dr M E Barnes is leaving Bangkok fur Hongkong en route hr home this week. Mr and Mrs W B Way and infant, from Puket, left Rangoon homeward bound by the Pegu on the 8th inst. M j>r
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  • 679 608 The Latest At the Federal Council meeting, the Hon. Mr. Kenion said the Government “had five to six million dollars to play with.” This was apropos of restriction, which is responsible for a change in the state of the coffers. Mr. Kenion presumably wants the Government to utilise
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  • 125 608 Mr V A Lowinger, Surveyor-General, S S and F M S, in the courrse of his annual report on the Survey Department of the Straits Settlements states that out of an estimated expenditure of 8459,303 the sum of $355,300 was expended. The revenue collected was $54,306
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  • 441 608 The District Grand Lodge of the Eastern Archipelago met at Freemasons Hall, Singapore, on Saturday evening under the Presidency of HE Major-General Sir Neill Malcolm, K C B, DS 0, District Grand Master. The following officers of Grand Lodge were appointed for the ensuing year: —D S G Warden
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  • 17 608 was a passengei from Singapore to Penang by the s.s. Kitano Maru to-day.
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  • 690 608 AMENDING THE RUBBEB RESTRICTION BILL A special meeting of the Feder»! c,. was held in the Council ChaX H Lumpur, under the piesidency o f a Acting Chief Secretary, the Hon. Mr f'? Hose. j a Tightening up Restriction The affirmation was made by MaeLelland, Seott, and Bannon.
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  • 249 609 They are still busy at Singapore, as the following from Tuesday’s Tribune shows: Ismin, a Javanese motor car driver, was relieved of a hat, a rain coat and cash to the total value of $4-2 at 10-15 p.m. on Saturday, in Victoria-street- Three Chinese were concerned in
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  • 36 609 Tn/P t8 tho bowls ties pJayod off on nesday were Championship Pairs, J G udHn nd i E Heimann w.o G Stothard cinxl lam ad 68 Singles HandiReimL 214. McLerUOn beat 6 Mr9
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  • 49 609 Metre r B “X2°C W P° the f rm Catnbridon v enau K possesses a should U L e 7'? R “«S < r blue He Penan? fin a U&e U acquisition to the starts fn th eeU W 0U season ns m the near future.
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  • 58 609 was at Port Dickson 00 Saturday j o was at j ort D’ckson end. A aUt Sunday of last weekr playwi n th 8°*lto nil Th X 8ai,ors won by one and officers were entertained Port Dickson rBt ru the residents of 2 European and v
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  • 65 609 Pissed to hear' e ?i Penan 8 will be ttur 4 Mr o- R Craik f transferred H re, who tc p iere some tim ago, will T 111 00 doubt t week. He {f »rward hT" T the P C C f <>ot- noidenta
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  • 737 609 THE MOTOR BUS TRAGEDY Driver Acquitted Before Mr A. V. Aston, in the Police Court yesterday, the trial of Tan Teow Kang, Municipal motor-bus driver on a charire of having, on March 3, driven his motor-bus in a manner so rash and negligent as to endanger human life,
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  • 188 609 A A ANTHONY CO.’S D1ILY RlPOBU Share Market. Quiet, more enquiry generally for any cheap lots in b >th the Rubber and Tin Sections, but sellers a»e holding for their limits and business aontinues difficult to negotiate. Rubbers. Fair euquuy for most of the Dodar issues which are
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  • 24 609 Manager of the Straits Trading Company, Limited, Penang, goes to Australia on have, Mr Wood will act for him.
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  • 45 609 of the Penang and Pro- vince Wellesley Volunteer Corps by the General Officer Commanding has been fixed provisionally for Sunday, September 23, when there will be a geneial concentration of the whole cm ps to be followed by field tiring near Bukit Jurn.
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  • 117 609 by the Rumphius included Miss Bronwer, Dr Grun, Mr and Mrs J D Keay, Mr J P F Muller, Mr R W Burton, Mr and Mrs MacCulloch, Mr Everts, Mr Freshwater, Mr Hilton, Mrs A S Legh, Mr Lievin, Miss Gillot Lucienne, Mr and Mrs Martin
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  • 124 609 and of their youngsters doing well. Mr A Robertson (Borneo Bill) is still at Eastbourne, and his boy Duncan is corning out to join the A PC. He ought to help the already good reputation of the Company for sport, being keen on rowing,
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  • 5363 610 introduction or cuhkencv BILL Rubber Smuggling Prevention In cootinwtion of .Mo,,!,;. moeting of Council the question of the t House, was »8«"» hll ,i r Campbell observing that he ha I nothing further to “'U' ■rhe Acting Colonial Secretarystate t l„. the Colonial Engineer had been to lac(
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  • 744 613 The glorious first of June is the anniversary of that great day one hundred and thirty years ago, on which the British fleet, under Admiral Earl Howe, whom Nelson described as the first and greatest sea officer that the world had ever produced and the greatest
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  • 30 613 that 704 coolies arrived by the s.s. Ellenga to-day; 372 were sent to Pulau Jerejak for quarantine and the remainder to Port Swettenham for quarantine there.
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  • 46 613 by the Kopah to day From Bela wan (Deli): Mr and Mrs Moll, Mr Santman, Mr 0 Strobel, Mr CO De wick, Mr C P Cornelius, Mr and Mrs Pjoa Kim Pjoan, Mr and Mrs K M Pillay, and Mies Pillay.
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  • 42 613 that the following are the numbers of arrivals from and departures to the Madras Presidenoy for the month of May:— arrivals adults and 85 minors; departures 3,547 adults and 282 minors. The arrivals relate to aided passengers only.
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  • 59 613 From Singapore, Hon Mr A B Vonles, Mr and Mrs C B T Powell and child, Mr J H Winter and Mr F Fletcher. From Port Swettenham, Dr J M Crago, Dr J G Hanna, Dr A K Ccsgrnve, Mrs
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  • 146 613 in successfully catching and prosecuting the road-hog-ging driver of a motor bus near Rantau, has been hailed with satisfaction by every European in the district, writes a Rantau correspondent, of the Malay Mail. Recklessness on the part of many
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  • 518 613 Mr H L Hopkin, of the staff of the Straits Times, returned from Home leave on May 29Mr P F Burr, Chief Sanitary Inspector, Kinta, who has been away in England on a holiday, is now on his way b'.ck to Ipoh. Mrs Harvey, wife of Mr
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  • 1149 614 Mr. Pountney and Currency At the meeting of the Legislative Council, the Bill to amend the law relating to the issue of Government currency was read a first time, after a lengthy explanatory statement and review of a somewhat technical subject by the Treasurer, who considerately presented to
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  • 63 614 a cable has O a> uauju 1103 been received by Mr. Arshak Sarkies announcing the sudden death in Paris of Mr. Avijt barkies, his eldest brother and the senior partner in the firm Sarkies Brothers. We are asked to state that there will he no
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  • 417 614 DODGE AND PAIGE TRY CONCLUSIONS In the civil court, Kuala Lu m n ar Mr Irvine, evidence was taken n the 2 in which Mr A L Simmons, Vmtoria Malay Estates, Seremban, claimed $1/5 damages from Mr. Alan Loks u result of a motor collision. MrLovelJ appeared for
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  • 334 614 There’s Many a Slip Detective 27 was walking along Street, with his eyes wide open, ago, yesterday, at 9.30 in walking when he observed Mt «-tment’i away from the Public Works ep q store with a brass Yale pad oc his hand. Requesting the pea gentleman’s
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  • 369 615 LEAN CO.’i WEEKLY REPORT Thursday evening. Although £199.15.0, the 3 m's closing quotation for Tin shows an advance of £3.5.0 on last week’s figure, the market has been most erratic with looal mcvements quite independent from Home quotations. Rubber is decidedly firmer, closing at P2| in London and
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  • 54 615 ki>h Resident' P lel and Act Tl|,t to K&mDftr i* J erak P aifi an official S r E A Dicfsnn Vl W T eek accotn P a nied by p tC! «har>d minute! h9tr,ct Officer Mr Gc-fernment cstahr y lns P ectfcd
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  • 2125 615 RUBBER RESTRICTION BILL At a meeting of the Federal Council in the Council Chamber, Kuala Lumpur, the Legal adviser, introducing this bill, said that the circumstances which led to the introduction of the last bill were well-known. In introducing that first bill, tlu> Government had very short notice
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  • 83 616 (Prom Our Own Cor regpondent.) Wk < 1 r J P° h Ma y 3ft suioid 1S J< lpvp d to be a case of whon e n T Urr f d a C0Uple f dft ys ago n a lamil woman, the wife of a odfiy shop
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  • 69 616 Ihe annual general meeting of the I .linters' Association wi 1 b held In the Johore Civil Service «■Mb. Johore Bahru, on Thursday' f i|' a <0 transact the mr'r p l sl 1 ncs i inutes. Accounts, Annua Iteport, Election of Office bearvear 1™.',°.“ Of rules
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  • 319 616 I ii aun t> always believed that able bequests afford a testator o gratifying his vanity at the I of his heirs, I make none.” I This is a clause in the win Stuyvesant Fish, the N ew y-/* er, who died in April, leaving I says
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  • 25 616 bob their hair, forms the subject of a debate to be held at the C. C. A. Hall. Prinsep Street, Singapore.
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  • 33 616 had been It nt by the Government to the Municipality of Singapore for electric lighting to Tanglin. The money is repayable by half yearly instalments, interest ■> per cent.
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  • 179 616 I Under the above heading the Gias* I gow Herald published recently 8 y m I pathetic and well-written article describing a day in the life on an average rubber planter in the Malay States. The article was unsigned, but was obviously written by one who had
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  • 38 617 births r. M «—On liny 31st at 9 Napier Road, StoA «>’ fe of G E Cator Malay u Civil Service, of a daughter. Boro—A* Breinton, Penang, on Atb inst, io the wife of A Boyd, aeon.
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  • 1038 617 In these days of “purged peerages and honours the names of prospective recipients at Home submitted to His Majesty presumably pass a closer scrutiny, and there is reason to suppose that they also pass the wider examination of the public. Recently, the honours awarded for political services
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  • 20 617 of the King Edward VII College of Medicine expired on Sator» day and the College reopened to*day.
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  • 28 617 of the Planters' Association of Malaya, as incorporated in the F M S by Enactment, will be held at Kuala Lumpur on June 20.
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  • 73 617 the death of Mrs Quah Beng Hoe, which took place on Friday, June 1. The funeral has been fixed to take place on Wednesday, the 6th inst. at 10 a-m. sharp. The remains will then be removed from 194 McAlister Road, Penang, for interment at Batu
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  • 32 617 managing director of Nicholls Ltd, Fremantle, leaves by the Gascoyne for Australia. The captain and Mrs Nicholls have been spending a short holiday in Singapore and the Rhio.
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  • 40 617 Jnr., accountant in the Singapore branch of the International Banking Corporation, is being transferred to the Yokohama branch, and will be leaving Singapore shortly. Mr. Dixson’s departure will be regretted by a la”ge circle of friend*.
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  • 329 617 A Sad Loss (From Out Own Corretvondeni Singapore, Junel The death oocurred suddenly in Paris on May 31 of M r. Aviet S«rkies, the oldest partner in Mt ssrs Sarkies Brothers, at the age of 61. He had been connected with the Straits since t.he
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  • 517 618 Mr, 8. C. de Bmsierre is in charge of the Belgian Consulate (honorary) at Singapore. Rajah Chulah. who represented H H the Saltan of Perak in the Federal Conncil at its last meeting, is on a visit to Singapore. if Mr B S Walton and John Leeson
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  • 789 618 General Post? Rumour is busy with the names of certain highly placed members of the Malayan Civil Service. Probably this is not news to many of our readers. It is reported in the Straits that the Colonial Office is considering the claims of Sir Frederick Seton James and
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  • 25 618 of Henderson Brothers, Limited, is proceeding to New York and Boston on six months' leave by the Atlantic City to-d >y.
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  • 27 618 0 B E, R GA, having disembarked on May 26, is taken on the strength of the Command at Singapore from that date.
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  • 29 618 manager of Sungei Way Estate, will be going home shortly. Daring his absence Mr H 0 Orr of the same estate will act as manager*
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  • 33 618 of the firm of Oliver and Keelor, New York, who visited Singapore late in 1921, is planning to e» 1 for the Straits from New York agsinabou September next.
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  • 28 618 is announced between an engagement is Mr. Edward Jago, Malayan Civil 8®rvioe, and Miss Mary Dowden, elder Dr. R. Dowden, Principal Mediaal (W* Federated Malay States.
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  • 81 618 At a meeting of the Council o Inoorporated Society of Planters, Kuala Lumpur on the 25th May, a sub-committee was formed to ods1 q jj d0< question of reorganising the somewhat similar to the PAM D P A’s with a view to. combination and unanimity a Planters which
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  • 1943 619 PENANG vs. PERAK Saturday’s Play Favoured with ideal weather, the InterState Cricket match between Penang and Perak began on the Esplanade on Saturday morning before a fair crowd, which gradually increased in number, especially in the evening, Winning the toss, the Penang ikipper elected to bat and the
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  • 106 620 UNITED TRADERS’ REPORT Friday. To-day. Buyers Sellers. Buyers. Sellers. Rubbib (Dollar) Atw Molek, 120 1.274 1.25 1.32 j”.h. 1224 1.274 1.27 J 1.37} Kedah» 2.174 2.22| 2.221 2.324 Koala Sidime... 217? 2.221 2 22? 2.32; Lunas 7.25 7.75 750 8.00 Tembalaks .671 .72} .72} .77} U. Malaccas 127}
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  • 23 620 will he held at the Parsonage, Northam Road, on Thursday, June 7 at 10 a. m.
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  • 52 620 of the Battle of the Somme, under the auspices of the Singapore Brunch of th w Ex-Ser-vices Association, Singapore, will be held, by kind permission of the Commandant, in the S.V.C. Drill Hall on Saturday, June 30. 'Fhe catering will be in the capable hands of Messrs.
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  • 63 620 when there will he a change of programme, "The Thi»d Generation” in 5 reels wi I b® presented together with Thomas H. Inoe’s great drama of the Old Homwst’ad “Homespun Folks” in six acts, and a number of comedies including “The Idle Claes” which will
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  • 168 620 is the announcement of thw approach- ing retirement of Lieut.-Commander W. B. Pulmĕr, R.N.R, commodore of the P. 4 O. fleet and commander of the Kaiser-I-Hind He joined the Company in January, 1884, and hie first ship was the Siam. It is
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  • 177 620 MALAYA'S QUOTA Two For Penang [Riutib’b Tkleobamb London, June 1 The following is the list of Birthday Honours K 0 M G, —Sir Laurence Nunns Guillemard, K C B C M G. —The Hon Mr Cecil William Chase Parr (British Resident, Perak, who is now Home on leave).
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  • 379 620 Mr. Ralph H. Pinhorn, Headmaster of the Penang Free School, was born in 1’71, being the son of the Rev. C. A. Pinhorn, formerly vicar of Harvey, Berks. He received his early education at the Wolverhamption Grammar School and then went to Keble College, Oxford, where
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  • 178 620 CELEBRATION IN PENAN’Q Brief Ceremony There was a large gathering at th» M. Ground, Penang, on Saturday I™,™ 0 the vioinity of the Saluting barn T g ness the parade of the Pentn. Police and School Cadet» under th. maud of Lt-Col VV H Whyte 0 0 T
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  • 207 620 (From (fur Own Corrttpondeni.) Ipoh, June 4 A large crowd assembled onthepadang yesterday morv.ing to witness the Cermonial Parade which had been arranged in honour of His Majesty the King’s Birthday. Members of the Ipoh Club and other prominent residents assembled on the Club I terraces whilst
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  • 134 620 (From Our Own Cormponiti/d) Singapore, Jun® Those who paraded nn the Padang the King’s Birthday celebrations nwberea 1,650, including 500 Volunteers, 240 o Johore Forces, 660 Regulars aD Scouts. H. E. the Governor, Sir Guillemard took the salute. A feu e J and an artillery salute were nre
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