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Title Section20 1924-01-01 1 The Straits Echo. MAIL EDITION. 918 PBK ASNUM *»inx!e Copy 40 <-ts VOL. 22 PENANG: JANUARY 1, 1924 NO. 120 words
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Advertisement195 1924-01-01 1 I CONTENTS I LEADERS: MISCELLANEOUS (Continued) Chri-tm». ]527 Record Run to Colombo 1539 J The ivic Spirit 1534 The Chinese in Si ogapore 1541 I'he Question of the Day 153 b hrietmas at xNebmig Tehal 1541 I I A Bad Advocate 1542 A Penang Sensation 1543 A Model Judgment 1546195 words
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Advertisement190 1924-01-01 2 y V T H E I STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. aL, Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, 7% and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the 7% daily issues, as well as all important news from various parts of (he190 words
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Article891 1924-01-01 1527 happy t hristmab to our readers! Christmas Da\ tails upon a Tuesday, and the ancients were convinced that nothing could be better. For the time being, following tradition, the daily tusk is laid aside the cl >ck ticks the hours not of public events, hut of the season’s observances891 words
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Article455 1924-01-01 1527 Mr. J. 1. Miller has been granted < ight months’ leave of absence. Mr-. \V. G. Stirling has returned to > «pure horn her holiday in Canton I .1. C. Cuthbert. M.C., has been > i a commission as Second-Lieu!. i lhe S.S.V.F. Mr. N. A. M. Griffin and455 words
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Advertisement101 1924-01-01 1527 cue Straits cbo. PUBLISHED DAILY. MAIL EDITION Containing the news of the week prior to departure of Mails for Europe file Criterion Press, Limited 59, Beach Street, I enang"domestic occurrences DEATH SiKAeitAS. On Saturday, December 22 1’.i23. M Bedong, Kedah, Artiiui Milne Strachan, aged 33 years. funeral notice rhe funeral101 words
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Article1308 1924-01-01 1528 The Soviet and Switzerland Apopoe of tl. .-oriel ',ov rn rvoent prop.wl to t e le 'I. 'OD V, divoiM the Weehiogtoo Navel »gr»eraent any where ootaid- of Sw.twrl»n<l, M Chicherin recently mule a pablU! uteten»wH to the effect that Switzerland had MieoeiaUd itself with the warder Of1,308 words
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Article32 1924-01-01 1528 Mrs. Adams gratefully acknowledges the following contiibutions Pieviou-ly acknowledged Mrs. L A. Thomas 25.00 Mrs. Ba« z i 5.00 Mrs. Palgrave Simpson 10.00 Mrs. Knapp s*oo Total $l3O 0032 words
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Article170 1924-01-01 1528 Annual Report The Eastern Smelting Company Limited informs us that it has received cable advices from its London Office io the effect that the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31st August, 1923, were issued in London, on December 20. The balance at credit170 words
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Article177 1924-01-01 1528 An interesting soccer” match, play'd on Saturday on the Esplanade between the Balik Pulau Recreation Club and the Government Monopolies Athletic Club, resulted in a win for the Monopolies by three goals to nil. o: Ibe tollowing passengers landed in I’cnang this rooming from the French steamer Amboise:177 words
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Article1391 1924-01-01 1529 MISS TEOH CHENG HOE v. FUKIEN GIRLS’ SCHOOL Further Proceedings Tllt hearing of the action in which Miss T 1 hen«r Hoe, till recently head misr;.ss of the Fukien Girls’ School, Penis suing the President and Coininittce ol that School lor the equivalent of four months’ salary,1,391 words
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Article400 1924-01-01 1529 AT THE HOTELS W ith the added attraction ol the Penang Hill Railway, there is quite an imlux or visitors to Penang tor the Christmas holidays this year and the local hotels are well filled up. Those slaying at the E. O. Hotel include: Mr. J. M.400 words
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Article1708 1924-01-01 1530 SI BSTANTIAL PROFITS I ROM all branches 'I h» eleventh annual general meeting of W« «rne Bro- Ltd v. hold at the 'iifHpanv h office». Orchard Hoad, nt Firm Mr T J B Wenrne presiding. The Chainuan «aid Gentlemtn, aa tli< <hr»*ctoib report and tatemeiit of account1,708 words
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Article1854 1924-01-01 1531 PRIVY COUNCIL JUDGMENT Eastern Shipping Co, Ltd. Appellant”. VS. Qoah Beng Kee Respondent. Judgment of the Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council delivered by Lord Wren bury the 16th November, 1923. present at the Hearing: Lords Atkinson, Shaw, Wrenbury, Carson, and Sir Robert Younget.1,854 words
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87 1924-01-01 1531 Our Ipoh correspondent telegraphs us that an interesting series of models of primitive Chinese mining metho is in use before the introduction of machinery is being prepared by the Peiak Mining and Planting Association under the supervision of Mr. Foo Wha Cheng, for the Empire87 words
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Article281 1924-01-01 1532 Tb« Controller of Rubber Exports foi the 8 8 and EM 8 HhU, d a suni mars of rubber stocks in the bands of the dealer», on October 31. PT2-» lh« figure,, work out as follows Rehtkiction Areas in the I M 8 there were 1.927 tons281 words
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Article552 1924-01-01 1532 lln tint roller of Rubber Experts for 'ln- 8 8 and I M S has issued the following -ta’« im nt <>f his returns for the month of November. 1923 lons Exports from British Malaya 17.543 Rubber loaded and a float in Singapore harbour and not included552 words
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Article552 1924-01-01 1532 Mild Sensation at PRC. O 1; Thursday evening a mild sensation was caused at the Penang Recreation Chib, on the Esplanade, when members who were still in, detected a decided dare at one end of the building. Jumping out of their seats they discovered that the flame552 words
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Article1252 1924-01-01 1533 Long before the art of writing was L g j t he civic spirit stirred the I con 7 Fragmentary records—all that is left to us of our most ancient hisLv—reveal civilizations that were hun- I r ~f vears old when the originals dredb carved or written,1,252 words
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Article455 1924-01-01 1533 Mrs. Fane, of Cairo Estate, Batang Be'nar, has left for Heme. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Pledger will be going on leave early next year. Mr. A. F. Richards, Secretary to the high Commissioner, is coming to Penang early next month. Mr. Davenham has arrived at Siiiawan455 words
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Article1815 1924-01-01 1534 In Matters of Commerce... Many reasons have been given for failure of the Dutch planting inte e«ti to come in” with Malaya and Ceylon in the Stevenson rubber restriction scheme, and there is now no ground for not disclosing the truth that the main factors that kept them1,815 words
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Article1187 1924-01-01 1535 Panim this year, was Chris I®* 1 8 fc As many as could spent a Ration went up the Hii'a. tbe Hotels attractive, wbiLt SXimming Club was a rendezvous for ,b B The Eurasian community enjoyed J®® 1 th picnic iparties, and the cus>tself h. 8^!-to-house visits1,187 words
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Article857 1924-01-01 1535 INSPECTORS’ GRIEVANCES During the recent attention which ha» been culled to the state of crime in Singapore, the question of the organisation and personnel of the Force has been freely commented on, and emphasis laid on the desirability of having good men, looking on their occupation as a857 words
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Article257 1924-01-01 1536 Billet and Norman gave their strings i pijw opener" this morning. No times, however, were kept. Real work i a now on the eve of commencement and I hope to begin recording some of the times by next week. Past work should be in full swing by then.257 words
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Article1107 1924-01-01 1536 defence opened Further hearing of the action in which Miss Too Cheng Hoe, till recently headmistress of the Fukien Girls School. Penang, is suing the President and committee of that School for the equivalent of four months’ salary upon an alleged breach of agreement, was resumed on1,107 words
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Article1637 1924-01-01 1537 I’nbbei- restriction, the price ol tin, i the opium question, the develop- i'enang hill. hnance ®d constitutional reform are all matters .importance to tins country but the 0 e problem above all others that erics laid tor immediate and drastic handlin<r is the appalling prevalence of1,637 words
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Article496 1924-01-01 1538 ui G A Kelscbker i» returning iroui Europe by the Naldera, arriving on bingupore about I ebruary 2 Mr A J bheedy, Amristant Superintendent of Police, S S., and Mrs. bbeedy, returned from home to-day by the s Mentor. Rajah Allang bin Raja Brayuon, J.K, of Kajang,496 words
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Article804 1924-01-01 1538 Seeing and Believing Peninsular Malays fiud it difficuh, if not imp s«ible, to believe that a railway, up the Penang Hill, has really been built A District Officer, in the course of a report, observes: Stories as to the Hill Railway being completed, are mt t w ith804 words
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Article331 1924-01-01 1538 The Sarpedon’s Feat We hear that the s-s. Sarpedon, which left Penang on the 19th, accomplished a record run to Colombo, covering the distance—l29o miles—in three days, The Sarptdon and the Patroclus are two of the newest ships of the Holt Line. The .Sarpedon called at331 words
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Article1694 1924-01-01 1539 further evidence for DEFENCE Tht further hearing of the Hoe, till recently headmistress of the Fukien Girls School, knang. is suing the President and committee of that School for the equivalent lt f oll r months’ salary upon an alleged breach of agreement, was resumed yesterdav morning1,694 words
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Article1463 1924-01-01 1540 a home he view <,M Ym»« is Sis.mi-m. lb <>-• Siam». (Murrav. -‘Mb. net.) f ever proof of Chinese industry and patience were needed, it would be found m this monumental and exhaustive work which in intended companion n, One Hundred Years ol Singapore, reviewed in1,463 words
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Article88 1924-01-01 1540 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, December 2b At yesterday’s meeting ot the Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Boaid interesting debate followed the motion of Air. Yap Tai Chithat the time bad arrived for the conversion of the Board into a Municipality.’ 1 Iho mover agreed that the. matter88 words
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Article169 1924-01-01 1540 Gn hristmas Eve, the grounds of Hie Nebong Tebal Recreation Club were blight with little children and fair iiulios, when Mrs. R. Grant, wife of t ic District Officer, Nebong Tebal, gave J 5 S ,,,a s treat to the children of the District. The (’hristmas169 words
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Article1684 1924-01-01 1541 M.M Goo d causes are often spoilt by bad ivnpflcv and the police inspectors of the Colony, who have followed I he exXie O f their F.M.S. colleagues and Petitioned the Governor for unproved nay, prospects and promotion, may well Lv to be saved from the triendM.M - 1,684 words
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Obituary21 1924-01-01 1541 death On the 28th inst., at 182, CH^ NG nh Road Choong Chew Kooi ££S < I’ihS. 1 Singapore papers please copy.21 words
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Article474 1924-01-01 1542 dr Muroi Mok uro La- been uppointcd Japan-* Minister at Buenos Ayres. Mr W W Fcgen, editor of the Bangkok Daily Mail, is on a visit to Singapore. Sir Alfred and Lady Mond have left England for India where they will be the guests of the Viceroy. Mr Tambydurai.474 words
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Article334 1924-01-01 1542 WHERE INQUESTS ARE NECESSARY Mr. H. A. Ferrer, Second Magistrate, Penang, silting as Coroner to-day, htld an enquiry into two recent deaths in Peiarg. The first related to a vagrant Chinese woman. From the evidence it appsars that F-he was sent to the House of Detenlion in Aui/nst,334 words
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Article272 1924-01-01 1542 ALLEGATIONS AGAINST A BANK CASHIER, 112,000 Missing Quite a sensation was caused in the business part of the town, to-day, when it became known that the Assistant Cashier of the Overseas Chinese Bank, Penang, had absconded, and that a large sum of money was missing. Curiosity was272 words
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Article360 1924-01-01 1542 WAT SONM AXW ELL A Brilliant Ceremony (from Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, December 29 At the Presbyterian Church here, yesterday afternoon, the wedding of Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charleton Maxwell, and Mr. Leslie Edward Watson, of Kuala Lumpur, was solemnized, in the presence360 words
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Article157 1924-01-01 1542 On the 21st inst., we (Straits Times) were informed that a largely attended meeting of Chinese in Singapore unanimously voted against any Government interference with the present state of affairs as regards the purchasing and smoking of opium. It appears, however, that the views expressed were157 words
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Article948 1924-01-01 1543 URks should ro.lize th n flicti n of ft ,lue h °,7 Lr b’avv, is quite inadequate penalty for the Offences of rubber smuggnug and forgery of rubblr coupons The profits 0 [e made by these offenders are so re ,t that fines are readily pud especial y948 words
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Article229 1924-01-01 1543 A meeting of the Entertainment Committee for the visit of the Light Cruiser Squadron to Penang was held on Thursday afternoon at 4.30 p.m. in the Governor’s Room, Government Buildings. The Hon. Mr. A B. Voules, Resident Councillor (President) occupied the chair and 39 membersof committee were229 words
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Article1236 1924-01-01 1543 THE ENTRIES Toe following are the entries f>r the Penang races to be held on January 8, 10 and 1 2: FIRST DAY TUESDAY, Bth JANUARY, 1§24 1, 4 6-THE PRESIDENT’S PLATE, CUP AND PURSE 3, 4.20 and 5.10 p.m. Values;A Division $1,200 and a Cup presented by1,236 words
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Article398 1924-01-01 1544 The racecourse paddock and training track are at length beginning to assume a busy aspect. There were on show today, over thirty horses, about twenty of which (Billet’s and Norman’s) have been here for sone time whilst the others have come in during the last few days. 1398 words
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Article41 1924-01-01 1544 We are officially informed that the Government of the Federated Malay States has sold in the open market 4,500 tons of tin representing the entire release of its stocks for the nine months April-December inclusive, under the Bandoeng Agreement.41 words
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Article37 1924-01-01 1544 Tlure will no issue of the Sir«ii« Echo on lue day iexQ New Yem’s Day, lut ;he paper will be published as usuai ou Munday. The Fea ug Library will be closed on Tuesday.37 words
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Article244 1924-01-01 1544 New Books The Annual Register for 1922, Edited by M. Epstein. The 'hoĕphoroe, by Aeschylus (Translated by Gilbert Murray). (bio and The Chateau de Vaux-le icomte, by Anatole France. The Constitution of The United States, by T. J. Norton. Ihe Diary of Nelly I’taschkina (Translated by Pauline de244 words
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Article1195 1924-01-01 1545 Terse concise, anil slitiight to ll,t the judgment of Lord Wrenbuij, P°'? i I J himself and the other Lords rfjutol Committee of the Privy Council, in what is known a-s I he Sunken Wharf case, has, as a pieces ot lega itnrp been received with the1,195 words
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Article464 1924-01-01 1545 Mr. R. Acton, barrister-at-law, is appointed to act temporarily as a Judge of the Supreme Court, from January 7 next. Miss J. Rennie and Aiiss Ai. S. Ncvillw. Nursing Sisters, Straits Settlements, A're seconded for service under the Govtinment of Kedah. Mr. D. Al. Halo. Chief Sanitary464 words
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Article1242 1924-01-01 1546 To-morrow’s Ceremony It is to b« hop.d that our reales win eomply with the request of the Police, that they should arrive in good time for the opening ceremony of the Hills Railway. The Hills Railway Roai, terminating in a cul de feac at tne Station, has not1,242 words
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Article475 1924-01-01 1546 ASIATIC OPINION (To the Editor of the Malaya Tribune). With reference to the V. D. Conn mittee’s report which you have published in your paper 1 beg to point out the following: It is intruding more and more into the family life of the middle class Straits-born475 words
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Article68 1924-01-01 1547 The Club Championship lor 1923 will be competed for towards the end of January 1924. Entries will close on January 12, and are restricted to members with handicaps ol 9or under, the Tenanover Cup, presented by Mr. J (1. Brown, will also be competed tor if the68 words
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Article64 1924-01-01 1547 Selangor vs. Perak Our Kuala Lumpur correspondent wires us that in the inter-State hockey match, yesterday. Selangor beat Perak by 7 goals to 4. A. 0. Wilson scored five goals, and Hoblyn scored two, for Selangor. For Perak. R. E. Wilson and Lintott scored one each. Cromie. .the Selangor64 words
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Article935 1924-01-01 1547 Entries and Anticipations The entries lor the Penang luri Club \,cw Year Meeting must have uwen read with considerable interest by all turfites, In the first place tliej constitute a record for a Penang meeting; and the success of the meeting is assured, for large fields are promised,935 words
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Article451 1924-01-01 1547 APPOINTMENTS The following appointments appear in the current issue of the F.AI.S. Gazette: Air. A. C. Wollaston to be an Assistant Superintendent, Post and Telegraphs, F.M.S., from October 1, 1923. Mr. Wollaston assumed duty on November 17, 1923. Air. J. Wright to be Foreman Boiler Inspector, F.M.S. from451 words
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Article1004 1924-01-01 1548 government counsel REBUKED BY MAGISTRATE (From the Straits Times < one pondent) Kuala Lumpur, December 2* 'Hie case was heard this afternoon before Mr W. Pryde, m the Police Court, iu which the Anglo-French 'trading Co. are charged with being in po«>rsH< u> of five tons rubber1,004 words
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Article138 1924-01-01 1548 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo Sir, 1 have great pleasure in stating that I have been able to hand over to the 1 Secretary of St. Dunstan’s Society, at Penang,* the sum of $237.40, the profits from the entertainment given on December 15, in138 words
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Article350 1924-01-01 1548 Judgment for Df.fen da nts The further hearing of the action in which Miss Teo Cheng Hoe, till recently headmistress of the Fukien Girls’ School, Penang, is suing the President and committee of that School for the equivalent of four months' salary- upon an alleged breach of350 words
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Article1123 1924-01-01 1549 ANTHONY CO.’S SHARE LIST o»"’’*" 7 BuyeBe T? c ct x tm 1.17} 1.22 i iS IS Ayer Molek Rubter Ltd s'oo 5.15 Ay-r P*u> B Rubber Lstate. Lm. 2.60 2.80 I Balgow^ e R 2 ,bl c‘ Ltd 0.97 J to2} Bassett Rubber o td rO O 150 Rubber1,123 words
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Article33 1924-01-01 1549 Penan? 200,100, Straits 166,000, Sab nt? 46,5C0, Tali Aye r 79,50°, ttubara 60,000, Serai 26,500, Rabit 26,000, Karan 23,600 and Merchiuton 21,000 lb. K. M. S. Estate 39 400 lb.33 words
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Article289 1924-01-01 1549 Tongkah Harbour, from 16th to 22nd December (being one week), 8 tons. Tongkah Harbour, from 23rd to 29th December (being one week), 6 tons. Nawng Pet, for the month of December, hours run 642, yardage treated 61,000, ore won piculs 900. Taping, for the month of December, (2289 words
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