The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 5 January 1924
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Title Section20 1924-01-05 1 The Straits Echo. MAIL EDITION. $lB PER ANNUM Single Copy 40 cts VOL. 22 PENANG: JANUARY 5, 1924 NO. 220 words
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Advertisement211 1924-01-05 1 i CONTENTS LEADERS: MISCELLANEOUS (Continued) Malay» and the Honour»' List 1550 Malaya in 1924 1558 The New Tear 1556 Colo,lill Office d Th Bsr 1559 a wwv L The Singapore Base 1559 A New Way to Pay Old Debts 1560 I The New Year Honours 1561 M Why Subsidise Traders!211 words
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Advertisement184 1924-01-05 2 THE dfi? STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. «C» Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the /X) eg daily issues, as well as all important news from various parts of the Far East, including China,184 words
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Article742 1924-01-05 1550 Twelve months ago we complained of the meagre showing made by Alalaya in the New Year’s Hon >ur> List. Then there were three local recipients, Sir Frederick James, Mr. Pountney and Air. Quah Heng Kee. This year we have only two to congratulate, Dr. Galloway742 words
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Article61 1924-01-05 1550 THE KRIAN” ASHORE H i:\vy Bain at the New Year (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore. January 2. The s.s. Brian went ashore on the Pulau Bukum Shoal yesterday afternoon. Aller lightering, she was (loafed off without any damage. Land and Sea Sports In spile of heavy rains yesterday,61 words
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Article134 1924-01-05 1550 DEALERS' DIFFICULTIES Meeting at Kuala Lumpur (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, January 2. At a largely attended meeting of local rubber dealers on Monday the following resolution was unanimously passed: This meeting of rubber dealers records that it has been their practice in the case of sales134 words
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Article478 1924-01-05 1550 etc for sailing on April 25.’’Cathedral Paper. Mr. and Airs. A. J. Laly are leaving Kuala Lumput for Home early this week. Mr. W. Gare has arrived from England to take up a planting billet wii.li the Anglo-Malay Rubber Co. Mrs. W. P. Webb, wife of the manager ofetc for sailing on April 25.’’Cathedral Paper. - 478 words
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Article212 1924-01-05 1551 Handicaps For First Day Ibc Ivßowiug arc the handicaps lor the first day: ilucc 1: i’atby 9.5, Calculator B.W, Bonxu 80, Top <ll, Came B 7.11, Kangaroo 7.3 Race 2: Laay W aliac 9.3, Beau Regarde 9,3, Kelagold 8.10, Slippery Sain Queen of Sheba 83, Rockport 8 Prince212 words
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Article79 1924-01-05 1551 Two new racers, for Mr. Mordecai’a ownership, have arrived from Australia and may be entered at the Tpoh meeting. They arp both aged geldingfl and an* Sir Hatan, of the Powhatan stock, and Bex of the Ibex stock. We (Free Press) have not their latest performances to79 words
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Article171 1924-01-05 1551 An accident at Negapatam resulted in '•onsiderablc damage being done to the letter mails, newspapers particularly, brought by 11 to Teesta on Sunday. We learn that the accident in question was th,, sinking of lighter containing about W) bags of mail. Tin. boat fouled one Of the171 words
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Article780 1924-01-05 1551 Comparisons G Ibert F<ankau, in his splendid novel Peter Jacksm, Cigar Meichan pays a pretty compliment to the Federa Capital. Even Conway, who had learned his poker wisdom in Iqutque (where there is n» rain but much whlB k £>’ an comp'eud his education at the Spotted Dog’,780 words
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Article271 1924-01-05 1551 MALAYA’S SMALL SHARE ONE KNIGHTHOOD AN’) A O.M.G.” [Biutkb’i Tklegramb] London, December 31 lu ti e Colonial Office list of the New Year honours arc: Companions of tie Order of St, Michael and St. George (0.M.G.) Mr. Edward Shaw Hose, (lately) acting Chief Secretary, Federated Malay States.[Biutkb’i Tklegramb] - 271 words
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Article359 1924-01-05 1552 sensational disclosures Wriis Against Directors London, December 31 As the outcome of the special commitWs ecqui. ies during the past eighteen "X. into the position of the company in the balance-sheet foi 1921 sensational circular has been d.stnbuhd to shareholders in the Dunlop Rublei Company calling an359 words
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Article196 1924-01-05 1552 By a printer’s error, the omission of the figure 6, we were 6,000 tons out in the total of unexpoHable rubber in the hands of tbe dealers in British Malaya on October 31, recorded in our issue of December 24. The totals for the whole of the196 words
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Article3016 1924-01-05 1552 OFFICIAL OPENING PROUD DAY FOR HIS EXCELLENCY PRESENTATION OF 0.8.E.’S 1 declare this railway open,’’ said Hig Excellency, Sir Laurence Nunns Guillemard, and in doing so the Governor of the Straits Settlements, in his own words, yesterday set the seal of official recognition, to quote again from3,016 words
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Article1165 1924-01-05 1554 JUDGMENT j-ORj>EFENDANT Dismissal of Plaintiff Justifiid \s already reported the further heari,,.; of the action in which Miss leo hemr Hoe, till recently headmistress of le Fukien Girls’ School, Penang, sued Jr. Lim Liang Boon, the President and other trustees of the Fukien Girls School, Penang, for1,165 words
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Article519 1924-01-05 1554 T.O.M. 'lhe January Planter’’ reaches us this morning. The Editor, in a brief reference to 1923, observes that during the departing year, the I. S. P. touched the lowest, and subsequently reached the highest, point in its existence, financially and in efficiency. This is gratifying news: amplificationT.O.M. - 519 words
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Article597 1924-01-05 1555 NEW YEAR’S EVE BALL AT THE E. 4 0. A Brilliant Success His Excellency the Governor and Lady Guillemard, the Hon Mr A B. \oules and Mr- VouJes, the Hon Mr John Mitchell and Mrs Mitchell and the Hon. Mr W H. Thome were amongst a record597 words
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Article922 1924-01-05 1555 i H 6 CURRENT REGULATIONS I he fallowing regulations are publish I iu 1 c (Jazette m f «.*n- Scholarships will be awarded iiH.n- competitive examination, which will be held annually in December. <>mpct itor- max be of either sex and of n\ race or creed, but thev must922 words
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Article930 1924-01-05 1556 iur tt lime, Wudc aud judu»tr> miiv f leet political uncertainties, lire out100i is distinctly better, Lut it is' <“«»“■ I hat the business world should nave absolute confidence in the adaiimstraThe best expedient that can be found must tall short of national s al a time930 words
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Article231 1924-01-05 1556 RINDERPEST IN PENANG P.W. serious outbreak of rinderpest ha» occurred in Penang and the Province during the past two or three weeks, the principal centres being the Penang Quarantine Camp and Butterworth and Bukit Mertajamnot only within the quarantine stations but outside its areas. The disease has broken out amongst231 words
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Article461 1924-01-05 1556 MM Mr. H. Ironside is expected back from furlough by the Alorea and will rejoin the staff of Kombok Estate. 2vlr. E. V. Al. Davies, assistant en gmeer, P.W.D., Kuala Lumpur, has gone to Farit Buntar on transfer. Air. Lau Shan Hung, eldest son of Towkay LauMM - 461 words
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Article1426 1924-01-05 1557 La (iarconne” The controversy that Btlll rag French literary ciroles over the action of the head* of the Legion of Honour in expelling one off t eir Dorn her, M. Viator Marguerite, abiut tho morals of hie novel, "U Garonne is a matter of purely domestic c mcern.1,426 words
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Article306 1924-01-05 1557 Celebrations in Penang Luang Laddhakavad, the Consul for Siam in Penang, sends us a copy if a congratulatory telegram despatched by him yesterday to the Foreign Office, Bangkok, on the occasion of the King of Siam's birthday. Incident ally, the birthday coincided with the English New306 words
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Article1188 1924-01-05 1558 OLD NOOR'S ALMANACK January t t (Ms month many changes (principaln 1 thins) will be noticed. As people f i J /nary -e likely to suffer from '>» rn n-nk-eye, -hey should not go by Suf UP he Penang Hill which about tb tmu will unexpectedly develop1,188 words
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Article536 1924-01-05 1558 A large gathering turned up on the course this morning to w*atch what might be described as the semi-final gallops, but they must have experienced a sense of disappointment. Owing to the rain yesterday evening it was found inadvisable to allow the horses on the outer track. The536 words
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Article418 1924-01-05 1559 In reviewing the year 1922 ">" (StraitTimes) remarked that in 1921 the Goverun ent of th» Stra Setth-meriL pen' ;3 ,,ut $2O million oti tin purchase of tn, <, lch it th<- end 1 22 -till holding for a more favourable mat" ket. In addition to this418 words
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Article151 1924-01-05 1559 J H - J H Uo di. Editoi ol the Straits Time».) '‘•i,- 1, too, UU (rl ownejr o -gy vacs O 1 rubo.a winch co.m into the caiegorj Ol young producer." 1 'umh that it is absolutely illegal ><■ Uuu iniueul u. keep lbi)i j,. a a t n produ<:tlon151 words
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Article667 1924-01-05 1559 Devonshire I CIIJTIES FOR BEING CALLED j following circular issued b\ the >- ret I of state for the Colonies with nc to the grant of facilities to </.. nial Government officers "exercising- judicial or magisterial functions" to to the Bar after keeping fewer mtnisDevonshire - 667 words
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Article430 1924-01-05 1559 It is possible that during the year more people have looked tor Singapore on a map of the world than ever did so before. Ihe naval base sclienie might have been launched without so much shouting irom the housetops, but shouting liaxing begun, the island of Singapore430 words
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Article1132 1924-01-05 1560 But really it i s ilot so e 11, (orH consists in simply ignoring them. nee has no money to pay even the interest on what she owes Great Bn«nd the United States, but she has XgT spare to lend to Poland, Rumania1,132 words
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Article453 1924-01-05 1560 Hazlitt, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Ipoh, is ill in hospital at Batu Gajah. Mr 1) B. Evans left Kuala Lumpur yesterday on long leave. He sails for home on board the Kaiser-i-Hind. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Holloway and Mr. and Mrs. J. P, H. Wilson arrived from Deli453 words
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Article203 1924-01-05 1561 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo Dear Sir, You will Htrree, th* > thon./h you regard-d the proHriuu of two and .half miUrn in He e t mates a few year* ago for a new F. J ac an itravatfance, it is surely t urn n203 words
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Article364 1924-01-05 1561 Passed Over” In h -Jiort article on the Neu ear Honour oui Kuala Lumpur <•-ntemporary says; The C.M.G. I>< towed <><> the Hon. Mr. E. S. IT and the Knighthood on Dr. Gallo«ay are dislinctly well deserved honour». Year le. ear <>ue or other of our364 words
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Article617 1924-01-05 1561 To the Editor of the Malay Mail.) C IThe following figures, which show the tot.il disbursements of a married couple in Kuala Lumpur for the period of six months ending December 31, may he or interest to "ome of your readers. It is not always easy to617 words
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Article395 1924-01-05 1561 Ihe projected tour in Australia for Battling Key, Malayan lightweight champion, is materialising, says the Malaya Tribune. Key has received definite instructions to sail as early aa convenient and money has been deposited in a local bank for his passage, etc. Key will sail this month,395 words
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Article760 1924-01-05 1562 o D^, 0 not be mrn' s c-<s-fn in Bb° n nn the diarils which hi tinny keeping P j o a jj ew Year if «weie D little less mbitions flt p X foot that ae-ood many diaries fal Sv theW y lecau6P in tbe *i rst760 words
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Article386 1924-01-05 1562 European Doctor Killed (From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, January 4 Dr G. F. Wise Howarth, while motoring o r the Tampenis road last evening, was accidentally killed. It is believed that I e ran into some railings. The steering gear struck him in the chts‘, rendering him386 words
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Article399 1924-01-05 1562 Messrs Bouitetd and Co. litd. send us the balance sheec at Septembir 30, 1923, of the Nippon Yann Kusha (The Jipiu Mail Steamship Cimovuy, In n tel,) h follows Assets Unpaid capitd Yen 42,000,0)0.03 Reduced b ok value of fleet 73,087,619.50 Piy ment on account of new399 words
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Article1149 1924-01-05 1563 COFFEE STALLS AT CHOWRASTA MARKET An ordinary raielina of lie Manrc'pal ComnriMion.™ bell Iho Mun.erp») flwmhftr vesierday afternoon, when the e Pr.aid.nt) Mr. F. H Gromi t, Mr. Ham.rel.Mr, G.C Dodd’. b Lun Goan Cheng. Hon. Mr. P K Sambyarand M M. H M. Noordin. The officer. ,r,1,149 words
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374 1924-01-05 1563 hinese traders have opened a Club at Lagan Datoh Mr. 11. J. B. Clayt> n the District Officer, who performed the opening ceremony was presented an address, in the course of. which rejerence was made to the favours extended to the Chinese by the374 words
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Article164 1924-01-05 1563 was announced a lew days ago that aniv T f lO mails by the Teeflta On lert 1U a (b,lna B e d condition, k u-n m V at the Post to-day we niJ I 1,1 Uo re cords were kept of the iir-re dania ged. The164 words
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Article1087 1924-01-05 1564 WHY SUBSIDISE T RAD ERS!" In his reply to protests against ed port and wharfage charges by e v S Railways Department, the thC l Manager, Mr. P. A. Anthony, the' Selangor branch of the P M 8 Chamber of Commerce, ternb i, hut this interesting commumywhich is chiefly renmrkable1,087 words
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Article553 1924-01-05 1564 Miss Macdonald, of the Maternity Hospital, Macalister Road, Penang, lias returned from leave and resumed duly. Mr. William Duncan, of Caledonia, arrived by the mail yesterday and went over to the Province the same evening. Air. G. F. Chester has been appointed district manager in Singapore of553 words
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Article1706 1924-01-05 1565 Competition in Motor Industry In the election camp-.Dn the mobr industry was cited by the Protectionists to prove the connection between Uriffs and employment. The d<pr<-M,n in the market for British-made oorameicial c rs especially wa« mentioned by van us speakers, bat this wems to he doe to1,706 words
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Article642 1924-01-05 1566 C. T. A E. four NOW in parliament The Election” returns sl ow thilt lh the candidates who have some anW? il interest in the Far East, those F P ecl ted with the Straits Settlements I rXew land retained their seats, thX interested in China have notC. T. A E. - 642 words
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Article75 1924-01-05 1566 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo). Sir, The price of Siam rice is increasing. 11 was 44 cents a gantang a month ago. It is now 60 cents. Can you enlighten me as to the reason of this increase? Is it a sign of a75 words
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Article409 1924-01-05 1566 Would Be Bride's Suicide I’he inquest was commenced in the Second Court, Penang, this morning, by Air. 11. A. Forrer, sitting as a Coroner, into the circumstances of the death of a young Chinese woman named Yeoh Ah Yew a few days ago at her father's house409 words
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Article512 1924-01-05 1566 LEAN AND CO.’S WEEKLY REPORT Thursday Evening. Notwithstanding an increase of 1,500 tons in the visible supplies at the end of December, Tin in the New Year opened strong and the 3 months’ price of .£238.10.0 shows a gain of £2.0.0 on last week’s closing (potation and with512 words
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Article488 1924-01-05 1567 AN APPEAL FOR FUNDS the annual jeporl for Um I., oi the biMr.-n Aid Society, (whose President w Ladj Guillemard) statee that the expenditure for the year exceeded Uu income by 1.581.88. Subscripti<4J- again shew a falling on, and if the Committee ar to continue to .ympatheticaily488 words
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Article264 1924-01-05 1567 r ,.,.m M v’s Prospects i„ .,ite of the inclemency of the w-dher a large number of the Penang Turf Club and others atten cd the final gallops this morning. most all Ihe entrants for the meeting turned out and were given full stretches In the first race264 words
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Article85 1924-01-05 1567 An advertisement on another page gives particulars of the New Year meet ing of the Selangor Turf Club. This promises to be very attractive. On each of the three days there will be three races for all horses, two for ex-griffin horses, and two for ex-griffin85 words
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Article120 1924-01-05 1567 M.M Jamjto’s Visit to Singapore According to present arrangements, bilvino Jam, to, lightweight champion of e rient, is due to arrive in Singanom wii°i U h 6 2<Hh inst HiS first t will be against the local welterweight hampion, Edwin de Souza, an d lake place atM.M - 120 words
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Article297 1924-01-05 1567 'The Second Year-Book (1922-23) the Institution of the Rubber Industry, fulfils the promise of its predecessor, as was to be expected of an Institution with so strong a general council, distinguishcd officers, and capable sub-committees. The President’s report for the year end. ing August 31, 1923, shews297 words
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Article190 1924-01-05 1567 A Chinese' writes to the Ipoh paper <>n New Year’s Day:To-day is regarded by some of the Chinese as the 1 3th Anniversary of the Chinese Repub-’ he The majority of the Chinese do not «’•id will never observe it as correct. The anniversary should be190 words
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Article1160 1924-01-05 1568 ANTHONY CO.’S SHARE LIST of Company. Buyer» Seller» Remark bVOK -DOLLAB SHAMS- Ct». CtB. 1 f 1: i Avar KnninK Rubber Ĕstate, Ltd... 0.45 0.55 fc». ff’ t KatariK Benar Rubber Co., Ltd. I.W i-uu 1 o° S Rnkit K B Rubber Estates» Ltd.... 0.35 O.to Hnkit Katil Rubber Estates,1,160 words
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Article101 1924-01-05 1568 Lanas 28,200 lb. Sungei Batu (Malaya) 30,500, Vai D’or 24,700, Malakoff 45,500, Bertam Consolidated 142,000, Bertam Extended 4,500, Windsor (F.M.8.) 42,700, Mayfield (S.S.) 31,000, Foothills (Malaya) 15,700, Kuala Sidim 28,475, Bassett 20,111 and United Patani (Malaya) 67,700 16. Ayer Kuning (F.M.S 54,570, Brad wall (F.M.8.) 50,921, Chersonese101 words
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Article169 1924-01-05 1568 Rahman Hydraulic, for the month of Deoember, 1,000 piouls. Menglembu Lode Syndicate, Ltd., for Deoember, 1923, 318 piculs. Johan, for the month of December, recovery byt ables pls, 378.46, recovery by puddler pls, 66.54, total piculs 445, yardage 55,300, hours run 660. Kamunting, for the month of December,169 words
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