The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 1 April 1924

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  • 20 1 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. |lB PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CENTS VOL 22 PENANG: APRIL 1, 1924. NO. 14
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    • 265 1 CONTENTS LEADERS: MISCELLANEOUS: (Continued) The Public Health 297 H. H. The Sultan of Perak ...315 The New c s 303 X ra t 8 J rOd Ce 32 rt U J*L r r. 307 F.M.S. War Memorial 320 Drink and the Coolie i 307 8.8. Police Band 320 A Plea
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    • 219 2 ja/*7 J z r -TW Z T'L/ V 7q V/*2 > VJ Z£| Ch "v THE 5? i STRAITS ECHO I MAIL EDITION. 8 Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, jjy and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the VS
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  • 1012 297 fl Znn ah' matters upper*a"lpc health of British r ,t the present moment is to 'LI theftion of venereal disP must frankly confess that deeplv disappointed at the atto Luleu UP bv the »P e ke L r 9 at e etin convened by thehtrmts British Association
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  • 440 297 Mr. T. R. A. Windeatt, of Messrs Osborne and Chappel, ipoh, will be go ing Home in June. Mr. E. C. D'Orville, Assistant Audi tor, h it i'or the Bindings yesterday b\ the s.s. Kedah on inspection dulyMr. and Mrs. G. P< Owen, who have been on
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  • 716 298 Tanjong Pagar and Its Managers The death at Home of Mr. J»m s Bellar, at one time General Manager of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, recalli the famous expropriation, and the arbitration proceedings. There was a remarkable array of talent when the Court started its work in the
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  • 140 298 London, March 24 A Siam loan is expected early this week, probably £3,000,000 at six per cent, to be issued at 95L The following is from the Siam Observer of March 18: An advertisement of a Royal Decree appears n this issue relative to the flotation of
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  • 368 298 Farmer Manager of Tanjong Pagar A cable was received in Penang yesterday, intimating the sudden death on March 13, at his residence, Bueksbum House, Newhills, Aberdeenshire, of Mr. James Sellar, who will be well remembered in Malaya as Manager of the Tanjong Pagar Docks, just before
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  • 85 298 HEAvHlumj. DROP OF £2O [Reuter’, Tin this morning The, e wag heavy A meric su U (The best local opinion'«. 1 of the heavy elamp is tbit tb? be,n manipulated. It i, e,id, speculative selling hg. been is always to bs expected sit.' 0 tional nee in
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  • 33 298 Mis. Adams gratefully. cksovlsU... following contributions to the CIX. Aid Society Previously acknowledged Mrs J. B. Baker The Hon. Mr. J. Mitchell Kj Mr. Codrington m Total 1 325 J
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  • 303 298 Kuala Lumpur Arringeminti (From Our Own Correipoidtil, Kuala Lumpur, Marchi The Tagore Reception Committee a appointed Mr. Cumarasami to proceed: Penang to meet the poet. It is uocenu whether he will fulfil his promise- to v;c Kuala Lumpur now or on his return fra China. It has
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  • 435 299 uapf. questions IN THE MORE J fi TeUjrom»] London, March 24 nwtions about the Singapore y lß .rMiq«’‘ 18Telled at Ministers in u- continue w uu <b» B n '“’L C M“ o George Lwbert (LibeMr. C. G. Ammon, »1 M Secretary to the Admiralty, Mio details of
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  • 2149 299 iivin m i ST. SIXTH DAY S HEARING Plaintiff in the Box From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, March 21. The hearing of the action Peck v. Bussell was resumed this morning before Mr. Justice Whitley. Mr. Braddell brought up the question of the new pleading running
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  • 945 300 NASTY METHOD OF CHEATING in the Second Police Court p«. r to-day, before Air. H. Inspector C. Harwood of the Pitt StW Station charged a Tamil, who has ador ed the Moslem faith, AlohameJ with cheating in respect <jf 50 CeD J the property of Vellasainy Chettv a
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  • 273 301 ARRIVAL IN SINGAPORE The Japanese Military Mission, which consists of several distinguished Japanese officers and which is on its way to Europe and America on the Japanese steamer, Hakusan Maru, spent Sunday and yesterday in Singapore while their vessel was in port, says the Free Press of
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  • 206 301 Allegations of Enticing Away as aireauy reported, a case wurcli was pax i Heard on inc nu instant, in which r. v -mswell was charged wrtn enticing away a married woman was concluded before Air. Gourlay in Singapore, on tHe 21st instant. Mr. Aitken appeared lor tire prosecu
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  • 533 301 INCHE EUNOS HONOURED A reception was held on Saturday la*i J fho Club House of this Association on the occasion of the appointment of the Hon. Inche I'jinos bin Abdullah to the Muslim stat m the Legislature of the Colony. In the course of the afternoon Imam
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  • 1051 302 (To the Editob of the Malav Mah Sir, Man) of u would be interest-id to learn flu details of the j>r>- nt, cost of living for Europeans in the Malay Stat» especially for the guidanc- of young men who, being offered employ rnent, refe r to
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  • 510 302 FURTHER PtAiX HFF-s CaBis [Awm Our 0u When the hwing P of' Bussell ease was resumed til. Mr. Braddell read and du/ U letters which prevented iff h' the Singapore solie.tor, fr Gm to give evidence. Mr. bicku^* 1 plained to Mr. Braddell that 1«. to ed
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  • 763 303 t «irtj-two naturally re 1 rtter Xt'hree as a mere boy Laurence GuiUemard Lco b fl V nt in his own nund Hose possesses all the and dnvmg force reemake a success of the Co- W ahin which is, unless ,ui a perfect genius Sir Frederick James,
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  • 291 303 Another Trade Mark Case Before Mr. H. A. Forrer, the second Magistrate, to-day, Lim Tek Quee of Chop Jit Seng and Co., of No. 114, Prangin Road, appeared on a charge under the Merchandise Marks Ordinance. The charge was at the instance of Messrs. McAlister and Co., the
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  • 455 303 Mr. 11.. B. Ward is leaving for Home on Lie P. a o. Naldera, says the Sin g;.po e morning paper. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sleedman, of lui;in, i pper Perak, are paying a i vi-i to Penang. Mr. James Brown, formerly Government Printer, Kuala Lumpur is seriously ill
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  • 1402 304 The Indian J.P. Only sum ve y di-izrunt -J ft'd up gracious perB r n> can have car*- r > -e dissentient vaice when the pr p me before the enang Hindu Sib at-iftuii .y to thank the Govern ir and the Ke-iden' C ;unoillor for the appointment
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  • 307 304 Col. James Chbistie Arristw bront Our Own O>rresp(mderi. it S iD g a pore,MttchS Co one I James Christie, on aninlf-i Ceylon, was arrested on a ebun ofcheating a European miner at Gap» in respect of $BOO. Bail of $lOOO was allowed. :o: Mr. G. Boutcher will be
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  • 713 305 idTERS for oFF,CERS OSIROL of th. to ordinary g e was held Ami Comml Mr S. CodrinSi, f rl“ nt presided. £> Pr W >d«»‘- war P Mr F. H. < b l Mr o'». Sroel °C G Mr" «"■"u M Kboo Si»» Ewe, the Hon. Mr CM'
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  • 303 305 (Netherlands Trading Society) 1824—1924. A suggestion from King William I of the Netherlands was, in the main, responsible for the formation of the Netherlands Trading Society on March 29, 1824. His Majesty was keenly anxious to foster as caiefully as possible the trade between Hoiland and her
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  • 1109 305 DEBATE IN THE COMMONS OPPOSITION’S KMPHATIC! PROTEST [Reuter’f Telegrams] London, March 25 la t m House of Commons, th i debate on the S. i?:-po r e Naval bi.se was npon-d hy Si»’ Ro' eit Horne (C mservat ve, Hiilhf ad) moving a reduction of £IHO in the
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  • 589 306 AcCUbtD ARKKoTED IN INDIA Mr. Gerard A. Smith, District Judge, Penang, recorded evidence today in connection with a charge of falsification of accounts which Mr. M. oomaraaamy, merchant of Kuala Lumpur and Penang, i B piefernng a gainst his foinier clerk in Penang. Mr. T. Isaac
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  • 454 306 A ANDEKEKS Fm gT j. Before a large crowd VWM ,i Esplanade the W and er J'A Nomads in the second roun?7 Penang Football League ,r. I their first reverse, being two goals to nil. l n the C**' counter the Wanderers ha,l ,L and after their
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  • 665 307 all ennnot fuil to h T’ e b' the poor physique of a k Jk rtinn of the Tamil popu»Ubes of coolies ar- India thev nearly always in- in d women who, though of life so far as jjLe Ain and bones, dejected ,;«arr in their
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  • 420 307 Among matters with which the Penang Municipality is now dealing is the status of hawkers and the introduction of new by-laws for control. The Commissioners’ discussion on the subject on Tuesday was quite inaudible, so we have therefore no idea what their policy or proposals
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  • 331 307 Theft From Chinese Lady Court Inspector Lucy to-day prosecuted in the Court of the First Magistrate, a youthful Chinese by the name of Lee Ah Mun. with the theft of a gold necklet and pendant from the person of a Chinese lady at Chulia Street, on March 10.
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  • 131 307 Some time back we reported that a serious outbreak of rinderpesthad occurred in several parts of the Province. We are glad to be able to record now that the central and southern districts have been free from any case for the last two weeks or
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  • 21 307 '""oEATH v on Sunday Parit l’ uD )(Te d 35. 1W Eong g secopy. March hO, at 101, Kho m -Ll
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  • 1626 308 Boys will be Boys As our leader-writer remßi ked yest d*y, a veteran of lixty-two naturally r-e;^" a man of fifty as a me h st/iplinj. Au almost exaggerated exaroph* of this p -in of view comes from Baltimore wherr, because his or 65 years of ar*-, kept
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  • 131 308 Staa- Key’s Australian Exp®®* A letter received from Sydney f some explanation of the sudden to Singapore of Battling Key, tw lightweight, who vvent to months ago, stayed only a wee* and is due back on D v e y S ho* days’ time. It is said tha
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  • 948 309 dE mandS sUPPLY 2«,0n The outlook £-1 of J* -«r Bis hope- ?T^m<h«°° ro point of view of tin Nl <u'* ho” r J d it with »11 the fti*"- bee»»»’ it P™’ es P retty i io r’L Curacy of the views we *l“" ,lj lheWI
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  • 232 309 Thj£ Malaya Chinese Championship The Malaya Chinese Lawn Tennis ('hampionship, organised by the Selangor Chinese Recreation Club, Kuala Lumpur (for a Challenge Cup presented by Mr. Alan Loke) held its first meeting during the last Christmas holidays. The inclemency of the weather and the refusal on the part
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  • 466 309 Mr. J. A. Archibald of W hiteaway Laiuiaw A Co., Kuala Lumpur, has left for Home. Shaik Yahaya Afifi, of Messrs. Alkaff and Co., Singapore, is sailing for Mecca on March 27, and expects to be away fi r about four months. Inspector H. Meeten takes charge
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  • 1136 310 THE DEFENCE From Our Own f'orretpondcni I Kijala Lumpur, March 26. In th»' Peck v. Russell action, .Mr. ar’.cr '•ontinuf I hi- address t;iL morning H went on to -how what business RussMl and >. were doing for them'«4vo~ \parl from the acquisition of tin propr’ties Mr.
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  • 519 310 WHAT IS A SECONDARY ttlr W hut is the ceremony «hu f£ tutes the making of a Chines. wife This is the rather' X?'*' point concerned in the probau present before the Chief i. ***< Walter Shaw, m the at Singapore. His Lordship ls lan bei Im,
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  • 653 311 RUBBER CO-OPERATION |l» l>C lealiug with are roctf P°^ ll even after eare- «r lt g j 6 not possible to .p of events beyond the t tne course of people fU, r a re worth having are op WI L, re ssing them. American ri ,t»uterpr 'lj aI1( l
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  • 36 311 We are officially informed that the Government of the Federated Malay States has up to date and 6,000 tons of its stocks of tin. This represents the total released under the Bandoeng Agreement.
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  • 347 311 A correspondent writes from Teluk Anson: The death occurred last Saturday, at Teluk Anson of Mr. W. E. Smith, J.P., the oldest European resident of Lower Perak, at the remarkably good old age of 7ft. Born in England in the year 1846, he came to
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  • 423 311 Detectixe inspector J. Lyons is at present laid up in the Singapore G n oral Hospital Lady Guillemard leaves (or England on the P. X 0. China on April 28. She expects !o return to Malaya in Outobe--The Resident of Perak has appointed he an Zarazillah bin
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  • 1661 312 THE DEFENCE CONTINUED Mr. CARVER’S EXPLANA'I lONS [From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, March 27 Continuing his addre-n in th-j Prck v. ussell action thia morni.a', Mr. (Awer aid that the deposit of ?6 n ,009 ou the option was Russell’s. I- was neverdebited to Malayan Collie»
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  • 181 312 The Hon. Secreta>y, Rubber De»w and Growers’ Association, Klang, infor» us with reference to the petition, February 14, 1924, addressed to the Ch» Secretary to Government, F.M.S., Hf* 0 by LamjHeng and Company and otter* asking for reliefin respect of stocks of unooupened rubber, that Chief Secretary
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  • 415 313 APR Vlt,V 1 Liß London, March -b Premier of QueensB 0; dm^ r of the K j gl J Table, ea 'd t,iat 1 7rt. d m element of work J. t >! n“ cees could be rrie<l h P BOD ld lead to K'eaW --tfb kic ,L
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  • 247 313 LEAVING FOR ENGLAND TO-DAY His Highness the buitaa oi and suite are leaving foe England by the P. and 0. s.s. Naldera, which, at noon to day, was timed ta sail at 7.30 p.m. His Highness left Kuala Kangsar by special train yeste’day morning, a
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  • 328 313 COPRA TRkDE WITH BORNEO. Mr. Low and Through Freight Rates. Ifyom Our Own Correspondents Singapore, March 28 At the annual meeting of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, Mr. D. T. Lewis, of the Borneo Co, Ltd, presiding, said the duty of everyone was to see the restriction law
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  • 490 313 ALLEGATIONS OF CHEATING IN THE F.M.S. I lie following from the Singapore evening paper amplilies our special tele gram oi ednesday Soon after hit ai'iival in Singapore by the Italian steamer Fiume from Colombo yesterday, Colonel James Christie, 0.8. E.. was arrested at the Oriental
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  • 1742 314 A SINGAPORE CASE Import a.si Decision by Chief Justice An important decision relating to Chinese divorces was given in the Supreme Court, yesterday afternoon, says the Singapore Free Press of Thursday, by the Chief Justice, Sir Walter Shaw, in the action in which Tan Sie Ini, sue ing
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  • 1023 315 at any to P ick U P a h f ,i < m the local press, and the indent who has been pegsuMect in our columns -‘f will learn wlh sat lb Controller of Labour has oft-repeated suggestion *o** entered into identical con--:T,he rations of the Tamil
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  • 486 315 TOM. Mr. A. E. Odell, the genial manag ing director of the Europe Hotel, Singapore, was among the passengers homev ard bound by the Naldera. Mr. W. H. Macgregor, of Singapore, ha> booked his passage to Malaya from Marseilles on May 2, by the s.s. Morea, due
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  • 1274 316 English Wives Mr. E. V. Lucan I. s I ..en visaing Romo and here in b ricoid cf r. conversation at Aragno’w with a y u Italian who had he r n in England and v. iihed le might return. We Rg he s Jd, not like marriage.
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  • 520 316 PRODUCTION AND CONSUMHiOi. Presiding at the Serdang Rubber Plantations, Ltd w* Heath Clark estimated the ex’ production of crude rubber in W* 370,000 tons, and the world’s con«n J at 405.0C0, Production in 1924 is 6 at 380,000 to 400,000 tons .nd ti<n at 430.000. D ,s h In
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  • 1053 317 EFl^»’ T,NmD 0“" 8 Knab U®P” r V ,i.; B roinnafin' > 11 ;•*</ s \ilh the assistance >! Th "'J Mr Braddall contiuned, c and himaelf had visited i«* Merer». Russel! and the Malayan C illwn. s d Mt B io gavB l h le, ,bwe
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  • 1055 317 LEAN CO.’S WEEKLY REPORT Thursday Evening. Tin, after having sharply recovered £16.0.0 to £279.5.0, has declined £25.5.0 to £254.0.0, thus showing a loss of £9 on balance. The market at present is being manipulated, but w confidently look to a substantial recovery immediately on any genuine consumptive buying
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  • 929 318 T.O.M. WANCHEE ARIFFIX CUP Free School Defeat Malay College in Im- presence of an immense gathering am< h included His Highness the Sultan of Perak, the Hon. Mr. A. B. Voules, Resident Councillor, and Mrs. .oules, His Highness Tunku Mahmud ,f Kedah, His Highness the Raja ii I
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  • 979 319 the familiar theme rubber pro- the Mid-East was <hsJ cwperf'e effort in the fulvteXl to the well-being of the From our Ceylon exchanges, z Lt a well-known authority, ;w .t that American buyers have ap i Mr- Hoover, U.S. Secretary &e, with a view to the
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  • 431 319 Mr. W. J. K. Stark on Saturday took up his new duties as police magistrate. Kuala Lumpur. Air. Foo Wha Cheng, the well-known Ipoh towkay, has come to Penang on a short holiday. Mr. G. T\ Dickens is appointed an additional vice-j Consul for the United States
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  • 955 320 Dr. Tagore Dr. Rabindranath Ta/o’*', w <> >r -ei in Penang ye t torday, Bignifi;'*: ri< wi.iin rcess to go to Grint fhit yer", »i the Chinese scholar-» rr sp rrb' -f; rn kin: the arrangements fix d xt .ron’h aM the time for his arrival. Dr. 'ng<we
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  • 295 320 Straits Pr< dace” for April, which will be on sale to-morrow, is up to the standard which we have now come to expect as usual in this amusing publication. There are two excellent full-page cartoons, Showing The Flag and Yo Ho For the Spanish Main Sir Frederick Well
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  • 1065 320 ANNUAL GEN ERAL MEET|j( n. RIGHT OU I t.OOK FOR Tl» (From Our Own The annual general' l I. M. S. Chamber of Mj rQg C Saturday afternoon with Brash, President, in the representative attendance of k members. abo t 8 sam ChairmaD in °P eni
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  • 880 321 the unveiling ceremony dedication by the high COMMISSIONER (From a Special Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, March 31 Before a lar e gathering and under id»>al conditions the ceremony of unveiling the F.M.S. War Memorial wss carried out by His Excellency the High Commissioner, Sir L. N. Guillemard, yesterday
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  • 285 321 Recruiting Campaign. A pleasant feature of the Police Sports on Saturday afternoon was the presence of the Straits Settlements Police Band from Singapore, under Inspector W. P. Barsby, Bandmaster. The full band, comprising some 36 men, marched out of the Fort some time after the sports had
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  • 1122 322 INDIAN POET S CALL AT PENANG A W arm Welg“ME Rabindranath Tagore touched at Penang yesterday on his way to Singapore and China, and received a won derful emotional welcome. A tall, com manding figure clad in tin Indian toga or Angki robe and skull cap and with
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  • 124 322 REPORTED MOVE BY THE Df 7t NATIVE PRODUCT TO BE TtY. [Reuter’. Tei e9ram4 j 115 Amsterdam Mar i In authoritative rubber ci rc L.. ported intention of the D Q t c h p** Government to tax native-grown exports has been received whk reserve. The motive submitted
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  • 374 322 EUROPEAN LADY CHARGED Voluntarily Causing Hurt*' [From Our Own Corretpondeni] Kuala Lumpur, March 31 In connection with the Labu stabbing affair, Mrs. Wright was brought Lefort the Seremban Magistrate on Saturday ite formally charged with voluntarily caurng hurt to Chinnatamby. She was remanded till Friday on bail
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  • 322 323 C.B.C. V- pBC i„. p j on Victoria Green in a win for the r Nl W minutes before tin..', BC ,U Batting first, the Chinese I® 4 14? TeikEe played a sound Oh En ie Xoreririthi'. while bang a rJt j L. five contributed la and
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  • 1478 323 F.t V X ui ik,> Success Khletic neetin h th ea L weather for an 'lee Well«L B Pnr e P an an(i p ro »v. the pZ° ICe ®P° rts on SaturprOved an un r First and r Om ever v P Olnt oi there 1“ the
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  • 384 324 In a recent edition of the Straits Echo we mentioned with regret that no touring companies give us Shakespeare. Strangely enough, there has just arrived in Penang, Leo Wallace-Young, the well-known Shakespearean actor, who, with his wife, Miss Celia Avon, is making a world-tour giving costumed recitals
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  • 1062 324 liie Straits Echo of Monday, March 24, contains a report oi a public meeting of Straits-born Chinese held in Penang last Saturday under the auspices 0! the Straits Chinese British Association to discuss what measures should b( recommended to the Government of the Straits Settlements
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  • 241 325 of business ut before to-day (says d>e lP ,jb toJI Mr- Bryaut ou behalf Jlviiday» 1- > g{ the p era k Bar wdd lie eB, C J.\ ct ing Judicial ConnmsA«u b p <,ner > lr JuS jjd th lt Hi s Lordship Mr:
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  • 238 325 At 12 this morning, says yesterday limes of Malaya, a big lire broke out in Gopehg, destroying about fifty attap houses to the east of, and some way from, the town. The Ipoh firemen, who arrived at 1.15 a.m., fought the fire till dawn, at which
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  • 1356 325 ANTHONY CO.’S SHARE LIST Name of Company. Buyers! Sellers Remark r h~H RUBBER—DOLLAR SHARES. Cts. cts. Allenby Rubber Co., Ltd. L r s 1.10 A lor Gajah Rubber Estate, Ltd. 0.93 1.00 Amalgamated Malay Estates, Ltd 1.90 2.00 Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate Ltd 12 00 12.50 i Ayer Knning Rubber
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  • 57 325 Tongkah Harbour, from 23<d to 29th Maroh (being one week), 10 tons. Ratrut Basin, for the month of March,’ 345 piuuls, G 44 hours worked, 85.00 J cubia yards treated. Nawbg Put, for the mouth of March, hours run 421, yards treated 26,000, o”e Won piculs 440, approximate
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