The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 20 May 1924

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  • 20 1 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. «18 PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CENTS VOL. 22 PENANG: MAY 20, 1924. NO. 21
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    • 348 1 C O Tl 2 T S ffl LEADERS MISCELLANEOUS: (Continued) g J 4 Paradox of Politics 490 The Late Major Van Someren 497 KJ I China’s Piorpccts 496 Trade of British Malaya 501 Safi Advertising Malaya 500 Health Returns 502 gN Palmam Qui Meruit. 506 Race Reflections 508 «3 Penang
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    • 204 2 I• I I STRAITS ECHO I MAIL EDITION. XjK <" 1 nanOOCOOWm c J\a Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, jC &nd contains the latest local and States news originally published in the vR daily issues, as well as all important news from various
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  • 924 490 indeed be true, that threatened a ire long- then tbe labour Governisi should have a fine career before it, ever since its inception it has been vag dangerously and under tLe -caw of an early demise. So far, >Mtver, there has been no real trial of .’ecgth.
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  • 473 490 r.-S.F.P, Archdeacon ebber, Colonial Chaplain, Seremban, and Acting Chaplain, Malacca, leaves on furlough in the course of the month. Mr. and Mrs. N. Kendall, who have been spending a holiday at the Crag Hotel, returned to Penang to-day and are proceeding to Kedah. Mr. F. C. Peck
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  • 892 491 Boxing: A Perak Protest We congratuL f e the Perak oxing Assioiation on the resolution passed at a recent meeting, and hope that other Associations in Malaya will see their way to condemn a practice which most do the cause of boxing a great deal of harm The
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  • 80 491 Wanderers v. Rovers The Wanderers play off their last match with the Rovers this evening on the Esplanade. If they win they become League Champions: if they draw they will tie with the Albion and should they lose the Albion will be leaders. The following have been
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  • 172 491 Local Bislbt The Penang Volunteer Rifle Club Bisley” meeting will begin on Sunday, May 25. The following programme has been drawn up: May 25, 7 a.m. Refrew Shield, Afternoon, Kedah Plate. June 1, 7 a.m. Company snipe shooting and company attack. Afternoon, Colonial Chaplain a and
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  • 1519 491 HEAH SENGPOH_K HOOSOBUj a i.arge gathering The wedding in reformed Ch; took plane yesterday at 46 Nr>Hi° ee of Mr. Heah Seng p o fc fif and Mrs. Heah Swee Lee ln Soh Lan, daughter of Mr' Teow Kuat, of Carnarvon' Strew V* The bridegroom’s father hufN prominent
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  • 85 492 The special correspondent in Bangkok of Linformation d’Extreme-Orient writes: The construction of the railway which is to connect Bangkok with the Cambodian frontier is being carried out very methodically and with celerity. On the sth January, 1922, Prince Bhanurangsi, delegated by the King, laid the first rail
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  • 69 492 We have received a report of a second application for revision of the case in which Mrs. E. T. Wright, the wife of an Assistant on Labu Estate, Seremban, is alleged to have inflicted injuries on a coolie name Sinnetamby. The case had been compounded on the
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  • 990 492 DEATH AT COUNTY DOWN, IRELAND A Leading Criminal Lawyer Intimation has been received by Messrs. Logan and Ross. Penang, of the death at Dundrum, County Down, North Ireland, on the 3rd instant, of Mr. S. F. Brereton Martin, till recently senior partner of the firm here. The
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  • 137 493 Straits paper to hand speaks of arrangements being made fur a team of Ceylon cricketers to tour the F.M.S in October The article not only gives the matches likely to be played, but also mentions the names of several prominent Ceylonese cricketers who are likely
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  • 489 493 VOTE FOR RUBBER PROPAGANDA The following are Orders of the Day for the meeting of the Federal Council to be held in Kuala Lumpur, on Tuesday, May 20: 1 Mr. C. W. H. Cochrane, Mr. W. H. Dinsmore, Mr. D. H. Hampshire and Mr. H. T. Jones to
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  • 494 493 A 1)1 ich Indies Custom A correspondent sends 9, lh Chester Guardian th.notes: Moijj Marriage by proxy na Amenean and English la k, recognised by Dutch l aw lht of the Queen first being obtainej nages in this manner are tf rceul, currence between brides and 2
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  • 1274 494 Of tbTTTZf Singapore can "Hoses, roses, all the t jo expect our up-to-date .I’MessJr Bostock Hill) to rinne to it, says the lopicist Cp r ,ule u I thoril l Export Journal, jAS have 8 s P eciai X--behave always been m i This usually is the '■’iTarts
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  • 315 494 Perak Boxing Association’s Protest At a meeting of the Committee vf the Perak Boxing Association, held in Ij < h last week, it was decided to figti oil the Amateur State Championships for 1924 next month. The preliminary and semifinal rounds will be fought off in I
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  • 526 495 warran -MM. SEQUEL TO CONJURING PERFORMANCE Before Mr. Justice McCabe Reay, in the. Seremban Supreme Court, with Messrs. Kinsey and Crawford as assessors, Mat Sain and Ali bin Haji Usa, two Banjerese, defended by Mr. E. Jeff, were tried on two charges of murder and one of attempted
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  • 554 495 Mr J. Hedley Drumond writes to the Saturday Review:In view of the controversy on the subject of Singapore, I think that detailswhich, so far as I know, have not been made public in this country beforeof a rather remarkable affair three years ago, may be of interest to
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  • 243 495 SINGAPORE R ACES I 7""" o,r„ The weather on and there was a large atu, d) eame down hea vilj ££*2 1 be following were th Kacel:- g ere th toulh:-. Peg-0 -My Heart ,v Minuette Prince Charming 1 Time. 1 min. < Meinam zu S’ NeCk ,Th 'X 1
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  • 82 495 April Sales We are officially mforme vernment of the Federate sold in the open market during of April 175 tons of its tin ing the total (up to the end of F 6,175 tons. 0 h k® The death t<<ok P'TU” fIW J« April 7 of Mr.
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  • 1513 496 id Chinese politics among the w Chinese has been gradually L. ou t for some time past. In the IL; 3 oi the Republic there were ;,g the overseas Chinese none more Si or enthusiastic regarding the ie of the land of their ancestors at the progressive tnd
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  • 41 496 [S W \an Soiueren wishes »o > h f U incvrely all those who sent ,-her kmd tokens of N) in P a receB t bereavement- He lee one person- tuit all would kiudlv accept a full expression ot his ap f£>tWC'
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  • 1237 497 Co-operation and Padi Cultivation Mi. 11. W- Jack, of the Department of Agriculture, iuiicatid wrat is being done by tho F. M. S. Government to encourage ti e extensive cultivation of rice. As a very large percentage of the population d pends entirely on this cereal for sulsistence,
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  • 1188 497 solemn requiem mass A CROWDED CONGRpr.m A b kran High M, sg 0 euusr at the i huroh of t |>. 7 Penan.-, at 7 ,r n to-day t O tht’*”’ I the soul of the Ute Maj,r W y?*" Somereo, I). S. 0., M.C.
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  • 184 498 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo.) Sir, Letters* have appeared in Ihe local press inquiring why persons sheuld be considered ineligible to compete for the Queen’s Scholarships because they have left school. 2. The rule thought to bar them from competition runs as follows A competitor shall
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  • 309 498 Gymkhana on May 31 The Penang Polo Club is holding a gymkhana meeting on Saturday, May 31. There will be seven events and entries close on Saturday, May 17. The meeting will be open to all polo ponies and hacks which have not been trained by a
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  • 2168 498 SECOND APPLICATION FOR REVISION Amount of Compensation In the Seremban Supreme Court, on Saturday, before Mr. Justice McCabe Reay, the second application for a revision of the case in which Mrs. E. T. right, the wife of an assistant on Labu estate, alleged to have inflicted injuries
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  • 1099 500 'v in revised form by the st ies Information Agency, the M tDU t of facts and tiguies f haW the Wintry's staple indusand commerce, and minor products, ceases for a time, care to acquaint themselves ftfthe work accomplished, for the rjh ,urnose of the Wembley hxlnbij in
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  • 164 500 Accused Pleads Guilty I’he case against Harry de Souza, who had been charged in the Second Police Court with kidnapping Tekla Alabaistry, a minor, from the law. tul guardianship of her mother, Patroni la Rodrigo, about April 26, was heard to-day by Mr. Gerard A. Smith, District Judge. Accused
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  • 343 500 Royal Johore” Cup A handsome rifle shooting challenge cupto be known as the Royal Johore” challenge cuphas been presented by H.H. the Sultan of Johore for competition among teams of six rifle shots representing Regular and Volunteer units and rifle clubs throughout Malaya. The cup has been presented
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  • 1539 501 Johore Causeway Rumour ha» it t’ at the official op ning of the Johora Causeway, which wa« postponed in oireumstances that need not be recalled, will take place in the near future with all the pomp and ceremony befitting the occasion. It is to b j hoped that
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  • 196 501 RETURNS FOR APRIL Imports The total value of Foreign Import» of Merchandise excluding Parcel ort into British Malaya for the month nf April, 1924, $49,694,748=£5,797,721. The total value of Foreign Imports of Merchandiei excluding Parcel Post into British Maiavn for th month of April, 1923, £6
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  • 346 502 rFD CR'nilWL TRESPASS Police Couit tou.y, a chi,,eBe d? was charged v^ th J ntriir' House No HO XUv 5, with iotent 'ln'petor E J. te C t .n li sEG.H.Goh J f sk2°»‘ a,i Marik Y B,id diio I?'<151 Kins SUe.t r.nil owned 110, He had 16
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  • 82 502 ,Or th J* lu%* ,or th 9 m l Klve tot 'il of h^^?2d 2 7 2 8 ~mle *t d l"* b 26 41 iu tbe »< «Jim, l Jear The «'-Pwiooei, 7 T j*' 9 ferer U, *■*Eluded Fn ad 3. b tlrth rats 7 d
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  • 1136 502 SECOND APPLICATION FOR REVISION Hearing Continued (Concluded from yesterday's issue). Continuing his statement before Mr. Justice McCabe Reay in the Seremban Supreme Court on Saturday, the appellant Sinnatamby said: That same evening the Indian Agent came to the hospital and asked for me. I told him I
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  • 1319 503 TRIBUTES BY BENCH AND BAR A Motion of Regret and Sympathy In the Supreme Court, Penang, this morning, glowing tributes were paid by Bench and Bar to the late Mr. S. F. Brereton Martin, till recently senior partner of the firm of Messrs. Logan and Ross, Penang,
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  • 320 503 Death Sentence Str a, w Among the appeals heard by&& of Appeal in Kuala Lumpur, t peal by one Rangasamy who wk < victed of murder and sentenced to i by the Judicial Commissioner, j The case was tried on the 7th ulm Hon. Mr. P. F.
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  • 502 504 THE annual report nn the report of the commit*‘*t, v<Hir Committee careful I v *'Tlhe matter of veereal wrote and urged upon tXnt necessity of providing for he re gl stration and of brothels, the exammation and if prostitutes and for the in-rf-ntwn of prophylactic, sanitary and
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  • 458 504 FINAL GAME Wanderers Defeat Rovers and Beoomi Champions The final match in the Penang Football League, between the Wanderers (Malays) and the Rovers (Tamils) was played yesterday evening on the Esplanade in the presence of a large crowd and was won by the Wanderers by one goal
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  • 399 504 Second Day’s Results (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, May 13. Ihe following were the results of the Second Day’s Races: Race 1: I iga Blas (8.3) Hobbs 1 Polybia (7.6) Billet 2 Arjuna (9.5) Wilkinson 3 Won by one length. Tote $9; Places $6 and $9. Race 2:
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  • 540 505 Cigar Dealers Fined On Tuesday morning in Singapore before Mr. Pryde, a case was heard of considerable interest to dealers in the cigar trade, in which Mr. O. Stutz, agent in Singapore of the Orient Tobacco Manufactory of Hongkong, the proprietor of which is Mr. Ingenohl of
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  • 914 505 PL’BLIC SERVICES v. P.C.C. Services’ Sensational Win 'I he Public Services scored a sensational and handsome victory in their rem.n match with the Penang Cricket hm on Saturday on the Esplanade. At their first meeting the Cricket (flub won easily. On Saturday too, it appeared, after they
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  • 1013 506 Richards, Secretary to the Liner has filled several Malaya in the course po® g er vice and lias uceess more than one ri 0 Jaion. We take it as a sign he enjoys in exalt at the present moment he hwe been entrusted with «hat C ?:.L
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  • 440 506 '1 he Bishop of Singapore will be in Malacca during the early part of June. lhe Rev. Norman Bower, Chaplain of Malacca, is expected to return early in August from his holiday. -H- W. Jack, who had been visiting the Barit Buntar District, returned to Kuala Lumpur,
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  • 1275 507 A Problem Quite a number of madical and other officer! in the Government service of this country have married lady doctors who a:e also in Government employ. So long as these couples are oompar..tively junior, it ii generally possible to arrange for them to be stationed in the
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  • 170 507 Latest Dev £LWm Mr. Ja 9tlce Mr c heanng au AiM CMe > yesterday, oU t. d that b, >,?’*> word from the Legal wanted a fortnight’s nostn ?er Laba Estate eU.Xfc UP again on Friday H; a perhaps the get into communication with tb.? H y,S
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  • 220 507 TROUBLE AT A STATION Constable Shot Dead [From Our Own Singapore MidFollowing an alteication a‘. (hs Road Police Slation the previous eta a Malay constable was shot dead by an Indian constible, who also tro# ed the European inepf-ctors. The Indian has been arrestes 1 charged with murder.
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  • 764 508 b'ree Press. thy'» Resi-l-o Sinespo'». M»y la nrt .,»iied on ihd third day M‘ eilC larger attendance. ,ers the ralt,f liCll:- Haie 1 i D 8fi a Wilkinson 2 R«gg ie Luckman 3 J«' '.^Tthwe B o^ 119 between Won by °e3K»^BTO'ptM»3s.»lsandU3 U’dj- Ross 1 Ol Murphy 2
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  • 216 508 Messis. Fearon ana Go. write that the yielus per cent per annum on capital invested at present quotations, as on May 15, of tue E. M. 5, and S. <B. Loans, are as follows Victory 5 per cent. Loan 4| per cent. Conversion 5i percent. 1929 Ljuu
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  • 760 508 GUARDIANSHIP OF CHINESE CHILD INTERESTING CASE Mr. Justice Sproule yesterday had an interesting matter before him concerning the guardianship of a Chinese child. Briefly, the facts are, that the uncle of a child wants to take him away from the guardianship of bis mother, who has remarried. The
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  • 464 509 uennw i -B.F.P. Battling Key’s Defeat Outfought and outlioxed, Key, sa\s the Free Press, was a very game loser to Dorny Santos of Manila in a ten round fight for the Lightweight title of Malaya at the Stadium hist night. Key entered the ring at 9st. 4,
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  • 705 509 (To the Editor of the Straits Times.) Sir, I enclose a letter which appeared in the London Times recently. I have not the slightest idea who Singaporean is, bat he states quit) cleirly and fairly one or two of the grave disadvantage and drawbacks of the present partial
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  • 406 509 Home Comment The possibility of a «b O L” LtL. market was discus d iu »«Gtnry »0, whet, this says Iruth of April 23. The v dealer was quoted Pal the risk B substantial Ret-hack in the nrb e u approaching £290 per ton, gradually greater. Share
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  • 959 510 MR JUSTICE WHITLEY S '"judgment Who Wins? whitlev delivered judg- I,>tlCt Jnd says last night’s V before a crowded court R-’H which was '?'l by reciting the the relationship of o"- aDdthe -a/ Le issues regarding Batoe Besar. X-it os moat likely that the direcf the company would
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  • 573 510 P.C.C. v. H.M.S. HOLLYHOCK Win for Club After an interval of several months an interesting Association football match was played yesterday evening on the Esplanade. One of the sides was the Navy, on this occasion represented by H.M.S. Hollyhock, which has been on a brief visit to Penang
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  • 632 511 THE PUPPET-SULTAN CASE More Home Comment The latest judgment of the House of Lords in the interminable case between the Duff Development Co. and the Government of Kelantan affirms the right of the Colonial Office to engage in litigation on the welsher plan of heads we win, tails
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  • 451 511 CURIOUS CASE IN KUALA LUMPUR The Kuala Lumpur correspondent of the Strait» 'Times wrote on Monday: An action was commenced in the Supreme Court, this morning before Mr. Justice Whitley, in which a Dutchman named Oscar Frey, an electrical engineer, is suing the legal firm of Lovelace and
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  • 431 511 Site For New Clue-Hof?» The Penang Recreation Cl a kk. offered a 81te on the Fort I** 1 across the road, for a new e V L it is pop sed to erect in tee Many jf-ars ago tie Club war a site n tho Foit Cornwall
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  • 90 511 The Balance Sheet Mr G. Hawkins District Officer of Bl» Fc ac, towards Polo accounts can ho with mppoitw vouchers at the District Office at any tune, summary is Receipts Balance brought forward from 1923 sift# Subscriptions and Grants Salo of tickets Advertise mr i ts 163.!$
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  • 1055 512 v't'vS oi this oettle^Tie’two most important >• service of Bri..•'Ji 1 re those of Kesi'leii > pelmg. *><l 0 ionprS of GeOl’gCi^suapi»l C® ml 51 admitted straightaway tnai, ''lot huang has been fortunate -xrXi -1-'. i* »P heads oi departments are '".“Seers of considerable experience SfcXding in their
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  • 482 512 -S.F.P. lhe Raja Bcndahara <,i Perak is on a \isit to Penang. Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Chelliah returned t<» Penang to-day by the Ellenga after a five months holiday in India. Air. B. R. Whitehouse, of the Malayan Civil Service, is expected to return from leave
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  • 1374 513 Judge and the Plea of Guilty” In allowing the appeal of a Chineee, who was convicted on charges of being tn po a BesBion of a still and pam fc u on which duty had not been paid, the Judge at Seremban commented on the duty of a
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  • 247 513 Sunnt Malata.” Red, black, and yellow—these w predominant colours in the Malayan Cj says the Times. It only needs the w of a summer day to reproduce the atmosphere of the country it rpprewn Here, again, the spirit of the Ear. been caught most admirably. Pictm Malays in
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  • 1110 514 THE regulations r aworo/lke Strait, Echo) reference to paragraph 4 of 7 fhp Direct, r of Educa"l!t'e± sue of yXday's date: to publish tne W VL Q lationB governing the award Scholarships? This would t the of the fi. w troab,od with ".’iriss from their ox students, who
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  • 589 514 Coroner’s Enquiry Mr. H. A. Forrer, Second Magistrite, Penang, in his capacity of Coroner, held an enquiry yesterday into the recent dis u»bance at Cintra Street. Five Chinese have been before him in the Police Court on charges of affray and murder. Inspector Harwood, of the Pitt
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  • 22 514 (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, May 17 A cable from Hongkong states that Dr. Sun Yat-sen is alive.
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  • 1157 515 EFFECT OF THE FINDINGS We are informed, says the Malay Mail, that the full judgment of Mr Justice W hitley in the Russell case will not be available for publication for a few days, and in the meantime there is miich speculation as to the exact effect
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  • 443 515 lean co. S w Eek «eel cor n J Jj&SJ -ill feeling in tin and e<l mid-week but a nesday to .£224.5. checked M amongst local operators T, 1" up a net gam of 15,. (JD Lubber was a quiet but stcaJ ket at Hid early in London
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  • 2936 516 rt W LGENE^_ LMEETING W1 C t WESjJ2.’" Jl KAV B 'at J bXE: Russell presided and 11<)S P r e Hon Ur. R. I’-1 rash, Obe,- Kam Chuan and A. A. Son, F." Cunningham, E. A. Deas Thorougood. B. J I’- ,<>al l"""’ r Peek Russell
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  • 238 517 The local Branch of the Oriental eminent Security Life Assurance U Ltd., celebrated their Company’s Gm Jubilee on Monday, the sth instant,u the Town Hall, Kuala Lumpur lb* was present a large gathering of holders, Agents, medical examiners a. other well-wishers at the reception W on the occasion.
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  • 1094 518 nt is vcca=iouaiij voiced velluUi feats achieved be War UCI slight pr°B reBS has bee >““a 5 further practical conquest LSsUe raids and recon- \«!n carried out under cona "*“X reverse of favourable to the q“ ite cOI,mo .ontliet and the hope was .d that with the
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  • 495 518 Examined in the Bankruptcy Court at Singapore, Lim Teck Siong said he was one of the original partners of Kim Ilin and Co., the others being his uncle,* Lim Soon Tee. Lim Tiong Nee and Chop Eng Hin. His uncle died in 1915, and he then
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  • 1759 519 -S.F.P Adaptability There h nothing like adaptability. One of a trio of Chinese, charged at Kuala Lumpur with vagrancy, asked what he did whun nobody dieshe pursues the occupation, of a coffin-bearerreplied philosophically that if nobody dies there is always a rnarriape. You don’t carry coffins at marriages,”
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  • 1773 520 IS 5C*i genera l meeting t rUL POSITION AND POLICY rJ X ,Lr»l .neetin, of <9ff inra inr Club WHS !eid ;Af Peo's t on at the Club--^■'(3o Banulh. Mr. P.M™. Wj.nt%“P i i thR Chair wT® preset include'! Messrs. Ssffory. D MathHS.n, Si- r D Hume.
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  • 33 520 FURTHER ENTERPRISE Large Motor 'jjiip Launched London, May 17 The motor-ship Marudu, with accommodation for 350 p issengers, was launched to-day at Belfast for the Straits teamship Company of Singapore.
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  • 462 521 .\j h ntcloup, the 'French aviator, i>. leaving Singajxjre for -Johore on Thursday Mr Charles Harry has arrived in Kuala Lumpur to join the stall of the Electrical Ilepartment. Mr and Mrs. D. A. M Brown, who had been to Singapore, returned to j’enang this morning by
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  • 1002 521 THE FINAL What would appear to be the closing chapter was reached in the Supreme Court, Seremban, on Friday, when the injured man Sinnatamby formally tendered to Mr. Justice McCabe Reay a petition that his application for a revision be allowed to be withdrawn. There were present
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  • 625 522 ,:.fTERIO us drUGS ca sE of deletfl'before Mr. Forrer *"‘"rhirf Detective Inspector Costello »a' 1 ,L id he intended adding *1"? «that of possessing poisons B "n r ?Vl 1 who appeared foraocus- s Vises ion *nd sale almost W .ame thing- Continning staff enoogh for a little
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  • 38 522 Johannesburg, Muy 17 The Chino*? Nationalist Party here las leoeivtd a cable from the party headqu i r»ers at C*' t m stating that Sun YatSen has recover.! and is working as üb-u J. 0:
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  • 375 522 Singapore Assize Case The case in which a Boy am esc named Sulor bin Dahluin, formerly employed as a syce by Mr. A. L. .Gihnore, is charged with the murder of another Boyanese was continued at the Singapore Assizes, on Friday before the Chief Justice (Sir Walter Shaw).
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  • 446 522 Fourth Day’s Resuits [From Our Own Correipondtni] Singapore, May 17 Hina weather provided to-day and there was a lartro attendance. The following were the results Race 1: Po’ybia(9.lo) Billet I Queen of. Sheba (9.5) Luckman 2 Nader (7.7) Thompson 3 Time I min. 39 3/5 seconds. Won by
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  • 1702 523 AN INTERESTING MEETING Ihe annual general meeting of the Straits Settlements (Singajx>re) Association was held yesterday evening (says Friday’s Straits 'limes) in the hamber of Commerce Exchange Boom. Mr. J. Ci. Campbell, the president, presided over a fair attendance of members which included the Hon. Mr. Lowther Kemp,
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  • 322 524 lirine for hree days with his girl Td left her parents with him hX‘ wife, a Malay po«a sB arrested on a com- j k the girl's father, a Corrfukii Panjang Police Station. r rLting action was conducted be- I Prvde in the District Court (says Saturday’s
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  • 55 524 oSW Scflß >ipw e Singapore, May 19 *5 Lil, Inte FP°rt Shoot, difficult onditions made ?x\ ad along P Mr e ricsha before v" charged HU «> causing h urt'. Sennett »irj? cauti °M g and .IV rash »4. to fay 85 d d| scharged f<e k* Puller
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  • 524 524 P. C. C. a> Eastern Smelting Co. Low scoring ruled in the match between the Penang Cricket Club and the Eastern Smelting Company which was played on Saturday on the Esplanade; and the Club won, after an exciting finish, by the narrow margin of 6 runs. The
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  • 564 524 At a meeting of the Committee for Public Health Education held at Kuala Lumpur last month a notification on the opium habit which the Selangor AntiOpium Society propose to advertise, was discussed. This is to the effect that the F.M.S. Government has approved the admission of opium smokers
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  • 1118 525 A yl AltliEL IX CHILIA STREET Singhalese barged About 10.30 last night, there was an affray in Chulia Street, due, it is stated, to the drunkenness of two Singhalese named M A Hendry and Adrian Jlamy. Those two people were brought up to-day before Mr. G. A. Smith,
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  • 292 525 Variety Entertainmeit at r. An interesting and concert was gone through ll Xavier’s Institution, occasion of the feast of th. Christian Brothers. TL- Fooß<ler the Rev. Bro. James, 0 B Kev Br° Paul, Director’, thefe^' 1 of the School, Rev kJ? Br **i Father
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  • 172 525 Fatality on H 8 Mblchiob (From Out Own CorretponMtii Singapore, M»y' Heer Moota, third engineer of the I** steamer Melchior Treuh, in saFlu< Chinese who fell down a cran» P“» killed instantly. The Chinese vo l* to hospital on the fehip’a »<rinl morning. Mr. A. S. J
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  • 460 526 FORSUPRE- ME cOURT FE»' 1105 approval matter came before a!i. a ,fre:t if the Supreme Court yesA ftoD avs Tuesday's SingaK""S en he 0" ne t approve the heiress of the late s^a n mlri a'verv wcathv Mul.ia, > reread the petition, that the lady was tars
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  • 1333 526 ANTHONY CO.’S SHARE LIST Name of Company. Buyer Sellers Remark RUBBER—DOLLAR SHARES. cts. cts. Allenby Rubber Co., Ltd. 1.00 1.10 A lor Gajah Rubber Estate, Ltd. 0/0 G.9C Ama lira mated Malay Estates, Ltd 1/0 1.89 Ayer Hitani Planting Syndicate Lt 10.50 11*50 Ayer Kunimr Rubber Estate, Ltd 0.40 o*so
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  • 69 526 Pflrak River V Alley 8.919 and Jam 7,687 lb. Amalgamated 18,901, Balau 18,000, Bukit Kepong 4,633, Boranang 12,810, Borelli 16,298, Chembong 22,812, Choral 17,0 0, Connemara 9,830, Eqaatorila 21,130. Glenshiel 20,390, Kepoyg Malay 33,418, Libuan Sileh 4,739, Kamisan 11,200, New Sarendah 19,633, Rirching 9,158, Rassalc 6,017,
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  • 209 526 Ronpibon Tin, for the first half 0 E Mav 230 piculs. Ronpibon ExtendeJ, for the fi rB t half of May, 160 pica’s. Kampong Kamunting, for the half month of May, (two dredges) hours run 568, cubic yards treated 84,003, total piouls 505.94. nttt value 837,132 01. Asam
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