The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 19 January 1925

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  • 20 1 THE STRAITS ECHO HAIL EDITION. $lB PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CENTS VOL. 23 PENANG JANUARY 19, 1925 NO. 3
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    • 309 1 CO I< X Ju. Xf X a $3 LEADERS MISCELLANEOUS: (CentbiiH) H Education 27 l( Fiares and FlaßheB 36 M Preservatives in Food 33 K L Strike CommiBfiion Meets 36 9 g The United States and Europe 37 Malayan Collieries 42 M fe Ihe 1 arish Pump 41 Claim Against
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    • 192 2 STRAITS ECHO II Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, > I <nd contains the latest local and States news originally published in the I daily issues, as well as all important news from various parts of the Far C/\j H Cjx East, including China,
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  • 1059 27 One of the very few subjects which can always be relied upon to arouse publie interest in Penang is Education, and when the claims of the different educational establishments in the Settlement to supremacy in any given direction are being discussed in the press the editor can always count
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  • 424 27 Mr. I. C. Macmillan has been seconded for service under the Government of Kedah. Capitan Chung r Thye Thin and Mrs. Chung 1 hye Phin, Ipoh, are leaving for China shortly. Mr. C. W A. Scnnett has been appointed to officiate as Deputy Registrar and Assistant Official Assignee, Penang.
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  • Page 27 Advertisements
    • 28 27 Cbe Straits cbo PUBLISHED DAILY MAIL EDITION Containing the news of the week prior t<3 departure of Mails for Europe The Criterion Press, Limited, 59, Beach Street, Penang.
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  • 1716 28 The Rubber Market There is nothing new in the farther reports on the rnbber market at Singapore, bat one of them mentions the Uct that the market generally is nervous and is endeavouring to anticipate the situation after the end of the current month, when an increase of
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  • 201 28 Alleged Gambling Seven Cantonese, Wong Peng Tood Tham Hoe Kooi, Y -ng Choo, Leong Weny,' Lee Chon, Lai Ng and Kee Loo we»«| brought b-fore Mr. N. K. Bain in th ri-lica Court this rnor n i n(? for playing in h'iu*e No 56b, Rope Walk, which wm
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  • 3222 29 new year meeting BRILLIANT OPENING DAY Record Fields and Good Sport Saturday’s races, the opening day >f the Penang Turf Club New Year Meeting, proved a brilliant success from every point of view, not only by reason cf the large fields, which were anticipated, but also as
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  • 348 31 CAPTURES OFF THE COAST OF MALAYA Kuala Lumpur, January 10 The following are amongst the latest captures of rubber smugglers: (jn the night of December -4, the Lalat sighted a prau off the coast of Selangor and gave chase, but the prau went ashore, and the men disappeared
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  • 520 31 (To the Editor of the Straits Times.) Sir, 1 have read the letter of NN A .N\ with much sympathetic interest. 1 presume that he is of Chinese race from his initials and his apparent knowledge of the Cantonese language. 1 most strongly agree with him
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  • SPORTING NEWS
    • 88 31 A home and home match was played on Saturday mi the Esplanade between two teams of the P.C.C. lead by Mr. E. G. Bird and A. Gilmour respectively. Bird’s eleven batting first made 105, the principal scorers be ng Haddon 37, Baughan 24 and J. D. Fettes 29. R.
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    • 700 31 Athletic Meeting Very successful were the first annual athletic sports of the Crescent Star Athletic Club held on Saturday on the Dato Kramat Grounds. The course was well marked out and th e arrangements left nothing to be desired. There was a large gathering, which swelled
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  • 492 32 PROGRAMME FOR 1925 Training for 1925 will commence very fehor’.lv with Recruits Drdls. Following tee practice of last year camps o in Btruciion lor officers and N.C.Os (an prospective N.C.O. s) will be held m Penang and Singapore. Iho Penang Camp compr.ses 2 successive weeks commending 6 h
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  • 438 32 The following F.M.S. etc., app«»; in the Ws the Sultan ot Perak has been pleased, with the approval of His Excellency the High Commissioner, (o appoint Enche Ahmad bin Mutanmad Taib, Orang Kaya Kay Shahbandar to be a member ot the Council of State, from ov J s
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  • 573 32 dr. foxworthy INTERVIEWED Dr Foxworthy, Forest Research Officer, xorest Department, R.M.S., who Has just returned from leave, and wiio was a witness at Home in the Duff Lievelopmem case, was interviewed by our representative ye&teruay, says Malay Mail of Wednesday. JUr. i oxworthy was not able to
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  • 1100 33 It has been recognised for some time that to a country that depends to a large extent upon imports for its food supply the use of preservatives in food is a matter of much importance and to very few communities can this question be so important as
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  • 469 33 Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Gillespie, of Bagan Datoh, have booked their passages to Europe in the near future. Mr. G. W. A. Trimmer, general manager of the Singapore Harbour Board, paid a visit to Prai this morning. Messrs. G. C. G. Muller, F.J. Morten, L. V. J. Laville
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  • 26 33 domestic occurrence DEATH GoH __On Friday, the 9th instant, at 12.20 a.in. at" his residence No. 96, Malay Street, Penang, Mr. Goh Joo Chye, aged 53.
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  • 1120 34 The League’s Fifth Birthday tiatarrUy wm the fif f h birthday of the League of Nation*», which f rrraly entered into existence when the n'ceeeary number of ratifications of the Peace of V ereailles had been obtained. The Council held its fl st meeting in the famous Clock
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  • 1530 34 MILLIONAIRIE’S son sued INTERESTING evidence Before Mr. N. K- tlw Second Police Court yesterday afternoon, the hearing was resumed of the acsion in which Tan Phaik Tin is suing her husband, Yeap Lean Seng, son of Mr. Yeap Ghor Ee, f or maintenance. At the last hearing
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  • 318 35 SQUALL AND FLOOD I Steamers Collide (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, January 12 There was a disastrous squall on Satmday afternoon, avd ten twakows serving ships with cargoes of copra, rubber, and pineapples overlurned. One,containing 541 cases of onpra, was sunk. The Blue Funnel steamer Ci ce ooUid
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  • 220 35 NEW FACILITIES RESPECTING LATE FEES With effect from January 1, 1925 the Postmaster-General notifies the following regulations regarding the acceptance of articles for transmission by post on which a special fee is paid for despatch after the advertised hour of closing the mail. Ordinary Articles.(a) Each
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  • 295 35 The world-famed comedian, Sir Harry Lauder, is to give one entertainment in Penang at the Town Hall on the 26th instant. He will be heard in a number of the songs that have endeared him to theatregoers all the world over. He has just
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  • 1094 36 THE CIVIL SERVICE THE COLOUR BAR In the course of a leading article the Malaya Tribune says: bo n,u( t ready ha, been said and written about thia'question that it almost appears a waste of time to continue to repeat arguments that must be; obvious, > everybody uho gives half
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  • 358 36 "FLARES FLASHES” excellent show at the town hall. Race Week in Penang would have been decidedly poor if there had been no entertainment at the town Hall. The visit of Miss Madeline Rossiter and her company therefore is very opportune. The visitors gave their opening performance yesterday. lhe postponement of
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  • 115 36 e non-J -m.m, Enquiries at Sentul this Afternoon Coln,l httee appointed by the aneoJ 111 1 7 <O eil( l u re into the griev- i. 1° e workmen at the Central vestprd lOPS SUt m tilC Council Chamber ln rnin All members were oI b
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  • 1111 37 Mr. C. E. Hughes, United States Secretary oi State, who had tilled that important office m 1 resident 11 aiding s Cabinet, was Republican candidate ror the Eresidency in 1910. Like the 1 resident and the Democrat and Independent at the last election, he is
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  • 457 37 Capt. H. North-Hunt, of the Malayan Civil Service, is due back from Home leave by the Kashmir. Mr. C. H. G. Clarke, second magistrate, Singapore, is indisposed, and Mr. 0 E. Venables took his cases on Monday. rhe Hon. Mr. Choo Kia Peng and Mr. D. H. Hampshire have
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  • 1420 38 THE PADANG AND THE PUBLIC CENTRAL MARKET, TELEPHONES AND THE HILL The following reports of two meetings of the Committee of the Straits Settlements (Penang) Association have been sent to as for publication. At a meeting of the Committee held on Thursday, November 20, the removal of
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  • 282 38 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo) Dear Sir, Mr. Justice Whitley, having attended a service at St. George’s Church this morning, the purpose of which was, I presume, to invoke the solemn blessing and guidance of the God of Justice and of Mercy on his work,
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  • 99 38 A Dishonest Employee Mr C oar t this morning, before Air. N. K. Bun, Lye Tye Chong, formerly n eXd mln .r r Of the Crite L '>' BB8 o °f r°l wgBB of monies belonging to his employers rnd sTm of Q S3OO°: er Whh --Z r
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  • 3249 39 exciting sport meN ildob7b^i> iVlDEND Wonderful Ganesh i races yesterday proThe second day c<mld have three days’ meeting it wished 10 that pun ters usually is on the last day tJhis e i e arc left guess J a f t er the seco nd iue nt W
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  • 1745 41 -S.T. On more occasions in the past than care to remember bodies designed to P rther and protect the interests oi the iultU i-tatenayers’ Associations, .-««d... flourish of trumpets by public-spni ed and well-meaning citizens and have made a brave show for a very s lor. period,
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  • 1908 42 Tragedy of a Dead If cat Toe day- <-f reiki—B pan b’inj? on the tn f (*nch *8 that which ruined the Mh qaifj of Haltin'/*» ard the Jubilee Plon^r) have and ore rarely hea-8 now of trau'-dy dinmt’y cao«ed through overroepp nv the mark in batting, wi
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  • 72 42 UNEXPECTED DEVELOPMENT One Up” to Archie” (z rom Our Own Correspondent) T Kuala Lumpur, January 15 is ue erstool that ail the independent dnectors of Malayan Collieries, Ltd., have resigned, leaving Mr. J. A. Russell the y ireefo., as the result of the discovery of a miscount in
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  • 423 43 x bogus detective EXTORTIONER convicted I» Bidin biQ Moha V‘ ll r,' th hWv of >1.20 from the person of another M. b lay y »t Kang K"' eo Htreet Fbnau^l 0D J ToXd pleaded e u.: lt y. Coart Inspector Brownings said the facts w ,re that
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  • 184 43 ork at the Assize Court this morning i exeee dingly brief, the accused °T cases fixed for trial pleading guilty. i n 0 Hast case Lee Beng L ng was and^ 6, forgery °f a valuable security (n j UBln g as en nine a forged document ns
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  • 155 43 We read in the Morning Post Prince Tanku Yacob, son of the Sultan of Malay, was defendant in a case mentioned at Bournemouth County Court on Tuesday, in which Miss Gertrude Haines, aged seventeen, of Seabourne-road, Bournemouth, claimed through her father £lOO damages for personal
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  • 73 43 THE RICHARDS SUICIDE CASE A Merciful Sentence (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapo e, J inuary 15 At the Assizes here Mr. U. G. Richards, formerly ctiief surveyor in the Architect’s Department of the Singapore Municipality, pleaded guilty t) charges of attempted suicide and abetment of suicide by his
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  • 82 43 Lik Chow Bin, a Hokkien Chinese, charged with voluntarily causing huit to another Chinese, Chan Cheng Tee, on board the s.s. Pangkor while the steamer was at sea on or about October 28, 1924, came up for sentence before Mr. N. K. Bain in the
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  • 166 43 The health statistics for the Municipality of George Town for the week ending January 10, 1925, gives a total of 60 deaths38 males and 22 femalesthe death rate being 23.46 per mille par annum compared with 29.32 in the preceding week and with 21.18 in the corresponding week
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  • 551 43 TEN YEARS FOR CLEVER CRIMINAL At the Singapore Assizes, the cate arising out of the discovery last month in a compound house off Pay a Lebar Road, of over $4,000 in forged one dollar notes and a complete set of printing equipment, was heard. Accused, Lee Poh,
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  • 810 44 MALAYA PASSED OVER W( Lav* all' A( d nearly a fortnight to elap nnc* the pubbcat.on of lirutei fir-t summary of the Ncx Year* Honour* JJ-t without commenting on th* non-jndu-ion of any Malayan n-iiiM therein, because (sass the Malay Mail; we cherished a pathetic hope that
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  • 329 44 (To the Editor of the Straits Times) Sir, It is interesting to read correspondence recently published in your valuable paper, touching the subject of trafficking in women. This alarming social evil is an international one, and is more or less due to the new social order
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  • 534 44 (To the Editor of the Times of Malaya.) buy 1 shall lie obliged if you will kindlv allow space in your valuable paper f or my views on the above subject. 1 concur with the views of Mr. A. (J. J. Towers in regard to occupation and
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  • 550 45 CEREMONIAL OPENING The first Penang Assizes for this year we re opened to day with ceremony. At 10.30 a service was held Jf st George’s Church which was attended by Bis Lordship Air. Justice lilk v Mr. E. Pratt, District J ouge, A A M. Griffin, C.P.0., Court
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  • 512 45 -M.AL At the Drill Hall yesterday to an interested audience, chiefly composed of Volunteers and including the Hon. the Resident Councillor and the Hon. Air. W. H. Thorne, Lieut.-Col. S. de V. A. Julius, Commanding the 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, Singapore, delivered a highly interesting lecture
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  • 136 45 FOUR CHARGES AGAINST CHINESE DRIVER A Hokkien Chinese, Yew Eng Huat, alias Hassan bin Wahi, was summoned before Air. N. K. Bain yesterday for driving motor car P 865 in a rash and negligent manner along Penang Road at 8.10 p.m. on November 14, 1924. Inspector Clifton of
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  • 174 45 The Alunicipal Health Officer, for the week ending January 3, returned a total of 189 deaths, 31 of these being due to phthisis, 24 to pneumonia, 17 to malaria, 13 to convulsions, 10 to dysentery, and 9to beriberi. Two fatal chses of enteric fever and one of
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  • 184 45 Heavy Assize Calendar The calendar of cases to be tried during the Singapore Assizes is a particularly long one, heavier than any that has had to be dealt with since July, 1922. U. G. Richards will stand his trial on a charge of attempting to commit suicide.
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  • 567 46 PUBLIC WORKS (From Our Own Corretpondent). Alor St <r, January 12 j’rov) ion for a suitable schoolhouse for th»- Sungei Patani Government English School is being made by the powers-that-be. Th* new building will have at least six ria-«rooms. It is interesting to note it intends binding up
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  • 214 46 The recent Hoods have caused more damage and loss of life than was at first thought, says the tree I The greatest sufferers were the farmers and pig rearers in the low-lying places, where the loss of pigs and poultry is said to have been great. In
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  • 241 46 (To the Editor of the Straits Times) Sir, Regarding your leading article entitled Straits Traders, the question is, was the so-called Swettenhain Law passed in order to preserve the Straits Trading Co., or was it to preserve the smelting industry generally to this country? If the former, why
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  • 604 46 Bangkok Times, A SHAMEFUL TRADE On the 31st. ultimo a Chinese woman was sentenced to a year's imprisonment at Alor Star for importing two young girls from China via Bangkok for stitution. One of the two said she had been decoyed from her home and sold
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  • 925 47 T nn exaggeration to state that at > Lt one-half U the litigation in the leabt rmirt of this Settlement arises out P ofquestions connected with the wills, r wntarv dispositions and the estates the ultimate issue, hi practically every case the order
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  • 750 47 Reuter tells us that Dr. Stresemann’s retention of the Foreign Ministry in the new German Cabinet, formed by Dr. Luther, may be regarded as an indication that Germany’s foreign policy will remain unchanged in its essentials from that pursued by the Government of Dr. Marx and
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  • 1017 48 Death of a Famous Caricaturist A R-ntor cable received this morning announces the duath of Mr Harry F amiss, the well known artist and caricfttariat, at the we of 70. Mr. Fnrni-v, who was a‘eo rd author and a most aooomp’ished lecturer, built up a tfreat reputation for
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  • 108 48 ~<7 J. -T.O.M. A Singapore Conviction J'rom Our Oum Correspondent] nt. Singapore, January 15 Kwo Chka, a sailor, and GMleglev a deck engineer, of the American steamer Archer, were each fined $250, or three months’ rigorous impi isonment, for dealing arms and $lOO, or one month, for
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  • 444 48 Mr. R. S. Beaumont, of Tiong Rubber Plantations, has returned from furlough. Miss Boyd, of the F.M.S. Government Nursing Staff, has resigned from the service. Mr. H. C. R- Rendle has succeeded Mr. R. E. Wilson as Assistant Secretary to Resident, Perak. Mr. T. Lathan, of the P. and
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  • 3252 49 third day s results 1 \hlie attendance and LAI good sport Silver Gkist Wins Again The features of the third day s races, 4 were held on the Racecourse 'r&lt;fov were the large attendance and the fine running of Silver Grist in e big event of the day
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  • 923 51 In the informative Handbook of the Netherlands East Indies, published officially, there are several pages dealing with banking institutions ami ciedit facilities, and m our opinion they are worthy of the attention of the Straits and T .M.S. {governments, for they seem to be suggestive in some particulars
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  • 187 51 Home Going Chinese Bobbed [From Our Own Correßpondent'] Singapore, January 17 The Chinese steamer Hongwha, from Singapore, has been pirated near Hongkong. Considerable loot was taken from the thousand Chinese on board, who were on their way home for the Chinese New Year celebrations. The British members
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  • 468 51 Mr. C. K. Muspratt, A.D.0., Gopeng, sails for Home to day on the s.s. Macedonia. Che Wan Mohamed Ali has been transferred from Tapah to Taiping as Assistant District Officer. The death took place at the European Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, on January 6 of Mr. H. F. Gask, of
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  • 777 52 Doles for Daughters Let the father who has grown-ap daughters at home give them a definite allowance, Such is the moral of the oate tried at Home in which a draper sued a Tonbridge gentleman for a delX owed by hie daughters. The young ladies had probably said
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  • 217 52 1925 Fixtures The Penang Cricket League which was held yast year and which proved so successful will commence again this year on January 31. Two matches have been arranged for this date: one on the C.R.C. ground between the C.R.C. and the P.R.C. and the other on
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  • 91 52 Kampong Kolam Incident -luniandy and Munisamy, the two cC s with Wh&lt;&gt; WCre Chl,rged on two Yeo M T CUUS,t g g eVOUS hurt to h Hooi Tee and hurt to Lim Choo at Kampong Kolam on December tre brou B ht bctore Mr. E I’r-ift noon The
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  • 278 52 ANNUAL MEETING IN K. L. Me CAMPSELL’S REVIEW OF THE YEAR (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, January 17 At the annual general meeting o f the Incorporated Society of Plan, fere, the Hon. Mr, J. AV. Campbell, Chairman, in a review of the year, said that the
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  • 241 52 Alleged Theft of Rubber (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, January 16 Six arrests were effected at Pulau Tekong, off Johore, in connection with the theft of §9,000 worth of rubber from Sungei Jeram Estate. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of George Crompton Cooper, European cashier
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  • 1172 53 (To the Editor of the Straits Times.) Apropos of the recent meeting at Penang the A«nehM Chinese Chambers of ot n nf Midavi at which a resolution d d r tin? H e W j- uhnlition of restriction on the gXcTth't it hid already effected the g
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  • 511 53 ALLEGED CRIMINAL MISAPPROPRIATION Leong Keng Chor, a Cantonese who was acquitted at the last November Assizes on a charge of cheating in respect of $67, was summoned before Mr. N. K. Bain in the Police Court yesterday on a charge of criminal misappropriation in respect of $249.38 belonging
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  • SPORTING NEWS
    • 38 54 The Kedah Football Association, is about to hnt the League Matches for ih&lt; &lt; ;&gt;ont Mohammedan year, LDo. The following tQums are expected to comp t&lt; Erie Monopolk But'erf| S&lt; brang Perak, Prisons, and me or two others.
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    • 414 54 Thanks to the initiative of Mr. Oswald Watson and the support lent him by the Hon. Mr W. Peel, British Advjrcr, cricket i- beginning to take its place among the amenities of Alor Star. A good cricket pitch is being made at the J(ace Course. Alor Star’s
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  • 28 54 b'X int.ii.ijng pilgrims of' the c&gt;ndit'i&gt;na K b IM-, anil th.. BIL FunX and l' "‘T?' *"‘8» to Jeddah for January have been postponed, January
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  • 527 54 CONVICTION OF PLANTER QUASHED Before Mr. Justice McCabe Reuy on January 9, Mr. Thorburn, manager o LIU bawah estate, appealed from a conviction by the Seremban magistrate under section 179, sub-sections (X and (iii;, of the Labour Code, the argument on his behall being o the interpretation of
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  • 526 54 VOLUNTARILY CAUSING HURT Three Chinese, Ong Ivcat Huai, Ong md Ong Mah Lam, were Mr. N. K. Bam in the Police Court yesterday for voluntarily causing hurt to Lim Thee at eld Quay, on. or about December 13, Mr. Hogan appeared for the prosecution and Air. Goh for
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  • 1174 55 ANTHONY CO.’S SHARE LIST Buyers Sellers Remar Name of Compaq. aIIIRRH Ct». CtS. bU BKS rta 1.30 1.40 Allenbv Rubber Co.,L»a. d 100 1.10 ffSl ah v RsM. Ltd 1.90 2.0) Aver Molek Rubber Co., Lt d 6&gt;oo l d N 1-80 2.00 ftjlgowme Rnbljei Estot i.oo j lO RuLoer
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  • 86 55 December Total Co’s December Estates 1924 Year to date 1923 lb lb lb Henrietta 39,000 373,250 41,000 trungei Matang... 13,404 178,657 3 f \500 Laras (Sumatra) 38,300 302,101 41,640 Benar (Selangor) 10,015 18,845 9,500 Kuala Pergau Lenggeng 19,044 77,151 15,584 nuts nuts nuts Ram pah Coconut
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  • 41 55 Average for year ending October 31,1922 29| cents Average for year ending October 31, 1923 52* Average for year ending October 31, 1924 45 Average for current quarter to date 63| London average ourrent q'urtar to date l/6f
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  • 255 55 Ronpibon Tin, for the first half of January, 320 piouls. Ronpibon Extended, for the first half of January, 160 piculs. Tin Bentong, for the first half of Tanuiry, hours 308, piculs 250, yards 30,100. Kampong Kamunting, for the first half of January, (two dredges), hours run 478, cubic
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  • 417 55 RIVERVIEW CHAIRMAN’S OPINIONS Prediction of Trouble There was an interesting criticism of Restriction at Riverview Estates, Ltd., twelfth annual meeting at Ipoh on Friday. Mr. W. Paterson, presiding, replied to vaiious questions asked at the previous meeting, stating that, having been absent then, he desiied to
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