The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 26 January 1925
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Title Section20 1925-01-26 1 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. $lB PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CENTS VOL. 23 PENANG JANUARY 26, 1925 NO. 420 words
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Advertisement182 1925-01-26 1 CONTSNTB LEADERS MISCELLANEOUS: (Centinaed) What is Insanity 55 Co operation in Malaya 66 Poor Publicity 61 The Dutch Icdies 68 Politics in the Netherlands Indies... 65 Kidnapper Executed 70 China and the Powers ...69 Singapore News 71 Exchange and Trade 75 Singapore Mortality Statistics 72 LAW Malayan Collieries 72 Penang182 words
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Advertisement181 1925-01-26 2 STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. I jL> Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the OR daily issues, as well as all important news from various parts of the Far CK eff East, including China,181 words
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Article1115 1925-01-26 55 On page 3 of this issue will be found a report of an extraordinary murder case from Johore in which a Malax, named Sarjon, who was charged with killing one of his compatriots and causing grievous hurt to two others, was found not guilty on the ground1,115 words
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Article462 1925-01-26 55 Miss Royce has joined the staff of the Anglo-Chinese Girls’ School, Ipoh. Mr. 'F. M. Riley, of Bukit Kepong Estate, and Mrs. Riley, have returned from leave. Sir J. W. Murison, Attorney-Gen-eral, will be going on leave later m the year, probably in May. Dr. Koh Lip Teng is462 words
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Advertisement27 1925-01-26 55 pe straits echo PUBLISHED DAILY mailedition Containing the news of the week prior to departure of Mails for Europe The Criterion Press, Limited, 59, Beach Street, Penang.27 words
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Article1307 1925-01-26 56 John Wilkes To-day is the 160th anniversary of the expulsion from the House of Commons of John Wilkes for his connection with the libels in No. 45 of The North Briton” and An Essay on Women.” The outlaw for his punishment included this extreme penaltyretired to Paris, but1,307 words
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Article80 1925-01-26 56 I.—S.T. Mecca Completely Isolated Batavia, January 17 The acting Dutch Consul at Jeddah has wired that skirmishes in the neighbour, hood of Jeddah continue. Ibn Saud’i troops are looting the encampments ten miles from Jeddah, but they have not dared to attack the town. No peace isI.—S.T. - 80 words
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Article334 1925-01-26 56 A Musical Treat The concert given at the E. O. Hotel last evening was attended by an unusually large and appreciative audience, which included H. E. Lady Guillemard and a small party, and Penang music-lovers were fortunate in being able to hear three highly talented musicians. Melsa,334 words
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Article5379 1925-01-26 57 CONCLUDING DAY’S RESULTS governor and Lady Guillemakd Present. Alan L. Wins the Big Event A Day of Upsets After the very large attendances on the three preceding days and with the programme, thanks to big fields, promtsin" as many thrills as the keenest turfite could desire, it was5,379 words
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Article370 1925-01-26 60 THE PULAU JEREJAK MURDER Before a special jury to-day the tna of the five lepers, who are charged xxt i the murder of another leper was begun. Special precautions had been adopted to isolate the accused and witnesses, and for this a temporary witness box etc., had been370 words
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Article47 1925-01-26 60 About 7 a.m. to-day two Chinese quarrelled in Buckingham Sheet near Pitt s t'e t. One of them is sud to have taken a knife ar d stabbed the other in the hrart and the man died. The alleged assailant has been arrested. to:47 words
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Article160 1925-01-26 60 his Excellency the Governor and his suite who had been tb e Christmas end New Year holidays at Rel Retiro” Penans Hill, left for Kuala K-ngsar by train on Rnnday morning. HN Excellency ai d L dy Guilh tmrd were both present at the on Saturday afternoon.160 words
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Article477 1925-01-26 60 RUGBY FOOTBALL MALAYA CUP FINAL Singapore Beat Selangor (From Our Own Correspondent). < Singapore, January 19 At the Stadium here on Saturday afternoon, in the final of the Malaya Cup Rugby Football Tournament, Singapore beat Selangor by 30 points to 13. The teams were as folloxvs Singapore:Dr. Litidow;477 words
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Article1179 1925-01-26 61 We owe our readers an apology In vpsterday’s issue, acknowledging the re- i7f r copy of Malaya in Monochiome a souvenir album of Malaya issued Ur sale at the Wembley Exhibition we quoted from a Singapore contemporary and said The Government have released a limited number for sale1,179 words
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Article453 1925-01-26 61 Mr. A. E. Rambaut, of the E.M.S. forests Department, is shortly to be transferred to Taiping. Sir Lionel Woodward, who is expect ed back in Malaya in March, is now staying in Switzerland. Her Excellency Lady Guillemard will be at Government House, Sepoy Lines, Penang, until the 29th instant.453 words
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Article1112 1925-01-26 62 The High Cost of Passages The announcement ha® been made that after April I next, Saez Canal does are to he reduced by twenty-five per cent., and it ie reasonable t) eappoee th*t thi* for* hadows a corresponding rut in steamship rates. It is sincerely to be hoped,1,112 words
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Article38 1925-01-26 62 £2,000 For Straits Charity tu i a London, January 19 Benevolentloeiet y b Settlements t 2" I’Orville, Assistant Auditin' K.s.' pXI- f r th l)ind n gs by 1H I’l’etivn duty W evening on38 words
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Article295 1925-01-26 62 CHANDU In the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. N.K. Bain, Beh Teik Chin, a Teo. chew and his wife. Kang Bong Chee were charged with being in possession of non-Government chandu at No. 96 Rope Walk at 8 p.m. on Sunday. Super’ visor O'Donnell prosecuted. The man stated295 words
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Article214 1925-01-26 62 Harrowing details were given by witnesses in the Coroner’s Court in Singapore on Tuesday concerning the deaths of a number of local Chinese who lost their lives in the flood which took place in Singapore on the Bth, in consequence of torrential rain. The first enquiry concerned214 words
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Article1242 1925-01-26 63 THE PULAU JEREJAK MURDER already reported, the trial was beg® yeB nd rd y »pec^TwJ* "X X X charged with the murder Another leper, Chong bin, at the Leper mT The D.P.P.. had outlined the ease and submitted the law he called, as first witness, Choo Ah Kit,1,242 words
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Article534 1925-01-26 63 It is a coincidence that, from two different sourcesManchester and Penangwe have before us a couple of dissertations on the ever old yet ever new theme of Chinese servants. Nothing if not sarcastic is M.E.W.” (catlike initials, too!), who breathes fire and thunder at the whole mighty populace534 words
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Article1052 1925-01-26 64 SALE OF KIDNAPPED CHILDREN Chinese Woman Sentenced Jhe case against W ong Ah Kwi, chared with cheating by representing that -he was the guardian of a Chinese giri, one of five children kidnapped in Singapore, and thereby inducing Hob Ah Sc to pay her $l9O, the sum1,052 words
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Article575 1925-01-26 64 annual general meeting I Another Dividend I The annual general meeting o f lfl shareholders of the Perak River Valle] Rubber Company, Limited, w held in Penang, at noon, yesterday] The Hon. Mr. 1). A. Al. Brown preside J and the other shareholders were sentea by proxies575 words
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1109 1925-01-26 65 011 ua»e 8 we reproduce ail article on finical conditions and developments in Dutch East Indies, Java especially, written lor The Times by a Dutch correspondent, who presumably has a firsthand knowledge of his subject. It appears to be marked by reslraiut and sobriety, and1,109 words
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Article466 1925-01-26 65 Miss li. H. Theobald, Nursing Sister, F.AI.S. Medical Department, is due out from Home by the Malwa. The Hon. Mr. G. C. Denham, 1.G.P., who has been on a visit of inspection to Penang, returns to Singapore to-night by train. Father Ashness, a Penang boy, who was recently ordained466 words
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Article1131 1925-01-26 66 ALLEGED LIBEL WELL-KNOWN MOHAMMEDANS IN COURT At already stated, the hearing was began yesterday in the Supreme Chart, before Mr, Justice Deane, of the action in which Mr. Wanchee Ariffin Mohamed Ariff is suing Tuan Syed Salleh Alssgoff and the Mereantile Press, Penang, for alleged libel. Mr, A.1,131 words
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Article532 1925-01-26 66 To an A L Aude the Dril! S 7 &,d%^dTi s -t 02 several questions bring asked an > answered at the close. From <n that Major Harrison said it appear that Malaya can <!earn a great de i from the French Army in Their system of532 words
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Article98 1925-01-26 66 A Society for Mercantile Employees (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, January 21 At the Town Hall yesterday a large a endance of employees of mercantile rms, Mr. Egmont Hake presiding, passed a reso ution unanimously agreeing to the formation of a Co-operative Thrift and ijoan Society.98 words
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Article1068 1925-01-26 67 YESTERDAY'S MEETING Tmbute to Retiring Commissioners Yesterday's meeting of the Municial Commissioners was noteworthy for the fact that two Commissioners have retired. Their places have been filled. The President, Mr. Codrington, paid tribute to their services. A third Commissioner, Mr. Crabb Watt, has also sent in his resignation,1,068 words
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Article341 1925-01-26 67 Seizures in December On the night of December 3, off the coast of Singkir in the Kuila Muda District, three Chinese were arrested when trying to smuggle out in a sampan 9 piculs and 74 katis of rubber. They were prosecuted on December 8 before the District341 words
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Article203 1925-01-26 67 A Bukit Mertajam correspondent writes: At about 2 a.m. on the 19ch inst, a Chinese and a MaLy named Husain bin Slaiman trespassed into Bukit Tambun Coconut Estate where they encountered a Sikh watchman named Swan Singh, who, it is alleged, caught them in the act203 words
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Article1683 1925-01-26 68 STEPS TOWARDS HOME RULE (From a Dutch Correspondent.) In the Dutch East Indies, ax in otuer tropical colonies, the fir.-.t measure.-» for the introduction of a representative element into a constitution which had remained unchanged for many years have led, more quickly than had been foreseen, to1,683 words
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Article67 1925-01-26 69 birth nnu-Y On the 22n<l hist., to Margaret, wife of E- S Uilley a dau B hter MARRIAGE v ol4S Weatiieiistone.— At the Church of the Assumption, Penang, on the 21st instant. Vineent Charles, second son of Mr. and the late Mrs. C. Nolan, Svdnev. to Elizabeth Mary,67 words
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Article1005 1925-01-26 69 Very little authentic news has reached us lately regarding the situation in China, either from Peking or Shanghai or through Reuter in London. But there certainly does not seem to be any thing like unity among the three leaders who recently combined to oust the old1,005 words
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Article444 1925-01-26 69 Mr. Cheah Cheang Lim, J.P., Ipoh, has come to Penang on a visit. Mr. R. 1). Hume, of Messrs. Adami» and Allan, Penang, is due back from Home leave to-morrow. At Taiping on Monday the wedding took place of Mr. Howard, of Yam Seng Estate, and Miss Ellis, late444 words
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Article914 1925-01-26 70 The Soviet aid America Cbieberin, Commissary for Foreign Affaire in the Russian Soviet Government, attacks Mr. C.E. Hughes, who has just given op the U. 8. Secretaryship of State, for the refusal to have anything to do with Russia, but this is by no means to be attributed914 words
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Article173 1925-01-26 70 By the arresting and shooting of a woman kidnapper, the Canton cannibalism rumour has been solved. It appear that the woman named Lum Ho-shi was engaged by a certain bandit chief ol the North River district to kidnap women and men in Canton by offering them employment and173 words
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Article1496 1925-01-26 70 ALLEGED LIBEL ACTION SETTLED When the hearing was resumed yesterday afternoon, before Mr. Justice Dean, of the libel action in which Mr. Wxnches Ariffin Mohamed Ariff is suing Tuan 8y e( j Salleh Alsagoff and the Mercantile Pr oßg Penang, the plaintiff was further cross' examined and re-examined.1,496 words
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Article264 1925-01-26 71 The Piracy Scare (From Out Own Correspondent). Singapore, January 22 In view of the piracy scare here, 150 police minutely searched the Ho Sang before she sailed for China with several hundred passengers, whose baggage was searched, but nothing incriminating was found. Sub-Postmaster’s Lapse J. P. Miller, sub-postmaster264 words
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Article880 1925-01-26 71 WHY JUDGMENT WENT AGAINST PLAINTIFF Mistook Assizes for Civil Court A curious explanation that the judgment was given against him by Mr.Justice Barrett Leonard whila he wan waiting in the other Court, where the Assizes were being held, for his case to come on there, was put880 words
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Article204 1925-01-26 72 Driving Without Rear Light Burning Before Mr. N. K. Bain in the Police Court yesterday, Hachim, a Malay chauffeur, was summoned for driving motor car 1*1206 along Perak Road, Penang, without a rear light burning at 9.20 pm. on or about January 9. Accused pleaded guilty and was204 words
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Article1006 1925-01-26 72 We have noted without comment, ,ays the Straits Times, a good many things that have happened since judgment was given in the case oi leek v. Russell. There was a single passage m that judgment which rules our whole opinion of the case. The Judge said that the1,006 words
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Article163 1925-01-26 72 Ihe Municipal health statement for the week ending January 10 gives the total number of deaths as 169, representing a death rate of 22.17 per mille per annum compared with 25.21 in the preceding week and with 25.67 in the corresponding week of last year. The chief163 words
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Article1119 1925-01-26 73 the DIRECTORS NOT FREE FROM TH responsibility (To the Editor of the Straits Echo) fe The circular issued a few days ago to shareholders of Malayan Collieries, [fd and signed Malayan Collieries, Ltd/ Hy- D. Brown, Secretary’ (which does not indicate very clearly who is responsible for it)1,119 words
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Article843 1925-01-26 73 Malay Mail. Air. J. W. C ampbell’s review of the last twelve months’ activities on the part of the Incorporated Society of Planters affords ample testimony to the fact of that body's being very much alive, not to say kicking. Much really useful work was accomplished during thisMalay Mail. - 843 words
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Article270 1925-01-26 74 Tournament and Gymkhana The Penang Polo Club has organised an interesting tournament, which will commence on Friday. Bangkok, Singapore, Tskandar Club, Kuala Kangsar and Penang are competing. Teams will draw for opponents and opposing teams will play three chukkers of six minutes each day on a handicap270 words
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Article1077 1925-01-26 74 S.T- GENERAL MALCOLM'S SPEECH Athletics Killing Opium Evil (From the Free Press Correspondent) London, December 25 The annual dinner of the Central Union of Chinese Students in Great Britain and Ireland was held at the Hotel Cecil on December 19, the President, Mr. Hing Shung Mok, presiding.S.T- - 1,077 words
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Article1038 1925-01-26 75 At the beginning of January there was a rapid rise in the value of the pound sterling in New York, which stood at 19/0, or nearly 4.74, the highest exchange ratefor six years. A year ago it was as low as 4.20, us thc result of inflation1,038 words
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Article450 1925-01-26 75 Air. 11. G. R. Leonard, acting Treasurer, 1’.A1.5., has been indisposed since 1 nday last. Air. R. E. Gunn has been appointed to act as Inspector of Schools, Selangor, following the departure of Air. J. Bain on leave. Air. C. C. Read, Town Planner, F.AI.S., goes on furlough in450 words
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Obituary22 1925-01-26 75 DEATH Tltf _On 23rd January, 1925, at 10.3 U at his residence dot, Noituani Bond, Penang. A’ ea P KcU aged 62.22 words
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Article1393 1925-01-26 76 Insult to Injury M. Chicherin, though he i> naturally elated at the conclusion of the Treaty between Russia and Japan, which is undoubtedly an event of the first importance, pruffcU-e 4 to ha alarmed, not to say shocked, at the growing hostility of Great Britain towards the Soviet.1,393 words
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Article377 1925-01-26 76 Another Acquittal The trial was concluded yesterday before Mr. Justice Whitley and a special jury of the case in which a Chinese clerk of the Oversea Chinese Bank, Ltd., Ong Teng Cheah alias Ah Pi, was charged with forgery and on two counts with criminal breach of trust.377 words
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Article1200 1925-01-26 77 PENANG EURASIAN WELCOME A WEL>EARNED TRIBUTE T„ snita of the sho t notice end the Jdeqaete time f-r making arrangement», be t«3-party given by As, Nation of Penang in order to afford u. members an opportunity of meetmg Q Hon Mr. E. Tessensohn, M.L.C., yesJereav at he1,200 words
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Article1010 1925-01-26 77 SPEECH BY GENERAL MALCOLM The annual dinner of the Overseas Chinese Society was held in London, on December lb, Mr. S. B. lan presiding over a company numbering about thirty. The toasts of the King and the Republic of China having been honoured, Mr. S. E. Ho,1,010 words
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Article93 1925-01-26 78 '1 he Daily Fatality Information has been given to the Smgapon- iKfliee of a fatal street accident vlijeh is said to have occurred along Pai orson-roa.l on Tuesday afternoon. Hi- victim is u Tamil coolie and the u-e have arr< sted a Hokien driver who ha be.93 words
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Article416 1925-01-26 78 Reuter AN APPEAL TO MALAYA We have received from Reuter’s Ag nt at Singapore the following tel gram, n 1 copy of Sir Roderick JW telegram to II E. the Governor, Sir L. N. Gull emard, with regard to the St. Paul s Cathedral Restoration Fund. HisReuter - 416 words
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Article187 1925-01-26 78 Ills Excellency Governor Singapore Iron! Jones, Iroad b.l e C f UUderUke lO Colkct 'loa, .übscr.ptious m response to the ffi'u’r’J h the Dean and Chapter of Saint u“d A ,U f C:lt Preservation in II mU f te being started 111 all parts of the Emniro t 1187 words
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Article401 1925-01-26 78 POST 014 ICE APPOINTMENTS (From Our Own Correspondent). Alor Star, January 22 Mr. S. Jacob is acting as Accountant Poits and Telegraphs, Kedah, vice Mr’ S. Abishegam who is acting as Post, master, Alor Star, in place of Air. M. Thumbusainy, who has gone- to India on leave.401 words
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Article496 1925-01-26 79 LEAN CO S WEEKLY REPORT Thursday Evening. Tin The metal Im- -mtinued its down- Scours. ther fall on th 1,1 tl s 6(1 Bubber has been amy erratic and ls quoted in London to day 1/5. a loss < ud since our last report. Singapore °i 3 cents496 words
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Article1392 1925-01-26 79 ANTHONY CO.’S SHARE LIST Name of Company. i Buyer* Seller» 'Remark ll I 11 I lIM. RUBBBR—DOLLAR BHARBB. I CtB. J Cts. Allenby Rubber Co., Ltd. j 1.30 1.40 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate. Ltd. ...I I.CO 1.10 Amalgamated Malay Estates, Ltd j 1.00 2.? > Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate Lt<>1,392 words
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Article234 1925-01-26 79 Tongkah Harbour, from 18th to 24th January (being one week), 12 tone. It is rumoured that Mr. C. Hannigan, at present C.P.0., Singapore, hag been appointed Commissioner of Police, F.M.S. Mr. C. H. Sansom, at present acting Commissioner, is shortly going on leave. The body of R. C.234 words
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